Omaha daily bee., 1893-09-07
CITY COUNCIL.

IL Passes the 3-Cent Motor Ordinance with
the Proper Corrections.
All the members of the city council with
the exception of Alderman Geise, were
present at the regular monthly meeting
Tuesday evening
The reports of the city officers were pre-
sented. and referred to the finance COM
mittee.
The city meat and milk Inspector reported
that he had condemned few lots Of fifteen
10 thirty pounds each of corned beef, fresh
beef and spare ribs, and that he had visited
all the milk dairies in the city and found
them in highly satisfactory condition, and
the Official tests were all above the required
800 standard with two exceptions, where the
short.
No reports were received from the DOLL tax
collector ana health inspector and they were
ordered TO comply with the law.
James w. Snodderly's petition for remis-
sion OF taxes on account of alleged disability
was rejected.
A petition from property owners In Gales.
purgh addition for the vacation of some lots
unlawfully occupied by the city for street
purposes was discovered among the archives
OF a former city administration and was
taken up and favorably reported.
The ordinance fixing show licenses at not
more tnan $50 nor less than S25 was passed
Street Hallway Fares.
The new and corrected ordinance reducing
the street car fare to cents on Broadway to
Avenue A was placed upon its second reading
and after a hot colloquy between Aldermen
Keller and Smith, it called up various amend
nIents. Smith wanted the 3-cent clause to
apply to all streets in the city. He refused
10 accept the proffer of n similar ordinance
Tor South Main street. His amendment was
lost, but an amendment making it include
the Manawa motor line, proposed by Hath
away, was passed.
AT this jurcture Alderman Tibbetts moved
that the ordnance, in its original form and
with its amendments be laid upon the table
indefinitely. No second was found, but the.
council, by courtesy, voted unanimously
against it, with the exception of Tibbetts.
a motion ito; read the ordinance third
time was debated to the point of complete
confusion, and when the vote was taken the
aldermen were astonished to discover that
they had killed it, 1t was finally agreed
that 1t was the second reading under con-
sideration and the ordinance theE sailed on
smoothly to its final passage
Inc twin ordinance .regula ting transfer
checks and compelling street railway COM
panies to issue them and accept them
within thirty minutes was taken up and
passed. Alderman Smith wanted the
Manawa railway also included, so that if a
fellow took 3-cent ride on the electric lines
ne could get transfer and ride down to the
city rmlts on his way to Manawa for moth
the amendment would be illegal, but they
passed it with the understanding that Smith
should make the test case.
Alderman Nicholson offered resolution
requiring ohe mayor and poll, commission
TO investigate the arrest by Officer Murphy
OF the hack driver, Carnahan, while return
ing from funeral. Approved
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway
was given permission to do its own filing in
accordance with ordinance requiring the
raising OF its property to grade.
Chlef Nicholson was granted $50 to defray
MS expenses to attend the meeting of fire
chiefs at Milwaukee, Smith and Keller yot
ing no.
o. S. Pryor and others asked to have OBJ
structions In the way Of fences removed
from Green street
Bids to supply the city with coal were sub
mltted by III. A. Cox, w. NJ. Bradley, W. W.
Wallace and the Carbon Coal company.
Prices for anthracite ranged from SiO5O to
$40. 10 per ton, and southern smokeless coal
from s. to S5.S5. Iowa coal ranged from
81 to 81 60 per ton. Bids were referred for
comparison.
A large number of bids for cement curb
ing, wherever ordered by the city, were pre-
sented, ranging from 2Sl5 cents per lineal
foot to As cents. Jams Jansen filed the low
est bid, but all bids We're rejected for the
reason that the bids were oased upon differ
ent advertisements, one requiring 5l5x22
inch curbing, and the OTHER 4X2O The clerk
was instructed to advertise for bids TO be
opened at SPECIAL meeting next Tuesday
evening. The council then adjourned to that
time.