Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AFTER THE MOTOR COMPANY.
Want Motors Taxed nnd
GO TO work to Get the Money.

Ensfendcrs Want Motors TnNed nnu
Go to work to Get the Money.
The city council held adjourned meet
ing last evening, mainly for the purpose of
hearing what action the residents of the
eastern part Of the city wanted taken to
compel the motor company to run its Omaha
trains around the Pierce street loop Mayor
Cleaver occupied the throne. and Aldermen
Barstow Brewick Brown, Grahl, Green
shields, Rishton, Shubert and Speman were
in their accustomed places. while the space
outside the railing was filled to overfowing |
with a band of citizens.
communication was read from j. r.
Webster of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal |
Railway company, in which he stated that |
he supposed that the ordinance granting an |
extension OF time for spending $4,000 In |
public improvements was merely an amend |
ment. to the original ordinance, and did |
not require a written acceptance. He said |
he was willing to accept the ordinance, and
sent his acceptance along with his communi- |
cation The matter was referred to the
committee of the whole.
The bond of John Barhyte as patrolman
was approved.
Victor Jennings granted permission
to engage in the public weighing business
o. Shepard granted permission to en-
gage in the saloon business at SOB Broad
way.
The main business of the evening then
came up The space behind the railing was
occupied by a host of Upper Broadway citi-
zens, who had come to see that the ordi-
nances drawn up by w. A. Mynster to com
| pei the motor company to run Its Omaha
| trains around the Pierce street loop had a
| fair show. Among them were w. Fl.
Bradley, w. A. Maurer,. George r. Wheeler,
| Charles ID. Walters, W. A. Mynster, w. b.
Runyan, w. II. Smith, j. c. DeHaven, c.
H. Huber, ]. Leutzinger S. S. Keller, J.
j. Vavra, John Clausen, " Jennings George
S. Davis and c. A. Beebe. On the other
side there were G. f. Wright, 'E. w
Hart, Lucius Wells, w. G. Sawyer, E. H.
| Merriam, f. r. Davis and w. W. Loomis
who were interested In seeing that the ef-
forts of the eastenders were frustrated.
| Mynster read the two ordinances. The
| first provided license fee to be paid by all
street railways, fee to be paid for each car
before wheel turned. The second ordinance
! provided that the motor company should run
Omaha trains around the Pierce street
loop every day, at least every
other train being run in that way.
1t cited the fact that the opera
ton of the company's trains on Pierce street
was not permitted by the sanction Of the
city but by the consent Of the property
holders. which had been secured on the rep
resentation that Omaha trains would be run
there.
Shubert's motion to refer both ordinances
to the committee of the whole was carried
Barstow Brown, Brewick Shubert and Spet-
man voting in favor Of 1t, while Grail
Greenshields and Rshton voted against 1t
because they wanted them passed forthwith.
Mynster made some remarks in which he re-
ferred to the alleged injustice done the east
end property owners and said it was nuisance
to have the motors punched up at the corner
of Broadway and Pearl streets as they are
| lnoW If the motor company could carry
picnic parties from Omaha into Fairmount
park he did not see why trains could not be
, run regularly opinion the logic Of which
was evidently appreciated by the enthusiastic
east enders.
George f. Wright took the floor in behalf
| of the motor company, and said there was
never any contract between the company
and the Pierce street people, as claimed, and
that he would be able to show It when the
proper time came. After considerable dis
cusson, in which the crowd outside the rail
ing manifested its interest by cheers or Kisses
according to the circumstances, the whole mat
I ter was postponed until the next meeting
5 of the committee of the whole, tomorrow
evening.
City Attorney Hazelton made report with
reference to the right of way along Indian
creek for closed sewer. II there ever were
q any deeds conveying the creek bed to the
city the deeds were lost, for he had spent
considerable time looking through the city
records and unable to find them. The
II original plat showed a strip twenty egh
g feet wide but on talking with ex,City
d Engineer Tostevin he found that that oficia
is had made the line on the plat because th
a creek had attained that Wldth ana tnere dlt
). not seem to be any evidence of title in thu
! | city behind that. The few deeds that Hazel
e ton had found contained no statement Of tn,
X width of the strip conveyed to the city. Be
v fore anything should be done he though i
e ought to be decided whether the creek bet
d should be filled in and the property owners
l. have the land thus formed. or the city SHOULD
). have the right of way for a street or al
a alley.
-e Engineer Etnyre thought all the cit,
,e wanted was easement for the under
,s ground sewer, for 1t would be cheaper t
ID settle the difficulty by giving the abuttini
property owners the land. Spetman did no
think so, but said the city council ought to re
tain its rights.
20 At this juncture it looked for a few min
utes though T. ]. Evans, who has jumped
into considerable notoriety through his offe
to turn Indian creek into Big lake east o
At the city for $4,000 and put up bond o
g $4,000 to insure his carrying out the con
. tract, might be called upon to show whethe
Is he bluffng or meant business. Mayo
rt Cleaver called attention to the proposition
Se that had been made and thought that Will
m Evans might be visionary, it would be goo
l. plan to pin him down to his proposition. Bar
he stow inclined to the same opinion, but Il
In the mass of discussing that was INDUCED Il
a the mayors plan fell by the wayslde and n
s, action was taken.
is Alderman Brewck said that somethin
~ ought to be done to stra!ghten out the publ
OF records so that something could OCCASIONAL
be be found when it was looked for, and on hi
ell motion the city attorney and auditor wer
lis instructed TO employ some one, II the
thought best to do the work.
Jennie Iiuds Get m OyntiOn,