Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-02
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Comptroller Reports on the Condition
civ Funds.

of City Funds.
The special meeting of the city council yes
terday morning stretched into two hours
session in which as much business was trans
acted as at the average regular meeting.
| The judiciary committee did not report on
the appointment OF John T. Clarke as chair
man of the Board of Public Works, so that
matter is apparently hung up until the
council returns from its western trip.
! City Attorney Connell submitted the con-
| tract of the city with Irving Allison for the
construction of city Jail at Sixteenth and
! Leavenwotth streets, with the information
| that II was the best he could do from the
meaget information Afforded by the origi-
| nal proposition. The contract provided for
rental of $2700 for the first year and
$4,000 for the remaining four years. This is
| reduction of 5000 year from the original
! figures, for which the city gives the owner
! the use of the two storeTooms on Sixteenth
| street
The discussion brought out no new points
| Wheeler asked that the contract be referred
| to committee for investigation, as he had
| been told that according to its provisions
| the city would be compelled to put in its
| own heating apparatus.
Taylor cited figures to show that when the
| cost of feeding prisoners at the county jail
of the proposed Jail would be about half
| what 1t year ago and before the rent
| of the present Jail quarters was reduced.
The contract was referred to the COM
| mittee on public property and buildings.
| Comptroller Westberg, City Clerk Highly
| and License Inspector Hurst were granted
/ two weeks leave of absence in August.
| The following financial statement from
Comptroller Westberg went on file:
| CONDITION OF CITY CASH.
| / have the honor to report that in COM
pliance with the provisions of ordinance
! No 400 | did on the evening of the 3lst
ult. count the cash in the hands of the
city treasurer, which L find to be as fol-
| lows:
rGnis. SlSE EGnGs SGnGsi
Gold, silver and
| currency .......... s 1,6SS OF
Balances in banks
Kountze Bros, New
Commercial mn Nation ''''''' ''-'
al bank. ........... 22,6O0 81
| First National bank $3.50 %
Merchants National
National alton Bank aiii;''' of -''O''
| Commerce ......... 36G21 S5
Nebraska National
omaha S National National . a'',',
unIon GaT6 National N-'''' VI
. United States Ma
| tonal bank. 24,259 SO 1868 IS
| German Savings bank......... $l,CO4 "A
| German Savings bank, certin
cate of deposit. ................. l,6lI 53
| American Savings bank, certi-
hcate of deposit. I33 33-S $3.50 Ut
Total of funds hand. .$3O6 595 IS
| 1 hereby certify that the foregoing state
| ment is correct and agrees with the books
! in this office showing the amount of funds
1886. '''''0 CT INC '''o u ''''eFT '.'' '-
| The comptroller also reported that he had
| checked the records of the superintendent OF
| market stalls anG found them correct. Dur
| ing July the total receipts amounted to
| $322.25.
| A communication from the Omaha and
| Grant Smelling and Refining company asked
permission 70 submit plan for the disposal
| of Stag. Referred to committee on public
| property and buildings.
| Electrician Schurig directed by reso-
| luton to perform the duties of superin-
| tendent of the fire and police alarm system
I! in addition to his present duties.
| In this connection Major Wheeler called
attention to the fact that it had been sup
posed that this action would save the salary
| of the present superintendent. But, instead
| of that, the Board of Fire and Police Com
| missioners had appointed him assistant
| superintendent the economy only amounting
to $3.50 a year. He gave notice that he
would vote against every salary ordinance
that contained an item for the payment OF
a salary to Mr.. Vandervoort as assistant
| superintendent.
HOLDING OUT LICENSE MONEY.
The city treasurer was instructed to hold
all funds received account of coal
licenses until further notice. On a pre-
vious occasion the council passed similar
ordinance and the proceeds were turned
| into the school fund. Then the coal dealers
| went into court and knocked out the ordi-
| nance. The city had to refund the money
| while the Board of Education was so much
| wi bn q n
| the recurrence of the circumstance.
| The special committee on street repairs
| previously appointed, presented a lengthy
| report in which was detailed the proceed
ings with the Board of Public Works, as
| published at the time. 1t recommended
that hereafter all employees of the street
| and sewer departments should be appointed
by the full board and not by the commits
sioner in charge. Also that the council
| take immediate steps to retrench in other
| departments. The report was adopted, to-
| gether with resolutions carrying out the
understanding with the Board of Public
| Works.
| chief Redel notified the council that the
National Association of Fire Chiefs would
| meet at Salt Lake City August TO- He
wanted the council to formally invite the
| association to meet in Omaha in 1898. Presi-
dent Sanders and Clerk Highly were directed
! to prepare suitable invitation to be pre-
| scented TO the association.
The resolutions previously ordered ex-
pressing the gratitude of the city through its
| mayor and council to the people of Logan
| Ia. for their unselfsh assistance at the time
| of the recent wreck, were presented by the
| special committee, and adopted. They were
| ordered handsomely engrossed, and mem
| bers of the committee will take them to
| Logan in person.
The comptroller and treasurer were direc-
| ter to remain In their offices during the
| afternoon in orderIto pay off the employees,
but as the mayor refused to sign the war
rants yesterday tfeir stay was to no pur-
/ pose.
| The council granted itself leave OF alb
| sence for two weeks and then went into
executive session to consider ways and
| means for the tripl
81 Pieees of Music
| At the Printers Picnic, Ashland, Sunday,
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