Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-01
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| 1t was suspension night with the city c5un-
ell al is meeting last evening, a number o.
ordinance being rushed through under
Ia suspension OF the rules. The ordinances
passed by this Process all per,a!ned to the
laying Of sidewalks in the following locaIi-
ties: on the south side OF VI street. between
Twenty-fith street and the fret alley cas-,
on the north side OF F street between
Twenty-s5-rth and Tveaty-seyeu-h streets:
on the west side OF Twentieth street. be-
tween ani | streets: west side OF Thirty
first street, between Z and 7 streets; west
side OF Thirty-;hird street between I and ]
streets; east side O: Seventeenth street be-
tween Ms1.s-u and Mulr0e streets; a1r-h
side OF Munro street, between Fifteenth end
Seventeenth streets; east side Of Fifteenth
street. between &Guroe and Polk streets. n
all Of these ordinances the council vas en-
powered 20 levy q special tax for the pay
ment CT this work.
The old question Of the electric street
lights q: Twenty-sixth and Q streets and
TTenty-hf.h and u streets, came up from
the report OF the committee on finance. This
committee recommended that the city settle
the claim Of the lighting company. l. be.Qg
thought better 10 do this than TO stand a
law suit Every member OF the council had
something to say. either for or against the
report Of the committee and when Il cana
to vote on the adoption OF the committee
report it was lost. After the vote had been
announced the mayor said that some action
ought % be taken and that the council ought
. either order the lieht5 10 legally or else
dispense with the service. Just before al
journmea; the matter was again called up
and the claim was ordered paid.
Chairman Ns1sact Of the committee on
police reported OF the unsafe condition Of the
city jail and recommended that the prison
be given Z general overhsuliag. The report
was adopted and the committee was given
time in which to o5tlin estimates Of the cost
OF the proposed repairs.
Ordinances were read for the first tine
providing for the Issuing OF bonds to pay for
The Ive1tv-ffth street sewer AID the grad
ing OF Twenty fifth and Twecty-sixth streets
The sewer Will cost 1880 and the grading
Of Twenty-s!xth street the same amount,
while il will cost the property owners $500
10 grade Twenty-ffth street.
4 petition signed by sixty resize-;s ask
ing for electric street lights at E-ghtse-tI
and : streets a-d Eighteenth and Q streets
vas read 2li referred 10 the lighting COM
nittee.
Property owners cn Twenty-s.xth street.
from + 10 G street petit-o-ed for the priv
le=e of having that block graded. They
agreed TO make their own contract with the
graders and to pay cash for the work when
Z: was completed. Appended 10 this wss a
statement from Cash Brothers agreeing TO 60
his grading for s43. There was considerable
discussion ca this question, and after the
matter had been referred to a committee it
was again taken up just before adjournment
and tie city attorney was directed TO draft
an ordnance allowing the work 10 be do-e
10 the manner described by the petitioners.
At the request OF the mayor, the city at
tornsy handed in 4 written opinion on tie
question IS TO whether ths gas company had
forfeited its fra-calse by leaving the trenches
on y street open. n his opinion the city
attorney quoted from the franchise wherein
L vas especially provided that not more
than 600 feet OF pavement 5e torn up al
once. Il was shown that over 1889 feet OF
pavement had been removed, leaving opsa
trenches for several weeks. Taking this IS
the most serious violation Of the contract
entered into between the city and the gas
company. the attorney decided that the trsl-
chise had been forfeited. II this connection