Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-06
TERMINAL ORDINANCE READY
City Council Puts the Finishing Touches on
This Document.
ITS PASSAGE IS ALREADY ASSURED
One More Amendment Added and
Agreed To by the Company and
the Committee of the Whole
Adopts the Measure.

The ordinance granting the Omaha Bridge
and Terminal company the right OF way for
tracks into the heart Of the city will pass
on its third reading at tonights council
meeting without a bit Of discussion, In all
probability. Eight members OF the council
Burnley being absent, decided at the COM
mittee Of the whole meeting yesterday after
noon to vote for 1t after 1t had been still
further amended. Lobeck insisted that q
provision should be put into 1t, binding the
Terminal company to erect a freight depot
north Of Capitol avenue, the north-enders
apparently being of the opinion that the
south side has its full share Of these struc-
lures. General Manager Webster of the
Terminal company agreed to this amend
ment and it was consequently inserted.
The expected fight over the ordinance
which proposes to give to the Chicago, st.
Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha railroad
twenty feet Of land on the west side OF
Fourteenth street from Cunning to Nicholas
did not materialize for the reason that the
ordinance was not up for discussion. City
Attorney Council Is absent from the city
and for this reason the matter was laid
over for q week. North bottoms manufac-
turers and property owners were present at
the meeting, however, ready to oppose the
measure II 1t was brought up.
Street railway matters occupied as much
Of the attention OF the council as these
railroad matters. The resolution introduced
by STUNT a week ago requesting the Stree.
Railway company to extend its Thirteenth
street line to South Omaha was passed, after
a couple Of preambles declaring in favor OF
the annexation Of South Omaha had been
stricken out. Just what the purpose oil
cutting these preambles out was was no
stated. Every councilman agreed to do so
as IL 1t had been settled beforehand.
"Request" from Walnut Hill.
Councilman Mercer gave notice that hi
would introduce another resolution at to.
nights meeting requesting" the Stree
Railway company to establish a Ave- minute
service on the Walnut Hill line between
$50 and 9 o'clock in the morning and
and Z o'clock in the evening. This resolu'
ton Is also to be passed.
The council put itself or record as of tn,
opinion that Police Judge Gordon did no
know what he was doing when he declared
the plumbers ordinance unconstitutional
Assistant City Attorney Scott was therefor,
instructed to take an appeal to the distric
court on his statement that In his opinion
the ordinance is constitutional. The ques
tion of drawing up a new ordinance t
cover the objections Of the police judg,
were considered a moment.
This was a carefully drawn ordinance
I do not consider that any ordinance coul,
be drawn up that would be constitutions
in the opinion OF Judge Gordon" declares
Attorney Scott.
Property owners on Leavenworth street
who objected to paying for the repavini
Of the street and were recently knocked GU
by the courts. will be allowed to pay thei
pavement assessment without. interest fror
the time OF the starting, OF the suit to tn
time the supreme court decislcn was rem
dered. -. gro
At the conclusion Of the meeting tn
councilmen visited the Jail as an investi
cation committee. Complaint has bee
made that the building is poorly lighte
and that the cells are badly drained ar,
City Physician Spalding wants one of tn
rooms set aside for an emergency room 10
cases Of illness. Some action regarding thes
matters will probably be taken at tonight
meeting.