Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-04

papers, S34. The balance in hand OF the city
treasurer is $1,000
Fire and Police.
Chief Bates OF the fire department in his
report recommends the purchase OF com
bination chemical and hose wagon to he
placed at No. engine house The reel at
present in use there, he says, has been a
constant source of trouble and expense and
! is continually breaking down. 1t is now out
of service and will cost about 800 to repair.
/ He also recommends that the southwestern
part of the city be provided with fire pro-
lection, as that district is entirely devoid of
fire protection Of any kind
The appropriation Of $1,000 for the main
! tenance OF the department was expended to
the last cent The pay roll amounted to
$13,sl33O, while sundries made up the bal
/ ance Of S3 1850.
| During the last twelve months the de-
| partment responded to seventy-seven
alarms, the fire loss being estimated at S14,-
| 5776S, with insurance OF $2O1, ,635 The de-
partment consists Of one chief. one superin-
tendent Of fire alarm and eighteen fremen.
In the report of James G. Bradley, super
intendent of the fire and police alarm system
he recommends that the old fire and police
combination boxes located in the business
district be taken out and new, reliable fire
N'iui III bbAtS pldNtu lHtTtln which WOul0
give these districts perfect protection He
also recommends an electrical inspection or
dinance for the protection of life and prop
erty. The expenses of this department for
the year were $1,27965.
According to the report Of Chief Of Police
Bixby, 1,216 arrests were made during the
past twelve months, of which number 375
were for vagrancy. The number OF per-
sons given lodgings at the city jail was
1855 The cost of feeding prisoners
amounted to $579.l5 The total expense of
maintaining the police and marshal's de-
partment amounted to S16,141.55, of which
$14025.25 went for salaries The expense
of the city scavenger department amounted
to $136.S5. According to the report only
three victims of confidence games made
complaint to the police Eleven arrests
were made on the charge of burglary, two
for highway robbery, siXty-seven for lar
ceny, thirty for larceny from buildings and
thirty-two for larceny from buildings in the
night time. The value of stolen property
recovered by the police is placed at $4,-
9O5.25, but nearly $4,000 of this is the es-
timated possible value of mileage and other
railway tickets recovered in a grip belong
ing to railway conductor. The report
fails to show that any notable arrests were
made during the past year.
The report of DR.. T. B. Lacey, city physi-
clan, showed that the number OF deaths dur
ing the last twelve months was 331, the
largest proportion of which was due to con-
sumption The number of contagious dis
eases reported to the Board of Health was
3OS, as follows: Diphtheria, Il; scarlet
fever 49, whooping cough, 21 membrane
Gus Group, 10; measles, 24O chicken pox 2;
smallpox, l.
Phillips Reelected Clerk.
After the mayor had read his message and
the reports of the various city officers had
been received and placed on file the council
got down to business. n. c. Phillips was
unanimously reelected city clerk and the
same fortune fell to Fire Chief Bates, Street
Supervisor A. E. Avery, Polltax Collector
John Atwood, Barton Nelson, custodian of
the city building, and City Physician Lacey.
For poundmaster Sam Dobson was re-
elected by four votes to three cast for John
NJ. Strack.
The reappontment by Clerk Phillips of
J. r. Dietrich as his deputy was unani-
mously concurred in as was the reappoint-
ment by Mayor Jennings of F. A. Bixby as
city marshal and chief of police
AS number of the bonds accompanying
the bids for supplies for the city for the en-
suing year lacked the necessary war tax
revenue stamps, after considerable discus
sion, 1t was decided to reject all the bids !
submitted and return them, the clerk being
instructed to readvertise.
On motion of Alderman Atkins the two
story frame building on Broadway, directly
west OF the pOstoffice, was declared to be
nuisance and the city marshal was in
structed to notify the owner to at once abate /
same.
On motions of Aldermen Atkins and Sayles
1t was decided that the mayor aldermen
and city officials attend in a body the fu-
neral OF the late Judge James. A commit
tee, consisting of the mayor and Aldermen
Sayles and Atkins, was appointed to draft
suitable resolutions
The report of the committee of the whole.
recommending that the ordinance intro
duced by the Rock Island Railway company,
providing for the vacation of South Sixth
street over the compRny's tracks, be not
passed was concurred in.
resolution of thanks to the commercial
committee for the excellent work it had al
ready done in furthering the interests of the
city was passed.
Graham & Dcbbins were granted permis-
sion to run saloon at 5O6 Broadway.
Alderman Shubert called attention to the
'onditlon of Twenty third street between
broadway and Avenue A and asked that
some steps be taken to draw off the water
"hich now rests there. The matter was re-
erred to the committee on streets and
alleys.
The council then adjourned.
AT the close of the meeting Alderman
Casper wanted the committee of the whole
o hold secret executive session to decide
whether the city should at once take stems
o refund the general warrants now out
standing The aldermen were anxious to go
lome' however, and the meeting fell Through
or want Of a quorum
ST. Agnes guild will give a novel enter
alnment this evening at Chambers hall. II
Best facilities for storing stoves. Cole &
Coles new warehouse.
Illustrated stories and dance at Hughes
ail Tuesday night.
HeHI Estate Transfers
The following transfers were filed yester-
lay in the abstract, title and loan Office of
7. w. Squire, lO1 Pearl street: