Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-22
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Reinstatement Of the Harvey Street Engine
Company Authorized.
NECESSARY MONEY TO Be PROVIDED
Plan OF Assessment for Southwestern
boulevard Formally Adopted-Pe-
tition for Extension of North
Thirtieth street Car Line.

Last nights council meeting was a quiet
affair, only a few Incidents breaking the
monotony of It's proceedings. The most i'm
portant action taken was the adoption OF
a resolution requesting the Board Of Fire
and Police Commissioner to reinstate the
Harvey street fire engine company, the
council agreeing that the money for It's
maintenance should be raised somehow
Councilman Burmester was the author oil
tho document. After reciting the neces-
stiles for the company and the demand
for its reinstatement made by the business
men of the city, the resolution read as fol-
lows:
That the fire and police commissioners be,
and they are hereby requested, to reinstate
and maintain the engine company at the
Harvey street location as In the past. the
council believing that there Will be lounu
some way In which the matter OF an over,
lap will be overcome and that luhus VII
be available in the near future to avoid sucn
an occurrence.
The report OF the Board OF Equalization
recommending the adoption OF the plan OF
assesement for the Southwest boulevard was
formally adopted. John a. Creighton hled a
protest against taxes amounting 10 sZ'ioo
that have been assessed against some OF MS
property, claiming that they are levied In
violation of an agreement made when ne
donated some land north of the boulevard
to the city. The protest was referred 10 tue
committee Of the whole for investigation.
Apportiopmcnt of General Eund
Among the documents sent in by Mayor
Moores with his approval was the apportion-
ment of the general fund among the city de-
.partments, made by the council a couple OF
weeks ago. Mayor MoOres approved the reso-
luton instructing the city comptroller 10
discharge one of his men. me mayor also
approved the appropriation sheet, with the
exception OF a number of items to pay the
cost of the Fontanelle park smallpox nos
pital, amounting to 81 900. These items were
vetoed because the mayor did not believe
they should be charged up to the heaith
fund. The veto was sustained.
Mayor Moores sent in a message In
which he protested against the sale or de-
struction of the smallpox hospital In ron
tanelle park and that an
agreement be entered into with the county
commissioners that will permit the hospital
to be removed to the county poor farm
grounds. The message was referred.
The following petition for the extension
of the North Thirtieth street car line to
Florence, signed by a large number of north
side citizens, was received and referred to
committee:
The people demand this extension. The
business interests need it. Public comfort
demands it. Such a line means the improv-
ing of much valuable property WITHIN the
city limits, but now almost inaccessible. In
the event of a refusal of the Omaha street
Car company TO construct such a line we be-
lieve steps should be taken to annul ltN
franchise on North Thirtieth street In order
that some other company may build the llhe
and we petition your honorable pody 10 tahe
some action to this end. .
The following resolution on the deatn Oh
Captain O'Malley was introduced by Bur
mester and adopted by a standing vote:
Whereas. death has removed from our
midst ex-Councilman Richard marley
therefore, be 1t +,;.
council are hereby extended to his relatives
and friends in their great bereavement
The Board of Public Works was instructed
to advertise for bids to ascertain the cos'
OF grading Town the hump" at Thirty-sec-
ond avenue and W~oolworth avenue at the
northwest corner of Hanscom park. Ihere
is little prospect that the work VIII De done
unless the property owners pay LOT IT, ivy
Engineer Rosewater declared That Inc
scheme would fail because contractors will
not bid when there is no prospect that Z
contract will be awarded.
Proposcd Grading Ordinance.
Tho citv engineer was requested to draw
up an ordinance ordering the grading o
Eighteenth street from William street tt
Lincoln avenue, the city to pay one-half TIT
cost. although it is generally understood
that this work will also not be done un'
less the city is released from all expense
The Board of Public Works was requested
to withhold any operations toward the con
struction of a sewer on Ohio street betweei
Invent y-seventh and Thirtieth streets. TIL,
work Is to be suspended until the stree
Is graded, which is soon to be done.
In anEwpr 10 a vigorous complaint re
garding the condition of the street from tn
Liringer- Metcalf company, Cash Bros, tn
contractors, were ordered to remove iron
Pacific street, between Sixth and Eleventh
the dirt which dropped from their wagon
when they graded Mason street. If thes
instructions are not obeyed the council vii
have the street cleaned and will deduc
the cost from the contractors bill for tn
grading.
The bills of the Electric Light compan
for the months Of November, December an
January last, less the charge for eleve
electric lights at railroad crossings and o
v%iaducts, were ordered paid. The bills
after the deduction is made, amount I
81. 109.O6. The deduction is $4lS.76. Thi
action was taken because II Is the purpos
of the city TO have the railroads pay di
rectly for the crossing and viaduct lights
The city comptroller was ordered to re
ceive bids for the publication of the an
nual reports Of city officers under the sam
specifications as last year,
site for "a stable.
A resolution was adopted by which tn
city will lease to the City Garbage con
pany n piece of Leavenworth street east
Sixth street at an annual rental OF 81
and will permit the company to erect a sta