Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-24
Mercer Opposes.

Mercer opposes
Mercer spoke with some spirit in opposi-
ton TO the proposed inquiry. He said that
the proper place for anyone having a grleV-
ance was the county court and not the coun-
Gil chamber. THE council will simply en-
broil itself in d ridiculous mess, MI Mer-
Ger continued. IF we behave in this fash
ion we put ourselves in the attitude of ad-
mitting that perhaps we are unclean and
ought to look at ourselves and see 1t Is
absurd that the council should be stirred
up by insinuations of partisan newspapers
to the point of appointing such commit
tee The whole thing is piece of political
buncombe and the council will be unWlse
to pay any attention TO it,
Burmester spoke briefly in favor of the in
quiry in his capacity of chairman OF two
committees, at which aspersions were di-
rected in the newspaper articles.
On an aye and no vote all favored the
resolution except Mercer.
The waterworks ordinance was called up
for third reading and was passed by unani-
nous vote AS drawn UP by members OF
the Commercial club the ordinance provides
that a proposition to purchase the water
works plant be submitted to the people at
the spring election The sum of $4,000, 600
or part thereof is named as a consideration
under the purchase clause in the contract
with the waterworks company. The mayor
is instructed to proclaim the bond election
in the usual way and to make proper ar
rangements therefor.
A resolution was introduced by Mercer,
calling upon the owners of temporary struc-
lures erected under a permit expiring jan
uary /, 1900, to demolish the buildings in
accordance with law. Burmester advised that
the matter be referred to committee for in
vestigation, but upon motion the resolution
prevailed The building inspector was in
structed to see that the provisions OF the
resolution were carried out Most of the
structures coming under the resolution were
built prior to the Transmissssippi EXposi-
tion under special permit for which an eX-
ceptional license was paid. The owners
agreed to tear down the buildings at the
close of 1898, but were subsequently granted
years time. A number OF concert halls
are supposed to be the particular objects
aimed at by the bill.
Preparations for City Election.
On motion the entire handling of the
spring election was entrusted TO the city
clerk. 1t will be his duty to provide apart
ments for registration and election as near
as possible to the sites occupied last fall.
Several proposals of tent and awning COM
panies to furnish canvas booths were re-
ferred to the clerk with power to act.
The city clerk reported that he had re-
ceived responses from all the senators and
representatives from Nebraska relative to
the macadamiZing of the road to Fort
Crook He had solicited their support for
the project and had received favorable an
swers in each case.
The mayors veto of the proposed extern
sion of the fire limits west was sustained.
The presumably unsightly ediflces which
the bill was intended to bar out turned out
to be structures costing several thousand
dollars each about to be erected by V. O.
Stricken and the opposition was withdrawn
A communication from the Board of Edu-
cation, asking for better elevator service,
was referred to the committee on public
property and buildings.
John Kennedy, 1924 South Thirteenth
street and Mary ]. Anderson, Twenty -sev-
enth and Emmett streets, notified the cOun-
Gil that they had been injured by falls at
different times and places and requested
damages in amounts not named The COM
munications were placed on file
Ordinances were placed on third reading
and passed for the paving of Twenty fourth
street from Dodge to Farnam; for the Wild
ening of Twenty seventh street from Lake
to Miami; granting the health commits
sioner permission to purchase dislnfectants
for use at the Jail Various levy ordinances
for paving and curbng were also passed
upon favorably.
The Craving for stimuIants.
This question has lately attracted a great
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