Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-05

New Ordinance Regulating Garbage
ENempts Houschoiders.

A new ordinance regulating the disposal
OF garbage was introduced at the meeting
OF the city council last night and after
being passed to it's second reading was
laid over for one week in order to give the
aldermen an opportunity to investigate IT,.
The measure embodies all the provisions
OF the old ordinance and contains some
new features. 1t provides for a $50 yearly
license to haul garbage and requires that
all refuse and garbage shall be deposited
in the dumping ground designated by the
city scavenger. 1t gives the right to any
person to haul refuse from his own prem
ises and compost or material TO be used as
fertilizer.
City Solicitor Wadsworth. in explaining
the new provisions of the ordinance, stated
that he had been informed that one OF the
persons who had bid before the council
for the city scsvenging intended to erect
q plant to take care OF all the city refuse.
out of which he intended to manufa cture a
fertilizer The bids were not opened but
laid over for another week as some of the
aldermen thought the ordinance ought to
be disposed OF before the contract for the
city scavengng Is let Alderman Boyer OBJ
jected to the $50 license provided for in the
new ordinance on the grounds that 1t would
give the city scavenger monopoly AL
derman Clark expressed himself as being
in favor Of establishing city dumping
ground.
Wants Three Feet of sidewalk.
Mrs. Maggie Buck of Omaha, who re-
Gently bought the old building at Scott
street and Broadway, formerly occupied by
the Nonparell company, introduced an Or
dinance vacating to her three feet OF the
sidewalk on the east side of the building.
In communication accompanying the or
dinance she stated that she desired to erect
fine three-story building of pressed brick.
with stone and terra Gotta trimmings, but
that unless given the three additional feet
she could not do so and place therein the
necessary stairways TO reach the second
and third stories. II the three feet were
not given her she would be obliged to con-
struct a two-story building and ask per-
mission OF the city to erect an outside
stairway. Attorney Organ appeared before
the council on her behalf and stated that
Mrs. Buck would IL the council thought
At, be willing to remunerate the city rea-
sonably for the vacation of the desired
| three feet OF the sidewalk, which is four
teen feet wide at this point.
Alderman Brown, seconded by Alderman
Boyer moved to place the ordinance on It's
passage, but the motion was lost. Alder
| men Huber. Hammer, Lougee and Nc
| Donald voting against 1t. The votes OF Al
| dermen Boyer, Brown and Clark were re-
corded for the motion.
| Extension ON city Lights.
Al the request of Manager Nichols, the
| Citizens Gas and Electric company OF
Council Bluffs was granted an extension to
May 25 in which to fulfil! the terms of the
| contract with Thomas Bowman for the city
| lighting. Under the contract April 16 is
| the date upon which the new lighting should
| be furnished, but Manager Nichols ex-
planned that additional time would be
needed in order to place the poles, He
said he expected, If the extension was
granted, that the company would be ready
at the latter date to inaugurate its COM
| mercial service, as well as the city light
| ing. Under the ordinance the company has
| until August to establish its commercial
service. The city loses nothing financially,
| as by agreement the reduced rate of S69. 80
per arc lamp goes into effect on April /,
| whether the new lamps are installed or
| not.
| City Engineer Etnyre submitted the
schedule showing the property owners on
| South Main entitled to the money paid in
! by the motor company for the paving and
! the city treasurer was instructed to pay
| out the money according to the schedule.
| corrected curbing resolution was intro
duced and its final determination set for
! April l,
The mayor called attention to the fact
that the appropriation ordinance had to
be passed before the commencement of the
new fiscal year. on April 1. and at his sug-
| gestion the council will meet as n commit
tee of the whole next Tuesday to prepare
| ii.
| Tho council ad;nnrpaJ MonJoy piobt