Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-06
DECIDE ON ELECTRIC LINE
Executive Committee Of Commercial Club
Advises Commissioners.
|. c. SHARP AND LABOR UNIONS OF OMAHA
Mncbinist states that lie IL BEING
Driven from Town by Persecu-
tion-Match Factory II
Assured.

The executive committee OF the Omaha
Commercial club has at last decided upon
what 1t believes to be right in the matter
of the franchise to be granted by the county
| commissioners to the company which is to
| build a line of electric railroad between
! Omaha and Fremont. The question has
been before a special committee of the ex-
ecutive committee for several weeks and
| the report of that committee was adopted
at the meeting yesterday afternoon.
The committee reported that it was unal-
terably opposed to granting a franchise in
perpetuty and believed that the extreme
limit should be fifty years. 1t also favored
a bond to be given to enforce the payment
for all claims for damages by reason OF
building the road by the company and that
the franchise should be forfeited to the
county in case the road is not operated
within a specified time that the right of
the company to use the highways for road
purposes should be limited to the time in
which they operate line between Omaha
and Fremont IL recommends that the
franchise be drawn carefully so that no pro.
vision shall be left to inference or double
construction, and that maximum rates for
the transportation of passengers and freight
shall be fixed by the commissioners.
Must Look After Bridges.
It's final recommendation is that the com
pany shall be required to pay all expenses
Of building and repairing county bridges
used by 1t along the line of travel. AS this
report was signed by every member of the
committee and John S. Knox, one of the
committeeman, is one of the promoters of
the proposed line, It is believed that the
company will accept the conditions recon-
mended by the executive committee, and
laaI Il.. bat ..rAll h.
brought before the county commiss toner's
at the next meeting of that body for final
disposition.
Considerable interest was manifested in
a communication from l.. c. Sharp, a mem
Der of the Commercial club on the subject
OF the treatment accorded him by the Cen
tral Labor union In his communication he
stated that being unable to sign the scale
of the Machinists' union his shop had been
declared unfair by the machintsts and the
boycott had been indorsed by the Central
Labor union; that these bodies had so in
terfered with his workmen and his business
that he had decided to move his shop from
Omaha to some place where the proprietor
of an establishment can conduct 1t without
interference from unions, which he de-
nounced in scathing terms. The subject
was referred to committee consisting of
JODn steer, JOnn - hnON ana IL. J. ien1Olu
to see what steps can be taken in the mat
ter.
A committee from the Ancient Order Of
United Workmen lodges Of the city ap-
peared before the committee to interest
the club in the proposed removal of the
state grand lodge of the order to Omaha.
The matter was referred to COMMITTEES
consisting of c. G. Pearse. X. C. Peters
and Mr.. Smith for consideration and in
| vestigation
In the cooperation between the new
| manager of Krugs park and the street
| railway company the committee reported
that no steps could be taken to bring about
| a division OF the receipts OF the company
| and the manager Of the park was so in-
| formed.
The name Of DR.. II. A. Worley was pre-
sented as a candidate for membership 10
| the club.
| A vote of thanks was rendered the enter
| tainment committee for their work in mall
| ing the Lee banquet a success and the
committee was discharged.
The secretary reported progress in the
| proposed match factory, saying that It
would probably be established, as local
| capital had been interested and that in-
vestigation as to the practicability Of the
| scheme was in progress