Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-22
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Fire Department viii Be Kept at Its
Present Active Force,
COUNCIL MAKES ITS POSITION PLAN
wiling TO FIND n way to Meet the
Emergency, but Insists on the
Commission Assuming Its
shareof Responsibility.

At It's meeting Of last evening the city
council reiterated formally in the shape Of
a resolution the frequently expressed de-
termination OF its member that the city
fire department must not be dlsorganizPd
for lack Of funds and that a way must and
will be found to continue the department to
the end Of the present year. The council
insists that the responsibility for exceeding
the charter limit of s125 900 for fire depart
ment expenditure shall not be saddled
upon its body alone, but must be shared by
The Board Of Fire and Police Commission
ers, the Commercial club and the taxpay-
ers generally.
The resolution as adopted is the outcome
OF a report from the judiciary committee
to which was referred the communication
OF the Board OF Fire and Police Commits
sionefs, asking for an additional appro-
p~riation, and a resolution submitted last
evening by Councilman Lobeck.
The committee in its report thoroughly
reviewed the situation and in its recon-
mendations submitted the proposition
that the council, II urged as before by the
Commercial club and other important in
terests to. continue the fire department at
its full strength, could well afford to do so.
To that, however. was added the following
qualifying paragraph:
The city. council stands. ready to co -oper-
ate with the Board of Fire and Police Com
missioners, the mayor. Commercial club
the fire department in good and effective
condition for the remainder of the year,
but all must share IN. the responsibility.
MIR. Lobeck's proposition.
Mr.. Lobeck's resolution was to the effect
that the council Will In the future, as In
the past, take care of the fire department
and see that in some manner the present
need is met. The resolutions directed the
Board OF Fire and Police Commissioners to
perform their duties in the usual manner"
and offered the assurance that the council
will adopt some commonsense method to
provide the necessary funds TO keep the
present force OF men at work and the pres
emit department up to its present standard
Of efficiency"
This resolution, with the addition of the
paragraph quoted from the report Of the
committee, was adopted.
schwart1chIId a s~uIsberEer's shed.
Among the communications from the
mayor was one calling attention to the
business methods employed in this city
by the Schwartzchild G. Sulsberger Co.,
which had been the subject Of a former
communication sent by him to the council.
He referred to the vacation Of a part Of
Leavenworth street for trackage facilities
and the erection Of a temporary platform
for the use Of the firm mentioned, and also
TO the fact that the firm had erected no
buildings. He reminded the council that
the lease expired October 10 and suggested
that the time had now come when the Kan
sas City firm should be required to either
Ash or cut bait" and should be required
by the city to either construct or rent a
building or discontinue business. He sub
mitted that It is not fair to permit this
concern to sell meat from 8 car pulled in on
its tracks with no other business establish
ment then a shed used ds a receiving and
distributing depot, ard to compete with
local firms who are paying taxes in this