Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-03

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Contingent fund $3.50
IOtal X0O,OOO
Before the appropriation was passed. AL
derman Boyer introduced a new salary or
dinance. increasing the remuneration of
the city clerk from 500 to 500 a month;
the salary of the city engineer from 81, 200
to 1,4OO a year and the pay Of policemen
and fremen from $50 to s65 a month.
Effort to Raise Pay Defeated.
This ordinance was opposed at the outset
by Alderman Lougee on the grounds that he
had not had sufficient time to consider the
matter. Alderman Mcdonald said as an
economic expedient he was opposed to in
creasing the pay of the policemen, but fav-
ored raising that of the fremen. He moved
to amend the ordinance by the pay Of
the policemen as before, at $50. The amend
ment was lost.
Then Alderman Lougee moved to amend
by leaving the salary OF the city engineer
at 81, 200, as before, but this amendment
also failed to carry.
On the rules being suspended and the
ordinance introduced being placed on It's
third reading, 1t failed to carry, Alderman
Hammer, Lougee and Mcdonald voting
against 1t. Fourteen policemen and fifteen
hremen would have been benefited by the
measure had 1t passed.
wires to BE Put Under Ground.
An ordinance was introduced prohibiting
the erection OF telephone poles and over
head wires and requiring the removal Of all
such poles and wires within these limits Of
the city and requiring all such wires to be
placed underground:
Commencing at the northeast corner of
willow avenue and Seventh street, thence
north along the east side of Seventh
street to the southeast corner Of Seventh
ana MINISTER streets; thence east along the
south side of MINISTER street to it's inter-
section with Main street; thence north
intersection with Bryant street; thence
south along the west line of Bryant street
to its intersection with Broadway street;
thence east along the south side Of Broad
way street to its intersection with Glen
avenue; thence south, along the west side
Of Glen avenue to Its intersection with
Pierce street; thence in a westerly direction
along the north line of Pierce street to its
south along the west line ~ Rinnr strset
to its intersection with Willow avenue;
thence west along the north side OF Will
street.
December 1 Of this year is named as the
lime by which the ordinance must be COM
piled with. The ordinance also provides
that for making the necessary connection
to subscribers not more than one pole shall
be erected or used in a block In the limits
specified.
Heads on Independent Telephone.
Aldermen Boyer and Clark are said to
have fathered this ordinance and 1t was
introduced, It is understood, in view OF In
fact that a certain local capitalist is said
to be engineering the organization OF an
independent telephone company. The ordi-
nance passed to its second reading after
some opposition from Alderman Lougee and
was then laid over.
At the suggestion Of City Solicitor Wads-
worth a resolution was adopted curing GER
tain defects and informalities alleged to
have existed in the proceedings of the city
council In ordering and letting the contract
for the paving in the Fourth ward. The
suit brought by certain property owners
in the Fourth ward to restrain the city
from assessing the cost OF the paving against
them is set for hearing April Z in the dis
trict court and the city solicitor explained
that the adoption OF the resolution would
eliminate all issues except that of alleged
fraud in the awarding OF the contract.
Election OmcinlIy Declared.
The announcement Of the canvass Of the
vote cast at the election Monday was made
and the usual resolution declaring the sue
~cessful candidates elected adopted.
Attorney Paul Aylesworth presented a
bill Of $3.50 for services alleged to have
been rendered the city during the absence
Of the city solicitor last year, but no.action
was taken on II.
The council will meet tonight to audit
bills for the election and clean UP other
matters before the regular meeting next
Monday, when the new. council will be in
| Quoted into office.