Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-16
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
final Struggle Over Let for Engine H'uIs
in JSbbing District
ELEVENTH AND JACKSON PROPERTY WIN
with only Two Negative Votes coun-
ell Decides to Make Another
Payment to Agent MeikIe
business.

A final struggle ensued in the city council
chamber Tuesday night over the purchase
Of a lot in the wholesale district to be used
as the site for a fire engine house, and the
friends OF the Eleventh and Jackson street
property came out victorious. An ordi-
nance was passed directing the city comp
troller to pay the agent for this lot $4,000.
This settles the FIRE house site question for
the present at least, since the agent, w. b.
Mefltie, agrees to wait for the balance until
january 1, 1903.
The council had before It three PROPOSE
lions to sell lots in this district. TIL FIRST
was the lot at Eleventh and Jackson streets,
owned by the Mechanics Savings bank OF
Providence, R. l., price, SIS, 900; the second
was a lot at Twelfth and jackson streets,
@. b. Denney agent, for which 10000 was
Asked, and the third was an inside lot at
d114-l6-1s jackson street, r. @. Peters &
%. owners, Of which $500 was the selling
price. c.. B. Denney was present to do a
little quiet lobbying In the interest Of his
property, and during the deliberations cut
his price from s11, 900 to $4,000. ,
When the roll was called on the pas
sage Of the ordinance It was found that
whitehorn had disappeared. A committee
was appointed to find him and bring him
back, but a few moments later the COM
mtttee returned to report that the mem
Der from the Fourth ward was not to be
found. The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Mount, Hoye. Hascall, Trostler,
Earr-5.
N~ays-ZiRiman, Burkley-2.
Lobeck and Whitehorn we're absent.
Upon recommendation Of the city attor-
ney the following personal injury claims
were ordered paid out OF the judgment
fund: Stella Saunders, SIS; A. P. Gavin,
e25; Edgar G.. Burkett, SIS; Ethel CHM
mock, $685. Mary e. Gavin, $125; Garwood
p. Butts, SIS. In addition to these Z. N,
Bartlett was allowed SIS for attorneys
fees and doctors bill.
End of MOIder's
The committee on railroads, telegraphs
and telephones reported having received
word from Iron Molders' union, No. 1870, to
the effect that It (the union) had made an
agreement with the Featherstone Foundry
company looking to the establishment OF a
foundry in Omaha, and hence recon-
mended that the unions resolutions in ref
erence to the closing of the Union Pacific
foundry be placed on file. The report was
accepted.
The general appropriation ordinance for
June, providing for the appropriation OF
S129, s6S.14. was placed upon its first and
second readings and referred TO the COM
mittee ON finance and claims. or this
amount SAL. 900 is for regular items Of run
ming expense and the rest is for special
items, including bonds and coupons for
special Improvement districts.
r.. 8. Berlin, gas inspector, reported tina
the city's bills for Illuminating by gas and
gasoline during June amounted to sS,1s9.se
Another computation was received
from the Country club requesting that two
or three arc lamps be placed ION Military
avenue, from the former terminus OF the
street railway to the city limits "The
need for this" read the attached petition
"seems almost imperative, as the street
which is dangerous under present condi'
tions. is used almost nightly by a large
number Of citizens" 1t was signed by e
A, cudahy, president; Edgar NJ, Morsman
Jr., secretary, and e. M. Fairfield, b. J
Burkley, H. T, Lemist, ". A. Redick, p
p. Peck, @. w. Wattles and w. M. Bur
CESS. 1t was referred to the committee or
street lighting,