Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-17
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Andrew ROsewater Power Ordinance 0cou-
pies the Most Attention.
VOTE DOWN ADVERSE COMMITTEE REPORT
COuncilmen Haskell and Zimman
Have n Decidedly warm ArEu-
meat over q Ruling Of
the Chair.

~ NhAANs
In its various forms and phases the
proposition to give Andrew Rosewater a
franchise to distribute electrical power
throughout the city dominated the pro-
c~eedings Of the city council last evening
and made all other business appear trivial.
The strength Of Mr.. Rosewater's ordi-
nance was in a measure put to the test in
the vote upon an adverse report submitted
by Messrs. Hascall and Whitehorn Of the
judiciary committee, and the report was
defeated by a vote Of 2 to 8. Messrs. Has
call and Whitehorn only voting for its
adoption.
The subject OF the franchise first came up
in a communication from the Real Estate
exchange reporting its action taken at the
meeting OF yesterday, with the proposed
amendments approved at that meeting.
This communication was placed on file and
Councilman Hascall seized upon this OPP
portunity to present a petition which he
said carried 200 more names than Mr..
Rosewater's petition and in which the
council is urged to grant a franchise that
will be open to any person who wishes to
taxi advantage Of 1t.
Asks Too Much.
Mr.. Selby Of the committee OF the Real
Estate exchange was permitted to make a
statement, in which he said that the
amendments which the exchange proposed
had been passed upon at a meeting of fifty
or sixty members of the body. One point
he thought had perhaps not been given the
careful Investigation that It deserved and
that was as to the 5 per cent annuity. He
thought that was too large a percentage
| opd faI4 sur that tho nvnhanua would nhyy
favor making 1t lower.
AS a report Of the judiciary committee on
Mr.. osewater' ordinance Councilman Has
call, chairman Of the committee. returned
the three different drafts of the ordinance
with a long communication in which was
embodied the substance of a great deal OF
the argument which he has heretofore from
time to time used against the ordinance.
This document was signed by only Hascall
and Whitehorn, Mr.. Mount having been
out of the city and Messrs. Zimman and
Lobcck refusing to concur in this report.
Accompanying the report also were COM
munications from ]. f. Hanson, secretary
Of the Fremont Power company, and II. e..
Babcock president Of the Nebraska Central
Irrigation Company Of Columbus. TIL re-
port closed with the recommendation that
the ordinance be indefinitely postponed.
After some discussion the report was put
to vote and lost, as stated.
Presents RedrUfted Ordinance.
A new draft Of Andrew R~osewater's or
dinance embodying the amendments agreed
upon at the general committee meeting of
Monday afternoon was introduced by Mr..
Zimman, who moved a suspension Of the
rules for the first and second reading of
the ordinance, and embodied in this mo-
ton instruction to the clerk to have the
ordinance published.
Mr., Hascall insisted that the motion be
divided, and it was at this ~juncture that
the discussion became most turbulent
There was a misunderstanding as TO
whether Mr., zimman's motion as adopted
by the council carried with 1t the i%nstruc-
tion as to the publication of the ordinance,
and the chair ruled that It did not, as he
had only put the first portion OF the mo-
ton as It had been stated by Mr.. Zimman.
Then Mr.. Zimman contested the ruling OF
the chair In a very emphatic manner, and
Mr.. Hascall just as emphatically insisted
that the chair was right, and that the frs
part Of the motion only had been passed
President Karr enforced his ruling, and
after the ordinance had been read a first
time in full and a second time by title a
motion by Mr.. Zimman to have 1t pub
lished was lost by a vote Of 4 to 4, those in
the affirmative being Messrs. Burnley
Lobeck, Trostler and Zimman.
On recommendation Of the committee on
finance and claims, the tax depar ment Of
the city was granted an appropriation Of
$500 to pay for a portion Of its work which
ras not yet been completed.
Raise Fire and Police Salaries.
Councilman Zimman introduced two or
dlnances raising the salaries in the police
and fire departments. The ordinances
make a So raise in the fire department on
all members except the chief and his two
assistants, and in the police department
the same raise on the detectives and pa
trolmen.
These ordinances were given their first
and second reading and laid over under
the rules.
The council sustained four vetoes of the
mayor. Two were for the location Of arc
lights, on the ground that the lighting fund
was exhausted. The other was the grant
ing Of a special permit to Andrew Kiewit
to erect a frame building within the fire
limits. and the other a warrant in favor of
c. D. Woodwork for S1,S25.S3 which was
simply to allow a clerical error to be cor
Irected.
Nels Peterson served notice ,of a claim
" for damages OF 4b,U0U Tor personal injuries
alleged to have been received by him IN
falling into a hole on Thirty-fourth street,
near Jones street, on the night of Novem-
Der 20.
A communication from the tax commit
tee Of the Real Estate exchange asking for
q detailed statement of the salaries paid
to city employees and the duties of those
employees and other information In regard
to the city government was referred to the
comptroller for report to the council.
Comptroller Report ON Funds.
The following from the city comptroller
was received and placed on file:
/ have the honor 10 report that in COM
plIanee with the provisions of ordinance
No. 400 did on December Is, 1902, at $3.50
a. m, Without notice, count the cash IN
the hands of the city treasurer. which l
found TO be as follows:
; Cash In drawer ZVeiEl
Checks and cash for deposit; $500. s'Iioos
=, Balances I'm banks-City funds
Commercial National ..HA724.5
First National .........".. l5,63lOI
Merchants National ..... l6,OlI.b
Nebraska National ....... 26,SO6lg
Omaha National .......... Zl,l4o.9l
Union National ............ 2Z,lO3W
United States National. lLl2l.3I
Kountze Bros, New York as, 25O.5O- I6,2O6Ol
Balances in banks-School funds:
Commercial National ...... Sl2L i.5z
3 First National .....:"..'. l2szAVg
!. Merchants National zee. I'44l.t5
Omaha National ........'. lLsl.E
ITnfnn National hIhUD.A AZ