Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Oapitsl Avsnus Market Ordinance Again
Passed Over Mayors Vets.
OMAHA VIEW PEOPLE WANT STREET CARS
Delegate from Improvement Club Ask
Council to Force street Railway
to Extend Line TO Maple
street.

Consistently with his former action in
the same connection, Mayor Moores re-
turned to the city council last evening
without his approval the ordinance adopted
at the former meeting defeating a portion
of Capitol avenue between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets as a site for a public
market. with equal adherence to its former
course in this matter the council refused
to sustain the veto by a unanimous vote
of those present, the absentees being
Messrs. Hoye and Mount.
The mayor in his veto message stated
that he had withheld his signature from
the ordinance for the reason that there
were no funds available, to the amount Of
SIS, 900, for the purchase of a market house
as described in the ordinance, and further
that the comptroller has refused to certify
that there is SIS, 900 available for that pur-
pose. AS to the legality Of the ordinance
the mayor in his communication said: II
also have the opinion Of the city attorney
TO the effect that you cannot legally take
this money and use II for this purpose,
and under this ruling and the condition OF
the general fund l will not run the risk Of
jeopardizing my bondsmen by the illegal
use OF the money asked for in this ordi-
nance"
The mayor also returned without his ap-
proval the bonds furnished by seven OF the
twenty deputy assessors recently appointed
by the tax commissioner. The surety on
the bond in each OF these cases was the
National Mutual Bond company Of Omaha,
and the mayor explained in his veto mes
sage that he did not consider the company
reliable, and that inasmuch as It was a
mutual company the only responsibility
was the personal responsibility Of the
ynap,hnrg Tk,roForo he vpo,,1d MT nnngtdar
the city sufficiently secured by those bonds.
The council in each case refused to sus-
tain the veto by the unanimous vote of
Jeven.
Demand street Railway Extension.
A delegation from the Omaha View I'm
provement club was present to urge the
council to use its influence, or il necessary
coercion, to induce the street railway COM
pany to extend the street railway on
Thirty-third street from Parker to Maple
street. Frank Johnson, president of the
club, made a brief statement to show the
need Of better service in that section of
the city, and Daniel Callahan, secretary
Of the organization, made a very earnest
Rrgument to the council advocating radical
measures to compel the street railway
company to extend its line for the distance
Of nine blocks. Mr. Callahan stated that
the city had taken $4,000 out Of the
pockets OF the taxpayers OF Omaha View
and turned it over to the street railway
company, for had it not been for the gra-
ding of that street by taxation the COM
pany could not have extended its line ia
Parker street. 1t was promised at that
time, he said, that the line would be ex-
tended all the way to Maple street.
City Engineer R%osewater, by request o.
Tho nRndfdnnN A-.Jns,o1 49, A.
ment was ordered for the good Of the
street and not the railway company, ant
that the Board of Public Works in order.
ing the improvement did not make an,
promises involving the company and hat
no power to do so. The matter, after som,
discussion, was deferred, to be taken Vi
next Monday In general committee.
At the suggestion Of City Electrician
schurig a resolution was adopted remittinJ
the fees on all permits for electrical dis
play for purely decorative purposes durinI
the Ak-Sar-Ben festival.
Councilmen Whitehorn, Burkley, Kar
and zimman were appointed a committe
TO arrange and have the management O
the platforms in front of the city hall o.
the occasion Of the reception to Presiden
Roosevelt, and on the nights Of the othe
parades OF the Ak-sar-Ben, and to hav
'NA SSAiOi u all tlChSlS 10 the STANDS.
Resolutions for and
The following resolution. introduced b
Judge Hascall. was unanimously adopted
Whereas, Death has suddenly remove
from among us an old and respected citize
IN the person of the late Albert II, Sander
4 citizen Identified with the business inter
ests OF Omaha, and only a few years ag
prominent In public affairs. As a yetera
fireman. a member of the city council q
omaha for the term of two years commend
ing January, 1889, and a member of numeI
Gus organizations for social, moral an
educational development, he was highl
esteemed by his friends and acquaintance
Tor his public spirit, intelligence, honest
and social qualities: therefore,
Resolved, by the city council of the cit
Of Omaha, That II becomes our duty to an
nounce the death of the late Albert +
Sander, and, IN common with the goo
people OF Omaha, to express our sorrow O
the occasion, and with them to mourn tn
Jad event; also,
Resolved. That the sympathy of tn
council be, and hereby is, extended to N
family of the deceased; that a certihe
copy or these resolutions be presented
them and that the same be spread at lengt
on the journal of our proceedings.
The council will hold a special sessic
this afternoon at 2 o'clock, to pass II
Seventeenth street paving ordinance.