Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-12
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Veto Of Contract for Construction Of harket
House Not Sustained.
MAYOR AGAIN STATES HIS OBJECTIONS
says Market on Capitol Avenue VIII
Not Meet Requirements and
Money for It L. Not Legally
Available.

AS was confidently expected by the city
council, Mayor Moores returned to that
body last evening his veto Of the contract
and bond OF the city with Charles W. Part
ridge for the construction of the Capitol
avenue market house; and as had been
threatened, the council promptly overruled
the veto by an afirmativ vote of seven,
MIR. Whitehorn being excused from voting
and MIR. Mount, the only member who
would have voted to sustain the veto, being
absent. The veto message was as follows:
1 return herewith without my approval
document No. 2S72, passed by your honor-
able body at your last regular meeting, No
vember 4, 1902. This document Is a contract
and bond between Charles w. Partridge ard
completion Of a market house in Capitol
avenue. | veto this contract and bond OF
Charles w. Partridge for the following rea-
sons:
First-That the proceedings required to be
taken to protect the city against claims and
suits Tor damages by, reason OF the aPpro-
itol avenue proposed to be used have not
been taken.
Second-That the construction of the pro-
posed market house on Capitol avenue will
not meet the needs and requirements of
the city of Omaha and is a mere tempo
rary makeshift. In the first place, the loca-
ton is not a suitable one for patronage by
the public generally. In the second place
the size and character OF the proposed
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like Omaha.
Third-I also veto and refuse to approve
said contract or bond for the reason that
the proposed expenditure OF 81, 9S7 of the
money belonging to the general fund IL not
only Illegal, but utterly unjustihable, In
eral fund and existing outstanding liabil-
tiles which should be paid in place OF di-
verting said fund as proposed to a market
house. The diversion of this amount OF
money for this purpose will certainly leave
an overlap at the end of the present fiscal
year.. and there will then be liabilities Gre
ated by the mayor and council which Of
necessity must remain unpaid. The direct
result OF thus dlverting this money, In view
of these outstanding existing obligations, is
to create a liability against every official
who votes for or approves this contract.
For one, 1 do not propose to make my bond
liable for this Unauthorized and excessive
expenditure.
The resolution Of the council author
izing the Board Of Public Works to execute
the contract with Mr.. Partridge was also
returned with the mayors veto and was
enacted Notwithstanding the veto, by an
affirmative vote Of 8, Mr.. Whitehorn vot-
ing with the majority on this proposition.
Asphalt Wants Bonds.
A proposal was received from the Barber
Asphalt company to exchange the city war
rants to be issued to it in payment for the
pavement of districts 767, 49,, 500 and s04
for the city bonds to be issued to pay those
warrants, the bonds to be taken by them at
par. This communication was referred TO
the committee on finance and claims.
The city clerk reported that w. j. Hunter
and Victor Rosewater had duly qualified as
members Of the Board of Review.
A petition from Rocco Brothers and about
fifty other business men Of the Third ward,
asking that the old street car tracks on
Eleventh street from Twelfth and How
ard streets to Eleventh and Jackson streets
be torn up for the reason that they were
of no use and were a detriment to the
street, was referred TO the city engineer
to be reported upon at the next meeting.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
city engineer to proceed with the plan OF
assessment for the opening of Central
boulevard from Hanscom park TO Burt
street in accordance with the previous in
structions Of the council.
By resolution provision was made for
refunding the various sums OF money paid
by market gardeners for market stalls OF
space on Capitol avenue for the present
year and the comptroller was instructed
to include these amounts In the next APP
preparation ordinance to some out of the
general market fund. The claims amount
in all to about $500.
The city comptroller certified to the
treasurer November l, 1902, as follows:
Cash in drawer. ..... ...............S 2,9S2 81
Checks and cash for depOsit........ 1884 81
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