Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
No Appointments Save One Confirmed
Owing to Deadlock.
MAYOR SWITCHES NAMES AND OFFICES
Does Not Abandon Any of His seIec-
tiOns, but Places Them I'm COnnec-
tiOn with Different Jobs, but
All Are Rejected.


All Are Rejected.
Another engagement of the battle De- |
tween Mayor Moores and the councilmanic !,
majority over minor appointments came of |
in the council chamber last night. The |
mayor submitted the same objectionable |
list of names, somewhat askew as TO posi- |
tions, because they had been submitted the
limited number of successive times be-
fore. In addition a number of appoint
ments not before handed I'm were turned
down. AS an aggressive move, President
Zlmman had introduced and passed reso-
luton abolshing the offices of city claim
agent and abstractor and ousung the in
cumbents, and an ordinance repeating the
ordinance creating the office of gas In
spector and assistant license inspector was
read the FIRST and second times and re-
ferred.
The confirmation of two appointments 10
the board of engineers, Henry Schroeder
and George Cornelius, evoked a fervent
Thank God" from Mayor Moores' who
had seen every one of his other appointees
rejected. He sent the names of the unsuc-
cessful candidates In last night as toHows:
For inspector weights and measures, Al
fred Bugh; custodian city hall, John u
Lynch; clerk of police court +. l. Moats'
gas inspector, Thomas +. Mahammtt'
poundmaster, Willis F. Gerke; superintend-
ent markets, Lee e. Grier; license IN
spector. Sam w. Scott; assistant Incense
inspector, John Matthieson: at city hall'
engineer, James 8. England; fireman, b.
w, Christie: elevator conductors, Frank E.
Gates, Fred c. Anthony and Alpert r
Mayne; janitors, John G. Pegs. Herman
at citV iall, Ole jack
son.
some Routine Business.
The automobile speed ordinance and the
ordinance authorizing an issue OF S4S4'VVO
renewal bonds were read the thru Niie
and passed. An ordinance having lor l's
purpose a contract with the Omaha street
sign company for the supplying of inter-
section markers free was defeated. BY
reo,est Councilman O'Brien introduced ana
bad read twice by title and referred an
ordinance prohibiting the use OF slot ma
chimes by minors and forbidding the opera
tion of any machine Of the kind II winnings
are maid in anything but merchandise
citv Attorney Wright sent In long pro
test against the appointment OF second
assistant city attorney, for which an or
dinance has been introduced In the couii-
Gil The letter was placed on ME.
The Barber Asphalt company hleo
wordv knock on Paving Contractor 'oilll
Grant, who submitted the lowest piu loi
osnhaIt repairs Monday. The communlca-
49,, averred that the Nebraska Bitulithlc
sonnanv has not been incorporated ana
| .hat NJ Grants bid was not technicaily
| oorrect further that the latter could no.
cor,nlv with the contract and start "orA
! otthin ten days because he has no paNins
r,ont Citv Engineer Rosewater, Mr.. Grant
"a renresentative OF the Barber COM
-. ronaad CARPENTER spoke on the mat
ter Grant said that the bulk OF the
machinery for his plant arrived luesuay ,
and had been unloaded from the cars, 'La' ma
he vas ready 10 take the contract anu CIV
the proper bond and that incorpora','i'
papers were prepared and wouiu Oe N''U'
For Macadam Paving
~, resolution introduced by Couhci-
! NON Nicholson the Board OF Puohc WOi No
"a instructed to prepare specihcatiohs iU'
n,acadam paving and repaVing ana 10 Hu
,,"rttsa for competitive bids for doing each
go ~ work the macadam to go down
-, streets now hoored with cedar olocKs'
THE council voted unanimously ior VI"
resolution. Nicholson had passed aISo
resolution directing the Board OF PUBIC
IsIo.,1s 20 have the weeds cut along the
streets, especially in the vicinity ~
scbools at an expense not to exceed 'i,VV.
o,,t 81 the general fund. 1t was directed
s,,r+ner that the work be done by city
nrisoners as much as possible
rha Nav nayrolls of the public works de-
ort,,ent amounting to $4,000, were ordereo
referred to the comptroller with ihstluo'
lions to include them In an hppropria'oi
ordinance, II in his judgment the city car
IeoalIv nav the claims. Comptroller Lo
hecl, already has put himself on record al
versely. , 49,.
communication from Building lnspec
tor w!thnen announced the appointment o.
Thomas Falconer as assistant building IN
saa,,or and Richard p. Grotte AS clerk II
, his office, as authorized by the eounel N
r.cant resolution. City Clerk Elbourn sub
, -N,,.a1- ths name of g. Simonson as deputy
in his otf1ce.
Tba south Side Second Ward Improve
,,ent club filed a protest against the re
noIring Of North Sixteenth street and com
rnsndInR the action Of Councilman Hoye II
this matter.
To open Bancroft street.
Nv resolution the council agreed to can
eel $4,000 worth of regular taxes In order
gain possession OF a small strip OF grouh
% enable the opening of Bancroft stree
tho railway tracks of the Union Faclh'
4 ,rhe rrcperty is that owned by Sarah an
Conrad G. Fisher and which was ono
used for a packing house
The slot machine ordinance Is paruali
n explained by it's title. which is as follows
= IAN ordinance to prohibit the use OF trad
8 machines. slot machines or any mechanics
q device whatsoever by minors in the city
Omaha. to prevent the wrongful operauo
! of such machines and the payment {
e money prizes or the equivalent thereof o
s the same. and to prescribe penalties for th
r unlawful use or operation thereof" tn
nenaIties are fines ranging between SO an
500 How minors can be required frol
lusing ANY mechanical device whatsoever
Is not explained; and the ordinance is :
= worded as 70 permit the exchange of me
chandise for beating" the machines.
As agreed upon I'm committee meeting II
auto ordinance prohibits careless and reel
less driving and fixes a maximum speed
II seven miles an hour in the district boundt
o bv Leavenworth, Twentieth and IzaT
10 streets. and twelve miles in other parts
" the city Councilmen Hoye and Nicholsc
voted against the ordinance. the form'
u because ne thought the speed limit too his
n and the other because he thought II Il
~ low.
IL The ordinance authorizing new rules 4