Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-10
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Effort to Fill AppOintivs Places Again
Proves Futile.
ALL NAMES SUGGESTED TURNED DOWN
Mayor and Board of Public works
Treated Alike by the Council De-
clininE to Confirm Anybody
for Anything.

The council last night by a majority com
posed Of President Zimman, Hoye. Back,
Schroeder and Evans rejected every APP
pointment submitted by the mayor aud
every appointment made by the Board OF
Public Works. Huntington vas absent on
account OF sickness, but O'Brien, Nichol
son and Dybal adhered to their position
in standing by the mayor who presented (
for six minor places the names of the men
turned down by the council a week ago.
1t was the last opportunity for the con
hrmation of the rejected appointees who |
are men already filling the Jobs with the
exception of John C. Lynch, and are as
follows: Gas inspector, John c. Lynch
clerk police court, Lee c. Grier. inspector
weights and measures, Thomas P. Maham-
mitt custodian city hall, Alfred Bugh; |
superintendent markets, william F. Gerke |
poundmaster, John Laughland.
The crowd filled all the seats in the coun- !
Gil chamber and overiowed into the hall !
ways. Interest In what the council would |
do both with the mayors appointees and !
those from the public works department |
was pronounced. and the action taken |
caused much savage criticism. On the |
face of IL, at least, the public works de- |
partment is left without employees of any |
kind indefinitely, regardless of what may |
happen 10 sewers or the condition Of the !
streets.
Board of Public works List.
The Board of Public Works had held
| meeting late in the afternoon and made a
number of important changes in the new
| list as first proposed. william Hutton was
| restored TO his position as foreman of the
sewer maintaining department and a place
found for John F. Daley at $65 a month
/ a.,
den was put back as inspector and super
intendent and Frank Fixa given the JOB
| of permanent sidewalk inspector Ed Tay-
| lor was restored to the position of inspec-
| tor Of street cuts and connections and U.
/ b. Balcombe was made a wooden sidewalk
| inspector. @. w. Covell was added to serve
j notices Comptroller Lobeck voted against
| these changes and Chairman Rosewater
and Building Inspector Withnell for theln
In addition some fifty laborers were an
nexed to the roll, making the total names
| upon 1t nearly 400.
As soon as the communication from the
board got before the>council Hoye was on
/ his feet with motion to reject. He said
the original appointees we're legal and II the
democratic members of the board wanted
| to object their recourse IS in court Nichol-
son made a talk for harmony and moved
an amendment that the list be referred
TO the street improvements and viaducts
committee with instructions to at once call
a joint meeting of the council and Board
of Public Works In order that satisfac--
tory roll be made up.
This work is child's play from start to
finish" he declared. 1T is an outrage on
the public. The streets are in horrible
condition and there is not a man to repair
them"
President Zimman then sought to sooth
rufied feelings by saying that none need
fear results and that the council would
take care of the matter when the time
came O'Brien, Dyball and Nicholson were
} the only men who voted for the amend
ment to refer. Dyball then voted with
the majority in favor OF Hoyes motion
Then there was a liberal exodus of job
hunters.
Condition of the Market House.
Building Inspector withneIi made a re-
port on the market house completion, which
has been long delayed by the building
trades strike He said that Contractor
Partridge is willing to accept s9e5 in final
settlement. This added to the amount he
. has already received, S10,6s6 will bring the
total amount just about to the original
contract price. yet the building inspector
said II would require an estimated sum Of
3,42O TO properly finish the building The
J appropriation set aside for the house was
} $4,000. Expenses. including proposed final
settlement with the contractor, will leave a
balance of but $1,224. barely enough to
make the building habitable temporarily
The communication was referred to the
, building and property committee.
To Regulate Speed of Motors.
On the motion of Councilman O'Brien,
the proposed ordinance regulating the speed
of automobiles was dug up from the dor
: mant state in which it has lain since last
summer. With Councilman Schroeder's s
, name attached IL was read the first and
second times and referred. The new law
would have a prohibition against reckless
driving and provides for maximum speed
! of FIVE miles an hour in the business dis
, trict and eight miles in the residence dis
, trict, fixing penalties at maximum fine OF
$50 or ten days Jail sentence.
An ordinance providing for the issuance
OF $4s4, 900 worth of renewal bonds to take
up that amount OF bonds soon maturing.
y was introduced, read the lrst and second
( times and referred to a committee
The Omaha Street Sign company pre-
sented a new ordinance in relation to the
Z proposition to furnish free substantial street
S markers, which are to yield returns on
small advertising spaces The measure was
given the preliminary reading and re-
ferred.
Councilman Evans had passed a resoIu-
. tion expressing the sense of the council
that the Omaha Street Railway company
should extend its line from Thirty-third and
Parker street to Thirty-third and Maple.
The appointment OF George w Craig as
a assistant city engineer. made by City En-.
K gineer Rosewater, was confirmed unani.
: mously by the council.
Q COmptrOIIer's Statement
Comptroller Lobecks statement of the
; condition Of funds on June is as follows
90 p. c. 1903.
Z Levy q Misc. Warrants
| Funds Receipts. Drawn. Balance
, General ........ $lS6 632 II $l22 36S SO 81 81