Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-27
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Continued from First PaEej

on the city hall reviewing stand for tn,
Ak-sar-Ben parsdes. In the past a struc
ture, costing about $500 has been erected
and the tickets TO the several hundred
seats parcelled out among the mayor and
other city officers. This year the stand is
to cost not more than 1925, according to q
resolution adopted, and this including the
lumber which will be used later by the
street department. II is to be for the ex.
elusive use OF the mayor and his guests
HIS honor will be the sole arbiter as Il
VINO gets on the platform and there will
not be room for many. Councilman Back
tousht against even this much Of a stand.
Il couldn't get all the tickets l wanted
last year" said he. II don't think we
ought to have a stand"
Councilman Huntington protested, say
ing such talk was "niggardly" and that as
usual the judges and, reviewing officers of
the parades would take positions at the city
nall and the customary ceremonies per-
formed there. Back agreed to vote for
the resolution on the assurance of Nichol-
son that the mayor and the mayor only
would have Jurisdiction.
For Safety In Building.
That the death Of laborer on the Crane
company BUILDING at Tenth and Harvey
streets would have been prevented had the
city had an ordinance requiring the con
struction Of false floors in structures as
rapidly as they are erected, was the In
1erential charge made by a letter from the
Brlcklayer's union. The union asks an
ordinance covering the subject of build
ings more than two stories in height. 1t
was stated that before the accident oc-
currel a committee waited on the building
inspector and asked him to require contrac-
tors to put in the floors as rapidly as
the successive stories of buildings were
reached The inspector replied that there
was no law on the point but that he would
do what he could. He issued orders and
contractors made some effort at comply
ing. The Crane building, however, lacked
the false floors and the laborer wheeling
bricks was dashed to death, falling a dis
lance of sixty-five feet
A resolution was adopted requiring the
street commissioner to keep the carnival
grounds in clean and sanitary condition.
the city to stand one-half the cost and
Ak-sar-Ben the other half. The city hall
was ordered decorated with flags and
bunting at a cost not to exceed $50.
Favor Tor street Railway.
Councilman Evans introduced an ordi-
nance to amend the electric light heat and
power wire circuit ordinance so as to ex-
tend the time when these wires must be
underground in the business district, to
October 1. 1905. He explained that the idea
was to give the street railway company
more time to bury the wires It uses to
transmit current for private lighting and
power purposes, as the company cannot
perform the task this fall
H. o. Foster and A. T. Livingston were
appointed inspectors on contract paving.
The council Adjourned to 2 O'Clock today
when the ordinance to appropriate $4,000
for the emergency repair OF unpaved streets
will be passed. Councilman Back said that
in some districts conditions are so bad that
cannot get In their coal.
On Friday night the Western Union Tele-
graph company probably will be given
hearing on the matter Of assessing its local
for 1904 and 1906 at. 800 900.
Deputy Comptroller Cosgrove submitted
the following stahenleRA, of the condition OF
funds septemner. co. including ordinances
Nos. 434, 1876 and 4s6. pending: