Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-06
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Another Effort to Compel Disturbers to
Repair Pavements,
ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION OFFERED
First Provides New plan for Issuance
of Permits and second Instructs
City Attorney to sue for out
standing Claims.

ments and requiring public service cor
porations and individuals to pay for re-
pairs were introduced in the council last
night by President Zimman in the shape |
of an ordinance and a resolution. The !
ordinance is a long one and arranges new
procedure for corporations, plumbing firms
and other persons when they wish to tear
up pavements. The whole matter is placed !
in charge of the engineering department.
which is to make all repairs and charge |
the cost to the corporation or person caus-
ing the disturbance. When the engineer |
gives out the permit he is to issue, also, !
an estimate of the cost of repairs and an |
amount covering the same must be de- |
posted Immediately with the city treas |
urer and placed to the credit of the gut |
tering and paving fund In the case of |
the street railway company, when it re-
pairs or relay tracks, all paving repairs |
outside the rails are to be made by the |
city and charged to the company monthly |
and collected under penalty Of refusal of |
future permits to alter tracks.
Bonds are to be given by companies or !
persons taking out permits and the regu- |
lations apply to alleys and sidewalks as |
well as streets. II paving sinks over
fill or ditch it must be restored by the |
ones holding the permit Regulations are
valve and meter boxes and filing plans of
the same with the city engineer. Poles of |
all kinds come under the head of the ordi- |
nance and when abandoned must be re-
moved and the ground filled. schedule !
of prices for the basing of estimates Is
provided and a penalty affixed of from
800 to $500 fine and not to exceed thirty
days imprisonment
Going Back for Damages.
The resolution was adopted and is re-
troactive and commands the engineer, In
view of the early operation of the NUM-
cipal asphalt repair plant to check up all
damage to paving done by public fran
chised corporations and in particular the
street railway company, and make re-
port to the council. He is requested to go
into detail and not to overlook anything
but specially the damage done by the
traction company in relaying and repair
| ing tracks The bills are to go back as
| far as possible and the city clerk is d.
rected to notify each corporation, and all
| five are named, of the bills standing
| against it, as soon as the amounts are
| turned in. If payment is not made within
| ten days the attorney is instructed to
| begin suit against the companies to re-
cover on their bonds guaranteeing the
| restoration of paving.
The ordinance was read the first and
second times and referred to the committee
on Judiciary.
The Bee the omciaI Paper.
The Bee had no difficulty in again cap
| turing the contract and designation the
| official paper of the city. The World
Herald and Daily News submitted the full
legal prices, or so cents per square of ten
| unleaded nonpareil lines, and 80 cents for
| each subsequent insertion, whereas The
! Bee quoted prices much lower proposing
| to make the first insertion for 37h cents
| a square. the second for 241s, third for %
! cents and a cent less for each subsequent
! insertion down to the tenth at IL cents this
! price to govern if more insertions are re-
quired. The contract was awarded to The
Bee upon the immediate report of the
judiciary committee and is for one year.
| Proprietor Hitchcock of the World Herald
remarked sorrowfully that he did not ex-
pect to get the city advertising anyway,
| but intmated that he quoted the full
| legal limit merely for FORMS sake.
Councilman Back had a resolution
adopted which forbids heads of depart
ments to leave the city without permis-
| sion from the council. In emergencies
they are expected to report to the city
clerk, who will inform the council at the
next meeting where the missing depart
rental head has gone.
start on New Paving.
New paving may be started next week
or even this week II the mayor hurries
! and puts his name on several ordinances
! ordering the improvements and directing
the city engineer to get busy about It,
! The streets finally ordered paved by or
dinance are Spaulding from Twenty
to Thirtieth with Purington block, Seven
To-
worth with Purington block, Capitol ave-
nue. from Twenty-fourth to Twenty sixth
with asphalt, Tweuty-sixth from Dodge
| TO Chicago with asphalt and Eighteenth
| from Corby to Spencer with Purington
| block.
Ordinances were introduced creating paw
! ing Improvement districts for California
/ from Twtnty-third to Twenty-sixth; Twen-
! ty-fifth, from Dodge TO California; Daven-
port, from Eighteenth TO Twenty-second;
! Davenport, from Fortieth TO Forty-third,
| and Maple, from Twentieth TO Twenty
fourth. The ordinance creating the paving
district for Davenport street, from Cen
| tral boulevard TO Thirty-first, north, was
passed.
| Petitions were received asking for paw
! ing on Chicago street, from Thirty-eighth
| to Thirty-ninth; Thirtieth, from Leaven-
worth to Jackson; Thirty-eighth. from Far
nam to Dodge. and designated brick block
as the material for Twentieth street, from
| Farnam to Leavenworth.
The first appropriation ordinance, arrang-
ing for the weekly payment of the wages
OF day laborers, was introduced and passed.
and employees Of this class can get their
warrants today for last week.
Gas Company Anticipates Contract.
The Omaha Gas company, through Coun-
Gilman Dyball put In an anticipatory ordl-
nance authorizing the mayor to make
! tve-year contract at the $2S rate for so
| candle-power gas lamps. 1t was referred
to the lighting committee.
| An ordinance was introduced proposing
to require a $50 annual license and bond
of 5000 for any person or firm in the arti-
hcial stone asphalt or composite sidewalk
business, the bond to guarantee the COM
pliance with approved specifications and
the maintenance Of the walks in good re-
pair for hve years after construction. Pres
ident Zimman said the city engineer would
later explain the object of the law, which
has a $50 fine attached.
The committee on railways, telegraphs
and telephones, reporting on DR.. s. D.
MERGERS request that the street railway
| company be required 10 take up unused
tracks on Eleventh street between How