Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-26
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Union Pacific Granted Right Of Way Along
Lower Ninth Street
PROTESTS FILED AGAINST THE GRANT
Property Owners Affected by Plan to
Lay Tracks object 20 scheme and
Mayor May he Restrained
from signing.

The ordinance giving the Union Pacific /
the right to lay down a single track on |
Ninth street from Jones to Farnam and
double track from Farnam to Capitol ave
nue. on the same street was passed by the |
council last night by a vote of to 1, Prcsi- |
dent zimman objecting and Councilman |
O'Brien being absent The grant carries |
with II the right to construct cross-overs, |
switches etc, in connection with the track. |
The committee on railways, telegraphs and |
telephones reported in favor OF the ordi- !
nance, because. in its opinion. the district |
affected is suitable only for wholesale and |
other business requiring railroad facilities.
President Zimman urged an amendment
providing that the tracks authorized be
free for e.. ,.se Of the railroads. He said
this would protect shippers from switch
ing charges when they HAD cars sent in or
out over other lines He admitted that this
had not beens done in comforting trackage
gifts in the past, but said II Il were legal
he would favor an ordinance putting all
such concessions in similar class Coun
Gilman Hoyo said the matter of the use
Of tracks and charges is one for the roads
to solve and that sinnce January 1 the
charges have been absorbed by the trans
portation companies.
Objections to the Grant.
Objections in writing to the grant were
filed by the Carpenter Paper company by
Attorney b. G. Burbank, stating that the
concern owns a 132-foot lot at the corner
of Ninth and Harney streets on which 1t
is proposed to build a warehouse five or
six stories high, costing from 100000 to
$3.50 900; that the proposed tracks will him
der, harass and damage" them and force
them to abandon the site. William II.
T2vy Ia, Of iots ha
corner of Ninth and Farnam. protested to
the same effect through Kennedy &
Learned, and stated he would look to the
| city for damages.
/ 1t was stated by Councilman Hoye that
he understood the ST. Philomena cathedral
! officers had withdrawn their objections to
! the trackage.
| A court order restraining Mayor MOores
| from signing the ordinance is anticipated
today. An opinion exists that even should
| the order not come the mayor will veto the
ordinance.
Bids on Paving.
! Bids for paving on ten streets were
| opened and announced as follows, the Com
mercal Land company and E. D. Van
Court submitting bids on most of the curb
ing:
Thirty-seventh street, Farnam to Dodge,
Nebraska Bltulithic company. asphalt
class B, s1.79; Barber Asphalt company.
ssRnaI b. broS sf5 So RgEs brcR edGE MSEphy s asphalt
Lake street, Eighteenth to Twenty
fourth, Nebraska BitHlithic company, as
phalt, class c., 1885, Barber Asphalt com
pany, asphalt, sl.S9; Hugh Murphy. asphalt.
S1.95 brick sl.75; brick block, a.7s:, c: f.
Howard street Thirty-fifth avenue to
Thirty sixth, Nebraska Bitulithic company,
asphalt, class B, Si.7s; Barber Asphalt com C nn
pany, Sl.67z; Hugh Murphy. asphalt HSS;
brick 81 SO; brick block, S1.sS.
Seventeenth street Davenport to Web
ster, Nebraska Bitulithic company asphalt
class G. Sis: Barber asphalt, class G,
sl.sl; Hugh Murphy. asphalt A.S brick
H.52; brick block, HH . ~. -.
! braska Btulithic company. asphalt. class
A, SOS; class c.. sl.ss; Barber; asphalt,
A, s2l5; brick. sl96 and sl,9s; brick, block.
SIS and p74; G p FsHningi % n brick 7o N'sS
Dewey avenue, Thirty-eghth to Thirty
ninth, Nebraska Bitulithic company, as
phalt. class B, $l.79; Barber, asphs H:67a
Hugh Murphy, asphalt, H.s0; br., n.ss;
Twentieth street. Dodge to Cass, Ne
: braska Bitulithic company asphalt class
/ A, sos; Barber. asphalt, sl.94; Hugh Muir
ply asphalt, sos; brick, S1.96; brick block
Thirty-hfth street, Harney to Dewey ave
= nue.. Nebraska Bitulithic company, asphalt
class b, $.79; Barber, asphalt, N:6I19; Hugh
, Murphy; asphalt N.sS; orlck' S'Se; brick
| Twenty-seventh street, Farnam to Dodge
Nebraska BlIuilLnlC company dSpndlls CldSs
b. $a; Barber, asphalt S2O5; Hugh Muir,
= ply, asphalt, s275; brick S.A; brick block
, Harney street. Thrty-third to Thirty.
sixth, Nebraska Bitulithic company, as
phalt class B, N.7s; Barber asphalt
S bIie HIsf block @Rrpsy s e. Van coTrt p1S
. macadam, $l.2 and 50 cents.
An ordinance was passed ordering the
e paving of Seward street from Thirty-eightt
TO Forty-frst with asphalt and one intro
Ii go
e Fortieth street from Hamilton to Frank
lin.
Voting Machine Contract.
= Mayor Moores signed the resolution an,
n contract for thirty-six United States Stand
o ard voting machines, making complete tn
9 transactions whereby the cities OF Omahj
y and South Omaha and Douglas county bu!
e seventy-nine machines FOR use beginning
at the fall election, TO be paid for at tn
: rate of $3.50 each, in annual installments 70
: five years
Resolutions were adopted by the counci
proclaiming that owing to the exhauste
condition of available funds no nor
| grading of streets or changes OF grade
will be authorized unless petitioned b
abutting property owners. who must agre
! to pay all the expenses. An exception !
d made for work considered absolutely essen
tial by the city engineer.
street Flushing Apparatus.
The vexed question of buying 500 feet O
hose for street flushing given anothe
turn by the adoption of a resolution author
; izing the purchase OF 500 feet OF Eurek
: hose through A. c Powers as agent. A
y, this hose is cotton jacketed and the stTee
commissioner wants rubber hose. the dii
ference must be reconciled. This will prot
" ably be done by veto and the readvertist
ment for bids.
A resolution adopted. introduced b
;, Councilman Nicholson. directs advertis,
IL ments calling for bids for two street husf
ing wagons. according to specifications fun
n nished by the city engineer.
, At the request OF Assistant SuperintenC
ent Nelson the hearing OF the Wester
- Union Telegraph company in the attempt
reassess its Omaha franchise for 1904 an
1905 taxes at $4,000 went over for tW
weeks so as 10 give the company time
70 prepare its case.
- City Engineer Rosewater sent In a lett,
- saying that the records of the defun,
"a Board Of Public Works and Advisory boar
- had not been turned over 20 him. as a
rected by the charter. He asked that n
: council order this or relieve him from r,
sponsibility as custodian. The latter wa
referred 10 the legal department for a
!. opinion.