Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-29
rlTY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Move Made to Resume the Repairs Of the
Asphalt Paved Streets,
MONEY TO CONE FROMTHt GENERAL FUND
johnson Introduces street Car Trans-
fer Ordinance similar to zImmnn
Measure which Vow Rests
In PigeouhoIe.

The last ana most important item of
business TO DO brought before the titv
eouncilmcn at Tuesday nights nesting was
tile condition of Omaha's asphalt pave
ments Shortly before the council ad-
iourned Councilman zimman presented the
matter and urged the public necessity Of
instructing the city engineer to make
needed repairs and pay for same out OF the
general fund, which viii have a surplus
sufficient to cover considerable pavement
repairs aside from a small fund already
arranged for through individual subscrp-
lions and a trining hnlance in the ropa.~
fund. A concurrent resolution was offered,
and was referred to the city attorney. for
opinion. The matter will be brought up
next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock 1ndi-
cations are the pavements will be repaired
this season
Another street car transfer ordinance WAS
introduced. Councilman johnson being the
one to shy his castor into the ring with an
ordinance idenucaliy thersa1ne as the one
recently offered by Councilman Zinlmsn ana
which has been breathing heavily in a desk
In the council chamber One OF the politi-
cal sceneshifters of tho city han declared
that it was thought that if a Sdemocratic
councilman would INTRODUCE so-csiled uni-
versal street car transfer ordinance the
measure would receive more cordial sup
port. This ordinance provides for the is
'suauce Of transfers at any aud every june
ton point enabling passengers TO reuch
their ultimate destination on one fare, pre-
Guiding the possibility OF returning to the
starting Point on one fare. The ordinance
was referred to tile committee OF the whole.
care of'6onfagious diseases.
Health CQlhrpissioner Connell's rccom-
mendation for theyek:ablshment of a house
for the care Of persons afflicted with con-
tagious diseases was referred to the COM
uittee Of the whole. 1t was DR.. Connells
idea that a house be rented, as the city
was in need OF such an institution. He re-
ferred 10 such diseases diphtheria,
typhoid fever, etc.
Tenants OF the Barker block protested
against an electric motor In the Redlct
block the protcstants asserting the ytbra-
tions Of the motor caused the Barker block
to shake and placed that building In dan
ger Of. collapse. Referred to building in
spcctor.
Mayor Dahlnan recommended painting
. and repairing the city hall this year out Of
the general fund. the comptroller having
advised that such funds would permit of
tho proposed Improvements. Referred "a
buildings and public property committee.
Philip $. Reed and c. J. Emery were
granted the right to erect a temporary
corrugated iron structure at the southwest
corner of Twentieth. and Farnam streets
for the purpose Of an ice rink, the on
closure to be 12Ox1gG Messrs. Reed and
Emery furnished ~ satisfactory bond to
protect the city in this matter.
Tho bond Of d. j.. Briep, water com
nnissioner-elcct was approved Us,
1t was resolved that judges and clerks
at the recent city election should each re-
ceive s. as the city's share FOR services
performed.
Comptroller Lobecks communication re-
garding $4,000 collected in excess OF
srmounts originally set aside for the vari-
bus funds and against which warrants
could not be drawn until the excess should
have been collected was referred 10 the
committee on finance and GLAZING