Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-05
SHOW ron HYDRAuMc ENGINEERS
Council Authorizes Employment on
water Works Estimate.

council AuNnortEeH employment Oh
Water Works Estimate.
The city council last night at its regular
monthly session authorised the employ
me1t of a competent hydraulic engineer
to compute the value of the plant Of the
Council Bluffs City Water Works COM
pany and to give an estimate Of the cost
OF the construction Of a new water works
system and plant. This authority was
granted by the council coneurring in the
report Of the committee of the whole,
when met last Thursday night and APP
proved the recommendation Of the special
water works committee as to the employ
meut of such an engineer. Councilmen
Maloney and Smith voted against the. prop
osition, as they did at the meeting Of the
committee OF the whole last Thursday.
night
The authority granted the special water
works committee. however. Is limited. I'm
der the action OF the city council last night
It cannot employ any engineer until the
selection OF such an expert is approved
by a vote OF the city council. This being
the case, it is understood that the special
committee will submit the names OF more
than one engineer from which the city
council may make its selection.
At the suggestion OF Councilman Smith,
who received his inspira tion from an arti-
Gle published in municipal journal the
city solicitor was instructed to draft an
ordinance prohibiting any person from sell
ing or Offering for sale any animal, fowl
or fish used for food purposes, refrigerated
or otherwise, which has not been properly
drawn" and prepared by removing the
viscera, or. in plain English, the entrails,
at the time of slaughter Councilman
Knudsen, while voting in favor OF the
proposition. commended that to enforce such
an ordinance would require the employ
ment OF meat inspector.
Jen Bedford and f. L. Matthews of
Omaha. officers of the Omaha Gun and
Rod association, appeared before the coun-
ell with a, request that the city Of Con-
ell Bluffs Saeate in favor OF the associa-
ton a small piece Of land at Ames avenue
and Eighth street near CORTLAND beach
needed for the site Of the proposed club
house OF the association. The request was
| referred to. the city solicitor and council
man from the Sixth ward with power to
| act. az u
Property owners on MINISTER street and
] Washington avenue iled complaint
/ against the Eagle, laundry, alleging that
the smoke which issued from It's plant
/ Ndb HhiSdHCNs Ing NOhpidihN was IO-
| ferred to the city solicitor and Council
man Maloney with the suggestion that a
smoke nuisance ordinance be drafted. II
developed during the discussion that such
an ordinance was prepared about three
years ago. but got lost IN the shufie.
l. Pbe,team from the hnes-depa rtmenti which
Will compete at the state tournament al
Clinton was given permission to leave on
Monday. June II, the return to be made
by June 20. The auditor was also author.
lied to draw warrant for 500 on the con
| tingent fund to help defray the expenses
Of the team Councilman Wallace voted
against the donation of the 800 because
as he explained. the council had turned
b, down the request OF the Grand Army OF
the Republic for Contribution 10 detraS
] Memorial day expenses on the grounds
that no appropriation for such an expendi
| ture had been made.
The ordinance providing for reducing th'
width of Twenty-first street from Broad
way tc Sixth avenue from eighty to sixty
six feet was laid over because Councilman
Smith desired to have It amended so a,
to reduce the width of the street up 4
Ninth avenue. The abutting property own
ers are to be consulted before the ordinanc,
is brought up again, 1 80
Among the bills for May allowed wni
the payroll forithe work on Indian ereel
for three weeks, amounting to tS2Os5S