Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-05
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDIN IS
Tax Levy for 1907 Tentatively Brought to
Official Notice.
FIGURES SUGGESTED LOOK RATHER HIGH
Departments 90 BE Asked for Esti-
mates on which 60 BASE Final
Calculations by the
Council.

The matter of making the 1901 tax levy
was brought before the city council last
night by resolution from Councilman
Bedford, naming tentative figures for the
Etisunts required Councilman zimman Inn
mediately said that the subject was one
worth thorough discussion and considera-
ton and that estimates OF expenses should
be received from all departments and an
effort made TO trim the levy as low as
possible. Bedford said he agreed with him
and the document was referred to the gem
eral committee 1t named the sum Of
$4,000 for general city purposes, $4,000
for the sinking fund and 10 mills for the
school district.
Health Commissioner Connells ordinance
to give his office the right TO condemn
ana remove vaults and cesspools within
sewer districts at will met death by vote
Of 4 to s, Councilman Davis attacking the
measure severely. DIR. Davis said he would
not want TO trust anything to the disore-
ton of the commissioner, accenting his
hostility to Commissioner Connell plainly.
Mcdovern talked from the standpoint Of
the poor man who IL trying to pay for
home. The commissioner wanted the old
restriction about condemning nuisances Of
the kind taken away,
Call for a New ViRduct.
A resolution was introduced nstructing
the engineer to prepare preliminary plans
for a viaduct over the railroad tracks from
Thirteenth TO Fourteenth streets on Locust
but was referred to the committee on rail-
ways and viaducts at the request Of Tim
man. who said he did not believe the trafic
on Locust street justified demanding the
expenditure from the railroad companies
d, Juncilmen Bedford. Brucker and Meow
I'm said the conditions were the reverse
and that the street was much used, espe-
cially by women and children.
Ordinances were introduced to make 1t
punishable by a 500 fine aud ninety days
Imprisonment TO take and use automobiles
without the consent Of owners; to abolish
the Job of clerk IN the street commissioner $
office and TO make the transfer concessions
granted by the street railway company
obligatory.
Question of Gas Inspector.
The ordinance to abolish the ONCE OF
gas inspector was passed, but so amended
as to indicate clearly that the council in
tends to re-create the place as soon as
the present incumbent, John c. Lynch, is
thrown out OF the job. This amendment
struck out the section transferring the
duties of the ONCE to the city electrician
and makes no arrangements for perform
ing them.
BY way OF ringing in the necessary char
ter change for the Offices Of city prosecutor
and gas inspector Mayor Dahlman sub
mltted the names of w. ]. Council and
Humphrey Lynch instead of those of Tom
.sAS and John c. Lynch, both being
promptly rejected by the council. zimmar
made a sarcastic speech about Council and
caused considerable amusement.
Mayor Dahlman named three appoint
ments to ill vacancies on the library board
the council confirming them, as follows
w. II. DeFrance vice Alfred Kennedy
Philip Andres vice Charles e. Morgan
George Rogers vice Nathan Bernstein. The
terms end July l, 1909
AS low bidders sewer construction con.
tracts were awarded TO r. L. Kennedy fo-
$59O295 and $42s,1 in districts S1s and 800
and to John +. Daley for S1,s1s.6O in dis
trict S19
Bids for Advertising.
The Evez.ing Bee and the Evening World
Herald submitted proposals for city adver
Using, the prices being for squares OF ter
unleaded nonparen lines each. The BET
figures were 37l5 cents for the first inser
ton. 241a cents for the second. q cent
for the third, p cents for the fourth; 2
cents for the nth. 10 cents for the sixth
Is cents for the seventh, Is cents for tn
eighth, IA cents for the ninth. 70 cents 10
the tenth and 1s cents thereafter TIL
World-Herald proposed to do the adver
Using for IS cents the first insertion an,
20 cents for subsequent insertions of tn
same matter. The bids were referred t
the finance committee.
The James Morton & Sons company sub
mitted bid of $1.l7O for furnishing sixt,