Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-28
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Cosmopolitan Hotel Company Presents Two
Ordinances, Which Are Referred.
FIRST MOVE FOR HOTEL CONSTRUCTION
City Asked to widen Sidewalk, Permit
Building of Arcade on Seventeenth
and Also an Alley Between it
and Rec Building.

Plans for the new hotel project for which
the Cosmopolitan Hotel company was re-
Gently organized. have been perfected to
a sufficient extent to bring the subject up
before the city council last night in con-
necton with certain concessions desired to
expedite the building operations. The two
ordinances involved were referred to a
committee.
The hotel is expected to occupy what was
known as the old Pundt corner at Seven
teenth and Douglas streets, now owned by
the Syndicate Building company, extend
ing also west upon the two adjoining lots.
making a total frontage of 100 feet on
Seventeenth street and l9S feet on Douglas,
although the Douglas street frontage may.
not all be erected at first. Rough drawings
for the hotel contemplate giving access to
it from Farnam street by a covered orna-
mental arcade protecting the sidewalk for
width of sixteen feet and the city is to
be asked to widen the sidewalk to a line
corresponding with that adjoining the court
house on Seventeenth street between Far
nam and Harrey. In order to carry the
arcade across the alley from The Bee build
ing to the hotel, 1t is proposed to close the
alley where it abuts on Seventeenth street
and enlarge IL in the center making IL
| thirty feet wide for a length OF $50 feet.
To carry through these preliminaries re-
quires action on the part of the city. sub
1ect to the consent OF the property owners
! Immediately concerned
While the funds which the hotel pro-
moters set out to secure have not all been
/ subscribed the project seems assured III
case the details can be worked out to the
satifaction OF thoe who are behind 1t. The
! hotel proper, it Is said. will not be less
than eight stories of strictly first-class.
fire proof construction. with all modern
! equipment. The application to the city
council will be the first overt move toward
actual construction.
Inc drafting of the papers was done by
Attorneys Wharton and Adams in con-
suitatlon with City Attorney Breen.
Breen shows warmth.
The report of the finance committee
recommending that the office of second as.
sistant city attorney be not created be.
cause 1t is thought neither expedent no,
necessary at this time" inasmuch as the
city attorney had the right to appoint an
assistant to serve out the remaining tim,
of the administration, under authority o,
an old resolution never rescinded provoked
Il speech from City Attorney Breen IL
which he displayed considerable feeling
Mr.. Breen said the committee had hel,
up the ordinance two months and il 'yyai
now too late TO appoint an assistant fo
the short time remaining until the expira
ton of his term He had hoped to dignlf.
the office and obtain q superior man 70
IL by its formal creation and the inereas
OF $500 year In the salary. and, in view
OF the fact that the, council in Novefnbe
adopted resolution declaring the plac
necessary, had refrained from taking ad
vantage of the old resolution He sal,
that differences of opinion between hin
and the majority members of the counci
on certain public questions were responsi
BILE for the ordinance being held I'D. Tn
report of the committee was adopted. Zim
man and Hoye voting in the negative.
The committee on railways recommends
, Hoye's street railway regulation ordinanc
, No. l placed on file, giving as the reaso
. that two ordinances embodying the sam
matter have been introduced since. pre-
, sumably in perfect form, and the repor
: was adopted.
Hoye made a speech, in which he sal
the move was one merely to gain thirt
days delay in reporting on the matter. II
> demanded the reasons of the committee ia
5 refusing to bring the ordinance up 70
5 discussion and was met with silence
Paving Bond Ordinances.
Ordinances were introduced providing "a
$ the submission at the May election OF
5000 paving intersection bond propos
a; ton. and for an issue of about 100000 di,
$ trict street Improvement bonds to cover tn
cost of a large part of last years pawn,
p. E. Her again demanded by letter tha
the council remove the barn used by III
city garbage company which stands
the middle of East Leavenworth street.
! order. Mr.. Her said, to permit improv,
ments to be made. The communicate
was referred to a committee.
Councilmen Evans, Huntington an
Schroeder were appointed as a comnitts
: to look into the alleged smoke nuisanc
: from Smith Bros. brick factory, complains
!, of by the Omaha View Improvement cIu