Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-19
NUCHTALKON WATER WORKS
Adjournment Finds Council Just Where 1t
Started on the Question.
NEW PROPOSAL FOR STREET LIGHTING
Company ORers slight Concession I'm
Electric Lights ny Way of
Royalty ON All Its Private
Business.

The usual Quantity OF ancient straw was
threshed over by the city council last night
when the PROPOSED. contract recommended
by the special waterworks committee with
w. r. Kierstedt. the hydraulic engineer
from Kansas CITY, to compute the value
Of the present waterworks plant and fur
nsh an estimate of the cost Of construction
of a new system. was submitted for rati-
ication. The discussion. as on former SINH
lar occasions was heated and his Satanic
ma icsty was referred to at frequent inter-
walls by several of the councllmen. Council
man Hendrix was the first to oppose the
proposed contract on the grounds that he
did not consider the time opportune to en-
ploy a hydraulic engineer. He did not think
the city had 5000 to spare for such a pur-
pose at the present stage OF the negotia-
tfons. Allusion 10 the, expense OF hiring
an engineer brought forth from. Council
man YounRerman the following:
What is a thousand dollars? Why, It is
a mere nothing"
The proposed contract" called for an esti-
mate Of a waterworks plant sufficient for
the needs of city OF 6e,000 inhabitants,
whereas the population of Council BLUFFS Is
less than 10000, but Mayor Macrae sug-
gested Council Bluffs will probably have
$1,000 people by the time the city is ready
to build Its own water plant sally which
provoked considerable mirth among the
crowd outside. the ratings. .....
Councilman Smith wanted to. know IL the
special committee had made any effort to
enter into new contract with the water
works company and he was answered by
Chairman Wallace of the committee to the
effect that it had been found useless to at
After prolonged discussion the proposed
contract was. on motion Of Councilman
Fleming, referred to the committee of the
whole. which Is to meet tonight and take
the matter up. .tt A
Report on Light Contract.
The report of the committee on FIRE and
| lighting as to the new contract with the
Citizens Gas and Electric company was
likewise referred to the committee OF the
whole. The report was read and referred
without discussion, In part the report is
as follows >e
We have investigated the matter of the
cost to the city OF the street lights and
| charged in other cities and have had con-
| ference with the Citizens Gas and Elec-
tre Light sSmP Da sna We for 9E ave Years
1000 nominal candle-power for which the
EhSs fS s seRedue, $3.50 each per year
| the same can be obtained for the same
b VII ihe se COMPANY furnishing the same upon
| all its gross earnings on all other electrical
business in the city, the company snaf ran
lights will. not cost the city 70 exceed $50
Under a contract on this basis OF moon
Hight schedule expanding the same amount,
| the number OF lights can be increased
from ne to 2os with asurplus Oh ABOUT ABOUT
| light outside the moonlight schedule, 1t
can also be agreed that for extra time over
compensation will be in proportion as
| under the present contract and will amount
to about Sh cents per hour. o.. 49, oil
night schedule. the lights above recited can
be obtained for sS5 each per year
| Your committee, therefore, recommends
that the propositions for 1000 nominal can
| die power arc lights for street lighting De
accepted on the moonlight schedHls basis ISIS
terms reported by this committee.
Your committee further recommends that
from 81 As per thousand cubic feet TO 8. %
per thousand cubic feet from ana alter
January /, 1907. =. -, -,
new contract the company will agree 70
make extensions Of its gas mains wherever
The be- re fa an % botS eo2sumsf and Company
Your committee further recommends a
renewal Of present rates TO , e9nssmSH ,ss
count at the following rates: On al
monthly bills paid in cash ON or before the ne
watts for each l6-candle power lamp, 10
per cent; 1000 to $500 watts Tor eseh 10
esndle-power lamp 20 per cent nyys$ 500 sm 10
/ 20 per cent: 1000 10 1900 watts for each
! l6-candle-power lamp, 40 per cent, 1000
watts for each l6-candle-poWer lamp 0O
per cent.
ArtesIan Well Under Sidewalk.
The Bloomer Manufacturing company,
which is installing an ice, plant on its
property fronting on Twelfth avenue, be-
tween Third and Fourth streets, was
graoted permission TO sink an artesian
well in the street and to erect platform
over the sidewalk.
The request of property owners on Ninth
street, between First and Seventh avenues,
about to be paved, that the street between
curbing be narrowed from thirty-eight to
thirty feet was granted on condition that
they bear the cost OF moving the eurbing
and catch basins. =, az.
The ordinance prohibiting the sale OF any
animal or fowl used for food purposes
without being properly prepared by having
the vlscera drawn was introduced and
passed to the second reading
Former Fire Chief Nicholson, through
} James Patterson of the Patterson Brainsrd
Carnival company. submitted an OFFER OF
$500 for the large hook and ladder truck,
conditional on the city loaning the com
pany light hose wagon for three months.
The apparatus Is 10 be used In a "hght-
ing the names show TO be put on by Mr..
Nicholson in conjunction with the earni-
val company, The Offer was referred TO
the committee on fire and light with power
to act. . -.
City Electrician Bradley. referring 20 the
number Of electric signs being erected IN
the city. stated that he was preparing q
set OF rules regulating their installation
which he would present to- the e. council
for its adoption at the next meeting. The
matter was brought up by Councilman
Wallace. who complained that large
electric sign had been installed at the
corner OF Pearl street and Broadway by
an Omaha hfm which had no license AZ
| required BIZ the city ordinances and thai
, the sign had not been inspected by ths
city electrician IL should have beer
before being placed in position
Permits To conduct saloons were granted
as follows: Chris Jensen. Sixth and 10
:. Gust streets, East Omaha; j, r. Boyd, 81
South Main street; w. NJ. Koplsr. Is soutl
Main street; payis a jackson. i03s ives
Broadway