Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-05
BOUQUETS FOR B. T. THOMAS
City Engineer PrOHOunc" His Revised
ordilancs Disgrace to Omaha.
INACCURATE, INCOMPLETE AND INCORRECT
Examination of the work Reveals
some GIaring Discrepancies aud
the Inspection il Not
Yet Finished.

Here are a few Of the nice things City
Engineer Rosewster is saying about Z. f.
Thomas revision and compilation of city
ordinances:
The book is Inaccurate. incomplete and
incorrect in many ways. It is shame and
a disgrace to the city. It makes US look
ridiculous and is so botched and prepared
as to be next to worthless an authority
In his Office they have been going through
the book to list the discrepancies. Here is
"A partial list and the scanning is by no
means done:
Demands permits for street excavations
to be obtained from the chairman of the
Board Of Public Works, a functionary now
out Of existence.
Makes 1t duty of assistant city attorney
to attend all meetings of the Board of Ed
ucetion. give advice when required and
handle all its suits in court notwithstand-
ing the fact that for years the board has
had an attorney OF its own.
Prescribes a s25 license for every sale OF
bankrupt stock. a matter now Of weekly
occurrence in the large department stores
Cuts off the large assembly room Of the
Board Of Education, although this room
is the property for the board and paid for
Law Long Ago Obsolete.
Requires every coal and coke dealer tC
take out s25 annual license. The law has
been obsolete for years.
Requires the city engineer to place signs
along the routes designated for the drivinI
Of cattle through the city, although it hal
| been years since there was any necesst!
/ for such provisions.
| Attempts to annul the voting machin
| law and use of machines by providing tina
. al, biol no 10 hx-t ba a 70 sIf q,
ballot boxes.
! Creates the Office Of sidewalk inspector
and defines his duties. which consist prin
cipally of seeing that hitching posts hav
! rings.
Omits the item of salary from the ordi
nance creating the Office of license in
spector and leaves this officer serving with
| out emolument.
Establishes a hay market on Jackso
street from Thirteenth to Fifteenth in clos
I proximity to the Her Grand hotel.
Authorizes the marketmaster to build
$4,000 market house on Capitol avenue /
addition to the large structure now stand
ing there used exclusively by the one chaiI
one table and one telephone instrument q
the Associated Charities.
Abattoirs on West Farnam.
Permits slaughter houses In the fashion
able West Farnam district west or Thirty
sixth street.
Requires that all grocery stores and mes
markets close all day Sunday from OctobC
/ to April / and after 10 O'Clock in III
morning during the remainder of the yea
Seeks to change the method of numberin
houses and the names of streets.
Gives city engineer right to draw on I'll
treasurer al will for money to pay COZ
tractors, although this is strictly forbidde
by the charter
Puts the sprinkling of streets in IL
hands of the fire and police board, contrai
to the charter.
Requires the filing Of claims against Il
city with the clerk rather than the COM
troller, as directed by charter.
, And the whole volume is now the eli
law, everything standing contrary or N
; mentioned being repealed. Apparently oil
of the first duties of the legal departing
will be to revise the revision, which Wi
, intended to be authoritative and complet
The book has been printed, but not di
| frih