Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-24
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
HOys Introduces Ordinance 10 Regulate
Street Car Traffic.
UNIVERSAL TRANSFER AND LOWER FARES
straps to he Cents and seats 8, with
Bargain sales Tor school Chill
dren and Others who
wish.

An ordinance regulating street car fares
to cents Tor passengers unable to obtain
seats, demanding a universal transfer sys-
TEN and requiring the sale OF thirty tickets
for 81 to school children and twenty-four
tickets for 81 to the general public was i'm
troduced in the city council last night by
Councilman Hoye.
This will put a stop to the herding of
people in the street cars during the rush
hours. said he. THE abuse has grown to
large proportions on nearly every line in
the city. II is past endurance"
Similar ordinances have been passed and
enforced recently in Milwaukee, Kansas
City and st. Louis" said President zm-
man. II am not committed to the 3-cent
fare for standing room only proposition, but
I would 60 further In reducing fares and
would require seven tickets for q quarter.
Provisions of the Ordinance.
The measure was referred to the commit
tee on railways. etc. The section insisting
upon transfers from any line to another
and the transportation of passenger to
| his ultimate destination for one fare would
be penalized by fine OF s25 or twenty days
Imprisonment for the cmployc disobcying it
Section 2 demands thirty tickets for 81 for
the use Of school children holding certih-
| Gates 20 that effect from their teachers aud
to he used only between the hours Of and
Q and and in the day and on school
days. Penalty would be a 500 fine for tho
employe. Section 3 calls for twenty-for
! tickots for 81 and has 500 fine attach !
| for violations.
The part relating to Scent fares for pas
sengers unable to obtain seats docs not
! apply to those who choose to stand outside
| on the platforms For offending against
this section penalties for both the corpora
| tion and employees are provided to the
| maximum Of s25 fine or thirty days in jail
for eac ch offense
Councilman Hove said that up to several
| months ago the concessions to school
| children sought were granted by the COM
pany. but that they had heen Withdrawn.
No Report ON Printing bids.
The city clerk made no report on the
| tabulation Of the printing bids and the
| council took no action on the matter. Re
| presentatIvcs were present from both the
| contendirg sides. The Klopp & Bartlett
| company submitted its bill for printing 500
| copies of the revised ordinances. II calls
| for S1.75e, or moro than 81 a volume. City
! Attorney Breen. to whom II was handed.
| said the contract with the firm does not
| provide for the work and ne was unable To
! Judge whether the price is cxhorbitant
| Inc DOCK contains Ine city CnaTIFT, mas
| 67s pages and is bound in calf. The mat
| ter went to the committee on finance and
claims.
OGer from Electric Light Company.
/ The Omaha Electric Light & Power com
| pany put in a proposition to do the light
ing of the district now covered by gasoline
| lights with 100 arc lights under the present
| s75 contract with the city. President Nash
sent his offer in writing and stated that
| experts of the company had gone over
the ground carefully and had estimated 10
arc lamps sufficient. Deducting the royal
ty for 1895 he calculated that each arc
| lamp cost the city but S5S25 last year
The only bid for a new gasoline contract
| calls for SIS each for minimum of 25'
| lamps As compared by President Nash tn,
| annual cost of electric lighting on the out
skirts would be s5.S25OO against $4,000
for gasoline. No comment was offered OF
the proposal and 1t was referred to the
lighting committee
The council adopted a resolution sug
gested by the Commercial club inviting the
Baptist Young Peoples Union to hold it,
1905 convention in the Auditorium In this
city.
=. a. s. ONCE 10 Move.
resolution adopted requires the firn
the street at the intersection of Twelfth
and Leavenworth streets as site for
box car used as an office. The order author
ICES the Union Pacific to remove the car
Permission for the occupancy was giveI
by the council some years ago. The rail
road wants to use track, 1t is asserted
upon which the box car stands. The idei
is TO yank it of with the aid of chaii
and switch engine.
Permanent Crosswalks.
orders were given the street commits
sioner to use brick or stone hereafter il
building cross walks between permanen
sidewalks and to make an estimate to tn
council of the amount of material required
The council authorized the payment fror
the general fund Of Sl,l6S. S5 to Water Work
Appraiser John w. Alvord for service
rendered between December is, 1904, an
March g. 1905. and $3l0l0 TO Appralse
Daniel w Meade for similar services ren
, dered prior to March 10, 1895, when IN
present water law went into effect. placin
| fiscal matters of the kind In the hands o