Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-06
SCHROEDER IN HERO CLASS
Eighth Ward Councilman Divides HOnOr'
with ritS5immons and Dewey,
ApJoURNs COUNCIL At VITAL MOMENT
while Hoye o. Trying TO Force
Report on Chr rare ordinance
chairman Of Committee
Calls Time.

rhe manner in which Councilman SchrOe-
der, chairman Of the council general com
mittee adjourned that committee yesterday
afternoon and thus cut out n hot discussion
between Councilman Hoyc and Councilman
Evans over tho formers cut-rato street car
fare ordinance will go into history along
side the F'itzslmmons punch at Carson City
and what Dewey did at Manila.
Il call upon Chairman Evans of the com
mittce on railroads to bring up my street
car fare ordinance" said Mr. Hoye.
Your street car fare ordinance will have
to be amended In about 157 particulars be-
fore you can get any report from me- said
MIR. Evans, There's plenty OF time
Tho time is now, said Mr.. Hove. 81 am
prepared 10 defend that ordinance and
want action OH st. If I can't get 1t on that
ordinance ] will Introduce new ordinances
on every single separate point"
Go ahead and do It," auoth Mr. Evans;
ego ahead, It's all right with me"
And II you don't report on that ordi-
nance next week I'll put in another just
like II, spoke the man from the Second.
More the Merrier.
Sure" remarked Mr. Evans, tho moro
the merrier. I'm investigating this question
and want time to make a report"
At this point Chairman Schroeder cut into
The conversation, which was growing
louder with Councilmen Zlmman and by
ball involved. Amy reports from other
committees?" asked the chairman. ANY
other persons wish TO address the council?
II not the meeting is adjourned"
Wait a minute" exclaimed Hoye and
Zimman together. I'VE are not through
with this yet. ''t'1 ~
Fight it out among yourselves" replied
M, Gplroodar have other business
attend to. Goodbye and have nice time"
In two minutes the room was deserted
The performance followed an earnest but
unsuccessful effort upon the part of Pres-
dent Zimman and City Attorney Breen to
induce Chairman Huntington of the finance
committee to report on the ordinance Gre
ating the office of second assistant city at
torney at $3.50 year. Councilman HOVE
made an appeal also. 1t was stated the at
torneys office was overcrowded with work
and the third lawyer, who will also assume
the duties of claim agent, an office vacant
since the first OF the year. is urgently
needed,
Huntington Is Passive.
Mr. Huntington smoked his cigar and
said nothing lie remarked there was moth
ing personal in his desire to hold a report
on the document a while longer, but fur
ther said nothing con the subject" He
was begged urged and beseeched to re-
consider but to no avail. a motion to
instruct him to return n favorable report
was lost. Comstock. Back and Dyball vot-
ing against IL. President Zimman repudi-
ated the report that he. wished to dictate
the appointment.
BY what was said 20 be a compromise
arrangement with the union printers OBJ
tecting, action was taken OH the printing
bids. The committee decided to make the
awards TO the low bidders and not to
reject, this meaning that the Klopp &
Bartlett company will get practically ali
the work and, the Omaha Printing com
pany a lIttle. The concession made to the
union men is to readvertlse for the litho-
graphing bids and to change the specihca-
tons so as to admit various modes of en-
craving and etching.
The point was made that the proposed
letting Of bids for matter in bulk to last
the year and specifications to suit would
be awkward IL the administration and the
roster Of appointve and elective officers
at tho city hail got switched off the track
at the May election.
Contract for Coal.
II was decided TO give the contract for
200 tons OF steam coal to the Central Coal,
Coke and Lime company at 1896 a ton.
This price is / cent higher than another
offered, but Superintendent Bugh insisted
the Central company would furnish the
best fuel and the kind he wanted. The as
sIstant city attorney said it would be right
to consider quality well as price in de-
termiBing the successful bidder.
For 2OC0 tons Of nut coal the contract
was given TO c. b, Ravens at 1896 a ton:
for fifty tons Of screened lump in one
fourth and one-halfe ION lots. to Victor
White at s4.25, and for twenty-five tons
Pennsylvania anthracite, TO c. w. Hull a.
Co. at slp2S a ton, ..t,.
Assistant City Attorney Herdman said
the bid of H. j. Penfold for drugs, cheini-
Gals and laboratory, supplies would have
to be rejected because it came under the
name of the Klopp & Bartlett company.