Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-04
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDIN IS
Tar Levy for 1907 Tentatively Brought to
Official Notice.
FIGURES SUGGESTED LOOK RATHER HIGH
Departments 60 he Asked for Esti-
mates on which 60 Base Final
... Calculations By the
Council.

- The matter OF making the 1907 tax levy
was brought before the city council last
night By a resolution from Councilman
Bedford, naming tentative figures for the
amounts required. Councilman Zinman i'm /
mediately said that the subject was one
worth thorough discussion and considera-
tlon and that estimates Of expenses should
be received from all departments and an /
effort made to trim the levy as low as
possible. Bedford said he agreed with him |
and the document was referred to the gem /
eral committee. II named the sum OF
$4,000 for general city purposes, $4,000
for the sinking fund and IL mills for the
school district
Health Commissioner Connelrs ordinance
60 give his Office the right to condemn
and remove vaults and cesspools within
sewer districts. az will met death by vote
OF to s, Councilman Davis attacking the
measure severely DIR. Davis said he would
not want to trust anything to the dIscre-
ton OF the commissioner. accenting his
hostility to Commissioner Council plainly.
AIeGoverh talked from the standpoint OF
the poor man who Is trying TO pay for
home. The commissioner wanted the old
restriction about eondemning nulsances Of
the kind taken away.
Call for a New VIaduct.
the engineer to prepare preliminary plans
for viaduct over the railroad tracks from
Thirteenth to Fourteenth streets on Locust,
but was referred to the committee on rail-
ways and viaducts at the request Of Elm
man, who said he did not believe the traffic
on Locust street Justified demanding the
expenditure from the railroad companies.
Counclmen Bedford. Brucker and Meow
ern said the conditions were the reverse
and that the street was much used. espe-
cislly by women and children.
Ordinances were introduced TO make II
puniGhable by a 800 fine and ninety days
Imprisonment to take and use automobiles
without the consent Of owners; to abolish
{ the fob of clerk in the street commissioners
= ONCE and to make the transfer concessions
granted by the street railway company
obligatory.
Question of Gas Inspector.
The ordinance to abolish the Office OF
gas Inspector was passed, but so amended
as to indicate clearly that the council in
tends to re-create the place as soon as
the present incumbent John c. Lynch. is
thrown out Of the job. This amendment
struck out the section transferring the
duties of the ONCE 10 the city electrician
and makes no arrangements for perform
ing them.
BY way OF ringing in the necessary char
ter change for the Offices OF city prosecutor
aud gas Inspector Mayor Dahlman sub
mitted the names OF w. j. Cornell and
Humphrey Lynch instead OF those OF Ton,
Lee and John c. Lynch, both being
promptly rejected by the council. zimman
made sarcastic speech about Connen and
caused considerable amusement.
Mayor Dahlman named three appoint
ments to fill vacancies on the library board
the council confirming them, as follows
w. H. DeFrance vice Alfred Kennedy;
Philip Andres vice Charles f. Morgan;
George Rogers vice Nathan Bernstein. The
terms end July 1. 1909,
s1ts Siow -bfdders, sewer, construction. con
tracts we're awarded to r, l.. Kennedy for
s5.sO2.s5 and S42s,7l In districts as and 400
and TO John f. Daley for sl,siseO in dis.
triet S19
Bids for Advertising.
The Evening Bee and the Evening World
Herald submitted proposals for city adver
Using, the prices being for squares of ter
unleaded nonpareil lines each. The Be,
figures were S7ih cents for the first inser
tion, A1R cents for the second, q cents
for the third, p cents for the fourth; .
cents for. the fifth 10 cents for the sixth
Is cents for the seventh. 10 cents for tn,
eighth, IL cents for the ninth, 12 cents 10
the tenth and IL cents thereafter. TIL
Norlu-tteIaid proposed 10 90 the adVer
tising for IS cents the first insertion an,
20 cents for subsequent insertions of tn
same matter. The bids were referred t
the finance committee.
The James Morton g. Sons company sub
mitted bid Of tl,lTO for furnishing sixt
sets OF brooms for the strset-sweepinE ma
chimes. and f. ]. Robbins bid sisG6 for eac
ten sections The proposals were referee
for tabulation.
The health commissioner reported tim
during June he had served 800 notices or
dering people 70 clean up alleys and bac
4 yards, and that a surprisingly large nun
Der had complied. The lists were bein
- checked up and delinauents are to be give
the alternative OF complying within twenty
four hours or going to Jail.
City's Cash Account.
The comptroller submitted the followin
statement OF cash checked in the hands G
the treasurer:
Cash in drawer -,.......... l....S 4 sa6
Checks for deposit .-..........,,..,.l us, S9Ol
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