Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-25
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Independent Telephone Franchise Ordinance
Laid Away Once More.
COUNCIL TABLES BILL BY THIRDS VOTE
Move 20 suppIant Gasoline by Electric
Light Encounters Technicality
and WIN Rest There for
a Time.


The third application Of the Helm
Pollock interests for an indie
pendent telephone franchise was tabled by
the city council last night by the decisive
vote OF to 3. all members being present.
Only Mayor Zimman. Comstock and Hoye
voted in favor of submitting the proposed
hfty-year grant TO the people. Council
man o'Brien, the only democratic member
of the body, seconded Councilman Hunt
ington's motion to put the ordinance to
sleep.
The street lighting committee reported
in favor Of replacing the go gasoline
lamps in the outlying districts with ninety
three electric arc lamps without difference
In the aggregate cost. Action was held UP
by the projection of the question whether
the council had the right under the present
electric lighting contract to add the new
lamps proposed or whether new bids would
have to be asked for. The papers were
referred to the legal department for an
| opinion.
Gas Company DesignRtes Site.
The move to abolish restrictions against
gas tanks and reservoirs by requiring sig
natures Of property owners within 1000
foot radius appeared in new form in a
new ordinance, making the change ap-
plicable only to Twentieth and Center
streets, where the gas company wants to
build another storage reservoir to care for
the increased consumption of it's products,
As only Hoye and Zimman voted in favor
| OF tabling the ordinance 1t was presumed
| that it met with the favor OF a majority
| OF the councilmen. Protests against the
ordinance as IL stood originally, raising the
restrictions all over town, were received
fromi the Southwest and the Riverview
Park Enterprise Improvement clubs.
A resolution to release Brandeis & Sons
from obligation to purchase the $4,000 fire
engine house bonds now in litigation in
the state supreme court and to return a
check of $1,000 given by the firm with its
bid carried The bonds were found legal
by the district court, but an appeal was
taken.
Election Judges and Clerks.
Judges and clerks for the May election
were appointed and registrars to serve at
the general registration Saturday were
named TO fill vacancies on the boards.
Ordinances were introduced to give the
Northwestern railroad the right to build
tracks to and around it's new freight house
| and to permit the Union Pacific to lay
tracks on the east and west sides of Tenth
street from Capitol avenue TO Dodge street.
Authority was given the dog catchers to
begin business Wednesday, May 2 the day
after election.
Councilman Hoye's ordinances, proposing
to cut street railway fares, grant universal
transfers and institute other reforms, were
laid on the table, on recommendation of
| the committee on railways despite their
authors declaration that Chairman Evans
had never acted in good faith concerning
! them.
Paving on south Tvyenty-FOurth.
People living in the south Send OF town
will be glad TO know that thespetition for
paving Twenty street from Leaven-
worth to Vinton has at last been signed
| by a majority OF property owners and
presented to the city. The paving means
the building of street railway tracks from
| the Park avenue line to Vinton street and
another route for both teams and passen-
gers to South Omaha.
The contract for hauling and setting up
voting machines for the election was award
ed to the Fred Bush Transfer company
for SlS2. after competitive bidding.
The council approved the sale OF $4,000
twenty-year per cent renewal bonds to
Blodget Merritt & Co. for premium of
s., 75s There was only one other bidder.
Contracts for constructing brick side
walks were awarded to A. ]. Stanley in
district No /, to II. J. Petersen in district
No. 2 and to John ODonahue in district
| No. T. Brick bids in district No. 3 and all
artificial stone bids were rejected on the
advice of the engineering department be-
cause they are too high and will be re-
| advertised for