Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-11

Of the city Of Omaha, passed June Il. lsSS,
and the afnendat6ry ordinances thereoti
Whereas. The said Omaha Water com
pany refused and stll refuses to accept
said prdiaailse as an election 10 purchase
that part Of the system belonging TO the
Water company lying within the city OF
Omaha, and necessary and appu. tenant to
supplying said city and the inhabitants
Whereas Any attempted appraisement
under and BIZ virtue of Said Ordinance NO.
5l62 has faiied and no award been rendered
by the 6hree engineers appointed TO make
ant,estirlate OF value under the terms OF
the contra CT between the CITY Of Omaha and
the Omaha water eompa51g' and
Whereas, on the 9th dayibf July, 1906, the
said. effoIR- at an15isppFa isement having
failed, ~ Water bQatd did pass an. order
and resilelib1. caling uDon the Omaha
estimate RE Naibs3 oil the water wo ks In
omaha alid neCessarya and appurtenant
andC,its stihabitaflts with water, sand di,
thereafter on or about Tie 18th day Of July,
1895, appptat Mortlple{ ~ Cooily as It's APP
and in acc6rd6nee with the terms of Ordi-
nance No. 42S ana The amendatory ordi-
whereas The said Omaha Water. com
pahy has failed, refused and neglected TO
appoint any engineer to act In making said
valuationEtiilq appr1ilsementi and has failed
carry out the terms of its contract, under
said eieatioR, although notified and re.
the city to proceed to acquire by virtue OF
appFaisesnert. in a. manner provided IN said
Qrdinanees No; ~, and amenqat2ry oIdl-
nances thereof, the water works belonging
to said company, within the city of Omaha
and necessary and ,aPPuTrtenTant there {1
Whereas. More than thre years have
elapsed siHCeTthe eNpira tfon OF a reasonable
time to hare .uomplVted said hppFaiseInent
under saidl election OF the city council Of
the city of Omaha, and conditions have. in
said time, materially changed, and the
Omaha Water company still Insists that "
Kbl not sell that part, Of its works IN said
plying said city and its inhabitants Wlth
"WfierSas, There are other. and additional
reasons why said appraisement cannot be
completed 3; now, therefore, be II
Resolved, by the Water board OF the city
OF Omaha, that under and by virtue Of the
authority wasted In said board by the stat
utes OF che state OF Nebraska, the election
and. determination TO purchase the water
w6Eks belonging to the Omaha Water COM
pany, constructed under and by virtue OF
the Ordinance No. 42l and amendatory or
dlnances thereof as sst forth and made BY
said Ordipance No 5l62, passed by the city
council Of the city Of Omaha on the "a DAY
or March 1903 be, and Is hereby repealed
annulledi and rescnded
Then the board adopted this resolutions
New Plans Asked For.
BE it resolved by the Water Board Of the
city OF Omaha, than a committee Of three
members OF the Water board be appointed
BY the chairman ca said board to procure
plans and estimates for the construction
and erection OF a water works plant for the
purpose OF supplying the city Of Omaha and
It's inhabitants with water.
Secretary Koenig was directed to serve
certified copies Of the resolutions on the
Omaha Water company this morning.
Committee to Prepare Plans.
Milton T. Barlow, chairman Of the board
appointed r.. b. Howell, Isaac f. Congdon