Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-26
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Committee Of Two to Investigate the
Electrical Conduits.
STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISE VI
Resolution Calling for Information
from Company Adopted and side
walk Specification Matter
Given AnOther Turn.

President Johnson OF the council ami
Councilmen Davis and McGovern will in
vestigate and report ito the council at the
earliest practicable moment all matters re-
lating TO the granting OF electric conduits
and permits and the furnishing Of electric
power, heat and light through the streets
and public grounds of the city Of Omaha
since January /. 1906" This is in nc
cordance with a resolution introduced by
Davis and passed By the council Tuesday
evening.
The city electrician. waldemar Michael
sen, who a week ago was instructed TO
submit a report who had permits for cleo
trio wires. reported that he was unable to
furnish the reports on account of inade-
! quate help IN his office, and by resolution
| he was relieved from further responsibility
IN the matter.
street Hallway Franchises.
| Another Gesolution was adopted asking
the Omaha 4 Council Bluffs Street Rail-
way company to furnish the council with
the franchise or franchises under which It
is operating, showing the duration and time
of expiration of such franchise or fran
chises, and when its rights to the streets
of the city terminate. This resolution was
! introduced by Councilman zimman.
BY resolution, the city license inspector
is directed to forthwith demand" of the
proprletors of the Burwood theater that
they take out license and in the event
| OF their refusal to file complaint in police
| court The city pound master was also in
/ structed TO begin the catching of unli-
oensed dogs on April 10 and to notify own
| ers of CANNES one week in advance that
tags should be secured.
The call for a special election on Tues
| day. May 8. for the submitting to the cleo
| tors of the city the question OF issuing in
tersection paving bonds and park board
! funds I'm the sum OF $4,000 each was re-
| ferred to the committee on finance and
claims.
Two Ordinances introduced,
Two new ordinances were introduced and
passed the first two readings, one providing
for exits directly to the streets from urder-
ground store rooms having 5000 or more
square feet, and the other restraining
compulsory vaccination. The compulsory
vaccination ordinance was introduced by
! Councilman Sheldon and reads as follows:
Section 1. That hereafter II shall be nm
| lawful for the commissioner of health of
the f5. city OF Omaha, or for any Board OF
| public board officer acting in the CITY
| OF Omaha under public regulation or other
wise, to compel or coerce by resolution
| order or proceedings of any kind, the vac,
cination of any child or person OF any age
! or TO make vaccination condition pre-
cedent to the attendance at any public or
private school in the city OF Omaha, either
as pupil or teacher,
Sidewalk specifications.
City Engineer Rosewater submitted
! communication to the council. which oc-
casioned considerable discussion, the COM
munication following the submission of an
opinion from the city attorney on the side
/ walk nlana
Tho city. attorney in his opinion ruled:
| 1t seems to me clear that II is the dutv
of the city engineer to prepare plans and
| specifications and further that these plans
\ prepared should be submitted to your
n9noThote non Table, p9dy TOT your approval and that
tised for by the city clerk. q
The engineer thereupon sent the council
copy of the specifications, which he
stated were for the councils Information
| and perusal." AS the council wants the
originals and not the copy and also as 1t
wants to approve them and not "peruse"
them, the copy was returned.
Councilman Zimman thereupon presented
the following resolution. which was
adopted:
Resolved, that the city attorney be au-
thorized to make demand on the city en-
gineer that he submit the original plans
| and specifications for construction OF side
| walks for the year 1908, and in the event he
! fail TO comply with the demand OF the city
| attorney, in behalf OF the mayor and city
council the city attorney Is hereby au-
thorized and directed to take such legal
| steps as he may deem necessary to compel
| the submission Of the plans and speci-
fications to the council for it's approval.
Attorney Gets Everything.
The city attorney was given more time
/ in which TO furnish his opinion regarding
the validity of the franchises held by the
/ Z t-hA
the Omaha g. Council Bluffs Street Railway
company and J. L. Brandeis & Sons The
Murphy paving contracts OF a year ago.
recommended by the committee of the
whole for notification. were referred to
the city attorney for his opinion. The rail-
way companies communications regarding
the safety and further repair of viaducts
were referred to the committee on railways
and viaducts. The city electrician was in
structed to remit all fees for the electrical
show in May.
A committee Of twelve citizens was re-
quested by a resolution to Investigate
and report to the city council as to the
advlsabilty OF submitting to vote at an
election the question of voting bonds for
the construction by the city OF an cleo
trio light and power plant" The resolu-
tion asks for a report as to whether there
is practical water power available near
Omaha, IL surveys and estimates have been
made of such power TO estimate its cost.
and II the committee recommends the prom
osition how the bonds should be asked.
The following were appointed on the COM
mittee: John L. Kennedy. William Hayden.
J. z. Baum. c. M. Wilhelm. w. T. Page.
n. A. Cudahy. E. e, Bruce. Robert Coweu,
Victor RosewateF w. r. Watson, c. II
Pickens and Mel Uhl. The resolution was
presented by Elsasser.
Push Cart Ordinance.
A communication from the municipal af-
fairs committee of the Commercial club
was read protesting against the repeating
of the ordinance regulating pushcarts, ana