Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-20
ORDINANCE is PASSED
MILK
Council Also Decides to Replace
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Council Also Decides to Replace
Bridges over Indian Greek.
The city council last night passed the
pure milk ordinance and decided to re-
place the present bridges over Indian
creek at Eighth and Benton streets with
concrete structures. The new bridge at
Benton street is to be constructed first
but both contemplated Improvements will
probably have to wait until the city has
a larger balance in its bridge fund than It
has at present. Discussion Of the milk
ordinance led to a wordy tilt between At
torney ]. ]. Stewart who was understood
to represent the local dairymen's associa-
ton and Councilman Jensen, chairman of
the special committee to which had been
entrusted the drafting OF the measure; af-
ter several conferences with a committee
from the dairymen.
I'm my opinion" said Attorney Stewart,
this ordinance is not worth the paper up
on which It is written. For one thing the
city has not the right to exact a license for
the conducting of this business. Again
this ordinance provides a penalty for an
offense which is already provided for in the
state statutes" Mr.. Stewart explained that
the dairymen did not desire to be under
stood as opposing or approving the passage
of the ordinance. They intend, he said, to
test the ordinance in the courts.
Councilman Jensen took exception to the
statement of Attorney Stewart that the
ordinance was not worth the paper upon
which 1t was written in view of the fact
that the city solicitor who had kdrawn up
the measure was not present. He called
upon Mr.. Stewart TO make an apology, but
this Mr.. Stewart declined to do and said
that he had stated the same thing to Mr..
Kimball
J. w. Taylor, a member OF the dairymen's
committee, also took a hand in the discus
sion and declared that City Solicitor Kim
ball had told when talking over the pro-
posed ordinance that he could not to save
his life tell what the courts will say as
to this ordinance"
Further discussion, which by this time
was getting somewhat heated, was shut
off by putting the passage of the ordinance
to a vote. 1t did not receive a dissenting
vote. .
The city engineer was instructed to draw
plans for the proposed concrete bridge at
Benton street, which, it was estimated,
will cost about $1,000, The committee on
bridges was directed to make some recon-
mendation as to the disposal of the present
bridges at Benton and Eighth streets.
The claims for damages arising from the
overflow OF Indian creek filed by Mrs.
Bridget and w. s. Rolph were, on recon-
mendation of the judiciary committee,
ordered laid on the table, or in other words
consigned to the waste paper basket.
The lease of ground at the intersection
Of Main and Pearl streets 10 the Omaha
Grain xchan for a brick office building
and a set of scales at $25 a year for ten
years was approved.
The dispute over the sidewalk ordered on
Lincoln avenue was referred to the council
man from the First ward, to report back
to the council.
At the request OF the property owners
Interested the sidewalk ordered on the
south side OF Broadway from rwenty-fifth
street west to the bridge was ordered cut
out OF the list to be laid this year.