Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-19
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Move for Greater Omaha Takes on
Definite Form.
TO CALL GENERAL CONFERENCE
Representative Of Suburban Townt
TO He Asked Co Join with Omaha
CItisens In Discussing
the Plans.

Citizens OF South Omaha. Florence, Ken.
son and Dundee will be officially invited
by the municipality OF Omaha to meet with
a delegation made up Of Omaha citizens
for the purpose Of talking over the situa-
ton and determining the best method Of
effectinE a Greater Omaha"
Councilman Berka introduced In last
nights meeting OF the city council a reso-
luton to this effect. The resolution was
passed and goes to the mayor for his sig
nature, The date for the proposed confer
ence Is not set.
The councllmAn's idea is to get the views
OF all concerned, to point out the benefits
to all to be derived from consolidation and
to inaugurate a movement that viii win
Mt the polls.
Ordinances were introduced 20 require the
street car company to provide slip rails
for use In times of fire; to require mes
senger service companies to take out Ii
censes and provide indemnifyinG bonds, and
calling upon the Board Of Park Commis-
sioners to recommends "A suitable place for
a recreation park. Councilman kugel in
troduced the messenger service ordinance
and Councilman Berka the other measures.
For Street improvements.
Ordinances were also introduced ordering
the Improvement of the following streets
by paving and curbing Twcnty-fourth
street, between Davenport and Cunning
streets; Cass street, between Eleventh ant
Thirteenth streets; Wakeley street, be
tween Forty-first and Forty-second streets
Hawthorne avenue, between Glenwood ave
nue. and Thirty-eighth street; Twenty-sev
enth street, between L~eaveuworth and
Hickory streets; Fortieth street. between
Farnam and Dodge streets. and Webster
street, between Twenty-eighth avenue and
Thirtieth street.
The council discovered that the .. *. OF
4 the city attorney on bonds IL has been ap.
proving for years does not guarantee the
sufficiency of the bonds, but merely ccrti
flies to the legality of form, and referred e
the finance committee a number of bond
presented. Among these was a bond pre-
scented by Caldwell * Drake TO indemnify
the city against damage by reason of tn.
fence the firm has built around It's cour
house work.
VIII Let Sewer Contract.
Several sewer contractors protested agatns'
the policy of letting small contracts ON bid
and doing large pieces of work 10y ia!
labor, and the council instructed the cIt!
clerk to advertise for bids for a relief mai
sewer on Pierce street between IhlrleenIl
and Fourteenth streets and on Thlrtieti
street between Pierce street and Lincoln
avenue. The work. to cost about $LvOl
had previously been ordered done by the
sewer department Of the city engineering
department. City Engineer Craig advls,c
the council that the work could probably
be done cheaper by letting IT ON contract
as the city pays day laborers more than
do nriNata contractors.
On the motion OF Councilman Brucker
bids will be advertised for brass Iah.tngs
for the front entrance to tny city hall
Mr.. Brucker said it Is hard iOr elderly ol
infirm people to climb the loAB lLgnt Vi
steps without anything 10 take hulI of fol
assistance.
/ More street Lights.
Sixty more arc lamps Will be installed
five in each ward. An arc lamp wa,
ordered placed at the intersection o
a Twenty-siXth and Parker streets and on
a on Forty-first street between Jones ant
= Leavenworth streets. Gas lamps wert
n ordered placed at the intersection Of Thirty
n eighth avenue and Pacific street, Thirty
a eighth and Mason streets and on Fortietl
\ street between Dewey avenue and Harvey
street.