Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Ordinance Taxing Sideways and Alley
Viaduots is Passed.
MGoYERN HITS AT HACK FARES
Question of what Amount City
should Allow Election Officers
f. I'm Dispute and Pay
Held Up.

BY a vote of II to /, the city council on
Tuesday evening passed the ordinance to
tax all subways and vladucts under and
above public streets and alleys in the city
OF Omaha that now exists or may hereafter
be constructed. Councilman Bridges alone
voted no. He is not opposed to the prin-
ciple, he explained, but believes the
amount fixed. IS mills Of assessed valuation
Of the lots tapped by subways, Is too high.
To carry out the provisions Of the ordi-
nance, the city engineer will locate and
measure all subways, and the building in
spector will perform a like duty as to via
ducts or bridges connecting buildings.
Councilman McGovern introduced an ordi-
nance, which was referred, providing for
repeal OF an existing ordinance permitting
a charge Of 50 cents for hauling travellers
between the Union and Burlington sta
lions. The new ordinance would permit a
charge Of 10 cents only for any distance
under a quarter of a mile.
Election Officers Pay Undecided.
Comptroller Lobeck desired to have the
council arrange to pay judges and clerks
Of election 81 as the city's share OF their
stipend for serving at the last election.
The school board and the county have al
ready paid 81 each to the election officials,
and the point was raised that the city
should only pay 81. thus making the IS
Specified in the law. The matter went
over until next meeting.
The judiciary committee will consider an
ordinance introduced by Councilman Berka
providing that the building Inspector have
the names of streets painted on poles ad-
jacent to street corners. BY the terms OF
a resolution passed the city clerk is also
to get busy with street signs, the same to
be stenciled on rubbish boxes now owned
by the city. This resolution also instructs
the committee on public property and
buildings to report on the matter of adver-
Using now appearing on the boxes, as 10
the revenue accruing to the city, II any.
The rubbish boxes also came up in a
resolution by McGovern, instructing the
street commissioner to remove a box in
front Of the fur store of G. e. Shukert
to the northeast corner Of Fifteenth and
Harvey. Mr.. Shukert objected to the box
because it bore an advertisement of a fur
sale by another store. The resolution was
passed, after some joshing.
Protect Prisoners, Insure Buildings.
Resolutions by Councilman Burmester
and Kugel were passed, the one directing
the committee on public property and
buildings to report on the advisability OF
having fire shutters placed on the new
jail and the other directing the same com
mlttee to consider and report on the mat
ter Of having all city buildings regularly
insured.
An ordinance appropriating 5000 from
the general levy fund for the use of the
Fire and Police board in replacing the
burned equipment Of the police patrol barn
was referred to the committee on flnance
and claims.
An ordinance to create garbage districts
and to provide for licensing garbage gath
erers and letting contracts for the work
was sent to the committee of the whole.
The council passed the, Brucker ordinance
to repeal an old ordinance permitting the
building inspector to tissue permits, for
building steps OF buildings beyond the lot
line into the sidewalk space. 1t is not
retroactive, and will not disturb any steps
now existing. (d,.
Would Open Twenty-second.
A start was made toward the opening Of
Twenty-second street, from Howard to
Dodge, by the property owners depositing
$25 toward paying the expenses Of ap-
praisement. Appraisers will now give the
matter consideration and report to the
council.
City Engineer Craig asked the council
to establish some rule for the issuing of
permits to maintain storage tanks for gaso-
line and other combustibles on or under
the sidewalks OF the city. Automobile gar
ago owners are continually asking for such
permits, and the city engineer pointed out
that at present his authority in the matter
Is not clearly defined. The OF
the whole will consider and act on the
communication at It's next meeting.
City Electrician Mlchaelsen wants rbe
council TO devote a portion Of the money
to be received from occupation taxes to
ornamental street lighting. and the com
miItee Of the whole will pass on his re-
quest later.
The Corn Exchange bank was granted
permission TO build a new stairway en-
trance for it's new building premises on
the Farnam street front, just above Fiji
teenth street, which viii extend over the
areaway to the sidewalk line.
The council will have its meeting chamber
renovated ana put in sanitary condition by
the vacuum process.
Condition OF City Funds.
City Comptroier Lobeck presented to the