Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-11
Council Bluffs
FREE BRIDGE BOND ISSUE
County Supervisors Listen to Citizens
Who Urge Project.
PROPOSITION. MAY BE SUBMITTED
salary u Quarantiue Omcer one ~
Pushing Matters Now BEFORE
the Board-saIOon case
Costs High.

Costs High.
A committee from the west Council
Bluffs aud West End improvement clubs,
composed of A. G. Keller, W. c. Boyer,
c. c. Clifton and c. e. Sparks. appeared
before the Board OF Supervisors of Potta-
wattamie county. Iowa. Friday and
submitted the matter Of the proposed
free bridge over the Missouri river be-
tween Council Bluffs and Omaha. The
matter was discussed by the committee
and the board more or less informally
and at the suggestion Of the supervisors
the committee will present the matter
in detail in a written statement in order
that the board may have something tangi-
BILE on which to take action.
The committee for which President
Keller Of the West Council Bluffs club
acted as principal spokesman told of the
meeting held Wednesday night in the club
house on West Broadway. at which a
number of representative Omaha citizens
were present. The cost of a bridge such
as Is suggested. the committee stated.
would not cost over $500, 900. OF this
amount Pottawattamie county, 1t was
said, would be expected to raise, by bonds
kor otherwise, one-fourth, or 800, 900. The
committee explained TO the supervisors
the benefits that II was suggested would
be derived by both cities from a free
bridge.
Among the numerous bills allowed by the
board yesterday were three covering the
months of January, February and March
for the care of county patients at st.
Demands hospital. The three bills aggre-
gated S~i,s07.S2. and they represent, there
fore, an annual expense of about 5000 for
NNA. - - 80
tract running for a period Of 10 years and
terminating in 1911, the hospital is paid
St4 a month for each county patient. Dur
ing January the number of county charges
in the hospital were forty-five, during
February there were forty-eight and dur
ing March there were forty-six.
/ The board took another turn yesterday
at the salary claim OF j. r. Macrae. the
city quarantine officer, but without finally
reaching any decision. Early in the after
noon the board decided to allow Macrae
$50 a month for the first three months Of
this year, the period covered by his bill
and $50 a month thereafter. Macrae's sal
airy, as fixed by the local board of health.
was $40 a month. Later in the afternoon
the board resclnded this action and will
take the matter up again this morning.
when it Is believed 1t will allow the bill in
full.
The Board of Supervisors will have to
determine whether the issuance of the
bonds for the bridge shall be submitted
to the electors OF the county, and 1t was
to get the members interested in the mat
ter that the committee waited on them
yesterday.
Power to Name Omcers.
While County Attorney Hess holds that
the law does not provide for a salaried
quarantine officer, one of the rules OF
the State Board OF Health provides "the
mayor shall have authority to appoint
sanitary police, whose duty it shall be TO
aid In the establishment and enforcement
of quarantine regulations and such other
sanitary regulations as may be provided
by the state or local board of health. ~
The same rule further provides the COM
pensation of such sanitary police shall be
the same as that allowed other police Of
Ulcers OF the city" The members of the
police department receive $40 a month.
At the March term of district court ]. Fl.
Cupp secured %injunctions against II. j..
Griffin and +. J. West, -saloonkeepers Of
Nicola and the two went out of business.
Both Griffin and West have filed with the
Board of Supervisors petitions asking that
they be refunded the portion of the license
they had paid in advance, amounting to
S25. The board expressed doubt as to its
authority to make this refund in view OF
the fact hat the saloonmen only went out
of business after iniunctions had been OBJ
tanned against them. The petitions were
referred to the county attorney.
County stands Saloon Costs.
In connection with the recent crusade
against the saloons by joe Leader of Oak
land. acting for the Saloon league, it
develops that the county has to stand the
costs. One of the actions brought by
was shown had quit the saloon business
In July OF last year and consequently the
case was dismissed by the court. Now
the county has to pay the costs and among
the bills allowed yesterday afternoon was
the bill of costs in this case presented by
Harry NJ. Brown. clerk of the district
court.
The bills of the two justices Of the peace
I'm Council Bluffs for salary were allowed
Under the new law the justices in Kane
township, which includes Council Bluffs
are salaries OF 81 200. while the constables
receives 81 900. These salaries are paid
quarterly. In addition the supervisors may
allow amounts not exceeding $500 to each
justice and ~constables to cover expenses
allowing the claims for office expenses and
decided to have the county attorney ex-
anime the law before II passed on these