Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
This Will Happen When Governor
Shallenberger Signs Bill.
ONLY COUNCIL CAN PUT BACK
Old Employees Must Now Be "Con-
firmed" if They Serve.
LONG LIST GIVEN TRANSFERS
Fifty-Nine Men Under HummcI Fall
Under New Rule and May Not
He Able TO Work for street
CommIssIOner.

Eighty-two men in the city engineering
department will be affected by the new
charter when II becomes law by the ap-
prnval OF Governor Shallenberger. of this
number twenty-five will be cut off from
any ray Immediately upon the taking
effect of the act and until they have been
confirmed and their compensation has been
fixed by the council. The other sixty men
are employed in the street repair depart
ment, which will in the future be under
the control Of the street commissioner.
Under the old charter the employees Of
the department did not have to be con-
flrmed by the council and therefore none
of them have been. The new charter pro-
Vides that the city engineer shall appoint
all inspectors, laborers and office employees
necessary to carry on the work of the de-
partment. that the mayor and council shall
fix their nay land no inspector or office
employe shall receive any compensation
whatsoever for services rendered prior to
such fixing Of compensation and confrma-
ton" II is under this section that the
twenty-five men will be lot out at least
temporarily. Those who fall under the ban
are:
This II the First List.
T. r Peterson, chief clerk; NJ Hughes.
Charles Logassa. II. L. Cotton, L. Hen
erickson, Frank Mayne, c. Al Hubbard
william Mulhaii. William Sage. J. o. Snow
den. r. r. Gerhardt. J. J. Kasper, j. P.
Ford, 8. j. Rothwel Lew Rothchield S.
r. spratlen. John Dennison. George Dolan'
J. c. Holt George Routt Sadie J. Hutton
and Effe Turner.
The same section provides that the city
engineer shall have general supervision Of
public works Except street cleaning and
ordinary street repair grading. which work
shall Toe done by the street commissioner
under the direction OF the mayor and city
council"
Errnloyed under the supervision OF ]. b.
Hummol are fifty-nine men in the street
repair department the men working some
Of the time at repair work and other times
on building cross walks or in grading oper-
ations No distinction IL made between one
man and another and therefore the follow
ing fifty-nine, together with Mr.. Hummel
fall under the new rule:
This L. the second List.
Andrew Hummel, George Redman, Henry
Omstead, a. c. Taylor. Ben Keegan' jos
LaHood, Carroll Farrah, James Dolan, VII
Lewis. Allen Lewis Mike Kergan, Aloer
Saunders. John Trickey, w. II. Warren, P
Iown, Hans Olson. a. Lovelady. w. II
Richards, n. Ryan, NJ. L. Butler. NIL
Pilhv II Thornam w. Alexander, II
schlopfelt II. Backman, Mat Miller
Carver Jerry Glavin, George Moncuso A
+. Mayne Tom Morrissey, Burt Murry, c
r. Higgins. George LaHood, J. l. Wells
Burt Poland. william Norton. jr.. F. c
Anthany w A. Cummings Sam Reel, Dal
Berg, s. II. Mcdonald, w. r. Hamilton w
w. Higgins Joel a. Griffin, r. Simmons
u. A. Davis, James Usher S. r. Hooper
William F. Gray. ID. N. Miller. Charles Nc
Carty. Henry Turick. Nick FARLEY, Joh
Hnlman. W. y. Alexander, Frank Case
Peter sarlgo. Pasq Morosco.
About twenty men. employed In fiel
work, are left untouched by legislativ
action.
City Engineer Rosewater says he VIII nc
cross the bridge until he gets there an
will not say what he will do until the gov
ernor signs the charter bill and II become
a law. He says ne does not know whethe
he will send to the council the names q
the office employees and inspectors and as
that they be confirmed or whether he wi
let the council take the first step.
zone thing Is certain" said the city er
sineer. 1.-The city legal department has
iob on its hands In Strengthening out som
awful tangles In the charter, for cortai
sections are Numerically opposed to set
tons in the old charter which have nj
been repealed."