Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Bureau Of Statistics Proposed for City
Of Omaha.
RESULT OF cOsGRovEs TRIP
City EnEiaeer CraiE submits Revised
Plan for Locnst street Via
duct-LiEhtinG Con-
tract Read.

Councilman Sheldon introduced a. the
council meeting Tuesday evening a resolu-
ton providing that steps be taken 10 es-
tab1ish a bureau Of municipal research and
statistical Information. with a chief sta
ustician in charge at a salary OF SE0 a
month The resolution was referred to the
committee Of the whole. At the next meet
ing Of this committee CIsy Comptroller Lo-
beck and his deputy, Fred H Cosgrove,
win appear before the committee TO ex-
plain why they hin Il would be wise for
the city Of Omaha TO establish the new bu-
reau The move is the result Of the trip
OF Mr.. Cosgrove TO various cities in search
Of information concerning the methods en-
ployed TO collect occupation taxes and roy
alties.
City Engineer Craig sent TO the council.
besides a large number Of improvement or
ders, a revised plan for the proposed Lo-
Gust street visduct. The structure, as
planned. will be 100 feet in length. and
viii extend over the Missouri Pacific.
Omaha and Union Pacific tracks from a
point fifty feet east Of Fifteenth street to
a point 500 feet east Of Thirteenth street.
II will have a thirty-five-foot roadway.
with two siK-foot sidewalks. The next
step viii be for the council to name ap-
praisers to ascertain what damage. II any,
will have to be paid. The property con-
cerned is very largely owned by the rail-
road companies and is used for railroad
purposes. II the viaduct is built az pro-
posed the railroads will have to shoulder
the work.
Lighting Contract Read.
The new lighting contract was read the
first time and sent to the Of
the whole Before it is given a favorable
recommendation the city attorney will pass
on its terms and report if its adoption will
have any effect on q suit now pending be-
tween the city and the company.
l. j. Dunn is still officiating as assist
ant city attorney. according to a COM
m~unlcation signed by him outlining the
status Of the old market house on Capitol
avenue. Mr.. Dunn holds that the city can
use II for any other public purpose, or
can tear IL down and use the material
Tor another building, or can move it and
use 1t somewher else as a public struc-
ture, but that II cannot be let to private
parties for any pure.
Frederickson, the man. had
a communication in asking that the mar
ket house be rented to him for storage
purposes until February, which proposal
was sent to the committee Of the whole.
Councilman Kugel introduced q resolu.
ton to have a footway built on the east
side Of Eighteenth street over the Great
Western tracks, TO replace a f1imsy. un-
safe bridge now located at that point
which has been seriously complained of
by residents who have to use It. The
committee on viaducts and roadways will
consider the resolution.
Pay for Election Officers.
The question Of what allowance shall
be made the Judges and clerks Of the re-
cent election was threshed over in a free
for-an. which brought in the city comm
troller' city attorney and city clerk.
The mayor and Fire and Police Board
sent In a communication reoommendinR
that the council ratify the proposed con-
tract with the Nebraska Telephone com
pany for the installation Of a new fire
and police alarm system. The council de-
cided first to consider the new contract
in committee Of the whole Under the
contract as presented the city would nav
SleOSo a year for five years. and at the
end of that period can buy il outrfgb,
for 50 per cent Of the original cost. Tbe
price named includes 10 per cent a wear
OF cost, 50 that the city will virtually he
buying the new system on the installnant
plan.
A resolution permitting Street Comnis
sioner Flynn to buy a gutter plow for s5
was put or file.