Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-14
COUNCIL STILES INDUSTRY
Brick Yards Cannot Locate on
Trackage if Ordinance Passes.
CITIZENS AFRAID OF SMOKE
Would Rather Pay several Dollars
FER TO Get Brick from
Kansas Than Have kiln
Nuisance Here.

The brick making industry in Omaha will
be limited and no more brick yards will
be allowed within the city limits provid-
Ing the council coRcurs i'm the report OF
the OF the whole and passes
an ordinance prohibiting extending this
Industry. The committee yesterday after
noon recommended the ordinance for pass
age, Councilman Bridges voicing the only
objection.
j. Herman krittenbrink. a South Omaha
manufacturer OF brick, applied for a permit
10 establish a yard at Thirty-sixth and
Wright streets, Omaha, but he was met
with the objections of about 200 property
owners, who sent a petition to the council
protesting, against the proposed yard.
which. they declared, would be a nuisance.
This protest was received. but instead Of
refusing a permit TO establish a brick
yard ct Thirty-sixth and Wright streets or
the immediate vicinity. the council de-
cided to prohibit them anywhere in the city.
There Is no ex-post facto provision in the
ordinance, and those kllns now established
Will be allowed to operate.
Councilman Bridges exerted himself ire
mendously in behalf OF the brick manufac-
turer and made a strenuous speech in the
council chamber. but all for naught.
Business Sense Aroused.
Here we are trying to build up a greater
omaha, but whenever anyone comes along
ana attempts to spend his money in es-
tablishing a new enterprise which would
give employment to scores and scores Of
men, we shut the door of the city In his
face and tell him to clear OUT said the
councilman. How in the name of Caesar
are we going to build up a city with tao
tics OF this sort? Brick is shipped to
Omaha every day from Kansas and Mis-
souri,. II we had more kilns in this city
so that the supply could meet the demand,
we would not need to send our money out
of the city and 1t would stay in Omaha
and go into the pockets of Omaha work.
men"
Citizens. some of whom lived a mile from
the proposed brick yard, objected on ac-
count OF the smoke which would issue from
the plant, but Mr.. Bridges declared the
smoke would not be half as dangerous as
the gas tank which the council refused to
move. And gas tanks blow up every little
while and kill scores of people. but no one
ever heard of a brick kiln blowing up"
said the councilman.
S145,OOO for Engine Houses.
The committee of the whole also recon-
NAlu " pdScdbt liz OIul1d nee SUBMIT
ting to a vote OF the people the proposition
Of issuing bonds In the sum of $l45. go to.
buy SITES and erect fire engine houses.
This came up in the council last week. but
Councilman Zimman succeeded in getting
it referred to the committee of the whole
for further Investigation. This he did in
the hope that the council would agree to
a saving Of $4,000 and erect house No. 2
on the land adjacent to the city jail and
owned by the city. Mr.. Z.mman is out Of
the city and Mr.. Bridges attempted to
fight the battle alone yeste. day, but lost.
The committee failed to coincide with the
view of Mr.. Bridges, backed by plans, that
a fire engine house could be erected on the
vacant city property adjacent to the Jail
and decided to buy a new site. Mr.. Bridges
then endeavored to have the bonds read:
For the purchase of sites and the erection
and equipment of fire engine houses" in
stead OF just for sites and the houses. II
the word equipment was included any
balance could be used in buying apparatus.
otherwise it must go into the sinking fund.
where IL cannot be used. But the council
squelched him again.
The third proposition of the councilman
was to issue two sets OF bonds, one for
purchase of sites and erection OF houses and
another for equipment, the two Issues to
equal a total Of $4,000. This, too, met
with defeat.
The limit that can be voted is $4,000. but
the council will ask for but $145, 900. The
fire chief told the councilmen' that the
other 5000 could be used to advantage and.
that II is needed, but the council refused
to ask for the full amount.