Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-02
Council Bluffs
COUNCILMEN BACK IN WORK
No Conveyance Handy and Street In
spection Goes Over.
ANOTHER TRY AT IT TODAY
Member From the sixth and Other
CouncIImen Cannot ARree On
Dividing Line for Precincts
In the ward,

The city council met yesterday afternoon
IN adjourned regular session as a com
mittee of the whole, but owing TO the tact
that one Of the patrol wagon horses is
laid m with distemper the work mapped
out FOR the afternoon had TO be post
poncd. II was the intention Of the coun-
cilmea to make a tour OF the streets
which it is proposed to pave this year, with
a view 10 determining whether the aout-
ting property could stand the cost OF the
suggested Improvement. The councilmen
were opposed to walking, not on the
grounds Of the physical exercise involved,
but because they thought IL would con-
sumo too much Of their valuable time.
The patrol wagon, the usual conveyance
for the councilmanic body when on a tour
Of the city. not being available. owing
n the lndisposition Of one Of the horses
II was decided to hire an automobile. The
only auto in the city of sufficient ca
pacity to accommodate the members OF
the clty council happened to be In the
shop for repairs. A liveryman was APP
pealed to for a team, but without re-
suit. and then Contractor z. A. Wickham,
ever willing to help the councilmen out
Of a hole when the opportunity would
! present itself to him. offered 10 loan one
! Of his teams. which was working at the
new bridge on Bryant street. The team
was brought To police headquarters and
everything was ready to hitch It to the
patrol wagon, but the councilmen backed
down when they saw the work horses.
why. we might Just as well drive
around the city in Dobson's garbage wag-
on" they cried in unison, ana on motion
NJ Councilman Olson. who was presiding
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decided to adjourn until this afternoon,
by which time City Clerk Cassidy prom
ised to rave arrangements made for an
automobile.
The only business transacted at the city
council session was the granting of q
saloon permit to Frank Neither, 300 West
Broadway.
In committee Of the whole the council
men took up Councilman Bellinger's ordi-
nance providing for the division of the
First precinct Of the Sixth ward into two
voting precincts. After some discussion
during the absence of the member from
the Sixth ward. who did not arrive until
later In the proceedings, II was decided Ia
compromise matters by fixing the dividing
line at Twenty-third street, The ordinance
as submitted by Mr.. Bellinger called fol
the line of demarcation at Twenty-eightt
street. Mr.. Bellinger said he expected e
oppose the line being fixed at Twenty-Five
street when the ordinance comes before
the city council next Monday night Will
the recommendation of the committee Of
the whole.
Some time ago p. r. Petersen, a loca
artist, offered to sell to the city an OF
painting of Council Bluffs in the pioneer
days, to be hung In the councilmaniC
chamber. The committee of the whole de
cided to recommend that in view of the
depleted condition OF the municipal treas
ury the painting be not purchased.
city Solicitor Kimball stated that during
the taking of testimony in the suit brough'
by the c. B. Nash company of Omaha
to restrain the city from issuing the pro
posed 100000 water works bonds it hat
been claimed by the plaintiff company tina.
the names of several signers of the peti
ton asking the submission Of the proposi
ton to issue the bonds Of a special election
could not be found in the city directory
Mr.. Kimball suggested that the councilmev
who had been active in circulating thes,
petitions assist him in locating these per
sons. so that they might subpoenaed t
testify on behalf of the city. It was ar
ranged that the couucilmcn who circulated
these petitions meet with Mr.. KimbalI IL
his office and check over the list Of sign
ers with a view to locating any disputed
names.