Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
HYDRANTS CUT FROM BILL
City Serves Notice On Company II Will
Not Pay for Thirty.Nine.
ALLEGED TO BE INEFFECTIVE
City Officials 20 Go to Des MOiRes to
Boost for the Passage OF the
Railroad Terminal Taxa
tion Bill.


tiOn Bill.
The committee on fire and light. OF
which Councilman Younkerman is chair
man. submitted at the meeting of the city
council last night a list of thirty-nine fire
hydrants which, it was stated, did not
come up to the test required by ordinance
and did not furnish the required fire pro-
lection. Accompanying the list was a rec
ommendation from the committee that no
further rental be paid for these hydrants
by the city until they are put in condition
to furnish the fire protection required by
the city ordinance.
The city council 7concarred in the recon-
mendatlon and Instructed the. city clerk
Ia. notify the water works company that
no further rental would be paid on these
MIGRANTS. Before voting to concur In the
Recommendation OF the committee, Coun-
Gilman Beilinger inquired IL the hydrants
included in the list had been properly
tested. On assurance from Councilman
Jensen that they had, Mr.. Bellinger voted
with the rest OF the councilmen.
The report of the fire and light commit
tee was in pursuance of the following reso-
luton adopted by the city councll on Janu-
airy II:
Whereas, Some OF the MIGRANTS Oh the
Council Bluffs Water Works p are
by reason of their location utterly useless
to the city of Council Bluffs and that other
hydTants, are situated tSan, v 30 low ws ss e se1ueGce
tiona: that some OF said hydrants are FUR
nished with such insufficient water pres
sure as to be useless in case of fire. ana
Whereas, The city Of Council Bluffs has
been paying hydrant rental upon the same
therefore be It
lights be instructed to report the number
and location. of MIGRANTS which are OF niue
or no use 10 the city, and be instructed 70
hydrants which do not come up to the ne
cessities for furnishing fire protectlon
W. m,, rsnort the location Of such MIGRANTS and
to report the condition of hydrants gener-
ally over the city. with a view to their use
by the fire department, and to report the
condition of the same as to being buried or
out of repair or unsuitable for use TOT IRE
purposes, therefore be IT
structed to collect from the Council BiuIIs
City Water Works company by SUIT or
otherwise any and all sums which may
have been overpaid to the said company
for hydrant rentals due to claims made by
the said company under any former orol-
nances or by reason of mistake. error or
defective and inefficient hydrants or which
said sums may have been wrongfuliy ex-
acted from the city from any cause what
Location of Hydrnnts.
The thirty-nine fire hydrants as reported
by the committee are located as follows:
In front of 376 Lincoln avenue.
Corner of Frank and Elm streets.
Corner Benton street and Hyde avenue.
Corner Vine and First streets.
Corner Vine and Second streets.
Corner Second street and Lawton Terrace.
Corner Second street and Sherman ave-
Corner Oakland and Lafayette avenues.
Corner Oakland avenue and Lawtcn
Terrace.
Park avenue, about 200 feet south Of
Pomona street.
HiEh School avenue, between Glen avenue
Corner Madison and Stall avenues.
Corner Madison and Kappel' avenues.
Corner Graham and Paramount avenues,
Graham avenue, northeast OF TosteVin
street.
In front of Children's factory on South
avenue.
Corner of Nineteenth avenue and Tostevin
street.
Corner Twelfth avenue and Twelfth
street.
Corner Eleventh street and Avenue j..
Corner Frank street and Morninsside
avenue.
Graham avenue. south Of First street.
Franklin avenue, south of Beach street.
Corner Franklin and Perrin avenues.
Corner Franklin avenue and Beach street.
Corner Clinton and Damon streets.
Vine street, between Bryant ana SECOND
streets.
Corner Tenth avenue and High street
Corner Thirteenth avenue and High street.
Corner Seventeenth avenue and High
street.
Milwaukee yards. near Twenty-first
avenue.
Park avenue. near Keeline's.
Perrin avenue, east Of Nicholas street.
Benton street, between Hyde avenue and
Prospect street.
Corner Harrison street and Fuller avenue.
Wabash roundhouse.
Corner Frank street and Washington
avenue.
Driving park.
There are 2ss fire hydrants in the
city, so the elimination of these thirty
nine would leave $50. which are conceded
to be In good working order and up to
the requirements of the city ordinance.
City Officials as Lobbyists.
The mayor. the eight members of the
city council. and City Treasurer True are
to go to DeS Moines and make a demon
stratioI. in favor of the passage of the
railroad terminal taxation bill which Sem
ator Saunders expects TO Introduce We'd
nesday. 1t was first suggested by Coun-
Gilman Younkerman that the mayor and
city treasurer go. but Councilman Morgan
thought that the matter was of such m
portance to the city of Council Bluffs
that the entire council should go and do
what 1t could 10 secure the passage of
the bill. City Solicitor Kimball will be
unable to accompany the delegation. as he
Is In Minneapolis on legal business.
At the request OF the Trades and Labor
Assembly, conveyed in a communication TO
the city council, a motion TO employ union
labor on municipal work so far as practi-
cable, was passed. The request was that
the city favor union labor on all city work
or work controlled by the city council. II
was also decided TO accept an Invitation
for the council TO meet some evening with
the Trades and Labor assembly at the
latter's hall.
The advisability Of constructing crossings
at Broadway and First street, In the mid
die OF the block between First and Second
streets and at the foot of Glen avenue was
referred TO the committee on streets and
alleys with power to act. These crossings
were asked for by business men ON that
part of Broadway.
c. ]. Smith was granted a permit to con-
duct a saloon at as West Broadway.
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