Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-09
Council Bluffs
Council Shes
Over Street Car
Line Resolution
Whole Matter Referred to Committee
of Whole, Which Will Meet
Friday to Consider It.

In the presence Of an Rudienos that filled
every foot OF sitting and standing room
in the council chamber. packed the ante
chamber and extended into the hallway
back to the head Of the stairs, the city
council SHE'D last night when the time
came for the consideration and passage Of
the resolution presented more than
month ago by the street railway company
granting permission to make some car line
extensions. II the presence of the unusual
and determined looking audience had been
insufficient the presentation OF two petit
TONS one bearing $40 names and the other
more than 400 would have added weight to
the popular demand for the rejection of a
resolution that has come to be looked upon
with the greatest suspicion all over town.
II these petitions had not been enough
there we're still others that would have
been presented, together with an amended
resolution to be offered as a substitute for
the pending measure with safeguarding
clauses But the council side-stepped the
whole matter by referring the petitions to
the committee Of the whole, which will meet
Friday morning at o'clock for the pur-
pose Of either passing the street railway
company's measure or rejecting IT, In the
face Of the opposition that has been aroused
the council will probably reject II.
One Of the monster petitions came from
the newly organized Citizens Improvement
club, asking for the amendment of the
extension resolution to include the East
Pierce street and Walnut Hill line, and
the other was headed by II. @. McGee and
others. For the purpose Of getting all Of
the papers in the case before the committee
resolution was read again and referred for
the same meeting as was also a lengthy
and most carefully written legal opinion by
City Solicitor Kimball pointing out the
purpose Of the resolution 10 be simply an
attempt by the street railway company
lawyers to validate the purchased East
Omaha & Lake Manawa interurhan fran
chse and fasten It upon the city for a
term OF thirty-seven years. When the
crowd found there were to be no verbal
pyroteohnics It quickly melted away with
considerable noisy confusion.
For the purpose of raising money TO
pay for the new aerial hook and ladder
truck and the remainder due the contrac-
tors for the construction Of the central fire
station, the mayor was authorized to ap-
point special committee to negotiate the
sale OF a block OF bonds running ten years
drawing ~ per cent interest and of sui
ficient amount 10 pay the outstanding OBJ
legations, approKimating somewhere be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
Bids for the construction OF $3.50 square
feet Of cement sidewalk were opened
Bebee & Ferguson bid the lump sum Of
tls7e4.lo for the entire Job. Pete Nelson
bid II cents per square foot for the walk
and 80 cents per cubic yard for grading
. A n ~ - %
per square foot for the walk and 4sIb cents
per yard for eXcavating and grading. The
bids we're referred TO the city engineer
for tRbulaton. These bids are all more
than cents per foot higher than the
last batch OF sidewalk bids submitted
under which the greater part of the worE
was done this season.
The Imperial Milling company new en-
terpTise that is locating at First avenu,
and Thirty-third street, establishing flour
ing mill end grain elevator. was granted
permission to use that part OF Thirty-thirt
street extending from First avenue TO tn,
alley for the necessary railway tracks con
Meeting with the combination railway track
/ on First avenue. The vacation Of tn,
streets was by ordinance passed unde
suspension of tho rules as an emeFgeno!
. measure.
| AlLoNn0T ordnance phAaeu IN tno sam
manner, regulates the building OF retain
ing walls, and Rbutments ard building
foundations along Indian creek, for tn
purpose Of preserving uniform construc
? ton. Permission to build such walls mus
be granted by the council upon plans ap
proved by the city engineer and kept o.
file IN his office.
Chief Of Police Froom asked to have
steel plate placed along the east side Q
the city Jail corridor, where Roy Green g
, easily dug his way to liberty a few day
, ago, and the request was promptly granted
II A request from Chief Nicholson OF the ia
u department for the purchase OF a smok
: protector was as willingly acceded 10 afts
! the fire chief stated that the use of sue
u a protector at the Peterson store fire q
II Friday night would have prevented nearl
e all of the loss incurred by smoke an
u water.
o. Alderman Younkerman reported the off
d OF 500 for the present police patrol horse
Is which, he said were unfit for their worl
N and he was instructed 10 conclude the sa
T. and purchase q new team for the wagon.
10 A request OF property owners for the r
N duction OF this curb line on Bloomer sire
n from twenty-six 70 twenty-four feet WI
q granted.
y CONGRESSMAN WOODS TELLS