Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-20
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Bids for Automobile for City Uses Are
Opened and Referred.
STORM SEWERS IN HEART OF CITY
New Drains to BE Installed Before
Repairing II Done I'm the
Business District
This Year.

The city council put in most of its time
Tuesday evening opening bids and listen
ing to a series of kicks from Councilman
Schroeder relative to failure Of the city
to provide for the construction Of a sewer
from Hahscom park to the downtown dis
trict. 80 r1,
Bids for furnishing an automobile to the
city for the use of the mayor, council and
city engineer were received as follows, for
a seven@passenger car, r, r. Kimball,
Stoddard- Dayton, $3.50; II. E. Frederick
son, Stoddard-D Dayton, $500; Guy L. Smith,
Franklin, $3.50; Apperson Sales Agency,
5000; J. j. Deright s. Company. Stoddard-
Dayton, $3.50; LexInston. $4,000: Buick
Auto company. $2.143; w. l.. Hoffman
Auto company. Interstate, $3.50. with ex4
tras, $20S1. The bids all went to a spe-
cial committee consisting of sheldon,
Brucker and HummeL 7~ AN
Bids for ~overhAuling the plumbing in the
city hall wefesa resolved from J1yA. Fitz-
patrick for sS9s, aud from C4 Fl. Kessler
for 1850. ~
Garbage RemOYal Bids.
Bids for the removal OF garbage were
received from James, Whaien. for districts
Nos. 2 and 8, and from the Omaha Render
ing and Feed company for the eight dis
$500 saw AAANA NAA W. ha1 ~ vi NAaNa
by ordinance. The bids for garbage range
from 10 to IS cents a can, according to size,
and from 81 TO N,25a cubic yard for refuse.
The rendering company stipulated that un-
less It can have districts Nos. ] and 2 with
all others, Il does not want any.
The ordinance under which bids were
asked provides that the health commits
sioner shall report on the lowest and best
bidder, but by notion the council ignored
this provisionsan inc sent the bids to the com
mittee OF the whole.
More storm Sewers.
City Engineer Craig reported that 1t is
necessary TO bald adequate, Storm water
sewers in the downtown usfne district
before all the streets are repaved the com
ing summer. The council therefore passed
a resolution providing for advertising for
the construction of storm sewers on the
following streets Ninth, from Jones tc
Howard; Howard. from Ninth to Six.
teenth; Tenth, from Howard to Dodge
Harvey, from Twelfth to Tenth. The esti.
mated cost is about $1,000,
When this resolution passed, Councilman
Schroeder made a determined effort t.
bring In his pet project, the Hapscom paCl
sewer. He catechised the city engineer AMI
took issue vito the latter's statement tina.
IL Wouiu De InposslDie 10 dos what thu
Seventh ward eouncfntan waiits until tn,
sewers whichrwnl havea4c carry the Han
scom park water are enlarged. "Thes,
sewers burst every spring as 1t is" saiC
Mr.. Craig. n one Will quarrel with thu
need for the sewer advocated by Mr.
Schroeder, but until the other sewers tina
must care for ats water are enlarged /
would be folly to build it,"
Councilman Schroeder attempted to In
terrupt the roll call on a resolution he ha,
offered for the construction OF his sewer
and when called TO order spoke hotly o
"a clique that he ought to get in with
Called to order. he sufl persisted, bu
President Burmester ruled MIN orr IN
floor until his name was called. TIL
finish came When his resolution was vote
down, 9 to I, being supported ny himself
Johnson and Kugel.
New City OFFICER.
A resolution was passed creating IN
office of assistant city Veterinarian an
slaughter house Inspector, at a salary q
&125 a month, ~ disappointed by the mayo
and confirmed by the council, This wi
be advertised for three weeks in the officis
paper, The Bee, and then the companio
ordinance. providing rules and regulation
for ante-mortem and post-mortem inspe,