Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-05
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
City Attorney Advises o'Esill Agency
Must Take Insurance.
ORDER GIVEN TO TEAR UP TRACK
street com missioner Instructed 60 Re-
move Missouri Pacific Line on
Observation-Disclosures for
water bond Funds.

II City Attorney Burnam-s advice is fol-
lowed by the city council. the OXEN In
surance agency Of South Omaha will have
TO shoulder the insurance OF t251.OOO on the
Omaha city hall and its contents.
The city attorney last evening advised the
council that the bidder has no right under
the law to withdraw the bid: that a bind
ing and enforceable contract has practi-
eally been made and he recommends that
the city comptroller be directed to insis,
upon the insurance being delivered
The ONell 5id was for 81 ,2oo premium
on three-year policy and 81, 40 for five
year policy.
a resolution was introduced by Council
man Burmester instructing the street com
missioner to proceed forthwith to tear up
and remove the Missouri Pacific track on
the west side Of Fifteenth street, between
Burt and Cunning. The resolution was
passed IL recites that the railroad com
pany was ordered to remove this track
some time ago out has not done So The
expense of removal Is to De paid by the
city ana the city attorney Is directed to
/ proceed to collect the amount from the
company.
Look Into Water Bonds.
NAiNFi q itnolull9u OF president Burmese
ter the city attorney will proceed to in
'estgate and report on the regality Of the
/ Issue Of $S,0O0,0Vv OF water works bonds of
January % 1900; also as to whether or not
the money can De made available at this
/ time for the puchase of the water works
] a bin OF So for a trip 10 Chicago taken
/ by City Electrician Micnselsen, without
/ previous notice to the council gave rise
/ 10 n Ter InA A.la
mittee reported in favor Of paying the
claim. and Councilman McGovern moved
the report be placed on file
! cOuncilmen Funkhouser and sheldon said
! the city electrician had no time to ask
for leave of absence and his expenses, as
/ is the custom.
Councilmen Hummel, McGovern, schroe-
| der and Johnson SAID with a good deal OF
emphasis that the practice of taking such
| trips without notice must be stopped.
Finally the official peacemaker, Council
man Berka, moved the expense account be
recommitted to the finance committee and
this motion Prevailed, seven TO four
on recommendation of the committee or
| public property and buildings the counti
passed a resolution to buy a runabout auto
| mobile for the street commissioner from
Ii. Z. Fredrickson for s., 300, same TO be
! paid from the commissioners grading re.
pair fund.
Three ordinances were passed relating tC
bonds, one for refunding $4,000 of fire en-
| CINE house bids, and two for the renewal o.
| SO, 600 of paving bonds and $50 600 Of sewer
bonds. These bonds were issued in June
1880
/ Kill Anti-FIrewOrkS Ordinance.
The council finally gave the quietus TO tn,
anti-fireworks ordinance. The comittee o.
the whole recommended the ordinance b,
not passed and the report was adopted.
An ordinance was passed providing tha
| all inflammable oils or fluids kept any,
| where in Omaha in quantities of more thar
! ten gallons must be stored in steel tank,
| coated with tar OF in containers of Other
material imbedded in concrete all pipes tt
be on top. and the top to be at least tive
feet below the surface OF the ground.
An ordinance was passed for the con
l struction of a Viaduct and approaches OIL
Locust street, from Fifteenth street TO tn,
east city limits. The Northwestern and tn
Missouri Pacific are the railroads con
cerned.
A resolution was passed formally accept
ing engine house No. Is from the contrac
tors. This Is the house at Twenty secon,
and Ames and 500 will be withheld from
the final payment until the contractor
make certain repairs to cracked plastering
The city clerk was instructed BY resolu
ton to advertise for bids for reconstructinl
the elevators in the city hall, which nov
travel on the same schedule as the SLOW
train through Arkansas
w. Farnam Smith will have to take tn
house now standing on Nineteenth Street
between Jones street and St Mary's avenue
at $3.50, according TO his bid made som
time ago, or show a good reason why h
should not. He will be asked to appea
before the committee OF the whole mex
Monday afternoon.
| Councilman Hummel introduced and tn
council passed a resolution for the buildin
of a sewer on the newly opened portion 0
Twenty-fourth street, between Californl
and Burt.
Councilman Davis, who Is to be marie
today. was granted a thirty-day leave o
absence.
The council passed a resolution introduce
by President Burmester declaring Tuesda
afternoon a half holiday to permit employe
of the city to attend the opening of tn
base ball season at Vlnton park
Arc lamps were ordered installed a
Thirty-second and Webster and Nineteent
and Center.