Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-29
COMPROMISEFOR BURLINGTON
City Offers Company Way to Settle
the Eighth Street Matter.
v1ADUCT ON NICHOLAS UP AGAIN
Interested Business Men Ask That
the Council Look over Grounds
Plumbing Ordinance
May be Amended.

Jackson to Farnam. Mr.. Cole pointed
out that all such requests have been OPP
posed, and insisted this opposition was
oftentimes mistaken as to final results,
which he believed would prove true in
this case.
byron G. Burbank and Isaac W. Car
penter appeared to continue their protest
against the granting of the concession If
II Ley street is to be closed. At .orney
Dilworth, representing the railroad, APP
pea~ed in place of Mr.. Holdrege, who is
i'll, and said the roaC is all rc2uy to pro-
coed with the big freight station as soon
as the council acts favorably Oh the
roads request.
Some councilman asked Mr.. Dilworth:
''The road is willing to hold the city
harmless so far as damages are con-
cerneu, isn't it?"
lies, so far as damages may be
proved" replied Dilworth, but not to the
extent of the damages the protestants
claim"
finally a motion was adopted instruct
Ing the city engineer to Bring in an al
Tentative plan to the one presented by
the road. This new plan Will provide for
taking a certain part of the railroad
property, prob bly, twenty-six feet in
width, to provide for a short cut around
the proposed station by wagons of Ihe
business houses TO be affected by clos
ing Harvey street. As soon as this plan
is ready the committee win again take
up the ordinance for consideration.
Nicholas street Viaduct.
On the other big proposition now fac
ing the council, the construction of a
viaduct on Nicholas street, quick action
was had in stopping talk. L. G. Doup in
vIted the councilmen to meet the bust
ness men of the neighborhood at 8 o'clock
this morning on the ground, when a new
proposal is to be preached. Mr.. Doup
would not say what is in the minds Of
himself and the other men interested, but
the committee accepted the invitation
without any debate, further than an ex-
preston from Councilman Hummel: My
mind is made up and cannot be changed,
bu. they nave been so nice about this
matter that 1 am willing to so and hear
on the spot what they have to propose"
New Plumbing Ordinance.
Architect Harry -Iawrie, w. w. Rus
sell, ]. A. Sunderland, William Stull,
John Steel. w. H. Green and d. c. Pat
terson spoke in favor OF some amend
ments to the proposed plumbing ordi-
nance that Is to supersede all other or
dinances. Each of the speakers admitted
that, in the main, the ordinance is a
great improvement, but they feared it
would greatly increase the cost of plumb
ing by reason of lead pipe and wipeu
joints taking the plac, of iron pipe and
factory joints, They also wanted the
date when the ordinance will take effect
extended to October l.
Speaking for the ordinance in its proposed
Master Plumbers John Morrissey, ]. L.
Bixby and Barney" Grunewald. The lat
ter went into great detail in lecture on
scientific plumbing and asserted the pend
ing ordinance would cheaper good plumb
ing to the point where 1t could not be cut
down further without danger to the char
acter OF work. He said he had finished the
plumbing one large Job under the pro-
visions of the new ordinance at a reduction
of per cent on the total, against what
the cost would have been under the old
ordinance. Grunewald also explained the
differences in joints, ferrules, drum traps,
slip joints and other technical matters, and
Mr.. Bixby also handed out much techni-
cal information to the councilmen and the
business men.
The conclusion reached was that very
few real differences exist between the franz
ers of the new measure and the business
men and the council resolved to let them
get together and agree on the necessary
amendments. They will meet Thursday
morning at in the council chamber to
frame up the amendments.
Street Cars ON Boulevard.
The committee decided to recommend to
the council that 1t pass the resolution sent
in by the Park board directing the street
railway company to take out the half block
of track recently laid on the southeast
boulevard at Eleventh and Pierce streets
1t was agreed the passage of the reso-
luton probably means a fight in court as
tho company had a permit from the en-
gineer's office to do the work. Here arose
the question of the authority of the Park
board and the council, and Assistant City
Attorney Dunn was called In. He was de-
cidedly of the opinion the mayor and coun-
Gil are the rulers OF the city streets and
boulevards. SO far as giving them away for
any purpose is concerned, and that the
Park board is simply oaretaker under tho
city,
What would you think OF the Fire and
Police board If 1t attempted to give away
the fire apparatus or the police patrol
wagensT asked Dunn. II guess you'd
of that character, or you'd be impeached
as you ought to be-"
Effect of PFotestants.
During this discussion the protestants
against turning over to the city council
the boulevard on Nineteenth and Tween
tieth streets, from Chicago street to Ames
avenue, for the purpose OF having same
curbed and guttersd. were patiently waiting
| a hearing.
I'm the presence here today OF these
taxpayers We have an example OF the
limited functions of the Park board" said
Councilman McGovern. UNLESS tho council
takes control of the boulevard long enough
to have curb and gutter put in the work
cannot be done, and after complying with
the Park boards request we would turn
| the boulevard back to its care, However
there is no money in the intersection fund,
SO we need waste no time talking of doing
the work this year, and 1 move the re-
quest OF the Park board be placed on file."
The motion prevailed.
Councilmen Hummel, McGovern, Berka
and Kugel expressed the belief the removal
OF the track from the boulevard will in
volve lawsuit, and ''let them 20 to it."
was the general expression when the reso-
luton presented by Councilman Kugel was