Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-09
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
City Council at Deadlock Over Paw
ing Hector Boulevard.
THREE REPUBLICANS OPPOSED
Bids for Playground Sites Received
in Liberal Numbers-Gimin re-
Appointed vital Statistics
Registrar.


In Liberal NumBers-GimIn ne
Appointed vital statistics
Registrar.
A deadlock developed In the city council
last night over the award of the contract
for the paving Of Hector boulevard with
creosoted wood block. rhc city attorney
go We his opinion that the bid had been sub
mitted in accord with the advertisement
and that therefore the council was under
obligation to make the award. The test
came I'm adopting this report of the at
tori ey. Three MEMBERS Of the council
voted for the adoption. These were the
democratic members. The republican mem
bers voted against the adoption and Il wao
declared lost. The attorneys for the Gen
eral Contracting company gave informal
notice that mRndamus proceedings would
be instituted TO compel the award Of the
contract. The Good Government league
sent In a communication saying IN it's opin-
ion the council had the right to reject any
and all bids for this work and there was
no limit Of time set at which they might
not do so.
The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail-
way company Informed the council that II
would not have time to complete the
West L street car extension by March /
and asked that the time be extended by
ordinance until July l. The reason given
was that the weather had been too severe
for work on the streets and that the Union
Pacific would not have the viaduct at o
street strengthened before that time.
Extra Pay Allowed.
The extra salary asked by the South
Omaha police department for the work done
during the street Garments strike was al
lowed last night in connection with the
regular monthly salary. A resolution was
adopted asking the county commissioners
to reimburse the city for this amount.
A. L. B%ersauist was given an approach
to the l. street viaduct, He will build a
private stairway.
the biennial ordinance asking that all
public work in the city be done by union
workmen was demanded in a resolution
of the council instructing the city attorney
to prepare the same for immediate introduce
ton.
A resolution was adopted demanding that
the city sanitary inspector clean the streets
and alleys which were I'm need Of the same.
The mayor declared the sanitary inspector
had no authority over the streets.
The council sits as a board of equaliza-
ton today and tomorrow.
Bids for Playground.
The Board Of Education spent most of
the session last night in receiving bids for
play ground sites for various schools and
for a site for the manual training depart
ment Of the high school. In addition to
the bids Miss Katherine Ellis and Miss
Florence BROKER were, elected to places on
the unassigned list Of teachers. A delega-
ton from HiIlsdale addition asked for a
new building. The board allowed bills to
the amount Of about 81, 900. The total ex-
penditures to date are $219, 600. The balance
In the treasury January / was about $2S.OOO
The bids for Fairgrounds were as fol-
lows:
Lincoln school, H. NJ. Christie. three lots,
1900; West Side, II, M, Christie, four lots
u, 200; Hawthorne, d. Holmes, four lots,
81 800; Lowell, E. Con, ftwV lots, $500; Haw-
} thorne, H. M. Christie four lots, $500;
High school, manual training, II. j. o'Neil,
lot 10, block 80, $500; Jungmann school, 7.
J.. O'Neil, three lots, $500; High school
and $, block 80, $9O, 500; Brown Park, H, M.
, Christie, two lots, 1900; Garfield school,
! A. w. Jones. three lots, $l,775; High school!
5 Il, block 50, $3.50; Madison, H. M. Christie,
. four lots, 50, 400; Washington, 7. j.. O'Neill
two lots, $1,000; John MCMILLAN, Highland
{ school, four lots, 81. 100; high school manual
training, II. M. Christie, lots I and s, block
: 50, $4,000.
I The bids were referred to the committe,
G Of the whole.
a GiIin Appointed Registrar.
g City Clerk ]. j. Gillin has been reap
I pointed the official registrar Of vital stat
istics after a lapse in the office as far a!
e the city OF South Omaha is concerned 70
( more than a year. In December, 1905. j. J
Gillin refused to perform the work becaus,
k the city council drew the line on the pay
s ment of the fees of the office, which II
the Interpretation of the clause In the cit!
charter and the statutes at large could n
e longer be paid in cities of the first class
This work was required to be done by tn
d city clerk without compensation and Of
y recommendation Of the city attorney tn
council ceased paying the fees.
d Since that time the record has been KEEP
n by H. T. Brass, who made the report t
Il the state, but not to the city of sout
Omaha. He now comes forward seekin
n remuneration from some source.
The city clerk has agreed to reduce tn
keeping Of the record OF vitality statistics
New Park Sites.
The question OF buying additional site
for parks Is again foremost in the delibers
lions of the South Omaha Park board. A
: the last session of the board p. ], Barrel
n offered a tract as an addition 10 Manda
park which was bought during the Hocto
administration from Edward Dee. TIL
members OF the park board are not all 1
= favor Of buying additional land. One OF tn
arguments for buying P. j. Barrett's traC
= is to give access to the present park, whic
lies behind It.
Among those in opposition August Mile
er