Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-03
PARK BOARD CAN'T PAY PREMIUM
ComptrOIIer Holds Up Insurance Pay
ments Authorized by BOard-Coun-
ell CertifIea Levy for Hvdrant
Rental Judgements.

An emergency hospital for Omaha stu
ated near the police station. win be DO
mated by Anna Wilson u the city vii &C
cept the terms Of her offer made last night
TO the city council. The property in CUES
tion is a three-stoTy brick structure on
Douglas street. east OF Tenth street The
lot has Jas feet frontage and the building
is in good repair. Miss Wilson offers 70
advance $50 for immediate repairs and
asks that the city give her rental Of fl2s
a month during her life At her death, by
contract. the ownership Of the property
Will pass unincumbsreo 10 the city. She
asks. also. freedom from taxes on IL after
the city Begins TO use Il. The matter when
brought I'D in the council was not dis
cussed and VIII be taken up In committee
Of the whole next Monday afternoon.
Health Commissioner Cornell said in re
gard 10 the need Of such q hospital:
Omaha is sadly in need Of just such an
Institution, and this building is in an ideal
location Nearly AL Of the serious acct
dents in the city happen downtown and
an emergency hospital Of any use must
be downtown. This building could prob
ably be well adapted The members Of
the council seemed inclined TO look favor
ably upon the proposition.
More improvements for Douglas
In response 10 requests from representa-
tives Of the Omaha club and the motorists
Of the city the intersection Of Twentieth
street with Douglas street win be included
in the improvement Of Douglas street II
was not included In the original plan %
improving Douglas from Sixteenth 10 Twen-
tisth. but as II viii be one bad spot other
wise the plans were changed
CoaErove's Rulings Appealed Prom.
An argument between Comptroller Cos
grove and the park board over the Au-
thoT1ty Of that body WIS referred to the
city council in the claim Of II Z Palmer
& Son for insurance premiums. The law.
as the comptroller tutsrprets f. gives the
board power 20 make purchases OF more
than $50 only when bids are asked through
public advertisement The board asserted
that the insurance premium was on . re-
newAl, but the comptroller insisted that
ii should have been advertised The ooun-
ell VIII take the matter up through the
finance committee
Comptroller Cosgrove objected also 20
bill from James Whelan and the Omaha
Rendering and Feed company for rental
Of garbage wagons. The teams and dr4v-
ers for garbage service were hired from
these companies by the city At $40 a month
apiece The wagons used were the prop
erty Of the companies. but after some
weeks service were purchased at fun
price. $40 without running gears. BY the
city. WhelEn and the feed company seat
IN bill for S1A for the use OF the wagons
before the purchase Wa made and Goa
grove refused to pay IL This also Was re-
ferred 20 the finance COMMITTEES.
EnEfneer Claims DanaEea.
Frank Hynek. formerly an engineer IN
the city hall made claim for Sa000 for
injuries he says he received two years
ago Hynek was hurt IN an explosion Of
gas in the office % the Board Of Fire and
Police Commissioners. He left the ciry's
employ al that time and has made 10
claims for damages heretofore he de-
elAreE that his eyesight WA permanently
/ injured
Thomas J. Flynn. street Commissioner.
was granted two weeks leave OF Absenes
The amount Of the recent water rental
/ judgments which the city was mEndE-
nusssd 10 pay, Els.lss.G2 WAS certified for
I levy.
! Contracts with James Whslan for re-
movEl Of garbage and with Herman
I Schmidt for The rrmovsl Of dead animals
were approved meeting Of the council
VIII be he'd Wednesday morning as 4
| board Of equalization and Thursday uiEht
special meeting vii be called 70 canvass
the votes on the water bonds