Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-04
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Comptroller is Directed Not 70 Handle
Assignments Under Any Conditions,
MOVE FOR CHEAP CAR TICKETS
pany 60 Out Price of Fures-Ordi-
nance 60 Sell Gss at 81
Per Thousand.

Through a resolution, passed by unani-
nous vote, the city council last night or
dered the comptroller IN no event TO recog-
niEe assignments Of wages OF any employe
Of the city or TO permit any member Of his
department to carry on his books or make
any records Of assignments or deliver war
rants or pay Of any city employe 70 any
dealer or broker In warrants IN tho city.
The resolution was the sequel TO the ordi-
nance prohibiting the assignment Of SAL
aries, which was recommended for pas
sage by the council and later reoommitted
to the committee OF the whole A motion
To place the assignment ordinance on file
was lost by a vote Of to 8, and the ordi-
nance was again sent back to the commit
tee for further consideration. Council
man johnson introduced the resolution.
Two resolutions asking for bids for
equipment for lighting the streets Of the
city with gas were introduced, one by
Councilman Schroeder and the other by
Councilman johnson. schroeder's resolu-
ton asks for estimates both on equipment
and maintenance, while Johnson's measure
was limited to equipment Both were re-
ferred to the committee Of the whole after
debate. Another resolution, combining the
two, was introduced later by Davis and
passed. Davis resolution supulates that
bids must be In by May %
For Cheaper Car Tickets.
An ordinance regulating the sale OF street
car tickets was offered by Schroeder and
passed first and second readings. The
measure provides that the street car oom-
pany must sell ak tickets for cents or
twenty-five for 81. and makes Il imperative
for all street car conductors to sell tickets
. y a..
lation Of the ordinance lie made INSIDE
moanor, punishable by e fine Of SO for
each offense
The ordinance regulating the price of
gas finally found sponsor johnson came
to its rescue and started It on its way The
ordinance fixes the price Of gas at 81 per
thousand cubic feet, both for private and
public consumers. 1t was referred to the
committee Of the whole.
The committee appointed to assess dam
ages which will result from the contain
plated Locust street viaduot fixed the total
damages at &O0o.50, Of which H,5O0 IA
awarded to the Standard OH company. 81 .OOO
to Merf & Bourke, $3.50 to the McCaRus
Investment company, S27b each to John q.
Cobb. Elizabeth H. Charlton and Cbarles
satteile. and s1Se6O to the CRdy Land COM
pRny.
report OF the sidewalk committee set
ting aside 5000 from the sidewalk fund for
intersection sidewalks, was adopted. but
was later reconsidered and referred to the
committee Of the whole. Bridges opposed
the report. saying that all sidewalk i'm
provemsnts should come out OF the general
| fund.
A request Of the N. w. Halsey & Co.
bond agents, that new bonds be drawn for
1 ms Nma1a -
to the finance and claims committee Hal
sey's representative oontsnded that the
issue was irregular In that @. o. Lobeck
then comptroller, signed the bonds. But
Rs they were later made valid by a special
act of the last Legislature they should bear
| the signatures OF the present city officials
Pool Hall Ordinance Referred.
The Commercial clubs ordinance, regu
lafing and licensing pool and billiard halls
was introduced by Bruoker and referred t.
the committee OF the whole.
Lee Bridges, James Schneiderwind anC
Georges Holmes were appointed by Mayor
Dahlman as special appraisers OF all cit!
property for the current year.
The suggestion OF waldsrmar Miehaelsen
city electrician, TO replace gas lamps will
incandesoent electric lights which cam
on file without debate.
The city clerks report showed that 2Si
} LICENSES wsrs issued during the month o
April for q total of SS.sTs.0o. A resolution
By Bridges. directing all city smployes t
} participate In the municipal parade on Ma!
) rs, was passed by unanimous vote. Fift,
} dollars were Sst aside to put Twenty frs
street from Spruce TO Burdstts street in
pAsAab1s condition.
These ordinances were passed: One 10
paving street from Sixteenth TO ontari
, street, one for changing the curb lines O
Pine street from Thirty-third to Thirty
, sixth, one for changing the curb lines G
. Maple street from Sherman avenue I
, Eighteenth street one for grading Indian
street from Twenty ninth TO Rlvervie'
, place one tw grading Forty fourth stre'
from Jones 70 LeRvenWorth street, one 10
opening Fortieth street from blonde I
Lake. and another for opening Ninsteent
street from LeAvenworth street to Maso
street