Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-18
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
City Council Resoinds Action on
Coad Bond Deal.
HURRY IT AT SPECIAL SESSION
Popular CIamor strong Against
Deal aud Counciimen Act in
Rush Again In Absence
of Mayor.

and fearful that Mayor Trainor by his
veto OF the measure would hold them up
! to ridicule, the city council met last night
at o'clock and rescinded the vote award
Ing $4,000 issue Of bonds to f. ]. Coad,
jr', at premium OF II per cent George
Hoffman. introduced the resolution.
Mayor Trainor was not present at the
meeting and did not hear of II until he
was called up by Assistant City Attor-
ncy sam Winters a few minutes before
| I clock. The mayor said he would not
issue call for special meeting and
would not attend the gathering. The
| councllmen were called by City Clerk
Frank Good little after 6 o'clock. The
/ transaction of this meeting took Just
about five minutes.
The impetuous action OF the council
was taken for two reasons-popular
clamor and the fear that repub-
ican mayor by his veto would publicly
stigmatize the action of last Monday
night. The law, It is understood, requires
that special meeting of the council
shall be called at the instance of the
mayor and three councilmen. Mayor
Trainor did not know of the meeting, al
though he was in his office part of yos-
terday morning and all afternoon. No
one else had the right to issue a call
under the circumstances
There is a question in my mind" said
the mayor last night, as to the legality
Of the whole proceeding. l shall investi-
gate it thoroughly"
Councilman August Miller who last Mon
day night, voted against the bond SALE was
at the meeting last night lie said: "I
|
properly called, but l attended Just to
Keep in touch with what was going on"
f. j. Coad, jr., to whom the contract
Tor the sale of the bonds was awarded
seemed in no way anxious to push the
matter. 1t was understood yesterday that
Mr.. Coad was not anxious to have any
thlns to do with the matter after he had
learned OF the opposition manifested
On the streets there is nothing talked
OF except the action OF the council
promising retrenchment and then carry
Ing through such a deal as the bond
matter.
Said prominent citizen last night:
"Thefe is no doubt in my mind that the
sense Of the people was for annexation
last week. 1 know that IL the matter
came up tonight there would be no uues-
ton"
A rumor about town indicates that prop.
erty owners are mastering and that
something radical will be done without
delay. Whether the resembling of the
bond contract will quell the gathering
storm may only be guessed at.
Heads slated to Fall.
Yesterday the heads Of all the city de.
partments received notice of the retrench
ment policy to be pursued by the city
council. The notice asks that the council
be informed of the name of every mar
on the city payroll at its next meeting
Monday night.
The idea is TO make the taxpayers
realize the economical policy of the ad
minstration by cutting off the heads o.
few OF the laboring men and clerks.
In the matter OF clerks there can be ne
curtaiment as the city is being run. City
Clerk Frank Good says that his Office
is swamped with work to such an extent
that he would require more help in order
TO issue pay warrants every two weeks
as ordered by the council several times
The council cannot cut the treasuI err
office because the clerks in that depart
ment are there att the discretion OF th'
treasurer, according to the city charter
The police and fire departments are slim
as they are and the only departments let
are the street department and the en-
gineer's department.
In the street department the council
may save a few dollars by dscharGinl
some laborers. In the engineers depart
ment there is a question whether re
trenrhment will be followed. According
to the report of the city engineer him
self, the cost of his del artment last yea
eaualed the total cost of the rest OF tn
executive departments of the city hall
Engineer Roberts few days ago an
nounced to the members OF the council
then sitting as a board of equalization
: that he thought he would keep his fore
? OF engineers on through the winter" Ma
! Peterson, who was present at the time
s demurred, but Roberts insisted that h
E needed the engineers.
e ChrysRnthemumS show.
4 last night marked the opening Of tn
= eighteenth annual chrysanthemum shoy
at the United Presbyterian church, Twen
ty-third and l. streets. For the occasion
the church was decorated with flower
, of the season and the altar banked hig
:, with chrysanthemums OF every hue an
variety.
Hundreds of people braved the cold 4
= order TO be present at the show. whic
had a musical and social feature in add
ton to the floral exhibition. The worl
OF the show has devolved upon Mr.:
Bruce McCulloch and MRS. Howard Bore
to whom the great success OF last even
q iug's nrOUram Mas a tribute,
e Besides the musical and literary fes
a lures which were all delightfully."- rendere
: by the participants, the feature whic
drew most applause was the chrysantht
:, mum drll by twelve little girls,
Tonight the second and last program c
, the show VIII be given.
Funeral of GFundy.
c. Il. Grundy. who killed himself as III
: result of financial losses In the Live Stoc
: exchange, will be buried Saturday mOrT