Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-29
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Municipality Will Control Lighting
Of the Streets.
EQUIPMENT ORDERED PURCHASED


sand rect.
BY ordering the purchase Of equipment.
controllers and eas, the city took the first
decisive step last htght looking toward the
solution OF the problem OF lighting the
streets OF the city with gas Win a vote
Of ten to two, Bridges end schroeder In the
negative, the members decided on municipal
operation 90 the gas lamps
AZ meeting Of nine members yesterday
afternoon In the city attorneys office. TINS
decision was reached. The mayor was al.
] rected 90 enter intp a contract with the
| w. Miner company OF New York for
Loo hoods and lamps at $50 each; LS09
| controllers from the Iron sponge and Con.
troller company Of New York az IS cents
each. and an ordinance was directed for
the purchase OF gas from the Omaha Gas
company at u per 1000 cubic feet
The lighting committee. johnson. Bur
mester and Davis. recommended this action
AFTER the caucus OF the members directed L.
Bridges and Schroeder. who along with
MOGovern, did not attend the caueus
fought the municipal operation from the
jump. but they were voted down. both on
the adoption of the committee report and
the resolution directing the purchases.
All other bids In for gas lighting In
various forms we're placed on file.
Bridges asked that the resolution be held
In allegiance until next Saturday morning.
when an adjourned meeting win be held.
he stated that represents tiVes Of the City
Lighting company and the American Street
Lighting company OF Baltimore, the latter
having submitted q bid OF $3.50 for lighting
the streets desired TO address the council
Harry zimman, representing the City
Lighting company. which sought TO main
tain the lamps, and ]. A. c. Kennedy for
the Baltimore company were given fifteen
minutes TO state their claims. zimmsn had
nothing to say. but Kennedy asked that
action be delayed one week. ss his company
might be willing 20 submit lower figures
But his plea svailed nothing.
Funkhouser says City saves.
The city will buy all the equipment ana
gas and have the maintenance taken care
OF by the gas commissioner" stated Coun-
Gilman Funkhouser. Under this plan the
lighting of the streets will cost us $SoB
the first year and t7l.l0 for each succeed.
ing year Under this scheme a big saving
will accrue to the city and additional lights
can be installed. We have threehed the
lighting question out from every angle and
the municipal scheme seems the only thing
to do"
After the council disposed Of the gas
| proposition, the members took q crack
at the price of gas BY unanimous vote.
they passed the ordinance fixing ana de-
termining the price OF gas at q per thou
sand both for public and private con-
sumption. Tho ordinance was drawn by
Assistant City Attorney w. c. Lambert
two months ago, after he had Informed the
members that the council had the right
to fix the price Of gas Since. Il has
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other.
An ordinance, directing the sale OF all
vegetables and fruits. berries excepted. by
weight passed second reading. The meas-
ure was introduced by Schroeder. Another
/ weight regulating ordinance. Introduced by
johnson, also passed second reading. John
sons ordinance makes 1t misdemeaner
for any merchant to sell necessities which
are shert weight or measure and provides
a penalty Of fine OF not less than s. nor
more than 400 for each offenss
An emergency ordinance. appropriating
Il 900 from any available funds for the
maintenance of the Emergency hospltal
was passed.
Action on the resolution directing the
Omaha Water company to raise the water
main at Eighteenth ana Burt streets was
delayed until Saturday morning upon q re-
I quest Aolu oAONhNDh 41CAh VI luC NaNef
company. Heth asked that the company
be given an opportunity to present its side
/ OF the case.
The purchase of twelve wagon beds for
the garbage wagons was authorised.
The judiciary committee. to which has
been referred the ordinance regulating and
licensing dance halls. and another reg
ulating and licensing barbering on Sun
days. was granted more time TO consider
the measure. The request was a move to
delay action on these ordinances.
The contract for equipplng the city hall
building with a fire escape was awarded
TO the Omaha Safe and Iron Works. the
price being s676.
Funds for Cutttns wesds. &C.
A communication from Thomas flynn.
street commissioner. asking the council to
provide funds for cutting weeds through
out the city. wAs referred to the committee
Of the whole. Sixty plumbers bonds were
approved. and nine pool and billiard hall
bonds.
An invitation from the Prairie Park club.
extended by John J. Ryder, president. re-
questins the presence Of the members OF
the council. their families and their friends
at q Fourth of July celebration az Prairie
park. was accepted. The invitation stated
that a glorious display Of fireworks would
be had at night
An arc lamp was ordered insaalled ct
Forty-fifth and Franklin streets and an.
other on Forty-fifth street between Prank
! lin and Military avenue.
These ordinances vere passed: Fer
changing the grade OF Castelar, street from
: Tenth street to point go feet east for
changing the curb lines on rhirty-fourth
street from Martha 10 ArboF; for appro-
priating property for the opening Of Seven
teenth. Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets:
fixing the price OF gas At q per loo cubic
feet for public and private consumption;
for CHANGING the Ore linnIfa 40 A "a alirn.