Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-05
ALL HOBOEO MUST GO TO WORK
City Council Will Arrange Geological
Garden for Them. "
SIDEWALK CONTRACTs invaded
Library and Park Heard WIN Here
after Make acquisitions for suP-
plies, same as other city
Departments.

piles same ns other city
Departments.
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No more will the gay and festive hobo
soiourn in Omaha unmolested. Hereafter
he will be put to work after he falls In
the clutches OF the active cop For Omaha
Is going to have a rock pile THIS was de-
cided yesterday afternoon In the meeting
Of tho committee of the whole OF the city
council. when Councilman Berka. cham
pioning a rock pile for Omaha, was told
TO 20 ahead and make arrangements for
a geological garden. The arrangements,
in the main, consist Of furnishing the
necessary rock, on which the Weary
Willies and others may exercise.
Berka was told to confer with the city
engineers office ana formulate plans for
the rock pile ana its location He will
report the fruits OF his conference to the
city council tonight, aud II resolution is
needed 1t will be introduced by Berka.
Its passage is assured Berka says. for
the members OF the council have declared
unanimously I'm favor OF the innovation.
However some members contend that a
resolution is not needed for the project.
The legal department VIII be consulted on
this phase of the question
The committee also decided that the city
should carry insurance on the city hall
building. and the contents, which include
records, blue prints tracings and furni-
ture. Councilman Berka also fathered this
movement The councir declared unan-
imously In favor Of the scheme and in
structed Berka 10 bring in a resolution
tonight covering the proposition.
The resolution will stipulate that insur-
anoe TO the amount OF 100000 be carried
on the building and $4,000 on the contents.
The contract will be entered into for a
period Of five years.
The contract will be let to the lowest
bidder but all foreign companies will be
eliminated from the bidding 6
Sidewalk Contract Awarded.
sesto & Vacant, sidewalk contractors.
were awarded the contract for laying
sidewalks in Omaha during the year. The
contract price calls for 10 cents a square
foot where brick is used and IA cents a
square foot for asphalt tGradIhgtwlu cost
( Is cents cubic yard.
Sesto 81 Vacant were given the CON
tract over Noble Bros. who also bid II
cents for asphalt, but the latter firm failed
to bid on grading and on brick, so the
contract was let to Sesto & Vacant.
Attorney Magner. representing Noble
Bros. agreed that his firm would do the
grading as cheaply as the successful bid
ders but the council took no oognikance
Of the offer, in view of the fact that it
was not made in tho scaled bids.
sesto satisfied the council that he could
furnish a surety bond Some question was
raised that the firm could not furnish
! bond in view Of the low price bid. But
| Sesto dissipated all doubt
Despite the protest of attorneys repre-
| senting r.. F1nkelstein, the ordinance. pro.
hibiting the unloading or loading OF all
metallic material, which would tend to
create a noise within 100 yards OF any
public school building on school days or
church on Sundays. was recommended for
passage. Finkelstein, who conducts junk
shop at Eighteenth and Cunning streets.
contended that the ordinance would nut
him out Of business. s-,a-re3 1t
Councilman Hummel who introduced the
measure, stated that Finkelstefn had failed
to obey the orders of the building inspector
repeatedly. Had he done so the ordinance
might never have been introduced, stated
Hummel. Now that it HAD passed first
and second readings he would not with
draw It. ~
To Preclude Confusf8h.
Comptroller Cosgrove's request that the
Library board and the Park board be
required TO get requisitiohs for supplies.
the same as all other city departments
was referred to the legal department for
an opinion. Cosgrove contends that these
| departments should have their orders for
] supplies approved and thus prevent con.
fusion. which has arisen frsqdentIy
petition, signed by property owners in
the vicinity OF Elm and Vinton streets foY
the removal OF the frame sheds and bill.
boards on that corner was referred to the
building inspector
Councilman Bridges. who submitted the
petition, declared the sheds and billboard,
a nuisance and asked that they be removed
The repeal Of the ordinance creating IN,
street Improvement district for the pavina
of Twenty-first street from LeavenwortI
street TO Pierce street was recommended
Jof n A. Sunderland. representing the bust
ness men OF that locality, protested aRains
the paving OF the street until the grad,
had been cut down. .
Sunderland argued that Twentv-firs
street afforded the only teaminR outlet I,
that district and before the pavement wa
laid the grade should be cut 50 that /
would not be more than per cent in
cline. Sunderland wants the grade estab
hshed between Millard place and Pierc
street.
| 'AaNh tAAAn - hOlit we Will De the frs
to petition for the paving Of the street
but until then we will oppose any move
ment TO pave the street" said Sunderland
new ordinance for. the paving o
Twenty-first street from Willard place Z
Leavenworth street Will be introduced
Councilman MoGovern revived the ga
tangle by insisting that a resolution b
introduced tonight rendering the omahi
Gas company S2 lamp per year 10
lighting the streets OF Omaha for the las
five years. fP.ls
BY motion two weeks ago the council OF
fered the amount. A resolution was or
dered, but Councilman Badges failed I
bring It In, contending that the company
offer to settle on basis 81 $3.50 a lam
per year was verbal and no reason ex
listed why the council should make n
counter offer by resolution.
Councilman Davis. chairman OF the com
mittee Of the whole, was Instructed 7
confer with the city attorney and bring I
the resolution tonight