Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-02
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
City Fathers Ask New Light Bids at
Special Session Thursday.
SET DATE FOR ELECTION JUNE q
City Votes 60 Take Up sixty Thou
sand Dollars worth of Bonds to
save Two Years Interest
on Then.

BY passing a resolution which requests
bids for street lighting with gas under six
different provisions. the city council. At an /
adjourned meeting Thursday morning. 4
paved the way for another squabble as to \
whether the city shall operate the lights 4
or let the contract 10 some independent 1
concern.
Plans and Specifications. drawn by John !
A Rine. city attorney. were approved and /
bids directed to be in not later than s on /
the evening Of June % The resolution |
asks for bids on equipment; bids on main
tensnce. which shall include lighting ex-
tinguishing. repairing and replacing broken
nantes and equipment; In fact every
thing save equipment and gas; bids for the
use OF equipment and maintenance. ex-
elusive OF gas. bids for gas; bids for the
use OF equipment. which shall include gas.
and bids for controllers or governors to
regulate the flow OF gas
bond of $1,000 Is required Of the sue
cessfui bidder. save the one who lands the
contract for furnishing controllers
The specifications cover everything"
said City Attorney Rine by way of ex-
PLANTATION Under these the council can
either let contract TO do its own lighting
or else 1t can award the Job to some in
dependent concern, In the event that better
figures are offered. Under these plans the
city viii know exactly what IL Is going 20
cost The bidders are required TO name
q fiat sum for which they will do the work
under the various provisions"
New Concerns Enter Field.
Two communications. one from a New
York lighting company and the other from
a lighting company Of PIttsburE, were read
before the council The New York COM
pAny stated that II wished to offer esti-
mates to furnish equipment which is reg
ulated by clock mechanism as to the turn
ing on and off Of the lights
I'VE have Just heard that the city Of
Omaha is contemplating new street light
| ing" wired the Pittsburg concern. I'VE
can give you an ideal service much cheaper
than it is costing you now and at a much
lower rate than you can do it by municipal
/ operation
Both these companies will be given an
D opportunity to bad under the revised speci-
ncations.
A communication from the Omaha Gas
company was read. stating that the Off
iciais had decided not TO turn off the lights
ION June 1, pending contamination OF plans
/ for municipal operation. Bridges moved
/ that the council tender the company a vote
/ Of thanks for its unselfish action but he
I was unable to get a second to his motion
ordinance regulating and defining dis
/ orderly houses was placed on file rec
ommendation Of the city attorney. The
measure introduced last fall at the in
stance OF c. r. Dickinson. city prosecutor
I attempted TO regulate the illegal sale Of
! liquor in such places. The ordinance pro-
I vided that the presence of liquor and a
government license in the house should be
prfma facie evidence of the sale. The city
attorney held that the council had right
! to regulate disorderiy houses but that IL
had no right to attempt to say what should
constitute proper evidence. Violation Of the
ordinance was made misdemeanor. pun
ishable by fine
resolution intpoduced BY Sheldon,
chairman OF the finance and claims COM
mittee. directing the, purchase of sS0.Ooo
street Improvement bonds from the w. R
Compton company Of St Louis was
passed. Sheldon stated that the purchase
meant the saving CT about 5000 In interest
70 the city. The bonds have two years 70
run and draw "A per cent Money in the
sinking fund is drawing ? per cent in the
local banks.
Ask Fire EscaPe Bids.
The city clerk was directed TO advertise
for bids 10 equip the city hail with a fire
escape, in pursuance Of the order of Louis
V. Guye, deputy state labor commissioner.
request fromChAries Crowley, gas com
missioner. for leave Of absence TO attend
the national convention of the American
Chemical society, which convenes In In
dianapOlis the last week in June and 80 to
defrzy the expenses was refereed TO the
committee OF the whole.
A letter from Thomas Flynn, street COM
missioner. thanking the council for making
him the grand marshal OF the municipal
parade. was read. Flynn suggested that
another parade be held during Ak-Sr-R Ben
week. His letter was consigned To the files.
a claim from George Greene, director of
Greene's band. for So for services for the
municipal parade, was referred TO the com
mittee OF the whole. The ordinance order
ing a special election on June 2 for voting
$4,000 in bonds 10 build three new engine
. houses was passed was one directing
the Union Pacific. Missouri Pacific and
other railroads TO build the Nicholas street
vtaduet- The railroad companies are given
until August I 10 begin actual construc-
ton and eleven months within which 10
complete the vtaduct
Al ordinance for the paving OF Pierce
street from Twentieth 10 Twenty-seoond
streets passed second reading and was -
: ferred TO the paving and severaRs 49,,