Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-14
SCHROEDER GETS HIS $500
Councilman Wins Fight for Half
Cost of Grading Street.
LIGHT MATTERS TO THE FORE
Council Soon viii Consider whether
10 Grant Added Franchise to
Electric Light Company
Favor Dance Regulation.

Councilman Fred Schroeder won his
fight for 1850 for paying half the cost
OF grading Twenty-seventh street from
Creighton TO Shirley and Shirley from
Twenty-seventh TO Twenty-eighth street
yesterday Afternoon, when the committee
OF the whole unanimously decided to ap-
propriate $3.50 Of the miscellaneous fund
after the finance committee had declared
that no funds remained from which to
make the appropriation.
Schroeder had to threaten his follow
members. saying he would make a cam
paign against them. oaEyassing each
ward. II they did not pass the resolution.
It was only after extended debate that
the resolution was adopted.
At the next session Of the committee Of
the whole the proposition Of installing
fifty flaming arc lights to replace an
equal number of the present llghts and
OF granting the electric light company
a franchise extending over two more
years will be considered.
Quality of Sidewalk Brick.
Councilman Lee Bridges declared that
the Kansas Shale brick used in tho con-
structiol Of sidewalks did not respond TO
the demands Of property holders. because
they crumbled under freezing and much
moister. The specifications for sidewalk
material, submitted annually short time
before bids are advertised for. rreeipi-
tated the discussion. Z. T. Peterson,
clerk In the engineers office, explained
that the specifications submitted were
practically the same as adopted by tho
council two years ago. Action VIII be
taken at another meeting.
Next Monday the committee Of the
whole will discuss the ndvisablliy or q
Joint depository for securities hsid By
city and County Treasurer Tire. city
Comptroller cossrove asked that such
an ARRANGEMENT he provided for. oppe-
sition was at once evident and the mat.
ter was referred again to the committee
OF the whole.
Favor Dance Ordinance,
An ordinance prohibiting lewd dances,
such as the grizzly bear, tho Texas
Tommy, the turkey trot and other "oh-
| iectionable Dances" was recommended
for passage.
The request Of the Union Pacific and
Burlington railroads for an ordinance
regulating the rate Of speed OF street cars
over the sixteenth and Twenty-fourth
street viaducts. was referred TO the rail-
ways and viaducts committee, after dis
cussion.
REQUEST that five instead Of four jani-
tors be employed at the city han was
referred to the public property and build
ings committee.
| Lighting Franchise.
A resolution that the city charter and
ordinances be printed and bound was dis
cp..ed. BIDS were read and then placed
on file. Money was appropriated Tor TINS
purpose. but was turned Into another
FUND. when the eoancil decided 70 post
pone the work
Recommendation that two years tran
chise instead OF three be granted the
electric light company was discussed ana
referred to the electric light committee,
which will probably report In favor OF
n two years fanchise at the next meet
,rr az the com nittee Of the whole.
+. A. Nash appeared as q represents
tive of stockholders in the AUDITORIUM
ana wanted to know what the counoh IN
,.rdea 10 do. The consensus OF opinion
ss.,rea 10 be that the proper thing 70
4 A. s,nce less than 1900 In stock mao
beon donated, was to have an election g
vote s225.coO bonds to purchase the build
,ng piscussion whether this proposition
shsll he submitted to the electors at the
spr,ns election will be held at the meeting