Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-21
MAGIC CITY COUNCIL
EMPTIES 3 FUNDS
Celebrates End Of Existence Of
Separate Town by Buying
and Selling Orgy.
MANDAMUs SUITS ON MONDAY

Ring down the curtain-write
thirty--on the doings of the city
council Of South Omaha
Saturday was the last day of bust
ness for that body and when the
chronicles of great days are written
| tho last Eours of the South Omaha
city council will fill a whole chapter
therein.
The haste, not to say avidity, with
which the council devoted itself tC
cleaning up business and incidentally
three separate funds was worthy thC
haste with which the Belgians crossed
the bridge at Antwerp before the
German phalenXes.
In justification. the members OF thai
body declared they were acting in &c
cordanee with law.
Some Things Accomplished.
For weeks prior to yesterday the coun
Gil has been meeting twice and tire,
times a week. anticipating consolidation
Since last week the council has beef
meeting daily. Yesterday the council haC
a triple paroxysm and when the smok,
had cleared away the city automobile
was gone. the road grader was gone, Z
railroad spur had been authorized, tire,
lots had been bought and contracts TO
much paving let. Incidentally the gen
eral fund the police fund and the stree
repair fund were about empty.
Refuses 90 Write Warrants.
City Clerk Wheeler said he did no
:, want to write any more warrants an
refused point blank to write any war
rants for money not in a fund.
City Treasurer Martin closed his offic
, at l2 o'clock noon yesterday and re
fused TO accept 500 offered by w. II
Hawley, who bought the city machine
The Hector Realty company wa
> awarded $3.50 for some property sole
= the warrant being made out to c. W
Sears. secretary.
Loretta Ryan, daughter OF John
Ryan, former fire and police commits
sioner. sold the city for 3l.5OO some prop
erty.
The road grader was SOLD for SIS
spur Track Allowed.
! The Union Pacific which wanted
spur track along the alley betwee
= Twenty-sixth and TwenLy-seventh stree
: from o to l. streets, was given the priv
, llege This has long been urged by III
, property holders in this section, but he
always been held up by the differeI
councils.
@ John McNulty, a formre city employ
, injured while on duty, was awarde
~. lat.
q case is now before the supreme court.
y The last OF the three meetings he
q yesterday. took place at o'clock, b.
, Icause of a protest filed by George Pari
= against letting three Iaving contrac
to James j. Parks company. The pr
8 test was heard and then the contra
h let.
4 Councilman Henry Hartnett of the Sc
- enth ward. was not present during al
!, lof yesterdays session.
Co. Mayor Gets weary.
n Mayor Hector looked tired and SHOVE
r WEAKNESS at the councils activities. +
a Ioffered some suggestions, then stoppe
A CITY Clerk Wheeler and his deputy, Jot
Mercell, worked like beavers to compile
a the clerical detail made necessary
a the councils activity. When that bod
a coyly suggested that July salaries
awarded them Wheeler looked blank ar
a said he could not see 1t that way.
MRndamus on Monday.
> city Attorney Murphy looked disguise
!, and expressed relief that the merg'
: would not be delayed beyond Monda
!, Further than that, the city attorney r
: marked that he would urge the return
the mandamus for . o'clock Monde
y. afternoon. He said he would seek I
= appeal from the courts decision and II
. timated that he expected the mandarin
to issue for the delivery Of the sou'
;, Omaha records and moneys.
- MY advice as to a formal refusal
transfer the records and moneys is di
tated merely to protect the officials, Ill
the clerk and treasurer. who arc und
heavy bonds.
To Protect Rights.
"Of course, should the suits now pen
y ing in the supreme court show that Il
u marger Jaw is valid, this formal refus
& viii protect the rights of all the officials
l. IL is known that the city attorney HI
> been more or less disguised with ii
r trand of local affairs since the merg
i law passed the legislature