Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-18
MARKET TO Be
IN BASEMENT OF
The AUDITORIUM
Mayors Idea of Public Market
at Fifteenth and Davenport
Streets Now Dead and
Buried.

The municipal market is dead
even before its birth so far as the
market house projected by Mayor
Smith at Fifteenth and Davenport
streets is concerned. This was re-
yealed when Commissioner IRE
stated in council meeting Monday
morning that the committee APP
pointed to investigate the substi-
tute or "try-out" market place in
the basement Of the City Auditor
ium would report favorably.
This idea was proposed two
weeks ago by Commissioner Ringer
Hwhen the Fifteenth and Davenport
streets market was being assaulted
by grocers, gardeners and commits
sion men on the ground that it
would fail and would carry thous-
ands of dollars with it into failure
Chloroform Market Plan.
When Mr.. Ringer made the pro-
posal Mayor Smith declared:
you'll kill the municipal market
idea entirely by such a substitute.
If you want to kill it, chloroform
it here and now by voting it down
altogether. Don't try to camou-
flage it with this Auditorium mar
ket"
The mayor apparently has been
won over to the ''try-out" market,
as Mr.. IRE said the committee
would bring in a unanimous report,
favoring the opening of a market
house in the basement of the Audi
torium and the use of Jackson street
from Thirteenth to Fifteenth and of
Fourteenth street from Jones to
Howard street, as a public market.
IF the people patronize the mar
ket in large numbers we can go
ahead and establish other public
markets." Mr.. IRE said. "And if
they do not, there will be no money
loss"
Garage to Some Other Place.
Use of the Auditorium for this
purpose makes it necessary to put
the municipal garage and repair
shop somewhere else. Mr.. IRE has
been looking around and finds that
there is a great deal of wasted room
in the downtown fire houses, which
is available for automobile storage
In the fire house at Nineteenth
and Harvey streets there is lot
Of ROOM" he said. "This house is
66xl52 feet and in it is only one
piece of apparatus and seven fire.
men. A great amount of space is
available there for storage of city
cars. In the fire house at Eleventh
and Jackson, there is also lot of
space and we think this can be used
for the city's automobile repair
shop"
Council took up consideration of
the plans for the new police station
but put over decision on the subject
until February "a. Mr.. Ure suggest
ed that the fire house now located at
Twelfth and Dodge streets be
housed in quarters in the new police
station which will be just a block
AWAY, at Eleventh and Dodge
streets. This will be decided later.
No Reports on Bills.
City council is alarmed over the
fact that it has no reports on bills
affecting Omaha that may be passed
By the legislature.
Il don't see why the city legal
department. hasn't attended to this"
said Commissioner Butler. at is the
duty of that department. Mr. Rine
used to spend a good deal of time
down at the legislature while he was
city attorney. There are some bills
affecting Omaha that have been
recommended for passage that this
council doesn't even know about.
We may find ourselves in fix
through this neglect"
Commissioner IRE, following an
argument for the appointment of a
special committee, agreed to go to
Lincoln and try to get copies of all
pending bills affecting Omaha. Com
missioners Zimman and FOWL are
in Lincoln.