Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 20, 1894, Page 8

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY UNE 20, 1894 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Magor's Vetoes Continue to Be Overriden for Mr, Wiley's Bake, HIS FORCES ARE KEPT WELL IN HAND All Bids on Electric Street Lighting Re- Jected, Haseall Decluring that Lower Figures Aro Expected — Routine Business Transacted, The accumulated bills of the Thomson- Houston Electric Light company, amounting to $16,719.35, were successfully rallroaded over the veto of the mayor at the regular meeting of the city council last evening. The Barber Asphalt company was less for- tunate, as it lacked one vote of the number required to pass its claim over the veto. There was a good sized stack of vet be disposed of, the most important of which was that of Mr. Wiley's claim, which was read as follows: I have vetoed six ftem: tion ordinance under bills of the new Omah Electric Light company for for the months of June, No cember, 18! nd for Februs May of this year, 710.3 As these bills we and the vetoes proposed to allow n pursuance of between the Thon and the cou wh pany is to red the for the rema er of the months, to $111.50 fon of the aliow a reducti during covered by company. of the payment of § allowed a reduction When it 18 consids has been recelving, during the life of its two contracts with the city, about double the amount it was lly ‘and legally en- titled to, the absurdity of h an agree- ment {8 apparent. The company I8 not entitled to this money and it should never receive It. 1 m satisfled tha no court would allow the full amount of this claim and I believe that payment of the mount is practl a gift to the Thomson-Hou ton comp Tor these reasons and others of a similar nature which 1 have enume ated in my former vetoes of these same bills, 1 have vetoed the items referred to. Mr. Wiley had his forces well in hand and the veto was overruled without debate, Bruner, Burkley, Cahn, Elsasser and Lemly voting to sustain the mayor. BARBER NOT S0 LUCKY. The following veto of the Barber claim was sustalned: I respectfully report that I have vetoed an item in the general appropriation ordi- nance in favor of the Barber Asphalt Pav- ing company for the sum of $2250.68 for the reason that this Is a payment and rec- ognition of an old claim for claimed to have been done during the year 1891, and that the street repairs for that year were not done in conformity with the contract, and were not done as re- quired by the express orders of the Board of Public Works as given from time to time by the chairman of said board. I believe this claim, before it is recognized as valid or entitled to payment, should be passed on by the proper court and the amount that the Darber Asphalt company is entitled to receive should be determined by a jury. The fact that no action what- ever has been taken to colle this aim or to have the amount due the Barbér As- phalt company for street repairs in 1801 determined by a_ court would 1 te that the contention of Mr. Birkhausi the then chairman_of the Board of Public Works, that the Barber Asphalt company was not complylng with its contract or with the orders of the Board of Public Works, was well founded. It is & matter of common Kknowledge and general notorlety that dur- jfig the vear 1891 the asphalt streets of the city of Omaha w n g , and holes without number were allowed to exist, 1 also veto this item for the reason that the item as inserted in the appropriation ordinance is in the nature of a settlement and an express recognition of the validity of the claim of the Barber Asphalt com- any for the sum of §14,210.68, which, after rediting the amount proposed to be al- Jowed by the item vetoed, would leave due the Barber Asphalt company an admitted balance of $12,000. do not think the council or mayor should make any recogni- tion of this claim, and should not at this time commit the city to the payment of this entire claim, as Is proposed by the ftem as prepared and inserted in the ap- propriation ordinance. The concurrent resolution instructing the city treasurer to hold the sum of $6,500 in the general fund to reimburse the coal dealers of the city for the license fees which they had paid before the ordinance was declared illegal by the courts was vetoed by the mayor for the reason that the money paid in had gone to the Board of Education, where the dealers should look for thelr redress. The veto was sus- tained. The mayor also vetoed the ordinance granting a franchise for a street and block directory. This was accompanied by a protest signed by several prominent down town business firms, and the veto was sus- talned. The April bill of the Thomson-Houston company was passed over the mayor's veto. Similar action was taken with the item in the last appropriation ordinance of $600 for the alleged smoke consumers furnished for the city hall by W. S. Hutchinson of Chi- cago. The plans for the repalring of the Sixteenth street viaduct, as submitted by the city en- gineer, were approved, and the comptroller was directed to advertise for bids on the contract, A Dbill of $270 for groceries used at the pest house during the smallpox scare was referred for investigation, as some of the members declared that some of the jtems were excessive. . The union depot resolution passed at the meeting of Stuht, Hascall and others at the Mercer hotel some time ago was presented for the approbation of the council. It was placed on file. The city engineer and the chairman of the Board of Public Works were directed to examine the plers of the Tenth street viaduct and report on their condition. A resolution was adopted setting aside $1,000 for the use of the Board of Park Commissioners in improving Florence boule- vard and an equal sum for the improvement of the southeast boulevard leading to Rive view park. A resolution by Elsasser providing that the city attorney be instructed to draft an ordinance regulating the price of electric lighting for commercial purposes at 25 per cent leis than the rate now being charged was considerately referred to Mr. Wiley's general committee. A resolution ordering the pavement on Tenth street near Howard repaired with wooden block was adopted on recommenda- tion of the committee. TO GET LOWER BIDS. The electric light muss took another in- ning when the report of the general com- mittee on the bids for the three-year con- tracts was presented. The majority report, bearing Hascall's signature, averred that the Citizens Electric company, which had made a bid of $57.50 per light per year, had no existence in law, as it had not been in- corporated, and its’ representatives had re- fused to give the committee the names of the gentlemen composing the company. The bid of Willlam Baker of $95 and that of the Thomson-Houston company of $106 were bona fide, but the committee had recelved assur- ance that still lower bids would be forth- coming, and recommended that all bids be vojected. The minority report, signed by Cahn and Lemley, recommended the letting of the contract o the Citizens company as the lowest bidder. The majority report was wdopted by a vote of 9 to 8 The following ordinances were passed Lovying special tax to defray cost of abating muisance under the direction of the Board of Health; levying speclal tax to defray cost of widening Bancroft strest from Tenth to Eleventh streets; levying tax for flling lots n Clifton Place; levying speclal tax for grad- ing alley between Cass and Californla and nty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets; spe- sidewalk tax ordinance; amending or- dinance regulating fast driving; providing for opening Fourth street at right of way of Omaha & Southwestorn rallway; chang- ing grade of portions of Thirty-third and Dodge streets; establishing grade of Wool- Eflh avenue from Thirty-second avenue to to in the appropria- hers, being the Thom#on-Houston street lighting aber and De- , March and 1l to $16,- sustained, now as I am informed, nt arrived at ympany com- lights riod, or inum in_con- nce of these bills. he city will : naining 8 original cont of the In other words, in consideration 719.35 the city s to be mounting 5. 1 that this price cont er irty-third street; establishing grade of enty-fifth street from Poppleton avenue to Hickory street; establishing grade of Thirty third street from Davenport to Dodge streets groating sewer district No. 200; providiug for » paving Thirty-eghth avenue from Dodge to Davenport streets; changing curb lines of Corby street from Fifteenth to Twentleth street and Thirty-eighth avenue from Dodge to Davenport street; declaring necessity of grading Thirty-fifth ‘street from Farnam to Dodge street HAYDE Wash Dress Goods and Silk Specials for Wednesday, WASH DRESS GOODS. 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Retiring from business. THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO., 16th and Farnam street. g ey Esteemed Friend, The time has come when the Morse Dry Goods company have determined to retire from business. Thelr stock is a grand one. Anything that was undesirable, has been sold at their numerous sales during the past Now, everything in stock 1s fresh ana new. If you want for summer and fall use $200.00 worth of dry goods, you can save at least $100.00 by buying them now. This sale is different from any ever held in Omaha, and while thousands are profiting by it, we want every one to share in the bar. gdins,’ Retiring from business. THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO. year. ‘Woodmen's Excursion and Plenle. A fine grove, boating, salt water bathing, music, dancing and goodfellowship are as- surances that the Woodmen of the World's outing of 1894 will be a success. Thursday, June 21st, has been selected as the date and Burlingfon Beach, Lincoln as the location. A speclal train carrying Woodmen, their wives, children, and sweethearts, relatives, friends and the ‘Seventh Ward Military band, will leave the union depot at 8:30 a. m., reaching Burlington beach about 10. Return- ing, it will leave the beach at 8:30 p. m. A very low rate—$1.10—has been secured. This includes admission to Burlington beach, as well as the railroad ride of 110 miles. e A bazar for the benefit of “The Scandina- vian Bvangelical Lutheran Bethany School and Young Ladies' Home,” Thirty-third and Cuming streets, will be given at Patterson's hall, southeast corner Seventeenth and Far- nam streets, Thursday afternoon, June 21, from 1 to 7 o'clock, and the following Friday and Saturday evenings from: 6 to 10 p. m. A great variety of fancy work and many other useful articles will be sold at reason- able prices. Admission 25 cents. Ice cream and cake served free.. All are cordially in- vited. P There are a dozen ways of passing time pleasantly at Burlington beach, Lincoln. You can sail, ride on a steamer, dance, row, bathe, 1sten to the music of the Sev- enth Ward Military band or take things easy in the shady grove that's within a stone's throw of the dancing pavillion. The Woodmen of the World spend next Thursday at the beazh. Better go with them, Tickets cost only- $1.10 and the special train leayes at 8$:30 a. n B T COLORADO EXCURSIONS Rock Island Railwa On June 23, 24, July 21, 22, Via Chicago, and Pacific Aug. 10, 11, The Great Rock Island route will sell excur- | slon tickets to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo and return for $15.00; tickets limited to thirty days for return passage. School teachers and others desiring to attend the Colorado summer school of science, philoso- phy and languages, July 5 to 27, can do &0 by leaving on the next excursion. The Rock Island is the only road that can carry you through without ~ change. Free chair cars and Pullman sleepers. Side trips at corre- spondingly low rates can be obtained to Pike's Peuk, Garden of the Gods, Royal Gorge, the mineral pa the smelters at Pueblo, and a hundred other places too nu- merous to mention. For rates, sleeping car reservations and any other information call on Charles Kennedy, general northwestern passenger agent, or address 1602 Farnam street. —_— The Heavy Rains Of the last few days won't interfere with the Woodmen of the World's excursion to Burlington Beach on Thursday, the 2lst, Special train leaves the Union depot at 8:30 a. m., and tickets cost $1.10 only. The Fuiries' Carnival, “Can I sell you a ticket to the Fairfes’ Carnival?" asked a bright and beautitul little girl of 7 of the writer as he was smoking a cigar after dinner one evening during the past week. “Well, Nttle one, tell me all about it and then we will see about the tickets afterward.”” Her blue eyes sparkled us she replted: “Oh! there are lots of us children in it, hundreds of them, We have the funniest’ costumes you ever saw, butterflies, grasshoppers, fairies, guards, frogs, ice, sprites and lots of things of that sort, And when 600 of us come out and whirl about in the butterfiles dance you never eaw anything so pretty in all your life. Now, please, sir, won't you buy some tickets for your family?" But we were not yet fully satisfied, so we asked the little glrl ‘what was to be done with the money. *The ladies asked us to do this. You know the ladies? They are the Women's Chris- tian assoclation ~ ladles and the Young Woman's Christian assoclation young ladies They asked us to help them to get some money which they needed to help them out and we sald we would.” The cntertainment will be given In the Fifteenth Street theater Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, June 27, 28 and 29, with a matinee Saturday afternoon, June 30. ——— Excursion Rates East. For full Informatici roncerning summer excursions call at the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ticket office, 1604 Farnam street, or address F. A. NASH, * General Agent. ——— Taken to the Pen. Sherift Drexel went to Lincoln yesterday, taking with him Hick Smith and Frank Webber booked for ten years each in the pen. Smith was convicted of shooting with intent to kill, while Webber tried to rob a num- ber of the residents in Walnut Hill, but was run to earth and captured by a woman, poirtier ) bl A Glimpse of Falryland. What form of entertalnment appeals so strongly to the public as those in which the children predominate? Who does not love to hear their fresh, childish volces in song? And when an entertainment is offered that contains a beautiful fairy story, enhanced with bright, pretty music, elaborate scenery, costumed as the dainty dwellers of fairyland are supposed to be, with all the trappings and finery that is supposed to be worn in that mystic realm, then old hearts grow young again, and in spite of ourselves we show the enthusiasm of the youngsters and enter into the thing with all the zest of our youth, And it is a good thing for us, too. No memories are so sweet as those by-gone days of childhood. 8o let us lend a helping hand to make the “Fairies’ Car nival” a grand success next wee The tertainment is to be a superior one in e way. There will be myriads of pretty fairles, a host of dainty little butterflies of every hue, graceful, stately sprites of the realm of ice, the quaint gnomes of the forest, the royal guards of Prince Oberon, funny, grotesque frogs, crickets, ete. Puck, the mischief maker, the jester of the fairy court and Moth, the despised miller, whom the pretty butterflies disown, will be important figures in the story. While Titania, the queen of the fairies, Alrie, the queen of the butterflies, and Tzelma, the queen of the realm of ice, will each have Important parts. Prince Oberon will parade his royal hunte and get his queen in deep trouble; old Jack Frost will have a hand in the story, and— but it s quite Impossible to describe this dainty, airy creation. It must be seen to be appreciated. It has delighted many, many thousands east and west. It is bulit upon different lines from any juvenile production we have ever heard of. There is a certain crispness in the dialogue, a breezy rush in its action, a certain dash of ginger and “go"” to it that precludes the possibility of any one getting _wearied - during the per- formance. We ascertained all this by frequent visits at the rehearsals. And it is quite a wonderful thing to see how so elaborate an entertainment fs pre- pared when done by skilled hands. There is no excitement in the preliminary work. It is & quiet jog the children take. Every- thing is rehearsed in fragments, so to speak. But today all is bustle at the Fifteenth Strect theater, where this beautiful affair is being put together for the first time. The orchestra is there, the stage hands are bus- tling, Mr. Thomas Kelly is wielding his baton fn a_manner that shows how confident he is of the children he has been so ardu- ously drilling in solo and chorus for some three weeks past; Prof. Chambers, lithe and alert, is watching with satisfaction the graceful evolution of every chorus that comes swinging on the stage at the proper time; and predominating afl, with a mas- terly command, is J. Edgar Owens, the cre- ator of this charming operctta, Mr. Owens has had years of experience in this work. He has brought the matter of big produc- tions down to a system—a sclence. He also appears as Uglio, the ogre, the “bogle man" of the play, and his great size eminently fits him for the character. But we might go on to a length of descriptions that lack of space would not permit of our giving. Suffice it to say that the Women's Christian assocl- ation and the Young Women's Christian as- soclation will have much to be proud of in this production. It is a light, airy en- tertainment, well suited to this season of the year, and if they do not largely increase their exchequer mext week it will be the fault of the public's failing to appreciate one of the prettiest entertainments ever given in Omaha. But we are confident that there will be no failure on the part of the public to fill the Fifteenth Street theater to overflowing at every performance. It Is to be hoped that the parents of children who are not participants will not fail to take them to the grand matinee Saturday after- noon. It is given in order that every child in Omaha can take a trip to fairyland at A low rate of admission. We hear that any child under 12 years of age can occupy a seat in any part of the house at this matinee for 25 cents. “The evening prices are the same for. children ‘s for adults, 50 and 75 cents, The sale of seats will open Monday morning at the box office of the theater and there will be a great rush for them. e You Will Miss n Treat It you are not at Burlington Beach on Thursday, the 21st. The Woodmen of the World will be there in full force. Special train leaves the Union depot at 8:30 a. m., and tickets cos Don't Imagine You can’t afford to attend the Woodmen of the World’s excursion and picnic at Burling- ton Beach on Thursday, the 21st. The fact is, you can't afford to stay away. Special cxcursion train leaves the Union depot at $:30 a. m., and tickets cost $1.10 only. i L Golng East Tod; g Your choles of four daily trains on ths Chicago & Northwestern railway. Two of theso trains at 4:05 p. m. and 6:30 p. m.. are vestibuled and limited, arriving in Chld cago early next morning. Elite sleeprs, dining cars and the latest reclining chair cars. Call at the city office, 1401 Farnam street. The Northwestern checks your trunk at your house. e Seen th2 animals at Courtland beach? LOCAL BREVITIES, At 10:30 o'clock last night a lamp, upset- ting in a room occupled by H. P. Graham, 315 South Tenth street, caused a small fire, The loss is nominal. Ezra Beeman pleaded guilty to the charge of selling liquor without a government Ii- cense in the federal court yesterday, and Judge Dundy fined him $25 and costs, Deputy United States Marshal Coble ar- rived in the city yesterday from Boyd county, having in charge F. J. Lopateh, who is charged with selling liquor to Indians. John Wood and John Robinson, walters, engaged in a fight at Fourteenth and Dodge streets yesterday afternoon. Both were ar- rested before cerious fnjury was inflicted on either. ¥ Frank Holl's was arrested last night on sus- picion of having pased some forged checks. There is no complaining witness as yet. Hol- lis says he is perfectly innocent, and thinks his incarceration is unjust in the extreme. The students of Creighton college will pre- sent at Boyd's theater on Friday evening, June 29, a drama entitled “BElma, the Last of the Saronidl.”” This play has been given at the college, but is to be reproduced by request. The proceeds will be given to the poor. The price of admission will be 25 cents, The Young Women's Christian ass could not have chosen a prettier place for the giving of a strawberry social than the rotunda of the Bee bulldiug, and could hardly have expected more generous patronage than that accorded last evening. The proceeds were very gratifying, the net proceeds belng larger from the fact that the berries were donated by the Stearns Fruit and Land com- pany. The soclal will be repeated today, tomorrow and Friday, noon and evening. “The Fairies' Carnival” bids fair to rival any juvenile entertainment ever given in Omuha. The rehearsals are going on in the most satistactory manner. There will be a world of novel features. The Women's Christlan association and the Young Women's Christian association aro leaving no stone unturned to make it the event of the mid- summer. Do not neglect buying a ticket It it is offered to you. It will help two noble organizations and add to your own pleasure, The costumes, scenery and effects will be of a high order, the music tuneful and the whole entertainment the best juvenile affair ever attempted here. tion L ! RIGGE 0N ELECTROYSIS Action of Electtio Currents on Water and Gas Pipes is Explained, WHY AND HOWDESTRUCTION IS WROUGHT Results of Experiments in the District In Omaha Most Affected — Success of Remedia¥ Measures in Several Citles of the Country. Father Rigge gave an Interesting lecture last night at Creighton college on “Elec- trolysis.” The lecture was given at the re- quest of the Young Men's Institute, and was listened to by about 200 people. It was tllustrated with various electrical experi- ments, showing Induction and conduction of clectricity, and with pipes that had been eaten by electricity in the city, Father Rigge spoke substantially as follows: Brass and iron have long been consid- ered indestructible. But of late it has been found that the rafls under heavy construc- tlon trains have collapsed. This has been caused by a minute Insect eating the iron away. Later still, with the introduction of the electric motor, our water and gas pipes have been attacked. Both city officials and motor companies are interested In the re- moval of this evil, There s no difficulty from an arc light plant because its alternate currents prevent any. Trouble arises, however, from a motor line, where a direct current leaves the power house on a trolley, runs through the wheels to the rails and is expected to return by these to the dynamo. It could return if the rails were insulated. But they offer so much resistance on account of rust, bolts, etc., that the current leaks into the ground wherever it is moist. ome electricity Is thus lost, This finds its w either inductively or con- ductively to the water or gas pipes and elec- trically disturbs them. To what extent de. pends upon the condition and material of the pipes. If we have two pipes of the same material, but one rusted or covered with a coat of paint, we have in reality two metals, and a mofst ground will complete a battery. Electrolysis is the theory of corrosion. There were on Nicholas street two pipes— one an iron gas pipe, the other a lead water pipe—both close together and parallel. After five years' service the lead pipe had to be taken up because it was corroded. It was replaced by a galvanized fron pipe, but this had to be taken up. at the end of three months on account of corrosion. When these pipes became excited by the waste of elec. tricity, being two metals in a moist ground, they formed a battery. When the electricity leaves a positive pipe, which is generally the larger one, it eats into it and carrics parts of the metal to the negative pipe. This eating away forms spots which become larger and larger and finally so weaken the pipe that it cannot stand the pressure within. Blectrolysis is going on at a fearful rate between the two power houses on Nicholas street. This district is com- prised in a radius of 2,000 feet, extending from Lake to Burt streets and from Sixteenth to Twenty-fourth streets. In this district some pipes show a current able to heat a thick wire so that it could not be held in the hand. WHAT EXPERIMENTS SHOW. In order to show that electrolysis is not the effest of salts of the earth, ammonia, hy- dro-chioric_acid or alkali, but of electrical action, I hdve experimented on pieces of cast iron. 1 attached one fo the positive pole of a battery of small voltfge and placed another near and parallel to it. ‘In two weeks the last was eaten out. I placed another picce in ground perfectly soaked with ammonia and other acids and salts. I took out the iron perfectly ‘smooth, .except from ri Therefore, ‘electrolysis was produced by ele trical action. The acids will desiderate metals only in a smooth process and not in pitting. - Positive. pipes, which are usually the larger; ‘will: always be attacked, while the negative ones are always smooth and little attacked. One locality of ground is often more highly excited than another. In the district named above spots of greater or less extent have been picked out on pipes by the current and are finally eaten out in the shape of small nodules. These nodules are remarkably light, glving a very light specific gravity. This is some fraction over 2, while that of cast iron is 7 to 8. What has become of this iron? The street represents a great platting bat- tery—from the water mains through the moist ground to the smaller gas pipes. The electricity will flow from the positive to the negative pole and will carry pieces of metal from one to the other or scatter them on the way. The nodules, deprived of their iron, still retain their shape, but are com- posed chiefly of carbon, graphite, silica, manganese, sulphur and phosphorus. An analysis of the earth in the Immediate vicinity shows that it contains as much iron as the nodules lost. Different nodules retain_different percentages of iron. Some are almost pure graphite, The chemical composition depends on the intensity and length of the elcetrical action. But whence does the silica and carbon come? A strong main current passes from the positive to the negative poles, but a weaker current also runs from the negative to the pesitive pole. Both carry materials, The first carries pieces of iron from the one pole to the other or scatters them on the way. The second current can do nothing else than pick up silica from the: sandy soil through which it passes and carry it to the nodule. To account for the carbon s more diffi- cult on account of a lack of sufficient data. THe following explanation Is suggested: The current is more active where it is going to leak. This causes the carbon and graphite in the iron to flow toward that point and combine together under the great heat. This appears to be a good explanation, but why may it not be traced to the molding? The molds are lined with charcoal. When the iron is poured into them it breaks off some, and this forms a lump, .and this lump conse- quently contains a larger amount of carbon. What is the remedy for electrolysis? It is suggested that the trolley be reversed from positive to negative, making an alternative current, but this is not safe or feasible. In- sulation of pipes by paint, asphalt or cover- ing has been tried, but is too expensive. To be successful the whole line must be in- sulated. In Boston, copper plates have been sunk in the ground, but this is too expensive. The most practical plan is to unite the rails with one inch wire wherever the moist ground threatens to eat the electricity. There must be good connection between the rails and the dynamo in the power house. All pipes In the danger district should be con- nected with the rails. This has been tried and the evil much reduced. In Brooklyn rails have been made sixty or even 100 feet in length and leleetrically welded together, Changes of temperature in summer and win- ter do not coatraet or expand them. Ex perience shows (that they become wider or thicker. 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