Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-26

with the writer once
the other evening, it Is Of the best
arranged hotels in the way of fire escapes
that / have ever seen. The stairways
down the porches on the outside of the
building could clear the entire house in
three minutes, even if the halls on the
inside were entirely cut of. The signs in
the corridors with the inscription TO the
Fire Escape show every guest just
which way to go in case of alarm. That
is very important" In this con-
nection, l understand that Dick
Kitchen very seriously objects to
the net work Of telephone wires that are
being put up in the alley in the
rear of the hotel. While the firm have
taken every precaution for the safety of
their guests, it is hardly fair that the
building should be so enclosed by wires
that in case of a fire the engines would be
hampered in throwing streams where
they were needed. Something ought to
be done to mako the wire nuisance
less inconvenient. Others beside the
Kitchen Bros. have reason to protest
against having their property fenced in
by telegraph, telephone and electric light
wires, and l cannot blame them for their
objections.
worked it through fine; didn't they"
said the ~lounger on the Wabash corner
yesterday, referring to the U. p sand.
stone ring. 81 told you three weeks
ago what the scheme was and when you
printed it, the Republican in a spasm
of virtuous indignation, charged that
Rosey wa sitting on another mares nest.
Pete Shelby too, threw up his hands in
holy horror and called upon heaven To
witness the purity of his intentions, and
Horace Newman rolled his eyes and
looked like a double braced ard-shell
Baptist on the half shell, at the bare in.
timation that he knew anything about
such a little game. You see
the agony first began when Harvey
street had handed in its paving
petition. l understand that certain U.
p. officials made a tour among the mer-
chants and urged them to reconsider
their action and change the petition to
one for U. p. stone. OF course no pres
sure was brought to bear upon them but
it isn't any fun to rub the hair of a gen.
eral freight agent the wrong way,
especially if you have to use the
road as a shipper. That failing
to work, certain irregularities were
found in the petitions sent
in from the cross streets, and singularly
enough the council decided to throw
them all out, and advertise for bids fol
all kinds of materials, including, don't
you see, Colorado sand stone. The L.
p. papers were directed to hold their fire
until the final assault was made. There
were several consultations with the off
Gals, and Yost's white hat was seen going
up and down Farnam street every day fol
aweek, when Presto, three days before the
meeting of the board of public works
a vicious attack is made on asphalt in 9
paper hat had before endorsed it, and OF
Saturday a long local puff of Colorado
sandstone appeared in its columns. Sat
urday evening the Board of Public Works
met, and in spite of Jim Creighton
storming and charging, voted the whole
business center of the city to the Shelby
ring. l am told that Mr. Wilson squirmet
a good deal in giving his vote, for Wilson
tries to be an honest and square forward
as he is a hard working man. But II
work in the shops and vote against hi
employees is almost too much to ask o.
any man. OF course the council have We
to pass the ordinance ordering the paw
ing, but Shelby, Newman, Stout & Co
think they have that all fixed"
"What a hard time our belligerent dis
trict attorney seems to be having" said
young attorney IN Friday. Hardly
week passes that there isn't some spat i
court, and / see that Judge Nevill
finally sailed him with a $25 fine for
little too violent1anguage in court. No
Goodwin isn't altogether to blame in thes
little troubles. There has been a quit
kind of union against him on the part {
the young lawyers, and he has been bat
gered in and out of court more than h
deserves. OF course there is no excus
for a challenge to a prize fight given
court, but the circumstances ought to /
taken into consideration. Goodwin is
little uppish and hot-headed, but meal
well. would like to see Charley Ogde
and Goodwin put on the gloves in
twenty-four foot ring, just for the fun
!, the thing"