Omaha daily bee., 1893-06-27
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Meeting Of the City Council and What Was
Transacted Last Evening,
LEAFLETS FROM A DOMESTIC DIARY
Ferd snitzlous Arrested Again-Eumors OF
the School Fund Trans'or-Other Mat
tcrs Personal and Impersonal that
VIII Interest South omahans.

luz SltIS NtTG JdhtU DN bnt
South Omaha city council last night to raise
money to pay for paving, curbing, guttering,
grading and sewering to be done this sum-
mer. In all about $4,000 will have to be
raised The bonds are not to be sold for less
than the face value and to draw { per cent
interest Bids will be advertised for the
sale of the bonds at once.
Ordinances were passed as follows: Auth
orizng the issue of sewer bonds in districts
Nos. l0l, 102 and l03, ST., ,500 authorizing the
issue OF bonds in grading districts Nos. ~
and ~, $500; authorizing the issue of pay
ing, curbing and guttering bonds of paving
district No. IA, Sl4, 700; levving special tax
to curb l. street from west line of Twenty
fourth to Twenty street; levying
special tax to pave the same.
MIR. Wyman succeeded in getting his ordi-
nance through giving water mains to per-
sons in the southern portion of the city The
water main will begin at Twenty second and
y streets extending south on Twenty
second, then to A, thence to Twcnti-
eth avenue, thence to Y street, thence
to Bellevue avenue. thence to Madi-
son street and over to Sixteenth street. The
people in this locality have waited Il long
time for this improvement, and the work
will be commenced at once by the American
Water Works company.
City Engineer King made his report on the
condition of the road out near letters
brewery, that was reported in n dangerous
condition by MIR. j. j. ORourke some time
ago. MIR. King said that new culvert
would have to be put in and that the cost
would be about $500. MIR Conlcy said that
this street in question had never been dedi-
Gated and he was opposed to expending $500,
or any other amount of the city's money, on
private ground. Mr.. O'Rourke stated that
one-half of the street had been dedi-
Gated, but the other half had not been
He said the city would be held liable for any
damage incurred there by an accident. II is
public street and should be placed in re-
pair and opened up for the public use. The
matter was referred to the committee on
viaducts, streets ard alleys. Billy Wood
suggested that the committee get together
at the brewery and received hearty second
from Colonel Bula.
City Treasurer Hoctor reported that the
saloons of Tom Beard and Bowley x Grot-
meek were running without n license. On
motion of Schultz the chief of police was in
structed to close these places at once.
A petition signed by John j. Ryan and
twenty others in the Third ward was re-
ferred to the committee on fire and water.
The petition asks that fire hydrants be
placed on Q street at the following iutersec
tions: Thirty-siXth ana Q streets; Thirty
eighth and . Streets Thirtyninth and .
streets. There are number of costly resi-
dences in this locality and they deserve bet
ter fire facilities
MIR Wyman stated that the street com
mis- ,ioner was short OF help and moved that
the police Judge be instructed to sentence
persons convicted OF crimes to work on the
streets. Carried.
On motion of Mr. Bruce the council will
sit as board of equalization on Saturday
and Monday, July aud 10. The PROPOSE
tons to equaliZe are on sidewalks slopiug of
banks and grading and proving special tax:
Warrants were ordered drawn in favor of
Antoine and Michael Popp for SSS and $40
respectively. These amounts are judgments
rendered against the city in damage suits
brought in the county court. The Popps
sued for damages Oh account of a road being
dedicated in front of the doorway of their
homes
Bulla referred back the petition to grade
O street from Twentieth to Twenty second
streets, on account of there being an INSULT
Cient number of slgners.
City Attorney Vandusen returned the
claims of Mrs. Brega for S11662 and w. f.
Ticknor for 81 900, recommending that they
be not paid. These were claims Tor damage
done during recent rain storm, alleged to
have been caused by inferior spoutlng and
guttering. The city attorney reported that
he con ,idered the claims exorbitant.
petition was read asking that the coun-
Gil have removed the squatters occupying
shanties on Seventeenth and Twentieth
streets. The matter was referred TO the
chief of police.
Hans Tilgard was granted permit to con-
duct saloon at 26l9 n street.
The contract to grade the allcyway be-
tween Twenty second and Twenty-third and
l. and M streets was awarded to Cash Bros
at IA cents per cubic yard.
On motion of Mr. Schultz the committee on
fire and water was instructed to purchase
from the Fire EXtlnguiShing Manufacturing
company hook and ladder truck to cost
$1,000.
The council sits today as a board of cquali-
zation. The meeting takes place in the city
clerks Office at a. m