Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-11
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Board Of Education Plans to Build Side
walks Around Public Schools.
TAXPAYERS LEAGUE OPPOSES Il
Members Think Money Could BE Put
to BETTER Use and They VIII
Exer Their influence
p Against IL.

The South Omaha Board OF Education is
figuring on spending money for the con-
struotion Of permanent sidewalks. Bids are
being advertised for a ~six-foot Sidewalk
around the Hector High school site. This
walk is to extend from the alley on J and
X streets to Twenty-third street and the
entire block on Twenty-third street. This
will mean about 700 feet Of idewalk In
addition TO this. bids are wanted for laying
q siK-foot brick walk in front of the high
school annex on Twenty sixth street. This
walk will be 120 feet in length. Contractors
have been charging about 10 cents a square
loot so 1t can readily be seen that the board
intends spending quite a sum OF money in
sidewalks this year. Bids are to be accom-
panied by certified checks for 800 as an
evidence of good faith. All bids are to be
in the hands of the board by Monday noon,
November Z.
rone Of the mors. conservative members
u the board said last night that he con-
sidered II a waste OF money to construct a
permanent sidewalk around the Hector
High school site, as there was no telling
when a building would be erected. Should
the sidewalk be laid, builders say that 1t
would be partially II not entirely destroyed
by the crossing Of teams during oo~nstruc-
ton work and the piling OF building ma
tsrial on the walk. Members of the Tax
payers league are looking into this matter
and they propose to take a hand in what
they call this useless expenditure OF money.
POstOmee Substitution.
Postmaster Etter said last evening that
the screen and other fixtures for the sub
station at the Exchange building had ar
rived and would De placed in position at
once. These fixtures were ordered from
the east over two months ago, but through
delay in transit the postal department was
compelled to postpone the opening Of the
station for a month. At the request OF Mr..
Kenyon. general manager Of the Union
stock Yards company, Postmaster Etter put
off the formal opening OF the sub-station
for a month. Even then the fixtures had
not arrived, SO that all the help at the only
substation in South Omaha will not report
for duty until Wednesday morning. II is
true that the superintendent and a clerk
have been on duty for half a month past,
but the business OF the ofice could not. un-
Ter the circumstances, be conducted as II
will be from this time on. Even handi-
capped as Superintendent Miller has been
since the opening OF the station, he has
taken in on an average OF 500 a day for
postage stamps, and this will add consider
ably to the receipts OF the central ONCE.
Howard Institutes Proceedings.
Clark Howard, for years city stock ex-
aminer, yesterday secured copies of ordi-
naneeE regarding his appointment and the
creation OF the ONCE which he declares he
holds and has turned the same over TO an
Omaha attorney. According to Howard
proceedings are to be started at once
against the city ofioials TO allow his pay
and to compel the mayor 70 sign warrants
for him, should the allowance be made by
the city council. By order of Mayor
Koutsky Howard was removed from oneC
and John Mcintyre appointed. The mex
step in the case will be proceedings in tbs
district court, at least that Is what How
ard and his attorney assert.