Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
City officials Will Insist Upon Building Of
Permanent Sidewalks.
QUESTION is RAISED ABOUT BOND ISSUE
Lawyers Doubt that Bonds voted to
Take I'D overlap Would he LeRai
-Masons to Entertain
Past Masters.

A few days ago Councilman Welsh called
the attention of the city officials to the
fact that the provisions Of the permanent
sidewalk ordinances we're not being lived
up to. Had there been a meeting of the
municipal authorities last night som ac-
ton would have been taken. Even as II
was, the chairman Of the street and alley
committee instructed the city clerk to
send notices to those who have not com
piled with the ordinance, stating that un-
less permanent walks we're laid within
fifteen days the walks would be fenced In
and would remain so until the property
owners had time to attend to the letting
Of contracts for either brick or stone walks.
Notices OF this kind will be mailed today to
nonresident property owners, while local
owners will be served with personal no
tices by one Of the employees Of the police
department.
There will be no foolishness about this
order" said a councilman last night. 1--WE
have given the people all summer to com
ply with the ordinances already on the
books and those who have taken no steps
to improve their property will have to
suffer. Some property owners have an idea
that they have a pull and can get along
without obeying the orders Of the council,
but this is not the case. We propose to
avert, as far as possible. all damage suits
caused by reason OF defective sidewalks.
and therefore want to get all walks in
good condition before winter"
Serious Question Raised.
Since the talk Of voting bonds to take
up the present overlap OF about $50. 900
has come up the question has been raised
as to whether the city can legally do this.
c. w. Lambert, ormerly city attorney, al
ways held that an overlap in any OF the
funds was illegal, as the city is not per-
mitted by the charter to expend more
money than the annual levy amounts to-.
For this reason Mr.. Lambert and other
attorneys hold that such an Issue of bonds,
even though carried by q majority vote OF
the people, would be illegal and the bonds
would not be accepted by eastern buyers.
AS for the proposition to vote bonds for
a city hall building, some people do not
deem the time opportune, as 1t is stated
that the city is in debt enough now with
out going in any deeper.
The question of providing for the overlap
is a serious one, as it keeps growing from
year to year. One member OF the council
said last evening that the only remedy he
could see was a change in the charter
whereby the city would be permitted to in
crease its Indebtedness and thus stop the
payment of interest to a great extent
With this idea in view a committee Of the
council viii soon be delegated 10 80 over
the present charter and prepare an amended
charter, which will be presented to the next
legislature for approval.
Masons VIII Entertain.
Members Of Bee Hive lodge No. 1874. An
cient, Free and Accepted Masons, will give
a reception to the past masters of the
lodge on Saturday evening of this week at
Masonic hall. A literary and musical pro-
gram has been prepared and invitations
were issued yesterday. Those who have
been given places on the program are: Miss
Maude Henry, Mrs. ]. r. Carter, Mrs. II.
C. Richmond. Luther NJ. Kuhns, Mrs. B.
E.. Wilcox and John J. Mercer. The past
masters of the lodge are: James Gilbert,
e. c. Haywood, c.. C. Stanley. w. B. Wy
man, J. b. Watkins, c. L. Talbot, A. B.
Farrar, C. w. Miller, B. e. Wilcox, ]. c.
Buchanan, J. w. Hastings. OF this lumber
Of past masters two are deceased, James
Gilbert and e. c. Haywood.
KenyO Requests Delay.
At the request OF w. J. C. Kenyon, gen
eral manager Of the Union Stock Yards
company, the postal authorities have con-
sented to a delay Of one month In the
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change building. Mr.. Kenyon asserts that
he cannot secure fixtures and fit up the
portion Of the lobby reserved for the gov
eminent sub-station in the manner he wants
to within at least a month. This delay will
hardly cause any inconvenience to the COM
mission men at the yards, as the mails are
well handled now. 1t is understood that a
superintendent and two clerks will be as
signed to duty at this sub-station when 1t
is opened.
school Board Censured.
On the streets yesterday members of the
Board OF Education we're censured for ap-
pointing a truant officer at a salary OF SIS
a month when two offers had been made
by ~well-known citizens to do the work for
$50 a month. The office is considered some
thing of a sinecure, consequently there has
been considerable rivalry over its posses
sion. For several meetings the question
came up regularly. but Monday night the
board settled the matter by electing John
Jackman. Several members Of the Taxpsy-
ers' league we're present when this action
was taken and 1t Is understood that steps
will be taken to induce the board to re-
duce the salary Of the truant oficer in or
der to save the school district money. which
1t is stated is needed for other purposes.
Eagles Special Meeting.
On Friday evening OF this week the local
lodge OF Eagles will hold a session for the
purpose of initiating a number OF candi-
dates. Following the initiation and the en-
tertainment refreshments will be served.
Secretary Thompson and the other officers
Of the aerie request every member to attend.
Tax List Filed.
City Treasurer Howe has instituted a
new sytem in the treasuFer's oficeI In