Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-07-02
Assessors
Bradford & Kennedy South
Corrected total .........S19,S1o
short Work on Brewers.

The brewers called at night. Every one
OF the companies named In the list below,
except the Lemp company, was represented
and vet the quiz" and the vote consumed
less than forty-fve minutes. The hour set
was o'clock and the brewers were there.
So were Commissioners Hofeldt, Connolly
and Harte. Commissioner OKeeffe did not
come at all and Commissioner Ostrom did
not come until 8 o'clock, which he said he
had understood to be the hour set Harte
took the chair and asked a few direct ques-
tions of each of the brewers without
swearing any one Of them. although that
rule has been vigorously insisted on by the
board for many days past, no matter how
trivial the complaint. Connolly took a full
breath and a tight grip on his courage and
made the bold declaration that the brew
ers' assessment didn't seem high enough.
Peter the Silent passed his stein hand
through his whiskers and said nothing
committal until 1t came time to make
motion to dismiss each case. Then he
spoke and every motion went through with
all three OF those commissioners voting
aye. Connolly said sfterward that he voted
aye in. order that he might be entitled to
ask reconsideration. He said also some
other emphatic things. afterward, about the
with that imposed on the jobbers. who, un-
like the brewers, appeared without being
formally cited. But when Attorney McIn-
tosh asked the sworn foe of the corpora
tions why he hadn't said all these emphatic
things before the vote was taken and in
sisted on a wait until others could be
present, he was mute.
Were Expecting Mcintosh.
Attorney Mcintosh had arrived late. The
brewers knew he was intending to come
and one of them, Connolly confessed, had
said Let's hurry and get out Of here
before that lawyer arrives"
The assessments as allowed to stand are:
Anheuser- Busch, $2.7OO; Krug, N,Ol5;
Pabst $3.50: Gettieman, &605; schlitz, IS. .402;
South Omaha, 5000; w. ]. Lemp, $3.50; storz,
81, 500, and Metz, 80 $50. raised from Ss.9O0
Walter Moies & Co. escape with an as
sessed valuation of $2,O5O and Riley Bros.
at 1875. The only brewer who paused to
protest before escaping from the building
was the representative OF the Schlitz COM
pany. He said that on April his company
had Just three carloads OF beer in Omaha
and yet It is assessed 81, 300 more than the
Krug company, which has Its brewery
here.
May BE Reconsideration.
After the brewers were gone and Attor-
ney Mcintosh and Commissioner ostrom
had arrived Ostrom and Connolly spent
much time in bemoaning the injustice OF the
evenings work and Ostrom said he favors
recalling the brewers. Connolly said he
did, too. but he failed to move that any
such action be taken. Hofeldt said maybe
It was all right. Harte made the half
hearted defense that he had asked all the
questions that seemed pertinent and didn't
know what else to do. Attorney Mcintosh
suggested, with a withering smile. that the
board might have done a little thinking Of
its own, made such an assessment as
would seem equitable with the other as
sessments Of the week and then let the
brewers go into court II they dared. There
was an abundance OF talk and smoke. but
no action.
Session on Sugar.
Early in the day the board had a round
with some sugar men in an endeavor tC
discover the owner Of two carloads Of sugar
in storage in local warehouses. Assessor
Thomas Harrington had discovered 1t and
being refused definite information by the
warehouse owners, had assessed II In the
name Of the American Sugar and Refining
company at $4,000 This company pro
tested to the board and the board in max
ing its Investigation shortly after noor
learned from P. Cavanaugh, broker anC
commission man representing the American
Beet Sugar company. that this latter eom
pany has many cars OF sugar tucked ava!
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