Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-02
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Council Confirms Some Of the Mayors Ap-
pOintmints and Rejects Others,
BOILER IN swFrs HOG HOUSE txpLODEs
Three Men seriously Injured and sew
eraI Thousand Dollars Damase
Done TO the PIant-Assessor
Declares Himself.

The second deadlock OF the present coun-
Gil was broken Wednesday when all mem
bers were present at roll call and consid-
cradle business was transacted. The fea-
ture Of the meeting was the mayors APP
p~ointments. In anticipation OF some lively
tits a big crowd was on hand, but the
meeting passed of peacefully.
John Briggs was confirmed as chief OF
police, all members voting for the appoint
ment. @. r. AcGill was confirmed for the
Office OF poundmaster. Next the clerk
read the appointment Of John c. Troutan
as captain Of police. This was turned
down by a strictly party vote. The two
republicans voted TO confirm, while the
four democrats cast their ballots in the
negative. Harry Kelly, for city billposter.
was also turned down by the same vote
given Troutan. Frank e. Jones was re-
appointed sanitary oficer and his appoint
ment was confirmed without question. Next
came Major J. w. Cress for the position
Of city weighmaster. He received the solid
support Of the council. Then the mayor
sent in the appointment Of Herman Beal
for city engineer. Again the democrats
stuck together and the appointment waS
not confirmed.
Frank Clark rendered his resignation a.
street commissioner TO take effect as soon
as his successor had been appointed and
confirmed. The mayor did not, however,
make any appointment, much to the dis
appointment Of a number who are candi-
dates for the place.
Three vetoes by the mayor we're read
and all we're sustained. They pertained
to grading In new Improvement districts.
The mayor held that the city could not
carry out the contracts entered into for
the reason that the law had not been COM
piled with in the matter of making APP
praisement and in the proper passage and
printing OF ordinances authorizing the work
to be done and the collection Of taxes to
pay for the same. Later In the session the
necessary ordinances we're introduced and
referred to the judiciary committee.
A new telephone ordinance was sprung.
This time II is the South Omaha Independ-
ent Telephone company, which wants a ten
years franchise. The company offers the
city a royalty Of S10O for the first year
and $500 a year for the last FIVE years OF
the franchise. The ordinance was sent to
the Judiciary committee without comment.
A lengthy report from Expert Chick,
showing the result Of checking the city's
books for a year. was submitted and read.
A request for fire h~ydrants at Thirteenth
and O'Hearn, Thirteenth and P and Thir>
teenth and @ streets was sent to the fre
and water committee for consideration.
In the matter OF the Fourth ward fire
hall the appraisers reported that the build
ing could be replaced for 1924. AS the
city carried 81, 800 insurance, 1t wants the
amount in full, and the settlement sug>
gested may not be accepted. However,
the FIRE and water committee will investi-
gate.
Clerk Shrigley was directed to advertise
for the sale Of $4,000 In library bonds.
These bonds will be used in purchasing
the, site selected and in laying a perma-
nent walk about the building when con-
structed.
AT the suggestion Of Welsh the dumping
of garbage on the river bank was ordered
stopped. Violaters will be arrested and
fined. All garbage must be dumped into
the river after this.
About seventy applications for liquor
license we're read and referred TO the
license committee.
Anton Belolavek offered to furnish meals
to city prisoners for 1o1k cents each. The
police committee will consider the PROPOSE
tion.
After the transaction of some routine
business the council adjourned until next
Monday night.
Explosion at SwIfts.
The explosion Of a boiler In Swift's hee
house Wednesday afternoon injured three
men and caused a loss of possibly $1,000
The injured are:
Dan Powers, hurt in the back and slight.
cut on the face.
Charles II. Graham, colored; left arm
fractured and slight bruises.
]. Brooks. colored; hands and face
sealded by escaping steam,
A battery Of four boilers constitute the
power plant in the hog house. which ID
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plant. Everything was running along al
usual when about 4 o'clock one Of th'
boilers exploded and blew the roof of the
boiler house, as well as blowing out al
OF the windows. An alarm of fire was i'm,
mediately sounded by whistle and the cit!
department responded. While the IRE die
not amount to a great deal, as only thu
wrecked roof and supports burned. It tool
some little time to extinguish the blaze.
While the hremen we're engaged in work,
ing on the flames the injured men wer,
taken to the ONCE OF the company. wher'
Drs. c. NJ. end r. E. Schmidt ATTENDED
them. As soon as the wounds we're dressed
the men were sent to their homes in car
riages, as none were badly enough hurt Il
warrant sending them TO a hospital.
In speaking Of the accident an ofncer o
the company said that until an investiga
tion could be made no accurate estimate o
the loss could be made. As for the caus
no one seems 10 know how Il happened
I'VE will not be oramped at all" said MI
Higgins. las we have Just completed tn
installation OF four new boilers in tn
power house on the east side OF the plant
aud the hog house will not be closed dow
. minute" From a hasty examination 1
does not look as though the walls Of tn
building were injured. II this Is 90 the re
pairs TO the roof can be quickly made. 4
portion Of the boiler which exploded wen
through the roof and landed on the loadin
platform near the east power house. afte
q sail OF over 100 feet through the air.
City Assessors Commence work.
Today Tax Commissioner Fitzgerald an
his deputies will commence making the 1sO
assessment for the city. In this work III
tax commissioner will be assisted by min
deputies. The making OF the assessmer
must be completed within forty-nve days.
e Regarding the assessment Commissions
Fitzgerald said last night: This year
shall assess personal property on a cas-
basis and not at one-sixth OF lie value. 8
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