Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-08
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
RrOmstsr Of Tsunsry Prisos rsys Whit
y Magic City,
OEFTNst N The sUTcuFF DAMAGE SUIT
Figures from school Csnsuu Just Com-
PIeted-Y street Ready 20 ne
Dedicated TO Puh1is-As-
sisnnent Of reaohers.

G. J. Thaw, business agent for financial
Interests IN the south and east, whose
headquarters are at Richmond, Va, vas .
visitor In the city yesterday. the guest
OF members OF the Commercial club. Mr..
Thaw came here for the purpose Of endeav-
oring to induce business to take up the
project Of establishing a tnnnery here He
claims to be In possession Of a process
whereby leather can Be tanned without
the aid OF oak bark. After ccnfsrring with
President Freitag and Secretary Harry
Christie Of the club. Mr.. Thav was taken
around and introduced TO q number Of
business men and others who arc interested
In the advancement Of South Omaha - q
commercial center.
While nothing definite was promIsed this
representative 81 the tanning patents those
who took an interest In the visit of Mr..
Thaw, promised 20 tuvestiEste and Il the
process OF tanning ls what IL Il claimed
to be a company may be ~organiEed hare
and q tannery located There fs ample
trackage room In the westsrh part 81 the
city in the vicinity % Boyd and l. e~trests.
which Il "a understood can be secured az
reasonable rates.
Mr. Thaw declares that South Omaha Is
Just the place to locate a BID tannery ana
he viii remain here tor a day or two IN en-
endeavor to secure the support be desires
In carrying out his plan, Several attempts
have been in the past to locate q tanneFy
here. but for some reason the project al
ways fen through. with tanneries shoe
factories would be erected and the hides
now shipped away would be consumed here.
The Ming OF the damage case against
the city. In which the sutcllH child is ask
ing $4,000 from the Golfers Of the city.
does not seem to greatly bother those ON
cials on whom me burden Of defending
the claim rests. a.
These ofacials say that an entirely wrong
impression has, gone out regarding this
claim and regarding the condition Of the
street where the accident n said, to have
happened. They state that while there was
somewhat Of a rut on the east side OF the
street that the west side. on which the
accident Is said to have occurred, was free
from all defects. and that the only manner
In which an accident Of thls kind could
have taken place would have been by the
driver Of the wagon driving out into the
ditch at the side OF the read.
! school Census ,Colpieted.
The enumerat6rs designated BY tho
Board Of Education some time agD to list
all Of the children OF school age in the
city have completed their feporte. From
the data complied It is ssoertainedi that
there are lnfthis district 6s5l6 persons be-
tween the ages Of 5 and ~ years. or this
number, $3.50 are males and. s,aee females.
There are 4.5O2 children IN tho district be.
tween the ages Of 2 and a. years. As 10
sexes these are divided as follows; MaieB,
also; females. 2.ss2. superintendent Nc
Lean ASSERTS that Of the. children between
the ages Of, z and Il yeAFf who attend
school two-thirde of the year there are
$500 males and 1,eo2 females. The number
Of pupils between the ages Of 5 and n
years enrolled is 4,4o1. the males number
Ing 2,22O and the. females 2.1s1.
Graaiags Ahent qorpIeted.
Balthas letter, president Of the letter
Brewing company stated last nIkht that
Y street from Twenty-elehth street to
Thirty-fhird street had been allied and that
be would at, once dedicate the saEde to the
city. The dirt to MI this street stas taken
from the excavations made for the new
buildings to be erected at the letter brews
cry. About $4,000 yards OF dirt was used
In hliing this street and as soon as a
bridge Is erected at Twenty eighth street,
Y street will be opened from Forty-fourth
street on the west 70 the Bellevue road on
the east.
The opening Of shis read win cut on
about one mile and a half Of travel for
those desiring to reach Albright or the
Rock Island depot. II Is understood that
the council Will make Arrangements to
erect the bridge at Twsnty-elghth street
as soon as Mr.. letter dedlcatss the portion
Of \ street which he has lust had graded
at his own expense.
AssiEnment Of Teaehsrr.
Superintendent Mclean o.. the publ,
schools is preparing the assignment OF
teachers. This Will be given to the public
as soon a. all Of the teachers elected ana
those pleoed on the assigned list have nled
their addresses with the superintendent.
II is understood that, e. far as practicable.
teachers will be assigned to schools near
their homes. This will save walking and
~carfare. But IN the main the superintend-
eat will look after the good Of the schools
and his assignments will be- made In ac-
cordance with the work accomplished By
the teachers. Sons OF those who have been
teaching for a year or two In the suburbs
will doubtless be moved to schools noarer
the cfnter Of the city and the recently APP
pointed teachers sent TO the schools where
the work 3 not 50 hard for the FIRST year
and the enrolment not 30 large.
Maste City aessIp.
Frank Bowers, T-wenty-seventh ana X
streets. reports the birth OF q son.
A new mail box has been located ct the
corner OF Twenty-hfth n N streets.
II. T. Coombs, TwentY-slxth and d streets.
mas taken out q. permit for tue erection OF
a 1850 dwelling
Al the present time LOS t~sisbhonsA ars
more are being ordered every days.
Fire destroyed one OF the 0ldN wooden
shacks on Railroad avenue and o streetB
yesterday afternoon. 7,stf
Frank Clark, formerly Nstr6et commits
sioner, returned yesterday from. Missouri
where he. has been playing base ball with
the Bedalia team. -
STEAMSHIPS.