Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-16
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Hstssh0dsrs whl Be Required to Clean Up
Their Premises
HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE RULES
Complaints Aqninst Ar Vho FniI 10
Comply with cieanihs Up order
win ne Fned in Po-
c Court.

Properly owners and residents generally
VIII be compelled 70 comply with the or
ders OF the inspector Of the Board Of
Health. This was decided yesterday. when
there seemed TO be some opposition 70
compliance with cleaning up orders issued
by Inspector Jones.
What this department Of the city In
tends to do is to enforce all the rules as
nearly as possible and Insist that reeula-
tions regarding the sanitary condition Of
the city be carried out. Those who are
now operating or using cesspools will be
compelled to- connect with a sewer, pro-
viding there "a a sewer in the neighbor-
hood. II this cannot be done the authori-
ties propose going ahead and having cer-
tain cesspoolB, ia localities where COM
plants have been made, hlled. In this
event either new cesspools must be dug
or else connection with sewers made. The
running of sink water into cutters must
be stopped at once. At least that was the
order issued by the mayor to the sanitary
Inspector yesterday.
Inspector Jones now has a-dozen or more
complaints made out which he proposes
Ming with Judge King Just as soon as the
time limit on his notices expires. A large
bunch Of notices to clean alleys and back
yards will be given to policemen to serve
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to the river, those who have garbage to
dispose OF can communicate with garbage
haulers by teIephoning police headquar-
ters.
DuRy Has Troubles.
M. J. Duffy will have to answer in DO
lice court for having obtained IS under
false pretenses. It is asserted in a COM
plant on file that Duffy passed a check
alleged to be worthless on one Charles
Kirsir, with the intention to defraud. At
the time Of passing the check 1t Is reported
that Duffy asserted that he was a prac-
ticing attorney in the city Of South Omaha
and that he was worth the money. Az
the check was turned down the complaint
was hled.
Pavement Repairs.
The Grant Paving company commenced
repairs to Twenty-fourth street yesterday
afternoon. A lot OF material was brought
down and a few men commenced to tear
up portions Of the pavement preparatory
to the relaying OF the WORKOUT pavement
with concrete and asphalt. Acting under
orders from the mayor and council City
Engineer Beal is giving his personal d.
rectioR to this work and will see to It
that the repairs are made under the terms
Of the .contract and the specifications.
want Better Service.
south Omaha people are complaining
about the street car service again. Lately,
and especially since the travel between
Omaha. Council Bluffs and South Omaha
has increased, there has been a demand for
q later car service. Some OF the. city on
cials assert that a movement should be
started toward the placing Of owl cars on
the South Omaha line. these cars to run
every hour after i 70. II Is claimed
that this IL done in other eities. and as there
has been . demanth for some time for. an
Improvement in tAis service a request viii
doubtless soon be made for better trans
portation facilities between the two omahas.
Mayor sfin ~Unaseiaea.
Mayor Koutsky is stili undecided what to
do with August Miller. He said to .
bunch OF newspaper men yesterday that he
stiil had the matter under consideration.
Further conversation developed the In.
formation that between now and Monday
the mayor would dispense with the services
Of Miller. In case this is done City En-
gineer Beal will have charge of ell street
work and the salary now paid to Miller will
be saved to the city.
Magic City Gossip.
w. @. sloane, rwenty-nfth n I streets,
- reported SERIOUSLY ILL.,
II. b. F1eharty intends going west today
on q two weeks vacation.
There will be a special meeting OF FEEDER
alton council No. 71i2 tonight.
George b. Sherwood e home from a
vacation spent with relatives In Iowa.
Jay williams, one OF the prominent young
men Of South Omaha, Is on the sick list.
Miss Mable Tate, 1913 North Twenty
seventh street. Is reported dangerously Ill
Miss Daisy Evans Is here from Fremont,
the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank u. Jones.
A daughter has been born to Mr.. and
Mrs, Patrick Corrigan, Thirty-eighth and
9 streets.
All members OF the drill team Of Me-
braska lodge No. ~, Ancient Order Of
United Workmen. are requested 70 meet at
John Flynn's store at s o'clock tonight.
Onscers OF the Omaha Water company
assert that there Is IN abundance of water
supplied TO all those who are connected
With the city mains. What 10 needed, |
property owners say. 10 an extension Of the
city mains.