Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-13
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Taxpayer League is shadOving the City
Council.
WILL BLOCK RAILROAD AVENUE DEAL
n N n Tries to Railroad the vaea-
ton Ordinance the League VIII
Railroad IL into District
Court.

nv IVY N0hhNA NuNCEAuk
into a contract for the sale Of S14o, 900
OF renewal bonds the attention OF the mem
oers has been turned to the Railroad avenue
vacation matter. IL was asserted yesterday
by some OF the prominent members OF the
league that the council would be from
this time on, closely watched and II any
attempt was made TO vacate that portion Of
Railroad avenue requested by the railroads
a restraining order would be asked for.
The present rules of the council provide
that an ordinance cannot be passed at one
meeting. II must be first introduced and
referred 70 the judiciary committee. There
Is no rule, however, to prevent the council
from meeting the day following and hearing
the ordinance read the second and third
times.
Should such an ordinance be introduced
said a member Of the league last night.
there will be ample time in which to Sc
cure from one of the judges OF the district
court an order restraining any further &C.
tion until the case can be heard. While
the. members Of the league believe in i'm
provements Of all kinds 1t lie thought that
the railroads should make some concessions
as we'll as the city. For instance, there
should be a vtaduct across the tracks and
some steps should be taken to assist the
city In the Improvement Of Railroad avenue
from Wyman street to the county line -
While there is no definite information on
the subject Il Is rumored that an effort
is to be made TO pass this vaoating ordi-
nance before the present council goes out
Of once. These rumors have reached the
ears Of the members of the league, and
hence the appointment Of a committee to
attend meetings OF the council In the flu
ture.
south siders CompIaIn.
Members Of the South and West Side I'm
provement clubs and residents south Of N
street in general are complaining because
the south and west sides have not been
given what they consider to be a proper
representation on the library board. Seven
Of the nine members on the board reside
north Of N street. while only two men,
bers, Rev. Moriarty and DR.. White, reside
south OF N street. It is asserted that when
1t comes to the purchase of a site the ter
ritory south Of N street will not be con-
sidered. An effort is being made to secure
the location Of the building at or near the
corner Of Twenty-fourth and o streets.
Democrats QuarreIing.
There is a lively factional fight going on
in the democratic ranks Just now and it
all comes from the manner in which the
ballots to be used at the primaries on Fri
day have been arranged. In order to con-
tinue themselves in once, the democratic
city central committee levied a fee Of $50
on each a~spirant for committeeman As
no one cared to pay this sum for the honor,
the committeemen placed their own names
on the ticket. Only Ave committeemen's
names appear, the First ward not being
given any place on the ticket. no blank
space even being left for the insertion Of q
name. Frank Burmese now represents the
First ward on the COMMITTEES, but as he is
a candidate for the council, Il was not
deemed advisable to print his name twice.
The plan was to prevent the democratic
voters Of the First ward from expressing
their choice for committeeman, and after
election Burmese was to be appointed to I'LL
the vacancy. Plans are now being per-
fected by those opposed to this method of
doing business, to bring about a change
and secure to the First warders the op-
portunity of voting for a committeeman the
same as In the other wards.
Real Estate Active.
Local dealers In real estate report bust
ness extremely active for this time OF the
year. There Is considerable inquiry for
city lots and dealers in building material
are kept busy figuring on estimates for
new houses. Farm lands seem to be es-
peciaily attractive Just now and a number
of transfers Of farms in the vicinity OF
South Omaha have occurred this month,
One dealer said yesterday that there was
q constantly increasing demand for good
farm lands located adjacent to South Omaha,
AndersOns In Florida.
Hon. David Anderson writes to friends
h.r. 3ha4 he ana hta wyfRa pa- - AfI.x.g
Fla. Next week they so to Palm Beach and
from there to St. Augustine for a short
stay. The country and climate. Mr. Ander-
son says, are delightful, and both he and
his wife are enjoying the best Of health.
VIII Lower Tracks.
General Manager Smith Of the Omaha
Street Railway company stated to a Bee
representative yesterday that within the
next few days he would visit South omahs
and look over the dead rails complained
about. The rails at Twenty-fourth and \
street. which project above the pavement
is the result Of the sinking OF the pave.
ment. These will be either removed en-.
tirely or lowered to the level OF the ad.
joining tracks. As for the tracks at the
east end Of the L street viaduct, Mr.. Smith
says that he will remove the switch snt
about eighty rect OF Track, 30 mat Venlcl,
trafnc will not be inteFfeFed with. Thii
work probably will be done early in April.
Miss Haven'1 FuneraI Today.
Funeral services for Miss Alice HavenI
VIII be at the First Presbyterian church a
2 O'Clock this afternoon. Rev. DR.. Wheele
will deliver the sermon and will be fol
lowed by an address by Prof. Mclean, su
perintendent Of public instruction. Inter
msnt will be at Laurel Hill cemetery
Teachers in the public schools who desir,
to attend the funeral have been given per
D mission to close their schools for the after
noon.
y Directors Meeting.
At a meeting Of the directors OF tn
l Union S~tockyards company Tuesday Il wa
decided TO rebuild the Belt line tracks
Background rails will be substituted 70
q the sixty-pound rails now In use. InereasI
in heavy trafhc at the yards and packing
a houses necessltates this Improvement. worI
Is to as soon as the material car
be secured and the tracks all will be reiai
before the heavy runs In III
0 fall. About $4,000 will be expended q
these improvements.
Magic City Gossip.
4 swedish-American Republican league No
0 2 will meet Friday evening at WOodma
ug..o k 40 t-..o. a