Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
City Council Has a Big Grist Of Telephone
Franchises to Grind On,
STORM IS RAISED OVER MEAT INSPECTOR
Mayor Koutsky Declares once vacant
and Moses Howard out and the
Council Attempts 60 Veto
the Action.

There may be telephones in abundance in
South Omaha. with four competing com
panies In the field, and more yet to hear
from. no man will be too poor to have one
in his parlor. kitchen, woodshed and once.
! Al least that was the impression gained
at the meeting OF the council last night.
| Every one wanted a franchise, apparently.
The first application came from a COM
pany termed The Home Independent Tele-
phone company. The second heard from was
the Interstate Independent Telephone com
pany while the last was The Magic City
Independent Telephone company. All pro-
vided for the council giving them the right
to maintain and operate Independent tele-
phone systems in the city. After they had
been read, Mayor Koutsky attempted to
refer them to the judiciary committee and
the city attorney, Jointly, but the council
would hear of no such thing. Welch moved
that the ordinances be referred to the
judiciary committee alone, and Mike Smith
was the only member Of the council who
voted that the mayors action In calling in
the assistance Of the city attorney be con-
hrmed. So the judiciary got the ordinances.
Then what appeared to be a small key
was proudly borne down the isle OF the
council chamber by NJ. J. Duffy and SOL
| EMMY nADOeQ 10 the Cl6Th. CuIluhb utduS
on outstretched necks we're craned forward
to ascertain the contents Of the mouth
moistenlng looking bundle. But when the
clerk had unrolled it, the affair proved to
be simply a protest coming from what was
supposed to be s per cent Of the legal
voters Of South Omaha, objecting to the
council granting the Interstate company
a franchise. While 8 per cent Of the voters
was all that was claimed. still 1t was at
FIRST thought that the entire population Of
the city had af1xed signatures to It, so
large was the document.
There were a mass Of petitions for IRE
hydrants, sidewalks, arc lights and rebate
on taxes, but they were all passed to the
proper committee, and August Miller's APP
p~lication for an increase in wages for work
long since done met with the same fate.
City Treasurer Howe, Police Judge King,
Sanitary Inspector Jones and the stock In
epector handed in individual reports OF the
work accomplished during the month OF
September. All were passed without COM
ment.
City Attorney Murdoch fled separate COM
munications on several claims for damages.
in all Of which he recommended that the
claims be not allowed. In one of the cases,
Mr.. Adkins claimed that the damages could
be settled for a paltry sum. but Mr.. MUIR
| uOEA HlhkGa AhaN AO A&a
ton. upon investigation, that the claim
ant was drunk and had commenced falling
one block from the place where ne claimed
to be hurt. This satisfied the council. 90
they allowed the city attorney his way.
An ordinance was introduced providing
for the opening Of N street from the east
line OF Maxwell & Freeman's addition TO
Thirteenth street and the city attorney was
instructed to condemn the necessary amount
Of private property for public use for this
purpose. ~ =.
Several sidewai ordinances were passed
under suspension of the rules.
The climax OF the meeting came when
Mayor Koutsky formally declared the ONCE
of meat inspector vacant. Moses Howard
has been the incumbent and a howl went
up from the ouncil against his deposition
WEIGH moved that the action OF the mayor
be overruled, but the mayor declared him
20 be out Of order. Then Adkins asked the
mayor II. the council would be allowed q
voice in the matter and was told emphati-
cally that II would net. Adkins appealed
from the decision of the chair and pre-
sented the appeal himself. 1t was carried
with a whoop. But the smile on mayor
Koutsky's face never relaxed. p.
Board of Education Meeting.
The school board last night let the con-
tract for soft coal to the South Omaha Ice
and Coal company ct $2.54 for seft coal and
for semi-anthracIte coal the Broadwell-Rich
Coal company was given the contract at
50 per ton. A little ~squabble was had over
the raise in the salary Of several teachers.
which Laverty. chairman Of the teachers
committed, asked for. Kubat lost his tenn
DER and declared that very lev Of tbs teach
ers deserved any raise at all and q great
many Of them we're really unnt to teach In
a city school. The board. refused to grant
the raise. .'
II was decided to build q six-foot per-
manent brick sidewalk In front Of the high
school amer. A representative OF 4 type
writer concern proposed to sell the board
twelve machines In exchange for the twelve
old machines belonging to the board and
$40 in cash for each. This proposition was
accepted.
LAverty proposed to put Mr.. Book. Miss
Adelaide Stevens and Prof. Clawson on the
special list at salaries OF SIS per month.
Kubat and Miller objected to this and
Loechner also opposed It on the grounds
that neither Mr.. Book nor Miss Stevens
had been xAmined in the required number
Of branches. The proposal was rejected,
but MT. Clawson was put on.
over 10000 sheep.
More than 80, 600 sheep we're received at
the stock yards yesterday. AS the reee pts
were tabulated during the early hours Of
the morning Il was plain that all previous
records at the South Omaha yards had been
broken and by the time the III cars had
been unlosded veteran stockyards men were
gazing in awe at the figures before them.
At the present time more than 49,. 900 more
sheep have been received at the yards this
year than during the same time IN 1901.
and the stock yards people look for q con-
tinued increase. A great deal OF complaint
was heard. however. over the condition Of
the stock received. 1t being claimed that at
least 90 per cent Of II was not good enough
for anything but feeders.
Cudahy stIII at Il.
The Cudahy Packing company still has
a force Of men at work taking an invoice Of
everything on hand and 1t Is stated that the
work will not have been completed before
several more weeks have elapsed, Every
thing Is being included in the schedule. even
the bricks lying around the yards beinI
listed. The company claims that there Is
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