Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-17
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
City Council Makes Appropriation for Foul
Months Salaries.
TwENTY-FoURTH STREET TO Be REPAIRED
Mayor KOutsky Doubts that Curfev
Ordinance Can He Enforced and
for that ReasOn May
Not sign IL.

\ Last night the city council met in ad-
journed session and allowed claims against
the city amounting to about $25, 600. The
salaries Of policemen, hremen, street de-
partment employees, city officials and others
who have not received any money since
February were allowed. Now the city en-
ployes have been paid up in full to June
30. The judges and clerks employed ut
the election were remembered, each com
ing In for Sc.
1t is expected that at the meeting to
be held next Monday night a large number
Of claims which have accumulated for sew
eral months will be passed upon.
]. M. Tobias, who is reconstructing the
Fourth ward frehall. asked to be al
lowed $500 on his contract, as he has the
work about two-thirds completed. As the
city has not secured a settlement with the
insurance company there was some dis
cussion as to where the money was to
come from. but 1t was finally decided to
draw on the fire fund for the amount and
! replace the money so drawn when the In
surance is adjusted.
The streets and alleys committee will
take up the matter Of taking care OF the
surface water and filling the big wash
out at Twenty-third and f streets at once.
Adjourned until Monday, July 81.
Holland Enters Denial.
An uptown sheet made the assertion in
Its issue Of last evening that the Nebraska
Telephone company had refused to handle
FIRE alarms for the city since the mayor had
declared the ofice Of city electrician va
cant. In connection with this item Man
ager Holland has this to say:
faTH1 YhzI n
not on the occasion mentioned refuse to
handle a fire alarm. For a number Of years
past this company has handled all alarms
free, all that was needed was to inform the
central ONCE where the fire was located
and the alarms were turned in from this
ONCE. Since the office Of city electrician
has been declared vacant and the batteries,
ETC., removed to fire hall No. /, II has been
found necessary to have telephone alarms
turned In direct. In case OF fire those de-
string to use the telephone should imme-
diately ask central for No. so, and the OPP
orator will plug in the number Just ths
same as for any other call. 1t is true THAI
phone No. so is not listed in the book; in
fact, this number has not been in the book
since the telephone company commenced the
handling of alarms, 1t having been left out
purposely to avoid annoyance at the FIRE
hall"
Appraisers Make Report.
Yesterday afternoon L. G. Gibson and
Thomas J. O'Neil. recently appointed ap-
praisers for a portion of Fifteenth street,
made a report and filed it with the city
clerk. 1t is desired to make a change in
the grade Of that portion Of Fifteenth street
which lies between o street and the east
line Of Linwood park. The report ia quite
lengthy, but the appraisers decided there
would be no changes to any of the abutting
property by reason OF the change Of grade.
The report is signed by only two of the APP
p%raisers, as ]. H. Kopeits, the third MEM
Der OF the board, is out of the city and
will not return for some time.
Will Open Y street,
Balthas letter has decided to open Y
street from Twenty-seventh to Thirtieth
streets. Mr.. letter is having the street
filled and graded at his own expense and
as soon as this work is completed, which
will be in a couple of weeks, he will dedi-
cate the same to the municipality. There
has been a demand for the opening of this
portion of Y street for some time and
the council has in the past been requested
to take up this matter with Mr.. letter.
AS the work is progressing rapidly 1t will
not be long before the street will be open
to trafic.
Making improvements.
Excavating for a big three-story brick
barn at the letter brewery is now going
on. The working plans for this barn have
about been completed and material for the
construction is already arriving. There
will be stabling in this barn for thirty
Ave teams and wagons. Adjoining the
new stable there will be erected another
storage house, but the Dimensions OF this
building have not been decided upon. It
will, however. be similar in design to the
new brick stable.
Initiation at Fort Crook.
Tuesday evening a party of fourteen
members OF Akecheetak tribe No. SO, I'M
proved Order OF Red Men. visited Fort
Crook and instituted a lodge there.
Eighteen candidates were initiated. On
Tuesday evening next there will be a
public installation OF officers. Members of
the order residing in Omaha and South
Omaha have been invited to. attend.
Magic City Gossip.
]. H. Kopeitz is spending his vacation in
northern Wisconsin.
J.. C. Fanta has gone to the northern
lakes to rusticate for a while.
Cattle from the sand hills are coming
into this market rapidly these days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kerr, Twenty-ffth
and p streets, announce the birth OF a
laughter.
Miss Edna Van Arman has returned
from Chicago, where she spent some time
studying music.
The South Omaha public school will open
on September 2 instead of on September
8, as originally intended.
Arrangements are being completed for
the praise services to be held at the First
Methodist church on Friday evening.
Hon. ]. H. Mickey, republican candidate
for governor, spent an hour or two in the
city yesterday afternoon and was intro
duced TO a number of prominent citizens
by Hon. b.. r. Wilcox. Mr.. Mickey said
that he Intended spending a couple OF days
in South Omaha during the campaign.
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