Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-08
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Proposition to Submit Another Bond Issue
to Vote Of 0itiSsns.
MONEY TO co FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
Parks and ~Boulevards, New City Hall
and Extension of sewers AmonE
the Things Desired by
Bond Advocates.

There is talk about town regarding a
proposition to submit another bond issue.
IL is planned by those who are working up
the deal to ask the people at the Novem-
Der election to vote bonds in the sum OF
$500 900. The money derived is to be used,
II is said, in making public Improvements.
OF the sum voted SIS, 900 is to be used in
parks and boulevards. This will include
the parking of a number of streets and the
purchase Of Syndicate park from the South
Omaha Land company. Then there are
two new parks planned, one in Brown park
and the other in Corrigan addition.
Next will come the apportionment Of
$4,000 Of this bond issue to pay the over
lap. II this is paid II will place the city
on a frst-class financial footing and there
will be no need to discount warrants for a
time.
TIL problem of a sewer for Mud creek is
also being agitated and with this issue of
bonds a sum will be reserved for the pur-
pose OF paying half OF the cost of this pro-
posed sewer. 1t is reported that IL the
city will pay half the cost the Union
Stock Yards company and the packers will
pay the rest.
A city hall is also wanted and Il is esti-
mated that 1t will take $4,000 to purchase
a site and erect a suitable building. AS
1t Is now, the city officers are scattered.
The mayor has his Office in the Masonic
block, while the city attorney is located
in an office building on twenty fourth
street. The assistant city attorney is in
still another location.
A main sewer is also wanted east OF
Twentieth street and also one in Corrigan
addition. Then there comes the Bellevue
road. 1t is estimated that this road can
be paved with brick and the street curbed
for 500, 900.
1t is understood that general indebted
ness bonds for $500, 900, to run for twenty
years. can be sold at a premium and that
the interest will not amount to more than
$4,000 each year.
On the present valuation this proposed
issue of bonds will increase the tax levy
"a mills. Thu levy now is 90 mills.
O'DOnald Arrested Again.
of1cer Rasmussen arrested Thomas O'Don-
aid yesterday and is holding him at police
headquarters on suspicion. On September
rs, 1901, O'Donald was arrested here by
Miles Mitchell, who was then chief OF
police. on the charge of being a suspicious
character. At that time Mitchell was hold
ing the maj for information from out of
the city. Two days after his arrest o'Don-
aid managed to break out Of jlil by Dor
ing through the brick wall in che rear of
the cell room. He returned to South Omaha
yesterday and was arrested. New the DO
lice propose to hold him long enough to
look up his record.
Board Meets Tonight.
A meeting of the Board Of Education is
on the bills for tonight. 1t is understood
that the question OF more outIide rooms
uullI b. roNaAl a-I ~
engagements will be made for the tempo
rary care Of children who are waiting for
the opening Of permanent roo ms at the
Hawthorne and high schools. Tile question
Of painting the high school bu ilding will
most likely come up, as bids are to be
opened. The cost of the painting OF the
building is estimated at $500.
A contract may be entered iIto for the
construction Of a four-wing sddition- to
Lowell school. Bids were opened for this
work a week ago. but were considered too
high, and so contractors were given seven
days in which to submit new bids.
No Council Meeting Tonight.
Owing to the fact that three members
Of the city council are out OF the city.
there will be no session tonight, Welsh
is at Atkinson, Neb., with relatives, Mike
Smith is with his wife visiting friends in
Colorado and O'Connor will leave today
for southwestern Missouri. II is expected
that enough members will return to the
city by September Is to make a quorum.
There is nothing OF importance before the
council just at this time anywa and the
three members who are gone took advan-
tage Of the dull times to take short vaca-
lions.
Filling Big
Something like 5000 yards of dirt is being
hauled from the grading on Twenty-seventh
street to the big washout at Twenty-third
and e streets. 1t will take a large guam
tity Of dirt to I'LL this hole. but the city is
doing the best it can with the funds at its
command. A contract was let for dirt to
fill this washout, but the contractors could
not deliver the goods, so that the street
and alley committee had to look elsewhere
for dirt. From the original contract OF
s cents a cubic yard the city now had to
pay 1871 cents per yard. The filing of this
big hole and the other expenses attached
will cost the city a large sum of money.
Propose TO Close.
Business houses in South Omaha are
talking over the question OF closing all
stores at 6 O'Clock on the evening that
President Roosevelt visits Omaha. 1t Is I'M
derstood that a meeting to discuss the mat
ter will be called soon.
still Show Increase.
Receipts of live stock at the yards here
still continue to show an increase over
last year. When business closed Saturday
night the oficial returns showed an increase
of s 1918 cattle. 27,4S7 hogs and 3S,59s sheep.
Heavy runs of cattle and sheep are looked
for at the yards this week.
Magic City Gossip.
A MO meeting of all the young peo-