Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-04
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH ONAHA
Requisite from All Parts Of City for watsr
Main Extensions.
no HONEY FOR NEW FIRE MIGRANTS


u lnJ MHtNI MMlnas AnI AAtCat NoNuNNt
comes from property owners on Twenty.
second street between = and O streets.
Within the last few months q number OF
new dwellings have been erected on this
portion Of Twenty-second street and three
houses are now In curse of construction
near Twenty-second and @ streets.
Owing to the condition OF the water. fund
the council is unable 70 DO anything at the
present time toward Increasing the water
supply, for the reason that there IL no
money to pay for IRE MIGRANTS and water
mains are not extended unless hydrants
are located every 400 feet. In Brown park
and in the southwestern portion Of the city
a great deal Of building has been done this
summer and water is demanded.
At the present time there seems 20 be
no way out OF the dilemma except 10 con-
sent to the proposition made by the Omaha
Water company about eiE weeks ago. At
that time the company agreed to place
forty-six additional h~ydrants. rent free for
years, furnish free water to the schools,
city hall and IRE engine houses IN return
for an extension Of the present franchise for
a period OF ten years. In addition to these
CONCESSIONS the water company agreed to
reduce the yearly rental OF hydrants from
SEQ to $50 a month at the expiration OF the
present franchise.
There seemed 10 be some opposition to
fhe proposition when It was first presented
and It was withdrawn. Now that property
owners see that there is no hope OF seeur-
ing water for Ere protection or domestic
use unless the city grants the franchise
extension there is some talk Of petitioning
the council to reconsider the matter.
Busy Session Predicted.
It islpredlcted that the council viii have
4 busy session tonight. In the hrst place
bills and salaries are to be allowed. This
is always an interesting feature of the Hrst
meeting Of the council In each month and
Il may be doubly 30 to some Of the city
employees tonight. 1t was rumored yester-
day that two and possibly three salary
claims would either be cut or erased from
the appropriation sheet entirely. An In
vestigation into the workings OF the street
force is talked Of. as the labor unions here
are insisting that none bat union iabor be
employed on the streets.
Investigation has shown that the bid for
repairing Twenty-fourth street with asphalt
was no higher than two years ago and only
10 cents per square foot higher than one
year ago. 80 the bid received will doubtless
be reconsidered and the contract awarded.
Numerous washoutB Will nave 20 be con-
sidered. as the storm Saturday night did
considerable damage to the unpaved streets.
specuaatlng ON Report.
There Is considerable speculatieuues ~
the report the. license. COMMITTEES will
make to the council tonight on the petit
tion requesting that the saloons be per-
mitted to remain open on Sunday. 90 far
the members Of the committee have not
dropped q him az to what the report will
be. Possibly the committee may ask for
further time. but Il Is known that liquor
dealers are urging members Of the COM
mittee to make q favorable report.
A. II. Merrill. one Of the prominent
members Of the Anti-sa1oon league, has
this to say shout the petition: The petit
ton before the city council, 81 acted on
At all. can feceive but one tuat rsooni-
mendstion and that IL that the request be
not granted, on the ground that Il asks
Tor something that 10 illegal. No city OF
hciaI q any right to recommend the
passing OF any illegal measure. and moth
ing Is palmer than the law. I do not boz
lieve that nyone win openly and wilfuNy
recommend that the request be granted,
even though he may be personally In har-
mony with It,"
Taking InventoFy.
Yesterday Frank Beaton, manager Of
Armours wholesale house, Thirteenth and
Jones streets. Omaha. was engaged, With
q number Of assistants, In taking an In
ventory OF the Hammond compsny's
wholesale market ct thirteenth ana
Leavenworth streets. Last evening a.. w.
Bowers and !. N. Duke Of tbs Armour
plant here left for st. Joseph, No.. where
they will take an inventory Of the Ham
mond property there. This work is In the
line Of a transfer OF the Hammond inter
ests to the Arnours.
Heavy Runs Expected.
Livestock dealers at the exchange hero
are looking for heavy runs Of grass steers
and cows from the ranges this week. Re-
ports from the ranges are to the effect
that the grass Is still In excellent condi-
tion and that Bome OF the best punches
will be held back until later on ia order 70
allow fattenil g on tho weil-cured grass.
August and September will, however, be
heavy months In the matter OF receipts
and It h expected that the increase will
be largely in excess over last year.
LtShtnsng strikes Church.
During the electrical storm saturday nlrht
lightning struck the tower Of the First
Methodist Episcopal church. Txsnty-third
and N streets. and aid damage 70 the
amount Of possibly 800. The shingles on
He northwest side Of the tower were
stripped on clean. while 4 great rent was
made in the southeast corner. One q the
freaks Of the storm was the carrying q a
large splinter from the tower to a gable
thirty feet north and planting Il through
the shingle roof. leaving about four feet
projecting out. A. Tar Is reported the
church was the only building IN the city
struck BY lightning.
Aaneal Reports.
The city charter provides that All heads
Of departments must ale an annual report
With the city clerk on August / % each year.
This has been done By several Of the city
o~faoIals 50 far. md T. Is expected that the
majority Of the reports will be Med not
later than this evening. Theirs Is some talk
now Of having these reports printed the
same as IL done In other cities.
a. Drouth stin Prevails.
Yesterday was another dry sunday IN
South Omaha. being the fourth since Mayor
Koutsky issued his closing order. No at
tempt was made BY liquor dealers 10 violate
the order Of the chief executive. Although
the police and the member Of the Anti-sa-
loon league we're vigilant no complaints q
q violation were died a police headquar-
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