Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-26
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Petition for Paving Missouri Avenue from
Thirteenth TO Twentieth.
BRICK SEEMS PREFERRED MATERIAL
Eastern Portion of city Building Up
Rapidly and Residents Of that
Section Are Anxious for
improvements.

Members of the East Side Improvement
club asserted yesterday that nearly enough
signers had been secured to the petition
for the paving OF Missouri avenue from
Thirteenth to Twentieth streets. 1t is un-
derstood that a majority Of those who have
signed the petition favor vitrihed brick
pavement, although some have expressed a
preference for asphalt. 1t is the intention
OF the club to proceed with the petition
and endeavor to have L street paved from
Twentieth street west so as to connect
with the pavement at Twenty-fourth street.
Since the car line has been extended TO
Thirteenth and Missouri avenue the eastern
portion of the city is building up rapidly
and property owners are DESTROYS Of max
ing improvements In order to secure better
accommodations and at the same time in
crease the value Of their realty.
AS the street car company will pave the
space between its tracks, the cost will be
materially decreased from the estimates
made a year or two ago. AS for the pave
ment proposed to be laid on L street. no
material has been chosen, but more than
likely it will be brick. The plan is to lay
a good concrete base over the filled ground
on L street in order to prevent the neces-
sity for repairs and to hold the pavement
where 1t belongs.
Those interested in this movement are
confident that with proper action by the
city council the pavement can be laid this
summer. With the laying Of the pavement
the east siders will request some police
protection and also the installation of a
few more electric lights. All over the city
improvements are contemplated and IL
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amount Of grading done, as, we'll as paving
and the laying of permanent sidewalks.
Investigating Garbage Matters.
Councilmen Adkins, Welsh and Queenan
went to Omaha yesterday to confer with
Herman Kountze upon the complaint made
by the latter to the council in connection
with the dumping Of garbage on a portion
OF his property near the river. Mr..
Kountze, in a letter to the mayor, threat
ened to close the road to the river which
now runs through his property unless the
dumping of garbage was prevented by the
city officials from this time on. In case
Mr.. Kountze does not desire to have his
land used for a th~oroughfare the city will
most likely open a road Of its own along
Q street.
Library Sketches.
Architect Kimball Of Omaha, who has
been selected to draw plans for the pro-
posed Carnegie library, submitted a num-
Der OF propositions to the board Wednes-
day. One suggestion was that an audi
torlum be constructed on the second floor
OF the building, while the other was for
an auditorium in the rear of the main
structure with a front on Twenty-third
street. Mr.. Kimball was requested to pre-
pare pencil sketches Of these two plans
and submit them to the board as soon as
convenient.
Suspects VIII he Tried Today.
Chief Briggs stated yesterday that today
he would bring Dan Lucey and Martin Ma
loney before Judge King for trial. 1t Will
be remembered that these men were ar
rested after the fire at the Fourth Ward
FIRE hall. They we're suspected Of having
set the building on FIRE, but as no one saw
them do 1t other complaints than that OF ar
son will be filed. Lucey will be brought up
for carrying concealed weapons, while Ma
loney will be charged with malicious de-
struction OF property. II found guilty on
these charges the prisoners will be kept in
confinement for som little time.
So far no effort has been made by the
mayor or council to settle with the insur-
ance company and so nothing will be done
toward rebuilding the hall until an agree
ment has been reached.
Transfer Occurs Today.
On account Of the inability Of the experts
engaged in checking the clty's books to com
plete the work before the close OF the banks
yesterday the formal transfer Of funds from
Koutsky to Treasurer Howe was deferred
until IL o'clock today. Mr.. Koutsky has
the cash on hand and will turn 1t over to
the new treasurer. The ceremony will be
short, as there is little on hand to turn
over.
Inspectors Scarce.
Mayor Koutsky has been so busy settling
up the affairs OF the treasurer's ONCE that
he has had not time to even think about a
change In the inspection force, except to re-
mark hat he proposed to institute some