Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-30
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Omaha & North Platte Railroad Wants Va
cation of Street,
SHORT SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL HELD
improvements Continue at C~udahy's
Packing Plant and Work on Re-
building of sheep Barns Is
Progressing.
HORT SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL HELD


A short session Of the city council was
held last night. All members were present
with the exception of O'Connor, who is i'll.
The Omaha & North Platte Railroad COM
pany and the South Omaha Land company
petitioned the council to vacate that por-
tion Of Thirty sixth street in the city Of
South Omaha which lies between the north
line of L street and the north line of l
street, and also those portions of /, ] and
X streets between Thirty-sixth and Boyd
streets. It was asserted in the request for
vacation that the petitioners were the own-
ers of all property abutting upon the
portion of the streets sought to be vacated.
Further, the petitioners assert that they
are the owners Of the property fronting
on the west side of Boyd street between
L and / streets, and in the event Of the
vacation OF the first mentioned streets would
be willing to dedicate thirty feet of the
frontage to the city for the purpose of
widening Boyd street. There was no dis
cussion over this matter and 1t was re-
ferred to the streets and alleys committee
without comment.
When II came to opening bids for sup
plies, the clerk having advertised as per a
provision in the charter, Adkins moved
that all bids be held back pending an
opinion from the city attorney. One sec
tion of the charter compels the clerk to
advertise for bids, while another prohibits
the council from entering into contracts
when no money is available. All bids were
returned to the clerk unopened and the
council will wait for an opinion from the
city attorney.
Just before the close Of the session Adkins
brought out the salary roll and a few
claims were allowed. The salaries Of the
city officials were on the list, as well as
some Of the street department help. The
sum of 1882 was allowed members of the
registration board for services last fall.
After allowing these bills and considering
one or two minor matters, an adjournment
until January 8 was taken.
CudAhy Building Again.
improvements are still being made at the
Cudahy plant. Yesterday afternoon E. A.
Cudahy stated that work had commenced
on a new freezer. The old tank room is
being changed to a freezer and when It is
completed it will have a capacity OF 4,00O,-
900 pounds. Material is being furnished
daily and the work will be pushed as rap
idly as possible. II is thought that the
freezer will be completed within sixty
days.
building Permits.
While the number of building permits
for 1902 did not equal the number issued in
1901 there is an increase in the amount
shown by the records. In 1901 permits to
the number Of 279 were issued by the city
building inspector, the aggregate cost being
S23O,OOO, For the present year 1872 permits
have been Issued and these show a cost Of
$3.50. 900. Il is expected that the coming
year will be a great year for building,
as many improvements are now contem.
plated by packers and business men,
Rebuilding sheep barn.
As has been mentioned before in The Bee.
the rebuilding Of the sheep barn at the
Union stock yards. which was destroyed
by FIRE Thursday Of last week has been
begun. The ground has been cleared and
men are at work putting up supports for
the new structures. The new barns will
be the best in this section Of the country,
as the management here proposes keep
ing up its reputation as the best sheep
market in the west. As for the main
building. IL will be 500 feet long by 100 feet
in width aud will have a wing 200 feet in
length.
While the work on the new building IL
going on sheep will be housed and cared
for in the covered division designed for
hogs. This section Of the yards has never
been used. being recently completed. Ship