Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-06
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
City Attorney Reports that N Street Open
ing Cannot Be Made,
MUNICIPALITY GETS BILL FROM COUNTY

MUNICIPALITY GETS BILL FROM COUNTY
IL f. for Boarding Prisoners and VIII
BE Filed Away-MOre Talk of
ESTABLISHING Tannery in
Magic City.
City Attorney Murdoch and City Engi-
neer Beal will present adverse reports on
the petitions presented for the opening Of
N street. This information was ascer-
tanned yesterday, when It was supposed
that there might be a called meeting Of
the city council. Mr.. Murdoch asserts
that he cannot approve the petition for
the reason that the Brubacker tract. which
extends from Thirteenth to Sixteenth
street, has never been dedicated to the
city. This tract, according to the rec
ords, was condemned by action Of the
council in 1892, but by some hook or crook
the money was paid to the wrong party
and the proper transfer was never made.
The city therefore has no title to the prop
erty and Mr.. Murdoch insists that It will
be necessary to recondemn the property
before a petition for grading can be con-
sidered by the mayor and council.
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Of the petition Mr.. Murdoch asserts that
1t will be necessary for the city to start
all over again and condemn the property
needed. AS this work will take some time,
there is no hope of the street being opened
to the river this year.
County Sends Bill. d
County Clerk Miller has sent to the
mayor and council a bill for $13,575.S5.
This is the amount paid by Douglas county
for the board and lodging OF prisoners sent
from South Omaha. Up to January 1, 1902,
the bill amounted to s12. SAT. From Janu-
airy 1 to July 81 this amount had been IN
creased by 1927, making the total men
toned.
In a letter which follows the statement
Clerk Miller says to the city oficials that
an early settlement Of the claim is de-
sired. This is the same old story which
comes up twice a year. The city officials
assert that an arrangement was made
some years ago whereby prisoners were to
be fed and lodged at the county jail for
a period Of years. Owing to this alleged
agreement the city o~ficials merely place
the semi-annual statement on file and that
ends the matter. No effort has ever been
made here to raise the money for the pay
ment of the claim. 1t is understood that
the present administration will do the
same as in the past and file Mr.. Miller's
bill.
More Tannery Talk.
Fritz Freitag, president, and Harry
Christie, secretary Of the South Omaha
Commercial club, are trying to induce east
ern men to start a tannery here. What
the eastern people want is that the zeal
6aOta faEa E0 mar cant ~ Nho zNooIr O.. A.
concern. An answer must be given within
one week. 1t is asserted by those who are
pushing the affair that the people baaind
the movement have a secret procesg Of
tanning where bark Is not used. The And
plant Of the concern is supposed to ke at
Atlanta, Ga. Little interest seems te be
taken In the matter here and 1t may % a
hard matter to raise the $25, 900 to start The
concern.
Those who are conversant with such
affairs assert that II a concern wieh a
patent on a process for tanning without
bark want to locate here, 1t would not be
necessary to ask the people to put, up half
of the money.
Foundations About Completed.
The foundations for the Albright school
are about completed and Contractor Nc
Donald said yesterday that the building
was progressing as rapidly as possible un-
der the circumstances. There is a big de-
mand for heavy timbers and Mcdonald
claims that 1t will be several weeks before
he can secure these. The timbers wore
ordered as soon as the contract was let,
but owing to the fact that the mill had
more orders than 1t could hll, there has
been a delay on the filling of this order
here. This addition to the Albright school
will hardly be completed until the end of
the year.
EnrOIlment of Pupils.
Yesterday. Superintendent Mclean COM
pleted a list of the pupils enrolled in the
public schools. The list follows: High
school. 215; Central, 357; Hawthorne, All;
~Jungmann, 312; Brown Park, 445; Albright,
216; Highland, 1877; West Side. 4OS; Corri-
gan, ITS; Field, "a; Lowell, 229; Whittier,
/ so; Lincoln, 400; total, $500. The relative
number in the grades Is shown as follows:
First primary, entire department, 906;
eighth grade, entire enrolment, 125.
Fred scott Promoted.
Fred Scott, who formerly worked for The
Bee and later as collector for the Me-
braska Telephone company here. received
notice yesterday that he had been pro-
hONCu Tue pOoAhlOh u oOllClNOIs 1uCIc
is an increase in salary. and Scott's friends
were congratulating him yesterday after
noon when the news was made public by
w. L. Holland. the local manager.
Hunting for Coal.
People in South Omaha are still on a
hunt for hard coal. From letters received
by local dealers It appears hat there will
be little or no coal in sight here for some
months. Those who have been using an
thracite are ordering different brands Of
bituminous coal, and these orders are being
filled. On account Of the raise in the
price Of hard coal dealers here look for an
increase In the price of soft coal.
VIII Sue City.
Some weeks ago DR.. James Kelly served
notice on the city that he had a claim for
damages for $500 on account Of his hors,
and buggy being wrecked in a washout OF
Thirty-eighth avenue. Member OF tn,
council inspected the rig and the horse 4
few days ago, but did not make any repori
at the meeting Of the council Tuesday