Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-09
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
CITY officials Say Charter RsviHoa is
Necessary for ImPrsvsnsua
SOUTH WENT -FOURIH STREET PAVING
Local Agent says BurIinEton Tracks
LeadinE late Unfen stock Yards
VIII Vet Re Completed
Untn May.

city officials say that unless there is
something done By the legislature about the
South Omaha charter thai The improve
ments co1templated for this year cannot b
made There is the overlap TO Be- taken
care q out o. the coming levy unless there
Is some relief from the legislature. and
Z this is not given the revenue derived
from the 1sC tax levy Will not come any
where near paying the current s1psases Of
the city.
y charge in the charter means no in
provsnents this year said one q the
leaders in the council. Contfnuinr. this
oHcial said that IL the people wanted in
prOvemsntk nov vas the tine 10 20 to
members Of the legislature and ask for the
changes desired.
While no pavfng petitions have been alec
lately, # is Understood that an eaor win
Be made 70 have South Trenty-fourth
street paved 70 the county line. Nsrur
KOutsky has the matter In hand and vas
expected to call a meeting last week Of
interested parties. but matters IN court
occupied his time. 1t may Be that the paw
ing Of this important thoroughfare will Be
taken up some time this week. In case q
step OF this sort is made it is thOuKht
that other improvements in the southern
portion Of the city will De made. How
ever, nothing can Pc done by the city on
Gals until there Is ! change In the charter.
Additional BurIinEtrn Tracks.
1t uiu Be along in TIE hrss part Of May
before the Burlington tracks vii Be laid
into The Union stock ysrds.- said local
agent W. B Cheek yesterday. While the
work Of grading for the tracks Is going or
rapidly. the contractors DO not expect TO
ra~ +h--~-E 49, N--rr ? ~ az -
the laying Of the tracks and this win take
some time. Material "a Pen ordered ID
q Porricn Of il is on the ground nov. but
nothing towards track laying can Be done
until the grading is completed. When
these tracks are laid the transportation
features at the yards will be greatly en-
larged ard shipments OF live stock can b
handled at less cost and much more rap
Idly than Al the present time.
stock ~ Convention.
Al invitation has been extended to the
South Omaha Lve Stock exchange to ssna
a delegation 20 the annual meeting q the
Northwestern Stock Growers association
Al Belle FOurche. : D, on April 3. There
is also al invitation on file requesting
members Of the exchange 70 attend the
meeting Of the South Dakota Stock Grow
ers' association at Rapid City N April Il.
Both Of these Invitations were placed on
file and the secretary was instructed TO
return thanks for TIE sane. Il is under
stood that quite a delegation Of South
Omaha live stock dealers will attend both
conventions Z
Concession to sheep
In Saturdays stozkman-JournaI Editor
Bruce AeCuIloeh has this to say about the
inspection Of sheep;
Or. ". A Thomas, state veterinarian
held council with stock YARDS ana rail-
road officials early in the day in regard to
A recent ruling made IL necessary for
all sheep 20 be Inspected for state ship
nsnts- This order made II Vey incon-
venIent for feeders shipping stock 20 Es--
ket. as delays were caused In waiting fOr
the arrival Of an inspector On learning
OF these facts a committee was appointed
to confer with the Authorities at Lincoln I
and the result E1i doubtless be appre-
elated by Nebraska shippers
The law has been adjusted calceilirg the
recent order untn July l. st which time
most Of tAs feeders WfH have their STUFF
speeted the sane as fnter-ststs shO nents.
but this viii not cause any Inconvenience
a. an inspector viii be present at all times
and no delay viii result d
Driving Piles Today.
The work Of driving piles tor the new
hay barns Al the stock yards viii con
nenoe today. About 400 piles YIN be
driven and It viii probably De April l
before the WORK Is completed. The new
hay bara viii Be erected On stock yards
property north Of the west end Of the L
street viadOcL Two barns are to Be built
Each barn viii Be forty-siEht feet in width
and go feet long. The height is twenty
feet The structures will Be cased on
the outside with galvanized iron and will
have gravel roofs. The cost Of these barns
will come close 10 tI6.000.
NOEthIy Troop Dance.
The monthly dance Of the South Omaha
cavalry troop viii Be held tonight al the
srmoy in the eity hall building Before
the dancing commences CaYtzin Bruce Nc
viii put the troop through q sabre
exercise and also a oarbine drill The
troop Is doing nicely financially and the
dance tonight win most likely Be largely
attended.
Harmon Starts trading
Dan Harmon proposes starting grading
on Seveutsenth street between n street
and Missouri avenue today. About 15,0oo
yards Of dirt viii have TO Be moved in
order 70 place the street on the lines laid
out BY the city engineer. The dirt taken
from Seventeenth street viii be placed On
Sixteenth street between N and n streets
Magic City Gossip
The city council is billed for Z meeting
J0hu Moran and wife have gone 10 Phil
aSelphia 10 visit relatives for q month
Real estate men say that there Is lots Of
for South Omaha property just
how
An important meeting Of the local Grand
Army post Vii BE- he'd this evening az the
post hail.
r G Howe. general manager Of the Ar
m0u plant here. has recovered from ar At