Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA.
Prospect, Of Street. Railway Improvements
Ples-e East siders.
SOME DOUBLE TRACKING EXPECTED
City'- rnvinu Projects Also Affected
by Whatever the Company Ne
eides ca Do-Other News
from Magic CITY.

Members Of the East side Improvement
club are considerably plated over the pros
pect of some street Ger improvements. II
has been reported 20 members of the club
that the Omaha a Council Bluns street
Railway company contemplates the laylng
Of double tracks on Missouri avenue as
soon az the line on Thirteenth street from
Dominion street is extended south to
Thirteenth and Missouri avenue. Judge
preen, one Of the prominent members Of
the club, seid that he recently had a con
ference With officials Of the street railway
company and that he inferred from the
conversation that the company proposed
extending the Walnut Hin line down Thir-
teenth street and up Missouri avenue TO
Twenty-fourth and l. streets.
las soon as something IL done about
the double tracks on Missouri avenue
said Mr.. Breen, the property owners VIII
90 ahead and make arrangements FOR the
paving Of the street. OF course the street
car company will be expected TO pave be-
tween It's tracks. This will naturally re-
duce the cost Of the pavement 20 the tax
payers q considerable amount"
BY the paving Of Missouri avenue and
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Twenty-fourth street the value Of property
will be greatly increased, and should =
double track lire be constructed to relieve
the congestion on the Twenty-fourth street
line. the eastern portion Of the city Will
doubtless build up rapidly. Petitions for
the paving Of Missouri avenue and Of L
street have been I'm circulation for some
time past, but those In charge have been
holding back filing the documents until
after u is definitely known Just what the
transportation company proposes doing In
the line OF improvements.
Transfer wagons license
Members Of the license committee Of the
South Omaha city council are being handed
complaints almost daily about the number
OF transfer wagons hat are running with
out licenses. n is asserted that the big
barns work half a dozen or more teams on
one or two licenses, while these who own
and operate only one team are compelled
TO nay the same license the big firms do.
Members Of the council say that this mat
ter will be taken up A. the committee
meeting Monday afternoon and that some
action toward making the big transporta-
tion companies pay will be taken.
Quickly Invested.
Harry and clinton Pickrel were arrested
here yesterday by Captain Troutan and
Oficer Brugeman. The two men broke
jan at Nebraska City Friday and struck
out for South Omaha. A telephone mes
sage beat them and a complete description
was sent. Harry Pickrel was found at the
Swift plant, but the ofhcers had to chase
up to Twenty-sixth and 3 streets before
they found clinton. Al ofhcer from Ne
braska City will arrive today to take the
prisoners back. Both the Pickreis were
fined by the Judge in Nebraska City for
hghting and we're sent to Jail for twenty
days.
CIamorine for improvements.
The Southeast Improvement club will ask
the city council Monday night for an ex-
tension OF the water mains south on Fiji
teenth street from Madison to Polk street
and also south on Thirteenth street from
2 TO Harrison. In addition to the request
for water a petition will be put In for cleo
trio street lights. A complaint has been
made 30 the club about the sanitary condi-
tion OF the Albright school and the mayor
will be requested to send the sanitary in
speotor down there to make an examina
tion and report. Members Of the club
would like to see the schoolbouse connected
With the main sanitary sewer. which
empties into the Missouri river.
special Meetings Planned.
Secretary Charles Marsh Of the loca'
Young Mems Christian association has
planned a series OF six special Sunday aft
ernoon meetings for men, These will b.
held at Masonic han at 8 .. m. A number
OF well known speakers have been secured
and II is predicted that the hall will b,