Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-10
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Grading for New Burlington Tracks to
Stock Yards Is Completed.
1wENY.NlNE NEW cHUTss BEING BUILT
other Extensive improvements TO In
crease the Capacity of stock
Yards Being MAde-Masic
City Gossip.


lington which skirts the western limits of
the city. This grading has occupied the
! entire winter and spring, as the cuts were
deep and long, about 100000 cubic yards OF
! earth having to be moved
! Now that the tracks to the yards are
laid the Burlington has commenced the
erection OF live stock chutes. Twenty-nine
chutes for loading and unloading are being
built on each side of the tracks. These
chutes extend from Thrty-fourth street
east TO the western end OF the big sheep
barn. This makes ffty-eight chutes in all
and two trains can be unloaded or loaded
at the same time.
A big concrete retaining WALL four feet
at the base and two feet at the top, eight
feet high, holds the banks between the
tracks and the chutes. In these yards the
pens and alleys are to be paved the same
as at the stock yards. First there VIII be
a ive-inch layer of cinders and then the
paving brick 1t is expected that the chutes
will be completed not later than July 10
At any event everything will be ready be-
fore the range cattle commence TO arrive.
Since the grading for the Burlington
tracks into the. yards has been completed
the big steam shovel is now at work on
the west division of the cattle yards. This
new division will be erected west Of the
present west division and occupy a portion
Of the ground where the stand pipe stood
for so many years Material is on hand for
: the construction Of this division and work
will begin just as soon the graders arc
through. The new division will extend
almost to Thirty-third street
Starting at the horse and mule barn
there is an elevated walk leading to the
hill cattle division. This walk is to be ex-
tended so as to take in the entire new
division All Of the new division is 20 be
paved and thoroughly drained and wher
completed will give yardage to a large
; number Of cattle and thereby greatly In
= crease the capacit Of the Yards.
5 The Thirtv-thrd street steel bridge is in
frst-class shape the stone approaches at
3 both the north and south ends having been
3 placed in condition for travel
FOresters Conclude Session.
I The first annuel state convention of the
\ Catholic Order OF Foresters was held at
( the Ancient order OF Hibernians hail,
i Twenty-third and N streets, Tuesday. The
r days session closed at Z p. m. with the
: election of officers as follows: Theodore
r Moersen Columbus, chief ranger; j. Finn
s Greely vice chief ranger; A. A. Wertz
n Fremont, secretary; n. p. Plat, Omaha,
: treasurer; Rev. D. W. Moriarty. spiritual
e advisor. ]. ]. Gillian OF South Omaha, H.
}, Parr OF Dodge and Frank Hanlon OF Free
e mont were elected trustees A. NJ. Gala
r CHER, South Omaha, was chosen delegate
Q to the international convention which con-
y venes at Dubuque, Ia, in August. The
II next state convention will be held at Omaha
o in June. 1905 A meeting of the state court
. will be held at Fremont in June, 1904. In
the evening the delegates, members of the
: order and their friends were entertained
at Odd Fellows hall. Addresses. music and
recitations occupied the evening.
Death of Frank Pierce.
Frank Pierce, a we'll known student at
the South Omaha High school died at Lin
coin yesterday as the result of an opera :
: ton for appendicitis. The remains have
= been sent from Lincoln to this city and
. now Tepose at the undertaking rooms OF
: Heafy & Heafy on North Twenty-fourth
.. .. street Arrangements for the funeral will
! be announced sometime today. The de-
!, ceased was formerly a member of the First
\ Nebraska volunteers
= Fire Fighters Visit Packers.
= Tuesday afternoon Chief Garrett OF the
a fire department escorted the captains OF
the hose companies through the stock
h yards and packing houses In order to famil-
8 iarize them with the location OF hydrants.
A hose etc. The trip occupied all of the
= forenoon and when It ended the captains
4 were fairly well acquainted with the sit
d uation. Chief Garrett proposes taking all
: OF the men under his charge on such tours
occasionally in order than when there is
: a packing house fire the men may be
II fairly we'll acquainted with the premises,
Cudahy's Loss Exaggerated.
In talking to a Bee reporter yesterday
/
d out that he had lost s1.0OOO0o by the Kan
II sas City flood was entirely wrong. Our
loss" said Mr.. Cudahy, 'fs pot nearly as
large as reported; in fact. the loss is prac-
tically nominal under the circumstances. "
70 Continuing, Mr. Cudahy said that his ice
a machines at the Kansas City plant were
" now working and that the lower portions
N OF the house were being cleaned. Steam
N has been turned on in the boilers and the
n plant is ready to start operations almost
IS any day. In the opinion of Mr.. Cudahy II
A. will be ten days before the railroads and
"a stock yards at Kansas City will be ready
A. to handle livestock. BY that time he pre-
diets that all of the packers will be ready
to begin slaughtering
Coal and Salt Famine Over.
II For about two weeks the packers have
sr been worrying about the supply OF steam
= coal and the receipts of salt used in curing
-, meats. Now all this is over The Mis-.
v souri, Pacific has opened its lines sufficiently
E to send in southern coal and salt, so thai
there Is no danger of a shutting down o
Is the plants, on account of shortage oi
ID coal or salt Other lines carrying coal Il
ie the packers are rapidly getting In shape tC
= do business and the packers look for a bis
s. reserve supply OF coal here before many
N days
- Commercial Club Circulars,
y The South Omaha Commercial club has
v decided to have about 5000 circular letters
is printed. a copy to be sent to each voter In
order to enlighten the people on the bono
Y proposition. These circular letters viii
0f contain extracts from. the reports made by
ot the special committee and submitted to Z
meeting OF taxpayers at the South Omaha
ID club rooms last Friday night. Some OF the
e members Of the club figured that circulal
- letters sent into the homes OF all voters
"a would do more good than public meetings
While the club is doing all il can to boos
the bonds, the general public evinees very
little interest in the coming election.
Must Attend Drill.