Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-23
AFFAIRS Al SOUTH OMAHA
bi5 s:aItfipe at Stock Yards TO B, Re-
., moved for ImprovsmentS
lAS0SARK THAT $1,000 EleH1EEN YEARS
PhcltinE Trades COuncII 60 Ne Orann.
bHed Tonight-MOre Plans for EN-
change BuuaiBg-Notes from
the Magic City.


the Magic City.
The hig iron standpipe which has stood
on the hill west Of the sheep barns for
eightePn years Is to be pulled down. For
fsome time past this big reservoir has not
been used and as the stock yards company
needs the ground to make improvements
This spring a contract has been let 20 pull
hhe pfpe down. The stack is eighty-four
feet In helghth. twenty feet in diameter,
and will hold $4,000 gallons Of water
y vas erected in 1888 when the stock
ygrds company needed water Five wells
we're sunk at that time near where the
fpresent elevator building stands. and in
addition. water was pumped from the cresk
TO supply sufficient amount for the live
stock that was In the yards those days.
Since the thirty-inch main was laid from
F1orence to the packing houses and the
stock yards there has been no need for
this standpfpe full OF water. Until the
present time Il has been held in reserve
In case Of a break In the water mains, but
with the service in tfe shape II 10 now
there is no need Of this additional supply,
and consequently the old pipe will come
down and make room for tracks sheds and
pens.
The contract for taking down the stack
has been let to the Wilson Steam Boiler
company OF Omaha. 1t Is understood that
the lower shoes, and the bolts will be
loosened at the base and that the stack
viii be lowered to the ground gradually,
being stayed by cables.
With the removal Of this standpipe one
'of the old time landmarks in South bmaha
will be gone. When engineers investigated
the condition OF the stack yesterday one
of the lower plates was loBened, and II
was found that Ice several teet in thick
ness had formed, but as the water had
been drawn on previous to the ioosenng of
the plate, no damage was done by the
opening.
While the work OF taking down this big
column Of iron and steel is considered
quite an engineering teat, those in charge
say that IT can easily be done and that
the expense will not be as great as might
be supposed. When down on the ground
the pipe will be loosened into sections and
fhauled away on big wagons. Should the
weather remain good for a day or two the
work will progress rapidly, and most likely
before the middle of the week the stand
pipe Will have disappeared entirely.
Packing Trades Council.
At Trades and Labor hall tonight. Mr..
'Donnelly, president of the AmaIgamated
Meat Cutters and Butchers workmen Of
North America. will organize a Packing
Trades council. All members of unions In
the packing houses are eligible and will be
given representation. Through a represen-
tative Mr.. Donnelly stated yesterday that
the new organization had nothing TO do
with an increase in the present scale as
the men in the packing plants here ap-
peared to be satisfied with the present
scale OF wages. Mr.. Donnelly will leave
Omaha on Tuesday for Nebraska City,
whore he will stop for a day. While here
Mr.. Donnelly will be entertained by the
central organization.
Draws More Plans.
Chief Engineer King of the Union Stock
Yards company has completed plans for
the building OF a wing Of the new exchange
building, More once roow is needed and
with the wing authorized there viii be
twenty additional ofnces. Ten OF these
ofiice rooms will be on the ground floor,
while the other tan will be on the second
story 1t is understood that the style OF
architecture wnl conform to the general
style Of the new exchange building erected
some time ago.
RraEEs Having Trouble.
Chief of Police Briggs is at Pond Greek,
okla, where he went with documents to
bring back H. M. Brown, who is wanted
on an old charge Of KIDNAPPING Emma Ford.
BriggS writes from Pond Creek to Captain
Troutan that he Is having trouble about
getting his man and that It may be sew
erai days before he can start north.
Want walks Cleaned.
The sidewalks on the west side OF Twen-
ty-fourth street from street on the north
to street on the south are covered with
dirt left by graders. Those who have oc-
casion to pass by the place are now COM
PEELED to wade through mud to shoe tops.
A complain. h to be made to the city en-
gineer about the matter and a request will
be made that the sidewalk be cleaned, es-
.pecially as the grading has been practically
completed.
Magic City Gossip.
L. A. Scott and wife returned yesterday
from a southern trip.
Mrs. Hyatt, mother OF Mrs. r. B. Mont
gomery. is recovering from an attack Of the
grip.
Mayor Koutsky announced last night that
the city offices will be closed today on ac-
count OF Washngton's birthday.
There viii be no meeting OF the council
tonight, neither will the Board OF Educa-
tior get together unless there is a special
call
A H. Merrill. editor OF the Presbyterian
has gone to Fort Worth. Tex where ne viii
Mr.. Merrill writes that he is much inn
proved In health.
Yesterday afternoon E. E. Judd and Miss
zolia Rhine, both of Omaha. were married
at the residence OF W NJ. Baker, 260S II
street by Rev. DIR. r. L. Wheeler. pastor
of the First Presbyterian church.
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