Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-04
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Mayor and Council Conflict Over Appoint .
msnt Of Live Stock Inspector
BURLINGTON ROAD PAYS CITY FOR LAND
storm Impnirs street Railway Service
and Many Employees of the Pack
ing Houses Are Forced to
walk Home.

There Is likely to be some differences Of
opinion in regard to the stock inspectors
ordinance introduced in the council Mon
day night. Mayor Koutsky has his own
ideas and the democratic members have
theirs. 80 that the ordinance will certainly
have a rocky road TO travel.
In the ordinance the mayor Is given the
authority TO appoint and discharge the
stock examiner, and this the members Of
the council do not like. as it places all Of
the power IN the hands OF the mayor and
leaves none to the council.
II is a well known fact that the Stock
Yards company would like to see Clark
Howard reappointed. but the mayor declines
10 express an opinion. He says that when
It comes to appointing a man for the posi-
tion he will name one who is thoroughly
competent. Further the mayor says there
IL nc use OF the city paying an oficial $50
a month for looking wise and doing moth
ing. What he wants is an inspector who
will inspect.
without doubt the judiciary committee
will return an adverse report on the pres
ent ordinance and then the whole show will
have TO be gone over again. Members OF
the council assert that they will have their
way and the mayor says that he Will have
his.
storm Makes Trouble.
Yesterdays storm made trouble for the
street car people. telephone folks and the
telegraph and electric light companies.
Motor trains we're few and far between, as
the drifting snow blocked the tracks.
Many of the employees of the packing
houses were compelled to walk home last
night on account Of the storm. Comments
we're freely made on the ineficiency OF the
street car service. and threats were made
that an attempt would be made to have the
city council do something.
Movement OF cars In the stock yards was
carried on the same as usual and all stock
received was placed in pens or under
shelter. +
Chairman Queenan Of the council com
mittee on charity and the mayor were be-
sieged last night with applications from
the destitute for fuel and food. Relief
was furnished to quite a number and a lot
Of box car transients were given quarters
at the city Jail.
AS for the coal supply the packers say
there is enough on hand TO last for three
or four days, so they are not worried. The
local dealers assert that there is some an
thracite in the yards and that bituminous
coal is coming in all the while. Should the
storm last for several days the situation
will become serious, but the city is pre-
pared for a four days storm.
Burlington Pays Money.
For the first time in the history Of South
Omaha the city has received a sum OF
money for vacating streets and alleys.
Yesterday the Burlington road paid into
the city treasury the sum OF S1,o43 for the
vacation OF a portion Of Thirty-sixth street.
Tn addifi0n "a thfa pauno0N the raE1roaA
company dedicated to the city q strip OF
Boyd street, Even the strip dedicated did
not make matters even, and the difference
was made up in cash.
AS the money has been paid in, all there
Is for the city officials TO do is the passage
of the ordinance vacating a section Of Thir-
ty-sixth street and the adoption OF the or
dinance accepting for the city a portion
OF Boyd street. BY this transfer the city
acquires a strip Of ground thirty feet wide
on Boyd street, and also a four-track rail-
road from The Burlington lie right into the
Union stock yards.
ERElea Entertain Tonight.
South Omaha aerie, No. 1854. Fraternity
Order Eagles, will give a house warming
at the new home Of the order, Twenty.
third and N streets, this evening. Invi-
tations have been sent to Omaha ano
Council BLUFFS members Of the order, and
there is the promise of a big crowd OF Wis,
itors. The local lodge is making an elab-
crate preparation for the event. and tho
assurance is given that all invited guests
will be royalty entertained.
Magic City Gossip.
c. c. Freeman, 25OS p street. reports the
birth of a daughter.
Charity ball tickets are selling nicely in
spite of the fact that the AFFAIR is TO be Sc
exclusive.
Harry Gardner leaves today for Avoca,
Ia. where he has accepted a position or
the Tribune.
Monday evening Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w
Mckay celebrated the forty-eighth ami
versary OF their wedding.
A reception was rendered 20 Rev. James
A. Wise and wife at the home of Colone
and Mrs, A. l.. Lott last night.
In spite of the storm there was littl'
trouble on the telephone wires. The servic,
was excellent and was generally com
mended by patrons.