Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-19

clerk to notify the company to remove the
dead rails. Almost daily accidents are
narrowly Averted by reason Of the rails
in question projecting above the pave
ment.
City obligations Due.
Treasurer Howe has prepared a state
ment for the city council showing the
amount due at the state fiscal agency in
New York City on July /. The total is
81 7,133 This amount is divided between
paving and curbing districts and interest
on renewal and refunding bonds. As
there is no money on hand in any OF the
funds mentioned it will be necessary for
the mayor and council to borrow the
money to meet the payments. Money bor-
rowed in this manner is repaid to the
banks as soon as property owners settle
the taxes for paving, grading, curbing,
etc.
Fire Horses Disabled.
Two Of the horses in the fire department
are on the sick list and the attention of
the Fire and Police board is to be called
to the fact that the department needs not
less than thre4 horses. One OF the horses
at No. / house has been in the hospital
for a couple Of weeks and Wednesday
Joe" the reserve horse, was taken sick
and the services of a veterinary were
needed. The horse that Chief Garrett
drives has been in service for over a dozen
years and is almost ready for the bone
yard. With the addition of three horses
and three men the department would be
in f1rst-class shape. On account OF the
overlap in the fire fund the board is not
In a position now to make any purchases
| or employ any more men than absolutely
necessary.
George Parks Returns.
George Parks. superintendent Of construc-
| tion for the Cudahy Packing company re-
turned yesterday from Kansas City. He
said that the Cudahy plant would be ready
to slaughter live stock before the stock
yards company would be in position to
handle receipts to amount to anything. In
| speaking of the wreck around the Cudahy
| house Mr.. Parks said that it had been
necessary to dig cars out OF five feet of
mud in order to reach the tracks 1t will
! be some time, according to Mr.. Parks be
fore the packers and the yards company
| will be in shape to handle business as ex.
peditiously as before the high water.
Magic City Gossip.
| L. A. White of Pender was in the city
| yesterday looking after business matters.
| MannS Ice cream at reduced prices
| Quality the best. Get prices. Telephone 1897
| A small blaze in the pepsin department
| at Cudahy's called out the fire department
| yesterday. No loss.
Mrs. George Westcott has gone to Co
| lumbus Neb., to spend the summer with
relatives and friends
On account of the continued good weather
| the receipts of live stock at the yards here
fell Off little yesterday.
| The Board of Review is still grindns
| away. Only three complaints were filed
yesterday and these were for small
| amounts.
Otto Maurer is at home again. He spen
Omaha, where he was operated on for ap
pendicitis
Mrs. r. A. Merriam. Twenty-third and
streets will entertain the Ladies' union OF
the Christian church from 3 to s o'clock
this afternoon.
Frank Burness, deputy city clerk, re
! turned to his home yesterday, after under
going treatment at St Joseph's hospital fol
a couple of weeks.
The funeral of Miss Esther Murphy
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Mike Murphy
was held yesterday Many friends of tht
family attended the services.
T. W. Taliaferro, general manager of tn,
Cudahy Packing company Is at Excelsior
Springs, Mo, recovering from an illness in
Cured while at Kansas City during thu
food .i.43 fs" #.-"
Weeds all over the city are growing
rapidly and in some places the sidewalk
are nearly blocked. No provision has beer
made this year for the, cutting of weeds b,
city prisoners. 's-7'E