Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-12
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Residents in Southwest Part of City olamo1
for Improvements,
THEY WANT STREET RAILWAY EXTENSION
Swift Plant nj south Omaha VIII NOt
Go Into Retail Coal Business
Rebuilding of sheep Barns .
IL Rapid.

Improvements are being demanded by
the property owners in the south and west
ern portions Of the city, and in order to
further the ends of the Southwest Side
Improvement club a meeting has been called
for this evening at Maccabee hall, Thirty
eighth and Q streets. All member Of the
club and those interested in the develop
ment Of the south and west sides of the
city are invited to attend.
What is wanted in the first place is bet
ter transportation facilities. It is claimed
by members of the club that the street cars
do not run as per schedule, especially dur
ing the busy times Of the day, and that
many residents in Corrigan addition and
other portions Of the western and southern
parts OF the city are compelled to walk
on account Of poor service. An officer OF
the improvement club, in talking with a
number OF acquaintances, said last night
that h was wanted was a stub line to
Good Luck addition. Such a line, IL It
passed or went within a block Of Corrigan
school, would be a. great help to a large
portion Of the people living in the territory
south Of Q street and west OF the ceme-
terry.
At the meeting tonight a committee is
to be appointed to wait upon the officers
Oh the mOlOT company anu see II II IL pos
sible to build a stub line south from Q
street. II this cannot be done, another
meeting Is to be called and an effort will
be made to raise funds for an Independent
line. Mule cars will be run II necessary.
It is stated, in order to provide the resi-
dents in that section with transportation.
Some of the heavy property owners in
the southwest have expressed themselves
as willing to contribute literally to an
Independent line. This plan has been on
foot for three months or more, but its de,
velopment has been STAYED OF by the con-
solidatiOn of the Omaha and Council BLUFFS
lines.
One Of the heavy property owners in the
southwest said that he proposed going
ahead figuring on a line to Good Luck addi-
ton and through the streets mostly trav~
eled in the southwest portion. A survey,
he said, was made last fall, but the lines
will be run over again within a short time,
as some changes have been suggested. II
is reported that a lumber of the local
corporations are interested in the project
Of extending transportation facilities to the
west and southwestern portions Of the city.
swif's Coal Deal.
kilograms from Chicago on Saturday last
6NuNNN AuaA VI r. swirl plbpDoNu BOlub lhAo
the coal business. The message stated that
all OF the employees OF the Swift plants
would be permitted to purchase coal by
the bushel at a maximum price of 20 cents
a bushel. According to the Chicago dis
patch Mr.. swift said that he would sell
only to employees and in small quantities
only. AS far as can be learned no effort
has been made to carry out the plans OF
Mr.. Swift here. Ohicers Of the company
in South Omaha assert that they know
nothing about the matter except h has
been published by The Bee.
One prominent oficial OF the company
said last evening that Swift had all he
could do now to provide steam coal for the
boilers at this plant, He did not expect
any great influx Of coal just now, at least,
under the present conditions. All the coal
that is coming il now is steam coal and
this could not under any circumstance be
used in private houses.
1T may be-" said another Ofhcial OF the