Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-30
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Work on Bridge 1t Thirty-Third STREET Will
Begin Wednesday.
NEW WING TO THE EXCHANGE BUILDING
addition Will he ~seventy-FOur Feet
Ions, seventy Eeet wide and
Two stories Hiah-Maeic
city Gossip.

Stone for the erection Of the abutments
for the bridge on Thirty third street ar
rived yesterday. Chief Engineer King of
the Union Stock Yards company stated last
night that the laying Of the piers would
commence Wednesday. providing the
weather would permit. As the stone is to
be laid in concrete, the temperature will
have to be above the freezing point before
work can begin. This bridge will be 157
feet long and will be twenty-four feet in
width. II is being constructed on account
OF the grading being done by the Burling-
ton.
Mr.. King did not state the number OF
tracks the Burlington contemplated run
ming into the yards from the west, but II
is rumored that four tracks for the handling
Of stock trains will be laid, besides a num-
Der Of switches and sidetracks. Referring
back to the bridge. Mr.. King said that the
structure was to be of steel and that Pax
ton a vlerling had the contract.
During the week a contract for the erec-
tion Of a wing to the new exchange build
ing is TO be let. This wing will be built
on the west and win be seventy-four feet
long by seventy feet in width, with two
stories. The west front Of the wing will be
Of pressed brick. It is expected that this
addition will cost about s25, 900. The wing
will be devoted exclusively to once pur-
poses. With any kind Of good weather Mr..
King says that the wing ought to be COM
pleted by July l. and he said the same
thing about the bridge.
sc Allison VIII Move.
Thomas Allison. manager for an eastern
bristle gathering concern, stated yesterday
that he proposed moving to st. Louis.
During the winter season bristles are pulled
from hogs, and this gives employment to
quite a number OF men. The hair Is, or
has been. taken to various portions Of the
city to be dried. The stencil is something
awful and complaints were continually
being made TO the mayor and council.
From Forty-fourth and L streets the hair
fields were moved to a patch Of ground on
the river bank. Then an attempt was made
to dry hair on the ground west Of Cudahy's.
The company was forced to move, and then
It secured a dozen acres Of ground in Sarpy
county. The farmers objected, and Mr..
Allison says that he will stop doing busi-
ness at this point. This will throw quite
a number Of men out OF employment. but IL
is expected that they will all follow the
company to St Louis.
We'll Attended Meeting.
Rev. M. A. Head. pastor Of the First
Methodist Episcopal church, Twenty-third
and N streets. delivered an interesting
illustrated lecture at Masonic hall rooms
yesterday afternoon. The topic was Para
disc Lost ard Regained." Two dozen fine
stereopticon views we're presented to illus
trate the lecture. Secretary Marsh OF the
Young Mems Christian association says that
the Sunday afternoon meetings are grow
ing In favor right along. and that as the
rooms OF the association are not large
enough to accommodate those who attend
Masonic hall has been engaged. 1t Is un-
derstood that this hall will be rented for
some weeks on Sundays by the local Young
Mems Christian association -
Celebrates Fifteenth Anniversary.
At the First Presbyterian church Sunday
forenoon Rev. DR.. r. L. Wheeler celebrated
the fifteenth anniversary of his pastorate.
Before delivering his sermon DR.. Wheeler
called the attention OF his congregation
to the fact that he had for fifteen consecu-
tive years served the church as Its pastor.
He spoke Of the improvements made In
South Omaha in fifteen years and predicted
that in the next FIVE years the population
would almost double.
At the conclusion OF the service the mem
bers Of the congregation met the pastor
at the door and after shaking hands wished
him continued success In his work here.
DIR. Wheeler is one of the best known pas
tors In the city and Is constderCI by All
TO be an able speaker. His sermons are de-
iiyered with force and he has a certain
magnetism which draws people to his
church.
sunday afternoon Detective Elsfelder ar
rested Harry Carver. ~ years Of age. and
locked him up at the city Jail on a charge
OF indecent conduct. II is asserted by
Eisfelder that Carver has been insulting
little Girls on the streets. His conduct
was reported TO the police and ae;er watch
ing him for a couple OF days Elsfelder
deemed that Il was time to make an
arrest. The case will be presented 10 the
county attorney with the expectation that
a charge Of some sort may be Med wnich
will keep Carver under cover for a month
or two at least.
DiIapIdated walks.
The dewalk on Twenty-fourt street,
between Z and I streets are reported to be
IN bad condition. As the frost comes out OF
the ground the bricks rise and quite a por-
ton Of the walks will have to be relaid.
The same may be said of other brick
walks in all portions OF the city. Just as
soon as the frost is out OF the ground a
general inspection will be made and repairs
ordered as needed. A councilman, speaking
on the subject, said last night that ne
thought the property owners should take
more interest in keeping up their walks
than they do. II this was done, he said
there would be fewer damage suits ana CON
sequently less money would have 70 DC
levied for the judgment fund
Magic City Gossip.
Wiley Beckett is slowly recovering from a
severe attack OF the grip.
Joseph Bookwater of the Union Stock