Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-30
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Much Interest Being Displayed in the
Sewer Bond Proposition.
SENTIMENT is NOT YET cRYsTAllzEO
All Admit Need of sewers, but some
Inclined 60 BaIk on Adding any
thing to Already Large
City Debt.

Property owners in particular and voters
generally appear to be taking quite an in
terest in the sewer bond proposition. For
the last two or three days dozens of prop
erty owners have called at the office Of
the city clerk for the purpose Of looking
at the sewer map. This is done by many
to ascertain just how close the proposed
sewers come to their property. There
seems TO be a Keeling that the enlarge
ment of the sewer system is a necessity.
Positive opinions on the proposition are
not being expressed to any great extent
The question is to be given a thorough
canvass. as 1t is the intention to have the
matter discussed at public meetings dur
Ing the campaign Just at the present
time there seems to be more interest in
the sewer bond than in many of the can
didates to be voted on in November.
Those advocating the sewers call atten-
ton to the cases in the federal court to
compel the abatement Of the Mud creek
nuisance. 1t was with the understanding
that the voters of South Omaha would soon
consider the sewer question that Guy C.
Barton and others agreed to let the pres
ent suits rest for the time being. From
those who did not take kindly to the
amount to be voted for sewers comes the
statement that the bonded debt of the
city is now high enough and that interest
on $80,O00 sewer bonds will amount to
nearly $1,000 each year.
The question of handling the count for
sewer bonds on the voting machines is still
unsettled. 1t has been suggested that in
case there is no other way the tally can
be taken off the machines when the voting
closes at 6 p, m. and then lock the ma
chimes and permit the voting of sewer
bonds to continue until Z o'clock. Some
method will be devised for the voting on
the sewer bond proposition to continue un-
| til p. m. on the day of election, but no
definite plan has been decided upon yet.
Migrants Face Judge King.
The South Omaha police are arresting all
| suspicious characters and Migrants and arc
! keeping them in a nice cool place during
| the Omaha carnival. OF the dozen or more
! before Judge King Friday nearly all drew
| either a Jail sentence or a half dozen days
on the rock pile. The heads of the police
| department here declare there Is littl;
thievng going on at the present time and
they only hope that the police judge will
keep up the good work of sentencing va.
grants and suspicious characters to the
rock pile. Some of the idle class ordered
| to leave Omaha are drifting down thi.
|
often arrests are made as soon as land
ing is made here.
Celestial Pay Taxes.
John Lung Chang, a Chinaman, formerly
of Chicago, but now resident of Omaha
called at the city treasurer's office Friday
afternoon and paid back taxes amounting
to $l19 Chang owns lot I. in block 90. which
me purchases some years ago for 1880. The
| At ie
has only recently returned from China
where he spent two years. He speaks gooC
English and was dressed in fashionable
clothes.
DIR. McCrann Has Runaway.
Friday afternoon DR.. w ]. McCrann wa,
driving along Q street near Forty-frs
street, when his horse became frightened
at an automobile and started to run away
There was a small-sized wreck before tn,
horse was stopped. DIR. McCrann was no
injured. The buggy was partially de
molished and portions of the harness
broken This is about the nineteenth run
away accident that DR. McCrann has beef
mixed up in but his usual luck stayed will
him and he was not injured.
Magic City Gossip.
Dana Morrill, has gone out into the stat
for few days hunting.
Mrs. II. G. Kiddoo is spending a few day
at Excelsior Springs. Mo.
The Cudahy company is preparing to in
stall new 250-ton ice machine.
George Mcbride has gone to Deadwood
s. D., to look after some business matters
j. L. Cohn has secured permit for
dwelling at Twenty-seYenth and | streets
Mrs. w. e. Carr of Danvile, Va, was tn
guest this week of Rev. and Mrs. r. L
Wheeler.
Rev F. NJ. Sisson has arrived from Nor
folk and will preach at the First Methods
Episcopal church on Sunday.
Where is a bad hole in the pavement on !
strict near Twenty-sixth. leaky water
pipe is the cause of the trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Mullan have remove
from Twenty-first and ] streets to 30i
South Eighteenth street, Omaha.
South Omaha people are pleased to lear
that the Union Pacific will commence mex
week the construction of a passenger sta
; | ton here.
Edward Capin has been arrested by tn
local police and will be returned to the re
form school. He was out on parole, bu
has been getting into bad company lately.