Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-06
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Magic City Railroad Yards Are in . State
Of Congestion.
MERCHANTS CANNOT GET TO THEIR CARS
Immense Increase I'm Freight frame
20 the City f. Given as Cause
of the Confusion and
Delay.

OF material Is being delayed on account OF L
the inability OF the railroads to handle
cars Of freight One coal dealer has thirty |
cars Of coal standing on sidetracks in the |
vicinity of South Omaha and finds it i'm
possible to get the cars set into his yard |
This is only one instance. Other coal and |
dealers in building material are having |
hard time getting switching done. The
immense increase in the freight trafIic on |
all lines this fall has caused confusion ana |
delays. Coal dealers are very anxious to |
get the coal that they hold invoices for |
into their yards and unloaded before ex-
tremely cold weather comes, otherwise |
there will be suffering among those who |
have pot already laid in the winters stock |
OF fuel
Ohicials of the railroads here say that |
everything possible ls being done to get the !
loaded cars switched and unloaded and |
they promise that the blockade in the yards !
will not last a great while longer.
Every contractor doing business I'm the
city is complaining about his-i inability to
get material Material to be used In some
OF the buildings now being erected here
has been invoiced for some time. but the
cars cannot be located Coal and building
material is what is now badly wanted in
order 70 place merchants and builders in
good shape to start into the winter.
Completing Election Arrangements.
The voting machine custodians will finish
up their instructions to judges and clerks
today and final instructions will be given.
All Officers Of election boards must be at
their respective precincts at T:i5 on Tues
day morning. Supplies to be used will be
brought down from the county clerks Of
hoe this afternoon and placed In packages.
The fire and police commissioners have
directed Chief Briggs to detail an officer
Co.. IN.
will report at the Office of City Clerk Gil
lin at s;45 a. m. Tuesday and be handed
the package of supplies. The officer will be
allowed thirty minutes TO reach his polling
precinct and at 7;15 will turn the supplies
over to the judges of election. BY this
method IL is thought that there will be no
confusion and consequently excuse for
the polls not opening at a. m. The Gus
todlans have caused ratings to be erected
around each voting machine. and every
IS thing will be ready Monday night for the
opening of the polls Tuesday.
The republican and democratic county
central committees have secured copies OF
the last ten days registration from the reg
istraTs in each precinct, and the city clerk
will not be compelled to hurry the work OF
making copies of the registration books to-
day.
Many Washouts Reported.
Police officers and others have reported q
large number of washouts the streets
where the road machine has not been
worked this fall Missouri avenue is in an
almost impossible condition and It will very
likely be several days before the work OF
curbing this thoroughfare can be resumed.
The condition of Missouri avenue at this
time is such that all idea OF paving this
fall has been abandoned. Contractor Nc
Gowan will make an effort to get the curb
ing set as far west as Twentieth street. but
unless there is spell of good weather
even this much cannot be accomplished. On
the Twenty-fourth street paving the con-
tractors will get the old pavement torn
up as far south as street and carted
away. but there is not much hope of much
paving being laid this fall. as 1t will soon
he too cold to use cement successfully in
the laying of the concrete base.
More Delay at Freight Depot.
Saturday a water main at the site of the
proposed Union Pacific freight depot burst
and flooded the excavation. The water was
shut off by the Omaha Water company and
repairs will be made speedily as pos
sble. There has been a great deal of trouble
at this site First the workmen broke into
the sewer, causing annoyance and delay.
! Then came the cavlng In of the west wall
OF the excavation and next the breaking
OF the water pipe II is considered more
than probable that this site will be aban-
doned and the depot erected where the
Union Pacific can have more room and not
he so close to the filled ground, where the
tracks at the foot OF N street are laid.
Council Meeting Tonight.
This evening the city council is 20 meet
b "a regular monthly session. There Is a
large amount of routine business to be
transacted. Bills for October are to be al
lowed on the general, IRE and street repair
funds. 1t is expected that the amended or
dlnances for the vacating Of some streets
and alleys in the northwestern part OF the
city for the Union Pacific cutoff 10 Elkhoru
will be introduced and read for the FIRST
time. Some steps will most likely be taken
70 straghten out the tangle in the refund
ing bond issue. so that the contract sub
mitted by the purchasers and the resolu
ton Of the council will agree These re-
funding bonds we're sold week ago to
Boston firm Of bond buyers and 1t was no
until a day or so ago. when the historic:
were being prepared, that the discrepancy
between the contract and the council reso
luton was discovered.
Board OF Education MeetinE.
This evening is the date OF the regulai
monthly meeting OF the Board OF Education
Aside from the routine business it is ex
peeted that the question Of constructing Z
ward school building In the vicinity o.
Twenty-thrd and @ streets will be brought
up. Hawthorne school Is now over-crowdet
and a building east OF Twenty-fourth stree
has been needed for some time. BY takinI
this building matter up now and letting thu
contract during the winter the proposed