Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-16
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Twenty Fourth Street Paving Case il
Moving 70 4 Solution.
MATERIAL MEN INTERESTED IN FIGHT
Barber Asphalt Company Anxious to
Get Its Rejected Bid Considered
and Property Owners
want Reduction.

Kennedys court yesterday, the hearing
was deferred until Friday. This postpone
ment was agreeable to the attorneys on
both sides The property owners interested
in having the case heard and the injunction
dissolved were disappointed, while those
who are fighting the paving were pleased.
sifted down It looks as II the fight was cen
tered on the material to be used. Some
want asphalt while others want brick
block When the bids were opened some
weeks ago the Barber Asphalt company
did not have samples on hand and its bid
was discarded Now that the samples have
arrived the asphalt company wants a hear
ing.
still another question has been raised
and that is the percentage that the prop
erty owners are to pay. When Railroad
avenue was paved the abutting property
owners paid two-nfths Of the cost and the
city at large three-hfths. Last winter the
law was changed and Twenty fourth street
owners are to pay three-fifths and
the city at large two-ffths. This change
OF the law has caused quite lot of talk
and really started the trouble
Colonel c. M Hunt one Of the property
owners who siRneed the remonstrsnce
against the paving, said Tuesday that If ar
rangements could be made for the abutting
property to pay two-fifths and the city
the balance the remonstrance might be
withdrawn.
III something Of this sort cannot be
arranged" said Colonel Hunt, I'VE propose
TO fight the pavement to the court of last
resort. It is not fair to our people on the
north to be compelled to pay more for
their pavement than our friends on the
south I cannot see what excuse there was
for the changing of the law when the tax
payers here were satisfied with the two
fifth and three-fifths plan"
The report is current that the council
sitting as a board of equalization, which
1t does four times a year, has the power
to change the tax assessment and assess
the Twenty-fourth property owners two
1fths leaving the balance to be paid by
general taxation. Next month the Board
OF Equalization is to meet and 1t may be
that the case now pending in Judge Ken
nedys court will go over until this question
OF dividing the cost Of the improvement is
decided by the equalization board.
GiIIin Preparing Histories.
City Clerk Gillin is preparing histories
of the Missouri avenue paving bond
ordinances and expects to forward the
papers to Hoehler & Cummings of Toledo
bidders that their bid was accepted and
that histories and contracts would go hence
at once. The Missouri avenue paving case
has been decided in the district court in
favor of the bonds. Just as soon as the
bonds are issued and the money paid Hugh
Murphy, the contractor, will be expected
to 20 TO work laying the pavement This
work ought to be completed before cold
weather comes Residents on Missouri
avenue are more than pleased at the sue
cess in selling the bonds and are in hopes
that there Will be no delay in the starting
of the work. The premium received for
the bonds, N,25750, is considered very good
by city officials, and the fact that so many
prominent buyers were bidding for these
securities shows that South Omaha bonds
are being sought by eastern investors.
Opening Date Indefinite.
AS general thing the public schools open
the first week in September, but so far the
Board of Education has not set the date
and 1t may be deferred until the second
week. There is no telling when an agree
ment on the date can be reached. There
is no prospect at the present time of any
| OF the additions to the buildings being ready
! for occupancy during the month of Sep
| tember and 1t is doubtful II the Madison
and Lincoln schools will be ready before
some time in November. Progress is being
| made on the Corrigan school addition but
| the plasterng at this building is not fin
| ished and the floors are not laid Neither
/ Is the frame school building at Twenty
sixth and NJ streets moved over to Brown
| park. Some of the members Of the board
| favor opening the schools on September &
and districting the children as last year
until the time arrives for the occupancy
Of the additions With only four members
on the board there is naturally a tie or
many of the propositions made.
Making More Blue Prints.
| Plans for the fire department headquar-
ters are now in the hands OF the council
| committee on public buildings. 1t Is ex-
! pected that this committee will report
| favorably on the plans next Monday night
| and then the city clerk will be directed
TO advertise for bids for the construction
AS an evidence that the plans will be ac-
cepted the architect was requested Tuesday
| by President Adkins of the council to make
four or five more sets of blue print plans
! These plans are to be used by contractors
who desire to bid on the work While the
| council intended to expend only $4,000 this
year on the building the question OF ask.
ing for bids for a partial construction
arises. 1t will be a hard matter for a con.
tractor TO bid on only a portion of tn,
work. As the completed building will cos
about $4,000 some Of the city official:
favor going ahead and having the buildinf
finished as soon as possible. and II neces
sary borrow money from some other flInt
TO make the payments to the contractor
or else issue interest bearing warrants
The plan seems to be TO let contracts for 1
completed building and when the none,
appropriated is exhausted 10 borrow from
some fund where there is big balance
and repay this by transfers when the op
portunity offers.
II the plans are accepted next Monda,
night the clerk can advertise for bids to b,
opened August q and the contract let
Builders say that sixty days will put tn,
structure in shape for use and that IL ouEh
to be completed in less than ninety days.
Allen VIII File.
A few days ago Charles Allen made tn
statement that he would not make a film
for police Judge on account of Judge KIM
having declared his intention OF running
again. Since Allen, who Is a republican
made the announcement quite a numbe
OF republicans have urged him to recon
slider. Last evening Allen said that h
would file and would do the best he coul
to be elected