Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-06
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Repairs 70 Old Hammond Building co. Be Of
Temporary Nature.
ADDITION TO THE PRESENT OMAHA PLANT
Ola Ha3fnOnd Structures Not In Good
Condition aad Not SO Conveniently
Located as Omaha Packing
Company. 81.
ADDIIION 70 THL PRIsENI ORAHA PLANI

packing plant and the statement was
made last night by the foreman that he
could give work to possibly 100 more men.
II application il made at once. The old
buildings are In bad shape and II will take
considerable work to place the plant In
condition for slaughterine. New machinery |
will have to be provided and the walls
strengthened. II appears to be the under
standing that only a portion OF the plant
Is to be placed in a serviceable condition,
and that the parts repaired are to be used
only temporarily. st@A
There was report from Chicago yester- |
day that the Hammond plant was TO be
used. only temporarily, as the intention |
is to enlarge and improve the present |
Omaha Packing cornpanys plant. The
Omaha company will. it il stated. sooi
commence the building of large additions |
to its plant These extensions ana adds
tions are 10 be built directly east of the
east end OF the present buildings and take
In sbme OF the ground now used as hog
sheds. The trackage facilities. at the
Omaha plant are far better than at the
old Hamniond house and when the addi-
tions are made to. the Omaha plant the
new buildings will be bn practically level
tracks. Just how much money the Ma
tional Packing company expects to spend
in remodeling and enlarging the Omaha
packing house is not known here at this
time, but the reports are that a large
amount of money is to be spent next year
In putting this plant in shape TO fully
double it's present capacity. -
As for the approach from the street
viaduct that may be built to connect with
the present Hammond plant nothing au-
| thoratEfe Is known here at present. The
Union Stock Yards company will construct
I this approach when called upop to do so.
When the o street bridge was~ built ar
rangements were made to build an incline
approach to the Hammond plant or In
case another building was erected on the
vacant ground north Of the present build
ings a level driveway right Off the via
duct to the second story Of the plant
could be built. Regarding the construc-
| ton of this approach. General Manager
Kenyon of the Stock Yards company said
last evening that he had no intimRtion
from the National Packing company just
what kind of approach would be
wanted
In other quarters it was stated that in
case the Hammond house is to be used
only temporarily that 1t might not be
necessary to build an approach from the
o street viaduct to the plant.
As only portion of the Hammond house
Is to be used. 1t is not probable that the
change from the Omaha to the Hammond
plant will increase the working force to
any great extent
Arrest suspscious Character.
Tuesday afternoon Captains Shields and
Turnquist arrested Frank Belts at the Live
Stock exchange building and will hold him
for a few days as suspicious character.
, Belts was following a stockman who had
large amount of money in his pockets
and fair-sized Jag.C
When questioned by the officers Belts
referred them TO the Omahe police. Shields
called up Captain Mostyn on the telephone
and asked about Belts. Captain Mostyn
! replied that the Omaha police supposed
Belts to be in the penitentlary at lincoln.
having been sent up from Omaha some
months ago, The stockman appeared Of
} Tended at losing his supposed friend, but
; was finally pacifled and loaded on a home7
I ward-bound train.
Bankers Accept Bonds
Tuesday City Clerk Gillin received letter
: from Moore, Baker g. Co. OF Boston, stating
that the fefunding bonds. amounting TO
r $4,000, had been accepted. The letter goes
on to say that the attorneys employed by
the buyers had found the issue to be all
$ right These bonds bear date of November
+: / and were refunded at ~ per cent interest
: Blank bonds are now being Autographed
and yesterday the mayor and clerk for
o warded their signatures to be engraved on
q the interest coupons. II IS expected that
the bonds will be here in about week
n for signature.
Parks Resumes Paving.
The laying OF paving on Twenty fourth
| street was resumed yesterday. Nearly 8
block OF brick was laid yesterday and by
tonight II the weather Is fair, the con
tractors expect to have the paving laiC
: south Of / street. The sand on top of th,
: concrete base had been frozen. but the tenn
!, perature was high enough yesterday to per
: nit Of the sand being raiSed and rolled 5,
!. that a good bed for the brick was ha,
: without any trouble. Every EFFORT viii b.
: made now to get the paving laid as ia
= south as Missouri avenue before anothe
cold snap comes.
Letter Carriers Elect OmcerA.
. Branch No. Gee. National, Association o
= Letter Carriers has elected these officer
: for the ensuing year; NJ. j.. Grady. pTesi
dent; w. ]. MangaQ. vice president; c.. L
Cove, recording secretary; c. r. Hrdlieka
treasurer; Edward ]. McElgunn. sergeant
10 alarms. f. @. RoEzelle collects and cor
n. respondent; r. w. Blank. retirement clerk
e NJ ]. Grady. c. l.. Cove and c. r. Hrd
. licks make up the committee on organize
n ton and the board OF trustees Is compose
y OF 7. j. Fitzgerald. w. j. Mansan and n
a r.. Martin.
y Teacbers' MeetinE Proxranl.
r. A general teachers meeting is to be hel
le at the high school building on Saturday
8 December o at 3 a. m. Following Is IN
n program; Chorus. 1.-THE Little Dustman.
n Miss ceeile Lyons room; address, w. +
Ciemmons Fremont Normal school: sol,
Miss Louise Jensen; address. Guy W. Wadu
worth. president OF Bellevue college; qua
tet. 20 Little Town OF Bethlehem Nil
Beedle, Miss Carpenter. Mr. Marshs NJ
Wheeler All teachers in the public schoo
are expected TO attend this meeting an
friends OF the schools are invited.
Magic City Gossip.
The ground is now frozen to q depth {
six i-ches. M -rr
A water main at Twelfth ana I stree
broke yesterday and Hooded portion
The drill team OF lodge No S7e KniRht
and Ladies OF Security, will give a dam
this evening at Workmen temple
ThursdR afternoon the Magic City King
Daughters will meet at the home of MI
Lee, Twenty-seventh and A streets ~
GeOraee Parks who has haar ...so...