Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Voters TO Be Asked to Vote Issue Of Bonds
, for S250,00O.
COMPLETE SEWER SYSTEM TO Be BUILT
Main Branch TO Cost s14s,OOo aud the
Balance of appropriation to he
Used I'm Extending the
system.

ues TO ask the voters for $3.50 600 to be used
in constructing complete sewer system OF
South Omaha. When the council met in
adjourned session Wednesday the ordi-
nance introduced Monday night approving
the plans Of Andrew Rosewater for a
sewer system was put on its second read
ing. Next Monday night this ordinance
will be passed.
At yesterdays meeting the finance com
mittee was instructed TO go over the plans
and recommend to the council Monday
night the territory to be embraced in the
sewer ordinance. The committee is now
working on the plans. In speaking Of the
sewer proposition Councilman Adkins said
that tt had about decided that the whole
amount OF the issue allowed by law would
be asked for.
III may not be necessary to expend the
entire amount at once, but It appears 70 us
better to get the views OF the people at
once and not be compelled to bring the
matter up again and possibly delay tho
construction OF the sewers"
II is understood that about Si450o0 will
be needed to construct a main sewer to the
river and the balance is to be used in ex-
tending the sewers all over the city or
where most needed. The suit recently
started in the federal court to compel the
abatement OF the Mud creek nuisance is
supposed to have something to do with
bringing the question before the voters at
the November election.
OffioiaIs OF the city assert that II the
bonds carry in November the money win
be on hand 50 that work on the main
sewer can be started early in the spring.
From talk around the city hall 1T Is in
ferred that this sewer proposition will be
Thoroughly agftated between now and cleo
tion day i'm order to stir up as much inter
est for the bonds as possible
Rain Damages Streets.
wednesdays heavy rain has made the
.kInpavedr streets nearly impossible and
Teams find II extremely hard work haul
ing even light loads. Persons coming in
from the country report the roads very
bad and hauling salmost out of the ques-
ton Quite n number of washouts have
been reported, but owing to the difficulty
in getting about the street force IL not
able TO commence repairs. At the east end
of the Burlington viaduct West L
street there is deep washout and pupils
attending the schools in that vicinity had
\ a hard time getting around the washout.
PAS was to be expected. the attendance at
schools fell on considerably.
The Western Union wires at the ex-
change were all out Of service for forty
five minutes Wednesday forenoon. Light
ming struck telephone cable pole at
Twentv-foiirth and streets and burned
one cable carrying 100 wires or more clear
through There was very few telephones
IN the territory east Of Twenty-fourth
working unt,l-late in the afternoon.
During the heaviest part Of the storm
lightning struck a number Of houses.
knocking down chimneys, but no one was
injured.
Tmprovement CI-b Program.
Friday evening the Highland Park I'm
rHnternhnt club viii hold. a ptcnie'7a at the
mark Nothing but rain will prevent the
a6alr from occurring basket dinner
will be served from 6 p. m. until 1880
O'Clock An interesting program has been
arranged. James II. VauDusen Will pre-
side as chairman and will tell what the
club has done for the northern portion OF
the city during it's first year Of existence.
Hon. w. W. siabaugh and Hon. E A
Benson OF Omaha. both leaders in civic
Improvement work. have been invited to
deliver addresses along the lines Of city i'm
provement. While the affair is primarily
for residents Of the Highland park district
all those Interested in civic improvements
are invited.
Hamilton Holding school.
c. Hamilton, a representative OF the
United States Standard Voting Machine
company, held two sessions Of instruction
{ wednesday at the city hall Oficers Of
y election were instructed one at a time In
4 De Operating OF the voting machine. When
an ofHcial showed that he understood the
working OF the machine and the manner
IN which the count h kept he was given
certificate by Mr.. Hamilton showing that
he was qualified to serve the election
board
Fraaudu Identify FIOater.
The nnater found in the river Tuesday
afternoon was identified yesterday as John
Kfnhoirn, a packing house laborer- Kin
holm lived. or rather had a room at Twen-
ty-sfxth and . streets IL Is thought that
Kinhofrn. who had been drinking some, de-
cided to tAke a swim In the river and be-
came stnr6 In the mud at the foot of
street The mud at this point Is several
fee. deep, and once in the man could not
get out Friends OF the deceased rails
ing funds to pay for a suitable burial
Clerk wires Cleveland BankerE.
Wednesday tha city officials instructed
the city clerk to telegraph To w. J. Hayes
& Sons Cleveland asking II they would
take the Twenty-fourth street paving
bonds, This firm was the high bidder, with
the Cincinnati frm dropping ont President
Adkins said that when the bid OF We'll
Roth & Company was read IT was evident
the others and had been made by not un-
derstandng the conditions 1t was better
he said to give. the Cincinnati firm q
chance than 10 throw out the bid entirely,
as the delay was uihing anyway. An
answer Is expected from the Cleveland
bankers to-day
Confer Degrees TOniEh1-
This evening Bee Hive lodge No 1SA
Ancient Free and Accepted Mhsnns. vii
meet al Masonic han. Twent'-ffth and \
streets. and confer the entered appreniici
degree ON i've cnndidAtes- Every oRndl
date Ia expected 70 be pressnf and an mem
bers of the lodge are especially urged Il
attend.
MAEis Cify Gossip
Hurry b. Fleharty has returned from /
business trip TO BOnasteel. s. n
Electric lights all over the city WE'RE ON
for several hours yesterdRy forenoon
There was annther big run OF sheep ~
the yards Wednesday,, over lS.0O head beinI
received.
w. p. Wyrm and Miss Ruth Ghatsr wer'
married Tuesday evening by Rev. Georgi
VanWinkle
Sam Remer and MihR MHrkesun, now 10
Gated in Oklahoma, were visitors in IN
city yesterday.
Mrs. Edmund Demuett OF Chicago II visit
ing her brother, William Kerr Twenty
third and X streets.