Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-06
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
City Council Attends to Lot OF Really
Important Business,
slps FOR NEW FIRE HALL ARE REFERRED
ProGsrH Exceed Contemplated EH-
psnditures and Matter r. Referred
TO the Finance Committee
10 Report On.

1 struction OF bFick nFe department head
quarters at Twenty-hfth and l. streets.
/ Three bids we're received and opened. The
bidders we're: Johnson & soow, siS $50;
/ Mcdonald & Book, tlS,7b5, and Parks,
/ johnson q Packs, s15.636.
After the bids had been considered by
the council in committee of the whole,
1 Adkins made q motion that the bids be
4 referred to the fnanace committee with
i instructions to report At the meeting next
| Monday night. This was agreed to. In
| speaking Of his motion, Adkins stated that
the bids called for more money than the
! council contemplated spending on a hne
hall at this time. He thought that II
the committee was given a week to in
yestigate that enough money to complete
| the building could be provided.
! An open sale Of bonds for the grading
OF Sixteenth street from Missouri avenue
TO J street was held. These bonds are for
| $4,000 and were sold to Daniel Harmon at
par and accrued interest. There Was only
| one bid for these bonds A partial esti-
mate for the grading of Sixteenth street,
amounting to S1b5s. was allowed Contractor
Harmon.
City Clerk Gillin was instructed TO notify
Contractors MCGOWAN and Murphy that
the money for the curbing and paving OF
Missouri avenue was on hand and to
direct these contractors to start to work
at once.
Permanent sidewalks were ordered laid on
the west side of Twenty-fourth street from
Q to Railroad avenue and on the east
side of TYenty-fourth street and Railroad
avenue from Q street to the county line,
petition to grade Twenty-third street
from the city limits on the north TO Mis-
sourl avenue was fayorably reported on
and the report was adopted.
Permanent walks were also ordered laid
on the west side of Twenty-eighth street
from r to Y street.
Property owners on Twenty-hrst street
between P and Q streets filed a re-
monstrance against being compelled to lay
permanent walks. The slgners of the
petition asserted that the street is not at
grade and that the laying of permanent
walks now will cause a hardship on the
property owners. The remonstrance was
referred to the street and alley commit
tee.
A large number of August Chains were
ordered paid.
Judges and Clerks of Election.
, Judges and clerks Of registration were ap-
pointed by the city council as follows:
: First Ward-FIrst precinct, Judges, g. W.
Howe, William HUSKY, j. ]. Breen; clerks
F. J. Fftzslmmons, Louis Lundin. Second
|
gerald, +. E. Darling; clerks, W. F. Bur-
strangien, J. l. Barta, Charles &. caTlen
clerks, Leo J. Hort James Kreeek. Sec
h uazsS Sdrto1 seFks kss Franz n
Third WsrdI7First precinct Judges. A.
sse6Pd ,Prssinct. Judges judges + 4 L GOod, G@sSTss RS
TSomas Fo3e Foster fyep fegrET EThomSs haynes clerks
Fourth Ward.First precinct judges, S.
, Burke clerks, Kasper Horwich, william IN
Brown. Second precinct, judges. Thomas
9, Irwin william Murphy, Edward Erick-
, ford.
, Fifth Ward-F1rst precinct Judges John
clerks, J. s., Gosney, Roy Smith. Second
preciN9et. net Judges Patrick Broderiek, New
o,Brien, William Teiford ~ ''''''4
cshtbe sH5b YaTast Tbongs SdgeF
clerks, Thomas oconnor M. Maberry. 'sss5 Sec, ,
ond precinct Judges, A. Delaney, John
Gpshi99n, J: 4, Hall; clerks, solon Walker,
There will be three registration days, Sep
tember 10, October "a and November l.
Funeral of Albert jam.
The funeral of Albert jam viii be held at
the late residence of the deceased, 24O8 X
street, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. r.
/
of Eagles aerie No. 154 will have charge OF
the funeral. The Eagles will meet at the
hall, Twenty-sixth and N streets, at l D. M
and attend In a body Intermept is to be
at Laurel Hill cemetery. The deceased had
been aiiing for about ten days and heart
failure is given as the cause OF death.
Surveyors Running Lines.
; A party Of Union Pacific surveyors
started to work Tuesday at the Summit to
run line to Elkhorn. The rain put a stop
) to the work about noon but the party will
} return to South Omaha as soon as the
weather clears. BY building this line the
loop around by Millard will not be used
SO much and the distance from South
Omaha to Fremont will be shortened by
about ten miles. This proposed cutoff is
only one Of number Of improvements the
Union Pacific company eontemplates max
ing In South Omaha and vicinity.
South Omaha in Darkness.
For time last evening the electric street
lights and the incandescent lights were out
leaving portions of the city In total dark
ness, Stores that use electric light exclu-
sively closed early, For a time It looked as
the city council would be compelled 10
adjourn on account OF there being no light
IN the council chamber. Il was after 4
o'clock when the street lights and the in
eandescent lamps In the business portion
OF the city were Ia operation. Lack Of light
made things decidedly unpleasant at the
city jail and in Office buildings. From the
residence districts there was an awful howl
and lamps and candles were brought into
requisitioR in great many homes No one
In South Omaha seemed to be able 70 learn
what the trouble was.
Magic City Gossip.
Gordon Wilcox, TWenty-nrst and 7
streets, reports the birth OF a son.
| Miss Edith Dennis, Twentieth and
streets, Is reported 10 be quite sick
Mr. and Mrs. Keogh OF FIT. Wayne. Ind
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Henry ELS.
| A. y. Upton OF Gillette, Wyo.. was IN
South Omaha Tuesday with three cars OF
hne sheep.
Miss Nellie Skinner Of Gordon. Neb..
is visiting Miss Nan Baker 25s South Thlr-
A bad washout is reported at the east
end OF the Burlington viaduct at Thirty
second and l. streets.
Mrs, s. r. Hathaway, go North Twen-
tisth street has gone TO Marble Rock la
Tor Few weeks visit.
Chief OF Police JOhh Briggs returned
a few days shooting chickens.
Public school janitors have commenced
20 ger the buildings In shape for the open