Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-24
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Grading Has Been Started at Ssrpy Mills
for Brick Company.
LARGE PLANT WILL Be ESTABLISHED
over rive Acres Of space VIII ne
Covered by sheds and KrIns-
Immense structurea WIN
Ne Erected.

Sixteen teams begangradng Monday at
Sarpy Mills for the sarpy City Hydraulic
Pressed Brick Company. This is a COM
pany in which a number of Omaha busi-
ness men are interested financially It is
said the work is to be hurried IN order that
the making OF brick may be begun the
early part of December. The sheds and
kilns are to cover about five acres OF
ground. although the brick company owns
eighty acres. Machinery for the pressing
OF brick was ordered some time ago and
has been shipped. Parties Interested in this
company assert that when running at full
capacity the plant will be able to turn out
10000 pressed brick every twenty-four
hours. Ten immense sheds for holding the
brick will be built at present and more
will be added as needed. Some brick al
| ready have been made from the clay on
the property of this company, and those
who handle brick say the samples are first
class. and no trouble will be encountered
in finding a ready market for the product
of this plant. Quite a large number Of men
will be given employment erecting the
plant and sheds just as Boon as the exca-
waiting Is completed. All of the brickyards
in the vicinity OF South Omaha have been
running full blast all summer and the de-
mand for good building brick has often
been in excess Of the supply.
Building Operations Active.
Monday the Omaha Brewing Association
secured two building permits aggregating
| $4,000. One permit is for the construction
| of two-story brick building on O street,
Just west OF Twenty-seventh street, to cost
not less than 5000. This building is to be
forty-four feet in width and sixty feet in
depth Work already has begun on this
structure. The other permit secured by
this brewery is for a $4,000 two-story brick
building at Twentieth and streets. Plans
for this building show a width of twenty
six feet and a depth of sixty feet.
The letter Brewing Company is erecting
a fine brick building at the northwest cor
ner OF Twenty-fourth and Q streets. other
buildings In course OF construction are the
Union Pacific freight depot the brick fire
department headquarters building and also
quite a number of dwellings scattered all
over the city.
Republican Club Meeting.
Wednesday evening the Swedish Norwe-
gian Republican Club will hold a rally at
Evans hall, Twenty-third and streets.
All Swedes and Norwegians are earnestly
requested to be present at this meeting, as
business Of Importance is to come up An
invitation has been extended to all candi-
dates to attend and make few remarks.
sheep Trade Brisk.
Monday was busy day in the big sheep
barns at the stock yards One hundred
cars of sheep came in, making the re-
ceipts 5000 for the day This was the
largest run since october 8, when 49, 900
head were quartered in the barns. Indi-
cations are that these heavy runs of sheep
will keep up for some time. Buyers for
the packing houses were at the barns early
and being supplied with liberal orders
picked out the best in the fiocks While
there was good demand for feeder sheep,
the packers wanted fat animals for i'm
mediate slaughter. Good prices prevailed
and sellers left the barns apparently salts
fed. So far this month 26666O sheep have
been handled at the yards here.
ReEistrars Neglect Duty
: City Clerk Gillln is having all kinds OF
: trouble with the board of registrars. Out
; OF twelve registration precincts in South
J Omaha the registration books for October
10 have only been returned to the clerl
> in three precincts At the closing of the
first day OF registration the registration
officers conveyed the books to their homes
instead Of turning them in at the city
clerks ONCE. Several requests have beer
: made through the press for these books 4
be returned at once to the city hall. bu
: no attention has been paid to these. Tn,
matter is now in the hands OF the city
attorney, and it is expected that today al
ohicer will be dispatched to bring in thes'
I books in order that copies of the names
i may be made.
$ Even though Judge Troup has decided
: that the registration of September 10 Il
void, Clerk Gillin will finish the makinI
OF copies OF this days registration for tn
political parties.
y Magic City Gossip.
| Mrs. Dana Morrill, will return to her hom
5 from Emmanuel hospital today.
II Work is being pushed on the construction
n of the Union Pacific freight depot.
F.. A. Agnew has announced his intention
of being a petition candidate for polio
judge.
A daughter has been born to Mr.. an
Mrs. A. M. Gallagher, Twenty-hfth and !
d. streets.
u ]. w. Christie has returned from Mime
apolis, where he spent the summer wit
Bee Hive Masonic lodge will work tn
third degree Thursday night Refreshment
, will be served.
:, A. A. Wright Nineteenth and M streets
" is confined to his home with a threatene
ID attack OF pneumonia.
d Byron Smiley writes his parents that h
l. is now nicely located at Basin City, Wyo
| with party of Burlington surveyors
v Joseph Koutsky is improving so rapid
10 that the attending physicians have cor
90 scented TO his being removed from the hos
l. pital to his home today.
. The second day Of registration Will be o
o Friday OF this week. All voters mui
70 register this fall. as the registration
lg september 10 has been decided void.
- stTeets' who ran away from home satu
20 day was located by the police at Fol