Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-16

building on Tuesday evening. N. E. Bry-
son, the president of the club, occupied the
chair. 1t was announced by President BTy-
son that all matters pertaining to the curb
ing and guttering of, Twenty-third street,
from A to Missouri avenue. had been at
tended to and that the council had passed
an ordinance ordering the work done. AS
the season is so late, this improvement
will be put off until spring Members of
the club are making an effort to induce
the Omaha city council to open Twenty
third street from A street north to the
boulevard.
Councilman Kiewit was endorsed in his
efforts to have the street car transfer
system enlarged so as to provide for trans
fers to any portion OF the city. request
signed by the officers OF the club is TO
be sent TO each member of the city coun-
ell urging some action on this proposed
transfer system.
1t appears to be the desire of this i'm
provement club TO secure closer relations
with other improvement clubs in the city
and effort to this end is to be made
shortly. All property owners residing east
of Twenty-fourth street and north of Mis-
souri, avenue are eligible to membership
in this club. The principal object of this
organization is to improve and beautify
the city, and especially the northeast por-
ton. All who are interested are invited
to become members of the organizati
Railroad Yards stiIl COngested.
Although the railroad companies are
working night and day to dispose of cars
of merchandise now on siding 1t is slow
work. The result is that a great many
merchants are waiting for merchandise
which is I'm cars IN ba r5s
The scarcity of sufficient trackage in South
Omaha is the cause of the delay in setting
cars on sidetracks. Dozens of cars of coal
are scattered about the yards. the train
crews doing the best that can be done in
switching these cars to the local coal yards.
Some of the coal dealers fear that if a
real cold snap comes there will be a short
age or coal and through no fault of theirs
Many cars of building material are waiting
TO be set so that the unloading can COM
mence. All of the railroads doing business
in South Omaha realize that something
must be done soon toward securing addi-
| tional trackage facilities.
Organ Recital Tonight.
! This evening an organ recital and con-
| cert is to be given at the First Baptist
church, Twenty-fifth and H streets. The
new vocation organ recently purchased by
the church is to be used for the first time
j. H. Simms will be the organist on this
occasion and the Madrlgal quartet is to
render a number of selections. Members OF
the Baptist church are justly proud OF
the new organ and it is expected that the
church will be filled this evening.
waiting for Cables.
1t was the intention of the Nebraska
Telephone company to commence running
the cables through the conduits this week
but delay in the arrival Of the cables will
put this work of for a few days. por
ton of the cables to be used is on hand
but some Of the large 4OO-wire cables ar,
slow In arriving from the factory Thi,
company expects to get at this work yer,
soon and to have all OF the cables in work
ing order within thirty days. Then the un
slightly poles on Twenty-fourth street clea
from A to Q will come down.
Magic City Gossip.
w. p. Adkins has gone to Gretna to spen,
a few days with friends and relatives
n. ID. Mann has gone to Florida 20 visi
for a few weeks with his sister.
A meeting of the Modern brotherhood q
America is to be held on Friday EVENING"
E.,P. RoRgen is still confined 20 his be,
and yesterday his physician did not Civ