Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
School Board Sets Date for Beginning the
School Year.
JANlToRs ASSIGNED TO THEIR BUILDINGS
short Meeting of the Body Attends TO
some Important work and
Leaves superintendent
a Task.

The Board OF Education has decided to
open the public schools on September H.
When the members met last night this was
one OF the first matters of business TO
come up The buildings and grounds COM
mittee reported that none Of the additions
to schools would be completed for some
We eks and rooms will BE- rented temporarily
in the districts where the schools we're
overcrowded last year 1t was for the
purpose Of giving the committee time to
rent outside rooms and furnish them that
the opening date was deferred for one
week beyond the usual time.
Janitors were assigned as follows:
High School-Frank Vocasek; firemen J..
B. Smith. James Hamilton.
Central-Harry Beal, John Klupnaur.
Lincoln--Ed johnson, John McAdams.
Hawthorne-A. Christiansen, r. Bigelow.
Jungmann-D. d. Sullivan, William Fir
Brown Park-John Kubat. Peter Henkle.
Madson-J c. Ringo, Mrs. l.. Sorenson.
Highiand-Guy Scatter, John Dworak.
West Side-Martin Teig II. p. Belden.
Corrigan - Thomas Conway, ]. j..
ORourke.
LOWELL. ]. Byster.
AnneX-Burton Rice.
Field-R. Relax.
Whittier-Mrs. Dunn.
The following names were added to the
teachers unassigned list Louise Moore,
Eva Murphy Stella Gray. Della Borst,
Cora Rothchilds. Ella Mallin, Mrs. Nora
Freeman, Laura Randall. Agnes Condor,
| Emma II. Noe, Minnie Clifton.
Member Schindle brought up the mat
ter Of naming two principals to fill vacan-
cies, but as the members could not agree
| Superintendent Mclean Will be directed
/ by the chairman of the teachers commit
| tee to make the assignment.
! Five sets of encyclopedias and the same
number of pictorial and historical maps
will be purchased.
The board then adjourned until the next
regular meeting.
Council Meeting Tame.
President Adkins occupied the chair al
the meeting of the council Monday nigh
owing to the absence of Mayor Koutsky.
Ordinances were to have been presented
for the paving of Twenty-fourth stree
from to Q. City Attorney Lambert haC
failed to get the ordinances prepared in tim'
and a meeting is to be held on Wednesda!
night when the ordinances may be ready
1t was the same with accepting the plan
for the fire department headquarters build
ing. The matter OF accepting or declining
the plans was talked over, but no decision
was reached. 1t was agreed, however, tina
this matter would also be considered
Wednesday night.
A favorable report was made on the or
dinance for the grading of Twenty-secont
street from to Y. This ordinance can nov
go to the second and third reading. On
permanent sidewalk ordinance was passe,
and one was introduced.
The session was the shortest for som
time and was wholly without interest.
Kenyon Files Protest.
| y of
Union Stock Yards company. has sent t
the mayor and council protest agains
the granting of petition filed by ]. {
Caldwell a couple of weeks ago.
Caldwell asks the city to give him permis
sion to erect frame structure at the eas
end of the Q street viaduct. II is under
stood that Mr.. Caldwell wants to open
candy and cigar store.
| Mr.. Kenyon's remonstrance Is based o
the grounds that the viaduct is kept in re
pair by the Union Pacific and the Unio
Stock Yards company and officials Of thes
| companies do not want to run the risk {
fire in this proposed small building damae
ing the bridge. In addition to a genera
protest, the general manager of the stoc
Yards company serves notice on the cit
that II the Caldwell request is granted II
railroad companies will decline to MAX
repairs in case the viaduct is damaged b
reason Of the erection Of the proposed fran
structure
After being read to the council last nigf
the protest was ordered filed.
, Moving school Annex.
A portion of the old high school anne
is being moved from Twenty y-sixth and
street TO Brown park The section now a
tached to a cable is being hauled east o
NJ street. When between Twenty-fourt