Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-08
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Rock Island Proposes to Build Line 70
letter Brewery,
ROUTE NOT YET DECIDED o

UOhNG wv ~ bHNNbNH
In Making Extension Company Will
Have to Get Right to
Cross streets from
Council.
More railroad building is in prospect for
South Omaha. A few days ago mention
was made in The Bee of the possibility of
the Rock Island road running track up the
hollow to the letter brewery. Yesterday
Superintendent Wilson of the Rock Island,
with headquarters at Fairbury, and John E.
UT, general western agent, visited the city
and looked over the ground. Several South
Omaha business men and a few members OF
the city council were with these railroad
representatives during the greater part of
the afternoon. Several lines were gone over,
but no decision as to the route was reached.
II is probable the Rock Island stub, which
now stops near the southwest line of the
Swift plant, will he extended up the hollow
across acre property to the brewery. In
making this extension IL will be necessary
for the city council to give the Rock Island
permission to cross Twenty-seventh street
and also Thirtieth street. The balance OF
the streets south of Swift's are not opened,
so that only the permission of the owners
of acre property would be necessary. As
John J. Ryan and Balthas letter own a
large portion of the tract IL will not be a
hard matter to secure from them the right
of-way.
1t is understood that by making the ex-
tension mentioned the Rock Island would
not in any way interfere with the proposed
viaduct Of the Union Pacific, which is to ex-
tend from Twenty-fourth and u streets to
Twenty-seventh and streets.
May HIVE Another Inspector.
Members of the South Omaha Live Stock
exchange and others doing business at the
stock yards are pleased at the prospect of
an additional Inspector being appointed for
this place.
1.-THE appointment. II one is made" said
an Official of the exchange last night. will
be In the nature of a representative of
Secretary Wilson and not what might be
called officially an inspector. Such an OFF,
cial here would have authority to decide
questions for the department which are now
too weighty for the chief inspector and have
TO be forwarded to Washington for a de-
cision. BY the locating of such an official
here great deal of time would be saved
and add greatly to the Importance of this
market Chicago has such an official and
South Omaha certainly needs one as much
as that city. We are in hopes that the
secretary of agriculture will make this ap-
pointment soon"
Royal Arcanum Omcers.
Knoxall council No 1854, Royal Arcanum,
has chosen these officers for the year: Will
liam P. McDeavitt. past regent; DIR. Will
liam A. Cox, regent; Richard Novak, vice
! regent; J. Manley Mccarthy, orator; D. G.
! Sturrock. secretary; G. NJ. Rich, treasurer;
John B. Ashe, chaplain: Herman Steinberg,
| guide: Rudolph HONG, warden; John w.
Hazenkamp. organist. W. P. McDeavitt is
representative to the grand council and DR..
w. A. Cox is alternate. Philip Kraus was
| elected trustee.
PAYERS Doing Nicely.
Thursday the PAYERS on Twenty fourth
| street made quite a showing. half block
of paving between and ] streets was put
| down and half block of concrete base be-
tween and X streets was laid. Contractor
Jim Parks said last night that with three
or four days more OF good weather he
would have the paving laid to Missouri
avenue. Yesterday workmen in the employ
of the street car company nearly COM
! plStSu tHe raising OF Ine tracks between X
and Missouri avenue to grade The con-
crete mixer was in operation all day. No
more of the east side of the street is to be
torn up until the pavement is laid to Mis-
souri, avenue. BY taking up the stone foot
ings on the outside OF the street car tracks
and putting down brick a good connection
between the tracks and the pavement
proper is made. This is not only an i'm
provement in looks, but makes the pave
ment more durable.
| Western Range Cattle
c. l. Talbot, chief brand inspector at the
stock yards, is figuring on his report for
the year. Last evening Mr.. Talbot said
AT the present time cannot tell just how
many head of range cattle were received
at South Omaha. am busy working on
my reports now, as / am anxious to get
away to Cheyenne to report to the direct
ors of the brand associations. The range
season is practically over and by the mid
die Of the month l think that I will be
able to give out some information regard
ing the conditions existing on the range
this year and the number OF head OF cattle
sent to South Omaha"
POIicyhOIders' Meeting.
A meeting of policy holders in the New
Equitable has been called for next Tues
day evening at the council chamber. In
case enough policy holders meet the plan
is to secure proxies and send the same to
Thomas w. Lawson. 1t is estimated that