Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Likelihood that Paving Of Twenty Fourth
Will Be Prevented.
RERoNSTRANcE SEEMS TO Be ALL RIGHT
IntimatIon that There ~ More Behind
the Paving Fight Than Appears
on the Surface Mt
Present.

City Engineer Beal ana the city attorney
are looking over the remembrance against
the paving of Twenty-fourth street There
seems to be some hope among city officials
that the remonstrance will not pan out
strong enough to prevent the letting Of a
contract for the paving. Engineer Beal
said last evening that, eliminating some
duplicates, the remonstrance contained sig
natures representing 6.S22 feet frontage.
Only 5000 feet is needed to block the
paving under the present law. On the
face of the remonstrance there is enough
to spare to prevent the going ahead with
the proposed paving.
Should the remonstrance now on record
be found sufficient there is no hope for the
paving Of the street until the law is
changed For vitrihed brick pavement
the city engineer has estimated the cost
at So per front foot. A sixty-foot lot would
therefore be assessed $3.50 and the property
owner would have ten years to complete his
payments at the rate of SIS each year.
The existing law holds that the property
owners on Twenty-fourth street must pay
three-ffths of the cost and the city two
ffths with the city paying for the paw
ing at intersections the cost to abutting
property owners would be 441h per cent of
551k per cent. The total cost of the paving
with vitrifed brick is estimated at about
$1,000.
One trouble about this paving seems to
be that the North Twenty-fourth street
property owners want the same advantages
that were given to the South Twenty-fourth
property people when that roadway was
paved When the law was in force that
permitted the paving of South Twenty
fourth street the property owners paid one
third and the city at large two-thirds,
and then the city paid for paving the inter-
sections.
It looks as II there was really more be-
hind this paving fight than is shown on the
surface. There seems to be a fight on be-
tween paving brick contractors. and then
there is the asphalt end to contend with.
F. J. Lewis Of Rock Island, Ill, is the
owner of considerable property on Twenty
fourth street and he wants to have the
street paved with asphalt, as he is reported
to be heavily interested in a number Of as
phalt companies.
It has been suggested@that business men
get together and endeavor to have the ques-
ton OF asphalt or brick settled so that the
street may be paved. AS the roadway now
| laws II is a disgrace to big packing center
| like South Omaha. Members of the city
| council declare that they are willing to
do anything that the property owners want
and will pass an ordinance for any kind
| Of pavement that is preferred.
Special Meeting Thursday Night.
It is understood that a meeting of the
| city council will be held on Thursday
night At this meeting the annual levy
! ordinance will be introduced The esti-
mates as given by the report of the finance
committee will be used In the making of
! the levy ordinance and there will hardly
be any change from the figures submitted
as the council adopted the report of the
committee. The annual. levy must be
made between July 1 and July Is, and
! the meeting Thursday night will put the
ordinance on its way TO a speedy passage
stanley Passes Examination.
! Telegraphic reports from Washington
yesterday announce that Emory d. Stan
| ley had passed the examination for as
! sstant paymaster in the navy Mr.. Stan
/ ley is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Stan
| ley. for many years residents of South
Omaha, but recently located in Chicago
| Young Stanley went through the South
| Omaha High school with honors and after
I leaving school was for time an accountant
in one of the packing house Offices His
many friends in the Magic City will be
more than pleased to learn that he has
| passed the examination and will soon be
| commissioned as an assistant paymasteI
in the navy.
George Mcbride Returns.
George Mcbride returned Wednesday
night from an extended western trip. He
and his wife spent six weeks on the Pa
cihc coast. While away he visited r. A
( ~
Omaha, at his home in Spokane and was
treated royalty Mr.. Mcbride says that
carp" sent his kindest regards to all
of the boys in South Omaha. Mrs. Nc
! Bride stopped on her way home to visit
her parents ont In the state and Mr.. Nc
Bride left last night for South Dakota
| In talking OF the Portland fair, Mr.. Nc
| Bride said that 1t was well worth visiting
and that he had a lot of fun hitting the
trail"
July Breaks Death Record.
For the eleven days of July this year not
a single death has occurred in South
Omaha. In looking over the records OF
| former years the death rate in July was
generally high, especially among children
This record for the present month is con
| sidered something out of the ordinary and
is causing considerable talk about the city
| building, Undertakers say that as a gen
eral thing when there is a depression in all
lines of business the death rate falls off
Be that as 1t may South Omaha people are
certainly enjoying good health this month
Grading Taxes Coming Due.
Grading taxes for street from Twenty
third to Twenty-fourth, D street between
the same block. l street from Twenty
| fifth to Twenty-sixth street and ] street
| from Twenty to Twenty-ffth street
are now entered upon the city treasures
books The treasurer is ready to receive
payment at any time. These grading taxes
become delinquent on August % of this
year. and from that date interest will be
charged at the rate Of l per cent a month
until paid. AS the taxes for the grading
! Of these streets is not heavy It is expected
that property owners will come in promptly
! and settle
Morgan shoots at Woman.
| William Morgan is being hunted by the
South Omaha police for having taken three
| shots a Mrs MfIlar rpbfrt,r a -gt q, -