Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-31

and the frequent passing on nearby tracks
Of heavy engines and loaded cars caused
the cavern. Workmen braced the dirt wall
as much as possible and stopped work until
the weather Is more seasonable for the lay
ing Of concrete. Should today be fair work
will be resumed and the building Of the
foundation walls pushed as rapidly as pos
sIble.
Japanese Child Born.
A daughter was born yesterday to Mr..
and Mrs. Kinya Okajima, 1924 North Twen-
ty-seventh street. AS far as the city's rec
ords go this is the first Japanese child ever
born in South Omaha. Mr. Okajlma came
to South Omaha in July, 1905. with the
japanese colony of laborers who came from
Colorado and wyoming to work in the
packing houses during the strike. Ever
since coming here Mr.. okajima has acted
as the head of the Japanese colony. He
speaks English fuently and is exceedingly
we'll educated.
Roads Heavy with Mud.
Country roads are in very bad condition
on account of the damp weather and light
snow. Very few farmers came into the
city yesterday and those who did said that
teams had hard time The unpaved streets
in the city are in very bad condition and
the using of the road machine has stopped
temporarily. Mayor Koutsky expects to
get great deal of work done with the road
machine before the ground is frozen too
hard. but nothing I'm the way of street re-
pairs can be done this kind of weather.
Planning Another Viaduct.
General Manager Mohler OF the Union
Pacific announced Monday that prepare
lions were being made by the engineering
department to draw plans for a viaduct
across the tracks south of Swift's. sThis
viaduct is to extend from Twenty fourth
and L streets TO a point near Twenty-sev-
enth and Y streets It will span the Union
Pacific and Rock Island tracks as well as
the switches and sdetracks. There has
been demand for 2 vaduct at this point
for a number of years and President Adkins
of the city council has been urging the
necessity of a viaduct south of Q street.
During the summer preliminary survey
was made, but on account of other work of
a pressing nature the viaduct proposition
was dropped for the time The expectation
is that plans for this proposed bridge will
be drawn this winter and that construction
will commence in the spring.
Magic city Gossip.
| Mondays damp. chilly weather tended to
! put stop to some out of door work.
/ The Parsifal club will give a dancing
, party at odd Fellows hall this evening.
James Cunningham is back from Fort
| Dodge, Kan, where he visited for few
! days.
Jay Williams has returned from Colorado
where ne spent ten days looking after some
| business matters.
The teachers and pupils of the Hawthorne
/ school are making preparations for an en-
/ tertainment to be given soon at the hiGn
| school auditorium.
| A G. Miller has returned from Denver
| When he went west he intended locating In
| Denver but he declares that South Omaha
| is good enough for him.
| Banner court No. rs, tribe of Ben Hur
| will meet at Odd Fellows hall on Wednes.
| day evening. All members are requested
| to be present. Refreshments will be served
Miss Alice Drake entertained couple
| of dozen friends with a Hallowe' en- party
! at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. T. Ever
! EFT, 1910 North Twenty-irst street, last
| evening.
Work still continues on the Twenty-fourtf
| street paving. About three blocks OF tbs
| old pavement has been torn up, but
start has not been made on the laying Of
new pavement
Chief Briggs put on a score of specla
policemen last night to prevent the de
| struction Of property by crowds OF boy
and girls celebrating Halloween. TIT
same force will be put on again tonight II
| citizens clothes.