Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-26
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Iity Council Passel Twenty Fourth Street
Pond 0rdinaDos.
BIDS ON ISSUE Are NOW INVITED
Advertisements Inserted at once In
Bee Asking for Tenders Up TO
the Evening of Sep
TENDER II.
BIDS ON ISSUE Arc NOW INVITED

nen the city council met yesterday the
hWenty-fourth street paving bond ordi-
nance was passed Mayor Koutsky at
once signed the document and City clerk
Gillin was instructed TO advertise for bids
for the bonds. The advertisement for these
bonds Is now running in The Bee. Bids
will be received from bond buyers up to
g p m September H. Each bid must be
accompanied by a certified check for 81, 900
nd the mayor and council reserves the
light to reject any or all bids In order
, pass this bond ordinance this week three
adjourned meetings Of the council were
Leld, commencing with Wednesday night
These bonds are divided into two portions.
one issue is for 10000 general indebtedness
bonds to be issued In the denomination of
$500 each and to be numbered from / to
12c. The other issue is intersection paving
bonds in the sum OF $4,000 each bond to
be for $500 and numbered from / to 10 in
elusive
Both series draw interest at the rate Of
al per cent per annum. Interest Is payable
March and September each year at the state
fiscal agency in New York. These bonds
bear date of September l and run for
twenty years. The municipality of course
reserves the right to redeem the bonds at
the expiration Of FIVE years. This clause
is inserted in all bonds issued by South
Omaha. Judging from the spirited bidding
when, the Missouri avenue paving bonds
were sold there will be quite an inquiry
from bond buyers for these securities.
Laying Brick sidewalks.
Gus Hamil, the city permanent sidewalk
contractor, has been engaged all the week
putting down brick sidewalks on Twenty
NTH and Twenty-sixth streets. from
street north to the city limits. These walks
are being laid mostly in front of the prop
erty OF nonresidents who have either az
ranged with Hamil or where notices have
not been given attention. In the latter
case the cost of laying the walks will be
taxed to the abutting property.
Several miles of permanent walks have
been laid in South Omaha this year, as the
work commenced almost as soon as the
frost was out of the ground. 1t is inn
possible TO tell at this time the total length
of permanent walks in the city, as the
work will not be measured until this kind
of work ceases in the fall.
An attempt was made to have cinder
walks laid in some portions OF the city
where the streets were not to grade. but
property owners objected to this kind Of
walk and many Of the ordinances for the
laying Of cinder walks are being held up
by the judiciary committee and will not
be taken out of the pigeon holes this year
Club Elects Omcers.
Thursday evening the Highland Park
Improvement club met at the Lincoln
school building for the purpose of electing
officers and taking over Improvement mat
tiers. The officers: J. NJ. Guild, president:
Charles A. Durham, vice president; II.
D. Waldo. secretary; o. X. Paddock, treas
urer G. w. Miller A. L. Hunter, j. F.
constitute the executive committee. One
of the improvements talked over was the
grading OF r street west from Twenty
sixth street and also the grading Of the
north end Of nty-seventh~ street. II
was decided TO hold a picnic at Highland
park some evening soon. This picnic will
be for the residents in the Highland Park
Improvement club district.
Union Pacific Pays Taxes.
City Treasurer Howe received check
from the Union Pacific yesterday for
&,403 as payment in full for the paving
tax on Railroad avenue. This paving tax
Is due in ten annual installments, but the
railroad officials decided to pay the en-
tire tax at once. thus getting the matter
out OF the way. When the question of
vacating a portion OF Twenty-seventh
street between NJ and n streets for depot
purpose was before the council member
OF the Commercial club opposed the pass
ing of the ordinance on the ground that
It had been rumored that the Union Pa
cifc intended to contest the legality Of
the Railroad avenue paving tax. The pay
ment OF the entire sum yesterday shows
that the railroad company probably had
no intention of going to law about this
paving tax,
Magic City Gossip.
j. A. Cavers is spending a short vaca-
ton in Canada.
sherman r. Cox has returned from
trip TO the Pacihc coast.
James H. Bulla is In South Dakota look
ing after some land claims.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burke are entertaining
Mrs. Charles Tanner OF Memphis.
Edward Hanlon has gone TO Newcastle,
wyo, where ne has secured a good posi-
ton
Martin Tighe is reported to be danger
ously Ill al his home. Twenty-nfth and o
streets.
Praising God" will be DR.. Tindalrs
morning topic at the First Methodist Epis-
copal church Sunday.
Mrs. Charles e. Scarf and son, Bernard,
have returned from Iowa, where they
visited friends for a week.
Rev. ". =; Patton will occupy the pull
pit at the First Presbyterian church Sun
day morning. No evening service.
If a South Omaha resident wants to start
somethingFjust ask Senator Gibson about
that ball game at Manawa Thursday.
Rev, George Van Wrinkle has returned
from a months vacation spent In the east
and will occupy his pulpit at the First
Baptist church Sunday.
Funeral services over the remains OF
John c. Carroll were held at St. Bridgets
church Friday forenoon. Interment was
at Holy Sepuichre cemetery.
John Whalen, son of Mrs. Mary Whalen,
50 South Twenty-fourth street, died at
Kansas City Thursday. The remains will
nient.