Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-12
Personal Injury claims Receive Some
Much Needed Attention.
CITY ATTORNEY READY TO FIGHT BIG LIST
Lambert Loads I'D with Evidence to
Resist and VIII Go Through
Courts 20 Protect the
Taxpayers.

jority Of the. cases photographs OF the To- |
caity where the injuries alleged to have |
taken place have been secured. In looking |
after the claims as soon as filed the legal
department has secured a great deal OF
valuable information and Is in a good po-
sition to make a hard fight. 1t is the
opinion OF the city officials that very few
II any of these claims viii hold when
placed on trial. In any event, should the
decision be against the city, an appeal to
the supreme court will be taken. thus tying
up the case or cases for an indefinite
period In one personal injury claim filed
the statement is made that the injury was
caused by a defective sidewalk, when g
photograph Of the locality shows that there
is no sidewalk there In the $4,000 case
the plaintiff alleges that he walked on
bank in the night and landed on tree
stump. receiving permanent injuries. When
slfted down It was learned by Claim Agent
Barrett that the claimant returned to work
the day following his supposed injuries,
and II was not until an attorney got hold
Of him that he went home and remained
in bed while the papers in the case were
being hled. other cases of a similar ma
ture have been brought to light by the
claim agent.
Find Petition Correct.
Recently City Attorney Lambert reported
to the council adversely on the petition
TO grade the alley between Twenty second
and Twenty-third street from 1 to J
street. The attorney asserted that suf-
icient number of property owners had not
signed the petition. Upon his attention
being called to the matter the city attor-
ney discovered that Claim Agent Barrett
had made an error in comparing the list
of signers with the tax Inst. This petition
lie now declared to b. ell right and it will
most likely be approved when the council
meets next Monday night
OmciaI Notice Prepared.
Today the oficial notice Of the sewer
bond election, TO be held on November Z,
will be printed in the offic1al paper Of the
city. This notice is very lengthy and
covers the matter in detail, giving the
route of the sewers to be constructed In
case the money for the bonds IL voted.
This notice must be published fifteen times.
The mayors proclamation calling . spe-
cial election will be published once on
October IS The proclamation is ready for
the mayor to sign and when the publica-
| ton IL completed the city will have COM
pleted the history OF the bonds up to the
date OF the election.
| POlea Delay WOFk.
| When Contractor MCGOWAN was ready to
start to work setting the ctrbing on Mis-
souri, avenue yesterday he discovered that
the motor electric light and telephone poles
were in the way City officials were at onoe
knotifed and Councilman Adkins called the
attention of the companies TO the position
OF the poles. The electric light company
| put men at work at once moving Its poles
to the proper position and the motor and
telephone companies will move their poles
today. The delay will not amount, to much,
/ as It is expected that all OF the poles will
be moved by tonight. 1t will be necessary
to move all of the poles from Thirteenth
to Twentieth street.
Three schools Disnaissed.
On account Of insufficient heat in the
buildings the pupils at Lincoln and Madl-
| son schools were dismissed today. In four
rooms at the Corrigan school II was neces-
sary to send the children home, as the
heating apparatus in the new part OF the
building failed to work. Steam filters were
notified to make temporary repairs 30 that
the buildings can be heated. The cause is
the construction OF new parts to all Of
these buildings. While the four new rooms
at corrigan school are completed there is
a hitch In the heating plant. At Lincoln
and Madison schools the heating plants will
be hurried to completion as rapidly as pos
sible.
Entertainment Course opens Tonight.
Alton Packard, the cartoonist and hrinor-
list, will present his sketch lecture, Types
OF Uncle Sans Folks in the nrst number
OF the Young Mems Christian association
entertainment course at the high school
auditorium. Thursday evening, at s o'clock.
D. har I'd io q rarfOOntaf a fluent
speaker and a clever impersonatss. While
his delineation of American life in cartoon,
1 impersonation, song and word is full OF
wit, humor and fun. there is a sober
thought through il all which says, Have
a worthy aim in life" From Washington
ID. c., to Denver, Mr.. Packard is flllne
engagements in the heaviest Young Mems
Christian association courses in the eoun.
try.
Magic City Gossip.
C. 8. Bates is building cottage al
Twenty-third and d streets.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. r. Calkins have re-
turned from Cripple Greek. Colo.
Mrs. w. p, Adkins is confined to heI
home with a severe attack Of rheumatism
is in the city visiting friends for a day d
Frank f. Jones, city sanitary inspector
Z confined to his home with an attack Of
|
Twin boys were born yesterday to Mr.
and Mrs James Parks, Seventeenth and
, Missouri avenue,
, Mrs Dana Morrill, is at Emmanuel hos
pital, Omaha, where she underwent al
7 operation yesterday.
Bricklaying on the walls OF the new fT'
department building at TweHty-nfth anS
1, streets commenced yesterday.
Mrs. Charles A. Allen, Thirteenth and n
streets has returned from 81, Joseph Mo,
; where she visited her daughter for eoupl'
OF weeks.
Superintendent Mclean of the publi'
: schools will go TO Lincoln today TO sttenS
the meeting OF the Supeftntendehts' ans
, Principals Associa ton Of Nebraska.
The Highland Park improvement clul
will meet at the Lincoln school house thi
evening TO discuss contemplated improve
ments In general and the sewer bonds Il
particular
; Or, John Koutsky returned from Denye
! Wednesday afternoon. He said that hi
: brother Joseph is quite sick ana that
! will be impossible 10 move him for severa
days. AS soon as he Is able to stand tn
trip Mr.. Koutsky will return TO his hom