Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-09
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Big PetsrVjstO POOi Mil Construction to
Begin July 10
EIGHT STRUCTURES so FAR COMPLETED
Police Pail In Mas and Mary Hirseh-
man, Junk Dealers. on Charge
Of Receiving stolen
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Work will start on Monday. July 10. on
the buildings to be erected In the northern
part OF the city for the Peters stock
tood mill This statement was made
yesterday by II, Lemn OF Omaha who
mas been engaged by the company 10 su-
perintend the construction Of the buildings.
hiue prints showing the preliminary
sketches OF the proposed buildings have
oeen lett by Mr.. Lemm with City Engineer
BeaL These prints show only the GROUND
plans and do not give the height OF buIlo.
ings. The fIst work to he done is the
excavating and the expectation Is that this
VIII be completed by tho end Of the week
ny that time Mr.. Peters and his ASSOC
ciates expect to have water on the grounds
50 that the mixing Of cement can starr
When the proposition OF the construction
OF this mill was placed before the council
N. c. Peters called attention to the lack
OF water on or near the site he had pur.
chased and the council agreed that fire
hydrant would be ordered located near the
mill building This order will be issued
by the council Monday night and the
request made that the two blocks OF main
pipe be laid as soon as possible so as not
TO delay the construction work
The ground plans show a hay barn 75xI50
determined. Two molasses tanks OF steel
thirty feet in diameter and thirty-sNx feet
In height, arc to be built Then there IA
the mill building, which will occupy ground
space fOx60 feet. a cutting mill is also
plepned This viii be forty feet in length
by thirty in width. A dry kiln sixty feet
in length by twenty in width is shown on
the plat Then there Is a warehouse fifty
feet in length by thirty In width One Of
the largest structures win be the corn
rdill which is to be 100 feet in length and
thirty-two in width. All of the buildings
VIII he Of mill construction with n sheetlng
OF corrugated iron. The engine house
25xfO feet, and the boiler house, s2x4O feet
VIII be built OF brick
II Is also proposed to construct two ele-
vatDrs, one on the Union Pacific tracks
ami the other on the Burlington tracks
with tanks between
These buildings will rest on heavy con-
crete piers Mr.. Peters has requested the
burlington to get its tracks on Twenty
ninth street. from A to d streets in as
soon as possible. Until this Is done the
min company will receive It's building mate
rial over the tracks used by the Lawrence
Shot company.
While the preliminary work is going
on the architect engaged will proceed with
the plans and a decision Will soon be
reached as to the height Of the buildings.
No estimate of the cost of the buildings
could be given by Mr.. Lemm. Quantities
Of material have been ordered and the
understanding seems to be that the work
is to be pushed.
Junk Dealers Arrested.
Max and Mary Hirschman, living at 232s
South Twenty-ninth street, Omaha, were
arraigned before Police Judge King at
South Omaha Saturday on a charge OF
breaking an entering. fled by w. II. Cres-
sey. foreman Of the Joint Car Inspection
association.
few night ago a storehouse in the rail-
road yards at South Omaha was brok IN
into and brass fittings valued at Sss stolen.
Omaha police officers made the arrests and
lopated the stolen brass, After being placed
under arrest the prisoners were turned over
10 the South Omaha police. Judge King
held Hirschman and hts wife in bonds
amounting to 500 each. The prisoners
made an effort during the afternoon to Sc
cure bonds that would be acceptable TO
Judge King, but had not succeeded in do
ing so up to last evening.
Mrs. Hlrschman admits that she bought
the brass from two young men and paid
them IS. The brass fitting were found IN
Mrs.. Hirschman's bedroom. The South
Oiudnd poilce are Trying 10 get MRS, HirSCh-
man to tell who the young men were who
sold the brass to her but she insists that
she does not know their names Railroad
detectives are OF the opinion that the
Hirschman people had hand in the Job
OF breaking and entering the storehouse
The stolen brass weighed All pounds and
the police assert that they can prove that
Hirschman hitched his horse to a wagon at
o'clock one morning and drove to the
ftorehouse where the brass was kept Mrs
+. Hirschman insists that her husband did not
know that she had bought the brass.
May File Remembrance
There was a rumor around the city hall
Saturday to the effect that on Monday q
remonstrance against the paving of Tween
ty-fourth street would be filed with the
council. A number OF city officials were
busy trying to ascertain who had posses
sion of the remonstrance. but failed 10 Sc
> cure any definite information, Unless a
remonstrance is filed on Monday the coun-
ell will bring this paving ordinance up for
its third reading on Monday night. and II
passed the ordinance will at once be signed
by the mayor This ordinance calls for the
paving OF Twenty-fourth street. from A tC
Q street. swith vttrihed brick II IL pre-
sumed that the reported remonstrance is to
be filed by property owners who prefer
asphalt.
Merrill Wants Bids.
Dana morrill,. chairman OF the COMMITTEES
VI buildings and grounds OF the Board OF