Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-19
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Street Car Transfers Come Up Again fol
Brief Discussion.
EFFORT TO TEST ORDINANCE IN SIGHT
Councilman Kiewit wants TO Know
~ city Can Enforce Regulation
Against the street Railway
Company.

Considerable business was transacted in
a short time by the city council last night.
Member Kiewit brought up the old matter
of street car transfers. During the summer
the council passed an ordinance directing
the Omaha s. Council Bluffs Street Railway
company to issue transfers at certain cross
ings now not down on the list. No attention
has been paid to this ordinance by the off,
GERS Of the transportation company Now
Mr.. Hewitt desires that the city attorney
advise the council as to the proper method
of procedure to enforce the ordinance. Mr..
Lambert is to be requested to hand in an
opinion on this matter during the present
week.
The contract with johnson & Skow for
the building Of the new fire department
house was returned signed along with
bond from the contractors The bond is in
a surety company and is for 5000. The
bond was approved. 1t was stated that the
contra ctors would get TO work on the build
ing just soon as the weather would per-
init.
Adkins brought up the question of APP
pointing a superintendent of construction
and the committee on buildings and grounds
will look up a competent man during the
week and report next Monday night along
with the salary to be paid a superintendent
Under the agreement with the architect
who drew the plans he is not to have
charge of the construction of the fire hail.
so It will be necessary for the council 20
name a man in order that the city's inter-
ests will be protected. The contract price
for this building is Sl3,6sO.
Mayor Koutsky appointed Charles l.
Hendricks as custodian of the city's voting
machines and the appointment was ap-
proved. ~
Ordinances were passed ordering per-
manent sidewalks laid within fifteen days
on these streets: NJ street from Twenty
| second to Twenty-third, Thirty third from
II to i, on west side of Thirtieth street
from Madison to Monroe. on south side OF
Monroe from Thirtieth to Thirty-frst, on
west side of Thirty-hrst from Monroe to
jackson.
The ordinance adopting the plans for a
| complete sewer system was read for the
third time and passed.
Clerk Gillin was instructed to notify the
property owner on Twenty-sixth street
just north of street, to remove the old
| street scales and relay the pavement.
The electric street light on West L street
at the Burlington tracks will be moved to
| the center of the new Burlington viaduct
| across the tracks.
! Proceedings OF the Board Of Equalization,
which met September II and 12 we're read
and approved.
Unofficial Primary Returns.
| When the count of the vote cast at the
| primaries today is completed unofficial re-
turns are to be made by the election Of
fcers to the city clerk. Special envelopes
and blanks will be placed In each ballot
box, the tickets to be filled out and en-
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clerk at the city hall as soon as possible
after the count is completed. The cleo
ton officers are appointed by the mayor
and council, and 1t is the request of the
city oficials that particular attention b,
paid to the filling out and sending In Of
these returns.
Plenty of sheep.
| Mondays receipts of sheep numbered
1850 head, the largest of the season t
date, and, In fact, the heaviest on any on,
day since october last On account of tn,
excellent facilities here for handling sheer
y large proportion reached the big sheer
barns dry The few wet ones had beer
loaded during the rain and did not dry on
any in the cars en- route to this market
Feeder sheep and lambs were plentiful
and a large number of feeder buyers wer
on hand to look over the hocks, but buy
ing was not brisk as the feed lot owner
look for a drop in the present prices.
DIR. TindaII Transferred.
Rev. d. X. Tindall, for a year pastor o
the First Methodist Episcopal church, ma
been transferred by the Methodist confer
ence to Norfolk where he takes the posi-
ton of presiding elder. During his sta
in South Omaha DR. Tindall made man.
friends, and his removal to another field o
labor is regretted by the congregation o
the church here Rev. F. NJ sisson o
Norfolk has been assigned to the Soutl
Omaha Methodist church. DR.. Tindall /
expected to preach his farewell sermo
next Sunday.
stREnant water.
All over the city great pools of stagnan
water have accumulated on account of tn
recent heavy rains. whiles these stagnan
pools are not much of a nuisance at pres
ent, they will be as soon as the tempers
ture rises. Steps win be taken by the cit
authorities to abate this nuisance just a
soon as the weather clears sufficiently t
permit repairs TO the streets and the drair
ing OF these pools. 1t will cost a larg
sum OF money to put the streets in passa
bic condition again, but there is suficier
! money in the street repair fund 10 do a
the work necessary before the groun
d freezes.
? Death of Joseph Craeger.
4 Joseph Craeger died at his home, Twenty
. first and streets Monday afternoon aftt
: suffering for some time with gastriti
Members of Bee Hive lodge No. 1874, A. ]
z and A. NJ. are requested to meet at II
!, hall Thursday morning at o'clock to a
e tend the funeral in a body. Short service
l. will be held at the family residence at
e a. m. Thursday after which the remain
e will be conveyed to Logan, Ia, for intel
h ment. The deceased had been employed Il
o a number OF years with the Union Pacif
y and was well known. He leaves a wife an
r a son.
: Magic City Gossip.
Primaries today. Republicans should r
member to get out early.
j. c. Wright Is building a 81 900 house
Twenty-eighth and ID streets.
. st. Bridget's court No. 6O6 Ladies of II
Catholic Order OF FOresters will give