Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-04
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Council Meeting to Be Postponed Until
Tuesday Evening.
AUCTION SALE or SMALL BOND ISSUE
Construction OF n New Fire Depart
ment Headquarters H. Engaging
PrnyerfuI Consideration OF
City OmciHlu.

While tonight is the date for the regular
meeting Of the city council. an adjourn
ment will be taken until Tuesday evening
on account OF today being a holiday. Two
or three matters of Importance will come
up Tuesday evening One will be- the sell
ing Of grading bonds at public auction.
These bonds are for 5000 and are issued
to pay the cost OF eredlng Sixteenth street
| from Missouri avenue to 1 street Interest
| is payable semi-annually at the rate Of
| per cent and the bonds run for six years.
| 1t is presumed that the contractor who
graded the street will purchase the bonds.
| as that is the custom where bonds in such
small amounts are Issued.
! Considerable interest centers in the bids
| for the construction Of fire department
headquarters. The plans for this building
have been on exhibition at the ONCE OF
the architect for a couple Of weeks and
number Of builders have looked over the
! specifications and asked for bidding blanks.
! The construction OF this building has been
delayed to such an extent that in some
| circles It is predicted that the building
| will not be ready for occupancy this fall
= New quarters for No. FIRE company are
| badly needed, as the present station on
! Twenty-fourth street is extremely cold in
| winter and the accommodations are not
| at all suitable for fire department house
| especially in winter. While the council
does not want to spend more than $4,000
on the proposed building this year, the
completed structure will cost about $4,000.
1t is on this account that those interested
are anxious to see just how the bids will
, be submitted.
The law requires that the council appoint
| 81 hoard ~ OF Il in GanfAr11far NJ
each year, but the election laws are in
such a tangle that this matter may be de-
ferred until the meeting on September II.
Wants His Money.
my name calls Charles Tschirmer" is
the way a letter received by the police de-
! partment yesterday starts out. In his
communication Tschirmer states that while
in South Omaha few days ago he was
arrested and his money taken from him,
also a knife. and the property was not
returned when he was discharged by Judge
King. The writer of the letter is an old
man who lives at Plattsmouth. He was
picked up on the streets by a policeman,
intoxicated to the degree that he could not
take care OF himself When searched the
police relieved him OF S.35 and knife
Judge King discharged the prisoner and
told him to get home at once The old
man was so excited that he never thought
about calling on the city TALLER for his
package. Detective Elsfelder is going to
Plattsmouth in day or two and will take
the old mans money to him.
Building Prospects brighter
Contractors and lumber dealers are hope
full that September will be a good month for
building Dealers in lumber assert that
! they have been doing quite bit Of figuring
and contractors declare that a number Of
people who have put of building houses or
making repairs are planning to go ahead
this month Building Inspector Vineyard
says that several property owners have
talked with him about securing permits
and he thinks that the September permits
will be more than double the number takon
out last month.
Bids for Fuel.
c. M Rich. chairman of the supply COM
mittee of the Board OF Education is advsr-
Using for bids for fuel and kindllng wood.
/ Walnut block, anthracite, Cherokee slack,
, Weir City slack. and pine slabs for kind
ling, will be bid on. No estimate of the
. amount of coal needed is given as last
years figures cannot be used this year on
! account of the additions now being built 10
three of the school buildings. These new
! rooms Will be ready for use sometime this
: fall and larger amount Of coal than ever
consumed before will be required Bids
for coal and kindling will be received by
z Mr. Rich until o. m. September II.
! HedEren Finds Checks.
? Gus Hedgren reported to the police Sat
! urday that he had been robed OF two checks
amounting to 1884 The police went TO work
( on the case but could not get a clue, and
4 no wonder, for Hedgren had secreted the
: checks in his underwear and had forgotten
! where he had made the plant When He'd.
> gren came to go to bed Saturday night he
found the checks all right and Sunda,
= morning he notified the police
i Magic City Gossip.
a | f. ID. Eckman is back from a visit with
: friends at Des Molnes.
S The South Omaha public schools will
S open week from today.
n Mrs. James H. Bulla has gone to Colorado
and expects to make quite a stay.
n James Breen, night Tailor at police head
y quarters, Is taking ten days vacation
y | Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Bennett have re
. turned from California, where they spen
: | nine months.
y N. B. Mead manager of the Westerr
: ! Union office here has returned from an eN
I. tended eastern trip
a Mrs, G, w. Mason is entertaining he
q of Kalamazoo, Mich.
9 Chief CARAT OF the fire department 4
Il sun hunting Tor his watch, which wa
Il stolen from his home Thursday night
= Mrs. II. G. Richmond sang The Gren
n White Throne" at the, morning serS,ices a
e day gun
:, Miss Cora, Holmes, daughter of Mr.. an,
Mrs: II. l.. Holmes, has returned from tn
Pacific coast where she spent most OF In
= summer. "
His First visit
r Look here, Halton, why in creation di
you lure me into buying ticket for thu