Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
City Finds that Thirtisth strsst Paving
Bends Are Illegal
DISCOVERY MADE BY A TRUST COMPANY
City OmciaIs win Make Energetic
Effort 20 Have Matter Adjusted
SO that Property viii
stand Expense.

Purchasers Of tax titles under the scav-
enger law have discovered what looks to
be serious error in the issuing of inn
provement bonds for the paving of Thir-
tieth street. A year ago Thirtieth street.
from Q street south to street was
graded and paved. Purington brick block
being used. In order TO pay the cost OF
this grading and paving Improvement bonds
In the sum of $4,000 were issued After
the paving had been completed and the
bonds issued the cost Of the Improvement
was assessed against the property
These bonds bear date of September 1,
1904, and draw per cent interest, running
ten years. with the usual Ave years OPP
tional clause. w. J. Hayes & Sons of
Cleveland purchased the bonds. Some OF
the heavy property owners on Thirtieth
street were evidently posted some time
ago regarding the issue being illegal, for
only small proportion of the special taxes
levied for this work has been paid into
the city treasury
Only few days ago agents of the Con-
tinental company who are engaged in pur-
chasing property under the soavenger law
discovered that the issue of bonds and
the levying Of a special tax was illegal
The attention of City Treasurer Howe has
been called to the matter and an effort is
to be made on Monday to get to the bot
tom OF the affair and endeavor to straighten
out the tangle so that money may be
collected to keep UP the payment of In
trust company are credited with saying
that the special tax for the Improvements
on this street cannot be collected from
the abutting property owners In case
this is a fact it will mean one more paving
district to be declared illegal and the cost
of the grading and paving will have to be
borne by the city
Alleged RObber Arrested.
Saturday afternoon Chief of Police Briggs
returned from Fremont, having in custody
James ]. Buckley. The chief declares that
Buckley is wanted for participating In the
holdup and robbery of vlock's saloon in
Albright on the evening of November s.
After the holdup a fairly good description
of the holdup men was secured from vlock
and printed descriptions sent out. Friday
Chief Briggs received word from Fremont
that Buckley had been arrested there
After being locked up in the city jail Buck
ley declared that he was innocent, but the
chief insists that he has secured a\state.
ment from Buckley in which the prisoner
admits his guilt.
General Teachers Meeting.
Superintendent Mclean of, the public
schools announced Saturday that he had in
vited DR.. Guy w. Wadsworth, president Of
Bellevue college, and w. H. Clemmons
president of the Fremont Normal school
to deliver addresses at the next genera
teachers meeting to be held on December 9
Both of these we'll known educators have
accepted the invitation. All friends of I'll,
public schools are invited to attend thii
meeting. which is TO be held in the Assem-
bly, room at the high school building.
City Engineer Busy.
Just at this time City Engineer dermar
| Beal and his assistants are very busy look
| ing after the improvements and building
now going on. Engineer Beal divides hi
time between the Twenty-fourth street paw
ing and the curbing on Missouri avenue
When not looking after this work he Il
setting stakes for new buildings and dwell
| ings about to be erected, Employees of tn
! engineers Office have not been so busy 70
, a long time as they are just now. Nam
who are contemplating building want sur
veys made so that there will be no delay II
starting work I'm the spring, while the worl
now going on demands constant attention
1t is considered a very good sign to Sc
the engineers department so full OF bust
ness at this time of the year.
Preparing Improvement Ordinance
Saturday afternoon City Attorney Lam
bert drafted an ordinance for the curbinl
and guttering of Twenty-third street iron
the city limits on the north to Missouri
avenue. This ordinance will be sent to tn
city council for first reading on Monda,
night. After it's passage. approval and pub
LEGATION, the council will be in position to lie
the contract for this work, so that an earl,
start may be made in the spring. No eff
fort is to be made to have this curbing an
gutterlng done this year
Bargains in Groceries.
Great bargains in groceries at Welsh 1
Co. g all OF this week. Look at the follow
ing prices:
All of our best Nebraska patent nours
$1.05 per sack,
Best corn meal. per sack. y cents.
Best Graham -four, per sack, 20 cents.
Forest City pan cake flour, per package
cents.
Two packages Egg % See, Is cents.
Eight pounds navy beans, IS cents.
Pearline. per package. 8 cents.
Lump starch, per pound cents
Three pounds best lard. 20 cents.
Table syrup, gallon cans. Is cents.
Three packages Quaker Oats, % cents
We will also continue our special S5C
combination order all this week
WELSH & CO.,
21s Street. Telephone 81.
street Force Pay Roll.
Last week the pay roll for the men EN-
ployed on the street repair force amounte
to s272. With the expenditure of thi
amount of money Mayor KoutslSy manage
to get great deal of work done. The cit
road machine was kept busy all the wee
rounding up uhpaved streets east G
Twenty-fourth street. This week the ma
chine will be put to work in the territor