Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-21
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
City Council Takes Action on the Mud
Greek sewsr Proposition.
CITY ATTORNEY ORDERED 10 REPORT
y. ". G. 4. Asked TO Present waiver
FROM Property Owners before
SECURING Permit for Tenn
porary Building.

When the city council met last night Adj
Rims again brought up the question Of
sewers by Offering the following resolu-
don!
Whereas, on November Z, 1900, a special
election was held for the purpose Of voting
building Of a general sewer sy stem and.
Whereas. Said bonds were defeated. not
because said sewer was not wanted but in
opposition TO the manner in which the
funds were 10 be distributed. especially the
Mud creek sewer, and
Whereas, There is on dle in the city
clerks office contract between the city
n south Omaha and the Union Stock Yards
company relative to the building and main
taining of certain parts OF said Mud creek
Therefore, be II Resolved That the city
attorney be and is hereby instructed TO
report 70 the mayor and city council at its
newt meeting what court proceedings are
now pending against the city OF South
Omaha caused by the so-called Mud creek
nuisance and that the city attorney advise
he mayor and council to the necessary
steps 10 be taken by them To compel the
Inion Stock Yards company to fuihH its
contract with the city
The resolution was adopted without any
discussion
Secretary Marsh OF the local Young
Mems Christian association asked per-
mission TO construct a galvanized iron
building IN the rear Of as North
Twenty-fourth street to be used as II GYM
nasium, This building is to be thirty by
sixty feet aud tho ground is inside the fire
limits. Mr. Marsh stated that the associa-
don had leased the ground floor and base
r1ent In The brick block at 4l3 North
Twenty fourth street in order to provide
more room for the association members
OF late there has been SOME hesitancy
about granting permission to erect frame
I.fatlsI .rftfE a.. pfI-
man Adkins suggested that Secretary
Marsh secure a statement from the owners
u property on the east side of Twenty
'ourth street between NJ and n streets to
he effect that they do not object to such
building as the one proposed. II this
statement is flied permission will be
granted.
John MCGOWAN was allowed S1.5l2 as a
partial estimate on the curbing OF Mis-
souri, avenue. Dan Harmon was given S7Is
m the third estimate on grading Sixteenth
street from ! street to Missouri avenue.
md Johnson & Skow were allowed 5000,
he first estimate. on the new fire depart
uent building
An ordinance was introduced for the lay
ng Of n permanent sidewalk on the north
side OF Madison street from Seventeenth 10
Nineteenth streets
Twenty-third street was read for the FIRST
lime and sent to the judiciary committee.
rhe curb lines on street from Twenty
'ourth TO Twenty-seventh streets are to be
established by ordinance.
Ordinances were ordered drafted for the
aging OF sidewalks on Twenty-seventh
rom to J streets. Two or three claims
we're allowed and the city fathers ad-
iourned
Another Concrete Mixer.
Parks. johnson Parks, the contractors
who are putting down the pavement or
Twenty-fourth street, secured a second
concrete mixer Monday afternoon. The
mixer Is new one just from the factory
and last evening it was being placed In
position at Twenty-fourth and streets
and will be ready to use today. Great
quantities OF material are being unloadet
along the street and everything possible
is being done to hasten the work. NJ
great amount of attention is being paiC
to the putting down of the brick block
only about dozen men working at this
Attention is being centered in getting thu
concrete base down before the weather
prevents the working OF cement jim
Parks says that IL he gets the base down
he can lay the brick even II the weather
is cold. All the men who want work car
ma IL on TINS paving Jop now Inc CIT.
inspectors employed to watch the worl
say that an excellent base is being laiC
and that all of the material used is frs
class. II the weather holds good thi
week the pavement will be down from 4
to street and the concreting down a
far south as NJ street The contractor
are being congratulated ON all sides OF
account of the rapid work they are doing
AS a general thing paving operations IL
South Omaha have dragged along until tn
people became tired of seeing the street
torn up Now the rapid work is causing
q great deal of surprise.
With two mixers at work the contractor
ray that they can put down six blocks o
concrete a week
surveying for Vinduct.
Monday afternoon a party OF Union Pa
cifc engineers. accompanied by City En-
giueer BeaI started to make surveys 70
he viaduct TO be built across the track
Il L street, This viaduct will start a
rwenty-fourth and U streets and its west
'rn terminus will be somewhere In tn
neighborhood Of Twenty-seventh and