Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-10
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
lDity Council Spends Egening with Street
Improvements Again.
UNION PACIFIC AND f STREET CROSSING
General Manager MOhIer IL 60 BE
Asked once More 60 station
Waterman At This Dam
Eerous Place.

AN1n adjourned session last evening the city
4 council listened to the reading of the
amended intersection bond ordinance for
Twenty-fourth street and referred the doc
ument to the judiciary committee Another
meeting will be held today when the ordi-
nance will be passed.
Recently several of the city officials held
a conference with A. L. Mohler general
manager Of the Union Pacific, in regard
10 the securing of protection TO pedestrians
and teams at the F street crossing. A
viaduct was asked for and Mr.. Mohler
agreed to take the matter up. Last night
a letter was read from Mr.. Mohler sug-
costing that an electric bell be placed at
the crossing. This suggestion did not meet
with the approval of the council and the
letter was placed on file. Another visit
will be paid to Mr. Mohler with a view to
securing q Waterman
George E. Dunsconbe was awarded the
contract for laying brick sidewalks for the
year ending June 90 HIS bid was liz
cents per square yard for three foot walks,
II cents for four foot walks and 10h cents
for FIVE foot walks.
City Attorney Lambert reported unfavor.
ably on the petition to grade the alley
between Twenty and Twenty-third
HtItdAH AIoif L " . blidtls IlS hSHci NOb
that the petition was defective In that a
suficieut number Of property owners had
not signed. The report was adopted.
Ordinances were read the first time pro
viding for the laying of permanent side
walks on the south side of washington
street from Eighteenth street to Railroad
avenue, on Thirty-third street from H tC
/ and on Sixteenth street from I street L
Missouri avenue.
An ordinance was passed providing fo1
the establishment of curb lines on Twenu
eth street from @ to Missouri avenue anC
giving permission to park the street.
The IRE and water committee was in
structed to have some repairs made Il
fire halls Nos and 8.
One Of the important matters was the In
PRODUCTION of an ordinance refunding al
issue OF $4,000 general bonds at AZ pc
cent. These bonds have been running fiv
years and the council desires to refun
the issue in order to cut down the rat
of. interest. The new issue will be date
i November l and bids will soon be adver
u tsed for. According to the ordinance tn
per cent interest will cease on Novem
J Der l.
A large number of permanent sidewalk
were ordered laid where property owner
had been notified and have failed to com
ply with the orders Of the council.
Locating Election Booths.
Mayor Koutsky and City Clerk Gill
made arrangements Monday for a stor
building for holding the election on Noven
n Der Z, Booths will be located as follows
= First Ward-F1rst precinct, FItzlmmoni
ssGPG k snd o1tS
fourth street
Second Ward-First precinct, northwet
corner Twentieth and 8 streets: Secon
precinct, Twenty fourth and Q streets.
Third Ward-Frst precinct, Twenty-fri
and Railroad avenue; Second precinc
Thirty-fourth and u streets.
Fourth Ward-First precinct, 121 Mort
.'wentysixth street; Second precinct. Thi
tieth and Q streets
fifth Ward-First precinct. lumber offic
Thirtieth and G streets; Second precinc
Lenagh's. Thirty ninth and L streets.
Twenty-ffth street; Second precint
Markey's bakery, Twenty-fourth and
streets.
Red Men Convene Today.
Today the Improved Order OF Red M,
will meet in annual state convention
Workmen temple. Quite a number of h
delegates. reached the city Monday al
last night there was an open meeting
Red Men at Masonic hall. The delegat
were entertained by he local lodge of R
Men. At 10 O'Clock this forenoon the co
vention will be called to order by G. '
Ipskeep of Falls City, who is the SUPPER
representative of the order in Nebrask
About eighty delegates are expected a.
the convention will last for three days.
Joseph KOutsky Seriously III.
Joseph Koutsky is seriously Ill In DENY,
kilograms from there to Mayor Kouts
are to the effect that Joseph is suffer-
from appendicitis. Last Thursday
Koutsky went to Denver to buy sol
feeder cattle. Monday forenoon<a telegrs
was received by the mayor giving the
formation that his brother was In b
shape. Later telegram reached
- mayor directing that he have JOSEPH
~ wife and his brother, Dr. John Koutsl
start for Denver at once. DR.. Koutsky a
Mrs. Koutsky left Monday afternoon I
Denver, and expect to arrive there Il
morning.
City Warrant Call.
City Treasurer Howe issued a call Nc
day for city warrants aggregating $7,C
This callvi is for general fund warrants
\ TO and including registered No. 1884,
fund warrants Including No. 1898 and str
- repair warrants to and including No.
y Interest on these outstanding warral
ceases today The city treasurer wot
like to have these outstanding warral
presented for payment as soon as possit
Rain Delays Work.
All out of door work had to be suspend
Monday on account of the rain. The OF
conduit trenches OF the telephone oompo
filled with water and necessitated the Il
ing on of the men. It was the intent
of Parks, Johnson & Parks to st
tearing up the asphalt pavement on Tw
ty-fourth street, but nothing could be do
~,
will be put at this work For the sa
reason Contractor McGowan' found Il
possible to make a start toward the curb
OF Missouri avenue, Excavating for
Union Pacific depot and for the new