Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-13
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Vote on Sewer Bond Proposition to b
Osnvlssed Tonight,
PAY OF ELECTION OFFICERS A PUZZLE
Mayor KOutsky viii Veto Union
PaciHc street vacation ordinance
Because of Error and n New
one VIII he Passed.

There will be quite lot of business to
transact when the city council meets this
evening. The vote cast at the sewer bond
election will be canvassed and a report Of
the findings filed with the city clerk. 1t is
not expected that any errors will be found
which will change the result as already
published
Then there will be the question Of pay
ing the officials who conducted the primary
election last September. This matter has
never been settled as far as the city is
concerned The election officers declare
that they are entitled to SO each for the
days work from the city, regardless of
what they receive from the county. 1t
will be for the council to decide tonight
whether these claims shall be paid or not.
Mayor Koutsky win hand in a veto Oh
ordinance No. 1875. This is being done at
the request OF the Union Pacific Railroad
company The ordinance is one that was
passed last Thursday night and relates 10
the vacating of certain portions of East
boulevard. After this ordinance, which
was one of four passed for the railroad
company, was enacted, an error was dis
covered and hence the veto. Another ordi-
nance is to be presented to take the place
Of the one returned to the council without
the approval Of the mayor The amended
ordinance is similar 10 the one passed and
TIE change merely changes the record
slightly and provides that the railroad COM
pany do some grading that was not in
cluded in the first ordinance.
Repairing Heavy Track.
The street car company has a force of
men at work raising the track on Twenty
fourth street in places where the rails were
Depressed below the pavement. This work
| will be completed in a few days and then
Il is expected that the paving will COM
mence. Contractor James Parks. who has
| charge Of the Twenty-fourth street paving
said yesterday that just as soon the
street car company had relaid its rails as
| far south as l street that he would start
paving. The concrete mixer is doing good
| work and is kept running ten hours each
day. Mr.. Parks says that he will start al
I street to lay the paving and pave up hill
/ to A street He thinks that with good
weather the east side of Twenty-fourtE
/ street can be paved from A to I street this
| year.
Eleventh Annual BaII.
| Tickets are being sold for the eleventh
annual ball to be given by the South Omaha
/ police force at the Exchange building OF
the evening Of November 20. In the pas
these social affairs given by the police DO
partment have been quite popular and
! Judging from the number OF tickets alread,
sold the large dining room at the Exchange
where the hall will be given. will b.
crowded. There is considerable rivalry
among the police officers as to who can dis
pose of the most tickets, and efforts to dis
pose of tickets keeps up interest in the az
! fair.
Building Operations Continue.
Contractors who still have unfinished
work on hand are doing everything the!
can to push their work. There is still &
demand for all kinds Of labor and men ar
scarce Many of the contractors who havr
buildings now under way are very anXiou!
| TO secure more men in order to finish NJ
! the work in sight before the weather pre-
vents out-of-door work. Two weeks mort
, of fairly good weather will see some Of tn,
| buildings now in course of erection undo
roof and in shape so that indoor work car
he kept up. even il the temperature doe
dron This summer and fall the demand 70
! laborers has far exceeded the supply, ever
though good wages have been offered.
Magic City Gossip.
This is the season of the year when rum
mage sales are all the rage.
Moses Levi. Twentieth and streets, re
| ports the birth of a daughter
The remains of Clarence Reynolds will b
inferred at Oakland. Ia, today.
I Mrs. ". e. Richmond spent Sunday witt
friends here. She returns to Kearnoy today
| son has been born TO MIR. and Mrs
Fred InSersOl sll North Twenty
street.
| G. +. Wright has moved his family iron
! 2S1 NJ street into his new home at Twenty
, eighth and d streets.
Rev, F. NJ. Sisson preached last evenin
at the First Methodist Episcopal church o
the topic. How to Keep from Falling
The police are OBTAINING Joseph Andre.
years of age who ran away from his HON
at Lock Springs, Mo. Notice has been sen
to the boys parents.
The Ladies' auxiliary of branch No. G6
National Association of Letter Carriers, wi
give it's first annual ball 81 the Exchang
building on Thursday evening of this weel
Freight cars in the yards are still bein
broken into and merchandise stolen. TIL
police are looking for some shoes and clotf
ms stolen from a Burlington car Saturda
night.
Banner court, Tribe of Ben Hur, will hol
a meeting at odd Fellows hall on Wedne'
day night. Visitors from Omaha are 81
DeCted and Entertainments will he served \