Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-21
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Ordinances Will 90 in Tonight for Issuing
Paving Bonds.
COUNCIL EXPECTS A PREMIUM OF s25OO
Opponents of Tvventy-fourth street
Paving Are Expected 60 GO Into
Court for a Restraining
order Later On.

Court for n Restraining
order Later On.
When the city council meets tonight or
dinances are to be presented authorizing
the issuing of bonds for the paving OF
Twenty-fourth street with Pittsburg brick
block. Then will come the advertisement
for bids on bonds to be sold 1t is the In
tention of the council to offer these oonds
at per cent 70 run twenty years. This IL
the same arrangement that was made
when the Missouri avenue paving oonds
were sold for a premium. The hnance
committee of the council figures that the
Twenty-fourth street paving bonds ought
TO bring a premium Of at least $500 as
the Missouri avenue bonds for half the
sum brought a premium OF over N'2OO.
Ever since the paving contract for Twen-
ty-fourth street was let there have been
street rumors of an injunction. This re-
straining order will hardly be issued until
the council advertises for bids and Is
ready to open bids. II is planned by those
who are opposed to the paving at this
time 10 follow about the same tactics as
used in the Missouri avenue case. PARKS
Johnson & Parks secured the contract TOT
this paving, but the Barber Asphalt COM
pany asserts that It was the low bidder
The bid OF the Barber people was not CON
sidered for the reason that samples OF
Des Moines vitrihed brick were not SUD
mitted. These samples were missent ana
arrived after the contract had peeh
awarded.
Should this paving contract go through
the city will be put to an expense OF
about $4,000. with this amount Of money
A.. ,tN, that a good brick
block pavement can be laid form to Q
street.
The contractors will not start work, so II
has been stated, until the bonds have been
sold and the money paid. This decision
of the contractors will most likely put on
the work for some weeks.
Undecided About Building.
No decision has been reached yet by
the officers of the Nebraska Telephone COM
pany regarding the size and height of
the telephone exchange to be erected at
the southeast corner of Twenty-fourth and
X streets. There is debate whether the
proposed exchange shall be two stories or
three. Plans are not drawn yet, although
sketches have been made
! At the present the company is spending
! in the neighborhood of $4,000 in putting
its wires in the principal streets under
ground. This work is being pushed rap
idly as the weather will permit and the
| intention is to get all of the conduits
ordered laid by the city in shape for use by
the end of the year. According to the
ordinance the telephone company has until
December 81 1906 to complete its conduit
system. In order to put the service in the
! best possible condition conduits are being
| laid outside the district ordered by the
authorities. More than likely it will be
| fully a year from the present time before
| all of the conduits are laid and the new
telephone exchange in working order.
Expect Big Receipts.
J Live stock dealers at the stock yards look
for big week in receipts. Sunday started
/ off with a good showing of cattle. Those
who have received reports from shippers
declare that there is going TO be lively
movement in grass cattle this week and the
expectation Is that sheep and hog receipts
| will show some life. Another big horse
sale is coming on and several cars of horses
arrived from the west yesterday.
| Oficers of the Stock Yards company are
preparing to look after all receipts promptly
and stock will be unloaded just as rapidly
as the cars are set at the chutes.
Buyers of feeders are on the market every
day and buyers for the packers want the
DtSN llldA IOillSS il 1O Nlltal lANClg bluulHB
expected.
Another Improvement Club.
Only recently business men on street
met and formed an organization that is
known as the Street Improvement cI''h
The object is to boost N street and to do
everything possible to prevent the property
on n street west of Twenty-sixth street
from falling into decay Since the railroad
tracks have been closed by a fence erected
by the Union Pacific this block. which for
merly was one OF the best business stands
in the city, has fallen in disuse. Store
buildings to the number OF dozen are un-
occupied. With the building of a passenger
station and a freight depot near street
there is some hopes of the vacant buildings
being occupied again AS an evidence that
the club is in the hustling mood seventy
ive sixteen candlepower incandescent lights
are now strung on each side OF the street
from Twenty fifth to Twenty sixth street
These lights burn every night from sun
down until 10 o'clock and on Saturday
nights until II o'clock. One feature about
this club is that little is said about what 1,
going to be done. the members declaring
that results count
Police Raid Old Building.
Last night word reached police headquar.
. ters that lot Of men and women were
, having a glorious time in the old Transit
house. -Four officers went to the building
and made a search. They found that Il
there had been anything doing the evidence
had all disappeared. Three tramps wer,
, arrested They were found sleeping on tn,
. floor In a rear room. When searched at tn,
station the tramps did not have even
[ cigarette paper, let alone having an,
, money. The tramps are in jail and charged
! with vagrancy.
Repairing old Buildings.
At the suggestion Of the city building in
spector some of the old-time shacks in tn,
city are being repaired. Notices OF condem
nation proceedings were sent out SOM
, time ago and in a number of cases tn
= owners set to work at once to have thei
! buildings repaired so as to pass inspection
for another year or two. Some of the cheal
. construction cottages In the southern par
4 OF the city ought to be torn down but eveI
: with no rentals coming in. the houses beinI
vacant the owners refuse to wreck tn
buildings.
Fire Hall Plans Tonight.
II appears 10 be the intention Of the cit
:, oficials to adopt the plans for the fire de
: partment building to be erected az Twenty
! fifth and L streets tonight. These plan
> have been accepted by the fire and polio