Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-01
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Dr., Don q. Aver Talks Of the New Inspec-
ton Service at Packing Houses
NUMBER OF MEN TO Be ADDED TO FORCE
Considerable speculation a. TO Who
Constitute Denver Construction
Company, Low bidders on
sewer Construction.

L
Omsha made his first authorized public
statement concerning the new meat inspec-
/ tion in South Omaha. Regarding numerous
| purported statements heretofore, the doctor
said Il have been quoted so much that
| every time I see my name in print II
| makes me swear" His statement antici-
pates a visit from Secretary Wilson and
A. y. Melvin. chief Of the Bureau Of Ami
NAL Industry at Washington, d. c. lie
says all is practically ready for the visit
and the new inspection. His statement is
as follows:
Il have Informed the chief OF the Bureau /
Of Animal Industry at Washington that the
| Swift. Omaha and Cudahy Packing COM |
panies are now ready for inspection under !
| the new regulation, and that Armour & /
! Co., are still making some changes in dress |
ing rooms. closets and so forth, which will /
be completed in a few days. Then all the !
plants at this point will be ready for in |
specton We are expecting. consequent !
upon our report, that all the plants in bust |
ness here will be personally inspected by
| Secretary Wilson and Chief A. ID. Melvin
of Washington before the inspection under
the new regula tons will be established"
The new force will include a number Of
sanitary men and additional night men.
These have not as yet been assigned. The
doctor thought that by the time the officials
from Washington should arrive Armour &
Co, who have been working night and day,
will have all necessary improvements COM
pleted He said he thought, with the cheer
full aid Of the packers, the plants were in fine
condition, and would be much disappointed
II they did not meet the approval of the
heads of the departments.
Commends Local Plants.
: BY way Of comparison of these plants
} to those in Chicago and Kansas City and
, other points, even to Los Angeles, very
favorable assurance came this afternoon
/ through a casual visit of Manager Hick-
? man OF the Cudahy Packing company at
Los Angeles. He is taking his summer
vacation and during this recreation has
| visited Kansas City, Chicago and other
4 points. He said: Judging from what l
e have seen since I left Los Angeles, l am
. satisfied that Omaha has as clean and
= satisfa Glory packing establishments as any
e in the United States. 1 remember of times
= and instances which have come under my
e observations, when some packing houses
= permitted things which were not exactly
= right; and 1t is a good thing, or will be
in the end, that the government has in
. | sisted on the clean up." He spoks with
= special favor Of the night inspectors and
n the assistance they would be able TO give
to the regular watchmen. Mr.. Aver then
showed him a copy of the daily reports
II from the night inspectors, and told of the
success Of the innovation here The night
men have a peculiar advantage over the
day men in some directions This is es-
pecially true of the sanitary conditions.
They have a chance to know whether the
plants are cleaned thoroughly and at the
e proper times. tP1. .rr.
n The packers anticipate no severe criu-
e cism from the heads of. the departments
rph fhaxy hall IT..
IL arrival is not known and will depend much
= on circumstances. ..-..--
IS East sidera JubIIate
n The East Side Improvement club held a
Sc jubilee meeting last night in Fitzsimmon's
d. barber shop on Twentith and Missouri
l. avenue. The object of the rejoicing was
the prospect of seeing the work of paving
ID begin on the avenue this morning. The
AZ meeting was called on short notice, after
II a consultation. The mayor has been time
ID and again to Mr.. Murphy and the cause
re OF the delay has at length been removed
p Mr.. Murphy stated yesterday morning that
be IL he could be assured by the property
re owners on the avenue of hearty support
70 and that there would be further at
lie tempts to delay the work by legal means
I'D he would have his outfits at work thi,
no morning and rush the contract to a speedy
completion. This the Missouri avenu,
. men were Blhu 10 promise anu ABOUT thirty
NJ Ave of them met last night, with whom
pit the mayor was present, and publicalls
as agreed to stand by the work to the bes
b. of their ability. After the meeting Mayo
Hector left at once for Omaha TO inform
ng Mr. Murphy OF the result of the meeting
ny Therefore some of the late rising people
g. may perhaps be Weakened by the CLAM
he of the scrapers. There is no doubt that 1
he will have been a welcome sound.
who Are sewer Biddersr
nj The mystery OF yesterday around the CIT
on hail was: who are the Denver Buildinl
ue and Construction company" SO far n
1' one has been able to answer the questio
u In a satisfactory manner. The clerk know
~ simply that a man representing himself +
a. be Fred Mullen OF Denver placed his bi
10 for the contracts. and It is his name whic
Is signed to the personal checks which wer
IT offered evidence of good faith. tn
~ city engineer knows still lees OF the firn
II was hoped that the nTm would put in
" early appearance for there is one discrep
ancy already which may be a fatal chez
to the validity of the bid The contrac
calls for a certified check, whereas III
un checks offered sggregating $3.50, are a
ks personal checks. IL was openly limited tha
ar Hugh Murphy and ex-County Commissions
lid Mcdonald were the personnel of the con
ble that he had questioned Mr. Murphy espt
,ev cially and that he had denied all come,
OF ton with the company, stating that h
EN- Denver branch was under another nam
DIS He declared he had heard of the Denv,
en- company of the name given, but had n,
considered II strong company; but fro
yer actual knowledge was unable TO say tina
mt IL was not responsible company. Sever
ing weeks ago II was rumored that numb,
To of South Omaha men were about TO for
,ws construction company to bid on the ne
eep sewers. In certain quarters II Is broad
ers limited that the Denver company is
reality a South Omaha syndicate in di
guise. No one was able to say as niue
sly however nor to name any South Omai
man who was connected with the ente
an prise. II has appeared a trihe strange
some also that the Union Stock Yards cor
pany, which has shown such a decided 4
terest at the outset, has made no publ
move since the bonds were voted. So 4
lent as known. they have not shown any inte
'ent est an the letting Of the contracts No,
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