Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-08
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Board Of Education Look, Over Proposed
Sites Tor School Building.
NO DECISION ARRIVED At UP TO DATE
Talk of special sewer Bond Election
which Occurs within q Week
Has subsided-City Hail
site Gossip.


Has Subsided-City Hall
site Gossip.
After considerable consideration yester-
day afternoon the Board of Education
put the question OF q decision on the
site for the new school building over to
] another time A number expressed
| preference for the three lots offered at
| Sixteenth and II streets. The board took
pains to go over the grounds and take
| note Of the good features Of each. 1t
| is the object to get a site as near the
center of the district as possible The
only dra wbsck to the location at Six
| teenth and II streets is that the APP
proaches have not been graded. The grad
| ing of Sixteenth street has been ordered
as far north l street, but this lacks
! a block OF reaching the proposed site.
II is likely that provision can be made
/ for extending this grade by interesting
| the residents in that quarter In the mat
ter At all events the grade can be es-
tablished by the city engineer at this
point, so the board will know how TO
plan for the construction of new build
| ing. There are three lots offered here.
The board had another meeting last night
to settle with the contractors for the
additions to the Lincoln and Madison
| schools.
Improvement Club Meeting Postponed.
The regular meeting of the Highland
Park Improvement club scheduled for
Thursday evening. will not be held that
night on account of conflicting With the
charity ball. but will be postponed one
week. TO Thursday evening, the 18th inst.
Arrangements have been made to give
an interesting program of addresses and
music on that occasion and light refresh
ments will be served. The music will
be furnished by the Elks' quartet of
Council Bluffs, which made such a hit
at the high school auditorium last month.
The program OF speakers will be an
nounced later.
Candidates barred from Board.
1t has been discovered that according to
the new election law the parties who file as
candidates for any Office cannot legally act
as registrars for the revision of the polling
lists. neither can they act as clerks nor
judges OF the elections. In connection It
has been discovered that not less than
seven OF the present board Of. registra ton
appointed last fall have filed candidates
for the approaching election. Therefore
there will be seven vacancies to be filled
by the mayor before the first day of regis
tration, which is next Saturday. February
. 10. Yesterday the clerk sent out letters
notifying these parties OF the effect the
matter of filing had on their right to serve
as members of the board of registration.
All other members of these boards have re-
ceived due notice Of the day of revision and
will be on hand.
No Talk of Bond Election.
There has been absolutely no discussion
in a public way on the matter of the special
) election which is now only one week dis
: tant II appears that the discussion has
been pretty well threshed out in the strug-
: gle to have the question carried over to the
regular election Except for the occasional
! comment in the newspapers no one says
: anything about the bonds
Charity Ball Tonight.
/ Tonight will be the occasion of the Char
ty ball. Judging from the advance sale OF
tickets this will be one of the largest at
tended balls in the history of the charity
organization. The final arrangements were
made nearly a month ago and the society
people and many who do not lay claim tc
D the rank, but who make up the firm and
admirable following will be there 10 enjoy
: the pleasure and add to the funds of the
3 orga nization
: Gossip of City Hall.
e With the order on the part OF the city
e council last Monday directing the city
! clerk to advertise for propositions for tn,
e site of the proposed city hall. the ques
I ton arises. What has become of tn.
a Pivonka injunction case?" 1t is wei
. known that notice OF appeal was fileC
after the last decision in the case bu
since that time no one has given I'll,
| public any light on the matter. 1t wa
= evident that Splitter 4 Co. were not afraiC
i of another tieup when they bought tn,
e city hall bonds when they were last of
4 fered for sale. 1t is barely possible tina
they knew that the appeal would b.
dropped at that time. There has been
statement to this effect within the pas
two days. City Attorney Lambert declare,
n last night that he had heard that IN
:, injunction suit had been dropped. but tina
il was not TO be taken the final yro-d
k for there is yet plenty of time for
n change of mind with regard to the case
- 1t is said that the restricted area within
Il which offers for the site will be con
h sidered. leaves out the Pivonka propert
l. entirely. They will rot, therefore. b
able to enter the competition even il the
e should continue the injunction.
d Republican Clubs Ness Meeting.
N The Good Government Republican clu
met in force Tuesday night at its la
is at the corner of Twenty NTH and
e streets. Several visitors were presen
l. from other clubs and not a few OF tn
J. candidates were to be seen among IN
crowd. Among other things it was vote
If unanimously 10 hold q joint mass meet
a ing OF all the South Omaha republica
le clubs Tuesday evening, February 20. TIL
- necessary committees were appointed
IN arrange the details Of the meeting. A
re invitation il extended to all the cand
y dates who have filed for any OF the cit
. offices under the designation OF repubica
"a to present themselves at this meeting an
opportunity will be given as far as IN
- time will allow for each To declare h
~ platform.
ne The Swedish-Norwersn Republican clu
y Will hold its regular meeting In Common
wealth hall, Twenty-nfth and n street
III next Thursday evening. These meetins
er will be held every week during the sprir
w campaign. Candidates OF the republics
m party are specially requested to be pre-
te emit There will be plenty OF chance Il
a. such To be heard
en- Magic City Gossip.