Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-05
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
People on Missouri Avenue Anxious for
Paving Work to Commence,
CONTRACTOR WAITING on THE CURLING
stOckmen Around Exchange Planning
TO Go in Force 60 the Nebraska
stock Growers Convention
at Alliance.

Loud complaints are coming from Mis- |
souri, avenue because the paving has not |
been begun on that street 1t was pro-
posed at the last council meeting that
committee be appointed to push the paving.
but 1t was discovered that the paving
contract allows Murphy ninety days after
the curbing is in position before he need
begin the work. ne says he will not begin
the work until the curb is properly laid
That is therefore the point where the work
hangs fire.
Highland Park Improvement Club.
At the special meeting of the Highland
Park Improvement club, held Wednesday
evening, there was an unusually large and
representative attendance. The committee
on F street grading was enlarged to in
quire into the legality of the grading pc
tition now before the council. The COM
mittee on planting shade lrees recon-
mended the planting of trees in the parking
three feet from the curb line, fifteen feet
from the corners and thirty feet apart,
except where trees are now planted. in
which event new trees should be made to
conform. committee was appointed to
appear before the council regarding having
a sidewalk laid on the south side of d
street between Twenty-seventh and Twenty
eighth and to inquire into the laying OF
a cinder or brick walk on Twenty-seventh
street from + to j, which was ordered by
the council some time ago. In line with the
! action of the club at the last meeting Mr..
Hunter Of the Park board reported perma-
nent sidewalks ordered laid along the north
! and south ends of Highland park The
Twenty-fifth street proposition was taken
hold of in earnest and Messrs O'Neill
| Hiewit, Sullivan, Powell Copenharve and
Gallagher appointed a committee to find
means for grading the street between A
street and the Omaha boundary. This can
only be accomplished by soliciting funds
generally.
A committee was also appointed to wait
on Mayor Hector in regard to the fares
to be charged patrons of the proposed Fort
Crook line, so that joint action may be
taken towards having the scent fare from
points south of the city limits carry pas
senger into South Omaha, to any central
point, the second fare TO be charged for the
trip beyond The same committee will pre-
sent to the mayor the objections of the
club to giving to the new electric line fran
chses to streets ano alleys in the north
western part of the city without ADEQUATE
return, it being reported that the manage
ment contemplates the running of all trains
direct to Omaha without stop in South
Omaha Effort will be accordingly made to
safeguard the interests Of this city and to
see that those whose business will bring
them to South Omaha and who will want
TO come here are accommodated
Timer Severely Burned.
A timer by the name of Mike Simms,
workman in the Omaha Packing house,
was severely burned yesterday. A gasoline
furnace with which the solder is melted
exploded while he was working over the
pot of metal and as result it was thrown
over his, hands and face. The most severe
injury was 10 his hands, which were badly
blistered. The burns on his face and neck
are also severe. His injuries were such
that he had 10 be taken 10 the South Omaha
hospital. he suffered considerable pain
last night.
Missing Boy Fishing.
Ross Lester, Twenty-sixth and streets,
caused his parents and his brothers a great
deal of anxiety by his mysterious disap-
pearance Wednesday afternoon. They have
always been anxious about the boy for he
is deaf and dumb. and thus unable to take
care of himself another boy might. He
left home shortly after noon, taking with
him some fish lines, saying he was going
to spend the afternoon fishing on the Little
Pappio. He failed TO return Wednesday
night and did not put in an appearance
yesterday morning. At noon his brother
visited the police station and reported the
disappearance From there he went TO the
Omaha packing house, where his father
worked, and they went out in search OF the
missing boy,
After searching nearly all the afternoon
they found the boy contentedly fishing
about six miles down the Pappio He said
the weather was so warm and fine he
could not resist the temptation OF staying
l Ill. xE.I,t Aaa zh
but the water was rather high for the
sport.
StOckmen Invited.
The members of the South Omaha Lives
stock exchange have received formal in
vitation from the Nebraska Stock Growers
association TO attend their annual conven-
ton at Alliance. This convention is to
be held June and s. 1t is expected that
a much larger delegation will attend this
season than at any other time in the his
tory of the organization. The members
expect TO be accompanied by their wives
Insofar as they have them. II is likely
: that they will 20 by special train, or At