Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-05
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Company Organized to Nanufacturs Fuel
from Stock Yards Waste.
ENFORCING CITY BUILDING ORDINANCES
City Council Reaches Agreement with
Spitser q Company Regarding
the Taking Up of the
sewer Bonds.

A number Of prominent citizens met Mon
day evening and organized a company
known as the American Peat and Chemical
Coal company. John Flynn was elected
president. Lew wentworth vice president,
Ed Culver general manager. Or. McCrann
treasurer and ID. NJ Click secretary. The
object Of the company is to utilize the
waste product of the city and the stock
yards for fuel. This fuel is made by
certain mixing of chemicals with the COM
bustble waste 50 that It forms a solid fuel
which can be handled like ordinary coal
The company expects to have plant in
operation within thirty days, which will be
capable Of making 100 tons daily. The To-
cation has not been secured, but it is eN-
pected that the arrangements can he made
with the Union Stock Yards company
for convenient site. The machinery used
is simple, resembling thai used for brick
moulding and mixing. The product IL dried
in the sun and Is then ready for use. The
Stock Yards company is said to have ap-
propriated $4,000 for the work OF remOv-
ing its offal dumps, and It Is likely there
fore, that they would be glad OF a chance
to have such a company take the burden
off its hands. The present company Is
capitalized at $4,000
Enforcing Building Ordinance.
The city building inspector, ED Trap,
is busy these days keeping the ends of his
business even. There is a large amount
Of building going on and in some cases
there has been difficulty in convincing the
builders that they must comply with the
city ordinances regarding the taking out of
permits TO build and of properly construct
ing their buildings. d. j. Farrell was re-
minded of this fact yesterday afternoon in
the construction of house belonging to
Mrs. Mangan. He had failed to take out
the permit and his work was stopped by
the inspector until such had been complied
with. When confronted with the ordinance,
he made haste to take out the proper pa
pers. The inspector has condemned several
buildings within the past week There are
two on South Thirtieth at T street, which
were condemned a week ago. Yesterday
the inspector condemned the brick building
known as the Transit house belonging tc
McCague, located at Twenty-eighth and M
streets.
Agreement with Bond Buyers.
There was a special meeting of the city
council held last night in the mayors office
| The meeting was held for conference witt
the representative of Splitter & Co. rela
!
| proposition failed OF acceptance on g
! former occasion for the reason the council
mayor and treasurer were not satisfied
| that the city was made sufficiently secure
by the banking company. Last night th'
company agreed to put up a collatera
security of $4,000 In municipal bonds will
the Fourth National bank in New Yorl
! City, or the eastern correspondent of thu
| Packers National bank of this city. a.
additional security: besides allowing Soutl
! Omaha TO keep possession of it's own bond
while the money remained on depC~'t will
Splitter & Co. There remains lnerefo
$4,000 to be placed on deposit with Spite
& Co The agent Of Splitter g. Co. incor
porated the above proposition in the form
of a contract with the city, and on thl
being done a resolution was passed MAXIM
Splitter and Co one of the repositories o
the South Omaha funds. On the none,
deposited they will pay the city per cen
on the balances and will pay accrued in
terest up to the time the agreement a
originally proposed was entered into. TIL
Fourth National bank, under instruction
from the Packers National will be tn
Judge of the securities which shall b
placed as collateral, and which shall b
in It's keeping. 1t is now thought tn
the proposition. The contract was entere
into under the direction of the city attor
ney.
Fire and Police Board Meeting.
There was a meeting OF the Board o
Fire and Police commissioners last nigh
1t being their regular meeting night. Their
was not a full attendance of the boar
and little business was attempted. on
druggists permit was granted. There wer
some matters of Importance which Nigh
have come before the meeting, but thes
were all passed over until a full attend
ance of the board could be secured.
Magic City Gossip.
Mrs. Richard Dervin Is reported to b
suffering from a severe illness.
letters Gold Top Beer delivered to a
parts of the city. Telephone No.
It. c. Marsh and family have started o
! six weeks vacation from this city.
The South Omaha Country club will hay
carryall accommodation TO its ground
during the day and evening
George Schwer is building a new residenC
! at Thirty-second and X streets and Mr.
William Mangan is building a residence
Sixteenth and NJ streets
The members OF the Baptist church an
Sunday school will give a farewell receI