Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-19
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
RumOr That Missouri Avenue Paving Mud
die Nay Be Settled. t
PARKS MAY TAKE UP MURPHY CONTRACT
Several Inauirfes already Received
from Prospective Bidders on
the south Omaha
Sewers.


we'll rs the bed Of that siouEhy thorough
fare. The people on that thoroughfare,
with the possible exception OF a few. are
trying every possible scheme TO get paving
started soon possible. II has also
been long snrmlsed that Mr.. Murphy, the
contractor. was not overly anxious to fulfill
hts contract. II is now hinted that a South
Omaha oontrsc tor has been discovered who
Is willing n take Mr. Murphy's contract
of his hands This viii save the forfeit
which Mr. Murphy put up when the con-
tract was secured. II was reported by par
ties near the city officials that George
Parks had slgnihed his willingness to AS
sumo the contract and that the- mayor and
city attorney as well as Mr.. Murphy had
been In conference over the matter and
further that they had reached a practical
agreement. II is thought possible, II such
a change is made. that the instigatprs Of
the present legal proceedings may be per-
suaded to drop theit end OF the contto-
versy The city officials, however, have
given out such information, though none
Of them has denied the rumor They are
at a point where they would he willing to
accept any reasonable solution OF the
trouble. II things are tied UP for another
year Missouri avenue will be practically
wreck.
Inquiries from sewer Contractors.
The city engineer reports that several let
tiers OF inquiry have already been received
from prospective contractors stating that
! they would be In the field 20 bid on the
proposition II satisfied with conditions in
South Omaha. The engineer Is Of the
opinion that the proposition is one OF the
best offered by any city OF the west one
reason L., the cash is on hand and ready
as soon as the contractor is entitled to any
| Of II. The contractor has no dealing with
any municipal bonds nor Will he have to
walt for any special assessment. Mr..
Rohrbough also believes that the estimates
have been made liberal enough TO be at
tractive. 1t is likely that number Of
| firms will be on hand at the time Of the
opening Of tbs bidsg2 He lie preparing, a
number OF blueprint copies of the, maps and
| proffes' and spians with which to supply the
inQuifinE contractors with data on which
/ to base their bids. "a "
Telephone ImDrOVements At Yards.
Many OF the Offices Of the South Omaha
] Live Stock exchange are having better
telephone accommodations put IN. These
consist Of automatic switches, in each Of
fee by which the commission man may
call directly all important parts of the
yards without disturbing the central sta
ton. This will be a great saving of time,
| as IL often happens that delays OF many
minutes occur in getting the connections
desired because the lines are busy. New
cable connections have lately been laid
TO accommodate the exchange building
and with this latest Improvement the tele-
phone accommodations will be counted
first class.
1 Trouble Among Pawnbrokers,
Pain and trouble was rife yesterday
among those who have been conducting
panwbroker's establishments, secondhand
stores and junk shops. The cause Of the
i disturbances MAS, q .oyerhapJipG OF MOST 81
these places by the South Omaha police
The police have had suspicious for some
time that these stores had been protecting
many persons who dispose OF stolen prop
erty by not reporting faithfully all articles
placed in pawn Tuesday the police de
| scended on the stores Though they did
not succeed in locating the particular booty
they were searching for, they reused &
hornets nest among the proprietors. Al
the shop keepers placed, the blame of thu
raid on their rivals in the business, declar
ing that an enemy had tipped on L
the police false Information out OF spite
for the satisfaction OF seeing the hateC
store turned upside down In the search
In several cases the rivals came near L
, blows over the raid, Several store keeper
/ have been consulting lawyers to see 1
, they cannot prosecute the police who di'
the. raiding. One case has appeared II
! Justice Csldwell's court as a result OF tn
: Ill feeling. This is the case in which isaa
a Levy replevins a stock Of household fur
niture formerly sold to Mrs. Abraham
1 Fried, who runs lodging house north o
| IL "a 4
l further and took forcibie possession o
I the furniture piling up. chaits AID mat
: tresses in front of the lodging house a
d. high as fray wagon! while MIS- "A nfahar
, Fried danced a war dance on the verand
OF her lodging house calling for vengeanc
and the papers giving Levy the right I
take possession OF the furniture. She, dc
:, clared that although she had. not paid. any
thing as yet for the furniture. Levy, ha
I. done the act OF siezure purely cut Of SPITE
: search for stolen Horses,
deputy sheriff Of Saunders county cam
| TO South Omaha Yesterday In search Of
- span OF fine horses belonging to Rev, Toi
r Iell of Swedeberg. The horses were take
from the pastors pasture after the wire
had been cut. It was thought that til
marauders headed in the direction OF sout
Omaha, expecting 20 get a chance 70 Sc
the nOIAtb uhNAhA AAtfl hhSAoNs PoAN VAN
was in progress yesterday The: horse
- we're taken the night OF July IT, There
N no trace Of the, missing horses up. 10 II
Il present time. The sheriff says that hori
stealing has, become. so preyAlent IN saul
x ders county that the people have lately o
u ganIzed a committee Of protection, whic
is composed OF 500 members. -
u Magic city Gossip.
+ A brother OF City Attorney II. b. F1ehar
- is raging him short visit.N'
4, John Fltz Roberts and wife are spendiI
4 a short vacation at Excelsior, Springs, M
Il Joe Dore was fned IS and costs, for M
D. licious uespass on the property OF Emn
]. Nickel.
< Mrs. Florehce L. Moore has return,
In from a visit With her father, Mr., J,
D. Waite. OF Marseilles, ul- 80
"a Miss Virginia Mercer of Denver Is e
he pected to arrive in the city today She "
spend some time visiting friends.
&c Mr. Frank Hartley has received word tn
OF fis father Is not expected 10 live.
OF leaves for Indianapolis this morning.
~ Harry Bigford. jesse Jones Riley Mule
M dore and Jerry Adams were each given
m hne yesterday morning la police court
n There will be a lawn social this EVENT.
at ST. Agnes chufch 81 Twenty third and
A cordial Invitation is extended 10 all
= Bids are now being advertised for I
grading OF s from Eighteenth 10 Invent
NTH street. IL will involve enntraet
500 a., ,.-
There Will be a special meeting OF I
action on the afnehuatory Crdh1anees 4
\ | trodnced last MOidaN evening