Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-15
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Rellsvus People Greatly Pleased with
Prospect Of Oar Line Completion
RAILS ALL LAID TO THAT POINT NOW
surfacing gang busy BallsstinE up
and PsIes Beiag Delivered for
10 Garry the Permanent
wire Equipment.

The residents of Bellevue more than the
people Of this city or Omaha are at pres
ent rejoicing at the prospect Of the early
completion OF the Fort Crook electric road.
AS an illustration Mrs. Black OF Bellevue,
but who has been living for some time
In Omaha, having heard that the line was
nearly completed, rode down to the end OF
the Albright line to see for herself the
progress of the road. Being assured that
the steel had now been laid to Fort Crook
and all that It lacked was the ballasting
of the road she said: II have waited for
twenty-three years for q road to Bellevue
and now we've got 1t. I'm going to live In
Bellevue now. where I've always wanted to
live" She is said to own much property
in the town. This Is the prevailing feel
ing of the Bellevue people over the advent
Of the new road. The steel gang Ia at
present working on the mile switch be-
tween South Omaha and Bellevue. The
rest OF the steel has been laid to the fort
the work trains are busy hauling cinders
for the ballasting OF the trackA This bal
lasting has been completed nearly to Belle
vue, and II was believed by the men In
charge Of the work that two weeks would
see the completion of the work. Consign-
ments of new poles have been unloaded
along the road ready for the wire crew to
put I'd the trolley.
Robbers Visit saloon.
Twagger Bros. saloon, Twenty-sixth and
Q streets, was robbed Wednesday night In
much the same manner as the robbery OF
Jacob Klein's saloon at Twenty-sixth and
N streets Monday night. The entrance 10
the saloon was effected by cutting through
a panel of the door and throwing the bolt
In o0tr Noeh he al l..,N
50 cents, which they carried Off inside the
cash register. This register was worth
about $50. Besides the cash and the reg
lister the burglars took time to fill their
pockets with whisky bottles and secure
1000 cigars. In departing they left no
clues behind and the police are as much
puzzled over this piece of work as the nrst
Poultry for Ak-sar-Ben show.
The Tri-City Poultry association is maxi
ing a move toward getting out q present
able exhibit of poultry for the exhibits at
the Ak-sar-Ben. The Ak-sar-B Ben stands
In lieu of the Douglas county fair and Of
fers prizes and ribbons for merit. 1t is not
likely that as fine an exhibit as that pre-
sented at the poultry show Of last winter
can be secured at this time, but there is
evidence of interest among the fancers
which will mean better exhibit Of fowls
NA-A was SSOh dt tuC <Ah-odI-btn idSI year.
Fuel Plant starts Up.
The American Peat and Artificial Fuel
company has just completed its plant at
Twenty-eighth and l. streets. Fires were
built under the boilers yesterday and late
In the evening the machinery was started
which lie supposed to convert the decaying
refuse Of the Union Stock yards into a
clean and profitable fuel. The machinery
is simple, consisting of a mixer like that
used for brick making. In the hopper of
this mixer the coal tar slack and naphth-
line ana the deodorizing agents are cast
In proper proportions and the machinery
completes the process OF mixing. The ma
terfal Is then run into the press, from
which II comes in cakes to be dried ready
for the furnace. Two grades of the fuel
will be manufactured, the difference con-
sisting in the quantity OF coal tar used The
first bricks or cakes from the machinery
were preserved as souvenirs. Several in
terested people were on hand when the ma
chimes were put in motion. The work will
be kept up steadily hereafter. Enough of
the product had been manufactured at
brick yard to FIRE up the boilers OF the new
plant II is said to have raised the steam
as quickly as any bituminous coal.
Mrs. COIvin injured by Fall.
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with painful accident Wednesday even
ing. While busy preparing dinner she made
a quick trip to the cellar and while return
ing with both hands filled she slipped on
what she thinks was a banana peel, falling
from point about half way up the cellar
stairs to the cement floor below. In the fall
her head was very severely bruised at the
back. Her shoulder was sprained and some
ribs broken. The sprained shoulder gave
her more pain than the other injuries She
was assisted by the members of the family
until the arrival of DR.. Kelly She is doing
as well as possible. but her hurts were the
more severe because Of her rather large
size.
Paving Estimate Allowed.
special meeting of the South Omaha
city council was held at the close of the
session of the same a Board of Equali-
cation Wednesday evening. The session
was short one and was called at the in
stance Of Mayor Hector. who stated to the
members, of the council that Contractor
Hugh Murphy had desired that the third
partial estimate on the paving OF Missouri
avenue be allowed at once, otherwise the
work on the street would cease at once
Rather than get into another squabble the
council yielded the point though some OF
them thought that not sufficient work had
been done on the avenue TO warrant the al
lowance OF the estimate OF 81, 100 1t is
promised II the estimates are allowed reg
ularly that the concrete gang will be on
the ground within a day or two.
Inspecting the PostOmce.
The South Omaha postoffice was the sub
ject yesterday Of the periodic inspection OF
the government inspectors. The inspection
was begun early in the forenoon and con-
tinued all day. The office will not be COM
pletely inspected before noon today The
inspectors came to this point from Omaha
Assistant Postmaster Lew Etter stated that
everything, so far as the inspection had
gone, was found TO be all right and he was
positive the affairs Of the entire office, in
Guiding the branch at the South Omah a
Livestock Exchange, would be found in
perfect order. These Inspections. like Others
Of the government service. are supposed