Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-24

for which royalties for continued yardage
accommoda ton IL charged. But the fact IT,
there IL not enough room nor trackage. az
present. 90 permit Of direct transfers of
cars Of freight with the completion OF
the Omaha plant. which will BE- accom-
plshnd in the course OF another month, all
the trackage In that quarter, now open 70
general trafic, will be called into use to
accommodate the plant. II Is the opinion
OF experts In the yards that the present
volume ~ business IN this city could con-
vcniently use yardaEe space as large
rs the entire stock yards district. The
linton Pacific promises. however. when the
new cut-oft is completed, by switching the
fast trains in that direction to afford great
relief to the present congestion Much de-
lay IL al present caused by the regula-
ton which requires that the switching shall
cease on any particular line az least ten
minutes In advance Of any passenger train.
Any breach Of this rule causing delay or
accident to the passenger trafic causes i'm
mediate discharge OF the employees con-
cerncd.
In addition 10 the efforts Of the Union
Pacific to relieve South Omaha. there has
been some activity manifest of late by the
Rock Island a number OF surveyors have
been working of and on for the last three
months or more They have done extensive
work in the open land south Of swift's
packing plant One Of the chiefs Of the
parties said that. although he had never
been informed what the surveys were pre-
/ paratory TO- he judges from their nature
and extent that his company was plannins
large roundhouse and division station for
/ South Omaha
The mayor is expecting some important
| communications from a number Of railroad
| interests in the course OF few days. There
can be little doubt that a year will revea
many additions to the railroad acconlmoda
tions of this city.
Exchange Honors Deceased Member
There was a special meeting OF the Soutl
! Omaha Live Stock exchange yesterday af
ternooR for the purpose Of arranging t.
| pay proper respect to one OF its members
George Burke. who died Saturday eyeninl
at his home in Omaha Mr.. Burke was on'
| of the veteran commission men Of tn,
South Omaha yards and a man of grea
business ability. He has been here sine
1880. His death was chiefly the result OF I
fall sustained in the Exchange building
| which occurred over year ago. Since tina
time he has not been able to attend hi
uulieS regularly SuHeTlnB all lne TIN
from the injury to his hip. For the las
few months he was almost completely In
valided. He leaves a wife and two child
rem. boy of II and girl Of 49, The finers
will be held from his residence, 1929 sout
Twenty-1fth avenue. this afternoon at
p. m Resolutions of sympathy were adop
ted by the exchange and a delegation Wi
attend the services.
Magic City Gossip.
Mrs c. C. Stanley, from Chicago, is Wis
ting In the city as the guest of Mrs. w.
Francis.
Mrs Fred fowl, accompanied by Mr.,
visit in Illinois the latter part Of thi
week.
Fred FOWL is enjoying visit with hi
brother, German FOWL, at Los Angeles
Miss Mabel Thomas is spending a wee
visiting with Miss Pattie Mathews at Az
burn. 81
Mr. and Mrs. Van Cleve and family {
Piattsmouth have lately moved into I'll
Lawson property on the east side, wheI
they will take up permanent residence
John ORourke, arrested for knockin
out Lee Smith Sunday after wordy di'
pute, was dismissed yesterday morning b
cause Smith declined to prosecute the cas-
Peter Davidson, an old-timer among II
switchrien of the Union Stack yards,
man well-kn0wn and liked for his heart
good nature by all the employees. and WI
left South Omaha some months ago
WORK fSr the Union Pacific, was acciden
t ally killed in Omaha Sunday.
The Epwortn league of. the Methods
Ing. The cars will leave Twenty-fourt
2 and O streets promptly at 1880. After Il
! ride ice cream and other refreshments wi
be served ON the lawn of T. G. lngrahan
1915 North Twenty-seventh street.
. The following births were reported ye
I terday; Ernest Van Loon, 2420 T. stree
boy, Anthony King, AZ North Invent!
fourth street, girl; Edward Winkler, Sc
enteenth and Harrison, boy John EDr'
girl.