Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-05
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Council Votes to Purchase the e'Feil Site
for the New City Hall.
ADKINS ALONE VOTES AGAINST PROPOSAL
&. ". Hunt serves Notice RE win
EnJoIn Issuance of warrant and
clerk states lie VIII Hold ~
Tn for the Present.

The city council last night passed on the
purchase of q city hall site from I. f. |
O'Nen for the sum OF si2625OO; introduced
an ordinance providing for the Issuance of
$4,000 in sewer bonds; passed half dozen
ordinances relating to street improvements
ana finally allowed all salaries and general I
bills for the month of March. The greatest
interest OF the evening attached to the
much mooted question of the city hall site.
The first step in this direction was the pass
ing upon the resignation Of I. j. O'Neil as
tax commissioner. His resignation was ac-
cepted unanimously by the council and the
mayor announced that he would appoint a
successor later After considering a few
minor matters the question of the purchase
Of the hall site as originally offered by
I Mr.. O'Neil was taken up. He proposed to
sell the east 1O5 feet of lot 1 and the north
| SO feet of lot ?, block "a, South Omaha, for
| the sum named above.
Prior to this c. NJ Hunt submitted an
I original proposition TO the city whereby
he agreed to furnish a hall site at the
/ northwest corner of Twenty-hfth and n
streets and remove all buildings from the
| same ready for the erection Of the city hall
! for $4,000. The mayor announced that the
! council was not receiving bids; but mo-
/
proposition be filed; this was carried and
| the council then, on a resolution by Mr..
| Dworak, passed on the purchase of the
| O'Neil site, which resolution instructed the
| clerk to draw a warrant for the same for
the sum Of Sizes in favor of 7. j. O'Nen
upon transfer and approved title to the
property. The vote on this was to l.
w. p. Adkins voted in the negative while
! the sixth member of the council, John
| Biewit, was absent.
warrant Not Issued.
| As soon as this vote had been announced
by the mayor, c. NJ. Hunt served notice on
the city clerk to issue no warrants until
he had given reasonable time for inJunc-
ton proceedings to be begun. 1t was
| stated by the clerk that he had been APP
preached previous to the meeting with an
| urgent request that he issue no warrant.
! The item of next importance was the
first reading of the ordinance authorizing
the issue of S25O,OOO sewer bonds. The
ordinance has been in preparation for sew
oral days and provides that the bonds
shall be issued in denominations of $500
each, that they shall not bear more than
! AZ per cent and that they shall be redeem
able at the end Of five years. A sinking
fund to provide for interest on these bonds
and also to pay for them at maturity was
also provided by the ordinance.
The general bills for salaries and other
items of expense for the month Of March
were allowed.
The city appraisers reported no dam
ages between. Twenty and Twen-
tieth in the grading OF o street. An
ordinance was introduced making a new
grading district i'm this locality.
TabuIatins Election Returns,
The city clerk was busy with the details
of the city election of Tuesday. Tabula-
lions were to be made of the unofficial re-
turns and the tally sheets had to be cor
rected in few details. These correc-
tions showed Thomas Corrigans majority
as a member of the school board to be
124 instead of 1O4, as given out. To the
present time there have been no signs of
any dispute in the matter Of election re-
turns.
The payrolls for the judges and clerks
were submitted with the general bills last
night before the city council.
One Election Arrest.
Tony Hydock was arrested yesterday
morning in connection with the election.
On the Jail record he is charged with
: perjury. 1t is stated that he appeared be-
! fore the city clerk and took oath that he
was "a freeholder and such vouched
, for certain men who wished TO swear in
their votes. 1t has since been discovered
that he had no property in his name. The
, date of his preliminary trial has not been
fixed as yet.
e street Railway improvements.
The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail-
way company is progressing rapidly with
= the repair Of Missouri avenue. Heavy
5 rails to be put in on both of the
= tracks In several places the grade is to
. be changed several feet. The tracks will
{ be ballasted with cement Up to the pres
ent time the rails have been laid as far
east as Seventeenth street, from the curve
. at Twentieth street. The greater part of
4 the track gang of the company Is busy
: with the construction. The paving on
this street will shortly be begun It is
sadly needed at the present time for the
mud makes traffic almost impossible in
that part Of the town.
Magic City Gossip.
The class of 'O5 will meet with Miss Mae
Y Byerly next Saturday night. A business
n meeting will be part Of the program.
= Mrs. L. s. Harlan and family. who have
= been visiting with Mrs. c. NJ Schindel
C return home today. She is sister of Mrs
II Schmidt.
A The funeral of Ed Bakers baby will be
. | private and will take place this afternoon
9 at 1880. The interment will be I'm Forest
!, Lawn cemetery.
q he had paid as tax on his property for
| sidewalk assessment, which was after
e ward declared illegal
Peter Lenagh presented a claim to thS