Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-14
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Seine Doubts About Money Being Avail
able to Buy Patrol Wagon.
MAYOR DEsIGNArts POLLING PLACES
Two Men Hold up Christts nson
Saloon and Follow II Up by Hold
Ing I'd Two Pedestrians,
Securing Little Cash.

A. L. Berquist. in speaking OF the plans
OF the Fire and Police commission. de-
clared, with respect to the purchase OF a
new patrol wagon. he was unable to say
whether the funds would permit Of the pur-
chase of the wagon in the immediate future.
He believed that most of the surplus now
on hand would be used to complete the new
hall. With this In mind Il might be well
to see what the condition of that fund Is.
There remains in the fire fund. according to
the last monthly statement. si1,1eei2 TO run
the fire department the balance of the fiscal
year. Johnson & Shows contract for the
construction OF the new hall Is s13eso.10, the
cost of the lot was $500, the heating and
plumbing was 81. f21 and the probable cost of
the electric wiring will be 500. This makes
a total Of s1s,22i.1o. OF this amount the city
has already paid $1,000. leaving a balance
Of s2.21.1o. So. IL the cost OF running the
fire department. $500 a month, or $500 un-
til July, be taken into consideration, there
would be a deficit Of s7.s5i.ss This will have
to be made up from the police fund. in
which there remains at present s13, 81
This will use up about all the funds In that
department, too. There is 1900 in sight in
the scavenger funds which can be appor-
toned to this department. and possibly
certain surplusage from other funds as
we'll Mr.. Berquist said. however, that he
expected some provision would be made for
the police patrol, temporary or otherwise
as soon as the new hall was ready There
are already two extra horses, and by Sc
curing one more the patrol could be man.
aged. AT first 1t is expected that the patrol
driver will be on duty like the firemen, and
the captain at the Jail would serve as the
patrol conductor.
Balances I'm City Treasury.
Yesterday the city treasurer was striking
his balances for the month of December
and the books showed that at the frst OF
the month there was on hand S17b, 545. 4S. The
collections during the month were sT7se415.
The disbursements for the month were $685.
4S715, leaving a balance of $216,S5245. Be-
side this there Is tho paving fund for the
construction of the paving on Missouri
avenue and Twenty-fourth street. amount
Ing to $4,000. and the intersection fund of
s2S,6s7 These latter will be held over until
next year.
Mayor Names Polling Places.
Mayor Koutsky submitted the list of poll
ing places during the coming elections as
follows:
simmons, 543 North Twentieth street.
Second Precinct, First Ward--G. e. Beck 8
store. Sla North Twenty-fourth;
First Precinct. Second Ward-F. J..
Franek, northwest corner Twentieth and 8.
Second Precinct. Second Ward--Joseph ].
Murphy, 1W North Twenty-fourth.
First Precinct. Third Ward--Frame store,
southeast corner Twenty-frst and 2.
Second Precinct. Second Ward-Joseph
Kovalsi<y, SCI South Thirty-fourth.
121 North Twenty-sixth.
Second Precinct. Fourth ward-KiIker's
store, 3017 Q.
First Precinct. Fifth ward-Andrew Pop
rosl<i. 10 North Twenty-seventh.
Second Precinct, Fifth Ward-Peter
Lenagh, Thirty-ninth and B,
First Precinct. Sixth Ward-Charies Fern
land store, 1914 North Twenty-fourth. -
Second Precinct, Sixth Ward-F. Thorn
sen, 416 North Twenty-ffth.
These places are. with two exceptions, the
same as last year.