Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-17
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Engineer Submits Estimates Of tho Cost Of
Proposed Sewer System.
BIDS TO Be RECEIVED JULY 1HIRTlE1H
Board of Education Fixes the school
Levy at W Mills, which t. n RE-
ducuon Of 3 Mills from
Last Year.

Items Of interest before the city council
last night we're chiehy the estimates OF the
city engineer on the general sewer system.
These were presented in his reports in de-
tail. The totals OF his estimates on the six
sections OF the sewer are as follows:
Estimated cost Of the Mud creek mair
sewer, N4i;s.eS' FUNDS apportioned ana
letter creek sewer estimated cost, S43,-
III; funds available, $4,000.
Highland park sewer, estimated cost, I'LL
IA. 20; funds available. $4,000. IL
street main sewer. estimates cost, 49,
s1;5o; funds available, $500,
estimated cost. $1,000; funds available.
Twenty ;frst street main sewer estimated
cost, T72s.SO.
From this II will be seen that the est-
mates exceed the available funds by a.
s2sl5 II is not likely. however, that the
bids will come UP to the estimates. II may
be there will be several Thousand dollars
saved on the contracts. These contracts
are to be let separately. The estimates,
plans and specifications were approved az
submitted by the city engineer. The clerk
was instructed to advertise for bids to be
received up TO July 80 at p. m, covering
all branches OF the contracts.
w. c. Lambert, acting for the city in the
suit pending regarding the paving of Mis-
souri, avenue, made brief statement OF the
present status of the suit He said there
was in fact no injunction issued that the
object Of the suit was to invalidate the
action OF the city council, with a prayer
that the injunction be afterward granted
Contractor Murphy might 60 on with the
work If he chose without mourning con-
teNpt. He said he believed Murphy did
not want 10 go on with the work. He also
stated that, as counsel for the city he was
doing all in his power to advance the case
to a hearing in this term Of court.
Grading Bonds Defective.
Dan Harmon, the grading contractor, re-
ported to the city council that he could
not dispose of the district improvement
bonds issued to pay the cost Of grading
various streets, for the reason that their
form did not make them technically a
general obligation Of the city. Harmon had
been compelled to purchase these bonds
from the city in lieu of cash. He desired
that amendatory ordinances be at once
passed correcting the defect of the bonds.
He will surrender the securities he holds
on the perfected bonds being substituted.
Mayor Hector sent a message to the
council reporting a conference with the
county commissioners and the Burlington
railroad yesterday afternoon. The rail-
road agrees to build a steel viaduct over
its tracks at Forty fourth and Q streets,
provided the city pays for the east APP
proach and the county for the west APP
prosch and furnishes the road a waiver of
| damages to property owners who might
be injured by such a viaduct.
Among items of lesser interest, T. C. Nc
Ecba Lad
to the damages Allowed by the appraisers
to lots in the grading OF the alley between
l and and Twenty second and Twenty
! third streets on the grounds that there
was former appraisement still in force.
| Charles Pospisil reported that the grad
| ing of u street at Twenty-second had
shut of the water supply from his tenants
since July Q. He asked that the same be
| restored at once.
J. T. Coatsworth announced his inten-
| ton OF appealing from the action OF the
council to the district court for damages
| to the amount of $4,000 He demanded a
! transcript OF the council proceedings de-
nying his claim.
The clerk of the district court sent In
a statement Of fees due by the city
amounting to S2,13946.
1t was voted that the South Omaha coun
Gil challenge the Omaha council for a game
I OF base ball to be played al Vinton street
park for the benefit OF the South Omaha
hospital fund, the game to be arranged
| by Mayors Dahlman and Hector.
1t was voted to close the city hall until
noon today out OF respect TO Street Com
missioner Richard Dervin, whose wife Il
| to be buried at $50 o'clock this morning
under the auspices of the Independent
Order OF Foresters The council then ad
journed to meet Thursday at D. M, L
give the Ave ameAdatory ordinances tn,
second reading and thus expedite thei
passage.
Cutting ARRAY at Cudahy'H.
small cutting afTray occurred at ~
Cudahy Packing plant yesterday afternoon
As a result James Cavanaugh is in isi
and II. Sherwood has a stab wound in hi
back, just over the region OF the kidney
1t Is said that James Cavanaugh was tn
aggressor and was at the time under tn
influence OF liquor. About ? p. m. the,
engaged In an argument on the killing foo
and resorted to knives in settlement tn
cut In Sherwood's back was made with
narrow bladed knife and was OF such
nature that the physicians dared not prob
it. II Is evident that the wound did no
pentrate very deeply into ,he abdomins
cavity. for the man continued at work dur
ing the afternoon. He IL said to be OF tn
Christian science faith and would allo,
only the most superficial dressing OF IN
injury. Cavanaugh was arrested by Speciu