Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-14
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Council Lets Contract fer Cells IN City Jail
70 'osntsn, O., Finn.
ANNtxEnOSsTs TO GO TO LINCOLN
Herman Trankholt. n wen DtEEer.
Spends Wight Buried ~ = osve-ia
of . wen and Comes Out
Little Iniured.,

ceiv1nE the bids for the construction OF
the cells al the new city Sail II was
found that there were two competing con-
panies The first was the BID Of the Western
Contractors' Supply company. II offered TO
construct twenty-fOur cells with doors. win
COW guards and stairs 20 match for prices
which varied IN eight different bids The
lowest offer vas s.. 81 and the highest bid
was S6SoL The difference in the price IL
due to the different kinds Of steel used IN
the construction The second bid was by
the Champion Iron company OF Canton. o.
This company made three propositions. the
prices varying from $50 to 1855. The city
clerk was instructed TO tabulate the bids.
A communication from the National Con-
struction company asking that its bond
with the American Bonding company Of
Baltimore be released and that in itH stead
the bond Of the Metropolitan Surety com
psny Of New York be substituted The OBJ
/ jet OF the substitution was represented to
be that the former company proposed to
demand too large a premium for the bond
| On q recommendation Of the city attorney
a resolution vas passed permitting the sub
Ftitution desired The council then Ad-
/ 3ourned to meet at ?. N
At the evening session the council spent
about three hours considering the PROPOSE
ton az a committee Of the whole The
members were assisted IN this work BY
John Latenser. the architect who planned
I the city hall There f. to the credit OF
I the building fund for this purpose about
S7.0O0 After the session IN the once Of
Chief Briggs the council went into session
and a resolution was passed recommending
the acceptance Of the proposition OF the
Champion Iron company Of Canton. o.
The amount TO be expended viii be q. 4sS
This Is the second bid offered By the CON-
pany. A c. woodward represented the
company.
Ready TO Boost Annexation.
In the event that the bin favoring i'm
mediate annexation Of the two cities
should be favorably reported TO the legis-
lature by the committee having the meas
ure under consideration. It IL proposed by
a delegation Of staunch believers IN the
proposition 20 visit Lincoln and do little
lobbying 70 assist the advancement OF
the measure. There are enough snnexa-
tionists in the city TO surpass the demon
strstion made by the ants Of last Mon
day night with ease. ". ". Fisher has
a formidable list OF delegates who have
personally signihed their intention and
willingness 10 90 and boost the measure.
The interest in the discussion has not
sbated and every day Arguments pro and
con are heard II is the universal admis-
sion that annexation IL bound TO come
eventually. Many Of those who DOW op-
pose are agreeable TO the proposition at
the erd OF three years 1t Il curious 10
note how they make use Of all the argu-
ments for present annexation. saying that
they would all be good at the end OF the
limited time. The snnexAtionists usually
get no satisfactory answer TO the CUES
ton II ultimate annexation IL good why
is not the immediate proposition good
II Tobacco Salesman Arrested.
r c. Rice. q salesman for Bloch Bros,
manufactures Of tobacco. was arrested yes
terday on the request Of the juvenile on
GERS. for having given tobacco TO school
children and also having distributed cards
bearing unssemly pictures Attention was
called by some Of the school teachers and
Mira Z B. ToWl AZ once notified the police
Of the practice. Omcer Ballew was CON-
missionsd 70 make the arrest Rice de-
clared that he had not given any tobacco
70 the children. but that they had stolen
II from his buggy. He admitted distribut-
ing the pictures. II is likely a complaint
viii be lodged against him today before
the juvenile court Sol Goldstrom offered
bail for the appearance Of Rice and he was
released
Fireman Sh8nuy Hurt
Fireman James Brabbsts was slightly in
jured by the upsetting OF FIRE wagon No 3
yesterday morning shortly before O'Clock
The company was making a run to a FIRE
at Twenty~sixth and streets. where a
nre partly destroyed the home of George
Whittsn- To reach the spot the company
had to cross the Q street vizduct. AT
Txenty-sixth and Q the wagon struck a
mass OF ice caused by the bursting Of Q
water main The ice was in some places
foot thick in the gutter. The wheels of
the wagon sid on this Ice and the lurch
| Of the wagon caused its overthrow. Brzb-
bets was thrown TO the pavement and ren-
dered unconscious. He was taken home,
where he soon recovered and Il was found
that his injuries were not serious. The
IRE in question caused about $50 damage
An alarm was turned In from the Cudahy
Packing company shortly after 6 O'Clock
but It turned out that the run was I'M
necessary.
Paving Tax Enyoinea.
| The repavtng OF Twenty-fourrh street
South Omaha. il the subject upon which
seventy-hve property owners fled suit yes-
terday in the district court against the
city OF South Omaha. Christian A Melcher,
treasurer. and others
The plaintiffs aIlege that the mayor and
city council exceeoeo their authority and
acted contrary to the law when they
passed the ordinance providing for
this re-paving and for the assessment OF
three-hfths OF the cost upon the adjoining
property owners. The district involved Is
Twsnty-fourth street from Q street north
TO the city limits The plaintiffs hold that
the paving % this street IL rather a public
Improvement which should Be psid for By
the city. inasmuch as the street IL the
main avenue for trafne 10 and from South
Omaha II Il pointed out that the packing
houses alone send nearly a thousand loads
Of goods over the street daily ana the other
trafic e. heavy.
The petition asks that the aIlegsd PAVING
taxes levied against property in paving
district No = be dscreed null and void
and that the city and the treasurer b en-
Joined from levytng or collecting the taxes
unlAStuliy ST against the property ad-
Joining TEenty-four1h street
marie City Gossfp-
4 W. A McClinfock who has bean IN fnr
some rime past is improving
/ J. J. Nightengaie Thirtiefh ard Z sfrasts
reports the birth Of a daughter
The English club held an futereSrsas
J meeting last night ~ library hall
J. J. I1eb and John Dbl were hnsd Z,
and costs for lntoxicatiOn yesterday.