Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
PAVING IS SERIOUSLY HURT
Suffers to Extent Of Five Thousand
Dollars.
IZARD STREET SEWER BURSTS
Adds some Five Hundred Dollars LOsi
Streets Are Streams Of Rush
ing water and People
seek shelter.
YARD STREET SEWER BURSTS

Damage to the amount Of several thou
sand dollars was done by the storm Of
Tuesday evening in omaha, public work
such as street Improvement, paving and
sewer construction suffering the most.
Mud was washed onto the pavements IN
low places in great quantities. families liv-
ing in the holloWs suffered considerably
from the OVERLOOKING Of sewers and one
sewer burst. causing much damage In the
immediate vicinity.
on Twentieth street from Poppleton ave-
nue. 70 the railroad bridge the mud is esti-
mated to be on the average Of two feet
thick over the entire pavement for dis
tarce Of about three blocks. On Thirteenth
street for the distance Of about four blocks
south from Jones the mud covers the pave
ment about one foot thick and this is the
condition for the distance OF couple Of
blocks south from Leaveaw9rth on -Four
teenth street.
Five thousand Damage.
81 estimate that the cost Of removing the
mud from the pavements viii be close 20,
II not quite, 500" says Thomas J. Flynn,
street commissioner The storm was one
of the worst I ever saw and / doubt II
such quantities o. mud were ever before
washed onto the pavements in this city.
I nut my entire force at work the first
thing in the morning carting off this mud.
but il will take some time TO clean 1t all
away. as II is so deep in some places that
one wagouload viii not clean space As
large as the wagon itself"
Charles E Tanning. paving contractor.
estimates his loss as the result OF The
storm at $500 and figures that other paw
ing contractors have suffered to the extent
OF about s.. 600 altogether. flaming had
having on Thirtieth street between Chicago
and California streets under way, but the
rain washed out the concrete and caved in
the curbing. 50 that work viii have to be
begun practically al the beginning. This
is the case on Hickory street between
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-eighth streets.
where Hugh Murphy has the paving con-
tract. and on Forty-first street between
Davenport and Cunning streets, where
Wordsworth is laying paving.
hard Street sewer Bursts.
The Izsrd street sewer. near Twelfth.
burst during the worst part Of the storm
and the water flooded the entire bottoms.
The sewer burst out for the distance OF
about fifty feet and is in SUCH condition
that City Engineer ROsewater says he does
sewer is too small for the district. and he
says that a large sewer, plans for which
were recently rejected by the council over
the mayors suggestion. is the only way &c
remedy the difficulty.
At Thirty-second and Webster streets, the
sewer overflowed and flooded a number OF
houses, occupied by negro families, en-
tailirg damage 70 the amount Of several
hundred dollars. Water flowed into ths
basement OF a house al 70s North Thirty
second street. occupied by A. y. Wallace
50 that the furniture foated around tbs
rooms Mrs Minnie Gottrel and Mrs
Martha Brooks. living at Thirty-second and
Webster streets. were compelled 20 leave
their homes and spend the night elsewhere
on account OF the water flooding theil
domiciles.
/ c. Epstein, market master. says that thi
[ farmers bring In reports that but Htus
4 damage was done in the country.