Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-11
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Delinquent Tax List Turned Over to
the County Treasurer.
MAJOR PORTION SPECIAL TAXES
Board of Education Rejects All bids
for site for Manual framing
school ana New Proposals
to Re Asked.

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OF property in arrears for taxes. both gen.
eral and special The latter kind Of taxes
are farther in arrears than the general
levy. The amounts also are larger. The
deputy treasurer said the lists OF delin-
quents were much larger than he had sup
posed. Collections in the main have been
pretty good. Most OF the property delin-
quent is undesirable, or at least pays no
income. A few good pieces have been
listed.
In order to redeem the property 50 listed,
II will be necessary for the owner to settle
additional costs of filing. The casual esti-
mate OF delinquent property is about $4,000
In actual value, ard would produce about
5000 in taxes under the general levy; but
under the special assessment much more
Is In arrears.
In the case of the special assessment, the
owners of the property on Thlrtieth street,
who have been assessed 10 pay the cost Of
paving the street, have there properly listed
as delinquent for the reason that In the
recent litigation to irvalidate the tax the
city won. The case is now on appeal before
the supreme court The property owners
are hoping for a reversal and have there
fore refused to pay the speciaI assessment.
In the case Of the Twenty-fourth street
paving, conditions are exactly reversed. In
this case the city lost in the litigation and
appealed. The treasurer therefore made no
attempt to collect the special assessment,
and none Of this property has been listed
as delinquent. Many OF the delinquencles
In other cases arise from the laying of
sidewalks and grading.
Beard OF Education.
The Board of Education held a special
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for the manual training department. 1t
was decided that the sites offered were
too high for the board to purchase. These
sites were the southeast corner of Twenty
fourth and ] and the northeast corner of
Tw~enty-fourth and X. The board there
fore rejected all bids and instructed the
secretary to readvertise FOR a site lying
between L and J streets and between TWEEN
ty-fourth and Twenty-second streets. This
gives a much larger territory and It is
hoped that several vacant lots adjoining the
present high school campus may be offered.
On such a site the board proposes to erect
a fine building for the use of the depart
ment.
The details of getting the work of the
new year started were discussed briefly by
the superintendent. He SAID the present
enrolment in the grades was about 400.
fully equal to the largest enrolment last
: year. This is good, in view of the fact
q that a new parochial school had been
. opened and two grades of beginners were
u not yet admitted at West Side school on
account OF repairs. ~
. Pond Hats sewer Work.
: Harmon & Craig. contractors, received mo-
tice from the city a few days ago to re-
sumo work on the N STREET. gulch sewer,
, which was dropped last spring during the
exceedingly wet weather. fEhe work ceased
under the intersection of Twentieth and N
streets. The company had much water TO
: contend with. Dan Harmon said, II don't
? propose to resume work there until the
: city drains out the pond south of n street
where the storm water was turned. The
{ water there is fifteen feet deep and it is
. SO nearly over the point where we work
that it flows in constantly through the soil,
and is dangerous. II a sudden cave in at
that point resulted it would let in enough
water to drown all the men before they
could get out. The city has been making
some efforts to drain this pond, but as yet
have not succeeded.
Curbing Stakes Set.
The city engineers yesterday staked the
center and curb lines of e street from
Twenty-fourth to Twenty-eighth. The OBJ
y ject of the work is preliminary to paving
> which has been petitioned for by all of the
residents owning property along the street.
a The engineer will submit his stimate of
v the cost OF the paving at an early date,
On receipt Of this the council can introduce
a an ordinance to advance the Improvement
Getting Ready for Foot Ban.
The South Omaha High School Football
association held it's first meeting last
evening. 1t was presided over by Prof, r
II. johnson, the business manager ap,
pointed by the faculty. The boys will be-
out for preliminary practice tonight, They
= will practice at Twentieth and Missouri
Y avenues for the greater part Of the time
1t is clear that South Omaha is to have
a strong team. 1t has many from las
years squad.
George Rapp, quarter back and captain
will play his old place. E.. Gall is SLATED
, for left end. r. Ensor has a walk away
u for the center position. Herd Stryker viii
, doubtless be one of the tackles. FloyC
Finch. a substitute last year, will probably
play the other tackle. J. Shultz is a gooC
candidate for right guard. A. Finlay o.
= last years squad will probably make full
back. In addition to these known candi
dates. there is plenty of good material
: Several big freshmen have enrolled.
Prof. Nichols, an old high school coach
: will be out to assist the boys. ]. D.. Ringer
Of University fame will probably be out
o. NJ. Williams of the local Young Men
Christian associs ton will be called upon t.
,e work up the back field.
Gan Club shoot Planned.
The South Omaha Gun club has planned
a big shoot for September q, This will
mark the final shoot Of the season. l
has been one of the most popular organi
cations and the members have done mucl
creditable shooting every Sunday after
noon this summer. The final shoot viii b.
a handicap so as to give all an equa
chance for the prize. The handicap will b.
- based on the average which the member
have made during the summer. For In
' stance. Il a man killed 10 per cent OF tn
number of birds killed by the scratch maj
he will receive that much of a handicap
The shoot will be at 100 birds. The profit
Of the association will be made up an
invested in prizes for the winners OF thi
" shoot. The amount TO be invested thi
way will be about $50 at the close Of tn
- season.
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