Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-19
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Committee Reports Favorsbly on the
Columbus Electric Power Project.
MASS MEETING TO CONSIDER IT
board of Education Receives Btds for
sites for the Proposed Manual
Training BuIIdinR-CORI
Contracts Let.

The council committee OF the whole met
during last week to consider the proposition
OF electric power to be furnished by the
Nebraska Power company Of Columbus, and
ported at the session last night that they
believed the proposition of the company
would be a great benefit to South Omaha.
They favored calling a special meeting Of
che council with the packers and other in
terested business men of the city TO further
consider the matter. This will be arranged
at an early date.
A rev ordinance was introduced declaring
1t to be a nuisance for property owners to
allow weeds to grow on vacant lots and
along streets in the city. The ordinance
provides that the city shall abate the nuis-
ance and, in cases where necessary, will
assess the cost Of cutting and destroying
the weeds against the property after the
manner OF other special taxes.
Routine affairs included a report of the
appraisers who fixed the damages to prop
erty by reason Of grading A street from
Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth street. No
damage was reported.
The city engineer and city attorney re-
ported favorably on the petition for the
paving OF Il street from Twenty-fourth to
Twenty-eighth and that all the require
ments of the law were observed in the pc
tition. The council probably will introduce
the proper ordinance at the next meeting.
A petition was received for the opening
Of Twenty-ninth from Q street to the Bur
lington right-of-way
p. ]. Trainor appeared before the city
council representing the Board of County
commissioners The board offered to bear
two-thirds of the expense of repairing
Thirteenth street at I, where the rains have
washed the street badly. The proposition
was accepted.
The Omaha Water company was ordered
to extend its mains to Twenty-third and M
streets. IN electric light was ordered for
the same point.
One thousand feet OF new fire hose was
purchased.
The city clerk was instructed to adver-
tise for bids for a bridge at Twenty-fifth
and Polk streets.
The council is to meet soon with the
Board of Fire and Police Commissioner
for considering the purchase of a fire team.
Frank Dworsk asked that the city at
torney inform the council if 1t might use
the opera chairs purchased for the con-
venience of the people who attend the ses-
sions of the council The furniture con-
tracts are in litigation.
All the outstanding judgments against the
city, with the exception of the Marie Krig-
baum Judgment, were paid in full.
A special meeting of the council will be
held this afternoon for the purpose of con-
,sidering the extras allowed on the city jail.
The council then adjourned for one week.
Board of Education.
The session OF the Board of Education
last night considered for the greater part
bids for supplies of coal, and for heating
and plumbing, as we'll as for a site for the
new manual training department. This
latter department was practically intro.
duced into the schools, although the site
for a special building has not been Sc,
lected. The board appropriated $500 fol
the purchase or tools and for benches. II
is the intention TO make this department
fully as extensive and as practical as the
present commercial department. In the
matter Of a site, two bids for property, In
accordance with the advertisement were
received. The first was by Fred Armhurs
for two lots on the northeast corner Of
Twenty-fourth and X streets. HI offered
these lots free from buildings for $4,000
The other bid was by b. E. Wilcox for the
southeast corner Of Twenty-fourth and j
streets. He offered two lots there, will
the present building, for $4,000. The matter