Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-30
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Council Authorizes Distribution Of
Proceeds of Sewer Bonds.
CONTRACTS TO BE COMPLETED
city Attorney Reports No Authority
for the Issuance of Bonds Tor the
Erection of the Proposed New
Fire Engine Houses.

The distribution Of the moneys derived
from the sale Of the sewer bonds re-
Gently floated was the principal business
at last nights. session of the council.
This sale of bonds was authorized by a
special act Of the state legislature and
was authorized to meet a deficit in the
fund to cover the cost Of constructing
the sewers. In nearly all the sewer sys-
TENS the funds were inadequate. The
distribution was as follows: Highland
park, $4,000; Mud creek sewer, $500: Jet
ter creek, $1,000, and y street gulch
north branch). $500. This will pro-
vide for the completion of the sewers
under the contracts.
The council voted Twenty-fifth and NJ
streets the proper location for a drink
ing fountain which the National Humane
society has promised to assist the city
in erecting.
The contract for the grading Of l street
from Eighteenth to Twentieth was let to
George Poisall for 16h cents per cubic
yard. Dan Harmon bid 1895 cents, being
the only competitor.
The contract for putting in temporary
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awarded to w. IL. Rowley.
The city engineer made an estimate for
the grading Of Twenty-second street from
b to d street. the cost to be S2.450.
J. II. Kopietz. NJ. d. damn and f. r.
Leigh were appointed appraisers for the
grading of Sixteenth street from II to /.
The South Omaha Business Mems asso-
citation was allowed the use of 5 street
from Nineteenth to Twentieth for the car
nival to be held October II.
The city building inspector was instructed
to make the rounds OF the schools ant
other public buildings, which children us,
extensively tn see that all fire regulation!
and safeguards were complied with. TIL,
doors were made the special object of hi
examination to see If they all swung out
ward. .
The health officer was instructed to pro
ced at once TO notify people to clean NJ
their back yards.
Bids were called for on the grading o
J from Eighteenth to Nineteenth, and
street from Twenty-third to Twenty-fourtl
street, to be opened October 5.
The city attorney reported adversely T.
the claim of p. o.. Caldwell, who enters sui
for $500 damages to his lot on r street, be
tween Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh.
The mayor announced Tuesday afternoot
a holiday in honor Of the Ak-Sar-Ben
No Authority for Bonds.
City Attorney s.. L. Winters has informe
the city council that he has no authorit
under the city charter TO draft an ordl
nance for the issuance Of 500, 600 bonds 70
the erection of two fire halls az propose
in a resolution of the city council. II
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state legislature to pass an enabling &C
before the ordinance could be legal
drawn. Therefore he refused to compl
with the resolution of the city council.
The fire halls were to he located, one
Brown Park district and the. other in tn
Sixth ward near the north end of tn
city. This probably will tie up the in
prOvement for the present. The city Ina
negotiated the purchase of a site in Brow
Dpark.
This opinion caused considerable argl
ment in the council. 1t was asserted b
members who had consulted other attorney
that a certain ordinance provided for Il
issuance of bonds for the erection Of a III
| hail without the enabling act. This VIZ
the basis Of the argument. No deflni
action was taken except to order one
| the present fire halls removed to the ne
lot in Brown park.
Stranger killed by Cars.
An unidentified stranger was killed SUI
day night on the Lane cutoff at Sarp
three miles north of Willard. His head az
right shoulder were mangled. His face WI
e. left almost as in life. He was apparent
e a man of IS or 40 years, but no marks
Z identity were found on his person exec
\ tattoo marks, a heart and anchor on II
left forearm. He wore dark clothing al
a black sateen shirt. His height was abo
q 8 feet 9 inches, fairly well proportions
: His hair, moustache and compleXi,
sandy, almost authenticated.
d Thirty cents and a lot of cheap rim
x were in his pockets. lie had about thir
: packages Of court plaster manufactured
r N. Shure & company, Chicago.
He was seen lying beside the track
a the fast train crew which passed over I
/ road at ! a. m. so his death must ha
been caused by an earlier train. This is t
opinion given out at headquarters. As so