Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-04
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Council Votes Down Ordinance Open.
ing Thirty-Ninth Street.
ALL DEMOCRATS AGAINST IT
Property Owners on the West Side
on the WHrpRth over Blocking
of Their Hopes-NO Trace
of Murderers.

The democratic members of the city coun-
ell voted down the proposition TO open
Thirty-ninth street after a stormy session
Of the city council Monday night.
The people in the Fifth ward have been
exceedingly anxious to have rhirty-ninth
street opened. The city has already APP
propriated 500 to purchase the right-of-way
and the only thing remaining was to pass
the ordinance opening the street. The sud
den attitude of the democrats, assisted by
Swan Larson, caused a storm in the ranks
of fifty men of the west side of the city.
The only explanation was that as the city
had not been able to compel the Union Pa
cific to build a viaduct at r. street or at L
street lit wouldn't look right" to attempt
to force the Burlington to build at Thirty
ninth street. The men on the west side
could see no connection or logic In this at
titude of the democrats. The Burlington
has been willing TO construct such improve
ments heretofore and the expense to the
company would have been slight. SO the
men of the west side were mad, boiIlng,
and said as much. The city clerk D. D.
Girin, was so incensed at the councllmen
that he spoke. out In meeting and called
John Hasburgh a 'four-flusher saying
Mainly there was no sense to such actlon'
"There is an example of the way the demo-
Gratis will recognize the viii or the people
whom thew get in" said one of the disguised
taxpayers. 1--WE can't get a thing we want
and have been turned down by the other
administration when the democrats had fun
,ou,or In the council. We are tired OF being
ororod ovor here on the west side. we've
cot No WAY to get out unless we swim OUT.
W. dor,t see much chance of getting air
sbi,s soon why is it that the democrats
ara So SGT against the Fifth wardE we We
cot the biggest democrat majority IN the
city most of the time -,
Hasburgh. Hoffman, Swan Larson and
Matt Petersen voted against opening the
s,raet Frank Dworak ana Johh Larsen
,ra,,.d urqed and voted for the measure
ri, citv clerk and the mayor ursed 'he
measure. The only apparent cause was
that George Hoffman, who mas neeh u",
able to advance the L street Vladuct' ana
Matt Petersen. who could not secure '.'
y street viaduct definitely, did not W'sh TO
Grant an Improvement on the west S''
rbero there was good hope Of its being
secured lest his constituents sHoulu CIV
/ else hin in his home ward
Tbis affair o~vcrshadowed everything else
4, the brief council meeting, The only
| otbor item OF Importance was the announce
p,ont nv the Omaha Water company mat
no new fire hydrants would be located IN
snYth omaha this year for the reason thal
the appropriatiou would be exhausted.
Thu regular monthly bills to the amount
Of $1,000 were allowed.
Polls CIcSc al six.
Republicans Of South Omaha are adNls'I
| That the polls close today at 6 p. m. ana
all are urged to vote early, so that the
] efforts q the large body Of workers may
be spent to best advantage and time may
rot be wasted hunting up men who would
vote anyhow.
The pol!lng places in South Omaha are
as follows:
First Ward-First precinct, 54a North
Twentieth street; SecoEd precinct %
North Twenty-fCuTth street.
Second Ward-First precinct, 1872 SCUM
Twentieth street; Second precinct lUj
North Twenty-fourth street, -
Third Ward-First precinct, washington
SIR. et and Railroad avenue; Second pre-
cinct. west side Of Methodist Sunday school,
ThIrty-fourth AID L. streets
Fourth W~aTd-Ftrst precinct. ~ North
Twenty-fifth street; Second precinct Sl'
Q street.
FIFTH Ward-First precinct SO North
( Tweuty-seventh street; Second precincl,
Lenagh building, Thirty-ninth and l.
] streets.
Sixth Ward-First precinct, 1914 North
1wenty-fOurtE street: Secord precinct, as
! North TWenty-fouTth street.
! The city clerk will be at the city hall