Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Water Company and Street Railway
Protest on Assessment
WIDE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
Railroad and stock Yards Company
Notify the CItS they Are Ready
TO work on q
Street Viaduct.

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fore the Board Of Review yesterday aft
ernoon to object to the assessment OF its
Trcrerty at S46.o00. The company was
represented BY r. S. Hall. General Man.
ager e. NJ. Fairfield and Superintendent
A.. B. Hunt were also present. The points
Of difference between the company and
the board lay in the franchise. The South
Omaha board claims that the Omaha Water
cotrpany's franchise has never been inn
ciuded in the assessments on which the
courts have pacse1 judgment, and that the
$4,000 valuation .s the bare physical value
and that the franchise is worth 100000 TO
the company, The franchise has six years
yet to run. on this point the water com
rany lis Just as positive that the franchise
has been included.
The tax commissioner, Jay n. williams,
said: II think we will never be able to get
together on this matter unless the COM
rany can agree to more tina $500, 0OO." This
the company refused to do. The. object OF
the meeting yesterday afternoon was to
talk tile matter over informally so that
litigation might be avoided II possible. 1t is
likely however that 1t cannot be avoided.
Mr.. Williams was unwilling to state his
position In full yesterday as he is under
the advice of the city attorney. During the
las. two years the assessment of the Omaha
water company has been reduced, but dur
ing the two years previous the assessment
was almost at the figures given by the tax
commissioner.
The street railway company, represented
by Mr.. Leussler, was also before the
board objecting to the assessment Of $780,
900. The claim is that the assessors have
raised the company on three successive
years and that the present valuation is too
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commissioner to tax the company for all
unused trackage as we'll as that part of
the system In use, A more formal hearing
of the matter will follow before the board
adjourns,
Ready to Construct ViRduct.
The city has received notIe from the
Union Pacific and the Union Stock Yards
company that they are ready to proceed
with the construction of the Q street via
duct, The material has been shipped and
Will arrive early in the week. The fore
man of the steel gang, representing the
contractor, will arrive in the city Monday
and Organize his gangs. w. Scott King
win have charge of the engineering for
the interested companies and George W.
Roberts Will represent the interests of the
city. The work will require nearly ninety
days. The old viaduct will be closed after
1nuIbudy Ol next week. a wagon ROAD
and a way for pedestrians will be opened
across the tracks. The street railway will
run a stub car on the west side of the
tracks. In the meantime gangs are hurry
ing the steel and the ties for the recon
struction of the entire trackage on the
west side as far as Forty-second street
across the viaduct almost to tho Burling-
ton viaduct. The grade makes IL impossl-
BILE to go farther west without going en-
tirely beyond that viaduct. The National
Construction company Is also pushing the
work of paving West Q as fast as the
work Of the street car company Will per-
nit.
Paving Work Delayed.
The paving on Twenty-fifth street will
be deferred until the Independent Tele-
phone company has laid its conduits in
that street. This viii be a week at least.
The Independent people say they have the
material on the way and 1t will arrive in
South Omaha early in the week. The ex-
cavating will begin at once. The trenches
will be dug about -four feet deep. As soon
as the company begins the laying of the
conduits the paving may begin. for the
work will move rapidly in a free surface
excavation.
ST. Agnes Commencement.
The school Of ST. Agnes, South Omaha,
held its annual commencement last even
ing at the South Omaha High school audi
forum. The classes were large and repre-
sentative and the program was extensive.
The chief attraction was a drama entitled
Ursula OF Brittany by the school chill
dren. They were all elegantly costumed
for the characters. II was counted one OF
the most successful commencement which
the school has ever held. The first part
of the program consisted of musical and
literary numbers After this the certifi-
Gates were conferred upon the following:
Masters Patrick McCrann, Frank Maggie,
Clarence Mangan, Thomas Kane, Leo Gil
logly, Wenceslau Barta, John Parks, Daniel
Harmon, William Cochran. George Smith,
Arthur Connors. John Barry, Edward Cush-
Brennan, Katherine Heafy, Lucy Fitzsim-
mons, Mary Buglewicz, Grace Kinnear,
Teresa KopietE, Rose Mahoney, Mary Cot
Anna Smith and Kathleen Parks.
A medal for Improvement in music was
awarded to Miss ADELAIDE Crawford out
of a class Of eight. composed of the follow
ing: T. Kane, G. Smith, F. Franek. Misses
r. Mahoney, A. Crawford, n, Byrne, A.
Collins, A. Brennan; instrument. violin.
The plano class, p. McCrann, F. Maggie,
Misses II. Brennan, II. Heafey, b. Lich-
nowsky, r. Harmon, M. Connors. o.
Harvey. H. Burgdotf. M. Welch, X, welch
contested lot = prize WNhSH was won ny
Miss Bertha ~Lichnowsky.
over forty Of the students participated
In the drama. Miss Katherine Heafey
played the part OF Princess Ursula Of
Brittany; Miss Anna Donahue played the
part OF her father. Theonotus; Master Ed
ward Gushing played the part Of Canon.
prince Of England; Daniel Harmon played
the part OF Attila, the Hun.
Eagles Give Athletic Contest.
The Eagle drill team gave an athletic
program at the Ancient Order Of United
Workmen temple last night and about ten
matches were pulled off, consisting of four
rounds each. In none of these was there
any decision. The principal bout was be-
tween Kid Jensen and Tommy Campbell OF
Omaha, At the end of the third round the
referee called the bout IN order to save a
knockout In favor Of Jensen. The fighting
was fast in this bout, Jensen outweighed
his opponent and often threw him TO the
ropes. other contestants were Hall and
Tierney, May and Brosnihan, Macy and
Cunningham, Gray ana Baltimore Kid. -
Ray and Mcmahon. Many OF the bouts were
mere scrimmages without much merit, but