Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Paving Contractors Get Busy Among
Taxpayers.
OFFICIAL TABLES SHOW COST
wIIfu1 willie WoIfc's wanderIust
While WONG wild, Works
Maynard Wanderers
Windup.

The activities of the various contr ctors
for paving material have led some Of them
TO present to the residents of the city vari-
GUS propositions highly tempered by the
kind Of material each company desires to
use. The complete tabulation of the bids
by the city engineer and the completion Of
the total sheet showing exactly what each
bid will cost leaves no room for further
argument. Those contractors who wish to
show matters as they really are can get
the blue prints of the total sheet and show
the residents exactly what the cost of each.
class of paving viii be.
The various paving materials show a
range of fully 50 per cent in cost. For
instance. the cost Of paving Twentieth
street from N to s street will be S29, 500 If
paved with creosote wood block, but the
cost, II paved with Portland cement con-
crete. will be as low as $1S.OSS. Vitrified
paving block is about the mean between
the above classes, with a cost of S21, $50 for
a recommended class of curbing. Sheet
asphalt you'd cost about $23, 451 with a
combined curb and gutter of Portland
cement. Asphaltio concrete would cost
$22. S75.
The property owners must consider the
kind of material to be used as we'll as the
cost. 1t is not unreasonable that they
should demand an explanation of the merits
OF all classes OF paving before signing petit
lions for any class. The petitions must all
be presented to the council within thirty
days after the time the bids are approved.
While Wolfe Away.
winie Wolfe has again taken to the high
ways of the big outside world. The mar
shall of Papillion reported to the truant
officer last night that he had taken up
M ~ - -,-,,1a 49, - . M IL
is not the first time he has made his way
: from South Omaha to some of the rural VIII
lagos. He has been confined at the deten-
tion home on account of these wandering
habits, but 1t has no effect when the wild
calls for Willie. He has just completed a
term OF one month at the detention home
for a visit to Sarpy county, where he and
a boy companion experienced many advent
ures, one of which was 10 ride the horses
Of a farmer after having taken the brides
out of the mans barn and cornering the
animals in the pasture Willie Wolfe lives
with his mother, Mrs. shannon, at Thirty
, eighth and Madison Streets. His mother is
y janitress OF the Field school,
Services in the Churches.
Rev. t. M Ransom win conduct services
at Letter Memorial church at II a. m.
Sunday.
Rev. r. w. Liver's Sunday morning
theme will be "A Christmas Prophesy. Fl
The young people meet in the evening.
THE Making of the New Man" is DR.
r, L. Wheelers Sunday morning theme
In the evening he win preach from the
topic Christian Conflicts"
Rev. George Van Winkle's Sunday morn,
ing topic at the Baptist church is ''rht
Call of jesus His evening topic is =
WiSe Choice"
st. Martins congregation will celebrat,
holy communion q. II a. IN. Sunday, fol
lowed by a sermon by Rev. Alfred G
White. His tc..c is Two Glasses o
Prophets and the Fruit They Produce"
This Suuday school at 10 a. m. will b.
devoted to pans for the special children
Christmas program to be given at Z p. n
December "a.
Sunday at 4 -, m. a special muslca
service will be given to introduce the ne,
pipe organ and 10 afford the people gen
eIally an opporty-~~y OF hearing Il. Proi
Simms OF Omaha will preside. Rev. Alfre
G. White will make a brief address. Tn
invitation is general.
Morning prayer and sermon will be oh
served at st. Clements mission at IL a. n
A Christmas service and tree will be Oh
served at Z p m. Ihursday, December %.
Holy communion will be celebrated a
81. Edwards mission sunday at 8 a II
Sunday school will be held at 3 n m
followed by vespeF services.
The children OF st. Edwards church hol
their Christmas service Friday Afternoon
december -, at ll:VO a. m.
ST. Clements church will hold services 4
Il O'Clock Christmas morning.
Samuel 5. Collins Dead.
samuel S. Collins. Twenty-fourth and
streets died at I o'clock this afternoon
his home after a long siese OF Illness. II
funeral arrangements are not made. M
Collins was superintendent Of police I,
the Armour plant and had held the pos
tion for many years. He leaves a wi
and two adult children.
MaEie City Gossip.
4 Este Barr OF stanton is the que
OF Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Barr.
The tria. OF John CissnA on charge
grand larceny will be held oday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Beckett OF Midd
town, O., are the guests OF Mrs. Btcket
and j N. Abbott. This h their first ives
ern trip and they are much pleased wi