Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-21
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
New Lighting Company Puts in Bid
for City Work.
NCoRPoRAToRs NOT NAME1
south Omaha viii soon iLiquidats
Large Amount Of It's Bonded
Indebteduess-O street
Extension again Up.

Two bids we're received for city light
ing at Mondays session of the city
council. One was by the South Omaha
Electric Light and Power company and
the other by the Omaha Electric Light
and Power company. TIL former bid on
three propositions for light and offered
to furnish a direct current for $40 per
arc on a ten year contract For
an alternating current the rate
was t7S per arc. The incandescent
lamps and arcs for lighting the
public buildings were to be at the rate
of IL cents per kilowatt hour. The bid of
the Omaha Electric Light and Power COM
pauy was S75 per arc with a minimum of
$50 acrs on a five-year contract under
similar conditions as now exist in the
city.
The personnel of the new company Is
not revealed even to the councilmen. The
arcs offered as samples are from the
Westinghouse company, and it is prob
able that this company will back the
local corporation. 1t is said the new
company is incorporated and that six of
the nine directors are now and shall un-
der the articles of Incorporation remain
citizens of South Omaha. A. H. Muir
dock, as attorney for the new company,
presented the bid.
Action on the lighting proposition was
deferred Cor one week and the matter Is
referred to the committee of the whole
council.
The poundmaster's ordinance was de-
feated last night on the point of the
size OF the dog license fee. Half of the
council wanted 81 and IS and the other
half wanted 81 and 50.
Opening of o street to River.
A petition of considerable length was
presented urging the council to take
steps for the opening Of o street to the
river. This has long been a bone OF coy
tention in the city. 1t is said by the
city attorney that under the new charter
the street may be opened and graded by
extending the improvement district until
the burden of the special assessment
shall not be confiscatory.
The routine matters contained the fol-
lowing items. A petition was presented
asking that the intersection Of Eighteenth
and P streets be repaired.
The Nebraska Artificial Stone company
asked and was granted a renewal Of the
lease OF a portion of an unused street Al
Twenty-eighth and K streets.
The oath of DR.. r. W. =aulk as the new
member Of the South Omaha Board Of
Fire and Police commissioners was filed.
The damage claim of Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Shaffer was compromised by q
settlement for $3.50. The claim arose from
personal injury to Mrs. Shaffer nearly
year ago.
The contract between the Chicago Rocl
Island & Pacific and the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroads for the open
ing of Twenty-fifth street across the right
of-way was referred to the city attorney
for approval.
A half dozen sidewalk ordinances wer,
recommended by the judiciary committee
A change OF grade of Twenty-sevent
street was also recommended. The junl
dealers ordinance was ordered to seconC
and third reading.
The city clerk was instructed to draw
warrant In favor of the city treasurer 70
$40. 422.a to pay the city's obligations IL
New York City.
The pond ordinance for East Q stree
paving was passed.
City to LiquIdate.
The city OF South Omaha will liquidat
$50, 422 OF its, bonded indebtedness. includ
ing interest on the outstanding obligations
May /. The city treasurer made his re
port of the amount due yesterday and in
! cluded among the items to be paid of
$1,000 OF the lower Twenty-fourth stree
paving bonds which became optional thi
year. or five years after the date OF issue
The city has collected above SIC, 900 II
special taxes in this Improvement district
For this reason the money was apple
to the retiring of the bonds. The rest O
the bond issue will run the twenty year
as provided. After the lapse of the presen
year they may not be redeemed until tn
full time. The collection of so large
sum in special assessments is an unusua
thing in South Omaha. In the majorit
: Of cases the assessment has been elude,
u and the improvement shifted to the cit,
" at large, when the obligation must be me
out of the interest fund.
y Other large items in the expenditur
y dating May l are $500 In refunding bonds
$3.50 interest on the city hall bonds
y $S,625 semi annual interest on the genera
$ sewer bonds; $500 interest on park bonds
and $3.50 interest on curb and gutter bond.
Magic city Gossip.
Lena B. Klimesh of spiIlville, la, is tn
I guest OF j c. Vana and family.
r letters Gold Top Beer delivered to an
n part of the city. Telephone No. s
y The Royal Highlanders will meet thi
evening at the Danish Brotherhood hall.
Mr.. ana Mrs. H.. p. Sorenson we're give
a surprise sunday evening in honor @
their twentieth wedding anniversary,
r Captain Nels Turnquist yesterday after
noon swore out a complaint charging In
sanity induced by disease, against Eva Cos
A rad.
! st. Martins Women's auxiliary will hol