Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-01
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
City Council Opens Bids for Large
Amount of Paving.
NO ACTION TAKEN ON THEM
Mrs. Emily Dow, m Bellevue
woman Dead-LonE Inquest
VIII he Held Next
wednesday.

"wednesday.
Bids for paving contracts covering ten
different districts and including an area OF
nearly 1000 OO yards OF paving occupied the
attention Of the city council in last nights
session. The bid included all classes OF
material from paving brick to creosoted
wood block. The contracts were sought by
nine different firms.
The bidders were: The National Construc-
ton company. The Barber Asphalt Paving
company, Offerman Plumbing, Heating and
Construction company, Dan Harmon, Hugh
Murphy, Charles Tanning. Mike Jensen and
The General Contracting company. The bids
were complicated and the low bidder in one
class Of materials was often aigh in an
other. 1t will require a complete tabula-
ton Of the bids before the lowest bidder in
each class Of paving Is determined.
Each Of the bidders was required to fur
nish a check as a guarantee Of good faith.
Several bids were conditional and will prob
ably be ignored on that account. The Bar
Der Asphalt Paving company made a stipu.
iation that over 5000 yards Of paving be
awarded before the propositions should be
binding. The Offerman Plumbing. Heating
and Construction company stipulated that
the designated kinds Of paving block should
be used at the bidders option and this will
probably invalidate the contract.
The bids were referred to the committee
OF the whole council and the city engineer
for tabulation.
Connection for Fire Denied.
A notice from the Nebraska Telephone
company was received refusing to switch
calls from private telephones to the fire
nails for the purpose OF giving alarms
unless the city pay at the same rate for
the telephone calls as for the automatic
IRE box system. The COMPANY also de-
sires a contract releasing the company
from liability for errors made in trans
hitting a cal. The city council took no
action on this matter last night other than
to refer the matter to the council COM
mittee for investigation.
j. L. Duff gave notice of damages to a
house and lot near Twentieth and
streets to the amount OF 1880 or account
of alleged poor sewer conditions, which
cause storm water to undermine the prop
erty.
Three new paving ordinances were ad-
vanced and put upon second reading. A
protest was received against the grade Of
P street, from Twenty-second to Twenty
/ AbAA II elAGtAh dAu VI L WGuLI~LnlIu street.
from o to Q.
The Savings Bank and Trust COMPANY
made a bid of par for a block of S19, 900
worth Of grading bonds for the grading
Of NJ street. The company attached the
condition that the city pay 800 attorney
fees and enclosed no certified check. The
condition of the bid will probably cause 1t
to be rejected.
The salary and departmental payrolIs
were allowed.
Suspected Burglar Arrested.
The South Omaha police arrested James
Greer, a colored man from Pueblo, Colo,
last night on charge of being the man who
entered the residence of William f. Allen,
Thirty-second and F streets about a month
ago. The man is booked as a suspicious
character and the parties who saw the
two men who entered the residence will be
called upon to identify Greer IL possible.
Several suits of clothing and a gold brace-
let were taken from the Allen home. Greer
claims to have been in South Omaha about
four weeks. He has been working as an
extra man at Armour's packing plant. Cap
ain Sheehan and the block Waterman made
the arrest.
Mrs. Emily r.. Dow Dead.
Mrs. Emily r, Dow, aged 81 years, died
last night at the home Of her daughter at
29n South Twenty-ninth street, Omaha.
Mrs. Dow was one of the pioneer residents
of Bellevue and one Of the earliest settlers
Of Nebraska. The funeral will be held at
Bellevue Wednesday at 10 a. m. She had
been living at the home of her daughter for
some time.
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Thu ROrOnarfg fprr,aot que. A. 49, =
Arthur Long, killed by Wesley Mcbride
Saturday, was not held this afternoon.
but was postponed until Wednesday, when
1t will lake place at the coroner's South
Omaha office, beginning at 2 p. m.
The Mcbride boy will, 1t is said, have
to face a prosecution for murder in spite
Of his youth. Insanity win be the likely
defense. There can be many witnesses
called to testify to queer, or at least un-
usual behavior on the part Of the boy, who
is 10 years OF age.
The funeral OF Harry Long will be held
this morning at Q o'clock from the resi-
dence to st. Agnes church. The burial will
be at st. Mary's cemetery.
Mrs. George Mcbride is seriously I'll as
a result Of the shock Of events which have
brought her son, Wesley Mcbride. TO face
a charge Of murder. Mrs. E. A. Ashbury
Of Grafton, Neb, and M. w. Strater, her
brother and sister. are visiting her in her
trouble,
Y. NJ. c. A, Notes.
Loren Wiers, the delegate from the boys
department to the state boys conference
held at Columbus, has returned. ]. Dean
Ringer was chairman OF this conferences.
There were 1885 boys present from the diff
ferent associations. The average age was
16 years. Next year no boy under "a will
be present. The conference is Intended
for older boys and high schoo boys. The
athletic cup was won by Hastings, with
Columbus second and Fremont third. The
conference will probably be held next year
at Fremont, and the South Omaha asso-
citation is planning to take at least ten
boy members.
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