Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-22
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Strip Of Territory West Of City May
Be Annexed.
HARD FIGHT WILL BE RESULT
Work on letter sewer Has begun
Change in Fire Alarm system Ar
ranged EmBodying nj
rect Calls.

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rect Calls.
A resolution was introduced Monday In
the session OF the city council ordering the
city attorney to prepare an ordinance
forcibly to annex a strip OF territory on
the west Of South Omaha and lying south
OF # street TO the Douglas county limits.
This public adoption Of the principle OF
annexation is peculiar. considering the at
titude of the local politicians toward that
principle when exercised by any other seat
Of municipal government. The citizens of
the west side, however, were present with
a. vigorous protest on the ground that such
an action on the part Of South Omaha
would Increase the taxes and would divide
the school district in half. There is an
eight-room school house in that district.
To this argument the members of the
city council replied that IL this section
would not submit to annexation to South
Omaha they would be annexed to Omaha.
A representative of the section then rose
and said he had heard OF this rumor and
had investigated and thought 1t false, He
said Omaha would annex South Omaha, but
cid not care to annex the outlying districts.
The ordinance will probably be introduced
at the next meeting and then the real fight
against the proposition will begin.
No action was taken by the city council
regarding the city fountain. A communica-
ton was received from the South Omaha
Live Stock exchange asking that the city
Dun do nothing which would impede the
construction of the car line over the o
street viaduct. A representative of the
street car company was also present, a
contract is prepared for the erection Of the
fountain at Twenty-fifth and o streets. No
action was taken approving the PROPOSE
ton. 1t was not read in the proceedings,
having been taken out In advance by the
committee Of the whole council.
letter Creek Sewer Begun.
The National Construction company has
begun work on the letter creek sewer,
which Is the largest undertaking, with the
exception of the Mud creek sewer, of any
In the system. The work will consist of
making the usual trench and the construc-
ton of q six-foot sewer. The first excava-
ton was begun Monday morning at a point
about 200 feet east of letters brewery.
From that point the sewer will extend over
1900 feet west and northwest. The six
foot section will not be more than 400 or
500 feet long, but will be reduced as the
work proceeds until 1t ends in an eighteen
inch pipe. East from the point where the
work began about 5000 feet the connection
will be made with the Mud creek sewer.
This work will all be surface digging. All
of the tunnel sections of the sewer system
are completed.
Matter of Fire Hose.
The financial sheet was passed. with the
exception of the. bill for $1,000 fire hose,
which was ordered through the activity
of John Hasburgh without the request OF
the fire. chief or, the Board Of Fire and
Police commissioners. 1t ives agreed upor
In committee to- pay 1t, but two councilmer
stayed away from the meeting so that they
might not haveyto, so on record as voting
for the biiKis The>rremaining members OF
the eoancil-4Dwofak, rHasburgh,' John Lar
sen and Matt Pe~terson--struck the item
from the list They will compel the Other
members to- go lon record on the claim.
An ordinances was introduced to grade c
street from Twenty-sixth to the city limits
on the east. This work will fill an enor
nous hollow east of Twenty-second street
and the whole will probably cost $4,000 tC
$751; 600 ,dJ sn-a
The South Omaha Water company PAID
it's annuity in hydrants with the exception
of a small balance amounting to $780,, Thli
was paid in cash. An ordinance was intro.
duced last week and advanced to SECOND
reading last night to compel the company
to pay this small balance in MIGRANTS.
A protest was received which stopped thu
grading of the alley between Twenty-seconC
and Twenty-thlrd, between c and ID streets
The sum of $500 was allowed Mrs. Flor
ence Belor for damages by reason of the
grading of s street from Thlrtieth to Thirty
second, because she had not received tbs
proper legal notice of the Intended improve
ment.
The claim of Charles Freed for damages
for personal injuries amounting to $500 wa!
disallowed. 49, '"''
A special ordinance was introduced levy
ing the tax to pay the cost OF paving I
street. A humble Of special ordinances fol
sidewalks and for grading were also intro
duced, .
A new petitiSn was received for thu
change of grade of ] street and the proper
ordinance was introduced.
TIL Nebraska Telephone company wa
requested to designate South 50 as the mum
Der for fire alarms.
, Fire Alarm system Changed.
Since the Nebraska Telephone compan!
has refused to deliver the fire alarms To-
private parties over the regular servlc'
lines the city council has been seeking
solution of the matter. and has succeeded
in getting the company to agree to max
the connection direct with the fire hall
instead of repeating the call or springlnl
the automatic alarm, In this way tn
= company will bear no responsibility 70
= errors in the directions given. In severa
cases the fire companies went wrong
owing TO mistakes Of either the part,
calling, the operator or the fire compan,
receiving the call. Parties wishing to re
port fires will call so, but the operate
will simply connect up with the fire sta
: lions direct. The fire stations have tn
= ordinary telephone service for calls othe
> than fires.
- Magic City Gossip.
~Sandwall, Jeweler. COL Paxton Block.
:" DIR, C. N. George, osteopath, 7G3 N. 24tt
c. NJ. Griffith and sons expect to leav
Wednesday for oregon.
The Central Labor union will give
masquerade ball January 10,
n letters Gold Top Beer delivered to an
a part of the city. Telephone Nos.
@ John c. Shultz is home from the unlveI
. sity to spend the holidays with hjS parents
Mrs. Clarence Milner of Kansas City
y the guest of her father and her brother
in South Omaha this week.
Louis Schwartzlander was arrested Las
"a night for threatening the patrons {
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