Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Contract Ordinance for Light Gets a
Favorable Report.
PEDDLERs' LICENSE FEE STANDS
appointment of schooI Janitors ts
Postponed Until June, but
some Employees Are
Reelected.

The city council neld an adjourned session
last evening. The contract ordinance in
favor OF the Omaha Electric G.ight q
company was fsvorably recommen-
ded. The motion 20 adopt was carried by
a vote Of 5 TO l. A motion made by John
Larsen to recommit the ordinance was
lost. John Hasburgh voted to adopt the
report OF the Judiciary committee and also
voted to recommit the proposition.
This ordinance will have to be published
for two weeks and by the end Of that
time 1t is expected that protests Of legal
weight to force a special election will
have been filed.
A resolution. was introduced by John
Hasburgh to reduce the rate Of the
peddier's license from 500 annually to So.
The vote stood a tie and the motion was
lost The resolution reused much debate
The ordinance OF Thomas Geary granting
him the right to lay mineral water mains
was recommended with the repeating
clause stricken out. This permits other
companies also to conduct water mains
along the streets.
TIL street car committee asked that its
powers be continued for a week. The
committee is seeking TO aid the residents
Of West L street by having the street
"a y FlhA hAAlAk -
Twenty-first street was ordered opened
from Madison to the city limits south.
The city attorney was asked for an
opinion as TO when the raise in salary
provided by the new charter would be-
come effective. The attorney will give a
written opinion next Monday evening.
The engineer was ordered to estimate
the cost Of a sanitary sewer on Twelfth
street from Missouri avenue to the city
limits north.
A protest was filed against the change of
grade Of L street near Thirty-second
street. The protest was referred TO the
city attorney and the engineer.
Fire MIGRANTS were ordered at Fortieth
and P, FortS-second and X, Forty-second
and j, Twenty-ninth and 8, Nineteenth and
G, Nineteenth and H and Twenty-rhird and
Z streets.
The city obligations on the bonded debts
of the city amount to $s,So7.95 falling due
with Kountze Brothers, the fiscal agents
OF the city of South omaha, in New York
City.
Sewer m for about 81, 100 for work
completed were allowed.
Election of JanitOrs Deferred.
The Board Of Education OF South Omaha,
in session last evening, passed over the
election Of the janitors until the regular
meeting in June. No new teachers were
added 20 the lists. The board. however,
elected the chief carpenter, the engineer,
the trusnt officer. the school census
enumerators and the teachers examining
board.
William d. Watson was chosen carpen-
ter, Guy Scatter engineer, Paul McAulay
was made truant officer, All were re.
elected to the position they had formerly
occupie
The census enumerators were chosen
and this year there are eight instead OF
six as formerly. The eight are: Mrs.
Carrie Mullen, Mrs. A. F.. Mullen, Mrs.
f. P. Baker, Mrs. Dave Meyer, Mrs.
Thomas Petersgn Mrs. Ed Lowry, Mrs.
Mary Shannon and Mrs. Harry Boyd.
The teachers examining board was re-
elected entire, as the board had given per-
feet satisfaction. The board is n. NJ Ora
ham, ex-officio c~hairman, Mrs. Lulu Mat
thews and Miss Margaret O'Toole.
The board voted 10 reject all bids for a
school site near Forty-second and F streets
aud the committee on buildings and grounds
was ordered TO readvertise bids.
The salary OF the chief carpenter will
be raised at the next regular meeting Of
the board.
The board spent some ire discussing
the needs Of play grounds Cor the children,
but nothing was done in .he matter.
Robbie Not Here,
The South Omaha police and detectives
have secured no promising clues as to the
hiding place Of the Union Pacific tram
robbers, although all have been working
night and day on all possible clues. The
police are confident that none Of tho
quartet are in South Omaha. 1t is the be
lief that they Immediately took refuge IN
Omaha. The police in South Omaha have
usually been able to lay hands on any
strangers who seek TO take refuge in South
Omaha. Although it is packing town