Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-24
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
New Lighting Company Plans to
Erect Extensive Plant.
LARGE INVESTMENT IN PROSPECT
Union Pacific Land Deal I'm Sarpy
Comfy Means Extension OF
Trackage-Country Club
Plans.
LARGE INVESTMENT IN PROSPECT

A. II. Murdoch returned yesterday from
a business trip in Iowa and Immediately
topk up the new electric lighting proposi-
ton for South Omaha. Referring to the
personnel of the company he declared the
stock was all subscribed by local men and
the company would be financed and under
the articles of Incorporation will be man
aged by the citizens of South Omaha. as
long as the company exists. He said he was
not ready to publish the list Of stock
holders yet. but would do 80 shortly.
As to the intent of the company in SUBJ
hitting a bid, the attorney said the COM
pany expected to furnish public and private
lights and sell power to the fun extent
Of its Influence. He maintained that the
bid of his company was far better in every
way than the old company's. The style of
lamp and the power of the current offered,
would in each case, prove of better light
ing capacity.
To furnish this power the company ex-
poets TO erect a power plant TO cost be-
tween $3.50 and $4,000. The site for the
plant has not been selected, only it was
said by the attorney that it must be con-
venient trackage property in the city. He
said arrangements had been made to push
the erection of a power plant, so that &c
would be In operation by the time the con-
tract with the Omaha Electric Light and
Power company expired. II is assured that
the old company will have to pay the
same royalty as the old company pays.
and thS old company will not be able to
escape the royalty when the contract with
the city ceases.
Land Sale FuIhIs Prophecy.
Events have apparently verified the re-
ports given in the South Omaha columns
of The Bee three months ago that the
Union Pacific, through the McCague In
vestment company Of Omaha, had bought
a large and valuable tract OF Sarpy county
land along the present right-of-way. The
report was vigorously attacked by Edward
Dee at that time as an exaggeration. The
sale has been verified from many sources
and is said to have been admitted by Mr..
Dee also.
The tract consists OF forty odd acres
west OF the Union Pacific tracks extend
ing from Chambers road to the Douglas
county line. The largest individual prop
erty owner to sell was Michael Croker,
who has been an owner there for about
three years. He has made a very hand
some profit.
The J. f. Murphy Real Estate company
OF South Omaha handled his and other
properties in the tract. The company inter
ested in the purchase of the tract has been
disappointed at the publicity given the
deal for the reason that some obstinate
property owners hold out more vigorously
with each repetition Of the story, The
management said that the men who were
not content with a good big profit, but
who wanted to make a fortune out OF their
holdings, might check the whole PROPOSE
ton.
AS 10 what use the railroad company
will make OF the property, the most reason
able theory is that the growth OF the two
Omahas will soon make more trackage a
necessity.
To Bay site of Country CIub.
A special meeting OF the stockholders of
the South Omaha Country club was held
last night at Library hall. The cafe aues-
ton and the land purchase question were
! the points Of discussion. The cafe question