Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-08
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
City Council Resets Bid for Large
Block Of Paving Bonds.
AEDREAs FALTOE ELECTROCUTED
" Workman In HIGe Cellar Of Cudahy
PackinE Company Dies Instantly
from Contact with Live
Wire.

Wire.
The South Omaha city council reiecJed
the bid OF par and accrued interest on the
G0O9 bonds for the grading OF 81 street
because q condition was attached asking
the city TO pay 500 attorney fees for the
ton Of the history Of the bonds.
The bid was made By The Sur.ty and Trust
company Of Tofedo. O. The city charter
provides that no bonds shall be sold for
lee than par or accrued interest.
The COMMITTEES o. the whole council. to
whom were referred the bids for the
paving contracts. reported progress, but
asked more time for its report. A special
meeting OF the city council will be held
this Afternoon to receive the report Of the
committee. The report that the paving
bids were higher caused several Of the
contractors Interested to advance reasons
yesterday for the advance Dan Harmon
declared that his bid Of u93 per square
yard for paving block on a srout base was
the cheapest ever offered in the city OF
South Omaha. Other contractors d~eclaerd
that the advance was due 10 an advance
in the price OF cement and in the prices
OF broken stone. They declared that &C.
ment had increased in price, 30 cents Per
barrel.
The greater part Of the council session
was confined 10 routine matters. The
monthly reports we're read. which included
the trea surer's report showing a balance
Of tZs5.196. This is the lowest balance
for several years. The sanitary inspector
reported one case Of typhoid. six OF diph-
iberia and one Of small pox.
A petition was received for the grazing
Of Y street from Twenty-fifth 10 Twenty
seventh. a foot bridge was ordered for
Twenty-third and Monroe streets. The Of
ferman Heating. Plumbing and ConstrIc-
ton company was awarded the contract
for making proper connections with the
sewer at Twentieth and n streets.
The $4,000 bond issue for fire equipment
was finally passed. This will provide the
city Of South Omaha with two new fire
halls and a fire engine.
Three more ordinances for paving were
passed, they were, b, c and Twenty-second
streets.
school Board Holds Session.
The Board OF Education met last eve
ming at the South Omaha High school.
The chief item was the Information from
z. c. Bishop. the state superintendent.
that the course OF study in the normal
training class was satisfactory and the
school would be on the accredited list pro-
vided IL could stand the inspection end
showed an enrolment OF more than ten
pupils. This would entitle South Omaha
to $3.50 Of the state funds. 1t was learned
with regret by the board that it had been
impossible to get ten students OF the school
to choose this work this year. The city
will therefore lose its appropriation.
The school census enumerators have made
a report additional on omitted names in
their districts and were last night granted
the full balance OF their pay.
The date OF the Christmas holidays was
fixed. They VIII begin Friday, December
"a. at noon. The schools viii be recon
vened January 3. 1910.
An examination for teachers will be held
on December q. Is and %. Byron Cum
mings, a boiler inspector. reported all the
; heating apparatus in good condition in
the South Omaha schools.
Miss Pearl Alexander was elected to a
position on the unassigned list Of eachers
Bits to the amount Of S16.0o0 were al
lowed.
Andreas FaItOn E-Ieetrocuted
Andreas FaIton. a laborer in the hide
cellar Of the Cudahy Packing company
was instantly killed by an electric shocl
yesterday morning. He was trying to re.
pair the light and in so doing graspet
the socket as he was standing on a bale
OF hides. instantly there was a nasf
and he feI! to the floor dead. Just befor,
this his partner had grasped the socke.
and had been knocked down, but no.
seriously hurt The electric lights ar,
considered dangerous in the hide cellar.
on account OF the dsmpness and the LA
biity Of grounding the current
Andreas Falton was a Slav' and hat
been in the city since last April. He hat
a wife and four children In slavonia. H,
was only So years old. The inquest vii
be held at } p. m. today and the funera
wiz be from the Church OF the Assumption
at 1:SO today. He lived at Eighteenth an,
S streets.
Magic City Gossip.
DR.. c. N. George, Osteopath. 73 n. oath
letters Gold Top Beer delivered TO an,
part of the city. Telephone No. s.
Mr., Glenn B. Lvers OF WaterviIle. Kan.
is visiting his brother. Rev. Ralph W
Livers. and attending the Corn Show.
Mrs. ]. H. Tobkins Of Lindsey. Neb. 1
the guest Of her mother. Mrs Georg
Chase. and her sister, Mrs. Bessie Bake,
The Magic City Kings Daughters VT
meet at the home OF Mrs. o. p. Tavlol
ls26 North Twenty-sixth street. Thursda,
December g. at ESQ p. m.
It is reported that W. Scott King IA
resigned his position with the Nations
Construction company. Mr.. King Isl
present out OF the city.
The women OF the English L.uthera
church Will hold their annual bazaar. vii
dinner and upper, IN the Scargo bloc
Wednesday. Fancy articles for sale ar
meals Is cents.
watchss-FRENzER-l5th ana Dodge.