Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-10
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Council Spends Evening Reading
Board Of Health Ordinance.
THEN REFERRED TO coMRuTTEE
one Of lite Principal Objects L. 60
Prevent o~ercrowdinE Of LOdE-
inc Houses end l. Aimed
OF Greeks.

% its session listened 10 the reading Of 9
lengthy ordinance covering the creation OF
a Board Of Health. defining its duties and
isyins down 3 lengthy system Of rules
for the more perfect sanitation Of the city.
The Board 81 Health is to consist. under
the new ordinance. OF the mayor. the city
physician and health officer. with the ad-
dition Of three men appointed by the
mavor.
II was evident that the ordinance had
chiefly 10 DO with lodging houses and
aimed 10 prevent overcrowding at the
Greek lodging houses. and was so stated
by Swan Larson, vino introduced IT, II
was TO compel the lodging house keepers
to provide room enough to prevent the
serious state OF affairs which is said 10
have existed in many places in the city.
As high as furty-seven men were found
In one room 25 feet wide and = feet long.
The ordinance also took up the matter
Of bakeries and confectionery establish
ments. II provided that no such estab-
Hshment might be conducted in q base
ment room. A restriction Was placed on
sleeping in the same rooms or having any
sinks for washing IN the bake room.
The ordinance was referred "a the com
mittee on judiciary and may he consid-
erably shortened before a Is finally passed.
A. 4 stands Il confirms uincty-two ser
tious. OF which many are lengthy.
The city attorney rendered an opinion
70 the effect that the CITY was not liable
for damage done by the mob OF Feb
ruary p.
The matter OF the bill OF the Omaha
Water company which included the rent
ais OF the MIGRANTS located along Hector
boulevard. was reported on by the eirv
attorney. who gave II as his opinion that
the city wal liable for the item OF the
bill Notwithstanding the veto Of Mayor
Frank Koutsky. the reason being that the
previous democratic administration had
ordered the hydrsnts and Mayor Hector
had duly approved the action. he also
I declared that the city might hold the bill
until the taxes Of the Omaha Water COM
pany we're paid. This tax viii consume
most Of the bill. which amounts 10 nearly
1900.
The ordinance providing an issue Of bonds
for the paving Of z street was introduced.
J. ". Murphy asked a settlement OF his
claim Of $500 damages awarded by reason
Of the extension Of J street from Sixteenth
TO Eighteenth -treet.
The claim for the payment Of a special
police detail during the recent riot was
allowed.
- IL "lNLtIh EANt VI bplliAuli TIA ~
Cit might al its discretion remit the special
taxes assessed against the church property
Of the English Lutheran church at Twenty
fifth and X streets.
The plat Of a new addition to he known
as HiusdAle was accepted and approved
This is q section lying north of the add
lion called Hillcrest. which has recently
been plated.
The ordinance creating the office OF city
weighmaster was recommended for passage
A resolution was passed TO compel the
Rock Island railroad 10 place a Waterman
n the crossing al Tventy-fifth and Y
streets.
The ordinance regulating the affairs Of
junk dealers and requiring all such dealers
TO take out a license was passed.
New Stables at Yards.
The plans for the new stable for horses
al the Union stock yards were completed
yesterday, and the work Of erection viii
begin Immediately. These stables will be
the most modern Of any in The city AND
win be a great Improvement al the yards
The company expects 10 finish the stables
early in May. The work OF repairing tbs
sheep barns Is wen under way. This i'm
provement consists OF an overhead viaduci
with q number OF pens, which will accom-
modste about 10000 sheep as required. This
viii reduce the time and labor OF handling
the sheep in the yards about one-half III
dipping vsuF are being remodeled and i'm
proved.
Mausaredis RecoVerinE.
MRusaredis. the Greek VINO shot and
killed Officer Lowery. is now rapidly re-
covering from mis- wounds, in the peni.
tenuary at Lincoln. The prison surgeon
extracted The bullet from his leg and ms
wound is healing rapidly.
No one appears TO be pushing the cases
for riot, which were 10 follow those dis
soseo OF last week. Chief Briggs said yes
terdsy tina in the rest OF the cases II was
likely that The Witnesses would be fewey
than In the case OF those arrested in the
first place. In many Of them only one DO
lice officer reported having seen the par1ie.
IN riot. This, Judging from the evidences
produced in the other cases. would hardly
result in a conviction The chief said, how.
ever, that he would leave the ACCESSIBILITY
Of bringing action with County Attorney
James English
Magic City Gossip.
Call Glynn Transfer for moving. Tel, s4
e. T. Farnsworth, attorney, as Nortt
24th s..
A. h. Murdoch has gone or q business
trip TO Elk Point. s. p.
letters Gold Top Beer delivered 10 an!
part Of the city, Telephone No. s.
Members Of the Eastern Star are re
uuested 10 attend the funeral Of Mrs
MRhsla Wicr this afternoon.
Found pockstbOok. South Twsnry-eiEhtl
street. Owner can al NJ. AnderB0n's store
Twentieth and n.
The South Omaha High School Bssks
Ball team defeated the Wahoo team las
Friday evening In q clean game.
You will oWn your own home E~YeuUualil
n you perEiB-sntiy depOEft your saving
with the Live Stock National bank
The willing Workers Of the Christian
, church will be entertained ny Mrs. Routi
&lT h street Wednesday afternoon.
PERRELLI rs a ROUGE BOY