Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-22
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Street Railway Company Begins Con-
struction on Extension.
REYNOLDS CONDITION SERIOUS
Man scaIdcd Mt swIft's Plant May
Not RecOver-w. MOravec suf-
fers severe injury 60
Back.

The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail-
way company has put in the curve at
Twonty-fourth and o streets which Is to
accommodate the West l. street extension.
The grading has been completed from this
I point to the o street visduct. The tracks
will probably be laid to the approach OF
the viaduct by the end of the week,
In connection with the laying Of this track
through the Union Stock Yards, the man
agement OF that company announces that
the street will be paved through to l. street
as soon as the tracks are laid. The com
pany is also to pave Thirty-third street.
which is a private thoroughfare, from L
to Q. The paving operations will cost about
$4,000.
Material has been ordered by the Union
Pacific for strengthening the o street via
duct, and the steel braces and additional
strlngers will be on hand shortly. II was
thought the o street viaduct would not
stand the strain of the heavy cars. This
viaduct is said to have been a steel bridge
originally for Green river, but when the
city arrange for the viaduct, and a change
in plans made the bridge unavailable on
Green river, It was placed In South Omaha
by the Union Pacific. The span of the
bridge is unusually long and this is one
as WHY liz COMPANY a uCGld0u W
put in strengthening material.
Emergency Ward Full.
The emergency ward of the South Omaha
hospital is filled with several victims of
accident and strife who have met with mis-
fortune within the last two days. e. w.
Reynolds was scalded Friday at Swift and
C~ompa1y's packing plant. His condition is
unusueHy critical at present and It may be
| ha vyilEfonf raNOuar IT fc feared nn6uTnOOia
will follow the extensive burns to his lower
limbs. Such a result will make recovery
almost impossible.
w. Moravec, an employee Of the Omaha
Packing company, is another of the emer-
gency cases. He fell down a stairway
and seriously injured his spine 1t was
| feared yesterday his back was actually
broken. He is said to have stumbled over
a hose which was on the stairs.
The hospital corps yesterday was moi
able to Judge how serious the injury tc
Charles Moore was. He was shot through
the left shoulder and the bullet pierced
the top Of his lung. 1t Will require g
few days for the full seriousness Of the
case to develop.
Jake Johnson, who was shot In the right
knee, had the bullet extracted at the hos
pital and was then taken to the city jail
where he was charged with shooting witt
intent to kill. It is said that ManleS
Hughes and he we're each shooting.
letter Pond Drained.
letters mill pond is about to be drained
with the completion of the letter creel
sewer. Johnnie Sorenson, that mythica
y%oungster of the archives of South Omah'
newspaper men. will not be resurrecteC
after that. Johnnie Sorenson was tn,
boy who always, in times when no new
was to be found, fell into letters ponC
and was drowned. II II was not tn,
pond he Invariably climbed up and plunge,
into letters standpipe. much to the relic
of the newspaper men hungry for news
Now that the standpipe is not used ant
the lake is to be drained the ghost o
Johnnie Sorenson may rest in peace. From
the number of times he figured In news
paper tales the lake must be well strewl
with relics of his departure.
The lake contains about four acres an,
has been a favorite resort for youngster
both summer and winter. Many nave beei
the skating parties and many the goo,
swim enjoyed in this little resort
Magic City Gossip.
Perry Med. Wheeler was reported slight,
under the weather yesterday.
} H. c.. Murphy has recovered almost en-
, tirely from his recent attack of pneumonia
The German-American Democratic clu'
I met yesterday afternoon to get acquainte,
with the candidates.
The custodian Of the voting machines ha
l begun the work OF setting the machine
3 for the municipal election.
= The city council meets this evening 4
regular session. The meeting Is not sched
uled as particularly Important.
TELEPHONE So. sos and have a case O
letters Gold Top Beer delivered at you
, residence. HENRY j. JETTER.
/ Dell Lewis and Jake Palm were arreste
Sunday on a vagrancy charge in connec
ton with the shooting Saturday night,
Miss Mercedes Breen is reported slightl
, better the last three or four days. Sh
has been suffering from typhoid fever.
;, A special meeting Of the Board of Educa
a ton will be held tonight to consider tn
purchase of a site for the manual training
department of the high school.
Miss Margaret Campbell, principal of tn
l central school, has not yet recovered fror
, the severe injury she received during tn
Icy period from falling on the sidewalk.
Miss Mary Gallagher has resigned he
position witt the B~roadwell- Roberts Goa
company and will be cashier for tn
Melcher-Schmidt Drug company in Omaha
Chief Briggs again cautioned the Soutl
Omaha saloonmen last week about stric
obedience to the liquor laws and the rule
of the Board Of Fire and Police commits