Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-30
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Block Of Bonds Received for sigma
ture by City Officers.
LARGEST AMOUNT SINCE SEWER
Consolidation Spirit is on Increase
I'm spite OF Efforts of CONNER
cial Club to block Its
Progress.

The South Omaha city clerk received the
blank bonds from Splitter q Co, Toledo,
o.. yesterday covering the latest issue.
which amounts to 100000 These bonds
will be signed and soon after the money
viii be available and will be applied on
the numerous paving contracts for which
the issue was floated. 1t will require two
or three days for the signing and after
that the bonds will have to be registered.
The above Issue is the largest single issue
OF bonds since $4,000 was voted for the
general sewer system nearly five years
ago.
The city has paving petitions and paving
propositions completed which will event
ually require another issue OF nearly the
same amount OF bonds as the issue just
completed.
Consolidation Spirit Grows.
The anti-oonsolidation committee from
the South Omaha Commercial club will
wait upon tho Omaha Commercial club to
get the Omaha organization to drop the
matter. II possible. 1t is evident that the
field OF operations Is considerably changed.
Formerly the ants had no fear that South
Omaha would carry the proposition, so did
not care what position the Omaha inter
ests took; but It appears, now that South
Omaha shows signs OF a positive senti.
ment, the Commercial club Of South
Omaha hopes to head off the proposition
In Omaha. This is the object Of the spe-
cial committee which will confer with the
Omaha club today.
The question is becoming the most talked
of matter in the city. The political cam.
paign is almost forgotten In the light OF
the new question. Scores Of men who were
a oai naf %
ing the proposition. Judge f. A. Agnew
secured fifteen signers to his petition be-
fore 10 o'clock wednesday morning. He
said: 1T is surprising what q strong sen.
timent now develops for the proposition
II seems to me nearly all the men along
Twenty-fourth street have signed the petit
ton. The movement IS not fathered by
any Of the former leaders in political cir.
cles, but It is none the less strong anC
spontaneous"
New Theater office.
The American Music hall, through Wal
ter Lisle, has established a new theater DO,
office in South Omaha for the accommodR
| ton of the public. Mr.. Lsle was in Souti
| Omaha Wednesday morning and made ar
ranRements for the new office at Shaef
fers drug store at Twenty-fourth and \
streets. As soon as the necessary equip
ment can be installed the people of tn
city may secure accommodations In Soutl
Omaha.
Magic City Gossip.
| c. e. MoGee of Oklahoma City Is tn
guest of his uncle, George Haynes.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Shanahan. Forfeit
| and l. streets, report the birth OF son.
| Mr.. and Mrs H. Hoskins of Hot Springs
Q. D., are visiting Mr.. and Mrs George F
| Mathews.
The South Omaha Commercial club wi
meet at the club rooms at p, m, today 4
| regular session. fh"f
| Martin Stillmock was tried before tn
board of insanity and sent to Lincoln 70
inebriacy yesterday. s.y-fs
| The building and finance committee @
the Presbyterian church met last night q
the offices OF ]. L. Duff.
Harry Guthrie has gone to Yuma, Ariz
| for his health He has sold his interest
| In the Guthrie Piano company.
Ralph GramlIch has gone to Lincoln Il
attend the university, where he will prepar
himself for the medical profession.
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