Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-13
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Transfers to Be Issued Between 0
Street and Limits Good for Hour.
CITY TO PASS NEW ORDINANCE
Plan to Make Misdemeanor 60 Use
Trnr~fer Not Issued 60 Passenger
Personally - MONEY for
Yards improvements.

Yards improvements. II
After a long interval the dispute relative
to the street railway transfer system wac
brought to a happy termination Thursday
morning. at a conference between Pres-
dent q. w. wattles Of the street railway
company and a committee composed Of
Mayor p. J. Trainor, ]. S Walters Mat
Peterson and John Franek.
At the conference II was agreed that the |
railway company would issue transfers az /
any point between street and the city |
limits north with time limit of one hour, |
provided that the council pass an ordi-
nance making 70 a misdemeanor for any !
one to use a transfer not issued to him |
personally. 1t Is expected that the ordt- |
nance will be drafted at once and pro- |
posed at the next meeting of the council
This question has agitated the mer-
chants and city officials of South Omaha
for the rast two years. at which time It
was said TO be the understanding that the
| railway would establish transfer station
at Twenty fourth and N streets. The
railway officials under the plea that the
| transfer system was being abused re-
| fused to comply with the demands OF the
merchants. who maintained that unless
| the transfers were given at Twenty fourth
and N streets many who formerly pat
ronized their places, of business would he
carried farther down town. BY the new
agreement the transfer station will he
erected at Twenty-fourth and or N
streets
| On the part Of the street railway COM
pany Mr.. Wattles further agreed to take
up the question OF extending his line from
Twentieth and Missouri avenue TO Rail-
road avenue, there to connect with the
| Albright line. Mr.. Wattles will appoint
| a date upon which no and Superintendent
! Smith, on the part of the company will
90 over the ground with committee APP
| pointed by the city council for that pur-
| pose.
Mayor Trainor during the course Of the
| conference introduced the question OF paw
ing between the tracks from the south
line Of Clontaf precinct to Missouri ave-
nue.. Following a discussion Of the matter
the railway company agreed to furnish
the material for paving OF the street from
curb to curb with the proviso that the city
supply the sand and labor. Mayor TraInor,
commenting on the matter. characterized
the offer of the railway company as a
good proposition"
ssalsF of weights.
A letter from the Department OF Com
merce and Labor to the mayor has brought
out the necessity of a sealer of weights
| and measures. The duty of the sealer will
| be to examine all weights and measures
and seal the same when found to be cor
rect. AT present there IL a weighmaster.
but It is proposed 10 consolidate the Of
fices Of gus and water inspector with that
OF weighmaster under the title Of sealer
or inspector OF weights and measures. The
mayor has referred the matter to the Of
nee Of the city attorney who Will draw an
ordinance creating the new office. AS yet
no names have been mentioned in con-
necton with the new appointment
School Money Slow.
IT was stated Thursday that certain banks
have been delayed in having the pay war
rants OF the school teachers cashed by the
city. The available funds consisted Of
$4,000 plus the returns from the saloon
licenses, amounting in gross to se6. 900. while
the warrants redeemable reached the sum
OF $4,000. Most Of the banks have sue
J ceeded in having the warrants held by
them redeemed, but It IL understood that
a few will have TO wait for the remaining
$500 until such time as the Board of Edu-
cation win be able to establish q new
source OF credit
OF the $50O0,OoO bond issue Of the Union
Stock Yards It Is proposed to make the
sum OF S7oo.OOo available at once, $4,000 to
be applied to the cancellation of outstand-
ing Indebtedness and $4,000 for general
improvements OF the plant The improve
mentS have been made necessary in view
OF the expected increase in the number OF
sheep and hogs to be handled in 1914 This
increase follows the general rise of prices
that has made the raising of sheep ana
hogs q most profitable venture for western
farmerA
The proposed improvements Of the Union
| stock yards will C0mpria0 naW ahads FOR
sheep and hogs. with a reservoir Of water
piped from the river and o street to
Thirty-third and L streets.
An ObstreDerOus Bovine.
One perversely vagrant bovine can make
a deal OF trouble as testified Mrs. Margaret
Savitch and Mrs. Julia Leihr of South
Omaha. plaintiff and defendant respec-
lively. IN case OF assault and battery
tried Wednesday In the court Of Justice
Of the Peace p. c. Caldwell. Mrs. Savitchi
offered In evidence q hank OF brown hair
streaked with gray and gore She said ic
had been stripped from her scalp by the
determined hand OF Mrs. Leihr Thursday
a week ago. In the course OF phAosophie
discussion OF the perambulations OF the
aforementioned bovine.
The philosophic discussion took place at
Thirty-second and E streets and endured
for one whole afternoon during which time
endorsements we're received by both sides.
Round one consisted OF a neighborly bout
between Mrs. Savitchi and Mrs. Leihr, with
Mrs. Leihr drawing first blood and hair
Tom. Savitchi, a son OF Mrs. Savttchi then
entered the lists as the champion Of his
mother To make things even Gus Ieihr
husband OF Mrs. Julia Leihr, took a hand
and as the contest waged with victory
perohed on one banner now on another,