Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-02
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Further Cut in City Engineers
Force is Contemplated.
NEW GRADE SYSTEM PLANNED
Propose TO Make street Lines
Follow fluctuations OF Land
and Thus Cut out Many
Damage Claims.

Damage Claims,
II 10 probable that with the cut already
made In the force of the city engineer
there Will be still other reductions by the
first Of the year. This was gathered from
q conversation with Mat Peterson, chair
man Of the finance committee. VINO main
tains that there are some radical changes
needed in the department.
When Councilman Peterson was ex-
pressing his views on the subject there
were present other city officials, who
indicated by their concurrence that they
were anxious to see certain changes
made.
Beside the expenses pertaining to run
ming the engineers office. certain Off
Gals are considering some ways and
means whereby the grading and paving
damage claims may be eliminated or cur
tailed to minimum.
According to these officials. the chief
damage claims result from a policy of
cutting bee line through all obstacles
on the streets to be graded. owing to
the uneven nature of the ground such a
cut often times increases the expense OF
grading. In some parts of the city the
bee line cut on a level grade entails the
purchase Of filling by the city, while in
other parts of the town there is the ex-
pense of deep excavation.
This expense is needless according to
many, who hold that in grading the
natural declivities of the land should
form the basis for the grading. In other
words, what the conservative supporters
Of civic Improvement want is a paving
system based upon the natural undula-
lions of the ground and not level line
at all hazards
Newsies Feast.
May be you tink we didn't have some
feed" said q newsboy last night after
he had done justice and more than just
ice to the Thanksgiving feast prepared
by Truant office Paul Macauley at the
Haverly hotel.
For indeed the probation officer won
the plaudits OF thirty-five OF his young
charges when he sat them down to a real
Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all
the fringes. One of McAuley's charges
takes exception to the turkey. He says
that while there may have been some
turkey, his turkey was goose.
Anyway, there was a great time among
the newsies Of South Omaha albeit the
probation officer insisted on soap and
water as a sine qua non to the feast.
One OF the fraternity who called in to
see that the "show got into the paper
alright" persists in demanding that the
menu be published. "Tell EN- what we
had. and, oh, say, tell 'em that Paul
McAuley Is alright"
BucIshOt Stop Prisoner.
Bill Harms a prisoner at the Sarpy
county jail In Papilllon, in an endeavor
to escape Wednesday was brought to a
summary halt by load OF buckshot sent
in his direction by the jail officers.
Harms was arrested Tuesday for an
alleged theft Of corn from a farmer
named Freund, who lives in Sarpy
county just outside the city limits.
Freund complained to the police and
Harms was arrested and held until the
arrival Of Sheriff J. H. Spearman of
Sarpy.
When the sheriff and his prisoner had
arrived at the Papillion Jail Harms asked
permission to speak with his sister.
Sheriff Spearman granted the request
and allowed the prisoner to hold a few
minutes private speech with his sister.
The kindness Of the sheriff was forgot
ten by Harms, who Immediately essayed
TO take French leave of the Jail and
sheriff. Sheriff Spearman and his men
are not unhandy with a gun and Harms
came to an abrupt stop when he found
that the officials had gotten his range.
He was brought back to jail, where he
awaits the action OF the court.
Woman Hunts Husband.
Mrs. Gus Palivek of McCook is in the
city in search. of her husband, Gus Pail
vek. who disappeared from his home
about week ago.
Palivek was a stockman and was sup
posed to have come TO. South Omaha
from McCook. When he failed to return
within reasonable time Mrs Pallvek
appealed to the police, who have taken
up the matter, Mrs. Palivek fears her
husband may have come to some un-
toward end.
Too Much Good Cheer.
An abundance OF Thanksgiving ex-
filtration proved the undoing of three
separate individuals who last night ended
up their celebration in the hands OF the
police surgeon.
John Elliott Of Forty-third and streets
having partaken rather freely of the day
good cheer, was returning home at $3.50
when he fell from a cross-town car al
Twenty-fOurth and NJ streets. causing an
injury to his right hip. DR.. T. ]. Shana-
han attended the injury and, Elliott was
accompanied to his home by Edward
Seardy.
John Doe, whose Gallo cognomen the
police were unable 10 obtain, walked into
the police station about $3.50 o'clock and
exhibiting a bloody countenance to the
startled desk sergeant informed the cop
pers that the car had run away from
him" Doe said he had not fallen from
the car nor had the carmen elected him
The drift OF his story was that being II
a contemplative mood he had walked of
the platform of the street car at TWEEN
ty-slxth and N streets. DR.. shanahar
was again summoned and he of the un
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