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UNPING
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U
til 2G
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time
when the
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a roll of straw, flavored
with verdigris, can be
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01EEFIE AND REPUBLICANS
Thy Ht Caaaty Offlom Agaioit Con
nally and Hoftldt
HENRY OEST NEW C'.IIEF AT HOSPITAL
refer O'Mnlley Get County Auditor-
hip, Dr. Ir Van Camp an 1'IijmI
clan, anil Dr. AVlilte AmilKtiuit
Doctor far Noulli Oinnhn.
It was O'Keeffo'a Hat ot county employes
that tho Hoard ot County Commissioners
adopted Suturday. Tho list submitted
by Connolly and seconded by Hofcldt, tho
other two democratic members of tho board,
foil with a dull and audlblo thud, and all
that Connolly could do was to protest that
any man who accepted a position under
uch conditions was not a good democrat.
In tho cnticuscs last week O'Keoffo and
hts colleagues nuva remained steadily nt
varlauco, nnd tho mooting yesterday wns
dolayed an hour by tho efforts of Connolly
nnd HofoUH to contrive, with tho ndvlco of
omo friends, n means of circumventing tho
cow member. Finally Connolly exclaimed
in despair: "Well, I guess It's no use.
You might oa well call tho meeting to
order."
Tho reading of tho mlnutos ot tho pro
vloua meeting wns dispensed with nnd the
report of Kd Doe, superintendent of tho
court houso, announcing tho dismissal of
Engineer 1). C. Foley and Janitors Ahnor
Travis and Henry Heall was referred to
tho commltteo ot tho whole.
Thon Connolly brought tho principal issuo
to n test by moving tho adoption of a reso
lution which ho Biibmttted, appointing Dan
W. Cannon superintendent of tho county
hospital, Mm. Dan W. Cannon matron of the
uno institution, Peter O'Malley county
avdltor, Oeorgo W. Covoll assistant county
auditor, W. II, O'Sbaughnossoy clerk of tho
Board of County Commissioners, Dr. F. J.
Wenrno county physician, Dr. W. S. Whlto
tsslftant county physician and Patrick
ord county poor agent.
Chairman HofoUH called Connolly to tho
chair and seconded tho motion to adopt
the resolution, Ho and Connolly voted nyo.
O'Koeffe, with Ostrom nnd Harte, tho ro
jpublicHti mombors, voted no and tho motion
was lost.
O'lOcffe'a Uit Wins.
O'Keoffo then presented his list, which
Includes J, Henry Oest as superintendent
of tho county hospital at n salary ot $75
per month, Mrs. J. 11, Oest as matron at
925, Thomas O'Connor as county agent at
the county store, $75; Dr. Loo Van Camp,
oounty doctor, $150; rotor O'Malloy, county
auditor, $112.60; Dr. W. S, Whlto. South
Omahn, assistant county doctor, $50. Mr.
and Mrs. Otut wore to sorvo after April 1,
tho others from tho present date. O'Koeffe
jnovod tho adoption and Ostrom seconded,
Harto voted with them nnd tho motion car-
rltd.
'hon Connolly aroso to vote on O'Koeffe's
Hit he said; "I havo no objection to any
of tho names In that list. They nra all
good mon and I think they are qualified.
My objection Is .to tho mnnner In which
they am securing their Jobs. As demo-
orata I don't eoo how one ot them can tako
lost force. Th
is fast oassinsr
cheap cigar
his position at tho fiands of two repub
licans and only ono democrat."
"They'll bo very apt to do It. though," re
marked O'Keoffo good-naturedly.
"Yes, I suppose they will," assented tha
defeated member. Hofcldt maintained his
usual silenco nnd tho republican members
sat back as interested spectators.
O Keoffo's list makes no mention of nn
assistant auditor, which leaves tho present
Incumbent, Ha! Man Jncobscn, In that office
until a chnngo is specifically provided for
by resolution. All on tho list aro demo
crats and Poter O'Malloy wns on Connolly's
list, being the ono democrat on whom both
factions of tho democracy could ogreo. Tho
republican members could not. howovor,
have niado capital of tho split, and so de
cided to voto with O'Kceffe, partly becauso
of his evident desire to co-operato harmo
niously in things not political and partly
becauso his nominees aro in aomo Instances
thoso now In olllco and known to bo qual
ified. Tho ndjournment taken was until next
Saturday morning, but boforo It was an
nounced O'Kecffe served notice that ho Is
preparing to wage war on tho tax depart
ment, explaining that a visit mado there
Friday by all members of tho board except
Connolly had convinced him that tho set ot
duplicate, tax books hna brought a useless
expenditure Ho says that it has been
claimed that tho four extra men In that de
partment woro necessary to keep up theso
books, but that bo finds they havo not been
kept up, and thnt the money paid for tho
volumes, each of which cost about $1S, and
nlno or ten ot which were purchased each
year, has boen, llko tho superfluous sala
ries, a wasto of county money.
figuring on auditorium
Contractor Preparing to Submit l'ro
pnnalu far Cont ruction of .
llilf IllllllllllK.
Contractors are beginning to niako esti
mates on tho Auditorium and the pros
pects aro that by February 19, the day tho
proposals close, there will bo at least a
dozon bids submitted for some of tho con
tracts. 1
As n rule tho contractors do not llko tho
form in which tho specifications aro pro
pared. It requires them to niako bids on
the different clasaes of work, whllo some
ot them prefer to bid for the whole work
and either- do It themselves or sub-lot it.
Ono of tho contractors said;
"I believe that tho company will find out,
when It Is too Into, that the separation ot
tho contracts will bo moro expensive than
It would havo boon to lot tho contract to
ono bidder who would glvo bonds to com
ploto tho entire Btructuro. It thero Is moro
than ono principal contractor on tho work
It will bo found that thero are many llttlo
things overlooked which will havo to be
dono at xtra expense, to tho company,
which, undor n blanket contract, would
have to be dono by tho bulldor at his own
expense"
Thore will be two or three bids for the
wholo work, tho contractors figuring on
each noparato specification, while many
will figure on purts of the work. At this
time, several of tho painters and glazlors
havo made estimates and ono or two roofers
are ready to submit bids. Nono of the ma
sons or structural Iron men havo completed
plans bo far as known, but there remains
nearly tbreo weekB In which the figures
may be prepared.
show
CITT ENGINEER'S EXPENSES
Haaitr tf Piopl Employed ana Salariu
Paid in Hii Office.
WORK T KEEP ALL HANDS EMPLOYE)
Same Account of Untie Performed
mill Service ltumlereil I'ultUo
by Till Di'iinrt nii'iit at
City AtliiiliiUtrntlan.
OMAHA, Feb. 1. To tho Editor of The
Bco: You aak mo who aro tho fifteen
persons employed In tho engineering de
partment nnd what they do? The following
is a list with tho work they aro employed
to do and tho salaries paid:
Andrew Hosowater, city engineer.... $208.33
Georgu W. Craig, assistant engineer,. 150.00
B. T. Peterson, tux levy clerk 95.00
Mathow Hughes, permit clerk 80.00
Mrs. C. 13. Perkins, stenographer 75.00
W. H. Johnson, computor 75.00
Thomns W. Jaycos, assistant com
putor C0.00
James McDonald, draughtsman SO. 00
'Leon Coulter, draughtsman G0.00
diaries Logusa, draugntsman w.w
M. J. Lacey, Held engineer 85.00
Kdwnrd Donahue, Held engineer k5.00
Qeorgo W. Roberts, engineer sewer
connections, with horse and wagon. 01.O
William Donahue, rodmnn, with horso
and wagon 85.00
Frank Severance, rodmnn fiO.uO
H, J. Cathroe, axeman 50.00
As to what Is done and what la being
accomplished In this department: Tho de
partment maintains a record on a largo
scnlo of every square ulllo of tho city In
square one-fourth section plats on which
every chnngo Is shown In tho nature ot
special allotments and subdivision strcobi
condemned, where widened, and locntod,
and with all dimensions for ready referenco
at all times.
Doforo any street Is paved or repnvod
tho district Is created for paving or ro;
paving, Is platted apd all prollmlnary data
prepared for petitioners. Then surveys aro
made, croea-scctlous taken and dotnils
showing cross-sections of streets, con
nections of sowers, etc., estimate of ma
terial required as tho basis for bids of
contractors.
When the work la ordered all thoso do
talis are laid out, grade ami line stakes
set for tho workmen. When a contract Is
completed now plans and dotalls aro pro
pared, with estimates and piats of prop
erty subdivisions showing ownership for
preparation of tax levies, nnd tax levy or
dinances aro also prepared.
One branch of the service Is kept con
stantly busy proparlng permits and detail
data tor houso sower connections to bo
mado nt places all over the city, and ono
Held engineer and helper nro engaged on
all such sewor connections. After the
work Is dono plats showing nil details
prepared by tho permit department
are
for
permanent record.
Other Work of Department.
Aside from this work ono to two persons
nro kept busy throughout tho day showing
records, plats and data to citizens and
poopla who contemplato building. Thon
men nro constantly employed proparlng
data for plans for work from threo months
to ono year ahead for contemplated sewer
age end other construction.
During the last year, surveys, plans, esti
mates nnd descriptions wcro mado for tho
sewerage, of what U known as tho Walnut
9 JIf i
Hill nnd Clifton HUI territories. Tho de
scription of properties necessary to bo
condemned, which will cover fifty pages of
typewritten matter, aro Just being com
pleted, nnd with this ordinances providing
for condemnation ,of ground necessary will
be needed. After theso ordinances nro
passed plans for tho vork and ordinances
describing in detail nil tho contemplated
work will havo to bo drawn nnd submitted
for approval.
In addition to this, all engineering park
work, which had herotoforo been dono by
special men omployed by tho park board at
an annual expenso of from $3,000 to $5,000,
was dono by tho engineering department
without cost to thorn.
Tho petitions for nil work asked to b
dono aro submitted to the engineering de
partment as to correctness and tho owner
ship must bo abstracted, levies of all work
that Is dono, Including tho sidewalk work
that Is taxed against tho proporty, aro pro
pared by tho engineering department. The
stenographer employed In tho engineering
department does stenographic -work for tho
Hoard of Public Works, as well as tho build
ing Inspector, nnd nt times Is called upon
by tho legal department. It should bo ro
raombercd thnt tho department earns. an
nually over $2,000, which goc3 to tho city
treasurer, but Is never credited to tho en
gineering department, but goes into tho
general fund.
Among numerous other things tho en
gineering department furnishes to tho logal
department photographs of sidewalks and
streets whenover ' nccldents aro reported,
with data and dates for futuro use.
Tho negotiations with tho Union Pacific
Ilallroad company for grounds required
completing nnd rovlslng extensive re
searches' of records before bolng consum
mated. Houso numbers aro furnished dally
by tho dopnrtmcnt to pooplo upon call. I
could enumornto pngcB of items showing
what tho engineering department does, but
I think this sufllclent. Tho fuct that the
work on tho streets for pnvlng was rushed
through last year within less thnn two
months not only shows tho Importance ot
preparation of plans, records and details
long boforo or no such rapid construction
could havo been accomplished,
AVurlc In (Mlie i' Dc pint ineiitK,
1 might add that while employes of tho do
partracnt, as shown upon tho pay roll, aro
each assigned to special services, theso
services nro frequently culled Into roqulsl
tlon In other branches of tho sorvico, In
eluding tho rodmou, who do compilation
drafting and other work In tho office.
During Inclement wenthor tho field en
glneors aro employed In llko sorvico on
tho olllco records.
The records of tho engineering depart
ment havo bocu so perfected and aro ro
I maintained that Information on any sub
1 Ject connected with tho streets or public
works of nny nature, dating many years
back can bo obtained In a few moments.
In conclusion I would state that I should I September 1, 1901, was: Street railway
bo very much ploased If u commltteo of tho') company, $0,600,000; water company, $3,000,
Comracrclal club and nowspnper reprcsonta- ' 000; gas company, $3,150,000; telephone
tlves and other heavy taxpayers would company, $S00,000; oloctrlc light company,
Jointly call nt tho engineer') office to In- 1 $900,000.
vcstlgnto what has been nnd Is being dono Tho complaint thon rolatcs tho events
by tho department for tho city.
The $5,500 a year allowance for tho Hoard
of Public Works Includes tho salaries of
secrotary nnd clerk, tho street commis
sioner and tho InBpoctors omployed from
tlmo to tlmo. It also Includca tho sta
tionery used, telephone (service nnd Inci
dental expenses submitted In detail to tho
mayor and council.
ANDHEW ROSEWATBIU.
Push is a
ASSESSMENT SUIT BEGINS
Rial Eitatt Excfcaaga Petitioni fer "Writ
f MaaJmi.
DEMANDS ANOTHER SITTING OF 10ARD
Petition Court to Order Coimellmcii
to Convene AkiiIu iin llaitrd of
ICiluuIizutloii inn! Hear
Ca luplnlntfi.
A deputy sheriff Is serving notices upon
tho members of tho city council Inform
ing them that William O. Shrlver and
Georgo T. Morton, taxpayers of tho city
of Omaha, havo tiled application In tho dis
trict court for a writ of mandamus to com
pel them to rcconveno ns a board of equali
zation for tho purpose of equalizing tho
vnluo of tho personal property of tho city
of Omaha, especially tho valuation of tho
property of tho public scrvlco corporations.
James H. Mcintosh, attorney for tho tax
commltteo of tho Real Katnto exchange,
which Is ropresentod by Mr. Shrlver nnd
Mr, Morton, has prepared n petition for a
writ of mandamus. In It tho relators act
up that they nro tho owners of certain
specific real estate; that the Omaha Otreot
Hallway company, tho Omaha Water com
pany, the Omaha Gas company, tho Ne
braska Telephone company nnd tho Now
Omnha Thomson-Houston Ulectrlc Light
company nro public sorvico corporations
and that it ! their duty to furnish to tho
city assessor and tax commissioner bo
tween September 15 nnd November 15 a
full, truo, complete, detailed, itemized list
or statement of all their property and
franchises In tho city of Omaha and tho
vnluo thereof. Tho complaint furthor re
cites thnt the companies failed and re
fused to file such statements is contem
plated by law; that from tho partial nid
Incomplete lists presented tho tax com
missioner assessed the vnluo of tho prop
erty of tho said corporations ns follows:
Street railway company, $550,000; water
company, $575,000; gas company, $100,000;
telophono company, $100,310; oloctrlc light
company, $117,600. nut that In said as
sessments tho valuo of franchises was not
considered excopt In tho enso of tho light
ing company, which had mado a partial
report on Ita value.
Vnluo of l'mucliiNCN,
Tho relators then allego thnt tho values
of tho franchises nro as follows: Street
railway company, $1,000,000; wntor com
pany, $1,000,000; gas company, $1,050,000;
tele; 'iona company, $1,000,000; electric light
company, $140,000, and that tho valuo of tho
porsonal property of tho said companies
which took placo at tho mooting of tho
lloard of Kquallzatlon, which, nftcr fixing
n tlmo for hearing tho complaints of tho
relators, adjourned boforo tho hour for such
hearing arrived, and states that In tho
complaint which would havo then been pre
sented for hearing tho hoard would havo
boen asked to fix tho valuo of tho property
for tho purpooo of taxation at 40 per cent
ot its octual value, as all other property
People are
etting wise
the
of
on
tion
and there is a sure,
steady advance of
a new order of
things in a 5-cent
cigar. The old familiar
tactics of "booming"
cheap cigars are caus
ing people to smileand
to appreciate more
than ever a real effort
to give them quality.
In tho city Is supposed to bo assessed; that
Is to say, street railway company, $2,200,
000; water company, $1,200,000; gas com
pany, $1,700,000; telephone company, $320,
000; electric light company, $300,000.
In tho complaint tho total assessed val
uation of tho property of tho city Is said to
bo $35,902,055, which would bo lncrenscd to
$39,490,245 should tho p"ubllc Bcrvlco cor
porations bo taxed nt tho rato nnnounced
for all proporty, thus permitting a lower
lovy nnd reducing tho tnxes to bo paid by
tho complainants and nil other property
owners similarly situated about 10 per cent.
Tho complaint closes with n prayer for an
order of court to compol tho council to ro
ennvono as a board of equalization and to
fix n'tlmo for hearing tho complaints of tho
relators, and to .then fix tho valuo of tho
proporty and tho franchises of tho public
sorvico corporntlons nt 40 per cent of their
rcnl value for tho purposo of taxation.
WANTS CLUB TO KEEP OUT
One Member Who l'rotmtfi AuuliiHt
Comuierelal Club DlncunitliiK
I.iiml l,eiinen,
Tho report that tho subjoct of leasing
thn public lands In tho btate of Nebraska
Is to bo brought up nt tho next meeting of
tho Commercial club created considerable
Interest, especially among thoeo who aro
satisfied with tho existing condition ot
affairs, Ono ot tho persons thus Interested
entered a protest with tho secretary of tho
club to such a discussion, snylng that at
tho present time tho cattle raisers and
aheop herders In tho western part of tho
state havo reached an amtcablo agreement
and aro In hotter shape than over before.
This man Is considerably Interested In
fMitMn nnrl nhnnn nflnnr nnrl ilnnlnrna n m
i i
1 thing which will cause uneasiness In this
connection.
Ily his remarks in Tho Deo Friday
C. D. Thompson does not dcslro to bo un
dorstood ns favoring nny especial plan ot
action on tho part of tho club at this tlmo,
hut only deslrca that body to Inform Itself
aa to tho conditions which oxlst nnd to
formulato a plan which, If adopted, would
bo of tho greatest advantago to tho stato
and tho city.
It Is said that tho promoters of tho Irrl
gatlon proposition do not dcslro to havo
tho question of leasing tho land dlscussod
at this time, believing that bucIi discussion
will tend to produco discord In tho ranks
of tho friends of Irrigation or will attract
tho attention of tho pooplo from what thoy
bollovo to bo tho most important phaso ot
tho question of tho development of tho
west. It Is stated by somo of theso cham
pions that out of tho ontlro 13,000,000 acres
of government Innd In Nebraska not moro
than 2,000,000 can bo Irrigated undor any
plan which may bo adopted by tho govern
mont, as tho Irrigation of the remaining
11,000,000 ncrcH would bo too oxpenslvo to
bo undertaken nt this time.
SliaotliiK far (Jrniiil 1'rlx.
MONTH CAItLO. Fob. 1. In tlin nonmi.1
day's shooting for tho grand prlx a strong
east wind spoiled the Hearing, cables tho
correspondent of thn New York llnrntil.
Tho acorn of tho day stood 142 kills to 125
misses, but owing to the ahortnoHH of tho
, ouiis ine neidura did not linvu mutters nil
their own way. No fewer than clxty-flvo
misses occurred In tho opening round nnd
sixty moro zeros weto recorded In tlio hco-
, oud. Owing to tho lateness of tho hour
proceedings woro then miHpundod.
Ijlind Marsch. uuuuunur aim
ques
material
UNION MACHINISTS RETURN
Uiion Ptcifio BeinitatfB Eitht af EUrti
Diichargtd Emploju. ,
LIKE NUMBER F NEW MEN LET OUT
Move Muy Iluve Ileen Attempt to Teat
fctreiiMli at Union Locomo
tive Tniiiperinir Story De
nounced an Puke.
Troublo browing between tho Union Pa
cific and tho machinists has been settled
by tho reinstatement of eight of tho cloven
men discharged from tho whops last Satur
day. Klght others, tho nowest mon on
tho force, havo been lot out ItiBtcad. Tho
other three of tho first eleven wcro also
now men, so wcro not tnken back.
Tho olght who wcro again employed In-
cludo tho four officers of tho union, who
wero discharged, and four other prominent
union men, all olght being old workmen at
tho shops. Thoy returned to their tasks
yesterday morning. Tho substltuto eight
worn let out Friday night at tho end of
the day's work.
What started tho trouble was not tho fnot
that cloven men wero lot out, which would
have been nothing startling, but that four
of tho eleven wero officers of tho union
nnd four moro wero prominent members.
Tho precedent has bon that whon a reduc
tion ot tho working forco Is mndo tbo man
last to Join Is tho first to go. This wns
violated, only threo of tho cloven being
nowcomera nt tho shops. Had tho cntlra
oloven boon from tho names last put on ths
pay roll tho machinists would havo ao
coptcd tho explanation of "slack work" In
good fnlth.
Anothor theory is that tho action of the
railroad was morely a "bluff" made for
tho purposo ot loarntng whether tbo union
could bo Intimidated. When It was found
that tbo union took up the bluff tho rail
road took water, it is said, and thon covered
Its tracks by lotting out olght moro men
to keep up tho "slack work" oxcuso.
Regarding tho statement that tho tamper
ing with nnn-unlon-mndo Ualdwln locomo
tives by union men had anything to fin
with tho matter, Master Mechanic Darnum
spoko plainly. Ho said: "Thero Is not a
vestige of truth In that Baldwin locomotive
story. Tho man who 'wroto It must have
dreamed It. It Is a drourn."
CHANGES IN CLERK'S OFFICE
Sir. Ilraailtvell DlNpeimeii with Serv
ice of 'I'tvu Typewriter
Opernlarfi.
Mlta Ioonn Groves nnd Mrs. Annt
O'ShaughnoHioy, typewriter operators, have
been released from tho olllco ot tho clerk
of tho district court. Tho appointment of
an assistant cost clork has not been mado
by Clerk llroadwoll as yet, but It Is hinted,
that Andrew Gallagher of tho regular forco
may bo mado a second deputy, under Dop
, 1 1 1 y John Grossman, to attend to costs and
collections, AboI Stcore, Jr., tho rotlrlnii
deputy, ban resumed law practice, but will
bo a dally visitor at tho clerk's offico for
norno tlmo yet to nsslst when needed In
tho busier hours of tho morning. Tho cler
ical forco In thn olllco rcmulns the same
as herotoforo except for tho changes meat
ttoncd above.
