Till! OMAHA DAILY V.TAZ: TIIUKSDAY, JULY 28, 1004.
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MAKE IN SOFT COAL RATES
Local Conirameri to Faj Hoarier Tribut
to Interested Eailroads.
BURLINGTON DISCCHNATES ASA1N3TCITY
Kansas Clr i St. Joseph favored
br the Kew Deal Which Pata
Oatroai Hardest am Gata
C'Hr Faetorlea,
It iremi there la no eirar.o tor the peopl
of Omaha from paying tribute to th rail
road In th form of aflvanc In th aoft
coul rates from tbe Iowa, Kana end Mis
souri fields. Flvs rodda mm to control
ths situation, ft-ncl they liaVa issued tho
edict that rates are to go up, August 1. Ths
Interested lines r the Burlington, Itock
Island. Wabash, Northwestern and . Mis
souri Pacific.
1 At the door 'of the Burlington is lnld the
Mams for th . proposed discrimination
against this city. Those who are supposed
to be on the ltiflde of the de! my that the
newly appointed coal trnn rnanagor, V
T. Crane of Chicago, is the man who
started the agitation and who tins declared
that he will see h:s pet project through
at any cost It Is declared that Mr. Crane,
1 being a tie man. In the rsiUon. Is d1,-jus
1 lof making a record for himself, that heshas
tlirured out how be can add to the receipts
'! his department some lino) on the civil
Imlnes from mines on his lin to Omaha
' nd Lincoln, and that he Intends to do his
utmost to turn, this money Into tbe coffers
of the Burlington railroad.
. Story of the Zlurliairton.
While these statements are mada by
those opposed to the movement, officials 6f
the Burlington tell a different story. They
say that the Turlington is only one road
out of five whloh have entered the combi
nation to raise the rates, and that no more
blame should be attached to tholr line than
to the others In tfco .fisal. Eut the E-rlicjr-ton
will be the greatest gslmir by the trans
action. It Is estimated that It hauls 80 pr
cent of the soft coal from the fields affected
Into Omaha a. id Lincoln. The Wabash and
Missouri Pacific, are next on the list and
the three lines mentioned bring In 85 par
cent of the coal which come from these
fields. - i -.- '
Strong measures are being taken by the
Omaha Commercial club to fight the move
ment. The matter was JUst ta&en up by
the club with Mr. Crane, who refused to
recede from Tils position. After It was
found that arguments iwere vain with him
a letter -was prepared by the executive com
mittee of the club and addressed to Darius
Miller, first vice presidont and traffic man.
ager of the Burlington. This letter was
to have been ronlSed to Mi. Miller Tuesday,
but It has been withheld because the South
Omaha packers failed, to. sign It It sets
forth all the details of die argument on the
side of Omaha and asks that tho ordor ad
vancing the rates be rescinded. .
Consumer fr Crane la Wrong;.
The cause, for .this action Is said to be
that the coal consumers of Omaha who
have had the matter up are fully convinced
that Mr. Crane Is In the wronar. and' that
It has been ascertained that traflio offlelala
of tho Interested lines know that he Is
wrong, but that he has been allowed to
pursue' bis chosen course in the matter for
the purpose of showing him that he Is
wrong. ...
There are whispers In railroad and coal
circles that some of the dealers In this city
are lukewarm In fighting tha advance, for
the reason that they have been securing
certain concessions from some of the rail
roads, and they figure that the higher the
rates the greater the concessions. On the
other hand, oth,er dealers nreflfrhjing tha
advance tooth and nail 'for tha reason that
no concessions have been comlngr their, way.
This argument ! taken as reasonable by
some, who cannot . see why coal dealers
should otherwise fight the advance, for in
case the rate Is advanced tho addition will
simply be" tacked onto tbe price to the con
sumer. What the Advance i On.
' The advance ranges from 8 ctmta per ton
on lump emit from a few points to from
""i H to 28 cents per ton on steam, nut and
iTwlne run coal, from a great many points
and districts. The principal advance bolng
on steam and mine riin coal, the blow fells
hardest upon the manufacturers and own
ers of large buildings, who are forced to
use this, coal for power and heating pur.
poses. For domestlo use the consumer does
not suffer much, except In tho one Instance
where the classification of nut coaL from
the Missouri mines has- been changed to
thst cf lump, thus' taking the lump coal
rate under the new tariffs Instead of the
stam coal rate, as is now the case. This
change was made in the Missouri classifica
tion in ordor to make conditions In Mis
souri conform to those In JCansaa'and Iowa,
from which states jiut cool carries tlie
lubip coul rates Instead of the steam col
rates, es has been the case from the Mis
souri mines.- -''
By -the change I classification the rates
on nut coal from the mines In Missouri
have been advanced cn an average about
30 cents a ton. A large quantity of this
claS of fuel Is consumed for domestics use
In Omaha sod Lincoln, but Just how much
coal dealers are unable to state.
Favors Kansas City.
Kules from I'UUtiuig UlnUlot lu Kaunas
huvo been advanced on steam coal from
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This Is ths Ksnsns district from which the
grent bulk of coal originating In that state
comes to Omaha. The new rate of $1.44
per ton Is against a rate of 80 cents per
ton to Kansas City, or a difference of 64
cnts In favor of the city nn the Ksw.
From tbe Mlnfourl district the rates on
slack, and mine run has been changed from
$1.01 per ton to $1.15 per ton to Omaha,
ftt-nlnst a rate of M cents to Kansas' City.
This advance Includes Hut coal which has
been advanced In the classification from
the slack rates to the lump coel rate. From
Iowa, Where the larger percentage of the
coal consumed In this city originates, tha
rates have undergone even more of a dis
criminating advance than from Missouri
and KnnsDS. For Instance, from Albla on
the Burlington, the rate on slack and mine
run to Omaha has been made $115 Instead
of $1.024. as against a rata of 75 cents to
Bt. Joseph.
In the latter case the two points, Omaha
and Bt Joseph, ere almost equl-dlstant
from Albla and the other points cm the
Burlington system where coat Is mined, and
why Omaha should -pay so much higher a
rate than Its neighbor teems to be beyond
comprehension to most persons. The theory
Is advanced, however, that the rate to Bt.
Joseph has to be kept down on account of
the hot competition offered by the Missouri
mines, which are located much nearer Bt.
Joseph than Omaha.
Discrimination More Celdent.
There are cases where the discrimination
!n favor of Bt. Joseph and against Omaha
Is much broader than from Albla, From
Cleveland, la., the rate under the new
tariff has been advanced from 89 cents to
$1.15 to Omaha, while the rate to Bt
JoBoph Is left ths same as from Albla, 75
cbtits. This makes a difference In favor of
Bt. Joseph of 40 cents per ton, In a case
where the two points tro very nearly the
Siime distance from the mines. Of course,
the difference In rates from the two points
as compared with Bt Joseph are the same
ondT the new tariff, but under the old
the rate from Cleveland to Omaha as com
pared with that of St Joseph only dis
criminated agRlnst this point to the amount
Of 11 cents per ton, while that froir, Albla
to UUs city discriminated to the extent of
X! cents per ton. 'Thus It will be seen
that in the case of Cleveland the rate has
been advanced to the extent of 40 cents
over the t Joseph rate, while from Albla
It has only been advanced 27V4 cents. This
Is an arbitrary discrimination In the Cleve
land rate of 12 cents "per ton which rail
road ofQclals are unable to offer any excuse
for, , . s
Owing to the fact that the Burlington
practically controls tho situation through
furnishing $0 per cent of the soft coal sup
ply, there seems to be but little hope of
securing relief from any other road If any
were disponed to grant relief. All dealers
and railroad men alike are unanimous In
the opinion that all the other roads com
bined could not supply this city with a
sufficient quantity of coal to keep the fac
tories and furnaces running. . -
What It Will Coat.
Ko one seems to have tabulated figures
which will show Just how much this city in
to pay annually In excess of what it has
paid on account of the advance. There has
been but one guess, so far as can be as
cprtaliied, .advanced, and this Is that ths
additional cost for fuel will be about $150,000
per yer. Some coal dealers are Inclined to
think thesa figures are slightly high, whll
others express the belief that they are not
neaily high enough. It Is pointed out that
the, packing houses 'In South Omaha use
about 800.009 tons of steam coal annually.
The smelter usct approximately seventy
five to ino tons per day. The distillery uses
about forty tons per day, and the street
railway company 120 tons per . day. The
water works are. said to consume sixty
tons or more each day. To these amounts
consumed '(b'jr the heavier uses must be
added the amounts consumed by thousands
of other persons for running small facto
ries, heating large buildings, etc. Far the
largest part of the soft coal coming to this
city will pay the advance In rates. It will
be seen t'rt' by figuring an 'average ad
vance of 20 cents per ton on the coal used
by the packing houses alone the amount of
additional freight paid In a year under the
new tariff will be $60,000 by that one in
dustry. It la estimated that one-third of
the nut coal used In Omaha comes from
"Missouri, and will consequently be subject
to tha advance rate in rates under the new
classification.
In addition to all this it must be re
membered that at the present time the
tariffs quote the highest rates from Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas mines which have
been In effect for years. Gradually the In
terested roads have been tacking on a
little until the rates have now been ad
vanced to a point where dealers have been
clamoring- for a reduction, and In ""ace of
this comes another advance which the
heaviest Jobbers declare will be the last
straw to break the camel's back.
What, Crana Promises.
It Is said that Mr. Crane has given his
pledge that the St Joseph and Kansas City
rates w'U be advanced, but Just how much
he has failed to state. This would afford
some relief to Omaha usts of coal, but
would not of course, afford that relltf
which would come from a reduction in the
Omaha rates to put this city on a. parity
with Its neighbors. The advance to the
two cities to the south will not be effective
August 1, but remains to be taken up In
the dim and distant future and figured out;
Just how remains to be seen.
An official of the Northwestern hat said
that, his line would not have been a party
to the advance In the Omaha rates, had It
not been for the fact that an advance has
been promised for St Joseph and Kansas
City, The Northwentern Is not so directly
Interested In- the two cities to the south as
it Is In Omaha, and some relief Is hoped
for from iht quntier, as by refuxing to
enter the agreement. It Is Relieved that
there is a poewibiUty of starting a rato
war which m'srht result In an ultimate re
duction, but this chance is acknowledged
to be siin by those who are supposed to
know. As one man expressed It:
"If some other line would refuse to be a
party to tho raise It would only reault In
Intensifying the feeling ri il-.st the Bifr!
tngton, end might In this way have some
efte-t In the end, but no line which mljjht
stand out could deliver the necessary goods
to keep Omaha factories op.a,"
Announcements of the Theaters.
This evening at the Boyd theater tlie
Ferris Ftock company will pre: snt a piny
that has won it's wry to the hearts of the
Amei li sn people by its quaint humor end
lis uiifurxcil pathos. The heurt interest la
sustained throughout, and the comedy Is
of tlie kind that flows without restraint
"A I "nor Ilatlun" was to Sol (Smith Itus
cil !. .t "Kip Van Wh.Wia" Is to Jo-,.h
Juffuraon. Mr. IVter Kymund has made a
clotte study of the Ituesetl mtthoile, aul,
being a humorist of that type himself, ho
Is quite capable of making the pait cf
Noah Vail one that will lnttstetit and en
tertain. The strength of the company will
ba iv;-i raciite.l lu the CSttt
j .is nt srm.ni Mntcle.
a re.!-Mlc n-prodiifUun of the t attle cf
iia at .". u.a n a wud wliiiitow! by a
e nt.i.i 1. at jurist. The Omuha Gunri:
Hitiittiin !-.!.. us are li'.Mjf e'ated over
k'. i. i, !.. - i so fur, but . expect siiil
r f r..m ,'. for ti e ri-ioalnlng J i fur c:.
1 lie f majt on this ectciu
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INSPECTOR DID KOT . INSPECT
VilhneU Quoted u Criticising Work Hfl
railed to tiew.
CALLS FOR fc'.CHE HLP CN BASIS CF TH!3
Builder Chow that Coadltlens at
Seaadlnavlaa T. W, C. A. Ham
Are Urea Better .Than Spa
rine stoaa Called For,
C. J". Palm, contractor for the erection
of the nsw building of the Scandinavian
Young Women's Christian association at
Twenty-sixth street and Capitol avenue,
and L E. Burdick, architect for the same
building, take rank exception to an article
appearing Tuesday In an evening paper to
tho effect that the city building ordinances
are not being complied with In the plans
and construction of this building.
The article wat one printed In connection
with the statement that Building In
spector Wlthnell considered his office force
Inadequate and would ask for an extra
assistant Withnell was quoted as saying
that he and Assistant Falconer were unable
to look after all the building now in
process, mentioning that "muoh Inferior
work Is being burled by dishonest con
tractora," because the building Inspector
could not get around to inspect their work.
The Scandinavian Toung Women's Chris
tian association building was slrjled out
as showing an example of noncompliance
with thi city ordinance.
"The building Inspector found that the
foundation piers of the new home are too
light and must be replaced," tal4 this ar
ticle. Contractor Falm and Architect Burdick
were greatly surprised at this statement
attributed to tbe building Inspector, in
view of the fact that the plans for the
building were accepted by him, and also
that Instead of Us uaving "found that the
foundation piers were entirely too light''
he had never been near the building since
the work began until yesteTday. Said
Mr. Palm: -
Pacts la the Case.
"Mr. Withnell nor bis' deputy, neither,
had Inspected this work up to the time
this article wat printed. They both were
at tha building yesterday, but had never
been there before. So far as the piers
being too light are concerned, they are
extra heavy and larger than Withnell ex
pected them to be. . Our specifications,
drawn by Mr, Burdick, called for twenty-four-inch
piers, and we hare put in thirty-six-Inch
piers. Withnell accepted the speci
fications at twenty-four-inch, so where in
the world could he have any excuse to
complain at us giving more than he ankodt
At a matter of fact, ha didn't know until
this mornlag what sized piers we were
putting in( except what he knew from our
specifications. It would have been a fine
thing- for the paper printing this absurd
and impossible thing to have made, some
Investigation, for It has come , far . from
hitting the mark and hat cast an unjust
criticism upon us,' '
Achltect Burdick corroborated what Mr.
Palm said of the plans, piers and irspeo
tlon. i ' . '
"I "wan o add Just a word," said Mr.
Palm. "I am a member of the building
committee and the advisory board of the
association that Is having thlt home
erected. Doee it stand to reason that I
would be Interested in putting up" an in
ferior building, therefore?"
MAJOR,, CHURCH. . H0W.,H0"EJ
Consal a TAntwar Returns "to Visit
Ilia Old Friends 1
' . " . ' Kebraslca.
Major Church Howe, United 8tate con
sul at Antwerp, came In yesterday from the
east on his way to his old home hear
Auburn. Major Howe it on leave and In
this country not only to keep In touch With
the officials of the Stats department, but
also to pay a vacation visit to his family
and friends. He has had notice that he
will be waited on here by a delegation from
Nemaha county, who will today . escort
him to his destination.
Major Howe is looking remarkably well.
In fact, no one would know that he had
gono through a serious Illness since his
last trip to this country. In the Interval,
too,"-he has been promoted In the diplo
matic service by transfer from Sheffield
to Antwerp a promotion that cam to him
solely-In recognition of efficient service and
without even an application or endorse
ment for the position.
"I like Antwerp very much," said Major
Howe, "although, I will confess I had
formed many attachments In Sheffield
which I was reluctant to leave. I have
been very cordially received In Antwerp
and find living there more than agreeable.
Tou 'Would be surprised at the number of
people In Antwerp who sp?ak English
with more or less fluency. When I first ar
rived I was tenUttred a reoeption and out
of the sixty guests present fifty-eight peo
ple spoke English. That, of course was
exceptional, but wben entertaining they
manage to bring those who speak Knglish
together In a pleasing manner. Antwerp,
too, Is a delightful place, with many at
tractions in the way of art, architecture
and hlstorlo quaintnesa.
'"Of course I am constantly Interested In
the course of politics In the United States
and especially In Nebraska, but I have no
Inclination to re-enter politics In person
and have so told .friends who have re
peatedly urged me to come back, with as
surances that I can have this or have
that. I am willing to let the younger men
take up the political work where I left
off." ,
Major Howe will be In Nebraska several
weeks and will be In Omaha again before
be sets out to return to his post abroad.
STREET CARS FC.1 NEW DARN
Only T1io gonth Omaha and
Bome oa Wslast IHil Lines
Will Go 1 bere.
Superintend? nt Tuckt-r of the Omaha &
Council lliuffs Street Railway company
sys the new cur burn, to be located at
Twenty-fourth and Vinton streets, will be
untd to house only South Omaha car and
possibly a portion of the cars In use on
the Walnut J till line. Humors have been
lu circulation that the barn would be used
fur ce.rs running on the Harney, Dods
end F&rnam lints, but this Is denied by
the superintendent Rumors l.uve alao been
circulated that the barn at Tuanttetb and
Hurney streets would be el..-1 afer the
nvw building Is opened, but u.;u 1 nut the
The Harney street tarn will t-imt-.mi In
Uf." .-; 1 Mr. Tucker, iha stir- eurs
which. 1 jv been lining u com ...is io
he hounid there. It bus Uo report. 1 that
tbe tKnlg street cars would be c: s.,k?,1
fruiu lb Harney street Wi to tbe burn
at Tvirnty-fourth and An . n avn;ie, a
tH :i to be Installod at 1 m -oty ......mh
ani !. to parn.lt ths tu Le u. u,i
to ta Twenty-fourth t,t !! at ,i;.t
Vub't o that t'.ey cv..:-t 1
tha t ,. . n. T!.S ;at. . ,t Is i k,
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teenth to Farnsro, which wUl bsve to be
rplsce.l with new rsl:s. I estlmats that
this work will renulr abmit on month's
time, sn4 after It completion the entire
Dodge line will have been relald with new
and heavy rails."
KEW FLAT CU!LCir3 TO GO UP
Aaother Thre-e-eto-ry Paetr Will
Be Ererted by Joka C. Barnard
a rark Arena.
John C. Barnard has fllnd plans with the
city building department for another large
apartment building at Lavenworth street
and Park avenue, John Latenser being the
architect and Parks. Johnson ft Parks of
Eouth Omaha th contractors. This struc
ture is to be of brick, three stories high
and with three lerge wings, having a great
similarity to the building recently finished
at an opposite corner. Th new one will bo
on tbe northwest corner and 1 estimated
to cost between fio.000 and ITiO.OOO.
Permits hav been Issued as follows;
Mrs. T. Grossman, $'&000 brick flats' at
Thirty-sixth and Dodge; A.-W. Anderson,
$5,600 fram dwelling at Thirty-fifth and
Hawthorne avenue; James Peterson, 1,V0
frame dwelling at Twenty-fourth and Man
derson. ' '
ONLY ONE PLEADS GUILTY
Flgfct Mea and Women Charged with
Crime Are Arralaraed fa
Coart,
Eight person, of the county Jail wer
arraigned befor Judge Day yesterday
and all but one pleaded not guilty to the
charges against them. The exception was
Edward Stegeman, who waa arrested last
March for stealing a lamb. Etegeman
pleaded guilty and was given the minimum
sentence, one year In th penitentiary with
service to date from last March. Those
pleading not guilty and the charges against
tham are: Stella Smith, larceny from the
person; Carl Johnson, assault; Msry Stein,
lnger, assault; George Ollmore, larceny
from the person; George Smith, burglary;
W. Wilcox, forgery, and Robert' Gumess,
robbery.
CORPORATIONS TO PAY BILL
Pafcllo Utility Cosesrs Chargeable for
Catting; Asphalt to Hale
Plpa Connection.
The Board of Public Works hat author
ised tho Nebraska Bltullthlo company to
repair all cuts made In the asphalt for pip
connections of every kind. The bills will
be presented to th public utility corpora
tion or the contractor doing the cutting,
and If not paid restitution may be secured
on the deposits and bonds filed In order to
get permit. Some Of the cuts have been
repaired on streets where general mending
ha been done, and the company early In
the season authorized the contractor to
fix up all of Its cuts and bill against them
for the expense.
Biennial Excarsloa Knights of
Pythias
ioulsvllls, Ky., August li-29.
The Chicago Great Western railway will
on August 12th to 15th, Inclusive, sell tick
ets to Louisville at very low rates for the
round trip. Good to return until August
31st For full Information apply to S. D.
Parkhurst, general agent, ,1512 JTarnam at,
Omaha, Neb. ... .
Snperb Servlea, gplendM Scenery
En route to Niagara Fall,,, Muskoka and
Kawartha. lahes, St Lawrence river and
rapids. Thousand Islands,, Whit moun
tain and Atlantic teacoast resorts via
the Grand Trunk . railway, .ays torn. For
copies of tourist publications apply to ad-'
rortlslng department, . 13S Adams street,
Chicago, George W. Vaux,. A. Q. p. and
T. A. . ..... '
Unele Sam's Great fanltarlaia.
Th great all year round health , and
pleasure resort Hot Springs, Ark., Is owned
and endorsed by the United States govern
ment Splondld hotel facilities. Amusements
of all kinds. Four dally trains from St.
Louis via. Iron Mountain route. Unexcelled
equipment For free descriptive literature
address H. C. Townsond, G. P. and T. A.,
St Louis. . '
Bad mt Week teen-vala to Clear
- Lab, la. '
Via Chicago Great Wsstem railway. For
train Friday night and all trains Satur
day of each week round trip tickets will b
told at one far to Clear Lake, la. Ticket
good returning on any train until th fol
lowing Monday. For furtbar information
apply to S. H. Parkburst, general agent,
IfcU Farcara street, Omaha. Neb.
Hamilton, Hotel and Cottajrea, gt.
Loala.
-A permanent hotel, three minute from
World's Fair. Rooms $2.00 per day up. Book
lets free, address W. F. Williamson, man
ager. Look for the tiger at 1407 Douglas street
Mortality Statistics,
The following births and deaths hav
been reported to the lioarii of Health dur
ing the twenty-four hours ending at noon
Wednesday:
Births: A I. KulakofHky, 181S Burt, girl;
David Hurton, Am Hherman avenue, Fioyi
Jesse Mann. E(47 California, boy; Ptr
Imux, 2SJ4 fiouJh Eighteenth, twin boys;
Harry I. Root, 1J-1 bouth Thirtieth avenue,
b'.
Deaths: Julia C. Tens, 1T North Twen
tieth, bo: George M. Evans. S04 North Six
teenth, 83; Ida Erlckaun, 11 South Twen
tieth, 83.
18 K. wedding rlnga Zihoioi, Jeweler.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Jobnuon OH company, with a capital
stock of tnjO.OoO, haw been Incorporated by
E. Zimmerman, D. B. Ingram, EUa
Johnson and Henry An Johnson.
Penults have been Issued to A. M. Brown
for a 11, 54 frame dwelling at 2ois Ulnnio
street and to A. A. M'raw for a lii.WO
frame dwelling at 4J04 Harney street
Bneak thieves entered the hoiree of Dr.
F. C. 'Vitcgerald, 2 r Douglaa ret, and
Roy Keller and J. W. lisru.ii. 2a 17 Doug!
'-eet. beveu duilttr waa stolen from the
first place, while a cold watch and III)
could not be found after the entrance at
the second home.
The Monitor club will celebrate Us fir at
anniversary st Its rooms, Fourteenth end
Howard streets, this evening. This
clut of Swedish citizens was oi'RHnlKfHl
year sko to petpetuate the memory of John
IbiHkson and st tna same tune promote
a fraternal splnt among the member.
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No wemaa who tires 9'!ztl:f& I ttzl" need fear the sufleric
y and danger hicMeat to birth; for it robs tha ordeal cf its horror
aiid insures tdcty to life cf mother and child, aad leaves her ia
& ccr.ditioa xucie favorable to speedy recovery. ,The child ii
&! Lsalthy. strong and f
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTH 01IIA
Grading gnd Faving on Eailroad Atodus
Will Eow E Pushed.
STREET RAILWAY TRACKS ARE GOING DOWN
General Manager Smith gay III Caaa
saay Will Lay Kalis aa toaa
aa Vtreet ia Heady for
Tracka.
councilman AOKins staiea itsi nigai mm
tSe laying of the street railway double
trsck on Kailroad avenue would commence
within a few days. At the council meeting
Monday night Dan Hannon, the paving
contractor, stated that he could not go
ahead with the paving until the street car
tracka were laid. General Manager Smith
of tha.street railway company wat called
upon by Ms. Adktnt In regard te the laying
of the tracks, and Mr. Smith tald that he
was ready to commence laying tracks just
as toon as the grading It done. Work It to
commence at the county line and there la
very little grading to do there, to that It
Is expected that everything will b ready
for the layinf of tracks by the end of the
week. As soon a th track are laid th
pavement Will be put down. Both tide of
Railroad avenue from Merrill' to th
county line are curbed. Mr. Smith laid
that It would take him but a short time to
get material and men on th ground when
the city 1 weady for Mm to commence
work.
The double -tracks on Missouri s venue
from Thirteenth street to Twenty-fourth
street are nearly completed. On single
track is finished and yesterday Walnut
Hill cars were run through to O street
When the Railroad avenue extension I
completed the Walnut Hill care will run to
the county line.
Coancll Makes Low Levy.
By close figuring the city council ha
succeeded lu getting the annual tax levy
down to 8.75 mills. This Is the lowest levy
In the history of ths city. According to
the figures compiled by the finance com
mittee of the council this levy will bring
Into the city treasury $163,!). This sum Is
considered ample to meet the running ex
penses of the city for the oomlr.g flsoal
year. On account of there being money In
every fund it was possible for the council
to cut down the levy. City officials declare
that unless something unforeseen happens
there will be no necessity for there being
an overlap in any fund at the close of the
fiscal year July SI, 1906. Back taxes .are
coming In at such a rate that by the time
the delinquents are all collected there will
be plenty of money on hand. Never was
the city In better financial condition than
at the present time.
City Will Repair ravemeat, ,
The offer of E. D. Van Court of Omaha
to repair the pavement on Twenty-fourth
street with concrete will be declined by the
mayor and council. Some years ago the
city tried filling the holes with concrete,
and while the concrete did not wear out,
the asphalt around It did, and soon the
street was in worse shape than It wat be
fore an attempt to repair It had been made.
It wii decided yesterday to purchase
broken stone and fill the holes temporarily.
Mayor Koutsky still hopes to find some
way to have the pavement repaired, as
wa planned some time ago. At the first
plan was illegal, some other way la to be
devised. One thing Is certain, and that
Is the property owners on Twenty-fourth
street will not sign a petition to pave tlie
Street and there does not seem to be any
way of compelling them to do so. An at
tempt ia to, be made this winter to amend
the charter 'so that provision may be made
for just such cases. ., -..
Hag-lo. City Gossip.
G. S. Roberts, Seventeenth and J streets,
report the birth of a daughter.
Mrs. Duffer and son of Boonevllle, Mlesf,
are guests of Mrs. P. J. Farrell.
George Scanlon Is back from a three
weeks' tour of northwest Canada.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown,
Twenty-seventh and L streets, a son.
Miss Eunice Knsor has gone to San Fran
cisco to spend six weeks with friends..
Miss Lou Gibson has been called home
from a vlxlt In Iowa by the Illness of her
mother.- .
A son was bom yesterday to Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Clark, Twenty-seventh and
Jackson streets. ,.
Bam B. Christie and wife returned yes
terday from Colorado, where they put In
ten days at the resorts.
Mrs. T. H. Ensor and daughter Neville
left yesterday for St Louis, where they
will visit the fair for a few weeks.
The Century club will meet at the home
of Mrs. C. L. Talbot, 722 North Twenty
second street, on Thursday afternoon.
The Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. O. H.
Eastman, 3D03 U street died Monday and
was burled yesterday at tit Mary's ceme
tery. Mrs. Julia Gleason has returned from
an extended visit In Illinois and Is stop
ping with her daughter, Mrs. C I Gowe,
iW North Seventeuntn street
James Jackson was aentencod to thirty
days in the county jail yesterday by Judge
King for stealing two pairs of shoes from
a box car standing In in yards,.
Comrades of the Grand Army of the Re-
fiubllo are asked to meet Thursday morn
ng at 9:46 o'clock at tfu8 North Twenty
fuuitii street to attend tha burial service
of Uaorge bapp.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
County Clerk John C. Drexel and his
family have gone to Alexandria, Miun., for
a fortnight's vacation,
D. W. Carr of the Dempster Manufac
turing company, Beatrice, is aa Omaha
business visitor.
Miss Nannie Canning, former stenog
rapher In the oftlce of the attorney gen
eral at Lincoln, is visiting Omaha friends.
8, C. Bassett of Gibbon, M. M. Ruick of
Boise, Idaho: F. id. itaiilee of Broken Bow
and J. K. Meyer of Hull Luke are at the
Millard.
Robert Raffan of Niobrara, Mr. and Mr.
W, A. Curtis of Hastings, Mr. and Mrs.
L. K. Blodes of Ban Fianclsco and G.
Hudt of Columbus are at the Henshaw.
Miss Viola Miner, clerk at the Pnxton
hotel, has returned from a vacation visit
of three weeks at Chhiiso and Bt. Louis
and 1 again at her station at the Paxton
dok. . . ,
Helena Victoria Fauntlnelll of Santa
Rosa, Cal.; Mrs. Hi. 8. Clover of Centrl
City, A. H. Dauble of Denver. H. A. liub
bnrd of Lincoln and M. F. Harrington of
O'Neil are at in tier tirand.
H. H. Glover of Orand Island. John M.
Flynn of Douglas, Wyo.i R. C. Richards of
Geneva, Mrs. A F. Mullen of O'Neill, K.
A. His of Pan Franciueo end Annuo F.
Muller of O'Neil! are at the 1'axton.
L. L. Byars of Vniley, K N. Rusrell of
Dallas, Tex.; Mrs. E. IS, I.owe and son of
liyannls, Mr. and Mrs A. M. White of
York, W. H. Barker and MIks Klla Krister
of Valentine are at the Merchant.
nzny ether pdnful and serious'
frora which most mothers
can le avoided by tlie use of
";:.:'.:r'i F.:.:V This great remedy
13 a Go-J-icnd to wonien, carrying
them through their most critical
lJ crueo.1 with safety and no pam.
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IIERRICK REFRIGERATORS
W sr sole agents for this most perfect of refrigerator. "
Best construction, best finish, best dry oold air circulation Cwws
in spruce, white enamel or bpallt (las lined. 1
Herrlok refrigerator. Ht.75 and up. Other refrigerator
I&.50 and up. .
OSTERIOOR M71TTRES5ES
W ar western agents for thl celebrated patent lsstlo fH
mattres and carry sain In tock for Immedlat delivery In th
varlou regular iiea, Ostecmoor mattrease at Ostertnoor frleea.
ELASTIC COOKenSES
W sr western gent for th Globe-Wernick elastic system
of bookcase. W ar now making a special showing of this
most perfect bookcase In weathered, antwerp and golden oak. '
Bookcase door units, fX2t and up. W Invite Inspection. . . '
Wo close at 1 o'clock Saturday during Jjy and Aufust
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EUROPEAN PLAN. W. 5WECNEV. Proprietor.
Last chance on
TcrriH'c fine im
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llskriefes 4 f v v a
wwmv aa AAalaiaij
oillss and laces.
Must go this week
Safe opens Friday,
v July 29, at 9 a. m.
At tho same time will
be. offered for sale all
her fixtures, consist
ing cf cases, mirrors,
g,ewiti2 machines,
dress forms, tables,
chairs, etc.
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SPLENDID HOTEL ROOMS
Hot.l Kpo!a Booprta, two fciook. north Mlo ,
Bntr.uc. of OrouniU, I. t) .cunowlmiged bat pl.t.
to . Cool rooiMi .xclloiit .rvlci; .Iwtdr llit
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