Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-12
"WhY Iney object y

or rather tina. portion of Omaha
through which It Is proposed to run o
railway track for the solo benefit and
accommodation of the Woodman Lin.
seed oil company desire to present
briefly a few of the reasons why they
earnestly oppose the building of the
switch In question. But first we dc.
alre to say that our opposition is not
based on any %unfricndiy feeling enter
tanned by us against any manufactur.
Ing interest located In Omaha; we de-
sire tho prosperity of oil such instltu-
tons. and would not willingly place
the slightest obstacle In their way to
success, but we are not pre-
pared TO sacrifice our lives
and our property for their exclusive
benefit. We have been property
holders IN the vicinity of the proposed
switch for many years before the
Woodmsn Linseed OIL Company
located IA our midst and wo have spent
both tina aud money in building up
our end of town and In making 1t a
dcsirable locality i'll which to live and
do business In doing this we have
mot with much opposition from other
portions of the city, and We secured
the building of the " and drains
in North Omaha only after making o
determined fight for same against
heavy odds. Sixteenth ntreet Is an
important avenue of commerce and IL
lined with business houses of every
description and all are doing
brisk and thriving trade.
1t is now proposed to destroy their
business and cut oil both their coun.
try and down town trade by running
u dangerous railway track across the
highway over which their patrons
have been accustomed to travel and
trade In safety. Not only will our
business interests be impaired If not
totally destroyed, but our residence
and business property will ~depreoiate
IN value and entail upon us o loss In
money that would be more than sufi-
Client to buy several manufacturing
concerns such as tho Woodman Lin.
seed Oil Co.'s works.
Again, we are to have the state fair
for several years In Omaha; Sixteenth
street is the principal, aud, In fact,
the only avenue to the fair grounds for
vehicles of every description. Will a
toll gate of death across Sixteenth
| .kx,ns l., a~,r.sloSal IN ,rr,1l. al g..
| tho tuccesS of the f,ii2 And IL these
vehicles are driven from Sixteenth
strees and compelled to neek other
avenues of egress, will not Jul now
busy and thriving street be reduced tc
the quiet of a cemetory roa62 Thit
will no doubt be appropriate, because
the "Woodman ral. way" would furn
lsh tho necessary remains" for inter
ment, Az We said before we we-,
here graf; W. have built up valuable
interests, and we are now asked to di
vida our hard earned substance will
some California and Saiut LoulI
gentlemen just arrived. The boart
of trade undertakes to champion
the Cause of these parties. There ar
some very respectable businessmen VIII,
are members Of the board Of trade
but they do not attend Its meeting
nor do they take part In its delibera
lions. The dctipe and enthusiastic
members Of said board are men who's,
combined capital would not be suffi
client TO purchase a second. hand heI
roost; and theee are the men who blus
tor and blow about striking down on
manufacturing interests.
;. We have q valuable law on vladuct
introduced by an enterprising membe
, from Douglas, which incidentally abol
ished the board of public works (unin
! tentionally of oourse). Why don
| the Woodmsn Gu fit take sdvantag
. of some Of its provisions ant
build their track under instead O
on top of Sixteenth street. The,
threaten to leave Omaha. God spec
their departure, If we must give then
0 all we have to induce them to remain
The board of trade say these gentle
= men 'desire to build" They are pos
tively building NOW. In conclusion "
=. have only to say that We don't want t
, be sold out; we want Q chance to pre-
9 { en- q Gaze and toargue thesame. w
r s,e citizsns and tax payers and We ar
fighting for our property, for on
4 rights, AMI in fact for our lives, an
We demand attention and propose I
have it. JOSEPH REDMAN,
GEO. K. S~TRATMAN,
JOHN II. ERCK,
.. Mrs CLARA RoRDER,
JAMES SHANNON,
And 342 additional residents of Mort