Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-18
CITY EMBELLISHMENTS.
The Prospects for Public Improve.
mGnE this Year,
Paving and Grading to be Done
Policy Of the New council.

Now that the season is wearing on thu
city officials are preparing for the paving
and grading work that is to be done thiI
year. The city of Omaha, In keeping
with her spirit of push and enterprise
cannot afford to altogether drop the mat.
ter of street improvements at the point
at which she now stands.
A reporter for the BEE called
Thurrdsy upon City Engineer
Rosewater to ascertain some factI
relative to the prospects for public i'm
provements this year.
Mr.. Rosewater said that there would
not be nearly SO much work done In the
| way of public improvement this year al
in 1884, and In fact there was no nee
es,ity for it. AS the city advanced fur
Their and further to a metropolitan stage
of appearance and improvement there
would be, year by year, less need for ex
penditure In broadening, grading, paw
ing, or identifying her streets. In the
city inters sctlon fund there was about
$40, 900 with which considerable paving
couldbe done. Ut is, of course, understood
that the city pays for the cost of paving
street Intersections only, while the bal
ance is paid for by the taxpayer whose
property abuts upon the thoroughfare.
This sum, $40, 900 will probably be en-
tirely expended in paving the intersec-
lions. As for grading, of course 1t is
yet impossible to cay anything definite.
The quantity of work done depends IN
tlrely upon the petition of the property
owners requesting the establishment of
the grade of their respective streets. 1t
Is probable that 5000, 900 will cover the
expense in this direction. tits not
likely that any sewers will BIO laid during
the coming season.
The appended list will show the
streets for the paving of which the city
council has already passed ordinances.
The list will doubtless be much modified,
to suit the exlgencles of expense.
Farnam street from west line Fifteenth
to west line Nineteenth.
Sixteenth, from south limo Douglas to
north line Fsrnam.
Twelfth, from south line Capitol ave
nue. to south line Davenport.
Howard, east line Ninth, to west lint
Eighth.
Twelfth, south lire Howard to ncrtf
line jackson.
st. Mary's avenue, west line Forest
east line Phil Sheridan street.
Thirteenth, from south line alley mex
south CT L~eavenworth to north line o.
Center street.
Cunning, east line Twentieth to cas-
line of Division.
Tenth, south line of Mason to soutl
line blocks PAL and 242. The last limit
would throw the paving of Tenth street
we'll out toward suburban lines.
The funds of the city will not permi
the paving Of all these streets and some
of them will have to be stricken eff b!
the council. Farnsm and Sixteenth
streets car be paved. Twelfth, between
Capitol avenue and Davenport aud How
ard can also be paved, inasnuch as Their
will be no intersections. Cunning will
also be provided for in all probability
Thirteenth and Tenth streets will, 1t !
very likely, have to be stricken, as tn
expense can hardly BIS borne by the cit,
this year.
The properly owners on these thor,
oughfares have, in accordance will
statute provisions, thirty days il
which to either protest against the paw
ing, or decide upon the kind of materia
to be used In case no protest Is entered
In the case of most of these streets, tn
time for protest has expired, an
upon the city council the right to decld
upon the material to be used devolves.
POLICY OF THR NEW COUNCIL.
mo, sir" said one of the new council
to a reporter yesterday, "the council
as now composed will be very conserva
tive, / think. 1t will be our aim not t.
drive the city too deeply into debt. Their
will not he so much done in the way o
grading and paving this year as last, and
In truth, there Is not so much need TO
1t. 1 believe, however, that we will star
a new city hall this season, because Their
Is a great need for one, and the founda
lions, at le,st, Cal be laid. But othe
city improvements, not absolutely neces
ssry, l think will have to be ~foregone.
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