Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-24
VARIETY OF OPINIONS
Concering the Laying of Railway Tracks on
Tenth Avenue.
SUNDAY SERMONS AND SERVICES
Jcalous Wives Watching Their Hus-
bands Governor Larrabec's
Speech Death OF Rev.
NJ. Lynch.
Chats on the Corners.


"Why don't you stir up the Tenth
avenue schemeY' asked one of the busi-
ness men. The people do not realize
how important a move that is If the
Union Pacific is allowed to move up
Tenth avenue ii means for Council Bluffs
union depot and other important en-
terprises, which will do more TO help this
city than the new wagon bridge even.
There are good many moves on foot,
which know will help this city if this
starter is made. The shippers and
wholesale houses all know it, and they
have signed petition asking the council
to grant the right of way. Such petit
ton, representing the unanimous wish of
the Council Bluffs wholesale trade, should
be complied with, it seems to me. They
realize that it means a great deal to
Council Bluffs, and they surely know
what will help the city, and are as
anxious for the city's interests as any
class of men, even the aldermen. If this
right of way Is granted a union depot
will be secured"
''The only thing object to 1T for, )" spoke
up workingman, lis that it damages
some property owned by men who cannot
for the city, but a few men ought not to
stand all the pinch to get it. Let the
question of damages be settled SO that
everyone of these shall be sure to get just
what is fair, without being obliged to go
to law, for some of these are too poor to
law it against big corportion."
II don't see any reason for having the
tracks run east of Main street. They say
it is so that the Union Pacific can get dirt
from the bluffs to make their approaches
with. If that is the case then let them
agree to lay only temporary tracks, and
agree TO take them up next spring. The
bridge is to be done in March, and then
they won't need this part of the avenue
any longer"
'sI'll tell you one thing sure" said a
wholesale agricultural implement dealer.
IF this does not take place, don't mean
this in any bulldozing sense, but as n
fact, the agricultural implement bust
ness will all be over to Omaha inside of
eighteen months. That will be just the
effect if the council sits down on this
move. The houses on lower Main street
do business of three or four million
dollars year. Council Bluffs cannot
afford to lose this, but it surely will unless
this Tenth avenue plan works. You can
set that down as certainty. If tho
council refuses to grant the avenue and
the implement business is forced to move
across the river, 1t will be bad blow to
the city, and the aldermen who are now
unfavorable to the plan will have
hard work to square themselves with the
people If they succee in stopping the
move and the wholesale houses move
across the river"
''It seems pretty evident that it will be
killed, though" remarked retail mer-
chant. 81 understand Aldermen Dan
forth, Keller and Hammer are dead set
against it,, The trouble seems to be with
this town, that when move is made in
one part of the city, the other sections
fight it and kill 1t. Alderman Danforth
has property interests which he fears
might be hurt if tho Broadway dummy
depot was moved. AS alderman at large
he represents all wards. Alderman
Keller and Hammer represent wards
which naturally fight the improvement
of the southern part of the city and they
claim that their constituency object to
the move and that in opposing it they
represent the will of their wards. These
three can kill the ordinance, and they
will be quite certain to do so.''