Omaha daily bee., 1888-12-08

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| were not in Omaha when the city hall
was located. Their persistent misrep-
resentation OF historic facts can only be
| ascribcd to ignorance and malice. The
| records are within their reach and they
could tell the truth if they were so dis
posed.
There are many people in Omaha
who have been lead to believe that the
| city hall location has never been sub
mitted. For their benefit we repro
duce ex-Mayor Boyd's proclamation
which was published for twenty days
before the general election held on
November 3, 1885:
Proclamation and Election Notice.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT CRY OF
| OMAHA, NEBRASKA, MAYORS
OFFICE, October II, 1885.
BY virtue of the authority in me vested, j,
| James IL. Boyd mayor of the city of Omaha
do hereby proclaim to the qualified voters of
said city, and the respective wards thereof,
and voting districts therein, that ON the 1th
day of October A. d., 1885, au ordinance was
duly passed by the city council of said city,
and on the Sth day of October A. d., 1885,
the said ordinance was duly approved by the
mayor of which ordinance the following is a
copy, to-wit:
Ordinance No. $50.
An ordinance providing for the construc-
tion of city hall and submitting the same
to the electors of the city of Omaha for rati
fcation
BE it ordained by the city council of the
city of Omaha:
Section l. That the city hall building
heretofore proposed for the use Of the city of
Omaha and the board of education of said
city, as provided by contract, and located on
lots tive and six in block one hundred and
l
is authorized to be constructed, the said
building to cost not exceeding the sum of
two hundred thousand dollars, the construc-
tion of said building TO be proceeded with as
| rapidly as funds therefore can be provided
and IN accordance with the plans proposed
by +. f. Myers.
Sec. 2. That this ordinance be submitted
for the ratification of the electors of
the city of Omaha, at the general
election to be held in said city, on Tuesday,
the 3D. day of November, 1885, and that for
such purpose the city clerk cause to be
printed in form suitable for voting, copies of
this ordinance, with the following question
printed Hereunder: 'Shall the ordinance,
of which the above is q copy, be ratitied"'
suitable number of said ballots to have
the word ''yes." and suitable number the
word mo- printed thereon.
Sec. 3. That all votes "yes' shall be re-
garded or considered in favor of ratfying
said ordinance, and all votes s'no' shall be
considered against ratifying said ordinance.
Sec t. That this ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Passed Octeber Z, 1885.
VIM F. BEcnEI,
President City Council.
Attest: j. b. SoUTHARD, City Clerk.
Approved October 8, 1885.
JAMES f. BoYp. Mayor,
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the pro-
visions of said ordinance, notice is hereby
given that at the general election to be held
in the city Of Omaha Douglas county, state
of Nebraska, on Tuesday, the Sd day Of No
vember, 1885, the proposition recited in said
ordinance in regard to the ratification of said
ordinance will be submitted to the electors Of
said city.
All votes "Yes'' shall be considered as in
favor of ratifying said ordinance, and all
votes "No" shall be considered as against
ratifying said ordinance.
following editorial appeared in THE
BEE:
The City Hall Proposition.
The proposition to erect city hall costing
not more than S200,000 on the corner of
Eighteenth and Farnam, will be voted on to-
morrow. The building, to be constructed on
the lot opposite the court house, is to be
magnificent and substantial structure
planned by f. e. Myers of Detroit. The
perspective view of the building has been on
exhibition for several days, and has been
pronounced by all who have seen it slightly
and tasteful elevation. While it is to be just
as substantial in every respect as the court
house, it has been planned expressly with
view to make striking contrast to that
classic building.
That Omaha needs a commodious and per-
manent city hall building is admitted on all
hands The old fire trap now occupied, in
part, as city hall, would be a disgrace to
any village. The quarters which the city
has secured in the new court house for some
of its officers must be vacated in three years
under the contract, which is not likely to be
extended, because the county will need the
room for it's increasing business. Next to
having the city under the same roof with the
county building, the location opposite to the
new court house is the most convenient and
desirable. The property owner who goes
to pay his taxes does not want to travel half
a mile from one set of Offices to the other.
Every year the city and county business is
becoming more clearly Identical, and tho
transactions between the officials of the one
and those of the other more frequent and
important.
Viewed from the standpoint of public i'm
provements it is to the interest of every citi-
zen tnub tue pTOpOSIllOH SnOulu carry. Inc
assurance of the construction of the city hall
will stimulate property owners on upper
Farnam to erect large and costly blocks of
office and store buildings within the next two
years, give employment to hundreds of la
borers and mechanics and add largely to the
aggregate tax income. 1t will give Omaha
building boom during the coming year,
which will soon place US by the side Of Kan
sas City, st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Every ballot cast on the city hall
proposition on the Sd day OF November,
1885, had upon its face the full text OF.
the proposition to ratify the location OF
the city hall on upper Farnam.
The proposition was ratified by over
three thousand majority. Even the
Fifth ward, OF which Jefferson square
is the center, only cast sixty-fve votes
against it, and one hundred and sixty
eight votes In favor of it.
And now let US ask where has the un-
derhand work been with regard to the
city hallp Who has been guilty of de-
ception and venality in this connectionp
Look at the men who were making