Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-24

man elect TO a BEE representative. vi will
protect the constituency, which ] have the
honor to represent
'What win be your first legislative move
when YOU take your seat was asked.
II have no bills prepared as yet and have
none in mind just at present. or course my
term of Office commences March I, out | will
not a my scat until the regular session of
congress Convcncs, which will be next De
cembcr, unless there be a special session.
This may be done in September,
as there any legislation that YOU think If
required for this section Of Nebraska
There is none especially demanded
at the present time, so far as
this district is concerned, a vast
number Of bills are already pending, of
which the people Of this state, as well as of
other states, have an interest, in regard to
which | will inform myself fully by the time
congress cOnvencs,'
What is your opinion Of the Cultivate
billi"
1.-THE bill known as the Cultivate measure
relates to the extension Of time for the pay
ment of the Indebtedness of the Union Paclfic
company TO the government Much has been
said and written OF both the advantages OF
and objections to the bill. At this time !
am somewhat IN doubt as TO whether in the
end the passage OF the bill would be bcne.
fetal to this state. Undoubtedly it would
result in the construction OF Il number of
lines Of railroads a. feeders of the main
line of the Union Pacific, but
most of these would be in the western terri.
tories and would only in a remote degree be
d benefit TO Nebraska. | have no desire to
oppose the bill, bat have not yet determined
that it would be favorable to the interest to
the state. Before | am called upon to cast a
vote either one way or the other, ! Will have
ample opportunity to inform myself on the
merits of the measure, and will then vote ac-
cording to my best judgment.
"iiegarding the relocation OF Fort Omaha,
did YOU say. Wei, the matter is so COM
p!ctely in the hands Of Senator Manuerson
at present that | do not feel like taking amy
decisive action. Personally, think it is a
mistake 10 change the location
from the present one. If adjoin-
ing land could not be obtained Mt
a fair price | think it would hc as well fOrthc
government and FAR better for Omaha to re
tain the present location lf the war depart
mCut insists on the change, in OrdcrtO secure
a much larger area of land, then | personally
favor the nearest location to the city Oh
tuinablo. The site at Bellevue, recommended
by General Brooke, is undoubtedly n very
desirable location. but ! fear the price asked
for the land is so far beyond the authorized
limitation of money that the scheme will be
abandoned.
."As to the postoniGc site. | have no special
preference. | will enuCavor, when the time
comes, to represent the wishes of the people
of Omaha in locating the new building.
There are several sites mentioned,
any of which | would consider dc
slrablc. lhe block north oil the pres
ent postofice building, and also the
block upon which the old Planters house
now stands, are both admirable suited for
the building, but l believe the amount re
Quired to purchase either of those blocks is
considerably in excess of the 100000 init.
The Lowe Hoagland square at Sixteenth and
Harvey streets is not a bad location, and
could be secured at about $500 a front foot,
making the total cost, with damages to i'm
provements, a little over SSOO,OOO. Tho OBJ
lection TO this block is its irregular grade,
the northwest corner being eight or ten feet
higher than at the corner of Seventeenth
and Howard. The location proposed at
Tenth and Farnam seems to me to be too far
east and not sufficiently central. | believe
the location should be more to the ref
erencc of the development of South Omaha
than towards Council Bluffs. The block
west OF the court house or the block west OF
the proposed city hall would be far prefer
able to the extreme eastern location proposed
at Tenth and Farnam.'