Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-18
TENTH sTnEETuvIApucr.
Property Owners Decide in Favor OF
An Fig hty.Eoot structure.

hu structure.
AT the meeting OF Tenth street property
owners ana the special committee OF the
council TO consider the viaduct question yes
terday afternoon, three propositions were
submitted. One was for sixty. foot viaduct
the second for an elghty-foot viaduct, giving
the abuttiug property owners the right 10 oc-
cupy the ground in front of their property up
TO the viaduct; and the third viaduct one
hundred feet in width, the full width of the
street
Councilman Hascal stated that the
railroad company could not touch
one cent of whatever money might
be appropriated until tho vladuct
and depot are built. He also stated that the
Union Pacific would exert themselves to got
the eastern roads to cross their bridge and
come INTO tho depot, as business matter, TO
prevent another bridge from being built
James Stephenson asked how it was pro-
posed TO adjust the damages for the various
widths of viaducts
Hascall said that number OF property
holders had said they would waive all dam
ages II 60 foot viaduct was put in.
stephenson turned TO William Paxton and
asked him if he would waive damages for
any width of viaduct.
Mr.. Paxton replied that he would not.
stephenson then announced that he would
waive all damages il u iO0.foot yiaduct was
built.
Paxton asked Hascall what his individual
preference was.
Hascal stated that he was in favor OF a
lOO-foot vaduct first, last and all the time,
but 1t was only question of finance. If all
the owners of abutting property would
waive damages he would be in favor of 100
feet, but II the damages were TO be piled up
he was in favor of Sky feet.
Councilman Butler argued in favor of an
S0-foot viaduct, so as to give property owners
llgnt and air Tor their buildings.
ID. Z. Patterson said he would waive all
damages for a sixty-foot and thought he
would for an eighty-foot viaduct.
Herman RountZe stated that 100 feet
would be his preference, but when it came to
the question of feasibility he was in doubt
whether the city could afford to build a via
duct 100 feet in width But it seems to me
like IA plain business proposition,n said MIR
kountze. "lf the railroad company will
build depot on condition that we put in n
viaduct we yht to accept
Z. h. Goodman said If majority of the
people want 10O-foot viaduct, and we can
raise the money, it should be built.
Jim Stephenson thought 100 feet would be
necessary to accommodate the traffic He
hoped the plot of a few property hold ers to
pet hold of few feet of property by having
q narrow viauuCt, would be knocked in the
head. The council has no right to give
streets away for any other purpose.
After little more argument pro and con,
the matter was put to vote The
thrSe prOpOSltlOnS were put separately, ,and III
was finally settled as being the sense of the
meeting that n report should be made IN
favor of vaduct eighty feet IN width, and
allowing property owners TO use the inter-
vening ten feet for buildings or for light and
ventilation.
The proposition decided upon will give
viaduct with a roadway sixty feet in width,
the same as the roadway OF Tenth street,
with sidewalk on each side ten feet in
width, leaving ten feet on each side of the
viaduct as the street now stands.