Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-10
TO MACADAMIZE BROADWAY
Board Ct Supervisors A%ppropriates Sever
Thousand Dollars.
PLtASeS THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Patrons of the ThorouEhfnrc Petition
thc HodS TO Make the Improve
ments and the Officers De-
termine on the Move.

After months OF talking and planning
the prospects are now that Council Bluffs
and Omaha will be connected by a
macadamized roadway before snow flies, TO
take the place Of the rotten wooden block
pavement that has made Broadway well
nigh impossible for the last two years.
The Board Of Supervisors yesterday passed
a resolution appropriating 1000 from Kane
townships share of the general county road
fund to be expended in matchmaking the
street from Twelfth street to the bridge.
When the board met yesterday morning
the committee OF the city council having
the matter in charge took the members of
the board in the patrol wagon and drove
over the street. After the drive the mem
bers of the board had no question as to the
merits of the petition presented by nearly
200 market gardeners asking that the road
be improved from the county funds. The
imperative need of the Improvement was
apparent and at the afternoon session of
the board the action was formally taken.
Chairman Shubert of the council commit
tee, S. b. Wadsworth and r. c. Dawson
were present in the interests Of the petit
TONERS and urged their claims. After some
informal discussion the board unanimously
passed the following resolution:
ASSIGNS THE FUNDS.
Whereas, There has been levied a tax of
l mlll on the assessed valuation of the prop
erty of Kane township for road purposes
FOR the two years last past, and the pro-
ceeus OF said levy amount to about so, 600,
and
Whereas, There is an urgent and imme-
ulate necessity for the improvement of
Broadway, a street extending from the
business portion of the city of Council
to Omaha, and said street is the main thor
oughfare between the county of Pottawat-
tamle and the state of Nebraska, and its
maintenance in a good condition is greatly
beneficial to the western part of said county
of Pottawattamie, and
whereas. ~ has been represented to this
board and this board is of the opinion that
the Improvement of said street is at the
the protection and encouragement of the
farming, fruit raising and agricultural in
serests Of said county, as well as for the
Bluffs, therefore, be it
Resolved, That there be and is hereby APP
county. derived from'a levy on the prop.
srty of said Kane, township, the sum Of
Ssoooi 10 be expended in the Improvement
not to exceed twenty feet in width i'm said
street from Twelfth street to the west line
OF Ferry addition in said city. said expendi-
ture to be made under the supervision of a
committee of three to be selected by this
board to act in conjunction with a commit.
zee or uhree to be appointed by the city
council of the city of Council Bluffs. The
contract for said work shall be awarded to
-. piittI dlltT llp OH
mittee shall have advertised for bids. the
commiitee to reserve the right to reject any
or all bids. Gag
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
Alderman Shubert, on behalf of the coun-
ell, expressed his appreciation of the
boards action, and said he was sure that
the action would meet with the approval
or every property owner IN he western
part of the county.
The from the Board of Su-
pervisors, which will have charge of the
county's interests in the work, will be
composed of Messrs. Baker, Kerney and
Aud. The council committee is composed
OF Shubert, Pace and Barstow. 1t is pro-
posed to call the committees together at |
once and arrange to advertise for bids and
get the work under way at the earliest
practicable moment. Nothing definite has
as yet been determined upon. The cost OF
the macadam will have to be considered,
and the width of the proposed pavement
Will depend largely upon the figures for
the work. 1t is desired to pave a roadway
twenty feet in width, but it is possible
that the committees may decide to reduce
this to eighteen or sixteen feet, in order
to make the funds appropriated do the
work.