Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-21
N. Y. Plumbing company. Tel. $50.
MARKET HOUSE AND GOOD ROADS
Matters of Public Interest Discussed
by the business Wen.

Matters of Public Interest Discussed
by the Business Men.
The Council Bluffs Business Mems asso-
citation held the largest meeting in its his
tory in the cafe of the Grand hotel last
night and spent several hours in the
profitable discussion Of matters connected
with the business interests Of the city. The
chief thing under discussion was the prop
osition to agitate the plan of a general mar
ket house for the sale of all kinds of pro-
duce and provisions Ex-Mayor Rohrer gave
a bit of history connected with previous
effort in the same direction that occurred
while he was in the executives chair. The
plan then was to purchase the remainder OF
the b-ck that Is now occupied by the city
buildings and use 1t all for market pur-
poses The council by resolution called for
bids from the owners of this property, but
when they were received the boom fever
had not passed away and the prices asked
put 1t beyond the power Of the council to
make the purchase. He thought the re-
mainder of the block could now be ac-
quired at very reasonable figure. There
was a general sentiment in favor of the
establishment of market for the use Of
the fruit and vegetable growers and farm
ers with all kinds of produce to dispose Of,
but the idea of a general market for the
sale Of everything was not popular. c. M.
Huber spoke of the failure Of the big mar
ket enterprises that his attention had been
called to while he was in the east as
delegate to the meeting of the National
Butchers association in Springfield, Mass
There a building costing several hundred
thousand dollars had been erected for the
purpose and was now abandoned. Boston,
Rochester, Buffalo and numerous other
eastern cities had abandoned the idea of
general markets 1t was finally decided to
instruct the secretary to correspond with the
directors of market houses in western cities
OF the size of Council Bluffs and get an ex-
preston of opinion concerning the desra-
blity of such markets.
The committee good roads reported that
It had conferred with the city council and
had secured an order for the reconstruction
of defective bridge over Indian creek at
the eastern limits of the city on the Crescent
City road. This brought up the question Of
good streets and naturally the question OF
replacing the old and rotten cedar blocks,
The s1.24 bids on asphalt paving that had
been submitted to the Omaha council were
referred to- and it soon became evident that
It was the sentiment of majority of the
business men that now was the proper time
to begin the work of repaving the eleven
miles of rotten block covered streets. j. G.
DeHaven strC ngly favored the plan and pre-
sented a resolution declaring that 1t was the
sense OF the association that the present
extraordinarily low prices of paving should
be taken advantage OF and the work of re-
paving begun as early as practical The
resolution excited considerable debate. and
while large majority OF the members were
in favor OF 1t ii was decided to withdraw
II until the conditions and requirements OF
the new law regulating the charging of paw
ing certificates could be inquired into. Secre-
tary Judson presented the following reso-
lutions on the subject nearly allied to it and
they were adopted without dissent:
Resolved That the association urge upon
the city council the necessity of taking VI
at an early date the matter of having the
city streets and parks put into first class
condition for the exposition year of 1898.
Resolved, That the Council Bluffs Bus.
iness Mems association, representing the re,
tail interests of the city urge upon the cit
!zens of Council Bluffs TO take early action
looking to the improving and beautifying
OF the business houses and residences
lawns and yards in order that the city may
present an attractive appearance during
the exposition year OF 1898
The special good roads committee was
made permanent. 1t consists of C. NJ. HUI
ber j. G. DeHaven, ]. C. Holenbeck, NJ
Bouriclus and Dell G. Morgan.
A special committee OF five was appointed
TO take up the market house problem and in
vestlgate 1t. The committee is composed o
J. c. DeIiaven, chairman, J. +. Wilcox. C
M Huber. C, II. Judson and Oscar Younker
man.