Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-31
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The county commissioners, through COM
missioner Hoctor, have requested the city
council to direct the chief OF police to serve
a notice to move upon John Brubaker, who
is at the present time occupying a portion
of N street near Thirteenth Brubaker oc-
cupies tract of land extending trom Thir-
teenth to Fifteenth street and about half a
block on the north and south side of n
street. He and his wife claim this property
by reason of peaceabe possession. having
been permitted to live there unmoested for
a number OF years.
Part of this tract was condemned accord
ing to law about three years ago for the
purpose of opening and extending street
east to Thirteenth street and was paid for
by special tax levied against the property
benefited on each side of n street from
Thirteenth street to Twenty-fourth street.
Brubaker, however has allowed his build
ings, small frame residence, barn, etc, 10
remain on what is now street.
The object of this request is to have the
buildings removed from the street. There
is heavy cut in the street at that point
the intersection of Fourteenth and n streets
and the surplus earth will be used by the
county in making a I'll at Thirteenth and
streets. In brief, the county commission.
ers will grade street from Thirteenth to
Fifteenth without expense to the city in re.
turn for the use of the earth on which Bru-
bakers house now stands.
The county is rapidly pushing to compile
tion the grading of the Thirteenth street
boulevard and unless these buildings are
| removed within a short time the county will
be compelled to make the fill mentioned
| from earth on private property, which car
be had near that point. BY permitting the
county to do the work the property owners
will save something like 81 900, possibly
more.
A heavy street property owner now has
| in hi possession a petition signed by all OF
the properly owners on East street, which
will be submitted to the council shortly
asking that the street from Twentieth street
to the b. & NJ right-of-way be graded and
opened. This grading OF n street cannot be
| done unless the building now occupied by
| Brubaker is removed. Business men have
| for some time been anxious for an eastern
| thoroughfare and street connecting with
! the boulevard will be just what the people
want. Some difficulty has been experienced
| in obtaining the signatures of the property
owners on this petition, but few who were
| holding back signed the document upon as.
certaining that the county would grade two
blocks of the street without cost to the prop
| erty.
| One n street property owner said yester.
day afternoon that he could not understand
| why any member of the council should OBJ
ject to a resolution ordering Brubaker tc
| vacate. By doing SO he would be discrim
| mating against fifty property owners ant
| compel them to bear the burden of two
| blocks of the street when the county stands
| ready to do the work without cost to the
owners of the property.
Commissioner Hoctor is Of the opinion that
| when the councilmen understand the mat.
| ter thoroughly they will not object to vot.
| ing for resolution ordering Brubaker tc
| yacate.