Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-05
LINCOLN WILL Be REPAVED
Old Rotten Cedar Blocks to Be Replaced
with Fine New Asphalt.
WORK WILL BE BEGUN NEXT WEEK
All the Downtown streets Arc to 60
Through n system of Rejuve-
nntton-LincoIn Local
Notes.

payers OF Lincoln have not yet fully paid
for the experiment OF using cedar blocks for
street pavements first tried here about ten
years ago, but they have learned by eX-
perence that the cheapest Is seldom, II
ever, the best. The work OF repaving all
the principal downtown streets will be
commenced the first part OF next week,
part OF which will be done with asphalt
and the rest with brick. When the paving
petitions were circulated among the prop
erty owners in the various repaving dis
tricts not a single man was found who ia
yored cedar blocks The tenants of store
rooms are nearly all in favor of asphalt,
but the property owners, largely because
the first cost is less, favor brick. The dis
trict ordered repaved lies on o street from
Sixteenth to Ninth on Tenth from n to
O. and on Twelfth street from to o.
Petitions are also being circulated among
the property owners of South Eleventh
street for repavng that street south to c
street All OF the newly paved streets will
he connected with those already paved
either with brick or asphalt. Had it not
been for the opposition Of Austin Hum
phrey 1t is quite probable that majority
OF the property owners would have signed
for asphalt. The repaving was ordered done
nv the city council several weeks ago but
the DELAY has been occasioned by the fail
ure of the Coffeeville brick manufacturers
to respond to their orders. At the council
meeting last night the contract was trans
ferred from the CoffeevIlle people to the
Gaesburg manufacturers.
This action by the council will not only
permit the contractors to begin work
earlier. but It also removes the possibility
OF an injunction suit. Frank NJ. Hall, one of
the officers of the Alexander Hamilton club.
threatened several weeks ago to enjoin the
city from using the Coffecville brick for
paving alleging that It was an inferior
brand and unfit for the purpose The tail-
ure OF the Kansas firm to supply the ma
terial for paving is due to an order from
Kansas City packer for several million
brick TO be delivered as soon as possible.
want 10 Retain Wnterhousc.
The Board OF Education of the Lincoln
school district last night voted 10 raise the
salary OF Principal A. Waterhouse OF the
Lincoln high school to 50 600 per year If he
would agree to remain in Lincoln. 1t was
stated at the meeting that Mr.. Watelhouse
had assured a member of the board that ne
would stay in Lincoln II his salary was
raised, but on this point there seems to be
some misunderstanding. A member OF the
hoard approached Mr.. Waterhouse before
the meeting and asked him II the differ
cree between the salary paid him here and
the salary offered him in Omaha
would be an inducement to him
In considering the offer OF the
position of principal of the Omaha Hlgh
school He replied that it would and judg-
ing from this remark that he would rather
remain in Lincoln the board member intro
duced the resolution raising his salary. Mr'
Waterhouse said this morning that he had
not intended to intimate that he would re-
main in his present position II the salary
was raised.
TITS a hard question to decide, he said
"whether to remain here or 60 to Omaha
II is a question that requires a good deal
OF consideration and | am not yet prepared
to give decision. I am going to Omaha
this afternoon and will probably decide to-
morrow"
Tho Lancaster county Board of Equaliza-
tion has completed an unoficial statement
of the valuation OF county property. show
ing decrease for this year of s356,S7l.21.
The total amount OF property in the county
as found by the assessors is listed on the
records as follows:
Realty-1S99:
City of Lincoln i0l 9iS
Personal-lSSa:
City of Lincoln .......'..,...''.''''''' PIP dVoo
outside OF Lincoln .,''.''''''''''''''' fff'"Vo
IOtdl 'F"'"h'''''
The assessment for the railroads, telegraph
and Pullman Palace Car companies is 81
2l5. .66S A, making a total of sS,7sO,S2O.44
Last year the assessed valuation OF property
in Lancaster county was S9,l37, 1911. The
assessors books show that w, j. Bryan's
personal assessment is a tTiae higher than
that OF any other resident of his ward. His
property is listed follows; Money and
credits, $500; household goods, $3.50; dia-
monds and jeweiry. $50; gold and silver
plate, s25.
Albert and Harry Blake, two young men
giving their occupation as railroad news
agents and their home as Omaha, have been
fined s25 and costs each and committed to
the county Jail on the charge of vagrancy.
Two young sons of Engineer Tibbetts of
the Kearney Industrial school, living at
Normal, narrowly escaped being burned to
death while PLAYING with fireworks yester-
day A lighted match accidentally fell into
a box of powder.
Omaha people at the hotels: Frank l.,
Egbert, George f. Manley, S. R. Towne.