Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-26
SITES FOR A HIGH SCHOOL
Twenty-0ne Locations from Which a selec
ton May Be Made.
PROPOSALS FILED WITH SECRETARY ROSS
Bids Are to BE Opened Next Tuesday
Evening, when the Board of
Education Holds Its
Meeting.

When the Board OF Education meets Tues
new High school building 1t will have offers
Of twenty-one sites to select from, that num-
Der II proposals having been filed with Sec
retary Ross. Many of the properties offered
will form excellent sites for high school,
being centrally located and affording ample
ground for building such as the board con-
templates erecting AS all the proposals
are sealed no information can be secured as
to the price at which the properties are
offered, but this will cut big figure when
the board comes to make a selection. AL
though most of the sites offered have been
looked over by the members of the board
none OF them have expressed any preference
and all decline to do so until the meeting
Tuesday night. The sites are as follows:
Parts of out lot 5, Jacksons addition, sit
uated Immediately north Of Story street and
east of Third street, with frontage of 175
feet on Third street and either 200 or 300
feet on Story street as may be desired
tract east of lot 1, being lot 2, or the
south 2O9 feet of out lot Folsom, having a
frontage on Park avenue of 209 feet and
being on east side Of said street.
tract across the street east from the
John T. Stewart residence, having frontage
on Bluff street and on Third street of 206
feet, and on Fifth avenue of 216 feet
The j. l.. Stewart homestead with 'front.'
age of $50 feet on Story street and 1875 feet
on Fourth street.
The old Folsom homestead, being lots l,
9 and g. in the subdivision of out lot l, Jack
sons addition This ground lies immedi-
ately west OF present High school site and
has a frontage on Third street of 2S7 feet
a frontage on High School avenue of 355 feet
Iino ;c fnp in length
The north part of out lot /, Jackson's ad-
dition. having a frontage on Third street OF
16e feet and a frontage on High School av-
! enue of 1853 feet.
/ The old r. p. Snow homestead, being lots
Is to 20. inclusive, Auditors subdivision
west 49S feet out lot 3, Jackson's addition
having frontage of POI feet on Blum and
/ Fourth streets and 215 feet on Fifth avenue
The west part of lot 10, Keller's subdivi-
| sion west part lot 23S, original plat, having
! n frontage of 200 feet on Bluff street and
! running east 200 feet deep. This is situated
between the Wallace residence and st
| Peters Catholic church.
The H. D. Harle homestead on Fifth aV-
enue and Seventh street, with frontage OF
11o feet on Fifth avenue and 1S0 feet on
! Seventh street
Lots l. ., 3. and s. block 5, Jeffries' sub
| aivieion situated at the southwest corner
of Fifth avenue and Seventh street, having
a frontage on Seventh street of 1Sl feet and
! 16e on Fifth avenue including the alley
which is twelve feet.
Lots to 10. inclusive, block 10, Hyatt
| subdivision, situated at the southeast corner
of Seventh street and Eighth avenue having
a frontage of 131 feet on Seventh street and
! 2s4 feet on Eighth avenue.
! Lots to 9, inclusive, block j, Curtis q
| Ramsey's addition, situated on the west SIDE
| of Ninth street between Sixth and Seventh
avenues having a frontage, including alley
| on Ninth street, of 272 feet and loo teet Oh
F! Sixth and Seventh avenues.
Lots 4, 3, and T. block E, Curtis & Ram
sey's addition, situated at the northeast
corner of Sixth avenue and Eighth street
having a frontage on Eighth street of l3t
feet and 1T on Sixth avenue.
The w c. James homestead having a
frontage of lac feet on South Eighth stree,
and 200 feet on Third avenue.
The Woodbury. and Battin lots on First
avenue and Seventh street, having front
age of 100 feet on First avenue and 1872 feet
on Seventh street.
The F. A. Bixby homestead at Second ave-
nue. and Tenth street, with l30 feet on Tentt
street and 1872 feet on Second avenue. In
connection with this bid is offered the two
lotS ad1olnlnS, comprising lhe ~ D. b@lieS
homestead, having frontage on Second ave-
nue. of 1872 feet The aggregate frontage or
Second avenue of the four lots in this bid is
364 feet.
The Maynard homestead on Washington
avenue, next to corner of Sixth street, 2OOS
100 feet.
Property at the southeast corner of Bryant
and Vine streets frontage not given.
The tract on Oakland avenue directly
north of w. +. Sapp's residence, having q
frontage of 234 feet on the avenue 324 feet
on Ross street and 200 feet on Scott street
This property lies directly back of the
Washington avenue school.
The south half of block 8, Mill addition
with frontage on Avenue f OF 204 feet and
1856 feet on Little Curtis street,