Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
CENTRAL BOULEVARD is SURE
Sewerage and Grading Will Begin SO'l a.
Ground ia Fit.
ALL OBSTACLES NOW OUT OF THE WAY
city Attorney Conneu says All Larger
Appeals Have Been Dismissed
and Smaller ones Car
Re Settled.

"The Central boulevard project has passed
the uncertain stage. and that the improve
ment will be made is now an assured fact
Work upon the sewerage and the grading
will begin simultaneously as soon as the
frost is out OF the ground" said City At
torney Connell yesterday morning.
with one exception he resumed, ''all
OF the larger property holders who APP
pealed from the returns made by the APP
p~raisers have signed stipulstions dismiss
ing theft appeals and consenting to the
awards made. and l think that the one ex-
ception will fall In line all right within q
few days. Several Of these appeals were
dismissed today and several others will be
dismissed Monday.
THE total amount Of the awards Is 49,
$50, leaving a margin Of only 3410 before
reaching the charter limit Of $50, 900, which,
II exceeded, would render void all Of the
proceedings.
Public Spirit Prevails.
The parties representing the largest
amounts in the appeals are the Byron Reed
company, General j. c. Gown, George e.
Barker. John /. Redick, BENJAMIN Folsom
and Reuben Ross. Tnese, with several
others, have viewed the matter from a pub
lic-spirited standpoint, and, rather than see
the project fail, have signed stipulations
withdrawing their appeals. Only a small
number Of appeal cases remain and as these
are for Small amounts, 1 shall push them
to trial unless the parties voluntarily with
draw them.
THE plans for the sewer have already
been perfected by the engineering depart
ment. Where the line Of the sewer and
that of the boulevard are common, as ia
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work will have to be done before the
grading, but in several instances the boule-
ward DIVORCES from the sewer, the latter
taking a more direct course, and at all
Of these points the work OF sewer building
and that OF grading can be carried on at
the came time. The sewer will be a yalu-
able feature OF this improvement. The
boulevard, which will be about seven miles
In length, will extend from Hanscom park
to Burt street, traversing much low ground
where drainage Is essential. In the neigh
borhood OF Thirty-hrst and Farnam streets,
for instance, the property is virtually with
out drainage and must have remained so
for some years had it not been for this
project.
Some Valuable Donations.
Hon. ]. M. woolworth, owner of Oak
hNiSS ouuieAOhb mas ueeueu 10 the city what
will amount to about twenty-five lots OF
this very desirable tract, to be used for
boulevard and park purposes. Directly OPP
posite this property, at Thirty fourth and
Poppleton avenue. there is a bluf about
thirty feet high. This bluff might be graded
down, but 1t would leave a steep ACTIVITY
in the boulevard, which would be objection
able, so 1t is proposed to wind the boule-
ward through oakhurst addition, forming a
series Of beautiful curves in the general
design OF an ox-bow. By this means the
steep hill is avoided and the beauty of the
improvement greatly enhanced. MingIlnR
with the curves at this point Will be nu-
nnerous little paseos. plots of grass, foot
paths and breathing spots. The boulevard
in some places here will be 500 feet wide.
Charles Turner has donated thirty lots
north of Farnam street between Thirtieth
and 'Thirty-flrst. streets for the same pur.
pose. the tract to be known as the Curtiss
Turner park"
The park commissioners express them
selves as highly pleased with the situation
and declare that they will begin work as
soon as the frost is out Of the ground. The
improvement contemplates a connecting
link between Riverview and Bemis parks.