Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-16
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
officials Puzzled Over Securing Suitable
Road to River.
TWELFTH STREET REPORTED MpAssABLE
Efforts May He Made to open o street
and Traverse KountEe Property
as Solution of the
Problem.

as Solution of the
Problem.
On account Of the trouble the city on
Gals are having in securing a suitable
road to the river and the cost Of placing
Twelfth street in a passable condition an
effort is to be made to open o street.
With this idea in view a committee,
composed Of Councilmen Welsh, Adkins
and Queenan, will call upon Herman
kountze and endeavor to make some ar
rangements with him for a roadway
through his ground to the river bank.
When the pontoon bridge was contem-
plated a road was built and at the request
or Mr.. Kountze several hundred dollars were
spent In building a fence through his prop
erty to the river. When wet weather set
In 1t was found that the Twelfth street
road could not be kept in a passabie con-
dition and after investigating the matter
several times it was decided that the best
thing that could be lone would be to try
the o street route.
Councilman Welsh. the chairman OF the
special committee, stated last evening that
very likely the committee would call upon
Mr.. Kountze Thursday. A number OF prom
inent citizens will be invited to accomnany
lthe committee. In order to assist. the citv
IN opening o street r. s. Berlin Of Omaha
has offered to deed a strip Of land east OF
the Burlington tracks to the city for the
consideration of 81. Now il the CITY ofBcials
can induce Mr.. Kountze to sell a strip
through his land for a reasonable sum there
VIII be little difficulty in making a suitable
road to the river and thus put a stop 90 the
oitncuity the city is now having over the
disposal of garbage.
Mud Greek Again.
With the advent Of hot weather comes
complaints of the condition of MUD creek
Property owners and residents In the vi
clnity OF the creek have been making COM
plants and even threats for so many years
that the story has got to be an old one.
several times suits against the city and
tne packing houses and the Stockyards COM
pany have been threatened, but the result
aimed at has never been attained. The
packers and the Stockyards company. at one
time In the agitation submitted a propo-
sltlon TO the city to pay half of the cost
OF constructing a brick sewer from Swift's
10 the river. In order to do this IL would
be necessary for the city to increase its
bonded debt not less than $50, 900 and as
there was a decided opposition to vote anv
more bonds the project fell through. Some
OF the members Of the council and many
OF the prominent citizens asserted that as
the packers and the yards created the AL
legged nuisance they should pay the entire
cost Of the construction Of the sewer. This
the corporations refused to do. o l-
Last year about this time the legal de-
partment OF Sarpy county got after the CITY
and the corporations, threatening sur for
damages. The communications of the
county attorney were placed on file and re-
main there yet. 1t may be possible that
the'present mayor and council will take the
matter up with the packers and endeayor
TO arrive at some conclusion before a great
while.
Disappointed over Levy.
Members OF the park and library boards
are greatly disappointed over the action OF
the council in making such small levies
LOT the maintenance Of the two boards. A
request was made to the council Monday
night for an increase In the park levy and
also for $500 more for the library board.
but the mayor and council feared that any
change after the levy ordinance had been
reported on by the committee would in
validate the levy, and therefore a refusal
to the request was returned.
One OF the members of the park board
asserted that under the existing laws the
park board was entitled to the city's share
of the county road fund, and 1t was
very strongly intimated that unless the
park levy was increased an effort would be
made to secure this fund. The councilmen
explained that when the time arrives that
moro money is needed by these two boards
that money would be transferred from
other funds.
Both the appropriation and levy ordi-
nances are now being printed in the ofacial
paper of the city.
:. More school improvements,
The Board of Education will receive bids
up to Monday. July 21. for the construc-
ton Of a two-room brick addition to the
} East Albright school, which is located at
Eighteenth and Madison streets.
4 Bids also will be received up to the same
date for the construction of a three-room
} addition to the High school annex, Twenty
sixth and NJ streets.
The plans for these additions are now
} prepared and contractors may look over
the same by calling at the ONCE OF L.. A.
} Davis, the architect for the board.
II is thought that with the two extra
y rooms at Hawthorne school and the hve
mentioned above, making seven in all, that
the pupils can be fairly well taken care OF
for ,another year without the necessity OF
renting outside rooms.
Magic City Gossip.
DIR. and Mrs. w. J. Mccrann are visiting
y in Denver.
An adjourned meeting OF the city council
will be held tonight.
, ]. w. Ferguson Of Niobrara, Neb., Is here
visiting his family for a few days.
In compliance with the Instructions OF the
mayor the saloons are closing promptly al
midnight.
A lawn social for the beneht OF st.
Mary's church was given at Thirty-ntnth
and q streets last night.
FLORENCE. the little daughter OF Mr.. and
l Mrs, George Stra1ey, 1112 North Twenty
eighth street, is seriously III.
Health Of1cer Jones stated yesterday
o that for the first time since last August he
o has no families Guaranteed on account OF
) smallpox, two cases only being detained at
> The Emergency hospital.
Goes from bad TO Worse.
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