Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-04-18
SITES FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Grand Island and York Property Owners
Make Government Offers.
PRICES PUT ON THE CORNER LOTS
six Bids from Grand Island and
Twelve from York opened mt
the Treasury Department
Yesterday.
From a STAFF Correspondent


WASHINGTON, April 17.-(Special Tele-
gram. )--Proposals for sites for erection Of
public buildings at Grand Island and York,
Neb., were opened at che Treasury depart
ment today. There we're six bidders at
Grand Island as follows: Kate S. Touhy,
Jacob and Theresa 3. Windagel. northeast
corner Third and Walnut, $4,000; Emma
Jauss. southeast corner Locust and Second,
SO, ,3O0 same bidder, northwest corner Lo-
Gust and Second, $s5OO; w. r. McAllister,
east side of Elm street, between Ann and
John, s2.500; same bidder, northeast corner
Second and Pine. $4,000; Spencer w. Fer
guson and Kate S. Touhy, southwest corner
Walnut and Third, $4,000.
At York twelve sites we're offered as fol-
lows: w. B. Atkinson, corner Nebraska
avenue and Sixth, $3.50; G. w. shidler.
corner Nebraska avenue and Seventh, S6,50O;
same bidder, same locality, $500; S. C.
Morrison, northeast corner Lincoln avenue
and Eighth, $1,000; George Folts, block 81,
120x1S0 feet, $500; same bidder, same To-
callty, 120x130 feet 81 500; James H. Cowell,
block 50, 150x12O feet, IS, 900; same bidder,
same block, 125x120, $500; L. F. South
worth, corner Platte avenue and Fifth,
$4,000; Ambrose e. Andrews, corner Platte
avenue and West Fifth $6,OO0 George W.
Post, corner Grant avenue and Seventh,
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Platte avenue and West Sixth, $4,000.
German Investigators Tour.
The delegation Of real estate owners and
! farmers the German Agricultural society is
sending to the United States to study
| American agricultural methods will arrive
in New York May O. They number forty
six men and their tour of the country COM
mences at New York May 2 and is concluded
4 nL -g..N-
| set forth in their itinerary. as issued by
the Agricultural department today, follows
Washington, May 8, and s; thence west
to Cincinnati, Lexington, KY, St. Louis,
Kansas City, reaching Des Moines, Ames,
Ia, May IL; thence to Omaha, arriving
there May IA; Kearney. May 16; Denver,
Pixies peak, Salt Lake City, San Fran
cisco and tour various points Of interest in
California, Portland, Ore, and thence east
| ward, making various stops enroute, Min
neapolis. Milwaukee Chicago. Detroit
Niagara Falls, Boston and back to New
York.
Departmental Notes.
These Iowa rural letter carriers we're ap-
pointed today: Moulton, regular. John A
Wooden; substitute, Ehie Wooden Mus
catine, regular. John Van zil,; substitute
Tillie Van I'll.
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land, Campbell, Polk county. wyoming
@. p. Kinds, Junction. Laramie county.
These Nebraska rural free delivery routes
will be established July /: St. Paul, How
ard county. three routes; area covered, III
square IaileS; population served, 1.410
Saronville, Clay county, one route; area
twenty-five square miles; population 425
Shelby, Polk county three routes; area
ninety-two square miles population, 1920
Shiekley, Fillmore county, two routes; area
eighty-nve square miles; population, 1,129
Silver Creek, Merrick county, one route
area. twenty-five square miles; population
500. Spring Ranch, Clay county one route
area, twenty-five square miles; populatio
400. Strang. Fillmore county, one route
area, twenty-five square miles; population
: 450. sutton, Clay county, one addtiona
; route; area, twenty-five square miles; popu
) lation, 400. Swsnton, Saline county. on
route; area, thirty-one square miles; popu
lation, AIS. Tobias, Saline county. thre
routes; area, seventy-one square miles
population, 1890 West Point, Cumin
county, two additional routes area, .orty
5 nine square miles; population. els. Woo
River, Hall county, hve routes; area, 10
square miles; population, 2.175.