Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-21
WHAT SOUTH SIDERS WANT
Grand View Improvement Club Meeting
Brings Out Some Expressions.
STREET CAR SERVICE THE GREAT NEED
After the TrOIIeys the want IL some
improvements for RiveFvtew
Park and Then Band
Concerts,

The Grand View Improvement club held
an enthusiastic little meeting at Fourth
street and Lincoln avenue last night and
discussed matters Of much moment to the
residents of that vicinity. A committee
from the South Side Improvement CLUB
with Sheriff John Power at it's head, was
there, and so was a committee from the
Second Ward Improvement club, with It's
| president, T. J Shannahan, as its chair
man. ]. w. Carr was there and talked
about making boulevards Of some Of those
hills in that section of the city instead OF
| grading them.
Sheriff Power and his committee want TO
get the Harney street car line extended
| from sixth and Pierce streets to Sixth and
| Center and the Farnam line from Bancroft
| TO Riverview park. President Sundblad of
| the Grand View club appointed com
| mittee to act with the South Side people.
1t is the general impression among the
people of Grand View that the street rail-
way company is treating them worse than
a stepchild. They claim that they allowed
the hills to be graded to such an extent
that many houses are now standing about
fifty to seventy-hve feet above civilization
and on just enough ground for the location
Of house and playground for the babies.
To keep these from falling overheard a
permitted this because of tho promise Of
street car line extension.
The park board is a member of this COM
mittee and on next Tuesday the park board
members and the committees from the
clubs represented last night will meet and
discuss matters. The people down there
want those car lines and they interd to
have them.
In Behalf of Riverview.
T. j. Shannahan of the Second Ward
club used his eoquence for the betterment
of Riverview park. as did several others
: from the same ward. Mr.. shannahan was
very much incensed at the good things
I, Hanscom park is to get and that Riverviev
isn't to get at the hands of the park board
= He told how Rlverview park is the pretties
e park in the city and that II is the one place
that the people OF that end of town car
1 go to for little rest and recreation. H
!. said there is not even a shed in the parl
under which people can get when 1t rain
4 and that after it begins to rain visitor
= have to stand and wait ten minutes for I
car He told how the park board had pro
X vided music for Hanscom park and shee
n for Riverview. He had called upon
n member Of the park board and had bee
told that 1t was out of the question 70
g Riverview to have a band every othe
q Sunday because no one ever goes to River
h view. and It Is too far out of the way
Later he had seen Member Cornish an
le the latter had promised 10 see about 4
"a That brought Mr.. Shannahan up to tn
ct protesting point on other things and h
strenuously objected to the taxpayers {
re the city paying for the repairing of tn
"a pavement Of Sixteenth street north
st Douglas. He said s25, 900 had been paid fc
IS. repairs when the pavement only cost
the first place $4,000. He thought the abu
A ting property owners should do the payin
and said so.
IN Only a small membership Of the club wi
present, but those that were there wei
enthusiastic for better things for Grar
View addition.