Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-30
ROUTES NOT YET COMPLETE
Course Of North and Central Boulevards
Are Still Unfinished.
so FAR AS DONE LINE is MAPPED OUT
Crowds of Improvement Club PeopIe
Appear mt Park Board Meet
ing to Express Their
Views.

. Views
. crowds OF North End Improvement club
members who are interested in the north
central boulevards attended the meeting Of
the Park board Thursday morning. expect
ing definite and final action would be taken.
This was not done
The city engineers Office submitted maps
and surveys Of the direct boulevard from
Bemis park to Miller park, but announced
that the plan for the Clifton Hill Fontanelle
park route Is not yet complete The COM
nlttec on designation of grounds reported
iaVorably for the route submitted. but the
board as a whole decided to walt while
SO that personal inspections can be made
and facts ascertained as to the acquire
ment and donation of property cost and
possibilities for 'neighborhood parks" ("
much advocated by the Improvement clubs
Another hitch occurred in that part OF the
route running through Mercer park Presi-
cent Lininger said the commissioners knew
nothing OF the large amount Of taxes stand
ing against the property until they read in
The Bee how acceptance OF the donation
would throw about 5000 special taxes on
the city. A resolution was adopted direct
ing that the acceptance of the donation be
held In abeyance until the taxes are settled
satisfactorily to the board
boulevard Route Recommended.
The boulevard route recommended is as
follows:
Connecting with the present northern
terminus of Central boulevard at Twenty
seventh and Burt streets, running west on
Burt street to Twenty ninth, thence clirvinR
northwest across Cunning street through
the John A. Creighton forty acre farm,
STTPain,ecting TPir,,lg with Lincoln, boulevard at
fnl navfF,u
boulevard through Bemis park
From ,Thirty-eighth street, passing
InrouBn mercer park, the exact line OF
winch Is not determined; north across Mich
qlas street through Reservoir addition to
aFTyGtte 10 TSirt Avenue east on Lafayette avenue
street TO charles, curving in a northeasterly
direction across Seward, Franklin, Thirty
louTth 10 Thirty-third and Decatur, east
on Decatur to Thirty-second. northeast to
me southeast corner of Prospect Hill Gem
Hill cemetery across Lake street, FOLLOWING
Ihlrty-seeond street to the unplatted tract
north II0r Of Maple street. thence IN winding
TThirty-third street, straight northward on
Thirty-third street to Grand avenue. This
ing In as much additional, whore streets are
used, as necessary to make the width re-
From Grand avenue northward the boule-
ward is to be $50 feot wide, DETECTING
silently to the west and running along the
west side OF Fort Omaha to northwest cor
ner of Fort Omaha; thence northeasteTiy
In a straight line to Thirtieth street and
Kansas avenue, where 1t connects with The
southwest corner of Miller park.
Blur Tract Park.
Assistant City Engineer Craig brought in
blue prints of the proposed Bluff Tract
park and boulevard, but the board deferred
action upon this matter until some future
time. 1t Is the intention to acquire nearly
all or the southwest leg of Cut on lake
which the owners, Herman Kountze and
the East Omaha Land company, are said
70 be willing to donate The new mark
would simply extend around the lake. taxi
Ing in distances from 100 to 200 feet back
from the shore line, so as to provide for
an aquatic park. The boulevard, run
ming from Kountze park and connecting
with the Florence boulevard, would run
along the bluff overlooking the lake, afford
ing commanding and beautiful prospect.
On the blue print the lines followed would
be about as follows:
Northeast of Pinkney street from Flo
renee boulevard, south of Kountze park:
edge of BLUM at Fourteenth street thence
In curved line along the BLUM south to
locust east on Locust to Second street, in
East Omaha; northward in irregular line
TO Illinois Central viaduct, west across Cut
on lake, thence south on line of Thir-
lake.
bnnO concert saturdays.
Much lesser business was transacted at
the meeting. large committee from the
North Sixteenth Street Improvement club
requested the board to provide free satur-
day night band concerts in jefferson
square, pointing out that they would give
much pleasure and recreation to working
peo e. The committee was told the board
dir not have the money to invest In music
and thereupon was asked If the club might
) erect bandstand in the park Partial per-
mission was given for this, contingent upon
approval of plans for the structure.
Permission was granted the street rail-
way company to use side of the bouIe-
ward from Thirteenth street TO Riverview
park for an extension to the park, pro-
Vided the track is laid at once.
James p. Connolly, concessionaire at
Riverview, told the board 1t would be i'm
: possible for property owners TO comply
With the demands Of the company for the
paving or grading OF Tenth street, In order
to give good grade for an extension of
this line to the park. He said the line
could be built in easily along the boulevard.
An extension TO the park is one long de-
manded by south side residents
Superintendent Adams, in his report for
June. said he had built 2,l76 lineal feet OF
concrete guttering in Riverview park, had
resumed excavations for the lake in Miller
park and had resurfaced Florence boule-
ward from Chicago to Nicholas street.
West Dodge Maead MIXING.
The old matter OF macadamizing West
Dodge street came up again in a request
from the West Omaha Improvement club
that the improvements be started. Com
missioner Condor said he had found by
personal investigation that curbing and
guttering must be put in TO hold the ma
cadam. The board decided to hold back
the macadam until property owners put
in the curbing and guttering.
City Attorney Breen, in a letter, in
formed the board that the city will here
after insist upon the board keeping in re-
pair all streets adjoining parks. He pointed
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