Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-14
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Council Committee EuSy With Proposals
for Opening Three Streets.
scAvENGER TAX LIST BEING PREPARED
Letter from KOuntSe Bros, New York,
Throws No Light ON the DupIica-
tIon of Coupons from
south Omaha Bonds.

Mayor Hector and members Of the coun-
Gil committee on viaducts, streets and al
leys are busy with no less than three
propositions for opening of streets formerly
vacated by the city, or otherwise closed
TO public use. One of them is an entirely
new street in the nature of the continue
ton OF the boulevard from the north lin
Its through the stock yards, entering about
Thirteth and l. streets, a petition now
being circulated and signed by numbers of
people both OF the exchange and the
property owners OF lower street and
Railroad avenue. The petition describes
in detail a street from the intersection OF
Twenty and N streets, running
thence In southwesteTly. direction to
point just north OF the west end Of the
present o street viaduct, and from that
point running west, northwest and north,
following the present driveway or private
road around the exchange building, and
thence to l. street where the same inter
seots Boulevard street near the west ap-
proach OF the L street viaduct.
The following is the second proposition
which Is contemplated. concisely embraced
In the language Of the following petition:
We earnestly request your honorable
body TO take the necessary legal steps to
cause to he opened for the convenience of
sixty feet in width on the section line be-
tween nine and ten, from the north line
OF L street south to the south limits OF
the city. This street Is TO be designated
as Twenty-ffth street.
The third proposition is for the purpose
OF opening crossings OF the railroad tracks
I'm the Vicinity OF street The petition
prays for the opening OF all OF street
north OF block IS In Albright's annex, be.
ing the crossing OF the Rock Island track
The petitioners also ask the opening OF
all OF Washington street north & block
a. being also the crossing Of the Rocl
Island. on z street the same is asked
and the crossing OF Jefferson north o.
block 10 is desired. ]. Pivonka and c. NJ
Hunt are actively engaged in pushing thu
frst OF the propositions. How the pro
moters propose to get across the network
OF tracks from N and Twenty-seventh &
the west end OF the o street viaduet is no
set forth I'm the petition. II Is likely tina
there the greatest difhculty will be met
The only practical thing would be a via
duct. but Il is not likely that the railroad
would be very favorable 10 a vladuct .
close TO the one at o street. II Is no
known whether the city could assume IN
building OF such a viaduet. The other ps
titions present much simpler propositions
PreparinE for SeavenEer List.
The city treasurer IL busily engaged thes
DAYS preparing the soavenger lists. He 81
poets 20 have them ready By the first {
the month when they will be sent to N
county officers. People who do not pa
their deiinauencies before that date wi
hnd heavily and increasing charges againi
their original Indebtedness. All parties VII
have failed In any manner to pay the tax
on their real estate up 10 a certain perio
OF delinquency win have their property 81
tered on the soavenser lists. on which the
are subject 70 sale for the taxes again