Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-26
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Ordinance Introduced to Open Tween.
ty-Fifth Street Across Tracks. :
HOPE OF vIADUCT ABANDONED
strip of Land Ordered Purchased for
Opening of Twenty-Ninth Ave-
nue., from o Street TO
Railway Tracks.

Aside from an ordinance providing for
the opening of Twenty-fifth street across
the right-of-way of the Rock Island and
the Union Pacific roads. and a tilt or two
on lesser matters, the session OF the city
council last night was not out of the usual.
The opening of Twenty-fifth street has
been the occasion of much debate and con-
siderable warm feeling on the part of resi-
dents on the north side Of the city. The
council and the railroads nave held one or
two joint sessions to discuss a viaduct
proposition, but these have come to moth
ing. The only relief now In sight seems to
be to open the original street again. This
is the object of the new ordinance. To do
this it will be necessary TO condemn about
three acres of the railroad property. The
city attorney is instructed to proceed with
the necessary action in the county court
to cause the railroads to yield the street.
The value Of the property so condemned,
at its present valuation, would be about
o~ne-fourth Of the cost OF the new viaduct.
Now that the ordinance has been intro
duced IT will be advanced as fast as pos
sible. The council meets again Tuesday
evening TO Give It the second reading.
The mayor vetoed the order of the city
council directed TO the Omaha Electric
Light and Power company to place a light
at Twenty-third and NJ streets and one al
Twenty-fifth and F. The veto of the mayor
was sustained. His reason was, as stated,
that the fund would be exhausted before
the end Of the year.
The members of the council had a tilt or
the point Of referring the purchase OF a
strip Of land for the opening of Thirty,
ninth averyue from o street to the Omaha &
North Platte Valley railway to the finance
committee with power to act. The demo.
cratic councilmen, although having the
craftsmanship of this committee, did not
want the matter so referred. After a til
between the members it was COMPROMISED
by referring the purchase to the committee
OF the whole.
No bids were received for the grading o.
A street from Twenty-third to Twenty
fourth. The contract amounts 10 about $3.50
A petition to grade Sixteenth street from
l to II street was approved.
The city council ordered temporary light
under the Q street viaduct while that struc
ture is being completed.
The city council received an invitation Il
the sessions Of the twelfth aInual CONVEX
ton Of American municipalities to be hel,
in Omaha September 80.
New hydrants were ordered at Forty-sixtl
and Q streets and Forty-third and Q streets
The ordinance making the parties guilt.
OF maintaining a nuisance by allowing
weeds to grow on their property was ad
vanced to second reading.
The ordinance for the grading OF l stree
from Eighteenth TO Twentieth was recon
mended for passage
An amendment was introduced TO the ordi
nance defining the fire limits, making
impossible to erect within the limits define,
buildings Of wood covered with c~orrugate
iron. Some very flimsy buildings OF thi
character have lately been built and thl
is the reason for the amendment 10 M
ordinance.
The Nebraska Telephone company wa
instructed TO repair the sidewalks on
street west OF Twenty-fifth street, wher
the erection Of new poles had left the walk
impaired.
A. c. Pancoast. A. A. Wright and Fran