Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-15
VIADUCT GOES ON NICHOLAS
City Council Determines to Stand by
It's Original Decision.
BURLINGTON FREIGHT HOUSE
Opposition TO Closing Harvey street
Comes as snag Ia way of the
Proposed New Ordi-
nance.

the whole Monday afternoon, refused 10
recede from its action in ordering a viaduct
built on Nicholas street from Thirteenth
TO Fifteenth. The city engineer was
directed to prepare and submit to the coun-
ell specifications for the Nicholas street
structure.
petition from certain property owners
expressing themselves against the Nicholas
street location was received informally by
the committee, not yet having been to
the council George II. Kelly and l.. e.
Doup spoke against the Nicholas street
plan and in favor of building on lizard
street. They asserted the building of the
structure on lizard street would involve no
damages, and Mr.. Kelly said officers OF
the Missouri Pacific had inumated that
road would promptly accept the duty of
building on lizard street. The alternative,
the council was left to understand, will be
court fight against the Nicholas street
plan.
Councilman McGovern insisted Nicholas
street is now one of the most dangerous
thoroughfares in the city, by the admis-
slons OF firms doing business on the street.
Iznrd not Available.
This statement was backed by express
sions from Councilmen Berka lIugel and
Funkhouser. They also asserted the city
cannot legally select lizard street for the
bridge on account of the street not being
open as a thoroughfare. Vacation of the
part Of the street from Fourteenth to F'if-
teenth is said to have been made for the
benefit OF the Northwestern road. Nicholas
street, they held. is the one on which relief
Is needed.
G. w. Lorenz, speaking as he said. for
700 men employed in the car shops of the
Union Pacific, urged the Nicholas street
location. He was spokesman for a bunch
OF shopmen VINO appeared as a delegation.
Mr.. Lotus, speaking for the Missouri
Pacific, said his road is not opposing the
building of vladuct but would greatly
prefer to have It located on lizard street.
To build the vaduct on Nicholas street
would, he asserted. impair the freight
shipping facilities.
Aid for the Burlington.
The pending ordinance for vacating parts
OF streets between Farnam and Jackson, be-
low Eighth, was ordered placed on file and
a new ordinance will be prepared, when
further hearing will be had on the request
OF the Burlington road for concessions to
permit the construction of a large station
on the property recently acquired and laid
out for that purpose.
]. E. Kelby again appeared before the
committee and explained that vacation of
the streets is not insisted on that the Bur-
lington only wants permission to use what
ever part may be necessary to permit the
carrying out OF its plans. This involves
considerable change of the present grade
OF Eighth street from Farnam to Howard,
and the construction of a retaining wall
hn re nj for Of he fhnr
b. G. Burbank, representing the Carpen-
ter Paper company, and Father Kelly, one
Of the trustees of the Creighton estate.
which owns the building occupied by the
Byrne-Hammer company, protested against
granting the request of the Burlington.
They asserted the proposed retaining wall
would have the effect of closing Harvey
street east of Eighth.
City Attorney Burnam sent the committee
letter in which he recommended the priyi-
lege asked be not granted. He believed the
possibility of future navigation on the Mis-
souri, river makes it advisable for the city
to keep Harvey street open all the way.
CreOsOte Block Fails.
City Engineer Craig made an unavailing
appeal for trial of creosote block pave
ment on Chicago street, between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth. 1t developed the signatures
OF property owners were equally divided be-
tween creosote block and vltrlfied brick
Councilman Burmester moved that brick be
specified for the pavement on the block
and the motion prevailed, after several
counclmen had expressed themselves
against creosote as an experiment and too
costly
Mr.. Craig gave instances of the wearing
qualities of creosnte block and said 80 per
cent of the property owners on one of the
main streets of Omaha have signed n
petition for that material. The allusion is
thought to refer 20 South Sixteenth from
Farnam street to Leavenworth, where a
petition for the creosoted block has been
circulating for some time.
The councilmen asserted they have M
objections to the new pavement material,
II the property owners want it, but they
would not take the responsibility OF order
Ing it themselves
After plea from Judge E. Wakeley the
committee decided to change the specIfi-
cations for paving Twenty-eighth avenue.
from Davenport to Central boulevard. so
that the pavement will be only twenty
four feet wide instead Of thirty feet.
May Make Relieves.
On motion Of Burmester, the finance
committee was directed to examine into
All suits affecting special tax levies for
improvements so that council may order
relieves wherever possible.
Appraisers reports were adopted for the
opening Of Nebraska avenue from Thirty
fourth to Thirty-sixth streets and Twenty
ninth street from Elliston avenue to Jaynes
street The cost of the first named open
ing Will be SAC and OF the other $500.
council had fun with a report on gar
oage inspection sent in by Health Com
missioner Connell and signed by Sam Roth
well as garbage master" 1t was set out
IN the report the police judge discharges
people arrested for violation of the ordi-
nance. but Judge Berka said that might
De because the court found the ordinance
unconstitutional President Brucker did
not tok0 much RfOck In fhir n,nlnnnAI--.