Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-10
Council Bluffs
PROPERTY OWNERS DONATE
Will Give Thousand Dollars to Open
Vine Street.
COMMITTEE OF WHOLE TO DECIDE
RspavinE of broadway and south
Main Brought Forward and
FINALLY Laid over Again
for Week.

Finally Laid over Again
for Week.
The proposition to open Vine street
through the block between Bryant anF
North Main street was presented to the city
council last night in a tangible form, when
Attorney Emmett FINLEY submitted an offer
from the property owners directly inter-
ested to donate 900 toward paying for
the improvement. Mr. FINLEY spoke of the
necessity tot rendering more streets avail
able for business purposes II the policy
OF the expansion OF the business center Is
TO be continued, and stated that this slight
| Improvement would make North Main
street a new business thoroughfare. 1t will
also connect Vine and MINISTER streets.
which now end abruptly He stated that
the Improvement would cost about $4,000
which would include the purchase of all
the frontage on Bryant street to the CEN
trail fire station, a distance OF rs feet
thus throwing all of the clty's holdings on
that street into one body.
The new street will take sixteen feet OF
the city's present holdings and the re-
mainder of the forty rect required from
the 125 feet referred to. The only other
| property to be condemned is a single lot
on North Main street He also stated
that the Eagles were to begin in few
weeks the construction of a $4,000 building,
which would have one frontage on the new
street The matter was referred to the
committee of the whole to be decided on
Thursday. Before II was disposed OF, AL
derman Fisher suggested that the propo-
sitIon TO extend First avenue through to
Fourth street. at cost of about $4,000.
he a1 tuci mt receiVed
favorably.
The city engineer reported that tabuls-
ton Of all bids on paving indicated that
T.. A. Wickham was lowest and the con-
tracts recently advertised we're awarded
him.
Two Chiefs Get Trip.
Chief of Police Froom and Chief of the
Fire Department Nicholson were granted
leaves of absence to attend the annual
conventions this month, the first at Des
Moines and the latter at Syracuse, N. Y,
and they were allowed $50 and 500 respect
lively for their personal expenses.
The judiciary committee reported favor
ably upon the proposition to buy the o
NJ. Hall tract OF land at the south end OF
Hazel street at cost OF $3.50 which will
prevent the street from being closed al
that point.
Early in the proceedings a large and Of
fulgent ray Of sunshine was poured into the
council chamber In the shape OF q resolu
ton from the West Council Bluffs Improve
ment club detailing the necessity for q
new unicn depot in the central bushes.
section Of the town. and asking the council
to require. the railroads TO immediatel,
begin the construction of a union passenge
station to cost not less than 100000 TIL,
, council SHE'D and placed IT IN file TIL,
club also asked for order requiring tn,
gas company to lay mains throughout tn,
western part of the city and thus proven
the use Of dangerous gasoline stoves. Thi
. was also received and filed. The PROPOSE
ton from the same source to hasten tn,
construction of sidewalks long since or
, dered was fully considered and the decision
) reached that the work should be done a
! the earliest possible moment.
r RepavinE Problem.
The repavinR OF Broadway and Soutl
. Main street was brought forward by an In,
: provement resolution requiring propert
! owners to remove the rough granite block
z and lay Galesburg block on a concret
: foundation. The disposition was nantes
I to approve the resolution by a unanlmou
o vote when Alderman Fisher asked to hay
(, Il laid over for a week while a scheme 10
n icbbGIilhB tHo COSl ny using the DOCKS 10
e base was examined and It was reluct
antly agreed to. The resolution calls 10
n the rcpaving Of Broadway from the Metho
!, dist church to the Northwestern depot an
J. Main street from Broadway to the inter
h section with Pearl.
ITS a shame at any time and IFS
e worse shame in such times as these to RI
d quire any man to work two days 10
y ST." said Mayor Mal0ney, calling attentIo
Is to the practice of permitting men TO wor
& out the poll tax Of others at the rate {
n 81 q day. He asked that the matter /
taken up In committee Of the whole Thuri
day and the men granted at least a pric
d OF $3.50 a day for their work.
n The county voting booth at Avenue
y and Twenty-fourth street was declared
N have become a nuisance and a cou,
le ell committee was directed to confer wit
i. the county board and secure It's remov,
r from the street q. A. Wichham notifie
81 the council chat he had completed Il
~ paving on Eleventh street from Second
a Fourth avenue and asked TO have it a,
ie eepted and assessed today. Property owner
y on Benton street we're granted permission
IL lay cement sidewalks on the grade estal
60 lished many years ago upon petition sui
mitted BY w. II. Lynchard and other
70 Proposition 10 venulate the city buildln,
a. by device made by the Eagle Ventila
4 ing company was referred to the commit,
r on city property. Gus Hlnrichs and othe
,, asked permission to reconstruct the sid
ID walk on Broadway near Seventh street
IN front OF their property to prevent owe
sS flows. and it was referred to the con
~ mittee OF the whole and city engineer.
OF -
er Real Estate Transfers.
st The following real estate transfers we
~ reported to The Bee Monday, August 8
to the Pottawattamie County Abstract cor
3 pany OF Council Bluffs:
~ Eugene b. Guy and wife, Lucetta. TO
m ser sen ssTk % "SN %-H-SS ana