Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
WANT TWENTY SECOND OPEN
Petition for Opening Street from
Dodge to Farnam Streets.
TO HONOR GENERAL HENDERSON
City to Do It's Part When the Body
of NebPaska's Well Known
Citizen Arrives from the
East for Burial.


Sitting as a committee Of the whole the
city council took the preliminary steps
looking to the opening OF Twenty-second
street from Farnam 20 Dodge The matter
went go far that a petition will be pre-
scented and II will be referred TO the city
engineer. who will probably prepare ana
present some figures on what the grade
would be in the event II should be deemed
expedient 10 open such q street
The Twenty-second street opening
proposition was started off by Aiyron l.
Learned, who appeared before the coun-
ell to state that as the Masonic order Is
contemplating the erection OF a temple
at Twentieth and Douglas streets, II will
be Necessary for the city 70 take some &C
ton looking 70 the care Of storm
water that might come I'm from the west
and injure the foundation OF the proposed
building.
This opened up the entire matter and
Edgar Scott. in his own behalf and In the
behalf OF other interested property own
ers, urged that the city should act soon
and before the property TO be taken for
the opening Of the proposed street reaches
q high price, as Il IL bound TO DO In
the near future.
Mr.. SCOTS reasons for thinking that
property around Twenty second street,
extended, and Douglas and Dodge would
increase he said was based upon the
fact that business is rapidly creeping up
both Of the streets leading 20 the west.
Mayor Dahlman appeared before the
council 10 urge that some official action
be taken by the city TO show public pc.
epect 70 the memory OF General Mander'
son. whose body will soon arrive from
Europe. Adopting the suggestins OF the
mayor. Chairman Sheldon named Council
men Bruoker, FunkhousSr and BeTka
giving them authority 20 perfect sucr
arrangements as they may think proper
They probably viii see that the Welcome
arch Is draped, that carriages are pro-
vided for such city officials as may desir,
to attend the funeral and will secure a
floral wreath. which will be sent 10 the
home Of Mrs. Henderson after her ar.
rival in the city.
over the protest Of Councilman Bridges
who insisted that this is no time 20 ereo
a bungalow building upon one Of the bust
ness streets OF the city" the council
recommended that a permit be given tc
the Coad Real Estate company 20 extend
the cornioe three feet beyond the property
line on one-story building TO be erected
OF 2ll7 Farnam street
The complaint of Fred Mengedoht was
referred TO the committee on street light
ing. Mr.. Mengedoht has built ten brick
double apartment houses on Maple street
between sherman avenue ana Seventeenth
street He charges that the electric wir.
ing In his houses has been done In &C
cordsnce with the city specifications gov.
erning in such cases, and that now the city
electrician refuses TO permit the electric
current 10 be turned onto his wires.
The ordnance providing for levying AZ
occupation tax upon parties handling
coal. ice. grain. feed. hay and buildinf
material. in less than carload lots wal
recommended for pa ssage. This ordi
nance was proposed by the dealers them
selves and provides that the fees derived
from the collection OF the tax shall b'
used 81 paying the salary OF inspectors.
The ordinance providing for the laying
Of railroad track from the Belt Line 4
the yards of the Platner Lumber company
on west Harvey street, was referred.