Tuesday, February 7, 1984
Daily Nebraskan
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olley cars may cruise
incoln streets
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A touch of the old to tie in the new Lincoln
shoppers may be able to reach Haymarket Square
and the Cornhuskcr hotelconvention center by
trolley.
City planners are negotiating a $1 million trans
portation package that would include:
$20,000 for street improvements and traffic sig
nal changes that would allow two-way traffic on P
and Q streets west of Gth Street.
t 000,000 for acquisition and construction of
three parking lots to provide 185 parking spaces in
the Ilaymarkct area. The Haymarket is bounded by
R Street, the alley between O and N streets, 0th
Street, and the Burlington Northern depot.
103,000 for the purchase of three trolley cars,
benches and route sif,ns.
The streetcars would be built on standard chasses
with custom-designed streetcar bodies. The inte
riors would be finished in wood. The trolleys would
cost approximately $120,000 each.
The trolleys would be similar to those already
operating in San Antonio, Tex.
The Lincoln streetcars would run every 10 min
utes, eight hours a day, five days a week. Trolley fare
would be 10 cents. The operating costs would be
absorbed by merchants along the route, fare rev
enues and the city transportation budget.
The proposed route would tie the Haymarket into
a circuit taking in the downtown hotels, the conven
tion center, Pershing Auditorium, the State Office
Building, the Federal Building, the Capitol and the
Post Office .
The package is still in its early planning stages and
cost figures represent rough estimates. The trans
portation package is part of an estimated $3 million
the city plans to invest in Haymarket. Private devel
opers have already invested &6 million in Hay
market -
Dan Kidd, historic preservation officer for the
City Planning Department, said planners anticipate
an additional $8 million in private investment dur
ing the next five years.
The city is seeking federal fund3 from the Urban
Mass Transportation Administration to cover
$325,200 of the trolley proposal
Street improvements and parking facilities might
qualify for an Urban Development Grant Action.
Joe Gerdom, city planner, said a UDAG would
match $1 in federal funding to every (5 of private
investment. If Lincoln qualic3 for a UDAG, October
would be the earliest date that federal funds would
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An additional $135,000 could be d with a
parking revenue bond. Revenues from metered lots
would be used to pay off the bond. The balance
would come out cf the city budget. The entire plan
still needs the City Council's approval.
Cultured milk products
add lifesaving bacteria
Cultured milk products, such as yogurt, can save
the lives of millions of people dying of dehydration in
countries like Bangladesh and Egypt, Khem Sha
hani, UNL food scientist, said Wednesday.
Shahani, professor of food science and technol
ogy, said the addition oflactobacillus acidophilus, a
bacteria found in yogurt, to oral rehydration solu
tions of sugar and salt would provide needed nut
rients to children dying of diarrheal diseases.
Shahani: said the high incidence of infant deaths
in the two nations is caused by poor living condi
tions which account for a vicious cycle of diarrhea
and malnutrition.
"The cycle of diarrhea and malnutrition will use
up most of the water, salts, and nutrients in a per
son's system," Shahani said. "The salt and water can
be restored, but not the nutrients. This leads to
malnutrition and the individual becomes diseased."
Last year, 500,000 cases of diarrhea were reported
in Bangladesh alone. If 2 percent of those cases
could be helped, 10,000 lives would be saved, Sha
hani said. He said, however, he is confident at least
100,000 lives can be saved.
Shahani said when antibiotics are used to kill bad
bacteria in the intestines, good bacteria also are
killed. He said lactobacilius acidophilus restores
the natural bacterial balance in the intestines and
improves the digestive tract But, Shahani said the
addition of lactobacillus acidophilus to oral rehy
dration solutions never will become a marketed
product.
"The Food and Drug Administration would re
quire years of research on the mixture and we doht
have the time or money," he said.
But Shahani said he is net disappointed because
the mixture can be added as part of a solution for
cultured milk products.
Shahani said he hope3 to begin a joint research
project on the effect of cultured milk products on
the prevention and cure of diarrhea with the Uni
versity of Dacca in' Bangladesh.
About $100,000 b needed for the project, which
includes help from the International Center for
Diarrheal Diseases, UNICEF, and Ncstlc's Nutrition
Coordination Center in Washington, D.C.
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