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BiKOSEWATER , Editor ,
Proclamation by tko Governor
Convening thoIiegl lAtnro >
WiiRnKAB , The constitution of the sUlo
of Nebraska provides that thegoTcrnor-
may , on extraordinary occasions , convene
the legislature by proclamation : and
WHEREAH. Important public Interest of
an extraordinary character requires the
exercise of thin anlhorlty ;
Therefore , T , Alblnm Nance , governor
of the state of Nebraska , do hereby con-
Tene the legislature of Md utate ta rneet
tnhpvclal session at the capital In Lincoln
onWednesday the 10th of Mar , 1882 , at
12 o'clock m. of said day for the purposes
herein stated M follows , to-wit :
First. Ta apportion the state Into three
congressional district * and to pro ride for
the election of representatives therein.
Second. To amend an act approved
March 1st , 1881 , entitled "An act to Incorporate -
corporate cities of the first clan and regu
lation of their duties , powers and govern *
ment , " by conferring additional power
upon cities of the first class for the pur-
posoof pav Ing or macadamizing streets
and alleysand also providing for the crea
tion and appointment of a board nf public
works therein ,
Third. To a sn ( th county of Custer
to some judicial district in the itate.
Fourth , To amend section 69 , chapter
14 , of the compiled statute * of Nebraska
entitled "Cities of the second class nnd
Tillages. "
Fifth. TcTprevldo for the expenses in
curred In suppreuinR the recent riots at
Onifihi ami protecting citizens of the
Rtato fr im domestic violence.
Blxtli. To giVe the assent of state the
to the provision of an act of conaresi to
extend the northern boundary of the atato
of Nobronka.
Seventh. To provide for the payment
of the ordinary nnd contingent expenioi
of the legislature Incurred during the
special teuton hereby convened.
In testimony whereof , I have hereunto
net my hand and cainod to bo affixed the
great seal of the ntato. i
' Done at L'ncoln , this 20th nf April , A
D.,1882 , the sixteenth year of the htixte
and of the Independence of the CJnitei
State * , the ona hundred nnd sixth.
By tin governor : Ar.niNim NAHOK.
S. J. ALEXANDER Sa-rctary of State.
BLAINE haa given the British 'lion's
tail another twist.
ANTI-MONOPOLY and anti-Omaha
- - are
one and the same thing in the eyes o
the brass ban clocked Itora of the railroac
organs.
THE Mason fund now amounts to
$10,000 , Betty can buy an immonao
amount of soothing syrup for the baby
with this amount of monoy.
THE now secretary of the na\y is
said to bo overhauling the machinery
of the navy , including the politica
machinery. Just now ho 'is a ship
Chandler.
' THERE are symptoms of genera
trouble among the Arizona Indians
and loud calls are coming from the
eritorial papers for the strengthen
! ng of the army at the seat of war.
are very busy just now
but tlio railroad attorneys who imag
iuo that they are too busy to think a
little on politics and to watch the
\ course of political events in the slat
are likely to find themselves mistaken
OF course a territorial govornmon
is needed for Alaska. The population
of that country , which is ninoty-nin
,1 per cent , Esquimaux , who live on
blubber and seal , are dying for a con
1 stitutional government. A governor
Bocrotary\f state and a full quota o
courts ought * immediately to ba so
cured. This would help qutj 'im
mousoly the needs of a few hungr
ofllce sookor's/'in 'Washinglon wh
would go to the North Polo if assured
of a fat salary and a rotun ticket ,
Oven a million of dollars' worth o
steel rails were laid on the Unioi
Pacific during the past year and Pid
ncy Dillon congratulates the stock
holders that no injection of wato
into the stock of tlui road was necessary
sary to meet the expenses incurred it
the work. When comfortable div
idoiida amounting to SO per cent on
the actual cost of the road and equip
rnont are paid with prompt regularity
it is difOoult to see what reason there
would bo for any further increase ol
the bonded indebtedness. '
TUB Omaha papeA are fawning and
cringing to Jay Gould like yellow dogs
before their master. This , however
is pelitio. Omahla needs a new plaiil
uidowalk , a now hose cart and a new
town pump , and Jay Gould and his
Union Pacific railroad are expected to
furnish these metropolitan luxuries.
Denver Tribune ,
The Omaha papers which fawn to
Jay Gould are either owned or con
trolled by that eminent stock jobber ,
nd neither represent the soutiuion
of Omaha nor are they supported by its
people. The onjy metropolitan luxury
which Gould and his Union Pacific
railroad have furnished to this city is
a rural cow-shod of a depot and sev
eral hundred thousand dollars in
bonded indebtedness voted to secure a
7nion depot imd the terminus.of , the
'uion Pacific railroad. ( * '
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FINK'S FIGURES.
Mr. Albert Fink is the commis
sioner of the eastern trunk lines , the
head of their literary bureau , and
draws a handsome salary for his ser
vices in preventing competition be
tween the companies by which ho is
employed and in maintaining rates
between Chicago and the Atlantic
seaboard. Ho has lately boon before
the committee on commerce of the
IIOUBO of representatives , and was
hoard in a lengthy argument , in
which ho endeavored to prove that
the American railroad system w/w the
cheapest and best conducted of any
on the face of the globe.
Mr. Fink informs the committee
that the people have generally the
most extravagant ideas about railroad
profits. Ho claims that those cor
porations which have more than legal
interest upon the capital invested ,
like the Now York Central , are made
objects of attack , while roads like the
Erie , which is bankrupt , nro never
mentioned. Mr. Fink's comparison
is very unfortunate. Until the Erie
railroad got into the hands of that
unscrupulous slock jobber , Jay
Gould , it was in n fair way to earn
landsomo profits on its ligitimato
capital investment. The injection of
nearly $20,000,000 of water into its
stock and a downright steal
of { 8,000,000 from its stock-
loldors by Jay Qould alone
made the road bankrupt , and , not
withstanding this fact , the people
mvo boon paying enormous sums in
ligh passenger and freight rates over
since to pay interest on this so-called
capital and stock indebtedness which
represents the plundorings of the
greatest magnate of our present fault-
ess railroad system. The uamo cause
readily accounts for the bankruptcy
of other railroads. It in not all our *
prising that Mr. Fink "has never
tioard ot a single instance where the
people have * offered assistance to
bankrupt railroads , nor even ox-
proiaod sympathy for them. " They
have boon too familiar with , the moth *
ads'of railroad construction and man
ipulation in this country to waste
their sympathy on the highwaymen
who are picking their pookcto in or
der to pay interest on their own
plundorings.
Mr. Fink insists that the capitaliza
tion of railroads in this country docs
not exceed $58,000 per mile , and says
thai this is less than the property could
bo reproduced for at this time. Ho
giyc'a the following as the oost per milo
of the roads in other countries :
Great Britain $200,000
Franco 188,000
Kusslo 135iO ( ( )
Austria 109,000
Germany 105OU (
Italy. , 100,000
United Stati ] 58,000
The speaker , of'course , neglected to
explain that railroad construction in
Europe and America are as different
as a sod house is from n brick man
sion. Magnificent viaducts , long tun
nels , solid atone bridges , miles of cost
ly embankments and superb terminal
and way stations , together with every
appliance for solidity and safety , makp
European railroads necessarily as much
moro costly , as they are moro substan
tial , than thosa of this country. To
this must bo added the great co t in
curred for right-of-way through
populous cities and a thickly euttlcc
ountry items which moro than quad
ruple the legitimate capitalization oi
the roada. When Mr. Fink places
the actual coat of construction ol
American railroads at $58,000 per
milo ho states an absurdity. In the
western states the average cojjt of con
struction of the railroads has not ex
ceeded $15,000. Even this sum
represents in many instances from ton
to twenty per cent moro than the ao
tual cost , which amount has been
pocketed by construction rings formoi
of the railroa'd-r.offlcials themselves
Manager Toucalin before the state
board of equalization placet
the cost of construction p
the Republican valley road a1
'
f'12,000 per milo. This is a fair average
ago for most of the railroads in the
prario states. In the east where thure
are bridges and tunnels to bo buil
the coat is of course increased. Bui
even adding thu equipmentwhich Mr.
Fink places at 50,000 per milo , and
some fancy items for discount on ma
tured bonds , duty on rails , etc. , an
average of $35,000 per milo legitimate
capatilization would amply cover all
contingencies , and very nearly repre
sent the coat of construction of Amor-
can railroads. Nor must it
bo overlooked thai the money
necessary to bring a road bed and
equipment to the
condition of our
boat managed trunk lines is scoured
after construction from the earnings
of the road , It is highly probable
that tliQ Pennsylvania road could iiol
be built and equipped as it stands to
day for $35,000 a milo , but its present
magnificent condition has been secured
from the taxes which it has imposed
on the people , and is not represented ,
by any moans , by the original capitalization -
zation upon which it earned its first
dividends ,
An English railway journal recently -
contly stated as a fact that no
country on the globe excepting
the United States permits such bare-
laced dwindling of stockholders and
the public by stock watering as does
our own. It is estimated that fully
one-third of the capitalization of railroad -
road > in America , is w.ator. On A
number of the trunk lines more than
half the stock is pure water , injected
by resolutions of the directors and the
declaring of stock dividends to cover
up the enormous earnings of the com
panies. A few years ago the Rook
Island road declared a stock dividend
of 100 per cent , In other words they
watered iheir stock by this amount
rather than declare n 100 per cent
dividend out of their earnings. This
Mr. Fink would class as legitimate
capitalization and going to make up
his avcrago of $50,000 , the amount at
which ho places the cost of construc
tion for railroads in this country ,
VALUATION I ANDH ASSESS
MENT.
The constitution of Nebraska , arti
cle ix. ( revenue and finance ) , makes it
the duty of the legislature to "pro
vide such revenue as may bo needful ,
by levying a tax by valuation , so that
every person and corporation shall
y a tax in proportion to iho value
of his , her or its property and fran
chises , the value to bo ascertained in
such manner as the legislature may di
rect. In conplianco with this , pro vis-
on of the constitution the legislature
ins enacted a general revenue law
with explicit directions as to the man
ner in which ossesrmonta shall bo
mado. The act of 1879 which gov
erns our present system of taxation
irovidos :
SECTION 5. lloal property shall bo
valued as follows : First , each tract
or lot of real property shall bo valued
it its fair value , estimated at the price
t would bring at a voluntary sale
thereof , " where public notice has boon
given and a payment of one-third
cash and the balance secured by a
mortgage upon the property.
These plain provisions of the law
remain a dead letter on our statute
rooks. There is not a county , city ,
; own or precinct in the state where
; ho taxable property has over been
assessed at its fair value estimated at ,
what it would bring , at a voluntary
sale. Custom , which often becomes a
ntghor law than the laws enacted by
legislatures , has established the basis
of valuation for every species of prop
erty at about fifty per cent of its mar
ket value. This is what assessors'
everywhere in Nebraska claim to be
fair valuation for listing property. In
some localities they only rate property
ut ono-third of its market valuo.
Now , if all the taxable property in
this state was uniformly returned at
one-half or oven gno-third of its mar
ket value , nobody would bo wronged
because whatever general or local tax
was imposed would bo levied equally
upon all classes , of property.
But when the property of ono man
or corporation is returned at one-hall
its market value and the property of
another party is returned at one-sixth ,
one-eighth of one-tenth of its market
value , a great wrong is committed ,
which in pain ) 'English may bo callec
legalized robbery. This system 'ol
undervaluation and discrimination in
assessments has become a crying ovi
all over the state that must bo ar
rested.
Nowhere is a radical reform in the
assessment of property needed moro
than right hero in Omaha. Our as
sessors have followed the method pur
sued by our registrar. ] , who carry dead
men and moil who have ycais njo
moved from the city on their roll of
rotors from ono year to another.
They copy the assessment roll of the
preceding year as a matter of conveni
ence , no matter how much the property -
orty may have risen jn value by reason
of buildings erected thereon or
general improvements made in the
locality.
The facts and figures wo have published
lishod during the past few days show
the necessity of a thorough revision of
our city assossmets. The exhibit wo
have made w not mern guess work , but
has been darefully compiled from the
official records by a competent man ,
who has boon employed by TUB BEH
for this work , Ho was instructed to
furnish the facts regardless as to whom
they "may effect ,
It is essential nbovo all things that
taxes should bo imposed equally upon
all property owners , and this can only
bo done by an impartial assessment
that will regard no rank or station.
There must be no distinction between
the owner of the shanty and the own
er of the most costly mansion ,
Thoao who fear that THK BEE will
injure Omaha by exposing these
glaring wrongs are uoudlossly alarm
ed. No honest tax payer who is will
ing to bear his share of the burden of
government can justly object to- our
demand for a thorough revision of
assessment rolls ,
If Omaha assessments when proper
ly equalized are higher than those of
other sections of the state , our county
commissioners can equalize them by a
gonpral and uniform reduction. But
we insist upon impartial and equita
ble assessments that will place taxa
tion equally upon all classes of tax
payers and all classes of property.
THE Evening Post thinks that our
army has many virtues but that strict
economy is not ono of them. It has
coat the quartermaster and commis
sary departments over throe and a
half millions so far to adjudicate
claims growing out of the late war and
almost one-half of the 53,540 claims
are as yet unsettled. Hod tapism is
always oxponmo.
Dit. JJif.uju'fl preferred candidates
'or the board of public works are tak-
ng an active interest in stone quarriea
and sewer supplies.
FAST MAILS FOR THE -WEST.
The business interests of the west
demands the placing of fast trains on
the trunk lines between the Missouri
river and the great lakes , There is
no reason why Omaha , 81. Paul and
Kansas City shculd bo debarred priv
ileges equal to those accorded Buffalo ,
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati , The vast
comrLorcinl interests of Chicago are
greatly hampered by the length of
time which it requires for communi
cation between merchants in that city
and buyers in the states adjoining.
While New York and Philadelphia
are ovided by the government
with pld I transit for their
incomin. and outgoing mails , the far
went , which furnishes a largo'propor-
lion of the self-supporting post offices ,
is compelled to satisfy itself with such
mail accommodations as are turnishod
by local trains running at an average
rate of from twenty to twenty-five
miles an hour. The distance between
Chicago and Omaha is 400 miles , and
is traversed by the mail trains in
twenty-two hours , an average of not
quite twenty-three miles an hour.
Mails between Chicago and Now
York are carried through in twenty-
three hours , at a speed of over thirty-
six miles an hour , the distance being
nearly double that between Chicago
and Omaha. This is a marked
discrimination against the Missouri
river towns. It is all the
loss excusable because the mails for
the Pacific coast and the through
Australian mails are also carried over
the lines west from Chicago.
For the first time congress has ap
peared to recognize the necessity of
taking some action looking towards
faster mail accommodations for the
west , but the two houses are now at
loggerheads over the size of the ap
propriation necessary to carry out'the
end in view. The house of represen
tative ! in tlm post office appropriation
bill inserted an item of $500,000 for
necessary and special mail facilities
on the trunk lines. " This item Iho
senate increased to $050,000 wilh the
added proviso that Bum should
bo ralably distributed through
out the country. Thu house
refusing to concur in this amendment ,
a conference committee was appoint
ed , which has failed to coino to an
agreement.
It appears from statements of
Messrs. Caswell and Cannon , of the
house committee , that the senate
amendment would compel the post
master general to distribute the ap
propriation throughout the state , and
this division of the fund would scatter
it so as to make it of little valno to
any section. Postmaster General
Howe states that , nndor the original
bill as reported from the house , he
would hayo been able to have ex
tended the fast mail west
jfo Omaha , St. Paul and Kan
sas City , and probably to the
Pacific coast with an additional fast
line to New Orleans for the south.
With this light thrown on the sub
ject , the senate committee ought to
find it easy to recede from their
amendment. Fast mail trains are
needed most of tall by the great com
mercial centers which act as distribut
ing points to the country adjacent.
These ought first to bo supplied. If
any of the appropriation remains un
expended after securing this end it
can bo applied to bringing the smaller
towns into closes mail connections
with the larger cities. But any di
version of the appropriation which
would fail to secure fast mails for such
cities as Chicago , Omaha , St. Paul ,
Kansas City , and the Pacific coast for
the purpose of quickening the time
on stub lines of railroad would bo the
sheerest folly , and defeat the main
object of the petitions which have
finally induced congress to take some
action upon the subject of fast malls.
THAT was a rather smart bit of
strategy in the Jofitrson square pool
to taVo the market proposals out of
the hands of the committee on public
property and improvements , to which
it properly belongs , and place it in
the hands of a select committee that
is made up favorably to their project ! ]
The committee will doubtless report
very promptly but the council had
boiler go slow before they enter info
y ° ar contract.
TUB proceedings of the trades as *
scmbly look very much like a report
of an adjourned meeting of IlaBcaH'a
ratification jamboree at the Academy
of Music. Thu sumo old crowd of
performers appear in the front seats
on the platform.
Dditortal'.Excurslon.
Mllei City ( Mout. ) Journal.
During the month of July the
brethren of the quill and scissors in
Nebraska hie themselves to Salt Lake
and the National park , for a regular
jamboree. They have figured up the
cost and it is expected that their
assets will average , $50 each. What
a bloated sot of bondholders they
are to ba sure. Tho' editor ad in
terim of The Journal remembers
the time when the president of
the association , was glad enough , as a
member of the Nebraska legislature
too , to wrestle with the woman's suf-
ferago committee at $3 a day and
mileage , and that little cuss "Oats , "
who wields the secretary's pen , was
glad enough if ho could stick a grang
er for a pair of boots. Little Mao , as
clerk of the house , sold his stentorian
voicoin reading bills restraining cows ,
[ we think it was cows , ) from running
at largo for a'per diem and an oc
casional swig at the "prospectors"
bottle , that comfortably reposed in
the document room. That" other lit
tle Mack may his shadow never
grow loss used to follow the plow
and chew the quid of sweet content as
ho heaped high the yo'JoM corn. Now
ho is editor and proprietor of
The Plattsmouth Herald , and makes a
lively fight on the ungodly about elec
tion times. And that long legged
Tom Conkling used to think he was
"pumpkins" when ho got himself up
in n full dress of a paper collar and
blue overalls and went out to make a
"mash. " And Nat Smails , of the
Fremont Herald , used to enjoy
his elegant leisure in throw
ing jots of tobacco juice into
the eyes of the innocent canines , that
took nurrcptitious naps on the sunny
side of Quick's sample room at Lin *
coin , and now they go off on fifty dollar
lar excursions.
If it wa'n't for this libel suit we'd
oh. what's the use , wo never had fifty
dollars. Salt Lakoj oh ? By the way ,
you Salt Lakeans , you bettor put
both feet into ono Blocking when
that excursion train comes around the
bond.
Vltlblc xaprovomcnt.
Mr. Nonh Hates. Klmtra , N. Y. , writes.
"About four yours ago I had au attack oi
bilious fever , nnd never fully recovered
My digestive organs were weakened , und
I would bo completely prostrated for darn.
After uslig two bottles nf your Burdock
JilooJ Bittern the Improvement was so vis
ible th t I was astonished. I can now ,
though 61 yearn of ago , do a fair and rea
sonable day's work. " Price 81.iJ )
STATE JOTTINGS.
The Ilerdlw are out again in Lincoln.
Flattimouth Is agitating a street railway ,
York supports ono dozen lawyers and
eight physicians.
The busy burglar Is working Grand
Island.
The bicycle mania is about to break
loose in Lincoln.
Boas Stout received four boarders from
Otne tounty , recently.
An old man was robbed of $140 jn the
tihaduw of the university at Lincoln ,
The new brick yard at North Platte will
commence burning next month.
D. D , Grow , of Sherman county , hni
been arrested for f mb.zzHi > K'county furd .
_ A $20,000 flour mill is the lateat addi
tion , 11 the industries of Grand Island.
The editor of the Valparaiso Avalanche
has tnken to the lecture field as a champion
of the ( lown-tnxldon sex.
Ilenry Tedrahm , Howard county's boy
murderer , ha < been sentenced to twenty
years' imprisonment at hard labor ,
Gov. R. W. Furn s has fpno to Denver
to take charge of the mining exposition ,
trio buildings for which ure now beta/ con
structed.
Pat-j- Bolivar , a conspicuous citizen of
Lincoln , and a frequent visitor of the
cooler , ii out in time for the extra session.
TVt'lve hundred dollars have been raised
to as tist in enforcing the prohibition
measure * of the now town board at David
Citv.
Citv.Fillrnore
Fillrnore county is enjoying tlie biggest
boom in its history. The crop acreage in
iiiany sections will be increased fully
thirty per cent , this year.
The I'lattcmoutU Journal bad a severe
attuck of delerium tremens a few day-i
ago , superinduced by the belief that
Omaha was jealous of the growth of the
seven-hill city.
The officials of Lincoln county hnve
been notified by the United States marshal
to show cause why a judgment should not
itfsue against the county in an amount be
tween seven , and eight hundred dollars.
A creamery on an extensive scale is
being establia ed at Gibbon , Buffalo coun
ty. It is controlled by a joint stock corn-
puny and they are now putting in the
necessary machinery.
The measlei is raging in Dawson county
and ou the South Loup , in Ouster county.
Several little ones have died in that sec
tion lately from the contagio > . which ap
pears to be in a very virulent form.
Charles Shields , deputy clerk of Slier
man county , is wanted in that region t <
explain his peculi-tr system of single ant
double entry book keeping , by which
Sherman bus been swindled out f auine
money.
Destructive prairie fires r.iged near
Ncli.h List weal' , and there is talk o
lynch ng the pen * < ns who started them
Several valuiblo groves wore rirned am
much hay and firm machinery burned.
RAILROAD NOTES.
State Items.
The Miss url Pacific railroad will hare
seventeen depots in Nebraska , nut of which
only three will equal in size thu ono a
Weeping Water.
The Missouri Pacific surveyors ran a
line through North Bend , laat week. The
co . .pany e idtntly intend * to push into
Northern Net rasica at an early day. am
several routes ure being examined. They
hav also survej ed a line to Fremont anc
to Schuyle'r , und it is presumed they wil
report us to which is the most practicable.
The Norfolk branch of the Chicago , St.
Paul and Omahi line was opened for bus
iness on the 24th. The train will leave
Covington at 1:15 p. in. for Norfolk and
arrive at Covington at 12:15. The train
runs through without change , and it hide-
uetident of all other trains on the road.
It connects at Emerson Junction with the
Omaha trains , and at Norfolk a good con
nection Is made with trains on the branch
of tha Union Paciliu for Columbus ,
The Blue Springs appear to have un
limited faith in the promises of the Union
Pacific. The Motor . ys "the breach be
tween Beatrice and Lincoln will ba closed ,
andfurthe , that the Hue will Lo extendoJ
south from Marynville , Kan , , to Kansas
City , Mo. The U P. folks may le alow
to net , but wo have faith th.t they will do
ill they imvo promited , and it is a fettled
fact that Blue Springs isuii'ler ' their ejpec-
iol guardianship and they will never for.
a ke their truit as long as Blue Springs
ntdiidj boldly to the fr n . "
General Items
The Bur'Ington and Colorado railrod
" " ' " ' " ' 'nnleted Inthlrty days.
- .u extension of the lliu Grande
will be extended to Salt Lake City by
October uext.
Ths Atlantic and Pacific railroad [ U In
full oparation to Winnlow , Arizona , 85
rallea west of Albuquerque , N. M.
The Atohison , Topeka and Santa Fe
railway company are putting in iron
bridgei along the line of UieirroadinKau-
BAS. The road is lieim ? ballasted along the
entire routa with bluelimeatoue.
The St. Louis and San Francisco are
pushing forward the Atlantic and Pacific
extension of their line westward from
Viulta at the rate of a mile per da > . They
have now reached a point on the Arkansas
rher iu the Creek Nation 05 milea from
Vinita.
KTbe Chicago , Burlingtonand Qulncy
railroad company haa in course if con.
atruction at its thops in Aurora four Ilor.
ton chair -Cirs , whan it is estimated will
be more elezant and convenient than any
care of this kind ever constructed hereto
fore. Thevfwill cost about § 5,000 each.
The adoption of the Westinghouse air
brake in Lurope ia becoming general. A
company for its manufacture , and its In
troduction has lately been organized
among the directors of which are leveral
gentlemen bearing titles. The grand total
of these brake * now in use in the world Is
on engine * 6,699 , on cars 29,563.
Tba Pennsylvania Hallroad company
have taken a most judicious step in issuing
n order to agents to eell no tickets to in
toxicated persons , and gatemen at the de
pots are tinder instructions to paw no one
to the cam who ia under the influence of
liquor. Sulti for damages for loss of life
and limb * n thus averted in many cases.
The Chicago and Northwestern has com
menced the work of broadening Its narrow
gauge line north ol Amec , Iowa. This is
sui'poped to mean the ending of the nar
row tjiuge and the extension of it from
Collduftn to a connection with the Toledo
branch , nnd thence" " that line to ita con
nection with the Northwestern Tracoy
line to St , Paul.
The heidquarlera of the newly pro
jected Wisconsin , Iowa and Xebrwka
railroad have beei established at Mar.
shalltoMrn , I > wa. Deputations from vari-
oun sections interested to the location of
the route , are thronging In upon the man.
gets of the project. The company nre
already begging for old In the shape of ona
per cent tax from all precincts. There is
much optx iton ! to the tar , and the com
pany will find It uphill work to mortgage
(110 country.
Hln the matter of the appeal of the Oregon
gen and Wyoming rnllnnd company to
the secretary of the interior to prevent the
confirmation of the survey of the Oregon
Short Line rallroid , hosed upon the claim
that the location overlap * and usurps part
of the former company's Rrnnt , the secre
tary has denied the application , and con
firmed the location of the Oregon Short
Line company' * grant subject to rights of
the Union Pacific and Oregon and Wy
oming railroad companies.
flIS GRATITUDE ,
llth and Poplar streets , \
PT. Louis , Mo. , March 17 , 1881. /
5H. H. WAUNEU & Co. : Sirs For
twelve years 1 suffered from kidney
troubles until your Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure wrought a wonderful re
storation of health.
nprlTdlw JOHK M. WARD.
PROPERTY OWNERSrFIitrMS ,
Remarkable Valuation of Suburban
Property the Worst Yet
Wo find upon examination that
property in the additions north and
northwest of the city is assessed
equally as low as * that south and
southwest and wo will cite a few
samples , In Horbach'a second addi
tion lot 2 block 3 sold October , 1881 ,
for $475 and is assessed at § 165. Lot
0 block 2 sold October , 1881 , for $250 ,
is assessed at $75 , and lot 10 block 1
sold December , 1881 , for $1,347 , is
assessed at $250. In Horbach'a first
addition wa do not find the assessment
as low in porportion to the market
value as that described above. The
assessment is very low , however , as
the lots ull front on Sixteenth street
and are nearly all double the size of
an ordinary city lot. The following
property in Shmn's addition is within
one block of Saundor's street and the
horse railway : Lots 5 , G and 7 , block
4 , sold April , 1880 , for $1,200 , assessed -
sossod at $350 ; lot 4 , block 2 , sold
May , 1881 , for $425 , assessed at $100 ;
lot' 5 , block 0 , sold October , 1881 ,
for $475 , assessed at $110 ;
lot 9 , block 11 , sold May ,
1881 , for $000 , assessed at $140 ;
Lot 12 , block 10 , sold September ,
1881 , tor $440 , assessed at $125 ; and
lot 3 , block 12 , sold February , 1882 ,
for 81,000 , assessed at $300. This is
a fair sample of all property in this
pan of the city , but we will give a
few moro comparisons. Lota 3 and 4 ,
block 2 , Armstrong's addition , sold
November , 1881 , for $5,000 , 'assessed
at $1,200 ; and in the same addition islet
lot 10rblock 1 , Bold , July , , 1881 , for
$2,000 , assessed at $750. Lot 14 ,
block 1 , sold February , 1882 , for
$836 , assessed $175 ; and lot 15 ,
block 1 , sold October , 1881 , for
$1,500 , assessed $250. InKel
son's addition , lots 5G and 65 ,
sold May , 1881 , for , $1,000 and as
sessed at $175. L6fc 79 sold March ,
1882 , for $400 ; assessed at $00. North
halt of lot 119 sold May , 1881 , for
$350 ; assessed at $100 and the east 09
feet of lot 115 sold March , 1882 , for
$1,200 ; assessed at $180. Wo find
tjiat the land , adjoining the above
property that has not been platted as
an addition , assessed still lower in
proportion , us ono acre on the east
side of Sixteenth , which sold March ,
1882 , for $1,200 ; assessed at $150.
Thirty-four one-hundredths of an
aero on the west side of Six
teenth street sold January , 1882 , for
$1,050 , assessed at $225 , and 36 acres
west ot Eighteenth street assessed at
$510. In Elizabeth Place addition
all unimproved lots are assessed at
$85 , and the same have been selling
for the past two years for from $359
to $500 , and could not bo purchased
to-day at those prices. Poppleton's
4 37-100 acn > a , with residence on the
opposite side of the street at $5,000 ,
In Lake's and Millard'a and Cald-
woll's additions the assessments are
about the same as above , and the
Olivor-Kountzo tract north of aamc ,
containing 100 acres , is assessed at
$15,000 , which is very low.
In Ilartman's addition , south of the
city , and about the same distance from
business , unimproved lots are assessed
at $50 and $150 , and improved lots at
from $200 to $500.
The worst assessment that we
have found yet U in Hanscom'a'
Place addition , and we-aro unable to
comprehend how the board of eommjs-
sionors could overlook such work and
not take the proper utops to correct it.
The entire addition is assessed at $15
or $20 a lot , and nearly the1 entire
property has been sold during the
past two years at from $200 to $000 a
lot. Harriott's Addition , Terrace ad
dition and John I. Rodick's addition
are assessed very loir , but not as low
in proportion as the last above.
Army of the X < mue iee Reunion.
ST , LOUIH , April 20. - John A. Marten -
ton , manager of Deliar's opera house ,
writes to the committee of arrange
ment * for the Army of the Tennessee
reunion , accepting the invitation to
deliver a recitation in response to the
toast , "Tho President of the United
States , " at the banquet. In response
to invitations to attend the reunion
the most recent letters which have
been received are from General Graft
J. Wright , of Chicago ; General W. H.
N. Terrell , of Indianapolis ; General
Madison Miller , of Randolph county ,
Illinois ; Major W. B. Collins and Ma-
or James Sullivan , of Keokuk ,
Japtain W , A Whitehead , of Now
3rloans , and Colonel David More , of
Canton , Missouri.
Railroad Collllon.
N tlon AraocUted fin * .
. CINCINNATI , April 26 , By a col-
isiou on the Cincinnati Southern
oad at Lexington , Ky. , this morning ,
Engineer Driscoll was killed and his
engine badly smashed up.
HOUSES
LOTS !
For Sale By
BEMIS
,
FIFTEENTH AND JJOUQLrlS SIS , ,
No. 106 , llmisf , oi sixnomi. well , cellar , etc. ,
with three acre ] of ground near head of St.
Mary's ave , (30 0.
No IM , Mrgo brick housj with beautiful lot
on Farnam near IGth St. (7600.
No 193 , Homo of G rooms , cornerlot , near 1 th
and Tltrca street , $3500.
No 192 , House i f 5 rooms corner lot on 5ta
ncarU. t' . depot $250) .
No IPO , One ant ] one-half story hou < o 10 rooms
lot SCJrlEO feet on bhormin ave ( IGth * t ) near
fopplcton's 83509.
No 169 , Two story fcouto of 7 rooms , cellar ,
well and c stern on Sherman ate ( lO.h st ) near
Clark st 82300. .
Mo 183 , Large houio of 10 rooms and tot 87x
234 tee' onfarnamnetr 21st 88000.
Not87 , I arge two story house of 10 rooms
nd corner lot on Durt stn ir 22nd $0000. Make
an offer.
No 181. Large brick hoaseS rooms and one half
lot on Ibth st near Dodge , 912,000.
. No 184 , House of 6 rooms and full lot on Ham
ilton near end of Red street car line (2000.
No 183 , New houf e of 4 rooms with h J lot en
onta a neu Cumlna st glZ'O.
ho. 182 , L r < e building 22x80 feet with n <
frlgentor 22x30 feel , ica room above , hoavllr
built , hnldl . | f 129 to 150 tons of Ice. One stonj
cellar underwholo building ; alsotwo star/ house
fl rooms , cellar , wall and cistern , lot 66xl3e
feet , 87600 Near 10th and Webster.
No 181 , Two starbilck hou o of 9 rooms , 7
closets , lot 0x209 feet on 19th st near St. Man' *
TO 17000.
No 179 , Larto house and full lot on W bttor
nt.'r 2Wh st 111,100.
178 , Houses room ) , fall not on Pierce netr
2 th street , 91,660.
177 , House 2 rooms , full lot on Douglas neir
20th ttreet , 97000.
176 , Beautiful residence , full lot on COM neat
19th street , $12.000.
170 , House three rooms , two closet * , etc. , ball
lot on 21st near Grace street , ( SOO.
172 , Ono and one-half story brick house aid
twn lota on Douglas near 28th street , $1,700.
171 , House two rooms , wellcistorn , stable , eto
full lot near Pitrco and 13th street , $1,6CO.
178) ) , One and ono half story homo slxroomi ,
and well , half lot on Convent street near St.
Mary's a\cnue , 81,860.
No. Ifl9 , Hoaw and 83x120 feet lot on Igth
street near Wcbsti r street , $3,600.
No. 10ft , House of 11 rooms , lot 33x120 feet on \
19th mar Durt street , 85.000.
No. 107 , Two story houao , 9 rooms 4 cloiots ,
food cellar , on Ibth street near 1'cppleton's
91,000.
No. 104 , Ono and ono half story house 8 roomi
on 18th street i car Lcavcnnorth , $3,600.
No 1010na and one-lmlf story house of 6
rooms near Hanscom Park , 81,000.
No. 168 Two houses 6 rooms each , closets , eta
on Uurt street near 25th , $3,600.
No. 166 , Houses 4 largo rooms , 2 closets
half aero on Hurt street near Dutton , 81,2tX > .
No. 165 , Two houses , ona of 6 and oue ot i
rooms , on 17th street near Marcy $3,200.
No. 164. Thrco houses , one of 7 and two of 6
rooms each , and corner lot , on Cass near llth
street , $5,000.
Nr. 163 , Small house and full lot on Pacific
near.l'.th etrcot , $2,600.
No. If 1 Ono etorvhouso 0 rooms , on Leaven
worth near 16th , $3.000.
No. 160 , Ho 3e three roomi and lot 92x116
fee * , near 26th and Farnham , $2,600.
No. 148 , New house ot eight rooms , on 18th
street near Leavennorth , $3,100.
No. 147 , House of IS rooms on 18th street
near Marcy , $5COO.
No. 140 , Houio of 10 rooms and llots on Igth
street near Uarcy , $0.600.
No. 145 , House two largo rooms , lot 67x210 tot t
on Sherman avenue (10th ( street ) near Nicholas ,
$2,200.
No. 142 , House 6 rooms , kitchen , etc. , on 16th
street near Nicholas , $1,876.
No. 139 , House 8 rooms , lot 60x160 } feet , on
Douglas near 27th street , $1,600.
No. 137 , House 6 rooms and half lot on Capitol
avenue near 23d street , 8266) . ,
No. 129 , Two br.asos , one of 6 and one of 4
rooms , on loosed lot on Webster near 20th street ,
92,600.
No. 127. Two story house 8 rooras. half lot on
Webster near 19th $3,600.
No. 124 , Large house and full block near
Farnham and Central street , $3OOU
No. 123 , House 6 rooms and large lot on Saunders -
dors s'reetnear Barracks , 8100. .
No. 114 , Houao 3 rooms on Douglas near 26th
, trcet , 760.
No. 112 , Uriel * house 11 rooms and hill lot enC
C IBS near 14th street , $2,800.
No. Ill , House 12 rooms on Davenport near
20th street , S7OiO.
No. 110 , Brick house ana lot 22x132 feet on
Cass street near 16th , $3,000.
No. 107 , House G rooms and half lot on Izajd
noar7th strict , $1,200. 4
No. 106 , Two etory house 8 rooms with 15
on Seward near Saundcrs street , $2 , 00.
No. 103 , Ono nnd one lialf story houss 10 rooms
Webster near 16th etrect , $2,600.
No. 102 , TH o houses 7 rooms each and J lot on
14th near Chicago , $4,0 0.
No. 101 , House 3 rooms , ccllir , etc. , 1 } lots on
South avenue near Pacitlc etreoi , $1,150.
No. 100 , House 4 rooms , cellar , etc. , hall lot
on Izard street near Iflih , $2,010.
No. 09 , Very largo house and full lot on Har
noy near 14th street , ? J 00J.
No. 97 , Larjre house of 11 rooms on Sherman
avenue near Clark street , make an odor.
No. 06 , One and one half story house 7 rooms
lot 240x401 feet , stable , et : . , on Bhorinan ave *
nue near Grace , $7 000.
No. 92 , Largo brick house two lots on Davcn
port street near 19th $18,000.
No. 90 , Isage house and full lot on Dodge
near 17tb re > t , $7,000.
No. 89 , Large hauso 10 rooms hall lot on 20th
near California street , $7,600
No. $8 , Large bouse 10 or 12 rooms , beautiful
corner lutonCaBineir20tb , 97,000 ,
No. 87 , Two story noosa S rooms 6 acres eland
land on Blunders street near Barracks , (2,000.
No. 86 Two stores and a residence ou leased
half lotnear Mason and 10th street , $800.
No. 82 , Oae and one half story rouse , 8 roomi
full lot ou Plerco near 20th street , $1,800.
No. 81 , Two 2 story houses , one ol9 andonr ol
6 rooms , Chicago St. , near 12th , $3,000.
No. 80 House 4 rooms , cloiota , etc. , Urge lot
on 18th street ntar White Lead works , $1,300.
No. 77 , Large house of 11 rooms , closets , cel
lar , et : . , with Hlotcn Farnham near 19tb lr t ,
$6,000.
No. 76 , Or e an J oao-half story house of 8 room * ,
lot 60x81 feet on Cass near 14th street , $4,600.
No. 76 , House 4 rooms and basement , lot"
161x132 feet on Marcy near 8th street. $300.
No. 74 , Large brick house and two full lots On
Davenport near 16th street , $16,000.
Mo. 13 One and one-haif story house and lot
38x132 feet on JacV 3n near 12th street , $1,800.
No , 72 , Large brick house 11 roomy , Kil lot
on Davenport near 16th struct , $5,0.10.
No. 71 , L&rge hou.e 12 rooms , full lot on Call.
forn'a near 20th street. 7OX ) .
No. 66 , Stable and 3 full lots on Franklin street
near Eaundcrs , $2,000.
No , 64 , Two story frame building , store below
and rooms above , on leased lot on Dougu near
16th street , $800
No. 63 , liouxo 4 rooms , baicment , etc. , lo
1x2)0/cat on 10th street mar Nail Works ,
1 o. ' (32 ( , Netr house 4 ruomi ono story , full Iol
n Karuoy car 21st8t cut(2,600.
No 61 , la go h use 10 rooms , full M on Bait
near 2 sUtreot , ( j.OOO.
No ( U Home tt rconu , half lot on Davenport
near 22nd 91000.
No 6J , F.iur housts and half Iqt onOonsueai
13th street 9J.600. . , .
Js 68 , Home ot 7 rooms , full Iol on WeusUr
near 2Utstr et 9 8,600 ,
No 12 , Hou o 0 roomi and full lot , Homey
near 26.h fctr et , $2,000.
Ho 6 , House 7 rooms , lot (16x83 feet on Out
near 17th atruot , $4,000.
No 8 , Large houss 10 rooms , well , cl t rn , etc.
on II ro y near | h street , $4OU > .
No t. Two story house 8 rooms , etc. , full lot
on Webitor near 16th street 95.600
No 69 , Home of 10 rooms , full lot on Oallfor *
nU near Slst etroot , $6,600. . . . . . .
JTi S ) . House 0 rooms , two fall lot * on 19th
street DBOT F + ul. (3,000. , . . _
No 49 , IJrick bousa 11 rooms , fall lot on Far-
cam near < 7th street , 98,000.
Mo 48 , House of 0 rooms , half lot ou PacliU
n ar Oth street , 93,600 . . . .
No 87 , House ot 8 room ) , 1) ) lot * on 19th near
Nicholas street , $3,060. , . .
38 , S wo tory brick houses with lot 4lt
32 feet on Chicago near 18th street (5,60o each
No 46 , Large House 7 rooms , closets , etc on *
18th street nearClark , $3,000.
No. 46. Large hoiue with full block ntr that
ewer , $2,000.
Nu , to , One and one-half storv brick house , 4
rooms and kitchen , lot 60x260 feet on Sherman
aveuuo near trlJge , $3,000.
BEMIS'
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