PAY POSTAGE ON POTATOES. v An Ingenious Plan For Government Control ) of Corporation. ALL IN ONE VAST BYSYEM , How the Pontnl Principle Mny Ho Hx- tended Ho nn to Include the Ship ment of Freight Protect- the Producer. KnAUNF.r , Neb. , May 28. To the Editor of Tin : lF.r. : Mr. Jacob Heck of Uecatur. Neb. , writes , the 6th Inst. , to TUB UBI : suggesting that n prize bo given for the best essay written on the following question : "What can the government do to promote tbo greatest good to tbo greatest number of people without injustice to nny I" Willie I do not care to compete for the prize I would like to suggest an answer for the benefit of any who may desire to undertake a I > solution of that question. The following Is. rcsiKJctfillly suggested : condemn nnd buy the railroads , telegraph , teicphmo and express lines. The general government can make nn amendment to the constitution creating u cabinet department of communication and transmission nnd condemn and appraise tbe property nnd issue nnd sell gov ernment bonds payable in llfty years at B Dor cent per annum to pay for it ; these bonds to bo issued and handled ns tbo regular government bonds of the nation , its credit pledged to their payment , as were Is sued and on which funds were raised to pay tbo war debt. Let the head of this department be created , appointed and placed In his position In the Biimo manner as the other cabinet officers are for the first four years after its creation. Continue the machinery and extend tbo func tions of tlio Intel-state commerce commission with power of accumulation of absolute nnd nxac t data upon practical trunsportioi ) ; as. for instance , tonnage , trackage , wear and waste , destrnctibillty of material , Improved Appliances , and all practical facts bearing npoii actual work nnd efficiency , so that "at the end of four years data may be bud to nr- rive at the average cost to move a car , or 100 pounds , or any quantity , between those two standards upon such class ifications as are now In force. Such data , should be obtained ns the number of cars handled , miles traveled , time used in making tlio transit , tonnage of freight han dled bused on the ten classes of freight in car loads nnd less lots now in force according to tbo classification sheets also number cars of special classes such as tariff sheets , lum ber , eoaleorn , grain of all kinds , cattle , hogs , sheep , dressed beef , etc. Let the rates nnd charges on each line of road under its present tariff sheets remain for the four years exactly ns It now is- that bankrupting schemes nnd distracting agencies may not ho put In force by parties antagonistic to the perfecting of this system proposed. Instead of different railway corporations let tlio lines bo known In caci a tate ns one road classified into ill- divisions. The net revenue after paying operating ex penses should be made a fund devoted to the payment of the expense of clerical help , ob taining data and to the loss attendant upon the change of system of conducting thobusincss. 12 a man is established in business in one p'.cre and finds for any reason it is desirable Jo move to another storeroom , the necessary delay , confusion and converting of clerk help \ti tbo tusk of moving , change of shelling , tfto. . will involve n necessary loss. Tills is f radically true of all changes and practical xvfuits are what should be aimed at. Tills system of arriving at data in this first ft > Mr years' operation of roads on tbo present tvnrir. of charges should take states in alpha- fcevlrul order , mid the shipping stations or depots on railroads In each state ; also an ac curate account and copy of all bills of lading separating car lots and lesser amounts , giving class of freight and objective point , miles of travel , tonnage , date shipped and date de livered ut destination. This would give a record of the total tonnage originating in each state from each station. This system of accounts , perfected as nearly as competent ac countants could make , would arrive at the tonnage and the revenue derived from it under each class. These states as before , and division stations arranged in like manner in which operating expenses were detailed in itemized accounts , would give tbo total operating expense under the two units of car and hundred pound lots. The data of business in tonnage and operutim ; expenses being obtained , take thu total num ber of full ears shipped in each state and tbo total number of ono hundred pounds nnd fractions thereof shipped in each state , and from these facts of costs of service divided by tlio rospectiuo tonnage of the two units , car and hundred pound lots , make a rate so i far as possible that will make tlio total ser vice self-sustaining under this system with u uniform charge per cur and hundred pounds or more under a minimum car eliminating the Item of distance. These facts can bo arrived by such a man us Henry C. Adams , the sta tistician of the interstate commerce commis sion by the time and within thu four years I propose. Tills would reduce transportation to tlio practical democratic principle of the postage stamp. The postmaster could * move in with tlio station , telegraph , telephone and express agents. The amount arrived at as the cost of n stamp to secure a bill of lading for n maxi mum car or 100 pounds the smallest unit , would bo reduced from time to time after this system became in practical working order by making It Just bold itself ton point of being self-sustaining on tbo same principal as letter postage. Transportation would bo stimulated in even a greater degree than tbo transmis- bion of mail matter bus been. Let tbo nation profit by tbo rich inheritance belonging to it that is now seized upon by corporations nnd combines. I mean tlio in heritance of application of steuiu power from Fulton , tbo telegraph from Morse , tbo tele phone from Edison. On the ground of common humanity , on tbo ground of equality , these immortal ideas be fore being put into practical use belonged to the whole people , nnd when put Into practical use It Is no injustice to the parties who invested their money if it Is repaid them and the property thus made legitimately the government's. As n rule industrial avocations and trades belong to individuals , and the exception ap plies when an undertaking becomes so vast that it is necessary to aggregate in corporate form , the operation of which involves the weal or woo of a majority of the whole nation when placed In tlio hands of a few. Then tbo general government should reserve tlio right to own nnd operate that enterprise. The measure of a trade centre's enterprise would bo limited only by the commercial en terprise of its citizens. If my homo is Kear ney , Nob. , and I want to engage In the man ufacture of whips , I can pay the transporta tion portage on a car of rattan , whalebone and other raw material from San Francisco .or | New York and the cost will bo no inoro nor less than to my competitors at Wcstlleld , Mass. If I make fjood goods I can find a market for them anywhere In Amer ica , and my customers will have to pay no more to get the goods from mo than from any competitor except It bo in case of the retailer at Westlleld. Thus I will bo sub ject to no Impartial taxation upon my enter prise and Industry , as now dictated by cor porations whoso manipulations of rates throt tle and obstruct the channels of trade , starv ing It at ono point to u sickly skeleton and growing U at another to u state of gorged obesity which brings in free America tbo legitimate growth of communistic strikes be cause of excessive wealth built upon pauper ized labor. After four years' experience nnd accumulated data , let this depart ment bo nn elective ono. Let the shipper's receipt for delivered goods ut the depot or elevator bring the measure of his votes in the election of the oflleers to these positions , and no man to bo eligible to tbo cilices but one who has hud nt least ten years practical railroad training. The dupli cate certified bills of lading and elevator re ceipts nt each station or shipping ofllco are to bo eortlflcutes of such right to vote. Tlio vote must bo cast In person and bo 11011- negotiable. The vote is to bo mndo in writ ing nnd ccrtllled to by the clerks of election , checked back and sworn to us correct by the ORcnt or gndn dealer , and scaled nnd deliv ered at the capital of each state and the total result arrived at nt Washington , In the case pf nutlonid oftK'vrs Jn tbo sumo manner and time ns the elective votes of the pres ident of the United btutes is certi fied to and declared , rcnulllcau uriuclplo of protection to homo manufacturers will then bo made prac- tlral and benefit ml to all Instead of to a CM" ! only ni now , by protecting homo munuinc- V'tTln Ujckhpnw L" rkyt. jjp.O ogrJraUup Ists located wherever the icrtiio ground nlay bo turned to the sunlight and showers of heaven or artificial Irrigation for production. The fundamental principle of freedom Is the Owl given right to individual equality. 1'ut mo on nn equality with my fellow man under circumstances In which wo have an equal voice In controlling nmt If I starve It Is right and Just that I should. There Is no wrong done mo and my Industry will assume Its true worth or Indolence meet its Just re ward. Circumscribe my bound * of location BO that I have to raise com or jiotatocs on the north- cast quarter of a section nnd find no market for my products except to my next neighbor on the south rust quarter of the same section and I have no Inducement to bo Industrious. Convert the steam tramways of trunsK | > rtutlon Into government highways on which which I can pay for maintenance and oKratlon ] ! an equal pro rata proportion of tux based upon the extent to which I make use of It and a market will be ojien to mo limited only by the two oceans and the two poles. The coal miner In the nigged hill of I'ensyl- vunlu , the lumberman of northeast Maine , the salmon Usher of Oregon , the seal hunter of Alaska , tbo miner of N'ow Mexico , the cot ton picker of tlio south , the orange grower of California nnd Florida will bo my customers on an equul footing nnd the price will bo re munerative to mo and icusonnble to them. It will depreciate tbo cost of my goods to him which ho does not own and wants to buy nnd appreciate my goods to mo which I own and want to sell. Tbo like rcusonlng applies to him In what I want. The fnrm laborer will then get back tbo benefit bo gives tbo protected manufacturer by tbo consumption of his products by the mechanics. When the manufacturer and the merchant increase the producing and selling iiower of the agricultural producer , they in like ratio Increase their production nnd trade. The employer can afford to pay good wages and give $100 for'n postage or transport stamp to ship a ear of his work to a market live miles or 5,000 miles , for tbo limit of tbo de mands of his trade will depend and be limited only by his business ability and individual exertion. The nation's function is to give nil citizens freedom of nction and equal protection. If the republican party continues the injustice of favoring manufacturers without chance of benefit to other industries , it Will earn mid deserve eternal damnation , and John C. Cul- houn was never inoro wrong or un-American than they will prove themselves to be. If there is forbearing Intelligence , honesty of purpose , rending nnd reasoning thought .enough in tlio majority of the American pub- lie to realize the truths and needs of the day in which wo live , ami work to a practical pro tection to the nation as u whole , the political systems will bo able to keep abreast with tbo commercial and material growth of the coun try. Let the alliance and all men who wish for prosperous , contented homes demand legis lation of this character. Let legislators and representatives be relegated to private life if they can only follow the directions of cor : porations or localities or classes. . If wo can cause congress to abandon a part of its demogognery and keep the pension raid on the public treasury within bounds of reason ; if it will make a protective tariff to protect manufacturers for the purpose of raising a fund to build public tramways and thus equalize freight communications nnd build up national wealth , then will this na tion , the grandest and in every way greatest , tbo pride of tlio civlli/ed world , continue its upward and onward course. Then will the nation begin on a civilizing career which is its n b c of u line of advancement appropriate to the beginning of tbe twentieth century. It has been said that the control of the railways by tlio government would put too much money and power of patronage into party control and endanger the stability of tlio government. The postal department is n vast machine and a political one , but it docs its work at a two-cent letter rate without injustice to any and the Western Union telegraph if In the hands of the government could DO self-sup porting and quadruple its business and con tribute to tlio public and commercial weal an untold amount ut 5 cents for n twenty-live word message. Tlio machine If powerful will bo none the loss effective If nil its parts arc operated by honest and capable officials. If a private corporation handled mail matter at this time tbo attorneys and managers of such a corporation could convince tlio ma jority of ourstato board of transportation that it would cost a dollar an ounce to reach Sail Francisco from Kearney and they would make it look reasonable. To illustrate to Nebraska people what they would do lot mo cite tbo meeting nt Lincoln on tbo 21st instant when George W. Holdrego bud bis lickspittle and bra zen mugged puppy Mr. G. II. Dietrich of Hastings to heap insults upon tlio attorney general while ho was sitting in bis official duty of inquiry for bis constituents regard ing these costs of transportation. What are tbo facts regarding the machine power ? Is not tbo corporate power of tbe railways the parent stem that support the poison ivcy of the Standard Oil monopoly. Ask Senator Vest of Missouri , of the dressed beef com bine investigating committee , if the railways are not the central prop of that beef mo nopoly t In national affairs I nm not so well in formed , but in tbo state of Nebraska was it not tlio railways that dictated the retirement of Judge Keeso from the state supreme bench nt Hastings ] Who was it but tlio railway managers who retired Judge Crounso from congress ) Who was it put General Laws in congress after bo became convinced , nfter his vote for n reduction of keul rates on tlio SJSth of Juno , 1SSS , and afterwards became con vinced that local rates in Nebraska were nil right ? What was It suggested and appointed a gentleman to succeed Mr. Laws who was of tbo sumo mind on local freight rates , if it was not railroad influence ? What was it that came away out west so near the homo of John M. Tbiirston and advanced Judge Urewcr to the supreme bench of the United States after tlio Iowa cases were decided and afterwards withdrawn by tlio railways as un tenable. What Influence induced theappoint ment ns government agent to look after its interests of such a man ns Jesse Spaulding , who makes such a fulsome and false report as ho lately did in the face of the letter to our Attorney General Leeso ? Who was it who suggested a loan of the people's money at ! l per cent for llfty years to a private corpora tion as evinced in the Union Pacific railway matter ? Wtio was it who sprung the wild , impractical , bankrupting schema of loaning the government money to tlio farmer for the purpose of holding a sort of mirage of tlio desert before tlio eyes of tlio farmers strug gling under u burden of an unsupportable debt ! If it were Just to loan money to tbo corpora tion at : i per cent or any per cent , it would bo Just to tbo farmer also and to every citizen of tills nation. Wliat can bo the feelings of tbo impracticable farmer who bus mortgaged bis farm for live years at ID per cent nml sees tbo place he has worked to Improve and con secrated ns bis homo passing out of bis hands by foreclosure at the end of that period ! Ho is able to realize that tlio corporation that is to bo benellttcd by this loan bus taxed him from JUKI totoo per cent of the viiluo of his products and labor to transport bis surplus to market and while ho ways 10 per cent of his loan the corporation gets a loan out of his own money as ono of the nation ut 3 per cent for fifty years. This proposition of ownership of means of transportation will work no injustice to any one unless it bo Injustice to destroy in part the power of wealth to enslave labor , or In justice to root up the weeds of monopoly trusts and combines that tbo llelds of indus try anil universal plenty may grow. To tbo Nebraska people 1 say : Uphold your attorney general In his stand for your state ; uphold the editors of the public spirited and nblo Journals in their efforts against the encroachments of bullet-headed men llko George \V . Holdrege ; demand your birthright gotten from the immortal Fulton , Moi-bo and Kdlson ; pay and return the actual moneys invested In these appliances to tin ) rightful owners and do no wrong. Industry and commerce constitute the ful crum on which the lover of prosperity rests. Let our ivnrescntntlves see that it Is 'kept on solid foundation and not undermined by the rats that are furrowing under the protection of the majority of our state board of trans- portation. If there are suggestions containing nny ele ments of progress nnd prosperity In this outline - line I would respectfully nk tbo metropolitan press to copy it tbut men who have tbo tlmo and disposition may discuss Its merits and de merits , for 119 one [ mows all ho should know , and my object is tbo perpetuation of this gov ernment which I think is endangered by tbo rapidly growing power of aggregated wealth built upon aggregated poverty. A soulless corporation contending with n soulless public will swallow tbut public as easily and surely lu an unacouda would u chicken. chicken.A. A. J , GUSTJ.X. lilliWVOFTilEliXPliESSlIAN The Varied Experience anil Information of a Member of tbo Graft , - * - THE MOVERS Of" EARLY DAYS. Violation of the City Ordinances nml the Introduction of the Furni ture VIUIHVhloh Hull thu Transportation Market. It may bo true that all things come to him who waits but there nro people who do not think so. One of them may be found almost any tlmu near tbo comer of Thirteenth nnd .Tneksou , where ho has been waiting , waiting for twenty lonp yours n Mlcuwbcr by pro fession. For him all the virtues of the cata logue are represented by ono word "pa tience. " Year after yonr. In a lazy uninterested man ner , ho has sat with his chin In Is ban hd , chewing straws and watching a village grow Into ti city ; watched bills , valleys and streams disappear nnd bo replaced by long .straight paved streets ; watched the ever widening mass of brick and mortar growing tip about him and shutting out his view of river and hill ; watched the coming of mule cars and motor cars , railroads , telephones nnd street lights ; watched the human spiders spinning their metallic web over his bend ; watched the comings and goings of a Hood of human ity with Its bridal parties nnd funeral pro cessions. It was all of no concern to him. The "hustlers" might hustle to their hearts' content , organize corporations , plat additions , build bridges , railroads , cable , lines , electric lines and what tboy would , It was his busi ness to wait He Is nn expressman not the proprietor of one of these gorgeous moving wagons , the appearance of which calls up visions of soot- soiled faces , broken furniture and all sorts of "flitting" miseries but the driver of a llttlo ramshackle single wagon. Driver , horse and vehicle all show signs of wear. The driver's coat may once have been black , or may have been red no ono could tell now ; his draggled , gray heard is yellowed with years of tobacco chewing , aud his hands nro knotty and gnarled. His old bay horse is as weather-beaten ns its master. Its hack sinks In with the weight of years of waitIng - Ing ; its dusty coat has forgotten the feeling of a currycomb , and it can boast of nearly all the "blemishes" known to the liorsctradcrs. Bits of rope and twine patch up a harness of rusty brown , and bits of undressed lumber hold together the wagon. Tbo wheels lean in and out in a rickety , Imlf-bearted fashion , and what paint there was disappeared ye.irs ago. ago.One part of his equipment Is bright and new his number. The city license inspector takes care that that shall not become more than a year old at any rate. "The express business ain't what it used to bo live or six years ago , " be remarked to a reporter. "In tbo lirst place , there is too many of us. When I bought this rig or. at least , I didn't buy it I traded for it but when I flint began driving a wagon there was only fix of us in tbo town. "Of course , in them days , we did a good deal of hauling for the stores , as there wasn't only a few did their own dojlv- ing ; but they was great days for the moving wagons. Everybody was moving about once a week. They didn't many of them have much truck to cart around , but the movers charged Just the same. "Then , about six yours ago , when the town was booming and everybody was crazy about real estate and half of them bought them selves poor with it , there was two or three llrst-chi.ss moving wagons and they made a good deal of money. You sec , one of them wagons can take as many as eight loads , a fair move , say about six blocks , and up and down ono pair of stairs. That would bo ? lti at the regular rate and SJ to come out for tbo helper , l-'ourtcen dollars a day is good pay , nnd people soon found it out and everybody wanted a moving wagon , and some that had farms , or town lots , or something else traded around till they got a moving outfit , and half of them got it with a mortgage on it. Then it was dog cat dog and a good many got froze out. What there is left do a good deal more resting than work , and 1 guess if you want to go into the business you can buy a rig pretty cheap. "You bee , one of them big moving wagons , when they are new , costs about ! "i ( ) ; then tbe team , that's SilK ) more , and tbo harness is JTiO. That's § 7(10 ( it costs before you start to make any money at all. If you are like most of them you are paying some money shark about 10 per cent a month on half of that and $10 a year for a license to the city which runs tbo expenses up pretty high. There ain't a great deal doing excepting in the spring and fall and none of them will average a trip a day the year round. Now how are you going to get rich out of that ) "There nro about thirty-five first-class moving wagons in town and a whole lot of lumber wagons and such that has been tin kered up to look like a moving wugon , about llfty ill ! told. Now anybody can see there ain't nowhcros near lilty families a-moving every blessed day in the year. "A wagon like mine , you see , is just lookIng - Ing for small jobs , a man wants a dollar's worth of coal , or a couple of bales of hay , era a trunk moved , or something like that. I charge him anywhere from 85 cents to ? l just like everybody else all I can get. Some times 1 don't turn a blamed wheel all day. Sometimes I am on tbo go all tbo time. A man on a pictty good corner can average § t a day the year round , considering the winter tlmo , when wo don't do nothing hardly. "I don't know how many such wagons there is lots of them the licenses run up as high OH 3-10 time takes in the A. D. T. wag ons and such concerns as .Inrdino's and the Merchants' express company. "We all pay the same license , & 10 a year , nnd wo all give the same bond , KlO. My old mare and that llttlo wagon is liable for ! 00 in damages Just the sumo as one of them big four horse vans. "There is a regular tariff that wo can charge regulated by the council hut wo always have the bargains made before hand ami pay nolnttention. Vor six blocks wo are allowc'd 85 cents for each trunk , & ' for a load of furni ture of household goods and outside that limit it's Just twice as much. "These big furniture vans nro n new thing in Omaha. They carry a whole houseful at once and charge by the hour. I suppose it amounts to the same tiling in tbo ( Mid. "There is a whole lot of laws regulating us but wo don't pay much attention to them and seem to get along all right. In the central part of town wo are not allowed to stand on tbo east and west streets , nnd what that Is for Is more than I can tell. "Another now wrinkle in the business Is the parcel delivery offices as they call them. There Is live of them npw in different parts of the city. The way they operate Is this : Tbo manager puts in a telephone and adver tises and works up the business. Ho ar ranges with live or six wagons to stand on a corner and takes 1U per cent of all the money tboy receive for Jobs which ho gives them. There Is no grout gain in the schemes ami tbo protits in the business depend on tbo bustler in tlio ofllco. " Tbo ordinance governing the rates to bo charged by expressmen provides that $1 shall bo the price for the carrying of any load of goods not less than ono mile ; fur carrying Mich u loud less than one mile , T.r > cents ; and for carrying goods , packages , etc. , weighing les than 'Mi pounds in tlio aggregate , 50 cents per milo. Two thousand pounds of heavy articles is a loud , and of light goods as much as can bo loaded on a wagon. An exception to the rule is made In the case of pianos , heavy machin ery nnd safes. An agreement between the parties overrules nil these provisions nnd a line of not more than $100 is to bo Imposed on tlio expressman asking or receiving inoro than the legal rate. The life of u drayman is a Jerky ono. For days at a time ho lounges around tbo street corners , half asleep on the seat of his wagon , or snapping his whip at the flics , and then comes busy day and ho works like a beaver. Time is everything , and the quicker tbo load is completed the uioro money is made for the drayman. The amount of miscellaneous goods they can stack on a wagon is marvellous. They Into a house , pull up the carpets , take So own the curtains , jmelc the goods to the bobt advantage and loud the wagon until it looks like a circus parade carriage. Their'frequent meetings with the people who cut down prices has a tendency to cultivate u disposi tion to uialso the best of everything. /roin dote of tlila paper. Wishing to Introduou our FREE 110 DRY8 Crayon Portraits nnd nt the same tlmo extend our binlnesi nnd nmko now customers , wo have decided to make this special offer. Send us a Cnblnot 1'lcturo. I'liutoRrnph , Tin Type , Ambiotypc , or Pilijiirfreotypo of yourself or nny momlmr of your family. 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Introductions by George Wnedmnld the Novelist. Sent postpaid OO cents. CHASH .t KODY , HOOKSKMIIH ; : AND KTATIONKKS , KXGHAVKllH AM ) 1MUNTKHS , llt South 10th Street. Agents Wanted I Portraits Knlnrgcd to nny size. WlIU for 9 | * ! ftl Ttnl M J ClUtof a * . CUeigo Eloctrle Liglt lahrglcg Co. 15 to SSI K. Itnndolph St. ClilruRo , Ills. WLATESf CALIFORNIA Till ? LAND OP DISCOVERIES. \E TOI\ tATARRH QRQVILLCCAU Santa : Abie : and : Cat : R : Cure fortsulo by lioodmun DrilK ( . 'o. "TO WEAK VflEKT CufTcrliiR from the ffU'cta of > otithful errors , rnrly dccny. ivnMiliiK wenkncw , lost manhood , rte , , I will pond n valuublo troutUo ( scalcil ) cuiitnlnhiK full particulars for homo euro , 1'ltKI * * cif rlmrpo. A FpkMuIhl modlcnl work : should bit rcatl by every innn wtm U ncrvoim nn < l ilt'lilIltatcM. * ' ' lrof. V.f. f. " " Hoard of ICqimli/.ation. Notice of mcutliiKof thu city council as n. board of equalization To tln < owners of all lots and lands In the city of Omaha which mu ticncllttcd or which havohui'n found hy the hoard of t'linull/.atlon to bo hi'iicllttcd hy the construction of tlio Ti'iitli bticct , viaduct and to nil persons liav- lnt ; nny lntcrc.it , In .said lots and lamln , tlio mete detailed and paitlcnlar description of which Is lii'rnliinftorKlvon. You and each of you are hcrnbr notified that tin- city council of tlio city of Omaha will Kit as a hoaid of pqnnll/.atloii at the olllcoof tlu'i'lty cleik , In Douglas county court house , on Wednesday and Thursday , the 4th and nth days of June , 1WK ) , from 1) ) o'clock a.m. to.r > o'clock p. in. , for the put pose of nsscsslirx aud levyliu ; the amount of damages to the owners of lots , lanilsand real e.state described herein , caused hy the erection ami maintenance of said viaduct as determined hy the appraisers hcrctofoio appointed to appraise Mild dam ages , and approved by tlio city council , upon the lots , lunils and real e.stalo described herein , hcncfitted by the construction and maintenance of Bald vluduotandof equall/.InK the proposed levy of Mild special taxes and asso.ssments and eoi ruct IIIK any errors therein , and of hearing all complaints that owners of properly to be taxed and assessed or peisons liavlnxan Interest therein may make , Said special taxes and assessments beliiK levied ac- cotdliif,1 to law to create a special fund to be used fur the payment of damages to private piopeity caused by the construction of a via duct on Tenth street , between Mason street and Jackson street , as required by a certain oicllimiicc of said city of Omaha , entitled "An oidlnance ie < inlrliiK the Union 1'aclfle railway company and the Chicago , HnrllnKlon < v Qiilncy nillioad company to erect , constinct anil complete a certain viaduct and approaches preaches In and upon Tenth slicet In the city of Omaha , ( letennlnln ' the pioportliiu of the cost thereof to be borne by each of the said companies , and appiovlng the pioceedlnjjs of the commtssloncis heretofore appointed to assess the damages theicfor , " which said lots , lands and leal estate are more paitlculaily descilbed us follows , as hereinbefore stated : Lots r. . , ( i , 7 , H. block b'J , elty. I.otsfi , li , ? , block ftl. city. 1,0th r > , 0 , 7 , K , block 01 , city. l.ols.-i , li. 7 , b , block ( fj , elty. I.oth 5 , II , 7K block Ki , elty. lot r > , (1,7 ( , H , block HI , city. I.otsll , 1,3.11 , block W. city. Lots I , .Ml,4 , 5 , 0 , 7f. block OT. city. Lots 1 , _ ' , II , 4 , fi , 1) ) , 7 , 8 , block 1(0 ( , city. Lots I , U. II , 4 , fi , ( i , 7 , h. block 11)1 ) , city. Lots I , L' , ; t , 4 , fi , ( I , 7 , h , block W ! , elty. l.ois i , - ' . , : i , 4 , r > , ii , 7 , K. block 10:1 : , city. Lots 1 , - ' . II , 4 , ft , li , 7. K , block I ( I I , city. Lots 1 , „ ' , 7 , H , block lu.'i , elty. Lots 1,1. ' . 7 , H. hlOv-U Illl , elty. Lots 1 , i. , ! 1 , 4 , fi , II. 7 , H , block 120 , city. Lots 1 , „ ' , II , 4 , fi , It , 7 , H , block liil , elfy. Loth I , , ' ' . ! 1.1 , fi , ( ! , 7 , h. block I1. , ' , elty. Lots I , L' , ! l , 4- . , ( i. 7 , H , block 1211 , Ulty. Lots 1 , l' , II , i.fi. t ) , 7,8 , block 1SI , city. Lots I , ! ! , II , 4 , fi , ( i , 7 , X. block \ ' < j , ulty , Lots II , I. fi , 11 , block lil ) , city , l.ols.'l. 4 , fi , it , blook fill , city. Lots 1 , , II , 4 , 5 , II , 7. H , block IKS , elty. Lots t , ' . ' , jl , 4 , fi , I ) , 7 , H. block lid , city. iuis i , . . i , H , niocK II ! * , city. Lots 1 , t' , .I , I , fi , I ) , 7 , 8 , block 149 , city. Lots II , 4 , fi , U. block 101 , ulty. Lots i. u , : t , i , fi. ( i , 7. a , block ins , city. Lots I , ' . ' , II. 4 , fi , n , 7 , H , block IfVl , city. Lots I , I' , II , 4 , fi , u , 7 , 8 , block Hit , c ty. Lots I , a , : i , 4. fi , n. 7,8 , block inn , c ty. Lots 1 , ' . ' , II , 4 , fi. II , 7 , H. blookM. \ . c ty. Lots I. ' . ' , II , 4 , fi. U. 7. H. block IU7 , C ty. Lots I , U , 7 , 8 , block 1M , cit v Lota 1. i.1. : i. I , block 17.1 , city , J.uU 1 , i 3 , 4 , bluuk 171 , ulty. . . . l.omi , „ ' , : i , 4 , hlix'k ' Ml , elty. Lot I , ' . ' , . ' 1,4 , block In' , oily. Lee I , ; ' , ; i , 4. block ITS , city LoHi.s.a , 4 , block i a > , city. l.ott\ , 7. s MOCK aw. city. Lots I , ' . * , 7 , . , hloi'k m clt v. Lots 1 , 8 , II. 4 , fi , o. r , 8. blook ' . ' .11 , city. Lots I , ' . ' , a , 4 , ft , tl , 7 , . blook KB , oily Lotsfi , n , 7 , H , blook SKI , city. iHlts fi , 0 , 7 , 8 , blook Sll , Ulty. lrtts io. . 7 , 8. block an. elty. Lots , \0 , 7 , block ftW , oil V. U IH : i , 4 , fi , ii. 7. 8. blookJr. . ' . city , LotI. I. ! . ' , : , 4 , r. , o , 7 , 8 , blook sci , city. Lot * 1. ' . ' . : . 4. fi , 0 , 7. 8 , blook 84 1. City. Lom i , „ ' , n. 4 , f , , n. 7 , 8. blook sicity. . Lots I. 8. , 4. fi , 0 , 7. 8. block 81(1. ( Olty. Lots I , ' . ' . II , 4 , fi. It , 7. 8. blook 217. Olty. Lots I , 8 , ! l , 4. fi , 0 , 7 , 8. block 'Jl ! > , oily. Lots I , 8. 't , 4. fi , 0. 7. 8. block 8IH , city. Lots 1 , 8. a , 4 , fi , rt , 7. 8. blook 850 , city. It.s I , B , 7 , 8 , blook 831. elty. Lots 1. 8 , 7 , 8 , hlook 800 , olty. l-ots I. 8 , a , 4. fi , ( t , blook 8111. city. Lots I , 8 , a. 4 , 7 , 8. blook ' „ ' . ' , olty. Lots i. s. a , 4 , : . , n. blook asi. olty. Lots i , „ ' , a , 7. 8. block an. olty. Lots 1 , 8. it , 4. fi. , 7. 8. block ; Mti. olty. Lots 1. 8. a. 4. V 0 , 7 , 8. blook IV.7. olty. Lots I , 8 , H , 4. fi , It , 7 , 8. blook w. city. Lots i. s. a , 4 , r. . it , 7 , 8. blook am. city. Lotsfi , 0. 7. 8 , hlook l > , oltv , Lois I. s , a , I , fi , ( t , 7 , 8. block K. city. Lots I , 8. a , 4. ft , II , 7 , 8. blook ! ' , oily. Lots 1 , ' . ' , a , 4 , fi , It , 7 , 8 , block O. oily. Lots 1 , 8 , a , 4. fi , (1. ( 7 , 8 , block II , elty. Allot blook I. oily. MOO foot strip adjotnliiK lot t on the I'ast. bloolt Visa. olty. Lot f. block I. lloucry lllll. Lots 1,2 , blook 2 , ( lottery lllll. Lots I , 2a , 4 , block fi , llowery lllll. All of blook (1. ( llowery lllll. Lots I. 2 , block 7. llowerv lllll. Lots I , 2. a , I , fi , block 8. llowerv lllll' Lots 1 , 8 , y , 4 , fi , o , 7 , 8 , II , 18 , llitKor'n Allot ment , Lots 1 , 8 , 3 , 4 , S , 0 , 7 , 8 , blook 1 , Credit 1'onclcr add , Lots 1 , 8 , 3 , 4 , 5 , fi , 7 , 8 , blook 8 , Credit Touclcr add. add.Lots I , y , n , 4 , fi , 0 , 7 , 8 , block 3 , Credit fonder add. add.Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 0 , 7 , 8 , block I , Credit 1'onclor add. add.Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4. fi , 0 , block Ifi. Credit 1'onoleradd. 1 ots I , 2 , 3 , 4 , block 111. Ciedlt Kom'lcr add. Lots I. B. a , 4 , block 17 , Credit I'onelcr add. Lots I , 8 , a , 4. block 18 , Credit I'oncler add. Lots a , 4 , fi. It , block 22 , Ciedlt I'oncler add. Lots- , 0 , 7 , 8 , block M. Ciedlt I'onelcr add. Lotsfi , (1 , 7 , 8 , block 37 , Credit I'oncler add. Lots 'I , 4 , fi , ( i , block as , Credit Ponder add , Lots 3 , 4 , fi. It. block 42 , C'-edlt I'oueler add , Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , fi , 0 , 7 , 8 , block 4:1 : , Credit I'oncler add. add.Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , C , 7 , 8 , block II , Credit I'oncler mill. mill.Lots I , 2 , 3 , 4 , fi , 0 , 7 , 8 , block K , Credit I'oncler add. add.Lots I , 8 , 3 , 4 , fi , 0 , 7 , 8. block ( XI , Credit fonder add. add.Lots 3 , 4. fi , 0 , blook fi7 , Credit I'oncler add. Lots 3 , 4 , fi. li , blook (18. ( Credit I'oueler add. Lots 1. 2 , 3 , 4 , fi , it , 7 , 8 , block till , Credit 1'onclor add. add.Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , fi , 0 , 7 , 8 , block 70 , Credit functor add. add.Lots 1 , 2. 3 , 4 , fi , 0 , block 1 , Forest Hill add. Lots 1. 2 , 3 , 4 , fi , 0 , 7 , S , 0 , 10 , 11 , 18 , 13 , block S , forest lllll add. Lots 14. 15 , lit , 17 , 18 , 19 , 80 , 81 , 83 , 23. block 2 , forest lllll add. Lots 24 , 2T , 80 , 27 , 88 , 2 ! > , 30 , 31 , 32 , block 2 , for est , lllll add. Lots 1,2,3. 4 , fi , ( i , block 3 , forest lllll add. Lots 1. 2. 3. 4. fi. It. block I , forest lllll add. Lots 1,2 , 3,4 , fi , 0,7 , 8,9,10 , block fi , forest Hill add. Lots I , 2. 3 , 4 , fi , 0 , 7 , 8 , 9. 10 , 11. block 0 , forest lllll add. Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , fi. n , 10 , block 7. forest. lllll add. Lots 1,2 , 3,4 , fi , It , Kaufman. t .letter's add. Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , n , U , 7 , 8 , U , 10 , 11 , A. Kounuo'i add. add.Lots 14 , 13 , 10 , 17 , IS , 10 , 20 , 21 , 22 , A. Kountzo'l add. add.Lots 23 , 21 , 25 , 80. 27 , 83. 89 , 30 , A. KounUo'a add. add.Lots 31 , 82 , 33 , 31 , 35 , 3i ( , 37 , 38 , A , Kountzo'l add. add.Lots39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43,41,45 , 10 , 17,48 , A. Kountzo'l add. add.Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , I , fi , fi , 7 , 8. 9 , 10 , II , 12 , Kouul/.e's 2d add. add.Lots 13 , 14 , 15 , 10 , 17 , 18 , 10 , 80 , 21 , K'ount/.e's 2d add. add.Lots 22 , 23 , 21 , 25 , 20 , 87 , 28 , 29 , A. Kountzu'l 2nd add. Lots I , 2 , 3 , bind ; I , Kount/e's.'ld add. Lots 1 , 2. 3. I. r > . 0 , block 2. Kount/.e's 3d add. Lot I , blk 11 , Kount/e's 3d add , Lois I , 8 , 3. 4. fi. ( i , 7 , S , U , 10 , 11 , 18 , 13 , block 1 , Kount/c's lib add. Lots I , 2 , 3 , I , 5 , 0 , 7. 8 , 0 , 10 , block 2 , ICount/o'a 4th add. Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , fi , block 3 , ICountroV 4th add. Lots I , 2. 3. 4 , fi , 0 , 7,8 , 0 , block HI , Knuntro's 4th supp. add. Lots 10 , 11. 12 , 13 , II. 15 , 1(1. ( 17 , IS , block 10 , Konnl/e's lib snpp. add. Lots 1,2 , 3 , 4 , block II , K'ount/.u's 4th blip I ) . add. add.Kast Kast 140 feet , block 2 , Lane's sub. Knsl 140 feel , block 3. Lnne'ssnb. Lots A. It , C , I ) , Llddlo'H sub. dlv. Lois I. 8 , 3 , I , 5 , ( I , 7 , 8 , 9. 10 , block I , Mclil- tosh'sadd. Lots I , 8 , 3. 4 , fi , 0 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , II , 12. block 8 , Mo- Intosh'sadd. Lots 13 , 14. 15 , Ifi , 17 , 19 , 10 , 20 , 21 , 82 , 83 , 2lblock , 2 , Mclntosh's add. School lot , corner Aibouriind Tenth sleets , Lane s sun. Lots 1,2 , block 1 , I'lillllpsadd. Lots 1 , 2. 3 , 4 , fi , 0 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , tl , block'Phillips' add. add.Lots 12. 13. II. 15 , 10 , 17 , IS , 11) , SO , 81 , 22 , 23 , 24 , block' ' . 1'hllllps'add. Lots 1 , 2 , block 3 , I'hllllps' add. Lots I. 2 , 3. I , fi , 0. : . block I , 1'lillllps' add. Lot 1 , blod.r > , 1'hllllps'add. W. I ) . Jloore. rc-erved , block 1 , South Omaha add. add.Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , fi , 0 , 7 , 8 , block 1 , South Omaha ' " ' . 1 , 2 , 3. 4 , fi , 0 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 18 , block 2 , South Omaha add. Lots 13 , 14 , 15 , 10 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , block 8 , South Omaha add. Lots I , 2 , 3 , I , fi , 0 , 7 , block A , South Omaha add. add.Lots 1 , 2 , 3 , I , fi , blook II , South Omaha add , All block C' , South Omaha add. Lois'.1 , 3. block I , S. K. l.ogers' add. Lots fi , 11. 7 , K block 2 , S. K. liojjers' add. Lots I , 2 , 3 , block 11. S. K. ItogurN1 add. Lot 1. block 13 , S. 1C , ( Coders' add. All block 15 , S. K. linkers' add. Lots 1 , 2. 3 , 4 , Qulnn'sadd. KB ft. adjoining I'lne street on the north and Mmtli side nsovtcndcd through t. 1. 3 , sec. 20. 132ft. adjoining Seventh avenue on e , and w. hide as extended through I. 1.3 , sec. 20. 132 ft. adjoining KlKblh street on e. and w , bide as extended throiiKh tax lotO , sec. 20. W. KSllt. tax lot 7 , sec. 20. 132 ft. on e. and w. side of Sixth street , as extended - tended through tax lot 8 , see. 211. 132 feet on e. and w. side of Sixth stieet , as extended through tax lot 11 , see. 20. 132 ft. adj. Doieas street on south , In tax lot C , see. 81) ) . 132 ft. adj. Dorcas street on south , In tax lob 7 , see. S7. The tractof laud lylnK between Oak street nnd Dorcas , from Tenth stieet to tlio llnu ol Kluhth sticct extended , W. 1112 ft. lax lot No. 1 , sec. No. 87. W. 138 ft. tax lot No. ' . ' , sec. No. 27. W. i : ft. tux lot No 7. see. No. 87 , K. 132 ft. tax lot No. II , see. No. 27. K. KK ft. tax lot No. II , sec. No. 2' ) , K. 132 ft. tax lot No. 3 , see. No. 80 , Said special taxes to he levied on the prop erty aforesaid uppioxlmatcly as follows ; 1'er foot fttmtiiKO. Seventh st. . from Doduo st. to.lncU-.on st. t 11 Kluhtb St. , from Doduosl. to.lackson si. . 11 Ninth jit. , from Dod est. to.liii'kson - < t 28. Tenth xt. , from f nrnnm st. to .Ineksun.st 2 00 Tenth st. , fioin I'arnam st. to Dodue st 1 IX ) Kloventhsl. , from Dod e st. to.lackson st."J Twelfth st. , fiom Iloilue st. to Jackson st ID Thirteenth St. , from Docl u st. to Jackson IDti st . ti fourteenth St. , from Iodjo ) st. to Jackson st . 10 UodKo Nt. , from Seventh st. to fourteenth st . 23 Douglas St. , from Seventh Ht to Four 23SO teenth st SO f amain st. , fiom Seventh Nt. to four SOW teenths ! . W Hiirney st. , from Seventh st. to four teenth st . 0 Howard si. , fiom Seventh st. to four teenth st . 23 Jackson st. , fioin Seventh Bt. to four teenth st . 23 Third st. . fiom William st. to northern terminus . fourth st. , from William Nt. to northern terminus . fifth si. , fiom William t > t. to iioithern terminus . . t Sixth st. , fiom 1'acllh1 st. to llancroft st . Seventh ave. . from 1'lnn st. to I'loroo nl 1:1 : Seventh st. , from I'aelllc st. to I'lcicc st in Klifhlh St. , fiom 1'adllc st. to I'leree st Kahili st. , from IllcUory si. to alley m lib of Woi t Illusion st . f.iK'hth st. . fiom Hickory st. tollam-ioflitt 1:1 : Ninth St. . from I'aelllc si. to llancn.ri HI . in Tenth Ht. , fiom Mason si. to Hickory st. : Tenth st. , from Hickory st. to llaii'-r fl t. i oo Klnvcnth st. , from Mason to Itaneioft st. . 13 .Mason si. , from Tenth st. to Eleventh st 13a I'aelllo st. , fiom I'.luhtb si. to Klcvcnl'i M | , a I'aelllc st. , fiom KlKlitli HI. to easti rn ti r- mlnus . I'lorcoM. , from r.iuhlh Hi. to f.leventh st fiercest. , fiom Kl lilli st. to uasti HI ti r- mlnns. I'oniileton avo. , fiom Second st. in Midi Williams st. , fiom Second M. to . Nt 7 William St. , from 'IVntliHt. to Clou i.iu t ID Wnrllilngton t. , from Klghlli Ht. to 1 mli ht 33 Tine hi. , from ICIvtlitb H | . KoTmitli * t .ft Hickory si. , from hlxlh ht. lo Kli'Vfntli st JU renters ! . , from Mull Nt. tof.lxblb t . . 7 ( 'enter HI. , fioiu'IVnlh ht. to iiu\i-iiiii : t > l . Ill Cedtirst. , fiom Slxtb Nt. to IClKlitb hi . . 7 O.-ikht. . Jiom Klj-'InliHt , toTontli ht . . ii : DoreasHt. , from Sixth Ht. KtKlr'btb ' 7 Doifasst , , from Klulitli st. to Klovfulli st. in .MaitliiiHt. , from'IViith ht. to Kluvcntli ht U Uiislulliu-bl. , fiom Suvonln ht to KiuMjulli bt . n Ailxirsl. , fiom Ill-hthst. to IClevcnih dt ii : Vou nnd oiieli of yon uru liercliy noiiflcd to aiieir | | : before tialil city connull. HIUIUK us u board of rrmull/.iulim , at the time mill ilu o iiljovoKpoclllcil , to miiknanyeoniiiliiint Htute- niuntorolijuotlou you nifty drhiie to inuUa eonccrnliiK Buld lovv and iibsimmniil of Hieului | tuxi-B. JOHN ( jitovo , L'lly CltrU. Umuliu , Nub. , May tf , 1 UU ,