Ice House to be Removed, says Rev. T.N. Pohl

But Probable Worker Says

Station to Remain on Campus

By Martin Speckter

Conflicting thoughts on whether the Muny Ice House now adorning the northwest corner of the campus will remain there or not where expressed Thursday when principals in the argument were interviewed by The Gateway.

Frank Peterson, 2119 Pratt street, who is to have charge of the station this summer, if it remains, told The Gateway that it had been decided Wednesday, between Mrs. Reuben H. Schleiger, the owner of the lot, her attorney, and Peterson, that the station would remain.

"The property belongs outright to Mrs. Schleiger," said Peterson, "and the attorney said no one could compel her to move it."

Rev. T.N. Pohl of the Covenant hospital told The Gateway that the ice house would be removed in the near future.

"The board of trustees of the Metropolitan Utilities District apologized to us for not removing it Wednesday," Rev. Pohl said.

Describing the station as "an eyesore," Rev. Pohl revealed that the board's action followed a petition, which asked that the ice house be taken off the campus.

"It was not necessary to file the petition with the City Council," stated Rev. Pohl, "although the petition was addressed to that body."

The hospital's complaint was lodged on the premise that the ice house would attract more traffic in the university vicinity, besides detracting from the residential aspects of the neighborhood.

"I am very much surprised that the University officials did not take it upon their own initiative to have the ice house removed," he concluded.

Editorial

The administration of Omaha University might do well to join the Covenant hospital in its protest to the Utilities District regarding the ice house on the campus. This unsightly structure certainly has no business on a university campus and within one block of a hospital whose patients demand rest and quiet.

Its presence on the campus will only bring down upon the University ridicule and laughter from passers-by. To all intent and purposes the icehouse is on University property. Untrue as this may be, it is not evident to passers-by and they at once connect the University with the distribution f ice.

The Gateway feels that the Utilities District could very well find a nearby corner on which to erect the house without jeopardizing its service to customers in the vicinity of the University and the Covenant hospital.