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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1904)
Dealers Who Sell the Big Machines ry IP -ry. im.in.il iiti J. iiiWii 'wiiiii ' - - 5 . . . MAlJMsilA 3? .1 iw . 1 ,!"'-' .WHERE THE RAMBLERS MAT BE FOUND T. M- BROMWELL'B HEAD QUARTERS AND GAHAGR Way tend to ease of operation and which tnlght add to the ease and comfort of the rider. "Regarding the orlnlon that has gained considerable credence that the prices of the machines will be reduced this season, It is my opinion that such will not be the ease, that the tendency will be to Improve the automobiles at the same price rather than reduce the price. I have given the Situation careful attention and have found that tht Omaha market offers the best to be had at prices that cannot be Improved On elsewhere, and am sure that Intending purchasers will make no mistake by buy ing his machine right here, any of the types Bold here are good. The local sales will in crease many fold so soon as the weather shall have been more settled. Every fac tory Is way behind in Its orders. We re ceived a carload of Ramblers yesterday and had orders for every one of the machines received. The automobile Is here to stay and Is proving Its adaptability more and more every day." Frank W. Bacon, "who 'does a thriving automobile and supply business, says that when a man gets the fever It never wears off. It is Incurable. Therefore if you do riot wish to spend your money for an auto, don't get the fever. "The business Is picking up wonderfully" Bays Mr. Bacon. "The Increase has not been so noticeable In Omaha as It has been In the country. Many persons in the smaller towns and cities have began to Bit up and take notice that they are miss ing a great deal of fun. There is little being done at present to arouse interest In automoblllng by the dealers. In fact, we do not have to do much. The people are taking interest of their own accord. The only difficulty we are experiencing at the present time Is to supply the demand. The demand this season will be much greater than the supply of machines turned out by the factories. Already we hear talk To Rebuild New York .(Continued from Tage Five.) spent for steel spans across the various rivers. The Williamsburg suspension bridge, now Hearing completion, has cost, with the necessary land, which was got by tearing down blocks of houses and closing teeming streets, $20,000,000. For the Manhattan bridge, suspension bridge, the piers for which are being constructed, a like sum Is to be expended. The cantilever Black well's island bridge, also under way, will require $16,000,000; while on minor bridges, affording easier access to the outlying dis tricts of the nortlleust, about $-!,000,000 Is being expended. Btaten Island is the one borough off all by itself. In order to bring it in close touch with its Bisters, the city is shortly to spend $3,000,000 to establish an up-to- date ferry system between it and the Bat tery. Another big municipal water front Im provement, now well under way, is that of nine piers, big enough to accommodate f the largest ships, on the Hudson river water front, at the snug little sum of $9,000,000. The metropollzatlon, so to speak, of the business centers of the city has gone for ward at a wonderful rate since consolida tion. During the first three years J3')9,5M,X was spent for all kinds of buildings In the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx; while since January of 1902 two years and a quarter $159,000,000 has been spent in Manhattan; nearly $r00,000,000 for building in Ave years and a quarter in only two bor oughs. During this period 196 office buildings, costing $46,000,000, have been erected on Manhattan Island Office building in New Tork is another way of saying skyscraper, and skyscraper means a building ten stories r over in height How many skyscrapers there are in New j i il i mi ii----- A A. SAA SAAA-AAji -ifcv.y J, J. DERIQHT IN ONE OF ITIS of a shortage, and it is my opinion that many persons before fall will bo calling for machines who will not be able to se cure them. The demand for second-hand machines Is very great; In fact, much greater than can at present be supplied. Good second-hand autos are now selling at about 25 per cent off from list price, but of course where the condition is not good the price Is not so high. At present 100 or more machines are owned in this city, and there will probably be fifty additional Bold before fall. In the territory tributary to Omaha the sales of this season will probably reach 100 machines from this City." Mr. Bacon handles the Imperial and the Marr autocar. He also manufactures ma- Tork it Is impossible to say definitely. The first was erected around 1891. The years following they were sandwiched along lower Broadway among buildings of ordi nary height; even up to 1899 nearly all were on lower Broadway. Now they are every where. Lower Broadway is a lane between two almost unbroken towering walls. The side streets in the financial districts are lined with them, and they have now turned the tables and small buildings are sand wiched among them. Walk on any street leading off Broadway as far up as Forty second street and you will not take many steps before you run across "scrapers" aplenty. Tho development of the residential sec tions of the various boroughs has also been consuming millions. Since 1W9, excluding the Bronx for the last two years, 6,676 tene mentsthe term used in the law havo been erected at a coM of a little less than $200,000,000 in Manhattan and the Bronx alone. The majority of these buildings have been modern apartment houses from six to twelve stories in height. Over 800 have been erected in Manhattan, mostly on the upper West Side, since 1902. That region, like the Bronx, Is now torn from center to circumference with building op erations, and the last of the squatter houses are disappearing with the quickness of snow under a summer sun. Since consolidation the federal govern ment has authorized tho expenditure, In round numbers, of $20,000,000 within the greater city's limits. The greater part o? these millions Is being spent on the harbor. Four millions of dollars alone are being expended to shorten by five miles the entrance chan nels from the sea. Half this sum, plus $500,000, is being expended on two Impor tant channels Just insido the Narrows. The government is giving particular at tention to Governor's island, headquarters of the general commanding the Department of the East Nearly $2,000,(100 bus been set - 4 vn .PvL l . en.. r-r t ONE OP THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS OP TARTS AND REPAIRS 13 F. W. 1IALW. r . . ;: : -i 'v 11: A J K1- - ST . 3 Yf'f BIG THOMAS GASOUNE CARS. chines and supplies. His trade on supplies Is very heavy and extends to all parts of the United States. Several orders from England have been satisfactorily filled, for reorders have been received, and an ex ceptionally largo one came to hand Just a few days ago from across the water. The cars owned In this city range In price from $G00 to $4,000. Mr. C. Corkhlll oftho Oldsniobllo com pany at Eleventh and Farnam streets, when Interviewed on the subject, smiled broadly and rubbed his hands. "We have a good year before us," he said, "very good. Our chief difficulty Is getting the machines to supply the demand. We ure having a great call for four-seat city rigs of the gasoline type. And not only lu aside to reclaim from the sea and add to the Island 101 acres of land, which will make the island about four times iU pres ent size. Within the last five years the forts that guard New York from the sea have had tens of thousands of dollars spent on them. Tho heaviest Improvements have been made at Fort Hamilton, where acres of adjoin ing land have been added to the fort until its clrcumfcrenco is at least five miles in length. The new custom house, which will be the biggest structure of its kind In the world, Is to cost, approximately, $0,000,000, and $2,000,000 has been appropriated for branch offices In the new terminals of the Pennsylvania and New York Central rail roads. Tills stupendous development Is not purely a materialistic affair. Art, science, educa tion, the sense of beauty and the sense of pity all are being provided, and more money Is being spent for them than Is spent for similar objects in any other city in the world. Vast sums have been laid out to pro vide lungs for the city in the shape of parks, unimproved open spaces and chil dren's playgrounds. Over $13,500,000 has been spent to acquire land for ten im portant parks in Manhattan alone since consolidation, while a number of smaller open spaces and playgrounds have been provided on the island at a round cost of about $0,000,000. Representative of these parks la Jefferson park, which cost $2,750,000. For several years past Greater New York has spent from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000 an nually for new parks. In 1901 its total ex penditure for this purpose was $5 36,514, while that of tho fourteen next largest American cities combined was under $2,000.0110. Five years ago South Bronx Tnrk was a wilderness. Now It hns been transformed Into the finest eoologlcal garden In the world at a cost of over $1,000,000. Between 1 '.' : i it- Omaha, but from country towns In the .state does the call come. Most of the Inquiries coming to us are for machine! iLising gasoline, the demand for nt camera Beenis dead, and the drawback with cleO tric machines Is the difficulty In obtaining current outside of the cities. For country ' use the lightweight auto seems to be the thing. Yes, It Is going to be u great year for automoblllng." R, R. Kimball, representing the Stcvens J)uryea road car In Nebraska and Council tlluffs, was showing u physician one of Lis machines in his garage the other after noon, when the question of automobiles pi lis discussed with him. ' "I spent the winter and part of tho Spring at Ormond beach, Florida," said Mr. JiLlmbuli, "and wlillo there I decided to take up the business, being fully satisfied frith the practicability of the automobila fes a means of locomotion, botli for business End pleasure. The tendency to make the lachine a factor In business is a growing pne and will, In my Judgment, continue to row. "I am not on advocnto of excesslva speed and believe that some of the maker have made a mistake by placing on tha market machines with which speed may bo obtained at tho sacrifice of durability. Ot the professions I think the men of medi cine ure particularly being enrolled on the list of chauffeurs. Iiy the very nature of their business the automobile fills a long felt want. It lias passed the y pel I mental stage and Is a practical thing In the busy workaday world. We have a machine In the Stevcns-Duryca a happy combination of all that is desirable In that class of cnr. At Florida It won most of tho races of its class and at Boston came off with colors flying In the hill-cllmbing contests. Cheap machines are fast becoming obso lete; they have outlived their usefulness and will soon be a thing of the past." $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 is being spent for the extension of Riverside Drive in Har lem, and numerous boulevards, costing mil lions, have been built in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Education has had a generous share of the billion and a half. Seventy-five new school buildings and twenty-six addition to old buildings were run up in the years from 1899 to 1902 In tho last two years forty new buildings and additions havo been provided. Thirty millions were spent for new schools and sites from, 1899 to 1903, and In the present year $7,000,000 will be spent. The banner year was 1902, when tha figures ran to $8,000,000 a far greater sum than any other city has ever spent In on year for new schools in the world's history. In a few years New York has equipped Itself with the second largest university in America Columbia. It is only half fin ished, but already about. $13,000,000 has been spent for land and buildings, a good half of the amount within the last five years. I'lans are now under way for spend ing another $2,000,000. New York university has erected a fino group of new buildings at a cost cf be tween $5,000,000 and $0,000,000, and the col lege of the city of New York is now spend ing anywhere from $3,000,000 to $r,000,000 oa its plans for a splendid home. An educational Institution which will put all Its rivals in the world to shame when it Is finished is the American Museum of Natural History. Two and a quarter mil lions have been spent on the building alone, although It Is only quarter finished, but It Is already the largest museum In the world. The entlro square in which it is situated will ultimately be covered by tha museum at a cost to exceed $10,0u0,000. libraries are springing up all over tho city. Fifty Carnegie libraries are now being built at a cost of $5,200,000; nnd tho now home of tho New York public library Will cost $5,000,000. RAYMOND M. THOMAS. m v c