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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 19. 1007.
NEWS- OF THE BUSY HOME BUILDERS
IlUllES IX GREAT DEM AND Nt)V
Mors Than Iter tbs Vint" of Van Tumi
tn Buildiae.
CONTRACTORS HAVE PLENTY OF WORK
Oritral Sows of the (inllil U that All
Arc Ilasr and that Sm Pro
posals Arc tiring Mud
Kvrrf l)r.
The arrival of spring- during the last
w'k has given hulUing; activities lit
Omaha an Impetus that makes the city a
very ant hill nf workers building- homes
anj othfr structures. It Is well known
that tlio eol'l of winter put but a slight
tamper on the work of getting the build-Ins-
done, but this was more largely done
by men or companies which erected build
ings for investment. The real home builder
who plans his own home with his wife
after having carefully sr lected a site, this
type of builder does not really "get busy"
until the warmer weather has put Into
his heart tha fever of the builder of a
home.
The last few pleasant days have taken
people out In numbers to view pros
pective sites for homes and architects and
contractors have done a rushing business.
"Bill" Paxton's cow will have to find
fresh fields and pastures new. The lot on
which the faithful animal has nipped the
succulent clover for lo these many years
Is to be used by Mr. Paxton as a site for
a row of modern apartment houses. The
houses will have a frontage of the entire
2W feet on Farnam street, between Twenty-fifth
and Twenty-sixth streets. They
will be three stories high and entirely
modern throughout. They will cost be
tween (100,000 and $125,000.
The expansion of that part of the city
lying toward the Country club and Ben
son Is very great at present. A ride to
that thriving Suburb ahows a Urge num
ber of handsome suburban homes along
the line.
A handsome row of modern houses is
being built at Thirty-fifth and Harney
streets by Ernest Sweet The first Is
now nearlng completion. They will cost
from $3.5oO to 15,000, will be modem
throughout and finished In hard wood, both
ipstairs and downstairs. They will be
equipped with mantles and will hare light
ing fixtures of the latest design and pat
tern. Mr. Sweet la also starting a double
brick dwelling at Twenty-fourth avenue
and Harney street. It will ooet 8.00O.
City Building Inspector Wlthnell has
called the attention of architects and. build
ers to the fact that sprinkling plants for
fire protection cannot be Installed In any
building without taking out a permit from
the city. It la necessary to have the ap
proval of the city official on work of this
kind.
The warm weather of the last few days
has started a demand for electrio fans. The
electrlo firms of the city report an Increase
In the aale of this sort of comfort over any
other year.
"A fan is really a very good investment
ior a home from, a sanitary point of viaw
well as for comfort," said Mr. Kerr of
e Wolfe-Lovett Electrical company, "A
fan twelve Inches in diameter can be pur
I chased for $16 and costs, only M-cent an
hour to operate. It la the best thine la the
world for ventilating the house and of
course the comfort afforded by the fan In
the hot summer months Is known too well
to need any elucidation."
The residence of M. Kellner near the
Field club Is rearing completion. T. M.
H&mling has closed a contract (or putting
In the tile floors of the vestibule and bats,
room. He will also install a mantle.
Colonel J. W. Thomas, former fire and
police commissioner. Is having plans drawn
for a home to be built on Harney street,
between Thirty-eighth street and Thirty
eighth avenue. It will be finished In hard
wood, will be entirely modern throughout
and will coat in the neighborhood of $3,000.
The Omaha Tent and Awning company
reports a heavy demand for awnings on
residences. This demand has com; rather
suddenly with the coming of warm weather
and the northerly course of the sura A
first-class awning coats from 13 to K ac
cording to the size of the window, this be
ing the price for the awning complete and
in place. The Omaha Tent and Awning
company placed a large awning fifty-five
feet in lergth In front of the clothing store
of Earn Adler, 1121-23 Farnam street, during
the last week.
A larre force of men has been at work
during the last week laying the foundation
of the new Conn building on Sixteenth
street, between Capitol avenue and Daven
port streets. The foundations are being
laid very deep and bread. The building Is
to be entirely fireproof and is to be con
structed so that two adidtlonal stories can
be added to the four to be erected now.
The Heal Estate exchange building at
Eighteenth and Farnam streets will be fin
ished and occupied in a few weeks. The
vestibules, the main entrance and the toilet
rooms are to be provided with tile flours.
F. M. Harallng has the contract for them.
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The "Streets of Paris" show at the Audi
torium Is being wired for electricity by the
Wolfe-Lovett company. Nearly 1.500 In
candescent lights are to be placed.
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Our readers will be well repaid for the
lime spent in studying the design Illustrated
j today, as It must stigsest to them an In
i lerlor arrangement tht la c-nvenient and
plea In?. The wide semi-enclosed porch
! and open cornice give this house an ap
j pesrnnre of size greatly beyond Its actual
: measurements.
I As deigned, the house and porch are
I finished with three-Inch siding.
i After passing through the vestibule we
I enter the reception hall, from which the
' slalts start and which Is connected direct
' with all first floor rooms.
i The large living rocm, with Its many
i windows and cheery flreplcce, needs no fur- j
tlier comment as to Its many desirable feat-
ures.
The dining room Is well lighted by five
windows and Is connected with the kitchen
by a fine large pantry.
The cellar stairs are conveniently placed
between kitchen and reception hall and
has a door opening on grade to the yard.
The second floor has three chambers and
a fine bathroom with linen closet.
In Justice to ourselves and our readers
we would say that our estimates cannot be
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DMA KEEPS MCIl PLACE
Maintain! Etsk Sixth Lett Market of
the World.
THIRD IN TOTAL SH PMZNTS OF ALL GRAIN
Follows Chicago and St. Lssla ana
E Minneapolis and llnlath,
with Shipments Approxi
mating SO,(MM,000 Bushel.
The supremacy of Omaha as one of the
largest and most important grain markets
of the wo! Id Is being maintained, according
to the latest report of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, which gives a com
parison of the business done at the primary
markets of the work! for the three months
ending March 31, 1"T.
Although Omaha ranks only ss the sixth
wheat market of the world for the three
months under review as resards receipts,
this was the position attained last February
and It Is still maintained with a healthy
increase shown In the matter of gross re
ceipts of wheat. Omaha ranked third In
receipts of corn with total receipt of this
grsln during the three months of 7.19S..rt
bushels, which Is almost double the amount
of corn i-ecelved at Kanss City. Chicago
and 8t. louts, only, received more corn
during the period In question.
Omaha Is riven fourth r'ice with' regard
to the receipts of oats, but outranks Kan-
j sis City In this respvet, which gives Kan
: saa City precedence only as to the receipts
of wheat.
The total receipts of all grains at Omaha
ending march 31 was, approximately,
30 00f,000 bushels, giving Omaha fourth
place in the primary markets of th world
. and behind only Chicago, Minneapolis and
Pt. Txmls, with Kansas City far In the
rear.
Third In Total Shipments.
In total shipments of all grain during
the period under review Omaha ranked
third, following Chicago and St. Louis,
but the situation is better revealed when
i JB IIUICU Uiai 111-: anil ii i- ii''ii wmiuiiu
were even In excess of those from Minne
apolis and Duluth, which are the distrib
uting points of the great lakes.
Tho total shipments during the three
months of 1907 wore 13.636,000 bushels, as
compered with 9,!N.5)0 bushels shipped
from Kansas City, and It la expected that
the report of the government bureau for
the four months ending April 30, 19"T, will
show even more flattering comparisons.
HnR5T FLOOR PLAN
I considered as exaot. Those wishing a cor
rect figure for their locality of any of the
, designs can secure one from us, but the
j best way Is to consult with your local con
I tractor and he will give you bis price for
f the building.
We never estimate plumbing as the as
sortment of fixtures and the difference In
cost Is so varied as make It valueless.
The 1907 edition of Twentieth Century
Cottages, a book containing a number of
views and complete flocr plans of moderate
priced dwellings will be sent to any of our
readers upon receipt of 20 cents In stamps.
Address all letters to the Home Builders
Department, Omaha Bee, Omaha, Neb,
Good Advice About Furnaces
Building a new home. In this busy age,
when hustle and energy seem to be like
a contagious disease, it behooves the home
builder to hold himself a little '.n check,
to stop and think and Investigate a little
more carefully about what be intends to do.
The most neglected part of a new home
is usually the furnaoe. Tears ago hun
dreds of furnaces were put in that were
really nothing but a big cannon stove with
a sheet iron Jacket around them, and to
day thousands of the same furnaces are
being Installed which are duplicates of the
original patterns made thirty years ago.
These are now sold under various names,
but In reality they are only a cheap, big
cannon stove. In consumption of fuel they
are about as economical as the old-fssh-lonod
fireplace, where 90 per cent of the
heat passed up through the chimney. If a
contractor Insisted upon buying for you a
piano, draperies or rugs you would be up
In arms about It, but your furnace, one of
the most Important of all your equipment.
Is decided upon by your contractor, who
nine times out of ten puts In the cheapest
or where the rakeoff Is greatest, and as
years go by you pay from IIS to $50 per
year more for fuel. Tou have furnace gas
mingled with pure air and gradually your
health Is undermined. What you spend for
extra fuel, added to doctor bills and your
repair bill a. makes the cheapest furnaoe
the most expensive Item in your home.
There are on the market a dosen or more
high-grade furnaces. It is a duty you owe
yourself and family to take time to visit
the best furnace shops and make the fur
nace question a careful study. Don't take
the first furnace you look at Nine times
out or ten you take the cheapest offered
and usually two sixes smaller than your
home requires. A good rule to follow In
buying a furnace is to buy a size larger
than the house actually requires, a fur
nace adapted to burn economically any
kind of fuel and a furnace that is abso
lutely gas-tight, with as few Joints as pos
sible, and a furnace that will burn the
carbon monoxide which in most furnaces,
when not mixed with oxygen, passes out
of the chimney in unconsumed gases. This
is often as high as 40 per cent of the energy
of the fuel used, which, when mixed with
oxygen, becomes a combustible gas and
burns readily. In burning hard coal ex
clusively this feature Is not so Important,
as hard coal contains but a small per cent
of free carbon. As a fumsee la Intended
to last a lifetime. It should be especially
adapted to all kinds of fuel and more es
pecially as anthracite fields are limited, and
It Is posslb'y only a ques'lon of time be
fore the price will practically limit the use
of It to the wealthy.
The labor situation Is quiet In Or Jiha and
both employers and employes are satisfied
with conditions as they exist. The men are
getting good wages, bolter than they have
ever received bffore. Work Is very plenti
ful and everybody who wants work has It.
There snis to be Just a nicely adjusted
condition of supply and demand, and while
every man has work, contractors have no
particular difficulty in getting mm. I ast
Sunday work wts gring on In a goodly
number of b'llldlr.gs In Omaha. Tills, it Is
said, will continue while the present great
stress of building ccntlnues. and many men
will work Surdays as well as every day.
, Another Improvement to Omaha hotels
T as been decided upon A five-story annex
lo the old Ilenehsw hotel on Farnam street,
between Fifteenth a.il Sixteenth streets!
will be bulit The re nrntrm.ted hotel will
have a frontage on Farnam street of
e!ghty-ight feet a'd by the improvement
110 rooms will U- addej. The h te! s'tuat'on
in Oir.aha has been admittedly vtry bad for
years, thera bcir.g no first-c!ns hotel in
keeping with the s sa and business Impor
tance cf the city.
The Rutherford A Jrr.svn Wall Paper
company reports a very ext-iioidlraiy ac
Uvtty In the wr.y of rem vdellng of homes
111 ovtr the city. A finer grade of all pu
rer In Uing Uemanced, wltij less borders
1 an Inclination t(-J paneling on the
The weak Juat closed has seen an extraor
dinary number of building permits filed at
the office of the building Inspector. It Is
notable that most of these are for dwellings
ruriging In value from fl.000 to $5,000. It In
dicates that the present Is an era of home
builders who are building for .themselves
and on a firm foundation. It indicates that
the present great building activity Is sub
stantial and lasting, that it Is being dene
by the great middle class of the people who
form the backbone of every community.
The contract for the new Paxton A
Gallagher building has Just been let. The
work will be done by the Capitol City
Brick and Pipe company. The building will
be of the same general style as the Nash
building, which was constructed for the
M. E. Smith company and will be a very
s'll'd brick structure. The work Is to be
started June 1, end the contract calls for
completion by November, so that as soon
as the work la under headway It will be
pushed with all possible speed.
Benson will have a number of buildings
this season. W. J. Culkln has contracted
for sn attractive modern Bungalow to be
built st corner Clark and McKlnley streets
H. r. Frankfurt, who drew the plans and
who Is making a speelslty of residence, re
ports that there will be a number of homes
of the Bungalow type built this seison.
A group of six new houses is being
finished by C. R. Glover A Son at South
Twenty-first and Spring streets, and will
be ready In about two weeks.
The residences, which were put up for an
Investment, bsve all the modern con
veniences snd represent an Investment of
ahot:t IU.C0O.
The six fists at the corner of Forty
second and Iiard. owned by Dr. 8. P. Mer
cer, are now belna- wired for electric ligt.ts
by the American Electrlo company.
The contract fur the special fixtures an.1
satire wiring of the (lata which are being
erected at the Corner of Twenty-Ninth and
Jackson streets, by the Misses Cook, has
Just been awarded. The American Electric
company will do the work.
Otis of the modern conveniences and
necessities is an abundant supply of fresh
water, which is obtained by using large
fl'.trr.-, which clear and rurlfy all the water
entering the house. Cy lo.oovlr.g all iir.
purities and sediment In the water the life
of the plumbing and heating system is
prolonged. Among recent sales of the
Bowden filters by Milton Rogers & Sons
Co.. are J. M. Daugherty, E. M. Coffin, The
John Beno company. Council Bluffs; Cap
tain Lawrence and A. I. Root. Many others
are In successful operation in this city.
The contract for furnishing and installing
the electric lighting fixtures In the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer soldiers at
Hot Springs, South Dakota, has been
awarded to the Burgess-Granden company.
The amount of the contract is $2,532. There
were about thirty bidders from all parts
of the country figuring on this work. It
will require about fixtures to fill this
contract
The new high school at Manning. la., has
Just placed an order with The Johnson-Rowe-Paly
company for a complete system
j of plumbing, heating and venUlating.
Contrsrt for installing the new kitchen
: appliances at the power plant In the new
' Young Men's Christian ase.-viatlon building
j In connection with their artcs an well.
I which, will be operated by an elabirite ar
j rangement of al- compressors, steam.
i-uioi'.. pneumatic lanKs and exhaust
system, has been let to the Johmf..n,-Rowe-Dsly
company.
CREIGH NAM'S HIS STAFF
Sew Department rommnnser of
r"ss Army ef Nebraska
Appoints Aldem
The Omaha delegation to the Grand Army
of the Republic encampment at Fremont
has returned much plessed with the result
cf the election of T. A. Cre'gh as depart
ment commander for the ensuing year. De
partment Commander Creiph announces the
following ruff Appointments for t-e ens-i-in
yesr: Asitnant adjutant-general. A. M.
Trimble of IJneoln: lnictor-gneral. J. F.
Dner of Syracuse; Judge advocate, Jacob
Fawcett of Omaha: chief mustering offlcei-,
J. F. Tyler of Hasting,; patriotic Instruc
tor. Brad P. Cook of Lincoln, and chief of
Maff, A. W. Taylor of St. Edwards.
Positive Rnn Over nud Killed.
KANSAS CITT, May 18. A man believed
to be L. L. Ham, formerly a bookkeeper
in the employ of the Kingston Lumber
company of Meridian, Miss., said to be
wanted on a charge of embexzlement. was
run over and killed by a freight train at
Second and Main streets today. The dead
man was 35 years old, had a sandy mus-
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tsche snd hair, was five feet eisht Inches
tall and weighel lt prninl. A reward of
$l.Mi Is said to have bcn offered for the
srrest of Hum It Is not known whether
the man committed suicide or rva asleep
on tho track. A nvn named Stewart, wh i
sys he knw H.im. st.fd to.Uy aftr
tt.e holy had hen f 'titul. that h had in
tended to em render the mar. to the poll -e.
MOVE AGAINST GARBAGE MEN
Proctlee of Damping Refnae on Va
cant Lota Most Re
Stopped.
First blood In the campaign against the
practice cf dumping garhe snd refuse on
vacant lots In all sections or the city wss
drawn Friday evenlrg by the Pyron Reed
company, when Frank Dwyer, 3120 Maple
street, was arrested about 7 p. m. for
dumping a load of manure on a lot under
the control of that company near Eleventh
nrt Nicholas streets and was fined $1 and
costs by Justice of the Peace Cockrell.
Much annoyance has been caused to the
owners of the property abutting on Elev
enth street from Nicholas to Lake street
and drastic action was taken by the Byron
Reed company to put a stop to the prac
tice. A special constable was hired by fhe
real estate company to watch the property
near Nicholas street and Dwyer was the
first victim to appear upon the scene.
It Is alleged that many persons have been
In the habit of dumping garbage and other
refuse on the Eleventh street lots between
the hours of midnight and 6 a. m. and Abe
Leed. manager of the Byron T-terd company.
Is determined to stop the practice.
"We are going to have two more special
policemen sworn In before the mayor this
morning to watch those lots," said Mr.
Reed. "The persons who dump on the lots
are most abusive and dump the garbage
only In the dead of night, but we are going
to break them up if It takes sll summer,
and I have written a letter to Health Com
missioner Connell asking his co-operation."
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up in the attic perhaps for
that comfortable old rockei
the one with tho varnish all off!
Get a free sample can of "Nu
kote" and stain and refinish
the old chair back to its original
color and lustre.
Next morning bring the
chair downstairs and it will
never go back to the attic!
Look about trie hotrse again
and wherever your eye lights
on a dull or dingy spot -a
ecuffed floor scratched or
marred woodwork there is a
use for
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many wyg that "Nukote" can be)
used to brifrhten the home.
"Nukote" twU a hardwood finish
on aoftwood floors a washable, lut
roue and rxrmanent finUh.
ready for mutant use easy to apply. SUlns and
ovtr riitht-will not turn white hides all ucly
gUins will not show heel marks or scratches -wears.
Aik rfrarr far free sampe and pieturt
bookhet, t did with Nukott."
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j MYERS-DILLON" PAINT DEPT. 141(5 Harney Street.
P. H. EIILEKS, 2S02 Leavenworth Street.
CMSSEY'S PHARMACY. 24th nnl Lnl-r. Stroot
.SARATOGA PHARMACY, 24th and Ames Avenue.
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Western Home
Builders
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From
PLANS TO PAINT
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EASY TERMS
The rent you py now ia loat. The
same amount applied under our plan
will make you the owner of your home.
Western Home
Builders
Rooms 22 and 23 Nebraska National
Bank Bldg. 'Phone Douglas 6617.
Persons having uninvested
money will find they can place
it in the Omaha Loan & Build
ing Association (New location
S. E. Cor. 16th and Dodge Sts.) I
to the advantage that it will j
draw them dividends at 6 perl
cent per annum. Call for infor
mation or phone Douglas 463,
also for desirable monthly pay
ment loans.
G. W. L06MIS, President.
0. M. NATTINGER, Sec'y.
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P. M. Hamling
ARTISTIC TILE WORK
Floors, Bath Rooms,
Porchs.
800 South 17th Street.
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MV Sortt 17th SV, Osaaha.
Marvel Steel Furnaces
The only Steel Furnace that lias a smoke burn
ing attachment. This consumes all of the Carbon Monox
ide, turning a poisonous and useless gas into an inflam
able and heat producing gas, by our method of injecting
oxygen into the burning mass of coal. .This is what en
able the users of Marvel Furnaces to cut their coal bills in
two.
Marvel Furnaces have one joint only to be made on the
job. All other furnaces have a dozen or more. "Which do
you think is less liable to leak gasf "Ye can show you a
dozen other reasons why Marvel Furnaces are going to be
the furnaces of the future.
Iron Flower Vases,
Furnace Repairs,
Wafer Fronts.
Omaha Stove Repair Works
1206-1208 Douglas Stccel
Tsl. Douglas 960
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Combination
FIXTURES
L. G. Lowry E. J. Gillespie
American Electric
ti-lectrlc Light
ftcnodn,prr,rr.. tompaLny
1403 Jackson St.
Hrtona Douglas
1451
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ACORN GAS
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Sheet Metal Work of all Kinds-
Tin, Iron, and Copper Roofers
21&-20-22 North 15th St. Telephone 2573
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EDWIN C. BENNETT & COMPANY, fj
Just enough better
ithan the ordinary Gas
Stove to make them
pay for themselves in saving of gas. That's
worth considering isn't it? You know that
fully one-third of your gas bill is caused by
the pressure on the burner. On the Acorn
you control yourself. The Acorn is the
only stove on which thu user, the fellow who pays the
bill, ha this control. Prices $14.00 to $33.09. Excellent
pattern at $16.53, $18.50 and $19.50.
JOHN HUSSIE HARDWARE CO.
Agents for Alaska Refrigerators and Majestic Ranges.
2407 CUMJJG ST. "7 you luy ii of llunu, it s right1
.eCTRICAL
NTRACTINO
NOINCCRS
Complst Conflnlt ystsa with Elsotrle Wiling
Ssslrnsd and Installed for Xalffht snd Fowir.
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Fnoas Song-las S81. 1S09 raraam Strsst.
BEAUTIFY yoUt LAWX WITH OUIt IRON AM) WIRE FEXCK.
1 crifVT B Trolllses and Arbors lor vines, flower guard.
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CHAMPION FENCE COMPANY.
617-619 South 16th Btrsst. Tsl. Doug-las IBMl
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Telephone Douglas 1414
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C. a HAVENS & COMPANY
BUILDING MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS
LIME CEMENT, PLASTER. CRISHFI) ROCK, SAXI), BRICK AND
SEWER PIPE.
Get Our Quotations Rrfore Placing Ordrrs Elsewhere.
Phone Douglas 317 Paxton Block.
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Western Electrical Company
411. 413 South 10th Street
INSTALL WIRING FOR RESIDENCES
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Updike Lumber and Coal Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL f
Wc.v Yard. All Ns.v, Brijhl Stock, Good Grades anl Pnmvf
Delivery
Bring Us Your Bills for Estimate
Office, !in Bee Builiiaj YarJi, 45th and Dodge Sts.
o tat 2473 Harney 737
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CORNEER BROS. CO.
Brick Manufacturers Sand Faced Stock Brick our Specialty
Phone Douglava 432 24th and Dorcas Street