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NELS MORRIS THOUGHT TO BE BUYER
Denl Carried 0 Tarengh T. J. O'Neill,
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On of th biggsst real Mtata deale at
the soason for Bouth Omaha wu mad laat
vck. Tli usual rumor of a nsw packing
rhous la current aa a result, whlla ether
th deal was mad by tha Union
block Yards Company, and may tneaa
either a new packing plant or an xt
alon of the a tuck yarda. Baithaa Jetter
aold to Tbomaa O'Neill, the real eatate
man, fourteen acrra of land, bounded oa
the east by Twenty-Seventh street, on tbe
nest by Twenty-eighth, on the north by
T, and on the south by W. Mr. O'Neill
la regarded aa merely an agent In tha mat
ter, astlng for the Union Stock Tarda
company, or perhaps for Nelaon Morris,
whom rumor haa scheduled time and time
again to erect a packing plant In tha city.
However that may be, the deal la a large
and Important one, and can only mean
eome large Improvement. The consideration
Involved waa IH.O0O, or 12, 42$ an acre.
Trackage can be obtained for tha land
from both tha Rock Ialand and Union
Faclfto roads. Omaha realty men prefer to
think the Union Stock Tarda company
bought tha land, rather than a packing
company. ,
At a meeting of the Real Estate ex
change Wednesday, Fred Weed talked for
a five-story building on tha Haney corner,
but failed to enthuse -tha real estate men
to a degree that a sufficient number of
Ahem would produce tha proposed per
capita amount of cash. Therefore a two
story building will be erected, aaya Mr.
-Wead, and operation are to begin not later
than November L
At the ezohange meeting, Mr.1 Wead pro
poned that the organisation vote to buy
25,000 worth of stock In the Real Estate
Exchange Building company, which would
be about $400 for each member, and would
mean about $1,400 for those who had al
ready taken $1,000 stock. Mr. Wead thought
such action. In addUlon to raising funds
for the structure, would tend to enhance
the value of a membership on the exchange.
This plan waa not deemed advisable by
the exchange, for the reaaon that some
members do not desire to take atock In
the concern, and would be unwilling to
' furnish their share of, the necessary mo ley.
Seventeen per cent la a good Income on
a real estate investment, yet It Is not In
frequent In these days of good times. Last
week one building In the city waa sold
through a local real estate firm, which
will bring an annual rental equal to some
' thing over 17 per cent of the money in
vested. Ten and 12 per cent Investments
are very common In Omaha, and are made
possible by the great demand for houses
for rent. When once building operations
catch up with the Increase of population,
say the realty men, and there la not much
prospect they will do so soon, the lares
'. 7trcentages cannot be obtained. Another
consideration enters In, however, and It Is
tha fact that the sale price of property la
bound to Increase as the city grows.
Tha Omaha Dally News haa let to F. P.
Gould St Bon the contract for the. erection
of Its new building at Seventeenth and
Jackson streets, and promises that work
will be begun there this Week, probably
Monday. According to tha contract, tha
building will be finished and ready for
occupancy by January 1. The building will
be at tha southwest corner of Seventeenth
and Jackson, having a frontage of 100 feet
on Jackson street and eighty feet on Seven
teenth street. It will be two stories In
height and will coat $30,000. As the Dally
News' Intends to occupy the whole building,
It will be constructed strictly with an Idea
to convenience In newspaper work.
The old homestead of Bishop Clarksoa
at Twentieth street and St. Mary's ave
nue haa been platted and will be sold. It
has been divided Into fifteen lota, fronting
on St. Mary's avenue and Jones street.
The property Is owned by Mrs. Nellie C.
Davis, wife of F. H. Davis of the First
National bank, and Mrs. Mary -C. MUls-
paugh, daurhtera of Bishop Clarkaon. The
house on the place, -the old Clarkaon res!
flence. Is the one la which the Davis
DENTISTRY
Tooth Talk No. 63
Reliable dentistry done In a cleanly
ma nner, without pain, at a reasonable
price; this la, briefly upeaklng, what you
get in my omce. By "Meltable Dentistry
I mean dentistry that is couifurtabla and
lasts. "In a cleanly manner" wall, you
know what that means as well as I do.
Tou know what "uni'leanly" means, don't
you? Tou're on.-'ithout pain" means
that I am cariTuf In my operating and
line remedlea to ohtund sensitive dentine.
"At a reasonable price" means that I
charge you according to material and
time used.
I am fully as anxious as you that your
work be physically and financially satis
factory. .
Crown and brldgewqrk a specialty,
DR. FICKES, Dentist. 888 Bee BIdg.
'Phone Douglas 617. -
Now. while life U young. .
Nothing; will contribute to the de
reloDmeat and strenstu of character in
a youth go much aa Industry and self-
denial necessary to accumulate money
in a savings account.
TUG OM411A LOAN AND BUILDING)
ASSOCIATION
New Location, Southeast Corner 18th
anil Dodse,
for the' past, twenty-three years baa
been aiding the Omaha young man
and woman to start aright by taking
hares and making systematic monthly
payments upon them. 1
It la the right channel to secure
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borne or accumulate a fund for Invest
ment. Savings accounts now earn six
per cent per annum dividends.
Pull Information f urothed on appli
cation to
O. M. NATTIXGEn, Secretary.
O. V. LOO JUS Freak cat.
Two . New Buildings in Which Farmers of
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home, which la a short distance to tha
aouth.
Construction on the new Rome hotel at
Sixteenth and Jackson streets will begin
tomorrow by the Capital City Brick and
Pipe company, tha driving of piling now
being practically completed. Tha hotel Is
to be completed by June L It will be Ave
stories In height, and, including the old
Brunswick, which will be operated . aa a
part of the Rome, will cover three slxty-alx-foot
lota. Tha new structure will cost
$100,000.
Patrick Mullen, receiver of the United
States land office at Juneau, Alaska, haa
sold his two-story store and flat building
at 2003-3006 North Twentieth street, through
John N. Frenser, to Margaret Dooley of
PapiUlon. for $5,200.
Hastings ft Heyden's Third addition will
be the name of a new addition which the
firm Is to plat Just west of Its second addi
tion. It consists of two acres, and was
bought a few days ago from C. B. Shackle
ford for $3,500.
O. F. Harrison returned from an eastern
trip last week convinced more firmly than
ever that real estate vaules In the Omaha
business center are very low.
"In the cities which I visited I found
values in the business centers Increasing
very rapidly, and found them higher than
Omaha in cities of the same alse. Of course
one haa to know what the buslneas center
Is, and If he makes a purchase In what
will be the center of business In a few
years, tha present price Is cheap."
Deeds of sale for the ground where the
Webster-Sunderland building stands, at the
northeast corner of Sixteenth and Howard
streets, were placed on record at the court
house Thursday. , The property Is 132 feet
square. , According to tha deeds, the sate
La made July 15, 1905, by ths'Toung Men's
Christian association to the John R. Web
ster company, and James A. Sunderland.
Tha price given la $120,000. of which $5,000
was to be paid down, $45,000 In thirty days,
and $70,000 on demand, with the provision
that no more than $10,000 was to be de
manded In any one month. Another deed
was recorded, transferring the undivided
three-fourths of this property from the
John R. Webster company to John R. Web
ster for ISO, 000. A mortgage on the corner
for $135,000, held by the Northwestern Mu
tual Life Insurance company, wu also
filed.
LECTURE TRAIN TO SOUTH
Specials, Sack as Wntera Farmers
Hits Introduced, la Dixie y
Illinois Central.
For tha first time the Illinois Central
railroad will operate a farmers' special
train south of the Ohio river. For sev
eral years the railroads of the north have
run seed and soil specials through the
middle west states and now farmers of
the south are to be given the benefit of
lectures on meUods of Increasing the di
versified crops of Dixie land. As farming
In the south diners materially from the
north the talks will be of an entirely dif
ferent nature.
The special train will start from Herando,
Mlaa., October t, and will terminate at
Memphis ten days later. The course will
be south through Mississippi and Louisiana
via Jackson to a point near New Orleans
and then north over the Tasoo ft Missis
sippi Valley line. The train will be stopped
and lectures delivered at about ninety
seven stations. In some placea town halls
will be used. There will be talks and
tests by the following:
Prof. J. C. Hardy, president of the Mis
sissippi Agricultural and Meohanlcal col
lege; Prof. W. L. Hutchlnaon, director of
tbe Mississippi Agricultural Experiment
station; Walter Clark, president of the Cot
ton a rowers' association; H. K. Blakeslee,
commissioner of agriculture and Immigra
tion; Charles Bchuler, commissioner of agri
culture and Immigration of Louiainla, and
Prof. W. R. Dodson, director of the
Louisiana Agricultural Experiment station.
To tbeee. have been extended Invitations
to accompany the train: James Wilson,
secretary of agriculture; former (Governor
W. D. Hoard of Wisconsin, Prof. P. O.
Holden of Iowa and Prof. C. O. Hopkins,
the soli expert of tha University of Illi
nois.
DEMAND STILL FOR LABOR
Call fer Men Does He Cease with
Eaalna- ef the Harvest
Season.
The period for shipping men to tha har
vest fields from Omaha la over, but tbe
labor agenciea still have a greater demand
for men than they esn fill. Railroads can
not get enough men, and farm laborers are
scares. A local labor agent saya ha could
end out dally for railroad work la Da
kota, Wyoming. Montana and Colorado
twice ss many men as are available. There
la also a big demand for quarry men.
bridge men. graders and eooka for ceo
structlon gmnga.
Ante Tire riant.
The Omaha Automobile Tire company has
opened a shop at tni Farnam street with
a complete vulcanising and tire repair
plane The owners of the bunlneea are
rieraen wneeiocx ana inoya nrnn, th
former Having been formerly witti the
Karbach Automobile and Vehicle company
and the latter with the Powell Automobile
company aa tire man.
Orig Thief Arrestee.
Chris Anderson, who was arrested a few
days ago on the charge of attempting to
run away with a satchel belonging to a Mr.
Clark at Union station, appeared before
the people's bar Saturday morning smd
wan sentenced to tea days In jail for his
escapade. Clark gave cliase and captured
Anderson, obtaining his satchel, so no uar-
titular damage - done except te Ander
son.
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SAN FRANCISCO'S JUNK PILE
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Tuk of Clearing the Euidi Qoinc Forward
Viesronslj!
OBSTACLES IN THE PATH OF PROGRESS
Labor and Material Prices Boosted
to the Prohibitive Point Per
manent Bwtldlnn- Projects
nt n Standstill.
Few parsons away from San Franclsoo
and who have had ao opportunity of see
ing conditions exactly as they are in that
city, have the slightest conception of the
amount of work Involved In clearing away
the debris which resulted from the disas
ter of April IS. Many visitors receive the
Impression that nothing Is being done,
because they see lot Innumerable covered
with debris, and In some places the streets
almost In the same condition.
Shortly after the f re one of the largest
contractors on tha Pacific Coast reviewed
the situation and declared that with the
most modern and best of appliances, and
with all the men and teams that could be
utilised, It wouft require eleven months of
steady work to remove the debris from
San Francisco. The work that has been
done has been tinder conditions not as fav
orable as those promised by the contrac
tor, yet the result Is most appreciable and
most gratifying.
It must be remembered that the debris
covers aa area of J.R60 acres. Nearly five
hundred city blocks and thirty-six miles
of streets were covered with debris, con
sisting bf brick, v stone, mortar, ashes, and
structural steel. It Is estimated that there
were six and a half billion bricks In the
ruins of San Francisco. These brick
placed end to end would encircle the world
thirty times. To haul these bricks with
two-horse wagons would require thirteen
thousand loads.
It Is estimated that there were something
like four million cubto yards of concrete
used In the territory devastated. This will
weigh five and a quarter million tons a
fairly heavy load to be carted away.
Take with these brick and concrete all the
building stone, terra cotta, and marble,
and It will be seen that considerable work
Is to be done before It can be all hauled
away from Ban Franclsoo. For nearly
three months this debris has been taken
away at the rate of more than 100 carloads
a day. Not all of it by the railroads; It
has been going In constant processions of
wagons from all parts of the city and has
been utilized to fill low ground, ralae road
beds, t make new land on the bay front,
form foundation for railroad 'track and
bridge work, In fact in a hundred waya
It has been carried out of the burned dis
trict to help some other section.
Steel Jink.
Building steel Is a most obstinate ma
terial, when it comes to tearing It down
from a wrecked building. The system
atic ease with which Immense steel beams
are handled when, tbe building Is under
construction Is a dream, but the removal of
that same steel when It Is twisted and
distorted by fire is a nightmare. U takta
time and most wonderful patience. It has
been estimated by dealers in Iron and
steel that the steel debris of San Francisco
Is worth as Junk $20,000,000. This means
that there are about 2.000,000 tons of this
twisted, bent and distorted metal to be
removed from the ruins. To dismantle a
six story steel frame requires something
like a month's time.
Besides the heavier material there are
75.0000,000 square yards of plastering, many
million yards of stucco work In ornamenta
tion, ashes from millions upon millions of
feet of lumber, from all the furniture of a
great district, the stoves, ranges, water
and gas piping, plumbing material and
builder's hardware, melted Into great con
glomerate masses by the heat, and holding
In their cohesion masses of brick and stone
to such an extent that they have to be
operated by the use of dynamite; the
queensware, glassware and table ware of
all of thoae homes which; went up In
smoks, and the window glass In the thous
ands of windows which melted end ran
all over th debris covering It with a glaso
equal to that of any ceramlo oven.
Clearing and cleaning the ruins is a
mighty task and Ban Francisco is equal to
It.
Obstacles te Rebatlalnar.
Problems far mere serious than removal
of debris rise menacingly In the way of
San Francisco's rebuilding. Labor and
material have advanced to a point regarded
as prohibitive by many lot owners. This
phase of the situation has become acuta,
forcing local nswspapers to utter warnings
against the policy of sque&se. Editorially
the Chronicle of September 10 reviews the
situation and sets out present conditions
in the labor and material market. It con
fesses that permanent building projects
have eome to a standstill. Buildings only
partly destroyed are being restored aa
rapidly as possible, whatever the cost.
"Very likely, now end then.' says the
Chronicle, "a venturesome person may
start new work on a first clsse building-.
The majority of owners will not do ao.
They will lease their land or put up shacks.
No owner caa figure out a profit In rent
ing buildings at present cost, and until they
can there will be very little permanent
building. A day or two ago we gave aa
Instance where certain stone Work had
originally cost In round numbers $11,000,
but for replacing It the lowest offer waa.
in round numbers. ltl,uuo. This was a
very extreme case and seems ' hardly
credible, but we had the owner of the prop
erty for authority. Here Is a definite case
which anyone can verify. The original ooat
of all the marble work of the Merohante
Exchange building was tlis.ooa There was
a salvage of the marble amounting to
SUNDAY BEEt SEPTEiffiER 16, 1908.
$26,000. The new material and the replac
ing of that saved ahould therefore cost
$100,000, at wages and prices prevailing be
fore the nre. The lowest bid for it was
$167,000 an Increase of 7 per cent. There
Is as much marble as ever. The freight
rates are unchanged. What Is the cause
of this advance of 87 per cent In cost? It
Is either In labor or In contractors' profits,
and contractors Insist that not only are
they making no more money than formerly,
but that they hardly dare take contracts
at any price, not knowing what prices they
may have to pay for labor. Some contrac
tors are refusing to do business except at
owner's risk of higher labor- prices.
AvSerlons Situation.
We might as well look the situation
squarely In the face. San Francisco will
not be permanently rebuilt while labor
conditions remain aa they ', ere, because
tenants cannot pay the rents which will be
required. There will be no trouble about
our' Jobbing trade and foreign commerce,
for that business can be done In shacks,
but our activity within the c'ty must teas
with the completion of the temporary
work. Industrie certainly will not locate
here to be In continual warfare with their
employes or else make the cost f their
product too high to enable it to be sold In
competition with other manufacturing cen
ters. The people of this city, and espe
cially the labor unions, must look the sit
uation In the face, and do It now. Plana
for a great number of class A buildings
re In preparation. Some have advanced
to tbe contracting- point, but the contracts
are not being let. One large property
owner, D. O. Mills, who has fash In
abundance, but who does not live in this
city, says that he can employ his money
In the east to far better advantage than
to reconstruct his buildings here at pres
ent prices, and' that is what he Is doing.
A great number of leases ' have already
been made; because ..the; owners them
selves were too proud to put up shacks,
or did not care to bother with them.
Shacks can pay good ground rente, but
contribute little to the labor market and
nothing to the appearance of the city.
"Before the fire wages In this city were
higher than In any other commercial city
In the world, and living was cheaper than
In any other city In the United States. It
was the paradise of labor, and yet the
city was prosperous. Recognising that
fact, the Building Trades' Council made
a publlo pledge that wages In the building
trades should not be Increased. So far as
we know, that pledge still stands, and
stsnds ' unredeemed. The Building; Trade
Council, If we have correctly kept the run
of Its action, stands committed to the
wage scale as It existed before the fire,
and many, and perhaps most of Its com
ponent unions, stand officially committed
to a higher scale. Who Is authorised to
speak for the unions T Is anybody so au
thorized? What assurance has a contrac
tor or owner that after he has started a
building, to cost $100,000, there will not be
a rslse in materials and labor, which will
make It cost $150,000 or more? Those
things must be settled before permanent
building will begin on any Important scale,
and so settled that there can be no mis
understanding. Of course, labor Is not the
only factor In the rise, but It Is the most
Important, for all material, except tbe
natural products of the earth, la labor.
There are those In control of materials,
however, who are seeking ' to unduly
profit at our expense, and they also must
understand that their prices will not long
be paid."
NO RECEIVER FOR THE DREXEL
Jndate Mnnsrer Declines to Appoint
Cnstedlan for the Hotel
Property.
Judge Munger haa refused to appoint a
receiver to take over the property known
as the Drexel hotel on the application of
Louis B. Scherb, who owns the lot upon
which the building standi. Scherb leaaed
the ground to Frederick Drexel for a
period of years, at ths expiration of which
time he was to pay Drexel the value of
the buildings thereon, Drexel in the mean
time paying $1,700 a year rent and agreeing
to pay tha tsxes and special assessments.
Drexel sold his lsaae and contract to John
H. Harte. The contract having expired.
th men appointed appraisers, but no value
has yet been plsced upon the building.
Scherb then applied for a receiver, holding
the taxes had not been paid and the build
ing had been sold for tsxes. Th time of
redemption, he alleged, expires next May.
The decision of Judge Munger Is without
prejudice to the filing of a new applica
tion. OMAHA DIOCESAN CHANGES
Re. F. W. McCarthy Sneeeees Very
Rev. D. W. Merlnrty in Irre
movable Keetorshtn.
Bvreral change In th stations of priests
In the Omaha dlocees have been (decided
on. The moat Important 1 th Irremovable
rectorship at Jackson, mad vacant by
th resignation of Very Rv. D. N. Mor
larty. Rev. P. F. McCarthy of Omaha ha
been appointed to th vacancy and will
take charge of the pariah on th Hlh InaL
Father McCarthy ha labored la th
Omaha diocese since hi ordination In 1877,
th greater part of the time et St Phllo
mena's cathedral and lately as chaplain at
St. Mary's seminary.. Father Moriarly's
station ha not been determined "on. Rev.
William Keerna. assistant at St. Phllo-
mena's cethsdral during the absence of
Rev. P. A. McOovern. goes to th mis
sion at Wayne, succeeding Rev. T. P.
Haley. Th latter Intends entering tbe
Novitiate of th Pauliat Father at Wash
ington, D. C, to prepare himself tot gen
eral missionary work.
Nebraska Have an Interest
FOUNDATION FOR NTE-BCHN KIDER-FOWLER ELEVATOR.
KITCHEN OF MODERN HOME
Some Loxurist That Make the Oook'i Lift
0ns Loot: Eream.
METAMORPHASIS DU. F0 MAN'S PROGRESS
Sanitation and Ventilation Achieved
with I'teaaila and Fnrnltnre
Qt the Utmost I'tlltty
and Convenience.
The woman or man either, for that mat
ter, who cannot extract aa hour of genuine
delight as well as much profitable . Infor
mation from an inspection of the modern
model' kitchen, may put It down that she
or he Is not only, lacking" In the domestic
instinct, but deficient also lu appreciation
of the aesthetic and of the accomplish
ment of science and experience in elimin
ating aome of the moss perplexing and dis
agreeable details from one of the most
perplexing departments of the household.
So absolutely complete is this modern cul
inary department that even the Imagination
could supply little beyond a successful
automatic dish-washer and a pivot upon
which an automatic cook might revolve
amid the numberless convenience that are
all within aa arm's length from the oven
door. '
While commercialism continues to stimu
late competition, there will, of course, con
tinue to be new things in the way of
utensile which housekeepers will continue
to Introduce into their kitchens, but even
at this stage la its evolution the' kitchen
has progressed ' so far toward perfection
that even the traditional "large and airy"
kind, that was one of the most Important
department at grandmother a, and which
produced that long list of substantial
and goodies, is no longer the Ideal. As a
matter of fact, one of the chief point
la which the modern kitchen differs from
the old la In Its sis. Where room .and
windows were formerly counted essentials.
compactness is desired now. And as for
windows, one Is all that la necessary, or
even desirable, for the fumes are carried
off by patent devices, electricity affords all
th light necessary and In Just the place
where It Is wanted, while fresh air Is sup
plied, by sources that do not endanger the
evenness of the oven' heat. The old-time
pantry with It flour and meal bins. Its
row of shelves laden with cans and Jars
and tin things. Its rows of Iron skillets
and on that bottom shelf Just off the floor,
Its Iron kettles that did dally service for
boiling potatoes or meat or almost any
thing else that necessitated long cooking
on top of the stove this, with all It equip
ment Is no longer a necessary adjunct to
the well appointed culllnary department.
Even the cellar, that one-tlmextndlspensl-ble
annex to the lrltchen. Is no longer abso
lutely necessary or at least. Its usefulness
has been so far curtailed that It bear
little resemblance to the cellars of old.
So complete ha been this readjustment
and so nearly has every necessity been
supplied that It requires only means today
to supply almost absolutely complete
equipment.
To begin wKh, the modol kitchen of to
day has tiled walls and floor.and these, by
the way, are preferably white. This Is by
no means uncommon In the modern home,
but where tile Is not used the bst sub
stitute Is the hardwood floor and white
enamel walls. Some kitchens have a tiled
wainscoting with the enamel above. The
oilcloth or enamel paper In tiled designs
is another popular wall covering, and any
and all of these will wash off, and so that
most Inexorable of modern demands, per
fect sanitation, may be compiled with.
Any of the plumbing that la exposed should
be nickel-plated, for this is least suscepti
ble to the action of steam and other mois
ture Incidental . to a kitchen. The white
porcelain or enamel-lined sink is in such
common use that almost every on Is fa
miliar with Its ronvenlence, and to this la
added one or two wings or drain boards
attached at either end. These, too, are
finished in white enamel or porcelain, and
the under part Is all open, leaving no trap
for dust or other undesirable accumula
tion. Of course the sink Is equipped with
hot and cold water, the former bolng sup
plied wun th assistance or tne rurnace or
house heating plant or, the coaf range In
winter, and by a gas attachment In sum
mer. But this, too, 1 a familiar con
venience. Th position of. the hot wator tank Is
determined by the source from which It
Is heated. A third faucet, to which I at
tached a filter. Is also located above the
Sfilmer & Chase Go.
Bonders of Msdsro Houses
MBs it ever to humble
There's no place like borne."
Toor means moat determine Che
sise of your Investment. &appi
neaa and contentment is quite as
often found 1n a cottage as a
palace. Draw a pencil sketch of
the bouse you would build. Wo
develop Ideas and relieve yoti f
all the details of cons tr notion.
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sink. Because of the care that It requires,
the filter is usually easily accessible, but
It is sometimes located In a shallow closot
In the wall and tapped by a faucet located
In some convenient place, usually over tho
sink or In the butler's pantry.
The combination gas and coal range Is
one of the chief Joys of the modern kitchen.
It Is large, to be sure twice a large as
the ordinary gas range but It does not take
up as much room as a gaa and a coal rang
would. It Is two distinct stoves built side
by side In one, the gas at the right and th
coal nt the left end. The top Is low and
each stove may have four or more holes.
Each has an oven below and the coal range
haa a broiler. Projecting from the metal
bark over the coal range Is a warming
oven, while beside It is the elevated broiler
of the gas range. Over the top of all Is a
canopy or hood ventilator, which carries
off all the fumes and the steam arising
from the stove. From each of the ovens
and the broiler ample ventilating pipes
connect with the hood, and by this mean
the kitchen Is relieved of all the odor,
smoke and the more or less greasy steam
Incidental to It. Ventilation. Is further
aided by that accompanying the houae
heating plant, while some of the emaller
kitchens have an electric fan that draws
off the heat and another fan that pro
vide a draft.
The kitchen cabinet la one of the marvels
of the uninitiated and has the virtue of
being a handsome piece of furniture as well
a a practical convenience. It Is this tri
umph in the cabinet maker's art that has
usurped the function of the old-time pantry.
Below,' It Is fitted with flour, meal and
sugar bins, some of them even having a
sifter built In the bin which aocommodate
fifty pound of flour. A moulding board
that slides In out of the way when not In
use,a and a like board for general use,
takes the place of the old table. Another
compartment provides for all the cooking
utensils, while behind the doors above are
row and rows of little earthenware Jar
Just the right size and all labeled for every
kind of spice, for coffee, tea and every-
thing else that one needs.
The refrigerator Is one of th most costly
and Important feature of the model house.
Preferably, It Is built In the house and In
an apartment opening off the kitchen. This
takes the place of the old-time cellar, the
ordinary refrigerator and several other
things. The Ice Is deposited from the out
side and it ("rains Into the sewer, thu
.. mating several nuisances. Of course
It Is very large If the needs of tho vMly
require. Its details differ according to its
make, but usually It Is lined with heavy
plate glass differently treated. This makes
perfect sanitation possible. It I provided
with numerous compartments, so arranged
that such things as are susceptible to the
odor of other things may be stored without
danger of contamination. There are deep
dry boxes for cold storage and another
compartment for wines and the like.
As for the utensils used about this model
kitchen, they leave little to be desired.
The old-time Iron kettle Is seldom seen, and
only for pot roasts and a very few other
uses. Tin things are also of the past, with
a very few exceptions snd In their place
has come the porcelain lined or earthenware
vessels. The danger of chipping enamel
that at first made the enamel ware doubtful
has been largely overcome by the use of
heavier metal for the body of the vessel.
This doe not Jam or bend easily and It la
when th veseel U bent that the enamel
chips off. Almost every utensil used about
the kitchen now Is porcelain or enamel
lined, while aluminum has taken the Dlae
of the Iron things formerly used on the
Of course all these thing are expensive
and so not within the reach of all, but they
are to be had In a model kitchen, and per
fection necessarily comes high.
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CEMENT COMES TO THE FORE
Building! Erected Swiftlj and Ohsaply Ij
ths Ksw Process.
BUILDING MATERIAL PROBLEM SOLVED
Marrelene Kmnnnslen ( Cenerete
Censtrnetlon in the East Va
riety of fsee Rxpert Labor
Met Heeded. f
fnless all signs fall, one of the greatest
problems of the age has been solved
that. Is. what will be the building material
of the future. The answer Is cement.
But for cement, many large building
operations would be at a standstill, for
wood has become too expensive to be
used In house construction, and the en-
forced wait for all kinds of structural
steel virtually eliminates that material
where quick work I desired.
Almost everything can be done with
cement, and with Incredible swiftness and
cheapness of price. The new process, the
mixing of cement, sand and gravel with
cinders or broken stone, flooded with water
from a hose. Is being used to build houses, .
raise giant hotels, build the pier and
bridges for railroads,' erect barns, lay side,
walks, fix a girder or fashion a chimney
cap. '
Almost anything I posll the new
material.
Probably the best Instance of working
against time with cement a a medium 1
shown In th experience of an AtlanUa
City hotel company. They wanted a
structure 400 feet long. 15 feet wide and
1M feet high. It was to be elaborate, an
to have capacity for LtOO guests. Bid
were asked for a steel building, and not
only were the prices lofty, but tbe delay
In getting the girder and other structural
parts mad It a certainty that a couple of
year must pass before the ntw hotel eould
be ready for guests.
Blsj JJotel Completed In Eight Months.
In this predicament the proprietors had
recourse to the new process of reinforced
cement. The work went with gratifying'
celerity. In eight month and three day,
without th loss of a life, th new hotel
wss completed. It is a work of genuine ar
chitectural beauty, the pride of the City
bv-t he-See, and aa great an expert aa
Thomas Alva Edison, after going over th
structure from cellar to the Moorish dome,
said that It was the first perfect building
he had ever seen, and that It waa built of
a material destined to be the great staple
of the future.
The concrete building solves th question
of fire Insurance. The underwriter who
xamlnod Atlantic City' new model hotel
were so well pleased that they made a
price I per cent lower than for other hotels
of the same claas. ,
The farmer or suburbanite, who contem
plates building a home, always looks at th
fire question' thoughtfully, for In outlying
district there Is little facility for lighting
flames, and once they get hold, an Inflam
mable building Is likely to be destroyed.
But a home built of cement cannot burn,
for the reason that there Is nothing to be
consumed, except the Interior furnishing,
and enough Insurance to cover v the coat
of these decoration and furnishings i
realty about all that la needed In such
case.
A 8taten Island man, who recently put
up a cement house at a cost of $3,875, a
most elaborate and pretentious country
home, estimated that, the outlay would
have been $2,000 greater for a frame house.
and with that kind of building would have
been the ever present danger of total de
struction by fire.
A cement house does away with all need
of plaster and lathing. Paper caa be put
right over the walls, or It preferred, they
can be frescoed or otherwise decorated.
Building such a house doe not require,
much expert labor. The army of metal
worker, bricklayers, carpenters and other
artisan required In wood or steel con
struction, Is almost completely done away
with on a Cement building. All , that la
needed Is an expert to superintend the mix-
Ing of the cement, and a carpenter and
staff to construct the molds or frame work
Into which the soft cement Is poured.
Once a cement house Is finished the work
Is done, and done to stay, according to
11 natural laws. In a century the building
ought to be In a good shape a ever. There
Is nothing to rot or fall Into need of repair.
The building doe not have to be painted
yearly, as In the case of wood, or gone
over for rust, aa In the case of steel. Th
foundations and pillar never need replac
ing because they have rotted. Wooden
porch posts are always rotting.
While the building of low priced con
crete house Is still In Its Infsncy th
farmer ha been so Impressed with th Idea
that he 1 extending It to his barns and .
outbuildings, and finding that It works
admirably.
If more than one concrete building Is
put up by the farmer, he can use his same
wooden forma over and over again, and If
there I a stone crusher In th neighbor
hood he can utilize in making hi concrete
the old stone walls of the neighborhood, or
the thousands of stones that are constantly
being Impelled to th surface of the cholo-
lest pasture land.
does' away with
many of the city's noises. Tbe terrlflo
pounding on steel girder that marks the
erection of a metal building Is absent when
concrete Is used. In fact, one apartment
of a hotel ha been occupied with complete
absence of any discomfort to the guests
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