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TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
Week of Activity Sets Dealers in More
Hopeful Mood.
MANY TRANSACTIONS RECORDED
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a tieneml Inquiry that Ankara
Better Than Kver for
the Future.
In contrast to tlie dull business reported
by reul estate dealers laHt week, the week
Just paBed lias witnessed unwonted ac
tivity In real estate of all classes and de
scriptions and t ho brokers are having hard
times to And sufficient time to attend to the
needs of their many and anxioua client.
The principal activity shown haa been In
residence property, although many parcels
cf buaineas. realty have changed hands in
the downtown section of the city.
As Indicative of the great and renewed
Interest taken hy prospective Investors In
residence prien, it Is reported that
nearly 10 lots In one newly platted resi
lience subdl Isiun were sold out after belli-
placed on the market less than ten
days. This Instance was the new section
known as Grant Mace, which la situated
in the Hiinscom park district, between
Thirty-eighth mid Fortieth streets and
Wright and Bancroft streets. The tract
vus platted into 104 lots by Benson
Cr.rmlchael and placed on I lie market June
XI, Willi the result that practically the
entire truce has been sold out. The lots
Were moderate In price and nearly all will
be Improved Immediately by the erection
of modest hunii'S, causing a great Impetus
lit building In the southwestern part of
the city.
In this same section near the Field club,
at Thirty-tUlli street and Woolworth ave
nue, four more modem residences will be
built by R. C. Peters & Co. for investment
furpot. s. for which plana are now being
prepurcd by F. A. 1 lennliiRcr. architect.
The new houses will be of original design
and along the same general stylo of archi
tecture of other houses erected for the real
rsialu dim In recent years in this neigh
borhood. Trackage property has also been in gTeat
demand during the last week and several
deals are now pending for property of this
class In all parts of the city. A new Hour
Hull la looking for a site with trackage
near the'extrome southern edge of the city
and it Is reported that another milling
company Is attempting to acquire a site In
the same vicinity.
Rumors of the contemplated purchase by
a theatrical syndicate of the Coad corner
at Seventeenth and Harney streets, were
the topic of conversation among real estate
di alers during the last week. The corner
In question has a frontage of 99 feet on
Urney street bx 132 feet In depth to the
alley on the Seventeenth street side, and
has been held at $lto,OU). Tha Jot Is owned
ty John F. Coad, and no efforta have been
made to sell the property, although
xarcely a week passes that offers are not
received for some purpose or another. The
property has been handled, as haa been
the other choice vacant corner at Sixteenth
and Harney streets by George aV Co., who
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Yeport that no detinue offers from meui
beis of the theatrical syndicate or others
have been made during the last week. It
Is reported that Mr. Coad now holds the
Seventeenth street corner at $15VW, the
rise In price being made very recently, but
It Is deemed to be very reasonable whin
it Is considered that the lot at the south
east corner cf Sixteenth and Harney
streets, which Is owned by a local syndi
cate for speculative purposes, la valued at
IJbO.OotiO. The Coad corner is the tame aixe
as the lot at Sixteenth and Harney streets
and Is considered to be even more valu
able for many purposes.
Since selling the former sit for the new
car barns at Tenth and Dorcas streets to
Bt. Joseph's hospital, officials of the Omaha
A Council Bluffs Street Railwsy company
have been In a quandary to obtain another
suitable site for the hams, but have aev
eral slice under consideration for Immedi
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ate selection, as the construction of the
barns Is impeiaUve and all Is in readlne.ss
to begin the' work as soon as the site is
bought. Options have been taken on at
leat two prospective sites for the barns,
one of which, at the northwest corner of
Tenth and Bancroft atreeta Is receiving the
must favorable attention. An eft oil is be
ing made to secure another lot 'adjoining
the larger lot at Tenth and Bancroft
streets, but oppoaltlon lias been met with
by the owner aa well as the cltixena In
the vicinity, who strenuously object to the
establishment of the barns at that place
with the view that it will tend to reduce
real estate values In the neighborhood.
Plana for tha new car barns have been
completed by architects, contractors have
been practically engaged and the new
buildings, which will furnish shelter to the
cars of the Farnam, Harney and Dodge
strort lines, will be ready for occupancy
befora fall, resulting lu tha abandonment
ttte omatta stxpay r.EEt .ttjxtc
Also Low Rates to Wyoming Fishing
Resorts and Camping Grounds and
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DAILY LEAVING AT CONVENIENT HOURS.
Union Pacific City Ticket Office. 1524 Farnam Street or Telephone Douglas 334
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of the old car barn at Twentieth and Har
tley streets.
By th recording of deeds In the office of
the cjunty recorder last Tuesday complete
title to the lot at the southwest corner of
Eighteenth street and Capitol avenue was
secured by the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
which will build a lait,e fraternal home on
the lot In the near future. Tho property
was bougl t several months ago from Mrs.
Emily Jt Doaiie, the wife of Judge Doane,
for 1-.'X, which was secured by popular
subscription.
One of the important developments of the
week In Farnam street property was the
reported sale of a half block frontage at
Twenty-ninth and Farnam streets to
Jacob Bastlan for tl f. The sale was
negotiated through N. P. Dodge ac Cx
and was made at what many real estate
dealers Xoruider a very low tigura. The
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tract has 116 feet frontage on Farnam
street, the consideration being only a lit"
tie more than JliO per front foot, and a
depth of lUo feet on Twenty-ninth street.
making a very choice ami accessible cor
ner. The tract is occupied by six stores
and a cottage in the rear. The building
was formerly the First Baptist church,
then located at Thirty-fifth and Farnam
streets, and was converted into a stoic
building after its removal to the present
site.
Members of the Plattdeutscher Verein,
one of the strongest German-American so
cieties in Omaha, have secured an option
on a large tract of land between Thirteenth
and Sixteenth streets In South Omaha, be
tween (1 and I streets, from N. P. Dodge
& Co. for the establishment of a society
amusement park. The option was secured
for a sale at the reported price of $7,0t
and the deal will probably be closed within
a few days, when It is planned to Improve
the park by the investment of about $3o,0i0
In buildings and landscaping. The tract
contains nine acres, with a frontage of twO
feet on Thirteenth street and several build
ings, including an assembly hall, a dance
hall and picnic pavilions, will be erected,
making it the most complete fraternal or
society private park in tills section of the
country.
Among the developments of the week in
West Famom street residence property
was the sale of the large lot at the north
east corner of Fortieth and Harney streets
by the W. Farnam Smith company to Rob
ert O. Knox, traveling; salesman for the
Proctor & Gamble company, for a nominal
consideration. Mr. Knox will build n home
coating at least Jo.OOO on the lot In the near
future.
Charles G. Ryan, a prominent attorney of
Grand Island, lias ad, ld to his real estate
holdings in Omaha by buying the two-story
frame house at CTlll Woolworth avenue for
$3,600 from W. B. Meikle, representing the
Provident Life insurance company. The
property was bought by Mr. Ryan as an
Investment and will be occupied by his
falher-ln-law, M. Murphy, who formerly
resided at Grand Island.
Property o'h the Florence boulevard haa
been extensively advertised of late, with
the result that many sales have been con
summated. The lota on the boulevard are
becoming very popular for auminer and
even permanent resldeneee. and many fine
and cosily houses have been erected or
are in course of erection along the drive
way and popular thoroughfare. One1 lot
directly opposite the large residence of
Rome Miller on the boulevard was sold last
week by Harrison & Morton to tilllam
Mumaugh, who will follow the example of
hia pidecessors. who have bought In the
vicinity and will erect a modern home on
the lot next month.
T. J. Mullen haa aold his home at 2'.33
Davenport street for $3,500 and reinvested
the capital by buying the two-story frame
house of A. Theodore at IMjH Poppleton for
$:l,250.
Cuming street Is rapidly gaining promi
nence as a business thoroughfare and
transactions In real estate situated on this
street for business purposes hav
frequent during the las'
lastly"4
Bralley ft Dorrance
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of the laundry, was sold to I. Herwitz for
II, DUO. The lot will be improved by Mr.
Herwltz, who Is a harnessmaker, by the
construction of a two-story brick harness
shop. The sale waa made through Robin
son & Wolf, who have also sold the cottage
at 1X13 Burt street for the Byron Reed
company to A. Slegel for a home at the
reported price of $2,500.
A neat five-room cottage at No. 8&08 Bur
deite street, containing all modern conven
iences excepting heating, was sold for Jl.'OO
by Payne, Bostwick & Co. to James E.
Almy, who bought for investment and will
make Improvements with a view to renting
the property.
The Richard I.. Metcalf home at 3340
Charles street has been bought by George
G. Wallace, a well -known real estate
dealer, for a home. Mr. Wallace and his
family have taken possession of the prop
erty, which waa bought for $4,000 from A.
A. McGraw, who bought It from Mr. Met
ro If. Mr. MrQraw is manager of the Great
Western Stove company und is now build
ing a new residence, which will be ready
for occupancy before fall.
Mrs. C. C. Buchte! has sold the large lot
and four frame cottaRcs at Twenty-first
and Izard streets formerly owned by her
for tt.VOO to F. W. Barber and has bought
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unimproved properly In the northern part
of the city as an Investment. The salo was
consummated through N. P. Dodge & Co.,
which has also sold four acres of fruit land
west of Fort Omaha for J2.700 to Mrs. O. B.
Walker. The tract was formerly owned by
John Ruef. Another recent sale reported
by N. P. Dodgo & Co. Is that of a vacant
lot at Thirty-fourth and Blondo streets for
J350 to C. A. Peterson, who contemplates
building a modern home on the property
this summer.
The large lot and small cottages at tha
southeast corner of Thirty-third and Sew
ard streets have been bought by Anthony
Wilkinson from Mrs. Edith A. Garloch for
$12,000. The D. V. Sholes company sold tha
lot some time ao to Mrs. Garloch and It
was improved by the construction of sev
eral frame houses as an investment.
Hospital Ship l:c!ea Tales.
WASHIXOTOX. June 29. The War de
partment has published for the Informa
tion and guidance of all persons Interested,
the convention signed at The Hague De
cember 21. YMH, between the I'nttcd Statea
and numerous powers, for the exemption
of hospital ships in time of war, from tha
payment of all duties and tuxes Imposed
for the benefit of the state. The conven
tion was ratified by the president on
October 16. I!", and proclaimed by him
May 21 last.
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