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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1907)
FOR PLEASURE Go Colorado "tJja H7o50 Wonderful Mountain Scenes Beautiful Lakes ' Abundant Fishing TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK Op ening Twenty-Fourth Streets Means Much Just at Present. ONE CROSS-TOWN THOROUGHFARE Ordinance Passed by City Council Will ;lve Lonnest Street In Omaha nnd May 1'hanne Some Es tablished Institutions. Tli. question of opening Twenty-fourth street In the neighborhood of Crelghton university, thus making that street the longest thoroughfare In the city, bids fair to be settled after an agitation of ton years. An ordinance opening the street from California to Burt has been pasRed by the city council anil awaits the signa ture of the mayor. Certain citizens whose property Is to be taken for the street could hang up the matter In the courts, but that la unlikely. Crelghton university Is affected In greater measure by the or dinance than any citizen, having to give 'tip a strip of ground larger than that which will be required from private citizens. For 'many years the university opposed the proposition of opening the street, on the ground that traffic would injure me ocn- leal Instruments In the oh- nstrniinm aervatory. Lately the, university has 01 fered no opposition. ' " j The rasstng of the ordinance calls to wlnd Hiajiy prophecies that have been made regarding the street in the last few years. Time and time again the opening of the ptreet, and In connection with It the build ing of a cross-town street car line, has jbaen discussed In publlo; a million times !ln private. Come are In favor of the cross town line for the obvious reason that It would bring the north and south portions of the city Into closer communication. Others, and among them some who own groperty-on the street, are opposed to it on the ground that It would attract retail buildings to Twenty-fourth, not only near Farnam street, but at other points, and 'hus detract from the residence value of he thoroughfare. It Is generally conceded that the need for good office room is not so great In Omaha as It was a year or two ago, or at least It will not be when the Brandels building Is completed. On the other hand. It Is not anticipated that any of the better .class of offices will be vacant for long. When the Brandels structure Is completed most of the grain men will move there to get clot. to the Grain exchange, which will take quarters In the building. The majority of the grain men. outside of two or three big companies, are now In the Board of Trade building, whose management will i'ave to hustle for new tenants. Phy sicians and real estate men will also go to the Brandels building. It will take but a very few months to make the adjustment, say the realty men. The Brandels structure will soon bs full, and the Hoard of Trade building will soon be filled by men moving In from the smaller and antiquated office buildings In the out skirts of the business district. Only In these outlying plaoes will any vacant offices be left. The condition there will be for better rather than for worse, for what Is needed In many Instances Is that the old rookeries give place to larger buildings of a more modern type. Just as the two old shacks In the rear of the Merchants 'National bank building are making way for a substantial bank annex, and Just as tae row of tumble-down old structure on via UNION PACIFIC, the Popular Route to All Western Points. TWO THROUGH TRAINS DAILY LEAVING AT CONVENIENT HOURS. For Booklets and Full Information Write to or Inquire at Union Pacific City Ticket Office, 1324 Farnam Street, or Telephone Douglas 334. North Sixteenth street are giving way to the fine Colin building. A lull in downtown business property has been one of the characteristics of the hot feasor Only one transaction in property of tliis description, as far as the public knows, was made last week. It was the cale of the Holies & Rogers hide house on South Thirteenth street to Duncan B. Mc Donald, formerly local manager for Bolles & Rogers. This was outside the limits of the high-priced dlstrirt, bringing about $148 per front foot. Another downtown piece was sold which will be made busi ness property one day. Judge James Neville bought from Mrs. Van Brunt of Missouri the full lot and two-story frame structure at 1711 Chicago street. Mr. Neville expects some day to tear away the old building and erect a store and flat structure. Out In Dundee houses are going up In bunches. Just as they are In Omaha. It Is no uncommon sight to see three or four new residences In course of construction on one block. Lust week George A Co. sold a lot at Flfty-nrst and California streets to Mrs. Sarah Ann Ferguson as a site for a U.000 home. About the time she begins work on her house Herbert I. Gannett will begin the erection of a residence Just across Lie street and Mrs. Ward will build on the lot adjoining Mr. Gunnett's property. This week will see several changes In of- flte Nation among the realty men. J. H. Dumont & Son will move from their nt. Hies on the ninth floor of the New York Life building to the Hoard of Trade build ing, having leased part of the office taken on the first floor of the Nebraska Loau and Building association. Payne. Bostwick & Co. will move from the sixth floor of the New York Life building to the first floor offices, formerly occupied by C. R. Glover. Both of these firms are getting to larger offices and both to first-floor offlces. This fact Indicates the prosperity which Is attending the real estate busi ness In Omaha. ' St. Paul. Minn., Is among the latest cities to begin an extensive advertisement of Its Industries and its advantages as a resi dence city. A fund of $2nn.(100 Is being raised for the purpose of carrying on the campaign, and heavy real estate holders are contributing largely. It Is proposed to establish a central bureau of Informa tion and develop a system by which the bureau can keep In touch with the promi nent men of all parts of the country who vl-" the city, to learn of their coming In advance and provide means of enter tainment for them while In the city. Of course the chief entertainment would be seeing the town and hearing a recital of Its manifold resources snd advantages. It Is figured that the advertisement derived from this source and scattered over the country by enthusiastic admirers of the city will bring many people to St. Paul. People moving to Omaha for an Indefinite period don't rent very long; they buy or build homes. They readily rccosrnlze the fact that Omaha realty Is a good Invest ment, andf if they have any money they decide to make It earn more, instead of paying It out In rent. A. Edgecomb, who came to Omaha from Missouri Valley last week to 'take charge of the I'pdlke Milling company's plsnt. bought a f5,om home be fore he had been many days In the city. This Is Just an Instance. They come every day and do the same. Realty men who read last week of the establishment at Ploomlndale's. in New York City, of "a real estste department for the sale of high-grade restricted home sites at very reasonable prices" are thanking heaven there Is yet one thing In Omaha TTTE DMATTA' TTAILY BEH: KATTTRD'AY. TTTTT 27, lfo; Sart on Framework of a 1I- al the department stores are not handling. Bloomindale's offers lots at JL0 each, "on a remarkably easy payment plan." Free transportation Is offered to purchasers, and on certain days a special reduction of 6 per cent is made to all buyers. That Omaha Is gradually spreading out over more territory as well as building up within Its present limits is apparent to one who takes a car ride to the end of the line, whether It be north, south or west. For Instance, take the car to Krug park. You see new houses all along the way, and when you get out on Military avenue, out In the edge of the crfuntry, you see them almost as numerous as when you acre closer town. Along the avenue and within one or two blocks of It, on either side, are a number of nice renl dences which have been built within the last few months, and a number now In course of construction. The latest one Is a two-story double brick house, which Is being erected by Mrs. W. L. Mardts at the southeast corner of Military avenue and Fifty-second street. It Is of the substan tial type of brick houses so prevalent In Omaha at present. Judging from the reports of local men who do a brokerage business In lands. Omaha people who have money to Invent outside of city real estate are putting It Into Nebraska farms Si.d ranches. Speak ing of the purchase of Charles D. Beaton of a half section of land In Banner county, a local agent said: "That man has the right Idea, lie dtiesn't want a ranch In some state l.ono miles away; he wants one where he can get to It occasionally and sea what is going on. A good many other people of this city and other eastern Ne braska towns think the same thing and are Investing their money In good black Ne r BaajaagS' i'Trrr"Wf'eTIHrr- rTf'HrTyW""'1fl -TtWTi r IH TeVH'r" iiiiinn ijhiihs mil'.) m a ..' w a mi ami OD C3 0 C3 Also Low Rates to Wyoming Fishing Resorts and Camping Grounds and Yellowstone National Park :: :: :: ,afL H, M.U. .-. " Tt-" Jfl'V. tl'.wJHXW. 1 mA Urn i5VVv HOW WORK IS PROGRESS I N..1 ON T1H0 NtlW KAHN braska soil. I know of no place which affords greater possibilities of development than the weatern half of this state." The attention of the Hoard of County commissioners will also be claimed briefly by the Real Estate exchange, which will say to the board that many streets and alleys In additions just outside the city limits should be kept open, where now citizens are allowed to close and use them as private property. It was whispered that the real estate men would discuss billboards at the ast meeting of the exchange, but nothing came of the prophecy. The matter is slated for this week's meeting of the body, and whether or not an Intensely spirited discus sion will arise depenns largely on what fic tion the council takes Tuesday on bill board ordinances now before It. An ordi nance was passed !y3t week banishing bill boards from city property, ' but the one having to do with prtvato property whs postponed until this week. Many of the realty men condemn billboards of all kinds, but there are others who say that a bill board with fresh paint or posters on It Is more to be desired than a vacant lot grown up with weeds. Hastings lleyden report the following sales since July 1: Two lots In Cur tis & Stone's addition, west of Miller park, to John M Colllster; lot on Brown street, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, to Mabel l. Lumlhtig; lot In Kountie. Place on Lothrnp street, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, to Mrs. B. V. Weeks; lot on Brown street, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, to Frank II. Foley; new house on Ames avenue, between Nineteenth ani Twentieth streets, to Fred T. Anderson for a home; lot In Kountzu Piaca on Sher Fine Building ' - ir n "i " in i - -rtfTirii iiiiifmr ... 9 BIX)CK. man avenue, just south of Blnney street, to R. A. Thompson; large corner lot in Kountze Place, being the northwest cor ner of Eighteenth and Spencer street.-;, to A. N. Eaton, proprietor of Nebraska Steel and Tank company; lot in Sulphur Springs addition on Sherman avenue, be tween Lothrop and Emmet streets, to C. A. Prints, on which a home will be built at once; one-acre lot In Belvedere, Just west of Miller park, to Mrs. Emma Wll letts; lot In Curtis & Stone's addition, Just west of Miller park, to Charles E. Gard; house on North Twenty-sixth street, south of Ames avenue, to Anna Aukland; two lots In Dundee, corner Forty-eighth and California streets, to A. B. Wells; lot In Kountze Place on Spencer street, betwe-n Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, to Sam F. Boord; lot In Bluff View addition, corner of Fourteenth avenue and Pinkney street, to R. L. Kenny, on which a new brick house Is being built; house, 431 North Twenty-sixth street, to Mrs. Emma Craven; two lots on Brown street, be tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, to L. V. Herring; lot In Collier Place on Ames avenue, between Thirtieth and Thirty-first streets, to I. N. Htnuit; house and lot In Summit addition on Spring street, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, to John Kelltz; lot on Twenty-fifth avenue, between Fort and Jaynes. to Harry C Haiiry; lot on Twen-ty-fifth avenue, between Fort and Jaynes streets, to Louise Haefner; contract to build a four-room cottage for Mrs. Deyoe on Maple street, between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth streets; business lot In Kountxe Place on Sherman avenue,' be tween Locust and Blnney streets, to J. R. Salisbury; lot in Curtis & Stone's add', tion. Just west of Miller park, to D. J. Trail; two lota in Central I'ark addition, between Thirty-eighth and Hrown streets, to M. H. Putney, on which a new house FOR HEALTH Natural Mineral Springs Unsurpassed Climate Excellent Hotels Is being built; two lota in Curtis & Stone'a addition, Just west of Miller park, to James MoGrael; lot In Sulphur Springs addition on Emmet street, between Four teenth and Sherman avenues, to R. and A. Rhynn; two lots In Military addition, Just north of Krug park, to George Pointer; lot In Curtis & Stone's addition, just west of Miller park, to George Sworenson; lot In Curtis & Stone's addition, to J. A. Mur- flliy; lot lrf Curtis & Stone's addition, to Signa Bondesson; lot In Hastings & Hey den's Third addition, to Elizabeth Nebar; house and lot on Twenty-sixth and Brown streets, S1.750. COUNCIL BALKS ON THE PLAT Refuses to Approve Layout of Lota Toncblnar Cat-Off Lake Park. A certain real estate promoter Is In doubt as to whether he will sell lots In Omnha next week. A short time ago he came to the city and made arrangements to plat a new addition, which was to have Included what Is now known as Barker's subdivision, an addition to the city lying along Ames avenue, near the western shore of Cut-Off lake, and to have also Included part of a tax lot lying just east of the subdivision. Before this plat had been officially known to the city authorities the Board of Park Commissioners outlined a plan for Cut-Off lake park, and this plan Included a boule vard extending along Ames avenue, Just south of the tax lot. At the eastern edge of the lot It turns north along the line of Thirteenth street, extended, and thonce runs north of the lake. The scheme, also contemplated the appropriation of about forty feet of the south part of the tax lot. Now the city council has been asked to approve the plat and the members refuse to do so until negotiations for the Cut-Off lake park have progressed to a point where the land can be appraised, a majority of the council believing that the land can ho more easily acquired In one body than In separate lots owned by different persons. CHICAGO GRAIN MEN ARE SORE Halle Howl at Alleaed Loss of Home 1 nfalr Advantage They Possessed. Chicago grain interests are objecting to the ruling of the Interstate Commerce commission that shipments in transit shall not carry the proportional rates beVond transit points at the time of reshlpincnt, but Instead move as through shipments at the. through rates In effect from starting points at the time of original shipment. The Missouri river grain men do not Join In the anvil chorua, but are clapping their hends In glee. Of course the Chl- ( csro men (Ion t IIKe. tne ruling, lliey say, 1 for It robs them of some of the advantages ! th.y have had over Omaha and Kansas J City. Omaha men were most active In the i fight to secure the ruling, and It Is na ; tural they should be pltsed. The Chicago ! grain kings can no longer store millions of bushels of grain In transit' at Omaha, and then have a special rate east made on it. a concession the Omaha men could not secure from the railroads. Brevity la the Haul. In a Tennessee court an old colored woman was put on the witness stand to tell what she knew aliout the annihilation of a hog by a railway locomotive. Being sworn, she was asked If she had seen the train kill the hog in question. "Vessah, I seed It." "Then," said c ounsel, "tell the court In an few words as possible Just how It occur red." "To" honor." responded the old lady, "I shore kin tell yo' in a few words. It Jes, tooted an' tuck him."-Success Magazine. Round Trip ENGINEER NOT SATISFIED Says Paving Operations Should Pro ceed with More Dispatch, WORK NOW AT HEIGHT FOR YEAR Barber Company ta Criticised for Do lay of Important Paving; on Farnam Street and Prom ises to Improve. Paving operations have about reached the maximum for the year in Omaha, but the progress Is not satisfactory to the en gineer's department. The officials of this department are particularly anxious to have the work on Farnam street finished as rapidly as possible and the assertion is made that the Barber Asphalt company, which Is doing the work. Is delaying mat ters In a way which will require explana tions. The company promises to begin to lay asphalt next week. This company is also at work on Fortieth street between Dodge and Davenport streets. The street car company has Its tracks practically completed to Dodge street and the street Is being graded. It Is thought this work will be completed by August 10. Charles Fanning Is rushing work on the two contracts he recently secured from the rity. Concrete Is laid on Bouth Twentieth street from Leavenworth to Pierce streets, and the setting of curbs on South Twenty second street between' Pacific and Mason streets will begin next week. At last there Is some evidence of work on Harney street between Twentieth and Twenty-fourth. Resetting of curbs will be started next week and the contractor, Hugh Murphy, will begin work of paving as soon as this Is dotie. Work on Lake Street. Work on Lake street from Twenty-fourth street to Thirtieth street Is being pushed. Curbs have been set, sidewalks moved and some concrete Is being spread. Mr. Mur phy Is now laying brick on Charley street between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-ninth street and this contract will be completed In a short time. There Is considerable complaint in soma quarters that contractors have started work In some districts, laid the concrete and then suspended operations, leaving the streets blocked against traffic. This con dition is recognised by the engineering de partment, which is doing all It can to have such contracts completed before other work Is started. In reference to cuts In pavements made by public-service corporations, the engl. neer's office explains that the principal reason why all such cuts have not been filled Is that in marv cases they have been made in pavements ori which th guarantee I has not expired and the companies which i did the original work lnslbt upon making ithe repairs. The public-service coipora j tlons are, therefore, forced to await the convenience of the paving contractors. WRECK ON ALLEGHENY ROAD Three Were Klir.ecJ and Score Injured In Nmaahap ear Hol ler, Pa, BI'TLBR . Pa., July 27.Three were killed and a score Injured In a wreck pn the Allegheny & Western railroad near this city today. The wreck was caused by a rail breaking beneath an engine drawing a heavy train of picnickers, who were employed on the Buf falo, Rochester & Pittsburg road, on their way from Dubois to Newcastle. TV,MtJ were toG or 600 oa the train.