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TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
V Holding! of Latt A. 7. Hamcom la
f Omaha Property.
v ( HANSCOM PARK HIS GUT TO CITY
Nebraska Farm Land Are Hot
Market, According to Report Mails
hy neal Kata Men After
Investlsratln;.
A. J. Ilrninrom, tho pioneer of Omaha
and Nebraska who died In New York a
few daystairo, had extensive realty Inter
est In Omaha! This property la Included
In Ms holding: Lota and buildings, 1301
to 1317 Harney street; lot and building at
1VJ Farnam, occupied by Brlgfrs A Wll
ims; west half of IBIS Douglas, occupied
by 8. W. Lindsay; IMS Douglas, occupied
by Dyball; the northeast corner of Klght
eenth and Douglas, with three dwellings;
the residence and lot at 2fi24 Douglas street;
a tract with 132 feet front between that
and the Omaha club; a vacant lot at Fif
teenth and Jones streets.
Mr. Hanscom and James O. Megeath
gave Hanacom park to the city of Omaha
tn th fall of 1872. It comprises fifty-seven
and one-half acres and was a part of the
no acres pre-empted by Mr. Hanscom when
he came to Nebraska. The only stipula
tions mada In donating the land were that
the city should spend at least 13.000 In the
park In 1873, $4,000 In each of the years
1874. 187B and 1876, and 86.000 In each of the
year 1877 and 1878; also keep the park for
ever In good repair. The tract was Im
proved by H. M. S. Cleveland, a landscape
gardlner from Minneapolis.
In a recent trip through Gage county, J.
H. Dumont Bald he found not more than
six farms for sale. Other dealers In' farm
lands complain there Is little land for sale
In the eastern part of the state. Douglas
county farms ara priced higher than ever
before and the farmers seem to prefer
the land to the money. With good crops
and good priors the income from the fsrm
la such that the farmer Is justified In
placing a high value on It.
Oeorge O. Wallace, who returned recently
from a trip through the western counties
Of the state, where a few years ago there
was scarcely a farm but was for sale,
says he was surprised to find nearly every
farmer Improving his land with the Idea
of staying on It all his life. Prices are
higher in the western counties than for
years.
The forest-like anpei;t of the tract of land
at the southeast corner of Farnam street
and the Boulevard has been changed by
the removal of the thicket of bushes and
tile big elm trees that have flourished there
for thirty years. A. P. Tukey & Son have
cleared off tho property and have placed
It on sale. It was a part of the Lyman
HIchcydBon estate and belongs now, to the
First National bank. For many years It
, has not been on the market.
Most of the property owners along the
line of the northwest boulevard thought
the appraisement of lands for boulevard
purposes was too low, but many not di
rectly Interested thought It too high. With
the latter stands the purk commission. The
commission reported to the council that
the appraisal of lands for the boulevard
was too Ills, that It had rescinded the
resolution calling for the acquisition of
the land. It requested the council to re
peal all orders Issued under the resolution,
to permit tho board to start afresh. The
council therefore rejected the report of the
ffpralsers.
,lt is said that land uppralsers, after pro
ratty holders had petitioned the park board
for a boulevard, bought for speculation
1 number of cheap lots In the path of the
proposed Improvement. They were sadly
disappointed by the action of the council
In rejecting the appraisal. It Is said the
land Is worth only about $30,000, In the eyes
of the city authorities, but the appraisal
was for $49,596.
Negotiations for the purchase by the
street railway company of ground at the
northeast corner of Sixth and Dorcas
streets for a car barn site have been
finally dropped. I'pon survey, the property
did not prove as large as It was thought
to be and, the company does not want It,
even though the signatures of the entire
twenty-three owners could be secured to
the deed. This Is the second site the com
pany has given up, the other, near St. Jo
seph's hospital, being relinquished at the
request of the hospital authorities.
There Is still a possibility that the com
pany may build on the south side of Dor
cas street between Sixth and Eighth streets,
where officials of the company have an op
tion on some property. It is said, how
ever, that this Is not Just what Is desired
and the company will look further.
Cement blocks, which a few years ago
were unknown In Omaha for building
houses, ara becoming mora and more popu
lar all the time. Another cement block
residence Is to be built In Home Place.
3. A. Beabe has let the contract for the
erection of a home of this type at Seven
teenth and Bahler streets. It will ba two
stories In height.
, For tha first ttma in twenty years a real
bona fide auction sale of lots was held In
Omaha when Reed Bros, sold a number of
lots In Creighton Heights and Institute
Place, a few blocks north of Clifton Hill.
Tho first auction sal of which Harry
Read has any record was tn I860, whet
eighty acrea of land, lying between Twen
tieth and Twenty-fourth and Oraca and
Locust streets were platted and part of tha
land auctioned off for the city of Omaha
by O. C Motaelt, grandfather of Congress
man Hitchcock. Old scrip was taken In
payment for soma of tha lots.
Another auction was tn Dwlght ft Ly
man's addition, south of where Hanscom
park now Is. and Daniel Allen waa tha
auctioneer. Tha real estate agents took
their customers to tha ground with a fast
Mineral Waters
The mineral water business has for
n.iny yr been a specialty with our
firm. We buy our waters direct from the
spring or If a foreign water, direct from
the importer. We ara thus able to make
the lowest possible price, and to ab
lutely guarantee freshness and genuine
ness. We sell 100 kinds. Writ for cata
logue. boms kxbxbax. waxes rmxaza
Manltou Water, doaen. It 00: case, i
quarts, 17.00. v
Uoro-Llthla Water, dosan. 11.60: oaaa,
quarts. I 60. ' 9 ' w
Nek-rok Llthla, doaen. 11.00; case, SO
quarts, tf 60.
Crystal I.lthia Water, (-gallon Jug 12.
Rublnat Berre ttSpaln). bottle, 16c; do
en. 94.20.
Idanha Water, doaen, $1.60; case. 60
quarts, l,60.
fHpi!?tar"iT to10"' d0n, ,rM; e"'
foK 0l,t"lel case, 11 -gals,
-. jug Crystal I.lthia, 11.00
Allowance for return of empties.
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Cor. ltith and Dodge. "
OWI, BUO OOaCTAjrT.
Co. Itih and tiara.
four-horse team In order to make the dis
tance seem short.
Captain Wilcox sold some lots at Twen
tieth and Vinton at auction. He was only
moderately successful, for Fred Bchnell
got several of his customvrs away from
him and -sold them lots In another addi
tion. Among these were Jim Callahan,
Alex Flnlayson, Joe Rsnnle and C. F.
Scheubel.
Although the Real Estate exchange, by
averaging appraisements of Its Individual
members, set a value on three pieces of
property at Its AVednesday meeting, each
realty man will undoubtedly continue to
act on his own Judgment In the matter of
values of these same properties on account
of the wide divergence of opinion shown
at tha meeting. The lot east of the north
east corner of Fourteenth and Harney
streets waa appraised at $310 a front foot,
that at the southeast corner of Eighteenth
and Dodge at $J1S and a lot on the west
side of Thirteenth street, between Jones
and Jackson at $147. In the first case
the range of appraisement by Individuals
ranged from 1260 to 8750, In the second
place from $160 to $1V", and In the third
place from two to $ino. The figures did not
Include buildings.
ARE SKYSCRAPERS DANGEROUS
Celebrated Expert Maya They Ara
Comparatively flafe and Caa Be
v Made Aonolately Bo.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. Commenting
upon a recent alarming prophesy by
Oeorge W. Babb. president of the New
York . Board of Fire Underwriters, that
It was only a matter of time when tho
sky-scraper district of New Tork would
be destroyed by fire. Architect Fltspatrlck,
the executive officer of the International
Building Inspectors' society, snd probably
the highest authority on fire-proof con
struction In the country, says that while
such a thing Is not beyond the realm of
possibility it is highly Improbable under
present conditions and could, at slight ex
pense, be made an utter Impossibility. The
sky-scraper district of New Tork cannot
be compared to anything there was at
Baltimore or In San Francisco, In both
conflagrations the tall buildings suffered
by reason of the vast amount of poor
buildings there was all about them. Fire
found but comparatively little to burn
.within them, and In a great many cases,
though damaged themselves, they served
as a bulwark, a protection to adjacent and
more combustible buildings. In Baltimore,
as a matter of fact, as soon as the fire
reached the sky-scraper district, small as
It was, It burnt Itself out In them and
they actually saved the city beyond them,
stopping the fire much as a dyke does the
Inrush of flood tide.
In New York Ihe downtown district Is
Immeasurably better built generally than
is that of any other city. There are more
tall buildings, and these, serving almost
exclusively as offices, contain the mini
mum of combustible' material. Their tall
steel frames, protected and enclosed with
Imperishable brick and hollow tile fire
proofing, give a Are In the contents of the
building .nothing of a structural nature to
feed aipon and destroy.
No, the skyscraper district of New York
Is about the -safest place from fire In the
entire country, and if the owners of tha
buildings would but go to work and put
wired glass In metal sash In the windows
where they have not already done so, thus
making it absolutely Impossible' for fire
to find Ingress Into the tall buildings from
without, that district would be so safe
that little or no Insurance would need be
carried upon the buildings about which
Mr. Babb Is so much perturbed.
BIGGEST DAY FOR CATHOLICS
Moat Notable Dignitaries Will Attend
Cathedral Corstntoa
Laying.
Sunday, October 6, when the cornerstone
of the splendid new cathedral of St. Cecilia
wUl be lakl will be the greatest day In the
history of Omaha Catholicism. Tljre arch
bishops, twenty bishops and a great num
ber of priests ara to be here.
The committee on Invitations, of which
C. J. SmyUi Is chairman, has received as
surances from surrounding parishes that
they will be represented by delegations
varying In number from forty to 200 each.
A grand parade and eccleslstlcal pagent
Is to precede tha services of laying the
cornerstone. J. A. C. Kennedy will have
charge of the parade as (rand marshal
and will be assisted by twenty aides, who
will be appointed from the several parishes.
Preparations are being mada for 15,000
marchers. Tha formation will take place
down town and thence tha Una of march
will be along the principal streets to the
cathedral site at Fortieth and Burt streets.
Tha ceremonies the're will ba marked by
all tha outward "pomp and circumstance"
which Is usual at such ceremonies. High
prelates and dignitaries of tho church will
be here from far and near to assist In tha
solemn ceremonies which tha church ritual
prescribes for the blessing and placing In
position of tha cornerstone.
The sermon will ba preached by Arch
bishop Ireland of St. Paul. Another dis
tinguished speaker on the program will be
Senator Norrls Brown. There will be other
eminent speakers, who have not yet been
selected by tha committee.
Rev. B. M. Gleason, who la In charge of
tha musical part of tha program, has as
sembled a chorus of 100 trained voices
which will render the "Venl Creator" and
tho "To Dcum."
Tha parishes of Omaha will ba repre
sented by law delegation In the parade,
each parish forming a section headed by
Its own banner. Tha Knights of Columbus,
Ancient Order Hibernians, Cathollo For
esters, Cathollo Mutual Benefit association,
Cathollo Knights, several Oerman societies
and tha Polish and Bohemian societies of
Omaha and South Omaha will have promi
nent places assigned them In the parade.
STREET IS OPENED AT LAST
Pasaagr Secure froaa Fsrasia to Har
y at Tklrty-Flfth Aft ,
Loa Fight. ,
After a five-years' flght In the city coun
cil and tha court among resident of th
neighborhood, a thoroughfare I about to
be opened at Thirty-fifth street from
Harney to Farna'ra. A deed to th city
' from Harry Hart of a strip of ground two
I feet wide and a block long ha lust been
, placed on record and a deed of a six-foot
; strip waa recorded some time ago. go
P. J. Craedon, contractor, will lay a
cement sidewalk within th next few days.
For flv year th property holders on
Harney street and Deway avenue have been
endeavoring to get that opening to Farnam
treat, but hav been beaten at every turn.
Th4 property was condemned onca. but
tb action of th council waa not sustained
by th court. Th owner whoa ground
wa needed wr Di. Lord of Omaha and
Harry Hart of th eastern clothing house
of Hart. Bhaffnar Marx. Mr. Hart
wantad ao exorbitant price for bis ground
and Pr. Lord didn't wish to give hi up at
all.
There are other place where th realty
men say passage will hav to be opened
eventually. There la now no opening from
Farnam to Harney or (Tom Farnam to
Dougla or from Douglas to Dodg street
betwaea Twentieth and Twenty-fourth
traeta.
J THE OMAHA
NEWS OF THE BUSY HOME BUILDERS
OMAHA BUILDS BUT THE BEST
Companion with 0thr Cities All in
Favor of Ttii.
REC0BD OF AUGUST OPERATIONS
Handsome (iala for Omaha as Aaralaat
1 Los for tho Coootry at
Large stiowa by the .
Tables.
BiiUdlng operations throughout the coun
try for August, according to the figures
gathered by the Construction News, shows
a falling off from of 11 per cent.
Omaha shows an Increase of 10 per cent,
which Is 31 per cent greater than the aver
age of the country. This Is very encour
aging. Another feature that must attract
some attention 1s the fact that the permits
Issued In Omaha average nearly $5,000,
while those Issued in other cities are much
Ipss. In Los Angeles, for example, the per
mits average less than $2,000; In Mllwauke
but a little over $2,000; In Denver, where
there Is a loss of M per cent from last year,
the permits averaged less than $2,000; In
Minneapolis the permits were Just over
$2,000 In average cost, and so It goes
through the lfst. Not only In point of In
crease Is Omaha up with the best, but tha
character of the buildings being constructed
Is evidenced py tha average price of th
permit Issued.
An Inlaid border of wood of rarlou
colore gives the finishing touch to a hard
wood floor. Oftentimes the floors are
marred and stained before th house Is oc
cupied. To avoid thla they should not be
put down until everything else Is com
pleted, even to painting and papering. Then
allow no one In the building but th floor
layers and finishers, and they can give you
a floor so fine you will hesitate to cover
any portion of It with ruga Further pro
tection Is afforded by putting rubber tip
on all chair legs, and sockets under casters
of all heavy furniture. In this way the
floor will remain "a thing of beauty" and
"a Joy forever." .
Probably no part of houaecleanlng cause
the housekeeper the worry and anxiety a
doe paint, varnish or schellack splattered
on the windows by careless workmen. Al
most every woman follows tha painter wtth
a stick In her hand to make them clean off
the paint before It hardens, but In spite of
all her talk and cautioning them the win
dows show millions of tiny speck that
defy alcohol, terpentine, benstne,. wool
cloth, until Anally the paint I left to wear
off by frequent washings or by long con
tinuous scraping and scrubbing, and often
times a fine French plate glass Is ruined
by scratches trying to remove tha paint.
Every paint dealer now sells a preparation
called Paint Remover; it Is a harmless sub
stance when used anywhere except upon
paint, oil, varnish or schallack. Got a llttl
of this liquid, apply It to your window
with a cloth; be careful not to get It on th
Voodwork (It wilt not hurt your hand),
and you will watch the spot disappear Ilk
magic. It will take paint out of clothing
tha has been there for years. It 1 usually
put up In gallon cans and It waa expected
that only painter would uae it In large
quantities, but It I such an Indispensable
article for every housekeeper, and es
pecially for tha people who read the Horn
Builder' page. Tou can get It In small
quantities if your regular dealer refuses
to sell It to you In small quantities of ono
pint. Our advertising column this week
describe this paint remover.
"Back to nature" seems to be the motto
of the suburban homa builders around
Omaha. There I a "call of th wild" deep
down In human nature that insist In being
listened to sooner or later. And after a
man ha made tha wherewithal to build a
home, made it In the sweat and strife of
the busy parts and when hi wife ha had
her fill of the pleasures of society they hear
this call and they go out and build Ilk
their parents and grandparents built Ilk
wilderness was still king. And a far a
they are able they get that pleasure of
building a horn in th midst of the wilds.
Among homes of this type in th West
Dodge street district I on which cling
hardily on th aide of a hill. Outside Its
line are rough and a rude chimney mada
of atone In the old fashioned style appear
at one end of the building.
Inside the house reveal Its full charm.
The door Is of heavy oaken 'plank with
wrought Iron hinge. It even creak a
little, though It swings perfectly true. It
open direct into th big living room with
raftered ceiling, rough board floor and
great brick fireplace. The room I furn
ished with Indian rug and mission furnl-
Ornamental Tiling in the Up - to -
Much of th traffic to and from th house
I concentrated In th front hallway. Many
visitors never enter beyond this prt of
tha house, because the hallway Is bains;
used more and more aa an Informal watting
and reception room. The floors and wall
of th hallway ar constantly subjected
to much wear and abuse. Street dirt Is
unavoidably carried Into the hall on th
hoe and clothing of members of th
family and of visitors. The constant traf
fic which la concentrated In spots, such as
in front of th doorway, directly at th
bottom of th stairs, In front of th fire
place and elsewhere, soon cause th car
pet or th wooden floor to show signs of
wear. As the front stairway Is usually
broader than that at the rear of th house,
nearly all th larger pieces of furniture
and baggage which ar carried In or out
hav to be taken through the front hall,
and frequently the marks and sear caused
by them ar very conspicuous on the walls
and wainscoting of hall and stairway.
As one' first and often only Impressibn
of th Interior of th nous I gained from
th scrutiny of th front hall, th dec
oration and nat appraranc of thla part
of th home cannot be ovar estimated.
Every good housekeeper has an ambition
to oreat a favorable Impression on hr
visitor and on of th methods of doing
this I to hav th front hall, which serves
as a reception room, decorated with taste
and always neat and attractive in appear
ance. From th standpoint of both decoration
and durability, tiling la th most appro
priate covering for th floor and wainscot
ing of th front hall. As th clay tile
can be baked In a great variety of colors,
shades and tints, and as th plastic clay
can b moulded In almost any form, th
baked clay product lend itself to any
decorative scheme of color or design
which th artist or deoorator may Imagine
A th til I baked so that It beoomss
harder than marble or other natural
stones. It durability la th greatest of all
known floor or waU oevrUga. Tb baaed
SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 15, 1007.
Building Record for August
Bulldlng In forty-two of the principal
cities for August show an Increase of
forty-eight In the number of buildings and
a decrease In cost of 11 per cent. Accord
ing to official reporta to Construction News
permits were taken out In August for the
construction of 12.000 buildings. Involving a
total estimated cost of $l7.t30.flBl, against
11.961 buildings, involving. $53,862,660 for the
corresponding month a year ago, an In
Cities.
New York. Manhattan and Bronx
! Brooklyn
; Chicago
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Detroit
Newark
Cleveland
St. Paul i
Milwaukee .
Washington,
D. C...
Portland
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Huffalo
Wllkesbarre ..
Indianapolis ..
Omaha
Allegheny
Denver
Columbus
Spokane
Lincoln
New Orleans .
Peterson
Dallas
Louisville
Woroeater
Topeka
Grand Rapid
Birmingham ..
liarrisburg ....
Salt I-ake City
Terra Haute ..
Mobile
Chattanooga ..
Davenport
Pueblo
Totals.
. Th tide wa all on way tn the larger
cities. The decrease in New Tork waa 16
per cant, Brooklyn. $2; Philadelphia, ;
Chicago, 17; St. Louis. $2; Cleveland, 8.
Pittsburg waa a notable exception. It
how a gain of 111 per cent. '. In th fore
going building ha been extremely active
I for many years, but It 1 not believed that
with the prevailing high rental It will
suffer much of a decrease, or that there
I will be any depression which will last for
1 any length of time from th present aspect
of ' affair. Condition ' in. all th cities
mentioned are upon a basis too satisfac
tory to permit a long continued period of
Inactivity In ' building. In another class
tur. , Th long gently sloping stairway
goes up from this room, curve In a bal
cony above tha fir place and then ascends
to . th second story. On . tha bacony
stands a grandfather' clock. Soma
of the other room of the house are fin
ished and furnished In mora modern style.
Thar ara enough room to supply vary
ing taste and to picas various moods. . It
is, on th whole a moat charming model of
a comfortabl and tasty and unique home.
. Something unique and thoroughly up-to-l
data in electrio stand lamp has just ar
rived in Omaha. Th American Electric
company have a very attractive display of
all kind of , electrical fixture and report
a. very satisfactory business so far this
nwB'b. . . i
- Houses built of cement bloeks ara ha.
coming rather common In th architectural
ensemble of Omaha. Tha house of this type
must b carefully planned to make It look
graceful. Tha cement block doe not lend
Itself readily, to tha low house. It I apt
to look "squat." Tha house, say an archi
tect, should b of ample height for It
ground area. Th lower story may b of
cement block of good sis, but tha part
of the house above that should be of blocks
of smaller slis or of smooth solid cement.
If the latter It can ba painted to look very
attractive In some soft green tint or some
other color suitable to the general plan
of th house, a large roof, with gable
window and broad overhanging eaves, will
make the house of this type look graceful.
Plenty5 - of porch room can be put on It
without having It seem to overbalance.
Will Bsumer, North Thirty-ninth street,
has Just placed aa order wtth tha American
Electric company for wiring of hi house.
""Don't be led astray, by some cheap bid
for putting down a cement walk." say a
man who has laid walks for many years.
"A cement walk can be laid down very
cheaply. When It I new It will look about
a well a a mora expensive walk. But In
tha long run It Is going to show tha differ
By Charles Jam Tea. Ph. D.
clay product la so hard that It cannot be
scratched even by a steel blade. For
flooring material this I a very Important
consideration, because the most destructive
agent of all floors are th steel nails of
th shoe. In th place wharf traffic la
concentrated the shoe nail soon wear out
carpets or rugs; In a short time they cause
the hardest wooden floors to look shabby
and will evtn wear Indentation In marble
and other material. However, they maka
no Impression upan the hard surface of
either th vitrified or ordinary origlased
floor til. t
Owing to It nonporou . character, the
til floor cannot absorb dirt or septic mat
ter of any kind, and a all foreign matter
deposited upon It ha to remain on th
surface, it is eaally removed by simply
washing. Th facility with which It may be
cleaned, and th fact that it never look
shabby, combined with Its decorative qual
ities, always give the til floor a sub
stantial and attractive appearance, which
I perhaps more appropriate at th ; en
trance of th houa than anywhere elae.
Another Important point to b considered
In this connection Is that th hard-wood
floor, which is necessarily oiled and pol
ished. Is very slippery. Everyone has ex
perienced the disagreeable sensation of In
security caused by stepping upon a rug
which elide along th polished floor. Such
a rug is alwaya placed at th bottom of
th stairs, and It slipping on th hard
woqd' floor I ofttn responsible for serious
accidents, especially to children. Many
physician hav commented upon th num
ber of ' children whose hip hav been
broken a th rrault of slipping on polished
hard-wood floors. Th tiled. floor, on.th
contrary, gives a Arm and agreeable foot
hold and rug which ar thrown upon It
are held. In Place.
It la now generally admitted that tiling
I th moat appropriate floor covering for
all vart of th house whr decoration
and durability ar essential. There exist.
howvr, a great deal of misapprehension
regarding th cost of tiling. Th Initial x
Pos of a Ul floor, which can be roughly
crease of forty-eight buildings and a de
crease of $6.1C1,M, or 11 per cent. Of the
forty-two cities, there mere Increases in
twenty-two up to as hlph as 344 per cent
and losses In twenty up to as high. In one
Instance, of S9 per cent. It will be observed
that the tosses are confined to the larger
cities and also to localities In which build
ing has been conspicuously active. The
figures in detail are as follows:
-1W7
No. Cost. No. Cost. Gain. Loss.
675 $9,350,170 7M $11.'..0.071 11
6,tvi5.CS9 7.312.W 12
72 4. 49275 99l' 6.4. .m 17
679 3.a,:S5 6,3.'3.3'.S 49
1.609 3.2M.7I5 1.4.W 1,4.44.41 S
111 2.074.42S 2M (KV813 111
$9 l'.615,856 948 2.233.900 32
70 1.842.0OS 891 1.476.522 9
Sfe 1.261.S3S S91 1.147.tS
I,(6.ti0 1,04: .950 1
24; i,3o,;oo 272 i,K;.:i
741 1,027,540 7Hi 1,1:0,3 A 8
$32 9S6.07O 229 6t.:.39 09
408 P3i,f35 311 W.4.7: S
625 M5.WW 412 I.09S.41S 19
3S RRl.HHO 2Wi 6!3.4!l 24
196 796,428 1 73f& t
283 676,628 319 712.970 6
211 861,000 li3 374,075 7
60 6.18.132 40 19..312 233
613.254 342 505.5R1 21
147 668,700 119 472,760 SO
61 637,048 46 2!M.36 82
218 633.M6 2t 807.316 84
116 477,035 173 412,100 1
162 414.046 145 896,676 4
70 834,400 44 76.325 344
811,992 334.678 7
64 2,)X9 77 70.631 327
161 271.843 164 225.848 20
247 266.744 361 424.196 $7
10 257.873 101 263.620 t
68 213,32f 44 67.515 216
87 201,011 126 149.676 36 ......
85 2P0,2S7 71 'fi.744 3
37 198.226 22 118.850 66
66 170.3(10 66 616.700 6
96 159.870 82 62,"i52 158
62 88,435 32 267.461 66
174 W.760 108 71. Si 1
18 60,000 16 2S.K0 108
20 bJ.757 If 14,616 26
12,000 $47,930,691 11,962 $53,862,660 11
of cities which have not been conspicuous
as active building centers there are ma
terial decreases. Including Salt Lake City,
69 per cent; Mobile, 66; Louisville, 37; Pue
blo, M; Denver, 34; Washington, 19. In
the northwest bulldlpg Is very active. St.
Paul had an Increase of 69 per cent, Min
neapolis and Milwaukee 9. Construction
continues aotlve In the north Pacific coast
cities, Portland leading, with an Increase
of U per cent, and Spokane 4. San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles are not doing so
well, 'the former suffering a loss of tf per
cent and the latter 9 per cent. The In
terior cities are prospering. A large num
ber show a handsome gain over the cor
responding period a year ago.
ence in It construction. The contractor
can make a fair walk by using one part
cement to six parts of sand, but any
builder knows that such a walk will not
last. Ha can slight the excavating and
filling and this will leave the ground under
neath to ba washed away and to sink, caus
ing tha Inferior quality of cement to crack
and break. It pay to have a good walk
laid, and this can't be dona at an Inferior
price."
Dr. Llbble L. Miller' handsome homa on
North Twenty-third street is being equipped
with round mission fixtures. The work Is
being done by tha American Electric com
Pny. "Now is the time to trim up the trees on
the plaoa," said a gardener. "A soon as
tha sap ha ceased to flow, tha householder
should direct attention to tha progress being
mada by tha trees. Soma of them will have
grown more on ona side than on the other
during the summer. This I to be corrected
by pruning. But care must be taken not
to prune too much. Indiscriminate cutting
and butchering of tree only does harm.
It Injuries retards the growth of the tree.
and It make It a monstrosity Instead of
an ornament and a comfort. The tree
should be pruned only enough to make it
shapely and make all sides balance."
"It seem odd to ma that in this land of
hot sunshine and wind your home builders
do not make more use of the protected
garden seat and arbors," said a visitor
from the east. "An arbor I uch a simple
thing to build and Is at the same tlma both
an ornament and a thing of use. Build
tha arbor In the back yard and plant grape
vine to trail over it. Thus Is provided a
shade in the summer, a protection In the
winter and bushel of luscious grapes In
their season. Nebraska I a climate In
which the grape flourishes when properly
planted and cared for. Such arbor can ba
paved with brick and then they afford a
pleaaant place to do washing or Ironing
if It I desired. Portions of it can be en-
Date Hallway
estimateVat about 60 or 60 cents a square
foot, 1 somewhat greater than that of
even hard wood. There are. however,
many economies Incident which should be
taken into consideration In computing its
cost. It does not hav to be painted,
polished nor oiled. The facility with which
It can be cleaned by simple washing, Is a
great saving of domestic labor in com
parison with the laborious scrubbing, oiling 1
and polishing of the wooden floor. Tile Is :
so. decorative that the tiled floor is never I
covered with a carpet! and requires far
fewer rugs than the wooden floor. These
are all Important savings, which the
cautions home owner anil hnim. linjr f
should take into consideration. The com
parlson of the wearing qualltlea of the tile
and wood floor demonatratea an even
greater eventual aaving, owing to the fact
that the woden floor wears out and that
a properly laid til floor never doe. Tak
ing these things Intq consideration, to
gether with the added value, which the
tllsd floor brings to the house, the price of
cents a square foot, multiplied by the
limited area of the front hallway, makes
n item which Is really Inslgnlflcent in
comparison with th benefits derived from
th tiling.
Architect are well aware of these facts;
and In their endeavor to meet the wishes
of their clients, who tn building a home
nearly always expect more than tlielr
moneys' worth, they naturally hesitate be
fore advising an outlay,' which can be
saved. Worried a h 1 by numerou
petty cares, it Is but human nature that
be should content himself with pleasing
hi client when the house Is first built. The
architect cannot be expected to glv much
thought to th cost of keeping hard wood
floors oiled and cleaned; h leaves this
to tha housekeeper to fight out with
servants. It is th client, th horn builder,
who should giv this consideration Its due
Importance. There 1 no doubt that if he
suggesU to his architects th us of tiling
In th front hall, th architect admitting
of It advantages, can offer absolutely no
objection other than tha Initial coat, which
h muat admit J a real ooaoaiy.
Gas and
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So moon e lias said: "Givo us an apparatus tliat will burn
air and tho fuol problem is solved." Our marvel Wrought
Iron Furnace ami Excelsior all cast Furnace has solved the
problem.
Everybody knows Oeorge Green, the bpnd master, His Excelsior
Air Blast Furnace cost him only Thlrty-sU Dollars to heat his entire
house last winter and it was a long winter, too. He says: "My house
was too warm all winter." This wlnt"r he will know better how to
operate and his expenses for fuel will be less than Thirty Dollars.
One customer at Shenandoah heated his eight-room house on
$16.80 by UBing our Marvel Air Blast Furnace. These are the fur
naces that the better people are Investigating. Are you one of thejnT
If It Is your money you are spending for coal, you better see what we
have to offer you.
Omaha Stove Repair Works,
1206-8 Douglas. Telephone Dong. 960.
3,000,000 of Stove, Range and Furnace Repairs
ORDER YOUR WORK DONE TODAY
Not "Dabblers." but the
FINEST DISPLAY OF
ART DOMES and STAND LAMPS
IN THE CITY
ELECTRIC LIGHT
and COMBINATION
L. G. Lowry
AmericaLiv
Electrio Light
and Power
Contractor.
Company
III IS III
C B. HAVENS & COMPANY
BUILDING MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS
LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, CRUSHED ROCK, SAND, BRICK AND
SEWER PIPE.
Get Oar Quotations Before Placing Orders Elsewhere.
Phone Doujlai 317 . 1805 Farnam St.
unwix c.ui$NNi$Trr x co.
Electric Steel Conduit and Raceway Experts
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING ENGINEERS
TL Dongla 3816 BPECnTICATIOlTS 1609 Parnam St.
GOOD
Caret's Flexible Cement Roofing; Asphalt Grave 1 Kof
ing; "Barrett Specification" Pitch and Gravel Koofinv:.
'Phone Douglas 871 for Special Salesman to Call
SUNDERLAND ROOFING AND SUPPLY COMPANY,
1006-8-10 Douglas Street.
We are making Very Attractive Figures on
FINE HARDWOOD FLOORS, Plain or' Ornamental
also Window Screens and Weather Strips
Ttie Parquetry Flooring Co.,
3Q9 South Sevenleenlh Street. 'Phone Doug. 18SB
Gold and Silver Plating
Tabl War, Qa natures, Bras
Bad and Jwlry Bplatd aa Xw
OMAHA. rtATIHO CO.
Bailable Oold and Silver Platers
Established 1898 1830 Karnay St.
national Roofing Co.
Estimate Turalahad on
U.TB. TUB aSO OBA7X& BOOM
ABS BOOriWQ KATZBZAX.8.
-..Mala Offlo
10-11 War Block, it n Osaaha.
Oo. Bluffs, Xa,
Slou City. la.
closed with mosquito netting and used for
outdoor sleeping quarters. There are so
many uses to which the arbor can be put
that It is surprlslnghat people do not have
them."
Underground garbage receivers are com
ing lntdextenstve use among Omaha house
holders. Generally these are built of brick
and vary In. size according to the needs of
the family. The tops come level with the
ground and generally there Is an Iron cover
like that of a manhole In a sidewalk. The
top should fit tight so as to prevent the
escape of noxious odors and poisonous
gases. Inside of the brick garbage re
ceiver, of course. Is a galvanized Iron
bucket provided with a bale so that It
can be easily removed by the garbage col
lector. "Next spring Is going to see a greater
building boom In Omaha homes thaa any
previous year," said a real estate man. "I
know Just what -the people are planning
to do. I know that my business Is bigger
than It has ever been and most of those to
whom I have sold building sites during
th last month say they intend to begin
building next spring. There Is already
enough work on haad to keep th builders
busy all winter again, juat as they wer
Electric Fixtures
Why a pond your money needlessly for new Fixture,
when we can make your old onea look
as good as new (or much loss.
ANY FINISH OR COLOR YOU D2SIRE
IN BRASS, COPPER, NICKEL
OR SILVER.
We plate Anything In Oold, Silver,
Nickel, ttrass or Copper.
Automobile Lamps and Statues Repaired.
V OMAHA SILVER COMPANY
314 South Uih Street. Deluxe n Farnam and, Harney
Tolouhono: Douglas 1773.
A.ITIR2
r:v4fi.An
JC lXIUreS
J. Gillosplo
Electric
1403 Jackson St.
Phone Douglas
14M
ROOFS
HOT WATER
HEATING
5-room house . . . .
7-rooin houne . . .
8 to 9-room house
! 200.00
250.00
300.00
JOS. W. MOORE,
Tel. Web. 3843. 1543 N. 18th Bt
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AHCHOB riROl COMPANY""
sur si oris ina Bl.. Omaha
LiW-CIMtTEiy
all laat winter. And in the spring there's
going to be a new supply of work to keep
the builders and contractors busy Increase
lug the size of the state' metropolis."
The Partridge flats at Twenty-second and
Davenport have Just been wired for light
by the American Electric company.
The recent statement by a leading lumber
man that the price of lumber will advama
6 pr ct-nt within a year hu liveried Into
action some home builders who hav4)
watched for an easing In the lumber mar
ket before building. As long as the present
great activity In building keeps up th
lumber market will keep advancing.
Famous Ilellc.
One of the most cherished possession
of the family of General W. B. Curtis,
who commanded a brigade In the Army
of West Virginia. Ik a handsome pp,.,
madu out of a llmh which was wrench
from the famous apple tree at Appomat.
tox beneath which General Iee surren
dered th forces of the confederacy to
Grant. The pipe was carved by a Penn.
sylvantan of General Curtis' command.
If you have anything to Jrada advertls
it In the For Exchang colunm of Tug
Boa Want Ad page.
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