THE OMAHA SUXDAV BEE: OCTOBEi: 13. 1907.
TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
Another of Handsome Homes That Make Omaha Beautiful
Map JStiowIrifj Fart
Of tllC VI1IO0C5 of
y'Sew Addition Near Dundee to Be
Opened Soon. . ,
TRACT COMPRISES FORTY. ACRES
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District Inrtc street Ht4
' I.ofa Are Bought tor Patwre
DaUdlng Operations.
In three years the Dundee Realty oom
pany fis spent $60,000 In grading property
In Dundee and west f Dundee.
, Forty acred northeast of ths Happy Hol
low club, lying wrf of Fifty-first street
and running from Dodge to liard streets.
last piece to be Improved. It was
twenty . yen? a , ago ,ti a part of
Dup&ie, but waa never developed. It will
be placed on the market shortly by George
A Co. -,' ; i j
The whole tract has been graded, at r eat a
have been laid out and graded, -water has
been brought to every lot, drain pipe
have been laid .to carry off the surface
water and a, layer of black soil has been
put over the xlay left exposed by tha
grading. Cement walks will be laid' and
trees planted., Along the west side of this
addition runs . the Happy Hollow boule
vard, which, when completed, will ex
tend three-quarters of a mile from the
north end of Elrawood park to Hamtlton
street. It la now completed for a quarter
of a mile along the new addition.
The real eatate company will begin the
ale of these lota next Saturday. The
lots are 60x135 feet.' Anyone who buys
must agree to build no house costing less
than 2,S00. . ,
In the Immediate vlflnlty ot this' tract,
another piece of thirty acres baa, been Im-
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HOME! OF "W. O. BRADFORD ON SOUTH THIRTY-SEVENTH STREET-.
sold the gTound aa 62 feet and the pur'
chaser later mortgaged t to Mr. Koufiue
mm OCA 1V. wrm rrm n ? ,mflnunA
proved In the last two years. The bp- ' ' . TO ,. 'ZZltZ
' . and when Mr. Kountae sold the property
pearance of the district would surprise one I . .... . i.,,m.,
who has not visited It for aeveral years.
There Is a thick aod on the ground graded
I wo years ago, and trees are flourishing, i
Two houans are In course of construction
and five or six more are planjved.
About a mile west, the Dundee Realty
company Is grading 100 acres, extending
from the Dodge street ' road to Hamilton
i street. No flat places and no knoba will
as C84 ' feet. Mr. Fix a says there is un
doubtedly BS4 feet. If you measure by the
curve of the MIL
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"Two or three years ago you wouldn't
mention Ninth street In pom society,"
said E. A. Benson at the meeting of the
Jtaai Estate exchange' last Wednesday.
"Now we talk about It every day and we
are proud of it, with Ita fine row of big
buildings. ' It just shows how Omaha Is
developing. It Is remarkable when you
think that all this change has come about
In two years."
Promise Is given that the large tract
of wheat land lying west of Creighton
university will soon be built up. All this
tract will be placed on sale at once. With
the exception of that part bought recently
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"I: 'v . .1 moiT' the land has changed hands lately.
vjub iirvi ucen itua qui io ioiiow ine
contour of the oosntryw
It Is here that C. B, Hayward, . I O.
Ferley and others are building fine country
homes. The land tells at PM0 to J1.00O an
acre and no one will be allowed to build
a house costing less than $6,000.
Across the Dodge road south are the fine
country homes of W. S. Wright bjuJ George
Fayne.
East of the 100-acre tract, the company
has leased eighty acres for ten years to
the Happy Hollow club-for gqlfiinks. j,
While 'there artfT'few olg buildings In
prospect for the, near future, there are also
a number In prospect for a time distant
by two or three e four or Ave y ears. Rome
Miller, who . nidi! the ?new ' -Rome hotel
crowded to Its capacity, is already begin
ning to think he. -would, like tp have It size
doubled and haa opened negotiations for
the lot Immediately east of .the. hotel. ,He
would like to build ext year. George A.
Joslyn has bought .the., trackage, lpt at ths
southwest corner of Ninth and Howard
streets and will soma time, erect a building
for the Western Newspaper Union.
There are a number 1 of persons with
money who will erect buildings to suit
prospective tenants. It is generally known
that Mrs. E. W. Nash who erected the
large ,M. ' E. Smith wholesale buildings.
Ilka tor erect 'other' large Jitrnctures
"While we're building that proposed court
house,''- said D. C. Patterson, "we ought
to build for the next 100 years. I'm afraid
M.OOO.ouu will not rurolsh ample facilities
for Omaha that long, judging from the
way the city Is growing.- The county com
missioners should figure how large a build
ing the county will need fifty, seventy-five
flit 100 xr a ra frAM now ff fh. .AMn -.
of Increase In population, and the people P1"0 tne ,an t0 draft b,,W for ubml
should vote bonds for such a building, If Blon to the Ktelature. It Is required to
,. A military road through Omaha between
Fort. Omaha and Fort Crook li a vision
that floats periodically through the minds
of Omaha cltlxens. Since Senator Norrls
Brown's visit, to Omaha . the vision has
begun to float again. Senator Brown said
It Is not Improbable that the' government
will consider plana for ; building', such, a
road, since both forts haul a, lot of mer
chandise out of Omaha by wagon, and the
present, roads are in miserable condition
part of the time. Omaha people will wel
come the ' road when it comes, but are
not losing any sleep In . thought of IU
Immediate construction '. ' , ,
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One block of grosnd on Spencer street,
Just east of Sherman avenue, perhaps
hold the record of recent years for quick
improvement in the residence section,
though , there has beea rapid growth tn
all directions. A. year ago the bleck was
all vacant. Now It has eight large mod
ern residences representing an Investment
of HO. 000. The addition' was platted b
Hastings & Heyden and placed on the
market last falL
Governor Hughes of New York has ap
pointed a Commission to . Investigate the
expediency of the adoption by the state
of the Torrens system, and If It shall ap-
and Dodge; O. A. Scott building, at 1922
Loihrop; J. Lanalree building, at 6118 Cali
fornia, and O. Kronstedt building, at 3030
California street.
The plumbing and heating for a large
bank and ofllce building at Lyons, Neb.,
Is Just being completed by the Johnson-Rowe-Daly
company.
Contract for the plumbing and heating
for the large bank and ofllce building
being erected by the First National bank
of Oelweln, la., has been awarded to the
Johnson-Rowe-Daly company.
"The fall rush for plumbing and heating
repairs is now on," said Mr. Johnson, ot
the Johnson-Rowe-Daly company. "In t,p1:e
of all that Is said and written warning
the people to get their orders in early, a
large percentage will postpone until the
last minute and the consequence Is a
grand rush to the plumber the first cold
snap and consequent disappointment tn
delay necessitated by the rush of orders."
they declQe on having a, new on at all.
EXTRA TRACKS FOR SIDING
Union PaclOa Now Has 362 Feet for
Each Frelaht Car that
It Owns.
. The Union Pacific Railway company now
haa 3G2 feet of yard or siding trackage for
each freight car It owns, whereas four
years ago it had but 322 feet. This enlarse
ment of sldmg facilities has been going on
all over the system and in the last four
years has Increased 30 per cent or 1,100
niilc-a. Extensive Improvements are now
i"'nn n-aae between Council Bluffs and
South Omaha, especially to the Junction
of the Lane Cut-off, which is expected to bo
In operation about the first of the year.
An electrlo interlocking plant has been In
stalled at Council Bluffs at the Junction o'
the Union Paclflo with tenant lines, which
use the bridge, and trackage to South
Omaha, and the two new ice houses have
also been built at Council Bluffs. The new
trackage between Omaha and South Omaha
increase the company's trackage 44,636
feet or about eight and one-half miles.
Columbus has been provided with now
stock yards, a brick freight depot, inter
locking plant, and charging station for
electrlo algnaling apparatus. To the yard
trackage of the Grand Island terminal have
been added 28,200 feet, besides a new inter
locking plant, roundhouse, ice houses, stock
yards, charging station, pumping station
and a large yardmaster's building.
At North Platte, In addition to minor lm-
report by February V 108. It has power
!to subpoena witnesses, take testimony and I rov.m .!.,, completed, Including a
A few daysi ago' a funeral procession to mpel production of books and papers, ,arK8 stock yard tne company has author
Holy Sepulcher cemetery stuck In tha. mud " nd lt .Erected to confer with the United ,led a conveyor type coal station of 23,000
on West Leavenworth street. This shows States authorities and the authorities of tonB capacity. , To provide for all these
something of the condition of the street uoh. other countries as hava aaoptea .tne
the West Leavenworth people Insist on hav- , Torrens system.
Ing paved this fa)l. The contract for the . ' . '' , ' .
work was let to! :;. Van Court at th.i, f,"" Z "port, buslnen very sat-
, ,v, . . . . . . Isfactory. Two more of the handsome new
last meeting of the park board, but there .,' .
is little prospect of the Immediate begin
nlng of operations.
been sold within a week. Two went to
present tenants, who bought because they
feared they could not find houses for rent
If forced out of the dwellings they ocoupy.
The houses were of the six-room, partly
modern type, for which there Is a great
demand and an Insufficient supply.
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SPKCXAL 8ALK ot lots lti
Blocks 85 to 90 Inclusive
Saturday afternoon, OctolxT
10th.
. Cut this plat out and brlns
it with you to the sale, or k
with us any day this week
and ace the proiH'rtjr
Announcements, wedding stationery and
railing cardn, blank book and 'magazine
binding. 'Phone Doug. 1654. A. I. Root, Inc.
Catarrh, Deafness,
Bronchitis! Asthma, .
Head Noises Cured
To all beginning treatment before No
vember 1st we offer our services and
treatment free until cured to prove our
ability to cure permanently. A small
charge for medicine only. This offer will
positively be withdrawn November Int.
Only 19 Days Left
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ANOTHER REMARKABLE CURE
Fourteen years ago I began to have
shortness of breath and ohoking, constant
wheezing and rattling In my chest. I
would raise tough phlegm. Finally I got
so bad I could not work. Doctors told me
asthma could not be cured. The only re
lief I got was from smoking an asthma
powder, which only gave temporary re
lief. I lost flesh and strength. I went to
the specialists of the Dr. Branaman Co.
a physical wreck. I can now breathe free
and easy. I sleep like a child at night.
I do not cough or have any more rattling
or wheezing. This new treatment is a
sure speclfio for asthma and I gladly rec
ommend it to all. Mrs. Carolina Swan
son, Benson, Neb., Oct. 12, 1907.
OTJ EOMB TBATMEirr is as effec
tive as office treatment. -Write for symp
tom blank and book of testimonials how
to cure yourself at home, free.
Dr. Branaman Co.
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and you will be near the t . izaro ST .
center of the tract. " 1 rTl I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 .1 I I I I 1 I
I , Grading and careful prep- - js. i :
J a'ation of the blocks and 5 -f
! streets, at great expense has I p f " " jj)9iimiuii
I Just been completed. I I I , i k4u ! I . I 1 . ' 1. 1 ! Lil Iril I I I li ! I I ! ! Ui
Most ell lots are high and If . . .aa. lWjf tTltl 1 f fTv-1 P-V-1 I 'V I I ' I-1-1-1 M
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l City water, cemrnt side- .-JlJ I I Jir 4V !
I walks and trees are now In ill r ( Vv- - i j.r ;
or will be put In streetB r ' 1 5' " " " " ,JW
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er. Electric liRbt and gas 1 i,.,. . . u. uaiLuui. . ,7 . . f. - T I --l-l l-l -l -lAlfer--
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Prices. $475 to $.-,73 for L ."" " " jr,
. the lots north of Underwood iyeoSTem ST
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THE WURN OPTICAL CO.
-A NEW ENTERPRISE-
With an Old Experienced Optician in Charge,
for Eleven Years Manager of the Penfold
Optical Company.
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WE WISH TO WAHN OUR
FU1ENDH THAT WE HAVE
NO NOLICITOHS Oil
AGENTS? OUT 8KLLING
I'HOTOGnAPH COUPONS
IN OMAHA Oil VICINITY.
Tliei Photographer.
31J-IU7 So. 15th Street.
, residences at Thirty-third . and . Harney
have just been sold, one to A. E. Merrltt
for $8,000 and one to Nathan Mantel for
I ti 1 mi 97HA tlmmmrA atrMif in im.nilu
A plaoe of land twenty-two feet wide la Bairj tor i.00Ck
lost somewhere In the neighborhood of Thera ftM . ,,,,. peo ln th
Blxth and Dorcur streets. . John H. ' .W market Just now trying to boy vacant lots
is hunting for It. He needs it. for he sold at th, prlce, prevailing six months ago.
James P. Connolly M feet of land and has not rsaimng the actual growth in value
oniy iw 1.0 aeuver. .. xr. connony v nas nc, ,,arJy ,prinC,
uraugni sun agajos. ar, mi ror tne re
turn of 00 earnest money , because hs
A la'.'ge number of contracts for furnaoea
can't give title to aa much land as he , have been placed during ths past week.
am ne couia. iJiere seems to oe no doubt ,Tne Jonn Hussle Hardware company re-
a do in. ine juie- w in laaa tnars tnere
the trouble Is, .there. is not . enough Pf Jt.
The mistake came, about in this way:
Herman Kountye; a Bop4. many .years ago
port orders for Installation of ' furnaces
for the following: Two houses for B. J.
Eca'invll, at Twenty-eighth arid Fowler;
William i. Creedeti. building at Forty-sixth
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Modern 8-room bouse, with beautiful largo lot, only one block
from' Sherman 'Ave. car line. 'Paved street, cement walks, shade
and fruit trees. Good frame barn. Property cost $12,000. Our
price $7,500; $3,000 cash, balance long time at 6fo interest. Death
only reason for selling. A REAL BARGAIN
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Cronnman Iirvcot merit Co.
Room 1, New York Life. 'Phone Dougia 5107.
imDrovements 17 acres of land have been
purchased. Another 26,000-ton coal storage I
system has been authorised at Cheyenne j
and 8,600 feet of additional track will be .
laid.
Ninety acres of land have been bought at I
Rawlins for new stock yaras, una
Ing plant of sixty tons per hour elevating
capacity is now under way. New trackage
is provided to take care of the stock and
coal handling additions here. Nearly 82,000
feet of new yard track has Just been com
pleted at Green River, where the Union Pa
cific has also provided a water softening
plant of 15,000 gallons an hour capacity, and
a large coaling station of the most modern
type. .
At Laramie. Wyo., the company s Im
provements have embraced a water supply
system for the city as wen as me rail
road. A reservoir pf 1.400,000 gallons ,
capacity has been built, sno two ana a
quarter miles of twelve and fourteen-inch
pips Is now being laid. Enlargement of
the tie-treating plant at thia point In
creased Its capacity by 1.100 ties a day.
' One hundred and forty-four acres ot
ground have been purchased at Junction ,
City. Kan., to carry out extensive terminal
plans at this point. These plans Include
shop buildings as well as district terminal
switching yards. The additional terminal
facilities at Ballna Include new buildings,
coal and pumping stations, and Xl.oOO feet
of new trackage. I
Improvements of the same kind ln
proportion to the importance of the place
are being made at Sharon Springs, Kan.,
Hugo and Sterling, Colo., and other
points on the line where through or local
traffic makes necesaary exteuaion of the
company's yard track and buildings. Tak- ,
ing Into consideration all betterments in- I
eluded under this head, the Union Pa- j
clflc's terminal facilities have been enlarged '
at least SO per cent in the last four years, j
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P. H. UPDIKE BUILDS HOME
Will Ereet' Twenty-Five Thoasaad
Dollar Itrililrtrt This
rail.
P..H. Updike will build a 3.000 home at
the southeast corner of Thirty-eighth street
and Pewey avenue, beginning work this
fall.
from
through the D. V. Sholcs company. The
lot is lWxlt fet and sold for $7,500. It Is
directly behind the home of E. A. Cudahj
and across the street from the home ot
A- D. Brandeib.
ll. Mr. Updike bought the tot Saturday I
m Anna S. R. Eastman of New York, '
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TWENTY THOUSAND D0LURS
Aunsl Pal by T. B. Matters to
P. HNVpalk. fo F.vr
H.aae.
T. H. Matters has bought from P H.
Updike for $.OoO four houses built by V. O.
Etrlckler at the southwest corner of Thirty,
slgiith and Farnam streets.
Four housee bought by A. P. Tukey A
Son at Fortieth and Charles streets have
The following low rates in effect every day to October 31, 1337, afford an
opportunity to make tho trip for just HALF the
regular first-class fare.
to Butte, Anaconda and Helena,
to Ogden aud alt Lake City.
to Pendleton and Walla Walla.
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to Spokane, and Wenatchee, Washington.
X -4 tn 'M ail . 1
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"to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and many other
California points. ,
to Everett, Fairhaven, Whatcomb, Vancouver, Victoria
and Astoria.
to Ashland, Hoseburg, Eugene, Albany and Salem, via
Portland. . ' '
to Portland or to Tacoma and Seattle. .
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For full Information Inquire at
CITY TICKET OFFICII. 1324 FARNAM CTREET
Phone Douglas 1020
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