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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1908)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY HER: M'l.Y f. 1008. NEWS OF TME BUSY HOME BUILDERS ME BUILDERS KEEP BUSY Omaha Folks Are Still rutting Up . Ilousei to Live la. RECOBD FOB JUNE IS SUHPEISIKQ Vgao of Permits Ird la Omaha Kzcceds that of It Year, Which Was Unfit m Goodly Showing. Wl.lle the hornn builders all over tha country have born timidly awaiting tiie outcome of the rsportd money stringency and flnanrlal panic, the Imlkli-rs in limnha liave been calmly K"lnR on erecting lionion as though nothing bad hiippenrd. The records of the building ItiHpector'a officii hovo been compiled for the first fclx months of the year and show Mint build ing has held up remarkably well ail through the first kIi months of a your which Is conceded to have natural disad vantages for the Investment of money. The total figures for the six months sliuwa an expenditure of $1.9"fi.f15 on building In the first half of 1H07 and fl.7J4.lj0 in the corresponding period of this year. But the record for June of the two year Is especially eiiot-uralng and Indicate tliut buslncrfB I a picking up more than ev.r. In June, 1!07, the building permits amounted to f 4.10,350, whllo In June of this year they totaled i 150,160. The clean and chaste lines of the old colonial Htylo of home are being exe'upli lled in a residence Indue built in the l'leld club district of this city. The house im broud lines and Is erected on a commodi ous lot, with wide y;rd around the front and ample (.puce on the sides. An at tractive feature of the exterior U tho large brick chimney ri-dng at one end of the Rabid roof which has a slope toward Hie elreet. Tin: building i of fra:uc and Iho txterlor framework Is covered with sheatl.l.ig of good building paper and clapboard of wide gauge. The blinds are "palnted green. The shingle i-oof Is painted a mosu green. The Interior rt the House Is treated In true culouiul blylt. The central hall extend j from fiont to the buck of the houHe. The dining loom ias an Inglenuok and a largo open firo V'ace built of red brick. There are four targe bedrooms on the uecond floor, with "laths, plenty of closets and an attic abovo. Tho cost of this hoUBe U ald to be fti.OOO. Me-i exierlenrcd In the building of homes In Omaha for liives; nx nt purposes say that l.uw Is an especially attractive time for indcrluklntr work of this kind. The cheap ntBS of mati rial compared with its pr.ee u year or two ago Is the reason given for pic c: r bull, lug iimii the love .unent su'.nj p nl. "I'Hu.illy the invest r la l y property in kes about S or tent," said u reil a atj nun wlio has built muny houses for Invest ment. "I'.ut now ho ought to make at least 10 per cent on tho Investment. It Is possible to secure moie and better work for the sumo money thun could be secured In l'JUi. This Is one of the reasons why the Lu Id ni Tecord of Omaha la keeping up so excel lently. The shrewd men are getting busy now and they will reap the fruits of thuir fun-yfjhteJness." "While the prices on lumber are easy just now," said u local dealer in this Im portant build. n& commodity, "there la ab solutely no way to foretell what they will be lu a week or a, month from now. Values "w 111 necessarily show fluctuations In the future Pule prices will move up and down In resjonie to heavy demand or its tem porary restriction. The lumber trade of the country and the lumber consumers should remember that a steadily inc. t as ng demand Is being filled with a constantly decreasing supply of timber. The inevitable outcome of these forces working upon one another will be a hither price level." Tlio cement market in Omaha f.r the last forty days has been iu the most, demoralized condition ever known In the hlatjry of the business. Homo cements htive-beeu sold for less than tho cost of production. Lately there las been a sight rebound In pilje and tho many new uses to which cement lias been put because of the low prices la already stimulating the demand for It ao that it la likely higher prices will prevail as the aeaaon progresses. The heaviest de mand for cement In this stction of the country Is during the late summer and tarly fall and many are making preparation to meet this demand. One of the largest fac tors in the cement market la the railroads who have been do.ng no new work for a, me time. New work, however, was begun by the roads July 1 and It Is expected they will do a large amount of work during the next few months. The preaent price in Oroahu ia $1.18 a barrel. PLANS Working plans. (2 bets), lor the Bungalow denla;n on this aee wWh tomylete specifications, Bill Material AND a year's subscription to my new and Interesting monthly magazine, JOURNAL OF MODERN CONSTRUCTION $5.00 I'LAN NO. 49. COST lOW. The Journal of Modern' Construction devoted to buildings is an authority on Design, Construction and Materials, and will prove a valuable aid to all prospective builders. Hegular sub scription $2.00 a year. SEND 50 CENTS for a copy of my new Book of Plans. 7C Attractive Homes. The above $5.00 offer upplles to any plan in this book. MAX L KEITH. Minneapolis, Minn. 310 Lumber Exch., BERGER METAL LATH PIERRE JACKSON. CONTRASTS IN HUMAN LIFE thadr Wslki Oflr nParallel Pallia of lllaber Alma In a Merry Old World. My old friend J. W. Kdmor-ds of New York says: "Does It seem strange to you that the shady walks of life should so often run parallel with the path of higher alms, such ns art, literature and the likeT Here we have "Faddy the fig' with a P'wtbumous gliding of a reputed love of flowers and poetryl As to this dual Instinct, we havo as an authorlthy of apical Bret Hart, who recognized the existence of such a pe culiar human trait In his portrayal of the characters of Jack Hamlin and John o.-ik-hurst. Then we have the Hon. nick Can field as a living example. What's the secret of nature In this respect? My own theory Is that men of normal mold, whose occupations force them Heartily Into one groove, must seek their diversions In a diametrically opposite channel." Edmonds touches a soft spot. Tho "Wicked Giblie" was a lover of art, and much appreciated by J. Pierpont Morgan, Edmund Clarence Btedman was a poet and a banker. He. was an imitator of Samuel Rogers, the original mixer of finance and poepy. Rogers was a millionaire banker a very Croesus. He could draw unlimited checks alike on the Hunk of Englnnd arl on the treasury of the Musses. At the same time, Rogers was the ugliest man In Eng Attractive and Inexpensive Homes Br Ku I i ; : " ' f , ; ' N - f I. ' v-: . ''V v. . l3 nil i 0 ! Slteli 1 THE BUNGALOW HOMO, For a few weeks I shall show a number of very Interesting but exceedingly Inexpen sive orn-st ry cottages, or bungalows aa popularly termed. I believe that the build In of a home Is Indeed a buslntss proposi tion. It Is somewhat cheuper to own a home than to rent, provided that the home Is built properly and does not require con t nuul repairing. The building of a home, however, la far more than a mere business proposition. There is too much sentiment connected with the building of a home to court Its worth In mere dollars and cents and a bungalow appeals strongly to home loving American people nowadays for two Important factors economy of its cost and Its homelike possibilities. The origin of the bungalow Is no doubt derived from the American log cabin und the.e two styles are the r.n y two dis tinctly original styles in American archi tecture. The finst of this series shows a simple, beautiful homelike little bungalow and be- PORCH . i ft AAA Electricity for tho grocer and butcher With electricity in the store, the proprietor is enabled to operate the coffee grinder and meat chopper and email motors, where, herefofore, this laborious service had to be performed by hand. A fourth h. p. motor granulates one pound of coffee per minute. A one-half h. p. motor chops 200 pounds of beef per hour. Omaha Electric Ucht& Power Oo, Tel. Doug. 1062 Y. M. C. A. Building. UL- Dining Room Domes Chandeliers Chain Hanging Pieces Real Brass, Hoi Plated QUALITY ALL THC TIME AMERICAN ELECTRIC COMPANY "The Fixture House" SO! South Ills St Tel 0 148 BARRET'S SPECIFICATION ROOFS Pitch and graved roofs put on according to thia specification have weathered storms for twenty years without any cost of repairs. We use this specifica tion, in applying this character of roofing. SUNDERLAND ROOFING AND SUPPLY CO. 1006-8-10 Douglas St. Phones: Bell. D. 871; Ind. A1225. land. Ills home was such a palace of art as Morgan would envy, and try to Improve on, and the only ungainly thli-a; In It wrs Rogers himself. Morgan never laid claim to beauty. He Is rl her than Rogera was, and his art collection wlfl be the grandest on earth If he lives ten years longer. Roger's most prized possessions were two small pieces of paper in gold frames. One of them was a Uatjk of England note for Lh.) sterling ($..0".Oiiop, and the other the original receipt of John Milton for to ($2o, the sum he received for the copy right of "l'aradlso Lose" from Bimmonds, the bookseller The bunk note was one of the only four which were ever struck from a plate that was aflerward destroyed. The Rothchllds had on Impression. Mr. Coutts had another, the lank of England still has the third. Rogers, as I have said, hiul the fourth. It hung In his parlor within any one's reach, but valueless to all except Its owner. No one ever thought of stealing It, because It would have been only so much waste paper, but Roger's touch could have converted It Into a shower of gold New York Press. Drama In I'lnnU vllle. "The heroine was tied to a buiz-saw snd the hero was locked In a d'ltiKeon. R'gosh I thought her time had come." "And what saved her?" "Just then the sheriff walked In and levied on the scenerv. It broke up the show, but that was bettcr'n serin' the gal sawed in twain." Louisville Courier-Journal. Keith. cause of Its utter simplicity and straight forward expression of rimple means la one of the most attractive homes In my collec tion. That la saying crrnfderable when we consider that it only coat to build a littio over J1.SG0. The living room Is very attractive with Us fireplace and broad bay window and its views In mmy directions. Good wall spaces have also been left for the davenport and piano. Dining room and living room are directly connected through a wide-cased opening and buck of the dining room la a small hall leading to the bed rooms and bath room. While the illustration shows siding on the house, it will look equully well, perhaps better, if shingled, and in either case should be stained a mission brown with cither a moss green roof or a dark maroon stain as the prospective builder may desire. . Estimated; cost, tl,2O0 In pine finish. Di mensions are 24x33 feet; ceiling height, 10 feet. DN 1N x 3 ROOM. ' I BED I BED I 1 (ROOM, j ROOM, a, a " V BATH n 1 R.-V 1 I I KrrchaJ am l m 1 y Th Mew and IRoute goes right to the park boundary from whence all the noted sights in the park are best reached. The geysers, mammoth hot springs, grand canyon, Yellowstone lake, etc. Buy your tickets over the and you can then take in Denver and Colorado points, also Salt Lake City en route. Sp sm1I Popular to Fart si! Electric Lighted Trains For books and other information inquire at City Ticket Office 1324 Farnam St. Phona Douglas IS2S Ind. A.323I I SALES AOCMT 61S BEE BLCS. TLL CCUL 4471 twagiTanraafiTi