frllE OMAHA SUNDAY BEEi AUGUST 9. 1903.
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MILWAUKEE M)01T0 BUTTE
V
Pacific , Extension Will Be There
tWitfun Two Weeki. ,
VITAL LFTtCI 03 HUL RAILWAYS
JTnrje jBtlaslac Blws Hn -Been
Dvnlt Hnrrleann Line la Three
i Wttki hr Interstnte Cm
mere Cons m I salon.
The Mllwsukee .expeet to have trains
rur.nlns; Into Butte, Mont., on Its Psxlfle
ioast extension within two week and thnn
th competition with thn other through
line will start. At present the Milwaukee
hu about 2,000 laborer employed on 111
T1 In the mate of Montana, .
What effect the new line will have In
the matter of freight ratea la not known at
tnia time, although the added competition
la sure to have aome. The competition will
affect the Minnesota and Chicago territory
mora than It will Omaha and the Burling
ton, aa well aa the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific, will aurely feel the af
fect of the Mllwankea a entry Into Seattle.
The Milwaukee haa leased freight rlghta
over i the .tracka of the Northern Paolflo
Into Duluth, which will amount to prac
tically the saioe thing a though the com
Jny had its own line. ,
r. ' Three Blow to Harrlman.
"Th Harrlman. tinea have been handed
three stinging blowa within the Inst three
week by -the Interstate Commerce com
mission, all affecting the revenue of the
llnea! and ail knocking aotn revenue
schemes of the Harrlman official. .The
flrit-waa th refusal to give lower or car
load : ratea on Independent lota of mer
chandise put into carload, th commission
maintaining that utiles the. entire carload
ai owned by the consignee the higher or
Jess 4han carload rate must apply. The
comrhlssion also broke up th elevator ai-
' lofranca system maintained by , the Union
i'aolflo at Omaha with the Peavy Elevator
company by which the raflroad cdmpany
paid i the elevator Company lfc . cents per
Jiundjed on all grain, maintaining that it
wa ,worh, that much to get a speedy re-
, jurn of the car. The commission ha also
wept aside the free wharfage . system
which gave E. H. Young a chance to out
bid all .competitor at Cfalveston.
, . . v l .
,' .. Usrrlmss Still ft a lea.
, The entrance of Harrlman Into the Gould
llne.wlll allow Harrlman to retain a whip
'hand in California and Nevada without
.opposition-.and th looked-for completion
between the Oould and Harrlman llnea by
reason of the .building of the Western Pa
cific seems to be a thing of the past
: Qould and hi- Western. Paclf io hv been
shorn of their,, aggrsstveOf toward Mr.
Harrlman and harmony now seems to be
'the watchword. It is intimated there will
now be a division of the territory for traf
fic purpose and It 1 thought the Western
Pacific will not build "a system of branch
line, or feeder, but will rely on through
"business from that Motion. "It la ' not
.thought Gould will try to hav a trans
paclfft ateamahlp Una of hi otvtl, but Will
work itv harmony with the Harrlman line.
;' OoBld After Hrr Car. '
.. -Oner of th first noticeable result of the
Ila.rrlman-Oould combination la th en
trance of the Oould line Into the field for
new cara Report coin from PltUburg
,'jUiat. on .of th 'largest, steel oar contracts
Ih month la being negotiated at Pittsburg
.'by,, th Harrimin-Goultl rntrta, . Th
contractwill call for .n ouUa oi U,00,000
and will oaU for the delivery of 10,000 car
t stated Interval during th next three
, yari I) 1 stated , that the Gould line
vHave. been forcea to. reiuse tnousanas 01
,tpn of. freight because ''of a scarcity'' of
oars ana wnen mis waa caiiea 10 in av
VepUon, of Mr. Harrlman , he Immediately
stated that th llnea should be brought up
to par. It la announced that moat of th
new cara will be used on- the main line of
.the Wabash west 'of Toledo. The contract
. U so large that It will give employment to
Several thousand men continually for three
year.
MAIL CRANE J0R UNCLE SAM
New Devlee Milt by Council BlaaT
"'Mi Who "llopee Ooverhment
- ( - , . Will Afloat It.
. Otto achnoor of Council Bluff ha come
'.to Omaha from Bloux City where a mall
crape In whloh he la Intereated, waa tested
by th government, atandlng all' the hard
at teat and wa highly commended by th
inspector who came to Omaha from all
part of th United Bute to make the
test with Mr. Bohnoor. The possibility that
the government will adorJt this crane for
'eatchtng and delivering mall sack add
that Mr. Schnoor may manufacture It In
Omaha, make th test of unusual interest
to the Commercial club.
1 "I feel' confident that th ' federal auth-
'otitic will adopt thla mail crane,"' Mr.
Bohnoor ald . "W have worked on it for
over three year and the government ha
become ao much Interested that th second
...... .
Ust- wa made at.mucn expense, A.spe
, del train oh th Northwestern Hne with a
mall car waa taken out on a straight
stretch . of . track south of Sioux . City,
,Twlv teat were made at different
speeds varying'- from ten to aeventy-flv
'mile per houf. Th crane worked per
fectly, receiving and delivering empty
, sack a well a those weighing forty
. pound. In the final teat four sack were
trapped' together. They weighed more
.than Wi pounds, i ne crane aia tne work
' Mr. Bcbnoor say .that If th government
'adopt the crane, which Is likely, he will
GlngT
Anfwhere
55c in Q nuh
Branca Off, Xarry - Oalree, Mg
Ot rnxea U Tab IMT-. .
SUPERFLUOUS MA!
PERFECTLY REMOVED. I Bill
Whan jom Save Srtvd all other
batr nuwi and thav hare
failed, ue Rime. 1 have the sani
and positively snr war to lata
katr og face, seek, ami, eve.
mm nt vw atwet. nuparnts.
oua aau Is wraumli? rm
only by JltaeWtM (he aa reott.
If tarn are troubled, writ me fully
la onruWae todr. Heine; k
Oinn.e, 1 snow ef the del Wan- of
wa saisHwMUili. M fREI
" VVr 1 "- wtiL make
.'fiv ' ve happvi sul rled. In plaia
. aUJ IMImLaA, I tM lnlwt
Llthla A
jWrator: Qj Ale
i G.l. U t.K,.,.i
first figure with Omaha manufacturer,
receive bids of outsider and may decide
to make the crane In a factory to be
erected in Omaha.
Thoe Interested with him In th enter
prise are T. K. Larey of Bloua City, Frank
Smith of Council Bluffs and P. J. Bchnoor,
his brother, of Holsteln, who Invented the
device.
GIRLS POPULAR WITH STORK
Haa ana Keeping; John
Barker Bnsy.
"Another girl, by gum," mutfrd Colonel
John Barker, keeper of vital statistics In
the health office, as he filed away a postal
card which he had Just perused.
The remark waa overheard by two lonely
looking young mn who were waiting In
the office holding their hats respectfully
In their hand.
"Purty gy old chap," whispered one to
the other.
'Should say so,' answered the othen
"Oettln' lettera from the girla like that."
"What that, young mist", demanded
Colonel Barter,' who had overheard frag
ment of the last remark.
"Oh, my partner Just said It waa purty
nice to be get tin' letter from the girls
this way," answered one grinning.
'What do you mean, air?" exploded' th
colonel. "I am a respectable married man
and receive no letters from any girls."
"Oh, no, you don't. We were Jut Jok
ing," replied' the young fellow who hd
spoken first.
"Why, of 'course you- don't. Perish th
thought." added the other y6ung man.
But their manner- belied their word and
th Colonel demanded io, know. They they
explained how they had overheard hi re
mark about "another girl."
Then Colonel Barker unfolded . to th
tranger all the mysterle of the health
department and how the vital statistic are
kept. - - -
'An' every time a baby' born they have
to tell you?" cTled one of the young men.' ,
"They hav to tell the department," cor
rected the colonel sternly.
"Bams thing," aald the young man. . .
"Tou ," said th colorreU "when you
overheard me I waa Just commenting on
the wonderful array of birth of girl that
have occurred.
'The girl are certainly coming In thick
and fast," remarked Cononel John Barker,
keeper of 'vl italjstlca.jn .the health
Office aa he gathered up a bale of poatal
card on whloh report of birth had been
ent hi. "If thi thing, keeps -up I don't
know what the world I going to do. I
see the city populated , With women.
Women, women everywhere and hot a marl
to be seen. . '
WATERMELON , HAS ITS DAY
Carloads f Them Come and Find
Their1 Wat" Tato'Everr Chan
nel of. Life.
Ther are more -place In Omaha where
people can eat watermelon than "there are
public fountain and place wher they can
wet their Whistles with a drink of .golden
wasaar or a rummer glas of pink lemonade.
Thl developed Saturday when several
carload of long green Georgia watermelons
arrived oft th market. Druggist bung out
ign - giving th - people notice that - they
would serve the luscious flesh In cone or
Alice, wliil a few advertised watermelon
sherbet. -
I Even with the fruit stand put out of
business by the city ordinance boys and
.men managed to.open up to cell watermelon
and the people stood around nibbling th
red meat on aldawalks.
Stamped lfl diamonds, cifelea and harta
th confectioners sold piece of Watermelon
at aH. price. 6ome of it waa served on
dalhtj 'dishes with' grape leaves for a
"dressing ' but "by far th moat popular
way was 'the' old Georgia way of getting
the head down Into a quarter section.
When noon came and business men hur
ried to get a lunch before ' their offices
closed at 1 o'clock they found on th menu
"waterntelon salad." This dish they found
was .made from melons which were pink
and hot. quite enough red for watermelon
mousse or sherbet, and they enjoyed thla
strange ;sa)ad, . pjled on lettuce leavea and
covered with mayonnaise.
"This watermelon sherbet I no Joke,"
aald the presiding officer of a big soda
fountain. "It ha been th most popular
refreshment today and no on suspects that
there . are th white of a doien egg in
very freexer of th sherbet. Watermelon
and . egg f roxen together doe not sound
Ilk . a ' businesslike combination, but be
fore the season la over people, will bs eat
ing watermelon through a straw dressed
with mashed potatoes. Watermelon I to
nave a great run In Omaha thl year."..
"' Bor'a felfa savea.
My llttl boy, 4 year old had sever
attack of djsenterr. We had two phyiW
clan; both of them gnv htm up. W
than gave him Chamberlain' Colto, Cholera
aod Diarrhoea Remedy,' which oured him
and believe that saved hia life. William
H. Btrollng. Carbon Hill. Ala. There to
Do doubt but thl rerheay save th live
of many children each year. Qlv it with
castor oil. aooordlng to th plain printed
directions and a ur is oertaln. For aa,
by all druggists
FINED FOR GETTING ROBBED
Farmer Who 1 Deprived of HI Montey
While Asleep Oeta Penalty 1m
Police Cesrl, ,
i mmmmmmm
s It Is told, of the ancient Spartans that In
their grim, determination to excel aa a race
of hardy men parenta flogged their chll
dren whenever th little scamps were
caught stealing. Not that stealing wa In
culcated a a cardinal virtue of th race,
but J he point wa failure of whatsoever
sort, defeat of any kind, waa a disgrace.
Bo when a young Spartan act out to steal
hia neighbor's cherries and Was caught his
dad licked him when he got home.
All thla waa recalled In police court Sat
urday morning whun John Wolfe, a wealthy
and honorable farmer of Nemaha, waa
fined tl and Coats.
Colonel Wolf committed no offense ex
cept that ha went to sleep at the wllch
and wa. robbed and failed to wake up in
lime to capture the thief. He stopped In
Omaha enroute to Michigan to make some
purchases. H made the purchases and
then laid him down to sleep. Ueing fond
of Ood's glorious out-of-doors he chose a
bed In the open air. -In his mind he caat
lota between a railroad track and the aide
walk for ht ceuch and the lot fell on the
railroad track.
On the track, with the rail for a pillow,
he lay . down. While lying there he wa
rebbed of 150. but tbe robber overlooked
seventy-five other dollar tucked away on
Colonel Wolfe's person.
A policeman came along and found the
Innocent firmer enjoying his hyglenlo slum
ber and aroused him.
"Tou r under arrvat.'' thundered the
officer
"What for?" demanded Wolfe.
'Aslep at the switch." wa the answer.
In police court Colonel Wolfe explained
that he had been robbed of 60. but the
Judge only anilled and aald:
"Dollar and costs." . .
. "What forrj asked Wolf.
"Asleep at the switch."
A Plenannt SarprUo
foltews the first ds of ir. King's New
Life Pllls. th paloltss regulators that
atrengtuen' ydu. Guaranteed. Jic. Beaton
Durg Co.
rims m me - busy lme builders
STEAD. GROWTH OF OMAHA
Evidence! of the City's Expansion
Seen on Every Side.
DOWN TOWN THE SIGNS ARE MANY
Department Stores, Hotels, Jobbing
District, Everrthln; Shows the
Increase In Population and
Commercial Importance.
To him who In th love of Omaha holds
communion with hr visible forms she
speak a varied language. To the man
who. Is building a home in Omaha, an ob
servation of the growth of the city Is In
structive and assuring. Omaha la dis
tinctly a city of opportunities and of won
derful" growth both past and future. If
proof of this 1 wanted It la to be found In
the! Industrie, of the city. Take tbe de
partment stores as examplea of success.
Within a few years these great business
places av erected new building on colos
sal scale, have enlarged their old one and
added many -departments. The expansion
(si both retail' and wholesale trade In
Omaha makes a commercial history which
would have been looked on a Impossible
a quarter of a century ago.
' The growth of hotels within very recent
year is no less a barometer of the grow
ing commercial Importance of the dot
marked "Omaha" on the map. No city
possesses' hotter transportation facilities for
doing business on a large scale throughout
a large territory.
The remark of President Roosevelt that
"every person who Invests In well selected
real estatte In a growing section of a
prosperous community adopts the surest
and safest method of becoming Independent,
for real estate Is the basis of all wealth,"
certainly applies to Omaha.
A street car ride out from the center of
th lty In almost any direction Is de
cided education. It show In the first place
that the uburba of this city are growing
In truly metropolitan tyle. There I no
city with more .beautiful environ than
Omaha. Brussels Itself cannot show pret
tier suburb and ground more conveniently
and charmingly laid out by th hand of
nature tharr Omaha,
Amr the- busy , horn builder are rapidly
discovering this fact and "are refusing to
shut themselves up In the heart of the city
where they have to pay high for a bit of
ground on which to build their house.
The number Of house springing up In
Dundee, the Field club district, Florence,
North pmaha and In fact In all directions
is evidence that the freedom-loving, air
breathing people of Omaha refuse to be
Cramped In the least as long as there are
green fields, fertile valley and rolling
bill wher man ha not yet set hi habita
tion. Many of these house are magnificent n
their conception and opulent tnelf
structure. They hav th big, roomy look
alid'TSroad porches wher the family can
It and enjoy th sweeping breexes. Then
there are more modest ones that speak'
of frugality, a bit of pinching, but final
success In owning a horn in spit of set
backs and adverse circumstances. There
are doien .. new houses being built in
every oho of Omaha' suburb's. At S o'clock
on oan hardly get a car to come In from
the suburbs, for they are all full of car,
penters, mason, plumbers and their breth
ren of . the . building trades.
Curly maple furniture I now In vogua
with the furniture hunter. Mahogany,
walnut and oak are losing caste.' This Is
the statement made by an Omaha furniture
dealer who sells much of the finer quali
ties of wood. He further expresses the
belief that the curly maple fad will last
longer than any of th others lasted.
"It Is so much prettier, you see," he said.
'Of course, beauty Is only relative, but I
have heard people rava over mahogany,
over walnut and over oak, but their rav
ing over thorn were not a clroumatanca
to their admiration for th pal beauty
of the curly maple. There seems to be a
daintiness about It that appeals more espe
cially to women than the Sturdy,- uncom
promising strength of the more highly col
ored woods. And on thing that seems to
please the feminine mind especially is that
It Is 'clean', aa they say.
"There never was a' great amount of It
miiki and it has been Initiated only to a
ftnmnaratlvelv small extent. So It Is not
very plentiful at the present time. It was
first made In the seventeenth century, jui
preceding the use of mahogany. The vis
ible supply of this really very pretty and
dainty wood will be Used up within a very
short tlm If th present demand keep up."
J. C. B'lxby & Bon Co. were awarded
the contract for the plumbing In the Far
nam street school. The plumbing in Dr.
Qeorg E. MIlleTa house Willi be Installed
by J. C Blxby & Son Co.
The Johnson-Rowe-Paige company, which
was formerly the Johnson-Rowe-Daly com
pany, reports business In their line as being
exceptionally good. This firm has Just
finished the new Henshaw hotel and the
Hamilton apartment and 1 beginning
work on th Lathrop school and. the Iten
Biscuit company's building and several
othi-r new contracts. . I
WRESTLE TURNS OUT FATAL
Aston, In.. Titan Dies from. Effects
of friendly Tussle vrltn
Omaha Mnn.
n M mlltlan of Aston. Ia., who suffered
a dislocated neck In Flnnegan's saloon,
South Eleventlw.street. wednesaay , arter
nnn turini a scuffle with Al House, the
bartender, died at St.- Joseph's hospital
Saturday morning shortly before ( o'clock,
minion and two friend who were visit
ing in the city went Into Flnnegan's saloon
and In a few moments unman ana tne
h.ri.n.t eneasred In a friendly scuffle to
determine their ' respective "merits as
wrestlers. Owing to tne neat ie two
..... nrriinv in a few minutes and it
was then discovered that OlllUan could not
move hi head. He wa removed to St.
Joseph's hospital, where an operation was
performed, but Qlllilan failed to rally.
When it was determined hs could not sur
vive Deputy County Attorney Magney went
to the hospital to secure Oilman's state
ment and the. latter exonerated House of
all blame and no action will be taken by
the authorities In prosecuting House unless
the coroner's Jury should hold House re
sponsible. ,
THIEF GETS IN QUEER HOLE
teals Ust-Lrssfd Man' Tronsers
from the Salvation Army .
Homo.
Frank Johns, colored will spend the next
five days In Juil for stealing a pair of pants
from the Salvation Army Horn. J oh as
bought a pair of pants at th horn and
while they were being wrapped up. Johns
slipped another pair under his coat. Shortly
afterwards he discovered that the pants
he had stultn had bt en made for a one
legged juao, li returned to the Salvation
Army hsad'iuarters and endeavored to con-
vine the person In charge that ho had
been sold the Wrong pair Of pa Ms with th
result that the police were called and
John waa taken to Jail on the charge of
petit larceny.
T. P. A. PICNIC AT THE LAKE
Association -Holds It Annnal Ontlng
Serernl Organisations Take
to the Woods.
The Travelers' Protective association of
Nebraska held a picnic a Lake Manawa
Saturday. Contrary to the usual custom no
fixed program was carried out. About !W
went to the lake, the majority meeting at
th Paxton hotel at 1:30 and going over
on tho regular car. The association bnught
a cartload of roller coaster and merry-go-round
ticket . for the little folks of the
party and, of coure. the older members
had to ride to look after them. The Grand
Island Commercial Travelers' association
alfto held a picnic at Grand Island, and
all the state officers of the Travelers'
Protective association, except the Omaha
officers sttended this picnic. Tho two or
ders ar working well In unison In all Ne
braska towns' except Grand Island and
Beatrice, and an effort will be made to
get .together at thesa place. . The asso
ciations have so much In common that th
leaders think It for th best of both to
fratornlxe.
Three large picnic parties enjoyed the
shade of as many parks Saturday after
noon in th vlclndty . of Omaha. The Bo
hemian school chartered two trolley car
and went to Ifansoom park for the annual
picnic. Th Clifton Hill Preabyterlan Sun
day school went to Fairmont park In two
trolley car for a picnic and the Cas
tellar Street Presbyterian Sunday school
went to Miller park In three chartered
trolley cars for an outing. The English
Lutheran Sunday school of South Omaha
Is planning for a plcinlc at Fairmont park
for next Sunday. .
TWO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
Jewelers and Eagles Captured y
Omaha Will Brlnsr Thonsands
of People Here.
Jewelry displays worth more than $1,007.-
009 will be shown In Omaha in connection
with the convention of the National Retail
Jewelers' association, which is to meet In
Omaha next year. From 2,000 to 4,000 Jewel
ers will be In attendance from all parts of
the country and the-sessions will last on
week". ' '
T. L. Combs, the Omaha jeweler who
"landed" ih convention for Omaha next
year, has gone ta New Tork .City, where
he will spend ten day. Mr. Comb wa
successful at the Cincinnati meeting in
showing th thousands of Jewelers that
Omaha) Is the real convention -city 'in the
west and Omaha Jewelers, as well as busi
ness men, are Well pleased over the suc
cess of Mr. Comb.
Before leaving Cincinnati Mr. Combs sent
word to the Commercial club telling some
thing of what th city could expect In th
way of a large crowd for a week and the
most extravagant displays of Jewelry from
all the leading manufacturers. Jeweler
say these displays are by far the finest
show given in a city which Is fortunate
enoughto Secure a convention. Almost
every manufacturer in the United State
haa had big display at th conventions
for years.
Omaha business men also sre taking
great del jht. in the fact that the Kagles
will hold their convention In this city,
bringing here many thousands of citlxens
of many states.
WANT TO WALK FOR THE KING
Two Yessg Men Make a Proposition
to Hike for Ak-Sar-Uen
This Fall.
Secretary H. J. Penfold of Ak-Sar-Ben is
In receipt Of a proposition from a couple
of young men to take a 600-mile hike In fif
teen day in the Interest of Ak-Sar-Ben.
The proposition contemplate that the hik
ers will attire themselves In Ak-Sar-Ben
color and carry with them an abundance
of Ak-Bar-Ben advertising literature, visit
a number of cities and communities telling
of ih glorle of Ak-Bar-Ben. Secretary
Tenfold ha the matter under contemplation
and Is somewhat disposed to favor it. If
the plan is entered Into the full details
will be announced later. Th young men
who claim to have some newspaper Experi
ence, propose to visit all the newspaper
office on their route, write up their ex
periences and advertise Ak-Sar-Ben gen
erally. On of th partle la an Omaha boy
and th other a York, Neb., boy.
Monday night will be Omaha night at th
Den. Chief Torturer Rens ha worked up
a paralysing program for th occasion and
every Omaha member of Ak-Sar-Ben I
xpected to be present. All of the machin
ery haa been re-olled, th battleship
"Aquarls" repainted and Colonel William
Goat haa been given a Turkish bath and
is In th best trim ever. Several novel
stunts will b undertaken and some choice
Victims hav been secured for the sacrifice.
C L. U. NAMES COMMITTEES
President Uuye Selects Ills Cabinet
' Protest Against Featner for
School Board Work.
Standing, 'committee tor the ensuing
year wCra announced -by President L. V.
Guy Frid,y aight at the regular meeting
of the Cental Labor union. The union
decided to protest to th Board of Educa
tion against allowing the Festner Printing
company to get. out the new year book for
the board on the ground that the printing
concern employ nonunion', labor. The com
mittee appointed werei
Law-John Pollani H. Legg, K. Ferrell
R, Olsen, F. Davit. , -
Organisation O. A. Elarth, II. 8. Jewell
H. Johnson. -
Arbitration Charles Sears, -Lee Birch
Charles Landeen. '
Home Industry and Union Label R. A.
Snyder, F. llatteroth, M. N. Urifflth.
Pres A. J. Johnson, John Kegner. A.
Miller. , . . . - . , .
Education W. Marshall, F. M. Wllain
H. C. PettlngMl, H. E. Jaack, H. Stalder"
Sanitation M Courtney, L. A. Denney
O. J. Randall, H. 11. Farmer, W. A, Chrlat
man. Resolutions T. P. Shirley, R. Rupert, A.
J. Lilgers. '
Delegates to the Ministerial Union J. R.
Wang-berg, J.iean T. Gregg, N. p. Nelson.
Delegates to the South Omaha CVntral
Labor I'nlon- J. Lynch. O. N. Thompson,
I. M. Rogers.
Ballsing Permits.
Joseph Langpauk, Thirteenth and Will
iam street, frame store and dwelling,
$2,600; C. Lundell, S729 Hamilton street,
frame dwelling. 1U; J. H. McMillan.
Thirtieth and Boulevard strews, frame
dwelling, 13.000; R. Z. Drake, Capitol
avenue, frme dwelling, 12,000.
ALEXANDER
Wasblaglon Ball Bid.., 40S S. 18th SI.. C mi hi, Ktb.
Agent for th eeUtiratad au HOT ATS. r TM AOTI all
Iron ox aU Sheet
Ageat far th Jen Hot Air aid wall regulators.
tot ai oorrsm WOBI OI AXX, XXsTSS.
Tel. Doug la 40M.
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TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
Price on Harney Street Corner li Not
Cominj? Down.
DEAL FOB NEW BANE STILL IN AIR
Many Small gale Mnde, Ihsnlss that
Pro pert r In Omaha Is Still Mold
ing Its Osa ia
Vain.
There will be no bargain sale on the two
excellent building lot at Sixteenth and
Harney streets, wher for several years
first one and the another building ha been
."built" on psner. C. C. Qeorg has re
turned from th east, where he had a con
ference, with tha owners of th property
on the southeast comer.. Mr. George ha
put the price tag an th lots. The north
half C6x feet can be secured for S1S0.009.
The outh half can be bought for $132,000.
It Is the same else. This Is VMt per front
foot on Sixteenth street (or th north halt
of the lot and slightly less for the south
hnif. . Mr. George said th owner had
refused $128,000 for cither lot and that It
was not likely that the price would go
down any sooner than gold sells for less
than $20.67 per ounce.
The propossl of the State Trust com
pany of St. Louis to erect a building on
the Sixteenth and Harney street lot I
still pending. It 1 understood that tha
organizer of the new state bank hav
been offered several large amounts by Ne
braska capitalist, who desire to Invest In
such a bank to be located In Omaha. Mr.
George, who ha the Harney street lots,
said he had no negotiations direct with
the organisers of the bank, but hnd been
in correspondence with another real estate
dealer who la handling the proposition for
the bankers. Thl bank 1 still the center
of Interest with " the real ' estate dealers
who report the week a very quiet, nothing
moving except small stuff snd the Harney
street lot being th only big deal In the
air.
That small "stuff" ha been moving Is
shown by the records f George C. Carl
berg, who advertised on day th begin
ning of the week that h would Offer for
sale 1ST city lot In Redmond's addition, at
Forty-second streets and ' Fort Omaha
avenue. The prices asked ranged from $o0
to $150. All th lot were sold during the
week, grabbed from th real estate bargain
counter like silk remnants from a 10 cents
counter. Mr. Carlberg said he little ex
pected to seal all the lots, but he made up
his mind that he would get a certain
amount out of the property and figured it
out so some buyers got bargains at $10)
a lot. He said after the sale Was over
that there was no doubt he could have
secured almost double tho money asked
had he cared to have th property on tho
market for a month or two. The record
he mad haa not been exceeded in Omaha
for some time not since Hasting A Hey
den sold about JflO lots to the Bohemian
people of Omaha on the south side.
Gould Diets ha bought through Harri
son A Morton a lot on Thirty-eighth
street, between Harney street and Dewey
avenue, from Mrs. Herbert H. Neale for
$4,000. The lot la sixty-five feet In width
on Thirty-eighth street, snd adjoins on
the north the lot bought during the week
by John F. Flack, president of th City
Saving bank, for, a home. Mr. Diets ex
pects to build on the lot at once. Mr.
Flack will build later. The Increase In
values on 'Thirty-eight street Is shown by
the price paid by Messrs. Flack and Diets.
Both lots were held at 13,000 a few year
ago. Both hav Increased 25 per cent in
value in five years, according to dealers.
To keep up with Omaha the property in
Dundee I moving rapidly and many new
home ar being erected Which promises
more selling and filling up of vacant prop
erty. During the week the following build
ing permits were Issued by Building In
spector John P, Hentickson of the city of
Dundee. Frank Stein, frame dwelling,
Forty-ninth and Cass streets, to coat H.0U0,
D. C. Dodds, frame dwelling "Forty-ninth
and California to cost $6,000; Mrs. J. ,G.
Ivcrson, frame dwelling, Fiftieth and Cali
fornia, to cost $3,600, G. W. Wlckersham,
frame dwelling, Forty-ninth and Daven
port, -to cost M.SO0; Payne Investment com
pany, bungalow at Fifty-second and Dodge
streets, $4,000; John Murtaugh, building at
Fifty-second snd Cass, $500.
Letting of the contract for the excava
tion for car shops at Ralston by C. A.
Ralston of Chics go, will doubtless cause
another flurry In dealing In the residence
and business lots at Ralston. When
Shimer Chase started selling the lots
they made a price of $160 per lot and gave
three share of th townslte company
stock with the lots. The stock which they
could sell In this way was soon gone and
they havo been selling the lots without the
stock slnoe, guaranteeing that the car
ahops would be erected and accepting but
a small amount down. Th Industries
which are promised for the suburb have
caused prices to creep up gnd many who
bought lots for $150 and received shares of
stock hsve been sble to sell the lots for
from $175 to $300 and retain tha ctock. The
lots aro practically al) sold, with the ex
ception of a few business Iots.v The suiting
of the property In Ih short space of time
1 Indicative more than anything else of
the ready money In Omaha for Investment
In real estat.
Dr. Ross, Dentist,. 415 Barker Block.
PEGG FINDS SHORT COAL TONS
Inspector Will Fllew Complaints
Against Dealers Who Chent
Their Customers.
Complaints will be filed in police court
Monday by John O. Pegg, Inspector of
weights and measure, against a number
of coal dealer who are giving short
weights. Tho Inspector saya he haa been
weighing aa many loada aa he could get
hold of and has found many that are from
thirty to 140 pounds short on a ton. If a
ton of hard coat Is short the maximum the
consumer I cheated out of nearly $1. Mr.
Pegg says that excuses of one sort or an
other have been made In all Instances, but
he has decided not to accept any more ex
planations. The law allows a variance of
twenty pounds either way on a ton of
roal. '
MUNROE
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The process h simple and 'comparatively inexpensive.
After some preliminary carpenter work attach Kno
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There ia now over 9,000 II. P. in motors connected
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electric power, is recognized by power users in
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because of its economy and its simplicity.
Electric power is always ready night or day.
simply push a switch when power is wanted and
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PLUMBING AND HEATING
CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERS
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Pitch and graved roofs put on according to this
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100G-8-10 Douglas St. Phones: Bell. D. 871; Ind. A1225.'
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