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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1909)
V, NEWS OF THE BUSY HOME BUILDERS A Plea for a Sane Everyday 'PEKING By X. W. Tltipatrtck. TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 22. 1003. WASHINGTON, l'lv)land, Omaha. l Angeli and Toledo have dmonntratrd that a "una Fourth (if July" a possible. All proednta have been pmiKh'd. the "sacid pei tonal rifhtn" aquelched and we have een that when a city really makes up l; mind to di a thing It ran b done. the howls of the malcontents, the whines of the dealers barred from prospective profits and the SKurances of the "best legal minds" In town that the thing could not be done legally, all to the contrary notwlthwtandn. In those cities the day that usually meant carnage, disastrous fire, hideous noutes and much law lessness w hereever we got a notion of thus barbarously commemorating Uie greatest event In our history Is one On me was spent In seemly Jollity, but without making an unmentionable kind of fools of ourselves. To have merely for bidden setting off firecrackers and such tomfoolery would have been Inoperative; that has been tried before. The cities real ised that and did the only sensible thing they forbade the Bale of such stuff. Otliri years thay kept police and fire depart ment on the oul vlve and provided extra hospital facilities, a species of cure for the vll; this year they went to Its root and prevented It. Now then If In the face of a time-honored Custom, one sanctioned by national usttgu nd as sacred ti us as the constitution, we in be so sane for one day, why, in Heaven's name, not continue that effort nd try to be sane for the other ;(64 days? And In regard to very many hing we do or that we leave undone and most Insanely, though, Just now we will dwell upon flic Insanity only. It hua been truly said that the love of firs was deeply implanted In human na ture. It used to be worshiped us a god, iind our civilisation may be said to date from Its conquest and subjugation to the use of man and it' has played an Im portant part In the affairs of man and for long before his memory extendeth. It used to be kindled with the greatest trouble and children were taught to not play with It lest It be extinguished ; now Its kindling has been made so ensy that have to teach them to leave It alone lest the Insignificant hluze lighted In play may become an all-destroying con flagration. Spite of all our efforts 18 per cent of our appalling fire waste In houses and flats Is directly attributable to chil dren playing with fire or matches. But, worse than that, nenr'y M) per cent of our fires ate traceable to direct cai clessness on the part of the full-grown children for In this matter of fire we are most childlike, Indeed. As a matter of fact, all of our fire waste can be attributed to our carelessness or our stupidity. And we have gotten so grounded In those evil ways that It Is going to be harder to get us out of them than it was to break up the Fourth of July tomfoolery. We'll never get out of those fatbits voluntarily; we'll have to be forced out of them, com pelled out of them and by the same pro cess as those few cities accomplished that other feat Wa have spent vast sums In an at tempted cute, we submit to a tax of over $200,000,000 a year for fire departments and water service and we pay the Insurance people nearly $:60,(X)0,000 more, that they may reimburse the many of us who di rectly suffer from fire about one-half that num. Spite of all that our fire losses aver age $215,000,000 a year with every year or ao a Baltimore or 4jan Francisco confla gration of from $100,000,000 to $010,000,000 thrown In extra for good measure and steadily increasing at a far more rapid ratio than Is our population. Plus that, we have built and are building so badly, using o much combustible material, that we are making It certain that however sane our successors may be they will suffer for a generation or two from the legacy of fire traps we ate leaving them. It la high time we applied our new Fourth of July tactics. No more cure, but Just plain, sensible prevention. (Kir cities can do it If they want to. There'll be a howl Just as there was then. Men with flimsy buildings to rent or sell will wear an Injured and martyr-like air as did the dealers In firecrackers; we'll hear lots about private right being assailed; about the terrible hardships such preventive laws will entail upon the poor man and all such rot, but our authorities should grit their teeth and go ahead in the only Bane way there Is. We have to contend with the fire traps that already exist though I am Just hopeful enough to believe that in time they'll be condemned as a menace to life and properly and torn down by the cities If their owners will not do so of their own accord but we must add no more fuel for the fires, that are sure to happen, to feed upon. Our building ordinances must prohibit combustible construction anywhere, not only In the congested business district, but in the suburbs too. None but fireproof buildings should be permitted anywhere; they are not only des. table, but actually cheaper far than the fire traps we have grown used to. Then our taxes should be remodeled. The owners of fire traps should pay the maximum rate for it Is on their account that cities have to maintain ex ! pensive fire departments and su' h protcc , tlon, while the owners of fireproof bulld ; lugs should pay the minimum, their prop i erty requiring little or none of that protec : tlon. Then all buildings of even bcml ' public nature should be officially and con- splcuously labeled "fireproof." "ordinary," j "dangerous." Nothing would so materl- ally help the cause of good construction i as this labeling. The word "fireproof" Is I used far too glibly. ' It should only be ap J piled with official sanction And the man with "dangerous" marked over his hotel door, where he formerly announced with consumate effrontery that the building was j "absolutely fireproof" whuuld soon find his house so unpopular and shunned that I he would bestir himself to so revamp It as to merit the label "ordinary," and If he Is half as sane as some of us were last Fourth of July he'll soon tear down the old shack and build a structure that'll receive the official stamp of "fireproof." The city that can break up the firecracker craze can and should emancipate Itself from the fire curse. But we have to gel to work at it. j-.v. ( 1 1 v Mtt lu I a. ' s"-" tflvj;TP On t!' , I? te33 ill f ' n r t i a 11 SVilJ ftv Ij ,.?UJkuJ ft rv J. V U.--J.- 1 '.". . ,.vy-? v. ' .iJit. . TMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP tork Man Mmn Faith Knoagh In llaiiba I'roprrly to Buy W 1 1 li - oat Looking at It. i Joel C Scott, a well to do resident Oi York, has so much faith in Omaha real estate that he lias thiee times bought property here without having seen it before purchase. On his fourth venture, whi'M was a house and lot at the southeast cor ner of Nineteenth and Grace, he did take ' a preliminary look before inventing $3.6oj In It. The sale was made by Hastings & I ley den. The additions to South Omaha have been doing well this summer. These are Home stead addltlun In the west end, and Hills dale, the latter more recent. In the neigh borhood of Fortieth and H. streets. Out of Hillsdale, the city bought laud for a park and a site for a school house, which helped this tract materially. South Omaha real estate men agree with men In the same line in Omaha, that noth ing would help realty values In both places so much as consolidation of the two cities. This Is even estimated as high as 2j pe cent by some men who ouhi to be able to say accurately. Weeds growing around untenanted prop erty are nut only dangerous to health and in violation of a city ordinance, but are a positive detriment to the property Itself. This Is well illustrated In the case of a row of flats at Pacific street and Thirtieth avenue, where all of them have remained untenanted for spine months. Weeds six and ten feet high are now hiding the front of the buildings so that a prospective tenant courd scarcely make out what the lower part of the building front looks like. With regard to Omaha suburban prop erty, Hastings & Hey den have done no tably well the past week with Shell's third addition, when twenty customers for lots were found, the parcels of land going at from I'ioo to $1,000. Collier place has been about sold out. Two hundred lots have been sold there since the property went on the market and land that was covered with weeds fifteen feet high is now dotted with handsome homes. Considerable buying of small homes went on last week, while In a business way the only sale of much Importance was A. J. Beaton's Investment in 100 feet at the head of Jones street on South' Six teenth. S. Hasmussen bought a house at Ames avenue, paying $2,360. William McKeena Invested In a lot In Sulphur Springs addition, at the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Emmet street, paying $1,00. A new house at Tenth street ana Forest avenue, in Forest Hill park, was sold to Mary Oaugherty for $3.MX. A new bungalow on William street, In the sa;ne addition, was bought by Frank l'avis for $J,70. F. K. Newcome of the Wagner & Bu chanan Lumber company Is planning to build a home for himself, and during I He week bought a lot on Wirt street for $1,U)0. John 10. Hayworth purchased the noriu west corner of Twenty-fourth and Cam den streets for JJ.SOO. "!f 7 i. ' II . I u I C e 4 j " f 0 v oaa c (-1 ! L. I... JB Dt5IOl 1S55S AlCH i t mxa T 1 SJ JBJi,, niEMaas ' IO a o 1 U o on M . . . T I ' tMAme 1 ip l y aor, Y - -- r ei c o o m . Bungalows Arthur C. Clansen, Arcbltect. BIG SALE ON NINTH STREET Anna Wllwin Sells Two Slory Brick to Clara Snrpr for -Twenly-Flve Thoasand Dollars. Anna Wilson has sold to Clara Surpe a two story brick building on Ninth street between Capitol avenue and Kodge street for $25,500. The property is 60x132 feet. Mrs. Wilson has made several large real estate sales In comparatively recent times in the same district. 3 STEEL C PLASTERING LATE! p is the fire-proof substitute for the inflammable wood lath. It Prevents Cracking and Falling oi Plaster on Walls and Ceiling. Adopted by the U. S. Govern ment and used everywhere in all good buildings. - Write for circular. KGRTHWESTERH EXPANDED METAL CO. 84 Van Burri Strt, CHICAGO There is probably nr. style of 'home whose popularity has spread as fast as the bunga low style. There are several very good reasons for the present popularity of the bungalow style, which also explains why this style of American home will not prove to be merely a passing fad, but will cndur.i as a permanent style of domestic archi tecture, characteristic, of American life and ideals. The bungalow owes its origin to the aborigines of southern California and Mex ico, who built low, one story abode houses througout that region. The practicability of this style of house was at ones realized by those who came later and and settled the north and central part of California, Bince a one story home built as near to the t ground as possible In every respect af j forded greater protection from the danger I of selsmetlc disturbances than could be had in the full two story houses used In other parts of the country. In later years, owing partly to the congested condition of most eastern cities and partly to the grow ing tendency of American people to reduce the cares of domestic life to Its lowest minimum, flats, duplex houses and the like have, for a quarter of a century, been grow ing; in popularity. The duplex houses are really an outgrowth of the bungalow Idea. It did not take eastern home builders, who had occasion to travel for pleasure or business throughout the west, long to ob serve the striking similarity In the interior arrangements of a bungalow and a flat, and to still further observe that bungalows ' had decrtled advantages, which made them preferable to the former. One of these preferences being that a bungalow, in ad dition to having the convenience of an entire home on one floor, affords light and air from all sides, but also is entirely In dependent of neighbors. It Is an Inexpen sive home to build if not made large in size or elaborate in detail. Styles have their variations. Some coin from preference, others being influenced by the practical requirements of real estate men, who build homes principally for a financial investment. One of the variations which conies through preferment Is the building of a home In the bungalow style, but of two stories, making a story and a half house, the same as we have been building for years in the cottage style, but giving to it different features common to THE BEE'S PLAN OFFER Mr. C.usen Is the author of a well Illustrated book containing a great many designs of muuern horr, complete pians for winch will $ furnished to Dee readers at red lived prices. Tho , book Is enti tled TIB AXT, SCIENCE ASS BEXTI MEMT OF HOME BUIIiD- uxa. 46 Chapters 800 Illustrations. A beautiful and practical book con taining complete inloriiiatlun on Hie piununig snu designing of every kind of home. It contains extensive articles on that popular siyle of home, Tim American liungalow, also the Two Story iluntlow, BUNGAIOW3 111'IL.T 'UH TWO. Homes of Dis tinctive Character, Planning the Cot tage, the Country Home, the Farm Home, Homes for Special Places, The Duplex House, etc. There are ex tensive Illustrated articles on en trances, windows, stairways, fire places, porches, kitchens, pantries, cement construction, articles on what not to do In building a home, the Let ting of Contracts, the Practical Sido of Home IJulldlng, the Sentiment of Home Building, etc.. etc. Price, post paid to readers of The Bee, Jl. Semi all orders to Arthur C. Clausen, architect, 1136-3T-38 Lumber Ex change, Minneapolis, Minn. the bungalow style In order that It may have the appearance of a bungalow. It provided at the same time a number of rooms over a comparatively small area of ground. Many lots do not permit of a bungalow containing seven or eight rooms all on one floor unless the building were made very long, which never appears well in the bungalow style. Itungalows should be as near square as possible or If not have a broader front than the depth of the house. Of course this can not always be done and obtain the required amount of floor space. The duplex house Is the real estate roan': Idea of a bungalow. Heal estate men are quicker to recognize the popular demands of the people, and while they recognize the greater popularity of the bungalow, they do not favor the idea of receiving rent from only one tenant on a piece of property. The duplex house, w'hich Is equivalent to a bungalow on top of a bungalow Is the result, combining many of the features of a bungalow and a flat building. At the head of this article is a typical example of )a cottage designed In the bungalow style. A very wide projection to the eavfs or cornice and a low roof ap pearance with a low broad dormer are among the prlncapal features applied to it to give It a bungalow appearance. The plan Is a practical arrangement and the rooms on the second floor are all full height. This Is a plan that can be easily expanded Into a larger sized home and If made thirty feet by forty feet all of the rooms could be increased considerable in size and a back stairway provided In the rear. One feature common to all homes in the bungalow style Is divided lights for the upper sash of all windows. In the west and southern parts of the country where the climate will permit the windows are nearly always made casement or of swing ing sash, but In other parts of the country this Is not practical, for It Is almost im possible to have the windows open and shut satisfactorily and at the same flme keep out the cold. The entrance of the bungalow should also be something unique or Indicative of distinction to take it out of the commonplace. There is probably no styh! or domestic architecture for small homes in which can be obtained a gre,ater variety of designs than a two story cottage having bungalow features that class them In the latter style. Al most all of this class should run to the picturesque more than to the classic and seldom follow any well defined rules of architecture, being designed as the fancy of the designer dictates. Pleasing effects can be obtained by a good designer for a very nominal cost. Some bungalows are purposely made rustic in appearance and while this Is permissahle to a degree, the Idea should not be carried to an extreme. Muny Cali fornia designers have carried this Idea so far in the designing of bungalows that there creations, while some times almost wonderful, In their make-up, are really more grotesque than attractive. The novelty of having an oddity In the way of a home Is not to be condemned, since originality in anything Is what makes life Interesting, but when a designer's orifcin alty Js not kept within bounds, he would do well to copy the work of others. Thirtieth Farm Implement House Comes to Omaha J. I. Case Company Will Establish Its Own Plant on Ninth Street at Once. The thirtieth Implement nuuse in Omaha has been established. The J. 1. Case Plow company of Hacine, Wis., has leased from Joseph Barker for a term of jta:s, the warehouse at 715-17 feouth Nuuh street, and will occupy It at once. The Case, company is one of the laigest plow manufacturers in the world. The building will be remodeled to the ex tent of permitting office quarters on the first floor. The warehouse, which contains three stories ami a basement, was formerly occupied by the Nebi aska-Moline company, and before that by the John Dteru com pany. The Case company products have been handled up till now by the Omaha Imple ment and Transfer company, but the Case company, realizing the Importance of Omaha as a distributing point, and realiz ing also the activity at its competitors in Omaha territory, has been moved to seek a warehouse of its ovn. No dectbton has been reached by the Emersoa Manufacturing company as to whether to remodel its present quarters at Twelfth and Dei. i worth or to build a new building. Th- matter Is now being considered by the home office. City Sues Armour for Bemis Claim Wants Packing Company to Reim burse It for Standing Loss by .Signboard Accident. Papers in Hie case of the city of Omaha against the Armour Packing company to recoier the amount of damages puld the city to Ueorge P. Bemls, former mayor, fur damages sustained ry reason of a fall- lug bill board alleged to have been owned I and controlled by the Armour company, have been filed In district court. The c'.ty j 3ues for dan. ages amounting to fl7.WS.25 land interest on that amount at the rate of 7 per cent from May 7, lyi. to date of set tlement. Mr. Bemis was injured by the bill board the last day of February, 10. and brought suit against the city. The city served no tice on the Armour company to help defend tlio suit, but the company paid no attention to this notice, the "ity claims. After sev eral postponements th. case was tritd, the city lost, and on May 7 of last year it paid damages In the sum of 117,472. &0 and costs amounting to io25.36. The bill board was ou the north side of Farnr.m street bear t-lfchtoeULU gttevk Stylish Woman and Daughter Rob Many Homes Mrs. Nellie Reynolds, Claiming to Be Spanish Actress, Arrested in Ses Moines. DK.S MOIN'ES, la., Aug. 21. Mrs. Nellie Reynolds, a beautiful and stylishly gowned woman, who says she is a Spanish actress and that she came to Des Moines from Kansas City, was arrested, along with her daughter Marie, aged 17, today, charged with bold daylight thefts In fashionable homes yesterday of diamonds worLh I3O0. The woman would represent herself to be looking for rooms. Police say she has worked Kansas City, Dallas and Oalveetun. She gives her home as tan Francisco. FLORENCE PAV,NG FIGHT Second Heq.e.t for IaJaii-tlou to Prevent Contract Made by ti. W. Hadlork. A second request for an Injunction le st raining the city officials of Florence from signing a contract for paving lias been made in district court, this time by Ueorge W. Hadlock. The causes given in his petition are largely the same as those cited In the former petition on which a ie sliaining order was lue4 the court. U. S. GOVERNMENT LAND In the FAMOUS SNAKE RIVER VALLEY. IDAHO EIGHTYTHOUSAND ACRES Choice aerlcultural land, under the Carey Act, will be oen to intry nl set tlenn-nt. In the BIG LOST RIVER TRACT. DRAWING AT ARCO. IDAHO Tuesday. Septejnber JL4, , You Must Register Between September 9th and 14th If you do not take land after your number la drawn it costs you nothing. Title Acquired With Thirty Days' Residence Water Ready for Delivery, May 1910. Homeaeekers' rates on all railroads and special ratea from all northwestern points. For illustrated booklet and all desired Information, call on or address C. D. Hurt., Colonization Dept. Boise, Idaho Your Law BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME. NOTHING ADDS MORE TO YOUR PROPERTY THAN A FINE IRON FENCE. WE MAKE ANY KIND OF FENCE. SEE US FOR DESIGNS AND PRICES. : : ANCHOR FENCE CO. 2057 NORTH 17TH STRET, OMAHA, NEB MOST BRILLIANT LAMP INVENTED THE TUNGSTEN ELECTRIC- Another groat economy has been effected in electric light by the invention of the new Tungsten lamp. It is built like the ordinary carbon incandes cent in every respect but the little wire filament inside the bulb, which is made of rare metal called Tungsten, and radiates two and a half times as much light with the same amount of current. It therefore cuts light bills in two, or gives more than twice as much light for the same money. Householders and merchants who are interested In reducing their light bills nhould not fail to experiment With Tungsten lamps for their own satisfaction. Omaha Electric Light and Power Company Y. M. C. A. 'Building. DouJ. 1062; Ind. A-1278. The Mortgage Ss Due This notice cornea to the man who borrows money on a straight mortgage due iu live or ten years, and he is seldom ready to meet it. When the mortgage is given the payment of same at maturity looks like an easy matter, but it is no easior then than now, and the mortgage Is renewed from ttme to time. The man who borrows the money from this As sociation pays the interest and the I'ltlXCI I'.X I. back in small monthly installments no larger than the usual charge for rent. There is no dreaded day when the mortgage falls due, for each month sees it reduced until cancelled. No trouble to explain our plan. Omaha Loan St Building Ass'n 8. i:. Coiner ltli ami Ikidge Streets. CKO. W. IXMJMIS, l'res. (J. M. X.TTI XCJKK, sec. unci Trvaa. W. K. A DA lit, Asst. Secy. Asset, $2,500,000.01). Jteserve, (K),0O0.00. mill HIWIIHIIIIIWlMHMBM J. J. !H1ANBGIH1EP1 IT LP AND Gil E A TK 1408 Harney St. Phone Doug. 1146