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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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