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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1909)
) ft TTIE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 5, 1909. t i i i i TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK Suburban Homei Are Coming In for Much Attention Now. SEVERAL RECENT SALES IN POINT Tracts Oatetdc City Sol" Bl" h, wh -win !! ri Ilomri A way from Tarmoll. Ths vacant lot In KonntM Pines are rlng rapidly develop"!, and a &rat many .n. i,mn are brlnK built. Ben Robl- dom has flnlnhrd excavating for his new elht-room hoiiHO on Fpencer street, oe t,..n KlnMoenth and Twentieth sttfets Albert N. Katon has finished excavating for his nine-room home at the northwest corner of KlKhtoenth and Spencer stroet. .1 A. Hrvana has started work on an elht- room home on Kmmot atreet. between vu.i..nth unit Twetitirth. Mr. Neese Is Just completing the foundation for his nine room house on Iiinnry street, between Khermnn avenue and Klahieenth. W. I ItiK8 I building an elsht-rnnm house on Lnthron street, between Nineteenth and Twentieth atreetn. William H. liodeman Is building a beautiful bungalow on Emmet atreet. between Nineteenth and Twentlein Hastings ft Heyden are starting three more erven-room houses on Whrop street, be toun Twentv-sccond and Twenty-fourth two of the three Just completed on this street having been sold. Charles w. Mar tin of Hastings A Heyden will shortly move Into his new eight-room house at the nnrihMit corner of Eighteenth and Emmet streets. J. P. Jerpe has Ju.t completed nrl moved Into his eleven-rocm house at the southeast corner of Nineteenth and Rn.neep streets. Mrs. 1j. Lucas ha Just completed and moved Into ner eight-room house on Spencer Blreet. between Nine teenth and Twentieth. C. C. Cannam la Just completing an eight-room house at the eouthwest corner of Nineteenth andj 1othrop. F. C. Newcombe of the Wagner ft Buchanan Lumber company hai Just started an eight-room house on Wirt street, between Sherman avenue and Eigh teenth atreet. E. A. Rogers is building a seven-room house at Twenty-second and Emmet streets. F. M. Boyle is building a seven-room home on Plnkney street, east of Twenty-second street. Dr. T. R. Mullen Is building an eight-room house at the corner of Nineteenth and Plnkney. M. J. Kenney has Just completed a six-room house on Plnkney street, between Eigh teenth and Nineteenth. F. C. Wllmoth Is Just completing his two apartment build ing on Emmet street, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth. F. fi. Malone Is building an eight-room house on Spencer street, be tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth. C. J. Wonder is building a nine-room house on Lothrop street, east of Twenty-second. C. B. Shepard la building two even-room houses on Lothrop street, between Twenty-first and Twenty-aecond. B. A. Chappel is building a seven-room house on Plnkney street, between Eighteenth and Nine teenth. Mrs. C. O. Fenwlck has Just com pleted an eight-room house on Emmet atreet, between Nineteenth and Twentieth. Suburban residence property around Omaha has been going like hot cakes dur ing the last week, and many prominent Omaha people havo bought extensive tracts on which to build suburban homes. With the advent of automobiles into general use many homes have been built at a consid erable distance from the car lines, and cer tain outlying districts have been trans formed from farm districts into acre prop erty with graded streets lined with shade trees. George A Co. have had a busy week and have made several large sales of suburban property. John L. Kennedy has bought twelve acres in Falracrea, west of Happy Hollow, for $12,000 and will build a home for htniBelf In the near future. George N. Peek, manager of the John Deere Plow company, has bought nine and one-half acres in Falracrea, on which ha expects to build a suburban home. Nathan Merrlam has bought two acres in Falracrea and will build, and Harry V. Burkley bought a ten-acre tract last week, on whloh he will build a new home. East of Falracrea and south of Happy Hollow Is the new beautiful home built by It. R. Evans, which Is n earing completion. Mr. Evans has moved 100,000 yards of dirt this summer and his horn la on the high est plnacla In that section, The contract haa been let for grading Fifty-second atreet from. Dodge to Ha mil ton and this will give better acoess to a district which la rapidly being fUled with new homes. The foundation haa bean started for the Hew sixteen-story building which the City National bank la building at the corner of Sixteenth and Harney streets, and work will be pushed as rapidly as possible. The Illinois Central Is the first tenant to sign a lease for space and will have Its offices on Sixteenth street next to the main en trance to the building. The Illinois Central has also contracted for 1.000 feet of floor space on the upper floors for Its freight offices. Many business concerns are seeking loca tions In Omaha and all available space Is grabbed as soon as It Is free for a tenant. The question now bothering real estate men and Investors Is which way the busi ness center of Omaha will move. Some years ago this problem was up and the movement was started souih by tne erec tion of the Bennett Company building at Sixteenth and Harney. Again must busi ness find an outlet and again Is it spread ing out from the main center. Automobile concerns tske possession of property on Farnam street as soon as a new store Is built, or as soon as some otVcr tenant va cates. An effort Is now being made to have business move west on Douglas street and many new stores will be open for occu pancy on that thoroughfare In a short time. J. L. Brandels A Sons are erecting the new theater and store building on the corner of Seventeenth and Douglas streets, and this will have quite a number of store buildings. J. L. Kennedy Is building on the southwest corner of Nineteenth and Doug las streets, and he will soon have some stores ready for occupancy. O. C. Redlck last week bought the corner of Nineteenth and Douglas streets from M. G. Maul for 3.000 but he has not decided to build at present. E. A. Cudahy has some property on Douglas street, but he has not decided whether he will build at present or not. Hastings ft Heyden have sold the St. Louis flat building, 52-66l South Twenty sixth avenue, to George A. Stoltenberg of Benson for an Investment: consideration 18,000. Seven-room cottage at 1411 Madison avenue to Ezra E. Koonts, for a home; consideration, $3,2S0. Another one of the new seven-room houses In Kountse Place, 2219 Lothrop street, to John N Gallup for a home; consideration, $3,750. The south east corner of Sherman avenue and Em met street to William McKenna, which will be Improved. A five-room bungalow on Camden avenue, between Twenty fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, to Thomas E. Crelghton for a home; consid eration, $2,160. The Payne Investment company had an other party out in the Scott's Bluff coun try this week, running excursions weekly. Sales to the amount of $50,000 were made, running the total up over $1,000,000 since May 4. Threshing has begun along the valley and some great crops are being har vested, one farmer reporting fifty-seven and one-half bushels of wheat to the acre, weighing sixty-three pounds to the bushel, or over sixty bushels to the acre by weight. The sugar company Is pushing work on the new building and has shipped in machinery for the manufacture of cement brick, which will be used In the superstructure. The Chicago, Burlington ft Qulncy evidently anticipates a big crop of sugar beets, as new sidings and beet dumps are being built at different points between those now in use. This season's crop will be shipped to Colorado factories. The Anchor Fence company has begun work fencing the Detention home. This tract comprises twenty-five or thirty acres. George J. S. Collins has the contract for the erection of a six-story reinforced concrete hog pen for Armour & Co. In South Omaha, The building will be erected at an outlay of $20,000 and will be com pleted within two months. Milton Rogers' son has lust fitted out the Jewelry store of Leffert In Council Bluffs In a pretty tile floor. The savings department of the United States National bank has been provided with a tile floor by Milton Rogers' Son. The bank at David City has been fitted out with tile floora by Milton Rogera' Son. IWS OF THE BUSY HOME BUILDERS .? Hi i! -Mb, : ' r - ? ; ' 1 -1 i ' 1 t t r I - , I SB 'I. . t : : 1 Act m uj3. o CLAOstn VN Etc M I TtC -T-. IAiiO.POU I LI I I I . J j! !il&t5;idi! I! ! !: ! '.! !' n i! !; lcn&. J ii H I i J ll ji Jlfv'lXriGf UEoo i i ll isv-oo-ef ! 1 !: i ! ! ' Pocc f t y- w i ea . ja n Practical Construction and Designing The Front Door Arthur C. Clausen, Architect. GOOD NEWS FOR AUTO MEN Prest-O-Ltte Plant Is Now Being? Pnt Into Shape la This City. M. Moscowlts, representing the Prest-O-LUe company, is In Omaha ,to arrange for the Omaha branch of the plant In the new concrete building which has been erected for the company at Eleventh and Seward streets. This will be welcome news to automobile owners in Omaha, because it has been al most Impossible to seoure any of the lights in this city for some time, and as this is the light most generally in use, they have been put to considerable Inconvenience. The company has plants at Boston, New Tork, San Francisco, Cleveland and Toronto. The entire middle weat will be supplied from the Omaha plant. ems FIREP LACE FIXTURES Andirons, Basket Grates Fire Sets and Gcreens In Drass and Wrought Irom MANTELS and TILING Sand for Cttalofue &id Prices V M LTO and Sons Company 14111 AND FARNAM STREETS i fS'4. I Our product and reputation are the best advertisement we can offer A. L Km. U lZlO-llli HesratJ St, OssnU (Editor's note: This is the first of six articles which Mr. Clausen will contribute on the practical construction and designing of Important parts of the holme.) Few people fully appreciate the value of first Impressions. Many go through the world playing the game of life "catch-as- catch-can" and wonder why they fall. No where do we receive impressions more last ing thun those received upon entering a house for the first time. "Well begun Is half done," may be straining the point, but a good beginning certainly goes far toward accomplishing the purpose of acquiring the object in view, which in this Instance is: A good impression. The beginning for a good Impression in a home Is the entrance. If the Impression here Is good it will go a long way toward making one overlook a lack of paintings on the wall, fine fuinltura In the parlor and other unessentials but welcome luxuries. The front door or entrance Is, so to speak, a part of the interior adorning the exterior of the house. It should stand out as a mark of welcome to the passerby and be an indi cation of cordial hospitality witnln. The entrance Is a key to the interior, an Index of what is to come, where one re cedes his first impressions, be they good or bad. Keeping out thieves and weather, it should also Invite friends. The front entrance being the principal means of ingress and egress should be made to feel Its dignity. To accomplish this there are many ways, the adoption of each de pending upon the social standing of the owner, the size and design of his home and the size of his pocketbook. Thus, while we mlaiht aliow that a six-foot atx-lnch door would look all right in a layman's cottage, we ould not tolerate it In a pmaiial homei here the door must be eight feet or more to be in good proportion to the straight backed dignity and tall silk hat of the owner. I The design of the entrance should be dis tinctly In the adopted style of the house. X beautiful design for a colonial house is the so-called Venetian type. It gives a cheerful aspect to a house, has a broad opeu-faocd welcome and admits an abun dance of light to the hall. The lights can be leaded or divided with wooden sash bars into a number of different designs. Let me emphasise this point of keeping all things in harmony. It the style adopted can be carried out in the furnlsnings of the house, so much the better, but at least keep the house Itself exclusively In one style. It Is on this point that the young architect I too often tails. He Is more anxious to please his client and get his money than he j Is to please himself. If your client comes I to you wanting a porch like Jones " a ; dormer like "Brown's," a roof like i "Green's" and bay windows like "Kmith's, when all would be out of harmony to each o.her, don't let him have it that way. Take j the time to educate lilm a little. He won't 'like the results when built and will come ' back at you with a "Why didn't you tell me so?" no matter how many times you may have done so. Just recently the writer was requested to design a house with Uie first story cobble stones, the second story English half Umbered with shingles' be tween, a colonial portico on the front and a mission front door with "L'art Naveau" glass lu It. It Is needless to say that they did not get It. A little extra time spent with a client to obtain good results is a cheap way of advertising. The old Detrfield door, belonging to the class known as entablature doorways, looks especially well for a side driveway entrance or a front entrance where the porch is very high or does not exist, the door opening directly on the street. The door knocker is no longer of practical use In this day of modern Invention, but .t serves to bring up memories of our grand parents, and Is often a very pretty orna ment. To be too utilitarian or conventional often loses to a borne the sentimental THE BEE'S PLAN OFFER Mr. C.usen Is the author of a well Illustrated book containing a great many designs of modem nor- , complete pians for wnicli will furnished to Bee readers at reduced prices. .The book Is enti tled TEB AST, SCIXHOi: AKD SEXTI HxxIT or KOaX BUJULA- ura. 46 Chapters 300 Illustrations. A beautiful and practical book con taining complete information on the planning and designing of every kind of home. It contains extensive articles on thai popular style of home, Tne American ilungalow, also the Two Story Bungalow, BUNGALOWS BUILT 1'Xlli 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 feids of Home Building, the Sentiment of Home Building, etc., etc. Price, post paid to readers of The Bee, $1. Send all orders to Arthur C. Clausen, architect, 1136-37-38 Lumber Ex change, Minneapolis, Minn. s o. "tii ..wui' 1 umiin.. T'lrrrgg in flunujjTrr Northwostorn Expanded Hctal Go. 84 Van Buren St., Chicago Manufacturers of J 1111 i nwtfmi' WM. sM 14 M aHv w v METAL the Standard Material for Gnenoi 'BEinroRCEMElT in floors, roofs, bridges, pave ments, sewers, etc. Write for pam phlets containing full information. qualities that make It inviting and home liko, which Is the principal result to be attained. pretty side or rear doorway, that was a favorite with our grandparents, is made by placing a vertical lattice about thirty inches wide extending outward on each side of the door and across the lop; over-growing the whole with old fashioned roses, transforming by nature's aid a inert hole In the wall Into a beautiful entrance with the added fragrance of an effusion of flowers. I cannot limit the exact dimensions of a front entrance, depending as It does upon so many conditions. Its proportions there fore can only be spoken of In a general way. It must not be narrow or of a stingy appearance, for that would be the first impression one would then receive of the owner. It should rather be broad and gen erous in its aspect, even to a fault. Carved In Latin over the entrance of an English chateau are these expressive words, "My door is wide, my heart is wider." These words express precisely the idea 1 wish to convey and Impress upon the home builder. Note as you walk down the street the dumb, but sometimes almost poetic lan guages of various front doors, one ex pressing "Here dwells majesty," another "Here dwell love and peace," "Here a lover of simple beauty," and thai vine embowered, half hidden door which pro claims, "A lover of nature within." Over the front entrance there should always be some kind of shelter to protect one while awaiting the opening of the door, for this of Itself expresses congeniality. Make that shelter or porch appear for utility rather than a means for expressing one's fastid iousness by excessive ornament, bearing In mind the charm of simple beauty. Do not seek the notoriety of novelty. If there are no sidelights or windows lu the hall, it is best to admit light through the door In some one of the many othei ways. The lights can be made of crystallite or olher obscure glass If desired; but for the sake of looks it is best to use clear, plain or bevel plate glass for the door lights witli plate (preferred) or double strength glass for the transom and side light. If the outside trim of your house la painted and the Inside finished in natural woods, make the door of the natural wood finish on both sides; the outside panes, sash and casings of the entrance like the trim, but the inside casings, etc., the same as tha door and other inside finish. Never "mix," on the door, making the Inside of one color or wood and the outside another, as It cheapens It In appearance. The vestibule Is necessarily a part of the entrance. As its size, shape and location depends entirely upon the arrangement of the plan a few remarks will suffice. The usual form, Is a rectangular box a little wider than: the entrance, but It is best lo make It more of an ornament or of somo use other than a mere place to pass through, and afford double doors to the weather. A small entrance vestibule is an eternal nuisance. A vestibule should be at least large enough to accomodate both the guest and the hostess at the same time. If It Is not, mark the following! program. The inside door must be left open to allow the hostess to back In while her guest enters. She must then gently push' her J guest to one side while she passes her and goes and shuts the open outside door; she Is then at liberty to return and shake hands. In the meantime her baby catches cold. Not a very good "first Impression" do you think? A splendid arrangement Is to have the Interior entrance a repeat of the exterior, while on both sides of the vestibule are coat closets, one each for ladies and gen tlemen. The doors of these closets should have a mirror panel of two-thirds, or all of the length. Never project a square box vestibule out on the porch, it suggests a cramped condition of the plan within, being, as It Is, fairly crowded out. A good substitute for a vestibule Is to make the partition twilve Inches thick to prevent a hitting of the knobs. Make the outside storm door a counterpart of the permanent one and replace it In summer with a screen door. After having studied the front lor problem and bavins arrived at a conclusion of what Is desired, due attention must be given to the Interior doors that they may cci.form In design and be In harmony with the entrance door. In conclusion: For sliding doors use door bangers that are held to the tracks and can not Jump off. Use three strong hinges on outside door and two hinges for in terior doors. Have your hardware In har mony with finish and design of entranca and other doors and windows. Cylinder locks are the best. Veneered doors ara better than solid doors If made right and a better grain of wood can be obtained. Make side and top styles to panel doors five Inches; bottom rail the height of base board; muntins between panels nut less than three and a half Inches. In wide doois having considerable glass, top and side styles should be six Inches for strength. Thickness of veneered doors, two and a quarter- Inches, solid doors Inch and three quarters thick. Provide pantry doors with ball bearing swinging hinges and metal push plates on both sides. It is preferable to make the pantry doors an Inch thick. In the average house, the best width for front door Is three feet to three feet six Inches; for interior doors two feet six inches to three feet. Keep casings at the top of doors on a line with top of window casings. I'sual height for Interior doors is seven feet, but can vary. All doors on one floor, however, should be made the same height. Bed room and closet doors are sometimes two feet six inches by six feet six Inches. Height of entrance door varies with the design, but It is best when possible to make them the same height as the Interior doors. Your Vacation to the East in September Those very low thirty-day rates to the large eastern cities and resort are in effect only until September 30. Better plan your vacation now and sm me about routes and train service. New York City and Return standard routes S-43.20 New York City and Return, other desirable routes $ 40.50 Atlantic City and Return S40.TO Itosron and Return, all direct routes $-40.60 Grand diverse route tour of the Ea6t, one way through the Virginias, Old Point comfort, Norfolk, Ocean trip to New York, other direction direct routes $49.40 Same trip through Virginia, Old Point Comfort and Ocean trip to Boston, other direction direct route S52.20 The above are illustrative rates. Proportional thirty day excursion rates to many other eastern destinations. TRAIN SERVICE: From Omaha to Chicago, Daylight Express 7:25 A. M.; afternoon express 4:20 P. M., arriving Chicago 7:00 A. M.; Nebraska-Chi cago Limited 6:30 P. M., electric lighted, with observa tion sleepers, arrive Chicago 8:30 A. M. Let me bxlp you with your arrangements. J. D. REYNOLDS, C. P. A. 1503 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. Telephones: Douglas 35H0: Ind. A-8;i23. Hill fmm l If You Can Get Better Light with a lamp that uses Less Than Half the Current, you can afford to pay for the new lamp. ' We refer to the Tungsten Lmp. It is a masterpiece of invention, genius and manufacturing skill. We can supply it at a price which will enable you to make an important saving in the size of your light ing bills. Investigate. Omaha Electric Light and Power Co. Y. M. C. A. Bldg. Tel. Doug 1062 Ind. A-1278 fualtloa for Bluff. Maa. FOHT UODUE. la., Jjepi. 4. -(.Sr.ecial Telsram.-Harry Curtis ot Council Muffs will coma her September la as Young Men's Chrlstlao association secretary, fill ing a vacancy extending for six months. Ha will assume charge ot building the new axsoclatlon building, valued at 100,000, the amount being already secured and a fine centrally located sit being la view as a donation. SESf Carey Flexible Cement Roolinfl FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS the STANDARD ROOFING Will Positively Resist the Elements On Flat or Steep Roofs WE ARE REMOVING ROOFS and APPLYING CAREY'S WHY? ; ALLOW US TO ANSWER Sunderland Roofing and Supply Co. saum MM AND i 1408 Harney St. Phone Doug. 1146 t