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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1909)
n TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Omaha it Building Homei, Baiineii ' Blocks and Vtir Street. THOROUGHFARES BY THE MILE DUttnrra of X.w Asphalt la Lal4 to Keea tp wltb the fur. prater's Hammer " M soa's Trowel. Trust company, composed ot W. A. Paxtort, Merman H. 1'etera. B. J. Prannell. Frank T. Ransom and Ir. Robert F. Ollmore. Thla company cf gentlemen bought alxty- MEWS OF TIE MM HOME BUILDERS ' one lota on the old circus (rounds Just north nf Ames avenue between Twent fourth and Thirtieth streets and during the last summer have spent a large sum of money In making this an addition beau tiful. They have paved the streets, parked the entire tract, built nineteen houses and last week decided to build twelve mora, which will put a house on every other lot. The lots Intervening will be sold, with the owner of the neighboring house having the first chance to buy. Cn3 Ranges KeAter Wiy,; y THE OMAHA SUNDAY DEE: NOVEMBER 7. 1000. 1AW MM Omaha In Its downtown district Is put ting on a new prarb and will present a far different front for the National Corn ex position to what It has In the last few years. For some time It has bfen the (treat re gret of dwellers In the (Sate Citv that the downtown streets were so had and a trip to and from the railroad stations was quite a task In a carriage or sn automobile. All this has been changed. The down town stie ts are being ipived and when the nxt large crowd of visitors come to Omaha 'It will find the ma'n streets re pavtd with a fine new- surface of as phaltum. The trouble was that the pave ments had outgrown their natural lifetime. An asjihaltum pavement Is supposed to laxt about twenty years, while many of the downtown streets of Omaha had been wearing the came surface for twenty-seven years. The pavement was In such bad condition that It was bevond repair and although the repair department of the city went over these streets a couple of times a year they were soon In as bid shape as ever. Now the streets are all new. Not onlv was a new surface put on, but a heavy concrete base as well, making the streets In exceptionally good shape. The new pavements were put down according to the latest Improved ldens, which do away with high Kt-ps at each crosring. It has been found by experience that It Is not necessary to have a high step at each crossing to keep the water off the side walks. .... City Engineer Craig has won the lastlnc plaudits of thousands by his successfu 'crusade for better sidewalks In the down town districts. For years sidewalks have been permitted practically to care for themselves until they became a sight. Local people became so accustomed to seeing the edges of the sidewalks all bat tered and broken that they began to accept them as a necessity. Now they may set the change. Notices were sent out to all owners of defective sidewalks that they must be repaired find the result has been that miles and miles of walks were re paired In the central part of the city and the wonder Is that some one had not thought of tho change before. - While the expense was alight on each Individual owner the Improvement Is so pronounced that It makes a vast change In the general appearance of the city. And still the building rush goes On. Material men are having all they can do to supply the demands for the thousands of new homes which are being built In all parts of the city. No matter to what part of Omaha one drives new buildings strike the eye. Resident districts are springing up on all sides, sidewalks are being laid and the streets paved and Omaha, the city of beautiful homes. Is deserving of the name. One of the prettiest new home districts In Omaha is that laid out by the Prairie RED CROSS STAMPS COMING Means of Raisin Panda to Paah Fight Aaa I not the White IMaa-ae. Once again the Red Cros Christmas stamps are to be sold throughout the coun try as a means of raising funds In the antl tuberctorls campaign. The American National Red Cross, of which President Taft Is president, has announced Its stamp plans for the coming holiday season. These provide for the appointment of central supply agencies, through which the stick ers will be distributed to Individuals and organizations desiring to assist In the good work, and for the return of one-third of the gross receipts to the Red Cross. Last year the Christmas stamps were sold outright to agents, who provided their own advertising matter. Thla year the Red Cross provides stamps and advertising matter free, but requires a return at the end o the season of one-third of the re ceipts. From this sum the Red Cross will pay the expenses of printing stamps and ad vertising matter, express charges, post sge, cli?icnl arlstance, etc., leaving a probable net profit of 75 per cent, which will be applied to Ihe most urgent needs of Its work, whatever they may be. The expenditure of the remaining two thirds will be left to the discretion of the organisations appointed as official dis tributers of the stamps, the only exaction being that the money shall be used In the fight against the white plague. Last year the total sale of stamps throughout the country netted about 1135, 000, of whloh sum the largest single amount was secured through The North American, which was the first newspaper In the United States to champion the cause when the movement was started by Miss Emily P. Bis sell of Wilmington In 1907. The Red Cross stamp of 1909 Is now In the printer's hands. A new design has been adopted, selected as the result of a competition In which there were 1.2O0 par ticipants. The stamp will be In red and green, with lettering In white, and will be one Inch square. The order already plaoed with the printer la for 30,000,00) stamps. More, In any number, can be pro duced as rapidly as may be neoessiry. The stamps will be ready for shipment to agents on November 1. This will afford agents ample time to complete arrange ments and be In readiness for the opening of a vigorous selling campaign in the lat ter part of November or first of Decem ber. The slogan for the Red Cross campaign this Christmas Is 50,000,000. This would mean nearly half a million dollars for the fight against our worst disease enemy. Philadelphia North American. Quick Action for Tour Money Tou get that by using The Bee advertising columns, ENDED METAL STEEL .' PLASTERING LATH is the fire-proof substitute for the inflammable wood lath. It Prevents Cracking and Falling of Plaster on Walls and Ceiling. Adopted by the U. S. Govern ment and used everywhere in all good buildings. Write for circular. KORTUWESTERH EXPARQED METAL CO. 6 Van Buron Street, CHICAGO r 7 i . s ' ,f : ! i i i 1 j f i i . -1" I T I f ! kit I EM s i 3 S , ' . - t 'in;-; Mt . I ' yt? ? JJ H t ri ' "v ' " . - ... .- .... , - . v ", - -; .'''" 't ' , V' 'i Jri '"-4 'J"" Stoop FHIllMltssslCi gssVI 5 -MiO, 0B g of a. cut is not vhat it cosfs Dutwhejyou gel MER BROS ENGIUalNGCO OMAHA- ?y.3,r.'-g! . ,, , D i JJirJ rIxniiq ! I J j j -K1ITCHE:1 ( I I H I I f f j "T HALL j 11 ' j jj i z' lie, j r I I I I j ' q 10-Vl4-fc" I j H B BB BF,w,lM'THsMisBsjsca s seisjagstS 1 1 WIIaTidbiTsPf1" T9SUSnMSSHla POSCH n n n CM I TtCT AlAiAirsAPOi-i 3,ii Selection of Building Materials Arthur O. Clausen, Arohit.et. TIE time of the year In which 0 Ef I the contracts for th. building I I of a house are let has consld- rrauie to oo wim ins prices re ceived. For example, a con tract can be let for about 10 per cent cheaper at th. present time of th. year, th. house to be built during the winter, than the prices on. would get during th. rush of th. building season next spring. If only th. foundation is put Ir. now and th. contract Is let early In the year, enabling the contracors to get an earlier start than would be possible If the foundation was not put In now, there would be a saving of from t to 8 per cent. It Is th. purpose of this article, however, to call th. prospective I home builder's attention to various econo mies In th. construction of a home and the letting of th. oontract that would apply at any time of th. year. A great many people think that they can pav. money through being their owp contractor. They flgur. that they will save the contractor's profit of from 8 to 10 per oent by buying their own materials, hiring their own labor and superintending the construction of th. house themselves. In this they make a fatal error. Few con tractors flgur. much for the profit on labor sine, this Is really an unknown quantity, on which they can merely make estimates In a general way based upon their previous experience. Since the wages paid out for labor amounts to almost half the cost of th. house. It Is very Important that this Item should be handled in a sys tematic manner. A contractor through his experience knows Just how many men he can work to an advantage on a house of a certain six., how many common laborers he would need to supply his brick masons with mortar and brick, just what quanti ties and at what time certain materials are needed at the Job and knows how much work each man should turn out In a day, enabling him to keep track of their work and discharge any low or Incapable workman. VVh.n a man attempts to take a con tractor's plaoa, lacking all of the technical knowledge and experience of th. Utter his labor bill will usually amount to 25 or 10 per cent more through his not being able to carry on th. work In systematic manner. Th. writer has observed houses her. a whole crew of men had to be laid off temporarily during the busy season of the year because th. owner did not order certain material far enough ahead of time to get when needed. Men do not stay idle during th. buny season In the building Hue and a crew laid off in this manner will Immediately look for other positions, there by leaving their former employer handi capped for the lack of labor when the work starts again. Th. owner Is often un able to get .nough dim together again to carry on th. work properly. Those whom he doe. hlr under the, circumstance, know nothing about th. work that has w.. Ann mntt hava to eiu.lv ntu tli. uiat- THE BEE'S PLAN BOOK Through an arrangement with Ar thur C. Clausen, architect, th. read ers of Ths Omaha Bee can obtain a copy of his beautiful book, 'TH"E 1ST, gCXENCZ AJTS EH' TIMXJTT Or HOMEBUIXiD XWO," for On. Dollar. This book contains forty-six chap ters ana 200 Illustrations, printed on heavy enameled paper, with cover stamped In gold. It deals with the practical side of humebullding, glv- lng complete Information on the planning and designing of every kind of home, liner, is nothing more practical than making th. horn, ar tistic, building it on scientific lines and to insure sanitary conditions and warmth. The author of the book alms to give the Intending home builder sdvlce on subjects such as buying the let. planning the home, letting th. contract, choosing the materials, etc. Problems about front doors, windows, stairways, fir. p.aces. exteriors, Interior finish, etc, are taken up In detail and treated with good common sense. Nearly all questions that could be anticipated are answered and th. book should prove a great help to those who are about to plan a home. It Is pro fusely Illustrated. Send all orders to Arthur C. Clausen, 11S6-37-38 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis. ter all over again, unless a competent fore man has been engaged with a salary abovt the union scale, whose salary would go on whether the work was going on or not. I hav. also noticed bricklayers mixing their own mortar and carrying their own bricks when the homebullder should hav. had common labor to do this work for him In stead of paying a man U 50 to do work that could b. don. Just as well by cheap labor. Also, the workmen on a house built for the owner himself know that they will probably never hav occasion to work for this man again; they know he is Incapable of Judging the amount of work that should be don. in a day and Is not apt to dis cover minor Impsrfeotlons In th. work. These facts hav. a demoralising Influence over the workmen whloh means poorer work done In more llm. than when th.y are under the guidance of a man whom they hope to work for throughout the year. When It come to th. buying of mate rials, while a man may be abl. to get aome on. or two things at low cost through having lomi friend or relative In th. busi ness, taken as a whole, th. material throughout th. hous. will cost th. hom. bullder mor. than th.y would cost a con tractor, or example a contractor of any importance will buy his cement, flooring, aiding, shingles, dimension lumber and other much used materials by th. carload, thereby receiving special quotation, eo the prices of materials ordered. Th. mate rials that he does not us. on on. hous. he can use on the next one, for he Is In business for a lifetime. Th. final conclu sion Is that It la cheaper to let th. contract for the entire house, except the heating and plumbing, which should b. l.t separata, to one general contractor, after having obtained his price through competition with other contractors. He Is "th. man who knows." He has paid for his knowl edge In th school of experience and with a properly prepared set of plans Is abl. to carry on th. work In a systematto manner. System always means economy. There Is no line of business In which this Is mor. tru. than In th. building business, where so many different materials and so many different men ar. brought together under on. man's leadership, to accomplish th. building of a horn. "Put all your eggs In one basket, but watch that basket." There are other economies to be consid ered when th. home Is being planned be fore the. matter of letting It to the con tractor Is considered. If t:i. hous. Is ot fianit) construction or brick veneer th. height of the stories should be mad. so that full length studding of sixteen, eight een or twenty feet can be used without cutting, and in laying out th. floor plans care should be taken that the Joist all run in on. direction bearing upon on. or two I partitions, according to the size of th. I houte, that extend through the center from ! the basement to th. attic. Wherever prac Itltal th. partitions on th. second floor I should be placed dlreotly over those on th. j 1 lift floor, making th. studding two stories high, thereby reducing the settlement of the house through the shrinkage of th. floor Joint and making It eaxler and cheaper to cons.ruct. Wher. practical th rooms should be made an odd number ot feet PIuh two leches In th direction that the Julst tun. For example: A room thirteen feet two Inches wide can be spanned by fourteen feet floor Joist. If the room were made thirteen feet six Inches wide sixteen feet floor Joist would hav. to be used, with nearly a foot and a haif at the end of each Julst going to waate, for floor Joist can only be obtulned an even number of feet In length, except wher. such lengths aj (van and nine feet ar. required, which can be obtained by outtlng Jolct fourteen feet, eighteen feet, etc., In two. Aa few angle should be mad. In th. oucsld. walls as possible, for turning corners cos l money, especially In th. roof. While ston always looks better than cement, a saving can be mad. In th. sills, lintels, water table, etc., In a house of masonry construction by having them mad. of cement cast In forms and reinforced with rods. If this I. don. properly th. dlffer.no. can hardly b. de tected between th. r.mrnt product and Bedford sandston. and th. former la very durabl. w hen properly made. Good effect can be had for Interior fin ish on Inexpensive woods If a ear.fj) painter Is obtained. Take for .xsjnple, clear birch. slalDed and traW4 to liuitat flfi Tons of Iron a Day W M.it Malta "GARLANDS" "The World s Bet." For 9T years th. moM .xtonslvely sold. May as weU neve th. " OAKLAND." You pay Just as much for Inferior mskes. AU Range, are supplied with "CARLAND" Oven Heal Indicated Sol by tte Prt rlrr s,veyher. "I WIH fir IthtMraM e An. Th Michigan StoT Company araat Mnkr V . ana Xtmft In Iht VerM Detroit. Mieh. Chic, 111. Carey Flexible Cement Rooting TOR 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 Rooting and Supply Co. We lYlake Them In Omaha and can duplicate any o o irmh manufactured In the world also Save You lVIoney Hydraulic-Press Drick Co, ' 330 Bee Building. Let us show you samples. "Its always on tap, while you wake or you nap. Electric Power. Omaha Electric Light and Power Co Y. M. C. A. BLDQ. BOTH PHONES I1 ee Building Office Space Available Room No. 406 has a south and west front, is 19Mx 26V1 feet in dimension, and is so partitioned as to make tlrree offices. There is a large sized fireproof vault in connection with this room. Kent $50.00 per month. Trackage Property We offer for rent the building located at 914 Farnam street, which is a one story and basement building. Di mensions are 20x86, approximately 3,300 sq. ft. An addi tion to alley could be built to suit tenant. This is in the wholesale district, being convenient to car line. For fur ther particulars call The Bee Building Co. "th and Farnam Sti. dark mahogany, and straight Brained Washington fir to Imltat. Mission oak. Thay can hardly b. distlng-ulsht d trom the genuln. wood. It Is poor economy and, In fact, not .oonomy In th. long run to try and .conomlae by uslnf little cem.nt and mor aand In the foundation. Inferior grades of paint on th. outside, cheap var nish on th. Inside finish, pin. floor In stead of hard wood. th. ch.apest heating plant In th. market Instead of a pood hot air or hot water system, th. cheapest grade of plumbing, .tc. While a trial many minor matters might b. mentioned wherein a home builder could economise while having his plana and specifications prepared, th. advlo. given In this entire article might b. summed up In on. sen tence: Engag. th. services of a comp.t-nt architect. H. makes a special study of these matters, sine, his reputation de pends entirely upon tha manner In which he serves his clients- Intere.ta. It la his business to coir par. th. sit. of a home with th. amount a man desires to Invest and apply atrlct economy wherever practi cal. An archlt.ot cannot, however, en tirely control th. coat of a hous. When a horn, builder want, a hous. of a certain style, wlttt certain thing en th. Inside and outside, he should expect to pay for those things and not expect his home to cost no mor. than a hous. one-third smaller and not finished as elaborate In detail as h. would hav. his own. System Is th. word. When constructing a home or building It should b. applied from th. first to th. last. Kerr Aatouaobtl Jokes, "What," .xclalms th motorist, to th. ton breaker, whose to. h. has mash4 with hla car, "you want tXOOO for a to.T I'm no millionaire." Btons breaker "No, and I'm no blooming Centipede, either." "How did th. automobile corps get alone?" "Not so well. Two ft th. machine, turned turtle and on. started off crab fashion." "Humph! They ought to be assigned to th. marine corp.." Baltimore American. Th. Man In th. Wagon (who., horse Is frightened) to th. Uan In th. Auto Hey. there, mister! Jump Into the bushes quick. It's you he', afraid of. Quick Action for Tour Money TofJ get that by using Th U advertising oiuutna