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i REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
R. C. Peter Advocates More Atten
. tion to Beautifying City.
MORE PARKS AND BOULEVARDS
m Tlan
Think It U Better to Dr?lw
to Bar Mort Land 'While It
Cheap and Mar Re Eas
ily Acaalrea.
H. C. Peters of the Peters Trust com
pany, who accompanied the ral rotate
dealers on their excursion to Kansas City,
asked by the real estate exchange to
Klve his views on what he saw and how
Omaha might be bemfited by adopting
seme of the plans used there. He said:
"Kansas City has taken time well by the
forelock and bought ground and laid out
Its low hauls In bouh-vaids and parks
when the ground wa of but little value,
and an the city has grown It has been of
great value to It and this has been con
ductive to Its growth. Where these parks
and buiilevards are laid out It enhances
the value of not only the surrounding
rroperty, but of the entire city, as Is
Miown by the boulevards we have laid out
here. It Is conclusively shown by the
lurifo extent of the fine residence prop
erty there which Is very much greater
than ours, and I think It is largely owing
to the extent of the boulevards which they
have laid out.
"It Is also shown conclusively that mac
adam properly prepared Is the proper
pavement to use for residence sections.
It Is more a natural form of pavement
and more conductive to the bejuty of a
Nuhurb. Itrlck and a.sphalt aru pavements
suitable for a business section, but they
ure noisy and one doea not seek a suburb
because of Its noise.
Hay While Land la Cheap.
"The thing for Omaha to do, while the
ground Is yet cheap. Is to buy up the low
lands which are natural courses of creeks
and boulevard them. This would enhance
g the vajue of the surrounding property
and not only that, It would enhance the
value of the entire city.
"One thing I would criticise Omaha for Is
the straight lines upon which It is laid out.
, Nature does not form her lines of beauty
k In straight lines, but in curves. An artist
would be a failure were he to have
straight Unee with no curves In his paint
ing. Straight lines may be mathematical
and precise, but they do not add to the
beauty of a city In Its residence section,
nor to Its ultimate wealth, for It 1 the
beauty of a location which attracts people
and makes the wealth of a city. The
beauty of a stream or a brook is In its
l urves and sinuous lines. Our woods would
not be nearly so beautiful If laid out in
mathematical lines. We should follow
nature in the planning of our residence aeo
tlons and our boulevards and drives.
There Is too much commercialism In lay.
ing out grounds with mathematical preci
sion and In too small tracts. It may bring
a few more dollars at the outset, but In
the long run a section which is laid out
for beauty will be the one that will bring-
me greatest price. We should not nar
row our streets too much and we should
not make the lots too small In order to
get so much more money for them. We
have Immense broad prairies here and are
not restricted to our ground. We have
plenty ot room for all the city that we
want to build.
"With reference to park and boulevards,
we have not enough ground laid out for
this purpose when we come to consider
other cities. Take Swope park In Kansas
f'lty. I think It has about tOOO acres;
Keener park In Hartford has 1,600 acres,
and there 1 a park in Ixis Angeles that
has 3.000 acres. Hartford Is not so large
as Omaha, but It has many more acres In
parks and much better kept However, we
cannot criticise our Park board, nor' the
lack of the extent of our parks too much,
J for I think we have done exceedingly well
in Omaha with the appropriations granted.
Hanscom park and some of our other
parks show up admirably for the money
pent, but tt Is time now to Induce larger
appropriation. If possible, while the ground
Is cheap and the city Is growing, for largw
Parka and larger boulevards. This will
make a more beautiful as well as larger
city and a more desirable place In which
to live, A good many of you probably
have seen Belle Isle In Detroit and know
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ral park. They hired a lIMn.
ir to lay It out Ha rtut .. ..n na
ture's ways, but straight lines, and when
the Park commissioners found out how it
was going to despoil a great many of the
magnificent trees they paid him off and
let him go and laid out the park to suit
themselves, following nature's pattern, ani
you can see how much more beautiful it
Is with the trees which they retained.
Plant Hardy Trees.
"It Is quite necessary also to get parka
nnd grounds at an early date so as to set
out trees. It takes decades here to grow
a tree, and what Is more beautiful In any
rW i city than trees? V, should not plant so
many soft maple, but more elms, oaks
Kyotimores and trees of that class. They
nre not only more stable, but lend a
beauty that Is not attained by soft maple
anil are not so easily broken
"I would also advocate n.
of
flowers and shrubs and hardy plants mo
ure
neeiy man are plantud here. We are not
a city of flowers. One can readily see
this when visiting any eastern city such as
Hartford or Boston. In Toledo where
they have some of their flnsst residences
it was at one time low ground and noth
ing but a mud hole. They have a beauti
ful residence section which has been made
am-ely by flowers and shrubs planted
"long the cuib line, maintaining a unl
ronn parking line, and It Is as beautiful
a section as one will find today.
"Omaha should be a city of beauty. We
' Kius and valleys, and by form!
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"ime uniform plan and adopting a tnetl
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.irwin ana different sm
all
"," rcis with flowers, we can ma
ke
ii a uiautirul place and attract people
nbt
oniy lourlKts. but people who are' lookl
ng
for permanent homes.
I alfnrnt M reels (he Beat.
' I would have a uniform width of streets
ii mo resilience sections, vivi,,..
per-
haps In sections where traffic demands
it.
ttlouiJ 'o hve uniform sldewa
M.rblng and a uniform distance betw
the hoiiN. an. i ih.. . .
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... .o-o. some ut ,he most beaut
Iful
ir.iurm.-es nave lots with -...k ...
v r" Ul
feet or more, the house bem .. i ...
200
l.aM twenty-five to fifty feel. l . gooj
residence section the lot should be 100 or
:1W feet. There should be a sulci law
regarding the distance a residence should
be built from the street.
We can well s-k more variety of style
in tho architecture of our homes. on lan
notice the difference in ih. architecture
tetwren the Kansas City houses and ours
There Is mure variety there, and i also
think we should have more brick stone
and cement. It looks more permanent and
adds to the stability vt a city. We also
notice this largely In eastern cities, in
V cement enters largely Into the con-
Tuition of the houi.es. They have grow
ing vines to relieve the solidity, and trees
and shrubs grouped about the place.
On thing uotably lacking with us Is
thnt we hsve no river drlvewsy. When we
drove slong rilff Drive In Kansas City we
were all highly pleased with It. We can
not have anything so nice here, as we do
not have the lay of country that Is so well
adapted to It, but we could have bad some
thing that would have been attractive to
our city and might yet b able to hsve It.
A drive along the bluff line overlooking
the river would be an attractive spot to the
city.
Again. I would suggest In the Isylng out
of subdivisions that more attention be paid
to fitting them up thoroughly and attrac
tively before putting them on the market.
This requires a great deal of money, but
where a subdivision is properly laid out In
the first place, with a view to beauty. It
cannot b defaced afterward. Tt Is this
motley checkerboard-fashion which spoils
our subdivisions This can be readily seen
In some of our subdivisions which rnuld
have been made beautiful, hut hsve been
spoiled by the different styles snd cost of
eechitecture snd grounds, every man suit
ing his own taste ay to what should be
done In laying out his place.
This Idea of laving out to beauty may
not seem commercial, but It Is. for if you
will lay out your city and your rirks and
your boulevards, and your subdivisions
and your homes with a view to beauty nnd
attractiveness, and not count how much
the last foot will bring or how much
money you get In the place, vou wi'l find
that In the end you will be the gainer, for
the beauty of a city and a subdivision and
a home will attract people, and If people
are attracted to It this will be the means
of selling property, and that Is what you
are all after. It Is the attention given to
lines of beauty that will eventually bring
wealth and make the larger city.
Norrls and Martin have just closed a
deal with Jetus R. Conkllng for a beau
tiful tract of ground on the Florence
Boulevard and Miller park. This lund
was sold to Jetui R. Oonklln and
Charles W. L'onHing by Samuel S. Cur
tlss In 18S5, and In 1892 they deeded a
strip through It to the citv of Omaha for
boulevard and park purposes, and today
this Is one of the prettiest spots on the
boulevard system. The ground has a
frontage of 515 feet on Miller park and
over 1,400 feet of frontage on the boule
vard which, at this point, Is from 120 to
160 feet wide and beautifully parked.
They will plat this ground, put In broad
cement walks, and all Improvements.
Suitable restrictions will be put in each
deed with a view of making a beautiful
residence district. Work will be started
on these improvements at once.
GREAT BOON TO TRAVELERS
Wireless Telephone aad Trala Stop
ping Devices Work
Wonders,
Wireless telephony applied to moving
trains was demonstrated yesterday to bn
a success ' on an Erie train running at
thirty miles an hour between Newark and
South Paterson, N. J. The operators talked
without Interruption with operators on
either end of the run, and officials of the
Erie who participated in the demonstra
tion were delighted with the results. The
Inventor, Fred I.ecrolx, said his system
when perfected will permit of conversation
from a train running at cannonball speed
within a radius of 1,000 miles.
His confident statement was relied upon
Implicitly by the officials who witnessed
the test yesterday. The wireless telephone
was operated from the engine cab. The
electric current Is taken up from a small
third rail at the side of the track. Per
fection of the system. It is said will reduce
almost to cero the possibilities of train acci
dents by attachments In the cab that show
when a train is stalled ahead and indicates
how distant It is. Another device operates
the air brake attachments tne instant the
recorder shows there is a stalled or de
railed train within two miles ahead. The
road officials pronounce It a marvelous
Invention.
Lecrolx, the Inventor, Is little more than
a youth. He Is twenty-four years old and
looks younger. He learned electrical en
gineering In Texas, and Is said to have a
remarkable eomprehenslon of the broad
subject. While the test yesterday was con
fined to the engine cab the development
of the Invention means that a man In a
Pullman sleeper may be aroused from
slumber to answer a call and talk to his
mother, wife, sweetheart or business friend
1,000 miles away. It Is predicted the inven
tion will be as wonderful in Its develop
ment as wireless telegraphy; and its ac
oompanlment, the devloe to prevent rail
road accidents, makes It the more remark
able. The third rail which carries the power
for the Lecrolx system of wireless tele
phony it not "deadly" as a person may
walk upon It without receiving the slight
est shock. The test was watched
by a few road officials and several news
paper men. They crowded Into the engine
cab, us many as could find standing room
at one time. They found a receiver and
transmitter much like the ordinary tele
phone attachments on the side of the cab.
Close by were the dials and attachments
of the device for sounding the varntng
of danger ahead.
The members of the party first talked
through the transmitter to a train dis
patcher at either end of the line and re
ceived messages in response. The train
was running at twenty miles an hour, then
the speed was increased five miles, and
then to thirty miles. There was not the
slightest interruption of the conversation
even at the moment the speed was In
creased. To make the test severe the speed
was increased quickly, so that the cab
shook and the cars wabbled, but there was
no Interruption of the talk.
The wireless telephone having been tested
to the satisfaction of the officials, the
train stopping device was demonstrated.
The train was run In close upon a passen
ger train and the moment the danger sons
was reached, the engineer having his grip
on the lever, the air-brake attachment was
operated automatically and the train
stopped within fifty feet, when running at
twenty-five miles an hour. There was no
sudden Jar; it came to a standstill grad
ually. New York Press.
Sharply Hepnlsed.
The plump waiter girl at the lunch
counter, having nothing to do at the mo
ment, was trying to reah with her fin
ger nails a place on her back well up
between the shouldxrs, but with her
short and chuboy arms she was unequal
to the tank. In vain she squirmed Slid
struKKled Slid twisted her face. She failed
to achieve the dmlred connection.
The elderly man on tne tmtxlde of the
counter, who had been fifc-htlng a piece
of overdone steak, leaned forward and
spoke to her in a low tone, but with intent-
earnestness.
"My desr. young woman." he said, "par
don the freedom of a man who has
grandchildren almost as old as you are
but if vou will come a little closer 1 shall
take pleasure In scratching that spot for
you as 1 see th.it you can't unite -"
' Mind your own business," she snapped.
"How seldom Oh. how seldom!" u a
good deed or a generous impulse appre
ciated in this ungrateful world' Chicago
Tribune.
The hoeolate Haling Gallons.
A Frenchman who visited this country
lecenlly expressed amasement at the great
amount of chocolate consumed by us. He
had thought the Parisians, of all peopl
on the fae of ths earth, excelled in the
eating of chocolaU' sweets, but here he
found the custom o? coating things with
chocolate so prevalent that he aaid ths
people of tils city had smnrthliig In the
line to lea in from us. He did not know
perhaps, that while we take our chocolate
lightly and for Its own sake quite as much
as French people do. we also approve of
It In our diet for the nutritious qualities
tt possess s. The Epiuure,
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Mark Twain likes a joke upon himself
almost as well as le does to play them on
other people. One day after stepping off
a car wfth a friend and three other men
be commenced to free-ly comment upon
the three fellow paasengers, giving his
opinion of their character as Indicated by
their appearance and actions. 'Now there"
he said, ffoes a well groomed young fel
low. He Is almost a block ahead of us
already. He apparently Is going some
where to accomplish something. That man
will succeed, If he has not already done
so. That next man a little way behind
him apparently has a good position, but
Is taking his time to get to It. He Is
a man who will make a fair living, but
never be anything In this world but a
wage-earner. This next man Juct abead
of us, with the baggy trousers and worn
coat, a shuffling walk and a tea It that
carries Mm from one side of the side
walk to the other Is apparently a man
with no aim In life and will never amount
to anything; to which remarks his friend
replied. 'Yes, bam, that Is true, a man
shows what he Is to a large extent by
the way he goes about his work, but
by the way, did you happen to notice that
we are the men behind.'
We are all apt to go through life criti
cising the other fellow, but not making the
best of our own opportunities. A man be
hind the times will Invariably criticise
things In general, no doubt on the theory
that nothing looks as well from behind.
People who let their contract during the
late spring and summer, are the men be
ll In g In the building line. They are losing
money through not appreciating the value
of an early start. They know that build
ing materials are cheaper during the win
ter,' that lack of work creates close com
petition among contractors, that the mill
man can get out his mill . work more
promptly during January and February
than at any other time of the year, even
though they hold it for late spring deliver)-,
but knowing thine facts, he often
lets the precious time slip by until the
awaking of spring stirs him to action.
Every contractor has his limitations.
The best contractors through having good
credit and buying in large quantities are
able to figure lower than the poorer class
of contractors when they want to. They
run only handle so many jobs properly,
however, lack of time and lack of capita
being their limitations. When they reaih
thik point they place their estimates so
high that they seldom get a contract until
part of the work on liund is completed,
when they figure low ssain In order to
kfep busy at their full capacity. This
creates a situation in the early spring and
during the following summer very similar
to a land lottery. The man who Is lucky
enough to draw No. 1 gets his choice of
the best contractors. It means that ho
w ill get honest work at a reasonable
price, that therrt will be no labor liens on
his house when It is complete and that he
will have the pleasure of dealing with a
man who intends to do Juxl what is right.
If he delays too long taking out a build
ing permit that numbers several thousands
from the first of the year he will find the
best contractors all but-y and taking no
further orders except at very ImkIi prices,
which means (hat he must either delay
the building of his home or pay high
prices fur It, or take whichever unem
ployed contractor he can get, regaidlrss
of his standing, financially ur otherwise.
If a man knows he Is going to be in a
position to build during the coming year
be should go over all mutters preliminary
to the ptrpaiatliin of his plans at once.
The planning of a home is a serious mat
ter and every -consideration should be
given to details before the plans are c m
pleied. This takes time, or rather shuuld
tak. liiue, tut, as a matter of fact, very
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few people are willing to give an architect
the amount of time he ought to have to
study things out in detail. Many people
have the mistaken Idea that after an ar
chitect has received a few preliminary In
structions he runs his hand through his
hair, obtains ail lii.splratlon and jots down
immediately a solution of the problem.
Every house Is a different problem, very
few being just alike; and to work out the
best solution of each problem means hard
work and considerable study, with the aid
of talent and experience. An architect is
both an Inventor aud an artist, an original
design being an Invention, and he is an
artist who paints with materials. It takes
time to paint a picture, many artists
spending months of study on a subject
before painting it. A mechanical inventor
will seldom create a proper machine at
the first attempt, although his knowledge,
of tho working model makes him better
fitted to create the perfect machine, but
to do so often requires years of study.
Beautiful homes embody both the Inven
tion of an original design and the artistic
element of color, which should be care
fully studied.
Many people procrastinate on the home
building problem in the hopes that they
may be able to shirk the responsibility of
building one and obtain one already built
which exactly suits in every rect. Some
times very good bargains can be obtained
when usually rlrc urastam es require a man
to sell his home at a sacrifice, but these
Instances are very rare, for moHt homes
If built a few years back are sold for
more than they con! to build. If houses
have bet n built to sell, they usually show
it. A man who builds homes to sell, re
cently remarked to his contractor In the
presence of the writer, "If )nu know of
any way to skin the job and give me
a lower price, do It." Instructions like
this to a contractor, after the work han
lm covered up with a little paint and
varnish, may give a greater profit to the
man building to sell, but would prove a
mighty pour lnvtment to the man buying.
There are three essential requirements
that confront every hoinebuilder. The
home must coat a certain amount of
money, inu.t be adapted to his needs and
be built In a duslrable locality. The Utter
requirement la esyeclaUy Important If
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there are children In the family, since
their associates will have much to do with
the moulding of their characters. When
all of these requirements can be found In
a home already built by a man who built
his home to live In himself, but Is forced
to sell, either through some unfortunate
circumstance or a desire for a larger home,
the opportunity should certainly be taken
advantage of, for the building of a new
home Is a serious responsibility and not
an easy matter. The right combinations
are very seldom met with and for a man
to wait an indefinite length of time for
such an opportunity Is not advisable, for
It may never come just as he would want
it. To receive figures in the spring or
summer the man behind will pay about
8 or 8 per cent more as a penalty for hav
ing delayed letting his contract until June
or July, than the man wlUt foresight
enough to take advantage of the prices
and close competition which prevails dur
ing the early part of the yur.
KEEPS TALLY ON SON'S TIPPLE
Mother, with Telepathic Gift. HItmI
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lster. Wives and mothers with telepathic gifts
may be able now to keep tally on the
convivial glass of husbands and sons If the
plan reported by the Rev. Dr. Newell
Dwlght Hlllls, pastor of Plymouth church
of Brooklyn In the current number of th.
Journal for Psychical Research, comes Into
general use.
His communication was directed orig
inally to the Rev. Dr. Isaac K. Funk, and
Prof. James H. Hyslop, In printing It, ex
presses his regret that he could not obtain
more data on a subject which he finds far
from dry.
Dr. Hilll. begins his communication with
the observation that a prominent woman
member of his church had'- grown son
who had a cultivated thirst He had been
frequently admonished on the subject. The
young man went to several cities, and re
turned after meeting with merry compan
ions, his mother meanwhile being In the
south. She returned In April, and sum
moned her son to her boudoir and bade
him to sit down beside her.
"Now, then," said she, as quoted In the
letter of Dr. Hlllls, "I want vou to tell me
all about what has happened In
Don't deceive me. I saw you In the hotel,
I saw you surrounded by men, and I saw
you when you took the first drink."
Hie young man told his mother what
had happened, thinking that some one pres
ent had written to her. After that chapter
had been thoroughly discussed she said she
wanted him to tell her what happened in
such and such a city. He discovered that
she knew all about this episode.
Dr. Hillls adds that on another occas
ion the son had been slightly Injured in a
railroad accident, and that she had, al
though mile, away, visualised the inci
dent. Prof. Hyslop white for further details
of the accurate count on liquid refiesh
n.ents at long distunce, hut Dr. Hlllis was
unable to furnish them, as the chief per
sons concerned did not care to give them.
"It la deplored," writes Prof. Hyslop In
an editorial note, "that the person men
tioned in this Incident would not consent to
reioroing this experience. It might not
hsve received such notice as It now obtains
had an account of It been made. Hut It
has been deemed wise to give an example
of the kind of difficulty that psychic re
search has to meet in ro.inec! ion with per
sons w ho claim to be' intellnj. 1 1 and yet
leave the reporting of the truth to those
with Whom they decline to asmx-isie"
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......... 1.50
one year. .$7.50
$6,001
Oar Price
ONLY
$6.50
1.50
one year. .$7.50 J
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