THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 6, 1010.
TIMELY REAL ESTATE COSSIP
Completion of Brandeii Theater
Greatest Event of the Week.
WARM WEATHER STARTS THINGS
Coatrirlon Getting Bnr tor "-prlas;
Ilall4lnc New Balldlng A.
cd far lsenth aaa
Ilirirr street.
The pretty race for the completion of
the Brandels thenter was ended In favor
of the builder Thursday evening Juit as
the whit!e blew for & o'clock. The work
mem were just as pleaxed hs the owner
and as they lert the completed Job they
swarmed around Bupedntendent Weston,
representative of the Thompwon-.Starrett
nompanj', contractors, and pinned a hiijre
rosette with a streamer on his lapel.
It wee a strenuous rac and for a time
three weeks ago It looked like a losing
g-ame, so much no that a meeting wus
railed of the owners, the lessees, the con
tractors and the architects to decide If
the opening should not be postponed. Kmll
Brandies was present and said there was
to be no question about It, but that the
theater had to be done on time. He said
that tlila firm had so announced and ad
vertised and that they always lived up
to their advertisements.
The race down the home atretch was
started and It waa a strenuoua chafe.
Builders of Omaha were shown how a
bulldlnK might be hustled along when the
occasion demanded. Three Bhlfts of men
were put on the Job, each shift working
eight hours, so that there was a complete
force of workmen present all the time.
The warm weather of the last few days
has stnrted a lerne amount of building
around the city. While It- has been a little
too muddy to begin new excavation Jobs,
there has been a large amount of activity
on all side and contractors are preparing
for their spring work.
Real estate men are interested In the lec
ture which Clirton Rogers Woodruff will
deliver Wednesday noon at a Joint meeting
of tho Real Estate exchange and the Com
merclal club. He will speak on the "'City
Beautiful," a aubjoct in which all are in
terested. Tuesday evening he will speak
on the same subject before the Woman's
club at the First Congregational church.
The announcement that the Re medy es
tate will build a six-story building for a
large retail establishment on the southeast
corner of Sixteenth and Jackson streets,
waa read with pleasure by the business
men of South Sixteenth street. There la
a continual strife to force business in sev
eral directions from the heart of the city.
When the Bennett company fcullt at Sir
teenth and Harney atreeta It waa a plo
neer in that section. The block south is
now completely filled and the "TOO" block
is one of the best known In Omaha be
cause of the boosting efforts of the bust
mess houses in that block.
The indication of the way property
values are Increasing in Omaha waa given
last week when T. F. Stroud was forced
to pay $15,000 for a ten-acre tract on Com'
niercial avenue, whjch he might have
bought three years ago for $3,000. Two
years ago he could have become the owner
of the property by paying $7,500. Now that
he absolutely needs the property to make
room for hia increasing business he la com
pelled to pay three times aa much as three
years ago. Mr. Stroud haa nearly doubled
Ma working force In one year. Last year
at thta time he employed at his plant
sixty men and now he haa 101 on the pay
roll.
Dundee residents are still wrestling with
the paving problem. They are trying to
decide upon a suitable pavement for the
streets of rundee, as well as on Dodgd
street, along the south side of Dundee,
This is now paved with the macadam
which the county put down almost a
score of yeara ago. Jt needa repavlng.
The committee in charge of finding
suitable material haa about completed lta
report Paving haa been authorized on
a large number of the streets.
The first move toward paving for th
year 1910 was made last week by the
Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway
company. This was on Cuming street.
which ia to be repaved from Sixteenth to
Twenty-fifth street. The paving has been
ordered for some time and last year the
paving contractor placed his brick along
the way, but no start was made. The
street railway company has now started
to pave between the tracks.
Hastings A Heyden have completed lay
Ing out the Whitted farm, three miles
i north of Florence, and It will be put on
the market aa aoon aa spring open up.
Klghty acres of this farm will be sold
out this spring. The Whitted farm Ilea
along the- macadam road running north
from Florence. A great deal of it has fin
oak and walnut timber. Most of It, no
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Injured in Wreck
Paul Cramer of Omaha Hart on De
railed Rock Island Train
Bluffi Man May Die.
SMITH CENTRFt, Kan., March 6. While
running thirty-five miles an hour, the Chi
cago. Rock Island and Pacific passenger
train west-bound from Chicago to Denver,
was derailed two miles east of here early
tody and five coaches were burned. The
passengers all escaped serious Injun'.
Three mail clerks, Henry S. Pink of
Council Bluffs. Ia,; William East. Be le
ville. 111., and Taul Cramer of Omaha,
were injured.
A broken rail Is supposed to have caused
the accident.
The locomotive leaped the ditch alongside
the track and stopped thirty feet away,
right side up. The engineer and fireman
remained In the cab and were only slightly
bruised.
The mall car, baggage and express car,
a steel chair oar and one Pullman and the
dining car were derailed.
The derailed cars took fire and were
destroyed with their contents. Only the
shell of the steel coach remains.
There was no time to save the malla or
express, but the passengers, mall clerks
and train crew were taken from their cars
before the flames reached them.
Mall Cleric Pink probably will die.
Paul Cramer, according to the city direc
tory, lives at 3315 Jackson street.
Getting Best Results in Home Building
Arthur O. Clausen, Architect.
T
HE trouble 'with most homes
built now-a-days Is that they
are uninteresting. Practically
all of a woman's life and the
best part of a man's life Is
spent In the home, and the way
In which the home is designed and planned
and what it contains, has a great in
fluence on all who live In It, but especially
on the lives and character of the younger
generation. It Is natural for a boy to
crave variety, excitement and something
which will constantly keep him busy and
interested, and the reason they wander
away from home before they are out of
their teens, in search of the pleasures which
they feel, as youths they have a right to
enjoy, Is because their homes are uninter
esting. A very interesting home came to the
notice of the writer some years ago. This
home was built with due regard to all
who were to occupy It, providing some
thing which would contribute to the
pleasure and enjoyment of life to each
member of the family. Since the family
consisted of the man and wife, two daugh
ters and three boys, It can be readily seen
that to make this home Interesting for so
many was not an easy problem. It con
tained a library well stocked with books,
that was patronized by all members of the
family, but more particularly by the man
of the house. It contained a well equipped,
very large, sewing room, with all kinds of
cupboards, drawers, wardrobes, etc., for
the accommodation of the feminine part
of the household. Realising that social
affairs always follow the wake of young
ladles a very large living room waa pro
vided and the third story was appropriately
decorated and furnished as a Bmall ball
room. In the basement. In the space which
usualy goes to waste In the average house
was provided clear across one end of the
room a gymnasium, a bowling alley and In
an room adjoining a billiard table. On the
second floor was also a room which the
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boys called the "club room," but which
was merely a den. decorated with the
hunting trophies and various hobbies of
the boys. It is not surprising in a home
of this kind, that the father was one of
the boys and the mother one of the girls.
They took a lively Interest in their chil
dren's affairs, and each one of these young
men has become a successful business man
and one of the young ladleB has married a
prominent jurist In part of the gym
nasium at small swimming tank, not large
enough to swim in, but large enough to
flownder In and over this a shower. The
house Is also very well ventilated, both
by natural and artificial ventilation.
Of course, all of th'ese attractions cannot
be provided for In a very small home. The
point being emphasized Is that a Jiom, no
matter what Its size, should contain some
thing of special Interest to every member
of the family. Any home has room enough
In the basement or the attic for a billiard
table. If the man of the house or his son
enjoys this pastime, and any home fifty
feet In length can be provided with a
bowling alley. Every home should be pro
vided with a sewing . room of some sort,
which can be made a combination sewing
room, linen closet and boudoir. 1 '
Next to making, the home Interesting lnt
side, it should be made Interesting with'
out. The Englishman's porch Is his gar
den and this sometimes contains several
acres. In this country, we have gotten
Into the habit of building a covered porch
on one side of the house, and confining all
our outdoor pleasures to It. Little variety
can be obtained, however, In the outdoor
pleasures on a front porch. There lies close
to nearly every city large tracts of land
used for farming purposes, within walking
distances of street cars, which can be pur
chased by the acre, for less than one would
pay for a city lot, and which would be
Ideal locations for Interesting homes. The
American idea of doing everything in the
shortest time and with the least lncon
venence, has been carried to undue ex
treme, with the result that as a mild re
action, people are coming to build their
their homes out away from the smoke and
dust of the city and the clang of the street
cars. This Is more noticeable in the con
servative east than In the dashing west.
A home located beside a lake offers many
attractions for all members of the house
hold, such as boating, swimming, sailing
and In the closed season, ice boating and
skating. A large lawn always adds to the
source of pleasure of the household. Merely
to sit on the velvety grass under the shade
of a tree Is a pleasure which can only be
realized by experience. If the premises
are of sufficient size, a tennis and croquet
court can be provided. All these things
have been mentioned with no reference to
the design of a home. To tie pleasing and
give one the fullest enjoyment of the pleas
ures of sight, a home must not only be In
teresting lu Its arrangement and accommo
dations, but attractive In Its design. To
possess something which Is beautiful is al
ways a pleasure.
Hub Laundry building on Farnam street
doubt, will be sold to gardeners In five
or ten-acre tracts.
An addition is to be built to the Puritan
and Twenty-seventh, the cost of which is
to be about 110,000.
A paint factory for Omaha is planned by
the new Pioneer Glass and Paint company,
an organization of local men who have
bought the business and good will of the
Kennard GIuks and Paint company. The
offlctm of the new company are W. 1..
Yetter, president; I.ee W. Kennard. vice
preKldent; O. C Cunningham, treasurer,
and Kd Smith secretary. The business
which was sold is quite extensive, having
buen built up by Mr. Kennard during the
forty years he has lived In Omaha. Mr,
Kennard will retire entirely from the busi
ness.
COUNTY BOARD STANDS PAT
Ilefaar Absolutely to Vmr Klkhora
Dralaaae District More Thau Half
f Sam Demaaded.
The Rordjof County Commissioners and
the directors of the Elkhorn drainage dis
trict met together and locked horns over
the amount the county shall be assessed
to pay for drainage. The district thinks
the county ought to pay on 12.0U0 units at
$1 per unit. The commissioners say that
the county owns only one-fiftieth, or 1.000
units, of the total acreage Included and
should be assessed only U,00t.
Each side stuck to its guns for a long
time and finally the commissioners passed
a resolution that com what may thy will
pay no more than 16.000. The matter bids
fair to get into the courts.
MAROONED PASSENGER HERE
First Train to Penetrate Western
Snowilides Beaches Omaha.
FOUR DAYS IN THE MOUNTAINS
Avalanches Held Portland Special la
the Wastes Waiting; for Uncer
tain applies of Provisions
-Detonrloa- Traffic.
When you want what you want when
you want it, say so through The Bee Want
Ad columns.
Harrowing tales of destruction of prop
erty and loss of life in the snowslides of
Washington and Idaho were told at Union
station Saturday afternoon by passengers
on the Portland special, the first train to
reach' Omaha from the coast since Mon
day. . The first section of the marooned train
reached the city at 1 o'clock, bringing pas
sengers from Seattle and Portland. There
were no Omaha people on the train who
boarded the train west of Ogden. The Poit
land sleeper, however, waa In charge of
Conductor C. E. Berry of 1908 North
Twenty-fifth street
"It Is possible there may be some Omaha
people on later sections," said the conduc
tor. "Another train is behind us about five
hours, bringing many passengers who were
held up west or Ogden."
George S. Clark of Chicago was ons of
the passengers In the Portland sleeper.
He left Portland Sunday morning and
should have been in Omaha Tuesday aft
ernoon. The train has been delayed just
four days.
"Our train was held up for nearly three
days between Nampa and Mountain Home,
Idaho," said Mr. Clark. "Beyond the In
conveniences expected from the delay there
was no suffering aboard the cars. The
greatest trouble, of course, was on the
Great Northern line near Wellington,
Wash., where an entire train was burled
under an avalanche and over 100 persons
killed.
"At Glenns Ferry we were held up again
by snowslides. Not until we reached Og
den, however, did we hear the fate of the
Great Northern train, which left Portland
the same time ss ours."
"We were obliged to remain In the cars
during the three days near Mountain
Home. At first It seemed as though we
were doomed to starvation, but the rail
road company managed to forward sup
piles from Nampa, and we were well cared
for In the dining car.
"W. J. Woleben of Portland, was an
other Pullman conductor on the train. He
left the train at Omaha.
"There were no Omaha people on the first
section," he said. "However, there are
several sections on this train, the Los
Angeles Limited and the Overland Limited
following us. Thrre may be Omahans on
that."
Until the Southern Pacific lines are put
in shape the Union Pacific trains for Kan
Francisco and Los Angeles will be de
toured to the coast by way of Portland.
FALL ON SIDEWALK FATAL
William If. Hassell, Who Fraetares
Boae la l.rs, Dies at
Hospital.
William H. Russell. 30 years of age. died
at Immanutl hospital Friday night. Mr.
Russell fell on a slippery sidewalk recently
and fractured a bone In one of his legs.
Complications set In that caused his death.
He leaves a wife and two children, living
at 1613 Corby street The body will be
taken to Oakland, Ia., for Interment
' Persistent Advertising Is the road to Big
Returns.
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o Hot Paint Your
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but cover ii with Cement F.loriar
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over the weather boarding.
The process is not expensive and
makes the house cooler in summer and
wanner in winter.
The saving in paint, fuel and repairs
will soon pay the cost.
It will give you in appearance a new,
fashionable house in lieu of an old one.
Any good plasterer can do the work.
Consult your architect.
For full particulars, address
KORTHYESTERN EXPAKDED METAL CO.
132 S. Clark St., Chicago.
Ground floor
Farnam Street Front
Bee building
This is the ground floor room just west of the main
entrance.
It is to be remodeled so as to increase the floor
space to 1,271 square feet. If desired, it can be ex
tended to give the tenant 1804 square feet.
It includes a very large vault.
Heat, light, water and janitor servlca furnished by th
building.
The room will be partitioned and arranged to suit the needs
of the tenant.
Apply to R. W. Baker. Supt.. Bee Business Office.
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