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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1910)
I TIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEK: AFIiTL 10. 1910. n RACING ON BIG SKYSCRAPER Gangs of Workmen in Handicap Com petition at City National. 6ERIAL DEVELOPMENT SHOWN F'arh ep from omplrtrd Offlt-ra to akrd Mfrl krlrtn lllnnlrntcd In (ironlh of Torrlnn Mrm'tarr. ! The erection of a skyscraper is a merles of laces betwetn the Mini. of men whiUi t'jln with the steel frume after the founoatlon has been laid In the exc'Hviition and ending with th Interior finlslilMK. It I a handicap race with the rarer i aced a story ajiart on the ft ait. The lnnMin-i b comes con.plite on the fit ft floor first and In rapid succp.sion Hie I a t touches ar put on each rising story. In the erection of the t'lty National hank t Sixteenth and llunry streets, now ap proaching lomplellon In the course nf a Conn uctlve ne eloptti tit of i ciimrkahk' peed, the serial development Is being well exemplified. "Th election of tiie building with ths iiiccesslon of the stages of development has been ahsolutily perfect," raid II. T. Kastman, supervising architect of the City National, repr sentlnn the firm of Uola blrd At Itoche, who designed the .structure. "Kadi fcanx has followed the other with precision. The building has been going tip Byminetrlcally. each part In p-rfect uni son." Kach step In the giowtrt of the building Is bring recorded by the construction com pany In dally record. Illustrated each ten days by photographs. A survey of the building on VV dne.'day illustrated the process by which the big building is com ing to completion from the earth upaid. On the top floor die steel framework, rheted and painted, the tile flooring and the Interior column f Ire-proofing of con crete were nil complete to the roof, six teen storlc above the street. Vp twelve stories and a half the lead ers In the handicap race, the bricklayers, who are erecting the wall supported by the steel skeUton. were at work. Mown about a story below the heating risers. ' the conduits through which the steam pipes are to be t arried, . re being completed In the eleventh story. The story below on the tenth lap of their race were th plumb ers. Alongside, as close as structural de tails permitted, were the tlectrlcal work ers installing the conduits that are t carry the electrical wires giving light and telephone, strvlce. Fireproof Tile Arches. Just finishing the ninth story were the workmen laying the "floor sleepers," long strips embedded In the concert, to which the flooring proper will be nailed. On the elKjith story the concrete gang was laying In the covering wnlch goes over the fire proof tile arches which separate the stories the one from the other. Two-thirds of the way up the seventh story the Installation of the partition framing nnd "door bucks" was in progress. Yet below on the last half of the sixth fio.ir the Interior tile partitions were being put in place. Tha work of this gans was b.ing covered up on the rourth riour by the rou,rn piaster gang. The smooth or finished plastering coat was following up two stories below, spaced far enough oaek to allow the rough foundation coat to set before 111" a coiid came on. At two stories a week Is the prescribed rate at which the City National has been travillng since the completion of the steel frame. The last step in the serlti will be the installation of the marble and ma hogany and bronze fittings. Kach of the half dozen gangs of work men are started In th2 race Just so far behind the leaders as Is necessary to pre vent Interference with ach other. The process permits a view of the Internal economy of the building at every stage, from the naked steel at the top to the fln IsheU offices on the ground floor.' TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Recent Election in Florence Assures That Village Greater Activity. PAVINQ IS WELL UNDER WAY Costly Dwellings Ncv Steel Bridge Building in Omaha Over the Platte ..P , . i ! j ' J -? : aV 3 1 " 1 'V ui on ore "ft JTf t if rTTZTTTr ,UL LL Si I,. Li 4 IS? If t 5 II r T 1 1 Miswj . t M 1' 1 7- CITY NATIONAL BANK BUILDING TODAY. Building Record for March Building operations were upon a pheno menal scale In March from the standpoint of the money Invented. Permits were ls ued In fifty-two principal cities, accord ing to offlcal reports to Construction News, for the erection of 20,718 buildings. Involv ing a total estimated coet of S7O,G90,753, against 17,481 buildings aggregating In cost $09,038,184 for the same month a year ago, an Increase of 3,237 buildings and l,637,6t9 or 2 per cent. The figures are In wide con trast with those for the preceding month. as they Involve twloe the amount and there were Increases In thirty-three cities as against a falling off In nineteen cities. The figures In detail are as follows: Distinct Individuality it Shown I Saunders County Commissioners Offer vvcu us ingenuivy ui Architecture. CITY AND STATR. -1910.- Bldgs. New York, Including Manhattan and the Bronx 32 Chicago, 111 1,:txi Philadelphia, Pa 2.3HI Brooklyn, N. Y 781 Newark. N. J S2"i Los Angeles. Cal l,0f,:i Pan Francisco, Cal 537 Detroit, Mich 5.'l Kansas City, Mo - 4!C Seattle, Wash 1.241 Wit KXt m 755 440 4IW l.Ott 344 3S7 No. ofKstima'd Portland. Ore Minneapolis, Minn..., Denver, Colo Rochester. N. Y Indianapolis, Ind Baltimore, Md Milwaukee., Wis Cincinnati. O Buffalo. N. Y Washington. D. C... Pittsburg, Pa. Spokane. Wash ,1,i Columbus, O ........ 211 Oakland. Cal... 357 Dallas, Tex.... 2W Toledo, c 2I! Duluth, Omaha, Minn. Neb. 211 San Diego, Cal 3:W Birmingham, Ala. Sslt Ike City. Utah.. Memphis. Tenn Richmond, Va l,oulsvllle, Ky Tacoma. Wash Hrand Rapids. Mich.... Davenport, la Fort Worth, Tex... Paterson, N. J 304 lf.1 371 97 SIS 1 1 7 112 Pan Antonio. Tex 3 Houston, Tex 147 T,lncoln, Neb 9? Topeka. Kan lift WllkesRarre. Ta Rl Cedar Rapids, la 2ii Chattanooga, Tenn 31(1 Terre Haute, Ind 1W Des Moines, la SI South Bend. Ind K7 San Jose. Cal R- Pueblo, Colo D7 Stockton, Cal 3'i Sacramento, Cal , K Cost. S18.1M.52." 10.002.900 5.341, 270 B.210,!CiO 1.7M.501 1.719.921 1..1.1140 1.622.3KX 1, 475.895 1.471.5.S5 .42,ltKl 1.121.901) l.OSO.WS l,0.1i.3!W 9.r.!t.27."i 957. 10 947.3:10 :w.noo X77.04I 853.052 840.975 7K5.799 5S9.970 582.377 555,790 548.820 500,940 498.!k-.0 448.597 425.700 422.257. 3:9,0:t4 33)1,451 329.871 313.57 313.550 2'i5.II) 247,4:'2 1IH.5W l'.)7.8)i. M'i.015 lsTi.)iriO 157.34:1 143.200 142 947 114,319 107. 7S5 WH.Iir-,3 98 1 '.9 85.773 5.",.i;i0 Totals 20.71H $70,9f,.753 No. of Bldgs. 477 1.254 1.8 IH 929 25)1 788 B9!t 374 495 i,.-.:so 440 403 3,15 249 514 290 4;9 7)M 474 4 OS 515 237 279 W2 132 113 119 S 140 208 247 108 352 210 148 15 ioi 3H 144 K 31 195 7 45 :t7 48 18 20 S 17.481 -J()09. Kstimated Cost. S22.582.530 8.145 .800 3.857.8)0 4.H99.S20 1.278,025 9:M.O(10 1.708.953 2,562,075 880 585 752.320 1.010. 'so 5rH.:to 093.275 7."2 1.073,7411 91 1.075 004.000 1.410.801 1.051,538 1.177.205 O.W.79X 395.050 424,014 2)11.490 2)50.809 011.245 109,SVi 158.847 5'!9 500 37-5, ?.)9 3:i0.1O5 345.404 295.132 201.000 25.240 I'm). ISO 2.15.274 279.5S5 3I7.)DV! 172.100 100.20 15 5 '3 mono 86.910 59,515 115.775 200,8i',5 81,070 152.715 39. 220 2fi0,iiS)i Per Cent. Gain., Loss v 19 21 39 11 40 49 47 M XI 8 81 48 31 "i 39 24 49 37 US 110 354 183 50 1.14'! 154 50 8 35 M 92 17 37 42 11 39 19 21) 19 7 29 30 47 41 92 $119,058,184 , In New York City there was a loss of 19 per cent, while Chicago bad a gain of 23 per cent, Philadelphia 39, Brooklyn 11, Min neapolis 90, Indianapolis 48, Cincinnati 39, and Buffalo 39 per cent. Pittsburg also has a decrease of 19 per cent. The Pacific coast Is the center of interest for a great many people who study the growth of cities and are Interested In building construction and for the first time they present con tradictory conditions, Man Francisco show ing decrease of 47 per cent, while Los Angeles has a gain of 49 per cent, and Seattle has a loss of 42 per cent, Portland a gain of 66 per cent. Oakland has an In crease of 49 per cent, while Han Diego makes a Jump, the increase being 354 per cent, while Tacoma has an Increase of 22 per cent. The falling off In Seattle should not be disheartening as it is about time that It should have a lull, because of the tremendous activity which characterised building in that city for some time. Conditions for a continuation of activity seem good in all parts of the country. Death Seizes Invalid Doctor as He is Boarding Train nj, j'f Dr. M. R. Stover, U years old, an Invalid dentist who has been suffering from heart trouble for four or five years, died sud denly at the Union station Saturday morning while he was being put on a train In an invalid chair. Dr. Stover arrived In Omaha from Casper, Wyo.. in company with his wife and was going to Canada to regain his health. Just a attendants at tha station were about to lift the chair, In which the man was seated, onto the train, death seized him. Ills death was due to acute heart trouble, brought on by Brlght'a ddlseaae. The attack came on (our or five days ago and he was being hurried from the high altitude of Wyoming, on account of his heart. The nian'a home was In Norwich, Ontario, where the body will be taken when t leased by the coroner, who took charge of It shortly after the inan e death. Vlbet Needs Hala. Ist year March gave ua lesa than one inch of rain; our average taking the last forty years being two and one-half Inches. As a general thing, a dry March means a good start toward farm work, but this March has been altogether too dry for the wheat 8sm Are Planned and Kor- New Houses Are Started, with Many More to Rr Bnill This Samnaer. That real estate will move rapidly In FU tence tit In yrxr was assured Tuesday at the election, when the Issue of Improv Ing the city wss at stake and won out. Paving of Main street Is now half com pleted and In another thirty days will be finished Hnd open for the heavy nutomo bllc travel that always conies with the warm evenlrgs. There Is now under way plans for a comploto sewer svsteni. thut the beautiful suburb on the noith can have all the conveniences of cltv life, as Wi ll as the beauties ot the country. About forty new houses nie now under construction itm! many more are planned for erection In the near future. The hillsides on the west of the city nro rnp ltlly being turned Into sites of residences of people endowed with a love of nature, for nowhere In the whole state Is such a panoi ama of artistic scenes spread out by Mother Nature for Its lovers. Acre tracts near the city are also In big demand anl this week two big farms changed hands, to be divided tip In five and ten-acre tracts, fo be put on the market this summer. There Is such a demand for this class of property that It Is sold almost as soon us It is put on the market. As a result of a meeting of property owners living In the Prairie Park addition last week, a club Is now in existence whoso members Hie to devote attention to beauti fying and improving the Prairie Park dis trict. The Prairie Park club Includes i.ll the property ow ners in the district as mem bers and has the following board of offl cers: 14. O. King. president: W. N. Helen. vice president; M. J. Curran, secretary, and J. T. nrauman treasurer. The club will meet on the sec ond Saturday of each month The contract for the six-story Kennedy building which will be -erected at the cor ner of Sixteenth and Jackson streets, has been awarded to F. P. Gould & Son. The bid submitted calls for an expenditure of $100,000. The work of erection will begin at on-:e. With the announcement of the probability of the Grain Exchange seeking a new home comes the probability of that concern unit ing with the Real Estate exchange or with the Commercial club to build a building especially for these Interests. It Is certain that the Commercial club wants new quar ters and the Real Kstatc Exchange Is tak ing about securing a large building which could be designated as the Real Estate ex change building. The Commercial club has a special committee on location which Is holding frequent meetings, listening to propositions which are offered. Contractors are all busy figuring on new work which is now on sight and which is to be done this spring. Residences are being planned in all parts of the city and several blocks are contemplated, some of which will be started at once. Several blocks are also to be built In the jobbing district. In dications now are that Omaha will have an unparalleled period of building this spring. Although work Is but fairly started, there la a scarcity of brick and contractors are already feeling the shortage. Cement blook concerns are doing a big business and many brick will be Imported this summer to fill the shortage. Dr. If. P. Jeimen, who has lately re turned from California, Is erecting a beauti ful home In Sunset addition. F. W. Sla baugh Is tho architect and contractor for the dwelling. Paul M. Kuhns will begin the erection of a five-story building at the corner of Twenty-fourth and Fa mam straets about May 1. The plans call for three store rooms on the ground floor and forty-two apartments In the stories above. These apartments will be made suitable for bachelor quar ters. Tho Farnam front will be 108 feet long, while the Twenty-fourth street side will measure sixty feet. Mr. Kuhn has had the property excavated for aome time. Edward Johnston Is now erecting three houses in the Field club district. One will bo on the northwest corner of Thirty fourth boulevard and Poppleton and will be erected at a coat of (6,000. This house will be modern In every respect, with fire places, window aeata and everything which goes to make a dwelling cheerful. The other two will cost about $4,000 each and will face south on Poppleton avenue. One will be finished in Craftsman style and the other In English fashion. All three will be ready for occupancy In about a month. The architect is Lloyd D. Willis. LOOK WELL TO YOURFURNACE Veteran Furnace Man Says Proper Installation Is the HI Fssentlal, "One of the most important, if not the most Important, item in building a house," says John Hussle of the John Hustle Hard ware company, "is the heating plant, and yet it Is an Item frequently given but little attention. When one considers that the comfort and health of the entire family Is Involved and that fuel must be provided for about six months in the year, one realizes the importance of seeing that the heating apparatus is the best that can be had. Without doubt the most healthful, oomfort-glving and economical beater for an ordinary home Is a warm air furnace properly Installed. "Mark you properly Installed, for in every case where a warm air furnace falls to give satisfaction, It will be found that It is not the fault of the system, but ! of inadequate capactly, or Improper lnstal- I lation. The home builder should himself take charge of the letting of the contract for his furnace, Investigate the merits ot the various furnaces and take advantage of the scientific, knowledge ha may obtain by discussing the heating question with an Intelligent up-to-the-minute furnace man. He should not wait until everything else in the house Is located and locate the furnace In aome corner that la left. Neither shouldj he believe that all furnaces are alike aim ply because the guarantees read about the same. Houses are not warmed with guar antees. "I repat that, properly installed, no other heating apparatus Is so healthful or so well adapted to comfortably warming a dwellng in mild or extreme cold weather, aa la a warm air furnace, and believe that tha home bulldr Is well repaid who stud lea the beating question well." Many quite costly dwellings of distinct individuality are being built at this time In various sections of Omaha. On these high class houses, in which their owners take a rersonel pride, the Ingenuity of the architect Is let loose. Tho one desire is to have a dwelling that will continue to be a source of pleasure and a place ot comfort for many years.. Probably the most costly private resi dence now being erected In the city is that for Fred Hamilton at 008 South Thlrty- (ighth. It will cost, according to the build ing permit, $18.0)0, but to add a few thousand more Is 110 trouble when such a home Is being brought to completion. 11 Is a brick veneered house. I, mils Klrsclibaum Is putting up a solid brick residence of gorgeous proportions at 3819 llnrnry street, which is to cost at lca t 15.000. A goodly number of new homes ranging from J5.000 to SS.Otfl In cost are under process of construction. tlroiga W. Oarlock has five houses of til's characUr In the hands of contractors at 3514-lti-)S-20-22 Lincoln boulevaid. The Investment In the five houses, which are of frame, will be close to $40 000. Glenn C. Wharton Is having a modern brick dwelling put up for his own occu pancy ut Thirty-seventh and Jackson streets. It will cost complete something In excess of $15,000. Three of the pipuiar brick veneer style houses are those of M. M. Orr. Ill South Thirty-eighth: S. A. Phrc; 370i Pacific; A. F. .Smith, 3910 Dewey. These houses will represent individual Investments of about $7,000. to Pay One-Fourth Cost of Con struction and Upkeep. Members of the board of commissioners of Saunders county are willing to pay one fourth of the cost of a steel bridge tivei the Platte river at Valley and will pay one-fourth the cost of up keep. Their prop osition is looked upon us fair by the Doug las county board and the chances are ex cellent that a steel bridge will replace the wooden structure carried away some weeks ago by ice. It Is purposed to put In a steel bridge across the western channel. Two bridges are necessary at the place Indicated, with the Island forming the conjunction link. Tp to recent time," said Commissioner Tralnor, "we were unable to pet Saunders county to share In the bridge cxp.nse at all and this offer of one-fourth seems to us good. We could not force them to pay anything In all prnbabllliy." Mrs. Wharton Wins Another Point Supreme Court Remands Boggs Es tate Case with Order to Al low Her $62,570. LINCOLN", Neb., April 9.-tSpeclal Tele gram.) Mrs. Ida M. Wharton has again won out In the supreme court in tho liti gation over the estate of George H. Hoggs, her former husband. The court today re manded the case to the district court with Instructions to allow that part of the claim disallowed by the lower court, amounting to $6,690.68. Judgment Is then to be entered for a total of $02,570,57, Instead of the $56, 873.79, as awarded by the dlRtrlct court. The estate has been In litigation since 1896, and It has been passed on by the supreme court several times. Judge Rose wrote the opinion of the majority of the court, while Judge Root wrote a dissenting opinion, which was concurred in by Judge Letton Tamble Causes Paralysis. Whllo working upon the roof of tha three story building at Thirteenth and Leaven worth streets, which Is being built for the A. Booth Fish company, Arthur Mott, 35 years old, who lives at 801 South Thirteenth street, lost his balance Saturday morning and fell headlong to the alley below. Ha was picked up by his fellow workmen of the National Roofing company nnd it was found that the man's left side was paralysed. He was taken in an ambulanoe to St. Josoph'a hospital, where he was found to be In a serious condition, probably suffering from Internal injuries. Rooms Wall Papered For $1.00 a Room That Is we will make your old wall paper look like new for as low as $1. LET VB CI. SAW your water and oil color paintings. LET V3 CLIAH your marble and stono work. Looks just like ni'W when we do the work. We have the latest snd be?t Vaouai Air Cleaners on the market, which will dean the most Delicate Bugs, Carpets, Bedding, Draperies, Upholstered Things and Lace Cur tains. Give us your contract for painting Iron Works of all kinds. ALL OUK WOKX IS GUARANTEED Call up Douglas 7149 C. Ellington, orrxes, sia wo. ibth bt. The "Stucco" House JM H i. not generally renlizetl tlul lu!l invc of the houses, i n I I i ,-ml privnte. ii countries of Contineniiil Kuro. niv in ished In stucco. This material is coinpoM'tl of t'enn nl and sand in about the proportion ut'il in making sidewalks. American adaptibility has devised a system by which old frame houses may be converted at small cost into the cx ternal appearance of store by the use oi stucco on expanded metal lath. This makes them warmer in winter and cooler in summer. Saves paint and fuel. The Stueeo house is now the ;:c eepted fashion in house architecture. Any good plasterer can do the work. An architect should be consulted. Write for full Information free by mail. NORTHWESTERN EXPANDED METAL CO. 132 S. Clark St., Chicago. 653 SELLING OUT PINS ARTI8TI0 WALL PAPER AT LESS THAU COST 2003 FARNAM ST. For the cleanest, most durable, most economical, easiest ope rated and best heater on the. market, get the American Furnace W. S. HEATON, Sola Agent for Omaha Phone Harney S565. MANTELS AND TILE Fireplace Grates and Fixtures, Tile Floors for all purposes. Furnaces; all kinds of Hardware Milton Rogers & Sons Co., Fourteenth and Fjrnam StraaU FURNACES Jf furnaces were all alike, AND if the installation was all alike, it would matter little who installed your furnace. IHJT furnaces are NOT all alike, unfortunately much cheap work is being done in Omaha. Fox Furnaces for which we are sole agents for Omaha, are known the world over as the best money will produce, and we say without fear of contradiction that our methods of installation are not equaled in the west. Only the most expert, workmen em ployed and each job under our PHHSONAL supervision. More about it next Sunday. John Hussie Hardware Co. 1 j "IF YOU BUY IT OF HUSSIE IT'S RIGHT." 2507-09 Cuming Street. Don't Break Your Back Move your stove with a set of l Stove Castors 1.50 PER 8ET OF FOUR. OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS 1206-8 Douglas St. Both Phones L:jmgiiam J ANCHOR FENCE CO. The Place and Time to Get Your Iron or Wire Fencing. Phone Red 814. 207 North 17th St. Wbea you want what you want when you want It, aay through Tbe Bee Want Ad column. THE FINEST NEW FIRE PROOF STOR4.GK BUILDING IN THE STATE. Our facilities for storing house hold goods are tbe finest. We have our own special method. We know how. Every modern storage accommodation for private or mer cantile purposes. Omaha Fire-Proof Storage Co. 804-812 8. 16th St. 'Phones, Dong. 1TB0; Ind., A-18 35. ?''-'K,.!'!'.l.f. '.."".rrtfli? "-T't"! 'UiY ,Vv' q ' .'sr.:...', ; jKfV- ' !dA.'H.i,i..-.'( "tf-ii- Charming grounds brimming with a wenltli nf beautiful things tlml fill the eye with delight are the Ulrid worth striving for. IOiiuhIIv beautiful gar dens to the one here Illustrated can bo producfd wth one or two yrurH' tlmo at a cost that can be vury moderate, or, Bhould the tast and pocKet hook no decide, they can be mado very elaborate by the addition of sui li aecrss'irlcs aa pefgolas. fountains, garden seats, etc. For hardy out-door grown plants and trees, which are most cssentiial to the garden, send us your order. F. W. Menenxy, Crescent Nursery Co. cotrwciL BLvrrs, ia. Omaha Bales Ground, 81st and Farnam Sts. Phone Harney 4350. Champion Fence Co. JTew Location Fifteenth and Jackson Btreots Iron and Wire Fences, Trellises for Vines, Tree Guards, Hitching Posts and Window Guards Telephone Douglaa 1SS0. Bend for Catalogue, i ' muni ii'mtur". wrr-rocm WE MANUFACTURE THE BEST Cement Oloclks IN OMAHA-ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN Contract Work Given Special Attention OnAIIA CONCRETE ST0I1E COHPAllY Ind. B-J018. Web. 88; 88th Avenue and BahUr Street TMASX WXrrFEBMAN, ltanaa-er. Res. Phonet Web. 4231. SSHwsl Potatoes, Lawn Grass, Flowering Bulbs, Etc. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE FREE Why wast tlm and money planting doubtful seeds when you can buy seeds tbat irow from Nebraska Seed Co. 1613 Howard Street Telephone Douglas 1138 Electric Blue fr'mting, day or iiht, r&in or shine. Nothing too large or too small. MODERATE PRICES 7th Floor B Bl. 17 Ik ut Finm Street! CKCCM SWT ION Portable Screen Houses For Town or Camping Porch Screens, Window and Door Screens Omaha Window Screen Co. -dISom Henry M. Johannszcn Paints, Oils, Glass Gltvzing a Specialty Good Paints at Reasonable Price. Telephone, Douglas 810. 114 South Fourteenth Street, i