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U OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 10, 1010. B L1VISC QUARTERS COSDESSE W. D. Willii Explains Becent Build ing Operations in Omaha. HOME OF TRAVELING MEN Larger BalMlnga Arc Mti4 Mack Mora Eeoatomlcallr Apartaaeata Eqaallr Attractive Beat Wlthoat Elevator. BY W. D. WILLIS. Ai every city Increase In proportion and enjoys corresponding Increaa In land val ues. It l found necessary to condense living quarter. Thia is accompanied by a grad ual development. First, the double houae, second, the St. Louis flat, third the steam- heated apartment, fourth, the apartment hotel. The average resident of Omaha la In clined to call every building providing ac commodations for mora than one family. a flat, which reminds me of an estimable l.nly who owned and resided In a detached limine. The lot adjoining was owned by a clli'nt of thf speaker, who contemplated the erection 01 a double house. When the ex cavation was started, the lady called on inn wldi numerous -protests. I assured her that the building was not a flat, but a double or duplex residence; she listened patiently to my explanation and then In quired If a flat by any other name would smell as sweet. While we are inclined to sympathize with this Indignant property holder, yet the fact remains that the duplex residence Is not a flat. Omaha haa been overrun with the so called St. Louis flat. In riding through our Streets recently with a gentleman from St. Louis, I showed him a good example of what Omaha calls a St. Louis flat. During a long life time in St. Louis he had never encountered any buildings of this kind and remarked that It was an excellent thing that Pt. Louis had not yet learned of this designation or we would undoubtedly have mimeroua Bulla for slander In riofrnH To me the St. Louie flat Is not a good investment. Every rental proposition should be weighed by the question, will It be -convenient and acceptable to the class of tenants for wjiom designed and to whom the landlord caters. The fct. Louis flat with one family above another and separate heating apparatus in the basement, necessitating the family abovo walking down two flights of stairs ; every time the furnace needs attention Is hot good. It la alao difficult to make such buildings sound proof. Recently In leasing a steam-heated apart mem Duiiamg or six families, I noted that flv of the six tenants were moving from 6t. Louis flats. If one would ohfwn the an apartment attractive to others, and then large percentage of our new population are moving from Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City, where steam heated spart- ments ar numerous and exceedingly popu lar. However, you as real estate men are even more familiar than I with the great demand for a modern steam heated apart ment. Let us now consider this matter from a landlord's or an Investment aide. In the first the steam heated apartment will bring larger returns on the Invest ment than the present type of furnace heated flats. For Instance. In the eame neighborhood and within two blocks Is lo cated a modern steam heated apartment of nine families and a St. Louis flat of eight families. In the apartment house six rooms heated bring a rental of V per month. The furnsce heated apartments In the same neighborhood and fully as de- airable, bring 110. The apartments are prac tically of the same size and of equal desir ability in regard to location and arrange ment. A difference of 20 per month equals $240 per year. The nine apartments which the building contains will provide annually I2.1A0 for coal. Janitor and water. I am quite sure without more definite facts hand that by careful management or this sum is net annual gain to the owner of the building. Figured In this way, the steam plant Is a perpetual business propo sition to the owner, that Is the cost of coal. Janitor and water Is Invested and delivered In the form of heat to the tenant at a profit from 25 to 35 per cent. Consldrrlnsr that the steam plant Is not only a business proposition, but Is tne principal means of attracting and holding tenants. It certainly should be attractive to the landlord. In the last year the ft. Louis flats that I have mentioned, have had three changes of tenants against one In the fteam heated apartment; and when one considered that the furnace heated flat Is practically new, and the steam heated apartment has been erected for ten or twelve years, the competition and the tenant-holding ability Is even more pro nounced. The original Investment of a steam heated apartment Is considerably less per apart ment, than equal accommodations In the St. Louis flat. Apartments of this class should be erected principally 1n.unit- of six families. It has been found by expert ment that a building of more than three stories Is the most profitable. It Is diffi cult to secure a tenant who will occupy the fourth floir without elevator. In a three-story building all of the apart ments are of equal attractiveness. m building apartments In units oi six families a central hallway Is usually pro vided, two families on each floor and the bulldlnut three stories h'.gh. In this way one entrance hall and stairway In the front and wall rear stairs and one rear nnmh answers for the six families. Py units of six I do not mean that the build ing should contain only six families, but the most economical proposition is a ouna ing of six. twelve, eighteen or twenty-tour apartments, -arranged with one entranee and front stairs and one rear stalra for each six families. There are exceptions to this rule, but in a general way th nas been found to be the most economical In construction. An excellent example or mis i. round In the Bernard and the uinia Apartment houses In Oinaha at the present time will bring the owner from 10 to 15 per cent net on his Investment. In arriving at these figures only the aitual expenses against the property, together with liberal allowance, for vacancies and repairs, are used. No allowance is made for depreciation of property. In Chicago. Detroit and other eastern cltlrs, the in vestor is satisfied with t to I per cent. In Omaha there seems to be no general plan or financing apartment houses. East ern Insurance companies will make a lon of approximately 40 or 50 per cent of the total value of the property, at 54 to per cent Interest.- In eastern cities It Is possible to borrow a larger per" c'nt of the value of the building at a slightly lower rate of Interest. If my remarks so far have seemed ele mentary, I beg your Indulgence on the ground of my own enthusiasm for this c'.as of Investment, both In convenience to the tenant and as an Investment for capital. number of vacancies in this type of build .., i am sure you will sgree with me that umana has outgrown the St. Louis flat Not only Is It inconvenient to the tenant but In comparison to other tVDta of ntr. on the corner of Leavenworth street and tuies It Is not an economic proposition to Park avenue. Each building contains the landlord. For inino. ... - ih.n families and each building has house, containing six families, with . three entrances. central entrance, approximately eight to 1" regard to heating steam Is the most en feet Is used for .this entrant. nractlcal and I earnestly recommend the In a St. T.oui. ri e .i- ... .. I ,m nr double oloe system. It haa - - - v. "i minutes eacn I - . ... entrance should occunv at ei. I been found by actual tasks that this sys of frontage, making a total of thirty feet tem win av from 20 t0 P'r C'nt xrontage devoted to various entrant. I coal bills, ii is usuaiiy tuium.j TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Kansas City Dealers jtnrprlaed at the Low Valaes Prevailing; In Omaha. Kansas City real estate men who visited Omaha last week were surprised at the great difference between real estate values 11 Omaha and Kansas City and could not understand how Omaha property should be alued at ao much less than Kansas City roperty. The delegation was taken for an uto trip, visiting nearly every part of the city. One prominent Omaha real estate dealer ad three Kansas City men with him In his machine and was questioned closely as to prices on real estate during the en tire trip. When shown lots in the neigh borhood of Kountxe place at from $700 to with lots further north at $"i00 and lots near Thirtieth and Trait at XSfS, on paved trcets with the paving paid, lots In the same neighborhood at l:70 and other lots In Orchard Hill at about (he same prices, they could not understand why values were so low In a city the size of Omaha. When shown residence lots near Thirty ighth avenue and Farnam valued at $100 per front foot they remarked that- the beet residence property in Kansas City did not exceed $125 per front foot. "But," said one Kansas City man, "you have but a few blocks of such high priced property, while we have some forty miles of double front age residence property, with values from $T5 to $100 per foot." Permits for new buildings are dally being Issued and business with the building ma terial dealers continues active. The ten dency Is more towards stucco and brick in good residence property. One group of houses under construction by D. C. Patterson, on one of the best streets in tho city, Thirty-eighth avenue and Davenport streets, are all being fin lshed in oriental brick and stucco. One feature Is that each house Is of a distinct type of architecture. against eight or ten feet In the regulation apartment house. This also means six front doors Instead of one, ' three front stairs against one, and much wasted money ana pace. I am very well acquainted with the arau mtnts used In support of the St. Louis or the furnace heated flat. !. .. worry to the landlord, no expense for Janl- I twenty-four families can be managed with tor service and coal, tho elimination of all I mor economy than a small building with expenses except taxes. Insurance and e-1 families. pairs. No one appreciates the advantages of this class of Investment more than tho speaker; and yet If heat and Janitor Serv ian is atmnnaea Dy me tenant. Is It not vide a small Janitor s aparcmem in mo basement, giving him his rent as a part of hi. .otnnanaatinn for services. In a small building the Janitor needs to devote only Dart of his time to the care or heating apparatus and building. It Is needless, of course, to explain tna the larger building containing eighteen to Piihllc laundry for all of the tenants Is umiallv provided In the basement as well as individual store room for each family, It Is customary for the landlord to provide better to provide them In one large build- hot water ourln a11 montns of th vear Ing, taking advantage of a greater economy in construction, rather than to continue the erection of St. Louis flats, that are destined to remain vacant the greater por lion 01 the time. ji nas oeen a matter of considerable UlUe to me that I have not the St. Louis flat. and pay all water rent. The landlord keepi the walks free from snow ln the winter and cares for the lawn In summer. He also provides light for all public halls and stairways. In the speaker's opinion a three-story yet designed apartment Is a more attractive Investment than the nigner DUliaings unrrc nevumi If it Is abolutlv n....-. tk.t .w are necessary. Insurance companies will pensea against the bulldlnc are llmttad to not as a rule make a loan on the six to ten taxes and Insurance, I earnestly recom-I torr apartment nouse wun cevmor n. mend, first, either a detached hou Ice and heavy overhead expenses. As ond, a double or duplex hou r,r 11,1-0 rule apartments of this height are run o angiisn terrace. The last mentioned type ,ne Pmeni "olE1 '" """" Is a series of attached residences under of "v,nB room bedroom and .bath, living one roof, each family occupying ths entire roora two bedroomB na bln "v,n. lnree apace rrom the cellar to the roof. The bedrooms ana cam, wun a Benerai ic word terrara mkih 1 , I located conveniently In the building. The . v. buuuun, ann 1 , brings to one s mind the charming Engl'sh Pacedena In Detroit Is an excellent ex group plan, widely used In the suburbs ample ot thl" c,88 of b"1IrtlnS. occupying The Northwestern Line. Important change Sunday, June 12 Lot Angeles-Chicago Limited leaves Omaha 8:50 p. m. Instead of 9:10 p. m. Arrives Chicago U:30 a. m. City offices. U01-3 Farnam street. BIG FEAST FOR THE POOR Peculiar Feat a re of Demonstration in Honor of Kins; Edward's Memory. CALCUTTA. June 18. (Special Dispatch to The Bee.) The Hindu demonstration In memory of King Edward closed with a pe culiarly Hindu ceremony. Nearly 20,000 poor were fed. seated In two rows on either side of the public streets for over a mile. The menu consisted of a delicious and sumptuous Bengalee dinner. The mahar- ajah of Darbhanga acted as president, and the dinner concluded with the gift of piece of cloth to every person. The cere mony passed off without a hitch. -. The chief Justice and other prominent English residents visited the scene, and th streets were crowded with tens of thou sands of spectators. The poor dispersed, shouting "GIoreto the British Raj!" Wayside Wisdom. Much modesty Is only skin deep. Ennui Is the price we pay for knowl edge. You never heard of salary seeking the man, a:a your It Is a wise worm that turns no oftener than tt has to. Some men are so shrewd that nobody can believe them honest. A fault Is never so offensive as when Is somebody else's. Many people are busy mortgaging the future In order to acquire a past. St. IiTiils Times. 01 j-onnon, me sloping roof, the latticed windows, the coxy entrance porches, il. separata gardens and neat permanent fances. Each family, with their own en trance gate and well kept gardens, both In front and In the rear othhelr apartments. The designation terrace, signifying a row of the attached residences, does not seem to be in general use In the west, although In eastern cities the name in general use. The advantages of this class of build ings are far superior to the St. Louis flat. On the first living rooms and kitchen, below is the heating apparatus and laun dry, above the sleeping room and bath. If a sloping ruof is adopted generous attic bpHL-o for storage purposes may be pro vided. Masonry walls between houses make tliem practically vound proof and by In Vjnlous planning these houses can have all the privacy as to porches, en; ranees and yard; can have excellent light and venti lation and. In fact, practically all of the advantages of the detached house. However, from investor's and tenant's . nandpe'int, and the tenants standpoint t-hould always be th investor's, the steam heated apartment Is he mjl advantageous. To the tenant all the petty annoyance are eliminated. Compare, for Instance, the man paying $40 a month for a detached residence ur a St. Louis flat; his yearly expenses will total something as follows: Rent, at $40 ' $40 Nine tone coal at $11 99 Water rent, at $1.35 li Care of lawn In summer and walka In winter 16 Gas lor heating water? T. 1.' Total .' Ma An apartment with heat and Janitor service at $00 per month Is cheaper than his house or furnace heated flat -at $40, ana If lit own time and trouble in caring for furnace, healing water and paying for some of his small bills Is of any value to tjilsn ha can easily pay $00 or VA for hi apartment against $4u for hi present ac- coniniodatlons. To the convenience to th tenant w might add the freedom that an apartment brings. Even a night's absence from your residence brings the possibility of frosen water pipes, the family canary killed and th cherished fern frosen stiff, and what Is home without a canary and a fernr The possibility of leaving for a month's absence without worry over burglars, water pipes .and numerous other domestlo parapher nalia are attractive. maa is fast becoming a canter for iMlMkjou traveling men, who apeclally unrai-lilA th. anl .... f A nuw4fit iperiment. Th arvaut girl problem makes nam f On JtfM a half DIOCK OI ground, nn eiorira iihii. with a large public dining room and numer ous private dining rooms, together with a roof garden and promenade located on tne top floor. Each tenant provides his own furniture for the apartment and pays for his light, and all other expenses are cared for by the owner of the building. In theso days of servant girl problems, this method of living possesses many advantages, and these buildings are exceedingly popular In eastern cities. Detroit, for Instance, with a population of 400.000, supports six Urs buildings of this nature, each building con talnlng from eighty to ISO apartments. 1 am of the opinion that there Is room In Omaha at the present time for one mod erate slse apartment hotel. These build ings will bring approximately $25 per month per room, and If such a building were ad vantageously located and carefully de signed, the chances of an unusually profit able Investment are excellent. The Income from such a building will compare favor ably per cubic foot contents with our down town office buildings, and such a building can be placed Just outside of the business section on ground which is considerably less valuable In comparison to the grourtd on which our office building stands. However, for the average Investor, the three-story apartment Is the most ad vantageous. Conditions in Omaha now are very favorable for Investment along this line. Steam heated apartments which have already been erected are constantly filled and many buildings have a large waiting list. To Illustrate the demand at the present time. In one building which la now In the course of construction, three apart ments out of six which the building con tained were leaaed and the flrat month's rent paid before the excavation was started. The brick work for this building is at th present time scarcely out of th basement and all of th apartments are rented with one month's rent paid In ad vance. Rentals In Omaha on this type of apart ment are slightly higher than in other citlea. While this might be a matter cf considerable Indignation to the tenant, yet the apartments already erected are po neers In the field, and, as pioneering Is al ways more or less of risk, the returns should be correspondingly greater. However, I believe the pioneer days for apartment houses tn Omaha are over. 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