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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1910)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY HEE: SEPTUM BEft 4. 1010. WHAT SUNOS FOR Commissioner McVann Explain the Status of Chicago Hearing1. Build Now and Save Money Arthar C. Clantan, Archlttct. SANTA EE PRESIDENT IS BLUNT Tell Kniinlnrra Without Kolooa tlon (hut ht the Traffic Will Hear hooll He Measure of lin'ome T UK COST of a home or building Is Invariably covertied by the ! law of supply and demand. When contractors are busy the manufacturers of materia' are busv. and each man ask 11 little more profit than he Is accustomed to rlidiRlng hen work Is ecarce. Kvery cim t.artnr looks forward to winter with some 11 )'iiliensoii. lie Is so anxious to obtain Commissioner .M Vhoii of the ihiih.!1h ((MV fa mlp., ,ial nj calTv him Commercial c'ub traffic bureau, insists j , u ,,!, ,!, w,,tP1, that at this time of the press reports fiom CIiIihho do nut j ((ie J hp s rparty tfl pu, n OWPI. Mt). present In Its proper Unlit the hearing i 8te(1 ,,, )ip ,,n in lht. F,inK or summer. Not nnfy Is he willing to re- reive less profit for his woik. but he t l;nois h experience tlu'.l lie can tret , belter prices on materials, a more prompt i delivery of materials and that workmen whu work lor the same price pel hour the now under way In Chicago touching tne proposal of the railroad to advance their rates. "The f'cin e-Janies Incident wes not the culmination of hud feeling." said All. McVann. "It wus undoubtedly cuts il ' by the tension resulting from the fact that tlm ventilation and acoustics of the. court room are very bad. Then the hear ings are prolonged to an unieaaonuhle extent by ths Insistence of the examin ers oil beginning at o'clock In the morn ing and nut adjourning until 6 In the afternoon. As a nmUcr of fact. the general feeling. UM 1 H11W 11 imitilt'ested, was gooil. Except for the incident men tioned, the sessions were characterized by good humor and there was little acri monious debate between the lawyers. "Apparently the big railroad systems are not acting In unison, as they usually do In thnlr presentation of causes of this kind. I'resldcnt Klpley, of the Hanta Ke road, took advanced ground und boldly declared that he was not satisfied with earning enough money to keep the prop erty In a.s good or better condition than the year preceding, pay all of the Inter est on his funded debt, all of the dividend on his preferred stock and have money enough left to more than pay the divi dend on his common stock. He declared that he should have left t'lniii his earnings an amount equal to the dividend on hi common stork, or between $t,000,00t and $7,000,000, in addition to all the above results. This, he said, was nccossary In order o make additions to the prop erty and "pay for track elevation, costly atatlons, etc., which, In his opinion, were not revenue produceis. Defines a Proper Ral. "Upon being interrogated as to the basis for making rates, Mr. Ripley also took advanced ground. His position was that In making rates originally, the only basis that could be used by the railroads was 'what the traffic would bear", and that only when the attempt was made to limit those rates by authority of law value of the property, net earnings, etc., be considered. From his standpoint, these have only a remote relation to the making of rates. Nothing that Mr. Ripley said, even when most liberally construed, could be considered as evi dence tending to Justify the right of the Santa Fe road to Increase rates. ''The whole position of the railroads was summed up by Mr. Ripley when he said that the advances under consideration would yield his company less than $150,000 In revenue and that he would get the ad ditional 16.000.000 that ho needed by ad vanclng the rates still further If he was able to do so. This statement undoubtedly expresses the view of the other railroads and shows that all the alarm that was felt at the time of the Western Trunk line com mittee advances were made and enjoined under the Sherman law, was fully Justified. The showing made by the Rock Island and Wabash roads was, of course, much poorer than that made by the Rants Fe and, if the Santa Fe must have $6,000,000 to put that road In shape to meet Mr. Ripley's Judgment of how the public should maintain his property, many more millions would be needed by those roads than Mr. Ripley's modest estimate of $6,000,000, additional net earnings. What Roads tlnil Face. "This whole difficulty arises from the fact that Mr. Ripley's methods have been used very largely and railroad capital has been created by the capitalization of earn ings through stock dividends, etc. If the railroads are not satisfied with the present basis of rates, they must face the possi bility that arj Inquiry as searching and thorough as this one may result In dis closures of the origin and basis of much of the capital upon which they are now claiming returns, and which does not rep resent any money put into the properties except out of income account. "The situation In eastern teiitory will be taken up at the New York hearing on Sep tember 7. The Missouri river Is vitally In terested in this hearing, as the proposition of the eastern railroads Is to Increase our rates from the east about 16 or 20 per cent on all the manufactured goods that we buy east of the Alleghany mountains and many of those that we buy west of that line." year around will work faster a-id better during the fall than at any other time of the year. Increased efficiency of labor during the tail and wlnte Is due partly to the sea son. Any man will work faster and bettet when the weather is cool, refreshing and it Is an Incentive to work harder In n:lir to keep warm, than he will during thr heat of summer months. He Is also u.i xlous to serve bis employer well in or.lei to keep employed throughout the wintei. In other words, a workman, will do as much work in eight hours during cool weather as he will dining ten or more hours (luring hot weather. Since the. labor on a house or building amounts to about one-half of Its cost, this increased ef ficiency of labor Is an important item. Labor being plentiful in the fall, a customer can select his men. with the re sult that a fall and winter crew Is apt to be the "survival of the fittest." from among the workmen the contractor has dealt with during the previous building rea son. For example. The writer's attention was called to the fact last winter that five out of twelve carpenters engaged in the construction of a large home had been used by their employer as foreman, ech having Independent charge of a building during the previous building season. It has been proven many times that a fall and winter job produces a better house than If built at any other time of the year. The mill men are not so crowded for work and give more attention to the work being turned out; consequently even small orders are give mWre prompt attention, and the home builder saves his nervous energy through not being aggravated by the many delays resulting from, the nondelivery of materials at the proper time when the building Is being constructed dulng the spring and sum mer. While It seems natural for a family to leave the planning of a home go until winter, when there are few pastimes to engage the attention of the family, It is an expensive pastime. As the season ad vances and the family has planned and replanned according to Its Ideas of what a modern home should be enthusiasm ln- ; ' fell yrittiC pmUMt t creases until all are anxious to start the: up to jsive a moderate amount of heat construction of their home as soon as the while the finishing touches are being frost leaves the ground. The result Is (hat the contractors become crowded to the extreme with orders. At this -season most good contractors take In more or Jers during March, April and May than they can possibly fill In a prompt and workmanlike manner. This condition soon results In their becoming Indepen dent and not anxious for more orders, ex cept those on which they can realize a large profit, for some months to como. And they are not responsible for the large prices charged during the rush of the busy season, since they have to pay more for building materials anil are. con stantly annoyed and set back by tlie failure of materials to arrive when needed. The fact that fail building will some times run through Into told weather be fore the work is entirely completed is of little consequence. By the time the cold weather comes the heating plant 1s In place and can be temporarily connected MR. CLAUSEN'S BOOK. "Th Art, Science and Sentiment of Homebuilding." SO chapters, 310 Illustrations and a thousand facts on the planning and designing of every kind of home. It covers a wide range of subjects, Including the planning of bungalows, suburban and city homes, letting contracts, choosing materials, proper design of entrances, windows, fire places, etc. Price, postpaid, $1.00. A monthly supplement, "Practical Homebuilding," ent gratis for twelve months following the sale of the book. Adaress, Arthar C. Classen, Archi tect, 1136-37-38 Lumber Esohangs, lllinneapolia, Minnesota. put on. If the house Is to be of frame costructlon work can be started on It as I late as the latter part of October, but the house cannot be Inclosed enough to keep up the work throughout the winter. It would have the roof on und the outside walls finished except painting and the In side partition studding In place ready for an early start In February. A house stinted no later than the 10th of October can be finished up enough to complete It during the winter. If a house is to be built of brick veneer and the construction of It Is not started until after the middle of September, It Is best to leave the veneer off until spring This ought not to Inconvenience the owner of the home In any way. he has the frame building except the siding, and by putting on an extra thickness of a practically water-proof building paper, the expense of which would be very small, he will be as comfortable during the winter as the owner of any frame house. He can easily over look the temporary homely appearance of his home, knowing that he will be able to enjoy It complete in the following summer, when his tardy neighbor will be wrestling with the building problem. What has been I said of brick veneer applies equally as well to cement stucco work on metal lath. While building In the fall requires cer tain precautions not necessary at other times of the year, its advantages are so considerable that these can be easily' over looked. They are not of a nature that will Inconvenience the home builder In any way. In a few words the advantages of fall building over waiting until spring are, first, architects have more time; second, contrac tors compete closer; third, materials are 1 cheaper; fourth, better workmanship; fifth, earlier use of the house. This creates a i situation always favorable to the home builder. If you want to save money, now i Is the time to build, i I TlliELYRLAL ESTATE COSSll' Attempted Shut Down by Bankers is Hot Effective. LACK OF RAILROADS NO BAR Keekers for Priif I t-rroinllim I'ur chsmrs Are ot ln 'I heir Hunt and tellers Ire Kind Inw Kits? nllliiK, fteal estate mei.. both of Omaha and tl'.oe who handle olitslilf proposition, are taking some Joy from the most recent hauls statement. They Insist that, in spite of the effort of a certain element of the bankers to stop the Investment lu lands not Imme i lately productive, the buyers are busier than ever. "Why not?" Hsktd one dealer, who bun dles large arras of Xebiaska, yo:nlng and Colorado lands. "City property we know is solid In the country. Crops are good, and prices are high for products, but the price of what land Is left Is not unduly elevated. It will be needed shortly, either by the present buyers or otlieis who are catching the hard sense of the cry back to the land. Within a few days 1 was talk ing to a man who had been in Tripp and adjoining counties, in' South Dakota He found a good many people from Omaha and other parts of Nebraska at work out there, end they are satisfied with the prospect ahead. Railroad extensions are bound to be made Into the sections now quite dis tant from shipping points, at no distant day. "Iet me give you a specific instance. A man working for wages here in Omaha recently bought a quarter section In South Dakota, which Is thirty mil. from a rail road. He went to that particular place bt cause acquaintances are located there, lie Is having a house built and has a well dug that gives him a fine water supply. He has five acres broken already, and within a year or Iw expects to have something of a farm, and he will, for his land is good. "In Kimball and Banner counties a good many sales are being made, and men liv ing In this city who own quarters, half sections and whole sections in Cheyenne and Potter counties, are able to sell any day to people now on the ground who want more land. Nebraska has about the only corn land left in tho country, as well as much very valuable root crop and range land." county, which heretofore bus hern consul-! trrniii al of the I'.urilngton in Omaha and in i an aiiKeiiK nts see tiring mane vi lay tne new sistiin of tracks nr tne ireigni irane e rod as In the sandy part of the slate. filling up rapidly and has been found ex cellent ground for the raising end feeding of cattle. inning the month of Auvnst l. Clem Draver of the homesi ekers' Inf rm.ition bureau of the lluiiington placed seventy settlers on fainis In that dutrlrt en hinds k that were new as farms. Although many of the farmers ..re going to take up cattle raising for the South Omaha tnaiket, some of them have already started fall plowing and will farm tiirir acres. Orading work lu.s begun on the new of this city. The old bill which has stood for so long on liithth Miect between Howard il llarnry is to be graded down to the street lei el and the dirt moved over to where the j'latforms of the old terminal stood. which giound is slightly below the grade of the street. The foundation work of the new freight l;i,e Is going Kteailily forward, some thii ty-flvo of the ph-rs having been com pleted and a number i f the other of the !.; cement structures are In C'Xai se of , miction. EXAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL StadrnU Who W Islied to Advance . Glveu a Chance Tracbrri' Meet ing Monday Morula. , Examinations were held at the high school building Friday for pupils who de sired to make up entrance credits for the ninth grade. With the schools opening September 6 the last preparations are be coming somewhat hurried, especially In the outh wing of the high school, where there are many things yet' to be done before the ctudenti can move in. The examinations are the last step In determining who will enter the high school this semester. Some of the students who appeared for tne tests were those who for some reason or another have been unaole to do their regular work in time and have had to make It up. Others were students of more than the usual amount of proficiency or ambi tion who desired to advance a step In short time, inis practice, however, is not en couraged by the authorities and it Is a rule of the superintendent that no pupil be al lowed to take an examination for Irregular advancement unless there be some unusual reason,, and the teachers who have had cnarge oi former work heartily approve. oo nyrruiienueni Ja emphasizing the necessity ior every teacher attending the inline io do iieiu oionaay morning at 10 ociucg in the auditorium of the Toung t-nnsuan association. Mr. David iiin will niAV. 1, i u , ... ... i . . . 7 ' i me teacners ceiore mey Degm the year's work and cial Instructions and regulations will be given out. NEW ARMY SURGEON HERE Colonel William W , lirmr Relieves Colonel llauulater mm Chief 8nr geou at l.oral Post. Colonel William W. Uray Is the new chief surgeon of the Department of the Missouri. having reueveo. Liuonej j. M. ltannlster on September 1. Colonel. Gray cam to the local army headquarters from St Paul Minn., where he has been stationed for tome time as chief aurgeon of the Depart ment of the Dakota. Colonel Bannister ha been granted leave of absent for three month, at the end of which time he 1 io retire from ac tive ervlce. After hi retirement he will locate in Omaha aa an eye, ear, no and throat specialist. .... :! 'Mall i: li v ir-tev. .e'.t- j Cooz-x- ji ' I .lb. it.. p .1 l-J Ddfiion-V-lo 52 VBTHUn-C-CLAUStT ACCHlTbtf NtrtnfcAPOLiS'NlA.I ' T I 1 I 1 4ll' ':Pki ss li''irimZr 'WlTw -- V nnjn IIV 'JKLCon'l' r r-i r.t rioon-. .itCOriD-LOOE IMPORTS BILLION AND HALF First Year of Payne -Aldrich Tariff Breaks All Records. LARGE GROWTH IN REVENUE Receipts Are Seventeen Million Dol lars More Than for Lust Year I'nder the Dlnaley Tar iff Act. WASHINGTON, Sept. I. Uncle Sam' Im port trad under the Payne-Aldrlch tariff law during th laat year was a reOOrd- breaker, according to the government statistical experts. Under this law. during the twelve months ending July 81 last, im ports aggregating l.bx,60O.0O0 came in the United States. Of this total S79i.C00.000 was listed aa dutlble. while I7U8.000.000 entered fre of duty. Although It wa the first year of the Payne-Aldrlch law, it eclipsed all former records under the Dlngley-Wllson and McKlnley laws. Until the Payne-Aldrlch lay became effective August 1, 1909, the banner year of the previous eighteen years had been 1907, when under th Ding- !ey act an aggregate of $1,456,500,000 of im ports were recorded. Custom receipts during the last year amounted to $327,900,000, which was more than $17,000,000 In excess of the previous year under the Dlngley act. The customs receipts during each of the eighteen years preceding 1910, showed a much less en couraging record, except In 1904 and 1907, when the customs receipts exceeded last year's total. scorn park Sunday afternoon. C. J. Rob erts, who has Just returned from the sixth International convention at Washington of the Esperanto societies, will tfe present and deliver a lecture at the picnic Curfew Rings After Tonight Probation Officers Will Hereafter Rigidly Enforce the Rules Against Late Hours. The probation officer ar decided and no further plea Is possible. Curfew shall ring tonight. Tonight and every night for the school year that begin next Tuesday the curfew ordinance will be strictly en forced. Any boy or girl found on the Btreets after the whistle blow at 9 o'clock will be picked up regardless of explana tion and taken to the police station. During the summer the ordinance has been neglected to a great extent and the moving picture show and other night amusements have been patronized after hours. To help the teachers the attend anco officers will try to get children to stay at home during the fall and winter. LARGEST SALE0F THE WEEK Piece of Omaha Property Chantre Hands for a Bis; Conslil eratlon. One of the largest ala of the week was the transfer Friday of the brick flat struc ture at 817-23 Park avenue. Th building was sold by O. H. Curtl to Dr. Andrew Johnson, through the agency of W. H. Gates. The building ha four apartment and the consideration for the sale was $30,000. Th brick apartment buildings that are going up In the West Farnam district are rapidly nearlng completion.. In a few more years of similar building the residences will be outnumbered by the apartments and flats. ESPERANTO CLUB TO PICNIC C. J. Rohert Will Address Omaha riah at Pleale a? Hanaeom Park Bandar. Over 100 member composing th Omaha Eeparaato club will hold a picnic at Han- Hollillna Permits. .1. F. Smith. 1S22 South Twenty-fifth street, repairs, $."i00; E. W. Beeman. mi Cuming street, barn, $.100; Thomas Miratksy, 171H South Twelfth street, frame dwelling. $2,000'; O. R. Stearns, 3023 Hedick street, ad dition. $S00. Persistent Advertising 1 the Road to Big Returns. SAFE FIREPROOF STORAGE W tak great prld in saying what w know to b aa absolute fact, and that i that we hav th FIKEBT ADD SAFEST HODIIK FIRS FBOOI1 storage bona In th west. Wliii yon storage anything with us your worry and responsibility la re gards to it aafaty end. Ton ar ar of car fill handling, saf from fl&X or burglar and moderate in coat for your Insurance. HOW about yonr piano when 70a are gone, or any other valuable plao of furniture. W hav private room, special room for household good. OUB WAOOM WXI.Ii CAI.Ii AMY TIME. AHTWKI1S. Dont wait nntll yon lnonr A LOBS BUT DO IT WOW. Moving and fir Sroof storage is our business. WB HOW KOWi 1st us do it. YOU ARE INVITED W cordially lnvlt yon to In spect oar new, beautiful, fire proof warehouse. Aa attendant will glad ly show yoa vry part of th building. SZB WHEBB YOUB VALU ABLES ABB SArXOVABDEO. Call Douglas 1759; Ind. A-1335 Omaha Fire Proof Storage Go. 804-812 South 16th St. AWNINGS AWNINGS AWNINGS Taken Down, Repaired and Stored for the Winter. Rates Reasonable. Omaha Tont & Awning Co. Phonj Doug. 883; Ind. A 1883. 11th and Harney Sta. Land around Broken Bow, In Custer EXPANDED MET. STEEL PLASTER! m t is the fire-proof substitute for the inflammable wood lath. It Prevents Cracking and Falling of Plaster on Vails and Ceiling Adopted by the U. S. Govern ment and used everywhere in all good buildings. Write for circular. NORTHWESTERN EXPANDED METAL CO. 84 VsnBuron Street, CHICAGO Low One-Way Colonist Fare of A SURETY BOND in my company guarantee the completion of the building according to the plans and specifications, within the time, free of liens and incumbrances. Request it of your contractor and thereby protect yourself from an xiety and losa. $14,000 paid in losses by this agenoy last year. J. H. MIT II EN 202-0i First Nations! Bank Bid,., J' ai 11, Telephon. UougUs 127 BEE WANT ADS BRING RESULTS That's What You Want. mm a To Many Points in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington via Ukiooki s' STANDARD ROAD OF THE WEST To California August -25 to Sept. 9 Oct. 1 to 15, 1910 To Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 1910 Electric Block Signals, Dustloss, Perfect Track, Excellent Dining Oars For Literature and Information Relative to Fares, Routes, etc., Call on or Address City Ticket Office, 1324 Farnam St. 'Phones: Dell Douglas 1828 and Ind. A-3231 8 Street Car Service for Labor Day Picnic O reach Courtland Beach take any car transferring to Sherman Avenue line and transfer again at 16th and Locust to Courtland Beach line.' One fare takes you from any point in Omaha or South Omaha to Courtland Beach. After 1 p. m. there will be through service from 14th and Howard Streets to the Beach in addition to the regular service from Locust Street. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Company. i