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
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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
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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,
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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. ....
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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
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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.
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To Many Points in California,
Idaho, Oregon and Washington
via
Ukiooki
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STANDARD ROAD OF THE WEST
To California
August -25 to Sept. 9
Oct. 1 to 15, 1910
To Idaho, Oregon,
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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
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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.
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