THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 9, 1911. TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP aw V V A & 01 WMthr Shrivel ; - a.earv..s ill Omaha Darinj Last Week. DLAIXES PLA5 DENVER TRIP DrHf tn Texas Rraaltc la t-'caatlat loa f rf BaUdlng, Membership UetMK l-mrmr la that State. Ordinary matters of the trade. surh as selling lota and figuring on transferring building from ene wnershli. to another, are not occupying the attention of tral estate men Just row. Tor one reason the re-ord-brraklne; hfat of the lat wtek made all business dull, and In that connection lha memhrra of the. trade are counting upon a vtolt to Denver next week when they .will attend the National . Association ot Ileal Estate Krhantrea convention, which will be In prOKrei-a tn that city for aeven day, starting July. 17. Omaha will send a delegation of eighteen rr twenty members. The delegations from the larpe cities east of Omaha will meot in Chicago next Punday ntfht. leaving there ut that time, and arriving In Omaha on Monday mnrnlrtr. The rir'.eirate will be en tertalned during the day bv the braaha ex change. Tha Omaha rirlreatr will aecom lany tha easterners to Denver, on so cial train leaving hi re Monday evening. The week Just r!-'d a featured by no dr-ala cf large core';iiencr. In the building Una tha things of most Interest' which cam to pass were the awnrOIn? of two public school contracts and the announce ment that the work on tha excavation of the Woodmen of the World building prob ably will be started thla wer-k. Supreme officers of the Woodmen of the World who returned from the national con vention In Rochester, after a conference with the contractors and the architects In Chicago, declared that peculiar recogni tion of one of the state? wilt be embodied In tha new building. Th! contractors, su preme officers and architects could not decide as to what kind of granite would be used In the foundations of tha skyscraper. Now It happens that of tha 180.000 members of the order in the United States. flO.960 of them live In Texas. Nothing could be mora appropriate under thia condition than that Texas granite he used In the founda tion work of the building. It was decided. Tills substance is a hard, flinty stone, some thing like Colorado granite In color. It la exceptionally hard and difficult to work. Further detaila regarding the Inner con struction of tha building were solved. Re frigerated air will be used In ventilating the building during the summer months. A mammoth vacuum cleaner will be In stalled In the basement. Within tha last week subcontracts for steel and terra eotta were made. More than I.MQ tons of steel wHl bo used in the frame. Thla will cost about 1.000. The North western Terra Cotta company of Chicago ai the successful bidder for tha terra eotta. The company Is represented In Omaha by F. R. McCo'nnell. White snd green, mingle with modified tints will be the color schema In tha walls. Contracts for public school buildings were awarded aa follows: Castellar Bridges A Hoys, JO, 618. Central Park Rahm A- Behrman, 170,09. These buildings axe planned to be com pleted by tha time the school term opens next fall. ' Bida for tha five-story office building of Seventeenth and Harney streeta to be erected for tha Thomas Realty company, of which W. H. Thomas Is president will be opened within two weeks. John Latenser Is tha architect This building will ha for offices on tha tinner floors, with the svAunrf floor for retail shops. It will be of steel and reinforced concrete construe pn. - ti:ret have been erected In the scvea years of Mr. Mohler's regime. They are: The union terminal postal station, a torn mlserr building, motive power office and laboratory, b'acksmlth shops, csr shops, calnt shops, round house, hose r.ioni and oil house, shavings burning plant, dry Klin, dripping shid. p.anlng mill. Ice house and pony saw mill. Progress on the Fao apartments at St. Mary's avenue and Howard street, be tween Seventeeth and Eighteenth la rapid. The erect! n of the walls has been etartej. This building will contain 1M rooms It is to be four stories high and will be used as an exclusive bachelors' quarters. Fano & Slater company have the management of the bu.ldlng. which Is being eercted for the Khxabeth Kountre Rrl Estate Mirn;. j George S. Portr. tcci-:iary of the ( t Elater eomian plans to ereci a five ro m bunjcaluvr a: Klf- -s'xth aj.J Lave,i woith streets, lie will make his home there. The residence will cost S3. 500. C. C. GiOt't'C & Co. inaUe the following fa'es la ft week: A l.'t un California street, between Forty ulMh and 1'iCUeth streets, formerly the property of Mary 8. White, to Frank L. Uuliel. Mr. Rubel will build a home on the lot. which he obtained at a cost of ll.:M. Tin acres two miles west of South Uinta, from George D. l'hl.lip to Marl Balsvoktc, lor 1.ij. and ala acres in the same locality from Elizabeth Barr to George H. McNeil, fur SI.O-W. J. R. Keller toll a lot on Chicago street between Twelfth und Thirteenth struts, to E. P. Boyer for ST.C00. The lot has a frontage of forty fret on Chicago street. Arthur D. Brandela has sold twenty acres opposite his country home at Arlena Lolife to Ralph Kitchen of the Pax ton hotel 'or an acre. Mr. Kitchen obtained fifty two acres adjolmis; tiiis site recently. The Mat-on apartments at Thirty-firs and Mason streets were sold by Edward A'h.i son to H I. Plumb for S3S.C00. The deal ass made by Conrad Young and e!wn Dougherty. Blx two-story frame bousea at the south west corner of lwenty-slxth street snd Wool worth avenue writ sold by Anna K. lngersoll to Peter E. Schmitt for 12&.000. Plans have been rrawn and speclficati a made for an dddliluit of two floors to the Loyal hotel. Work upon tha improvem jr.t will be started in January. The hotel la owned by tha Herman Cohn estate. E. E. Howell has bought the L. E. Alt set uler home of fifteen rooms at 1122 South Thirtieth street for ts.200. P. E. McKillip has sold the residence at 1S06 Binney street to W. A. Weldenhaft of Spalding, Neb., for SS.400. Construction of the Omaha surgical hos pital, to be erected for Dr. A. R. Condon, 170S South Thirty-second avenue, will be started Monday morning. The building will stand on a plo 100x140 feet In aise at Park and Dewey avenuea. It will be 70x50 feet with the main front facing west Being constructed with the view of private hospital purposes, there will be only two small wards in the build ing, which la two stories high with a half basement which In reality is another floor. Twenty-three private rooms will be pro vided In addition to two operating rooms fitted up In most modern style. These rooms each will connect with aj sterilising and etherizing room. The building will cost 50.000. . . There is a suggestion of an Italian motif In the general architectural design. The principal color schema will be yellow, the walls being; conatrustad of vitrified brick. Tha trimmings will be of dark green tiling. Over the doorway will be an attractive glass canopy. The building will be com pleted In the tall. H. A, Raapke la the architect Tl 1 EL HZME BUILDKp A Or Ev J Hardware, Paints Glass and Wall Paper our specialties; as well as agents for the following lines: Or.e Minute and Motor Washers; Leonard Cleannble Re frigeratory "Domes of Silence" casters without wheel;;. Also n few Lawn Mower bargains left. O. L. WIEMER & CO. Doug. 3299; Ind. A-2558. 24th and Farnam SU. Built-in Furniture Artkar O. Claosea. Arehiteet. MR. CLAUSEN'S BOOK The Art, Selene sne Bsattmamt of KomebsUdlng." 30 chapters, 100 Illustrations. It cover a wide range of subjects. In cluding ths planning ot bungalowa suburban and city homes, costing from U.000 to iO.SOO, letting con tracts, choosing materials, proper de sign ot entrance, windows, fire places, etc. New third edition. Price, ftiwid. Ilea. Address, Arthnr C. Classes, Arebl tect. 113S-3T-38 Lnmber Bsehaage, aVUBsapolia, Mlaaesota. Among real estate men and contractors much Interest has been expressed within the last few davs In a booklet ahowine th , building properties of tha Union Pacific In Omaha. Thia book was Issued recently The point of Interest waa the number of structures that have gone up since A. L. Mohler became vice president and general manager of the road In April. 1904. . Including the new office building at Fif teenth and Dodge streets. fifUcn struc CATTLEMAN MEETS A FOOTPAD Beeoasee CoatfaacA aai Wkea He Rt. salaa Caaaeloaaaeas Hla Bask Roll la Goae. Gus Alden, a cattleman from Sioux City, thought hs was safe taking In the eights of Omaha Friday night until hs encoun tered a coal black negro at Twanty-sevsnth street and the Union Pacific tracks. Gus figured that ths Ion figure ap proaching at midnight was a friend mak ing the same kind of a tour until ha was ordered to throw up his hands. Then Gus became confused and can remember no mors except that his bank roll of $64,19 vanished with ths negro. Big Increase in June Building OME homes when you enter them shortly sfter completion, but before they have been turned over to ths decoretors and houae furnishers, appear to be almost furnished, and seem ingly enly need a few draperies, curtains and sundry pieces of furnnlturs to make them look homelike. Such homes Invariably have a great deal of built-in furniture. Bv this term is meant any special feature in the home, which has been so designed as to make it serve an ornamental purpoae. for example, built-in sideboards. A built-in sideboard. If properly de signed and proportioned to the room It oc cupies, and located where It will show off to advantage. Is always an attractive fea ture. Many built-in aldeboards, however, are such Inharmonious conglomerations of ths csbinet makers art that tbey actually detract from the appearances of the room. A sideboard should not be overloaded with useleaa ornamentation. It should rather be a setting for other things and designed with a view of ahowing off to ad vantage the select pieces of cut glaaa ware, silver ware or hand painted china pos sessed by the owner. The built-in sideboard is composed of two parts; the lower part up to the coun ter, 'which la usually on a line with the table top, la Invariably very plain, and di vided up into drawers or cupboards or a combination of both, according to prefer ence. These drawers and cupboarda are very convenient as a storage place for chtna ware, table linen and .silver ware. Along the top. Just under the counter, should be at least three small drawers, one divided up into four compartments for two slses of spoons, knives and forks, one drawer for miscellaneous ladels and sil ver cutlery for special purposes, ths third for nspkina. When tha sideboard Is on the kitchen side of the dining room these three draw- iiiL -:,;;Hu;;a. LiiimsS s ers can extend clear . through, and be ar ranged so as to draw Into the kitchen as well aa into the dining room. They can then be fillied from the kitchen side and their contents taken out on the dining room aide. The upper part Of the sideboard should be purely ornamental, but In a simple wav. At Its back Is usually a large bevel plat"" French mirror. H Is a common fai'.r with most housewives to overlosd the side board. No mstter how many beautiful cut glass dishes, silver ware or other things may be possessed, she should not attempt to display all of them upon the sideboard. Several choice pieces, tastily arranged, give It a furnished and complete appear ance, but It should not be used as a shop window for all the beautiful things in the possession of the family, since tJie effect Is Invariably ludicrous. Built-in seats are often used In modem homea. and besides the practical purpose they serve, as suggested by the name, they also sre put to other use. In the northern states built-in seats frequently have low radiators under them, with open spindles or lattice work on the front to permit the heat to escape. When placed beside a fire place, with a hinged lid top, they make a convenient wood box; when located In the hall they make a convenient place to put rubbers, as well as serving their usual purpose while the rubbers are being put on; when placed In bed rooms they arc convenient cheata for extra bedding o clothes:, whsn located in a den or library they make convenient places to kee; OnsiqM Ho e4 . .rcmitcjct periodicals and other miscellaneous things which would not go into the bookcase. Their design varies according to locality, use and preference. Columned openlnga also come under the head of built-in furniture, since they are distinctly for ornamental purposes. By this term la meant large openings between i rooms contslning two columns or rills- . When possible a columned opening juld be of greater width than its height. There are many stock mill designs for columned openings. So far the writer never found one of them In which the columns were properly proportioned. Five orders of architecture has been standard for a thousand years. It Is safs to say that no ona living today can Improvs upon them. Therefore, why some cabinet mak ers will persist In changing the shape of columns belonging to classic' architecture haa always been a puxxle to architects. Columns In columned openings are usually on pedestals, the top of the pedestals on a line with the window sills. Tbs columns sometime, however, run from the top jamb of the opening to the floor. This means a largs-stxed column snd should only be used in large rooms. The effect of Targe columns In proper proportion is very pleas ing. Stairways and fireplaces might also be considered as built-in furniture, sine they err as ornamental as well as useful pur poses, but since a description of their proper plan and design would run to con siderable length these two subjects will be javed for future articles. MlMMCvPOLJOMiriri r t- Bulldlnc Is going ahead all over the country at an unprecedented pace,, the to tals of the principal citiea for June showing an Increase of 11 per cent- Permits were taken out In fifty-five cities for the con struction of 17,41s buildings, involving a total coat of f,S26,vlS, according to reports to Construction News, against HSU build ings. Involving a total investment of tM. 8G8.K for the same month a year ago, an Increase of 90S buildings and B, W0, 413, or 11 per cent. The figures la detail are as follows: Cities Boston (Metropolitan District) Chicago Philadelphia Lais Angeles New York (Borough of BronxJ Cincinnati Washington, D. C , Cleveland Ban Francisco Portland Minneapolis a. I aiiU W AW.B a.... ..................... .... Detroit Norfolk Hartford Pittsburg Milwaukee Newark Richmond , Dallaa Rochester Buffalo Kansas City Seattle Columbus , Memphis San 1'ieso Atlanta Oakland, Cal lunver Worcester . Oman Gvansville New Orleans Toledo Palt 1-ake City Fort Wayne IJltle liock ' Laurence yinvinsham iipiln'ild Trenton Wllkea-ft.xrre Cedar RaJIde Houston Berkeley, CaL Pavenr'-rt Pncramento Terre Haul tes Moinee Ijncoln Floux City Chattanooga Charlotte , Stockton Totala.. No. of Bldga. . 615 . l.Obl . 1.73S . SJ3 . 131 M4 741 6.S fc!7 S f&l 647 M 1M 4' 6 471 349 lit) ir,i til 3 57 SM 2J2 2h 259 l S77 OS 11 1-Tt 113 in 7J T 77 ISO 41 100 64 n ij ij a 47 7 Tl to o ro 4A XI 1911- Estimated Cost. I 7.247.000 T.126.10 4. 440. 43 I.7!.j21 2.774.735 2.271 4M 114I.M I.s7aj4 1.CM 61 1.&3.305 l.MM 1.7S5.17I 140 1,I7.308 i.m.40 1.17S.t3 M46.M1 1.144. 3 1,037.43a 1,0!.W r2.75 SM.ouO t-ti.JU 7S.3S 71!,Or')5 &Vi VW 4o,4U 612.334 10. 175 6x7.. ViO 4in. X'l.O.) 3X0.737 l2.7 JS9.190 Ul.itit S3.V 115 J00.07S 224. 1 M6.S0 219.812 2-,4-3 1KI.W0 i:4.ro 131.500 143.V4 15.77 Mi,.; ll 170 w.re SI.2HS sj-.m n.iu No. of Estlm t'd P.C. Bldga. Cost. Gain. Loss. 278 1.067 1594 MS 214 i7 IT 7 -a 4X0 5o o0 641 62 tt 108 440 440 tea lit 1H0 333 117 1.07 229 343 1 3s3 311 244 1M 187 74 ifi Ml 71 7 M ITS 123 n3 13 12 S3 34 34 U 64 U SA IS 441 2 ..17.41 H8,K2i.r. lii.SU 3.W2.OO0 U7 S.5.6tX If 1. rt.oa ii .. LiSSl Tl .(3.6H . . 10 77S,il5' 193 2.ST4.4 17 1.3m 341 43 2, -'l.vU ... 11 x.6S7.a u 1.54s. 145 la 1.I.M.0U .. S 1.969.240 .. 28 199.43 641 .. 674.500 7 1520.153 .. 63 U59,S4 I .. 1 1.211.004 4J1.6a 14 3.4a5 24 l.W3Jl .. 11 1.(!.0 .. 10 ST0.155 1.519.6S5 41 4 M6.M6 I 124.90O M 723 402 U KH.36T 66 L427.OU0 69 iseer T71.0S9 . . 48 11.134 Ml 4.W4 .. U 3?5t21 .. 4.40 10 lo3.Ti 123 T4 04 23 363.IWS .. 11 153.5o0 73 ii3.sn to 134 830 65 163 144 966 111.640 tl 67 10 IM M.047 43 .. 108. 15 ., 91.T73 .. U.s M 1U4TA .. M 1.213 .. II ven ., 4i U.35I 134 M.KO.50I U T. POIZCM . I4ft SjrsiTc cn Om i m o, 1 I W 11 rur ii-ai-a." I I Room II I Ietcr-PTIOM g - 1 v I tW-u. C j f POECM j 45 n B' s3 Poecri . CvnTM Room. LLi rrr i. S9BSBBBB ' r Y CrVsMM-K. IC.9' llO-6' ' itslO-e' 11 Poec-i-4 Roop . M c,c Kj sen D tl sooe rsi trwtcN I PORCH WINDOW and DOOR SCREENS r.lada Up and Put Up Onaha Window Screen Co. We take measaremeata snd give estlaatei free. rascment 624 North 10th Stn-e-t, llntaha. Te!cjihone Donjlas 1692. Ideal Cement Stone Go. For Best Quality la Cement Stone. Mala Offioe and Tard. 17th and Cnnsing Btc. 'honest Iong. 44381 Ind.. B-SG13. Put Your Moving Day Responsibilities On Us We're an enviable record as mover of household good. We're prompt have ample equipment and a large force of experlencel men. If we move your household goods, we'll do It quickly, quietly and satisfactorily. PHO.sE US. GORDON FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE & VN CO. ( Expressmen's Ieliery Co.) Ground Floor Bee Bid., 7th St. Sile. 216 South lTth Street. Phones Douglas 394; I nil.. A-1311. THE Influence of Home ' Surroundings 'is so great that too much consideration cannot be given tHe selection of furnishings that produce agree able impressions and help create an atmosphere that is both pleasing and beneficial. The department of interior decoration in this store has the latest ideas for making your home beautiful. The new est ideas in pretty floral wall paper patterns in cheerful, rich hues will interest you. Used in harmonious association with exquisite cretonnes they admit of the highest possible art in the decoration of bedrooms and breakfast rooms. Experts in this department will gladly give you sug gestions for decorating and furnishing your home. They have many ideas and will be sure to highly satisfy the most demanding tastes. ' . Miller, Stewart & Beaton Co. , THE TAG-POLICY HOUSE Established 1884. 413-15-17 South Sixteenth Street. Anchor J? ence Company 207 N. 17th St., Omaha Telephone Red-8 14 Time and Place to Buy Fencing Activity and quiet are uitermtnsled to a remarkable degree in the reports from the different cities. la the first there were In creases In thirty-four elites and decreases la twenty-oae; there were losses la the larger, while the Intermediate cities show phenomenal gaina, tha bi cities la Ohle making a remarkable e ho wine, la Chlcaae a4 New York there were moderate de crease of U ahd It er oeat. followed br Itttabura- with a falling off of U er cant. L Lrfnila 5 er cent aad Detroit la. Bulldlng a remarkably active In Ohio, a stale which ie enjoying unusual prosperity, Clurlnnatl fearlo- tha largest totaia for the luoata of June since the establishment of the de partment of buildings In that elty, ahowing a gain of 181 per aent. whit Cleveland follow with 41 per tent. Celumbus with aad Teledo 4 per eenl. Building oon.uee active la Ixs Angles, where a gala ef T t'T cent waa recorded. Baa Diego with Nt, Oakland U. Baeramrata 41 Ban Francises j 1J. 1'ertlaad U. while la Boa tile tber waa a decreas et 41 par aent, j CoadlUena are feed all aver the eeuatry and It Is the belief that building censtrue- tloa will continue active In all section for j a Ion tlniu to coma. Building Notes of the Week There haa been more interior decorating don In the homes of Omaha during the last three month, according to Miller. Btewart Beaton company, than In any previous season. Visitor to the Omaha Van and Storage company's new fire-proof building at r. Beuth Sixteenth treet are pleased to note the neameaa and cleanliness of the differ ent atorag rooma. The private locked and mouse-proof rooms of this building are vary popular with Omaha people, and the company reports that many are taking ad vantage of storing their goods here, where they know they will be safe, while spending their vacations out of town. The Anchor Fenc company report a big business at thia Am of year. A great many Omaha people who have neglected to have fenoe put up earlier la tha season are doing so now. X good fenoe, as put up by thia company, add greatly to the ap pearance cf a house. Ideal Cement Stone com pas y report a big business la cement stone block. , O. t Wlemer A Co. report an ver-ln-ereaalng demand tor "noma of Silence. the Invielbl raster without wheel. The are something new, needful and simpl tot furaltur and merit InveetlgaUen. O. I Wtemer Co.. tha Twenty-fourth street merchants, report aa unprecedented run on garden hose thla summer. Wbaf the use of swatting file. The Omaha Window Scrcea company of 434 North Sixteenth street report that they are putting up window aad dec aercena la all section of the elty, Tbey put up the dur able kind cf acreea that last. Wl aa returning from your vacation take your dirty allverware to the Omaha Plating company, 1230 Harney street; they will make It look a good as new. Court House Bonds to Be Put to Vote Again on August 15 Commiiiionert Decide to Put ftaei- tioa to Vote on Sate of the August Primaries. Voter ef Douglas county will be given another opportunity to decide whether or not they wish to vote a bond Issue of tiao, DM for the furnishing of ths new court house Ths Board ef County Commis sioners voted unanimously Saturday morn ing to plao tha Issue before the people again under the cam aondlUon on Au gust If, th day upon which the August primaries are held. Th holding f u at thla time will avoid th expense of a special election, alt the extra coat tnourred being; represented by the incidental expense of ballot, etc Owing to a new law taat make th carrying of voter to th poll Illegal, th commissioners passed a resolution dividing Douglas preclact Into twe voting districts. Hitherto th precinct haa fanned on Tot mg district, with thi polling plao on th farm of Fred Tex, near the center of the precinct. The precinct Includes about fourteen townships and lies to th west of the dty limit of South Omaha, with th Barpy county Une aa It couth boundary. The aaw district lie In th comparatively thickly populated section adtolnlnji Bouth Omaha, aad 1 about a quarter ot the whole precinct. The Standard Bridge company, which hold the county bridge contract, waa directed to construct tour bridges In Waterloo precinct on th new road opened last year. The bridge arc all pile bridge. Repair on eleven other bridge over the county were also ordered. The county clerk waa directed to advertise for bids on next year's brldg contract, to be opened August S. The county clerk was authorised to era ploy five men at 130 a month each to work on the tax lists. The work ic estimated to last three montha. The chairman of the road committee waa authorised to purchase aeven Little Winner Reversible road machinea for tho country- precinct. C. R. Ilef lin Co. 1510 Douglas, Upstairs. Wo duplicate All Xlads vt Keys. Tnnk keys aad door keys fitted at you bom. 3- Tel. Donfflea s9T4 ZnA. A-3306 Cold, Silver tf Nickel Plating. The only ex clusive plating shop west of Chicago. Omaha Plating Co. Ft'. 1898 1220 Hiracy Si TeL Do(. 251 i TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Beat Karat Paper. , . Oac Dollar Fer Year WHERE YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS WILL BE SAFE Chinaman Invited to Come to Omaha Chang- Chein Will Visit United States Soon and He Will Likelj Stop Orer Here. Chang Chlen, president of the provincial assembly of Kiacgau and ona of the lead ing business men of China, probably will appear befor th Manufacturers' bureau wlthla a short time. Chang Chlen will visit th United State, according to ad vices received from the Stat department at Washington, with th view ef studying political and business conditions here. The Manufacturer' bureau ha Invited him to visit Omaha. He haa been on of the leaders In ths development of the province ef which he I the head, and has been con nected with the Institution of several large business enterprises In China. Stat Labor Commissioner Guys will ap pear before the Manufacturer' bureau of th Commercial club next Friday and dla cuss th previa! on of th new stats fac tory Inspection law. Many members of the bureau says that It will be Impracticable to meet some of the provisions of th law. Bigger. Better. Busier That Is what advertising la The Be will do for your bualnccs. -2 J 4 I - i " "t 'r OMAHA VAN AND STORAGE CO. ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF Mala Office, aoe no. 1st St. Breaenes, 30 Bo. lTtb and MSO Bo. ltb flta Xelephoae: Doarlae 413 ana lad.. A-133a People are becoming more and more interested in the development of the Great Northwest. And The Bee, which has been untiring in creating this interest, is read bj a vast throng. Advertise your land in The Bee.