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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1912)
I 10A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 22,. 1912. as ss s tmmm ssssss . , . , , , , , , , ... " f r I APARTMENTS AS INVESTMENT Heal Estate Men Considered This -Field Very Excellent One. JTOEE COMFOET, BETTEE INCOME tBat Don't Hesitate te Hove Whca H Ca Fla Mar Cot1c ! mmi Lmirle (or Rental ; He Cm rajr. 1 j The rentals that can be obtained from . an apartment house depends largely upon supply and demand. Adequate rapid transit tends more than anything- else to ; jlncrease the demand. The average renter ' of 9 apartment Is always on the lookout for all the comforts, luxuries and oon veniflnce he can secure for the amount of rental he can afford to pay, and rarely ; hesitates to move In order to obtain more. This- fact is Well known to apartment - house builders and consequently in each succeeding operation they strive to add more and more comforts and luxuries, Wnd the success of each enterprise is tjisually instantaneous if this is accom plished. From a purchase standpoint the full rental value and the net Income that can ' be Obtained from an apartment house - erected upon a plot where it Is consld : ered-an adequate or logical Improvement are the principal factors used In estlmat i tag, "determining and substantiating the I reasonable market value. In .a modern apartment house In good : condition, kept up to date, and under competent management, very few vacan : dee 'If any, will occur, and It la usually found to be a very satisfactory invest' ment Caase of Few Heaters. A .careful investigatiort of almost any apartment house from "which .the .owner is receiving less than the rental value or in which a number of vacancies exist will usually disclose the fact that It is either oue to Incompetent management or else auied by "a penny wise and pound fool. Ish"; policy of the owner, r 1 Parsimony of the owner, lack of confl dence in the ability of his realty manag ers and failure to heed their suggestions ! usually result in reduced rental values and vacancies, which naturally mean decreased market value," which in turn will probably cause the( rim mortgagee is dsmar.d that & substantial sum be paid on account of the principal due on the first mortgage; in many Instances the towner, according to his way of thinking, believes he will' finally be forced to sell or exchange at a loss. Right here is to be found a veritable gold mine. Repaired mt "mall Cost. ' Many such apartments erected five or ten years ago are today on the market and are considered undeslrable"bn account of not being modern or up to date, but which with very little enterprise, In genuliy and small cash expenditure In improvements or alterations on the part of present owners or purchasers would result In an increased rental value; in many instances 25 per tent or more; with few, If any, vacancies ah increased mar ket value, and a consequent increased rrowlng capacity- fftr 1 mortgage pur j poses; often more than enough could be secured on first mortgage to pay the cost of alterations Instead of reducing the jPresent mortgage. ; . .' ' In Manhattan improving and remodeling properties so as to bring them up to date lis an ordinary occurrence and has been jvery successfully carried out from a fi nancial standpoint In Brooklyn this field jhas been neglected or allowed to lie dor mant; opportunities to reap handsome profits along this ,llne are almost too 'numerous to mention, as any real estato Ibroker can ; and will,: no doubt, gladly demonstrate. , 4 ,. Homes that Are Different By Axtfcor O. Clausen, Architect. V PCStif T? 7 73. U- ?' f-'-::r .. .1 ' rail:-.- W'uid''ffl fft C33lb" I " D ;;u,v""i 00ii ! TyT,"n ' : : I, 1 II - ttlat ssl t-in.i.T u '-tri ms ii yim ILI1IIII III II M ,ft.OOg.. .Tt-poi tiA mm ' 5 By ARTHUR C. CLAUSEN. Was awaiting thy. turn in a large barber shop one day. when the manager of the shop remarked, ;"POi you know I have owned several homes, , but not until J rented a'summer home last spring hav ing a large sun porch on It did I appre ciate how muoh comfort one of these porches are In this part of the country and how 'much they add to the home With all, the .windows open It is Just as airy as any porch and being possible to close It up quickly. , We have comfort able chars; couches, a reading table and many Other- little furnishings that we would not think , of putting on an ordi nary poroh. When a wind or storm comes up from a certain direction we can still leaves the other two sides open and sit there In perfect' comfort. It certainly is the right kind ; of a porch for this-" Next!" and the conversation was broken off. ' - .'-i :- ".;.,' - This is almost Identically the verdict from tVery man who has had experience with suri porches.,' It is a noticeable fact that many people who are skeptical of them when building and provide a large porch with a small sun room, that they Invariably use the sun , room and are seldom seen upon the porch. The next time they build they will omit the porch. Design No. 771 was planned for a cor ner lot, the sun porch (sun porcn, sun room and solarium are synonymous) be ing placed on the corner where It would not shade the living room or obstruct Its view to the front, and where the porch .Homo ttw. ARt. etin$ t A atR'ts or tnu AMD ORDINAL ttityii vmjn to anew nrv JUsrKjtMEJTO or amp ni rvquiALSorer rtfi tot KTVKtaot ana Hupmoblle "32" touring car to C. C. Johnson of Creighton; a "32" touring car to G.fford Bros, of Lewis, la.; a "32" roalbter to A. B. Anderson of Stratford, S. D., and a carload of six "32"' touring cars to the American Sales and Supply company of Mitchell, S. D. The Powell Supply company expects eight to ten factory salesmen here dur ing the "1913 model exhibit" to demon strate their various products. Charles Ware, general manager of the Union Pacific, received from Guy L. Smith last week a six-sylinder "60" Peer less touring car of the 1913 type. This machine is equipped with electric Self starter and every other known conven ience to make it the acme of luxurious Evangelical fields are now profitably worked by the motor car, declares N. S. McC'lurkan, who has travelled California for years as an itinerant saver of souls. Since replacing his horses with a Stude baker "30" Rev. Mr. McCIurkan has cov ered an average of 1,000 miles a month, registering four times as many conver sions from evil ways as he had been able to make when traveling by wagon. The Cadillac company of Omaha has bought a South End lathe from the Powell Supply company. President Sheina has been giving his personal attention to bringing his shop up to the highest ef ficiency. ... . The United Motor company by the end of the week will, have a complete line of their 1913. Max well cars in, which;, this year are marvels for the money. All models this season will be sold fully equipped, a . departure from tfie rule of past years. The prices of their "40" and "30" models have been slightly increased, but with the detailed equipment addd this season the price is really cheapi r, than in former years. Dan Cupid put through a number of deals on the row last week, when J. 51. Gafhey, manager of the local Kimball company; F. .W. Kemp, manager of the Firestone Columbus Motor Car company, and Edgar Victor Armstrong of the Mo line Motorcompany, all "went and got married." " " - ' The Firestone-Columbus Motor Car company delivered' a' 1913 roadster to Ed Young of Atlantic Ia; a forty touring car to the Robins Auto company of Mal colm, la., and a .fifty , five-passenger touring car to' Harvey Hlller of the Hiller Liquor company of this city. A shipment of 1913 Flrestones,arrived Sat urday morning' at the local house and will be delivered throughout the state, early this week.-" ? ' ' V to be equipped not .'only with electric lights, .butwlth many , other electrical contrivances. The number of uses to which electricity Is placed In the home will bs named for you by the Omaha Electric Light and Power Co. Builders are learning that much beauty can be attained through the use of steam cured cement stone i blocks such as the Ldeal Cemen company- manufactures. Some of the most attractive homes In the west are made of these blocks. Moving day Is no longer a day of terror to the housewife. , If she take advantage of the "most recent ' methods of trans ferring her household -effects from one place Of residence to another, she need not be disturbed by the process. Tears ago the problem of moving was a dlffl cut one. After the new, homo had been selected, the question of packing began. Carpets, pictures,' crockery and china were to be taken care of, and for weeks before the time of moving arrived old newspapers, packing boxes and excelsior had to be accumulated to be used for Packing purposes." . .' ' , Packing meant many' days and nights jof hard work for. Mr. Householder. . He ttad to start In after his day's work, and jhis methods o( packing and opinions as .to the safety of certain valuable articles, jespeclally when it came to laying away ,the brittle bric-a-brac, often created a jfamily clash, I wnen moving aay arrived, it was a horror. Early In the morning a number ;of loud-mouthed, brawny enemies of the i peace would . arrive , at. the house and (begin to juggle the .furniture. They rushed things out of the room, very often disfiguring them on. the way downstairs. iThs aim of the boss In those days was to move as many loads as possible. No wonder the adage, 'Two movings equal to one fire," was often Used by those who had to replace many household articles !that had been destroyed or put out of ! commission on the way to the new home, Today, It Mr. Householder Is up-to- (date, he need not worry at all about moving time. He simply calls up a re liable moving van company, supplies the ' needed Information and all the trouble ' land care of overseeing each operation and making separate agreements with a inumber of more or less Irresponsible per- " vsons is eliminated. The great companies, which. In connec tion with their storage warehouses, main tain a staff of reliable men and equip .ment all the year round, htve made mov t lng almost a pleasure," at least It is so I easily managed by these companies that ' the "moving habit" is said to have, been (cultivated since the new movjng com panics arrived. ' ' The experts of these companies wilt go into a house and, after , looking things ,over, make an estimate on the entire operation. If this is . satisfactory, an agreement Is made and a guarantee Is given by the responsible company that no Joss will be sustained by Mr. House- I bolder.':' . . v . Experienced furniture, men are used to handling the articles and to packing them The crockery and china and other fragile aoods are carefully packed by men ex ' cert In the line, and the piano Is taken along and conveyed tt Its new place In aood condition. Carpets are measured and laid, and each piece of furniture Is ; put Into Its proper place. , One or two days after the entire work of moving is s done a representative of the company ar- ! rives at the house and sees that every i thing is satisfactory .,, Fuchs, Son A. Blind are redecorating the entrance .to. .the Hipp theater. This firm decorated the Orpheum theater and the new Douglas couny court house, . Burgess-Granden company has some of the' mott beautify! lighting fixtures that Omaha has ever seen.; Most of Omaha' homes have been eulqpped with fixtures from this firm. w! H. Thomas, rental agent for the new State .Bank building, Harney and Sixteenth streets, announces that thta building will be opened about October 1. The many uses of electricity In the present day make It necessary for the modem house and the modern apartment i MP" CLAUSEN'S ROOK The Art, aclenoe and lentlment of Homebuilding." Tlilrty chapters, 800 illustrations. Xt covers a wide range of subjects, including the plans lug of bunga lows, sutnrban and olty homes, costing front M,000 to $30,000, let ting contracts, choosing materials, proper design of entrance, win-' Sows, fireplaces, eto. New third edition. Price, . postpaid, $1.00. Address, Arthur O. Clausen, Architect, 1136-37-38 lumber Ix change, Minneapolis, Minnesota. would give an outlook .up and down both streets; ; The rustic sate that marks the open lng in the 'hedge along the publlo walk Is directly "opposite the living room bay window and. the walk leading to the front entrance winds on a graceful curve with a low step up 'every six feet, made of vitrified brick. The first story and foundation is of tapestry brick, all laid in wide recessed natural cement 'hiortar, except that part of the foundation indicated by the dark lines, which is laid in brick mortar. Along the grade Is a stone base course. The second story roof gables and dor mers are half timbered and cement stucco, using a very light gray cement " All exterior woodwork . Is stained a craftBman brown. The roof shingles are dark red. The added color of flowers In three flower boxes on the front of the home with surrounding trees, shrubs, " flowers and; hedges make a very , pictur esque combination having Just the right variety of color and difference in the materials used needed to give it the right English effect." i . The large fireplace in the living room Is of solid riasonry from floor to celling. The faced brick extends Into the sides and across the back Inside the fireplace Instead of Using the homely firebrick so commonly seen. When tile or soft brick are used this Idea cannot be carried out, but well burned vitrified brick will with stand the heat Just as well as firebrick and present a much more finished ap pearance, , even though it Is allowed that considerable of the surface is blackened by' smoke. ' ' . The shelf and brackets supporting It Is of stone.' v Had the chimney breast been carried up to the ceiling with straight lines the effect would have been top heavy and too massive. A pleasing broken relief and more attractive appear, ance Is obtainable by corbelling in the brick work from all sides and recessing a space Just above the shelf for a bronze statuette mounted clock. On each side are the French windows or glazed doors leading to the sun porch. The fireplace brick is brown and a shade darker than the oak woodwork. The view Into the living room through columned openings toward this fireplace with a glimpse of the sun porch beyond when seen as one enters the reception hall through the vestibule Is unusual, pleasing, attractive and homelike. . Gossip Along the Automobile Bow Little Rock, Ark., September 21 to 26. Mr. Derlght fears that he will be unable to attend, as preparations for the auto mobile . display during the Ak-Sar-Ben will require a great deal of his attention. R, B. Held of the Lion Motor company will .leave Monday for Nashville, Tenn,, where he Intends making arrangements for the 1913 Marathon car. The Marathon line ranges In price from a roadster at $S75 to a limousine at $3,250 and Is con sidered to be one of the best machines of its class on the market. , The E. R. Wilson Auto company is already making arrangements for its Ak-Sar-Ben exhibit, which it is claimed will be as attractive as anything seen In automobile displays for a long time. A carload of 1913 models are now on the way and by this time next week Mr. Wilson expects to have the full line ready for the automobile publlo to feast their eyes upon. Doty St Hathaway, dealers In the "Lit tle Four," roadsters, and Reo models have taken the building at 2227-29 Farnam street, formerly occupied by the R. R, Kimball company. iThey are nicely In stalled in their new home, busy as can be, and In a fair way to make the "Little Four" and Reo cars a big factor in Ne braska during the 1913 season. W. R. Huffman and Will N. Hellen of the Hoffnan Auto company, spent the last week at the Sioux City' fair, where the display of Hupmoblle and Abbott Detcolts was considered one of the lead ing exhibitions. Mr. Huffman reports the up-river town crasy on the automo bile subject, with decided Hup and Ab bott symptoms. , :.. Frank W. Judson,. manager of the Mid land Glass and Paint company, is driving a 1913 Hudson ,"37," which was recently delivered to him by Guy L. Smith. . The Huffman Auto company delivered machines to the following last week: A T. E. Kelley and R. E. Samls of the local Velle sales 'force'have for the last week been assisting (he Interstate Auto and Supply company - with its Velle ex hibit at thVStOujr City fair. Both men have reported a most profitable week for the popular 'Vetle' and proclaim the Sioux City festival a success from every standpoint 1 Billy Townsend of the Townsend Gun company is one of the staunchest sup porters " Of "the "Ford' car that can be found In many a mile's jaunt and Judg ing frorro , the, recent trip which be and five companions made In the model T, he has every reason to be so. The Journey' was., made week before last when the party traveled to the hunting grounds In the southern part of South Dakota and after a week's shooting re turned by the model T route, covering a distance slightly over. 900 miles. Mr. Townaend'a expense for running the car this distance, 'including housing for the machine, a minof repair and gasoline and oil wa Just Ills actual running expenses were less than a cent a mile. W. A. pixiey" of the Nebraska Tele phone company has .found the fall all slightly chill driving his Loslcr Lakewood without a windshield and Thursday aft ernoon, had his car 'equipped with one. Mr. Plxley's machine has the reputa tion of being the ' fastest in the city, and with chilly autumn sephyrs breea lng about one, ' traveling without wind protection Is" decidedly uncomfortable. W. Cv Cavahaugh of Chicago, accom panied by his mechanic, passed through Omaha Thurcsday morning in a Loco mobile roadster. ' Mr. Cavanaugh stated that he Intended going clear to the coast before returning home and that the trip between Chicago and Omaha was most favorable for touring with only a slight stretch of bad road. Just outside of the Bluffs. He stopped at i. J. De right's ' to have 'hit machine thoroughly tone over before proceeding on his way. Governor Aldrlcn has appointed J. J. Derlght delegate to the National Deep Waterways association, which meets at Immediate Delivery a IE e MOTOR G A Made in Chalmers Shops 1913 Read what Hugh Chalmers says . about Chalmers 1913 Cars As automobile dealers we are proud to sell Chalmers Cars proud of the Chalmers organization the follow ing extract from a talk made by..Mr. Chalmers in in troducing tlie 1913 lineto the dealers we . believe is worth your reading. It tells more about what is behind Chalmers Cars than pages of specifications. . WE are In business not merely to make money, but also to make good. We are In business to stay. The Chalmers Motor Company can only continue- perma nently by building cars which offer the" highest possible values at their prices. For 1913 we have directed our energies to the development of Chalmers Cars along the lines of Convfort. Convenience and AP- .. pearance. - Mechanically, our cars have been right from the beginning. Their records in scores of contests and In the hands of 27,000 buyers prove this. Yet we have re fined and Improved them mechanically from year to year. For 1913, however, we have directed our attention principally to making our cars more luxurious, easier to handle, and more beautiful. .... We believe that we have accomplished what we set out to da We feel that we do not have to make wordy - claims for our cara We merely submit the Chalmers line for 1913 as the best evidence of what we have done as the best proof of the high dollar for dollar value of our product The cars themselves are more eloquent than a volume of claims. JJlugh Chalmers. Come to our showrooms and see the cars themselves. "Thirty-Six" (four cyl nder) v. . .$2,000 . . "Six," 6-passenger ............ .$2,450 - v f . . . , . , 8ix,M 7-passnger ........ $2,(550 (Prices include full equipment) H. E. Fredrickson Automofc It Co. HtMTinnalt ' S ' Ala. Aat. fo, riUM-Amw. 1913 - ... t . , .. -i ii it The Name Insures the Quality Electric Starting Electric Lighting Brief .Specifications: 32 H. P. Motor, 4 cy linders. , 3x5. Enclosed Tappets. j Three dry disc plate: clutch. Guaranteed 40 H. P. transmission. Demountable- rims. 34x4 tires. 1 13 in. wheel base. Gray & Davis electric starting and electric lighting system. Mohair top, ad justable windshield and Stewart speedometer. Price Fully Equipped 5-Passeager Touring Car, $1,500 F. 0. B. Moline, HI. ' ' j .'.' Silent pov e ful motor. Durable construction. Smooth, easy, comfortable riding qualities. Complete specifications mailed on: request. DEALERS: The Velie agency is a; profitable : asset to your business. ""'.'"77 John Deere Plow Company ...OF OMAHA... 10th and Howard Sts. OMAHA, NEB. it B SHITE CARS IMPROVE WITH AGE White you will service and had If you want a demonstration in- a get ta ride inan Oldar. One that has probably seen more harder usage than the ordinary owner would require in 10 years , - -.' v:,v r, " You will be allowed to see how your car will run in 10 years from today. V 7 . : : : : . -New- White cars are being delivered in which you can' find' improvements riot yet thought of by other man ufacturers. 'The yearly model has become ah absolute fiction in White products. :: The latest and best car possible to produce-will be yours when you buy. V'-; ""'777 White Touring Cars for :fall;and winter service are without an equal. Their appointments are elegant Their self-starter and electric lighting .systems are perfect. 6 Cylinder, 60 H. P. $S000 8 2503 FARNAM PHONE, DOUGLAS 3301