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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1916)
A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 9, 1918. BUILDERS' WORRIES AREMOWATAHEND Strike Troubles Over With Re tnrn of Sheet Metal Work ers to Their Jobs. BUILDING GOES Olf A? AOS With the final adjustment of the heet metal workers' atrike lait Fri day morning, tome sixty men went back to work and thua abqut the last of the trouble in Omaha having a bearing on building construction were ; settled. Building is now going ahead rap- idly, and the big substantial build . bigs are shooting skyward at a rate that is each day more and more aston ishing. Another ten days will put the v steel skeleton of the First National Bank building entirely within brick nd terra eotta walla, weather per mitting. Among the big, substantial build ings already completed and occupied during the first half of this year are the Grain Exchange building, the Brandeis power plant, the Rose Real ty building and the new plant of the World-Herald. . These, however, are only a begin ning, for work is now in progress ag gregating some $3,000,000 in cost Big Buildings Spring Up. Dismissing all the work on hand ' gome residences costing from $10,000 to $25,000 apiece, in various parts of - the city, and dismissing also from the mind, consideration of any apartment i bouse construction costing less than $25,000, and store building construc tion, garages, and other structures costing less than $15,000 apiece, the big buildings now being constructed aggregate in cost over $2,000,000. There is first of all the Blackstone family hotel, now nearly completed nd soon to be occupied. .This is a : structure that reflects credit upon Omaha, aa it is the first of its kind (n the west Then there is the First National . Bank building-at Sixteenth and Far Bam streets, the steel and brick work of which are soon to be completed, leaving only the inside work to be completed and the finishing to be done. This fourteen-story structure is a remarkable improvement in the Jieart of Omaha's business district Auto Branch Completed. , The Ford branch factory, costing $375,000, is practically completed at Sixteenth and Cuming street, and is already occupied by the Ford Motor , company. The duplication of the Castle hotel plant is being pushed. This is a struc ture to cost $150,000, or more. This will give the Castle a solid block from east to west affording entrance facilities on Sixteenth and on Seven teenth streets. The new Sanford hotel is to cost $200,000. This is to be a seven-story building erected by Dr. Harold Gil ford. Concrete skeleton work is now in progress for this structure between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, on the south side of Farnam street. Work on the Idalia apartments, be ing erected by Hastings & Heyden, is Progressing nicely. The cost will be Athletic Club Prospects, v Ground has recently been purchas ed for the $400,000 Omaha Athletic club, between Seventeenth and Eigh teenth streets on the north side of Douglas streets, and from the fine success the committee is having in soliciting memberships at $100 apiece, it is likely that the construction of this building will begin this year. St Peter's Catholic church,, to cost probably $125,000, is to be built this year at Pacific and Twenty-ninth streets. ' ;.' - Excavation atarted Friday morn ing for new general school building for the University of Omaha at Twenty-fourth and Pratt streets, to cost $50,000. The Deaconess Home for Imman uel hospital at Thirty-fourth and Meredith streets, will cost about $125,000. . ! The Home Builders' company will ' build a $75,000 apartment house at Eighteenth and Dodge streets. . . World's Help Asked For Belgian Liberty tCarnapentfaaaa Tk AlaaoUtaa Pram) ' The Hague! Netherlands, July 1. The complete restoration of the inde ' pendence of Belgium is tha object of S call to the, neutrals of tha American republics,; the three Scandinavian states, Switzerland and Spain, which has been issued over the signatures of 120 university professors, artists, writ era and other well known men of Hol land. - 1- v 'i ! : It is declared that the government nd Parliament of the German empire, alone of all the belligerents, have offi cially declared that they will endeavor at vie conclusion of peace to put an and to the independence of a neighbor State. Various utterancea of .the Im serial chancellor are ouoted as bear usr this out and are interpreted as meaning that neither in a military nor economic respect, nor even in the ar rangement ot sue ti questions as tne relatiomhio between the two- lan guages of the country, is Belgium to , DC mistress in ns own nouse. The call to the neutrals says the whole world, with the exception of Germanv ind its allies, is convinced that the robbery of any state what ever of its independence must be re garded as a crime and as a source of fresh wars. "It seems to us neces sary," it continues, "that this principle shall now be uttered as the emphatic demand of all neutral peoples neces sary in order that those contemplat ing an assault on a small neighbor may feel less inclination thereto in the knowledge that such assault will not go unpunished; necessary, too, for the support of those in Germany itself who detest the annexation policy. The neutrals have the right duty and power to ait in judgment where the acfense of the highest interests of humanity is concerned. 1 hev can re fwe to maintain relations with a state wmch beforehand declares its inten m to use a email neighbor to pay . ,e score when the reckoning day comes. .- .' ? i . WantedSome Want Ada in ex nge for lota of answers. Phone e Wee. , . "Dignified and Pleasing" S . . ; i jr. jE 1 S "m ' ' j . eon l -s3pil 7 .H I, nrrenaN J - aaasMSa-assa- "tU saiaVsBs pi LL-J ,f -7fv - A asp aeon. I eta room. . hi 0 J inrmoj room . Bimiho) OoM. i i J i i hooch -f-I oo - - ssasai LSJ - 1 ' a ' nasi uooa pum: JtCOND fLOOR PLAN. lvmtTT J. DODPS-ARCrft OMAKk. BANKERS COMPANY PAYS BIGD1Y1DEND Financial Statement to Be Mailed to Stockholders Shows Increase, MANY BUILDINGS EBEOTSD The Bankers' Realty . Investment company has again paid a dividend at the rate of B'i per cent for the first six months of 1916. ' The financial statement of the com pany, to be mailed to stockholders between July 10 and July 15, officials say, will show tha company's assets to be nearly $1,500,000. The company Is handling a large volume of building business in Omaha and also has several large buildings under construction out in the state. At the same time the architectural department of the company is at pres ent busily engaged upon plans for aeveral other lane building to be erected by the company in states ad jacent to Nebrska. The Bankers' Realty Investment company handles all of the buildings which it erects under what is known as the "single contract system." That is to say, it prepares the plans and specifications, purchases all materials and performs the actual work of building, throughout, by its own or ganization, which means that the ser vices required oi cigni 10. (en provi sions and some forty-five trades con cerned in a building operation are cen tralized, under a single management. Thus in buildings similar to the $200,000 St. Regis apartment house in Omaha, the $500,000 Blackstone hotel or any other piece of work, large or small, the Bankers' Realty Investment company provides the element of co operation so necessary In the efficient and economical construction of a building. ' " Auto People Look j . North for Locations A new development In the housing of automobiles sales agencies is de veloping in Oaniha. Firms are seek ing less expensive space for repair shops, and giving over the downtown space to salesrooms. This is a de velopment that is apparent in other cities and tne mgn rent along Auto mobile row is forcing this condition. Another feature that is aiding this segregation of the repair depart ment frbm the sales room is the fact that a great many automobile con cerns are using the coupon books for repairs, t The Chalmers la the first concern in Omaha to house its repair depart ment in a separate building. It hss procured a long time lease at 2304 Sherman avenue, and fitted up a com plete repair shop which is in charge of Bruner & Co. All repairing and adjusting of Chalmers cars is done at this address. A number of other concerns are figuring on space in that particular district for repair shops and general aervice stations. It is predicted by some real estate men that North Sixteenth street from Cuming to Locust street, will become a live automobile row. The location of the Ford plant north of Cuming and the Chalmers' service station a few blocks north, lead to thia conclu sion. It is rumored that two large agencies are negotiating for property in that vicinity. Gayety Prevails In Kussian Camps Camp de Mailly, Quarters of the Russian Forces in France, June 6.r The Russian troops awaiting orders here to join, their French comrades at the front are living an idle life in this lower corner of the old province of Champagne; it ia a life that is so full of the picturesque that it con stitutes perhaps the greatest attrac tion that haa been witnessed in the department of the Aube. Fraternizing with the French sol diers in another part of the camp, these men ' show no need of repose after their seventy-eight days of hard sea voyage. They appear aa aupple as their French comrade), although alongside of them they look some thing like giants. The entire camp exhales an atmosphere of gaiety, con fidence and discipline, which is quite as striking as their individual appear ance. "Tommy Atkins" can teach them nothing in the way of hygiene and cleanliness. Men, privates and subal tern officer! take pride and care in looking after the barracks. - "They are excellent soldiers," Gen eral Lotchwaiky said to Tha Asso- 1 , . ..svugm- .. mamti!ii':saaxi This attractive home possesses tfte three most necessary requisites for the modern builder; economy, shnipli city and beauty, so pronounced are these qualities in this particular case, that the home is at once within the financial scope of the average builder, and also is designed to meet the re quirements of the average family. The house is entered from a spacious porch, from which you pass into a vestibule of convenient size, and from there into a living room large and well lighted. A massive fireplace and bookcases occupy the center of one side, while a seat built between the vestibule and a small coat closet occupy the entire front end of , the room. Opening directly from the living room ia the dining room separated only by a large pedestal opening. This room ia also large and light. It is connected with the adjoining sun room by a pair of French doors. A swinging door connects the dining room with the kitchen. This room has ample cupboard space and is very conveniently arranged. It possesses the advantage of having only one out side door which leads into a small ciated Press correspondent in reply to compliments upon their bearing and appearance. - ... "Many of my men miaht be called .veterans, although you sea that there are very lew wno are not still young. They have seen hard service and are penetrated through and through with the military spirit; what makes them particularly happy is the opportunity to come to fight for France against the common adversary on French soil." These Russians appear Impatient to fet to the front. They are mostly oys, tall, muscular and with every mark of real sons of the soil, as sim ple as they are robust, and as frank and outspoken as they are vigorous. "Are we soon to march against the Germans?" asked one of the young subaltern officers, while all the men gathered around him approved the inquiry with a gesture of the head. . A new contingent of these men ar rived on May 8, and this same inquiry was the first thing they had to say on reaching the camp. Discretion pre vents disclosing how many of them there are here, and since, they con tinue to arrive it is impossible to conclude as yet whether their pres ence is simply a sort of platonic 'ex pression of sympathy from the Rus sian army, or whether their force is expected to add a real element of strength to the entente allies on this front ,. v v PARING LEAP TO SAVE A GIRL Man at Wheel of Racing Car Jumps . Into Buggy and Stops Runaway, Spectators were thrilled the other afternoon when Rnv Pa til 10 old, son of a wealthy coal' operator oi uirnegie, gave a twentieth century demonstration of daring by leaping from the running board of a speeding rartnar car jtn a .. 1.. ....... probably saving the life of the girl' uuuuicq unconscious in me swaying vehicle. Thomas Kane, 20 years old, of Wal kers Mills, and Miss Ethel Morgan, 18 years old, of Carnegie, had started out driving, when the horse took fright and ran away. Kane was flung entry m which is located the re frigerator and a small closet. The cellar stairs to, the basement go down trom the kitchen. The main atairs bo ud from the liv ing room and prove a very beautiful feature of the house. The upstairs has three good sized bedrooms all supplied with ample closets. A large sleeping porch receiving air from three sides opens oft trom both front bedrooms. A beautiful bath room is located very conveniently for all the rooms and is also near the head of the stairs., A small linen closet oc etipies one side of the hall off from which open the three bedrooms, the bath and the stair, case. . The basement is large and well lighted and has a cement floor. The furnace is centrally located to give the best heating results. The exterior is . a very attractive combination of brick and stucco. Altogether the house presents a mast pleasing and dignified apearance and possesses many desirable features found only in larger and more costly residences, runner information in regard to this dan mav be nhtainoH from Everett S. Dodds, architect, 612 i axion diock, umana. from the buggy when it struck a street car, suffering fractures of five ribs. Cattley, who saw the accident, jumped into the automobile, of a friend and ,.,. .1 nte ota, nu Uil. After a rVia a nt !1-- - w. .nw '"... Lilt 111- chme was drawn up alongside the buggy. Cattley, at the risk of his neck, watched his chance, made a fly insr lean and lanHirf in tha u. soon had-the horse stopped, and Miss 'nrffan va, ,mimJ mU...1.1.-'. otfice. Kane was removed to a hos pital. i'lUsurghaat ROMANCE IN NEW YORK LAND Historic Farm Twelve Miles from the City Hall Brings $129,000 an Acre. The sale of a block of the Dyck- man larm recalls revolutionary his tory while making new history in the romance of New York real estate. Twelve miles from the city halt by subway, this land brings a reported nrice nf naarlv $10 Ann In, ei-n 000 an acre. Great apartments reared on li are 10 nouse 4,uuu persons, a density rate of 600,000 to the square mile. Just around the corner is Kings bridge, where Frederick Philipse took thrippence toll of every man and horse entering or leaving Manhattan. The Dyckmans, whigs In the revolu tion, kept their .lands, though harried by the British. The tory Philipse lost mannra and n1l-KrMa. tates were sold, the Ha'rlem Heights properties oringing $u,uuu.: The at tainder did not affect his descendants' ntail(i ritrhta anil U,u, V.l. ..... had to pay John Jacob Aator $500,000 w uuic, men iMMIIia, wnicn nc Dougnc. Not a bad region is this for historic niltrrimaffa Philip., mannv" ja V..1. ers; the Van Cortlandt manor, in the parK so named, and tne jumel man sion, nn lanHa attain,! trrm 1. Dl.11 ipses, are all open to the public. By tn HnMnaitu aI !. . I.!.. T.. 1. ..... wis ,,, MIC AJTLK- man farm house is also preserved to Maw VnrV aa a munn.i.1 "t J - - - - v.. i.i v. aiuiuj Dutch farmer folk who in the midst oi -tory peignoors and lords of vast estates held fast both to their acres and their democracy New York World. - ' Dee I Have you PHOTOS RETOUCHE They will maKe better Photo-Engraved Plates ; Bee Knf raving Dopt PkA-MA.illa. I AO A lutiaiii; ' Omaha. Nabr. B R I T I S HBAHTAMS Organization of Small Hen Wins Nation's Flandits for Their Nerve. UNIQUE AMONfS AKMIZS (Corrtaponaanc of Tha Aaaoel&ta Praia.) British Headquarters, France, June 30. "Good for the little fellows," ex pressed the feeling of the whole army when the "Bantams," in one of the neatest of trench raids took a ma chine gun from the Germans. No commander is prouder of his men than the commander of the Ban tams; no battalions so thoroughly have the good wishes of the whole army. The idea of the Bantams, unique among the armies of burope, was Lord Kitchener's. If little men wanted to flint for their country. why shouldn't they? Put them in an organization by themselves and give them a chance. No man over five feet three was accepted. Short men who had been turned away by recruiting sergeants in the early davs of the new artnv formed the first battalion. As it was a success others followed. At the front they, were brigaded together; and the visitor to a certain portion of the lines sees sturdy short-legged men marching along the roads and keeping guard in the trenches. Manv tokes have been oassed about them. It was even suggested that when they went into the trenches somebody would have to hold them up to the parapet to fire. But the Ban tams have made good. Other , batta lions take tatneriv interest in them and admire them for their nluek. Instead of having to hold them up to nre wnen tney nrst went into the trenches, the difficulty was to keep them from showing: their heada ton much. They have the advantage of oemg small targets and they are com pletely sheltered in a communication trench where another man's head would be exposed. Most of them are miners and city bred and some prob ably owe their stature to poor food and overcrowding. Good fnnrf and fresh air have added to tha height of some oi ine young ones and to, the girth and chest of all. Their only drawback la that they cannot carry the full equipment of sixty pounds and more for long, hard marches. So their equipment has been cut down; they have shorter stocks to their rifles. What they lack in iirengtn tney make up in -agility. "They are particularly good at scouting," said one of their officers. A German machine gun is a heavy affair. Two strong men are required to carry it. When the artillery had knocked a German trench about one night and the Bantams rushed it to take what prisoners and do what damage they could and then make a run for their own trench in the usual trench raid fashion, they determined to take a machine gun with them to prove their prowess. Half carrying it, half tugging it along the ground, with other German mirhiiw feeling around in the night for targets through a trying half hour, they final ly landed it safe behind the parapet. ROMANS SET JUNE MARRIAGE Fashion Began Because May Was .unsiacrea an unlucky Month. Tt CnimviAtrm 1 "TI.. ! . Manner," who called June the "leafy month," but it was she Romans who set the fashion of June marriages. Amnnir thm fw ... : .1 1 --a ........ wa luuaiucrea an unlucky month, and consequently the brides held aloof until May had gone its way and June had come. Obliged to take care of the brides of fwn mrmfhs Tin k. t j uiiv ucume in month of the greatest number of mar- fh.. f,n.t. (,.. .1 T 1 - - ..a.v auiia U JUIIC 1I1Q its glories ever since poets learned that tNar ..... L 5 . (. naa aumcinuig in nature tn iins d.ni,i T. ... ...,s ui. n was an American poet, Lowell, who asked a question " 10 wnicn mere can be but one answer: What la ao ran ai a 4ar In Jnnat Than, If avar, eoma parfeet daya; Than haavan Irlaa tha earlh If It b In tana - -1 - Miitf nar warm aar lays And annthav Am...... . v. n V 1 M fn 9 Man. .1 . 1 - J .1-1 1 ... - ..win ciitmcu ine Month of June, wrote: . is in, momn ax juna, Tha month of laavaa and roaaai Whan nlaaaant ilghta aaluta tn aras. And plfuant aeants tha noaai. . Indianapolis News. Paving Around the Willis malty Company Property Paving was started last week on Victor and Willis avenues between Sixteenth and Eighteenth streets. This is in 'the new district which the Willis Realty Company 'has' recently acquired and is placing on the market. This company reports an ex ceedingly. active market for these lots. 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