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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1919)
2 C THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 24, 1919. ZONING PLAN IN OMAHA IS GIVEN BY CITY EXPERT Home of the Universal Tire Company Consulting Engineer of Plan V 1 ning Commission Tells of " Results Accomplished V In Other Cities. (Ceattaaed fma rc Oaa, Thla Swtioa.) short of a calamity. Proper toning regulation! win prevent it. ; ' Protection to Health. Zoning also is a protection to public health through preventing undue congestion of population by limiting the height of buildings, and the area of the lot whicn.tney may occupy. The regulations that are established are by no means dras tic, or even contrary to general practice. They simply protect that which is desirable in existing con ditions. and prevent parasitic build ing which takes advantages of Its neighbors through building a struc ture which is unduly high, or covers too great a percentage of a lot, or is not in keeping with the character of the neighborhood where it is lo cated. Apartment houses, for in tance, are recognized as necessary 1 conveniences in a city. They should be built in districts not occupied - ' exclusively by single family dwell ' ings, for they more often than not have- caused depreciation of proper My j values through producing a change fn the character of the neighborhood since they seldom observe the same building regula tions as do the single family homes. Zoning regulations are also neces sary to promote public safety. By limting the height of buildings in ' the business district, undue street congestion is prevented. By limit ing the height of buildings to say 10 or 12 stories, a greater spread of the business district results, pro ducing a much more desirable con dition through the development of a greater area of property for business purposes, incidentally in creasing tax returns, and what is ; probably more important than any- thing else, simplifying the handling of traffic by not concentrating it Vupon-a few streets, but rather dif fusing it over many streets. i ik Popular 1n Other Cities. Zoning laws have proved very popular in cities where they have been "adopted. They act as a bene fit father than a restriction upon property. As previously stated, the purpose of a zoning law is to pro tect and not to restrain. The zoning provisions apply only to new build ings, and are not retroactive, build ings already erected being permitted to continue to be used for the pur poses, for which they were designed. The usual character 'of restrictions established for the uses of property are five in number: Two tor resi dence, one for- commerce, and two for industry. If4!h'fl first residential district, only one family homes are permit ted.. In the second residential dis ' trict,'. one and two family homes, apattmeeta,,, . tenements, hotels, boarding houses, schools, libraries, Mi. j - JS- til ; , nl The above picture shows the Leavenworth street location of the Universal Tire and Vulcanizing Co., another of the firms which have made a "ten strike," even though they are not located on the auto row. Carl W. Boehl (on the right), president, and Harvey E. James, secretary and treasurer, are both Omaha men and have been associat ed with the tire and accessory busi ness here for a number of years. In addition to doing a general tire re pair business, including vulcanizing and retreading, they represent the Auburn Double Fabric tire and Moonshine auto cleaner. churches and other similar institu tions are permitted, but no factories or stores. In the commercial dis tricts stores are permitted, also any use permitted in the residence dis trict. In the industrial district, commerce and residences are per mitted, as well as industries which sre not objectionable by reason of the omission of smoke, noise, odors dust or gas. In the unrestricted dis tricts, which are usually along the railroads and water front, all forms of use are permitted. Produces Natural Differentiation. In any city which has varied top ography, such as Omaha, the rail road industries usually seek the lower trround along the water courses, and residential development seeks higher ground. There is thus produced a natural differentiation in the use of property which the ton ne law seeks to promote. The na ture of heiaht restrictions usually established vary in different cities. IrTNew York height restrictions are established according to the width of the street. In the downtown dis trict of New York, no building here after can be erected which exceeds two and one-half times the width of the street unon which it faces. This is particularly Interesting in view of the fact that New York has been notoriously the city of high build ings. On lower Broadway, for instance, no building in New York can now exceed a height of 175 feet, except for towers and spires. The New York restrictions on height vary from wo and one-halt times the width 01 the streets in the business district, to one time the width of the strct n the outlvine residence sections. Since here the usual width of street s 60 feet, dwellings in no case may exceed that height. In St Louis flat height limits have been established in place of multiples of street widths; the height of 150 feet being esatblished for the business district, 120 feeb"for the surrounding high value industrial district, 80 feet for the outlying industrial districts, 60 feet for the commercial districts,.and principal apartment house districts, and 45 feet for the one and two-family house districts. Build for Tomorrow. The nature of the loning restric tions that will be proposed for Oma ha will undoubtedly prove popular. They are not designed lo limit in any way the growth of the city; rather they will permit Omaha to grow in a more sane and satisfactory manner, and in accordance with the methods being adopted in other large cities to control city develop ment. Progress consists not of permit ting unrestrained city growth, but in encouraging the best type of resi dental as well as industrial develop ment, thus encouraging stability of value and a more satisfactory city for both business and res dence. In the upbuilding of Omaha, we must recognize that we are building for tomorrow at well as for today, and it behooves us to build carefully and well. Cleaning Chassis Parts. In cleaning small parts of the chassis, such as the oil holes on brake cross shafts, brake connec tions, spark and throttle connections, etc., use an oil can filled with kero sene and a stiff brush. In this way the kerosene in just the proper amounts can be directed just where it is needed. This method is par ticularly useful in cleaning out oil holes which have become partly filled with dirt. Hansen Leaves for Cadillac Factory With T" 1 . O 1 Lisnt salesmen J. H. Hansen of the T. H. Hansen Cadillac Co., with eight of his sales men, lett last evening for the Cadil lac factory at Detroit. Mich. The salesmen during their visit to the lactory will spend part of their time at the Cadillac school of instruction. This school is operated for the purpose of instructing sales men regarding the construction of Cadillac automobiles. One of the objects of the trip is to try for an additional shipment of Cadillac cars. The Omaha firm is oversold to such a degree that every effort is being made to divert cars to Omaha. Amateur Tire Patching Ruins Automobile Tires Amateur tire patching ruins thou sands of automobile tires each year. It is a common practice among au tomobile owners when receiving a cut or puncture in a tire to insert a a patch on the inside of the casing at the point of injury, thinking that the damage is permanently repaired. Such a repair will in time ruin any tire, says the B. F. Goodrich Rub ber company.. It is good practice to apply patches in such cases, but a tire sleeve should always be placed on the outside of the tire opposite the patched portion at the same time. The sleeve serves to bind the tire, hold the torn and injured parts of the fabric in place and prevent fur ther chafing and rupture. YANKEE FARMER BIGGEST USER OF AUTOTRUCK Manufacturers Come Second, With Retailers Third; Handles World's Food Supply. .'The biggest users of motor trucks in the world are the Ameri can farmers, with 79,789 motor trueki in operation,' asserts R. S. Odell of the Odell-Hamllton com pany. Manufacturers come second with 75,928, and retailer, third, with 74,486. These figures are taken from re liable itatistics for the year 1917. Estimatea for 1918 ihowj a' tremen dous increase in the number of motor truck in use, but with the farmer still in the lead. It is estimated that during 1918 approximately 350,000,000 tons of farm nrnrfucti were hauled to in motor trucks bv the farm ers and gardeners of the United States. Th vmt nnrtin fisurcs aver aged for the United States show that motor truck transportaipn is twice as cheap as horse-arawn transportation. The motor truck nanaies me necessities. "T .m.lilln. nrfllrh tlit.1 ITlOtOr trucks hits at the very source of the life supply, of the people, says R. E. Fulton, vice president of the International Motor eompanv. man ufacturers of Mack trucks. "To un wisely legislate against the motor truck is to take food away from those who need it and to increase its cost." Hebb Motors Company to Put Out Smaller. Truck The Hebb Motors company of Lincoln, Neb., will commence manu-(,,-t,...lr a thri-fluirter ton Patriot truck about September 1, it was an nounced yesterday, inis irucn w, be built along the same lines as the one and one-half and the two and one-half ton trucks which are being put out at the present time. It will be one of the sturdiest ..lt tnLa m h market, sav the Hebb people, for all the features of tne pig rainoi irucua win ui in corporated in it and it will not he light and flimsy as some light trucks are. A$ soon as the manufacture of this machine is started, the output ;it ranirttv Vt Inrmked until the factory will be turning out 5,000 of them annually. The company has been figuring on this design for some little time and the plans were completed about two weeks ago. Patriot triirV- r renreented In Omaha by C. F. Morphew, 2010 Far- nam street. With SxA0OAR,D Studs Republic fMy, TlRES" li cj&. mil THE oval, rounded Staggard Studs of Republic Tires roll with, not aprahst, the road. They always head in the direction of travel Three of the five studs are always full length on the road. That means the most momentum with the least use of power. No device of cross bar or circle or angle gives the same maximum non-skid with the mini mum friction. It is easy to see why Republic Tires give! greater non-skid effectiveness. Just as it is easy to see why the Prodium Process of toughening rubber makes tires last longer. It is easy to prove by the experience of thou sands of Republic owners why Republic Tires are a real economy for you. KOPAC BROTHERS Distributors Main Office, Omaha, Neb. Branches, Columbus, Schuyler and David City, Neb. 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