Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 11, 1909, Page 16

‘Western Nebraska Land Deal Involves | surprising to those who have not visited . — e — More Than Two Million Dollars. the section for some time. Mr. Selby, to- ; = = - — : - - e 5 r i 11 gether with Hastings & Heyden and others & & . £ x R : = 1 R have sold hundreds of lots, and almost | £ WYL e ) & wg St REAe o fi,n““'”mf“ ek e ! . B 0 4 e S (e Sl THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 11, 1909. Big Tract Will De The fact that brick is hard to get and 3 X < - L ¥ L 3 N i < iy L o g the operations. Scarcity of brick has mad i 5 o . i : RO rII,IHHHfu..,.‘" 84 Van Buren s'u MG.‘O Ranches in western Nebraska are passing | which they can secure from the yards at | settled, for the Omaha agents have a poliey | B. A. Wilcox has sold his residence In Small Farms U lumber is high and going higher, incon- s g % 4 b L 3 5 xpan ™ ton Ditehes of veniences some builders and does not check g X b dai e the cement block Industry thrive Con- _ tractors have been buying all the brick g . e ; D" Manufacturers of away and with them Is golng the land of | Sloux City and Sargent's Bluffs, but they | fil““”'u.,,‘ extensive owners, all belng divided and|do not begin to supply the demand, and | ¥ iy sub-divided into small farms many brick are being shipped in from i ¢ = Through active and intelligent agencies | Kansas at a high rate for transportation. » ! . . R u'IIIIlIl""" in Omaha these lands are being actually . i § by = d N to which they are adhering with strict| Boulevard terrace on Thirty-fifth avenue, | H . e s . - . - b fidelity. They do not desire to sell to In-| between Woolworth and Poppleton avenues, i " R $ K vestors nor speculators, but only to legiti- [ to G. T. Wright for $5,000. This is in the X Rh, o~y mate settiers. Some of the contracts which | popular Field club nelghborhood, where 4 ! 3 - X they have require that the lands be sold | many new residences are being erected, | R 155 W Wil to tarmers only, and many a tract which | among them a new home for J. M. Guild, : 3 : \ k1 the Standard Material for could have been sold several times to large | commissioner of the Commerelal club. An- | Jand owners, has remained unsold for weeks | other residence sale of the week was when | untll & farmer came along with a larzc| Axtel Meyers sold his residence at Thirty- v . 3 § : ¢ { | family and a little money to buy the land. | third and Webater streots to R. A. Temple- | . . s - =L S for $6.750. ad S ! % S, The passing of the Willlam A. Paxton| ton, sr N. Merriam also sold ranch In the North platte valley was one | his residence at Eighteenth and Binney : » i " i of the noteble land sales of recent years | streets to Mrs. Eva McCormick of Counefl 2 i J ! The 8,0 acres was sold within three| Blutfs for %000, . 5 : N months and every acre went to a farmer ! D . s A % n who will make the land his home this sea- r s . bdd e ave- on. The German Lucherans iiked the looks || {J G (3 i in floors, roofs, w" t; [ of the Paxton ranch and, known as th .. Lontracts L.et I ments, sewers, etc. Write for pam- “Keyston" colony, It has become the hom pmets Contfllnlng full metmnuon. o ot sturdy farmers who will 3 0 of hundreds of sturdy fa o o SN OANA % e« s+ i - e 754 develop it to the utmost. Sogin n and e Pushea Vigor. : Following the closing out of this land in || ZEEE SO0 850 B8 TRRISS such a short time, the Tri-State Land com- - s i pany, headed by E. A. Cudahy of the Cudahy Packing company, has declded to| The award of contracts for the Improve- sell its tract in western Nebraska, most [ ments which the government contemplates of which is in Scott's Bluff county. The |at Fort Omaha was made last week to Payne Investment company of Omaha is | George J. 8. Collins and Peter Soderberg to sell this tract also. Thirty thousand [of this city i acres represent the holdings of this com- | The contract is for the construction of a | | WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE pany, which some time ago decided to | double barrack, a stable for 183 horses, a y make It a tract of farming land instead of | gun shed, a stable guard and shop. There . c w H u | b range and spent §2,000000 for an irrigation | were eight bidders on the general contra ! - ™ L ditch. of which four were Omaha men. The low BUILDING MATERIALS “While real estate ers all over the | est bidder on the whole of the construction | country have been advertlsing lands in | was George J. 8. Collins, whose bid was 1503 Farnam Street. Omaha, Ncbrasks Texas, Canada, Cuba, Mexico and every- | $%0,676. The next lowest for total construc- where else, we have belleved that there | tlon was Parsons & Kiene, who bid $51,1%. are no bétter possibilities for development | Peter Soderberg came third with a bid of than right here In our own state,” says G. | $8.87. The fourth was R. P. & E. O. H. Payne. “In the new irrigated districts | Hamilton. Parsons & Kiene stipulated of western Nebraska the results will prove | that they would take the whole of the that there Is no better opening for an in- [ bullding or none. This provision eliminated e e R e o Spring Announcement to settlers and colonize rather than sim- [ tion he would in all probability have r ply sell, the significant offer is made by ceived the award for the entire contr: v 3 %x 25 the owners, who are such men as Mr. As it is, Boderberg will recetve part of it. Cudahy, that a discount of $5 per a he barracks will be completed before will be made 1o a buyer who will improve | Winter. 1 the rest of the work will be { . the same by constructing a house or mak. | tnlshed next year. E WISH to announce to our friends jng other improvements costing $1,000 or | Th® Eovernment has made and is con- more, and the company offers to place the | (MpIAtng extensive construction at Fort AT = = = and clients that we appreciate their deed In the bank and give the buyer some . Secorp FIeow time to make the improvements. t year George J. 8. Collins buflt the : "| encouragement and support, and While Scott's Bluff county Is rich” ana lndnxw-;n gas P:lou‘:‘(- In«.f; wireless :pla‘; Forc.m & 8! PP '2 B developing, the decislon of the Tri-State | ST@Ph tower an B oy Sl [ Land company to seil ia holdings, means (% Fort Omaha. Mr. Weise of South e alse that we have moved to 322 Bee Just about double the amount of land under | O™Maha erecte [ PALOOD | SRIe e B | 5 IO g . cultivation in the county, will bo farmeq | EIVeR the fort practically o compiete outtit i Building, where we have the best Engineer~ within & year or two. The agents for the [ fO Palloon service and wireless telegraphy, S § 3 and is perhaps the only fort so equipped ) 1 ice i i 30, L 0 p| N\ %0 acres have Just one year to sell the 10 1 PUIARS HE ing Office in the state. Therefore we will 1and in, which will mean many new farms added to those of Nebraska within two | It 18 understood that the government in- s tends to begin experimenting along this give better service and the assurance of better line soon, and 1t is not at all unlikely that “Drake addition,” which has been sold 3::‘“:1: “;:’l:ylu':m::llonnu flylng through - results, Our location adioining the CiW Hi" by the Byron Reed company, has become one of the beauty spots of Omaha within| ;o s L Something About Cement Construction ; and Court House keeps us in close touch with o little more than_a year. While parts .of | “HC FoHnE THomen s SEESUAl % the addition have been sold for a number [ %" e A b o nrd G of years, the selllng of & strip west of | 188t Week, is provided with the best grado Arthur C. Clausen, Architect, the pUbliC records. Our Organizafion is well i ., of wire screening and brass rails through- Thirtleth avenue and, between Capitol ave- | ("o Wop o sion Fence company in-| There are two things in which home nue and Cass streets, has meant the park- B el T et b e R TR on after the wall Is finished. There can developed and we are in a position to meet ing of a beautiful part of the addition, y be either what Is known as a carpet float while two bullders secured some of the anything else. One of them s the design- THE BEE'S PLAN OFFER finish or a cement dash. When a dash is H " while two bullders secured some of 1o | targe jron gates Tave been put up at|ing of bungalows and the other s the Sibed/b thars 1 IR ATE bitvaal shanll ariaet and supply the demand for quick (“at the Holy Sepulcher cemetery by the Champlon | diferent ways In which a h P Cf be r finely ci h modern residences and otherwise improved | porne o 2 L ch a home can be or finely crushed lime stone used in the " . . . . foodern pesidantol 81 barries (prored | punce compasny: et e Bl yThrough a spectal arrangoment with | | mixture to give a rough appearance. When drop of the hat") and efficient service, with- 3 The difference in cost between a fram ; this w vhich would deserve the name of “Drake’s : een a frame to offer eade & S Camblate s 1s properly done, it looks very well, which would deserve the name of “Drake's | mpe demand upon Omaha wire fence deal- | home and T o B LT h SNt Donbirhcted. bitaei bas plans, details and. specifioationy oo but Is a class of work which should only park. ers begins with spring and they have about | not come to the point where it is advisa- the home {llustrated on this ¥ out needless delays. ge with- be entrusted to a maso: 0 has had con- all that they can do to supply it until fall. | ple to build it change for 810, (Mr. Clausen is R a home entirely of cement the siderable experlence along this line. The ,0omia’ ‘second addition at Fortieth and he author of a well fllustrated book, Loomis' se ! although there is no doubt but what that " AT Maso) v ake a wi evel s ‘] Ames (s an addition belng opened by W.| Sturdy oaks from little acorns Erow—|wi be the eventual solution of the prot THE ART, SCIENCE AND SENTI- 6 et ),:"v'.vn'."h' valthe Shah o Call and inspect our new office. L. Selby, where lots are selling rapidly |advertising In The Bee will do wonders for | jom while lumber Pnt: MENT OF HOME BUILD- hi J ¥ AVE SH8I AR Id0h and many new. residences being erected. |your pusiness. 3 hile lumber dealers have been NG, thicker In some places than in others, | / placing their prices really higher than has S which never looks well. The water table owner can pick up the bricks and examine architect. Studio, 1013 Lumber Ex- | always place the last cost of any cement | i St ok | ORI ST | L K ROY N. TOWL. | Buildets and others. We are now them, passing his judgment on them just || change, Minneapolis, Minn. work, whether it be a dash or a carpet ’ for ‘our: lumbér supnly. 18" oere 138 a smooth surface. Sills are often made of Lo . I ally Carowibe: loss Sty vaar. “OMRi s R T e A cement, even for brick bulldings, contain- Civil Engineer always a favorite form of construction talning complete infarmation on the Ing reinforcing rods to guard against and probably will always remain so, but planning and destgning of every kind cracking. A cement porch floor should the labor of laying each brick separately PENIA, S+ 00NIANS SXIAMVE. Articies never be placed on a sanded surface, no . . that pop e o & The , We have recently added to our is considerable. The price, theretore, for || American Bungalow. also i Ty, |[matter how thoroughly it Is tamped ana Towl Engineering Co. : : masonry walls is in favor of concrete and || Story — Bungalow, ~BUNGALOWS || Worked down with water. 1t will in the . alrcady large list the Agencies of there is not the slightest doubt about the || BULLT FOR YA Tame of Dis course of a year settle some, causing un- Towl! Blue Print Co, . ctive ! , Plann| he Cot- s ¥ . some of the finest Press Face and | cautvalent in strength, in fact, a concrote [ | tage, ‘the Country Home. fhe Fagm || #Ent1y cracks to appear in the floor. For as well as an experienced builder or archi- float finish, all on the bullding in one day, | L = B tllustrated articles on en- e | “properly made,” for here, untortunately R DoNiwied aruiles bo S0 always be relnforced with iron rods, as Qur show room has been moved to |18 the one great drawback to cement and places, porches, kitchens, pantries, directed by the architect. In this way a concrete construction. There Is such an cement construction, articles on what perfectly secure amnd permanent floor is the ground floor where it will be ctaseein panmnoiane e 6 P AR |1 ol a0 DL UAINYS Do HiaTe: (11 Shtatnenr Aot g oy floar. s ting of Contracts, the Practical Bide advantage of for a builder to put In con- »f Home Bullding, the Sentiment of construction is to have cement plastered | nvienient for inspection b crete w et oper || FroaE o etce Price, post | | on me : or. 1 , . o Pe o | Sne i R aantaing bub i BB palil saasars of e T 1 S| | STy L e it mare e A | (Moved from 422 Bee Building.) Architects, Contractors, intending wo orders io Arthur C.' Clausen, | wall properly made is the strongest wall }ln":n-. Homes for Speclal Places, The this reason a cement porch floor or a tile H 2 hat o # , . 4 ‘ o duplex House, etc. There are ex- loor w 4 88 5 4 Enamclcd Brxck in thC country. that can be used, You will note I "““‘f’ Duplex House ere are ex: floor with cement foundation should [ tec e g gl sy s . ixing the Ingredients by actual measure- i W, [ tect. Unl he is a practical builder, | » better equipped than any firm West hiboi T e it 8 prachios - bulldey, ment and using only one kind of cement. | of Ch‘cago in this line, and our | Into the concrete wall. Bven if the proper | the aggregates in the conerete work are | Precautions of this kind will prevent the | Py e 5 proportions are being used in the mixture | bonded together, the same as in making | Wall from having a motley appearance. A hclhncs for furnlsh]ng thcse bnck | | of Its aggregates, he is no judge of the | bread, enough water must be used to bring | Wall should alws be thoroughly wet be- quality of cement used. The cheapest, best | about the chemical actlon of the yeast. | fore applying the last coat, in order to | are \II‘ICXCC“Cd. WC fCC], thcreforc, and most practical foundation wall is a | When the walls of the first and second | assure a perfect cohesion. A cloudy day solid concrete wall varylng from twelve | story are made of cement, there should [Is always the best for this kind of work, no hesitancy in soliciting a gener- to elghteen inches In thickness, according | always be an open space on the inside | since the cement will not then dry out too . . ous share Of your bnck busincss, and to the size of the building. The concrete [ between the wall and the lath and plaster. | fast, forming map cracks on the exterior | Tned a“d T]me Tes[ed should be of proper proportions, as speci- | This can be done by placing a course of | surface. Cement houses should be plain, invite an carly inspection. | fled by the architect, well tamped to the | hollow brick on the inside or by the using | preferably planned rectangular in form, A durable light weight roofing for flat or forms, using as much water in the mixing | of thin wood strips, known as furring | with as few turns and corners as possible. . g s possible. It is the water which brings | After the wood forms are taken off the | Concrete in a plain surface I8 very reason- steep surface on Store Buildings, Ware- C. B. HAVENS & CO. 4 ; about the chemlical action of the cement. | wall, it does not present a very sightly | able, but as soon as one goes Into round - and the more Of it that s used up %o & | sppearance. For this resson there should { ways, towers, fancy ornaments, te., it houses, Factories, Barns, Sheds, Farm 1805 Farnam Street. 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