Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 30, 1910, Page 36

lding. The number of mén will onl ba limited by the number who may be kept 18 1o effort in being spared to rush construction of the new bank bullding busy, TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSsIP General Activity in Building Li Indicates Busy Season Ahead. ** | LOCATION OF PLAYGROUNDS | ENGAGING SERIOUS ATTENTION NEW HOMES ALL OVER THE CITY Baburbs Espeel Res y Show Life—Many lagned for Be Dundee— nees Florence « and ctors Busy. enter upon a tdenced by That Omaha about to big weason of home buflding is Park B confe #, Sdperintendent David Other Interested Parties Discuss Various Sites, Members of the Park board, Superintend- hools Davidson and K. ¥, Denison, boys' department of the Young Christian assoclation, have been ring on the matter of providing the Mon's publie playgrounds during the coming sea- son As vet no definlte plans have been the general activity in building lnes and | g5 mylated, but séveral possible locations also the large number of real estate sales. Some idea of the early start which i% to be made in home bullding this spring in much are under consideration. One plot of ground that is Jooked on with favor is on Willlam street, be- may be galned from the statement of one | {yeen Seventeenth and Eighteenth. This grading contractor, who alone has the con- | tract tract for excavating seventy-five o most of which are for new residences. | M. D. Reed is_planning to build twelve | new Sunset addition, and many others are preparing to bufld in Dundeo, which lles just fo the north Building 1s not confined td one section of | the city, but Omaha is filling up in all ai- | vections. The figures on the growth of ndustrial Omaha as prepared by The Be .-‘ for the New Year's edition show a won derfu! growth in this line and it ls that all these new i es pay to lnzge numbers of people who must Huve | homes in which to live ‘ residences in certain wages | . 1 The suburbs of Omaha are all showipg | new life and activity and are Increasing | in population at .a remarkable rate. Flor- ence 18 preparing to spend large sums in | public improvements such as pavements and sewers, and the dwellers in Dunde laying plans for paving many of streets in that beautiful spot. Many new residences are pianned in both Dundee and Florence, as well as in Ben- son., With the macadamizing of the road to the nogth of Florence many homes were bullt on the hills to the north and many more are planned. Florence now enjoys through car service to the business center of Omaha during the rush hours of the morning and evening when business men make the trip, making a saving of con- slderable time. are | the Contractors will have an easy task in ex- cavating this spring unless the ground freezes up again, as the snow has kept It from freezing more than a few Inches. One man was seen dlgging postholes last week with no difficulty. Graders have been able to keep busy at work all winter on some of the excavations for some of the new larger buildings, and one grading oute fit with a steam shovel began work yes- terday on West Dudge street. ™~ “The outlook for real estate business is most promising for the coming year,” sala JC. C. George, head of the firm of George & Co. and vice president of the Omaha Real Estate exchange. "I look o see more bullding done in Omaha this immer than has been done in any previous year. “‘We are having numerous applications for stores in the retail district dnd also for mote floor space in the wholesale and factory district than ever before. It ls estimated that at least one-half of this space is wanted by new ffrms. This nat- urally means that more people are moving into Omaha every week, and thls.will in turn make a big demand for rgsidences. " “Many applications for office space are coming from people outside of_the city, and new agencles are seeking location in Omaha. I also have been impressed by ,the large -humber of people seeking/ more space who are doing so because their pres- ent quarters. have become too small, *'When people move from one bullding to another the space left s taken right up by others, who in turn are secking more room or & new location, and there are few vacant buildings or offices. All these facts indicate a growing Omaha.” Harry H. Culver is moving from his offices om the third floor to §09-810 New York Life bullding on account of the re- pairs going on n the bullding. Five carloads of terra cotta for the mew City National bank bullding have arrived and Monday a large force of workmen will berorganized to push the work of enclosing I8 150x264, feet In size and could lars, | easily be convertéd into a very fine play- ground for the children of that district. A second possible site is between Cuming and Burt street, beginning on Twenty- elght avenue, where there Is a very large extent of vacant ground that jwould lend iteelf readily to such a purpose, and would be patronized by several thousand child- ren The playground agitation Is to be kept alive from now on by those interested, and tangible results are looked for before the summer vacation time. BOULEVARD TO FORT _CROOK TO BE MADE THIS YEAR Park Board, City Counells of the Two Citles and County Board Wil Co-Operate. It plans now Incubating go through, as it is confidently expected they will} the com- ing season will witnéss the completion of a fine_boulevard from the center of Omaha to the parade ground at Fort Crook. At a meeting Friday afternoon the - Park board took up the matter of boulevarding Thirteenth street from Vinton to the south city limits.| From that point the South Omaha city ouncil wil take charge and carry on the boulevarding to the'south limits of that city. From that point the Douglas' county commissioners will eom- plete the work to Fort 'Crook, Sarpy county being willing to chip whatever may be necessary to hold up its end. Members of the Park board and other advocates of the new boulevard are enthu- slagtic over the possibilities of the new road. It will be in some respects compar- able to the famous Sheridan road conect- ing Chicago with Fort Sheridan. \ Coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough are promptly cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. TUBERCULAR PATIENT KICKS Man at County Hospital Complains to the Board, but Gets Lit- tle Comfort. Hot on the heels of other troubles comes a charge that tuberculosis patients at the county hospital have been neglected and lil-treated. The charge is made to the Board of County Commissioners by Frank Maxwell, a patieni Maxwell complains particularly {hat nurses have been Inattentive to himself and other patients, that the wrong medi- cine was once given him and that once when he ‘entered complaint that steam heat was poor, Instead of its being in- creased, it was turned off for several da; Maxwell came before the board through County Judge Leslie, to whom Maxwell had applied to be sent to the tuberculosls camp at Lincoln. Judge Leslle, hearing his tale of woe as respects the county hospital, led 1im downstairs and the board at once sent ‘or Superintendent Elsasser. Mr, Elsasser admitted that steam In the pipes underneath the beds in the tuber- culosis ward sométmes runs low, but de- nled that it had ever been completely urned off. He entered a general denial of ales of neglect of patients there. Commissioner P. J. Trainor, chairman of he cominittee on the county hospital de- ended the tubercular patient ward. “You will get better treatment out there han at Lincoln,” said he to Maxwell, “and sou'd better go bacR.” This Maxwell agreed to do and he is now n the hospital once more, Bliilding Statistics Building operations for 1% show & hand- somb gain over 1905, Permits were taken out in 8 of the principal cities of the country during 1%9 for the construction of 100,664 bulldings, Involving a total cost of 716,458,442, as against 166,151 bulldings ag- greguting in cost $608,464,406 for 198, an in- oreass of 24,613 bulldings and $205,004,096, or 41 per cent, according to officlal reports o Construction News. The year just closed has probably been the most satisfactory “in bullding In this country, because of the high totals attained In almost every big city, in which anything of importance is going on. Not that the ihcreases were so large in any one partioular clty, but that | they were in & way o uniform through- out the entire list, only seven cities in the entire list showing decreases, These de- creases were mostly in the south and in cities which have not been contributing as a regular thing to the totals, and is hardly fair to make any comparisons to their disadvantage, inasmuch as they are all prosperous and growing communities and have maybe, in some instances, in the recent past exceéded the totals for year just closed. The decreases were in Mobile, 81 per cent; Terre Haute, 39; Stock- ton, Cal, 24; New Orleans, 10; Oakland, 9 Birmingham and Chattanooga, each 8§ per cent. The figures in detall are as follows: 190 No, ‘of Bidgs. 3,402 0 City and State. Maphattan and Bronx, N. Chigago, Ill.. oklyn, N hiladelphia, Pa.... San_Antonio, Tex Bt Louls, Mo. Beattle, Wash....... Washington, D. C Pittsburg, Pa Detroit, Mich.. ewark, N. J.. rtland, Ore. ansas City, Mo... Angeles, Mo inneapolls, Minn 0. b Bt k‘g?lnvu-.k Colo i waukee, Butfalo, N. b Rocnester, N . Bpokane, ‘Wash. Balt Lake City, Utah Cineinnatl, O.. Baltimore, Md.. Omana, Neb. - Indianapolis, tlante, Ga. kland, Cai ow Orleans, , Tenn. ..., . Masa..... ind. La.... Estimated -Per Cent.- Gain. Loss. R Estimated Cost. EEE SSHE 8. gE58E 5 =552 0 7,141,663 SEBRR23 SEARREIBERE: 986,626 1,212,700 410,745 1,284,235 BT, 832 591,000 756,500 215,008 LIS 508,454,400 PE T T = i the | I iplanned Its freedom? APTHUR C 1AL SEN- CARCHITEQT: *MINNEARoLIS MINN- Drsian No sur: PR LiviNG RooM 190" TIRaT:Floom: FLAN Toilet Articles-and Medicines at Cut Prices Monday You will find our drag #iooks contain any article for which any demand a$ all oxists in the and that our 18 a8 low s oan be obt: opists in rm-n, price u bo obtained anywhere in PERF 'WD! SOAFS IR $1.00 Pinaud's Lilac Vegetala for .. 26c Eider Down Powder for 26c Packer's Tar Boap for:.... 200 Tetlow's Swansdown, Monday Glycothymoline, at 230, 45, 890 Pasteurine Antiseptic 280, 890 $1.60 Orlental Cream for ! aso “Art Qum," for erasing and cleaning, 8o, 7o and ‘o | e 100 $1.00 Dr, Plerce’'s Medicine for ef%o Shoulder Braces for ¥ 1 o 380 Ay ™ A'A" 150 UR stately forests are fast dis- appearing before the/ hand in search of gold, but old Mother Earth still remains and frem her bottomless clay beds we must obtain our bullding ma- terlals Injthe future, the use of which are 50 well khown in the present day and have inn‘ since been tried and not found want- ng. The wooden age of home bullding be- longs to the past. It is as fitting and proper from kvery viewpoint to make our homes of masonry today, as it was to make them of wood .n the olden times. It is un- questlonably a more durable construction and therefore more economigal. A perish- able material must be very cheap indeed If it 1s less expensive in the long run than @ more durable substitute, but wood con- struction is not cheap under the prevalling prices of lumber. In addition to the dura- bility and economy of brick cofistruction is the wider range admitted In the way of beauty. A brick house wil comrhand immediate |Tespect, even when poorly designed in an architectural way. How enduring and sub- |stantial it looks with its solid walls and dgep reveals, and how much strength of character fs expressed in the very color of brick work, - which only becomes the more beautiful with age, and It lgsts un- renewed for ages. Molsture does not affect brick work. It s true that it is more or less porous, but there are so many simple ways of preventing the molsture from pene- trating to the Inner surface of a wall that it is not a point to be considered. Brick | will not disintégrate when it is frosted, as is the case with many kinds of stone. Having already been burned in the kilns until opaque, it will withstand the hottest the severe test of alternate intense heating and sudden cooling with water. Marble be- comes chalk under this test and but few kinds of stones will stand it. Since stone will not“ktand as well as brick, the vary- ing conditions under which it is often placed, it Is not strange that the life of .a wood frame house is so much shorter than that of a brick one. Wood will rot when damp. It will deterforate when dry and “dry rot” when excluded from the air. Looking back over the annals of our youthful country, how many of the wooden houses are still existing in which were It is .safe to say that not one is standing in a good stgte of preservation. All have met destruction in the flames, at the hands of men or have fallen Into unrestorable decay and stand tottering on the brink of yesterday. {Thanks to public-spirited citizens, we still have with us to awaken our patriotit feelings the old but sturdy brick bulldings |of Faneull Hall, the old state house of Massachusetts - and Independence Hall, though the exterior wood ornaments and mouldings have been replaced many times The first objection from an architeet's standpoint for the universal use of brick as a bullding material In the early days wag the lack 6t varlety In colors, the first bricks manufactured in. the country being practically all confined to two colors, a creamy yellow and redi The dlscovery of many different clay bedy throughout the country and the Invention of many modern progesses for the manufacture of bricks have made It possible to purchase them In |almost any color and any varlety of tex- ture desired. Brick; veneers belong mostly n three classes—sand mould brick, smooth ce- brick and vitrified brick. Sand mould bricks are the softest and cheapest, the easlest to lay In cold weather, the quickest 1o lay at all times, but are less attractive and less permanent than other veneers, The most-€ommonly used brick for veneer [ts a smooth face, hard burned brick, which can be obtained In a great varlety of col- ars, some belng clear colors, others having & mottled effect, which comes from the clay with which they are manufactured, / / Getting Bes fire and will not crack and crumble under | Arthur C. Clausens, Architect. MR. CLAUSEN’S BOOK “The Art, Solence fl'flnun.m of Homebuil 42 chapters, 200 {llustrations and a thousand facts on the planning and designing of every kind of home. It covers a wide range of subjects, in- cluding the planning of bungalows, suburban and city homes, letting contracts, choosing materials, proper design of entrances, windows, fire- pluces./etc. Price, post paid, $§.00 A monthly supplement, ‘Practical Homebulldmg." sent gratls for twelve months following the sale of the book. Address, Arthur O, Clausen, Archi- tect, 1136-37-38 Lumber Exchange, Minheapolls, Minnesota. known as lrun‘ glay, producing black or dark brown spots in the face of the brick. the body of these bricks usually running from a yellow to a dark terra cotta, with no 'two brick exactly alike. | “ Vitrified hrick, to which cliss belong the common paving brick, are \®ry hard, al- most impervious to moisture, difficult’ to lay, but very permanent, and when used in their place properly are very attractive. Manutacturers usually carry about eight different shades of each kind of brick. The darker shades are harder. also a little smaller in size. This varlation in color merely comes from the 8istance they are from the fire while burning in the kiln. Those nearest to the fire burn the hardest, shiink the most and become the darkest. The lightest brick in color shrink the least and ‘are farthest from the fire. No set rule can be established for the selection of brick, the style of the house or bullding having a great deal to do with' the ap- propriate kind or color of brick selected. Most people make their selection by look- ing around to see where they can find-a Mome or bullding, similar to their home, having a brick exterior which pleases them, and make theirs accordingly. It s oftén difficult, however, to find a building both similar in style and having a brick that pleascs. It is therefore best, both to save time and to be sure of .good results, to |take the arehitect's adeice in all matters of this kind. An architect is such by rea- son of the fact that born in him is the abllity to deslgn. An architect worthy of the name does not need to look at other bulldings in order to select the proper ma- terfals. He designs in his head, sces the bullding before him complete, and his plans and specifications are merely the mechani- cal means of conveying his head plcture to the workmen. In other words, an architect |1s an artist who paints with materials. A perfectly plain wall never looks as well as one-in which there is a slight va- riation of color. This 18 true of all things | which are beautiful. An artist's eve craves | variety. The blush on a malden's cheek | would not be charming if it were a fixed color over her entire face. When a. per- fectly plain or even color is used a variety can ' be obtained in the wall by using a mortar bead of a slightly different shade, but in harmony with it. Few people real- ize how Important & featufe a mortar joint 1s. It maked a great deal of. differ- erce as 0 what its color is, “whether it is wide or narrow, deep struck or shallow. For perfectly smgoth bricks a narrow joint is preferable. . For bricks with & ugged face and sand mould brick s wide Joint deep ‘struck-or one entirely cleaned out 0 a depth of one-half Inch is prefer- able. This latter method gives the bricks & chance to cast & shadow over joints and adsists in giving a variety of color té the wall. A variety is many times obiained by using vitritied brick of slightly difter: ent shades of the same -eolor. This is sometimes carried to the extreme, but N t Results"in Home Building \ N when used in proper relation to the design 18 very attractive, but few houses can| stand this treatment. They must be of bold' detafl and rather, rustic in appear- ance, the Tudor Gothic, style belng one| style in. which it can be used to advan- tage. These bricks sometimes qused as tapestry brick run_through various shades of coppers, olive-greens and purple-browns | to deep blue. A brownish gray, running| Jnto cream and coffee shades, deep russets | nd even tobacco-brown, glving In mass the effect of old ivory, are sometimes used. In the English style some very rugged bricks are sometimes used. There s one that 1s known as the rain Grop brick which has the appearance of having been thrown out into the backyard while eoft’ during & rainstorm. It has very little; shape and very deep indentations to indicate where the rain drops are supposed to have hit it. This brick is one of the extreme fols and is seldom used, but in proper hands gives a pleasing effect. ,When one comes to compare the actual difference In cost between a brick walled | house and evem-an entirely fireproof house, | with the old style of frame construction 1t 1s surprishg (owing, of course, o the| rapldly rising price of lumber) what litije | difference of cost exists between them, and | when one comes to consider the saving of | repairs the feeling of security, the beauty galned and the durabllity of a brick house, to say nothing of.the saving in heat and Insurance, one should stop and think twice | before bullding a frame house at:the pres- ent time, Most houses nowadays are bullt on thrift- less principles of economy. The prospec- tive home bullder loses sight of the fact| that for a light increase In cost and more care in construction the life of a house can be greatly prolonged and that the sav- ing In repairs alone will more than offset the additional expense. A brick house will greatly increase the value of the property on which it stands and the property around it. To build & brick house is to bulld & house which your children and thelr chil- dren can enjoy. Fireproof, a thing of beauty to them as it will be to you, to say nothing of the added secflrity, (he appear- drice of substantiality and ready salable- neéss. The additional cost s nominal. | 26 50c Soclete Hyglene Soap . Bosaeni'n® Powdar with gold 500 both for ... 26c Holmes' Frostiila for 10c Mistletoe Cream for.. Ivory Soap, Monday § cakes for 16c "French Chamois for ... Orangewood Manicure Stocks, Vantine’s Perfumes, Tollet Cold Crcul\{;lAluH line. Sanitol grw ations, every day, n_ hAlf pMos. FROPRTATARY - ABTIOLES AT’ X _ARTT 8 AT Listerine, Lamb ct)'&e 890 mbert's , 8 Bordens' Malted Milk, at '&e'.':h 780 Rexall Dyspepsiu Tablets, 260, 480, 890 All 26¢ Banitol Preparations « 180 il.on Cooper’s Discovery at ... 8%0 exall Cherry Julce Cough Drops... 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