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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BE " \ \ 3 of the roof have not arrived and nothing | JrUiL i .( ‘d ,"T” ' l Getting Best Results in Home Building $15 South Twenty-ninth | Period of Development in West 110 o residence at i South Twen At Arthur C. Clausen, Architect. street, wh be of brick veneer Farnam District, cost will be §7,500. | S i ' built this Many building perm! ave be Juntry were of WO Next NEW RESIDENCES PLANNED':‘,“‘:H,: b S i tal SRS B : m - G : 4 I, Thl cuies of Wheatun ¥our Homes Projected in Fashionable | Neve been to a great extent fo { materials are still popular In will cost froni $1.300 to $2.300. The abteliotion’ ot heties. B Residence Territory, J Involved Totaling Hu Ingmen. to be the ¢ 1 ® ¥ ment age, both in the building dred Theusand. —n of homes and build Contractor Robert Houghton will have a| 1n the construction of brick, stone and L : BOTH WEALTHY SUBURBS OF CHI- A number of »:Tm: o Hiive il - WeteHiAR. . ol ? DAGO, have adopted plans for the cover- : cement houses two methods are used. One been the new Howell warehous s to make the wal 1 of t make the walls solid of the materials purchased in the West Farnam street dis. |erected at Eleventh and Dodge telct since the first of the h (o be seen on the outside; the other is to ng of all store buildings with Stucco on u | vear and some | Houghton will rush the brick wor tuilid ¥he Wallé of Irisie conetibetion with | s A Bxpanded Metal Lath as the first and ne residences will be erected during the | building, as the owners desire to have the ! o e m durable mater - : i coming summer. A. P. Tukey & Son have | warehouse completed at an earl ] feavir e i e ; most necessary step in u comprehensive y “ nee pretentious | /€8VINE @n air space between the masonry S ferla 4 purchased six sites, four of which will be |18 but one of many more or less pretentious | (EUTE RE G Shace BETWERT the masonry S system of civic improvement. buflt upon. Of these C. M. Wilheim ob- |bulldings now being Built in h® S%e| material is a little cheaper it is not near This work is to be done with fund tained a lot at the corner of Thirty-ninth 1eigh b W, whic will great improve o R b 1 N %0 permanent as 4 solld masonry wall ' i and Davenport, 100x135; C. F. Dickson |that section of the cits bk thoet vrectioel wny i whidh.s Bl . 1 raised by publie subseription. :;“;'-l 1{1\-;1 'I;I»‘“\ Vit bab b hirtys ARTISTIC BRICK IN VOGUE bulld a house with a cement exterior is to § i | The frame vesidences are to be con 9; ", McGrew bought one at Thirt tirst build the wall of either brick or con- S 3 i i f ninth and Farnam, $x137; H. F. Willlams Vékete: Wiocks, M:H”'H i “,\:‘, ok : " 3 3 verted at owners cost with a view of do :::ml“:;z':’mv;Llln,.m it M»" ,I i e Change in Style ix Now Belng scraped out deep to form a clench for th ing away with the wooden appearance Xt 1 these sites home e cement sur put on the outside. The butit # the purchasers that will cost from | by the Architects In Hand- (Rt e put o 1o Ve SoRbe AL M- g ' SR of the towns. asome Residene ent shot be put on in two coats, the . \ 3 s $20,000 to $40,000. 1n addition to this Bishop | first coat a werateh coat at least 1%-inch . This example could be followed with ’I'nllnmn bought the Morris home at the | | N i er of Boulevard and Harney street and| A new era of artistic brick work has ar- | thick and made rough on its surface be- p ; great advantage by every western com. . Bock obfained the . v Lewls place |Fived at Omaha. Only within the past year | fore drying. The finlsh coat can be either nunit . ot Portieth and Harney streets. Jerome|Of 'O has the attention of owners and |8 mparatively smooth carpet float fin- i y. MoGes algo bought the property at the cor- | 8'chitects been directed to the artistic pos- Ikh, @ light dash comt or a very course i i % i Fin Farlouiabe Beht Moe by ner of Thirty-elghth and Jackson streets | fibilities in connection with ):Hch construe r,lv;ulu l:nx dash ~0mn'»],| ;‘....‘:,.q{: by L . 3 . i ¥ tion. It was not long ago that no Omaha mason of experience in this class of work, | Sk g ! ¥ 2 ey e e hat e oo i o . e+ a1 ot e | | R e (. NORTHWESTERN EXPANDED METAL Co. roal eotate G| smooth dry pressed biHok of red or gray or | both his head as well as his hands to do - . ey . - i B L e o el | Bett et & Bt nd warlhfacibby iaby. ¢ reiiivea & [ RN v S s 84 Van Buren St., Chicago h | The tendency to make brick work. look man with a good eye to get the dash S 3 W ’,’w. M. Parker sold the building at 106 | ke & painted wall prevailed until recenily. | evenly distributed so that it will not be Douglas street to David 1 for $19,000, | Narrow mortar joints of same color as the | heavy in one place and too thin in an- | Bty 13 & foutestory BHok strigture | brick emphasized this eff By some it other | has been defended under the term “mass| One unique B, A, Baird sold tho row of brick fiats |Sffect.” One of the best posted uthorities | ment ie (o put on a smooth coat and while | served well In Kngland since the adoption at Eighteenth and Dodge streets to Harold | 00 brick effects is quoted as saying: “When | wet make impressions over its entire sur- |of plastered exterfors. Furring strips , Gifford for 16,00 The deal was made last | brick work looks like brick work it 1s besu- | face with & cokrss spongs. Before the |shoud aiways be placed eight inches on | MR. CLAUSEN'S BOOK week. | titul if the brick used has the elements of —— | beauty It is reported that an offer of $45,000 was| It is clearly apparent that Omaha archi-| made for the Drexel hotel property at Six- | tects have placed themselves In the front teenth and Webster streets last week. The |rank of progressive designers in brick by method of surfacing the ce ss-crossing woud lath is good and has first coat is put on the masonry wall, and | center back of all metal lath, since with | between the first and second coat, the |those placed only sixteen inches on center “The Art, Sclence and Sentiment walls should be well wet with water from | the wind will invariably cause cracks to | of Homebuilding.” a hose, If possible, in order to be sure that | appear. All exterior cement work should 42 chapters, 200 {llustrations and a | the material adheres perfectly. have a wide cornice over it to protect it thousand facts on the planning and " property is owned by L. B. Schreb, who |8IVIng full value to the brick as an artlstic | A hagper method of obtaining a cement | from the rain as much as possible. The designing :A]fd-'\-rf‘ :mg ;'fmfj'::": "l“ lives in California. The property was |building material. Evidences of this fact | e . Thte e Wit covers a wide range of bu T ¥ s exterfor is to Jath on furring strips with | less moisture allowed to get into the walls cluding the planning of bungalows, bought by him last year for $70,000, | are numerous. The beautiful residence of G ‘ metal lath over a frame wall. One annoy- (he longer the metal lath will stand. If suburban and city homes, letting - ”“= " ““" " st . 8. B. Doyle at Thirty-eighth and Californ'a | ;.. very common to exterior plaster work | the wall is exposed to the rain directly at contracts; choosing materials, proper l o |" lll A new coal and building material yard |treets, from plans by Architect Thos. R "0 “hking " in which no method, not |all times the metal lath will seldom with- || BiaeE. @ic"Price, post paid, $1.00 I"l" "Il T "" {8 being built by P. J. Creedon & Sons, at | Kimball, 18 a type requiring the particular . .4 o cyponse, seems adequate to | stand corrosion by rust for more than ten 2y ¢ iy hili=== IntH Forty-sixth and Dodge streets. The firm |°ffect produced by the rich dark brown | A monthiy supplement, “Practical ] 1y New Location—Fifteenth and Jackson Btreets | overcome, is the appearance of fine hair | years. Even the very best makes ot metal (| A& TN, WPPERC™ g g (V0 Iready has one yard and mill at this | (APestry tone against a generous outline of | oyo'in’que time n the exterior surface, | lath on the market are apt to rust out in twelye months following the sale of int and the new yard, with cement front- | White stone trimming. o " Cirnal following the direction of the studding. | exposed pla rone but the very best ob- the book. ' 4 3 e dngs, 18 belng installed across the street, | The new residence of Mr. Charles Kirsch- |\ "o 0, " trom the middle to the top | tainable should be used, regardiess of the (| sqaress, Arthur C. Clausen, Archi- Iron and Wire Fences, Trellises for Vines, Tree Guards, Within the last few years several new |Praum, at Thirty-elghth and Farnam, from | A | of the wall. This can be overcome by |initial expense. This is one of the items tect, 1136-37.38 Lumber Exchange, Hiwhj_ng Posts and Window Guards a o ;4 Inger, is a | | » i » ‘l:’lg“;;"lr‘"“‘rlh""" ""‘: '."l‘"': ""l"\ around ‘r’“‘::;:l °§,Al;;::::ff ,‘l;,,,,\",‘.“,',:" :f"';mm:. using small * frons for furring, but is | in which the saving of pennies is apt to inneapolis, Winuesots. ] e Bel ne. The remarkable business done iy f v ly Engll e 10 —— Telophone Douglas 15%0. nd for Catalogue. stuceo. rick 18 too expensive. The early English way of | mean a waste of dollars in the long run hone Douglas 1520. ? . | for . by All of thess is fndicative of the growth [POh brick and stucco. The brick is & | of Omaha. small spotted paver, lald up with a wide, R raked out dark mortar joint in such a way DEssican Ho ooz \ 3 as to give the effect of solidity and texture LIRTHY R C CLMODEN. ARG P. J. Creedon & Sons have secured the g, e 3 i TR RO 1. 1+ contract of bullding the addition to the to the wall Many other residences and Richardson Drug company building and ;’;‘::":,x,:k“:m(;m;;:-”m’y”E‘::‘Iv" «-r"::\: o il work will begin at one. The addition will e i Py Architects Fisher and Lawrle produced a | be #7x67, two stories and basement, but Will | igriried characterful brick sffect in the | be 8o bullt that three more storles may be Loty new residence for Mrs. W. B. Willard at | R g 8 | X d Plumhl“g 3 Thirty-ainth and Dodge streejs. This is a | ey Dirires i ] 3 ' Wgtinnis | colontal design to the last iftter and the = oom L The Wwork of tearing down the old frame | brick used produces a rich antique s wenwee 3 e ° structure at Tenth and Howard streets, | tone, and. being vitrified, will retain Its | i oy S upon whose site a new cight-story cold | present beauty permanently. i ¢ 3 storage building will be erected by David| In the residence of FE. F. Howe at| a v i Cole, s almost completed. The new bulld- | Twenty-ninth and Pacific streets, Architect | i : . ing will be used in conncotion with the|John McDonald has created a remarkably e - [ hig David Cole Creamery company. attractive brick design. The color scheme | 1 3 i " 2 Estimates 1 iable chocolate, il h Pl b‘s{ d“'“i “ t The work of wrecking ‘he huilding at the | (o dark and lald wp In dark moriar. Be- v umbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating ~civen corner of Fifteenth and Dodge streets, ol ] /r low the superstructure a dark brown face e naid | Doug. 1082, 2221 CUMING STREET B-5352. wWEich 18 to be the site for the new Unfon | brick s used. ) : Pacitio bullding, is almost completed, and it is expected that excavation will be|Mr. E. A. Hinrichs in the Field club dis- \started some time this week. trict and the light kiln-marked pavers show Tt is understood that the plans for the| of the frame structure. mew Unlon Pacific bullding will call for a| At Fortieth and California Architect F. THAT’'S THE KIND WE SELL twelve-story structure that will lack but|W. Clarke has built for F. Christian a red | Sam; ugge i ! Suggest the Range of Sherwin-Williams Assortment. five feet of being as high as the new City | brick residence and has shown an artistio 4 ',"'T t Pnfi; n,;t?,,', r 15c “.‘,non Outside and Inside Paint (covers National Bank building, Which ia sixteen | result from a very low priced brick # T S allon can Outside Baint, covers 1,000| = 300 square feet), 40 shades to choose storfes, It is said that this arrangement| Architect Lloyd D. WIillls has begun the square feet vevn..$8.50] from, at . $1.76 is made with the idea of bullding high cell- | erection of an unique residence for the S OND Fre e Pinr | 1.“bint_ Bicyele Enamel .............900| 1 quart Mar-Not Durable Floor Varnish, | 1 * Y 850 ings to assist In procuring as perfect ven-| Misses Sharpe at Forty-first and Daven- - 5 gallons Rich Red Barn Paint ....84.a5( at G JALISh s se.ssansnsnsr-380 14-pint Pure White Bath Tub Enamel tilation as possible. | port streets. 1t will be half brick and a 1 pint Good Varnish # g iy 5y b RO g s R ————1| 1 quart Inside Floor Paint ......... 460l . R Turkish tone is to be produced through x at 1 gallon good Roof Paint ......... '11'25 "a-plnl "’UBK}/I l‘u{lnl . »" ceean g:: Excavation for the Kennedy building at | the use of a thin rough face brick running citfes, in all of which there has been un-| 1 pound Color Ground in Oil ........18¢l {-pint Can Aluminum Paint ....... Bixteenth and Jackson has been finished |Into the purple and red hues. The brick Breosdanted (motivity for & longitime; o SHERMAN & McCONNELL DRUG CO. and the contractors will begin at once on| Will be lald up with a half-inch thick Buildln Shows Increase Szample, Naw, York s a dscsense of 8 teenth and Dodge Btreets. the foundation. It is expected that the|mortar foint raked out nearly half an inch g per cent, Chicago 3, Philadelphia 10, Brook. Corner Sixteenth and Dodg . buflding will be finished by September 1. | from the face {Ivn & St Louiw 27, Seaitlé 3, Detrolt 13 ONL DPRUG CO®., Corner 16th and Harney [t Building operations throughout the coun- taken out during the month just closed for | Milwaukee 25, Buffalo 10, Toledo 33, Wilkes- . = éi X~ 5ok A W A delay in the work on the Christian | A Shooting Scrape A April show an increase of 8 per nent |1%311 buildings, involving a total estimated e s P e i Das: Molnse "" ','r“"; Bclence church at St. Mary's avenue and |with both parties wounded, demands Buck- |\, o APl Show ¢ % .| cost of $4M63 for the same month a | iancoga . and Ban J(;g; »; st Twenty-fourth street, has heen occasoned |ton's Arnica. Salve. Heals wounds, sores, |OV¢T (he sme month a year ago. Accord-|yeq ago, an increase of 973 buildin: | Pacitio coast oities, with the exception o | 2 x by a shortage of steel. Some of the huge |burns or injurles. %c. For sale by Beaton |8 to officiul reports from forty-seven |gyo65m0, a gain of 8 per cent. The figures | Seattle, which have enjoyed 4 “"{'"‘"{‘"{ : 3 Purtahla screa“ H““ses pleces that will go into the construction | Drug Co. 7 cities to Gonstruction News, permits were |in detail are as follows boom, are still forging ahead, Los Angeles VL8 _ |showing an increase of 2il per cent, Port A part brick house has been built by 910.— 1909, |land 22, Oakland 220, kton 43, and there = = CITY AND STATE, No. of Estimated 1 Bstim'ed -1Per Cent-- [ 410 wonderful evidences.of a revival in the Biges. / Cont. | Gain. Lose | uth, notably San Antonio, with an in- For Town or Camping New an,, 113 $15,700,500 @ 1 an Sgl\;&g_”(l'u“,omu‘h MR 12 i 10 creake ofy 168 per cent, Richmond 58, New 8 |Philadelphi v % 3 8 . 10| Orleans 28, Birmingham 34, Dallas 2, Mem- Pn[ch sc["n" wn]do' and [Recotyn, N Xop-: B 5! phis 12, and Louisville § per cent § Lo8_Angele: sk hyosds 4 |Bt. Louis, Mo chone vanpes 3,679, 87| The situation throughout the entire coun- n s I“ | Praiina’ ore ) : . 5 - | try wears a most encouraging aspect, noth- 4 i 00r acreens (TT] |Indianapolis. Tnd i 3 9 seeeanes . s ¢ *|ing of an untoward appearance is to be wark. Ay IR K , - g . Telephone 1 B A o i : 7 . [found at any place upon the horizon. 0 h w d s c If so let us do it for you. We know how and we want [§|Buiimore Md-oooooooonnes 1 : . mane ool livdichovion Nt b e | Cleveland, O % { . | o f b Field Club District Improvers. your business. IR tary 1. Gl (4 512,690 Favorable comment by those who pass |8eattle, Wash. 3}| through the Field club distriot—is heard | Pittsburg, Pa s adl sethens ¥ s - when the improvements that have been B PR die e s B B 3 | made are noticed. President W. A. DeBord | | Detroit. Mich 9 4 16| of the Field Club -District Improvement Cineinnatl, O . 8 club has been hard at work all spring im- |Atlante, Ga i 5 Richmond, Va.. 3 I her 3 5 9 R 6 L proving the sireets and property adjacent Milwaukee, Wis........ Fos 6 920,462 25| to the club grounds. Thirty-tifth avenue is | Buffalo, N. Y . ROREON D] e especlally attractive after improvements our un s e e T 41 88,248 SRS 16 | have been made and Woolworth avenue |Omana, 1 i e o 183 489,250 | and the streets running north of it include | Worcest f 1 S 2 338,463 ] § 3 3 5 | a residence district that Is a rival for any cnal a d B"“din M t l : p o ‘3:5..“"1'-»;""' . . : x 8 - |{n the city. President DeBord has prom- || . e"a in our new fire-proof ware- [l Dahas Tex... ... o ¢ Ay R imd to call another meeting of his co-work bouse. It’s the largest and [|MemRA T i 10 e AR ey dale 30 disoust pisna for Coment Sand Lime Stone Plast | Reusyine, 23 | keeping up the good worlk. most convenient warehouse | Witkos-Barre, " Pa 5 7 DL e | B TELEPHONE HARNEY 2160 46TH AND DODGE STREETS Duluth, Minh,....... ot ; pe . 80 T e 6 | in the west. | | OUR POSITION AMONG HOUSEKEEPERS | | {Davenport, 'a.... 3 : { |, Have you u plano that on a-»..u..(‘ml‘ Call Douglas 1758; Ind, A-1335 [ s o K A okl Potatoss, Lawn Grass, Flowering Bulbs, Ft Terre Haute, ind - 13 & cleaning bil Btockton, Cal . 6 2. 3 We will be pleased to expleain how we | | Pueblo, Colo iXrasin 1 5 can artistically repair, refinish and tune Why wasts time and money planting - your instrument, putting it into first-class WRITE FOR Tota l'J"Hl 9,301,489 nditi t moderat: t $oubtinl needs ‘when you oau' buy seeds fuas otals ... 193 501, condition al a moderate cos : Eea = = Our varnishing department is one of CATALOGUE grow from fgase the most complete in the west, which E 804-812 Scuth 16th Street | There were increases in thirty-two und \the condition of the different eitles, it Will | places us in & position to handle any ind FREE THE NEBRASKA SEED COMPANY decreases In fifteen cites, an unusually |pe seen that none ave enjoylng a con-|Of varnishing, including Planos, Furni- AP ————— favcrable aspect In comparison with the re- | tinuously extremely active period, while | (e, of every description and the wood- 1613 Howard Stree! Telephone Douglas 1261 cent months, in so far @ the number of work 08:the homh |none show a continuous falling off month | Have us call and give you an estimate R — | elties showing increases are concerned. The | yeie, it i by ey g g T s | Sities showing in 900 0. Th month, and the whole situation, it |on anything in our line, free of charge. | Plano here were gaine . From the variatior in |condition. The decreases are in the big |1908 Maraey Seeack. " 'Fhone, D. 803 He‘\ry M, Jo‘\annszen Ef:lpsfl&eml:al:lll"::eor Paints, Qils, Glass.--Glazing a. Specialty s - s et | . ¥ g (::md Paints at Reasonable Prices. ; > = resi | b T M pENARES A . Ot o ey Artitie Face srick R The LCONOMY WINOOW SCREEN $ooenaip 4 o Let us help you in your brick selection | WiLL SAVE YOU ONE-HALF e ; wssorvorm i s RYour Brick Work " Wekomn e ik nen st venc oy | T H. WEIRICH FIXTURE €O, diact* fle :l‘ime and Place to Buy Fencing 3¢ Per Foot and Up. [ interest you in the right brick for you: 10T _NCRWE S SFRREY. SEOND WARNENS ferr e b, Pt bmavadhel SHRY will be artistic if you use our Face Brick—Ne wall too building Electric Blue Printing, day or night, small to be artistic. Robndvabita. 7 Ttes fo Ieds & MANTELS AND TILE - m You will add to the investment value if you face the Fireplace Grates and Fixtures, Tile Floors for all purposes, too small. wall with Sunderland Artistic Face Brick—3ore than 100 Furnaces and all kinds of Hardware. MODERA TE PRICES kinds; all at reasonbale prices. | 161% HARNEY ST. Milton Rogers & Sons Co., 7th Floor Bee Bldg. 17th and Farmm ml a Fourteenth and Farnam Streets