Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 2, 1915, Page 8

THE OMAHA IMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Real Estate Men advance Commis- sion Rates on Sales and Charges for Leasing of Property. MINIMUM CHARGE DOUBLED DEALERS, St. Patrick’s day this year the Omaha Real Betate Exchange raised its commla- slon rates. A half dozen or more | | changes were made In the schedule of | | [ charges real estate men are to consider customary in the matter of sales, rent ing property, leasing and making loans. Since then they have been largely living up to these new rates, While a great many of the rates were | left unchanged, some of them were radi- | cally changed. The new schedule is not | compulsory, but as adopted shall he considered by the exchange as the cus- tomary charge hereafter Before the new schedule went into ef- | fect, for example, & minimum commis- | slon of $25 was charged on all sales. Ac- cording to the new schedule a ‘minimum of $5 is charged only on sales of $50) or less, while a minimum of $0 is charged on all sales of between $0 and $1,00 A regular commission of § per cent was formerly charged on all sales of between $100) and $2,000 5 per cent in Now & charged up to 8,00, Formerly a charge of 0 per cent of the first month's rent was charged In cases In which a house was listed with a real estate man for rent. Under the new schedule 0 per cent of the first month's rent is to be taken and the owner is to pay for all advertising done In his behalf, Sales of Houses and Lots Reported | The Byron Reed company reports the | following sales during April: | Brick house, 1018 South Thirty-firet | street, Mra. A. G. Levy to Bmery John-| son, $4,500. House, 802 Webster street, W, H. Bmails | 1o Frank A. Hadden, $3,260. i Residence, 145 North Thirty-third street, Miss Evelyn Erickson to Dr. Louis G. Horton $380. { Residence, 115 South Thirty-fifth street, | _ Claus Blevers to A. McAuley, $4,00, i Bungalow, 2732 Davenport street, Byron | Reed company to John A. Walker, 83,60, Twelve acres northwest of Benson, An- drew Christopherson, $2,400. ‘ Thirty acres two and one-half miles north of Gretna, Linn P, Ruby Baugh, $3,37. Residence, 11% South Thirty-second | strest, W. A. Bridges to M. J. Feenan, | Six acres on the north side. of Martha | ' I between Twenty-second and Twenty- / fourth streets, heirs of John Campbell and { the Byron Reed company to Smith Brick © company. In the deal the Smith ok company sells the strip of land on the " south: side of Poppleton avenue between —— o Campbell to . Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth streets k: 10 the Byron Reed E Lot sales have been unusually brisk, the lot 22 to L. M, 1. @, Stevens, $815; Ane X, Willlama, $600;*lot 4 to Mary Mal. C4E 325, all in Center View; lot on liniing street between Fifteenth and “lateenth streets to A. Hospe, $1,760. Grading Benson - Garden Acre Tract Letmer Bros. have completed their &rading contract In'the’ Benson Gardens acre tract for Hastings & Heyden, mov- Ing about 20,00 yards of dirt along West Main street. Beven hundred maple and Carolina poplar trees have been nlanted ll: the roadways of the tract second tract will be put on sale this week, cdntatning 13 . which Wil make 200 acres in all of the 4¥-acre N farm purchased by Hastings & Hey- A.[C. KENNEDY COMPANY 1S MADE A CORPORATION ‘lt. Ailfred C, Kennedy company has incorporated. It W the real estate, loan and insurance business bullt Mp by Alfred C. Keénnedy. The business k thirty years ago by How- | Kbunedy, Later it becamo Howard Keancdy & Son, and afterward was car- ried on by Alfred C. Kennedy, who now becomes president of the mew combany. OMAHA REAL ESTATE MEN PLAN ON A CALIFORNIA TRIPJ Wfl@lhu ocean ‘with cathedral. Fortieth streets, About thirty Omaha real estate meps have already signified thélr intention of | making the trip to California for the con- | vention of the National Assoclation of | Real Estate Exchanges in June. The reu! | catate men hope to have a special train If & sufficient number make arrange- ments to ge. Tom Hughes Diesin | a 8t. Louis Hospital| Tom Hughos, traveling passenger agent | fur the Missourl Pacific, died at 9 o'clock | yesterday in the company hospital at . Bt Louls, where be hid been during the lust four wecks He was & yesrs of | 689 and had been with the Missouri Pa- | elfic thirty years, being one of the oldest | employes In point of years of service. ~'Phe death of Mr. Hughes was caused by | Mabetes. #ix weeis ago whige working | his territory, Omaba and tributory coun- | try, his shce raised a blister on one ot | % Mecls, The wound refused ® re- | | to trestment and he went to the | From the start the disease| tc spread and the doctors re- fused - to operate, asseérting that the poison had gone through his No hope for ‘bis récovery was Home Buildgrs knows cost of every home on it and we know just owner has Invested. safest security knowu. You can invest a larg: it as long it into cash on wl Our booklet, th free for the asking. American (INC.) Cor, 17th and amount weekly or monthly, HUSTLING OMAHA REAL ESTATE DeanjGlover JOE BAUNDERS. OMAHA WRITER TO GO WITH THE AMERICAN FLEET Attorney FL 8. Danlel has recelved Wword from his brother, Hawthorne, who is writing for papers and magasines in New York, that the latter will make the canal trip to San Franolsco American battleship fleet as the special correspondent for & news gathering agency, as well as for the Ou look magagine. The voyage commences about June 1 and will continue a month, including visits to both California exposi- tlons. PART OF PARK PLACE T0 BE CUT UP INTO CITY LOTS Two acres of cholce residence property in Park place is to be placed on the market by Hishop Scannell is & part of the church property orig- inally acquired by Bishop O'Connor, and lies adjucent to the new &t the exact which it has & mortgage because we built what ths Home Builders 7% Guaranteed Shates are secured by mortgages on new homes, built to order—the or small eave You wish or convert rt notlee, New Way," is Fisca) Agents ¥ HOME BUILDERS » Omaha, The tract Cecella's The lots front on Calffornia and Webster, between Thirty-fghth and | e | water | “Np, 1 don't know course,” I mot along very nicely callena’ got " | “‘Buenos Diog {ealte's expressPne A “good morning.” with that one, too. | schoot | R. L. Metcalfe Tries 1 3 smiled. They liked his smile, and ‘ Out His Spanish at ¢, et o o e avees | t0 Erect Another | . the deck chattering to him and asking 3 § M Vera Cruz, No Good 7, s tions "w">mn's: | Building in Omaha Aqua callena! It may have been "8I, senior, manana. - | That expression, or something akin to or something eclse but it was all the The Crounse block at Sixteenth slrn'l‘ il!, is what Richard L. Metchife had to same to Meteaife, so he had to re and Capitol avenue is the latest Six in the hotels’ in Vera Cruz to wet loe much sald Metcalfe on his return o two weeks' stay at Vera Cruz. when I wanted ice water, and I was another of Met. He pulled this one in the morning when he got out on the street and wanted to greet the dons with Yes, he got away It took a bunch of children on a Epanish boat on down to call hi Big as Sir Horace Plans Buenc 8" to them se he sald to the kaiser's “‘nix fersthey” and beg Oh, yes, he had still another to make room for a B e handsome structure. The property ad- ' wanted a hot bath in the otel But joining it on the east has been pur- | then what's the use? Buffice It that he | ,,00q by gir Horace Plunkett, the Irish | #ot these things when he aske@l for them. | s ¥ O FHCE UM belleve in | After staying In Mexico for two weeks | Omaha property so strongly that he has Mr. Metcalfe says the Mexicans are not | jonoy o of) ¥ Bl e of it and has con half bad If a fellow goes about his busl- | ganiiv made money on it ness and acts at home. ‘I spent some | g Horace hag given his Omaha agent | time in the iInterior,” he sald, “and, i | ingtructions to make arrangements for | fact, spent several hours around a depot tenants for a large new bullding to be at midnight waiting for & train. I min- bufit on the ground now occupled by | | teenth street property to be torn down larger and more | Spanish, of from “But 1 sald ‘aqua gled with the crowds and no ome mo- |the Crounse block, which he owns, and llested me or pald any attention to me.” 'sn the adjoining lot on the east. \ | tin and is one of and dlning rooms. NEVERLE T T I DDOnDS " OFFICE -6/ 2+/3-F24X T QI -BL SVRSTILOORTZ AN A modern frame and stucco residence | designed by Everett 8. Dodds, architect. | The house illustrated here was built on the “Prettiest Miloe"” by Charles W. Mar- the many beautiful homeh of the northern part of the city. The rooms are all very conveniently ars ranged, and the house Is“attractive on the inside as it is on the outside. enters the large llving room through a vestibule, and here we find to the left of the entrance a bullt-in seat and coat closet, in the center of the south wall & massive fireplace and on the right an artistio stalrway, leading to the second floor. Ini the rear of the lving room is & pair of French dgors leading to a cosy little- den. At the right of the entrance 18 & large opening separating the living In the dining we have the plate rails and panel strips, and both Mving and dining rooms are finished in plain red oak, with the beamed celling and wall cornice. Back of the dining room is the kitchen, with the bullt-in kitchen cabinet and work table, and gt the rear of the kitchen is the entry and the refrigerator room. On the second floor are three large bed rooms, a bath room and sleeping porch. The bed rooms are all well sup- Saving in Fuel and Increased Power Quickly Pays for Appliance and Installation Side Sectional View—Showing Fire T ravel and Smoke Consuming Process. The Herbert Down Draft Smokeless Boiler is the original smokeless boiler (See U. S. Patent offic Boller on the market today. In Use in Many Cities Throughout the Country In the very best buildings 367% to the city of Omaba on the City Hall building. Why Don’t You Install a Herbert Down Draft Smokeless Boiler It certainly is not on account of the expense. Omaha—your personal pride in your city demahds you install a smoke consumer. mands you use the Herbert. Call us up—we will be giad t0 figure snd show What We can save you—also guote price ou complete installation. OMAHA SANITARY SUPPLY CO. 1410-12 Howard Street. CEMENT BLOCKS Douglas 4428, Main Office and Display Rooms, 170812 Cuming St. Modern Frame and Stucco Residence ; | CAIT B T T OMAMA-/NEDR.> SLEEPING PORCI “FLAM/NO 606" OB CONDT % CORTLAN® One plied with closet space and are finished in white enamel trimmed. As a whole the exterlor and interlor are entifely harmonising and show not/ only & most economical handling of sphce, but are well adapted to the average family where three bed rooms emd a sleeping porch - vy are sufficignt to meet thelr require- ments. Anyone desiring further information relating to the above design or the de- sign of & new home should call or write to the architect, who would be glad to render ois services. for proof) and is by far the best Down-Diaft Most economical to nse—Easiest to install—costs less—guaranteed longest. Absolutely consumes smoke and guarantees to save 25% on fuel. We saved Can be attached to any tubular or watertube boiler. It cannot be because you do not want to help clean up Your pocketbook de- Telephone Douglas 858 That are absolutely waterproof; made of thoroughly mixel and cor- rectly proportioned comcrete; power-tamped and steam-cured. Our product leads in quality; is sold in Greater Omaba, and in Nebraska and lowa. IDEAL CEMENT STONE CO. The Real Economy In Buying Awnings Consists in getting such qual- ity of materials and workmanship as will insure satis- factory and efficient service, not only for this season, but for seasons to come. We will gladly show you the special features which make our awnings last longer— give more satisfaction than others. Call, phone or write and one of our representatives- will talk with you about estimates, ete. 'Scott-Omaha Tent and Awning Co. Successor to Scott-Rawitzer Manufacturing Co. Help Us Grow. Phone Douglas 882. Corner 11th and Harney Sts. Paint Your House Now Sherwin-Williams Best Paint (50 colors), per gallon \ Porch Floor Paint (8 colors), per quart Black and Green Screen Pal per quart Outside Spar Varnish, for doors, etc. per pint . Marnot Floor Varnish, per quart Pratt & Lambert’'s No. 61 Floor Varnish, per quart Lead and Oils, Turpentine, Putty. BUY YOUR PAINT OF THE MEN YOU KNOW, Shoppers Mileage Free With Cash Purchases. Barker Bros. Paint Co. Phone Douglas 4750. 1609 Farnam Street. Reorganization Sale of Wall Paper Our wholesale business has increased to such proportions . that We must increase our eapital stock in order to give OUr many new customers the same good service we have been giving our old ones. We are going to reorganize July 1, and in order to reduce our immense stock by that time we are making very special prices on all wall paper, including New Spring Goods. Nothing reserved. Ask your wall paper hanger to show you our sample books. He is making special prices on them now. Be sure you see them before you paper. 4 Cans of Wall Paper Cleaner 25c During This Sale Gate City Wall Paper Co. Southeast Cor. 24th and Farnam. Doug. 4173 PORCH-WINDOW-DOOR i\ AWNINGS |\ soe OF THE HJGHEST QUALITY. Got Our W~imates. ‘We Rent Tents and Camp Furniture, NEBRASKA TENT & AWNING CO. No Connection With Any Other Tent and Awing Conocern, Thone bLougias bu4l, 709 South Sixteenth St. STORAGE IS CHEAPER THAN RENT haste? Store Your Goods With Us While ool £ Why move in m“.’.‘:‘.‘t‘l L o king for o MOVING —PACKING—STORAGE ‘We Employ Skilled and Competent Workmen. Omaha Van & 'Storage Co. 806-818 South Sixteenth Street Phone Doug. 4168 The PHONE DOUGLAS 2081. PAXTON BLOCK, OMAHA, NEB, SEND 50 CENTS FOR MY NEW PLAN BOOK Heavy Hoisting E. J. DAVIS 1212 Farnam St. Tel. D. 353 Omaha real estate is going to take a jump this fall. Buy now.