Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-16
ARE ALL PULLING TOGETHER
Real Estate Men Appreciate the Necessity
of Cooperation,
BRISK INQUIRY FOR NEBRASKA REALTY
Advertising the Exposition One OF thu
Things which should lie Taken
Up In Enrncst-Gossip Among
the Dealers.

1t is an item worthy of note that there
is now a spirit of unanimity and a desire
to cooperate among the real estate men of
the city such as has not existed before for a
long time. Said a dealer the other day: II
have been a member of nearly all the real
estate organizations OF Omaha for the past
ten years and | have never seen such
friendliness and unity among real estate
men.
THE Real Estate exchange is not what it
should be in point of numbers. Every
dealer in the city should belong to it, 1t
would then have at least a hundred members.
A dollar subscribed by each would mean
500, and $40 subscribed by each for any
project would mean 81 900. In their action
one mans strength would be multiplied one
hundred fold. There never was a time when
the Real Estate exchange could do as much
good by united action as now. Omaha and
Nebraska are again coming into prominence
and prosperity and better times are in sight.
Good crops and the Exposition should put
new life and faith into every man in the
business. Real estate men are the pioneers
of every advance movement, and while hav-
ing an organization of their own they should
join with every other association having
for its object the upbuilding of the city
of Omaha. They should be a pillar Of
strength to the Exposition directory. The
Exposition project challenges the best efforts
and all the energy of every real estate man
In the city. No body of men can advertise
the Exposition as well as they if they will
take hold of it. They are experts in ad-
vertising and in this direction there is a
big opportunity for work.
NEEDS ADVERTISING.
THE people of Omaha regard the Expo
sition as an assured fact, yet those people
who travel bring back the news that very
little of anything is known about it beyond
the borders of Nebraska except in those sec
tons of the country were special COM
mittees of the Exposition managers have
spread the news. All organizations, includ-
ing labor, civic, religious and business should
do all they can in the way of advertising
the Exposition, but the Real Estate exchange
is the right organization to be at the head
of the advertising bureau, and to systemati-
cally, persistently and properly keep the
project before the people.
Some one hes suggested that much might
be done by getting out-of-town owners of
real estate to mention the project in their
local papers. There are distinguished. as
well as medium class people all over the
United States who have holdings in Omaha
who would be glad, if not to contribute
money, at least to speak of the matter
favorably in their particular localities. Mrs.
Cleveland was at one time an owner of
Omaha real estate. Wade Hampton of South
| Carolina has a block of ground here.
George Francis Trains interests may still
amount to something. Any of these people
and scores of others of equal prominence, if
informed of the scope and magnitude of the
| great fair proposed to be held here would
be glad, no doubt, to spread the news and
favorably advertise the matter. The financial
and business managers of the concern
should plan a great show on a broad scale,
worthy of the endorsement of the best people
of the land, and then the Real Estate ex-
change should Systematically advertise the
| project from one end of the land to the
other"
G. A. Starr, one of the most active real
estate men of the city, is taking a needed
rest at Lake Quinnebaug.
w. T.. Graham and b. R. Ball report
many calls for houses, more than there has
been since last spring.
George G. Wallace reports a great demand
for outside acres with small houses on
them. There is not near enough improved
acres to supply the demand.
F. d. Wead has just sold for cash a house
in Windsor Place.
The Byron Reed company has sold for
cash two lots at Thirtieth and Davenport
streets, in brakes addition, the purchaser
being Ed B. Williams.
J. II. Parrotte has rented houses in the
past week to parties from Illinois, Kansas
and Wisconsin. The exposition seems to be
one reason for their locating. He sold for
cash Il 81, 900 property at Twenty-second and
Burt.
Garvin Bros. sold to Christian Ebbens-