Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-16
HALF BLOCK FOR FACTORY
Tract at Ninth and Farnam and Douglas
Bough. Tor y. E, Smith & Go,
TWO sleHr-SroRY BUILDINGS TO GO UP
one viii BE the Manufacturins
Plant and che other
Warehouse for the
Firm.


A contract has just been closed for the
purchase of the half block between Far
nam and Douglas streets on the west side
Of Ninth street, upon which is to be erected
for NJ L. Smith & Co. the largest whole
sale establishment in Omaha
Arthur c. Smith. president Of the firm;
Ward Burgess, vice president: Thomas l.
Kimball. architect and Attorney l.. f,
Crofoot left Tuesday for the cast to IN
spect other establishments OF q like nature
preparatory to drawing the plans for the
new buildings.
The establishment will consist Of two
buildings, each to be eight stories in height
and each 132x132 feet in dimensions. one
will be used as n warehouse The struc-
lures will be erected by Mrs. Catharine h.
! Nash and in them NJ. L. Smith & Co. will
concentrate the business which is now To-
Gated in four separate buildings in differ
/ ent parts of the wholesale district.
n. p. Dodge Turns the Deal.
| Negotiations for the purchase of the
Ninth street property have been in prog
ross for some time owing to the fact that
the property was owned by seven different
parties one Of whom is in Europe, while
others are nonrcsidents. The deal was en-
! gincered by n. F. Dodge & Co.. with Gro
foot & Scott representing Mrs. Nash, In
| some instances the Byron Reed company
aud John ITrenzer assisted the Dodge firm.
! representing the owners. The property was
, bought from these parties: Milton Rogers
| estate Evelyn Pattcc. Marcus Rosenwasscr
| on the Farnam street frontage, and Mary
| Mcneil. Earl Gannett and James F. Nolan
| on the Douglas street frontage.
A comparison of the present quarters OF
the NJ. E. Smith firm with the contom'
plated structure gives a good idea Of tho
magnitude of the new structure The On
tire store space of the company at present
is equal to a twelvC-story building 1872 feet
square, or aOaOSS square feet. When the
new bulldogs are complete the floor space
will be eC~al to the firms present Howard
street store were It sixteen stories in height
making the floor space of the now buildings
27s.7S4 square feet. The present floor space
of the firm is divided between four build
ings.
History Of Firm.
! The firm of NJ. r. Smith & Co. came tC
Omaha from Council Bluffs under the firm
name of Smith & Crittenden. The firm
first occupied a building on lower Douglas
street, a by 100 feet, and five stories il
height. Later 1t moved to its presen
. quarters whore the building is 132 fee
square and six stories in height. A factor!
was then established at Eleventh ant
lJUuBl8S streets, WlFI0 'll' 'iAiAA 'NNNli"'
six floors in a building Is by 100 feet. out
side of these two buildings the firm has
storage capacity of 66 by l32 feet, six floors
Thomas l.. Kimball. the architect, vii
begin on the plans Immediately upon hi
return from the east and the building vii
be pushed to completion.
The construction of this establishment
will mark the first large wholesale hous
TO he located north of Farnam street an
in that pa rticular new departure Is mad
in the wholesale affairs of Omaha. 1t
expected TO open the way for other whole
sale houses and in the opinion Of .rea
estate men other jobbers soon will NOV
to the north side; this because of the bette
! trackage facilities which will follow tn
. opening of the Union Pacific tracks o
Ninth street It is recognized that as Ion
as the Union station is kept at il
present location it will be impossible fo
. tracks to be laid across Tenth street, eN
Il cepting in the territory north of Farnan
k and for that reason complete change
the wholesale district is anticipated