Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-30
TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
North Sixteenth Street storekespsu Busy
Hunting New Locations
GOOD PLACES ARE HARD TO FIND NOW
Desirable sites for Business In Con-
Eested District Are scarce and
Expansion North and West
seems To he Certainty.

Seems to Be Certainty.
all the store keepers located on the east
side Of Sixteenth street, between Capitol
avenue and Davenport street, are hunt
ing new locations, they will soon have
to make way for the new structure which
Herman Cohn is to build on that half block.
Some of the leases expire January l, and
holders of them will have TO move at once.
The others will expire in February and
March.
This again brings to the front the scarcity
OF business locations within the business
district of Omaha. In the last two years
more than twenty-five firms have opened
up business locations on Farnam street
west of Sixteenth. While some Of these
are not the most pretentious in the world
they are forerunners of something better
for that street. Other buildings on Farnam
street are nearing completion.
With the building Of a cross-town line
on Twenty-fourth street. Twenty-fourth
and Farnam will become a business center.
for here passengers will be transferred for
all directions. That the retail space in
Omaha is entirely too small has been
brought home to the people of Omaha sew
eral times during the last year. Several
firms have desired to move, but have been
The Wabash did not want to stand the
raise in rent which the Board os Trade
is placing on its tenants but was abso-
lutely unable to find another location.
The city cannot expand much farther to
the south because the railroad tracks put
an end to expansion in that direction. The
jobbers are taking up more room than ever
back from the river front, so that leaves
a. a.
and west Sixteenth street has been i'm
proved immensely and many new blocks
are going up, with plenty of tenants in
sight The repaving of Sixteenth street
saved that street and II is now a busy
thoroughfare again. This demand for more
stores is forcing the business out Farnam
street and realty men say next year will
see quite a string of new business houses
of all descriptions along Il. The Jennings
Hyde Co.. which was forced from the Six
teenth street location by the building OF
the Cohn block. has chosen Farnam street.
and will soon be in the new Wead build
ing at Twentieth and Farnam streets.
An effort will be made to have the park
fund increased by the legislature from
$4,000 to $4,000. This decision was reached
at a meeting OF the Park board held
Thursday. Reports were read from sew
eral towns OF the size of Omaha and II
was found that Omaha expended less for
its parks than almost any city of its size.
Commissioner Cornish will prepare state
ment to the members Of the Douglas
county delegation to assist in their work
at Lincoln. Omaha has a splendid park
system and needs money to keep up some
of the larger parks. Elmwood park will
be more in the limelght, with the forma-
ton of the new Elmwood Driving club, for
the best driving road to reach the clubs
new site is through Elmwood park. Con-
siderable work has been done on the
boulevards which connect the parks, but
more money is needed.
For the purpose of building a Hebrew
institute a corporation will be formed
early in January. An active canvass will
be made for money, and soon AS an
additional $4,000 is raised, the building
will be begun. The sum of $4,000 has
already been subscribed and it is the pur-
pose to expend about $4,000 in site
and building. The idea is to have place
where all the Jewish societies OF the city
may meet and where the children may
be taught, as in Young Mems Christian
association. There win be a gymnasium,
rooms for the meetings of lodges and
rooms for children AS soon the or
ganizatlon is perfected, II is the purpose OF
the promoters to buy a site and be ready
TO proceed with the building soon as
the rest OF the money is raised
The Russian Congregation Israel has Sc
cured title on lot at the southeast cor
ner of Twenty-frst and Chicago streets,
which has been under negotiation for
about two months. The congregation
plans to build synagogue on this lot,
and will be enabled to do soon as
It can sell it's lot and building on Capitol
avenue. Several bids have already been
made on this property and 1t is likely
to be disposed of soon, so that the new
building probably Will be erected next
spring The new synagogue is to cost
$4,000 to $4,000.
Although the Omaha Real Estate ex-
change probably will discuss for the next
three months matters requiring legisla-
tion, yet It seems to be through talking
South Omaha annexation for the present
After the debate on the subject last
Wednesday IL was announced that the
matter would be allowed to rest for a
while. No special program is offered for
next Wednesday and the realty men
probably will do nothing but eat and talk
real estate matters.
Formal transfer of the Mercer pond
lots, the sale of which was announced
several months ago Is being made, Fri
day deeds we're recorded transferring two
lots from DR.. s. d. Mercer to the D. '.
Sholes company, Mr. Sholes is supposed
90 be getting these lots for the Sunderland