Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-25
TALKS OF GROWTH OF OMAHA
Arthur ID. Brandeis md r. ROsewater
Address the Real Estate
Exchange.

Arthur d. Brandeis and E. Rosewater.
as the especially invited guests of the Real
Estate exchange, discussed real estate mat
tiers before the exchange at its meeting
yesterday.
Mr. Brandeis prophesed that Seventeenth
street would rival Sixteenth street for bust
ness. naming the large buildings already
located on that street and talking of other
large ones which are planned. He spoke
in a modest way OF the improvements be-
ing made by his firm. which came 10 Omaha
in 1882 and carried a comparatively small
stock in store at Thirteenth and Douglas
streets. He said the new Brandeis build
ing with its site, would cost 1900. 600
Omaha is growing fast and will develop
enormously in the next few years. he said
Mr. Rosewater talked of the westward
growth of the city. and particularly Of
the development of Seventeenth street Re
calling the days before the big building
boom. he told how IL was thought by many
citizens that the business part Of the city
would never grow beyond Sixteenth street
10 the west of which there was then a
steep hill. Some few men realized the
possibilities of growth, and It was through
their efforts that the Board of Trade build
ing was placed at Sixteenth and Farnam
center of business. Many wanted to locate
the building at Twelfth and Farnam, but
through the efforts Of Mr.. Rosewater' and
others it was placed four blocks farther
west.
THE business center Of the city has
moved westward one block every 1--WE
years, said Mr.. Rosewater i predict il
will be AT Twenty-fourth and Farnam in
twenty years.
! Stand up for Omaha and pull together. .
was Mr.. Rosewaters slogan. He said:
1t is public spirit that helps us grow
We can do nothing if each man works
only for himself and does nothing for the
general development All must pull to-
gether for Omaha l am not one who SAYS
we are going TO have l,OOO.OD population
but ! do say we are going TO have go. On
I by 1910. That much in four years means
a LOT of hustle and push. We cannot de.
| pend on the trade of the city for its ma
Z terial growth but we must have factories
and ! believe they are going 10 come ia
numbers large enough that our city viii
be known as an industrial center"
Mr.. Rosewater told how during the boon
days the city had grown from circumfer.
ence TO center, and how much OF VIVA
was then called city has reverted 10 corn
nelds. The growth now is Of the health,
sort, he said. ana advised that hereaftel
the city be built from center out.
He had words OF praise for the Brandei
brothers for their large investment at Sew
enteenth and Douglas and predicted tina
their foresight and enterprise would yiel,
them large financial gain as well az credi
for omaha's advancement. In this oonnec
ton, he said Seventeenth street, with tn
Branoeis building The Bee building Ne1
I York Life. court house. Boyd's theater an
the new Young Mems Christian associs
ton, was destined 10 become the busies
thoroughfare of the city.
II was announced by Mr.. Rosewater ths
sSss.00 out of the necessary $4,000 stoc
subscriptions, for the new hotel at Seven
teenth and Douglas had been subscribe
and that tl2.00 OF the ts.OO OF dona ton
had been secured. He said the city neede
more than one hotel. and another large on
would undoubtedly be built AT Sixteent
and Howard streets.
In closing he took occasion to mentiO
that another and better bind's-eye view {
omaha VIII be printed by The Bee in abor
thirty days