Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23
TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
s slss for the Year Three Million Dollars
Ahead Of 1905 Record.
BUILDING ACTIVITY STILL NOTICEABLE
Many Projects Announced and Many
More being Considered for
the Coming season in
Omaha.

approximately 100000 ahead OF last year
II the present month exceeds December Of
last year, then every month OF 1906 will
I have beaten the corresponding month Of
Ni9O5. The month OF heaviest transactions
was May, when property valued at 81 IA, 65s
changed hands; the month Of lghtest tram
sactions was February the value of the
property sold being sos, 1850. May is the
record month for many years.
At present there is lull in the real
estate business. 1t always comes about
the time OF the holidays and continues
until the opening OF spring say March l.
The dealers, however are preparing them
selves for the busiest spring they have had
since the good old days Of the late SOS.
A syndicate Of ten men represented by
George & Co have bought an eighty-acre
tract Of land on the north side Of Dodge,
four miles west of Sixteenth, and will
eventually make out of 1t place something
like Bemis park. Trees will be planted and
roads laid out to follow the contour OF the
land The piece will then be divided into
tracts OF from one to five acres and sold
The members Of the syndicate do not in
tend to let their identity become public at
present. Several Of them expect to build
residences in the new suburban place. The
ground viii be plated in the spring and
the contract let for grading and tree plant
ing. Forty acres Of the land belonged to
David Reed and forty acres to Hugh Nc
Caffrey. The price paid was $4,000
David Reed bought ninety acres, Of which
the forty he sold was a part in 1879, for
$500. The syndicate has contracted for
the sale Of something over two acres at
a price almost great as the total paid
by Mr.. Reed. Mr.. Reed has given into
the hands Of the syndicate the original
. patent to the land, signed in 1860 by Presi-
dent James Buchanan.
Fraternal organizations are like many
other institutions in this one respect-it
is impossible for them to hide from the
present prosperity. The local lodges OF
the Ancient Order Of United workmen have
bought the site OF the old skating rink
on Capitol avenue, between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets, across the street
from Trinity cathedral. They expect some
day to build there a temple to cost about
$4,000.
Daniel F. Corte transferred a part Of a
lot to the Woodmen Of the World last
week, and this organization now has an
entire lot Immediately adjoining on the
east its present home at Fifteenth and
Howard streets This will be the site Of
fine building which shall be a duplicate
OF the present one It will furnish plenty
- office room for the increasing number
of'clerks and will give the woodmen circle
more commodious quarters.
The Masons expect to build a temple
at Twentieth and Douglas streets next sum-
mer, but that is an old story.
II has been currently reported that the
lodges OF the Ancient Order OF United
Workmen expect to sell their building on
Fourteenth street TO the Union Pacific
whose recently purchased headquarters site
IS in the same block c. A. Wagner,
prominent member of the order, says tn,
Workmen have no idea Of selling, though
Of course they are not above price. Renta
property is such good investment at pres
ent that they expect to lease their old build
ing when they get into the new.
c. r. Harrison is a believer in Omaha
future. While he admits that the amour
OF money represented in building operation
for the year is not as great as in severa
other cities of similar size and somewha
larger, yet he points TO the fact that tn
percentage of increase in the last FEY
years has been greater I'm Omaha than &
| any OF them. Mr.. Harrison has secure
Official data from various cities.
Omaha's building operations doubled I
1904 and again I'm 1905 This year they wi
equal, and perhaps exceed, 1906 Minneapoli
issued 4,1F permits, aggregating 1872 a
in 1907 and 1886 permits, aggregatin
$S,657,S $50, in 1906 to date; Seattle, 6.S
permits In 1903. aggregating Sc, 4s5, rs
and 6,931 permits in 1906, aggregatin
= S9,522,lS2 Buffalo issued 2O11 permits
y 1903 aggregating 5000. 4O2, and 2.4s9 permit
10 October 81 Of 1906 aggregating $7.6S6, SO
Los Angeles issued 1895 permits iu 100
aggregating S13,Oi6, SSs, and $3.50 permits
date I'm 1906. aggregating 81, O69,575; Clev
land issued sos permits in 1903. aggrega
ing s., 599S1, and 1856 permits in 1905, al
gregating $ll, 1853; Kansas City issue
1863 permits in the fiscal year 19O8-C
aggregatng s6,SO5,64O and 4.222 permits
the fiscal year OF 1sO6-O6, aggregate
$lO.f72OS9.
A. p. Turkey q Son bought ten lots al
three houses at Twenty-sixth and Corl
streets from Mrs. NJ. r. Patrick
Russell & McKitrick win place on q
market a hitherto unexpected portion