Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-08

having large concessions at Buffalo,, st.
Louis and Portland. He is still in Port
land. Cochran Bros. were next on the
list. Charles Corbett has left the city. Cum
bingham & Brennan was a well known
firm, composed of Dennis Cunningham and
Thomas Brennan. Cunningham is now run
ming a blacksmith shop and Brennan is in
the real estate business. Edwin Davis is
still in the city The firm of O. F. Davis
& Co. is still in existence, although the
membership Of the firm has been changed
since the early days. w. T. Graham came
to Omaha just before the boom time and is
stll an active member of the real estate
exchange. w. H. Green is still in active
business in the city.
Well L. .wn Names On the List.
A. ]. Hanscom is given as a real estate
dealer, although he moved his residence
from Omaha about the boom times and has
been living in New York and Florida most
Of the time since Christ Hartman was in
the insurance business as well as the real
estate business and died several years ago.
OF the firm of Howell & Montgomery Ed
Howell is still in business In the city. H.
B. Trey was county treasurer for time
after engaging in the real estate business
and has since moved to Pennsylvania. John
johnson Is dead and Charles Kaufman is
now engaged in the insurance business. OF
the firm Of Lovgren & Wilde, John A. Low
gren is still in business In the Paxton
block. John L. McCague is still at the old
stand and has organized several banks and
investment companies since the early days.
Marshall & Lobeck was composed OF J. w.
Marshall, former postmaster at Platts-
mouth and the father of the present comp
troller.
Mayne the PIunger.
Clifton e. Mayne was one Of the most
unique figures in the real estate history of
the city He was a telegraph operator
when he came to Omaha and then went
into the office of Joseph Barker on Thir-
tenth street. He worked into the real
estate business and when the boom came
Mayne was the main boomer He bought
whole farms and laid them into lots.
He had hordes of men working for him
with fast horses, who would take pros
pective buyer to the suburbs so fast he
did not realize the distance they had gone.
He plated Orchard Hill, which was the
old Baker farm and which is now almost
completely covered with fine residences.
He made money too CAST and soon had too
many irons in the fire. He had large
stock farm at Valley and often made quick
drives with his fast horses between the
farm and the city. He moved to California.
The trm Of Morse & Drummer was COM
posed of L. " Morse, row OF Boston. and
T. c. Drummer, who Is wholesaling flour In
Omaha. OF the firm of Morton & Helms,
James f. Morton is dead. The firm of Pat
terson Bros, d. c. and r. c.. is still in the
city. Soren T. Peterson lived on North
Twenty seventh street and did a small loan
and commission business. OF the firm of
Potter & Cobb. both have gone and the
firms name has been changed to George &
Co.
The frIn Of Byron Reed & Co. was in
corporated in 1886 as the Byron Reed COM
pany, which is still in existence with A.
l. Reed at the head. Jorealian L. Rice
has gone ard J. e. Riley. real estate
dealer and contractor. who built the Riley
hotel at Plattsmouth. has moved to the
new west.