Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31
TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
] Purchase Of sits By Hamm Brewing Com
Pany Bisgest Deal Of Week.
IN AT cU..lEF LAKL IS POPULAR
Move TO Secure Public Improvement
at uhot Pretty body OF water
Has mich support in
the Neighborbood.

&C or the interesting Developments OF
~ last week in real estate circles was the
Of the Theodore Hsmm Brewing
npany into Omaha by the purchase from
I'D Cole of his building at 1920 and 1929
;las street. now occupied BY Chase n
spice merchants and the building and
kt3occupied by the Council Bluffs q
omfha Transfer company at lis South
Eleventh street The site, which will be
used by the new firm for q warehouse and
distributing depot for It's products, has
frontage Of forty-four feet on Douglas
street. forty-six on Eleventh street and
trackage on the alley az the north OF the
L-shaped plot of sixty-six feet The sale
was made through the D. v. SHOES COM
pany for $4,000 and, It lie reported. that MT.
Cole obtained a neat profit, an he bought
the Eleventh street lot from the schlits
Brewing company for 5000
Negotiations have been pending for some
time and several sites we're inspected by
John ], Ahern. the auditor for the Hamm
company. and +. P. Roberts, st. Paul
realty broker. who transacts business OF
that nature for the new brewery. The deal
excited considerable comment By reason OF
the fact. that the Eleventh street lot was
bought BY Mr. Cole from the schlitz Brew
ing company. The new brewing company
will tear down the old transfer company's
building and erect three or four~stoFy
slid storage plant and stables.
q proposed parking around Cut-On
hitch is being seriously considered by
X commissions, has attracted much
ON among real estate operators, who
oportunity for profitable investment
ne lake IL the plans are carried to
on. The plans under discussion are
aaN aNV aF ar mi
rth side Of the lake. including thirty
"a extending from the west end Of the
Sc 10 Locust street The proposed ex-
allure on this new park would be about
% and would result IN greatly enhanc-
=. the value and beauty OF the suburban
4ditions in the northern part Of the city.
!. &he land is not owned by the city but It's
srchase is being strongly urged and abet-
ted by citizens in the immediate neighbor-
hood anil the Fifth Ward Improvement
club.
Phllanthropio women OF Omaha have
come to the front with a project for the
rental Of the residence OF the late Herman
Kountze at Forest Hill for use as a girls
home. The fine residence will be remodeled
20 as to meet requirements for the new
purpose to which It is TO be put Nearly
nalt the equipment OF the mouse mas Deen
donated and will be formally opened May
/. The house was rented through George
& Co. and carried with II the use Of as
puch of the grounds surrounding
residence as can be used and
aimed and will prove highly
able for home Of the character In
on. Accommodations win be had for
fifty girls and visitors and the rooms
90 rented at nominal rate, as low as
be made to meet the current expenses
Mks. Joseph NJ Cudahy has been very
active In promoting the home, which is
not to be in the nature OF a charitable
institution. but home where a working
girl9Vfth moderate means can secure COM
= tbls and refined surrounding
p
NDr. M. NJ. Loomis has sold his double
house and lot on Lake street, between
twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets