Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28

a building at once and TO pay for none
until the entire amount has been deliv-
cred. This will give the dealers an in
centlve toward getting the lumber on the
spot with the greatest possible speed.
John p. Reagen & Co. are building six
houses at Twenty-frst and Spring streets.
The Grove-Wharton Construction com
pany has the contract The same company
has the contract for a house in Benson
for e. H. Hansen, one for George F. Mil
Ter on the Hospe farm on Dodge street, one
for Stull Bros. on the Stull farm and three
for Rouse Bros & co. In Benson.
Tile and marble finishing for floors and
walls is coming into greater and greater
favor among builders in Omaha. This type
has long been favorite in Germany and
other European countries. II is durable
beautiful. easily kept clean and unframed
by water or dampness. Milton Rogers q
Sons have a number of contracts under way
for this type OF work They have just
completed the tile work in the telephone
exchange branch building at Twenty-third
and Lake streets and also a beautiful
piece OF work in the cigar store Of o. d.
Kiplingor, 800 South Sixteenth street. They
have the contract for a large amount Of
marble work in the new building Of the
Carpenter Paper company and also in the
Wise Memorial hospital building.
Frederick W. Clarke, head OF the firm
Of Frederick W. Clarke architects, gave
stereopticOn exhibition of the plans for
the new Christian Science church last
Wednesday. The plans were thoroughly ex-
planned to the members Of the congrega-
ton who were gathered 70 see them
! How old is reinforced cOncrete2 A note
this week from Contractor +. b, Burmese
says he is working on Carpenters ware
house at Ninth and Harvey streets
and the interior is OF reinforced concrete
new thing in Omaha. Reinforced con-
crete is comparatively a new thing in the
building line all over the country, but IS
it really new? The architect says 1t Is
ancient; that he came across a bit Of 1t in
a Roman ruin, showing that the Romans
knew It and used It and illustrating the
fact that there is really nothing new I'M
der the sun"
An additional story is to be added to the
building occupied by the Omaha Rubber
Shoe company at the northeast corner of
Eleventh and Farnsm streets and win be
occupied by the Omaha distributing ONCE
Of the Goodyear Rubber company.
All is quiet in the labor market and the
relations between builders and labor both
skilled and unskiled. are most cordial
Contractors and builders do not look for
any trouble and the workmen are said to
be satisfied with their wages.
oscar Keeline's handsome new home In
Council BLUFFS viii be equipped with two
tile-hoored bath rooms and a mosaic tile
hoored vestibule, the work being done by
Milton Rogers & Son. The same firm will
put a tile door in the First National bank
building In Beatrice and a large tile IRE
place in the home OF J. b. Hume at Madi
son, Neb.
The All saints Episcopal church heating
apparatus will be installed by the Bellamy
, q Hornung company This company will
also put the steam heating plant in IN,
new Northwestern freight house.
Several new houses are being built n
Omaha according 20 the style used In Ger
many and some parts Of Denmark and
Sweden for country villas and even fol
4 city residences. This is the house plastereS
n with cement on the outside in place OF sid
5 ing In place OF lath OF other woodeI
I foundation for the cement q kind Of WovsI