Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-14

Dusk viii do the work on the building
Inc dimensions Of the structure are 87Sx54o
rect. The masons will begin work In tu,o
weeks and 1t is expected the structure will
be completed within six months
work Will also be begun by the sauna
contractors on the new paint ana wbooI
shop which will be 17SxS2O feet II will he
brick and steel building with a concrete
foundation.
work on the building Of the Metz Brew
ing company is progressing rapidly Half
OF the building has been completed and
the machinery installed Thomas Herd Is
the contractor William F. Deverell is de-
ing the brick work on the structure.
The strong demand for brick flats I'm the
city Is opening a new field for some of
the contractors who are using their capitaI
10 erect flats, experimenting the work
themselves and selling the completed build
ing William RedGwick and Charles w
Partridge are doing considerable work on
TINS plan They have just completed sew
eral flats west Of the new Christian church
at Twenty-siNth and Harvey streets. It
IS said the plan is one which results in
handsome profits for the contractors.
Newman and johnson are making rapId
progress in the work at Wise Memorial
hospital. The building is OF a type seldom
seen in Omaha. The floors are OF iron and
concrete, but in place OF trussed steel ribs,
iron railroad rails are being used. These
are placed short distance apart and the
intervening space filled with concrete. It
Is said this makes a very strong floor
Brandeis Bros. have given most Of the
stone used in the structure This stone
was taken from the old Young Mems
Christian association building which was
torn down TO make room for the Boston
store. Bridges & IIoye are doing the brick
work on the building.
The Capital City Pipe and Brick com
pany has been awarded the contract for
the erection Of the Yoman building in Des
Moines. The structure will cost more than
S6O.O
The Union Pacific commissary building
being erected by B. j. Jobst and A. c.
Busk is nearing completion. Work is now
being done on the roof OF the structure.
The concrete foundation for the new
MOI lllhthltIn IAelknN QehNl was tDIlhltltu
last week and Contractor John Harte ex-
poets TO begin the work on the superstruc-
ture at once
The Nebraska Stone company expects TO
have the retaining wall OF the yards COM
ploted within q few weeks. II the supply
OF stone keeps up. This wall is eight feet
| thick at the bottom and rises In some
OF the stones weigh more than two tons,
J. L. Brandeis & Sons have a large num-
| Der OF Nernst lamps in their beautiful
new store which enables them to say TO
! the public that their new store is the
best lighted establishment In the country.
In line with the policy Of ]. L. Brandeis
/ & Sons TO represent their wares in their
| true colors and values and perfection OF
| manufacture, II became desirable 70 select
a system OF lighting which had the dis
] tinctive qualities which the Nernst pos
! sesses, viz: Daylight quality, absolute
! steadiness, even diffusion, noiseless, down
ward distribution OF light, enabling in
stallation OF lamps at the ceiling and out
| OF the ordinary range OF vision.
! Recently the Woodmen OF the World re-
modelled the second floor OF their building
/ and solved the lighting OF the Offices on
/ this floor 70 their entire satisfaction by
| installing AoO0-candle power Of Nernst
lamps, mounted directly on the ceiling