Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
TINE ON COINS BUILDING
Contractors will Have Until Monday to
Figure on Its Cost
ANOTHER APARTMENT HOUSE SCHEDULED
Farnam smith Company e. Holding =
Conference and other Real
Estate Men Are showing
Much Activity,

Much Activity,
Extension Of time for the submission Of /
bids By contractors on the new CUhn build /
ing. for which excavations have been COM 1
pleted at Sixteenth ana Davenport streets, .
has been granted b. Architect John /
Batenser. Ali bids for the construction OF ,
the now building were to have been sub /
nlitted not later than Thursday evening, /
but the time has been extended until next /
Monday Il Is not probable that the CON /
tract will be let before one week after the .
submission Of all bids. Many Of the con- .
tractors Of Omaha are figuring on the 4
plans, which are exceedingly intricate, as
the new building will be a most desirable
contract to secure.
Another Apartment House.
A modern apartment house or a row Of
St Louis brick fats viii be built this sea-
son by william Redgwick on three lots I
recently bought by him at the northeast /
corner Of Thirty-nfth and Dodge streets |
from Harrison & BIoFtnn. The improve
ments will cost about $4,000 and work will
be begun as soon as the type Of building is
definitely decided. The lots are consider
ably below grade and sold at a very low
figure when the desirable location Is taken
into consideration. but this will not prove
a serious obstacle In the building OF the
brick hats the apartment house, as the
Easements OF the new structures will ex-
tend considerably below the street level
NJ Redgwick is associated with c. w.
Partridge In building the new Christian
church and the new row Of brick Mats west
Of All Saints church.
Y. VI. g. A. Building Ready.
The new building Of the Young Mems
Christian association at Seventeenth and
Harvey streets has been practically COM
p!sted with the exception OF few interior
decorations and the installation Of the
lighting fixtures. The contract for furnish
Ing and installing the lighting fixtures has
been let to Burgess-GrandenC Co. and the nx-
lures are Of the most elaborate and expen-
sive character The artesian we'll has been
completed and the contractor is at work
connecting a compressed air pumping en-
CINE with the we'll. which does not have a
surface flow on account Of the high eleva-
ton Of the new building.
smith Company Conference.
b. F. Smith OF New York City one Of
the eastern members OF the local real es-
tate firm Of the W. FaTnam Smith com
pany, arrived in Omaha Wednesday even
ing for the purpose Of spending few days
IN conference with the Omaha officers Of
the company. Mr. Smith is on an annual
! tour Of inspection and has large invest
ment interests In Omaha that require
considerable part OF his personal attention
He expressed himself as greatly gratihed
at the remarkable prosperity in evidence
throughout the entire west and In Omaha
in particular.
DudEeOn's New site.
The large lot and two-story frame build
! af -
ninth and Farnam streets has been bought
by d. W. Dudgeon, the plumber, through
w r. Homan, for $500. The lot has a
frontage Of IFS feet on Farnam street and Is
forty-flve feet in depth. Mr.. Dudgeon in
tends TO remodel the old frame building on
tho lot and will establish his plumbing shop
in the reconstructed building. Mr.. DudEeon
has sold his home at 2I27 Chicago street for
$500 to Jacob Frank. who will occupy the
premises for a home
/ Smith Buys a Flat.
F. W. Smith, retired merchant who
moved TO Omaha to make It his permanent
| residence about one year ago, has bought
/ the new St Louis brick fiat at 26l4 Wool
/ worth avenue for>S5,eOO from william Redg-
/ wick. through the firm Of Harrison & Nor
] ton. The fiat was built last fail by Mr.
Redgwick and c. w. Partridge and is
strictly modern. Since coming to Omaha
Mr.. Smith has invested over $4,000 in
Omaha real estate showing the confidence
/ felt by outside investors in the future of
/ the city, and is planning to make other in
vestments in the near future.
RemodeIing a Block.
! Improvements to cost several hundred
dollars are to be made to the Patterson
building at Seventeenth and Farnam
| streets by the agents. the McCague Invest
ment company. The store now occupied by
the Columbia Phonograph company at 1921
Farnam street will be remodeled by the
extension OF the front 10 the street line.
utilizing the large space now used for the
| entrance TO the building a new entrance
to the building will be provided on the
! Seventeenth street side. back Of the Smith
Premier TypewriteT company.
Sales at Dundee
Several cash sales of Dundee residence
property are reported by George & Co, as
| having been made for the Dundee Realty
! company. lot on Underwood avenue
between Fiftieth and Flfty-frst streets wes
sold for $3.50 TO Oscar F. Drefold. who has
engaged an architect and has specifications
for building a frame residence TO cost SICOO
J. F. Maxwell bought a lot on Underwood
avenue, near that bought by Mr. Drcfold
and has plans prepared for the erection Of
a home this spring that will cost s., 500
Two lots at the northeast corner OF Fifty
second and Cass streets were bought by
John Murtagh, ST., for $500 and the buyer
intends to build a S35 500 home this spring