Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-08
FACTORY FOR CEMENTBLOCES
Plant Planned BY Sinner & base to Make
Building Material.
WILL PUT UP StWWL SUCH HOUSES
Experiment of COnstructinE Dyell-
tngs Entirely OF Concrete May
he Made This Spring
or summer

For the purpose Of manufacturing their
own cement blocks to be used in the con-
struction of a number OF homes this spring
and summer in Boulevard Park, Sinner q
Chase have installed a complete factory
just north OF Kountze Place.
Cement usually costs slightly more than
brick" said c. c. Sinner. but we hope
by putting In our own cement plant to re-
duce the cost OF the blocks to that Of brick.
Then we know also that the blocks are all
made right in every particular, and when
you buy them you can't always be so sure,
for there is great temptation to put In
blocks that may be slightly defective In
manufacture"
Concrete blocks are used by Sinner &
Chase for the foundation OF all homes re-
Gently erected by them in Boulevard Park,
which is situated between Sherman avenue
and Twentieth street, from Laird to Sahler
streets. Mr.. Sinner intimated the expert
ment OF building ore or two houses entirely
Of concrete blocks might be made by his
firm this spring. The experiment has
proven successful in other cities and even
churches have been built OF this material.
Five modern houses are in course OF con-
struction in Boulevard Park by the real
estate firm and another Is nearly COM
pleted. Plans have been prepared for five
more modern, two-story houses for imme-
date erection.
Rigid Test OF Floors.
Rigid tests are being made Of the first
floors Of the new building for the Carpenter
Paper company, at Ninth and Harvey
Streets which are believed to be the
! severest tests ever made on floors in
Omaha. Rows of bags filled with cement
are piled in many tiers over FIVE entire
panels to the weight of 800 pounds per
square foot OF floor space without the
! slightest indication of detection. The
/ floors were built to sustain only a weight
Of 300 pounds per square foot, from which
the rigidity of the tests is evident.
Tests will be made OF other floors as they
are completed. The floors and structural
work of the new building were completed
by the Trussed Concrete Steel company I'M
der the Kahn system OF reinforced con-
crete and the other construction work was
let to B. F. Burmese.
Contracts have been let by J. II. Bexten
OF the First National bank to Contractors
ROCKFORD & Butke for the construction Of
six two-story brick and cement flats at
Twenty-ninth avenue and Farnam street.
Building permits have been secured from
the building inspector and work will be
started on the new fats this week.
The plans for the flats were drawn by
Architect ]. b. Mason and provide for six
modern flats 72xG3 feet. The first stories
! will be constructed of cement blocks and
the second OF frame. with the interiors fin
ished throughout in hard woods and all
modern conveniences.
Some Minor Deals.
Deeds have been placed on record trans
ferring the title to the new st. Louis brick
flats at 261e woolworth avenue from Will
liam Redgwick to Frederick w. Smith for
$500 The fats were built by Mr.. Redg-
wick and bought as an investment by Mr.
Smith. who is a retired merchant from
western Nebraska who has made several
large investments in Omaha real estate
| Mrs. Hattie L. Kuhn has sold her large
lot and residence on Jones street between
Twenty-hfth street and Twenty-ffth ave-
nue. for $500 to Charles Blomberg who
bought for investment purposes.
Active construction work on the new
home for G. F. Gilmore at Thirty-secono
and Pacific streets will be started imme-
dlately by Contractor ]. w. Akin. The new
residence will cost $500 and will be a mod
ern dwelling Of two and half stories.
An Auburn automobile of twenty-five
horsepower and two-cylnder action has
been bought from the Berger Automobile
company by the d. V. Sholes Real Estate
company for use at Keystone park, the
former fancy stock farm OF w. A. Paxton
about a mile west Of Benson, which is being
exploited as a suburban residence su5divl.
sion. The automobile viii be kept at the
park for the purpose of showing prospective
buyers over the acreage tracts
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