Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-07
wv. c. A. PLANS ABOUT DONE
Specifications Nearly Completed By Kim
ball for New Building.
BIDS Will Be ASKED WITHIN FEW DAY;
RinEwRlt Bros. Have Begun RAISING
Structures that Now stand on
site of Associations
Future Home.

The plans and specifications for the Young
women's Christian association building are
nearly completed by the architect, Thomas
n. Kimball. and bids will be received for
its construction within the next few days.
The plans have been practically approved
by the building and finance committees of
the association and more tangible results
from the recent strenuous canvass for
funds will soon be seen.
Ringwalt Bros, who were given the con-
tract for wrecking the old buildings on the
site on st. Mary's avenue between Seven
tenth and Eighteenth streets. have par
TALLY begun razing the buildings. One
small building on the, site has been nearly
torn down and large force of men will
be placed on the work before March Is.
Many additional improvements are TO be
made at Krug park this spring before the
opening of the amusement season. chief
among which is the erection Of a mammoth
bandstand and music pavilion, for which
plans have been made by Fisher & Lawrie,
architects. The bandstand is to be Of the
very latest design and acoustic properties,
being in the form of a seuii-circle, which
will be forty-eight in diameter and sixty
feet across and similar to the bandstand
at the Transmlssissippi exposition. The
platform will accommodate large number
of musicians and will no doubt prove a
star attraction at the park.
Bids have been received for the con-
struction of the building, but have not
been opened as yet. Work will lie begun
on the structure within very few weeks
once Fixture Factory.
T. II. Werlich Of the Werlich Fixture
company has bought what is known as the
Goodrich hall at 1SOe-17 North Twenty
| fourth and will make improvements costing
about s2,5eo TO the property for the purpose
of establishing a factory for the manufac-
| ture of office, bank and store fixtures The
entire interior Of the building will be COM
pletely remodeled and a full set OF wood
working machinery installed. Mr.. Werlich
| is now in the east buying the machinery
and It will be installed as soon as the
building is rehabilitated for factory pur-
poses, which will be In about one week, as
a large force of men has been set at work
tearing out the old superstructure.
At least seventy-five men Will be given
steady employment after the factory is in
/ operation.
Several five-room frame cottages will be
erected this spring by c. d. Armstrong OF
the D. v. Sholes company in the vicinity
OF Thirtieth street and Ames avenue for
investment purposes Contracts have beer
let for two of the cottages and others are
in course Of negotiation, but work will be
begun on the houses within a few weeks
II is proposed to place the houses on the
market as soon as completed, to be SOLD
on the easy payment PLAN The houses with
the lot will cost about $3.50 when finished
Secretary Grigg of the Omaha Builders
exchange is receiving bids from contractor.
for the erection OF a six-room modern fran,
| cottage on Calhoun street at Florence
overlooking the river and the water works
to cost about $500. The residence will b.
occupied by Mr.. Grigg his home wher
completed and win be one of many houses
in course of erection at Florence this spring
NJ. F. Martin. who is the owner of con
siderable Omaha realty. has increased hi
investments by buying lot 44xlS2 feet OF
lizard street between Twenty-thhd anC
Twenty-fourth streets and will erect a row
of two-story brick flats on the premises 70
rental purposes. The lot was bought 70
81, 800 through the Byron Reed company ant
, the d. v. Sholes company and the flats will
, cost about $4,000