Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-12
ACTIVITY At SOUTH OMAHA
RsSl Estate Dealers Find Their Business is
Unusually Brisk,
DEMAND FOR RESIDENCES is STRONG
Many sales for Homes Reported ana
Much Building a. Under way
or Projected for summer
season.

A summary OF the movement OF South
Omaha real estate during the present sea
son should show steady activity and a dis
tinct advance in prices IN the northern sec
ton Of the city. There Is a great scarcity
Of good residence property in the market.
The demand for such properties is keen.
Several new additions have been made to
the city. Among these are Christie Place,
on the west, and ST. Marys addition at
Thirty second and streets. The movement
during the season has been steady and
most OF the incomers have been good resi-
dents. Fully 900 real estate transfers have
been made since January 1. 1907 There
have been no very large deals, but the ma
jority ranges from $1,000 to 5000. The pros
poets for the rest OF the season are good.
AS to prospective buildings and improve
ments, Fuller & Warner of Chicago are
said to be on the point OF erecting a whole
sale drug store at Twenty-sixth and O
streets Mclean & Trobridse are LAYING
the foundation Of a modern laundry on
property recently purchased from Isaao
Levy J. B. Watkins CONCENTRATES building
a modern $4,000 hotel at Twentv-afth ana
o streets as soon as a suitable tenant can
be secured. J. #, Coad OF the Paokers'
National bank recently purchased lot Q.
block Sc, at Twenty-fourth and O, for
5000. II is promised that building win
be erected on tho site. Shaw & Gullck OF
Des Moines have promised building for
Twenty-fourth street. the site OF which has
been purchased. 1t Is said to be a four
story brick building.
Building Under way
Claud Combs Of Bellevue has become a
member Of the firm which has lately in
corporated and known as the Combs Ward
Transfer and Storage company. He expects
to move his property purchased OF Melchoir
& Wirthsehafter, Nineteenth and Harvey.
to this point. An addition 5Ox6o feet is to
DO built to the barn at Twenty-fourth ana
] streets
A few OF the buildings already under
construction are; owen Corooran, s., 500 res
idence at Thirty-eighth and w; six cot
tages of Paul Seminisld. Thrty-fourth and
W; Anton W. Bazar's home at Thirty-sIxth
and V; William Newmeister's residence at
Thirty-sixth and S; Mike saczjaks 600
cottage at Thirty-fourth and X; Anton
Olewiskis home $780, at Thirty-sixth and
r. William Ward, Twenty-third and D; the
Harmon building, next the South Omaha
postofice, is nearing completion The roof
is being added to the city hall The build
the contract
Some Recent saIes.
The following are representative sales By
a number OF South Omaha firms:
p. c. Caldwell, eight lots in Mahoney 81
Minnehan's addition, with cottages, ana
several other West Side properties, whers
there is considerable demand.
B. e. Wilcox reports the sale of the
laundry at TWenty-sixth and N lots near
the city limits on Twenty-second street
and several acre properties in sarpy
county
Christie Bros. report the Bradford-KenA
nedy coal and lumber yard location set
tied. They have sold 1--WE or six lots south y
Of Syndicate park and expect a number OF 4
sales soon on West L.
II. ]. o'Neirs agency has made sixty-one
transfers OF property during the year.
among which are twenty lots in st. Mary's
addition. They have sold to James Nc
property in Spring Lake Park
81. 700; lot 9, block TO- Brown Park,
81 600; seven acres in Boulevard Terrace;
lot II In McGaverick & O'Keefe's addition;
lots 3, 4 and in Kent's addition; Eve acres
on South Thirty-sixth; three lots in LIN
wood Park, $1,000
l.. c. Gibson reports the recent sale OF lot
8, block So Benson's addition, a hotel; lot
l6, block Il. letters addition, 5000; lot H.
block 2 letters, H.4OO
Howe & Burdick report the sale Of four
teen valuable properties in the city this
season, amounting TO $3.50 They have
induced the Blair Business college to locate
in South Omaha and have the promise OF a
gents furnishing store within ninety days.
II is branch Of one Of the larger houses
Of Omaha