Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-15
WAREHOUSE STARTS IN JUNE
New Eight story Building for Paxton b
Gallagher to Go Up Rapidly.
READY FOR USE WITHIN NINETY DAYS
win BE Of MiH Construction similar
60 ByrRe-Hammer Building and
Cost About Ninety Thou
sand Dollars.

Construction OF the new eight-story ware
house for Paxton & Gallagher at Ninth and
Jones streets on the site Of the building
which collapsed last week Will be begun
about June / and the building will be
ready for occupancy within ninety days.
Plans for the new warehouse are now
being prepared by Thomas r. kimball
and will be submitted TO contractors for
bids within thirty days. The new building
will be Of mill construction, similar to that
OF the Byrne-Hammer building at Ninth
and Howard streets and will cost from $50
900 to 10000
Fifty workmen are busily engaged In
tearing down the part Of the old building
left standing after the collapse and the
large stock Of merchandise has been re-
moved from the uninjured portion of the
old building to the temporary warehouse
at Eleventh and Harvey streets. The de-
brls on the site Of the demolished build
| ing Is being cleared ana sorted and the
walls left standing are being carefully
torn down to avoid another smaller catas-
trophe.
The new warehouse will be erected upon
/ a most stable foundation, as piles will be
driven to the depth Of many feet to attain
as solid ground as possible.
| 1t is probable that after the completion
Of the new building on the site at Ninth
| and Jones streets, the old building adjoin-
ing it on the west viii be removed and an
| other new addition built. These improve
ments have been contemplated for some
| time by Manager Pickens and the present
| Office building on Tenth street Will be
| eventually removed to make room for
new and completely modern ofice structure
i Scientists Did Not Reject Plans.
Members OF the building committee Of the
] First Church OF Christ. Scientist held a
| meeting Monday evening at Chambers
| academy TO consider the acceptance or re-
lection OF the plans for the new church
| recently prepared by Frederick Clarke
architect The question was not definitely
settled except that It was positively decided
not to reject the plans prepared. Another
meeting of the building committee VIII De
held May q, when necessary changes TO
the church plans will be considered.
The present plans for the new churcp'
which will be erected on the lot bought iss'
fall at the northeast corner Of twenty
fourth street and st. Mary's avenue pro-
vide for the erection OF a handsome struc-
ture to cost about $4,000.
The general contract for the construction
OF the brick fats for John A. McShane al
the southwest corner OF Nineteenth ana
Chicago streets has been Ibt to N. j. Hill
ding and the fats win represent an invest
ment Of about $4,000. -Four apartments OF
eight rooms each are provided by the plans
which were prepared by Architect Freder-
TEX w. Clarke, and the interior will be
finished entirely in hard woods.
The flats Will have a frontage OF
feet on Nineteenth street and n feet or
Chicago street, the front to be Of expensive
pressed brick. The contract calls for the
completion Of the fats by october and
ground was broken Tuesday morning fol
the preliminary construction
Small Realty Deals.
Six frame houses and a cottage at the
southwest corner Of Tenth and Pacific
streets have been bought by Hugh Nc
Caffrey from the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance company for 317.5oo. The
sale was made by Alfred Kennedy, who IL
closing out the real estate holdings OF
the insurance company. and the lots were
bought by Mr.. Mccartney as an invest
ment. The property was formerly owned
by Morris Elgutter and is 80 feet square
f. w. Simpson, secretary OF the Sol
diers' Relief commission. who resides al
4169 Cass street, has bought large lo
near Forty-second and Davenport streets
for $3.50 and contemplates building {
D $4,000 residence on the property thIi
spring The lot was sold by Harrison 8
J Morton for C. w. Doane Of Rock Springs
Wyo.