Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-20
THOUSAND HOUSES THIS YEAR
Estimate Of New Homes Coming by
Builders Exchange.
LARGE BUILDINGS NOT MANY
According 60 Secretary GriRG Room,
Will he Provided I'm Omaha for
Twenty-Five Hundred
More Persons.

One thousand new houses will be erected
in Omaha during the year Of 1908. This
will make places for $500 more people
or more.
This is the estimate made by Secretary
c, A. Grigg OF the Omaha Builders ex-
change; real estate dealers who are build
ing homes to sell; loan and savings asso-
Citations which are furnishing the money
for many of the residences. and exclusive
of the possibility that many new homes
will be erected in Seymour park as the
result of the location there of car shops
and other industries
During 1907 1854 new residences were
erected. They cost $2,554525.
The homes built in Omaha during the
coming year will not cost as much-proba-
bly, S2,OOO0 0OO-as they will be neat cottages
and homes, ST. Louis flats, each contain
| ing two homes. and numerous small apart
ment houses, containing from two to six
| apartments. But there are several larger
apartment houses planned. Some Of them
will count twelve to twenty homes in each
| building.
Eight hundred and forty-seven of the
homes built during 1907 were separate dwell
lings. Probably $50 will be cottages and
small residences this year.
! Ah0 buiAhiiB lhHpSClOI OlllCe estimates
that $500 will be spent on the average,
each working day from the opening of
the season, April 1, until cold weather,
for the building Of homes alone.
Not Many Large Ones.
Secretary Grigg of the Builders exchange
said:
80 far the plans submitted to the ex-
change for large buildings have not
amounted to much. But from all indica-
tions the number of homes erected will be
fully as large as last year. Architects are
busy on small plans and some of them on
plans for larger houses. The home build
ing will doubtless continue with the same
activity. Contractors have been enabled to
keep their gangs of workers we'll together
because of the open winter which enabled
them to work almost every day since No
vember 1. 1 do not know OF many sus-
pensions in building"
E. Heyden OF Hastings & Heyden, a
firm which took out some thirty permits
last week. said:
Undoubtedly 1000 new homes will be
erected in Omaha the coming season. We
have planned to build about the same num-
Der. AS the season advances we may plan
TO build more. Outside of what we will
build ourselves we are selling numerous
lots which will be improved at once Here
are few sales which we have made in
the last few days, which win mean a new
home for every sale:
I'D. C. Brandt of Auburn bought lots on
Emmett street east of Sherman avenue
and has broken ground for a large two
story home.
) Some Smaller Deals.
"E. f. Darling of South Omaha bought a
lot from II. w. Dunn at Fourteenth avenue
and Emmet street for $50. He will build
a home.
IRA Flanagan bought lot on Larri-
more street in Collier Place for $3.50 and Is
building a home.
Andrew Hystrem has just let the con.
! tract for a new home on Emmett street
We sold him the lot but few days ago.
'T G. Pettegrew bought a lot in Mon
mouth Place for $3.50 and will erect a home
at once.
r willis A. Robinson has bought the lo
at Thirty-first and Meridlth streets for $3.50
on which he will build home.
"B. r. Church closed a deal with us foi
lot on Fowler avenue in Collier place fol
, $3.50 and already has the foundation for hi
new home, while Mrs. q. Eldridge hai
} bought the home at 1902 Seward street fo
I 1880, and will improve the property.
l Every week we could announce som,
2 five or twenty new homes. II this con
: tinues until the fall season as 1t did las
year, it is apparent that the 1000 homes
will be erected in Omaha during the year.
Speaking of real estate conditions in Ne
: braska, New York financial paper, con
sidered an authority. says:
"The midwinter season has made condi
tions rather quiet, but not depressed as
result Of general conditions. There is none,
, for all local needs; the farmers are pros
} porous, and selling and renting propert.
continues. The section is in better condi
tion to maintain prices and rents and re
new activity in real estate than almost an
| other section of the United Statasm