Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
HOUSES STILL IN DEMAND
Home Builders Have Much Work Yet
to Do in Growing Omaha.
NEW ONES ARE RAPIDLY FILLED
On. Leading Builder Asserts that
Rents Are SEN on the Upward
Incline and Renters
Numerous.

And still they gaze, and still the wonder
That even a growing city like Omaha
should need so many houses
This is paraphrased from the verse u
cotdsmitb. II is true that grows and
houses do not rhyme very We'll nov"
evor poetic license permits their use ana
tto ,,n,s express exactly the sentiment OF
homo bulders. architects and all those VINO
take a comprehensive view anu Ie@ilNS '"o
wonderful growth Of Omaha.
"yve've been smashing records for build
,,o ,r the last few years." said a leading
builder. hut still there is the cry for more
borsas Rents have advanced, as they are
hound TO do In a large and busy and grow
inc city. but this does not stop the demahu'
The supply Of houses is stil TOO smah ~
satisfy the demand. $500
"particularly the small flats close in and
the tasty little apartment houses are Al
great demand. Whenever one OF these Is
starfed Il is a common thing for house nun
ters to be on the ground almost as soon
as the ground is broken inquirinB TOT IHe
owner And when the owner Is discoVereu
the house hunter collars him or butIonhoreS
him and asks that he be given first chahce
at renting the house when 1t Is compie'eu'
That's the way the home building lnaustlS
is in Omaha at present.
.'Of course, there is a large class Oh PEG
nile who are on the lookout just as Sharply
fop the tasty little homes farther out OF III
the suburbs where, while nearness u nc
c,tv "a sacrificed, nearness to the country
20 gained. In a family where the father Is
the onlv wage Garner this home is usually
a. rnost sought. II affords the best facili-
ties for raising a family and mother and
children have plenty of breathing space
and father gets an invigorating breath OF
the country. even though he must take a
street car ride 20 get there from his Office
nrettv home somewhat out of the Or
binary is Just being completed, with the
finishing touches In the Bemis park dlstrlct
OF the city. II is a ~seven-room cottage OF
the pambrel roof style much in favor with
our ancestors of the Revolutionary PERIOD
The exterior of the house In question Is
-shingled but could be built equally well
and with Just as good effect with a rough
stucco finish. A large, deep porch EXTENDS
across the entire front and half way down
one side. Inside, the style is that, so COM
mon in the days of our forefathers. instead
of the reception hall which has come TO De
the pride of the present day home builder
there is a wide hallway extending through
the house from front to rear. To the right
of this hall in front is the dining room
and In the rear the kitchen these two be-
ing also Joined directly by a door. To the
left is the spacious living room and the
hall leads directly in the rear to a porch.
The house is built on a rather small sized
lot, to which 1t Is admirably adapted, for
the second floor reaches out over the
porches of the first floor thus giving a
maximum of floor space with the use of n
minimum Of ground space.
Is Omaha to become a city of hedges?
judging from the number planted this
spring and the rapidity and beauty of their
growth, the answer would be unhesitat-
ingly yes. In this climate, gardeners and
nurseymen say a number Of beautiful
varieties of hardy hedge will grow. The
hedge is inexpensive and perpetual re-
curing nothing but a semi-annual or an
nual haircut and it adds greatly to the
beauty of the outside furnishings Of any
city home
The emperor Diocletain, IL he could
awake from his grave and take a journey
across the ocean from Italy would find
upon examining sonte of the bathrooms in
Omaha homes, that he wasn't 80 many
after all with his famous Roman baths
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