Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
CITY, RI Real ESTATE .,,n
RALSTON DEVELOPMENTS
THE PAST WEEK
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Things have been moving along in Raj
the fine two-story brick factory of the
Brown Truck Co. has been let to w. j.
Jacobs, who will begin the erection of the
The Ralston Cement Block factory, a
for business last week.
contract was made last week with e.
J. Heisrodt, proprietor of the Cement Block
factory, to lay 5000 square feet of cement
sidewalk in Ralston's business section at
once.
A petition was circulated last week ask
ing that a postoffice be established at Raj
ston and that Wilhelmlna Parratt be made
postmistress. This will be pushed by peo-
pie In Ralston, and 1t Is expected that n
postoffice will be established in the very
Seventy men have been on the pay roll
Of the Howard Stove Co. for the last few
weeks, and fifteen TO twenty additional men
will be put on the pay roll. In a new de-
week. 1t will only be a short time until
the number of employees i'm the stove works
will exceed the 100 mark.
A general merchandise stock was pur-
chased last week and will be moved to
Ralston and opened up for business this
week. The proprietor of this store made a
lease of one of the buildings at the corner
Of nth and Burlington streets for one year
and expects to do a thriving business in the
new town. The postoffice will be conducted
In this same store building.
Two restaurants and one hotel are now
doing business IN Ralston, but still the IA
cilities are short and a lease was, made
last week for the store building at the head
OF Burlington street, close to the Howard
Stove Works, by a restaurant man who
will open up for business the coming week.
The Raiston Townsite companys two
story office building is well under way and
the building will be tnclosed and ready for
fronts inside of the next week or ten days.
Few towns start off with as many public
improvements In and ready for operation
before the real village is organized as did
electric bower. electric light and telephone
service for some time, and its transporta-
ton has been all that could be asked for.
The town was connected with Omaha by a
macadamized road before the first build
ngs were erected and by the main line OF
the Burlington. the Missouri Pacific and
out into lots. These roads both have sta
tions on the property and stop six Of their
passenger trains daily at Ralston, besides
giving all the freight accommodations that
are enjoyed by Omaha, In addition to this
since Ralston was laid out as a town, an
electric railway has been built and is now
completed, and operation will begin as soon
as the new modern ears, which have beer
ordered, arrive in Omaha. These have beer
delayed for some weeks for unavoidable
reasons.
Your opportunity is in Ralston and ar
lots offer you more for your money thar
any other real estate investment in the
west. We are selling these lots on easy
some OF the very best residence and bus.
ness lots. REMEMBER, the next few
weeks viii see a greater development ir
Ralston than any time in the past, and
that now is your time to look up this in.
vestment and put your money in Ralston
aThere are a number of good business open
ings in this new town and we will be glad
to answer any inquiries regarding business
openings.
RALSTON TOWNSHIP CO.,
SINNER & CHASE CO, AGENTS,
1909 Farnam st. Doug. 1867, A-36'2.
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