Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-09


fled
Besides this confidence Is based on the
fact that considerable number Of deals /
OF fair size are under way and will soon |
fructify.
The subject Of rental Insurance has been 1
called lately to the attention Of real as /
tate men and property owners. and IL may !
well be called and recalled because here
- field curiously undeveloped In fact /
many landlords could not say that rental |
insurance Is although we'll enough ac- |
9oainteo with other varieties Of insurance /
Al tnat, II Is not complicated matter |
Rent Insurance il protection against loss
OF rental income BY fire. A man owns a |
building and DlssteFs fire insurance on it /
"hich VIII amply protect in case flames
destroy II But he cannot rebuild at once !
generally not for six months or a year !
AS II Is generally stipulated in leases that
they shall expire at once in case Of de-
Htruotion Of the building by fire, the owner
Is out his rent and income all the time be-
tween the destruction of the building and
the completion of new one. The physical
loss Is generally protected against: the
contract loss rarely, and yet It Is always
a considerable one being the income from
the property during the time other property
is vacant
Several varieties OF rental insurance are
offered BY fire companies. but almost none
OK these has been well pushed. AGENTS
have here a gold mine IL they will work II
hard, because the desirability of such pro-
lection will appeal to every man to whom
the case is put. Every property owner,
practically speaking, takes out fire insur-
ance.
r. c. Peters will have one Of the prettiest
country places near Omaha through i'm
provement OF his purchase Of last week
from the Dundee Realty company Mr.
Peters bought seven and one-half acres
most desirably located In the center Of
Faracres. He will set in the center of this
nome which will cost $4,000 or $4,000 and
ne plans to spend a good deal more on
landscape gardening and improvements
MI Peters is particularly fond OF shrub
berry and flowers, ana his home is likely
10 DO one Of the residential show places OF
this vicinity.
Dundee Is observing with Measure the
progress Of paving operations within its
confines. CURLING and gutterinR has besn
completed from Dodge to Underwood ave
nue. on Forty-ninth street, and contractors
are now at work on Fifty-second from
Dodge to Cunning, where the contract for
paving was recently let The street rail-
way company is paving between its tracks
on Forty-ninth and the National Roofing
company and the Davenport Improvement
company started work Friday on their Joint
contract
With the return to the city of President
W. a. hebord the Field Club District I'm
provement club win resume its activities
at once. This club is the outcome OF
small organization of the residents on
South Twenty-hfth avenue between Wool
worth and Poppleton. who last spring got
together for neighbOrhood Improvement
During It's short life the club has per
formed wonders for that street Il has
secured better lighting, has planted the
same kind Of trees uniformly set in the
parking and has all protected them with
the same kind OF guards. The result Is
that the two blocks originally involved
make one Of the most attractive streets IN
the city. The terraces on both sides are
uniform and the neighbOrs have Wed with
one another in keeping the front yards
and parking in order, with the result that
this has been the talk Of the vicinity and
the object Of admiration Of all Field club
visitors
As the name implies II Is the intention 10
incorporate the whole district into one unit
for the general welfare and a meeting is
likely TO be held this coming week, pos
sibly Tuesday night. AZ the Field club
whore Il will be possible to accommodate
all those who have expressed their desire
and intention to attend
The Influence OF such a body as this Is
little understood. For example, when the
paving Of Poppeton avenue from Thirty.
second TO Thirty-slxth was ordered done
earlier In the season Il was discovered thai
the intersection fund was inadequate and
an adverse report was made to the club or
the prospect for this year Nothing dauntet
the club, through its secretary, kept II
touch with the city engineer. with tn,
result that the street Is paved and help,
further TO transform the neigh borhood.
The organization has been IN constan
communication with tho Board OF Parl
Commissioners all summer In an effort I,
have the central parking OF Woodwork
avenue put Ia order. Several acres OF goo,
sod has been laid within the last coupl,
OF weeks, making Woolworth avenue IN,
handsomest boulevard in the city. The clul
plans TO work further with the park boar,
on a systematic plan for lighting thi
thoroughfare. II 10 generally conceded tina
the automobile and vehicle traffic /
heavier on this avenue TO the Field clu
than on any other portion OF the boulevar
system and the Field clubs popularity Il
the evening is believed sufficient 70 war
rant any reasonable expenditure to max
these five blocks great white way" 10
evening travel.
The club has had under considerable
for some time additional school faeiliue,
especially for the primary grades, an
probably viii have a proposition TO subn
10 Windsor Place when active work hs
been taken up.
Street car service on the west side HaT
soon rark line Is scheduled for some al
tention, that lie considered far froI
satisfactory especially since the Thirty
second street line was extended to Sout
Omaha The residents of the district hay
the active support OF the Field club mar
agement in their efforts ia this direct.o
and Il Is proposed to take the matter U
with the street railway company 80 IN,
any improvement or extensions will I
considered IN their plans Tor next year