Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Prominent 0ut-of-Town Speakers
Preach to Beautify the City.
CIVIC PRIDE Is GENERAL SUBJECT
Clinton Rogers woOdruff and Charles
MuIford Robinson, Noted City
Reformers, Tell How Co
Make Town Benutiful,


The citizens Of Omaha had IL impressed
upon their minds last week that II was
proper TO beautify tho city and that to
' ait vas next to a crime. Two men Of ma
tionai prominence came to Omaha and lee
tured on the CITY Beautiful" and on the
Lsubieot OF Civic Pride" That their work
will bear fruit now seems evident.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff spoke twice
Tuesday night before the Woman's club
and wednesday noon before Joint meet
ing Of the Commercial club and tho Real
Estate exchange. He impressed upon his
hearers the necessity OF providing for the
future in the way Of large parks, beautiful
driveways and sufficient Fairgrounds.
Charles Mulford Robinson, who plans
cities and makes them over to conform to
modern fashions spent Thursday in Omaha
and met with about twenty-five leading
citizens whoa interested in the question
/ of Improving the looks of Omaha. His visit
resulted in the appointment Of a committee
to work with Mr.. Robinson 10 formulate
some plan toward which Omaha might fol.
low In the future. This committee consists
of z. =. Bergman. president Of the park
board; r. D. Wead. president OF the Real
Estate exchange; Frank L. Haller of the
.
Comptroller Lobeck and Councilmen Hum
mel and Sheldon.
Apartment houses will soon be springing
up on all sides in Omaha giving promise
TO make. quite a building boom for Omaha
this spring Among the new houses which
are planned is one Of six complete apart
ments which c. p. Traver will build at
iTwenty-ninth avenue and Mason streets.
20 cost $4,000 NJ Sorenson will build a
large apartment house at Twenty-seventh
and Harney streets to cost about 10000,
This will have twelve apartments. The
Putnam company will build eight st. Louis
flats at Twentleth and Howard streets at
q cost Of about $4,000 Several are near
ing completion which have been built dur
ing the winter months and several others
are being planned.
Plans for the new UniCn Pacific head
quarters show that the foundation will be
made Of sufficient strength to carry al
most any kind Of a building. The plans call
for nlnety-eight cassons which will be sunk
to a depth Of fifty-six feet to bed rock.
Fred Hamilton, cashier Of the Merchants
National bank has completed plans for a
beautiful home he will build at Thirty-sev-
enth and Jackson streets. The house viii
be Of brick and terra Gotta and will cost
$4,000.
Garvln Bros, have plated the Forgy
farm OF 10 acres and named It Garven-
hurst The old farm is divided into five
land ten-acre garden and fruit tracts. 1t
Is two miles west of Florence. Just south
OF Briggs station and adjoining the Hazel
Dell nursery A level concrete road passes
the farm making paved roads all the way
10 Omaha
Charles and Jack Boaton are having
plans drawn for q large and nifty apart
ment house on Farnaul street near Thirty
second, Just east Of the residence OF c. A.
Hull. , 1t will be high class with seventy
two feet frontage on Farn0m street and
will have apartments for six families with
six rooms to an apartment The building
will have two Easements, in one OF which
will be servant rooms for each of the
apartments. On the south will be sun
rooms Lloyd d. Willis is architect Of the
building, which will cost about S2sO0O.
The same architect is preparing plans for
an apartment house to be built by A. L
Meyer, adjoining the Potter on the east
1t will have apartments for six families.
Ed Johnstone will build an eight family
apartment at Thirty-first and Mason
streets. the building to cost about $4,000.
Mr.. Willis is also preparing plans for the
Maryland. an apartment house to be built
on Park avenue near Poppleton avenue
and another apartment house to be built
at Thirtieth and Poppleton.
Hastings & Heyden have let the contract
for grading and leveling Catalpa Place
addition. located between 9Sth avenue and
Thirtieth, Maple, Corby and Miami streets
over 5000 cubic yards Of dirt will be moved
to put the addition in first class condition
Grading has already begun on Corby
street, at least 1000 square feet Of cement
sidewalk will be put down as soon as the
grading is completed. Five new houses have
already been started in the addition. The
demand for the purchase of lots in the ad
dition has been beyond expectation. A
petition for the paving OF Thirtieth street
from Lake TO Bristol will be handed int
the city clerk this week, large majority
having already signed.