Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
General Activity in Building Lines
Indicates Busy Season Ahead.
NEW HOMES ALL OVER THE CITY
Suburbs Especially show Life-Many
Residences PIaYned>fOr BENSON
Florence and Dundee
Contractors Busy.

That Omaha is about to enter upon a
big season OF home building is evidenced by
the general activity I'm building lines ana
also in the large number OF real estate
sales. Some idea OF the early start which
Is to be made in home building this spring
NAV be gained from the statement of one
grading contractor, who alone has the con-
tract for excavating seventy-five cellars,
most of which are for new residences.
II. D.. Reed is planning to build twelve
new residences in Sunset addition, and
many others are preparing to build IN
Dundee, which lies just 10 the north.
Building is not confined to one section OF
the city, but Omaha is filling up in all di-
r%ections. The figures on the growth OF
Industrial Omaha as prepared by The Bee
for the New Years edition show a Won
derfu, growth in this line and it Is certain
that all these new industries pay wages
to large numbers of people who must have
homes in which to live.
The suburbs Of Omaha are all showing
new life and activity and are increasing
in population at a remarkable rate. Flor
ence is preparing to spend large sums In
public improvements such as pavements
and sewers, and the jewellers in Dundee are
laying plans for paving many of the
streets in that beautiful spot.
Many new residences are Planned in both
Dundee and Florence, as well as in Ben
son. With the matchmaking Of the road
70 the north Of Florence many homes were
built on the hills to the north and many
more are planned. Florence now enjoys
through car service to the business center
OF Omaha during the rush hours of the
morning and evening when business men
make the trip, making a saving Of con-
siderable time.
Contractors will nave an easy task in eX-
csvatine this spring unless the ground
freezes up again, as the snow has kept II
from freezing more than a few Inches.
one man was seen digging postholes last
week with no difficulty. Graders have
been able to keep busy at work all winter
on some Of the excavations for some of the
new larger buildings, and one grading out.
fit with a steam shovel began work yes
terday on West Dodge street.
"The outlook for real estate business Is
most promising for the coming year." saio
C.. c.. George. head of the firm of George
& Co. and vice president Of the Omaha
Real Estate exchange. Il look to see more
building done in Omaha this INNER thar
has been done in any previous year.
w are having numerous applications
for stores in the retail district and also
for more floor space in the wholesale anc
factory district than ever before. 1t L.
estimated that at least one-half of this
space is wanted by new firms. This nat
urally means that more people are moving
into Omaha every week, and this will IL
turn make a big demand for residences.
Many applications for office space arr
coming from people outside of the city
and new agencies are seeking location il
Omaha. / also have been impressed b!
the large number of people seeking NOR
space who are doing so because their pres
emit quarters. have become too small.
when people move from one building t
another the space left is taken right VI
by others, who in turn are seeking NOR,
room or a new location, and there are few
vacant buildings or offices. All these fact
indicate a growing Omaha"
Harry II. Culver is moving from hi
offices ON the third floor to SO9-S1O New
York Life building on account Of the re
pairs going on in the building.
Five carloads. of terra Gotta for the new
City National bank building have arrive
and Monday a large force Of workmen vii