Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-13
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Warehouse Site Seekers Wait on
Jackson Street Trackage.
MILLIONS FOR NEW BUILDINGS
Structures 90 Go Up DurinE ComiEg
Year Call for Expenditure OF
rive million Dollars or
More

Two men from Chicago seeking a site Tor
a warehouse with trackage facilities set
out by themselves TO look over tine CITY.
Naturally they invaded the Wholesale dis
trict and quite naturally, too they roamed
into the southeastern section Of the city.
believing that to the east Of the present
wholesale district they would find plenty Of
sites.
Find them they did but when they came
to inquire tho price wanted for good strips
they were staggered. After this they went
to Harry Jordan OF the Byron Reed com
pany and asked his advice.
Mr.. Jordan told them that the south
eastern part OF the city has a number Of
shacls on good sites. but that prices will
never be really low there.
The fasteners, whose names are not dis
closed, are now waiting TO sec II the
McCague and Union Pacific interests can
get through the council permission Tor
trackage on Jackson street In the event
OF this they and many others will locate
In the Jackson street new wholesale dis
trict. No surface developments have oc-
CURED with respect to negotiations. but a
good deal OF sentiment has been created
in favor Of the councils granting the de-
sired permission. II is certa n that the
wholesale district must expand and the
general sentiment Is that tho council ought
20 help In this expansion or az least not
to hinder H.
With election over the question win De
MP before the council for settlement this
week.
Omaha Is TO see great deal OF building
IN the spring Work will be in progress
on millions Of dollars worth OF buildings
Two mill.on-dollar buildings are already
under way one being the new court house
and the other the now Union Pacific head
quarters building A third milnon-doliar
building Is the Woodmen Of the World
headquarters.
Besides these hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars will go into other structures. A
large addition TO the Hotel Loyal will be
built in the spring the w. H. Thomas
building Is to go up on the corner oil
Seventeenth and Harvey and Or. II. c
Clifford plans building at Seventeenth
and Douglas streets. Near the last tn,
Brandeises will put up a building which
will abut the American Music hail on tina
theater's cast side. Martin brothers and
the Barker interests are putting up
building TO be completed in the spring OF
Farnam between Eighteenth and Nine
teenth and the DeFrenes are remodellinl
A The farnam. which VIII have stori
fronts on Farnam street and on Nineteenth
II is rumored that Captain II. r. Palmer
long contemplated building on the north
west corner OF Farnam and Twentieth ma,
really come 10 pass In the spring and tn
Thompson 3 Belden company has an add
ton to It's big store in mind The Haydei
Bros company IS also Eliminating over Al
edition and the Bennett company is know
TO have talked of putting another story o
two on its building at Sixteenth and Har
nsy streets.
All these and others are in the retail
district, In the wholesale neighborhood
number of buildings are definitely an
nounced. The Lee-Glass-Andreesen com
pany will duplicate its present large guar
ters, the I6ingnan Implement company
Henry g. Allen and others plan to build o.
Jackson street.
The Omaha Tent and Awning oompan
has just bought ground on which to built
although It may not start until a yea
from the coming spring, The railroad
are doing extensive improvements buldin
OF which win last over spring and summer
and one great freight depot Is under way
This Is the Burlingtons. The Union Paclfi