Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-24
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Realty Men Want Douglas County
Exhibit at the Land Show.
EXCHANGE TO CONSIDER MATTER
Money for Annual Exhibit or the
Douglas County Agricultural
society Take space.

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Omaha Land show, 70 be held at the Ak
Sar-Ben coliseum, October Is 20 g. has
come TO the attention OF members Of the
Real Estate exchange, who expect to
hIing the matter before the exchange at
the meeting Wednesday of this week.
they realize that II IL getting late to
arrange for an exhibit this year but they
want TO start a movement which will in
sure an exhibit next year. As there is no
real estate concern with tract Of land
in Douglas county big enough to warrant
its securing space at the land show. the
realty men suggest that II would be we'll
for the county to appropriate money for
an exhibit. or for the Douglas County
Agricultural society TO make an exhibit
Nebraska will be represented this year
at the Land show with several times az
much space as last year, but most of the
exhibits win be from the western portion
Of the state
Whatever dizziness In the real estate
trade there may have been in the sum
mer, 1t has passed away, according to f.
T. Heyden Of Hastings & Heyden. He
says his firm has made more sales in
the last ten days than In any other like
period this year.
There seems to be % great demand for
acreage property" said MT Heyden to
The Bee. Many people want tract of
five to ten acres and in order to get It
are willing to go from one 10 three
miles from the car line. They want II
for raising chickens vegetables and
fruits
Even n single acre, which can be
bought close to a car line, will go far
toward solving the problem Of the high
cost of living for the man who has to
work for wages. One acre will keep him
busy during the hours that he is not at
work downtown"
c. c. George returned last week from
an extended trip in the Pacific coast
states and Canada, amazed at the rapidity
of development i'm the Canadian provinces
of Manitoba, Alberta and British Column
bia, but feeling certain that the United
States, and Omaha particularly, is the
safest place to nave money invested.
Western Canada. he says, is passing
through that period of development which
Nebraska knew in the boom days which
preceded the great depression in realty
values.
Calgary. which ten years ago had 5000
people" said Mr.. George, now claims
a population Of 5000, and building per-
mits have been averaging 81. 100000 a
month since the first of the year. They
can't build houses fast enough to keep VI
with the growth in population. They have
just built a municipal street railway sys-
tenn costing s1,OOOOOO.
Vancouver has grown from nothing tc
10000 in twenty-five years, and with the
suburbs. has a population of 10000
Building permits have been running 1000.
600 a month since January /.
Winnipeg. which ten years ago had
10000 people, now has 10000 and build
ing permits for the first eight months Of
this year aggregated SIS, 900, 600 The pub
lie service corporations find it impossibl,
10 expand as fast as the city grows.
Realty values, however. are very high
compared with Omaha, Kansas City anC
Minneapolis Outside residence property
in Calgary is selling much higher thar
similar property in Omaha. hous'
that would rent in Omaha for $40 a montl
rents in Vancouver for $50"
San Francisco is erecting more build
ings that actually needed at present, il
anticipation of the influx that will com
with the Panama exposition, said MI
George. Business is not as lively in Sal
Francisco, Portland, Tacoma and Seattl
but it is healthy. substantial and encour
aging. Seattle is promised by Mr. Smit
of the Smith Premier Typewriter com
pany a forty-two story building includ
ing tower Of eighteen stories.
Mr.. George returned with ten pound
more flesh than he left He was &C
companied by Mrs. George.
nornarsfnna NJ the new offica build
ing Of the Krug brewery was laid thi
week, members of the Krug family bt
ing present. In a box in the stone wer
placed letter from Mayor Dahlman. on
from Building Inspector Mitchell, cop
of the city building laws and a copy
The Bee Of last Sunday. J. Jeffrey Dave
is the architect of the building.
There is no noise" about a large nun
Der of prospective big buildings
Omaha. but building continues just II
same. Plans were issued 20 contractor
last week for bids on the constructio
of an additional shop building at II
street car company's shops at Twent!
sixth and Lake and the contract was l.
for a $4,000 factory at Fourteenth an
Grace streets. TO be occupied by the n
braska-Iowa Steel Tank company. II
street car company has been so crampt
for space In its shops that 1t has N
built any new cars this year, but whit
the new structure is completed. it VI
have room for building new cars, In add
ton to plenty Of space for repair work
A permit has been issued to DR.. Robe
L. Marley for the erection Of a fran
dwelling to cost 5000 at 2222 Eva
street.
A l60-acre farm one mile north Of Be
nington sold a few DAYS ago for Sls.5
There was a time when that amount
money would have bought township
Douglas county land.
The sale OF a fruit farm northwest
Florence for $500 the other day lea
to the observation that good fruit a.
plenty of il can be grown in Dougl
county. Grape growers near Florence a
making money. Local fruit jobbers s.
that Nebraska has raised more appl
this year, in comparison with the nuI
Der of orchards, than has Missouri.
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