Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
KOntinental Men
Need New Building
for Their Business
Smaller Structure Likely 70 Be Built
al Once on Site Of One Just De-
Etroyed by Fire.

There iH possibility thR1 fourth build
ms may rise on the ruins q the warehouse
No. 2 End that IT'S builders viii %, Cor-
Etrucuon company No. & with The same
stockholders and officers who formed the
company when IL Vas represented hy the
lowsr serial numbers The phoenix that
VII Es'ise from tie ashes this time how
ever VII not be ar imposing four-Etory
pressed brick structure like The one de-
EtrUyed Saturday night. i viii not be
more than TWO, possibly not ever oDe-Etory
IN height
The destruction q the building hits the
Monumental Kompound company q serious
blow. us business has grown 10 Eurh al
extent That 8 large building 10 necessary
10 accommodate It, There are no such
buildings available and the proposition was
mace 70 the stockholders Of the constrnc-
tiun company 70 begin a. once clearing
away the ruins and build q one Or Two
story structure on ihs present foundations
The Monumental company mas practically
agreed 10 make . lease long enough 10 m
sure the return o. the COST o. such
building
The TIRE vas The means OF revealing 10
the public the enormous business that mas
been created, principally In the last ysEr
since the huEinssE came under the rnnh-
sgemsnt Of Mack Goodwin. the veteran
wholesale ErOoer1-mHn- il has grown from
small proportions into a magnitude IN
vulvinE hundreds Of thousands Of 6olErE
FuT example. orders booked and untitled
up 70 Saturday night Aggregated ttirry-one
( car loads Of chicken food alone for immsdi-
ate delivery and corresponding orders for
floor sweeping compounds. stock foods and
medicines. TwenrJ'-ons carr Of raw ma
tCTiBl were received and unloRded IN The
building last week. Five cars o. products
were loaded out Saturday and " ere on the
track when the fire occurred and were
pulled away in time 10 escape destruction.
Three more we're 10 be loaded for Mon
DAYS shipments and the orders TO be filled
the FIRST week in March aggregated more
than 500
II Is this condition that makes II nscss-
sHry for the company 70 have q large
building with ample trBckHge. and none can
be obtained more quickly Than 10 recon
Etruct ths old one. A large part Of The
walls up 20 the second floor are believed 10
be available. and the new parts necessary
cRn be quickly constructed. The matter
will be decided without 6elsy.
Mayor MElunsy iE one Of the stock holders
Of the Kontinentsl company and is direct
ing his energy toward q practical solution
q The problem. and IL using Il With ox-
uelient effect TO support his demand FOR
the final solution Of the vBtsrwUrkE prob
lem
The Monumental people, the AppletunE
HRish and Owens cumpEuies were given
office room yesterday afternoon N ths
warehouses o. the TounkermEn seed com
4 pBny and II is possible that some uf them
may be permanently located there
I NO complete list q The insurance ID
VOWED EBE obtBinR.bls YESTERDAY and VIII
NOT be for several dByE. owing 10 the Fact
that much Of II Was carried out Of town
j WIS found that the KuurinsnrRI had a
total q s2l.5SO approximately une-half Of
the luFF