Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-29
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Realty Men Say Omaha Land Show
Will Benefit Them.
DEVELOPING WEST BOOSTS CITY
VIII he First in Residence Dis
trict--Estnbrook VIII
Build Flats.

Build Flats.
While the Omaha Land show will prove
Of direct benefit to only a few Of the
local real estate men, the realty fra
ternity Of the city are almost a unit in
commencing it, The show does great
deal toward building up the west by
taking people from the states east Of
Nebraska TO settle there, and the develop
ment of the west will increase Omahas
Jobbing and manufacturing business,
which, In turn. by bringing new families
INTO Omaha to care for the Increase OF
trade. will give the real estate man
MS chance to make money A number
OF the Omaha realty men-those who deal
in western lands-wil profit directly.
and many have already profited, by the
sale OF their tracts.
President c. c. George Of the Real
Estate exchange says the show will
prove of immense value to Omaha. lilo
calls attention to the fact that a large
part of the men who became interested
in the west through the show are farmers
from Iowa and other states east of
Omaha. BY getting them into Omaha's
trade territory Omaha is so much the
gamer, he says
The interesting bit of news last week
In real estate circles was the announce
ment that large garage is to be built
by DR.. Downs for George Redick and
Denise Barkalow at the northwest cor
ner of Fortieth and Farram. This is the
first movement of the automobile BUSH
ness Into the residence section and the
two young men think that by being
close to the automobile owners, they will
nave about all the business they can
handle. West Farnamites have been very
chary Of allowing business concerns to
locate in their neighborhood, that is.
those residents in the immediate vicinity
OF the location selected, but this time
the negotiations were kept secret until
everything was ready. The lot is in
the hands Of DIR. Downs the contract for
the building has been let, the lease has
been made and work on the building
will be started this week.
H. ID. Estabrook of New York has de-
cided to build on Cass street Just east of
Unity church two long rows of flats.
Ihey VIII run from Cass street south to
the alley and will have between them a
court 1872 feet long, parked with sod.
shruobery and trees. There will be six
teen flats, each sixteen feet wide, thirty
two feet deep and two stories in height.
Each flat will contain four rooms and a
bath.
Plans have been changed for the i'm.
provement of the Estabrook- Clowry 'prop-
erty on Sixteenth street, directly opposito
Jefferson square. The wooden buildings
north OF the alley between Chicago and
Cass streets will be replaced by a brick
building 6OX6O feet, two stories in height.
the lower floor to be divided into four
stores and the upper floor into four flats,
colonel Clowry also tentatively plans a
four or five-story apartment house at
seventeenth and Chicago Figures on the
construction OF the Estabrook buildings
are being taken by Architect wallich of
New York.
Honora Goggan has sold one and one
half lots at the northwest corner of
Twelfth and Chicago streets to w. L.
Selby' who will not say just at present
what improvements are to be made The
price given is $1,000 The tract has eighty
eight feet frontage on Chicago street and
l82 feet on Twelfth street, with trackage
on Twelfth street and in the alley.
The German Baptist church at Twenty
sixth and Seward has been sold 10 the
Mount Moriah Baptist church, a colored
congregation, now occupying the building
The price was 5000.
G. F. Smith has bought from e. II.
Luikhard the brick flats at Th!rty-first
and Dodge streets for $1,000
The old shanties on Fred II. Davis
property at GO6-S-1O South Sixteenth street
are being removed Mr.. Davis will build
two three-story brick stores with six
suites of offices above them.
n new addition is being plated nv
Hastings & Heyden to be known as Acre
Gardens This addition contains twen-
ty-five acres and is located Just north OF
Ida street between Thirty-eighth and
Forty second, within three blocks OF Al,
Forest Lawn street car line and mao
adam road. This addition will all he
laid out in acre lots and sold on very
easy terms. The lots are now being sur-
veyed and the ground being put in shape.
This addition will go on sale as soon as
the streets are graded and ground put in
condition.
David Cole has bought l32 feet ON
Mason street just west of Eleventh, pay
ing *2,5s2.50. This property is located
within one block of the Burlington sta
ton. The sale was made through Has
ungs & Heyden. Mr.. Cole bought this
property for an investment.
JURY FINDS YOUNG MAN
NOT Gull TY OF MlIRnEP