Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-19
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Need of City Planning is Again
Urged by Real Estate Men.
TELL WHY 1T IS NEEDED
Point 10 Purchase of Property 40
Defeat Location of Apart
mont House by the Home

The incident last week OF ten citizens
clubbing together and paying 1850 each
20 buy a piece OF property in order TO
keep an apartment house from being
erected in the center OF splendid resi-
denoe district. II In said emphasizes again
the urgent need OF a system OF city plan
ming. Two lots at the corner OF Thirty
ninth and Dodge streets were about 10
be sold TO parties who expected to build
apartment houses upon them.
The residents who had built homes IN
the neighborhoOd and had done much
60 keep up the appearance OF that parric-
ular section Of the street. felt that an
apartment house In their midst would
spoil the general appearance of that res
idence section. They felt that Il would
reduce the value Of their respective
properties.
Their only recourse was 10 buy the
property 70 save themselves. IL cost
them more than siS.OoO Jointly to get the
vacant ground
''ff Il had been a livery barn that was
10 be built there the case would have
been the same" said a real estate man.
''If anyone wants to build "a garage or
livery barn. or a blacksmith shop next
most residence sections of the city2 That
is why We need city planning on a large
and comprehensive scale"
Like Building Restrictions.
Real estate men are coming more and
more 20 realize that the newly laid out
residence sections that sell best and most
rapidly are those on which the building
restrictions are such that every man who
buys may know exactly what may or
may not be built IN the immediate neigh
borhoOd. Such restrictions can be made
legally. They are made in many in
stances. and II is having It's effect upon
the better class OF buyers.
Many residence districts are now plated
and so restricted a. not only TO keep ont
dwelling houses OF less than a given size,
hut to keep out harms. public garages
stores. blacksmith shops and in fact,
everything except dwelling houses.
Usually this restriction Is fixed fos only
y given period OF years. As to whether
such restrictions can he made perpetual
in the respective deeds there Is some
question among real estate men. The
case is cited, however, OF the town Of
Lyons. Neb.. laid out by Mr.. Lyon many
years ago. In granting deeds TO the vari-
Gus lots within the city limits he stipl
lated that no saloon should ever be per
ated on any u the ground. For many
years this was a matter OF contention.
Many tried 20 estahlish saloons IN the
city and were repeatedly driven out. long
after the death - tho founder OF the
town the matter OF whether such a pro-
vision would hold was still being con-
tested In the courts. II ~ nut a c.nnrara-
lively few years ago that the supreme
court OF the state u Nsb-a dec1dod
the provisions valid and that through
all time there shall he no saloons In the
town OF Lyons. Neb.. in accordance wi,h
the provision made by Mr.. Lyon in trans
ferring the original leeds
Omaha az Pittsburgh.
Omaha may draw the meeting OF the
convention Of the National Association Of
Real Estate exchanges within a few
years Omaha has never asked Tor ths
convention. Il has. however. always
been well represented az the conventions
Al the convention that closed a few days
ago IN Pittsburgh, Omaha was represented
by eighteen delegates II every city ir
the United States had been represented
with such DELEGATIONS in proportion TO ia
population. Pittsburgh hotel accommoda.