Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-05
CHANGES AT HAPPY HOLLOW
George & Co. Have Transformed
Large Tract of Land,
NOW IT IS PLACE OF BEAUTY
Paved streets and Pretty Terraces
where a Year Ago Was an
UnsiEhtIy Creek and
Pasture.

The great development undertaking OF
George q Co. of a year ago in Happy
Hollow is just now rounding out into
completion, with the finishing touches
being put on the beautiful boulevard sys-
tenn through this addition. For six years
George & Co. have been pushing develop
ment in Dundee farther and farther
west, until during the last year they have
been grading and developing a great tract
Of building lots in Happy Hollow, which
are already building up with residences
costing from $4,000 to $4,000 apiece.
A year ago this now beautiful tract was
a succession OF prairie hills and hoilows,
intercarved by gullies and even running
creeks. The company undertook the work
on a large scale. They spent thousands
and thousands on grading and filling.
They spent other thousands on concrete,
cement and brick storm sewers. They
spent other thousands in the laying out
of boulevards winding in and out among
the large native trees that stand on parts
of this ground.
Beautiful Terraces.
Today this tract is no longer sue
cession Of unsightly hills. Today 1t is a
succession of beautiful terraces sweep
ing in graceful curves along the boule-
ward. 1t is a succession of green lawns
and a succession of beautiful homes
a-building.
The building lots here largely over
look the Happy Hollow club grounds with
it's beautiful trees, boulevard, club house
and golf links. They overlook Elmwood
mark to the southwest. They overlook
much of the fertile farm lands to the
south and west for as much as from tiVe
to ten miles.
Just north of Happy Hollow club house
lies the eleven-acre tract that the COM
pany has donated to Brownen Han OH
condition that this college for girls be
removed to this location within a given
period of time. This is high tract
which has an outlook of no less than
eight miles to the west and south.
Sewers Are Built.
Throughout this entire addition un-
slightly gullies and creeks were converted
into spots of beauty. A creek of flowing
water was absolutely filled in for a dis
tance of half a dozen blocks. A storm
sewer was placed beneath to carry OH the
storm water that the creek formerly car
ried. Now above the old creek bed Is a
beautiful series of sunken gardens, with
artisticalIy arranged flower beds in
succession of stately quadrangles. THESE
are set in the middle of green sward'
we'll kept with blue grass like velvet
JJp the hill a series of springs have been
tapped into pipes and are now carried INTO
the storm sewer by means of these pipes
Thus all soggy places have been eraol-
Gated and paved streets cover the Spots
where the springs once bubbled
Pressed steel lamp posts have been set
along the boulevard system. These sup
mort high power electric lights that Will
make IL the prettiest lighted driveway
in the city. There are eighty of these
pressed steel lamp posts in the addition
Honds for sewer Plant.
To care for the sewage of the new addi-
tion. IL was necessary to build larger
septic sewer plant than the one on Doose
street that has for years consumed lhe
sewaxe of Dundee. Thus the new one
now rs to be located q mile and nan
south of Dodge street. Bonds in the
sryn Of s95. 900 have been voted for the
construction OF this modern plant, which
is already under way.
Practically 70 per cent OF the lots ~
this addition have already been sold. In
some cases, persons are moving INTO this
addition in what might be called groups
or flocks. Notably among these Is the
ero,,n of friends headed by Harry Tukey
who are disposing of their property OF
vest Farnam and other places in the
citv and have bought lots in an imrne-
diate neighborhood in Happy Hollow VIII
the intention OF building their iuture
homes there at once