Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-03
OMAHA BUILDING
KEEPS RIGHT ON
Permits During the Year Show that
Most of Them Were Issued for
New Residences.
lANK CLEARINes LOss SNAIL
sat Three Per Cent Decrease -
shown when Compared with
the High Figures of the
Previous Year.

sIn view Of the general talk Of depres-
ION over the country. rather remark
pie showing was made In the building
scFations In Omaha during the year
st closed. The building permits show
Practically an even half million dollars
sore than they did a year before.
1rrom the office Of the building Inspector
bines the REPORT that some 800 permits
1ere issued during the year. Nearly 800
these buildings were. residences. The
lat were business property.
There is an inclination among many
4hen speaking Of the building permits Of
as year, to deduct from the total the
blue OF the 100000 Fontenelle hotel
alere. are many who say. Take the
pntenelle out OF the building permits
IL the year and you have almost $780,
. lesg in permits than last year"
There are others who insist. however.
at there IL no reason whatever for
Aducting this. The permit was issued
hring 1914 Moreover. the builders went
head with II and the sixteen-story
Hiding Is actually constructed and is
be occupied by the middle OF February.
that reason. they say. can there then
for deducting this building permit
Dm the rest?
IA Not an Accident.
fl'he Fontenelle hotel In not an ac-
dent as though II had dropped from
.aven. II represents an investment OF
Insefvative business men OF the city.
they had not formed corporation
"a built the Fontenelle hotel. there is
telling what other buildings their
pse capital would have built in the
surse OF the year, The capital was here
be used, whether II was pooled to-
,ther for 100000 hotel or whether It
build have been spent in individual lots
y several 10000 buildings throughout
y city.
again. II Ia held by some that II there
uid poasibly be any reason for deA
citing the big 100000 permit from the
tal for the year. then one. to be con-
tent, must 20 back over last years
cords and deduct some OF the largest
sEness buildings built in 1913 before q
nparison can be made that will be
81.
New Bank Added.
Dne new bank was added TO the list
Omaha during 1914. This, the German
inerican State bank, makes the second
ate bank In Omaha and the second one
nee about two years ago. Up TO that
mo all the banks here were national
sie state Bank OF Omaha was the first
the state banks to break into this field
I'D was shortly followed by the German
nerican.
Join Clearing House.
1 rhe Corn Exchange National bank and
Z Live Stock National bank OF South
. naha. the only two banks OF Omaha
. a South Omaha that had not been
4 mbera OF the Omaha Clearing House
sociation, have Joined the association
4 ring the year Just closed
CIearinEs Loss Small.
While bank clearinss IN Omaha did not
Ach the grand total they reached In 1919
+ when the difference Is computed on a
rcentage basis. Il is found that the
crease In clearings from last year was
IS than per cent. Through misprint
b percentage was published on New
4 ars day as a decrease OF IL per cent
lis Is Incorrect. as the decrease was, in
und numbers, s26.000.O00 on basis OF a
: al OF 500. 81. 65s.76 In 1918.
. Sank deposits as shown by the last cali
. October. as compared with the October
4 Il year ago show some sl0,OO0.O 900 less.
a tis. bankers say 10 not at all remark
2 ie. as the crop OF wheat was held for
" : dollar mark this year on account OF
war The result was that an wheat
not move early In the fall. money
1 ont flow into tho banks to swell the
posits, as It did the year before. When
4 : dollar mark was reached. however.
: enormous wheat crop began 20 move.
bankers say that by December II q
nix call could have been issued. II
puid have shown at least s60o0OOo more
deposits here than IL showed In oc-