Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-17
GREAT BUILDING
RECORD THIS YEAR
Constructive Program Includes
Big Bank Home, Masonic
Temple, Apartments,
ONE MILLION FOR SCHOOLS

ma Neat VIII d'aM ln tluse WIN
remarkable record al huIldBs
achievement In Omaha Vet The end
" Ihe year will not he tho end ol the
building activities, Iof "a last a. hall
daseH large structures near compile
,inn az many mure large and sub
slshtial prospects are announced
Al present the interior work and
decorating IL rapidly beihs hpiahed IN
the rev ttFst National bank building
al siSIssnth and fafnam streets, and
many oI the tenants cseet, 10 move
iAla the nov structure even hrioto tho
btst et the Nesh
The Masonic temple At Eighteenth
and Douglas IL Now pretty well en-
closed, and the foef Ia bsms pa, OH,
No less than dassa handsome
apartment houses have this lall been
completed and made ready Tor oeeu,
psatS,
The teeoC aitAndfeessn big ware
hsuss, TO coat s2o1,pod, al Ninth and
fsfaam streets has the brick work
new completed This Ia a structure
ai sN stories and basement
School naildiass
The building program fer the Oma.
ha sehsei buildings has been moving
rather slowly, but this only because
building materials have advanced az
RAPIDLY Ia price siAes the yl,1N,O01
were voted with the dehnits building
program, that the beard Ia Badins Il
hard 20 get bids 10 come within the
limit OF the bond issae authorized and
within the limits oi the specific ete,
gram they had su,lined 10 the voters
Eef each seheei Some ei the work
u sosas ahead, hessvsr The Han,
sfei, sehoe, Il now hesas completed
according 10 the original plan, and
the contract on the Yates school Il
probably 10 be ,et Monday evening a,
The meeting si the board, The sste
mated eest at the work on the Yates
school i $st,0on. The complete
sshsA building pFssfam contemplated
the expenditure OF $i,ts00oU, AND In
eladed either rebuilding OF additions
on eleven astfiet school buildings IN
Greater Omaha 10 eulatse the sehoel
facilities ei the metropolis
The Al5NM warehouse and ma.
sAlAsfy shop u The ArmeM Packing
COMPANY ID beng built, with the walls
Asw pretty well ae, This Ii 10 be a
ssSAssofy building with basement At
TWsntsaaia,h AND q streets, South
Side
New hstst
lae esS ,ainss il sight immediately
aMeF The ggs, oi the year ate the Ne
hgaska Telephone ealldas, 10 he ~.
SysN sseftes AlaA, Al NiAeteenth and
DaaSiss Streets The Commercial
Realty eampsny's hotel salidMs ai
tsa stories aAsa basement al Sixteenth
AVID Harvey sttee,s The building 10 he
ssestsa BY the Sndieate headed by
Harry Melf, and the SioN0N garage
beiaAMs which Charles 4 Sherman
.tRssMas 10 hNila between ThfstSsAtth
and fAiFp sixth on farAam street,
This u 10 he I'VE STORES and hsses
AAsAs
The NesFasks MstAeaist hases,a,
il seoA 10 bald aaosAeF addition 10
sls RseseA, plant Al rhlfe4ssS,h and
SNsMtAa ssfvet, This addition 10 cost
xsA0M THIS construction " 10 Nc Ss
pressed brick and staee
Unitarian Church
fhe First Oaaataaa shereA seNsfe,
SAssaN "a 10 bald a new yAaFsA ANsias
Ms al lAlftssRfss and Harvey streets
The piAss are Sssns drawn, " Al least
skssshss are beiae aAaae
e, n, CsSixAtaA i AassAs StAoN
garage Asaat AZ Seventeenth and Dap.
SArost ssfeess.
Sseaad Dfsss u AaSsAs a Slz,opN
E&fAsS bath al f~~Hpssessad AND
MsFNsS streets,
n X. Eask h AaaasNg . residence
and garage 10 cost $SaaoN Al foftstsh
ana Dewey AsvAwe. Work u now sn
preSssss Sa shsss structures
!, W. Robbins, real estate maa, Is
AssSAS sses@ beaadsns hatla AZ lwesa,
eIAgtA and lssvSa~@ltA sweets, The
ks-ss ANas ard walls are ee now
Z, &. RaAaall has sskeN eat a per.
M& 10 bald a garage At $50 AeasSs,
@oFsA street,
Hugh MsSaNsfs has taken oas q
psqTASs TO A@4sd $aA,9A garage al
$50 asesvsnwefsA street,
ghese are eats . fs@ 81 The saiaaans
egs4sstsss nov gong On OF sMAesf,
ass1s cSAtSfaphees " the city, 10 sss
neaAaAs 81 the Auaat~ds os sxssacASes
8Nase eSnssswstioa sostsAs ft@sn $z,st.e
rs 5000 sn,essA are SnAafnsfahk