Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-31
BUILDING RECORD
GAINS 0NE-THIRD
More Than Seven Million Dol
lars Worth of New Build
ings in Year.
NEW BANK HOME BIGGEST

! ahead of the 1914 record
The total volume Of binding in
Greater Omaha during the year lust
closed was approximately $500 OOO
In 1915 it was $685.. COS.
The fourteen story First National
bank building at Sixteenth and Far
nam, begun and completed within the
year, was the largest single undertake
ing curing inc year IN the CITY
Notap,e among the ouiio'hgs com
Pietea curing me year was the
BLACKSTONE a' lnirty-sNth ana far-
LAM .,anl suet 80 d stIus. . pl elght
SUI o'' p Wn'eI T was pu,it py lne DARK TX
10 p neSl.y In'e G,I: COMPANY 'or
'"e D'aeNs'o"e I,o'un''s 'o'''p@"y'
Other Big projects.
The Masonic Temple at Eighteenth
and Douglas streets is now we'll under
way. while the roof is on.
The warehouse of the Lee Colt
ANDERSEN company at Ninth and
Farnam streets, costing 100000 is
past the framework stage and the
building is pretty well enclosed. This
structure has SIX stores and a base
ment'
In process OF construction at pres
ent is the $zl3,ooO warehouse and
machinery shop OF the Armour Pack
ing company OF the South Side. lhis
IS 10 DC sH-Story building with
basement ana is located at twenty
~ NJ, =" 80"
Otnei DIG Daiioinss IN the DOWN
.o"'i ~, Glstr,ct curing me year inelude
lne Woriutrlerata ouilding; the du-
Pheatioh OF tne Iastie motel, the new
SANFORD hotei, tne Dig family hotei
dt E'enteehtn ana Dodge streets, and
hunper OF important warehouses;
ana store buildings. Several big FAC
toly ouioihgs were erected, the larg.
est among them Deing the big Ford
Plaht al oNteentn and lizard streets.
ne Morris fackIng company is re-
1uilding us plant winch was badly
damased by hre, and is making I'M
portant extensions. Many costly
apartment houses and residences were
also aoaed curing the year, and
shalier homes by the hundreds were
Duii'. charies Martin took out at one
tirne Duiid'ng permits Tor SW00O
worth OF homes to be erected IN
mime Lusa ADDITION. The new hos
p s;,n 81 Nohr. eton aoi m,.n tue oG d
is nearing comnletion
r. A. Ct: W.
~ 'e o"nis i
ror ~ a most encouraging pro-
gram is already laid out Most i'm
presSive on the list OF announcements
Is inc NEBRASKA telephone building,
10 De hfteen stories high, at Nine
teenth ana douglas streets; the Com
iherc'ai heaity company motel build
ing OF ten stores and basement at
oNteenth and Harney streets. to be
erected by the syndicate headed by
marry won: ana the SlUO,oo0 garage
ouiding which Sharies X. Sherman
plans between lhirty-hfth and lhir-
ty-SHth street on tarnam street.
Inc Nebraska Methodist hospital is
soon to build another addition to its
present pant 10 cost S3o,ooo.
men there is to be the duplica-
ton q G va warehouse on Tenth
street. ne M. T. smith company has
also announced big new addition to
Its plant.
New Home For Auto Trade.
Thirty automobile dealers have
pretty definitely decided hat thew /
will move fron, E.rr,r, stro.t :,
Howard street b.twe., E;ah,oa,.L
and Twe,t;eth s.-..ts H. tho..
intend " h,,,, H.. 49,. f.a..a 10y
hoth s;d.s ~ ~. 80 ~ ~ o'
800 % 80. ~ LII, eni 'us ~ lol u'sl-
r,.n.n. IVA ' a.,ts.,a anu eie.a per
hn;iJ;aa, Nv ..:...tn " Al, sSI:en "a
u uutn ns o W so's'''u'e Tie Dig auto
II. In "a
a.a:IsI nlotnels nave ueilriteiy
~ ~ ou',u ep"' 'i'iei' houses Oh
u,., a-houeih aesign costing nearly
Hr.ks Cons.rr,t;on o on-, uo.a' > Ing
ahead with this work the coming
wear.
Many new factory nlants have
either been begun during the wear or
are TO be begun ;mmed;ateIv after
the first OF the wear
The rehu;Id;ng ~ R,o,r,s,, h,u ,;,,
mean the rxnrnditura 81 moe ,h,n
$3.50 ono Ncarlv $50 ooo baS a,-sad d
been raised Gov .b;s ''''' "' A'' 'a'
The II p pnio-u .o :.
h;o an ~ 49, 'p p, %
Twelfth and iso,,spn 80. p'"''' "'
The Cr.h,r H.. go, ' .o,n,.
will connists ;ts Srs Ivan III, Lon'pany
w. W o.pie.e r ~ ,..e new planl, anu
Gn;sh ths b;a n,.nt i ~ .oi staI:., "a'.
the south end 81 the $500 as d' ' go, a.
VIZ a vot'i e"u Vi TIC oN'ee'''h street
Ths h;o h,.+,r,,;,,. r,..1 so,....
;o;n;no tSs E,;r-n n 1890. 80 III: a.