TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: "WEDNESDAY, JA2sT AltY 1. in02.
FIGURES WHICH TELL OF OMAHA'S PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY DURING THE YEAR 1901
1
X
(Continued from First Pago.)
li greatly In cxccbb of tho preceding year.
Prices paid to Block ratters have been high
nnd steadily maintained. All In all, the
year was ono of the most prosperous In
tho history of the Industry locally.
NEW PAY ROLLS FOR THE YEAR
Addltlonnl I'nctorlr l'nr Out AVnitrn
to Hundred)) of i:niilii) m nml
Otil Onm Incrense.
While thcro was nothing sensational
about tho growth of manufacturing cater
prises In Omaha during tho year 1901, tho
total capital Invested In new plants
amounts to more than J 300,000, while tho
number of persons employed In these will
reach a total in excess of 550. This does
not tnko Into consideration the largo
nmount of capital Invested In established
'houses for the extension of trade and tho
IncreaHo of capacity, which will probably!
mount to as much more. Among tho
older houses extending their trado M. K,
Smith & Co, stands well to the fore, having
Increased tho force In their fuctory and run
to tho full capacity.
Tho Increase In 'the force, of tho smelter
consequent upon the closing of tho Bmeltcr
at Kansas City has given work to many
additional men. Othrr factories have
opornted to their full capacity, In somo
coses tho Increase In force being limited
only by tho number of available men. Two
of tho firms making building material and
bar fixtures have greatly enlarged their
rapacity, but the exact cost of these lm
provcmimtn nnd extensions cannot bo
given, ns It Ins been kept as a matter re
lating only to tho business of tho firms en
Kagcd In tho work.
Around tho now enforprltes different con
ditions exist ami a fnlrly accurate ostlmato
ran bo made; of tho cnpltal first Invested nnd
tho number of personB employed. A tnble
showing tho now factories, tho estimated
capital Invested nnd the nverago number of
operatives employed Is as follows:
Cnpl- No. cm-
Name of Firm. tl. ployed.
Omaha .Match rnntory J w.khj
Andrews-Mono Can Co 50,000
Ibrm-Hnmmer V. O. Co WV.
Martin-Anderson Co 25.000
Continental Cigar Co 2O.(hi0
Ulnderiip Cigar Co 10,000
Omaha Tannery 25.0nn
Hutter Tub factory . 25,(mo
OmmTcm Skirt Co H.ooo
lleobci & Itunyon Co 2."l.i-0
Omaha Suspender Co...s 10,0f0
ttattan Chair factory K,0o0
National .Manufacturing Co.. lO.O'n)
Clark Flour mill 25.000
Anchor Fenco Co. (reopen)... 25,000
Totals $303,(M) 661
While In n qulot way the progress of
Omaha factories wns good In 1001, tho out
look for 1902 Is yet moro bright. Already
tho Ilemls Hag company bus announced Its
Intention of enlarging Its quarters and
starting n new lino of Industry, which will
glvo employment to n largo number of op
eratives, men und women.
Probably tho largest undertaking In a
manufacturing way Is tho proposed Union
1'acltlc shops, which will be rebuilt during
tho coming yenr. Thcsu shopt will Involve
un expondlturo of about $1,000,000. ' It Is
belloveil that when theso shops aro com
coinplotnd tho present force of mechanic
will ho large Increased, but a definite stato
ment In regard to this has not been mado
by tho compnny.
Taking tho estimates' given above on the
forces employed by tho now tdiops, together
.with,., such, jjatu as. Is obtainable from Ihe
.older' companies, n conservative estimate
will placo the number of persons employed
In manufacture In Omaha during 1901 at
about 1.100 more than were employed tho
preceding yenr.
GROWTH OF JQBBING TRADE
Iiiiiiiciinc Addition to Terrllory Trlliu-
tury to OiuiiIiii .Unite
DurliiK Vcnr.
With ono exception, every line of business
represented In tho wholesale, trado of Omaha
reports nn lncrenso of business for 1901
ovar-thu preceding yeur.
For tho first tlmu in Its history Omaha
has hod a market which attracted to tho
city a largo number of rotnll dealers tw'lco
a year for tho solo purpose of Inspecting
goods and making purchases. This con
dition Is duo to tho opening of n now mil
linery house and a now dry goods house,
which first entered the Omahu trade Inst
January, iiurlng tho year all lines of trade
Increased their holdings In the lino of stock
nnd many houses Inroduced brnnchos not
hitherto carried or carried only as a side
lino.
Probably tho largest volume of lurrenso
In ttnnAa until In Omfthn U'lin to llrv Cnods.
duo In n largo degree to tho estublUh-
ment, but nlso duo to tho extension of tho
torrltory coverod by houses In business last
Hcnson. one omana ury goons
s houso now
has ofllccs In San Francisco and in St. Paul.
At tho former office nil Unci aro haudlod
and nt tho latter a lino of manufactured
goods nnd spoclnlttes. Omnhn drummers
now visit tho Pnclllc coast, from Snn Dlcgo
to Seattle, selllug dry goods, and cover
closely tho states of Nebraska, Iowa, South
Dakota,. Colorado, Wyoming, Utnh, Idaho 1
nnd Washington and portions of Montana.
Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota nnd North Da-
kota. It Is considered by dealers safe to
fay that tho Increased sales of drjr goods
nnd manufactured products from the dry
goods houaos havo approximated over 150
per cent over 1900,
Tha next branch of . buslnrns showing
greatest Increase Is In the line of manu
factured confections. Three bouses are
regularly In this trade, with several others
carrying special llnra and a few supple
menting their retail business' with whole
sslo trndo. These gocds arc now sold In
five utntes morj than they were gnu year
ago, llio states of Montana. Washlngtcn,
Idaho, Utnh nnd Jnllfornln being ndded to
tha list since Inst December. Tho tales
In tho now territory arc largely specialties,
but MQvernl additional mtm will be plnced
on tho road In those states next spring
with full lines.
In the Immediate vicinity of Omaha .there
has been no Increase of trade greater than
In tha grocery line. Jobbers hnve found
their plants Inadequate to supply the de
mand for many lines of goods and are now
making arrangements to got closer to the
' points of consumption by opening up branch
depots In different parts pf the territory
covered by their representatives. Locnllv,
the Omaha grocery Jobber ha practically
driven tho representatives of eastern
house from tho field, thus Increasing tha
volume of money retained In the city.
In Hsht nnd builders' hardwuro the year
has been particularly atlsfnctory, with lit
exception of a month or two during tho
summer, when It wbh found dllllcult to se
cure stock" from the mill. ' Omnha was
pot Injured as much In this respect as other
-towns on the Missouri river nnd sev
eral new accounts of largo volume are
on tho books of tho Omaha Jobbers by
reason of their ability to sell barbed wlro
and nails when stocks In other centers were
exhausted. This condition served to In -
croabo tho business of Omaha during what
would have otherwise boon comparatively
dull monthB.
With the lumber dealers tho year was
particularly good, Tho vast Increase In the
number of dwelling houses constructed In
Omaha, with a corresponding Incrcaso
throughout tho west, often found tho Omaha
Jobbers at n lofs to supply tho demand, but
It was supplied In somo way, often with
considerable dlfllculty, nnd work was sus
pended on some buildings for a short tlmo
while waiting for supplies from tho mills.
Tho drug trado stjows a largo Increase
both In volumo of sales and territory cov
ered. Ono house has so far outgrown Its
capacity that another building will bo con
structed for Its uso adjoining Its present
site this spring. A new firm has entered
tho buslnc3s of mnpufaeturlng pharmacists,
purchasing the business of nn established
house. A largo amount of money will bo
added to Its capital and tho trade extended
over Inn entire west.
Trado has not Increased with the paper
dealers as with others, tho estimated In
crease In vnluoof the business being 10 per
cent over 1000." Kvery house has, however,
Increased Its stock In 'preparation for re
nowed work next season.
In rubber goods tho trado has moro than
held Its own. Having covered the west from
tho Mississippi river to tho Pacific coast In
former years thcro has been little exten
sion of territory this season. Tho condition
of tho weather, dry In summer nnd warm
In tho winter, had n depressing effect, but
In spite of this tho showing will bo satis
factory. A new houso has been, added to those en
gaged In the boot nnd shoo trado slnco Inst
January. With .tho nddltlonnl houso enme
an Incrcaso In the volumo of Omaha's trado,
as none of tho other houses showed a de
crease. New territory to tho north nnd west
has been opened up for Omahn lines.
-In tho agricultural Implement trado busi
ness has been good. Tho sales have not
been as large 3 anticipated because of tho
shortage of crop In the northwest, but Into
orders, mado after the advance In tho price
of grain became clfcctlvc, have brought tho
aggregaio volume to n higher point than
was expected In August nnd 8ptember. Tho
rumored organization of tho plow trust
caused somo agitation during tho summer,
but Its" fjilure to become effective led all
dealurs to plan an active campaign for the
coming year.
The IncrenAo In the business of the furni
ture men has caused' one firm to expand Its
'business from Jobbing to that of manufac
turing. A four-story building covering, half
a block has been secured nnd will be occu
pled early In the spring for tho manufac
ture of specialties. Several additional men
will be plnced on the road In this lino of
trade tho coming season.
Two wholesale cigar bouses woro added
to tho trade In Omahn during tho year, each
house manufacturing n line of goods In addi
tion to those cnrrled In stock.
Tho coal trade of Omaha has been remark
ably successful, tho territory having been
extended even to tho coal mines In Iowa,
whero western nnd southern coal Is now
sold through Omnha Jobbers.
The only lino reporting n decrease In busi
ness Is that of heavy hardwaro and wagon
stock. Tho cause for this Is alleged to havo
been tho strlko In tho rolling mills, which
caused n suspension of building, together j
with tho phenomenal demand of 1900. Tbo
business Is In good condition, but has not
equalled, that of tho preceding year. The
crop shortage had considerable effect on
tho wagon r.tock. fatv0-"8 'putting repairs
over until next yenr.
BUILDING RECORD LOOKS GOOD
Muri- Th n n n Million Hollnm K
I'ciiilcd In Conxtrtiotloii, Prlu-
linll - Mm ii 11 AITiilri.
Nineteen hundred nnd ono wns n busy
year In Omnba's bulldlug history. Building
permits Issued during the year show that
tho cost of Improvements mndo In Omnha
npgregnted $1,230,300. This Is .nearly $300,
000 In excefs of the vnluo of the building
permits Issued In 1900.
Tho most expensive building erected dur
ing tho year Is tho new High school, which
cost $150,000. Next In cost comes tho W.
It. Ilcnnett building at Sixteenth and Hnr
ney streets with n valuation of $30,000. The
nddltlons to tho buildings on tho Crelghton
university campus cost $61,000. A ware
house erected by tho Thomas Davis Real
KBtnto company nt Ninth and Howard
streets cost $25,000. Tho most cxpcnslvo
flat building constructed during the year is
located at Tenth and Plerco Btreots and
cost $30,000. A chapel at the Franciscan
monastery was erected at a cost of $18,
000. J. H. nvons creeled tho most costly
pflvnto residence, having taken'out a build
ing permit for an $18,000 brick and stone
borne at the corner of Thirty-third and
Fnrnnm streets. The building of tho Nc-biaska-Iowa
creamery nt Tenth and Hownrd
Btreots was $10,000.
Tho amounts for which building permits
Issued during the ynrlous months of
" y'nr '" UB "
vJiYirunW""..,;.';;.";;!;'
79,190
1S0.300
IIS, 295
186,581
85,330
212.183
March ,
April
-May i
June
July wir
August 45 910
September 68,700
October 149,1!i9
November , 4't,'.'55
I December 40.WW
Total J1.230.00
INCREASE IN POSTAL BUSINESS
,
, livery Uriinrtmcnt at (inmlin Pom-
o!IM- NlllMVN firiMt til IVT
Your lllOO.
The history of the buslnern of the Omaha
pos.tofllco for tho year 1901 Is a history of
unvarying Increase over 1900. Tho totals
aro for tho year and hnvo been obtained by
milling to tho nmounts known to hnve been
received up to Decembor 15 nn estimated
totnl for the remaining days of tho year.
Tho latter ostlmato was based on the busi
ness of tbo last two weeks of previous De
cembers, which Is considered an extromcly
conservative method. Tho figures are:
Halo of stamps, envelopes, postnl
enrds, etc.. for tho year ending
December 31. 1901 $378,101.59
Amount collected on second-class
mull 39,P67.1
Hojc rent i.otio.oj
UUOISTRV Ill'SINF.SS,
1900.
Letters and parcels registered, 27,341
Letters and parcels delivered.. 52,103
Heurlstereil nouches received... 11.712
1901.
28,219
53,801
12,306
J'aeJtajes received In same 218.738 270,520
'Itegistered poucnes uispnii'iicu iu,rj ii.no
Packages In same 2IG,otS3 202.350
MONEY OHDICn Hl'SlNKSS
ltK-0.
Money crders Issued. 42,088,
Money orders paid... 21i!.C34
11 di....nn.. nt ait
1901.
13,740
234,388
21,100
$ 335,318.71
1,95:,-95.6S
Amount Issued $ 328.7W.76
Amount paid 1,813,016.18
Amount of remittances
received 2,934,359.76
2.975.059.SS
Totor nmount $5,096,163.98 $5,263,201.37
CUSTOMS HOUSE IS IN LINE
HpoelpU nt Port of Onuilia I'p tn Kx-
pt'iMiitloim nnd Niitlifnetory
to Collector.
1 The oftlro of the collector of customs
makes this report: "Tho volume of busl
ness passing through tho Omaha customs
house for the year has been very satisfac
tory. Actual figures are not at hand far
transactions, but tho receipts compare very
favorably .with other years and with other
cities of f.ho relative tit and Importance
of Omaha. Omaha now. has all tho working
facilities which are enjoyed by any customs
house in tho country. A bonded warehouse
gives merchants all necessary facilities nnd
goods may be sent hero In bond from any
port of tho world. With all the machinery
In full working order local merchants enjoy
all tho privileges possessed by any large
seaport of the United States." .
REAL ESTATE AND MORTGAGES
Statistics Show llcnltliy Condition
I'revnll In This llrimrli or
Properly.
Real estate owners aro apparently satis
fied with conditions In Omaha, to Judge by
the volume of business done during the last
year, tho aggregate value of tho trnrfsfcrt
being about tho same ns tho year before
and, neither year showing anything nbovo
normnl. ' There has been during the last
yenr an Increased demand for Omaha real
cfltatc, but tho price nt which destrablo
property Is held Is a suro Indication that
owners nro not anxious to dispose of their
holdings. There wns considerable activity
early In tho spring, tho sales of last March
showing nearly double thoso of the cor
responding month of 1900, but this llurrv,
which was carried well Into April, giving
that month nn cxccm of sales over April,
1900, fell off In MTty and was not rcsumod
until In the fall, when tho months of
September nnd October showed gains over
the corresponding months of tho preTlous
year.
It Is certain that tho promise of tho
early spring was disappointing and the In
creased price of farm land did not carry
with It nu Increase In tho price of city
property. What It would have done lml
It continued Is problematical, for It ceased
with tho drouth of the summer. The
salca, however, represent the best kind, as
In every enso I hey were made to persons
who dcslro to Improvo tho property or to
hold It ns nn Income-rtfurnltig Invest
ment, nnd not for speculation. The sales,
compared with last year, with the last five
ifays of December estimated, are as fol-'
lows: t
Month. inoo. iftoi,
January $ 490,292 $ 32l,37
February 483,274 380 310
M"rcli 329,t-5 filO.wfi
April I29.fi." 591,912
May 176,810 415.5:7
Juno 60i,0ri 4(2.961
July '40(1,121 ."I82.421!
August 74; nix aon.ni 7
September 312,081 4(Kj.t3Sl
October ..
302,753 002.2 .2
November ....
December
fi.V5.472
495.116
019,301
570.0 It
Totnl $3,779,1S0 $3,522,326
The condition of Douglns county real es
tate nnd Its owners Is better shown by the
statement of tho record of mortgages nnd
mortgages releases filed with tho recorder
of deeds for tho last yenr. According to
this statement there were released mort
gages exceeding by $1,171,434 tho vnluo of
tho mortgages recorded during tho snmu
period, tho increase In the vnltte of tho
mortgages released over last year being
$52,457, while tho mortgages filed In 1901
were less by $3321G.'0 thun tho amount 'of
thoso filed In 1900. Compared with the year
1900 the statement of real cstato mortgages
filed Is as follows:
inon. mm
Month.
Jaiiunrv ..
io. Am .
No. Amt.
130 J 168,010
133 172.475
170 178.575
101 33.1.2PB
150 250.000
151 156.375
163 201 258
165 1F5,23
113 226,075
167 1SI 0?5
K5 103.130
150 lCYOCO
$2,418,n(:3
the real estate
1901.
No. Amt.
133 $ 2.N40.
180 0i,57.'l
201 ,K'..PS5
21 1 306,O2i
12 238.100
172 238.70
' 187 325.170
151 375.761
166 2'17,S65
173 102.410
156 2kS.7CO
1ft) 215,0-jl)
117 $ 22:O07
February 140
March 155
172.131
m,m
19S.73.'i
2fiS.3".
15S.0.7)
ltll.0S.-j
123,500
200,700
1 19.300
fi,500
262,920
April
May ,
Jtiuu
.Tlllv
1H
159
150
107
Atlgust ISfi
September 16.'.
October 157
Nnvombur 1.11
December 131
Totals $2,750,953
Following Is the record of
mortgages released:
1900.
Month. Nn.
Amt.
January 202
317,229
200,170
313.757
30!l,740
F.2'j,240
101.473
208,570
2r7,(5')
1SI.200
198,615
2I5.4H
176,tiOi
renruary lm
March
.167
April
May
"!!312
....222
....138
....1SI
....10.!
....151
,...200
....179
June
July
August ....
September
October ...
November
December
Totals .
$3,510,300
$3.69-'767
BANK CLEARINGS FOR YEAR;
lltlxllM-nN of Cli'urlllK IIoiim- AnimIii
tlmi Shown nn Incrt'iiM- of
Thirteen Million.
I
Omaha bank clearings for 1901 show an
Increase- of $13,808,182.83 over thoso of 1900,
and seven of tho twelve months exhibit
lnrtfor totals thnn tho corresponding months
of the previous year. A comparison fol
lows: Month. 1901. 1900.
January $ 3l.G1l.96S.27 $ 26,755,128.09
February 23,622,277.71 22,312,308.53
March 26.017,013.66 25,753,300.06
April 21,079,722.72 25.063,574.30
May SO.S2S.921.23 27,204,830.05
Jlllio 25.906,fi82.0.l 2.8,603,775.66
July 23.803,800.61 26,336.381.23
August' 25,200,092.11 26,175,759.10
September 21,741,825.00 2I.7SI.0SI.I7
qctober 33.3l3,fiSS.49 30,378,417.21)
November 27,015,093.23 20.0S.,54I.35
December 29,770,172.80 25,0T9,9tV.90
Totals JK9.OI3.llS8.9l $315,1.15.196.06
Tho total clearings for tho last fifteen
years show that those for 1901 aro larger
than for any year since 1896. A tabulation
Is nppended, but In tho years from 1887 to
1S93 the clearing season extended from
October 1 to September 30. lu 1893 tho
schcdulo was arrauged to run with tho
calender year, so tho two quotations for
that -year are, first, up to October 1, anil
second, tho months of October, -November
and December. From 1891 on tho calendar
yenr Is Included In oach total:
US7 $271,411,061 10
1SSS 332,014,006 61
163 402.500,332 00
U90 490.121,913 34
1891 412,237,79 ) 70
1892 645,879.381 (2
U93 632.833,745 IS
1803 , 126,201,072 fO
UOI 483,472,168 It!
1805 38l.2Sfi.477 71
1896 1 420,242 56
1807 2I.I,38,7'.8 67
1898 319.S61.528 61
1fc99 297,432,370 31
19i) 313,135,106 16
1901 329.1)13,688 91
INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT
lU'ilnctlon of Tax and DUtrlet Hardly
A ft ( Totnl Collection! fur
a
.clirnnkn,
Tho report of the collector of Internal
revenue for tho district of Nobraskn Is
moro creditable than the figures sc?m to
Indicate, for during the year It has been
affected, by not only tho discontinuance of
tho speclnl war tax on July 1, but byl tho
segregation of tho two Dukotas tromtthU
district to become a district within them
selves, which occurred on the same date,
In tho Bale of documentnry nnd proprietary
stamps alono tho former Incident Is old
responsible for-a falling off of about JwO,-
000. Tho other Incident has not been
so keenly, becnuso Nebraska has lncre
Its own taxablo business sulTlclently
about mako up tho loss resulting from
separation. Another fuvorablo feature
the yeor's record not disclosed by tho tab'
Is the fact that tho lump collections hn
been larger and less scattered, resultln
in tho cost of making them being reduce
to 1.1 per cent, Tho totals given In tha
1S01 column aro obtained by eatlmatlna the
t
business of the last two weeks of this"
month from the business of tho first two
weeks of tho same. Internal revenue col
lections for1 two years:
1901. y
Lists $ 73.471 $ 90,1.11
Heer stamps 413.227 472.115
Spirit stamps 2,2if,sss 2.029,210
Clrf.ir stamps J7.3IO 108,761
Tobacco stumps fi.ldfi 7,122
Special tax stamps NN.SSO 112,192
Playing card stamps.... 1 11
Mixed Hour stamps 10 15
Documentary stamps.. 227.fi.Vi 433,619
Proprietary stamps.... 4.6I6 10.119
Total $3.157.503 $3,293,661
FIRES OF THE LAST YEAR
Department linn llml 11 lltiy Time
" ConiliiitlliiK Flumes DurliiK
, TMelveiiioittli.
While tho year has been unprecedented
In the number of fires that occurred, tho
losa hue been kept within very modcrnto
limits. Thcro woro 105 fires within tho
limits of Omaha during 1901, cxcluslvo of
tho last week, exactly 100 moro than for
1900. The loss was greater than for 1900,
being $251,133, ns against $68, 195, ( but was
less than for 1899, when the losses aggre
gated $374,541.
Tho losses paid by Insurance companies
last year amounted to $213,693, ns against
$74,695 for tho preceding yenr. The losses
not covered by Insurnncc amounted to $10,
440, as against $13,297 for 1900.
Hero nro somo comparative figures:
CiMixrn of Firm,
1900. 1901.
Children nnd matches 17 21
Gasoline utovrs 03 57
supposed Incendiary 17 30
Cnuso unknown 37 54
llurnlng rubbish, 27; electric wires. 13: hot
nshex, H: sparks from chimneys, 12; false
alarms, 31.
Four persons were fatally burned during
tho year, thirteen painfully and eight
slightly.
Of the 403 fires during the year, 321 were
conflnJd to tho point of origin, sixty-two to
one building, fifteen to two buildings, one
to four buildings and one to six buildings.
Among the larger fires of the yenr wern
ns followe;
Llnlngcr & Mctcalf Implement house, Jan
uary 15; loss, $22,300. Omaha Street rail
way car barn, February 8; loss, $55,375.
Western Typo Foundry and Lew May gro
rv Btnro. October 19: less. $37,100. Iltllld-
,lng of Frank II. Kennnrd, 1422-21 Dodge
street, October 23; loss, jt.ooo. i-our-siory
brick of John A. Crelghton, 1P07-9-11 Jonej
street, December 1; loss, $36,000.
ASSESSMENT IS SOME - LOWER
Totnl Vnluntlon of Property for I'nr
poNCH of Tnxiitlon Falls Off
llurliiK Vcnr.
Unless the council mnkes radical changes
In tho assessments flxd by tho Hoard of
Review, tho assessed valuation of Omnha
property for 1902 will bo practically the
same as In 1901. The totnl assessed valu
ation for 1901 was $36,374, 1SG, and tho as
sessments ns they now stand for 1902 aggre
gate ubout $36,250,000.
Tho following tablo shows tho valuations
upou which taxes were levied for city pur
poses In 1901 nnd the valuation fixed by the
Ilonrd of Review for 1902:
1901. 102.
Totnl nssessment $36,374,186 J3fi.000.rtM
Persoiml assessment .... 7,129,071 i.Ooo.ooo
Hen! estate assessment.. 29,241,213 29,000,00.)
MONEY SPENTJ3Y THE ARMY
Over n Million Dollars DUImrsfd liy
(Itiiirlrriiiimter nt Omiiliu '
llendi) unrtrm.
Tho quartermaster's odlcc of tho Depart
ment of tho Missouri, during the year epd
Ing December 31, 1901, with tho business of
the last week ollinlnated, has spent moro
thnn $1,000,000 for supplies nnd equipment
for tho transportation of troops and ma
terial and for tho construction and repair
of buildings. Of 'this money nbont 50 per
cent has been spent In the Omnha territory.
Tho forage, ono of tho largest Items of
expense to the government for tho main
tenance of cavalry and artillery, was nearly
nil produced from Iowa and Nebraska soil,
nnd llttlo Idea can be obtnlned of tho
nmounts pnld for this commodity from the
subjolnted figures far the reason that most
of tho disbursements for hay, oats, corn
nnd bran will not bo ninde until near the
close of the fiscal year, which ends June
30, 1902.
Thcro has been n steady Increase from
year to year for half a decado In tho
nmounts paid by tho government for horses
for uso In tho army, nnd this lncrenso still
continues. More horses wero bought by tho
Department of tho Missouri last yenr than
In 1900, but tho lncrenso In tho outlny for
this purpose Is caused rather by tho decided
Incrcaso In the price of horses. Tho com
parative figures follow:
1900. 1911.
Fuel and forage $ 278, 409.71 $ 270,069.11
flalnrles. etc fi3,fil3.7fi 74,967.65
Purchase of horses.... 100,371.36 122,197.00
Freight trnnsportntton,
etc 334,511.50 368,336.60
New building, etc 181,916.70 138,195.13
"Repnlrs of shooting
ranges 1,175.63 fi,319.36
Itepnlrs of hospitals.. 9,261.07 26,467.25
Clothing, etc C65.91 1,186.91
Repairs of Htou'.ird's
quarters 733.45 1,222.70
Totals .....$ 997,031.07 $t,017,962,29
IMPR0VEME"nTS ON STREETS
Little Work Done In Way of I'iivIiik,
Scircr and Slileivnlk Ilnlld
lim During; Year.
Tho nmount of paving laid In Omaha dur
ing 1901 was n trltlo more than, ono and ono
hnlf mile. Until lato in tho yenr It wis
thought'that no nsphalt would be laid, but
tho paving companies put largo forces to
work In November nnd Decembor nnd com
pleted nil the work upon which contracts
woro taken. Tho fojlowlng table sIiowh tbo
nmount of paving, sewer and sidewalk con
structed uuring jdui:
Pnvlng, asnhalt 1,591 miles
Paving, macadam 05 ml'es
Total LfilT miles
Total cost of ypnrs' pnvlng $63,386.fi7
Pipe sewers 4,718 ml!en
Hrlck sewers 1,061 miles
Totnl 5,779 mllns
Total cost of years' sewers $10,788.73
SldewalkH 9.90 miles
Estimated cost , $30,000.00
LIBRARY'S SCOPE EXTENDED
One Ilrnneh Opened DnrltiK Yenr nnd
Many IntcrrntliiB: Feature
Added Uptown.
During 1901 tho most Important changes
In tho Omaha Pijbllo library havo been the
establishment of tho John T. Edgar branch
nt Sixteenth and Vinton streets, tho estab
lishment of a bindery to do repair, work for
tho library, tho extension and Improvement
of tho museum and tho exhibition of the
autograph letters belonging to tho Dyron
Refill collection.
TJl f niltlMltn Vino Viann A n ) I 1 1 Mwnn tt
v tv Mitt iiua ijntM fi run; iiii'i tiisvti
(anil Improved durlnB tho year by tho ntl
Viltlon of tho Egyptian collection belongfiiK
ftn Wnn ll W T Inltt nn P nml Uflinisn.1 Vi dim
while traveling In tho far east. Tho bindery
is done away with all delay tn baring
books repaired nnd has proved to be n great
addition to tho library. Cases have been
provided for the autograph letters In tho
Dyron Reed collection nnd they aro now ou
exhibition. Among tho collection are tet
ters of nil tho signers of the Declaration of
independence nnd other prominent men.
Tho following table shows the work of
tho library for tho first eleven mouths of
1901:
Totnl number of volumes ncces-
stoned to date 69,555
Totnl number of volumes withdrawn
to dnte 11.7S2
Totnl number now In library' 57,773
Number of volumes added January
1 to December 1, 1901 3,708
Number of cards Issued, January 1
to December 1, 1901 1.261
Number of cards now In use 13,833
Hooks Issued for home use 185,729
Hooks Issued for reference use 31.039
Visitors to reference room 21,107
Visitors to reading room 37,S3
Visitors to Dyron Heed room :,!s
Visitors to museum 16,748
CRIME IS ON THE DECREASE
Police Are VlKllnnt, but Fliul to
Do Tli n In Former
Yenrx.
Tho report of tho chief of police for the
year Just closed shows a notablo decreaso
In all forms jjf crime as compared with
tho two preceding years; nlso a decreaso
of destitution nnd even of accidents. Taken
nil In nil It hns been a very quiet year
In pollco circles, but whllo tho local crim
inals havo been Innctlvo several reprcsont
ntlves of tho non-rcoldcnt felon hnvo
drifted Into Omnhn, to bo promptly nr
rested nnd sent to the scene of their
crimes. Among tho most Important cap
tures of this kind nro tho following
William V. Akin, wanted nt Munford
vllle, Ky for murder and robbory, wns
arrested hero May It by Detectives Dunn,
Donnhtto and Heltfeld and sent back to
Munfordvlllo.
Prentice Tiller, wanted nt Cincinnati for
mailbox robbory, wan arrested In Omaha
March ,27 by Sergeant M. F. Dempsey nnd
taken back to Cincinnati. Ho pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to five yenrs In
tho 'penitentiary.
Cleorge Kdwards was arrested September
18 by Detectives Dunn nnd Savage while
in tho act of stealing a diamond from thn
shirt front of Stephen A. ilrondwell. Ho
plcnded guilty, but has not yet bci sen
tenced. True L. Johnson, wanted nt Portland,
Ore., for being Implicated In a $15,000
Jewelry robbery, wns arrested by Detect
Ives Donnhue nnd Heltfeld December 9
nnd taken to Portland December 10, This
woman pawned n diamond brooch for J200
which was recognized by Chief Donnhue 1
ns being ono of the stolen articles nnd
her nrrest fallowed.
Hero nre somo Items from 'the report of
1901, pnralelled with those for 1899 nnd 1900: 1
IfiftO 1n.Yl (
. . J."".
sui'Pin ,,
Accidents
llulldlngs found open...
Hurglarles frustrated.,
llodles taken to morgue
Destitute cared for....
Fires attended
TtlHIItir. nrirnrl ft.
8,186
S.124
1M
231
10
48
211
.63
60
2,517
48
25
29,66)5
4,482
6.333
381
406
616
3
53
-100
142
70
92
13
11
8
r,42!) I
154
181
9
2S
351
119
' 101
2
in 1
321
118
43
1.610
78
Lodgers accommodated. 3,103
t'Vfll l-llimitMl UIUCI1 lO
parentH 124
r ..... i.it.t i
.wri i-lltlMll'JI lilKt'll lO
stntlou
Meals furnished
Pntrol mils
Mile traveled by patro)
wagon
Nuisances nnd dead nnl-
mnls reported
Prisoner!) taken to county
Jail
Pncknges of stolen prop
erty recovered
Runaway horses stopped
Sick nnd Injured taken
homo
Sick nnd Injured tnken
to tho hospltnl
Sick nnd Injured tnken
to thn fltntlon
Stray teams cored for..
Stray hornet taken up..
Suicides reported.
36
21,261
4,627
7,076
302
601
618
13
43
110
5.8
13S
11
O
6
1.8
34,111
4,352
6.981
420
213
438
I
21
79
93
67
)
15
13
11
huicmcH nttnmptcn
Shooting affrays
ainhlitm, .. rr-
.illl.ll.lll UIIIIIJP j.i u
Property reported stolon. $27,013 $27,137 $18,802
n
13
8
i'M'' uiiuiuni 4.l',V.'l $11,.; ft 9 J ,"''
FEWER DEATHS AND BIRTHS
IIxIIn nml llntrnnces Alike MIumv
MlKht Fnlllni; OIT Ilnr
Inir 11)01.
Fewer people died In Oninba In 1901 thnn
In tho provlnus year. Tho total number of
deaths reported to tho city health commis
sioner for the year Just ended wns 991, or
seventeen less than for tho previous twolvo
months. Of tho persons who died 530 were
males nnd 455 feranles. Tho following tnbln
Bjiows the death record of tho city for tho
Inst ton years:
Male. Femnle. Total.
J2P 636 433 911
'W 63 443 1.008
1S2 4I 5(3 1.187
J3 610 427 937
Is" 525 435 Offl
M6 482 417 !t10
573 615 1,122
633 511 MI9
C52 - 632 1.184
fill 613 1,199
Scarlet fever, smallpox and diphtheria
wero qulto common during tho year, but
thero wfro few fatalities. Threo hundred
nnd seventy-six enses of scarlet fovcr were
reported to tho health department and only
tWChn Persons died Willi thn rilannan Tl,fn
deaths occurred nmong 328 smnllpox patients
reported to tno ncnlth commissioner. Ton
deaths woro cnused by diphtheria and 120
cases of tho disease wero quarantined,
The birth records show that 1,709 children
woro born In tho city during 1901. Of theso
children 883 woro boys nnd 824 girls. Tho
birth statistics for tho last ten years nro
ns follows:
Year. Tlnvu rilrtu taii
1901
885 821 1.700
000 1,52 1.812
910 RIG 1.7.'0
SI" 780 1,675
936 010 1,0'f.
934 935 1,909
971 029 1,9"9
98 910 1,808
991 969 1,060
951 905 1,850
1900
U09
1808
1S07
1S9C
1805
1894
1893.
1892.
CUPID'S .SHOWING IS SMALLER
Feirer Mnrrlnm- I,lcennrn Issned from
County JmlBe'N Olllce. Than
In IOOO.
For some Inexplicable reason tho number
of mnrrlago llconscs Issued In 1901 has been
tha lowest In four yenro. Tho banner year
wns 1S98, when many couples camo to the
Trnnsmlsslnslppl exposition and couldn't go
nwhy without getting married. That year's
record was 1,344, Uie following yenr 1,247,
last year 1,272, whllo this year's total Is
but 1,196. Following U the table: '
Month. No.iMonth. No.
January 99Alicust 90
February 74 September 118
March CljOctober 121
Aorll JOSNovember 13
May i.. 731 December 90
June 1271 " .
July 931 Totnl 1,196
FEWER PAUPERS CARED FOR
I'oor l'nrni nnd Hospltnl .Shnvr a
Fnlllntx OIT In Xu in tier
oi Inmates,
fho reports of Superintendent Cannon of
the county hospital and poor farm for tho
first eleven months of 1901 show a marked
decreaso In tho number of Inmates over
1900. List year tho smallett number was
21 In Majr, while this year the Joweit wan
147 In July. The high mark was 212 In
September of 1900 and 192 lu January,
February nnd March of this year. For 1901,
exclusive of December, tho figures aroi
fi- I'nll- til.
Totnl. Male, male, pets. sane.
Janunry 192
135
67
165
l-eurtiary ... 19J
Murch 192
April 162
May 160
Juno 155
July 147
August 156
September .. 156
October 167
November .. 181
1.11
113
120
110
105
107
118
115
117
13S
68
4')
I.
46
60
40
38
41
60
43
!'
80
79
7fi
68
66
'S
73
SO
113
There vicro flfty-ono deaths nnd ulno
births, as against nineteen deaths nnd seven
births in 1900. An nverago of fifty In
mates wero In tho hospltnl each month.
COUNTY M0NEYC0MES EASY
Trennrer lllsnssrr Report Collec
tion l.nrfccr mill lllsliiirsriiirnts
!. Thnn In 11)00.
Tho twelvemonth Just closed has been n
yenr of ensy money for Douglns county, ns
shown by n comparative statement complied
by County Treasurer Klsasscr. It shows
that In tho Item of tnx and miscellaneous
collections J2t.S9C.91 moro was taken In
during the Inst elo'ven months than for tho
same time of the year preceding. Tho
totnl paid out this year has been $3,918.11
less thnn Inst year. Following Is the state
ment for tho eleven months ending Decem
ber 1 of each year:
19V). ijrtl.
Tnx collections $558,552.32 $583,377.71
Miscellaneous collections K049.5r. 108,121.0S
Totals $666,601.88 $C91,I9S.79
Pnld stnto treasurer 151,277.18 153.210.45
County warrants paid... 324,4.13.03 3S9.071.1S
Paid city of Omaha 18,827.81 18,360.73
Paid city South Omaha. 1.685.W5 2.193.73
Paid school districts 144.C21.91 132,061.23
Totals $613,843.69 $631,97.45
The tax levy for tho year 1901 was one
eighth of a mill lower thnn It was tho year
previous, tho reduction coming from tho
state levy, Tho total assessment was In
creased $635, S19, which produced nn ln
crenso In the total tax collocted of $10,
768.73, of which tho city of Ouinlut paid
$7,732. 2S, ami the country. Including tho
school districts, $9,036.28. Statements show
ing valuation, levy and tnx nro as follows:
I Hanks I Totnl
J nnd I Per
fltnllr'ds.l soiial.
Totnl
Real
Hstute.
Total
Year.
1901
1901 A.,
1899 ....
1895 ....
1897 ....
1896 ....
1893
1894
1893 ....
1892 ...
1801 ...
$ 1,297.375
4,521.327;
4,453,2)3
4.382,603!
3.940.483
$17,860,465:
$22,381,792
1,298,02j'
17,29'.',730
17.213,6111
17,077,067
17,165,503
17.lK3.lll
21,716,973
21,626,211
21.023.W2
21.070,973
21,fi39,7(V.
22,502,630
24,701,140
26,475,332
25,737,091
25,636,813
i, :.!:, 211
1.230.016
1,224,678
1.239.6S7
3,905,470
3,97U,ti:l
4,001.131
4,417,901
4.5S7.797
4.7.81.457
1,840,648
18,411,499
20,2.83,239
I,43l,CDt
1.471.771
2l,f'7,K&
20.935.631
20.710,427
1,732,538'
1,430,755
4,920,386!
LEV IKS.
-Mills-
Year. I I Consoll-
I State. I County. dated.
1901 7 iTs 12-10 24 23-40
1900 .: 7 1-2 17 2-10 24 7-10
WJ 8 2-8 16 9-10 25 15-100
1897 7 fi-S 16 7-10 24 45-100
ISM 7 5-8 14 21 6-8
1VW 7 2-8 16 7-10 23 95-100
1891 6 7-8 15 21 7-8
1803 fi 3-8 15 21 3-8
1892 6 2-8 16 7-10 22 95-100
1891 0 2-8 13 3-4 20
TAX,
Mlsccl- Otltsldo
Year. Tax. laneous of Total
Tnx. Omaha. Tnx.
1901
1000
U99
1898
1697
1890
1893
1891
189.1
1892
m
$550,032.51
12,543.691
10,540.33
10.072.20l
64.C67.28
67,028.21
69.096.87
1626.213.41
M7.12.j.Ki
(V9.4i4.CX
643,809.30
6 3.008.37
480.16ft.fio
015,185.31;
468,391.13
638,938.00
640,337.45
514.633.99,
590,667.27!
512,736.171
9,683.41
9.604.64
69.812.50
00,850.30
6r.5,97.60
685,640.25
638,191.72
Ot 1,390.65
f.9 1,331.61
699,342.08
660,029.01
632,686.21
9.3C3 Oil
TO.4S.J.M
60, 396.39
43,732.08
44,005,19,
48,695.241
29,626.22
12,0M.20
10.262.08
10,802.90
10.CfiC.50
10,223.82
MILLIONS IN PRECIOUS METAL
Omalin, Hinelter Adds Imnienac Hum
tn World's Wrnltli In
'I'n el ve Months.
During 1901 tho Omaha plnnt of tho
Amorlcan Smelting nnd Refining company
ndded almost $2,500,000 each month to the
world's stock ot- metals. Its output In
round numbers Is:
Silver $ 9,790.831.45
Oold 9.176,547.27
Ind 7,713.3(9.24
Copper 1,168.107.79
Hlue. vitriol 300,261.73
Totnl ,...$28,144,100.(8
This Is tho largest nmount of business
ever done by the smelter here.
YEAR!S WORK OF PARK BOARD
nonlcvnrd mill Knnnlie I'nrk Oct
Much Attention In Develop
ment of Plnn.
Tho most lmportnnt now pork w.ork dur
ing tho last year was tho adoption of plans
for the Improvement of Kountzo park. In
locating roadways tho question was con
sidered whether to treat Kountzo park as
n separate and distinct park or as a park
of tho .central boulevard system. In the
former caso It wan believed that there
should bo no roadways through tho park
from east to west. After consultation with
property owners tho board concluded that
It wns only a question of tlmo when central
boulovard would bo continued from Its pres
ent tormlus nt Twenty-sovcnth and nurt
streets through Kountzo park and tbo old
llluff Trnct or tho exposition, terminating
at olther a public or prlvato park at Cut
off lake. It wns ther6foro ordorod that
thq rondways should bo laid out and trocs
planted with this ultimate object In vlow.
Pursuant to this plan tho park was graded,
two pools wero provided on cither sldo
of Twentieth streot to bo supplied by tho
waters of the artesian well, the entlro trnct
seeded to grass, and trocs and shrubbery
planted, nnd a roadway winding around tho
lngoons from east to west reserved,
Tho Iron bridges that formerly spanned
tho lagnen wero romoved to permanent
position In Miller pnrk.
In responso to a demand for grounds for
athletic iports the board refused to lease
Fonteneljo park ns has beon Its custom for
soveral years, and contemplates tho plant
ing of treos tho coming year, and permit
ting the uso of tho park for golf course or
othor athletic purposes.
Tbo Improvement of Central boulevard
from nivervlew park to Hanscom park wns
continued. Trees were planted, gutters
whero needed constructed, and tho roadways
properly cindered In places.
Curtlss Turner park wan Improved by
grading, planting trees and shrubbery and
sowing grass seed.
Tho condemnation proceedings of tbo
Bluff Tract wero a second time found to bo
Irregular, In that tho appraisers wero ap
pointed at tho samo time thai tho ordinance
providing therefore was approved, but ap
pear by the dates to havo been appolntod
two days' boforo tho npproval of tho ordi
nance Trocoedlngs to acquire this tract
will bo again Instituted.
Tha proceedings to condomn central boulo
vard from Hanscom park north to Twenty
seventh and Hurt streots have boen do
layod by appeals to thn district court. It
Is believed thnt tho.pcrions appealing will
consont ,to dismiss their sevoral appeals
and that this entlro line of boulovard will
come Into tho possession of tho board In
time to be Improved during tho coming
year.
The following Is n statement of tho tx
pendltures In tho soveral parks of the sys
tem during the year, not Including the Dc
eeuiber appropriations!
Hitnscnm park $ 5,189.61
lttvervlew pnrk 6,132.88
Ilemls nark I.'I.SJ
IJlmwood park : 1.490. J7
Miller park 4, iio.ll
Curtis Turner park 109. H
lmitjlv.i i, irl unit n.
Jefferson souaro , 2.V5.75
Central boulevard ft.Wi.66
rmrcnee uuuicvaru 0, ,t)
Fontenello park 83.20
Total .J.UOS0.49
The park board's expenditures for 1900
amounted to $33,954.60.
LITIGATION 0JF LAST YEAR
(Irnuil .liiry Swell Atitulier of Crlin
Iniil Cnnrn, lint Olhcrn Ile
um In About finite.
Litigation tn tho district court of Doug
lns county hns been of practically tho samo
volumo during 1901 ns In thn precedlug
year. Tho only branch of court business
showing a marked Increase Is tho criminal.
At tho clone of business on December 2S
the number of such coses filed wns 461, of
which moro than 200 wero grand Jury In
dictments. Had It not been for this now
source of trouble tho number ot criminal
rases would havo Increased but little, If
nny.
Thn number of civil suits tiled during the
yonr wns 1,323, of whlc,h 350 wero divorces
nnd 100 foreclosures. The total number
filed of alt kinds wan 1,781. There wa n
slight lncrenso In tho number of divorce
cnetfl over 1900, whllo tho foreclosure cases
aro decreasing steadily year by year.
Formerly they made up the greater part
of the business In the sheriff's olllce, hut
of Into years they havo proven a small
sourco of revenue.
CHURCHES HAVE BEEN BUSY
Oenernl Mnterlnl I'rosperlty Shared
liy ConscrcKiit Ion of Sevrrnl
Denominations In City.
Work In religious, educational nnd chnry
Itnblo phases of Omnhn life during the past
twelve mouths has advanced In a degree
highly sntlsfnctory to thoso actually en
gaged In thoso Hues of devclonuient. The
now buildings nt Crelghton college, Involv
ing an expenditure of npproxlmntoty $100.
000, nro tho largest undertaking to bo car
ried out during tho yenr.
Tho congregation of Calvary Uaptlst
church has completed a new building, ono of
tho most attractive nnd complete In the
city, on Twenty-fifth and Hamilton streets.
This Is now tho largest nnd most complcto
church of this denomination tn'tlio city.
The Hebrew Women's Hospital associa
tion has opened tho Wlso Memorial hos
pital on Sherman avenue, which, whllo not
ns largo ae somo ot tho other Institutions.
Is comploto In every detail nnd will bo en
larged as occasion requires.
Koman Catholics ot tha Sacred Heart
parish havo completed tho construction of
n model church at Twenty-socond nnd Dln
ney streots, which will bo dodlcated somo
time during tho coming year, nftor tho
furnishings havo been put In place.
Tho first church to bo opened In tho
suburb of Duudco wad dedicated last month
by tho I'rcsbyterlnns, tho cost having boon"
practically cared for beforo tho dedication.
The division headquarters of tho Salva
tion Army havo been romovod to Omahn
nnd now from this city nro Issued tho orderj
which govern tho members of that organi
zation In tho states of tho mlddlo west.
rrospects for ndvnnco along theso" lines
during tho year 1902 glvo promise of ex
ceeding anything which has takon placo In
Omnha during tho samo length of time.
From tho standpoint of expenditure tho
most Important work which will probably
bo undertaken will bo tho removal of the
Omaha Theological seminary from Its pres
ent qunrtors on Ninth etreot to Its new lo
cation In Kountzo I'laco. This cliaugo
would have been mado last year but for n
fallurn-of negotiations for snle of thn pres
ent quarters.
A now church for tho members of Kountzo
Memorial Lutheran church Is In prospect, It
ncgotlntloas which havo hocn ponding for''
six months or moro aro successful, nnd It
la said that thn chances nro not remote.
Members of tho First Ilnptlst church nro
nerlously considering tho construction of a
new edifice on West Fnrnnm streot. A con
siderable; sum -of monpy Is at present In tho
building fund nnd tho now church Is coni
sldercd a cortnlnty within a short time.
During tho closing days of 1901 members
of tho First Presbyterian church and tho
pastor ot that organization camo to tho con
clusion that tha present building i Inade
quate for tho work of tho congregation nnj
tontntlvo stops arc being taken looking to
lha Halo ot tho present property and thu
erection of n Inrgor building on some moro
desirable location.
Plans for the now Methodist hospital In
Bemls Park havo been approved and tho
committee, having the work In chnrgo ex
pects to complcto somo of tho proposed
building during tho present year, leaving
others to bo completed ns tho demnnd la
mado for them,
The ground on which stands fit. Mary
Magdaleno'n Itonlnn Catholic church nan
been sold to Hayden Bros., and tho doed
will pass In a short time, It having been
delayed by litigation necessary to quiet the
title to tha property. A now church will
bn built on Nineteenth and Dodgo streets
this year, plans having been approved somo
tlmo nso.
AFTER A CHANGE OF GRADE
Petition for Improvement of Thirty
Third Ntrrct mid Lincoln Ave.
line Ilclnu NlKiieil.
A comraltteo headed by O, S. Bonawn Is
circulating a petition among owners of prop
erty on, Thlrty-fhlrd street botweon Cuming
street and Lnfnyetto avenuo asking the city
council to ordor tho grade of Thirty-third
streot and Lincoln avenuu changed. Tbo
change will require a fill at tho comer ot
these streets running on the former from
Lafayette avenuo to Cuming street and on
,tho avenue from Thirty-third street .west
nearly to Thirty-fourth stroo't. The signers
to tho petition aro expected to walvo dam
ages which may result from tho fill.
WANTS POSSESSION OF LAND
Clmrles II. Mnteer of Cms Cobnty
I'repnrlnar to Ilrlnir Unit Aifnlnt
Ills Neplieiv.
Chnrlcs II. Meteer of Cass county, hla
daughter nnd a lawyer, were at tho office
of tho United States attorney yester
day preparing to begin proceedings to got
possession of eighty acres of Cass county
land, of tho value ot $60 an aero, which
Robert Vtahl, a nephew, hns shown an In
clination to hold. Meteer avers that ho Is
tho owner of the land and that Vlahl has
only been working It for him, but seeks to
take advantage of a defect In tltlo that
resulted from an early controversy, la
which the railroads figured.