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VOL. XLV NO. 169.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1910.
Oa Train. at Motel
BTewa Stands, sic. 60.
SINGLE COl'Y TWO CENTS.
OMAHA POSTOFFICE
IS A MOM MAKER
Cost of Operations ii About One
Third of the Money Which ii
Taken In.
MANY LETTERS UNDELIVERED
SHER CHILDREN
GET JNSURANCE
Administrator Receives Check for
Thousand Dollars, Which He
Will Deposit
BAG OF JEWELS IS FOUND
Omaha's Fast Bohemian Soccer Team
FEWER MILES OF
TRACK WERE LAID
Railroads Hold Back on Expendi
tures Because of the General
Financial Conditions.
BRILLIANT SHOWING
FOR STOCK YARDS,
All Records for Receipts of Cattle
and Sheep Broken and All
Departments Make Gain.
HEW LIEES hOW PROJECTED
MUCH CASH FOR IMPROVEMENTS
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About 250,000 letters are handled
in the Omaha postof flee every work
ing day now, according to calcula
tions made by Postmaster Wharton.
Th's includes both incoming and out
going mail. It makes a grand total
of 78,000,000 letters a year.
i The Omaha office pays so well that
y it sends $66 out of every $100 back
I to Washington, retaining only $34
J out of each $100 to pay expenses.
The money order department placed
fiiOar'yncarly 1709.250 In the Omaha National
' bank Just during the month of December.
Omaha Is the division headquarters of
the Fourteenth division of the railway
mall service and all lost and misdi
rected pieces of man from Nebraska,
Cplorado and Wyoming: are returned to
' the "nlxle" section here.
.tbiest-Mlsaed Senders.
During the montli of Decemoer 747
' plecee of mall came Into this section be
cause of Incorrect addresses, chiefly bo
' cause of guess work or absent minded-
i ness on the part of the senders.
In the same month 376 pieces of mall
rime In under the head "found loose In
the malls." These were insecurely
wrapped and most of them will never
reach their Intended destinations because
of that.
It Is estimated that In the big "nlxle-'
room at the northwest corner of the post
offlce building there are now 15.600 pieces
of mall undelivered because of oversight
or carelessness on the part of the
senders. Of these, 9.100 are first-class.
Chiefly letters.
The "nixie" sleuths succeed in deliv
ering a few of the letters and parcels
that come to this department After be
held' one year the undeliverable par-.-fvels
are sold at auction while the let
ters and cards go to the dead letter
office.
Mayor Dahlman Asks
Omaha People to Aid
the Polish Sufferers
Mayor Dahlman offers the following
Statement regarding Red Cross contribu
tions for relief of the people In Poland:
Whereas, The president of the United
fctates, actuated by humane and praJs
.worthy charitable motives, haa set aside
January 1, 1916, as a day appropriate for
contributions to the Red Cross society
o be used expressly for the relief of the
starving and war-stricken people of Po
land and
Whereas, It Is well known that thous
ands of Poland's people are destitute or
lx)th food and clothing, and are dying by
khe hundreds, by reason of this condl-
""now, therefore. I appeal to the good
beople of our city to contribute as much
s they can to the Red Cross fund for the
relief of these suffering people. .
let us not forget that the Polish men
rnd women of our country have always
een really to do their part to defend the
flag and has contributed their share
iowards building up the nation. They are
In no way responHlble for the terrible
ravages heaped on their country, but they
are helpless.
Now let us respond to that cry for
help. All subscriptions should be sent to
the Red Cross society for use in Poland.
Any sent to this office will be forwarded.
Another Arrest is
X Made on Charge of
Robbing Fostoliice
J. P. Gavin, arrested by Detectives
Dunn and Kennelly, who assert he Is
one of three men who attempted the
robbery of the Bradshaw postofflce.
week ago Wednesday night, refuses to
talk at headquarters. Federal officers
assert that they have traced Gavin and
Vred Miller of Omaha, to Silver Creek,
Neb., where they rented a machine,
abandoned the same in a cornfield near
Bradshaw, and then broke into a section
tool house and stole implements with
which the Job was attempted. According
to the the watchman, a third man and
Gavin approached the bank from the rear
nnd Miller came toward the front door.
when the watchman opened fire. Both
the watchman and Miller emptied their
revolvers at each other. Miller being
struck three times and the watchman
not at all. Miller is recovering at a York
hospital.
Lawyers Are Now to
- Have Press Agents
As the result of a resolution introduced
massed unanimously at Its recent session,
the Nebraska State Bar association is to
be a leader in the securing of favorable
Bubllclty for lawyers.
The resolution provided that a publicity
committee is to be appointed. It will be
(he duty of this committee to Inform the
newspapers of the state regarding the
trood deeds which lawyers do, especially
With regard to advancement and improve
ment In law and legal procedure, secured
through their efforts.
"The newspapers have secured Infor
mation of wrongful acts done by a few
hnenibers of the profession," said Mr.
Itoaewater." but they have never been
klven an opportunity to learn of the many
kindly, charitable and progressive deeds
Which man lawyers are constantly doing.
The committee should supply this de
ficiency."
Confesses Murder
After Fifteen Years
o k xt wn iVflSffl Dee. 31. W. A
Cjleda. a forr.nr private In the E ghent
f .Krimni field artillery. United Slates
"V rmy. walked tnto a police station here
t today and aal.l 1,1s mind troubled him
jT because be murdered his "bunkle" fif
t teen years ago.
He gave hi "bunkle's" army name as
Ceors E. Miller.
The three orphan children, Sammy,
Jake and Freddie Sher, whose par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bher, were
burned to death when the home was
destroyed at Twenty-sixth and N
streets, South Side, have Just received
$1,000 of the Prudential Insurance
company In which their father was
Insured.
Pol S. Goldstroni, administrator for
the children, has Just received the
check for $1,000 for the children. He
says he will plate it in the Conserva
tive Savings & Loan association,
there to accumulate until the children
are of age. Mr. Sher took out the
policy only one year ago last June.
The youngest child, Freddie, Is 3
months old. Jake is 4 years old, and
Sammy is 6 years. The youngeet haa
been adopted by a family named Her
soff In Sioux City, and has a nice home.
Jake is with the family of Sum Csrneff
of Council Buffs, and Sammy Is In charge
of Mrs. Lorls of the South Side, hut Is
to be removed to tlio Cleveland Orphan
asylum. Cleveland. O.
JrnffH Are t'nnnd.
A little hag containing an old gold
watch, a set of earrings, and other little
pieces of jewelry together with $16.80 In
cash has Just been found tucked In the
hem of a lace curtaiu In the charred
ruins of the Sher home.
Shortly before Mrs. Sher died she told
the doctors and nurses that she had a
little bag of valuables and a little money
tucked away at the head of the bed. That
was the way tho nurses understood her,
but search after search about the bed
and the vicinity where the bed stood
revealed nothing. It was when workmen
were tearing down tho ruins the other
day that they found the little treasure
bag in the hem of the curtain at the
head of the bed.
Mr. Goldstrom expects to deposit this
money also for the children and to keep
the articles of Jewelry in a vault for
them.
Sorenson Tries to
Eat Without Paying
Again; Goes to Jail
Pete Sorenson, "who eats and then re
fuses to pay," was brought before Judge
Foster Thursday after consuming deli
cate rations in quantity at the Calumet
and then asking for the police. He was
discharged when, with tears in his eyes,
he promised to "work his fingers to the
bone," In order to pay for his grub.
Last night he "worked his fingers to
the bone" of an extra largo beefsteak
at Qanson's cafe and then repeated his
Calumet act. He was arrested once more
and at headquarters declared his inten
tions of trying next time at the Fonte
nelle. "There ain't gain' to be no next
time," smiled Judge Foster, as he waved
Pete back to the bullpen. Alienists will
be summoned some time today to ascer
tain whether Peter is "buggy," madly
hungry or a financier.
John Welnlcka of Goodland, Kan., was
eating heartily at GanBon's when Peter
was carried away, and upon finishing his
meal gazed fearfully at the check, and
In piercing shrieks conveyed the news
that he had been touched of his roll.
"Your wrong, sir," quoth a man with an
apron, "xou were not toucnea, mit you
will be." Whereupon he decorated John
with a blue eye and rang for the re
serves. Judge Foster added to the col
lection by murmuring $26 and costs.
Republican is Made
Minnesota Governor
On Hammond's Death
ST. PAUL, IMnn.. Dec. 31. Joseph A.
A. Burnqulst. republican, became Min
nesota's nineteenth governor late today.
when he took the oath of office in tho
supreme court chambers, succeeding Wln-
fleld Scott Hammond, democrat, who died
suddenly of apoplexy this morning at
Clinton, La. Senator G. H. Sullivan of
Stillwater, president of the state senate
became lieutenant governor In succession
to Mr. Burnqulst.
The ceremony recalled that following
the death in September, 1909, of Governor
John A. Johnson, also a democrat when.
fis lieutenant governor A. O. Eberhart, re
publican, became the state's chief execu
tive. Four Children in
One Famliy Sick
With Scarlet Fever
Four children, 1 to 10 years of age,
are all stricken with scarlet fever at the
home of John Groves, S05S Stone avenue.
They are all of the children of this
household.
Health Commissioner Conncll notes
some Improvement In the scarlet fever
situation and is quite optimistic.
The auxiliary hospital at Twenty-second
and Lake streets has been openod
and is receiving a number of convales
cents from the City Emergency hospital
on Douglas street.
Bedwell to St. Louis
With Big Firm There
C. E. Bedwell, for thirty-seven years
with E. E. Bruce & Co.. has severed h'a
connection with the firm in Omaha and
will leave Saturday for St. Louis wlieio
l:e will become general manager and vice
president of Meyer Brother Drug com
pany. Mr. Bedwell was flrft employed by the
Bruce company while It was at Ottumwa
la. When the company moved to Omaha
In 17, he Made his home here and has
continued with It In a high managerial
capacity ever since.
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LEFT TO RIGHT: F. PRCHAL, B.
The Sporting Club Czechte was organ
ised last July and the above soccer team
was formed shortly after the organisation.
It was tho first year for the Bohemians
MINERS OF WALES
DENOUNCE DRAFT
Executive Committee of Federation
Flays Politicians Responsible
for Move.
LABOR MEETING JANUARY 6
CARDIFF, Wales, ec. 31. The
executive committee of the Miners'
Federation of South Wales met to
day and unanimously adopted a reso
lution against "the sinister efforts of
certain party politicians and a sec
tion of the press to impose conscrip
tion on the people."
The resolution asks the Miners'
Federation of Great Britain to call a
national conference Immediately to
protest againBt any form of conscrip
tion. Call Union Meeting;.
IlNDO.V, Dec. 81. The labor party to
day called a general trades union meeting
for January 6 to consider the govern
ment's proposal regarding compulsion for
single men.
Meeting of House
Of Bishops Not Held
January Twelfth
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 81. The order for a
special session of the house of bishops
of the Protestant Episcopal church which
was to have been held In Philadelphia
on January 12 next, tonight was recalled
by Bishop Tuttle of St. Louis, presiding
bishop of the church. A letter sent out
by Bishop Tuttle says the session will not
be held because of failure to receive
favorable replies from fifty-eight bishops,
the number required to constitute a
majority.
The session originally was called for
the purpose of electing a successor to
Bishop Blller of South Dakota, who died
last fall, and to consider "other business."
"The latter, It was explained by Bishop
Tuttle's secretary, was the question of
participating In the Pan-American mis
sionary congress which is to be held In
Panama.
Promises of attendance were received
from fifty-two bishops. As a result of
the failure of bishops to meet no suc
cessor for Bishop Blller will be named
until the next triennial general council.
which la to be held In St Louis In the
fall of 1916.
Young Hushand
Goes to Old Home
And Shoots Self
Mrs. Anna Andrews, who was married
three weeks ago, to Alexander Andrews,
employed as a car repa'rer for the Min
neapolis & Omaha railroad, was pros
trated last night when she received a re
port from the police that Andrews had
shot himself through the head In an at
tempt to commit suicide, without any
reason as yet brought to lisht.
Early yesterday Mr, and Mrs. Andrews
moved from 1624 Caaa street to BIS Bluff
street, Florence, the home of Bullock,
where they secured room. The husband
left the wife at the sew borne after as
sisting her to remove their effects there.
According to Mrs. J. Reynolds, pro
prietor of a rooming house at l'i-4 Cass
street, Andrews returned to the room
whlih he had formerly occupied with his
wife, yesterday afternoon. He locked
the door and later a shot was heard. The
bullet had penetiated his head. At t.
JoKeph's hospital where he was taken,
he died shortly after midnight.
A "For a!e" ad wl; turn second hand
furniture Into cash.
right: pafarik, g. hlakik. t. hladik. almkr, rudolph oap-
LEFT TO RIGHT: NOVACEK. ARISTOF, FAJT. BOTTOM ROW, READING
PRCHAL, JANIK.
at the British game, but they mado a
great showing, finishing third In the
Omaha Soccer league race. Tho Bo
hemians are already planning a belter
team for next season, and if possible.
Important Events
January 14, lP15-French driven across
Alsne river, east of Solasons, after a
week's battle.
January 24 Naval battle In North Sea
Herman armored cruiser mucnoi
sunk.
February 8 Beginning of battle In East
Prussia, ending in Russian defeat.
February IK German submarine "block
ade" of Great Britain begins.
February 24 Russians driven from Buk-
owina.
March 10 British . advance at Neuve
ChaDelle.
March Is Three allied battleships sunk
in heavy bombardment of Dardanelles.
March 22 Surrender of Prsemysl.
March iW German submarine I J -29 with
Commander Wedleern sunk.
March 28 German submarine sinks pas
senger steamer Kalaba. with loss or lire.
March 31 Russians penetrate Dukla
Pass and enter Hungary.
April 7 The Prins Eltel Frledrlch In
terna at Newport News.
April 9 French storm German position
at Les Eparges.
April 22 Germans win "gas" battle near
Vpres.
April 26 Allied forces landed on both
shores of the Dardanelles.
April 80 Germans shell Dunkirk Ameri
can tanner uumignt torpeaoea on tjciuy
Islands.
Msy 1-3 Austro-Oermans break through
Russian line In Oaltcla.
May 4 Triple alliance treaty denounced
ry itaiy.
May 7 Lusttanla sunk with Iobs of nearly
i, aw lives.
May 13 President Wilson sends Lusl-
tanla protest to Germany.
May 23 Italy declares war upon Aus
tria. Mav 81 Zennellns dron bombs In London.
June II Austro-Germens occupy Prsemysl.
June 7 Secretary of State Bryan resigns.
June S Italians occupy Monfalcone.
june u seoond iusitania note to uer-
many made public.
June 22 Austrlans enter Lemberg.
June 23 Lloyd George outlines scheme of
munitions organization.
July 8 Last German forces In South
Arrlca surrender to uenerai uotha
V.'iSBtans surprise Austrlans under
archduke Joseph Ferdinand and cap
ture 15.00O German reply to second
Lusltnnla note handed to Ambassador
G-rard.
July 0 American government takes
charge of Say vllle wireless plant.
July 22 Third Lusltanla, note sent to
Berlin.
July 31 Austrlans occupy Lublin.
August Briusn notes on Diocaaae mane
public.
August B Germans occupy Warsaw and
1 vnnirnrori.
August 7 New allied army landed in
Ga poll.
August a British success at Hooge
near Tpres.
A ii mint Jprmnnn nccunv Sledles.
August 14 British transiKi'rt torpedoed In
Amphii with loas of 1.(4)0 lives.
August 17 Kovno taken by the Germans
Zennellns raid Ixindon suDurna.
AuaUHt 1 The Arabic torpedoed off
r astnel rsovogeorgievsa lam'ii ujr mo
Cennar.i.
August W-21 German naval dereal in
(iulf of Riga.
August 26 Iirest-Lltovsk taken by A us-
August 2tt Count Bemmorff promises
full turnf'tlnn for Arabic.
September 1 Germany accepts American
pii.it.nTinii. nn ru niar ifl waiimu
Germany claims I.IOO.OOO Russian prison-
era since Mav i.
o ,w. 9 nv-tnona ftceunv I , rod no.
September 4 ijner Hesperian sunn uu
Fastnet. . ,
September 7 Csar replaces Grsnd Duke
Nicholas as commander-in-chief
September 7-8 Russians take 17.0W pns
, u.r.tli ritPF In Oallrta.
September s Germans take mile of
trenches In the Anronne Zeppelins
September 9 Fres'.di-nt Wilson demands
recall ui a uhii iuii iioim, v
ington German note claims Justifies
I,, kinblnir ft Arntitc.
Seotemlier lo A nglo- French financial
commission lands In New York.
R.nrrt.., li Anmilth announces enlist
merit of nearly 3,uo0.000 men and tuO.WO
workers in me munition iaciori- ue
eral von Mackensen captures Plnsk.
SrniRmht-r lft Knallsh prise court con
demns American meat cargoes taken
last winter.
(September 18 Vllna occupied by Germans.
September 19 Germans begin bombard-
mnt nf Aftrvlln fmntler.
September 21 Bulgaria mobilises Chan
cellor or Uie Excnequer Mcnenna an
nounces new taxation estimated Brit
ish debt on March 31. mix. ill.gou.ow.guu.
September 24 Oreece mobilises.
MrDtFtnlwr 24-25 French and Ensllsh at
lurk on ('hainoasne and around Iens
winning ahnut fifty square miles of
iniiinil. 25.u nriont-rs. and many suns.
September 2S Kir Edward Grey pledges
armed support to iiulkan sympatliuri s
or allies.
September 30 Pren h capture Hill 191 In
t'hamuairne.
October 4 Russia presents ultimatum to
HulKarla.
October Von Bernstorff presents note
conceding disavowal and reparation In
. Arabic case Allied troops land at
Suloiiikl.
OctoU-r 6 Premier Venlxelo resigns
Bulgaria rejucl Russian ultimatum
will enter a second team in the league.
The Cxechle will hold the annual grand
ball at Sokol's hall on South Thirteenth
street New Tear's evening. The dan
cing will start at S o'clock.
of the Year
in the Great European War
Austro-Oirman forces Invade Serbia
British land in Salonlkl and French
iivntiM In t n ftorbla.
October Austro-German capture Bel
gradeBritish casualties to date 4A3.2M.
October 11 Russians pierce Austrian line
on Strlpa river Austro-oerroans cap
ture tfemendrta.
October 13 Hrltlsh submarines sink Ger
man merchant ships In Ballio Zeppe
lins kill fifty-five In London.
October 14 Bulgaria declares war on
Serbia.
Ootober IB Greece offlclaly announces
Its decision not to Join with Serbia.
October 16-17 Herman attacks on Bel
gian lino fall. , '
October !! Bulgarians cut Salonlkl rail
way at Vranya Italy declares war on
Riilirarla.
October 21 Bulgarians occupy Kumanovo.
October 23 Herman central government
assumes control of rood supplies.
October 24 Bulgars occupy llskub.
October 29 Brland organises cabinet
Hulgars take Plrot.
October Jl Germans occupy Krs guys-
vats.
November S Bulgarlana occupy Nlsh
Germans oocupyKrallevo Lxrd Kitone
ner leaves Ixtndon for the Nesr East.
November 7 Germans win Important sue
cess at Krusevao New ureeK caoinet
undr nknnlntidis.
November The Ancona torpedoed In
thn Mediterranean.
November S British casualties to date.
R10.2W), of which 108.H3 aeao.
November 12 Greek Chamber dissolved.
November 14 Russians driven back
across the Btvr after prolonged rignting.
November 17 Serbs retire from Babuna
Heights and Prtlen.
November 23 Mltrovltsa and Prlstlna
taken.
November 28 Berlin announces close of
Serbian campaign.
November 29. William II In Vienna.
November 30 Reichstag meets Prisrend
csptuted Constantinople announces
British defeat south of Bagdad Kitche
ner returns to London.
December 1 British prisoners in Ger
many about 33.000.
December 2 Austro-Oermans occupy
Monastlr.
December S Official announcement In
I.omli n of Brltinh retreat from Bagdad.
December 5 Bulgarians defeat French on
the Vardnr.
December 9 German chancellor declares
ul ies must sue for peace.
December 10 Allies out of Serbia.
Decemlwr 14 New war loan of 12,500,-
biiO.iiiNi nroDosefl In German Relcnstag.
December 1 Allies retire from Suvla bay
district of Gslllpoll.
Jleoember 20 tsecond American note on
sinking of tho Ancona forwaraeo to
Austria.
Advertiser and customer profit by the
"Classified Ad" habit.
Sank by Mine.
EONDON. Dec. 31. The Norwegian
steamer Rlgl. of 1S12 tons, from Charles
ton for oolherii'urg wnn a carso or on
cakes, hss been sunk by a mine. The
crew was saved.
Dotch steamer Sank.
The Dutch steamer Ellewoutsdl ik has
Thn Dutch steamer r.iiewoutsaijg naa
been sunk In the North ea. Its crew
was picked up.
Grand Prize,
Grand Prize,
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The
Lcs mile" if new railroad were built
In the 1'iilteit Stiitrs durlnn l!i.1 tlinii In
ny other enr for over fifty esis. or
since Ii4, ami more miles of ra Iroad were
In receivers' hsnds during the year than
ever before, srcordlng to the Hallway
Age Gazette's nummary of Its railway
statistics for the year, compiled from
official sources and published In Its an
nual review number. There hsve only
been three other years wince IMS when
tho Increase In railway mileage wss less
than 1,000 miles and they were the civil
war ears of 1SS1. IvH iind lft.4.
In l!'l."i the total mileage of new rnll
rond r.mHtruetcd In the I n'ted State was
933. as eompaieil wii In 1!M snd
S.OTt In 1913. There wns ili a larae re
duction In the mileage of second track
built. In addition to the new lino there
was built 3.'l m'les of second track, as
compared with ftw miles In 1DI4. and l.JM
in ISIS, and sixty-five miles of third track,
fourth or other multiple track, making
a total of mile of track, as com
pared with 2.127 in l!H. and 4. In 1P13.
The largest mileage in one ntste was In
Pennsylvania. hi'h heads the IIM of
states with ninety-eight miles. Oregon
wss second with eighty-three m'les snd
Washington third with seventy-one miles.
New lines were built In thirty-seven
states while none was built In eleven
states. Canadian roads built 7IS miles of
new first track, as compared with 1.978
In 1914. Mexico 3.5 miles of new line was
built as against none reported for 1914
rn Lines I'roleeteil.
In the I'nlted States the reports re
ceived by the llsllwsy Age Gazette, show
2.0K3 miles of new lino projected, 1.S24
under survey and 1.207 under construc
tion and uncompleted, a total of 3.W3
miles In prospect. A yesr sgo there were
2.031 miles of new line projected. 1.229
miles surveyed snd 1,015 miles under con
struction, or more than was actually
completed in 1915. In Canada there are
J75 miles of line projected. 2i miles
under survey and 578 miles under con
structton. a total of 1.258 miles, and In
Mexico twenty-five miles of line are be
ing built.
On December 31. 1915, according to the
Railway Age Gaiette's compilation, 38.6B1
miles of railroad with a total funded
debt of $1,807,896,600. and a total 8747,004,801
capital stock, or aocurltlea amounting to
I2,X4,900,301 In all, were being operated
by receivers. This repreaents nearly one
sixth of the total mileage and capitali
sation of the railways of the country.
On October 1, the' mileage in receivers'
hands, over 41,000, was the greatest ever
recorded. Since then the receivership of
the Wabash, with 1.515 miles, has been
terminated, and several smaller roads
have been sold under foreclosure. The
mileage now being operated by receivers
was exceeded in 1M4, when the total was
40,818 on June 80. Roads having a total
mileage of 20,143 and a total capltallsa
tlon of $1,070,808,828 went Into receiver
ships during the celendar year 1915. This
Is the sreatest mileage placed In re
ceiver' hands during one year since tho
panio year, 193.
Adds to F.qnlpment .
Onel of the beat Indications of the prog
ress of the railways Is the extent to
which they have added to their equip
ment, and the Railway Age Oasette has
also compiled statistics showing the num
ber of new freight and passenger cars
and locomotives order and built during
the year, as follows:
1915. 1914. 1913.
Freight cars ordered.. 1W.79H .24 146,733
Paaaenaer cars 3.01)2 2.J 3.1
locomotives ordered.. 1.673 1.2rtJ 3.4(17
Frelnht cars built .... 74.112 104,641 207,04
Passenger cars built.. 1.94 3.W1 8.297
Locomotives built .... 2,086 2,235 6,332
The number of both cars and loco-
motives for which orders were placed in
1916 was greater than in 1914, due to the
large orders that have been placed dur
ing the last three months, but it was
smaller than for any other year, except
1908. since the Railway Age Gaxette be
gan compiling these statistics. The 1915
figure for passenger cars Includes 602
cars ordered by tho Pullman company for
its own use, wherens In the other years
Pulman cars were not included. In add!
tlon to the cars and locomotives ordered
by. the roads In the I'nlted States, Amer
ican builders reeelved foreign orders for
18,222 freight cars and KM locomotives,
The length of railroad In the United
States operating under the block signs
system on January 1. 19111, Is 97,809 miles,
an Increase of 9,877 miles over the mlleag
reported on January 1, 1916. The automatic
block signal mileage, 31,160 miles. Is 1,471
miles greater than one year ago, and no
less than 40 per cent greater than the
automatic mileage three years ago.
blcatfo Postal Kereluta Less,
CHICAGO, Doe. 31 Postoff Vn rocelpt
at Chimin, In 1915 were SII4.9M Iuks tha
In 1914. according to the report of Post
master Campbell, made public today
Money orders Increased $,'l,4'A4i2. Second,
third and fourth class mall Increase
9,072 tons. Figures on firm clans mall
were not available.
Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915
Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1915
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The past year has been the most bril
liant In the blxtory of tho I'nMn Stock
Brds company of Omnha. In every de
part mrnt the records show an over-
hclmlng Increase and even the cattle
nd sheep records of 1910 and 1913 re
pectlvely have been shattered. Among
the most Important features of the Tear
Is tlio fact that the local sheep market
as stood first In the world during th
msjortty of the days of the year.
Beginning with the end of the foot
nd mouth scare In July which closed
the Chicago market and several others,
the local market rapidly pro pressed, tak
ing In more cattle, sheep and hogs
han have ever before been recorded.
By the time the local atock and
commission men were feady for the
annual western cattle run they had
handled business that only such yards
as Chlcsgo and Kanssa City had been
supposed to be able to take car of.
Tet the msrket withstood and today with
tho thousands of dollars of Improvements
that havo been made by the yards com
pany Is ready to accept an even greater
Increase.
Increase In K.very Department.
In ever' department a substantial In
crease bus been noted. In the cattle di
vision, the records show a run cf more
than O,000 head; In the sheep division.
lesd of TiO.OoO head; In the hog
division a lead of 360,000 and Id the horse
market an Increase of 1.300. The figures
follow.
Csttlo Hogs Sheep Horses
1913 ..1.225.000 2,3?,Onn ,S10.000 41.800
1914 .. S'Jrt.flM ;.W7.3M 8.147.434 28.61
Records established In the hog and cat
tle divisions were both chattered. In
1910 rattto to the number of 1.23.533 head
wero handled. The present figures out
number this record by 2,000 hesd. In the
Sheep division, 3.223,133 head were re
ceived In 1913 while this year's statis
tics show an Increase of 88,000 head. .
Manx Improvements Made.
One of the principal feature of the
season Is the freenes with which the
yards company has appropriated money
for improvements. Expanding the con
templated sum of $126,000 for Improve
ments that wss announced at the dost
of 1914. the company expended moneys
mounting to $215,000.
Six entirely new blocks of cattle pons
were also added. These pens are all con
crete paved and were built at a coat of
$75,000. Two modern, type-registering cat
tle scales were purchased at a cost of
over $6,000, and a new and complete over
head walk, covering; all section of the
cattle division, was erected during th
year.
Hoar Section Bvkailt.
The third, section of th hog division
was all rebuilt last year. This was don
at an expenditure of $70,000. '
No changes were made in th sheep de
partment, as this division was amply pro
vided for during 1914. But numerou
changes, enlargements and Improvements!
are planned for this division this year, a
it la fast becoming apparent that Omaha,
will shortly become the greatest sheep
market In the world. Chicago Is now the
only city where receipts of sheep are
larger than In Omaha, and It would not
be a surprise if Omaha Should pass the
windy city this year.
Grading and construction of additional
facilities In connection with th horse
barn cost $10,000 last year. Th improve
ments were necessitated by the large
volume of horses dally Inspected by rep
resentatives of the various warring na
tions, which are making large purchases
of horses and mules In this country
Omaha haa been th center of attraction
In hffrse purchasing for th last year,
and th horse barn la th most eleaborate
and modemly constructed of any barn
located at a public llv stock market
New Underarronad Drive.
Following th watchword, "eliminate
congestion," an underground drive wai
constructed under th hog division lead
ing to two of tha large packing houses a
year sgo. A second underground drive,
was built in 1915 to a third packing honr.c.
This subway stretches the entire width
of thn hog division and la netted with
lateral driveways leading to It from tho
unloading chute, as well from the scales
and main alleys. Th cost was $12,000.
During 1916 It has been decided to spend
th sum of $200,000 In Improvements, An
other section of the model bog yards will
be built at an estimated cost of 98,000. A
large portion of tho present sheep barn
will be paved with concrete. Additional
cattle pens will bs erected at a cost of
$30,000, and a bl hay barn with approxi
mate storage cspaclty of 2,500 tons, will be
built at a cost of $15.0u0. In addition to
these large Improvements, a number of
smaller Improvements will be made, all
with a view of keeping the Omaha yards
In the foreground as to modern facilities
and equipment.
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