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About Plattsmouth weekly herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1882-1892 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1887)
PLATTSMOUTTI WEEKLY HKIiAl,!), THURSDAY, MAY 2G, 1S87. 5 u 1 :1 v Q ATE WAY M'otl)e Son(l-PlqttB Coqn(i-. JLATTSMOIJTH, situated a. it is just South of tie mouth of the Platte and on the Missouri River, has been proper ly termed the Gate Way to that region of country lying South of the Platte River in Nebraska. In early days it was the great outfitting point for Pike's Peak and the Mountains. It has within a few years grown to be a thriving young City of nearly 8,000 inhabitants, and is apparently just now on the verge of greater prosperity. It is the eastern terminus of the Purling ton & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska, and it is here the company maintain extensive Machine Shops, Round Houses, Store House and other works incident to railroading. From six to eighthundred hands are constantly employed in manu facturing and repairing tor the vast system of road lying west of the Missouri River. As the demands upon the company are constantly increasing it continues to enlarge ita facilities. The recent investment of over $25,000 by the company on Stcond street means the construction ot a new depot and the enlarging of their system of improvement. At this point the C. B. fc Q. Railroad company has span ned the river with a magnificent bridge one of the finest in the world. The freight traffic on over 2,000 miles of road is now conveyed into and through our city from the west, being the largest amount of this class of business centered in any one Yrnuoat point in the stute for distribution eastward. Ten passenger trains leave Plattsmouth daily, over the C. P. A: Q., P. A: M. and K. LVSt. Joe & C. P. ronds, thus ottering admirable facili ties for passenger travel to and from the city. These facts, to gether with the almost certain construction of the Missouri Pk citic railway and the Omaha A: Southern into our city in the uwar future, are placing Plattsmouth in the trout as one of the most desirable points in which to locate, or invest capital. Man ufacturing interests are springing up on eery hand. We now have the Plattsmouth 1 trick ami Terra Cotta Works, capital $GO,000, capacity O.0i brick per day and employe lifteen hands; Plattsmouth Canning Factory, capital 30,0 0, capacity 1.5OO.U0O cans per year und employs one hundred and twenty live hands, turning over in the transaction of one ) ear'.- busi ness about !00;O0O; The Nebraska Preserve and Canning Fac tory, capacity U00,00ij cans per year, capital, $lb00, employ ing 40 to 50 hands; Schellenbacher's P"ggy and Wagon Fac tory; Plattsmouth Proom Factory; Pepperberg':; Cigar manu factory, employing from fifteen to twenty hand- and largely .upplying the trade tor southwestern Nebraska; and others em ploying les.i capital but if i in portal ice to the growth of the city. In addition to these interests negotiations are now pending lor the location of Nail Worki and a Parbed Wire Manufactory. Plattsmouth is rapidly becoming metropolitan in character, living within a tew years realized the construction ot a i'oO, 000 Opera Hoii-:e. the establishmcu: of (Jas Works, and the more recent construction of one of ' finest systems of Water Works iu the Stute, involving ... outlay of .$100,000; a H I r p U mil mil mi jrf Ssrci i , , i - -fc?,i .A r ii i f-ifcn-" i" r irifinli iiiiiu i. franchise for a Street Railway has been granted by the City within a few weeks, capital paid in for its construction, and the wTork to be commenced within ninety days. The Omaha Motor Railway company, organized to construct a road to Plattsmouth, a distance of only twenty miles, is rapidly pushing its work, track-laying now going on with the possibility of having it iu operation before fall, when trains will be run between the two cities every two hours. Many other important facts might be added, were it nec essary, to convince the most skeptical of the permanency of Plattsmouth's growth. Having faith in the future growth of Plattsmouth, the undersigned have purchased the beautiful tract of land adjoin in the city on the south between Lincoln and Chicago ave nues, and have platted the same into town lots. A limited number of these lots will be offered lor the next few weeks at all prices ranging from $100 to $lo0 eah. The proprietors ot this valuable addition propose to spare neither pains nor reason able expense to make it not only pleasant but profitablo to all persons purchasing 1U. In the center of this handsome addi tion a five-acre Park ot magnificent forest trees has been reserved for the use and i.leasure of the city. Chicago and Lincoln avenues are the main thoroughfares, and furnish the only cir cuitous drive out and into the city which avoids hills, and the level grade suggests the early construction of our Street Rail way to this locality, and to this end liberal inducements will be oflered. " South Park is les than nine blocks from the business cen ter ot the city, ami but a few rods fiom the great manufactur iu" interests of the P. cc M. railroad, thus making it a desira ble residence locality. The proprietors of this addition propose to re-invest the proceeds of the sale of the lirst 100 lots, in choice residences, which will be offered lor sale on monthly payments. This will enhance the value ot the lots purchased. Now is the time to invest for permanent use or specula tion. Without exaggeration or fictitious booming Plattsmouth realty is growing more firm in value each day, advancing on the basis of a permanent business foundation. The count? . v uty. Nebrj fTTriFor par t icuiurti as to property in i :lirnd all -equalization C ma t that tir. "A r , tot al f rial - 0. o)d outln eiiuire off m IS f m Imi u u u II! r 1 III f.iT-i t: JJ WH. Hii ft H Rh nV ! m TP Lip