TEE DAILY BIT : SATURDAY , JANUARY 1 , 188L
THE OMAHA BEE.
KSTAHUSHKI } 1ST ] .
THE OMAHA PUBLISHING GO-
JMSOritlKTOISS.
EDWABD HOSEU'ATER. Editor.
Daily , per annum.
Weekly , "j -r annum ,
OMAHA
Annual Eeview of Her Com
merce , Manufactures , and
Industrial Devel
opment.
Building Statistics Bailwaj
Traffic Educational and
Benevolent Insti
tutions.
Facts and Figures Concerning
the Metropolis of the Mis
souri Yalley.
Omaha , the metn > i > ois ] , , f tR , JiisMwri
Aralley , founded in 1853 , has developed in
to a city of : tt,000 inhabitants. What
Omaha is as a commercial and indu-trial
center , and what she has accompli-hed to
ward the establishment of educational and
lienevolent institutions may lx ? ascer
tained by a penisal of the accompanying
carefully compiled statistics. That Omaha
is entitled to the ] > o.-itioii she claims as the
commercial metrojHilis of the Mis-onri
Valley , is forcibly demonstrated by the
facts and figures embodied in our exhaust
ive review of her wholesale trade , railway
traffic , and manufactures.
The commerce of Omaha extends from
the Missouri river westward throughout
our own broad State of Nehra-ka , through
Wyoming , Colorado , I'tah , to Montana ,
to Nevjula anil elixir to the Pacific coa-t , as
far north as Oregon. That her commerce
will keep pace with the development of the
trans-Mis-oiiri region , is self-evident by a
glance at the map which shows the superior
facilities of Omaha as a railway and trade
center. The trade of Omaha is , however ,
by no means confined t > the country west
of the Mi-souri river. Vast quantities of
supplies are sold to the people of we-tem
and northern Iowa , Dakota , northern Mis
souri , and even to Wi-con-in , Illinois and
Mimie-ota.
Omaha's commercial growth is practi
cally exhibited by her wholesale trade
which shows aggregate sales during 1880
of 812,152,500 , exclu-ive of the pales of
commk-iou houses. Including the busi-
iiiv-i of conmiis-ion hou-es jhe sales aggre
gate 812,807,500 , an increase of 81,574,500
over the sales of 18711. By reference to
our Illustrated Annual Review issued New
Years day 187 < > , Omaha's wholesale traffic
for the year 1875 aggregated 87. ( ' < ; 7fi. ? 0 ,
which shows that Omaha has almost
doubled her wholesale traffic during the
past five years.
The large banking interest of Omaha
lias always attracted the attention of , and
surprised persons from abroad. Other
towns of inferior ini ] > ortance can excel us
in startling figures of fictitious value ,
which do not justify the time spent in
evolving them. In the item , however , of
bank deposits necessarily pnxluced in the
annual report of the government comp
troller of currency to congress , Omaha has
always shown far in advance of her "Mis
souri Valley" rivals. As will be seen by
the exhibit in our article on banking , two
of the four banking houses of Omaha report
aggregate deB ] > sits of 83,247 , ( > 7.7S. (
Omaha is destined to liecome an impor
tant manufacturing center. She already
jKi-sesses the largest and mo-t complete
silver refining and smelting works in Amer
ica , giving employment to 250 men , and
handling metals valued at over four million -
lion- during the past year.
She has nail works that tunied out over
40,000 kegs of nails ; white lead works that
exported 2,000 tons of white lead ; a linseed
oil mill that manufactured 225,000 gallons
of oil and 200 tons of oil cake during the
.year 18 0.
Omaha brewers and distillers manufac
tured 1,440,000 gallons of alcohol and 30- ,
21X5 barrels of K'er during the pa-t year.
During the same period these establish
ments consumed nearly 000,000 bushels of
grain.
The estalishment of a shot factory and
the organization of a company that pro-
po-es to erect gluco-e works are among tin-
many industrial enterpri-es in which capi
talists are alwmt to emliark in Omaha.
The contract entered into by the city
with ivsMinsible ] Omaha capitali-ts la-t
summer assures the completion of a sub
stantial system of water works or be
fore the 1st of July , 1881.
Tlie establishment of water works will
be followed by the coiistniction of a
system of sewers and other public improve
ments that will furnish employment to
thousands of laliorers
and mechanics : an
ample water supply will moreover stimu
late and foster many industrial enterprises
that would not otherwise be undertaken.
Although Omalia suffered severe loss by
tlie destniction of one of her principal grain
elevators , the grain handled in this city
during the past year largely exceeds that of
any previous year.
Pork and beef lacking and meat canning
have within twoyeaJs become leadingindus-
tries of Omaha. During the past
year our packing houses slaughtered
72,000 hogs -.SOO iH-eves , and S.200 sheep.
During the i > ast summer all the Omaha
packing houses have materially enlarged
their facilities , and it is safe to predict
they will double their traffic during the
prsent year.
The most substantial evidence of Oma
ha's growth and commercial pn > sperity is
furnished by the building record , which
shows that an aggregate of 81,014,880 has
been expended in Omaha during the year
1S80 for public improvements , new build
ings and additions to dwellings and busi
ness houses. Of this amount 8133,000
represent public improvements , and pub
lic building , 8881,880 represent new
store houses , factories , dwellings and
additions. During the past year Omaha
has erected 4V ( > dwelling houses at a cost
of § 192,500 , and business houses and fac
tories at a cost of 86S9.3SO. Few cities of
the same population can match this.
RAILROADS.
Omaha is the mo-t imiHirUint railnuu
center west of Chicago and north of St
Louis. She occupies the gateway at tin
easteni terminus of the only trans-conti
nentnl railway between the Atlantic sea
Ixiard and the Pacitfc coast. Twelve mil
ways convene at this jKiint with thei
tennini , and several other projected road
will l > e in active operation within the nex
few years.
Chica , 1
Omaha with ample facilities for reachin ;
theea-t. Two tnmk lines the Wabash
St. Louis & Pacific , gnd the Kan-as City
St Jo eph and Omalia nyul give Omah :
comKiting ] iines to St. Ij.uis and the South
By the extension of the Omaha & North
eni Nebraska and its consolidation will
the Chicago , St. Paul & Omaha railroad
Omaha secures direct connection with tin
Minnesota and Wisconsin lumber regions
Tlie Burlington & Mi--ouri Itiver railway
with its various brandies , connects Omah :
with southern , southwestern and centra
Nebraska , and northern Kansas. Tin
rapid extension of this line insures foi
Omalia a direct trunk line to Colorado am
New Mexico at no distant day. with a fail
prospect of a competing Hue to the 1'a
cific coa-t. The Omalia & Itepublicai
Valley road now completed has givei
Omalui the monopoly of tnule with centra
Nehra-ka. The Oiiiaha , Niabrara & Blacl-
Hills branch of the Union I'acific railnnu'
OIH-IIS up for Omaha the hitherto i-olato
section of northwe-tern Nehra-ka , ami tin
extension of this road to the mining region-
of Dakota , will insure to Omaha the bull
of the Black Hills trade.
The Union I'acific railway , the greatest
trunk lineoii the American continent , gh
Omaha direct connection with tlie great
coal , iron and gold regions of Wyoming ,
and with the argentiferous beltof _ Utah
and Nevada , and the gold-producing terri
tories and State * of Colorado , Montana and
California.
The headquarters of the Union I'acific
railway have been maintained at Omaha
ever since the road was projected. In 187 ( >
Lhe company purcha-cd the property known
is the Herndon House , northeast corner
if Ninth and Faniham streets. The build
ing was reconstructed at an expense of
858,000 , and is now one of the handsomest
and mo-t substantial buildings of Omalia.
See illustration. ) The-e headquarters are
iccupied by the following officers :
S. H. H. Clark , general manager ; Thos.
L. Kimball , as-i-tant general manager ;
1. T. Clark , general superintendent : 1' . J.
Nichols , superintendent easteni division ;
3ha . B. Havens , sujieriiitendent bridge di
vision : P. S. Stebbins , general ticket agent ;
I. W. Moi > e , general passenger agent : E. I' .
Vining , general freight agent : 1 * . 1' . Shel-
iv , assi-tint general freight agent : J. W.
( Jannet , auditor ; M. H. ( iohle , freight
auditor : K. K. Lou : ; , ticket auditor : F. 1) .
ISniwn , ca-hien S. T. Jocelyn , payiiia-ter :
Leavitt Biimham , land cominis.-i.mer : Au-
Irew J. 1'oppletoii , general attorney ! John
M. Thurston , assistant attorney : J. J.
Dickey , superintendent telegraph : E. M.
Morsinan , general manager Pacific expre , :
W. F. Bechel , auditor I'acific express ; A.
I ) . Clark , general purcha-ing agent ofiip -
plieD. . O. Clark , general coal agent : J.
Blicken-derfer , chief engineer : T. A. Nash ,
car accountant ; E. Lane , superintendent
of bridges ; Horace Newman , stock agent ;
K. F. Test , claim agent freight department :
Howard Kennedy , secretary , and P. L.
Perine , cashier land department.
The literary bureau of the Union Pacific
is now an imj lortant feature in the work
ings of this imincn-c institution , and re
quires the entire time and attention of the
two gentlemen who comjwise the same.
With more than 3,300 miles of railway
reaching through three States , Nebraska ,
Kansas and Colorado , and four tyrritories ,
Wyoming , Utah , Idaho and Montana , to
say nothing of the region west of Utah ,
and the Black Hills , this department has
its hands full of busine . Each State and
territory i ossesses its own attractions anil
its own resources , and requires a separate
fonn of printed matter to get the same be
fore the public. For instance : Documents
applying to the agricultural States cm not
lie utilized in advertising Colorado or the
lt ( > cky mountain territories , and vice versa.
Then a' ain : The business to lie attracted
from the East to the Union Pacific terri
tory must lie approached with a sort of ad
vertising matter not at all suited to circu
lation in the West. Moreover , the adver
tising of the Central Pacific railroad and
trans-Pacific steamer lines is prepared by
this department for circulation throughout
the Ea-t The printed matter circulated
by the advertising department of this road
comprise pamphlets , newspapers , folders ,
colored half sheet cards , jMisters , dodgers ,
j > e.-ides numerous cards and reading notices
in various publications , and a hundred
other devices for keeping the road and its
advantages l efore the public. The various
fonus of printed matter noticed by our
reporter on Mr. Blackburn's desk wlfcn he
called were a follows : Strahom's "To tlie
Itockiesand Beyond , " ' an illustrated pam
phlet of 21 ( > pages ; "The Colorado Tour
ist , " a gilt covered pamphlet of 80 pages ;
conies of several editions of Strahom's
"New West , ' ' a quarterly newspaper de
voted to Montana , Idaho , Black Hills ,
Yellowstone Park and Colorado. "The
Kan-as Pacific Homestead and Tourist , ' ' a
quarterly newspaper devoted to Kan-as
and Colorado ; I ind department publica
tions relative to Kansas and Nebraska :
"Resources and Attraction- Utah , " ' a
pamphlet of 75 pages : maps , folders and
[ Mi-ters. English and ( Jcnuan , adapted to
the business demands for each of the States
and territories. Mr. It. E. Strahorn , the
chief of the department , has been ab-ent
since June collecting information to be used
in printed matter to lie hereafter circu
lated.
The land sales of the Union Pacific dur
ing the pa-t year present a gratifying low
ing as to the interest taken in the unoccu
pied lands of Nebraska by easteni people.
During 1880 there were li0,000 ! acres dis
posed of to 1I25 ! purchasers , for tlie sum of
8852,000the average price paid ] > er acre
l > eiiig 84.81. Number of acres deeded dur
ing the year. 85,000.
The Burlington & Mis-ouri Itiver rail
way , the second great trunk line of Nebras.
ka , has establi-heil ] tennanient headquart
ers in Omaha by the erection of a substan
tial and commmlious headquarters build
ing , which we illu-trate on the fourth page.
The building is a three story brick , iron
front , stone trimmings having a frontage
of ( HI feet on Faniham street , and 127 feet
on Tenth street. The co-t of the building
and grounds was 840,000. Tlie company
extended alxiut 813,000 in completing the
interior and funiishing this building. Tlie
general officers of the company located in
Omaha , are : A. E. Touzalin , general man
ager : Percival Lowell , assistant general
C. D. Dorman , auditor : John C. Bonnell ,
general advertising agent and stationer :
J. D. Macfarland , land commissioner ; T.
E. Calvert , chief engineer : D. Hawks-
worth , master mechanic : W. W. Peet ,
chief clerk in manager's office : G. Har-
greaves purchasing agent : C. E. Yates ,
superintendent telegraph : J. M. Barr , car
accoutant : Geo. B. Harris , assistant gen
eral freight agent ; P. S. Eustis , chief ticket
clerk : C. S. Dawson , storekeeper and chief
clerk M. M. office : T. H. Leavitt , secretary
iu charge of accounts and records ; J. Of.
Floyd , cashier laud department.
The officers in charge of the ojieration of
the four divisions are :
B. & JL IL R. Div. & Nebraska It. 15.
Div. J. O. Phillippi , division sujierinten-
dent : D. E. Thompson , assi-tant superin
tendent ; C. P. Olsen , foreman bridges ; T.
L. Murphy , roadmaster between Omaha ,
Plattsmouth and Lincoln , including Platts-
mouth and Omaha yards ; J. H. Daily ,
roadmaster between Lincoln , Hastings and
Beatrice , including Lincoln yards : J. P.
Taylor , roadmaster between is'emalia and
Central City.
Atchison & Nebraska 15. R. Div. , T.
McConniff , assistant superintendent ; L. K.
spafford , foreman bridges : L. K. Spafford ,
wad master ; John Beck , assistant road
naster.
Republican Valley R. K. Div. A.
Campbell , assistant superintendent ; P. Ol-
: cn , foreman bridges : P. Donnelly , road
naster.
For all Divisions T. McAlpine , cliie
operator Lincoln office.
The B. k M. ha- expended in local im
provemeiits in our city during the yea
just closed , the sum of 812,000. Its tota
length of road in Nebraska is 8 ( > 5 miles am
six tenths , 200 miles having lieen con
stnicted during 1880 , all the lines bein ;
supplied with first-class telegraph facili
ties , the agents at the various stations be
ing < > i > erators. The company's land sale
for the pa-t year exceeded those of th <
Union Pacific , the amount sold footing u |
2i8,5'(7 ( ( acres , representing a money value o
81,284,8(1 ( $ , l > eing a trifle less than § 5 pe
acre. Thebridgecompleted by the compan ;
la-t August acro-s the Missouri river a
Plattsmouth is a very imixirtant structur
to this westeni country. The river is ven
narrow at this jMiint , so that but threi
stone piers were needed. Joining tin
westward main span are three deck span
of 200 feet in length , each. On the low ;
side is an iron viaduct 1,400 feet long
The first stone pier on the we-t is ( > 0 feel
long , half of which is below low watei
mark ; the next lieing 'W feet below low
water mark , and the third 50 feet lielow
Tlie superstructure is 3,000 feet long.
During 1880 the Omaha i : Northern Ne
brrska became a part of the Chicago , St
Paul , Minneapolis it Omaha railway , am
is known as the Nebra-ka Division , will
J. E. House , superintendent ; O. I ) . Brown ,
chief engineer : J. Budd , general trafiu
agent. The general officers of the road an
11. H. Porter , president : J. W. Bi.-hop.
general manager : E. W. Winter , genera'
superintendent : F. B. ( "lark , general traf
fic manager : J. B. Hilard , a--istant traffi (
manager. The connection with tin
through line was made November 10 , 1880.
and through trains put on December 1st ,
The company are making extensive im
provements on the fi\e blocks they havi
secured north of Web-ter between Four
teenth and Fifteenth , having about com
pleted a freight depotand round house , and
will build during the present vear a pa--
sengerdejiot to cost 850,000. There havt
been erected or are in course of erection
new debits at Calhoun , Blair , Herman and
Chirks. This line is of the utmo-t import
ance to Omaha , as it traverses a section of
country which is naturally tributary to
our citv , but which has not heretofore been
accessible by rail. It also places our city
in direct and quick communication with
the lumber regions and with the immense
milling establishments of Minneapolis.
The road will constitute a mo-t important
factor in the new bu-ine-s developments
which are to lie witnessed in this city with
in the next few months.
BANKING.
Continued improvement is shown in the
bulk of business transacted at the various
banks of this city during the past year.
DejMi-its have been materially increased ,
but no increa-e of capital or surplus is reported -
ported except in the case of the .State Bank ,
which shows an enlarged surplus fund to
the extent of S31.000.
The banks complain greatly of the bur
den of taxation they are compelled to carry
under national and State legi-lation. Re
duced interest rates have been enforced
upon them by the increased supply of loan
able fund- from foreign untaxed capitalists ,
but the taxes remain the same , or are in-
crea-ed in amount. Tin- fact explains the
non-increase of capital with the banks now
doing bu-ine-s , and al.-o the non-introduc
tion of new capital. The four banks of
Omaha pay taxes to the United States of
not less than 20,000 per annum , and the
two Nationals pay local taxation of 85,000
per annum each. The national tax on de
posits of banks is the last of the war meas
ures of the government rendered necessary
to preserve its exi-tence. All similar taxa
tion has long ago been repealed. There is
a fair prospect of this tax law being repealed
during the pn.it session ; and if done , we
may reasonably ) hope to rji rt ucreasei
banking capital during the coming yean *
Omaha has more than maintained her
proud position as the finalcial center of the
far west , being the depot of money supply
for all the States and Territories west of
the Missouri river , as well as western
Iowa.
Iowa.Ve should be pleased to funii.-h a com
parison of the banking business of Omaha
with that of the other cities on the Missou
ri river , but experience in this direction the
same difficulty as last year : there is noth
ing in the fonn of published statements to
compare with.
The following table shows the changes
in deposits of our two National banks from
last published statements during each year
named : .
First National Dec. 22,1870 .Ji w.nrtij.ra
Omaha Xatl Dec. ! , 170 HV.sO j.7u
Total S2,170\TU.42
First National Dec.2S. is'77 $ lo97.is. ( ; ! (
Dmalia Nat'l Dec. ' 'S , ls'77 71fts.S7 : !
Total $ lsi7oi7.54 ;
First National Dec. ( MS7Siy i.4Ui.ns
Dmalia Nat'l Dec. . ISTS sji . : tir. .fio
Total $ ; > .1NS,7 < 2 > .1S
First National Dec. 12.1S7H $1,754,47(1.22 (
Dmalia Xat'l-Dec. 12 , ls7i ! ii44 , , Vi !
Total $2.NM.142.44
First National Oct. 1. Isso Sl.Ss-V73.7u !
Jmalia Nat'l Oet 1 , issu i.ar : > , w > .os
Total ? r.247.7fl.78 ;
KIKST NATIONAL HANK IHKECTOKS.
Hennan Kountze , president : August
Ivountze , vice-president : Henry W. Yates ,
xi-hier ; John A. Creighton and Andrew
L Poppleton ; Frederick II. Davis , as
sistant canhier.
Capital , 8200,000 : surplus fund , 850-
300.
During the past year the de | > osits of the
iiank have at times aggregated over 82,000-
XX ) , and the average for the vear will be
not less than 81,800.000.
The other banks are Omaha National
Bank. Capital 8200,000 : surplus fund ,
? 40,000.
State Bank of Nebraska Frank Mur-
| > hy , president : Ben. B. Wood , cashier.
Capital , 850,000 ; undivided profits , -s.V.1- ,
745.84.
Caldwell , Hamilton & Co. , the oldest
banking house in Nebraska , does a very
ixten.-ive business , but we have been nn-
ible to procure statistics as to its capital
: iud deposit" .
WHOJLESALE TRADE.
The wholesale trade of Omaha is very
; xteiisive , covering not only the entire state
> f Nebraska , but ranging over the Rocky
inountain states and territories to the Pa-
: ific slope. Seventy jobbing and commis-
-ion hou-es are now engaged in this traffic/
MM ! the number is increasing rapidly- The
rolume of the wholesale trade in Omahadur-
ing 1880 shows an increase of over thirty
[ > er cent , over the preceding year. Eleven
new jobbing houses have been established
in this city during the year ISSO , and all
the leading houses have added largely to
their storage and jobbing facilities. This
traffic is carried on by the following branch-
'AGUlCfLTUnAL IMPLEMENTS.
In the line of agricultural implement
lealers , we have the Haines Bros. , Parker
it Bowers , Daniel Burr , Frank D. Cooper ,
mil W. J. Kennedy , whose aggregate
'ales for ISSO foot np 8471,000.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Tlie wholesale boot and shoe trade of
Omaha is carried on by two finns : W.
V. Morse & Co. and Ieid ! , Jones k Co.
rheir aggregate sales for ISSO foot up 8COO-
XX ) .
COMMISSION HOUSES.
The commission business of the city is
sirried on by the following finns , whose
ju-iness for the year amounted to 8G55-
XX ) : McShane & Schroeder , Pevcke Bros. ,
15. Bingham & Son , E. Marony , Ilobt.
L'urvis , John G. Willis , D. B. Beemer , B.
if. Troxell & Co. , Fearon & Cole.
COAL AND COKE.
Geo. Paterson , Foster & Gray. Tlie
'
Iowa Coal Co. , Pratt & Towle , Be'nsrm &
Tohn-on. and D. O. Clark , agent of the
L nion Pacific , did a business during the
. ear of 8750,000.
CnOCKERT AND C.LASSWAIIE.
Brown , BliCo. . , H. W. Cremer and
Samuel Burns deal in crockery and glass-
rare at wholesale. Their sales for ISSO
tggregate 81SOOOO.J .A1 * * -
fc4-
Cl.OTHINr. .
M. H oilman & Co. enjoy the monopol ;
of the wholesalevclothing traffic of Umahn
with aggregate -ales for the year 1880 o
8175,000.
DRUGS.
Three ffnns monopolize the wholesal
dnig tnule of Umahn , viz. , Kennard Bros
& Co. , Chas. F. Goodman and Ish & Me
Mahon. Their sides for 1880 aggregati
83'.K,000 ) , an increase of over fifty per cent
over 1S71K
OUOCKIUES.
There are seven wholesale grocery firm
in Omaha , namely : Steele , Johnson k Co.
Nave , McCord & Brady , 1'axton & Gal
lagher , F. C. Morgan , Meyer & Raapke
J. J. Brown & Co. , and J. 15. French & Co
The aggregate sales of the-e finns durin ;
the year 1880 foot up . i.CoO.OOO.
HAHWVAllE AND IKON.
W. J. Broatch , Inrin & Kllis , and Lee
Fried Ji Co. , are engaged in the wholesal
hardware and iron tnule. Their sales fo
1880 aggregate 8275,009.
" l.HJUOHS.
The wholesale liquor trade is carried 01
by the following firms : Her & Co. , Stub
bendorf it Co. , Chas. Grut'iiig , Adler A
Heller , W. A. McNamara , A. liiley & Co
and.l. K. Blaki > . Their sales during 1S8 (
aggregate 88 ! ,000.
I.UJIDKlt.
Omaha lumber tnule is carried on by fivt
firm.viz. . , Foster iV Gray , Chicago hum
ber Company , ( leorge A. iloagland , .1. A
\Vakefield aiul Louis Bradford. The ag
gregate -ale * of these firms foot up 81,175 ,
000 , an increase of over twenty l > er cent
over the preceding year.
I.KATHKIt , HAKNKSS ANII n.MHNCS.
G. 11. & J. S. Collin- , dealers in harnc.-
and leather , 1' . 11. Sharp \ Son , and L. C.
Huntington fc-Son , dealers in leather and
finding , have aggregated 81 ! > 5,000 in sale :
for 1880.
NOTION.AXI > TOYS.
Chas. S. Goodrich and Max Meyer , tin
two wholesale notion and tov hou-es ol
Omaha , have di-posed of 8210,000 of mer
chandise during the past year.
OILS , PAINTS AND CLAss , .
It. C. Steell & John-oil , Windlieim & Co. ,
C. F. Goodman , Keiiuard S Forsythe and
X. I. 1) . Solomon deal in oils , paints and
glass at wliijjesale , and their tnule aggre
gates 8r,5ooo. :
STOVKS AM ) TINWAKK.
Milton Rogers & Son and 1) . A. 1'iercy
have dispo-ed of 845,000 : ? of stoves and tin-
ware'during the year 1880 , an increase ol
over 20 per cent , over the preceding year.
foil.UTO AXI ) VICAKS.
Quite apart from the local manufacturer *
of cigar * who-e traffic is exhibited in tin
report of die internal revenue buieau a
very extensive trade in cigars and tobacco
dirtied Hn by whole-ale grocers and li-
jnor hoii-us. Three firms , vi/ . , Max Mey
er. We-t & Fritcher , and M. Toft do a
wholesale toliacco and ciirar bu-iuess ,
which , during the year 18M ) aggregated
8(80,000 , a fair e.-timate of the tobacco and
cigar traffic for the -anic year , will aggre
gate 8T.OO,000.
JllsT.I.l.ANKOrs.
Tootle & Manl , dry goodMarcv & Co.
wholesale confectioners ; K. L. Strang ,
pumps and wind engines : .1. S. Caulfield ,
stationer ; W. T. Seaman , paper dealer and
stationer ; Guild 4c Morrell , teas : Collins &
Petty , guns and ammunition : 11. iV C. F.
Hick'man , millinery ; Whitney , Clark &
Co.pice mills , etc. ; Dewey & Stone ,
wholesale fuiniture ; A. 15. llubennan , jew
elry , etcA Max Meyer X Bro. , musical in
strument ! : Edholm & Ericksou , jewelry ,
etc. ; C.t. . Brisco & Co. , safes : Shreve ,
Jarvis & & } , gentlemen's furnishing goods.
The toti r-sales of these ( inns aggregate
t
OMAHA AS A MANUFACTURl
t ING POINT.
That Omaha is admirably situated as a
manufacturing centre is fully sin wn by
the reniif 'kill ile growth of her manufactur
ing interests within the past ten years. If
one had predicted , in 1870 , that within
the next decade Omaha would Jiave the
thin ! largest smelting and refining works
in the world , a distillery the fourth in size
in the I'uited States , and would be ship
ping alcohol to France and Riin ia _ : nail
works shipping nails to Japan , packing es
tablishments sending goods to the English
and Iri h markets , he would have been
threatened with a forced sojourn in the
insane hospital. Yet all this and much more
has come to pass , and mainly through the
investments by Omaha men of compara
tively small means , and the outlook in that
connection is so promising to-day that al
most any prediction as to the future of our
city as a manufacturing centre would be
thought reasonable. With the immense
Union 1'acific shops , employing nearly
lf > 00 men ; the smelting and refining
works ; white lead works , which compete
with tlio-e of Chicago and St. Louis ; nail
works that have been enlarged four times )
within less than two years : half a
.Idzen packing houses one of which
ili.-burse.s over a million dollars an
nually ; its foundries and machine shops ;
nil mill company representing 850,000
capital ; three breweries valued at 8100,000
L-ach , and a score of small manufactories of
various kind * established within the past
few years , our people certainly have rea
son to take a hopeful view of the future.
The completion of the water works system
this year will furnish motive power for fac
tories of all descriptions and will be util
ized to the great advantage of Omaha's
commercial interests.
THE WII/LOW SPRINGS DIS
TILLERY :
During 1SSO the Willow Springs Distil
lery Company , P. E. Her , president , and
'
, I. | ) . Her , secretary , produced , of spirits ,
alcohol and whi-kies , l,410Ht ! ( gallons ,
the tax on which at ninetv cents per gallon
would be Sl,2sr.l.-10. The total sales of
tlie company for the year were Sl.Siri.OOO ,
tlie local tax on which , paid to the revenue
Dlfice in this city , was $ .ST > 1S08.W , ( , the tax
For the month of November being S101-
IISG.SO. The average ftiunber of employes
rt-as 100 , an increa-e of Vwcnty over 18711 ,
their pay roll footing np S,000 per
month , or § 00,000 for the year. There are
twenty-five men employed in the cooper
-hop , who mode on an average 2,000 bar
rels per month. The establishment con
sumed twenty tons of fuel j > er day , or
1,000 tons during the year. Eighteen hun-
.Ired cattle were fed , and tne following
quantities of grain purchased and con
sumed : com , SU.OOO bushels ; rye , If.fiOO
bushels : wheat , 30,000 ; malt , 48,000 ;
iats (1,000. ( There were fed to cattle L',000
tons of hay.
This distillery is the fourth in production
in the United States , the three largest be
ing the Fifth and First Illinois districts.
Hid the First Ohio. It was established
some twelve years ago , and has l > een an
iiu ] ) rtant factor in building up a market
in Omaha for Xebraska grain. The com
pany make their own malt , now occupying
the large building erected by the Brewer &
I5emis brewing company. _ They do _ all
; heir own work , manufacturing everything
: onnected with fine spirits. Theyhave _
ilso increased their rectifying capacity in
mler to make a finer quality of spirits
: han heretofore , there being ; a greatly in-
: reased demand for the finer grade of
joods. With the enlargement of their
.vorks . , the new machinery , the new alcohol
muse , and other new and complete im-
irovements , they are now enabled to make
is fine goods as can be manufactured any-
.vhere in the United States. _ _ Their pro-
lucts are French Cologne spirits , alcohol.
lure rye and Bourbon whiskies , sour and
, weet inash , all of which have acquired a
vide reputation on account of their supe-
ior qualities.
Her & Co. are al.-o engaged extensively
n the manufacture of Kennedy's celebrat-
d East India Bitters , which tfnd a ready
ale in all the principal markets in the
vorld. In view of anticipated efforts at
irohibitory legislation at Lincoln this win-
er , the showing made by this immense
stablWiment , and the effect it has ui > on
he Xebraska market for grain , together
rith the large force of men employed ,
be duly considered in a practical ,
V
busine.-s way , and temperance zeal shouli
be modified by business pnulence.
A few weeks since the large three -tor ;
building occupied by the firm on Farnai !
street between Thirteenth ami Fourteenth
was destroyed by fire , entailing lo-s am
inconvenience upon tlie company , thong ]
there was heavy iiiMirance upon thei
stock. Tlie work of clearing out the debri
was entered upon at once , and the rti
building proceeded with as rapidly as pi *
sible , the company occupying as temporar ;
quarters a room over Kennard & Forsyth'
dnigtore. .
The following figures from the interna
revenue office show the Im-ines done dur
ing 1880 and the tax paid here , the tax in
goods ex ported being paid in New York :
I Cialloniallon.s ( iTaxonspi
. ,
v.inM
.Month. jlir(1 < ia.i , ttithd'n. jil.s\\ithni
January ILT.IKH ! i-T.ri',71
February. . . -13.- . L' . .
.March ii.lso : ;
April 1 IH.S17
May iisM4s !
Julie I
Augu-t I loi'isTij 11K..W
September. . . I ' . ' 1.7.N- !
October I 1'JIJMI
November. . . . I1IJ.IK2
leecmlper. . . | iiiL'jou ! |
Total i l.i7.sis : ! ! |
BREWERIES.
One of the most important industries ii
this city , in a financial way , i- the maim
factnre of beer , which is carried on by tin
MetBros. . Brewing Co. , Kred. Ivru ' , Mrs
W. Bauinan , K. Kngler and A. Saltzman
whose total manufacture for 1SSO was HI.
7" > " > barrelan , increa-e of V , : U4 barrel-
over 187H. Following is the official state
ment from the internal revenue office , tht
month of December hein : ; estimated :
Mr. Fred. Metz is luvsideiit of the .Met ;
Bros. Brewing Co. ; Kit-hard Hiemon , secre
tary , and Kdward Siemon , treasurer.
Their establishment , valued at aboutSlOO-
000 , is one of the oldest in the State , am :
one of the most complete in the country.
During the past year they bought -l."i,4K (
bushels of barley , at a co > t of $ ! I,2W.OO. :
18 , : > 00 bushels of malt , for which they pair
8111,215.00 , and paid to employes SlCJVOS.i'i.
making a total outlay of S3js.l.V.l.2. > . Tin
brewery made 18"i2 bu-hels of malt , and
sold . " ,000 bushels. Kight men are em
ployed in the estahli-liment. ha t yeai
12.4liO barrels were priKlueed , an increast
of l,70t ; over 18711.
The Columbia brewery is owned and op
erated by .Mrs. W. Bauman , Uotliel
Storeforeman. . There were manufac
tured by the Columbia brewery last yeai
( i,7" > l barrels , an increase of 'i.OOl o\ertht
plevioiis " year , there being . * iHS , ! ! barrel"
sold from"Dec. . Ill , 18711 , to Dee. 111. 18H ) ,
an increase of Idli7 over 1871 > . During
1880 , l.l'iOO bii-hels of malt were made : : i
brick engine house \ias built at a cost ol
1,400 , and -Kldition to the malt hou-u
co-ting § ( iOO. Xine men and two team *
are employed.
The Omaha Brewery , Fred King , proprietor -
prietor , was established in 18Til ! , and now
rejiresents an investment of § 100,000 , with
an annual capacity of 2. > ,000 barrels. I iit
year over 810,000 was paid in wages to tht
twenty men employed. In 1880 he madt
12,488 barrels of beer , an increase over
1S7H of 1,8,12 , and sold 11,718 barrels , an
increase of 1,8 % , over 18711.
CIGAR FACTORIES.
" ba has thirteen cigar factories , em-
ploTffig ilw.rly lOA fcimL-V During 1880
there were manufactured 2,781,225 cigars ,
an increase of 85,400 over 18711 ; sales ,
2,781,000 , an increase of 128,575 over the
previous year ; tax paid $10JSfi ( , an in
crease of 8771.45. The following figures
were obtained from the 1T. S. revenue
office :
NA.MK. MAl i : . 'SII.I ' ) . TAX.
\Vest& I'rit.-cliLT. . . itf-Mi'io'i-1 ' ! '
A. K. Simpson
Joseph lieckinan. . . 1,1LU.MI
1C. S. llci-k
Pat Devltt 4 WS ,
soim Hops MM )
K. Naclitigal
A. Sclmltz l.'VVMK ) 14UKK ) MC.IKJ
1 ! . Schwalohlierg. . . 107110 iiy.iiu
W. ! ' . I.ori'11/on i Vis.io
Ceo. 11. Jones
John Hanloii 18400 TYa4u
S. Jorgeiisoii
J. Jelcn
Win. Krat/ lll.VJI
Theo , I'.cck ' -Ii7d < IS'Iimi
I1. II. Wilson -jsr 71Nl' ( ' 1IK.KU
A. F. Sigwart ls"7 < p
Total L'7S4 ± y > SHHKi1' ' llVM.m
During the year A. K. Simp-on , R. S.
Beck , John Hanlon. George II. Jones , and
Jones k Le Francis , went out of tlie bu-i-
ness and the four last named in the li t
given above , established new factories. As
will be seen West k Fritscher are the
largest manufacturers in the city. They
employ about fifty hands , and pay out an
nually over 820,000.
SMELTING "WORKS.
The largest and most complete smelting
works in America are tho-e of the Omaha
Smelting and Refining Compairy.
They have 8175,000 inve-ted in buildings ,
machinery and grounds ; they employ from
150 to 250 men ; their monthly pay roll
amounting to 810,000 ; and they consume
liOO ( tons of coal per month. During the
past year they have shipped fine silver and
gold to the value of 84,000,000 , ninety per
cent , of this being silver , and they have
shipped 10,000 tons of lead.
During the past year they have spent
87,000 in improvements. Besides this , a
foundry is being built at a cost of 8.,000.
Hitherto the company have had their cast
ings made at the different foundries in the
city , and have always had enough work of
this kind to keep one foundry running.
Hereafter , the company will make all their
own castings.
The olllccrs of the coiujiauv are : Charles
W. Mead , president ; II. W. Mead , vice-
president ; K.V. . Xash , secretary and treas
urer ; Charles Halbaeli. Mmerinteiiili-nt.
WHITE LEAD "WORKS.
These works have been established three
years. The company have added new
buildings and machinery so as to double
their capacity during the pa-t year , and
are now tuniing out 2,000 tons per annum.
The sales of white lead ( luring the year 18SO
aggregate 8250,000.
One-fifth of all the refined pig lead used
in the United States is tunieil out by the
Omaha Smelting and Refining company.
Tliis makes Omaha one of the best i > oiiits ,
if not the very l > e.-t , in the country for
obtaining supplies of raw material for cor
roding purposes.
This company give employment to forty
men , who are kept busy the year round.
They have invested 815,000 in additional
buildings , improvements in machinery , etc. ,
during the past year.
LINSEED OIL MIL ! , .
Tlie Woodman Linseed Oil Company has
been incorparated under the general incor
poration act with capital stock of 850,000.
The compony have a mill already in opera
tion ( the Taft & Woodman Oil Mill ) , and
will double its capacity during the present
year. In ISSO this mill manufactured 225- ,
ixDO gallans linseed oil , valued at 8140,000 ,
mil 2,000 tons of oil cake worth 845,000.
Employment is given to al > out thirty men. |
The officers of this company are Clark
Woodman , president ; It. H. Whitelaw ,
icting secretary. Directors Clark Wood-
nan , of Omaha , Chas. W. Barstow , Ocar
L Whitelaw and Robert II. Whitelaw , of
st. Louis.
PRINTERS AND BINDERS.
In the newspaper and job nfllces of THE
! KK , IlKitAi.ii. KKI-CULICAN , I'O.-T. TEI.E-
; i\rn , NKWSI-APEI : Cjriox , and DANISH
i'lONKKit , and the job ofllccs and binderies
if Festner.t Son , Ceorge W. Cray , John 1) .
ilortiiner , .Samuel Kees , and Kedlleld Ilros. ,
here are employed 140 printers , 43 binders.
8 pres-inen and .assistants , and 4S editorial
vnters and other employees.
THE NAIL WORKS :
[ See lllu-lratiou. ]
The Omaha Nail Works company wv
organized in the spring of 1878. and duriiu
that year a building wa < erected and ma
chinery to the value of 814.000 uas put in
anil then owing to a lack of fundfurthei
operations were su < ] iended until early ii
the spring of 187H. when additional capita
was secured and the company was reoivan
ized , the present officers lieing as follows
John A. Creighton. president : ( J. T
Walker , vice-president and superintendent
James Creighton , secretary and treasurer
John A. McShane , assi-tant secretary am
treasurer : K. W. Wilson , -i-tant super
intendent , with a paid up capital of 850 ,
000. Over 40.000 kegs of nails were madt
la-t year. Additional building and ma
chinery have l > een provided during tht
year , at an outlay of 812.500 , and still
further additions are now being made in
machinery in order to keep up with tht
demand. It was predicted there would he
a. lack of material in Omaha for nail works ,
but the contrary has proven the fact.
BRICK.
It is estimated that 12.000,000 bricks
were made in Omaha during the year 18711.
There are nine yardin tijieration here ,
owned by the following per-on- * : Withneli
BroBaily < ! fc Ol-m. Ittuer Bros. , Henry
Livesey , John Hunter , J. Potter , John
ICewitt , Thomas Murray and S.imiiel Caf-
ferty.
Witbm-ll Bro- . burnt aln.ut : tOOO.OOC
bricks , and did a bu-iness during 1880 of
850,000. They give cou-tant employment
to 100 men and from ten to twelve teams.
Bailev & Ol-eii manufactured al > out
2,000,000 brick.- , employed twenty-ffve
men and four team-for al > ut eight months
of the year.
Ittner Bros , burnt 2,500,000 bricks , and
employed forty men and eight teams dur-
inir the year.
'Henry Live-ev made alawt 2,000,000
bricks , "and employed from forty to fifty
men.
TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE.
The pioneer hoii-e of Milton Itogers ,
corner Fourteenth and Faniam. still con
tinues to lead in the sale of sto\e.- . tin
plate , metals , tinner's stock , stamped ja
panned and granite wares , etc. Itwases-
tabli-hed in 1855. making it one of the IFr-t
regular business hou-es ever established in
this city. They employ eighteen men in the
manufacture of tin and and sheet iron
ware , and furnace work , and forty men in
the entire establishment.
GAS.
The Nebraska ( la * Light company are
gradually increasing their bu-iuess. I i.-t
year main.- were extended on Sixteenth
street from Cumings to lake's Addition ;
on St. Marys avenue to College street ,
*
and south on Se\entt-eiith and Twentieth ;
on Dodge t Twenty-fourth , and replaced
with much larger mains tho-e from Four
teenth and Douglas to Burt and Seven
teenth.
CARRIAGES AND WAGONS.
The principal maniifaetuiers of car'
riages and wagons are A. J. Siinp-on and
Meadiiuber & Dailey , who make a special
ty of tine buguies , carriage.- , and light
wagon work. These two < tabIMiments
together give employment to aliout fifty
men.
men.L. T. Longprey , Henry ( Jrebe , and I' .
J. Karbacb manufacture and handle wag
on" of the heavier elu .
"SATE FACTORY.
< i. Andreen , the safe manufacturer , es-
tabli-hed himself here ill Mint five years ago.
La.-t year Mr. John Vallien , a practical
safe maker and jail builder , bought anjn-
tere-t in the business , and Andreen it Val
lien is now the style of the firm. They
employ about fifteen men. Their bu-iness
has had a siib-tantial increase during the
past year.
GRAPE SUGAR MANUFAC
TORY.
A company has been recently formed for
the manufacture of grape sugar in O > > iaha ,
composed of John McConnick , frank
Murphy , K. F. Test , Ezra Millarrl , S. It.
Johnson , and others , with an authorized
capital of 8200,000 , with the privilege of
increasing to 8 ( > 00,000. _ A building is to
be erected early this season.
SHIRTS.
W. II. Harri.-on. shirt manufacturer ,
Xo. 1122 Faniam street , employs alioitt
twelve hand.- , and makes almut six dozen
shirts per day.
PLANING MILLS.
A. Meyer , proprietor of the Omaha
1'laning mill , employs twenty men , and
does a large business in preparing building
material.
Ito.-enberry Bro- " . run a large planing
mill at the corner of Fifteenth and Marcy
streets , employing 25 men. They manu
facture all kinds of sash , doors and blinds ,
and did a very large business during the
year.
Manufacturing Briefs.
Henry ( ! rel > e manufactures hay sweeps
of a patent granted to him two years ago.
Henry ( J. Itichter manufactures ladies'
and gentlemen's furs and gloves.
Beindorf & Mauss , Marcy & Co. , and
I Sice < Sc Weaver , manufacture candies and
confectioners.
M. A. Kurtz and McDonald & Harrison
manufacture ladies' cloaks.
A. Kandowand H. Harris manufacture
brooms.
The Omaha Fence and Box C < > . manu
facture fine fencing , boxes and refrigera
tors.
tors.Marhoff & Co. and Wirth & Cronim
manufacture trunks.
Vis-cher 6c Hawver and A. W. Phelps
manufacture artificial stone.
Kemrird & Forsyth and Whitney , Clark
& Co. manufacture baking powders.
( ib-on & Scanlan manufacture lionediist
fertilizing material.
I'atrick Qualey manufactures soap.
1'oniey i ; Segelke manufacture . - < > da water.
Ern.-t Krebs andfieo. II. Haannan man
ufacture vinegar.
tiatz vV Freman have manufactured dur
ing the y ar crackers to the amount of
§ 100,000.
O. J. Wilde , Xo. W17 C.-m street , is
building up a fine trade in all styles of
show cases in goods of his own manufac
ture ; having had many years experience ,
and fully understanding the business.
A. J. Simpson's carriage ? factoryj has
during the pa"t year turned out a large
numlier of elegant buggies and carriages.
T. L. Longfrey makes the manufacture
of spring wagons a specialty.
Tlie Western Cornice Works , C. Specht ,
proprietor , are rapidly extending their
Inioiness , and supply not only the demand
for cornices in Omaha , but have filled
many orders for interior towns in Nebras
ka and Western Iowa.
Medimber & Daily manufacture car
riages and buggies.
Whitney , Clark & Co. , coffee and spice
mills , now in their third year , have trebled
their manufacturing facilities during the
past year.
MECHANICAL TRADES.
Omaha gives employment to 2,157 mechan
ics and trade- * people divided as follows :
Rakers 1 Machinists nu
ISIack.sniitlM. . . . . . . . K > Moulders 42
Ilookliinders Masons a ;
Rrooin makers 12 Malt makers 12
Ilrlck makers lee Marble cutters c
Coopers r t Nail makers y
Candy makers 'M Oil making 12
Carpenters II * Pattern makers. . . 40
Cracker makers. . ] R Printers jt
Cabinetmakers. . . "I I'ork packers 135
Car'ge&wg'nmks M I'ioklers. 20
Cigar makers lijo I'reviinen 45
Dyers 4 Plumbers IT
Distillers o Photographers 22
Dressmakers m Painters \ ?
Engineers 31 I'laningmill men. it
Furriers .1 Plasterers 37
fiuiiiiniths u Shirt makers Tf
( ! a makers 12 Safe makers \ ,
Harnesi makers. . 41 Shoe makers 4S
Hatters SSnielU'rs iw
Hair workers 3 Tailors 92
Jewelers 23 Tinners m
Lithographers 4 Trunk makers .T
Locksmiths C Upholsterers 1 *
Milliners 42 Vinegar makers. , i
Millers 3 Wheelwrights 1 *
PORK PACKING.
One of the most iniH > rtant industries of
Omaha is that of .rk packin-- . the estab-
li-hment owned and operated bv Mr.
James K. lim-d. Wing one of the 1ane-t
west of Chicairo. ( In the 18th of List Jan
uary it.was entirely destroyed by fire. but.
with his characteristic energy , he rebuilt it
at < mce on a larger scale ami more conve
nient in every way for business , at a cit
of 840.40C. for the building , and 87.01 J for
machinery and fixtures. From November
H ,0- to ' " " " l--t , 1881. he packed
. > ; ,000 hogs in round figures , an increase
of 4.000 over 187l. ! He employs 110 men ,
and his annual disbursements foot up over
a million dollars. The importance of this
estahlishinedt to Xebraska cannot I > e over
estimated , Mr. 15oyd's | Miliev fnuu the
start having l en to pay the highest mar
ket price for li.-gs , the raising of' which baa
now become a feature of Nebraska fanning.
Mr. Boyd engages largely in summer pack
ing , which lasts from .March 1st to Novem
ber 1st of each year , thus making a con
stant demand for hogs. *
'
During the year'ju-t closed Harri" k
Fi-her expended I.'i.M ) in the erection of
a packing hou-e. and enlarged their busi
ness in other nay- . They killed : ! . .r.CO
head of cattle , . " . ( KKI .if sheep , and uliout
5HiO , ( of lunp. . Jl'Iie firm employs about
twenty men. For tun year * pa-t they
have luren making shipments to Knglaiui.
Sheely Bn > ' - . tne olde-t firm in thi- * line
est of the Mi-souri. having l > eeii in the <
bu-iuess in Omaha for mure than twenty 0
years , killed during the year C.,7K ( ) head o'f >
hog4.200 slu-ep. and 1.21X ) U-eves. They
run an exten-ive packing hou-e in the
soiithwestem part of town , on the line of
the 1'iiioii Tacitic.
ISinldi- & Thrall have l > een in the busi
ness a < a firm for about three years.but
the senior member has had many years ! ex
perience , and was fora loin ; tiine"supeKn-
tendent of Boyd's packing hoa-e. Tlnv
h-ve packed aUuit 12IKK > h'ogs this seisoi.\
employing sixty men , and are doing a fine"1 * ,
business. * - ,
During 1880 the packing establishment
of J. 1'hipps | ; oe xvas enlarg l at an e.x-
j > en-e of * 2,000. another sum of 82.000 hav-
iiiLrbeeti expended at the close of 18711 in
additions. I i.-t year the premi-es were
'
leased by Charles' O'Connor & Co. . and
u-i-d e.\clu-ively for the packing of small
meatIt i.- their intention , however , to
commence slaughtering hogs and packing
for the Iri"h market ne\t month. The
firm did a good buinesduring the year.
William Aiist packannually"
2,000 head of h.n- .
GRAIN ELEVATORS.
During the year ju-t clo-e < l Klevator
"A , " owned by John McConnick V Co. ,
biiruetl to the ground , to the serious detri
ment of the grain husim-ss of the citv , it
having been in succe ful operation al > out
three year * . As it burned down before tlie
oieiiiiigof | the sea-oii for 1880 , tlie company
! ia < no iigiires- reH | > rt.
The I'liion ele\ator. Hinifliaiixb > t Mer- v s
riam , proprietors , wis built in 1877 , ami J
has been nin to its full cap.icity since. It
has -forage capacity of 5.0X ) bu-hels ,
and gives t-mployment to twenty men.
During 18M ) , the Hnn purclia-ed and han
dled alHiut two milliiin bii-htfU of grain.
An illu-triition of the I'nion elevator ap- f
peal's el-ewhere in this pajier. \
THE TLP ! MACHINE SHOPS. /
I See Illu-tRitioii.i *
The machine shops of the I'nion Pacific t
railway are the mo-t extensive mechanical i
establishment in the city of < linaha. These 1
shops represent a peniianclit iuvt tini-nt of I
over one million dollars in buildings and
machinery , to which additions are being
made from year to year. During the past
year there were constructed in these shopt
1111 cars of various kinds. Four dejiots
and one section hou-e were built on the
Albion branch of the Omaha , Niobrara it
Black Hills railway : two depots and two ,
section houses on theiJrand Island it St.
I'aul branch : two de | > ots on the St. Joe fi
Western ; two depots on the Lincoln
branch ; one depot and anotner in course of .
erection on the main line : a barn for the /
company's horses , 84X.1 ! * ; feet ; lumber shell /
81x40 feet : rebuilt 50 cars. Twelve'secondJ
m
class coaches have been arranged for second-
class sleepers , and 51 more are being
changed. Additions have been made to
all stock yards between Omaha and Chey
enne. Co-t of repairing pissenner , bag
gage , mail and express cars for the year
( thela-t two months estimated)8i ) : > 0,8ir7.77.
I tepairimr freight wuipage | ( last two months '
estimated ) 8K)0,417.88. : ) Tlie average limn- 7
ber of men employed in car department at
Omaha for the year was 1W , whose monthly
pay-roll will aggregate 8" 0.000.
Tlie average number of mechanics and
laliorers employed in the locomotive de
partment including engineers and firemen ,
running between Omaha and Craiul Island - ,
land is 850 , whose wages for lalx.r during
1880 , aggregate 8548i04. : ! 2 , or a grand
total of 1HO : mechanics , laliorers anil
locomotive engineers , who e wages aggre
gate 8 < . > OS , : M.72 a year. The general
supervisor of the I'nion I'acific shops at
Omaha , as well as at other [ mints on the
road , is I. II. f'oiigdon , general master
mechanic. ( leorge K. Stevens is superin
tendent of the car department. Kolwrt
MeConuell is ma-ter mechanic in charge
of the locomotive department , consisting
of blacksmith shops , foundry , machine
shops , etc.
MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUN
DRIES.
Omaha Foundry and Machine Co.
This establishment , which succeeds the
Omaha Iron Work1 * destroyed by fire De
cember , 18711 commenced the erection of
their shops along the I' . I' , railway at
Seventeenth and Kighteenth streets , last
spring , and opened them ready for work
during May , at a cost of about 25,000 , are
models of completeness and thoroughly
equipp" ! with the mo-t improved machin
ery. Tlie building H two stories high , and
substantially built of brick. The company
occupy one aud a half acres of land , and
having a railroad side track into their
groudds , possess the very best of facilities
for doing a large business. They employ
from fifty to sixty men in the different
departments. The monthly pay roll is
from 82,000 to 82,500 , ami tlie" foundry
turns out from IliO to 1.10 tons of finished
castings each month. The proprietors are
T. W. T. Ilichards , and Chester B. Davis ,
the latter devoting his entire time to the
management of the business. This company -
pany is probably the only one west of Chicago
cage and St. Louis which employ a thor
oughly educated and _ skillful mechanical
engineer as a superintendent. They are
largely engaged in the manufacture of the
"Omaha"'Steam F.ngine their owi de-i n
and are also extensively engaged in the
manufacture of elevator and mill machin
ery , hand and jn.wer elevators , hoisting en
gines , and mining machinery , and do a
large amount of building and bridge work.
Their superintendent and engineer is Mr.
Alfred It. Dayies , formerly with Louis
Oliver it I'liilliin , 1'itt.sburg , and Morgan ,
Williams k Co. , Alliance , Ohio.
The Excelsior Machine works on I larney ,
T. Y. Hammond , proprietor , employs from
twelve to eighteen hands , and did a business -
ness last year of 825,000. -
Tlie Missouri Valley Ioiler ! anrl Sheet
Iron works , M. W. Hastigan & Win. < ! iw-
hurst , proprietorsi , Twelfth and Cass , em
ploy ten to fifteen men , and < loe.s a fxn\ \
uusiness.
W. Boehl , Harneynear Fourteenth , df > esi \
lock work , steel work , erects awnings , etc.
Godfrey it Davis , No. 117 South Four
teenth , do a general business in seals ,
* tencils , rublwr . timi > s , models , light ma
chine work , etc. , employ four men , and
lid about 812,000 worth of business last
vear.
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PUilMAN PACIFIC CAR CO.
Tlie office of the general sujwrintendenta
Mr. L. M. Bennett , is located in Union
Block. Mr. W. H. J. Stratton u the
li-tant superintendent , and Charles F.
Wilkins , cashier , W. H. Scott , clerk and j
ticket agent at Omaha , and J. K. C l-
idge , ticket agent at ( " . 1' . transfer. The ]
company employ seven conductors anill
twenty-seven jiorters , and keep in constant
use on the Union I'acifie twenty-s vrn
coaches , and three on the Utah k Nerth-
em , with three conductors and three"l 'r/
ters. Of this division K. E. Brow n i ,
assistant suj > erintendent.
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