THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : Sl'NDA'i , JANUARY 2. 1SS7. SIXTEEJST PAGES. 11
y893. The whole line was opened for
busings in October , 18-T , , and turned
over to the Missouri Pacific for operation ,
J hero arc n little over seventeen miles ol
track , Including switches and laterals ,
Directly west 01 the central portion ol
the city a brnncMrom the main line td
the stock yards runs in a southwesterly
direction to the southern boundary ol
Douglas county , joining the Missouri
1'acilic track to the south. The amount
expended in the construction of this road
from inception to completion was $000,000 ,
of which $000,000 was paid out in 18Si ( ,
The righl of way , tip to date , cost over
$300,000. Hollmg stock is now being
manufactured for this road in the cast ,
and next spting tlio Hell line will put on
regular trains of its own. I/cavin
Omaha for the stock yards the following
stations are met , at all of which havi
been constructed sub.slantial pai cngei
tind freight depots , switches , etc. : Oak
Chatham , Walnut Hill , West Side am :
Deerllold. The passenger depot of Hit
Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Oinnhr
road is used at present by this line it
Omaha.
CII1CA(5OST. I'AVI , , MlSSKAfOMS A OMAHA
This road opens up the lumber rculon :
nnd general business of the "GreatNorth
west" to Omulia. It runs along the cast
cm boundary of Nebraska to the extronu
northeastern corner , then crosses to Jowr
and so northward to St. Paul , Minneapo
lie , etc. H has several laterals reaciiinj.
into north Nebraska which have provec
vcrv bcnelicial to Omaha ttade. Tlu
lumber and live stock receipts over this
road are very heavy. Cattlemen an
granted the privilege of bringing tlieii
Floek to this city and if the quotations d <
not suit they are allowed to torward the1 !
cattle to the eastat regular through rates
Two passenger trains arrive on tins roai
dally ; two depart ; and there are thrc (
regular freight trains each way. Durlnj.
the year about $10,000 were expended ii
improving the yards and depots it
Omaha. The local ollicers of the roai
are : II. S. Jaynes , superintendent
Charles. ) . Smallwood , train dispatcher
During the year the following freigh
business was transacted at this point :
TON"
Forwiirilcil from Onmlm . ti'l'K '
Itccplvt'rt nt Oinnlni . ltWK
- ' ' ' .
UN-ION I'Acit-'iu nuiiwn THAITII'
Hesides the regular Union Paellioam
Hupublioun Valley trains that brin lias
Fongors across the bridiro from the dillor
ent Iowa connections , the business of tin
' Dummy" trains is of great Importance
Jn 1880 this train consisted of tin engine
one combination coach and live fcrrj
cars for vehicles and live stockIn 1S8I
there wore two coaches and seven ferrj
cars. In 188-1 the passenger and ferrj
cars were made into separate trains ,
round trips being made hourly be
tween Omaha ami the Hroudwuy depot
Council HlulVs. In 18SII the "Dummy'
train was enlarged to three coaches atu
the ferry train to nine cars. The formei
handles 1,01)0 , ) pasiougors daily and tlu
latter from lifty to eiglitv wagons daily
Trains are now run hourly from 0 u. m
to midnight.
nr.cAi'nur. vrio.v.
ISNi.
Tons.
Totnl nmoiinl of freight lecelvuil . 1,1 , 13
'Joliil ittnumtt of li-u'Klit ' lunvunKM .
Total iimnimt Iniudleil . 1 , C.Vj ( )
1HKJ.
Tolnl nmniuil of rrolulit rt'celved . T3..li ) ! :
Tula ) iimouiu of frulbt ) I'onuinled . : H5.i , : | :
Total mnoiint lmnillc < l . lflrViKi :
Inviunsu In 18-11 . filT.v ;
Curs.
lotnl live stock iTi'olls | . \oM
Tolul live stock Miipmonts . iCO !
lu the foregoing table the freight bus !
ness of the Missouri 1'acilic for 1885 h
not included , but it was not of sullicicn
Volume to make any radical change ii
Hie figures.
I'tillmim 1'nlncc Cur Co.
The Pacitio division of this company
with hcuilqiiiiitcrs in Omaha , is one o !
Ux Muost important and rutniinurativo ii
t/n / ; Pullman system. The local plllcun
are : L M Bennett , division .superintend'
cut ; W.H.Scott , assistant superintend
ent ! C. F. Wilkins , receiving cashier
William C. Patterson , storekeeper ; J. M ,
Hrownell , ticket agent ; K J. A. O'Heillv ,
clerk to assistant superintendent ; W. 1C ,
Lake , Monographer. This division has
seventy-seven serviceable twelve and ten
section curs , including the latest drawing
and smoking room , bullet , and othei
Htyleri. The railroad lines on whieli
these ears are run include the
main line of the Union Paoilic
Ivansas division , Colorado division ,
Denver & Soiith Park division , Utah K
Northern division , Oregon Siiort Line ,
Oregon Hivor & NuviKution company
and the Deijyer & Uio ( irande.
Thirty-live conductors and seventy
eiiiht porters make their headquarters 11
this city. The monthly jmv roll of the
Omaha ollice is $5,500 , besides which up
wards of $1,000 is expended monthly foi
incidental expenses , the principal ol
which IB for laundry service , 50,000 pieces
of linen being washed in this city even
month for the company. Every car ft
thoroughly overhauled and cleansed tiftei
each trip , and if repairs are needed the
work is attended to at once in the Union
Pucillu shops , The company contemplate
many improvements during 1887. No\\
cars will be added as rapidly as the scr
vice demands it ; the cars now in use arc
being remodeled for high-back scuts , am !
all will bo tilted with annunciators load
ing from every berth and from the door ;
ot the carlo the porter's room. Tlu
business of 188U was 25 per ' cent ovei
that of 1885 ,
Ji'\U-CKH HllSillOSH.
tr The express business in Omaha 1m ;
V' naturally expanded with the increase !
railroad facilities of the city and the
growth of business of all kinds.
The Paoilio express company lias it ;
headquarters here. It was originally es
tuhlishcd in 18(1 ( ! ) us the Union PacilU
railway company's express and onli
operated on the main line of that road ,
1,01)2 ) miles. Jn 1870 it was orirani/eel
into an independent company , and no\\
operates on 17,000 , miles , having exclusive
control of the express business on tin
Union I'acilic , Missouri Paeilic , Wabasli
and Texas Paeilic systems. Thn business
of 188(1 ( exceeded | .1jlOOO,0'10 ' , of whiel
$150,000 was local. The residenl
ollicers urn K , M. Morsmun , presidcni
and treasurer ; W. F. llechel , auditor am
ficeretary ; L. A. Fuller , superiptendent o
the eastern division and C. P. Stcbbin.-
assistant superintendent , Seventy-five
men uro employed by the company at
this point and the monthly pay roll i.-
about $1,000.
The United States Express company if
operated in conjunction with the Pueille
expresa , nirnishing the latter m
eastern outlet over the Chieage
& Itock Island and Chicago A
Milwaukee as thu American does foi
'Wells , Fargo & Co.'s express over the
Chicatro.Hurlington & Quinoy mid North
western , Thu local agent is S. A. Hun
toon. Nine teams and 21 men are em
ployed in transacting the local busines !
of Ihu Pucillo and United States , and tlu
business of thu latter at this point in 188 <
was over $100,000.
The American and Wells , Fargo & Co. 'i
express companies occupy thu sumo of
lice , and this IK the mont in.portunt bus !
ness plaeo they have in tha west. The
work of last year was nearly double thai
of any previous year. Their operations
are principally on the Burlington system
of railroads , thu Chicago. St. Paul ,
Minneapolis & Omaha , thu Chicago A
Northwestern , and Chicago , Hurling' '
ton & ( Juincy. These companies em
ploy twenty men at this point and ciglil
regular teams , The monthly pay rol
runs about $1,200. The Wells , Fargo .X
Co.'s express own property in this eitj
valued at 25,000,111111 , the probabilities
are that that they will soon erect substuu
tial business premises ,
The Now IJUml'nolllo
Otia of the most important improve
ments imuigurateu in Oinahrx during the
year u the. new Union Pucilie bridge
which is now being constructed over the
Missouri river to take the place of the
old structure , which had done service
since 187:1 : , and which of late years was
found inadequate to the demands of the
constantly increasing traffic. Uesldes
allbrding the company sulllcient room to
transfer its cars across the river , there
will bo two roadways on the new bridge
for pedestrian * , and vehicles , which will
bo of inestimable value , not only to
Omaha , but to the people ol Council
Hlulls and Iowa. The work was begun
early in the year , and tbo new structure
was put up on the site of the old one , the
latter being torn down piece by piece to
make room for its successor , or without
a single hour's interruption of regular
travel. The now bridge , like the old one ,
\\\ll \ be of iron and steel. There will be
four through spans , each 250 feel in
length , and three deck spans at each end
125 feet lonir , making ten in all. The
length of the bridge -proper will be
1,750 feet , with 1.SCO feet of approaches.
In the center will bo the double railroad
track and on each side , u roadway for
vqliloKi and pedestrians The total
width of the bridge will bo llftvslx feet
twenty-eight feet to bo occupied by tracks
and fourteen feel on each side for the
roadway and walks. The superstructure
will rest on live piurs of solid masonry ,
which will bo constructed from u bed
rock foundation by the pneumatic pro' '
cess. Tlio average depth of these piers
below low-water mark is seventy-live feel
Thisjiortion is constructed of a superioi
quality of lunestouo quarried at Mun-
kato , Minn. The portion of the pier. '
above low-water mark will bo made ol
St. Cloud , Minn. , granite. The- tops of tin
piers uro 10x15 feet in dimension , tin
north and south ends being rounded seas
as to give an oblong shape to the top ,
There will bo a suitable approach on tin
Iowa side for wagons , etc. , and ono on
this side , which is already graded. It i.-
a regular street sixty feet wide , will be
paved and guttered , and winds around
the blull' from the bridge until it coir
nocts with Leavenworth street. Four ol
the piers are already Jinislied and UK
lifth is rapidly Hearing completion. Five
deck spans are linishcd and onu throitgli
spun , with the false work foi anothci
through span ready. The masonry work
is in the hands of F. Saulnangh & Co ,
The iron and steel for the bridge are maelc
by tlio Union Hridgo company , of New
\ork. The construction , outside of the
stone work , will bo entirely in charge ol
the Union Pacific Huilrouel company ,
under the immediate supervision ol
( Jeorge S. Morrison , of New York , chiel
engineer , who designed the plans , anil
Assistant Chief Engineer Geortrc A ,
Lederle. About 150 men are constant ! }
employed , and il is calculated that the
bridge will be entirely completed by Jalj
of this year. It will cost in the neighbor
hood of $1,000,000.
Omaha Freight liiircnn ,
The great iniporlancc of Omaha as n
trade center , receiving and shipping
point , and wondcrlul growth of its ox :
ports and imports , has necessitated an
organization among the wholesale
merchants for protection against the ex
tortions , mistakes , discrimination and
negligence of the railroad common car
riers. Consequently on Juno 1 , 188(5 ( ,
some of the leading wholesale men
formed a frciirht bureau and very wisel.y
placed in charge W. F. Grillitts , late
assistant general Ireight agent of the
Union Paeilic , and a gentleman who ha.6
passed .1 lifetime in freight work. Tei
quote from tlio article's of the association
The ohjct't ol' the bureau sliall bo to f-iv
tlio railroad unit trnnspnrtatlon rompmilc.s sncli
Inl'mm itkm rt-cimllnK the various llnct ol
Roods It represents sis nlmll hnuro tltolr proiiui' '
classllleaiioa ; to si.'ciiro freight ruti'S to all
shipping points Hull sliall In no cnso UKi'rimI
mite ( lu-iimn Onmlm ; to assist In iuljiislln
claims lor lei O ! ) or oven-burin's , and touuidei
Its survluus to Momliers liullvliltiiilly ami eel
Icctlvoly In till matters pvrtuinlmr to tin
triui > jxirtiitloii of mnrclmiiiltgu inul the u.xtoiv
flcin ol' tlio triulu of Oinnhiu
The membership now reaches 110 , rep
resenting the heaviest wholesale in
dustries in Omaha , and applications for
admission to the bureau are being con
stantly received. .
The ollicers arc : John S. Hrady. of Me-
'
Cord , Brady & Co. . wholesale'grocers ,
president ; W. .1. Broach , wholesale
dealer in heavy iron , vice president ; P ,
E. Her , of Her & Co. , distillers , treasurer ;
W. A. L.iibboa ( , of Edney & Gibbon ,
wholesale iron dealers , secretary. The
executive committee is comprised ot
Ernest Peyeke , of Pc.ycko Bros. , com
mission merchants ; C. A. Fried , of Lee ,
Fried & Co. , wholesale hardware
merchants ; Hobort Ka-son , of Paxlon ,
( iull'i : < rhcr & Co. , wholesale grocers ; W.
V. Morse , wholesale boots and shoes ; C.
F. ( ioodniun , wholesale druggists ; J.
( J. Chapman , of D. M. Steele & Co. ,
wholesale grocers ; W. .1. Welsliaiis , ol
W. J. Welshans & Co. , wholesale deal'
ors in Hour ; Max Meyer , of Max Me-yoi
cyllro. , jewelers ; I. Oberfelder , of l.Olier-
folder & ( Jo , , wholesale notionsand millin
ery goods ; Euclid Martin , of Purlin ,
OreiulorlV vt Martin , wholesale agricul
tural imphimcnts and tarni machinery ;
W. F. ( iritlitts , commissioner of the bu
reau.
TKliKGllAl'lL LINES.
Wostorii Union.
Omaha has always been the "central
switch board" of the Western Union Tel-
cjrruph company. Through it pass or !
relayed all the electrical news of the fat
west and the Pacific coast , and from
those sections , us well us the important
telegraphic news from and to China and
Jupun. The district of which this city is
the headquarters embraces all of NV
brusku , Colorado , Wyoming , Utah , part
ot Montana and purl of Kansas. In that
district are 1,000 operators , forty-live
clerks , twenty-eight foruinen , ninety-
eight messengers mid two battery inch ,
Tliero are 10,75 ! ! milen of poles and 20,112 , "
miles of wire , The total number of
messages sent from and received at
Omaha from January 1 , to December lit ,
18MJ , was 1,821,031 ; total number relayed
during the same period , l,0'i.0."i , ' ; ! ! , There
are hfty-eight oporutors ut tlio main
ollico in this city , sixteen clerks and one
buttery man , and six operators in branch
olllcesinthu city. Tliero uro forty-live
circuits out of tlio city ami U.OOO cells of
battery in uso. The monthly pay roll of
the Omaha ollice is $5,200 , while the act
ual disbursements therefrom for general
expenses runs from $10.000 to $15,000 per
month. The receipts of 1880 have been
20 nor cent greater than those of 1835 ,
and tlio increase of work fully ! (5 ( per
cen creator. The whole elisiriet known
ns the ' -Third , " is under the manage
ment of Colonel J. J. Diokey. ono of tlio
best known telegraphers in the country.
Many improvements were iniulo during
the year entailing largo expenditures.
Principal among these may bo men
tioned tlio stringing 01 a new
copper wire troin Hrownvillo to
Denver , a distance of1U5 miles ; one
from Omaha to Cheyenne , 510 miles ;
ono from Chicago to Omaha , 4)3 ! ) miles ,
and ono from Cheyenne to Denver. lOtl
mjles , making u grand total of 1,55 ! !
miles. New poles have boon erected in
Omaha , repairs made , etc. , all of whieli
contribute to the bnsinca-j prosperity oi
the city.
I'nolllo Telegraph Company.
This company opened its ollico in
Omaha , November , 1885 , and business
has increased over since , the amount
being sixty per cent more hut month than
it wus during the corresponding month
of 1885 , This is a good showing consid
ering the fact that the company has only
one line in this state , reaching to Marys-
villo , Kansas , via Lincoln , Ne
braska , but the contract is now-
let for the construction of 10,000
miles of wire west of Omaha and leading
into tins city. Work will commence us
soon as the season permits. The Omaha
otlieo is in eluirtro of J. M. Maddox and
ho luu thirteen assistants including
operators , linemen , etc. Tlio monthly
pay roll is $550.
MANL'KACTt'UES.
The manufacturing and Industrial es
tabhshments of Omaha have noticeably
increased during 1880 , not only in num
her and variety but in capital , worklii }
forces nnd output. There tire at leas
5,500 skilled laborers in the city whosi
weekly wages tend to materially swcl
the great volume of the city's trade. Ii
fact the increased retail business of las
year over that of 1885 plainly proves tha
laboring men in Omaha and the sur
round ing farmers have been propcrou
during the year. The now mattufactoric
that have located hero during 1880 , all re
porting business equal to and in mos
cases exceeding their capacity , have thei
own pleasing story to tell. All the eli
establishments have branched out , am
the trade demand of the year has proyci
that further extensions must bo made n
1887. The Union Pacific shops report i
large increase in work done.necessitatee
of course by the expansion of itstrackagi
and trallic. The smelling works filing i
doubling of Us manual force required fo
additional business already conlractet
for. Distilleries , packing houses , brew
erics , lead works , nail works , barb-win
factory , founderics , machine shops , cte.
all meet the inquirer with the reply. "W <
are overwhelmed with orders. " nm
many are compelled to run night am
day to keep abreast of the demand fo
their products. All this i ? the natnrii
outcome of that common sense rule o
commercial economy the nearer th
producer is to the consumer the belle
for both. Omaha has scoured the gooi
will and patronage of a vast , wealth.
and enterprise demand territory , and it i
making substantial efforts to satisfactoi
ily answer every commercial cull upon il
Union 1'noillo Shops.
During tlui year 1SPO thp work at th
Union Paeillo machine shops has bee :
far larger than any previous year , miti ;
roily caused by the large extension of th
company's lines and the incroasei
amount of rolling stock required. Th
various buildings , tracks , etc. , take u
over forty acres , nearly 1,500 men ur
employed altogether , of whom 88 ! ? ar
skilled mechanics , The monthly pa
roll of the latter amounts to $85K ( ) (
( icncral repairing nnd machine work fo
the entire Union Paeillo system is don
in these shops , and the value of the wor
turned out per month is estimated u
$200,000. Among the light repairs dm
ing the year were 15 ! ) passenger cars am
1,017 freight ears , heavy repairs , niuetee
passenger ami forty-live freight cars
No railroad establishment in tlio eouiitr
pays higher wages ami but ono is mor
extensive.
Willow Springs Distillery.
This extensive producing estublishnioti
is conducted bv a corporation under th
name of the 'Willow Springs Distillm ;
company. P. E. Her is president : J. 1) )
Jler , secretary , and 11. buessenbueh , su
porinlondent , The distillery buildings
occupying upwards of eight acres , ur
equipped with the most improved mil
chinery. During tlio last your $10,000 wu
expended principally in new nicchunicu
devices. Tliero are three flro-prqo
bonded warehouses on tlio grounds , will
a capacity of 15,00(1 ( barrels. The paid ui
capital of the company is $250,000 ; th
sales for 188(5 ( amounted to $ : J,0)0,00 : )
notwithstanding the pool troubles in th
west ; the revenue tax was $1,500,000 ; mu
teriul Used , $250,000 , representing -100,00
bushels of corn , 50,000 bushels of malt
50.000 bushels of rye , and 10,000 bushel
of oats , or 510,000 bushels of grain in all
Over 10,000 tons of coal were consumed
There are 125 men rcgnlarlv employed
and the pay-roll was $80,000 in 18815. Dut
ing the year ! IK)0 , ( ) head of cattle were fat
teneel , ami besides the distillery feed l,0i ) )
tons of hay were consumed in the liv
stock department. Tlio capacity of th
distillery is 12,000 gallons of linishei
goods per day.
Since its establishment twenty year
ago the Willow Springs distillery ha
been : i leading producing and commoi
eial factor of Omaha , and is a. fainilia
industry in its line all over the Unite *
States , and in tlio leading business centers
tors of South America , Australia am
Europe. In addition to making alcohol
rye and bourbon whiskies , sour and swec
mash , a largo ami steadily inerousinj
business is done in the manufacture o
French cologne spirits. Itis the third larp
cst establishment of the kind in the Uni
ted Stale's , ami by far tlio largest botwcei
the Mississippi river and the Pacifi
coast. The company has invented am
patented a steam hcutiiiK process fo
stoiing , curing and aging its product
which has proved a great success and :
financial saving. A few months ago at
artesian well was sunk on the elistjller
grounds for the purpose of obtuiitin ]
natural gas. _ At a depth of a few him
dred feet a vein of coal was nlrtick. Thi
has not been developed to any great ex
tent as yet , but a company lias beei
formed to do so. Should the promisee
success bo achieved , it will revolution/ !
manufacturing interests in Omaha.
P. E. Her it Co. , members of the distil
jory company have an extensive rectify
ing and wholesale liquor cstatihshmon
near the business center of the city. The ;
have $500,000 invested , occupy substantiu
iive-story brick promises , 22xl32 ! , th <
erection of wliich cost $ -10,000 , and thei
trade extends all over the western state
and territories.
Itrcwcrios ,
The brewing interests of Omaha ar
very important and contribute ver ;
largely to swell the volume ot the city'
traeio , besides makini ; the city one of th
best markets for barley in the eounlry
Jn fact there is not enough of the gran
raised in Nebraska to supply the demand
The three principal breweries Met/'s
Krug's and Storit Ilor'n paid the gov
'eminent ' from December 1H85 , to Dccom
bor 1880 , the following tax per month :
Total. . , . , . 7fl,0iwi
Tlio tax on each barrel being $1 , this
would show 70,0 III barrels of beer uctu
ally disposed of , whieli valued at f-8 po
barrel , which is the prevailing price
would show the income of these threi
breweries ulono to bo $ < i08iM ! ( exclusivi
ot the largo amount bottled nnd oxportee
by the case. They have expended ubon
$50,000 for labor , given employment t (
100 mon and have an ugare'gato capita
of $500,000 invested. In addition to this
the representative breweries of Milwim
kco , St. Louis , Cincinnati and Chicage
have branch houses in Omaha for sup
plying tlio trade with barrelled or bet
tied boor. The leading branches an
those of the Anlmuser-Husch brewing
company , FruirFulk , Tony Faust , Vu
Hintnnd the SchlitJ ! Hrowing company
All of thesei do u line business , and SOUK
of them have their beer sent hero ii
bulk and bottled in Omaha. The iViihou
ser-Hiiseh company has a line brick establishment
tablishmont eif its own , M. Keating beiiif
agont. Fnu IK Fulk has a largo wure
hemso and bottling establishment , E. L
Full ; , agent The Schlit/ company ha.-
conimodious bottling and general busi
ness headquarters , H. K. ( Jrotto , ngent
( Jeorgo Duncan represents Vul Hlutz , urn
Ed Maurer represents Tony Faust. E
Englor has a Weiss beer brewery whieli
does a largo business.
Stoiv. it Her , brewers , are tlio success
ors of the late Joseph Huiunann , whc
conducted the old Columbian brewery on
Sherman nyunuu for many years , 'The
same premises are occupied by the pros
unt firm , but they have been groall }
enlarged and modernly improved ma
chinery introduced. The brewery hui
now a capacity of JIO.OOO . barrels ; ovet
25,000 , barrels of beer were sold last yeat
and the business is rapidly increasing ,
Iho brewery promises luivou frontage ol
2iO fent on Sherman nvenno and extend *
back to Eighteenth street , a distance ol
two blocks. Tlie i'ali.ie-itvof the brewery
has bee n inercas"d 10,000 batrcls during
the past year and an ice machlm ? bus
been introducrul at a cost of 117.000. From
thirty to thirty live men and eighteen
horses are kept donStanlly busy. Thirty-
live thousand bushels of barley arid
00,000 of mall- are annually used.
MetHros. . , brewery has hud the most
successful year of its existence daring
1880. Over 30,000 barrels were disposed
of. The capacil y of the brewery is 50,000
barrels per annum. 1 A new brick storage
cellar is nearly completed. It will be two
stories in elevation and cost $20,000.
Sinelllnc Works.
The Omaha Smelling works , owned
and operated bv thoi Omaha and ( > ranl
Smelting and Helming company. Is the
large-a establishment of its kind in the
world. A large area of ground is occu
pied on the river bottoms by the exten
sive buildings , together with a very costly
and complete plant of machinery fully
in keeping with the character and extent
of the work done. It is really a national
Institution , drawing crude material from
the mines of the Hockies anil distrib-.tting
the relined output to the mints ot the
country. The smelting and relining
works are run night and day , Sundays
and holidays. During 1S80 , 5'JO men were
employed and the wages paid amounted
to ! ? ! V)0,000 ) , Improvements made during
Hie- year aggregated $75,010 ; the ship
ments made from January 1 , to Decem
ber 1 , 1880 , were1 :
Silver . S.IVAI.OVJ ounces. . vnliio . $ tMKlJMTK.O-'l
( lold . WWIil " . . " . . l,77i'i7lUHl :
i.i'tui. . . . M.KM.KM his . . " . . ! !
llluo vitriol .
Total \nlue * $ llliL'-i . i
During the year 20,0)0 ; ) tons of coal and
12,000 tons of coke were consumed in
these works. The ollicers of the com
pany are : ( itiy C. Harton , presidnnt ; E.
W. Nush , treasurer ; Charles Hulbuch ,
superintendent , all located in Omaha ;
J. H. ( ii-ant. vice-president ; Edward
Eddy , general manager ; W. II. James ,
superintendent ; headquarters in Denver.
The capacity of these works will re-
cclvo more important enlargements
during the present your. In the mutter
e > f blue vitriol alone preparations for a
largely inerciiscd output have to bo made ,
as the Omaha Smelting works furnish all
the blue vitriol used by the. Western Union
Telegraph company in the United States.
Two hundred men will bo adelcel to the
working force , making a little army of
700 in tills establishment alone.
.loscpli Gnrucnu Ci-noker Company.
One of the most successful and progress
ive business enterprises of the city is the
Joseph ( lurnouu Cracker company's fac
tory , established in 1HS2. A substan
Hal ( jfour-story brick building is occu
pied , and thn machinery has no equal this
side of New York. The capital invested
is $100,000. There were consumed daring
last year 20,000 barrels of Hour , ami
850,000 loaves of bread wore made in
addition to u large quantity of crackers ,
cakes , etc. The number of employes is
100 , and the pay roll , including salaries
of ollie-iuls , clerks , etc. , amounts t < i
$15,000 a vcar. Fourteen horses and
seven wagons are employed in the liusi :
ness. The business last year amounted
to $300,000. During the year improved
machinery for the manafaelurc e > f line
cakes was intrddnctul at a cost of $5,000.
No similar plant exists in anv eraekei
company this side of New York. Minot
improvements have been muelo at u cost
of $5OUO. ,
Brick JHnking.
A largo increase in the manufacture ol
brick during 188(5 ( is necessarily us < ocialcil
with the great amount of substantial
structures erected ( hiring tlio year. It is
fortunate for the city that the very bust
clay is found in this vicinity for tub pro
duction of the finest brick. During 188.1
the estimated amount of brick mnelo wus
! ! 0)00,000 ( ) , representing a value of
$18,0'J ) ( ) . Employment was given 825
men. During 1880 there were made
5550)0 | ( ) ( ) brick in Omaha yards and (1(51 ( (
men wore employed. Following uro the
names of the leading brick mukers unel
the work done eluring the year : Omaha
Steam Hriek works , eighty-one men , out
put U,0)0,0. ( ) ( ) brick ; Johnson it Stanley ,
seventeen men , output 1,200,000 ; Kowitt
vt Johnson , sixteen men , output 2,200,000 ;
M , Inner it Hro. , forty-two men , output
1,500,0(10 ( ; II. Livesey , forty-four men ,
output : i,500.000 ; Hailey it Oleson , forty
men , output 5,5IO,0.)0 ( ) ; Hunter it Sourg ,
twenty-live mon , output 1,750,000 ; Omaha
Hriek and Torru Cotta company , out
put 5,500,000 ; 11. Livcsoy , Thirteenth
street yard , sixty-seven men , out
put 4,500,000 , ; Hansom & Kiloy , twenty
men , output 1,000,000 ; Hochford it ( Juld ,
twenty-two men , output 1,750,000 ; F.
Huiley , thirty men , output 1.8JO.OOO ;
Nicholas Hros. , twenty men , output
2,000,030 ; W. J. .Stevenson , , twenty-live
mon , output 1,750,000 , ; Ward it 'Flag ,
twenty-two men , output 1,500,000 ; With-
nell Hi-os. , 100 men , output 8,000,00J.
The Xcbruska Tile ami Pottery company
employs twenty men ; tlio monthly pay
roll is $1,000 ; during the year ! J)00H , ( ) ( )
brick were made and $ ( JCO'J ' expended in
improvements , During the year there
were § 51,500 expended by these linns in
improvements ,
The Omaha Hriek and Terra Cotta
company manufactures brick the year
'round ' by the Hoohncko it Holiwer
patent kiln process. The ollicers are : F.
D. Cooper , president ; II. Uohwcr , secre
tary ; 1C. . I'cstucr , treasurer ; M , A. Th ,
Hoohncko , superintendent of yards. The
company's capacity is 10.0(10,000 ( , brick
per year. Thirty-eight men are em
ployed during the winter and seventy-
live during summer ; tbo monthly pay
roll averages $1,400. Last year $2iK)0 ; ( )
wus expended on now machinery , kilns
and buildings.
I'uvtoii ft ViorliiiK Iron Works.
The Puxton it Vierlmg company com
menced business Februao 15 , 1880. Its
business is the manufacture of archi
tectural iron , machine work nnd
heavy blacksuiilhiiig. The average num
ber of employes during the year was
eighty , but all during thobusy son-
son the working force was as high
ns 110. The monthly pay roll averaged
? : > , ( )00 ) , and the amount of business done
in 18SO wus $110,000 , and $150,000 worth
of work is contruetcd for 1887. The value
of the buildings and machinery is$10,000 ,
but us soon as the .season opens u new
foundry C5vl25 will bo erected ; also n
now brick core room in the rear of the
old one. cupolas , etc. , all of which will
cost $15,000. The old foundry will bo
mude n two-story building , thu present
pattern room will bo enlarged and
additional muehinory secured. The
company Is incorporated , its capital is
$50,000 , , and its ollicers uroi William A.
Puxton , president ; Robert Vierling , vice-
president ; Louis Vierling , secretary nml
treasurer , and A. J , VicrJing , niunuger.
Usticv& HiuKcll , Foundry.
The Usher it Hussell foundry does agon-
oral foundry , imichlno and blucksniithing
business , Operations were commenced
in Omaha in April , 188G , and the business
has run from $12,000 to $ it,000 ; , per
month since then. The company occu
pies three and a half acres , the value of
whieli with buildintrs and machinery is
$80,000 , The foundry proper is 125x70 ;
machine shops , 120x10 ; c.irponteu1 shot ) ,
lOMiO , and blacksmith shop , 80x40 , The
regular number of employes is nmoty-
11 vo and liftum additional skilled mechan
ics will bo added to the force in a lew
days. The monthly pay roll of this com
pany is * 4,200. , _
Coots Itiilldlni :
John F. Coots' construction shops ,
stone yards , etc , , occupies an entire city
block. The number of employes at present
'
ent is 250 , of whom 1S7 uro 'locutcd in
this city , The weekly pay roll averages
$2,0.10 , the work doi i'last year amounted
to over $1,5(10,000 ( , tlio value of buildings ,
plant , etc. , outside of lumber , stoue ami
other material on band is$55.0CO , and th
capital invested ranges between $250OJ
and $000,000.
Canning tmd Presort IIIR Work * .
Last vear was the introductory year o
this industry in Omaha , and nothing bu
experimental work was dono. Every
thing proved satisfactorily that the en
terprise would bo a paying ono and o
great benefit to fruit and vegetable rais
crs in this and adjacent counties. Th
olliccrs of Hie company are S , It. 11
Clark , president ; \\.G.Shrivcr , seere
tary ; Jolin H. Evans , treasurer ; Lee Bird
superintendent ; directors. S. II. 11. ( ' 'lark
John A. McShnne. E. L. Stone , Dr. Jeta
H. Conkllng ami John T. Hell. The cap
ital of the company is $20,000 with powc
to increase to $30,000. A substanliu
three-story building has been ereetee !
100x120 , ut a cost of $10,000 , and appropriate
priato machinery secured for all depart
incuts of canning. The capacity ot th
works is 15,000 cuasjier day.
Ilnrber Asphalt I'livlnu Company ,
This company lias its western head
quarters in Omaha , under the manage
ment ot Charles E. Squires. During 188
the company laid 48,0 M ) yards of usphal
in Omaha , making 280'.000 yards pu
down in tin * city since paving operation
began. The asphalt pavement is no\
represented on sixteen ot Omaha's prill
cipal streets. During working season
tins company employed 18 ! ) men , and it
monthly pay roll ran from $ ISOO to $2IOC
The buildings nnd machinery of the coni
puny are valued at $14,000. of wide
$7,00 ! ) were expended in improvement
last year. In St. Joseph , Mo. , the Onnili
branch of the company laid 50,000 , yard
of pavement last year , and has eontraete
for 50,000 yards" for 1837. In this cit
50,000 ' vnrds have been petitioned for t
be laiel'in 1887.
Klectrio
TUT TiioMPso
The Thompson-Houston company sue
ccedcd ihti Sperry Light and Motor con
pany in IS85. which itself was the sueces
soiof the North western Electric. Ligh
ami t'ower company , and after liar
work and changes of niurugcment sue
cess has been achieved. The ollicers 11
the company are : .1. C. Itcgaii ' , prosidcnl
.1. K. Kiloy , secretary and 'treasurer , am
( } . J. Molms , manage.r and suporintonil
ent. The capital of the company i
$100,000 , eight men are employed in th
works. 225 lights are now in operation
the power is furnished by a 250-hors
power Corliss engine and three \Vcstnm
house high speed engines. During th
present month a station of 500 arc light
and one of 2,000 Incandescent lights wil
lie established. Kleclrie motors for smal
factories will also be in readiness , wide
will be of great bonolit to industrhi
works founded on moderate capital an
will undoubtedly add to the munufuete
ries of the eily. This company is no * ,
using KiO tons of eoal pur monih mi
! IOO,000 gallons of water are evaporate' '
in its boilers during a similar parlor
The business of 18MJ has exceeded that ( ;
all former years and promises well fo
the future.
TIM : OMAHA n.i.r iixATixi ( COMPAXV
eommeneed husine.-s November H
having leased the poles and plan
of the defunct Northwestern Ligli
anil Power company. Its busines
is operating an electric light system
The capital of the company is $20,001
and its ollicers are : 1" . C. llimcbuugl
president ; H. W. Hreckenridge , vie (
president ; Frank Warren , .secretary an
treasurer ; .1. D. Morse , superintendent
11. T. Clarke , C. ( \ Warren , P. C. Hinu
lianjih , H. W. lii'oekonridire and Fran
Warren , directors. Seven dynamos ar
are now useil , the power is furnished b
a 275-horso power Corliss engmp at 111
AVoodman Linseed. Oil works , eighty ar
lights are in use , seven men are regi
larly employed and the nionlhly riiiimu
expenses are $1,000. Tito compun
intends to double its capacity a
once. They have just intrc
dueed the celebrated incandesceii
light of the United States Klectric LIEI !
company's ' long distance system , whie
has given thu greatest satisfaction when
ever used. The minimum power of cue !
light is equal to sixteen candles , an
preparations have been made to distrib
nte 12,000 of these lights in Onmlm.
Union Steel Nnil Co in puny.
On June 1 , 1880 , this company put
chased the entire real estate and plant c
the Omaha Null Manufacturing compan ,
and immediately commenced putting i :
additional and improved machinery fo
radically changing the method of nianii
faeturing adopted and followed by tii
old company. The special nail made i
the "Union. " The capacity of the work
is : > 00 kegs per day , and i0 : ! men on ai
average are employed when the work
are running. Last year but little worl
was done , owing principally to th <
change * ; in switching facilities caused b1
the improvements on the adjacent rail
road and the construction of thu lurg
Sixteenth street viaduct , which left i
uncertain just how far the grounds of tin
company would be encroached upon ,
These dillicultics with the unset
tied state ot the Iowa railroad tarill's bi
which Omaha nail .shipments ti
St. Louis were discriminated against a
the rate of from ten to lilteen cents PC
keg made the company shut down a lev
months ago. This cessation is lnt : tern
porary , for a now location is being lookei
for , an oiler , in fact , having been math
for 110 acres in West Omaha precinct
cinct on the Hell line. The present prop
erty is very valuable , being held a
$1110,000 by the company , but according
to the sales of real estate in the vicinit ;
it would reach $ 175,000. In ease a nev
location is not procured work will bo re
sumed at the old stand as soon as tin
public improvements around } t are com
plotcel. , The uiithori/.cd capital of tin
company is $150.000 , of which 3125,000 i
paid up. The otlicers are : ( ieorgoT
Walker , president ; William Haven , vice
president ; W. N. McUandlish , secretary
NnrtliwcKtcrn Shot Company ,
January 25 , 188(1 ( , thn Northwester !
Shot company was organi/.cd as sue
eessor to the Omaha Shot company
Us biinluoss is the muiiufacturo i )
drop and mould shot , etc. licsldc
the Omaha establishment the conipuu ;
has annex industries of a similar churuc
ler in St. Paul , Minn. , and Dnbuqiie
la. The capital stock is $100,000. C. 11
H. Carter , is president of the company
and F. 11. Murriam , secretary. Tin
Omaha works consist of a costly plant o
the latest improved machinery and sub
stantial buildings. The output for 188(1 (
was -100 tons of shot , the business of tin
year being largely in excess of that of tin
previous year , .Six skilled shot maker
arc constantly employed ,
Union llyilranlio Drain Tile Company
Thu business of this company is tin
manufacturing of machines for inakinj
clay and cement tiles. The ollicers urn
A. 11 , Souer , president , Jell' W. Hertford
secretary and treasurer ; W , 1) . Sherman
superintendent. The capital of thu com
pany is $ (50,1100 ( ; operations were com
mcnccd heru in 1880 ; a sulMautial build
ing 100x50 is occupied , which with tin
plant of machinery is valued at $10,000
i'weivo men are regularly employed am
the weekly pay roll runs from $75 to $100
They have just sold six machines foi
$1,000 each and huvu contracts for thlrtj
more at the sumo price.
Iron Works.
Tliis company has n paid up capital o
of $ : iC > 1)00 ( ) ; occupies a substantial bricl
building 100\iO : in lledford I'lucos em
ploys twenty-five men and is doing :
largo business in making tire proof shutters
tors , etc. ' 1 ho ollleers of the company
are : J. 0. Hcgan. president ; W. It
Vauglian , vice-president ; ( iconic , ! . Arm
brust , secretary , and James ( Jnllith , buai
ness manager.
Onuilin Ionil I'lpo 0'ompnny.
The Omaha Lead Pipe company opo
rates in connection with the North
western Shot .company and is COMV
ducted by the same incorporators
although the buslies | affairs are kept en
tircly .separate. C. II. 11. Carter is man
agcr of the industry , the purpose ol
which is the manufacture of bar ami
sheet lead , lead pipe and kindred pro
ducts , During 188 ( > there wcro made 20f
tons of lead pipe. The business for 1S8 (
was 50 per cent larger than that of Ifc'Sr
Om.ilin Hnrb Wire Company.
This is a very prominent Omaha nnuiit <
faeturing industry. During the last year ,
which statistics show was a losing period
for barb wire makers generally , this com *
pany had a largely increased business ,
The works are now runninu night ami
ilay to supply the demand. The capacitj
ot 'the works is two ear loads or about
100 rolls of wire per day. Last montl :
litty car loads were manufactured. Tlu
plant comprises thu very latest mudiln
cry , valued at about ! ? U5,1'00. ' There an
llfty live men employed and the pay toll
amounts to $ . ' ,500 , per month. The com
pany hasa paid up capital of ( JoO.OX ) . am
a surplus of $25,0)0. ) Its trade territory
extends all over the west except Califor
nia. The otlleers are : M. M. Marshall
president ; M , S. Milbourn , vice-president
O. N. Kani'ey , secretary and treasurer.
Carter \Vlilto l cnd Company.
The Carter White Lead company Is t
successor to the Omaha White l.eai
works , which were established in 1S70
On the 1st of January , 1880 , tin
name , proprietorship and business of tin
company were changed , and apparent ! ]
have passed into more active matiauemon
The name of the company is as given ii
the caption of this article ; Lev ! Carter ii
president and S. H. llayden secretary
and the manufacture of white lead is tlu
business proper of this industry , Tlu
capital invested is $110,000. , The plan
of the old company , as far as prae
tieable , has been improved and used , t
large amount of now machinery addei
and buildings covering nearly three
acres are occupied in the business , ill
representing a value of $175.000. bixtj
men are retrularly employed , the monthly
pay roll is $3,000 ami tlu ; capacity of tlu
establishment is 2,000 tons of corrode !
per year. The business of IRStS exeecdct
that of 1885 by fully 50 per cent , and din
ing the present year the capacity will hi
increased UH.OUOtons. The improvement :
incuts made ( hiring the last year iimoun
to $10,000. There are only Iwenty-eigli
similar industries in the United State :
and the Carter company is the only om
west of Chicago.
AVoodtnun Ijlnsccu Oil AVorlcs.
The business of these extensive work :
during 1880 has largolv exceeded that o
any previous year. The daily (21-hour (
capacity of the mill is 2,000 bushels o
seed or a production of1,000 gallons o
oil and (10,000 ( pounds of oil cake. Then
is a storage capacity of 350,000 bushels o
seed at iluj works , "and lor 10,000 barreli
ot oil. llotwocn forty and lifty men : n
employed and the monthly pay rol
averages over $800.
Grant's SlnKdlltliic.
John ( { rant , who lor years was super
intcndent of the Harbor Asphalt Pavini
company and H ho is the patentee of tin
slagolithic or slag and stone pavement
has made his business and manufaclur
ing headquarters in Omaha. Thirty mei
are regularly employed , exclusive o
pavement layers , and a very cxponsivi
plant of machinery is required in tin
manufacturing process. The Hliigolithii
isjcovercd by three patents. This pave
moiit is really indestructible and abso
lately rat proof , making its value foi
cellars and. vaults inestimable. It n
cheaper than sand , makes a neat and tit
tractive walk which never become
smooth and slippery like Hugging , am
can be removed in blocks like "stone am
the joints and corners can be ornamentei
by brick tiling or any other way at will
Over 50,000 feet of the slagolithic wen
laid in Omaha last year. Mr. Grant i
now laying this pavement in St. 1'aul
Minn. , and other western cities , and tin
business of _ 1887 promises to Ijc far ahcu :
of 18SO , which exceeded by 75 per ceil
the expectation of the proprietor.
Rpicfs.
J. S. Crawford , manufacturer of aiti
fieial limbs.
Omaha Flour , Grain and Mill compan ;
employs lifteen men.
O'Herno , Ilosick & Co's soap works
fifteen men employed.
Champion Mills , Deneson it Co. , proprietors
priotors , employ two men.
Ilouaek Hros. , coppersmiths , employ
live men ; weekly pay roll , $80.
A. J. Simpson , carriage maker , cm
ploys forty skilled mechanics.
II. 11 Murhon" , trunk manufacturer
employs live men ; weekly pay roll $75.
O. J. Wilde , show casn manufacturer
employs two men , weekly pay roll , $150.
William H. Smith , stair builder am
hardwood workers , has tifteen employes
\Vnarne Hros. ' iron and brass toundn
employs fifteen men ; weekly pay roll
$200.
$200.Mayno
Mayno Paint Manufacturing compaw
emplojs llftecn men , weekly p.iy ref
$25. : !
$25.K.
K. M. Ilulso Mattress company em
ploys forty-live persons , weekly pay rol
$ 150.
150.Drexcll
Drexcll & Foil , cut 'stone contractors
Kmploy lifty men ; monthly pay roll
$3,000.
A. Hosenberry's saw mill , etc. Fifti
men are employed ; monthly pay roll
$2,500.
Can field Manufacturing company cm
ploys uiNty-livo persons ; nionlhly pay roll
! - > lK)0. ( )
A. T. Longproy , carriage and wagoi
maker , employs live muni weekly paj
roll , $75.
P. J. Qnauloy manufactures nil kind :
of soap , employs four men ; weekly paj
roll $50.
J. L , Wiluie/ manufactures papei
boxes ; employs six persons ; weekly paj
roll $35.
Omaha Marble works , M. J. Fconan
proprietor. Six men employed ; wceklj
pay roll , $75.
Kopp , Drcihus & Co , , candy maniifac
hirers , employ twenty-six men ; weeklj
pay roll , $150 ,
Omaha Safe work ? , ( ! . Andreen , pro
prletor , employs twenty-live men ; wtokl ]
pay roll , $ WIO ,
Novelty Wood works , L , McGeor , pro
prietor , cm ploys ten men , and thu weekh
pay roll isf 150 ,
A. Siefkon , cigar and packing bo ?
maker , employs twelve hands ; monthh
pay roll , $300.
Novelty Iron works , Davis & Cowglll
proprietors , employ eighteen menj-wcoklj
paj roll , $250.
Homo Spice mills , Gates , Cole & Miles ,
proprietors , do a largo business in roast-
nig colleo , etc.
Gate City Holler mills , William Tight
proprietor , employ three men , wcokh
pay roll $10.
It. O , lUicKns , ornamental wood am
iron fence maker ; lias livu employes
weekly pay roll , $100.
J. M. Wilson , boiler maker and sheei
iron worker , employs eighteen persons
weekly pay roll $210.
Glencoe Floursind Feed milh , Marsh A
Smith proprietors , employ live persons
weekly pay roll $05.
Gate City Stove liepair works , Thomas
Uirmingliam , proprietor. Ten employes
weekly pay roll , $100.
Omaha Vinegar works , Ilnnrmiini
Hros. , proprietors , have capacity ot twon
ty-fivu barrels per-duy ,
Omaha Kntorpriso Iron works , Join
Hoivyor , proprietor , employs six men
monthly pay roll , $ ' . ' 00 ,
11. W Snyder manufactures soda and
mineral watcri omployps ton
monthly pay roll $500.
itoollh'o Trunk factory , C 11 1'arly ,
proprietor , empleiys seven men nntl tlio
weekly pay roll is $100.
Andrew Mei.yer , snsli , door and lib nil
factory ; employs thirty-live men nnd bis
weekly pay roll is $1,000.
T. M. Trevilt manufacture' ? store anil
luitchwnv elevator. * ; employes three
men ; weekly pay roll ij 15.
Nebraska Marble and Ornnilo works ,
I. V. Sweeny , proprietor , employs ton
mon ; weekly pay roll , $150.
Omaha Kindling Manufacturing com
pany , Turner , Dakln it Spollbrd proprie
tors , employs lifteen persons.
Novelty Carriage works , E. D. Meadlm-
her , proprietor , employs forty skilled
workmen ; weekly pay roll , 4823.
Northwestern Marble and ( Jranilo
works , A. Haumeister , proprietor. Three
men employed ; weekly pay roll , $15.
W. H. Quintan makes a specially of
manufacturing stonecutters' tools ; em
ploys four men ; weekly pay roll $75.
Pomy it Selgelke , soeia nail mineral
water munufnctmers and beer bottlers :
employ lifteen men ; weekly pay roll
$070.
.1. Seymour , cooper , makes n specially
of light cooperage , butter tabs , lirKins ,
etc. ; employs eight men ; weekly pay
roll $05.
Cooperages : John Powers employs
fifteen men ; weekly pav roll , $25'J. ' F.
Flack employs eight coopers ; weekly pay
roll , $175.
Nebraska Hroom factory. ! ' . Krnuse ,
proprietor , employs seten men , weekly
pay mil , $ (50. ( and 5,000 doy.cn brooms
were made in 1S8U.
M. E. Smith , the wholesale drygoods
merchant , has added to his business the
manufacture of overalls , shirts , etc. , on
an extensive scale.
Clarke Hros , it Co. , conduct an extensive -
tensive coll'ee and spice mill ami manu
facture baking powder. They employ
thirty men ; monthly pay roll $2,500.
W. L. Parrolto it Co. , manufacturers of
of gloves , mittens etc. . employ thirty
persons. They also have a factory nt
( Sloversville , N. V. , and a tannery at Fre
mont , Neb.
Acme Iron and Wire Works , W. Hoohl ,
proprietor , employs six hands ; weekly
pay roll. $75. Omaha Wire Works , Mc-
Miimis it Sullivan , proprietors , employ
four men ; weekly pay roll $50.
Onmlm Shirt Factory , P. II. ( lollhoim-
or , manager , employs seventy live girls
and men , the weekly pay roll being $175.
W. II. Harrison's Shirt Factory employs
twelve nirlsj weekly pay roll , $80.
There are three * cornice works in the
oily. The Western , C. Spccht , proprie
tor , employs forty meii mid the weekly
puy roll is $500. The Oniuhu , Kuomping
it Holte , proprietors , employs litleen men
and the weekly pay roll is $125. The
I'xiglc , John Epciielor , proprietor , em
ploys twelve men. and thu weekly pay
roll is $175. All of those establishments
do galvanized iron work , slate and tin
roofing , etc. _
T11A1H3 NOTHS.
Midland lOlcctric Company.
This company has been organi/.cd
under the laws of the state for thn pur
pose of dealing in all kinds of electric ,
apparatus supplies , anil everything hi
which electricity enters us u prominent
factor , from a simple alarm bell to a ,
mammoth lighting plant for cities , fac
tories , etc. It wus cstublishcd in 181 ,
uiiil its business last year was over 75 pel"
cent of that of any previous year in its
history. The paid up capital of the com
pany is $50,000 , and Us ollicers arc ; ,1. J.
Dickey , president ; I'lemon Drake , vice-
president ; 11. J. Wells , secretary uiid
mummer , L. H. Korty , treasure ! ; Israel
Lovett , superintendent. Eleven men uro
constantly employed , and the expenses of
the company during the last year were
$10,000.
Haiiincr , tiie Kcliunlc Jeweler ,
iiunmcr's jewelry establishment , 1314
Fnrnnm street , is the oldest and ono of
the best known not only in Omaha but in
the trunsMiouri country. Tlio lines of
diamonds , watches , clocks and silver
ware arc all ful.'y ' represented , and every
article , whether : i brilliant of first water
or a silver spoonis warranted to the pur
chaser. It is this fair dealing and so-
e.urily which have given Mr. Huumer his
desurveel and reliable reputation.
Popular Saloon nnd Billiard Parlor.
Thompson it Little. 1304 Furnum street ,
are among the oldest and most popular
saloon and billiard parlor proprietors in
Omaha. The reputation of the house for
line liquors nnd eignrs is so well grounded
Unit none claim superiority. Heside being
one of the representative linns of old
Omaha Thompson it Little have such a
wide acquaintance anil general patron
age from the traveling pnblia that they
enjoy u steaely and enviable custom.
Contractor.
J. A. Murphy , contractor , bus built
some of the chief buildings recently
erected in South Omaha and this city ,
lie also erected tlio largo elevator near
the Union Pacific transfer depot , across
the river. He has located permanently
in Omaha.
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House Moving.
W. P. Aylesweirth has recently coma
hero from Council Hlufl's with a com
plete apparatus for mining all kinds of
buildings. lie has reduced the business
to u science , and will furnish umplo
bonds for the proper fulfillment of nil
contracts , W
The Turf lixclinngc.
The Turf Exchange , ! ! ( ) ( Douulus
street , is ono of the most handsomely un
pointed and inviting billiard parlors in
Omaha. KeMilcnls and strangers alike
are universally pleased upon inspecting
the elegant interior of this ailruotivo re
sort. Mr. ( Jus Stephan and Mr. Peter
House , iho gcninl proprietors , coiiKlantly
exert themselves to please their patrons.
Their wines and liquors are unexceptional
in quality , and billiard exports speak in
high praise of the tables ,
Steplioiihon'N Livery.
JumcsStephcnson introduced in Omaha
the lirst cab line some limn since , in con
nection with Ids long-established livery ,
It is not saying too much to give Mr ,
Slcplicnson the distinction of being the
veteran owner of thu lineal livery bum
and turn-outs in this city.
Jlca < l < | iiurtor.q.
Mr. Kd Itother.y , the well known Itonl-
face and prominent sporting man , is
making a decidedly popular resort of
Hothcry Sporting Headquarters , Eleventh
and Hurnoy streetR. He dispenses all va
rieties and the best qualities of wet sup
plies to his patrons , who are numerous
both in Omaha and throughout the state.
Although ho docs u rattling business , still m
Mr. Uothery is not in any way rattled by
the continuous Hood of custom. Colonel
A. 11. Forbes is the genial manager of Mr , j
Hotbery'.s establishment , and is acknowl
edged to be one of the most popular of \ \
caterers. Hoth gentlemen will welcome
heartily a-nd treat hospitably all visitou
during the new year. ,
Oculdcntul Hotel.
.John A. Puyntor , of the Occidental
hotel , is one of the ideal hosts , lib
hostelry on Month Tenth street enjoys thn
advantage of being near the Union depot
and wayfarers receive at Ids bands the
best treatment that can be nllbrdcd.
Insurance ! .
The Nebraska and lorni Insurance
company of Oinulm is one of thu leading
companies of the state. Under the IIMUI-
ngemi'nl of J. 'I' . Hart its business shows
a creditable ratio of ' jnc'riuniu thu past
four yours , thu statement of assets -Jim
1830 , b'jinjj $1)70,871 ) , surplus , SiOl'.lOi.
