THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , . JANUARY 2. 1887.---SIXTEEN PAGES , * '
" STOCK VAUDS.
} lite Stah and 1'neklnc Industries
Tha TOMB of South Oin.-xlin.
No ao BK > r ml enterprise has con
tributed so much to the welfare , pros ,
pcrily n d ( ; ioxvh ( of this city as the
Union Stock YjrHfi Company of Omaha ,
limited. It wm Marled in the spring of
Ift l , an * the jard ? were opened for bust-
ness on the 2 lh f August of that year.
'Jho original projectors and stockholders
were William' . Pnxton , John A.Crelgh-
ton , John A. McShnne , P. K. Her , Frame
Murphy , II. 13. Wood , Milton Kogers ,
Markcl & Swobo , C , W. Hamilton , J. M.
Woolworth , all of OmahaAlex. . 11.
Swan , of Ch'.ynnne ; Nelson Morris , Isaac
Waixel , S. W. Allcrloti , of Chicago , and
11. F. Smith , iif Boston.
The original capital xva $700,000 , , but
with the growth and development of the
enterprise the capital has been twice in
creased , it now being $1,200,000 , and n xv
Btockholdcrs have been added. The
.present holdings ) of stock represent
Omaha , Chevennc , Chicago , St. Louis
und Boston capital , Among the
( ( resent hlockholders are William A.
i'lixton , John A. Crolghton , Her-
inan Konnl/o , John A. McShunc ,
, ) . II. Diimonl , Milton lingers , 1' . 1C , Her ,
J. M. Woolworth. J. F. Hoyd , J. C.
Sharp , nil of Omaha ; Thomas Sturgis ,
Alex. 11 , Sxvan , ot Cheyenne ; Fowler
llvothurn. Nelson Morris , Isaac Waixel ,
Joseph Frank , 1) ) . fc. ( iage. Charles Haas ,
: xll of Chicago ; Henry Klopfer , of St.
Loui : Quiney A. Shaw , Alexander Agas
si/ , Leo lllgginson , ( ! . W. Simpson. M.
1 $ . Bovnton. C. A. Vinlle , J. H. Kimball ,
K. S Kimball , (5. C. Moses and K. A.
W.yeth. all of Boston.
' The present otlioc.n arc : John A. Mo-
Shane , president ; William A. Paxton ,
vice president ; J. C. Sharp , secretary
nml treasurer ; J. F. Hoyd. superintend-
r.nt. Directors : Vx illiam A. Paxlon. J.
M. Woolxvorth , J. K. Hoyd , John A , Me-
Shane , P. K. Her , nil of Omaha ; Thomas
Kturgis , of Cheyenne ; Isaac Watxol ,
Joseph Frank , of Chicago , and B. F.
Smith , of Boston.
V The ground upon xx'hich the Union
( dock yards and the town of South
Omaha are located xvas purchased
T * l > y the South Omaha land syndi
c-ale , composed of the same parties
xx ho arc interested in the stock yards
comnany. Much of the land has
been sold to parties xvho have erected
packing houses , plaughtcring houses ,
stores , shops and lixx'cllings , altogether
making up u very lively toxvn , where less
than three years ago there xvas not si
single building. *
mi : STOCK VAHPS usTUitritisK
was the outgrowth of u general demand
of the trans-Missouri live stock raisers.
Omaha , owing to her location and other
Advantages , xvas considered the proper
placet for slock yards and packing houses
that would accommodate the immense
trullic of the xvest. Omaha was regarded
the gatoxva.y to ihc xvcstern country , and
consequently it was believed that she
'
would be ab'le to soon build up a market.
The result hits already provcu this. All
of the live stock products xvere going to
Chicago , ami the object of the South
Omaha enterprise was to concentrate the
fmsincss hare nml to make Omaha a
packing and distributing point for the
vast area of country to tlie xvcst of us.
The business haHgroxvn to immense pro
portions. During the year 1885 the re
ceipts of hogH xx-ere 107 , ; > 7-I. During the
year 18SU they amounted to 407.0 ! ) ) .
With the present packing facilities there
is no reason xx-hy the receipts of hogs
should not reach .1,000,000 during the
year 1887 , The hog packing capacity of
South Omaha is 0.000 per day.
The receipts of cattle in 1885 were
150,5:12 , : , and in MJ < ! they reached 187.HO ! ) .
Thtt , capacity for Kbxugbtering cuttle is
C < i < ) per day. The _ hogs and cattle that
are noxv coming into the Union .stock
yards are mostly sold and packed in
iboutlt Omaha ,
Tlie. producers and shippers of this
western country have noxv an adx'anta-
goous market near home. By shipping
to Omaha they make : i great saving , as
the shrinkage caused by the long haul to
C'hicaco is avoided , and a irroiit deal of
valuable time is saved. The stock is
promptly disposed of , and business is sat'
isfiictoriiy transacted. A thorough sys
tem of stock inspection lias been cstib ! <
lished. A competent veterinarian is em
ployed to examine all stock and see that
no diseased cattle come into the state or
the country xvest ,
The capacity for handling , slaughter
ing and packing cattle and hogs is to be
largely increased , New slaughter houses
for cattle are to be erected. Chicago
packers arc coming to Omaha for this
purpose. As the .state develops the South
Omaha enterprise xvill increase proper
tionately. The second year's business
at the Omiilni stock yards xvas larger
than x\-as the seventh year's business at
the Kansas City yards. At this rate ol
groxvth there is every reason to beliex'o
that Omaha xvill soon go ahead of Kansas
City in the live stock and packing in
itiiMry. Nebraska und loxvu , it is con
ceded , raise the linest hogs in die
country , and tho&o hogs xvill all come to
Omaha , together xvith the cattle.
A Good Showing.
The folloxving statement of the receipt ?
for l&Sn and 18:0 , xvill shoxv the increase
of tlio business :
C.UIS. IIK/U
Cuttle . ; , ' , - ! JSti.W
Ili'KS . 2..1M JU7'J7
4.50-
Totul llKl , ( iWOorO
HKCtilt'Ts 1880 ,
inns. nr..Ai >
Cuttle 1I.01S 187.WO
HUBS o.ttttiin.'i'i ' '
Totul . lllr.V )
INCKKASt : Ot'1 18SD OVKU IS5) ) , * ) ,
c.uis. im.xi
: nj < is
.
ni 11,39 ;
ll' ' l' > cs 7,570
, ! . . : . rr-.l 8iHIS-,7 ,
1 ho light increase in the cattle mceipLs
is duo to the fact that the cattle business
lias been ll ; l ail over the country , and ii
yrould liuvu been doing evcecdingly xvoll
in comparison with other markets , i
there had been no increase whatever.
Konlli Onmlia lls Industries and I in
provoniciilN ,
The capacity of the stock yards has
been more than doubled since thov were
lirst laid out , They are now designed tc
accommodate VJ.iNiO hogs. 7tOUO cattle , am
Ji.oou .shoe ) ) , Aililitionsand imirovemonls |
are being made from month to month as
the growth of the business anil cir
ounistunecs roijuiro , During tin
past summer a new scale-house
was built for tlie weighing of cattli
uxolu.iively , and several blocks o
hog pens were put under roof Alto
( Bother .fL'O.OlK ) have been snout by the
company Urn-ing the past twelve months
The yards as they now stand ronresen' '
nil investiiionl of ifJIIO. ' . ' ' . ' ' ! .
Tin ) company has jilatted several acres
of land in tlio near vicinity of the yards
ami packing honors , und 1ms sold :
great many lots Intended as pjaces o
nvMiIc > iico for the laboring men , llstil
holds lands valued at $ ; ui ww. Notwith
Ftaudingthegri'atnuinberofeottiigostha1
have iieeii erected during llui past feu
months , there art ) still hundreds of labor
ing men unprovided with homes who are
rompelleil to llvo in the city at a distance
of several miles from wherothoy are cm
liloyed , or crowil themselves together
two or iiioi'ii families in a house. The
rual estate men ami napliulUU have takei
iinhu situation and during tlio past few
\vooks havet'egun to inviut heavily ii
rout citato. yVitb the opeitlugof spring
u : ; iu South Omaha v.'iU iu all jirou
iWlity adranco raplilly until they will
not. fall far short of Omaha property.
WATKIWOtlKS.
The Mock yarns company has also
expended $10,030 during the past few
nonths on waterworks" , and the plan1 ?
which It is carrying out will necessi
tate a further expenditure of ? ir ,0X ( ) . The
works consist of what Is known as Cook's
system of tube wells supplied with verti
cal steam pumps. Several of these well *
which have been sunk to a depth of
varly 200 feet arc already in operation.
When the work is completed there will
je eight xvclls which will bo capanlo of
supplying a million gallons of water a.
lay. The system also includes a noxver-
'nl pump conne.cled with the slock yard ?
iJtiiul , which can br > nscd in case or any
HTidont to the other pumps or in case of
lire. The machinery , including the boilers
which furnish the power for the pumps , is
covered by a largo frame building.
Ttir STOl'K UXCII.VXOK.
The completion of the stock exchange
building , which supplies ollico room for
the company anil for the dillbrent com
mission tinm , and which is al.-o used for
liotel purposes , has necessitated an ex-
lieiulilnre of JJO.OOO. It contain * about
twenty rooms for commission linns , fifty-
six hotel rooms , besides the rooms for the
bank and stock yards ollice. Hotel
furniture costing $ : t00 ' ! has already been
ilaccd in the building and it will shortly
jc increased by # 1,000 more.
TIII : I-AOKINO iioisis. * :
The great stroke which was to in uro
the success of the Stock Yards Company
ami which was to create a great live
stock market in Omaha , was made when
the Anglo-American Provision Company
and Thomas J. Lipton signed agreements
to locate packing houses at the Omaha
stock yards.
yards.nnvi.r.u IIKO.'S norsK.
tlie AngloVmeriean Provision Com
pany's house is called , is located just
west of tlio yards , and Is hardly com-
plideil yet. It consists of two largo brick
buildings four to live stories in height ,
the one UOO feet square and the oilier
17o.\ol)0 ) feet. In addition to these there
are several smaller buildings , ice houses ,
smoKe houses , etc. The house hits a
capacity for killing 5,000 hogs per day ,
but at tlie present lime is handling only
about 15,000. On Novoinb r 10. the house
was opened and the slaughtering of hogs
begun. Thov give employment to IWO
men , but the force will bo gradually in
creased as the business requires. The
building , when all the additions are
completed xvill cost 917.1,000. The
switch track , xvhich gives tlio different
railroads admission to the stock yards ,
has been extended so that cars can bo
loaded or unloaded from the house. The
business of the packing house is under
the management of Charles S , Walker ,
xvltli K. Willers , head book-keeper ,
and William Wai I worK , hog buyer. A few
roils north of the Anglo-American Pro
vision company's house is located
TUB THOMAS . ) . I.I1TOM HOUSE ,
which , like tlie former , is exclusively a
hog house , and was opened only one day
later. It is also a brick structure , aboiit
200 feet square , lilted up with all the
latest machinery . and is a model house of
its si/.c. It cost $75,000 and has a capacity
ity of 2,000 , hogs per day , and is at
present > killing about 1,000 per day. Tlio
manager of the house is Robert Neill ,
wtthJ. M. Lend ) , buyer.
No sooner had these two houses opened
than the heaviest run of hogs ever known
at these yards set in. Not only did
Nebraska hogs come in , but hundreds of
loads have been received from western
Iowa and oven from points in the eastern
part of that state .
IJe.sides the building of the new pack
ing houses , the Stock Yards company has
expended ? GOS on repairs to
(5. II. HAMMOND ft CO.'S HOITSC ,
which xvas opened early in 1885. with a
capacity of about 700 cattle and 1,000
hogs per day. The Hammond house is
under the able inanngeincnl of II. 11.
Me day. John Moss is cattle buver and
Charley Bogart is hog buyer.
Till ; UNION ItKNDKiaNfr COMPANY ,
compose ! of Isaac Waixol , Nels Morris ,
K. Morris and Andrew Haas , has an ex
tensive rendering establishment located
a short , distance south of the yards ,
Andrew Haas is manager , niul John A ,
Doe is superintendent. They give em
ployment to about thirty men , the year
round , and to about forty men during
the busy season.
rniLic iNsrrtTOu.
One of the dillicnltics which iiad to be
contended with from the lirst establish
ment of the yards was tlie dockage of
hogs. Thai difliciilty has recently been
obviated in the same method as on the
older markets , by the appointment of a
public inspector , Mr. H. P. Hrady.
COMMISSION IMKMjb
One of the best indications of tlie in
creasing business of the yards la
the number of llvo stock commission
linns now doinu business there.
In the lir.st and second years of
the yards' existence three , or perhaps
four , firms were able to do all the busi
ness , and found it a losing investment at
that. At the present time , although the
number of linns has increased to seven
teen , there seems to bo room for nil , as
tifoso who have started in recently are
able to make a very fair thing and the
older linns have been obliged to obtain
more help iu order to handle the bus !
ness.
Another pioneer of the yards is Colonel
E. P. Savage , manager of the firm of
Savage & ( ircen. ( J. P. Green looks
after the cattle interests of the linn , Sam
( iosnoy , formerly of Chicago , is hog
salesman , and C. 'B. Miller is book-keeper.
Another linn to date its origin from
the beginning of the yards is W , F.
Brown & Co. , for whom W. F. Brown is
the cattle and sheep man and George S.
Brown is the hog salesman. C. II.
Moodv is book-keeper of the linn.
Wood Bros. , are an old Chicago firm
which established a branch here some
time ago. under the supervision of Wal
ter Wood and John D. Dadisinau. Harry
Nash is book-keeper.
Keenan & Hancock are an old Chicago
linn who have been doing business on
that market for a good many years ami
on February 1,1880 , they established a
branch ollico hero under the manage
ment of Draper Smith , with I'rank
Dewey assistant.
Another old Chicago llrm that has 03-
tabliHhed a branch ollico here is that of
( Jtiorgo Adams & Burke , with Andrew
GHIespio as manager and Frank Chit'
tcndeii as hog salesman.
Among the linns who have located
here recently U Byers , Patterson &
Co , , of Chicago , J. K , Byors is manager
of ( ho business til this point. Mr. Bycrs
is : m old Chicago man , having been on
tlio market there for nlxteen years , and is
vice president of the Western Invest' '
incut Bank of Chicago.
W , K. McCloud is manager of the firm
of McCloud & Love. Botu gentlemen
are xvell known Nebraska men and Mr.
I.oyo is president of the Loup City
National bank. Jnmca M. ( inintimm
acts as book-keeper.
Al Powell , formerly of Blair , and J. O ,
Martin , of Chicago , manage the business
ot Martin Bros , tit this point. The main
house is located id Chicago.
-I , N. and C. W. McCoy have just
opened up under the firm name of McCoy
Bros. They : xru both Nebraska men anil
were formerly in business at Falls City.
Isaan L. McCoy is cattle and fclieop
man.
! ' . M. Horino ami A. Waggoner , two
gentlemen who were raised on the Chicago
cage livestock market , comprise tlie lirm
of Horino , Waggoner & Co. , Mr. llonne
also being a member of the ( inn of Ho-
rino Bros , , of Chicago. A , Waggoner is
hog salesman while F. M. llorino devotes
his time to cattle. C , A. liovino is book
keo per.
P. 11. Miihonoy and M. K , Ferrall , two
gentlemen formerly e.ngaged m the livp
stock buMtioxa at uutririo Center , loiva ,
lirxvo established tnom.solvcs in the com-
busmen hero under the lirm
name of Mahoncy , Ferrall & Co. , Mr.
Ferrall is tlio manager.
II. K. Pahncrton. formerly of the llrm
of Pflltncrton. Love & McCloud , has
opened an ollico under his own name.
Another Iowa linn , known as A. F.
Oakey < fe Co. . is composed of Frank
Oakoy. Jack Kao and U Bclding , the
latter being the manager.
Andrew Haas , an old HVP stock man ,
Is the manager of Koseubanm Bros. ,
branch ollice at this point , James Rey
nolds borng book-keeper.
The connnis'ion lirm of M. Burke. &
Sons xvas founded in 1831 , by M. BurHO
anil six sons. George , John , I.ouis , MHo ,
Charles and William. For fifteen years
prior to establishing their commission
house in South Omaha the lirm Wits en
caged in stock raising , and they now
own large tracts of land and herds of
cattle in the xvcst. George and Charles
Burke conduct the commission house.
They have sold during tlie past year l.fitH
ears hogs , 1,003 cars cattle and twocty-
lix'e cars sheop.
One of the latest firms to open tip is
Clay Hobinson & Co. , composed of .sev
eral well-known bnsine. s men ol Chicago.
Lorimor , Wetcrlield & Maloy are a new
linn just opened at the stock yards. John
M , Westcrlleld looks after the ollico xvork ,
xvlille Chas. S. Maloy is salesman.
I'XION STOl'K YVllDS IIVNK ,
Mver since tlm establishment of tlio
stock yards the people engaged in busi
ness there have been put to tlie great in
convenience of doing nil Ihelr banking
in Omaha. During the pa t year the
Omaha banks beg.xn sending mes
sengers to tlie yards , which rendered it
fomewhat moro convenient , but xvas far
from satisfying the retpiirenumts of the
business. This lias been entirely reme
died by the establishment of lite Union
Slock yards bank , which is located in the
Stock KM'hangc building , the most con
venient place possible , as noxv the com
mission men can do their banking business
without leaving the building in which
their olllces are located. The
bank is barked by some of the
heaviest capitalists of Omaha and
Chicago , and has an anthori/.ed
capital of iftOO.OOO , and a subscribed
capital of S'JOO.ODO. . The olllcers ot the
bank are John A. Me.Shane , president ;
William A. Paxton , vice-president , and
K. B. Branch , cashier , an able and exper
ienced banker. The directors are ; II.
Kounl/e , John A , McShano , W. A. Paxton -
ton , P. K. Her , J. A. Creighton , F. II.
Davis , Samuel W. Allerton , Chicago ;
Ilobert I ) . Fowler , Chicago ; M. C. Keith ,
North Platte.
TIII : SOUTH OM.UH NATIONAL HANK
xvas established yesterday , January 1 ,
1887 , with a capital of $ ' .0,000 , and is now
ready for business A. U. Wymun is
president , and J. J. Broxvn is vico-prcsi-
dcut.
TJIK ItAII.ItOAl ) COMI'ANIKS
having lines connecting with this point
have permanent agents located at tlie
yards who look after the lixe .stock inter
ests of their respective roads.
Txvo of the roads , the Northwest
ern and Burlington , have opened olli-
ces in tlio Exchange building.
The agents ot the di fie rent roads
are : Leonard B. Gorham , of the
Hock Island ; Charlie Bradriok , of the
Northwestern ; John Morris , of the Mil-
xvankee ; Charles Urcpilmrl , of the B. &M.
Daye Mahoncy has charge of the Union
Pacific station at tlie yards. A correct
idea of ( lie amount of business done by
the respective roads may be gained from
the folloxving table showing the ship
ments of live stock from the stoelt yards
for the year ending November ! ! 0 , 1S8 ( > .
IIO.XIIS.
Chicago M. A ; St. 1' . Ity -101
Wiibush St. I * & 1' . Ity 44
Missouri I'iiclllu
Union I'aollU ! Hy
O. JcX. XX' . Hy 7-S
II. &M. lly
C. 1C. I. .V 1'iic. Ity
C. St. I' . M. XO. Ux-
Total number of cars of all kinds of
Jive stock 0,007.
Tin : TKr/r.ouAi'ii OKFIOB
of Iho Western Union , located in
tlie lixchunico building , is another
convenience xvliich is duly appreciated
and largely patronized by the business
men of the yards. The importance of the
telegraphic business between the Onuxha
and Chicago yards is so great that the
Western Union has recently given a
direct xvirebe.txvcon the txvo points , xvliich
greatly facilitates the transmission of
messages.
TUB DAILY STOCKMAN
made its first appearance on June 13 ,
1880 , and is devoted , as its name indi
cates , to the interests of tlie li\'e slock
markel. It xvas the natural outgroxvtli
of the South Omaha Weekly Globe , xvhich
xvas preceded by the Live Stock.Journal.
Its circulation is very nearly l.COX The
editor is J. B. Eriou and tlio business
manager C. 11. Rich.
TUB LAND SVNDIOATK.
The twin sister of theStoek 1 ards com
pany is the South Omaha Laud syndicate.
Organized about tlie same time , having
the same incorporators and the same
stock holders , it xvas designed that while
the stock yards company should build
yards and packing houses that would
give employment to thousands of labor
ing men , the land syndicate , .should fur
nish them xvitli homes. The syndicate
bought up largo tracts of hind lying im
mediately south of tlie corporate limits
of Omaha. The slock yards lands arc
locate- . ! south and xx'cst. of the syndicate
property. At the point xvhero the lands
of the txvo companies join , tlio
VIU.AOK OK SOL'TII ' OMAHA
lias sprung up , xvith that phenomenal
trroxvth known only to xvestorn toxx-ns. It
is located on high ground , having every
facility for good drainage , and is xvell
calculated to be the homo of the thou
sands of xx'orking men who will find em
ployment at the packing houses and
manufacturing establishments Unit xvill
locate around the stock yards. At the
present time it contains about : > 00 houses
and a population of 1,501) ) people. During
the past year it has groxvn very rapidly ,
118 houses having been built. Instead of
eroxving toxx'imls Omalui , the present
tendency seems to bo to folloxv the line
of the railroad southxvurd , as the noxv
packing houses xvill be built in that di
rection , The village xvus incorporated
by the commissioners of Douglas county ,
on October 10th , 1880. On the 21st of
the sumo month the first meotimi xx'a.s
held and the village government organ
ized. The bean ! of trustees is composed
ot 1C. P. Savage , chairman ; C. M. Hunt.
W , ( i. Sloan. F. J , Slitor and I. Brayton.
'J'he village attorney is J , It. Cfrico ; Jlerk ,
Daniel O Council ; treasurer , M. J , Do-
Ciriin" ; police marshal , Pat Lynch : police
man , Kdxvard H , ( Jrico , The village has
it.s full complement of storcsof all kinds ,
and has ton saloons that are paying a
yearly license of $500 each into the vil
lage treasury ,
soi'Tii OMAHA'S ri'Ti'iu : .
While it is impossible to foretell xvhat
is to transpire in the years to come , it re
quires no prophet's eye to see the future
commercial greatness of South Omitha.
Judging from what has transpired in the
past , from the growth of other and older
Ih'o stock markets , from the plans ready
to bo carried out as soon as Hie spring
opens , from the millions of dollars owned
and controHcd by the individuals and
companies interested , it is plain to bo
seen that there can bo no backxvard
Vteps , but that the enterprise xvill
bo pushed forxvard xvith nil the impetus -
potus that men of brains and
xvith unlimited capital can supply. What
was nt llm looked upon by tlio people of
Omaha as a huge job to advance the
prinn of real estate and by the people of
Chicago us the visionary scheme of xvest
orn capitalists , lias blossomed out into a
large nml important live Hock market.
In three years as much has been accom
plished as Kansas City prided herself in
doing in seven years. No bettor evidence
Is xvanlc-d of the" past growth and future
prospects of tlid Omaha Ii\'o stock inter
ests than the changed attitude of the
Chicago packer * and live stock men.A
year ago they spokr. of Omaha as being
too near to Kansas City to over ImVo any
llyo stock trade and as calculated only
to become a feeder of the Chicago
yards , Now their tnno has changed and
it is a question among thorn as to who
can get here lirM and secure tlio best lo
cation , while they say of Omaha that she
is bound to leave Kansas City in the same
way that Chicago did Cincinnati , and is
destined to bo the great rival ol Chicago
ns a point for the packing and distribu
tion of .dressed meats. Packing firms
have located hdro and have gained an
advantage over their competitors xvtileh
will force others to come. Even noxv
plans are being drawn up for the build
ing of nexv packing houses in the .spring.
otio of xvhich xvill cost § 17. " > ,0ro , and xvill
be occupied by a heavy Chicago llrm. It
is by no means nnreasonablo to predict
that South Omaha xvill contain ten thou
sand inhabitants in a very short time.
Oilier Packing House ? .
The Omaha live stock market is not en
tirely dependent upon those packing
houses xvhich are loe-Ued at the stock
yards , but there are a number of other es
tablishments in dill'erent parts of the city
which do a largo business and con
tribute to the uuilding up of the
market. There are also several houses
outside of tlie city , such ns Stewart & Co. ,
Council Blull's , and Squires & Co. , .Bos
ton , xvho are heavy buyers on this
market.
j. t : . IKIYH'S iiotisn.
One of the oldest and most important
packing houses in the city is thai of ) . U.
lloyd , xvhich is exclusively a hog liou.'o.
Itrives / employment to over 1(0 ( men ,
and during tlie past year has killed over
100,000 hogs. Mr. A. C ! . Buchanan is the
superintendent.
luuitis & riMtut
have a largo packing house xvhich is
located near the southern boundary of
the city. They kill cattle , lioas and
sheep and supply a great many of the
city retail markets. They also put up
canned meats for the export trade as
xvell as for home consumption. 4
, i. v. SHUKI.KV . oo. 's '
packing house , xvhicli xvas located near
Harris & Fiohor's , xvas burned about a
month ago , They have airea ly made
arrangements looking toxvard "the re
building of their house. but not in the
old location. They intend buildinir a
much large r hou o than the old one , near
tlie slock 'v'iirds.
TIIB liODMAN TAf'KIN'O ' WMPANV
has just completed a large four-story
packing house in North Omaha. It has
a capacity for handling $00 hogs per day.
The company xvlll not do any slaughtering-
but xvill buy its meats in car lots and
smoke and cure them ready for the mar
ket. It is the most complete establish
ment of the kind in the United Slates.
J. W. Bishop is president ami manager
of the company , undT. J. Godmun super
intendent.
I'ncklnu IloiiHO Stntlntlcs.
The folloxving statement represents the
packing of hogs' , cattle and sheep at tlio
Union stock yards , South Omaha , for the
entire year 1N80. by the Anglo-American
Proxision Co. , P. J. l.tpton , Goo. II.
Hammond & Co. , J. F Shcely it Co. and
Harris & Fisher.
It might be said in explanation thai
Messrs. J. F. Sh'eciy < Ji Co. were burned
out on December ! j , and thalT. J. Lipton -
ton commenccd , business November 8 ,
and the Anglo'-Amorican Provision Co.
commenced November Sltlt.
It is impossible to shoxv a comparative
statement as compared xvith 188 , " ) , be
cause at , that time the Packers' associa
tion had not collected the sama statistics
that they give tb the. public this year.
r.Cl'KKIIS' M'.XTfiMKST I Oil Till-1 YKAll IS * * ! .
iNo. Killed. XVclgiit. Out.
HORS . uw,7PJ ia,72sicis sf..w o.1 : :
Cuttle . 151-'T- 77VHill ! : ) a.-'IV- > W
Klifcp . ii,075 : 1.1711,77) ) liOW.jJ ! , :
I'ltOlll.'CTMADi : .
ricccs
Lnnirvtlt IKIIIIB . Ult-.i 4 ' 'I '
Svrui't lilfklml liuiiis . S''S.Tdi 3m
Short nil Mile * . ; . 151,111 ; ! 7Wr2.1
Shnrt ulenmlilcs . 11,00 : : 1 , : WS,8.18
Long uloar Milus . ll.nia TTfi.uil
Mi znonts . : ; , i7i ; , < ws
31 > > ft * pork , IniriuN . s p" ,
I'l'iMic.-tcaiii lar.i , poniuM. . . . it.ny 1,117
Tallow , pound" . lM7"iOi : :
Number of men employed , 877 ; amount
of wages paid for the year , * , " . ' ( ) , 777. 17.
HxH. . MII > AV ,
Chairman Packers' Association.
UOIS'T NKII.I. ,
Secretary Packers' Association.
In addition to the above , J. K. Boyd
has killed ! ) ( i,97l hogs , weighing 215 , 1)35 , ( ill
pounds , and valued nt about $1,250,000. ,
Adding Boyd's total to the other
packers it makes a grand total of 340,750
hogs killed in Omaha during tlie past
year , valued at $ ; ! ,77-170. : {
The city butchers have also killed a
great many cattle , hogs and sheep for
the city trade xvhicli is not included in
the above.
T KADIS TOPICS.
Hstnto.
Boggs & Hill are , xx-ilh one excep tioo
the oldest real estate firm in the city , and
have , within their business career , accom
plished an immense amount of good in ,
tlio way of building nn the city. They
have laid out nine additions to Omahn ,
coinnnsing : ( ' . ' 2 acres , 1W ( of xx-liich sire in-
.side additions , and arc noxv of immense
x'uluc. Through their efforts seven of
their additions have been covered xvith
houses and thickly settled up. It is safe
to say this firm has built at least , r > 00
houses in the city and additions , and fur
nished not less than 3,000 people xvith
homes. They arc noxv platting and grad
ing their 1,1-acre tract next to Creighton
college , which xvill comprise seventy-
eight lots , xvorthlOOOeacli. . TholoU will
only be sold to those xvho xvill build line ,
large , modern styled residences , xvorth
at leasl as much as the lots ; xvhich plan ,
xvhen carried out , will make this tract by
all odds tlie very finest and handsomes't
rcsidenco portion of Omaha ; fifteen acres
of elegant homes , not u tenement hoiiho
nor a cheap structure of tiny kind on the
whole plat. They expect to build many
of these houses themselves and sell o'n
easy payments xvith loxv interest. The
plan xvill involve at lesst $700,000 in
values and cash expenditures , and xvill
add at ler.st tluee itnne.s that amount to
values of property in lliat part of the city.
It is a trrnndly conceived plan and xvlll
be carried out to thu letter , as these gen
tlemen propose to hax-o the credit
of giving Omaha the finest ad
dition that was ox'cr laid out
within that distance , Thia tract
being nearly in tint geographical center
of the city xvill bo eagerly sought after
and rapidly built up ; and sold as soon as
it can bo made ready for the market ,
xvhich xvill be about Juno 1st.
In Omaha Vioxv. they have worked
wonders. Seventeen months ago there
xvoro but txvo houses ; noxv there
arc soyenty-tix'o xvith a population
of at least 500 people , A now
school has been opened xvitli nine
ty scholars , The Congrt'gationalinld '
have built an elegant little church there ,
xvorth perhaps .UOIj . which starts out
xvith a largo and relmed congregation.
Fexv , if any , additions to the city xvoro
ever settled up xvith such an excellent
class of peojilo , and the future of Omaha
Vioxv promises to bo a very bright one.
In their additions on Farnum street
they noxx- have a force of fifty teamsgnid
ing up their lota upon which they con
template putting up a number of' good
buildings during the coining summer.
In land and farm transactions this firm
has had almost the exclusive trade lor
the past dozen years , and Douglas , Sarpy
and Washington counties are fairly cox--
ored over xvith farms xvhich have been
sold and put under cultivation through
their uilbrU , xvhich are producing .yearly
rcx-enues of not less tnan $000,000 , , enough
to support a ctly one-fourth Iho size of
Omaha xvithunt other resources.
An 1'ntenirMnc Itcnl Kstnto Dealer.
Mr , L. P. Hammond , the popularly
knoxvn real estate ngi'iil at room 3 , I Mi
Douglas .street , is one of the most enter
prising and enthusiastic dealers in city
property , whom Omaha is so justly
prond of , Mr. Hammond lias a largo
line of some of Omaha's most valuable
and best .situated property , xvhich Is rapIdly -
Idly increasing in xvorth. The spring of
18M7 xvlll sec * such a boom in real estate
that the remarkable advances in values
during issii , xvlll lie regarded as modest
by comparison. Purchase' * should , there
fore , bo now made us rapidly as possible.
Oxvners of business and residence prop-
crty.xvill bo highly remunerated by plac
ing it in Mr. Hammond's hands.
The Midland Cn.-u-anteo and Trust
Company.
" I'll imiko nsuirancu doubly smo ,
Anil dike n tiontl. "
Mntlx'li , Art IV. Scenf I .
All persons are liable to error !
Mistake * nro constantly made xvhicli
may DO the result ot neither carelessness
nor Inconipeteney !
If mist a Ites are inevitable , and defects
exist , Is it not prudent to guard against
lo 9 resulting from thorn ?
Foxv titles are absolutely perfect , de
fects cxi l , the result of carelessness ,
nrglect , or fraud , of bad convevancinir ,
or of an erroneous vioxv of the laxv ,
xxliieh , to a greater or less extent , may
jeopardize the peaceful enjoyment or
ready transfer of an estate , ami annoy
ance , litigation , and expense must re
sult.
sult.Why .should a mortgagee or the
purchaser of sin estate take any ri ky
Why should not the purchaser ol land
surround himself xvith every safeguard ?
We injure our d\volllngs'undoiir goods
against the risk of Ion by lire.
U'c itiMirc our lives against Ihc Inevit
able Ins * by death and its sad consequences
quences to otll'TS.
Should xx-o not also Insure the titles to
our real estate ?
The Midland ( iiistrantce and Trust
company has met the demand of this
long tell want and has compiled a full
and complete set of abstracts of this
( Douglas ) county , and al < o of Sarpy ,
Washington und Cass counties.
Its olllecr.s and stockholders uro com
posed of some of our xveallhy and most
respected citizen * .
This company oilers a nexv element of
safety , sis it not only furnishes attracts
of titles and guarantees it.s work , but it
guarantees the titles to real estate.
The company undertakes to defend , at
its oxvn cost , tiie titles guaranteed , and
to indemnify in case of loss
It is the only company incorporated in
this > tate authorized to guarantee titles to
real estate , and its sy.-lem is the same as
that adopted in Philadelphia , Boston and
other large eastern cities and is all pro
tected by copyrights.
\Vlicrc tlio Inner Itrnn llojolcc.i.
Keeping pace xx-ith the prosperity and
remarkable groxvth of Omaha , tlie old
and xvell knoxvn restaurant of Kdward
Maurer , 1214 Farnam street , bus been en
larged and made moro attractive until it
is noxv justly styled and considered tlio
rendezvous for all classes of gentlemen
Possessing Iho advantage of being
in one of the most central loca
tions , its accessibility is fully equaled by
its allractivcness for the satisfaction of
tha xvants of the inner man. The menu
is ahvays equal to that of the. best hotels
and every delicacy the market affords , as
xvell as all palatable sub.stanlials , is con
stantly provided and promptly -served.
Stranger. * in the cily can find no more
enjoyable place lo procure a tempting
meal or obtain xvincs , liquors and cigars
of the best imported and domestic
brands. "Where can I meet you V when
asked of any and all prominent business
and professional gentlemen , generally
receives the response , "At Manror's , '
The endorsement xvliich is gix-on by tlio
epicures of Omaha , lo Maurer's restau
rant is fully deserved.
Oonl anil Mine Dealers.
J. J. Johnson & Co. , ollice at Paxton
hotel , telephone 811 , xvho are the proprie
tors of the-Johnson White Lime xvorks
and dealers in hard and soft coal , sewer
pipe and cement , have so rapidly en
larged their operations during the past
year that they now claim they are the
largest iirm in the city in their line.Their
yards , 10iJ North Eighteenth street , tee- [ ,
ponic connection 81 ! . ' , certainly jiistity ,
in a great measure , their claim. All
orders directed to them xvill receive
prompt attention.
A 1'alnco ol' Mirror * .
The most elegant saloon and billiard
parlor of its size xvest of Chicago is that
conducted by Foley & JJarst , No. 1-ll'J
Douglas street , Omaha. The popularity
and extensive acquaintance of those gen
tlemen , xvitli the superiority ot the liquid
refreshments and cigars , share _ the gen
eral praise meted out by all visitors to
'
tlio beauty of this cosy' social retreat.
This is the mecca for pleasant hours of
leisure in Omaha and citizen and stran
ger should bo guided accordingly. Tlie
billiard tables and cues are all noxv and
of the best mnke ; the attendants are
polite and painstaking ; the class ol guests
gentlemen of the lirst xvatur , and no
more royal reception can be found auy-
xx'here in tills goodly city.
Oyster and Game House ,
lligirnis' mammoth oyster and game
restaurant , Twelfth and Douglas streets ,
is an establishment of which favorable
comment is hoard on every hand. This
is practically demonstrated by tlio extra
ordinary patronage it lias attained. Tlio
'
elegant' restaurant , handsome liar , and
sumptuously furnished rooms for private
parties nro all lighted brilliantly by a
private electric plant. All tlio delicacies
m the market are obtainable day or
night. The caterer , Mr. ( irillin , has no
superior ; while Mr. liudd , of the bar , is
both ul'ablo ) and high in his profession.
These gentlemen are assisted by a corps
of polite attendants. The deserved pop
ularity of tlio house is ever increasing.
Vlro K.vii 111:11 I | IIMS ,
The hardin Hand Grenade company ,
of Chicago , has established a genera !
agency in Omaha for the distribution of
their lire extinguishing appliances. ( ! co.
1" . Wade is the general manager , who
will seek to establish agencies through
out Nebraska , Dakota and Wyoming.
Murphy , Orniuliton & Co ,
This linn introduced the cedar block
pavement into Omaha last year , and hay
also done stone and asphalt paving.
They employed from 105 to100 men ami
100 teams daily during the season , the
average expense being f D.'JOO per week.
There were laid by this company 110,000
yards of cedar blocks und 211,000 yards of
stone. The amount of work done during
the year was 4 > ' 'l > 0,000 ; amount paid out
for material , $20:1,01)0 : ) , unit there were
thirty-one weeks of continuous opera
tions.
KTRKKT KWni-HMNG.
Particular attention Is paid to hooping
the paved .streets clean , the work being
done by contract. The present contrac
tors are Fanning & Slavin. They em
ploy 35 men regularly , have three iur
proved sweeping machine * , and perform
their work at night time. They swept
000,000 yards of pavement once every
week during the last sim < on. and the
monthly running expenses are $1,100.
IT. 8. CUSTOM HOUSK.
Although direct importations are comparatively
parativoly In their intanoy in Omaha , tlm
record nt the liquidations from January
1 to December 31 , 1880 , makes an oncoui'-
aging showing. The .receipts for twelve
months were $18,11'I. ! ) A large number
of merchants have imported goods direct
from all Kiiropnan portv , Vera Crux anil
JUKHII. II. C. Jordan is surveyor of CUM
toms , and Vincent Burkley deputy stir
veyor.
Architects.
In the spacious nml handsomely ftp-
pointed front rooms of the upper floor of
the Paxton building , Fifteenth and Far-
nam streets , nro located Mendelssohn &
Lixwrie , architects , They are employing ,
oven at ( his sonson , ton draughtsmen , a
type writer and other assistants , and are
propnring the plans for over n half mill
ion dollars' of work next soring ,
Mendelssohn < fc Lawric are probably as
skilled representatives of the delicate
profession of architecture M can bo
tound in the country. Mr. Mendelssohn
came here from Detroit seven years ago ,
and the elegant , structures now adorning
the city , of "which ho is tlm designer.
practically indicate his finished skill ami
genius. Tlie notable and rapid Increase
of his business Is likewise po itlvo proof
of Ids honorable ami satisfactory work.
Mr. Laxvrie , n loading architect as well
as a prominent artist of Chicago , comes
to Omaha with Iho very highest praise
from his associates and patrons in the
great city of the lakes. It can now bo
said that in this new linn there has boon
a doubling tip of superior ability.
The new firm has retained all the
skilled draughtsmen and assistants and
will add at once several selected men to
the present force. The old reliable and
practical building superintendent , D. L.
Shane , will continue to liavo direct super
vision of all work entrusted to the care
of the linn. John L. Kennedy , of Ken
nedy vt Martin , attorneys at law , has
been engaged to draw contracts ami at
tend to ail legal questions , as to parti-
walls , ute.
Jt will thus be seen that the business
has been put on a metropolitan basis and
so systematized that tin immense amount
of work can be done with dispatch. Dur
ing the year just passed the value of the
buildings designed by Mr. Mendelssohn
exceeded sl'SoUOO. Fully $000,000 worth
of buildings are noxv ueing planned.
With the increased facilities four times
that amount of work will be rapidly dis
patched.
Mendelsohn X' Lawrie arc prepared to
do anything in tlie line of architectural
work and fear the competition of no linn
or individuals in the country. They are
on the "ground" permanently and their
interests tire idc > ntical with those of
Omaha.
A Hiiceo'ishil Architect.
Mr. F. M. Kills , Fourteenth and Far-
uani streets , Is acknowledged to bo one
of the most successful architects and
building superintendents in the city.
Mr. Ellis has acquired an envia
ble reputation during the past
season as a skilled designer , and
has given rcmarUable satistiietion because -
cause of his exact estimates in tlie cost
of structures. Mr , Kills , in fact , guar
antees that the expense of erecting build
ings for which he prepares plans shall
not exceed his lirst ligurcs. That this is
a practical advantage no owner of build
ings will dispute , and because of his re
markable skill in computing the reason
able contract , prices of all structures Mr.
Kllis places his patrons in a position to
accurately determine what size and style
of structure they will erect.
IIOTK1 < KACIMT1KS.
Omaha is will provided with hotel ac
commodations. The leading hotels are
the Millard and Paxton , which nro large ,
handsome und substantial structures.
These houses arc conducted in first-class
metropolitan style. The Merchants , Ar.
cade , Co/wens , Windsor , Metropolitan ,
( ioos and Canliold hotels tire all good
houses , supplied with modern conveni
ences. Hesides these there IH a largo
number of smaller houseof ! the second
and third class. A new hotel , ISIS feel
square and six stories in height , to cost
§ " 30,000 , 1111 = ; been begun at the corner of
Tenth and Karnam streets , and will bo
completed this year. A large , new hotel ,
just completed , on South 'I hirtcenlh
street , is to be opened in a few weeks.
Omaha is noted to-day for being emphatically
'
phatically a good hotel 'town , and com
mercial travelers who are fortunate
enough to be within a day's ride of the
city invariably come to it to spend Sun
day , attracted by both the enjoyable en
tertainment they are all'orded at the
hotels which have been mentioned , and
also the abundant opportunities for
amusement.
THI3 1CK HITSINliSS.
The cutting and storing of ice and the
distribution of the same , is an extensive
industry in this city. Them will be cut
this season 11-1,000 , tons of ice. Of this
05,000 tons vtill bo Htorcd for distribution
to private consumers in the city alone
during the summer of 1887. The value of
tlie aggregate amount will bo , atJl.OOpcr
ton , $171,000. The linns engaged in this
business , together xvilh the proposed cut
of each , are as follows :
William Fitch will cut ! ! 7ono tons.
From 125 to 100 men and from sixty to
seventy teams will bo employed , Kimball -
ball & Ilnngato will cut 10,000 tons. They
will employ sixty-live men and forty
teams , L' . Mattison will cut ! ! ,000 tons ,
and will employ thirty men and twenty
loams. Sautter .t King are to gather
S.OOO tons , with fortv men and twenty-
live teams. Kennedy & Nowall are to
cut t8,00i ! ) tons. From eighty to one-hun
dred men will be employed together with
thirty-live to forty teams. Uoiv/on Urns.
& Co. , will cut yo.OOO tons , One hundred
andlifty men and seventy-live teams will
be employed. The airgivgalo number
ot men employed will bo about CIO , anil
ovct-200 teams will also be used.
In addition to the above a large quan
tity of ice is being cut and stored by the
brewers and pork packers for their O\TU
use. _
I'OKTOI-'FIUH.
The business of tha Omaha poatolllcn
has so noticeably increased during the
last year that it has greatly exceeded the
r.ccommodulions of the government.
building , und also the power of Iho
working force to do eJleclis-e nubile ser
vice. The number of clerks and carriers
has to bo kept wilhin llmils JcHignatcd
by the federal authorities when in reality
the force should bo doubled. At present
thuro are employed in Hie uoslollico one
a.v.i.stant postmaster , two money order
clerks , one special messenger , one jani
tor , twenty-one clerks and twenty-four
letter carriers , The money order do
poiits at tins ollico during the year were
Vi.TljO.OOO a hirge increase over those of
18H5 In factthe entire business of the ollleo
is far in advance of last year ; that of the
hust six mouths showing an increase of 2S
per cent over tins last six month-iof IS .1 } ,
while tlio sale of stamps during Deeoiu-
hf-r , 1W ( | , exceeding the sale during IHS.'i ,
by $2,500. J'he < ) inulux ollice receives the
deposits of all the moiioy order ollicos in
Nebraska and Wyoming , one in Kamas ,
one in Utah , and n few m northern Iowa.
These amounted to about . ' .
'jvV-1.r)01Oi ) < i dur
ing the year. ! Si\ty-.seven postal clerks
are paid by the Omaha ollice the average
payment during 1SSO , haying been about
i0fiOt ) per month. The following lignros
iliow the business of hut year and its
comparison with that of the pre\ Ions year ;
Hbki. Igsn.
I'ostuiro ' tua.-.il III Jlio.WI : SI
xx'usi o r > j'w 2- ; ; i 21 w
UIF.T nun l..lrlW 1'JUM
Total tllsnjat : ; fin.iTsT
IiiiTouioln Is-Ouvnr ist'i f-V-'ul' ' '
Uvi. ISM ) .
I'nstinuiler's ealiiry W ' "J tJWriO U1
( 'luck hire I5 , J7 22 ' It,8llil
l.Citvrcnrriiii-Vralui-ict . . ll.'W i'l 10.H.14 1"
Totnl. , fn.Ofc'J ill p. > . ( ca 4
Iriormiso In IHSilovur I4S1 , f 4'KI Id
Nut roxi-nuo ' f si.r.I.l < ; j jl'ii-ri ' HI
Jiiwctteo'ciruot iwciiuirluUM , , tl'i ' , tl | '
1MWOVI3MHNTS OP TllI'J13AR. .
\Ylinf Out a tin. linn Unite in HulltUtlfT'i
Pavements , Sewer * , . \ Iruluotn ,
Cirntllng , etc.
Tito pnst year has been a remarkable
period in the building record of Omaha.
The number , substantial character , nml
costliness have never been oven approx
imated by any xvork of construction In
this city .since the first xvoodcn house put
to sliiuuo the dun-out. The business portion
tion of the city has been almost entirely
changed ; frame blocks and slngto build
ings have given xvay to substantial brick
structures and the txvo and three story
buildings that always distinguish the
architecture of xvestern cities in early llfo
Imvo boon capped with additional stories
in order not to be entirely lost in the
shadoxv of ntxv live and .six story neigh
bors. In the residence portion the changa
is equally xvondurful , Tlio inferior
bouses that a foxy years ago claimed re
cognition because of superiority over
pioneer productions , have disappeared ,
and Omaha's men of means can justly
pride themselves on the architectural
beauty of their homes. Around the olty
to tlie south , xvesl and north , where there
were only occasional farm houses in 1831 ,
and little clusters of domiciles in
ISA" ! , there nro now thickly sullied com
munities xvith municipal proximity and
clamoring tor city advantages. The
building in the several additions adjoining
Omaha during 1SSO has never hail a par
allel in the xvcst.
During 1SSO there xvcro 1,010 complete
buildings of all kinds constructed in
Omalwt. This number .Iocs not. inoludu
additions or improvements. The total
amount expended in construction of tlm
aforesaid , together With additions to
buildings erected in former years anil
general betterments of old buildings , and
xvork done on proposed buildings , is
! * , - . . ( 1,081) ) .
The promise of oven an increase of
the e ligures in 188 ? is assured , for xvork
has already been commenced on largo
structures , the co.st of xvhich is nearly
$1,000,01)0 , ) , besides other proposed buildings -
ings now being planned by the archi
tects. Among the large buildings
already commenced arc a lire proof city
hall to cost betxvecn $200.000and SWO.OOO ;
the First National bank , lire proof , to
cost 1WO.OOO ; Merchants National bank ,
lire proof , SlOO.OiK ) ; V. M. C. A. building ,
to cost 573,000 ; W. A. Paxton's six-story
block , corner of Sixteenth and Farnum
streets , to cost $200.000 , and the Union
Pueillc freight depot , lo cost $1L'0,000. A
ncxv union passenger depot xvill in all
probability lie erected during 1887 , as a
company has already been formed for
tliiilD purpose. I'lio Now York Life
Insurancu company xxlll undoubtedly
commence tlui erection of a six-
story , lire proof , ollico building on the
properly lately purchased on Iho corner
of Seventeenth and I'arnam streets , xvhich
its representatives siy ; xvill cost no less
than $100,000. The outlook for "doub
ling up" in tlie number of buildings and
the values thereof at the _ end of 1887 ,
seems almost as certain us facts and tig-
nrcs shoxv has been the case in 1880 , as
compared xvitli 188.1. .
The BIK : has taken special pains lo get
the correct liiriires shoxvinir the number
and cost of buildings and lictlcrmcnts in
Omaha. Personal visitation has been
made by a representative of this paper
to each and every building that has been
constructed or xvas under construc
tion during the year , and tlie
owner and contractor consulted. Since
June , when the building inspector
assumed tlie duties of Ins ollice his rec
ords were compared xvitli information
personally secured. Then as anollier
curroboralitm the written statement of
esiolt proprietor mentioned in the sub
joined record of the year , was obtained.
A conservative statement as correct as it
possibly could bo compiled is thus pre
sented. A fcxv buildings , obtained at too
liilo a dale for chissilicittion , are not
mentioned , but their cost is included iu
the total.
Street Improvement ? .
Curhinj ; KifiXi
Sexxcrlnic I JfiS7
Paving SSl.OfiK
Vliiduc.ts IKi.COQ
Sidewalks ll.sr :
Total SSW.GI9
i . : _ :
I'libliu Improvement * .
Intensions. Improvements and adcli-
tion.s to plant by the Omaha Watcr-
xx'otks company1 S tVi.OOO
Improvements by the Omaha Cas
company 45,000
Onniha llor.se Knllxx-ay company , extensions -
tensions , Impiovoments , buildings ,
and piivlim belweeu tracks 00,000
Oaiidiii Belt rail xvay , construction ac
count : ; ooooo
Union Pacific. bildiliiz Thirteenth
and Sex'cnth streets , aaiouiit ex-
nondcd todate 84,000
Union Piicilic , culverts , tracks.etc. , in
the city 43,000
Union Pacific , c-xpontlcilon new .Mis-
i souri river brldne , to date. . „ 000,000
Omaha , track und c'yaril Improve-
uieiits In the city 10,000
Oiniilm Uablo Car company 100,000
Union Stock Yards , South Omaha ,
extensions and Improvements 20,000
Protecting xvall , court house iiS.OOO
Other Improvements within the city
by the county 2,000
Iniimivcincnts by brick manufacturers 51,600
Total SJ.SWJ.-tOO .
Cosl of buildings erected and build
ing imiiroveiiu-nls made during
Die J car v.niii' S..O' : I.CS9 .
Gruntl total of a.11 improvo-
jnonts. . , . , . . , $7,1tO,7J8 : ;
THIS t'll < l)7Ng ItKCOUIX
Schools and OlinrobeH ,
nrowni'll ' Hull Huh M..cost lothue , In-
cliiilhnr fiinii Minus . . , ! )3OM
llo.n-cl m l ! < lucill ! < , n , 'Jalory nnil tnisi ; ,
inent. brink gchuol IIOIIHO , Woolxvorlli
HXV. unit : th * 20,00l (
Di-nt'timt Dimili IrMllutn , fmprovuiiimitii J7M | ( )
Ciitlioilrul Hihnol , lirk'k uliurrli , l.citvon- '
worth nmt-Mil IQ.WM
lloiuil of IMticiitloii , Urlck mill , , to liljfli
( choul liullilhiK , lor lifiillUK iMMiili'iltil.s 10,00(1 (
tloiu-il of Kititciitloii , 2-story brick si'ld. ,
to J.iiUosoliool 7'WO
All Siiinn l'ii | cnpnl ( Imrch , fiitiuuIIo\v-
ni-it ni'd Hidrvltiw . . ( l.ivoo
Snwiii-il Ht. , M. K. f'hnrnli.brluk mill 0,00(1 (
Uorninii ii. U , church , Irunui , Jllli nml
I'mil or BWO !
Hi. .lolin's r.plscopul i liurcli , fnnmi ,
; ; ii\m , Kln anil Dulunui-o 6H. , luclu-
illnv tiiniitiini G'X)0 ' )
Ci'ulKlilon I'Olli Mi ol'fii ' > ri utory , Wflmiur
HI. , toi'ciiui- ) \rjiUncti'UiiiuntHt ! < ipinili >
lllilslilu CoiiKrcKUtioiml uliiirt'li. friunu ,
Olilo niul .1'itli ' , iviiti fniiilhlilnys U,00)
Iliiiir'coin I'laco , M. K. clnncii , fniinu ,
Wmiln-urtli iix-e. nml 8. : " 'lli ' g.fiOO
.Acii'iciny of Iho Hut-roil lloutt , impiovo-
I'JCIIIri il.OVj
Oinuliu .MoilU'iil Colic ; , ImpnnomcinH. . UUX )
Ht , 1'iilrlL-U'flfoi'ioty , Inuiiu churuli , 1'itli '
Alrlcnii M. ! : ! fhui-i'li , iai'.N''ifiih 'HI. ' , iiu'-
proHiiR'MU on I'lmrt'li udllluc " , COO
llftlliliilintii ( 'onriwifloiilUulinpclI'riiiuu ,
liltliiiml Ilioory ! 2,0'K )
( lermiin t'onjTri 'ntl'MiHl Hn-icly , fruiini
( ihurcli , U'lhiuvl lireis ) ( ; 1,000
KoOr iini'cd oliuruh , I , . M.S.trum < , 'Jl l
iiiKU'lark slh 1-50 !
-'t. XX'Kiuo.tliius ( I'lillioHoi school , Inuiiu
liullilliit : S\TA , K. llih 81 l00
IlonnloC i ; iiiciilioii.friimo Bf'litiol liouao ,
llojinl uf IMnc'Ulloii. irumo ciionl | IOUM > ,
lluiuil nt liiliiciitluii , I'ttniiKbi'lion ) hoiio'j ,
Omalm X'imv I103
llourU ( if IMut'alion , rramr MI liool hoiiw ,
Luke nml iMh GO
In ConPM > or < ! < tiiKiriioiiin ,
l-'li'Kt .N'mlomil luink Imilillnj- , I't'il IJ
oloiici , Prick tinil Iron , O-sionm , IIin
proofH. Ii. < ; ur , llltli unit I'arnani n < a.
I'mposiiil cost , f'i'llfW iiui'uiut ix-
pi'iiilod
XV. A. I'.i.xlon , 7 story tmcl ; buhUhiK , N.
! : . cor. jiiili iiti'l riiriiiini MX. , it\di : : : .
I'lb | > ' > M.-il i-ost , ijjui : > ni : iiinoiiiit ox-
Dnuc'l i : Hnrt.il-Ktiiry hricl. ttnrcn im < l
lints. Huh nml NVi'l'Blor els. Proposed
Mnvliiuits Nnllonul Inink Imlliilntr ,
7-norlu , ! lic jtrool , .N. V. cor , Illtli niul
I'liriiiuu ftt > . l'rniOM < a cost , JIIJ'.WL-i '
luiuniat oxpcmloil 15.0CO
llarker llroa.,0 Ktory stonn nml l-rlivi , S.
W. cor. lf'iiriiinii nml ISiliMH. I'rorioscil
CD-I. /.Vl.d.O , IIIUOIIIII OXlOI\lllili | \ CIX
liitsciuonl ami llr.-l btury U'ull 1KK )
Jl UUlllll ! l Oil