I
It THE CATTLE MART.
The Third Packing Center of the
United Stcitoa.
TOTAL CATTLE RECEIPTS , 340.46E
Nonrly 16,000 , Cnrlonda of Monts
Shipped In 1000.
TOTAL HOG RECEIPTS , 1,283,000 , ,
Tlio M.-ik'lc Growth of South Oinnlm-
ItH Ciivcriiiiient , HiiNliicsH niut
limtltulloi'H Kacta and
I''lKiircn. '
Tlie Mvo Stuck Imlitmry.
South Omaha 1ms a population of 10,730. It
has live batiks , three daily and one weekly
newspaper , many hotels , nn excellent tire
department , four largo packing houses ,
whoso slaughterings were more than n mil
lion head during the year Just closed , has
direct commuuication with nine leading rail
roads , a park of seventy acres , on whleh
more than 51)0,000 ) , have been spent on beau
tifying it , lias removed nearly 500,000 cubic
yards of dirt in grading its streets during
the year , will pave in the spring , has twu
viaducts eostingSJfi.OJO In process of con
struction , and will have a motor rolling to
Oinnha next year , and has every claim to the
name of the "Magic City. "
City KvpciKlitiirns for IHH8.
firadlng , ona-linIC to be paid by the
city ? I7,0'i1..11
( ! railing , one-half assessed to adjacent
lots 42.227.71
Siwenige 22.IMI.M
Police department ( lr,70.i 1
Hticet commissioner's department . . . ri.l-Uj.iKI
r.nglneer's department. s > : ilaiU'S , In-
htruments , etc ! i,7r.S.17
Fire department ' . : it-il.0l :
City council l.WS.iH ]
Legal expenses l.MI.IH
Printing , etc I'i2s.i7 ;
City clerk's ilepaitment stii.iiM
l-'lrn and other \vatjr hervlr.o ( iit..Cl
Jail 571.2.1
Jliiynr's department 4I.1.IK ]
Ui-ntals : m".0i
City treasurer's olllco 2MI5I
( 'Ity election 2l5.uO :
1'oor 172.-10
l-uol | .in.7i :
Hullilln ; Inspector's department 120.50
si City .scavenger's department C2.WJ
' ( 'ewers :
I } Sanitary or house sewers 17,311..M
Storm-water hewers O.niii.iil
Su\ve.r in ! : posters c I'.U ! )
Total ilWI.4ll.17
To this may be properly added tlie grading
done by tlio county commissioners on Twen
ty-fourth , Q nnd Thirtv-sixth streets , and
Missouri avenue , requiring the removal of
about 72,000 cubic yards of dirt , costing
about § 10tOO. ,
Tlio City's IndclitctliiesH.
Tlio total indebtedness of the city Is SIOS-
5SI1.77 , consisting of ? iiWO : ( I , street viaduct
and . * : t5,000 ( J street viaduct bonds , 402,000
scwer bonds , $15,000 funding bonds , all due in
twenty years , nnd $12OCO paving bonds due
in ten years , all drawing ( i per cent interest ,
and all sold above par , nnd ? 11,550.77 float
ing debt.
Vnliintlon of Smith Omaha Property.
Tim nRse.B cd valuation of the property , nt
about twenty-live per cent of Us vnluo is
* ? I,8UI,7M.iO. ! ( The tirst assessmcnl made
was moro than $2,700,000 , which was reduced
to if-2,152,000 , and then equaled 10 ? lSii- :
704.IJO. The real value of the property in the
} city is now about ? llOOSU7y.
Tlio City KiiKiiicor'H Department.
During the year 1SS3 an ofllcial grade was
established by the city engineer for all the
streets from and including Twenty-fourth
street west to the Union Pacitie railroad
right-of-way , and from I street on the north
to Q street on the south , both inclusive , and
in addition thereto on Q street from Twenty-
fourth to Thirty-sixth streets , both inclusive ,
N street cast to Twentieth and Twenty-
fourth from A to Wyman streets , inclusive.
To grade N street , required the removal of
Sr-jIWl cubic yards of dirt , Twenty-fourth
street 'J4 , K.7I yards , Twenty-lifth street iss-
'JII'J yards , Twenty-sixth street C'J,72'J yards ,
Twenty-seventh street ! iiikO : ! yards , M street
41,015 yards and Q street 40,71)5 ) yards , a total
of 4 IS.dSs cubic yards , costing $ SI.70t. : Tlio
onidncer's estimate to complete the grading
laid put and contracted for will cost $111,181 ! ,
makinga total gradingcost in the city , during
the year , of lOsJS"Tlie assessment of
realty for grailing expenses of SIOG : > ; l.r l
swells the grading costs in the city to sjl
Tlio ScwuriiKO System.
Complete sanitary or homo and storm-
water sewer systems were completed during
the year with a total length of 17.J7I.OS ! feet ,
or three and one-fourth miles , costing in
whole numbers § . ' 10,000. Tli sanitary or
linuse sewer consists of one main , ! il-lnch
pipe , from J street south along the Union
I'aeille railroad right-of-way to and connect
ing with the Union stock yards' tunnel at
.Albright , a distance of 8,700 feet , costing
W.U5 per foot , making a total cost of $10 , A ? 5.
r'or use of the tunnel , extending to the river ,
one-half its cout , 10 , 17 1. US , was paid the
Union Stock Yurds company. Thcro are
loin-teen manholes , costing ? ' 3.40 a foot , total
IOIS.IS. : The N street main , 1,175 feet long ,
lit 85 cents per foot , cost $ ! IU3.75. The alley
laterals , aK8. ( IS > feet , S-inch pipe , nt 01 cents ,
costs i'J.'JIU.'JO. The manholes , concrete.
lumber , etc. , cost (7,500 , making the total
costs of this sewer system if 10,493.0 ! ) . Tlio
storm-water system cost . - JTho N
xtreet main , 1 , 895.0 feet , -I inch pipe , from
the west side of the Union I'aclne right-of-
way to Twenty-fourth streeot , at $1,85 a foot ,
rpst $ -r , ; ii.Ni , On Twenty-seventh , Twenty-
sixth and Twenty llfth streets , north from N
to M streets , 1 5ii : : feet of 15-inch mama , costIng -
Ing 7(4 ( cents a foot , wcro laid , with n total
eostof Sl.ltl.'i.'t. The catch basin pipe , iVM.3
leeit , at M cents a foot , cost $331.70 , and NJ.S
feet of catch basin wall nt W. 15 a foot cost
f 3liiU7. : Iron cost Slfk'1.75 and extras f rsii. 14 ,
making the total cost f5tl : . .
VlnTliiuiH.
Two viaducts , eonnrcting the east and
west sides of the city , extending over the
railroad tracks , have been contracted for.
The I- street viaduct. 1,4'Jj ' feet long , a com
bination of Iron and steel , having two 1114
foot and onu l > 5 foot through I'rau trusses
supported on iron cylindrical piers
nnd slnslo nnd double decked trestle.
lllliul with concrete , costlngcompletcd f 11,5'JS.
The { { street viaduct , S7tl feet long , with a 400
foot graded approach , consisting of ODD 150
foot , ono 10(1 ( foot , and onu f > 0 foot spans.
through Pratt truss , combination of iron ami
Bteol , supported on cylindrical iron piers
llllcd with euucrete , costing completed * : il00 ; ! ,
Thn Hii.irtl of Trmlo.
The boant of trade , an active organUation
of cnterinislng nnd representative business
men , was organized in February 1SSS , and
has been ono of the moving powers in South
Oaiuha'u onward march.
Tlio City Schools.
The city has flvo school building and em.
ploys II f teen teachers. The high school
building Id a line brick costing SIT.OOO. Dur
ing this year a laruo addition was built to
the high school building. A tine two-story
brick was erected In the Third ward , and a
F large fruino school building was built at
l1 ! ; Albright. Two old buildings were removed ,
rue to Urown Place nnd the other to the
K - , I'ourth ' ward , and were 'completely over-
i
1W there wore 1,001. and now there nrc nn
nroomoilations for all who wish to attend tin
public schools in the live buildings. Hlnci
May. l s , the treasurer received $41,302.rJ
and has paid out § 2iiM.-i. '
Tlio I'oatnfllcc.
The postoftice at South Oinahn was raisoi
to a presidential ofllec February 14 , isss , am
now requires four clerks. The gross receipt
for 1SSS were ? iisil.4. : : Money order ain
postal note business , $ i,137.13. Hogisterei
letters forwarded , ii.lsi ; registered letters re
ccived , WM'i. Forty-four thousand , seven bun
dred nnd llfty-slx pounds of newspapers wer
mailed by pnbllshei-.s and ! ! l'i.i7 ' ( envelope
wcro sold. On .lanu.iry I , IsiO the ofllco wa
removed to tlio Mcfiinnis block , N street
new boxes and ofllce iurnitnrc were put ii
and now it is n llrst class and complete post
olllce.
Union Stock Varils U. It. Co.
The Union Stock Yards Railroad compan ;
was organi/.ed In 1SS4 by the same person
nnd having the same oniccr.s that the Unioi
.Stock Yards company has. The eoinpan ;
lias twenty-three and one half miles of tracl
and this yar put on three now standari
switch endues. The road has direct connec
tions with the Union Pacitie , the Missour
Pacillc , the U. & M. nnd the Fremont , Klk
horn & Missouri Valley railroad lines. Tin
total value of the railroad company propcrt ;
is t"'l-'l')0. ( ) ' ) In December of this year a ncv
round or engine house was built , and an cxtr :
sidetrack is being built to the rear of tin
George F. Hammond Packing company' '
plant. Ivxeavatlons have been made and flvi
tracks lowered to grade and extended wes
between the Omaha and the Armoiir-Uiidah ;
Pocking companies' plants , to Thirty-thin
street.
Kallro.-ul TraIlld.
The following comparative table shows tin
relative number of passenger tickets sold n
the Union Pacitlo depot in this city b' '
months for ISM ) , 1SS" and iSbS :
Tins table shows an increase in 1SS7 ovei
1SSI1 , of IWt.li'JS passenger tickets sold am
an increase in ISfss over Ib > s7 of 1G5 , ' 5&
i'\ssis'iins. :
In January , ISM ! , the passenger business o :
the Union 1'acilie railway company at tlii
point was less than U,00 < ) passengers , ii
February it was'J , 1S7. m March J , IOS , mid it
April a,40S , a total of JiK J during thu lirst
four miinths , with a grand total for the ycai
of is i ! of ii,7SI. : Yet just two years latei
in the month of December , ISVi , the numbci
had increased to 40,005 , a number nearly as
largo as the entire twelve months in issii ,
The passenger business for April , 18 0
was 2-l07 ; April , 1 7 , was 15WS ; April ,
lb\s , was , ' ! lH'i. )
Wonderful as this showing is , and start
ling as these figures are , they are carried out
by the monthly comparisons :
IH.SI ; . 1887. Increase
May . UViiil 1H.75 1 11.IM
June . I , < T.l 11,2.11 12i"it
.Inly . -72 ( 17,148 1B.27I'
t . : iois la.ias -
. .
October . Ill4i ) 2\hSl ! 2I.MI ,
Novemlicr . ii. " > 7 Jll..K'ii ' 2sii :
December . lll.KiS ; i\lKi7 2I.Mii
\M7. \ If.SH.
January . KV.M5 2r..M)7 ) in.fitS
Teliruary . 10,141 t'.I.Oill jnMJ
.Marcli . ll..iiil i.oii : l4d4'J '
April . ll.ro : il. ) J W.-7
May . lli.ril : il.UII a,7MJ )
Juno . n.awi : rv. ' " > ' > w i
July . 17.1IS : il.H2 17H
August . r.i.ipi-i : iinii i.vuii
Koplemher . 21,011 , ' V , U'a K.dVi
October . ii',8XI IlH.fiT a-li , .l
November . ill.lllW Ki.'J IS C.IXI-J
Uttember . S\.Wl \ 40UUi o.ous
ruuuiirr.
Pour railroad companies receive nnil for
ward freight direct from South Omaha.
They are the Union Pacific , Fremont , ElkHorn -
Horn & Missouri Valley , Missouri Pacific
and ilic Hnrlmgion & Missouri Uivcr coin-
panics , while the Wabash , Keek Island and
Milwaukee receive nnd ship over the Union
Pacillc road. The following statement for
the lirst quarter of ISb'i ' , 1SS7 and 1SSS shows
the increase of business at .South Omaha :
fjiuinti-rs incnivii : : )
ISM. 1SS7. IRS ? .
Jnnimry . 7.7il.KH : S7Kfrfa 20yifiI'.M
Kubrnury . 1 ) , lUS.if.l.'i lti.icm.tH I UV " , ' ' 17
March . fiw7,43i a,71Bir ! : ) , ) aoiiiss ; :
Total . ai.RtH.4fi.-i 7l.4ia.778 IC. > ,1)J3S2'J )
ruiuiiiT rouwAitiii ) > .
ISMS. 18S7. Iff ft.
January . fii'J.ioi : is.din.iiR ] 4 , irirrifi
Kecrunry . . 7,711HO ! 1H.22-I.17S 21.i7.i,22S :
.March . '
Total . ' . ' 1,1115,842 fii.rrw.ft-rf fii,5inr-fi : ,
These liguros are autliRiitlc and show an
Increase during the first quarter in l SS over
the first quarter in IbS'i ' , of Oli.il,7Hl ( ) jiounds
in freight received , ana of ! i'J.l.r ' ] ! > ,714 pounds
in freight forwarded , or a total increase in
traftlc d"ring that time from 43,512,307 , pounds
to 10-Jlii,7b'J pounds.
PKUKIIIT 111:01:1 : : i'Ts iifui.vn 18SS.
Tlio magnitude of the traiUu of Sauth
Omaha can bo ascertained by the number of
ears and weight of freight received. The
following table , carefully compiled , shows
the numbcrof cars of freight and the weight
thereof received over the different railroads.
1K87. lt-8 * .
lloails . Cars. Pounds. Cars. Pounds.
IT. | > . H.ri , | aw.707,011 17.no 4rH,7U2.iW'J
II. A : M . H.4I1 110.27'iil7 : ll.SOO 2U5.ini.il77
! . K.AE.M. V. . . . ' 1,1:111 74ll.'i , ! 'i 7Ti7 174,17Srri'l
M.I' . 2,1,013 ( III.IJOJ.OUJ ; il J 7U,7i)0llU )
Total . ffiljfij 6S1.IS , 11(1 ( S9.tiS.-i ai7 , NIit.'i :
This shows an increase la cars received
over LSSTof lO.MI. and an increase of a)5v : )
GS4 , U2'.i ' pounds of freight.
In the mouth of May fl.50t : cars were re
quired to have the trolght received at and
shipped from South Omaha.
For the week ending September 30 , 1SSS ,
$2.VJrj.4s was received by tlie Union Pacific
railway company from the Union Stockyards
company for freight charges , nnd the total
receipts of thn Union Pacilio railway com
pany for September. ISSs , were i'J5iis7..J.
Tlio lOxpi-css ISiislnoHH.
The Union Pacific express ofllco was opened
in December , 1SS7. Prior to that time thn
business was done by the Union Pacillc rail
road. Tito growth of this business may bo
seen by a comparison lit the last three years ;
November , IKS7 , cash c.o.d , receipts. . . J ! 15I 01
November. IhSf , " " " . . . . uci u.t
l-'or yu.ir IKW , . . . . ] ( in Kl
For year hW , . " " " . . . . ; ) ,1N1 liil
Par yeur IDKS , . . . . K ! WI f.'l '
Nov. , IH87. cash for goods fonvardoil. . 2401
Nov. . UBS. . . ; er , 25
For year liWrt , " ' " . . nil ; ij
Tor year 18.S7 , " " " . . 2ii 00
rorycar 1W ! , " " " , . ; i,7S'l 01
The receipts are $12,10.1r)0 for 1SSS while
for IStO the receipts wcro only Sl , 37.t.O. .
Vtirds.
The South Omaha lumber yards report n
LhrlviiR ! buslnpss for 1SSS , owing to the
largo amount of buildlnu- during the year.
Newenmbo's lumber yard handli-d 20,000,000
feet of lumber. Average number of men cm-
[ ilovcd , 40 ; monthly pay roll f..OOO.
I lowland it Hradjford'a lumber yard did n
Tooil business in lumber and coal , I.umbor
mndlcd durlngycar , 3,000,000 feet ; numbcrof
juiployes , 1C : monthly pay roll. f700 , In ad-
litlon to lumbar this firm handled 7,200 tons
ons of soft coal during the your.
The tnr Union Lumber company also
lid a line trade , handling 4,000,000 tool of
umber , Number of employes , 10 , with n
notithly pay roll of f5'i > .
The yard of S. W. Ilinllcston maintained
ts usual line showing. There was 3,0011,000
'eel handled hero , with 15 employes ami u
nouthly pay roll of $700.
Cliurclir-H.
The Roman Catholic , Mothcdlst Ejilscopal ,
Jaiitlst , l're bytcrian , Ocrnmn Methodist
episcopal , Episcopalian and United I'reoby.
eriun dciiomlmitlons are represented bore ,
. 'hero are six resident ministers and six
ihurch edifices , the First Methodist Kpiseo-
Ml , tlio Gorman Methodist tinisooiml and the
Ubrlght Methodjst Episcopal , Presbyterian ,
it. lirldgut's Unmun Catholic nmjion and
it. iiartiu'e I'rolcntaui Kpiscopal labsiou.
St. Agnes' Homan Catholic , the liaptlst and
t'nltcd Presbyterian will cuch build church
edifices this eemlng spring. In connection
with St. Agnes' Roman Catholic church next
year a largo seminary and convent will be
erected.
Noxvnpnior.i. |
South Omaha has three daily and one
weekly newspapers : The Stoeumnn. owned
nnd published by .1. 1J. Krion and Charles 11.
Klch , and the South Omaha Drovers'Jour
nal , formerly the Hoof and Horn , owned
nnd edited by L. F. Hilton , are stock papers ,
nnd the Hoomcr , a local paper first Issued in
November , 1SV3 , are the daily papers , and
the South Omaha Tunes , owned and pub
lished by M. M. Parish , is a weekly paper.
Each has a large circulation and enjoys a lib
eral advertising patronage.
The i\ilinnm' .
The oxeltanirc , n largo brick building ,
three stories high , the old wing 150 feet long ,
facing the south , and the new wing , lOOxOU
feet , three stories , facing east , eost $05,000.
The new addition , costing.H.OyO : ) , was built
this year. The building is heated with
steam.'has nil the modern improvements , hot
nnd cold water , electric lights nnd bells , n
hotel with n capacity for seventy-live guests
per day , tlie Union Stock Yards bank , the
offices of the Stock Yards company , two tel
egraph offices , and forty commission offices.
Hotels.
South Omaha has a number of good hotels
and boarding houses. There are sixty-
three licensed houses to sell liquor ,
each paying u license of 510. Thu
principal hotels are the Exchange , Now Pa
cific , Dellnonlco , HaseaU's , McGttcken's ,
Heed House , Henson , St. Haven , llurko's
Green Tree , McCoy nnd Carter's.
Iti-iok Ytmlc.
Half a dozen brick yards , with capacities
varying from 5,000 to 15U ( ) brick per day ,
were kept going night and day during the
whole season. All earth : t this point is
brick clay , nnd coed bricu can be bought for
$7 per thousand.
Tlin AVntoiSupply. .
The American Waterworks extends from
Omaha to South Omaha , and during the
year mains have been laid on all the princi
pal streets. The water pressure and supply
are ample for fire , public and private Use.
The Hlcctrlc Ijiylit Comp.iny.
An electric light company , of residents ,
having n capital ot ' .T > , OM , was organized in
September , and December 20th the city was
first lighted by arc linlits. Ono dynamo ,
with a capacity for forty-two'Jf)0-arelights ( ) ,
was put in , but before they were completed
applications had been received for so many
more services that two more dynamos will
bo put in without delay , one for arc and the
other for incandescent lights.
IlieKoiKlorinii Works.
The rendering works , with a capital of
Saf > 0,000 , Kdward A. ( Jndahy , president , and
John A. Doe , superintendent , removed its
works and put up new buildings at La Platt.
Operations , in the new works , were com
menced May ! ' . ) , IsSS. The capacity of the
new works is equal to all the wants of this
market. Sixty men are on the pay roll.
.Summary.
Totnl number of firms doing business in
South Omaha , .limitary 1 , 13SS. 1 11.
Total number of linns commencing busi
ness during the year , 107.
Total number of linns retired during the
year , (13. (
Net pain during the year. 107.
Showing the total number of firms now
doing business in South Omaha ( including
three banks and live packing houses ) , to
be 21 ; ! .
Tlin Union Stock Ynrtls.
The Union Stock Yards company was or-
gani/cd in 1SS4 and liasl0 ! acres of land
with the improvements valued at $2,000,000 ,
During the past year 100,000 have been
spent in improvements , -S130,0.)0 . ) in grading ,
railroad tracks , etc. . and enlarging , repairing
and building stock pens , and -5:10,000 : on the
mliUtton lo thu ISxclmnqo building. There
nrc forty unloading nnd twenty-one loading
chutes. The daily capacity of the yards is
10,000 cattle , 20,000 hogs , fiOJO , sheep nnd 500
horses nnd mules. During the year : ! U,4i)2 )
ears , containing JM0.4G ! ) cattle , l's,0)0 ; ! ( ) hogs ,
15 VMS sheep and r > ,0i5 : horses and mules ,
were received , an.l 14 , :103 : cars , containing
iiO,0 ! } [ > l cattle , W,22S ) hogs , 115,208 sheep and
! 3,7'J'.l ' horses and mules were shipped.
Tlie hog receipts of 1SSS siiow an increase
of 5 per cent over the receipts of 18b7. This
showing is quite as favorable ns could bo
expected , and much better than any of the
other large packing centers. The largest
receipts ot hogs in one day in 1SS7 were
10,514 November 11 , while the receipts Juno
12 , 1SS3 , were 12COS. The largest receipts
during any week since the organi/.ation of
the stock yards company were -17,8'J , for the
\veck ending June b , being a daily average
of 7,070.
During the year 1SS7 the foedmaster's
jooks show that ! HiS7 ( ! bushels of oats were
used , and in 1SSS there wcro used 4" > ,7.'tl bush
els of oats costing about $1(1,000. ( The
Imy used in 1SS7 was 1,170,215 pounds , nnd in
l.sbS there were 0,740,520 pounds , costing
about $ .2:1,500. :
The hog receipts during 1SS4 were 2,702 :
during iss5 , they were 15,50S : | , ; the sccoml
year at tlie yards showed an immense in
crease in hog receipts , which were 4l7Ji : ! > .
The same great increase in the number of
hogs received at Omaha continued during
18s" , nnd the receipts by months were us
follows :
January . fi',017
J-Vbnmry . IVi.Mi
March . HI.121
April . 01.517
May . Ni.sil
Jnnu . llli.li'M
July . 11.1,012
August . Ut,4ll
. eptombor . 'S.iCIH
October . fiiOM
November . r. . ji7fill : !
December . IKt.Hiu
Total hog receipts for IK87 .
lion iuciirTt : : ! nrniNJ 1SS5.
The receipts of 1SS ; ? , by months , wcro
as follows :
January . . * . . 7l.22n
l-'ubniary . 7 ! > ,7o
March . 77i1Ti ;
April . VfWi
May . 1.17.7KI
Janu . , . K'.i.ltil '
July . 123,871
August . ' | ili7l (
Pop ! villbcr . KI.2-.M
October . Ki,4iri
November . 1(1475
December . 121Kk )
Total hog receipts In ISsS . l.'iSI.G1) ! )
The itaily average receipts were 4 , 114 , while
the average receipts in lbS7 were only : ! ,47'J.
The total value of the receipts of hogs in
'fi
nee niciii'r.s : : rou nvi : viuus ,
The following shows the yearly receipts
ana dally average from the opening of the
block yiuds :
Av
4r , |
; r.mT I- .
1W , " " . 1.01170(1 ( 8171) )
! ! * , " " . I.2KI.UOO 4'lil
Total receipts . 2ib2' ' > ,4 52
Caltlo Ki.
The jnnls were opened August 1 , 1S81 , nnd
the receipts of cattle lor the remainder of
the year wore SS.IIO j for 1SS5 , 12 1,1 00 j for
ISk'i ' , HSfiri.
During the year 1SS7 the yards saw the
phenomenal increase In cattle rocelpts from
148,515 In 1S < ! to a'W.aoa In that year , or an
Inercaso of more than 54 per cent. The fol
lowing table bhows the roceints by months :
January . jo.ms
uliruary . K.VU
March . W)1H ) )
.
April . ] R.ji3 (
} l y . 2228H
Juno . , . ; mi7a :
inly . . j 7or ,
. .
September . 84,04(1 (
„ a2,4KI
, .
December . 1:1,10:1 : :
Total cattle receipts , 1887 . 2 3,203
CATTLE IICCCH'TS IN 18S8.
The Increase of cattle receipts during 1SS8
tept apaeo with the other increase of busi-
icss. TUu rate of increase \vaa more than 42
per cent. The receipts by months wcro a ;
follows :
lleroniber 12,21 :
January 12.s i
IVbrunry ; IM.I
March liM :
April ; ii.7K
> l y . " " 1.171
Juno 22.W.
July 21.41 :
August KO.ill !
. . . . ,
October . 41. 4M
November . . . . . . . : w.8.V
Total cattle receipts during yards year. 310.40 !
J'ho receipts b. years since the yards wen
opened for business wcro as follows :
1N < 4 . M.MD
} * . 11J.1IK
IS. 1 . 144.4.V
1NS7 . 2M.72 :
1 8 . iUoilC !
Totul receipts of cattle since the opening 01
the yards , H2I.710 cattle. The largest re
ceipls of cattle in any one day were 5Mi2 , ot
September 1'J ' , 1SS7. The largest cattle re
ceipls during any week wcro 1S,500 , for tin
week ending October .11. l ? ij.
Dally Avornito Ur-urlptt ol' Stock.
The increase of rocelpts since the opening
of the yards to the close of this year , has
been unbroken nnd gratifying. Tlio daily
average receipts by yunrs is as follows :
. , . Hogs. Cattle
is-s I .
average per duy
ISM ' . 4"4 m-
IK' " " " . 1.42.S 47
1837 " " . 3.40S .111
1SSS " " . . . . . . . 4,114 1,0'.H
Kocolitts ol1 Shei-p , HorscH mill Mules.
The following table shows the receipts of
sheep , hbrscs and muloa by months during
the year.
Jlonth. Sheep. II. nnd M.
December . iii)7 ( ( ) 201
January . iVtl ! (
February . jijst IHI
March . llr,7l w
April . . . ) : i.4Bii JKI
Mny . 'jir,2 , 4'tJ
Jnnu . ri77 : 77
July . n.llll ( -2 ! :
Amsllst . lfiiil : Bll
September . 27uri ( ill1
October . :11,121I : 81.1
Xo vLMnber . in , I It ; 2uti
To tai . iM.roi : r > jux
Tins shows an increase in sheep receipts ol
S2,5S'.lflver 1SS7 , or 100 per cent , and an in
crease in the receipts of horses and mules
from 11,202 in 1S5 to 5,0:35 : m 1S&S , or more
than Mi per cent.
The total number ot sheep , horses and
mules received by years , is shown by the fol
lowing table :
Sheep. II. mul M.
1M1 * . 4l.\s 4CI
1.SI54
4tl.ll5 ! ; i,02H
: i,202
-
Total . 2U7.WI .Kl.llSU
These interesting tables show that more
than half of the sheep received at the yards
to date , and nearly half of the horses and
mules , were received during the year just
past.
l-.MIS IIANDl.III ) .
The following table will show the number
of ears received mid shipped by months
during the year : ,
Cars Cars
Month. Itecolved. Shipped.
December . 2'iW till
January . 1.7IS 475
lebriiary . , . . . . ln7 ,100
Marcli . 2 : r > 7 Wit
April . : i , : lil ; ] , r > oi
May . 4.0MJ i,7iy (
June . : ) ,7is ! ] , : ! ' , ! !
Jni.v . . . . . . 2nis 1,141
Auiiust . . * . . . . 2HM ! 1,144
September . : ! . Sl'.tt !
October . : i.70t 1,072
Nuvemlier . 3,210 lun
Totals . - :10,4'J2 : 14 , : > ( w
This shows nn increase of cars received in
in 1SS7 from 27..MO to 8C-I'.I2 in 1SSS and an
increase from 10.3-S4 ears forwarded in l S"
to MiJ5 : ( in 1SSS.
DKBIN ! ) .
The following tajjlu'will show the number
of drive-ins of 'cattle , hogs , sheep and
horses and mules for the year by months ,
with u total comparison with tlio totals of
4
llnilrontl Slock Trnfliu.
The following tables will show the num
ber of head of cattle , hogs , sheep , horses
and mules , and the- number of ears received
and forwarded over the various ri.ilroads ,
and the aggregates of each for the year :
Hntlils. Cattle. : Ini. ' . Sheep. unit
Mulch. Cars' .
. , . . . I'.VJ
Mil. I'ae . 14.7SI , . KV ! 1..V.II
I ! . I' . 1JI.S.VI .IIO.KB . .
: J.A.N. w. . . 1171 7VI'.I i.'ii
II.Ac.MM-110. 61.1'K ' x,7n 2. SI KI.NII
: „ u. I \l' . tjft ) . a\i \ : ] 'ilO
I.SI.I'M < O -.I KM I ( I.I.1I B.IH4
i\.i\ : . i.v. M.ir ? ! ' '
Dilvi-nln. . . a- * ) I 1.IV1
Totnl . I.Hf.ui
tJUlP.MKNTS.
' 1'iitiil
Tntill . II. .T
I'ACKI.NO IIOUSKS.
The packing industries of South Omaha
lave grown in magnitude until the packing
lonso businensof this city is the third largest
n the world. J
The packing hluso of Swift & Co. , O. F.
Jwift , of Chieaffo , president , nnd A. C.
Coster , general manager , is located west of
ho Union Pacific'railtV > nd tracks and south
if the Y , and has front and rear railroad
iwitch trackw , with facilities for loading fifty
lars of dressed meats per day. The build-
ngs are brick and cover an area of two ami
no-halt acres , nijd have a floornrca of about
ix acres. Tim' chill room covers about two
icres. The Vitluo of the buildings is gttoo-
UO , and the eniiacity is 60' ) cuttle , 1,000 hogs _
mil : ! 0 ( ) bhcop iKii-jday. The iimchinery eon- "
ists of four bollors qf l.lKKI-horso power and
wo Corlls engines of 22.'i-horso power , and
wo dynamos with arc and electric circuits ,
vith twenty are indC)0 ( ; ( ) incandiiscent lights.
. 'ho slaughter , lank and fertilizer houses are
ach three stories high , the oil house four
.ml . the bono house llvo , Four chivators are
n use. Now Jco houses , with a capacity for
,500 tons , wore erected at South Omaha
tiring the year , and the ice houses at Cut
) ff lake were enlarged to hold 150,000 tons.
'ho capacity of { ho ice boxes Is 0,000 tons.
ho monthly pay rqll is 12,000 to ? 15.000.
iboul 0,500 tons of 'baits and 12,000 tons of
oat are used per' year. Ten to twelve cars
f dressed meats a wcok are shipped to O. F.
iwift & Son's ' market in Omaha , which is
lie finest retail market In thatcity.
From April t to December 31 , 1S&S , tlio
laughtcrings wove : .
attic . , . ( I2.H70
alves . , ; .
'
Total . , . . ,
Hog slaughtering was not commcnceu till
December . The -business of this well man
ned packing Chouse has Increased from
104.000 in December , 1837 , ' to $ M5C- in Do-
Jinber , 1S8 ( . " 9.'llo value of the product
lipped fronfAprJl 1 to December ai , 1888 ,
as $3,700 , , 151.
Iinmedlatoly west of the Uuiou Stock
ards Is located the muuim'oth packing houte
r the AruiourCuduhy company , formerly
the packing house of Thomas J. Upton , $
Co. , whoso principal ofllco is in South Omaha
November S. l S when Michael Cndnhy. .
president , Kdward A. Cudaliy , vice presl
dent nnd general manager , nnd Philip 1)
Armour commenced business hero ns tlu
Armour-Uudahy Packing company the build
ings covered nn nrea of one and oiic-hnli
acres and llvo men were employed In the gen
eral ofllce , nnd now , after the tirst year's
business , the buildings cover fifteen acres o
pi-omul , nnd also have about llfty-two ncrei
of lloors and sixty men are employed In tin
general olllce. Kverythmc else has tncreasei
in the same proportion. The property is no\\ \
valued at { MHI.IH ) , ) . Daring the past year the
hog slaughtering houses have been entirel )
remodeled nnd rebuilt and now have a capac
ity for killing f > , t)00 ) hogs a day. Since tin
pacKing season of isss commenced th <
slaughterings have been about 15,000 a week
and as soon ns the supply Increases 25,001
hogs n week will be Hilled. West of the oh !
plant has been erected a mmnmotli bulldinp
with the following departments : Han
house , three stories with ten largo smoke
houses adjoining , capacity CiOU.OM pounds pei
day ; lard and oil refinery , four stories , ea
pucity 1,000 tierces a day , in all sizes of tit :
and wooden packages ; sausage department ,
three stories , capacity fit ) , IKK ) pounds per day i
canning department , three stories , capacity
10,000 cans all sizes per day ; tin shop , three
stories , capacity eijual to the rcipilrements ol
the canning room nnfrrellnery ; beef slaugh
tering nnd storage house , four stories , capac
ity 700 cattle n day. The chill room and cold
storage alone is ten acres. Ourlng the past
year 4l ! > ,210 hogs were slaughtered. Cattle
slaughtering was commenced October 18 ,
1SV < . The surprising growth of this new
and well managed institution , whoso connec
tions already are the very strongest In the
south and southwest of the United States
a'ul throughout ICuropc , ean best bo realized
by its business done. During the year Its
distributive sales , exclusive of board of trade
transactions , were $10,2VI,5S7.0. The increase -
crease over the November. 1S87 , sales of
? ' .Vi2ii.'l. : : 14 to S > S15 , 12H.7i ! in November , U-SS ,
simply tells of the growth of the magic city
of South Qmaha and this packing house.
During the vear 21,2711 barrels of pork of all
kinds. 17,2IO-120 pounds of lard , -I5,2- < 0,0.2 !
pounds of dry salted meats , 10,251 , oS : ! pounds
of sweet pickled meats , S.tVIViCa pounds of
smoked meats nnd 5,210,470 pounds of fertil
izers were the output of this ono house.
This Institution is equipped with two ice ma
chines for chilling the pork departments , e.i-
pacity seventy-live tons a day , and two addi
tional ones are being put in for the beef
houses ; enrhteen boilers and four engines ,
with 1.500 horse power , three dynamos , with
a capacity of forty-two 2,000-arj light.s and
sulllcieat incandescent lights lor all the de
partments , a petroleum gas machine , a
smithy , a machine shop , n lire department , a
retail market and six switches with trackage
capacity for loading seventy cars a day. The
lire department consists of a captain and
nine men , thoroughly ilrllled. sleeping over
the ofliees and boarding at the company res
taurant , having two chemical engines and
the most perfect llro water connections on
every lloor of all the departments. The re
tail market , the llnest in South Omaha , just
opened , does a business of S'150 ' a day. Tlie
monthly pay roll , to about 1.2.10 . employes , is
§ 5s,000 , and the salary paid per year to tlio
nfliee men , stock buyers and foremen is
it5,000. : Three telegraph operators are con
stantly employed and the telegraphic hill Is
$30,000 a year. There are consumed I5,0il )
tons ot ice , i)5TiU ) ( tons of coal , 10,275 tons of
salt , 100 cars of crude petroleum and more
than 2JO cars of tin plate per year. A con
tract has just been closed for § IO0 , ( ) worth
of tlio best English tin plate , to be delivered
in Ibbl ) . The tin plate used ib made for the
company under a special contract and of the
best quality that can bo made. The nowolli-
cos , occupied Aupust 15 , ISS i , are the best
apportioned packing house oftlecs in the
United States , costing . 5-20,2-37. The building
is Irame , 75x200 feet , and two stories high.
The lirst lloor is used for ofliccs exclusively
and the second lloor is divided Into dormito
ries , parlors , reading room ; , fire department
quarters , dining room and restaurant. In
the ofllco are two largo lire-proof vaults.
The otlice , under the management of Edward
A. Cudaliy and Assistant .Manager James II.
Howe , is divided into the Packing House de
partment , which cares for all tlio southern
and green meat trade , the jobbing depart
ment. which cares for the Pacific coast trade
and all trade in this vicinity except tlio local
trade , the foreign department , whleh cares
for all exports , the city , which cares for the
city trade and has ten large delivery wagons ,
and the city branch at Omaha and Council
UlulTs , which receives four carloads of meats
dally.
The Omaha Packing company , l * . L. Un
derwood , of Chicago , president , and James
Vilcs , Jr. , geneial manager , suctecded the
Fowler Packing company and began busi
ness February 1 , IbSS. The packing houses
are situated southwest of the Union stock
yards. During the year ending ISSi
2S5l > iS hogs were slaughtered and packed.
A large warehouse , 1 10x1(10 ( feet , was built in
ISbS. During this packing season the slaugh
terings of hogs has been about 8,800 a week
nnd the weekly shipments of cars have been
aootit eighty-live.
The George F. Hammond Packing com
pany , tlie oldest of the South Omaha institu
tions , has its plant west of the Union Pacific
railroad tracks , and immediately south of
the northeast end of the Y. A new switch
is being laid from the V to the west side of
the building. The frame buildings will be
replaced next year with brick , This house
alone makes a business of slaughtering hogs ,
cattle , slice ) ) nnd calves. During the year
1-14,741 hogs , ( l : > , 17-1 cattle and 0i57 ; sheep
wcro slaughtered. The following table
shows the number of slaughterings , the ag
gregate weight and tlio cost :
Killed. Weight. Post.
HOITS . . . ' . ' ' ' '
111.711 'I.VI'KI.-W tl.Bl'UO'J in
Catllo . Ii.-l.l7l 7I,4-4.170 2,8Sn,2Ui t II
Klleep . 11,317 filO.hii ) l'C,21.i ' ul )
Totals , . . 2H.275 110.rj7fiO ; $4K11U21 Itl
By this it will bo seen that the average
weight of hogs was 215 pounds , the average
cost 1:1.211 : , 'and the aver.igo price par hun
dred 5.17. . The average weight of cattle
was 1,17 ! ) pounds , the average cost l4.10amt
the average price per hundred pounds SJ.Til ,
The average weight of sheep was 102
pounds , the average cost per hundred pounds
The nuinhrrof men employed is 325 , and
the wages paid was § 170,2(11.22 ( , being an
iivc-rageot f5i'l > 8 for each man.
1'IIOIIL'IT .MAPI' ,
The following tabulated statement shows
the kinds and amounts of the year's pro-
luct :
, , I'lote * . Weight.
Shoulders , S. 1 > . ! i.4'j | imirf
'allforniallniim . 111,7:10 : 111 ( HO
J. IMInni.-j. . HI.7J7 l.irM.li , ! !
ihort rib hides . .Tl.KHI l.ttr..r.v ' . ,
hort Hear sides . 17.1172 71.1,1110
Long clear shies . 2,51:1 : Il'.7i7 ' (
' ! ! < . , 'W.4li2 UW.KIO
tellies | ) .s . 5ilfl : 07.UVI
ilu.Uldei-H O , H . 14,0.10 MI.TM
; .s. lara . . . . . . - 2Mu..ifK
allow . - UW.HU
Tierces.
iidow oil . . ( 7.12.0H.14S
I rouse . . . . . 817 ; w.27i :
.eutrnl lard . ] , oil ain.uui
Jeats foot oil . 177 ui.r.ii
. llarruls.
. "wine . ifcu 770,077
umber of men employed . : | -jr
imonnt of wages paid for the yoar. . . . I70,2ii | , LTJ
Ono. II. HAMMOND & Co.
I3y Hy. II. MKIUV , Supt.
lloiisu S.
Through the courtesy of the managers of
lie several South Omaha packing houses ,
, -ho kindly furnished the inlormiitfon at tills
ImoTiii ; JJii ; ; Is able to present the result
f the slaughterings during tlio last yoar.
ho Armour-Cudahy works began slaughter-
ig hogs November 10 , and the year lor that
ouso begins and closes on that date. Cattlu
illlng was not commenced till December ,
nd no record of the eattlo slaughtered is
ivcn , The Omaha packing company began
peratlons February 1 , mid the statistics for
lat house are only eleven months. BSwifut
'o. ' began killing cattle April 1. and hogs
( ccember-i , and the report of thai house
ammences altho dates mmitlonod , and ends
nth the close of the ycur. The following
s tlio slaughterings of the several houses
> y months for tlio tlmo mentioned ]
HOGS.
Armour "Omaha Hammond Bwlft &
eo . 4U.1WJ
n . 2flS . 15.213 . .
ob aiiB7 21.M1 ] ( lJ27
31,813
April . RUStl SlVi 10.178 . . . . ,
May . G2.NM 2'Mt 12.421 .
Juno . CTIHII 2,1,2V ! 12.8 U
July . : wi7rt ; in tw ium
Ang . 2S.71S 20,77:1 : 1H. : : 1 .
S-'ept . : . 21,1'M , ll.'WJ . . . .
net . av ' 2-i'4 ' < in. vis .
.Nov . tUW.1 31.1WI 12ir ( . . . . .
Dec . ; , 'JIO U.SS-1 7,7(1 (
Total , 5''IO 5S-Tiis" ilT.7l "r ti
The total of the hog slaughterinKS isf.11,47
head , nnd the steady increase can bo eon n
once by comparing the following table of th
killings for the last four years. Hut it mus
be borne in mind that quite one-fourth of tlti
year there was no killing In one or moro ol
the houses :
1 SS5 . 7"S , no :
Slrt,7V
During the year 1S0 the average weight o
hojja slaughtered was 255 pounns , nnd tin
average cost was p.UH'i or fi.iiO ; per hundred , f
in ! Vi7 the avcr.iire weight was 2.M pound !
nnd the average eost was JI2.2S or SI.S5 pei
hundred. The average weight In ISss i1
nbout 250 pounds , and the average cost 1
about $1:1.75 : or S.V50 per hundred. The fol
lowimr comparative table gives the uvoragt
weight , average cost of each hog , nnd tin
average price per pound of hogs dlirini
ISMi , IS-jTnnd l S :
nee AViit.\nns : rent Titur.i : VKVIIS.
Your. No. KlllcJ. Wi'lclit. Avenico. t'o l. 1'cr 10
ISNI . Si'.i.il'.l ' cuAliM svi > ' .i. ' M.1. '
'
-
M 813 1U.1 fi. <
i-ATri.i : .
Armour Omaha Co. Hammond Svvlt
A Co. . .V Co. ACe
Jan . . 4.1MI
r b . . i'.1-- ' ! .
March . 4.114
April . . f-,4111 -t.H''l
May . . ( I.IISI II.2V
June . . 4.4W Ti/iS'
July . 4.4(1 ! ' ( riSS ;
Allg . 4,47'J r.VC
Sept . : i,470 7Ki :
( let . . 3..VM s.70
Nov . . Jt.S'iil 7,421
Dec . 6,791 7tW.
Totals. - - - -
ixi.121 MI.S :
The total cattle slaughterings for ISSS was
U.'li07 : , a gain of1 7,550 over 18S7. The fol
lowing table shows the catllo slaughtering : )
for the last four years :
1SW . .11,2 v
18MI . ICI.2J
issr . 115.7.1:1 :
isss . ll'WT ! ;
The average weiglit of cattle slaughtered
nt South Omaha in IbSli was 1.2J5 pounds ,
and tlie average cost pur head was W 1.0.1 , or
$4.10 per hundred. The average weight , in
lhS7 was 1-J)7 : ) pounds , and the average eost
per head was . * IS. 10 , or t. ill per hundred.
The average weight in ISss was about 1,225
poumN , and thn average cosl was about
SI 1.10 , or $ l.7il per hundred.
CVITI.Iviiiuis : ! : pint THUII : VKMIS.
Ni > . killed Weight Average Coil 1'er 10J
ls < n ii,22 ? 77ru.it : : ) 1,2 ; ; , j.il.iu Ji.i-i
1--S7 ti.1,7i13 f l.iK,4'iJ : ( I,2t7 : 4.li ) iV.il
lh-8 ! Iii07 : ! : ii,801,07'i : 1,1711 41.10 11.7,1
8111:1:1' : ASI > CAI.VI-.S.
During the year Swift , t Company slaugh
tered 2t , Ills sheep , ami 1,7111 calves , and
( leorge F. Hammond & company killed about
li:157 , : sheep and about 1SO ! ) calves. The
total slang hterings of sheep during the year
w.is about : I2,0)0 ( ) , and of calves about , COO.
The total number of head of stock killed at
the South Omaha packing houses in ISbU was
1,078,75.
MILKS or C-MIS or MIATS. :
Kachof these pac'.ciag ' houses ships ono or
moro train loads of meats daily. The total
average car snipmcnts during the shipping
season are about 275 ears , or it,750 : cars u
year of loaded meats.
Oninlin Kire Dep.ii-lineiil.
Few cities can boast of a more efllcient fire
department than Omaha , and property here
is well protected and carefully guarded.
Chief Galligan has proved himself well
worthy of Ins position and through his rigid
discipline has made the department very ef
fective. Among the equipments are live
four-wheeled hose carts , ono chemical en
gine , two hook mid ladder trucks and a re
serve steamer. About thirty horses owned
by the city are used by the llro department.
There are six lire houses located as follows :
No. 1 ul Twenty-fourth mid baundord streets ,
No. 2 on Tenth , between Farnam and Doug
las ; No. 3 on Harney , between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth ; No , 4 at Eleventh and Dor
cas , No. Gal Phil Sheridan nnd Leaven worth ,
No. ( i at Sixteenth and Izaril. Hook and
ladder company No. 1 is quartered in llro
housoNo. U , and hook and ladder No. 2 in
housoNo. 1.
In addition to t.ho . regular city lire depart
ment Omaha has two private lire companies
that are. very important factors in the de
partment. Ono is located at the Union Pa
cific railway shops and the oilier at the Wil
low Springs uistillcry , , but both are always
ready to render any necessary aid to tlie city's '
lire department whenever called upon.
Omaha's \Vntoi-works.
During the year ISSS the water company
laid twenty miles of pipe in this city , ranging
In size from six to thirty-six inches , making
the tolal mileage of pipe laid reach ninety-
live miles. They also sot 250 new llro lu'-
d rants and increased the quantity of water
pumped l,500i)0 ( ( ) gallons a day. making the
total daily consumption at present 0,000,000
gallons , and the total number of hydrants
1,000.
The amount of money expended in im
provements , including the new plant'al Flor
ence wllich , when finished , will be ono ol the
Dost water plants in the world , will aggre
gate § 1,000,001) ) for the year. The power
house is u Inrco building constructed of
\Varrensburg sandstone , with a massive
stone foundation , for the pumping machin
ery and is considered tlie best building of the
kind in the United States.
Thn machinery at Florence consists of one
OakiU's high duty cnimiouml condensing ,
horizontal pumping engines of thu same pat
tern as used by the cities of Chicago and
Muffalu. It has a capacity of 1-I,000OJ. ) gul-
lens in twenty-four hours. In addition to
this monster engine they have two vertical
engines manufactured by E. P. Ellis , for
low service duty ,
The reservoir system consists of live set
tling basins. The water is pumped from tlio
river into one of the basins , tlio upper
strata of water flowing over wires into each
successive basin until the last one is reached ,
from which it is delivered for consumption.
These haMns uro protected by masonry walls
and are lined throughout willi cement con-
creto. They are cleaned by means of a scries
nf mud valves located in the bottom and op-
3rateil by water pressure , and are connected
with a drainage tunnel emptying into the
river below the suction.
The main delivery pipe to the city Is thirty-
? ix inches in diameter. Tlio boiler plant
-onsists of six upright boilers with a capac
ity of M)0 ) l.oi-ho power and liuinmn furnaces.
The Water company during the year just
Hissed kept from :500 : to 1HOJ men in their
nnploy al all times and paid uul in .salaries
: -12l,0.)0. )
The ofllcer.s of the company arc W. A.
Underwood , president ami manager ; W. H.
Hall , assistant manager ; A. U. limit , supcr-
ntendent and Captain Kngi < r , of Janci > ville ,
IVis , , is consulting engineer on the works , .
Thcro are now about .1,000 water takers ,
ho number having increased nearly 1,000
hiring the past year , making an im-rcaso of
ibonl IS ( per cenla month , or about 2Jpor
lent a > ear.
United Slntcs CourtH ,
Two terms of the federal courts are hold In
) mnna , ono on the. llrst .Monday of May ami
lie other on tlie second Monday of Novem-
ler of each year. A third term Is held in
.Ini-nln , the capital of thu Uatc , on the tlrs-t
ilondny ol January.
These circuit and district courts arc coin-
iosed as follows : Hon. Samuel F. Miller ,
ssodatc Justice of the United States su-
iromo court ; Hon. Uavid , f. Hrewor , Judge
f the United States circuit court , and Hon.
iliner H. Dundy , Judge United Hiatus dis-
rlcl court. The olllcdi-fi are : tj. E. Pntcli-
It , Omaha , United States attorney : Hoburt
'atricl ( , Omaha , assistant : Ellis L. Hicr-
ewer , Omaha , marshal : Klmor l ) . Frank.
Inulm , clerk of thu circuit court ; Elmer S ,
) undy , jr. , Omaha , clerk of the district
ourt.
Kitnl ICfttuta TrniiHl'erH.
The record of real estate sales , as shown
y the deeds filed with the register of dycds ,
hews ii lurgo number of trannlem for the
ear ISSS , and a steady increase in the value-
f Omuburc-at estate.
total amount ot rialty sold j-
wai f HVH.fN7.70 ( , ns will bo shown by tb ,
detailed .statement of the business ilono for
each month :
January transfers l.HU.CSTJM ,
IV'bni.iry ur < , OI.24i ! )
March . .
April IUBStfO > 8.
May " 1,1I3.WU3 ;
.Mint ) " ,
July . | ,22fl.31S.8ff
August . M ve4JHr-
SSeptembor . ) , H23,4MMS- )
Ociobor . lU2K ( .ia
November . 1,010.404.31
l > ec-olaber ( to Doc. ail . 1,044,217.6 *
Totnl transfers for isss J14.lXMt > S7,70 :
In addition to the above transfers thora
was n largo amount of property sold on eon. *
tracts which have not been recorded. The
above list of transfers does nol include thosa
made after December 2i' > .
OMAHA'S lUUDCKH.
*
OMAlH's M'.W WtllON llltll > nC.
The new wagon bndire connecting dmahn
with Council HltllTs was completed October
30 , nnd opened to the public with very impos
ing ceremonies. II ts an Iron slrucluro nnuV
with Its approaches Is nearly a mile In length *
and thirty-three feet wide. The bridge Is fifty *
foiir feel above high water mark , which al
lows ample room for steamers to pass beneath
neath 11 al any stage of water. It Is built oa
nine Iron piers filled with cemnnl , four of
which are sunk to bed rock. The use of Iron
caissons was tried for the first time in con *
nectlon with this brldg % . They were built
from designs furnished by Mr. Hopkins , ot
the linn of Hopkins & Scully , and so success
ful have they been in overcoming ninny of
the dllllcultles incidental to bridge building ,
thai the designer has applied for a patent.
Duo euro was taken to allow for the changes
in temperature and the consequent cxpan- -
sion and contraction of the immense amount
of iron used in the bridge. The viaduct
spans slide on friction plates on the end ol
tin ; columns , and rock on intermediate coN-
limns , thus providing for the action of th v
temperature.
This bridge is used by the Elcorlo mototf
line running between Omaha and Council. , I
HlutTs and is the means of extensively inn , v I
creasing trade and travel between the two.
cities and bringing them into closer social'
mid business relations. It has already proven
largely to the advantage of both cities , nail
has terminated the monopoly of transporto * .
thin between Omaha and Council HI tiffs , ;
which for years extorted such unjust charges' ,
and produced such trying ; inconveniences as.
only monopolies can.
The advantages of thisbridgo to Omaha *
cannot be overestimated and arc not yet fully
reali/ed by thn business i-ommiinity. The
structure cost * MIOK)0 , ( ) and its construction-
gave employment to100 men.
TIM : xi\v : IXKINivu trie IIHIDOC.
The new steel bridge between Omaha and.
Council.HlutTs , completed about ayenrnjjok
was built by the Union I'acdle rail way'coins
pany and is ono of the llnest structures itt ,
the world. The bridge is 1,750 feet in length , ,
and fifty-four feet wide , and has ton spaun. .
The lloor of the bridge is sixty-six feet above
low water. The four main or central spans
rest upon colossal pratnto piers , the total
height of each being M',1 feet , seventy-four
feet being beneath tlie level ot low water.
The length of each pier is lifty-livo foot at
the water nnd forty-three feet al the coiling- , . > ( !
The thickness of the piers range from Iwolvo- ' 1 1 |
to eight feet. The bridge will stand a prosj *
sure of over four tons to the si ) jaro foot ; Vf" " "
is substantial in every particular and cost-
nearly a million dollars.
Tlie Grtln Trade.
Tlie grain trade of Omaha is one of the
great industries of the city and largo quan
tities of cereals arc handled hero by the ele
vators and the distillery and breweries. A
vast area of grain-producing country ha *
made Omaha tlie distributing point for the
product , much of which is used hero In the
city.
lliinebaugh t Mcrrmm , proprietors of tlic
Union elevator , report an active trade m
grain during the past year. Tlio capacity ot
their elevator is nearly 1,000.000 bushels' '
Their trade during ISSS was as follows :
Uushcls.
, .
ley . tl,6Ull !
Kyo . 21,400
Cats . 4H > , ( UO.
\\lieat . IW.OOO
Total nnmberof bushels . , . . ! J87,400 ( !
Onthobisis of shipment , HOI ) bushels to
the carload , aside from oats , 0,405 cars were
required , which , together with the number
required In conveying the oats , elves a grand
total of 7,011 cars which have been received
and dispatched loaded with grain at 'tho ele
vator during the year IbS . These cars in
line would make a train extending over flfty
miles.
In addition to the urain shipped the brew
eries used about 4UOoou bushels or barley :
the distillery about O.IO.OOO bushels of corn' . ; "
the Omaha horse car lines used about 150,000.
bushejs of corn and oats , and the locul llour >
and feed mills aboat 450,000 bushels of Whcilti
and corn.
There was n largo increase in ucrcago.de >
voted last year to the growing of wheat , rye , t
corn and other small grain , and with the fni- > -
proved railway facilities and the rapid devel
opment of the country nttributary to Oinnha.
the grain trade of this city bids fair to in-
cruabo exte nsively during the year ,
Omaha's
City Comptroller C. S. Goodrich furnishes )
the following statement of the expenditures
of the city of Omaha for the eleven iiionUuj
of ISSS , ending Nov. ! i ( ) :
( IC.VCIIAIi FUND.
Salaries . V.O'.nu 10
( Jr.uling . V.i.JW 'M
.Mis bllld . IU2.-.2I Ni
Total frM.SU 60
run ;
Salaries ? 4-.i 7 07
Win. bills
Total. t Ol.OSfl 87
I'dl.ICK H.'Ml.
Palarien . . . $ . "il.'O.i (15 (
Mis. bills
Total $ hl/iVi 71
I'nblle library. . . . 14,211 12
Sl\ViU MAINT.M.NIM ) FUND.
Piil.lllii- , j. 2Ni ) 75
Jlls. bills : i2d 4'i
Tola ! . t niii ! 17
C railing . iil.7lii : to
Curbing nnil gut
tering . ! , ! I07 10
I'avi.igdif-trld. . . nu.tiii is
I'aving Inlnt-Mje's.
I'avlng , ulleyj. . . . 7.54:1 : 4H
Hexvers . 2.11.MW 1W
Vlinlii ts . „ : i.it : < i 18
flty hall . I'.l.llfl ' 1(1
Inilcinents . | Hir : ; , ai
Water rent . . . . 2-M : 10
Clcanlim slieetN , . IM..I'l'i ' ill
i.iw : w
paid. . . , ll.lh'.l tHl
liiaiul total
Omaha has thu lumor of being the rcali
ilenco of three bishops , Hlght Jtov. Gcorgo
' ! ' . VVorthiiigtun of thu ICjiiscopal , Klght Uovi
Jamc.s O'Connor of the Catholic nnd Uiuht
UPV. John I' . Kowmnii of the McUiojBt | )
[ 'linrch. 'J'lie first named dciiomimitlon hiui
llio llncht i-hnrch btrut'tnro in Uio city , ita' ,
-allicdral being a model of architectural skill.
ivhilo rit. Alathiiis' ' i-liurch , nniv being nructud
in South Tenth htreut , will bu the cijual ot
my building of the kind in the country.
Micro arellvo Kpisroiwl ehurchcs ill the city
mil six In process of erection ,
The Catholics have ten churches , the Moth-
xli ts eight , am ) other dimcimlnations have
evci-al line churches. OimUia in not want *
nij m religion , for there is scarcely n slrp.ct
n the city that has not a church upon It , and
ill the suburban places have ono or moro
louses of worship , representing difforoofc
lenoimnations , There aru s.xty live churchs * , ,
n Hits city , and thu building uf several othorm
s co.'itomplatcd. notably a cohtly cathedral
> y the Catholics. whoo church property in
hn > city is worth at least $1,000,000. Tliai
Omaha Itnse Hall ,
Omaha is n patron of sport , ant ) atlilotia
AcrciscH and supnorts a good club in tha
\catorn Haso Hall association. The club ,
UK ) , alto.jothcr , during the season ot 1888
wcnty-nino moinbei-H , whoso salaries for
oaion amounted lo 20,77i.b'J. ;
.
lilliiuvvlilMiUIn IW8 . .
nldllloiwl cxptllMJi . . .
A JUI-BO number of additional
neiilson the grounds will bo made e
he ujjrliig , for the season of ig.yj.