111 1
fnrrmYHTATTA TV A TT-tr T > Tm7i. mTTTTT > CT ! A "V TAATTTAT7V 1 1QO1
ishinonl nnd ready market and well pleased
buyers ,
The suet-ess of the Infant Industry la no
longer problematical , It Is nn tvssurcd fact M
nro nil the other
manufacturing Industrlca -
recently
contly located In Omaha tliat , are backed bv
n fair or commensurate capital awl conducted
by business men In
a business way.
I IMCTOlir.
At the beginning of the year the E. M.
Bulso manufacturing company discontinued
tho. manufacture of parlor furniture , and
turned its cntiro cstabllshmen
over to the
work of making lounges ( the demand for
wllleh it hud not been able toRiipply Informer
years ) , with what success mav be Inferred
when It Is learned the sales of iho company
Imvo been greater by 25 pur cent thim last
year.
Sixty men have been Inconstant employ
ment during the year , who Imvo received an
aggregate salary of 10,000.
Beobco As Uunvon liavo built n largo furni
ture factory on Thirteenth untl Grace streets
nnd will employ fifty men.
llIUCKMAKim
The thirty-oiio Individual and brlcknmklng
firms of Omaha manufactured during the
season (100 ( days ) 118,000,000 brick. By yards
the figures round up as follows : Martin
Ittner. ( ) . ( ! 0IOUO ( ; Uochoford & Gould , , ' 1,000- ,
01)0 ) ; lilchiird Smith. 0,000,000 ; John P.
Thornus. 'l,0t)0,0fl)0 ) ( ) : John Wlthnell , ; ifiOO,000 ;
AVitbnell A Smith , (5,000,000 ( ; Henry Jevesoy ,
8,000,000 ; P , A. Smltb,2,500HK ( ) ; C. B. Bicklo
ASon , 4,000,000 ; Gust Howard , 2,000,000 ;
Lars Johnson , 2.iOOOOfl ( ; Ncls Seioroe , 3,000-
000 ; Arthur Johnson , fi.OOO.iHlO ; Grand View
Brick company , 4,000,000 ; Nebraska Tlio nnd
Pottery company , 11,1X10,000 , , : Omalia Hy
draulic Press Brick company , 0onu,0)0 ( ) ; Peter
Wolf , 1,500,000 : Hunt As Met Julio , . ' 1.000.0(10 ( ;
MIcMe , Hlley &Co. , , ' 1,000.000 ; Dundee Brlrk
company , : i,000,0K ( ) ; II. V. Kplev , 2,000,000 ;
Joseph Dels * . 4XK.OOOi , ( ) Herman Delss , 2,00(1- (
1)00 ) ; Bailey is Olson , 4,000,1100 ; G. \ \ ' . Mo-
] ) rido. Ittner & Cassell , John J. James and
, Fred Haiisen , ouch IW)0,000 ) ; Jiicob Mnyor.fc
Co. , 2,000,10) ) ; Fred Menpeifoht , 2,000,000.
To compass Uio work of such nn output re
quired thounploymi'iit.of lilii ) men , whoso
pay aggregated 73,000 jicr mouth during
the season ,
SHOT.
Thl Northwestern Shot , k Lead Co. manu
facture sliot , lead pipe. . , bir lend and load
sash'weights. ' During the
year they in
creased thiilr output 300 ton * of lead. Owing
to the fact that their output Is principally
manufactured by machinery they employ
only nlno hinds , with a monthly pay roll of
TEAST KACTOKV.
ThoGcrmnn yeast factory Is another new
Industry to Omnhu , and Is proving itself to
bo a very desirable ono. The company which
operates the factory has in Its Pinnloy twenty-
two people , whoso monthly pay is upwards
f $1,500. The product of the factory is
jaugcd to moot dally demnnds , which nvcr-
go about ono ton per day. and which is
marketed In the cast as well us the west.
The company owning the plant Is exceed
ingly well pleased with their business the
past year , and confidently look for larger re
turns next year.
The Flclsehman yeast company manufac
tures nothingbutycnst. Its sail- ; lust year
wera Slg.dOO , nn increase of it'Uf per cent
ever 18S ! ) . Six employes are on its ray roll ,
drawlug"CO monthly.
M.ANINO MIM.S.
The builders , the brick nnd the stone men ,
the carpenters nnd the mill men who haVe
rolled upon Omaha business men fora liveli
hood and profitable rat urns for capital In
vested , have little to complain of and much
I to rejoice over in connection with their work
during tbo past year. The demnnds for ma-
terful and labor lias been uood , and prices
have held up remarkably well. The wood
working mills , which have kept la steady
employment a force men nro ;
! ' . W. Gray , planing mill , wish , door nnd
blinds , 125 men : monthly pay roll , f.,000.
A. Meyer , planing mill , sash , doors , etc. , 12
men ; monthly pay roll , . ' 00.
.McGreer A : Co. , planing mill , sash , doors
nnd oftiro llxturos , yj men ; pay roll , $2,000 ,
per month ,
Stevens ft. Sons , planing mill , sash , doors ,
blinds , ofllro fixtures , etc. , employ " 0 shop
men at a salary of $ l,0oopoimonth , nnd GO
men on building contracts at $ > .uUO per month.
MUler d Ounderson , mill men , doors ,
blinds , store and oflico fittings , employ sixty
men ; monthly pay roll $4,0oo per month. This
; Jlrm nro arranging to double the capacity of
'their mill next year , and contidontly expect !
to keep 1-0 mcu busy during the building sea
son. a.y
son.Tho Omaha planing mill company , formerly
located In tlio south purl of the city , kept
twenty-live men in employment uutil the
plant \viis burned out in October. Ir
monthly p ; v roll was 2,000. The company is
now located In the north part of tlio city , and
will next year glvo steady employment to ida
lurt'o force of men. idy
The Helm sash nnd door company employ
thirty inon ; monthly pay roll $2,000. This
company will add several thousand dollars
worth of now machinery in 1stI. )
John A. Wiilccflcld. sash , doors nnd blinds ,
' reports an Incrcaso in business during Iho
'past year of " 0 per cent. Thirty men are em
ployed , at a monthly pay roll of $1,501) ) . nDO
John M. Shcely employs a capital of $00,000
and covers tlio territory embracing Nebraska ,
-f6xvn and Missouri. Fifteen men nro em
ployed , with a payroll of 1,000 per month. i.h
AVlneoto & Itlloy. manufacturers of sash ,
doors , blinds and interior ilnish , also contracting
tracting work ; they employed 150 men at am at
average monthly payroll of f l,000 and thirty
mill bunds at an average monthly payroll
of ? l,500.
jr William Snyder , manufacturer of flno car-
ria Vis and buggies , employs a capital irof
JOiXK ) . Twelve employes are on his pay
roll which amounts to fSOO per month.
Wi U. Urummond & Co , have had n prosperous -
porous j'ear. The number of their employes
has been increased 25 per eont over last year.
Number of men now employed , twenty-live ,
monthly nay roll $1,500.
'B. II. Osterhoudt has employed tea men ,
pay roll JDOO.
Ji D. Meadlmer has had sixty men em
ployed since ho lias occupied the now factory
. building , to whom ho has paid $5,000 each
month.
A. J. Simpson employs thirty-flvo men ;
pay roll Si.fiOO. Mr , Simpson reports a satls-
nctory increase In business for the past year.
VINEOAIl W011KS.
Ilanrmnn Brothers , proprietors of the
Omaha vinegar works , manufacture white
wlno nnd cider vinegar ; employ seven men ,
at an expense of ? 50U per month. They report -
port an Increase of 00 per cent In their busi
ness during the year.
.Marks Brothers , manufacturers of har
ness , saddlery and horse collars say their
business increased about 20 per cent in 1800 ,
nrjd looic for a larger Increase during the ;
coming year. Employes , 05 ; monthly pay
roll , 1,000. nyht
Collins it Morrison , manufacturers of light
nnd heavy harness , pay t-J ! mechanics $1,500
monthly. The 11 rm has had n prosperous
year and nn Increased business over 16s' . ) .
C. D. Wood worth huvo 13 employes ; pay
roll $ ( HX ) monthly.
Total number of harnessmakers in all the
shops , largo nud small , is 205 , and thuy euru
on an average | 15 per week each.
ClQAllFACTOUltS.
The cigar making Industry In the west has
suffered greatly f rom eastern tenement house
and eastern penitentiary compotlon. The
thlrtv-llvo cigar factories of Omaha have em
ployed during the year past but 1U ! peopltioti
nn average. A few years ago Messrs.Vost \
& Fritchor had moro thun that number of
people on their payroll nlono. Nearly nil the
old-tlmo big lactorles of western clues liavo
reduced their force of workman to a mini
mum and protected their wholesale trade on
cheap poods by handling the eastern makes
that retailers will Imvo. But with nil
. .L the disadvantage.1' that our factories labor
. against , thov makonn excellent showing ns
compared with other western cities , and the
185people who are glvea employment draw n
monthly stipend of a trilla loss thnn fO.OOO.
UXTUAOT MANUFACTU11UU3.
The Omaha extract nnd spice company Is
B-owing year by year in a business way.
urlng the past year Its employes numbered
six ; pay-roll W"B per month.
Max Mover's " extract factory has employed
alx people"pay-roll$350 per month.
'Iho Consolidated coffee hns
company era-
doyod twenty-four people ; monthly pay-roll
iWO.
'I ' Those factories manufacture flavoring extracts -
tracts of all kinds , baking powder , bluing ,
mucilage , Ink , oto.
imnoM FACTOJUK * .
, The output of the two broom manufactories
ot the cltv for the past year shows a material
increase over the previous year. Fred Kruuso
has kept In employment nlno men nud manu
factured 10,000 dozen brooms , sills monthly
pay-roll hns been $450. H. E. Copson has
employed ulght men and made about thonamo
nuwbor. Ills pay-roll wsu $100 per mouth.
All their trooda mot a ready sale among the
retailers , of the city.
oVKtitu * rAcronir.s.
The manufacture of overalls , pant , coats
shirts aim duck lined clothing Is an Industry
that had a very small beginning In Omaha ,
but ono that hns developed rapidly nnd tlmt
gives promlso of n great future. At present
there are thrco factories , the J , T. Hobinson
notion company , M. IJ. Smith ft Co. and
Knts ! , Novens ft Co , The number of hands
cmplovcd , many of them girls. Is KM , and
the monthly payroll $10SUO. The amount of
business done by these factories during 1SOO
was (550,000.
rouxnmr.s.
Davis t Cowglll's foundry nnd machine
shop was run to Its full capacity during last
year. It carried on its payroll thirty men ,
whoso monthly salaries aggregated Jl03.
McLcaria&Oelilrlo's foundry works , In the
northwest part of the city , employed eigh
teen men ; monthly payroll , SIWU. ,
Wuarno Vi'04. , Iron founders and manufac
turers of general maehlncry , report a hnnd-
sotno iucreaso in business during the your ,
Tlioy employ six men with u monthly pay
rullofilOO.
The Acnio Iron and wlro works' products
are ornnmental iron work , Iron fencing nnil
cruHiini ; and Iron work. A general repair
works is also counccti-ii with the establish
ment. Six mon are employed with an aver-
monthly pay roll of 1-0.
WOKKS ,
Tlio I'axton & Viei-Jing Iron works were
orpnnlrod In IbSO with n capital stouk of
$ . 0,000 aud on Decembur 31 , IS'.H ' ) , tlio capital
stock was quoted at flonIK)0. , Since ISMlthu
business has Increased 400 per cent. In i'-sii
sixty men wcro employed nnd InlstiQi&U
men. The outjiut nf tlio works durlnii Iho
year amounted to (400,1100 , , which embraces
architectural Iron work , heavy forgiugs , gen
eral foundry and machine work , special
water and pas plpo castings , ete. Tlio
average monthly pay roll tri ISW wiis 83,000.
( J. O. Michiielson .t Co. , proprietor of tlio
Omaha Machine Works , manufacture all
kinds nf contracted machinery and u iigines.
'J hey employ twenty-live mechanics , with a
monthly pay roll of ? lb 0.
Mid-Contincntlnl Boiler and Sheet Iron
Works , Wilson & Drake , proprietors , manu
facturers of bolli-rs , oil and water tanks ,
stacks nnd broi-culng , report nn increase of
about twenty per tout during last year. They
employ thirty men with a monthly p.iy roll of
Jl'WO. The amount invested in their busi
ness is $ yo,000. Carter A Son , manufacturers
of boilers , tallies and shret iron works , have
been established in Omaha two years. Their
business has enjoyed an Increase of 200 pol
ecat during the past year. They employ
twenty men with a pay roll of ? 1,200 , per
mouth.
NICKEL M.ATtXO.
The Western Plating Works Is n now cn-
tcrpriso in Omaha , having begun business on
a very limited scale about ten months ago ,
but the plant lius rooted well , nnd is growing
weak bv week in a healthy , satisfactory way.
Oiold , silver nnd nickel plating is done at ttio
works on nil kinds of metals. The work now
employ 11 vo men , who earn In salaries fJOO
per month.
11A11I1EH WIllK AXl ) NAU , WOI1KS.
The Omaha Barbed Fcuee and Nail com
pany , n corporation that was organised in
January , Iba'.1 ' , succeeded the Omaha .Hatocd
Wire company , which had been in existence ,
since IbsO. Tbo capital stock of the com
pany , $150,000 , Is fully paid up , nnd the com
pany is doing a thriving , growing and most
satisfactory business.
is'inu million pounds of barbed wire were
made during the year past , nn increase over
ISbUor 1,000,000 pounds. It Is worthy of note
that hinco the business was started the
growth has been about 1,000,000 pounds per
jear. Mot only does the company manufac
ture barbed wire , but stoul cut nails , steel
wire nails mid staples at well.
Forty men nro employed in the factory and
the monthly pay roll is upwards of $1,700.
' J1HT.VI. COItN'ICKS.
The Western Cornice works manufactures
Iron and copper cornices and slnto reeling.
The business was established in Ibb9 and this
year shows an increase of about i.0 per cent
over the past year with flattering prospects
for the current year. Fifty mechanics are
employed at a monthly expense of $ V-00. !
The Omaha cornice works fairly divided
the contract work of the city ami outside
towns with its competitors. Its employes
number L'O , their pay roll 81,500 monthly.
Among tiio metal cornice workers who re
port a prosperous and satisfactory business
year is the proprietor of the ICuglo cornice
works. During tlio year machinery lor do
ing stamping work has been added to the
Kaglo's appliance.- ' , which promises good returns -
turns for the investment. The monthly pay
roll for 20 men is SI , 000.
COFFIN'S ASH CASKETS.
In November , 1SS9 , the Omaha coQln manu
facturing company purchased the plant uof ,
the Western casket company anil increased
tlio capital stock foO.OOO. Tlio factory is lo
cated in the vicinity of Druid Hill , and ad
joining it n three-story brick warehouse dJx
ITU , is building for the accommodation of
the company's increasing trade , and in tlio
rear of the factory a idlu for the reception of
a Is'iehol's lumberdrycr is just lluished. Next
year Wfi.OOO worth of Improvements will bo
added to the plant. bom
Tlio company keeps 30 men in steady em
ployment nnd pays out for labor each month
aboutl.SOO ,
110X PACTOIUES.
An Industry that tlio wnolesalo trade of
Omaha demanded sonic years ago was the
manufacture of packing boxes. F , C. Feck- :
rnschcr & Co. are now making 30,000 per
month , employing skilled labor , boys and
girls with a mcnthly payroll of $400.
.f. L. Wiluio , the paper box maker has
turned out 1,200 boxes per day , on an average ,
during thu year , S\ \ per cent more than last
year. Ho employs Hi girls who receive ia
wages , ? 3oO per month.
F. It. Iloft manufactures cigar boxes :
exclusively. Last year the product of the
factory amounted to 100,000 boxes. There
arc six employes , who aggregate a month's
salary list of ssi
TJXWATin M.VXUl'ACTUKUH.
Omaha tinware manufacturing company ,
and Jobbers In fruit , cracker , oil , oyster and
jacket cans , report n very largo increase in
business. Tuey consume four carloads inof
tin plates per month , but could consume eight
had they sufficient room in which to operate. ,
They employ llfty operatives ; payroll , $2,500
per month.
UTIIOOIUFHEIIS , rjtiSTinta AND BINDERS.
The printing fraternity of Omaha , Includ
ing lithographers aim hinders as commercial :
congeners , has prospered well during tbo
past year. O Dices liavo not multiplied , terre
materially Increased over tbo number reported
ported In ISS'J , but the business they enJoyed -
Joyed Increased , as diu the waijo-workors
comparatively. Messrs. Gibson , Miller &
Uiclmrdsou , the Republican Job printing com-
puny , the Hecs printing company , the West- !
cru'prlntluff [ company , the liorkley printing
company , Ackerman Ill-others & HcliiU , the
Fcslncr printing company , Dan C. Shelley ,
Manger mid the twentv-llvo other job printIng -
Ing nud binding establishments in the city :
employed , during the year , W3 people , wliosu
aggrcirnto salaries amounted to $ . ' 5SOO
mouthy.
Ing
Industries of the city which nro cntitleil to
brief , though in Inil lortauce not minor men
tion , uro the following :
Ponioy & Sesellto , bottlers nnd manufac
turers of soda wOor , employ thirty people ;
pay-roll $ r > 00 monthly.
Hlloy Brothers. In their bottling depart
ment , employ eight men ; pay-roll f 100.
The Omaha slate and rooting company em
ploy twenty men , with a pay-roll of S'Jiri per
week. They report a very heavy increase Iu
business ,
The American Press nssoclatlonwhlch fur
nishes stereotypes plato matter to SUO news
papers In the west employ thirty men ; pay >
roll f I.IWX ) monthly.
The Woitcrn Newspaper Union supplies
2. > 0 country newspapers with ready-printed
sheets. It employs thirty-flvo men ; pay-roll
$5.noo monthly.
William Lyle Dlclcoy's ' tin
ware manufac
tory department has 8 men , nay roll , f WO.
Totils Kroitzsch's dye works gives employ-
incnt to 0 jteople , pay roll , 1 100.
Milton Kogurs & Sons' tin
ware depart
ment demands tbo services of 13 men , pay
roll. * 1,000.
Hill & Young , furniture dealers , employ 11
men In their furnishing and upholstery " de
partment , pay roll , $ $00 ,
J. S. Can ill & Co. , manufactures trunks ,
traveling bags and sumnlo cases. Their busi
ness increased greatly during the year. Em
ployes. 4 , pay roll , ? ; 75 ,
C , H. For by , truulc and sample case man
ufacturer , has (1 ( men , pay roll , MOO.
Doivcy & Stone u'holeialo furniture , cmI I
ploy 75 men' In their upholstering nnd fur-
nlshlng department , pay roll , fci'.OOU.
MnrholT , trunk maker , has 4 men , pay
rou . wo.
Mcllreon k Carter , heavy and shoot Iron
workers. 7 men , pay roil , WiO.
WOlO . J. Wlldo A : Co. , show case manufactur
ers , omiiloyw , 6 ; pay roll , $ ' ! 0i ) .
There nro three stove rcpulr. works In the
city , J. O. Monipcr , Thomas Hlrmlngbam and
the Omnha stove repair company , whoso em
ployes number 'jrij payroll 00.
Sleek manufacturing company make touts ,
awnings , etc. , employes , 'JO ; pay roll $1,000.
The ( juealey so.ip company employs 15 people
ple ; pay roll , SX)0 ! ) ,
.L P. Cooke ft Co. , rubber .stamn makers ,
glvo employment tort ; pay roll , KW.
Omnha knitting factory , 0 employes ; pay
roll , $ ! ! ( > .
John Powers , J , Seymour and Oeorgo 13.
Flick , coopers , employ 40 mechanics , who
cam on nn average W'JOO ' per month.
Myers & Olnss , soap makers , find steady
woric for 15 men , to whom they pay $300 per
month.
Omaha rubber stamp company , S employes ,
pay roll. SCO.
The Omaha paint nnd varnish company
carry Si men on iu pay roll ; monthly salary ,
KV-WO.
Omnhn hat factory gives 10 men employ
ment , pay roll , & 00.
\V. IJ. Qulntln , manufacturers of stone out
ers' toots , H men ; pay roll , $ IJO.
O'Uerno , Hoslck & Co. , curors nnd ship
pers of hides , tt.llow , etc. , give steady em
ploy men t to 114 men : pay roll , $2.100 ,
Watson Bros. , horse shoo makers' employ
twenty-live men , pay roll S2.000.
Omaha Carriage Top factory- employs six ,
pay roll fStXI.
\V. A. Page Soap company ptivo employ
ment to thirty-eight men during the past
year , monthly pay roll 6.,2r > 0.
Honrv li Cox , tin w.iro manufacturer , em
ploys twelve men , pay roll -550.
Oniahii Stained Glass works , employs ton ,
pay rolll * 5 ( > 0.
. .I.Mullur , confectioner , nnrt Voegelo &
Dining , confectioners , employ fitly candy
makers , pay roll $1 , < M'J.
Omaha Knitting Wool company have fifteen
employes , pay roll &IVJO.
D.I ) . Dunbar & Cocngi-avorg , otchors.otc. . ,
have twenty employes , pay roll $ lfiOO.
The stone yards of Drexcl & Foil , Alex
Scholl , and B. Mclqulst , glvo sovonty-llvo
men tvnploymcnt , pav roll $1,000.
Thfe'o are 123 dressmaking parlors in the
city.that glvo employment to several hundred
sowing girls.
There nro three feed mills in Omaha , the
City mlllstlio Glcncoo mills , nnd the OsUnmp
mills , which gives employment to tweuty-flvo
men. pay rolls $ lf > 00.
Itissnfoto estlmato the number of em
ployes of the sixty-two hotels big and llttlo
of Omaha nt l.OJO.
The forty-eight merchant tailoring estab
lishments ot the city give employment to
nearly GOO mechanics wio earn on nn uverago
J15 per week each , $ ! ! 0,000 per month.
Champion Iron nntlVIro works manufac
ture iron , wire , brass goods and awnings.
Tlioy employ twelve mechanics at a mouth's
pay roll of S500.
The Omaha mattress factory began bus I-
ness March 1 last , nnd from the start hns
enjoyed n good trade , nver.u'lnj ? the manu
facture nnd snlo of ill mattresses per day.
They have 111 won employed , to whom they
pay a trilio over ? " 00 per month.
Tlio Omalia basket work's yearly output
will bo about $00,000 , worth of baskets. Forty
people nro employed and $1,000 is the mouth-
ly pay-roll.
Tlio Smelting ; Works.
To the Omaha nnd Grant smelting and ro
nnmg works the largest plant of tlio kind in
the world-located on the river front east of
Dodge street , n very largo share of the ere is
consigned which tlio mines of AIontannIunho ,
Colorado , Dakota and Arizona yield up. The
building and yard trjukago covers about
twcnty-llvo noreu of ground , nnd represents
an Invested capital of SUiOU.OOO.
Over ? " > , OOU was expended in improve
ments during the past year. It is complete
in appointments and facilities , and accom
plishes thu most satisfactory work. When it
is learned that 05,000 tons of ore were smelted
In ISM it will bo admitted tlmt its busiuoss is
of gigantic proportions.
Its average number of employes is 050 ,
monthly pay-roll $ .Ki.UOJ , moro thau a third of
a million each year.
The business done at the works during the
year past , ns shown by trio following state
ment , is surprisingly largo :
Vnluo.
J > nrt , pound- S2SIM > 9I t 2WI.2M ! 05
Silver , ounce" ) la.lM.774 HStt4Ui3 S'l
< > olilOUiico > 1-JI.T84 S.5IS..S07 0.1
Bulplmtuorropper 0,4-5,150 M.4UO 00
The ofllcers of the company nro : Guy C.
Burton , president ; J. B. Grant , vlco-prosi-
dent : 12. W. Nash , secretary and treasurer ;
Charles Balbach , superintendent.
Omnha Water Works.
The American Water Works company has
$0,500,000 invested in a plant In Onmlm' that
is second to none of its kind on the continent.
During Uio past year tto company bos built
nnd equipped a high service pumping station
at Twentieth and Popplcton to supply South
Omaha , at a cost of i'JO.OOO. ' An additional
three-million gallon engine has also been
placed at tlio high service station in Walnut
Hill. A fifteen-million
- low service cnirino
has been put in operation nt the Florence
plant , and the company Is no\v at work put
ting in the largest high service pump over
built , having a capacity of 18,000,000 , gallons
daily , and costing $125,000. These improve
ments will aggregate SiOO.OOO in cost. They
give the company n capacity on low service
ot J5.000.0IM ) gallons daily and 40,000,000 on
tlio high service. 311n
During the year the com
pany has laid eight miles of now water mains ,
rallying in size from six to sixteen iti''hes : ,
and giving the company n total of 155 miles. !
The company also furnishes water for 1,315
llro hydrants , the service of which is paid
for by the city. Tlio reservoir system .idat
Florence is ono of tholargosfin the United
States , and consists of llvo immense reser ;
voirs , having a total capacity of aoo.OOO.OOO
gallons. The water Is punipod from the river
into ono of the basins , the upper strata
iis water flowing laS
ever wires into each succes !
sive basin until tbo lust ono Is reached , from
whicli tlio water in its settled and filtered
statois pumped directly into the mains and
furnished to consumers. The basins nro pro
tected by masonry walls lined with cement
and concrete. They nro cleaned by a series
of mud-valves located in the bottom nnd so
arranged that each reservoir bo
may separ
ately emptied and cleaned without interfer
ing with the operation of the plant. jriu
There are now about 7,000 water takers iu
the city and the dally consumption for nil
purposes amounts to 15,000,000 gallons , Tlio
company's present plant has capacity suill-
clout to furnish llvo times the amount 111of
water required by the city at present.
Baring the past year the company has ora-
ployed an average of 200 men and had raa
weekly payroll of t > Jf)00.
1t The oulcors of the company are W. A. Un
derwood , president and general manager ; fnW. .
II. 1 Ball , assistant , manager ; A. B. Hunt ,
superintendent : Captain Bdward Hugcr , con
sulting engineer.
Tim Klcctrio Ijluht Company.
The now Omaha Thompson-Houston elec
tric light company , which succeeded the old
electric light company less thnn n year ngo ,
bas made many rapid strides toward placing
its plant in the fore-front , if not nt the head
of similar corporations In any city , enst or
west , equal Iu imputation to Omaha. Insldo
of twclvo months the company tins expended
upwards of $300.000 and before another half
year passes n half million dollars nt least will
have been Invested by the company , The
works i\ro \ located at the foot of Jones street ,
and tlioy uro housed in a substantial four-
story brick , sufficiently largo to admit of n
ten years growth of the city nnd
the demands such a growtli will naturally
make upon the light malting power
and the lighting facilities of thorn. During
the greater part of the past year the 'now
Thompson-Houston was unable to supply nil
the demands for now service owing to the
fact that the innchiiiory was taxed to its
fullest capacity all the tune , notwithstanding
tbo low additions that wcro continually being
mado. At the present time llvo
now boilers 150 horse power each ,
nnd ono now 750 horse power oiiglno
are being sot in place anil condltloa to do
duty , A row of now condensers , heaters and
mechanical filters are also In the uulluing and.
will bo put In place as quick as man aud
money will do It ,
During the post year the company has put
up seventy-live mlles of wlro nnd Is now supplying -
plying light for 5,0JO incandescent lamps nnd
1-0 "ro lamps. During the day tiino [
it utilizes an oighty-horso power cngluo for
supplying power to light manufacturing'in-
iusidustrics unit the lighting of basements , The
Enicompany employes sixty mo , whoso monthly
pay roll aggregates { .1,000. I
nanTho onicers in charge nro L. S. Wiley , pres
ident ; B. K. Chubback , secretary-treasurer
n ° d superintendent.
< THE CflUQpCE OF THE WEST ,
Handled by , jrhjrtoen Groit Railways that
. ( Ooutorm Omaha.
' '
A NATURAL 'DISTRIBUTING CENTER ,
Tlio UnsurpiiHScU Facilities for Trnnsa'
otiulncntAl'r ) Trnfllo Kxtonslotis
Mndo Diirlnti tlio Past Year
lujonl Business.
Situated on the most direct route of travel
between the Atlantic seaboard center nnd
] the Pacific coast , the gateway to the agricultural
. . . .
tural , mineral nnd grazing regions of the
great west , tlio natural distributing center
for the business of the most prosperous sec
tion of the nation , Omaha Is a natural rail
way center , and enjoys unsurpassed facilities
for transcontinental tranic ,
Thirteen great trunk lines converge hero
giving employment to moro thnn four tnou-
sand residents of the city , whoso yearly
earnings ngeregnto moro than four and 0110-
half million dollars.
Four of these roads , the Chicago fi North
western , the Chicago , Itocic Island it Pacific ,
the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Pnul nnd the
Chicago , Burlington .t Qulncy , give Omaha
direct communication with Chicago nnd ttm
east , all cf them ruunlug their trains into
the union depot. Tlio Wnbash , the Knnsas
City , St. Joseph it Council Bluffs mid the
Missouri Pacillc , all trunk lines ,
afford connections between Omnha mm
St. Louis mid tbo south. The Chicago , St.
Paul , Minneapolis it Omaha nnd the Chicago
it Northwestern furnish an outlet via Sioux
City nnd St. Pnul to tlio northern IniccH. Thu
Fremont , Ellcliorn it Missouri Valley makes
the mineral and stock regions of Wyoming ,
northwest Nebraska and South Dakota tribu
tary to Omutin. The B. it M. nnd the Union
Pacillc bring all Nebraska , northern Kansas ,
Colorado and Wyoming into eloso business
relations with Omnha in addition to furnish-
hip outlets for transcontinental tranic.
During the past year the Burlington nnd
the KlKhorn have both built extensions into
Dendwood and other points tlmt bring tlio
trade of South Dakota nearer to Omaha. The
Rock Island construction of a now short line
from this city to connect with its line throin-h
Uio southern part of the state gives Omaha
another direct line to Lincoln mid makes this
city an important polut on the Kocic Island's
line from Chicago to Denver. The Union
Cut-oft gives the Missouri 1'nclflo a short line
into Omaha , connecting with the through line
for tlio south and southwest.
The thirteen roads tlmt center In Omaha
city every twenty-four hours. Tlio new
union depot , now in process of construction ,
will bo completed within tlio year and will
furnish ample depot and transfer facilities
for tlio immense trafllc that is bundled at tills
point.
Tlio railroads operated directly from Omaha
Imvo a total of over eleven thousand miles of
finely equipped road.
TIII : vxtox TACiric.
Omaha Is the headquarters of the Union
Pacillc railway , the greatest truulc line on the
American continent.
Tlio system cqmurlses 7,500 miles of trunk
lines and branches , all operated from Omaha ,
and making directly tributary to this city the
coal and mineral Holds of wyomtnir , Color
ado nnd Montana' the stock regions of all the
western statesaiid. , ' territories , nud the ontiru
commercial interes'tsof tlio great ana growing
West and northwest. All of tlio various
branches and leased lines of tlio corporation
nro now operated from the headquarters In
this city. Moro than seventeen hundred em
ployes ot the company reside in Omaha , : i50oC
whonrilnd employment iu the headquarters ,
and the ethers iu tlio shops and yards. In all
the company has over "fourteen thousand em
ployes , whoso monthly pay aggregates nearly
81,01)0,000. )
During the past year a change was made in
the niaiiagomeiitof Iho roadPre.sdeutClinrlcs !
Francis Adamsibouig succeeded by Siiliioy
Dillon and Mr. H..H. H. Clark becoming gen-
eralinauagerof tlio system. '
The exccutivd'dlttcoi-s'of '
the comp'any and
and their assistants .who Imvo their head
quarters in Omaha are : S. 11. II. Clark ,
general manager ; \V. U , Holcomb , assistant
creneral manager ; Thomas L. Klintxill , third
vice president ; C..S.1 Mellon , general ti-alllo
manager mid J. A. Monroe , assistant ; E. L.
Lomax , general passenger agent and John AV.
Scott , assistant ; It. IJllckcnderfor , general
superintendent Nebraska division ; .T. II.
Griftlttis , general purchasing agent : F. B.
Whitney } , general freight agent and K. H.
Wood assistant ; TJ. H. Kortv , superintend
ent of telegraph ; Krastus Young , auditor ;
John Wilson , assistant superinteiidtnt of
inotlvo power ; J , S. Cameron , superintendent
olc construction ; John Manchester , general
claim ! agent ; John M. Tliurstou , general at
torney : V. u. Bqtjuo , chief engineer.
tcpi The following' 'is a statement of the com
pany's extensions , Improvements aud busi
ness for the year IS'JJ i
111M
Miles of trncknga onornteiljanunrr 1 , 1600..C.C18.74
Mileage mlUcUUurltiK W.O . U1M2
Total nilloago Decsmbor 31. 18M . . " . . T.W.l.S'i
.Mlk'.l.
Fort WorlU & Denver City rnllvvny . 4iili.II
IX'tivur , Tuxaa & Kurt Worth railway . J-'I.TS
SiM.S'J
The nboro llnoi Imvo formed n part of tbo Union
rnttllo fJ-Btclii a I n c.i Ayrll I. li'M.
Minor additions . . . 10.23
UollliiK tiitck udtlod clurliiR 18'JO :
Locomotive *
6IL 3
cr cirs mudo up na follows :
Dlnlnjf car- * * 6
Otlior pussciiKor cirs , 43
Stutouiont of tonnao of frulght roiolvoil nnd
forwarded tit Ouiuliii and South Oiuulm during ISM ;
OMAHA. Tom.
Total number of tons forwarded S75.HI2 [
Total number of tons recoiled S18,7.TJ
SOUTH OMAHA.
Totnl numborof tons forwarded 101,03 r ,
Total millibar of ton * rocolvoil -7MJ
Cars.
Iilro stock forwarded from Omaha nnil South
Oumlifi 3,057
Llvo slnclc received at Onmlm and South
Oinntia 11,922
Tbo company hns flvo through passenger ;
trains and ninu suburban trains arriving nnd
departing daily , and cloven passenger trains
each way between Omnlianud Council Bluffs ,
making connections with trains on the east
ern roads.
TUB nrjllI.INOTO ! " SV.STEir.
The Burlington & Missouri river railroad
in Nebraska , which constitutes the Burling
ton system west of the Missouri , was pro
jected along in tbo 'sixties ' and from an insignificant
significant mileage extending westward from
Kearney in ISO ! ) , it has gradually grown from
year to year , until It now has an aggregate of
UMJ ( miles , of which Klli miles were con
structed in I8DJ and of which " , S. > 0 miles ire
in Nebraska. This cntiro mileage is oper
ated from tlio company's Imudquarters srin
Omaha , rcilehlng'/r6ni ' nil Important Mis
souri river termini. Omaha , Plattsinouth ,
Nebraska City , St. .losoph , Atchlson nil
Kansns City on thqujist and traversing the
great state of Nebraska , touching nil princi
pal cities , and readies Denver , Colo. , and
Cheyenne , Wyo. , oij the west nnd to New
castle , Wyo. tra"northwest. / wry
, on northwest. By Its ; ry
comprehensive Iiuc3.of road the an
rou to Is able to riin ( U own trains from hi
cage , Peoria nnd Stj Louis direct to rer
and Cheyenne , malting connection for all Pa
cillc coast . " iThis 'ans
points. company now owns :
three steel bridges ' across the Missouri , ono
nt Plattsinouth , 'cud at Nebraska City and
ono ntKuIo. Duriiu : the past year it has
completed a line to the Black Hills , thus
aliening up to thcctrmio editors of the Mis
souri valley , nciv-ond , valuable territory and
a country immensely1 rich in real and mineral
deposits , whoso po'si ' Ilitlr.s for the future
promlso much for'tho commercial prosperity
of Omaha end ihQDluto at largo. The com
pany employs moro limn six thousand inon ,
& 00 ot whom nro employed in Omnhn.
The following statement will show thu Im
mense amount of tralllo done by the Bur-
ington In and out of Omaha iu IS'JO ;
Numlicr of cjiri of llvo stock rcculri-il at
I.IC3
Oiimlu ami .South ( Imnliu
Numbi'rof toui of frolKht ri-ci'lvoit at Oiuulm
unit Houlli Omaha. , .
of loni of fruluht forwarded from
Uninlia nnd South Ouiahn KH.IGS
Tutul iiuuibei Of iiiiientur ! > cnrrlo.l un whole
ijrjtumVi IS'-'J ' 1'J19II1
Nuinlmr of trains nrrltlntf InOiuitlia Unllf. . . . IT
Niiinbur of trains ileimrtliiK Iruui Uuiitha
dulir T
Nimilxiruf fmllrulni arrlrlntf anducparllnK
Unit/ i
The headquarters of the Burlington road
nro In Its own building at the corner of Tenth
mid Farnam strocU. George W , Boldrcga ; Is
resgeneral manager ; Qooriju II. Crosby , general !
freight agent ; John Francis , general passen
ger agent ; J , G. Taylor , assistant treasurori
O. C. Dornmn , auditor. The general supcrln-
'tcudcnt's ' ofllco Is at Lincoln ,
fREUOXT , EtKHOKX AMI8SOC1U
The "Kllchorn" U recognized as ono of the
most Important railroad lines centering In
Omnho. Tlio Klldiorn represents the trans-
Missouri ' lines of the gro.it Chicago it North
western system. It penetrates the richest
counties In Nebraska and Is u vnluubln feeder
tot the parent line as well as n wonderful help
to Omaha's ( commercial Interests , opening to
the Jobbers of this city rapidly developing
territory In Wyoming and Dakota. The com
pany > ' oiwrates l/Jy ) miles ot road of Its own ,
the mnln line running from Omaha into Na-
trona county , Wyoming , a distance of OtO
miles. Branch lines run from Fremont to
Hastings , from Fremont to Lincoln , from
' Lincoln to Superior , from Scrlbner to Oak-
dale , from Norfolk to Vordlgro In Nebraska ,
from Children , Nob. , to Oendwood.S. L ) . , nud
from Buffalo Uap to Hot Springs , S , D. Tbo
Sioux City As Pacific road , 10" miles In length ,
isc operated by the Ulkhorn. It runs from
Sioux City to Missouri Vnllov , Ia. , nnd from
Missouri : Valley to Fremont'Nob. Over this
Hill through CUM are ruu from Omaha to St.
1'nul ,
In the past year the line was extended
from Buffalo Gap to Hot Springs , S. IX , giv
ing .tho .company the only direct route to the
great health resort of the northwest. This
extension was fourteen miles in length. Tlio
road was also extended from Whlt'owood to
Deadwood , nlno miles and from Whitewood
to Minnesota , n distaucaof twenty miles.
The eomn.niy runs three passenger trains
each way Into and from Omaha dally , con
necting closely with branch linoi. Flvo
regular freight trains arrive and depart daily
mid to this number is added a largo number
of live stock trains from tlio rich counties
along the company's linos.
The company's headquarter * nro located In
tlio Merchants' National bank building where
sixty clerks nro employed. The olUcors lo
cated in Omaha nro : II. G. Burt , KOiiural
manager ; J. B , Iliuvloy , general attorney ; J.
K. Buehunan , general p.issonger ngeut ; 1C.
C. Morchouse , general freight agent ; C. C.
Hughes , general superintendent ; J. K. Alns-
worth , chief engineer ; \V. P. McFarland ,
superintendent ot lologrnph.
The company's employes' payroll in Omaha
nlono amounts to S3OJO n month.
ClIICAOO , 9T. I'AUl , , MIN'XL'.Vl'OMS ifc OMAHA.
This road Is ono of the most Important to
Omahn , giving the city , as it does , comicc-
tons with llvo largo ports on Lalto Superior
nnd with numerous branch lines in tbo great
lumber , mineral , agricultural nnd live stock
regions of tbo north and northwest. Its road
bed and heavy stool tracks are admirably
adapted for heavy trulllc. During IS''O ' the
company extended its Randolph branch
twenty-two miles northwesterly , opening up
a now and rich Held tributary to Omaha. Its
train service during the year was greatly im
proved , including convenient suburban trains
and the putting on of parlor cars on Its
through trains between Omaha and St. Paul.
At Omaha extensive improvements have boon
made. The approach to the freight depot on
Fourteenth street lias been paved with Sioux
Fulls granite , a now baggage house tmlttnnd
the depot and yards lighted by electric lights.
It is estimated that the company handled ,
moro than flvo hundred thousand
tons of freight nt its local yards
during the year. The company
brings to the Omaha yards from the thriving
towns along the line nn average of1,01)0 ) cars
of live stock per year. It takes from Nesot
brnska for delivery nt its Inko ports thousands
of cars of grain nnnually , nnd in rotum
brings back from these ports for tlio south
west , lumber , hard coal and other freight
from eastern lake ports. The local otflcors of
tlio company are 11. S. Jaynos , superintend
ent ; Charles J. Smnllwood , chief train dis
patcher ; layman Sholcs , general agent.
The company's pay-roll in Nebraska
amounts to $ . " > UO,00 ( ) annually.
MlSSOfKI I'ACIFIU IIAIMVAY.
Improvements mndo by the Missouri Pa
cific railway during the past year make
Omaha , the northern terminus , ono of the
most important points on tlio system. The
completion of tlio branch from Plattsmouth ,
vln Union to Omnhn. was accomplished a few
months njio. The Missouri Pacillc enters tbo
state from tno south and passes through the
rich country along the Missouri river.
Branch lines run from Lincoln to Weeping
Water , Crete to Talmago , Warwick , ICun. , to
Presser , Neb. , and from Union to Omaha via
I'iuttsmouth to Omalia. Two passenger
trains arrive .nnd depart daily , riimilmr
through to St. Louis and connecting closely
with trains on the branch lines. Eight freight
trains arrive nnd depart daily from tlio depot
on Fifteenth nnd Nicholas streets , where
thirty men are employed. The passenger sta
tion of tbo company is ut , Fifteenth nud Web
ster streets.
The Omaha officers of the company are .T.
O. Phillippi , assistant general freight nud
pnsseiipor ugcut ; T. F. Godfrey , city passen
ger agent , and II. B. ICooser , city freight
ntrent. Twelve clerks nro employed in the
olllees of the general agents.
Mr. S. H. II. Clark , llrst vice president and
general manager of tbo company , ulso first
vice president of the Union Pacific , has his
riHldeneo la this city.
All of the railroads centering in Omnhn
have exceptionally line terniinnl facilities in
the Omaha Bolt line , which Is operated by
the Mlssouii Pacific company. IncUidinir Its
South Omnha branch nnd the double traclf.-
Ing uullt in the past year the Bolt line now
has twenty-three ami n-hulf miles of track.
During'tlio past year very extensive im
provements wore tnado by this corporation.
The work of double-tracking to South Onmlm
was commenced nnd three nndn-bnlf miles of
the work completed nt n cost of $30,000.
Seven no\v sidetracks were constructed dur
ing the year for tha accommodation of ship
pers and mnnufncturing establishments.
Two mllo.s of sidetracks nro now used for
this purpose. This work and the improve
ments made during the year to tho-coinpaiiy's
roadbed cost in the nggregato SI5.000. faix
suburban trnlns run each way dally for the
accommodation of people residing nlong the
lino. An nvorago of 10,000 cars per month
were handled during the year.
Harry Gilmore , superintendent of the Bolt
line , has about ono hundred men in his em
ploy the year round. Including the freight
boiiso employes. The company pays out
110,000 a month in salaries in Omaha.
run CHICAGO , KOCIC INLAND .t r.u-ii'ic.
Omaha has gained n new railroad In the
construction of tlio Hock Island's short line
branch from Lincoln to Oinuliu. Tills makes
Omnha the connecting point between the
Hook Island's lines enat nnd west of tlio Mis
souri river , and the company's through
trains between Chicago and Denver will pass
through Omaha. The newly constructed
branch is fifty-four miles in length between
Omaha and Lincoln. From the capital city
the Kock Island will use the B. it M. roiid to
n connection with Its Denver line at Beatrice.
Moro than a linlf million dollars were ex
pended In the construction of the line nnd its
equipment will rotjulro the outlay ol an
equally lurgo sum and Omaha will bo greatly
bunofltted by the operation of the line.
OTIIIU KOADS.
All tho'Vailroads between Chicago and
Omaha whoso headquarters nro in Chicago ,
have local freight mid ticket oltleoa in Oma
ha , each having n general ugont with from
ono to six assistants and clerks employed iu
looking after the Nebraska interests of the
mad.
mad.Two
Two now railways , the Wlnonait South
western and the Chicago , St. J'nul & Kansas
City nro being built toward Omnha and will
probably bo completed to this city in 18'JI. '
ruf.i.M.VN r.vLAcn OAK COWAN-v.
Omaha Is the district headquarters of the
Pullman Car company , covering the follow ,
ing railroad systems : B. it M.and Chicago ,
St. Paul , Minneapolis .t Omaha. Tills di
vision oncupios three elegant ollleas in the
in tlio United .States National bank building ,
nnd is under tlio supervision of .1. R Kichai-d-
son , siiirariiitotulont * C. F. Wllklns. eaihler : ,
nnd A. M. Uobbiiis , chief clerk. The com-
mUsnrv " department is located at Council
BlillTs "in charge of A. N. Ackloy , assistant
oommlss u-y. This dopirlnunt furnishoi tiie
dining raw on the various routes.
The district employs fifty conductors and
Ifi'i porters , cooks and waiters , not Including
u largo number of cat1 cleaners.
Oinilia : CJxs MaiuifnotiirliiK Company.
The Omaha gns manufacturing company
has eighty-flvo miles of < * os mains nnd ! tsM
motors In uso. During the pnstscasoii It nddoil
eleven new miles of mamsnlno of the additional
tional mlles on newly graded streets , nnd Its
business has increased 1'JX percent over ,
1SVJ. It expended on the plant In iW
J.VJ.OOO , asldo from the relaying sovoru mllua
of old mains , n now engine ut the gas works ;
end now oil hooters for the Twentieth street
station. It carries li'i men steadily on its
pay roll , which nmouiits In round figures i to
fH.tKX ) monthly. O Hirers Frank Murphy i ,
president , aud Isaao IJattin , superintendent.
IIHIDUUS AND VIADUCTS.
Excellent KnHlltloH Afforded fur In-
tni-fltntc nnd Iiounl Trnfllo.
Two magnificent bridges span the Missouri
rlvorat Oninhn , affording nuiplo accommoda
tions for the present demands of nil kinds of
tiiitllo between Omaha nnd Council BluHs
and that great portion of the transcontinen
tal tralllc that p.issot through this city. In
the city proper the crossings of railroads nt
Important streets are protected by viaducts ,
of which there nro now live , two having been
completed withinir the past year. The aggro-
pate cost of the viaducts Is ever a half mill
ion dollars.
OMAIII ANP cot'NCii. iii.urrs nniDOB.
In 1837 , October BO , a now wagon brldgo
connecting Omaha with Council'UluffA was
completed. It wn < built by the Council
Bluffs & Omaha Kulhvay.nud Bridge com
pany nt a cost of JSOO.OiH ) . It Is nn iron
structure nnd with Its approaches Is nearly a
inilo In length , thirty-throe foot In width ,
lltty-fouv feet nhova high water inttrlc.
It Is built on nine iron nion , filled with
cement concrete and resting upon bedrock.
The bridge Is used by the olci'trlo motor line
runnlirc between Omalia and
Council Bluff : * ,
and which , by the way , is the finest equipped
electric line In tlio United States. The line
has been murvelously successful , affording
great advantages for rapid transit between
the two cities. It liJs been n great success
financially , paying a big dividend yearly on n
capital stoelc of Sl.filM.OOU A twelve mlnuto
cnrsorvico is in operation batwean tlio cities , '
the trip , six miles , being made In forty min
utes. .
, TltU UNION J'ACiriO 111111101 * .
The Union Pacific railway company com
pleted In 1SS7Va now bridge across the Mis
souri river at a cost of over a million dollars.
Tlio bridge is 1'fiO feet in length , and
llfty-fourfcot whlo. ami hasten spans. The
floor of the bridge is sixty-six feet above low
water. The four main or central spans rest
upon cole sal granite piers , tlio total height
of eaeh being Ml ) fuel , seventy-four feet being
beneath tlio 1ovoi of the low water. Tlio
length of each pier ia fifty-flvo feet nt the
water and forty-thrco feet at tlio coping.
Tlio thickness of the plcivt IMIKTO from twelve
to eight feet. The brldgo will stand n pres
sure of over four tons to the square foot , nnd
is , substantial ! in every rosueat. Tlio brldgo
accommo'Jatus ' the Union Pacillo trufllc and
that of the Iowa roads that have western
connections , with the exception of tlio Bur
lington which erojscs atPlattsmoutli and thu
Elkliorn which crosses at Ulalr.
THE CMIVBVril STUBBT VIVDUCT.
The location of the Union Pacillc and B. ft
M. depots being on the opposite sldo of the
railroad tracks from the larger portion of the
city made a wide and dangerous grade crossIng -
Ing on Tenth street. Various schemes wcro
proposed for obviating this danger , but they
till culminated In February , ISM ) , when a con
tract was entered into between the the city
of Omnha and the morse Hridgo company of
Youngstown , O. , to construct tin iron viaduct
on Eleventh street , between tlio south line
of Jackson street i4bd tlio north curb line of
Mason. This work was finally accented by
the city during Iho summer of 1SST , tiioujfli it
had been thrown open to public travel some
time boforo. This structure hns a ninlii road
way twenty feet wide with a sidewalk six
feet in width on each side. When the motor
railway company extended its tracks to the
south sldo permission was given
the company by the city council
to use this viaduct , thus giving
excellent street car service to this
portion of the city which had previously been
entirely without it.
The entire cost of the bridge was ? 9S1f > 'KO:3 :
Including damages awarded to adjoining
property.
Thcso damages wcro paid by private sub
scription , three-fifths of tlio balance i > y the
Union Pacific nnd B. it M. railway compa
nies , one of the remaining fifths paid by a
general levy and the other by a special tax
assessed upon property to bo specially bono-
fitted. *
THI : siXTiinsTii sriinr.T vunrcT.
South Sixteenth street aiming into prom
inence at about tlio same time , n contract was
let to Raymond it Campbell of Council BlulTs
the same year to build a wooden viaduct on
said street between Leaveuworlh street and
Pierce street , nltei-plans prepared by Andrew
Kosowntcr , the then city engineer. Tills is
also about one-fourth of a inilo in length and
has done much to develop the south
sliio mid rorulves nearly nil the travel
to and from South Omaha , Its roadway
Is twenty tcct In the clear , with six feet on
each Hide foisidewalks. .
This brldgo cost complete S12. Ji.99 and
was paid for in a .similar manner to that on
Eleventh street. It lias iilso n double street
car lino.cnrrying all the South Omaha travel ,
has been in constant use since early in 1ST" ,
and hits almost no repairs made upon it , thu
only expenditure of any amount being for its
painting in 1SSU.
tun TIIXTII S > TUIIT : VIAIIL-CT.
Nothing moro was done In the viaduct line
until the Union depot project was revived in
IbS'J ' , nnd on Thanksgiving day of that year
the people authorized the issue of $150,000 iu
bonds to the Union Iopot ) company to aid in
the construction of a Union depot nnd a via
duct to bo built in its connection on Tenth
street between Jackson street and Mason
street. The company promptly prepared
plans , received bids lor tlio h.imo and now
have It practically eotnplotod.
This is probably the widest viaduct in
the country , having a roadway of
sixty feet nnd a sidewalk on each
side ten feet in width. It has double car
tracks on which will bo run cable nnd elec
tric cars. It is substantially built so that it
is practically a raised street with no restric
tion upon its travel. Near the south end on
the cast sldo is located the union depot. Op
posite this it widens out about fifty feet al
lowing ample room for carriages and omul-
busses without btorforlng with public
travel. Tlio entire structure is of steel except -
copt tlio Iloor and sidewalks. The foundation
of tlio former is oak plank thick upon
which the pavement consisting of six-
inch sawed cypress blocks is laid. Tim sldo-
walk is of the host artificial stone. The via
duct lias been built under tlio direction of the
Union Depot company and its cost berne by
the snmo.
Tiin i-AiiK STKIIT VIADUCT.
Park street is the main thoroughfare lead
ing to the city from tlio southwest. About
half n inilo ivost from Bnnscoin Park the
Omaha Bolt railway croosos this street twen-
ty-throofoot below grade. A cheap wooden
bridge lias been over these tracks till ro-
ceatly. The present city charter permits
the city council to compel railway
companies to construct viaducts over all
trucks where declared byordinnnccnecessary
and defray till the cost of tlio same. In ac
cordance with this the Belt railway company
is now constructing an Iron viaduct over
Park street nt Ibis point -10 feet long and 3\ !
feet wide. Whoa this Is compic.ed the prop
erty owners will be free from all aunoyuuco
of tracks or unsafe bridges.
Till ! HAMILTON' hTIICnT VIADUCT.
The same railway company has also been
ordered to construct an Iron viaduct on Ham
ilton strait ovur tbulr tracks. Those plans
" " " ' " " " " ' ' " a bridge feet long with roadway
contemplate " ' " '
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way it ) feet wide nnd two sidewalks each 10
feet in width. Work vvill probably bo begun
upon this curly next season ,
Union 1'noillu Hnops.
The Union Pacific shops constitute the
largest mechanical establishment of the rlly.
They cover Jlfty acres of ground and repre
sent an Investment of SJ.riOJ.llJl ) . During
the past /oar the shops furnished employ
ment to l.iliw skilled mechanic ? and day
laborers , untl the inotlvo power department
of the shops to 'JOO locomotive engineers and hi
Ill-omen , makim , ' a total of l.filio men who
reside in Omaha. Tlio pay of tlioso men fo
amounted to fll-.OUj iwr month. fr
Tlio foundries , tlio inacmiio flhnps , frm
the blacksmith shops , the car m
and paint hhops liavo boon run to tticir fullest ca
capacity nil the year through. sii
The monthly nveraco of tko year's work is siiw
approximated as follows : Five hundred is w
of castings turned out from the foundries :
5M ! ) repaired und repainted cars from tlio car '
and paint .shops , und thirty rebuilt or re tli
paired locomotives. on I'l '
Over ? IOOKM ( worth of material Is used an
nually In the manufacture and repair ut these s
Hhops. nud tOO.OII ) worth of "raw material" Is U
manufactured into shnpod sunplUu mid sent
out to other points on thu company's lines. ill
' 1 ho mniia.Kiuiiont of tbo shops is under iho illhi
Iiiimodluto charge of Mr. John WiUon. assis hiHI
tant superintendent of the inotlvo power sof
the road who is also assistant superintendent I' '
of tbo Nebraska division. Mr. James litL I'Ul
Manning Is general foreman In chniyo of the UlW
loiamotivo works , Mr. A. M. Collott of the of
car shops. Mr. Kdwurd Uielillieu the foun 0hi
dries , nnil Mr. A. A. Olbson of the black
smith shop. kho .
The li0 ! new locomotives ordered by the u
company sometime ugo uro helm. set up nnd fi
put In condition to run us fast as they urrlv > s
from thu east.
TO ACCOMMODATE ALL ROADS ,
Omaba's ' Union Passenger Depot Now iu
Ooursa of Construction.
IT WILL COST A MILLION DOLLARS ,
I'lnnst'or the Mngnlllocnt Structure'
niul tlio Work that Has Uoun Oiino
The Union I'nolllo'H New
Frolght Dopot.
The walls of the now union pissongor
depot , on the slto of the old Union IMclilo
depot tlmt was razed last .Tilly , nro now up to
the second or viaduct floor. They look sub
stantial and bespeak fortho finished structure
n handsome and Imposing nppear.mco.
Kansas City pressed brick and Massachusetts
sett brown sandstone are the materials
which will ho used to construct the outside
walls , the Inside finish to bo nmrblu and oak.
The architects have not submitted a perspective
live view of the building , but photographic
views \ of the handsome union passenger depot
at Indianapolis hang in the building superin
tendent's ! ofllec which visitors are told the
now \ depot will vosmnblo.
The plans and spoelllcatlons which the
builders
have glvo ono a very
fair idea as to what the
Interior will lie nnd the accommodations It
wit : offer the traveling public. To enumer
ate ail the luxurious comforts it is expected
tlia it will offer when .finished would ro-
qtilro I I'olamns of snace.nnd but a few of them
brielly stated can begiven. .
The ground dimensions nrollOvlOO foot , *
four stories high. The Iloor of the lusoincnt
will boon n level with the railroad tracks ,
the platforms between which will bo covered
by iron i slioils three ot tliuin extending to
the east JIOO feot.
The approach to the building from tbo
city will bo on a level with the viaduct
through n covered porch and vestibule whom
the puulio will enter the main walling hall ,
which runs lengthwise through the building
with a floor-surlaco Mxl1 feet , enlarged at
the extreme ends by si'imi-lroular additions.
. . Tlio ' ' main waiting hall will extend through
threcstoriesaiiil ' will bo celled throiighoutwith
nn , iirehcd vault paneled with glass and the
two outer endn are to booccupicd with arched
windows. The sides will bo divided bv piers
into a series of bay windows ana two galleries
curried entirely nrouiid It. The first gallery
will bo roce-isu'd , the other In relief on brack-
ots The galleries will glvo access to tbu up
per or ofllco Iloor.
Capacious as a waiting room ns the grand
hall is , other waiting rooms are provided on
the viaduct floor for thu exclusive use of la
dies | , Iloro will bo the rail road nnd sleeping
car ticki't olllees , n package room , a news
stand , n barber shop , batli rooms , u reading
room , a smoking room , lavatories , toilets ami
all the minor olllees attached to a first class
waiting station.
The main liall will bo tiled and wainscottcd
to a height of seven leot with marble , ami
will bo furnished with a grand publicstnlr-
oaio of murble and iron loading down to the
track floor. Passenger and baggage elevators
also nro provided. On tlio track floor them
will bo another waiting room with the same
floor area as the ono uhnvu It , and adjoining
nn emigrant room foe botlt hexes and one ex
clusively for ladies , with toilet rooms and retiring -
tiring rooms in connection. Tlio depot lunch
counter will bo on this Iloor , as also the bag-
gugc department.
Over the lunch room and accessible from
the hulf-way binding of llio mum stairway
will bo tlio dining hall , uttomiing tluougli
two slorios. J l will be elegantly finished ,
and furnished with abundant conveniences
for kitchen , serving rooms , laundrv. etc.
The soi-nml and third stones above tlio via
duct floor will l > o occupied by t he ofllcial.s of
tlio several roads that occupy the building as
a station. To these- floors tliero Is a scpurulu
stalrcasn entrance on the viaduct floor , as
well as elevators. Thov are also accessible
from tlio two galleries.
It will bo n iiUj-'nifU'imt depot , a grand sta ;
tion house , and will bu m-ady flro-proof , Jt
will have every accommodation known in the
best of such structures. It will bo heated by
fresh air drawn from the top of the tower
and driven by fans Into n plenum hot air
room in the collar , wlieru the warm air will
bu propelled through pipes into tlio various
halls and rooms , which nro also furnished
with a corresponding system of exhaust pipes
for foul air drawn by revolving fans into Uio
main exhaust ducts which have tuoir coil in
the tower.
The tower itself will bo SiW feet hi/jh / from
tlio viaduct level , and will have four largo il
ium hinted clonk dial * .
The depot is Ill-ing built by the Omaha
Union depot company , in which the Union
Pacific and B. & .M. railways urn the princi
pal stockholders. When completed it will bo
occupied by the o roads and all of the other
lines centering in Onmlm.
The depot complete , with the railroad com
panies' Hlmro of the viaduct structure anil
tlio sidetraclc and other facilities , will cobt
moro than one million dollars.
Union I'ncilh ; KrtMuht Depot.
Tlio now Union Pacillc freight depot , on
Jones and Ninth streets , is practically tln-
islicd , though n few touches outside nnd in
will bo required to complete the structure ju
accordance with tlio plans of tlio architect. '
The olllco foreo and tlio freight hand
lers who liavo so long boon housed in
the little fnimo building .south of it ,
are receiving congratulations , ono from the
other , on the commodious , comfortable and
convenient quarters they now occupy in tlio
now building , and the corporation which
owns the building congratulates Itaolf on the
completeness of it , and the facilities which it
offers to the public.
It is n spacious structure ot rtono and
brick , with vaulted roof , : ur foot deep and
2 feet wide , facing Ninth street from tlio
en ist.
The local business of the Union Pacific
company long ngo outgrew the accommoda
tions of'thoold depot.ns in HIM3 the local and
transfer business of the company may out
grow tills now ono , but if it di > os it will oi ! / -
grow the capacity ot tlio largest , l > o.U ar
ranged , best appointed and best equipped
freight liouso west of Now York City
Thirty i feet of the building's length , the
entire width facing Ninth street , is utill/ud
for olllco nnil record storing rooms , This
pa ot the siructuro is two storloa high with
so rooms on each floor , fi nicely arranged
cashier's olllco Is in the center , on the first
floor with largo rooms on olther side of it for
billing clerks , freight received nnd transfer
clerks. In the northwest corner the freight
OilW.
agent hns nn olllcc. On this floor are lava
tories nnd closets.
Up stairs the division superintendent will
have headquarters , us also will the train dis
patchers and telegraph operators bo located ;
on or two of the up stairs rooms will bu
us for Btorlni. ' "live" records.
In the southeast corner of the building ,
far removed from the olllco force , u
dr clerk's room Is lonlniS where
ill go with their receipted ex-
illK . bills to in turn receipt for freight ,
Near to this olllco Is the cold storage room-
where perishable property may bo safely
kept while awaiting shipment. Outside tlio
great strurturo Proper is an iron-bound , iron-
roofed brick building , where highly Iiillam-
able oils and oxploilvc. ) are. stored. So safety
as well us convenience and comfort guided
nnd Inlluenccd the company in the matter of
building.
Through tlio great "sheds. " or warehouse ,
four tracks run its entire length , entering
from the east. Tills J.SOO foot of truckage
will hold sixty cars , the platform utTangu-
inenUs being so complete and perfect that each
car can be loaded or unloaded at ono unu the
same time. The platforms-ouLsldo and In
nro on a level with thu cur doors , twenty foot
wido.
Tlio building is boated by steam , lighted
1'J electricity from Uio company's own plant ,
though gas llxturos and sorvlco pipe nro sup-
plica In case of contingent need.
The shed hns fourteen openings on cither
side ! for receiving and delivering freight. It
lighted from the roof nud can hu ciosod
against the elements completely. Night or
day , in sun or storm the force of freight
handlers employed can work in comfort und
safety. It Is a verltnblo fruight yard under
cover , walled in against car thieves ami night
prowlers. It will not bo noccssnry lo lock
und rusoal the doors of curs euch night In
which merehnnts nro consigned car lots
goods. The new depot insures a fair
safety ngnlnit plllugu of goods in tlio yard.
Qmaha shippers will appreciate thu Im
provement , us will the Iowa lines which have
arranged with the Union Pacillc to du the
freight transfer work on tills Mdo of the Mis
souri rlvor. The completed structure will
cost $155,000.
