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OMAHA STOCK MART.
An Inorcft'o of 60 Tor Cent In tbo Bttfil-
BOSS of tbo Third Packing Center
of tbo Nation.
TOTAL HOG RECEIPTS , 1,673,314 , , ,
Of Tbese 1,407,798 , , Were Killed bj the
Local Packers.
TOTAL CATTLE RECEIPTS , 606,699 , ,
Oyor 27,000 Oar Loads of Product Were
Shipped in 1890.
DISTRIBUTIVE SALES , 834,000,000 , , ,
Xlio Orowtli of the
Magic Clty-llcr
Public , Corporate anil I'rlvnto
fl The Vcnr
In Detail.
South Omaha Joins Omaha on the south
hna extends from the Missouri river west
f our nnd n half miles nnd frotn the southern
line of Omaha to the Sarpy county Hue. It
was lalu out In 1831 , and became n elty of tbo
second clats in ISS'J ' with a popula
tion of moro than eight thousand.
The city is divided Into four wards and has a
mayor , eight counclltnon , cleric , treasurer ,
pollrfo judge nud various other municipal
ofllcyrs. At the state election , November 4 ,
1800 , with a registration of i,43.avoto , of 2,1170.
was polled By the usual computation this
would t'ivotho city a population of Il2ii3j. The
principal streets are soworod nnd pavud. An
electric motor connects tlio city with Omaha
and Council Bluffs. The Union stoclt yards
and the four packing houses are located here
nnd It is the third packing center In the
United States. The American waterworks
furnishes ample pressure and volume of good
water for domestic use and llro purposes. Six
inall carriers deliver the mails over the city
twice a day. Thirteen church organizations
attest the religious growth of the community.
A half of a million of dollars have been ex
pended In grading nnd otnor publl" improve
ments. Two viaducts costing $7u,000 connect
tno oust nnd west sides of the city. A dozen
main-lino railroads center hero. The
banking business exceeds $2,000,000 a day.
Syndicate park Is the largest parlc in the
Btato , $12.riXM ( ) having been expended on im
proving it on contract. Four dally papers
dlssomlnatS the news. Three thousand
laborers Jlnd steady employment nnd thcro is
not a tcnnntablo house In the city vacant.
Withal these and many other creditable
things that might bo enumerated the people
talco pride lu calling it the Magic City.
During the year 300 bulliltngs have been
erected , costing on nn average $ . ' ,000 , and
together with other public and corporate Im
provements have swelled the expenditures to
| 1,000)00 ( ) for Improvements.
During the year building permits were
issued for 2UO Unrolling * und ether private
buildings , which cost to erect $100,127 ;
eighteen permits for business blocks , which
dost to erect ? lX,8S7 ( ) ; and twenty other pub
lic improvements , which cost S3Ji7uyo , mak
ing a irraud total of WJ3.5-14 iu building Im
provements.
TIGCAI'ITULATIOX ,
VO prlrnto bnlMlnitscOKt . , ' . I1M,427
18 bunlntm-i klorka . l'XbHT ' )
Municipal mill corporate iiuiirovomciita . 2M.431
Total . $379,075
Tlio City Clerk's Itoport.
City Clerk Uyan reports that there were
$2. " > ,1USIO ! remaining in the various funds ;
that It cost to run the city expenses for the
fiscal year of 1SSO-00 , $30,715.43 , nnd from
August .11 to December ] , INK ) , the running
expenses of the city were S1'JU1'1.GO ,
City Treasury.
City Treasurer Hector furnishes the fol
lowing abstract of the liability resources and
revenues of the city of South Omaha for the
fiscal year ;
Funding bondi . 1105,000
BownrLoiliH . II2.UOO
Vlnilurt bonili . 78IX > 0
Inturfiicllon puvlnx . 12.1100
Total . f 227,000
A e 9oil ruination 1889 . 11,713.801 00
Tax IOVJ-2T IlllIU lb.S'J. , . 411,217-0
Taxnn collected 1880 . 41 , IW 111
Assiwo.l vnluntlon 1KIO . 1,840,1'OT , 00
Tax levy mllU IS.H ) . &I.M7 00
Turoo collected to dnlo IS'.K ) . 1,168 40
lJ lancooi hand December IftW . otiUi9 41
I5niiiicers * Dopnrtniont ,
C8ty Engineer K. S. King's report for 1890
shows nn expenditure ! for grading and sower-
HKfOl | ! WiS0.20 ! , as follo\vs : OraUiiiB Ij
etreet from the boulevard to Thirty-fifth
Btrcot. , ' , yc.00j ; ! grading Q street from
Twenty-fourth to Twenty-sixth streets ,
| 3iJO.U'J ; grading K street from Twenty-sec
end to Twonty-llfth streets , $ . ' ,777 ; trailing
L street from Twentieth to Twonty-sovonth
etroets , Missouri nvoniio from Twentieth to ;
Thirteenth streets , nndTwonticth street from
J to N streets , $ ' 31 , STO. HO ; total for grading ,
$ ! . ' 0- 13,4' ' . Kxtouslon of the L street storm-
water sewer , ? 1,4H1.'J7 , and extension of the
Q street storm-water sewer , $11 , 120.51 ; totnl
for soworiiKO , § 7,551.78 As tbo county com
missioners by agreement paid for one-half n3f
the grading , the actual cost for grading done
in the city during lost year was &W , . 10fe
together "with the $7.554.78 for sewers , inado
an expejidlturo of $0i,4il.0'i. ( :
Schools.
In nothing Is there a moro creditable show
ing to thu people of thu elty of South Omaha
than Its schools. The following tabulated
returns for the last six years show the growth ;
of the schools :
Your. 1S85. 18M. 1837. 1S83. ISS'J. 1800.
ruptt.i . -Mi m Tat urn i,4M s.ois
Knrollc.l . 107 183 U > S t l 1,173 1,215
ATonicontteailaiico. . M UJ IKt 2.15 530 01 H
Toachur . 1 3 1 0 16 21
In December of 1890 there were 1,213 enrolled -
rolled with aa average nttcndanco of 740 , II111
increase ot iu per cent over tSS'J. ' There are
twonty-tlireo teachers and seven school build
ings.
The hoard of education , consisting of dC.
ident Frank J. Persons , Vice President C.
T. Vau Alton , Secretary Robert funstou and
Messrs. John D. Hoblnsou , liichard Swift
and Walter J , Slate niana os the irenornl af-
falro of the school. A. A. Mouroo U superla-
tcndeut of schools.
Klnancos of the School District.
Treasurer Thomas Hector furnished the
followhiK statement of the financial condition
of the school district for the school year from >
May 1 , IBSll , to May 1 , 1SW , to December 31 ,
1600 :
18811-W.
Jlalnneo May 1 , 15S3 . 111.44300
lleoelreil from aloon lloen o . . . 27.5ft ) I IX )
Jtoc-cUeU from olUor lourcuj . 26.431 SI
f (11.379 ( ISO
Rzpoiiioa ilurlng thoyonr . , . 6'J.Uli UJ
llnlnnco Mnr 1. l M . I & .3A4 M
f uloon llounoui In ItfM . > .M IUO
Ullior roculi > ( lu IS'.iU. , , , . . , IS.1 ! ! ! I 47
Total . . 175
ICzpouios il r 1 to UccouilioriU , ISO too
llalnuco . . . . . Ht.l'.U ni"
In the fall of 1SS9 Sister Superior Mary do
Baloa and a corps of teachers of the order of
Hlstvrs of Providence canio from St. Mary's- '
ia-tuo-Woods , Indiana , and opened 8St. .
Acnea1 parochial school in St. AKUCS * hall ,
Twonth-thlrd nnd O streets. This year the
enrollment ' "il and six suters nro roqulrud Ito
do tlio educational work of this douartrnoat
la the city.
if the enrollment of tbo puhllo schools and
Bt. ARIICS ho added , it will t > o seen that there
are now nearly 1,600 pupils enrolled in the
ckools oul of u total school population thoOf
2W ( , nn Incrcjwo of enrollment over 1SS9 of
about S5 jKr cent.
The PmtolTUo Hii incs .
fo better Index of the substnntlnl provrth
of ( icitycnn bo slvcn tlmn the business of
the t'Ostonirc. The followlac comparntlvo
statement for Itio tlilril rjuarttror the Inat
four yours will bo M IntcrostlnR ns Ills sug
Btatlvo of the Rroxvth and prosperity of ttio
citynnUcqunlly Rratlfj-lng to every citizen I
fiross Percent
Qnnrlor-'Yoir. rctelnti. of Inc.
ICnllnz 5-ci'l iilieri : ! ) , 1SS7 . IUI71 414 . .
Knillnit Si'plonibjrilU. IMS. . , . 3W2 T ; BS. ' > .31
KnillDK SciloiiHjrr3U. | IMH . 6nH : ia ) JW.79
Kmllnir S.iptointicrw : , IM ) . 7WI .1 , : W.M
As tlio receipts of the jxjitolllco during the
tlilrd quarter were $7OIO.SU , the totnl re
ceipts iluring 1HW ! will not bo fur from
SJW.UOO , placing the odlco the third In busi
ness In the state mid follo\risi ( ( close In the
wake of Lincoln ,
John M. Glospow has four
clerks In t'm ofllco anil llvo mall curriers.
Tlioinngnltudoof thflworlt In tlioonico tuny
bo fully rcall/eJ by Khnciiii ? nt the followliiK
report for Novcrti bur last of Incoitilnp and
outgoing matU , weliiht and number of plecoa
of Mill ! innttorlmtiilloil :
. ' l.n7il
12.57J
Soronil , tlilrU unj roilrtli-ctou in.ittur (10- (
lUoinel . 51,115
loicnl loticri collvctnl . R-'W
.Mnlllctlrm cnllect
i ) culluiMol
M nil pii tal cirdi citllo.tJl . II ,207
So. 'unit , third nnil foiirlhcl.ui matlor col
lecU-il
Totnl number of ploooi himllcil
The mall fiii-UlUoi nra the vury best ,
Kvery tnall train , ini'liidliiR the fust in'ill on
thn Union J'ji.'lllc , N'ortluvoalofa , ( iotilJ ,
ituriliiBton and Chicago , Kock Island & 1'n-
ul Ho systems , rocclvoj and delivers until at
this place ,
nnil ItniiKitiK , -
Four banks , well maiiugod and profltablo ,
meet the present needs of the conimorei.il
business. A capital , of $33rOUO paid In and
S-tS.kll.u ( : of undivided profits and diviJenus ,
contlriiis the conlldonco of local capitiilists in
the Imsinesi and future of the city. The deposits -
posits an SlCttijr.W. ! , ( !
The Union Stock Ynra b.iuk , the
senior banking Institution , opened
for business November 18 , 183(1. (
Its paid up capital h $100,000. , The bank is
located in ttio oxehaiiKO building , but on
Konnmryl next It will bo removed Into its
line now banking homo , ono of the llnest
bank building in the sltito outside of Omahn
and Lincoln. Cashier 13 1) ) , Drancti reports
its loans and discounts nt 5vJUVJ0.4' ; } ' , duo
from other banking houses , yMU55.-17 and
cash on baud S , * Sy ( l.2r. Its resources mid
liabilities nro nearly 81,000,000.
iho South Omaha National bank was in
corporated in December , ISsli , with n capital
of sJW.OOO. Its present capital h § 100,000.
Knrly this year tbo bank was removed Into
its line new building on N street between
Twenty-fifth nnd ' Twenty-sixth streets , The
'
ol'ilccrs nru.l. II.'Millard. president ; Truman
Buck , vice president , nnd II. C. Hoatwlclc ,
cashier. Messrs , .r. II. Mlllard , Charles II.
lirown , Truman Buck , .lames Yllcs , jr. , Guy
O. Hnrton , Ily II. Mudav and C.V. . Thonius
constitute the board of directors. The * deposits
Januarv * 1 , 1S87 , wore S'i ! , 107.03. In January
IS'JO , the deposits had increased to $51)0,000. ) ,
Tin-bank 1ms $ : UIsir.39 in surplus nnd un
divided profits. Muring 1S90 tlio business at
the teller's desk wns SiV > ,4H.TS3.13 ! , while the
collections wore $ ( ! ( , IbV-'t } ) . ! ) . ' ) . The bank has
paid a semi-annual dividetid of 5 per cent
ovcry year since organized.
The South , Omaha Savinps haul : was
Incorporated hi April , 1SSS , wltli a
capital of 5100,000 , with $12,000 paid
In. The ofllcers nro Truman Buck ,
president ; C. W. Thomas , vlco president
and II. B. Bostwick cashier. The directors
are I'm man Buck , Ily H. Mcdav , 0. W.
Aleday , C. W. Thomas. Charles II. Brown ,
J. II. Millard and A. C. Foster The deposits -
posits , April 1,1S33 were § 1,40(5 ( ; April ISS'J ,
$2'J-IS.VJi : ; April , ISM ) ; ? ll,5iy.23 and Do-
combcrl , IS'JO , $77,01:1.31. :
The South Omaha branch of the Nebraska
savings nnd exchange bank , was incorpo
rated In 1887 , mm opened in South Ouialm
January 4 , 1883. The capital is 8-100,000 ,
with Sltf.OOO . paid In. The or-
fleers are J. L , Miles , president ; W. A. TJ.
Gibbon cashier ; C. M , Hunt , assistant cash
ier. Tlio bank 1ms ono of the finest buildlnps
In rho city , situated on Twenty-Sixth and
N streets.
ANnnnrosiTs.
The capital invested Jn banking business
in this city , is $303,0(51.3 ( ! ) , of which § 337.000
is paid in. The deposits nro ? lKBH55.fl ( , ! ) .
The business done over tbo toller's desk in
this city Is more than $ .100,000.000 or one and
two-thirds millions dollars daily.
TULI.INO T.UIUS. :
The following tables Indicate the astonish
ing1 business done during the periods speci-
ticd. The business of tlio banks during the
first two wcoks in August , 18i9 , is compared .
with the corresponding period this year and
the corresponding' twelve day's busi
ness coinmoncinj * December 1 , 1SS9 is
compared with tills year's. The increase , in
amount and pcrccnta o , is so marvelous and
the amounts so stupendous that only the of
ficial figures f rum the boons uarc bo made
public or would bo
given credence wnon re
alized :
Month. Year. Iluslnoss. Incro.isp. I'crccnt.
AUKiist , ISS'J.I4i'.Y.,2ai.Si3 '
AllKU't. 18'JO. ' . 27,4Vi ( XM.5I f I8US,711.II ! ! ) 05.83
Pevombor. 18K . . 17,810,776.64 ,
llucuiubor , 1SW. . 21,1M.4BOS ; 3l27x ! > lJ.M 13.CD
As these fluures show only a iortnljilit's
Imsincsss , it will bo readily seen that the en
tire monetary transaction in South Omaha
during August of this year was not loss than
> 1,910,013.03.
Nu\VHiii | [ > cro.
Six periodicals , four dailies and ono
weekly and ono monthly are published in
South Omaha. The Stockman , published by
the Stockman Publishing company and the
Drovers Journal , published by L. P. Jllltou
and Dennis Allbery , m Hilton it Co. Tliov
are both stock papers. C. II. liich is busi
ness man ngcr nnd Bruce McCulloch editor
of the Stockman nnd L. K. Hilton is manager
and Frank B. Scott nnd 13dwarn A , Sto.inios
are editors of the Drovers Journal. Tlio
ISvunliiK News , the ofllclal paper of the city ,
published by A. K. Brlehain , and tlio Soutti
Omaha Tnbuno , publlslioil by Kltolihart ,
BchloKcl & J'oivers are local ovoutni * Uaillos.
The 1'ackiiiff Ilouso Dullotln , published by
A. 33. Jlrifjham & Co. , has a circulation ot
la.OOU aud gives a weekly review of the llvo
stock trade and Is the olllcial organ of the
South Omaha Packers nssoclatloti. The
Monitor Is a religious monthly issued umior
the supervision of the Methodist Episcopal
chuvcu. All thcsa periodicals have liberal
patronage , are v/cll inanaccd and wield much
Inlluonco iu their respectiveilelds.
Kvprc s
Pour express companies havoofflcos hero to
meet the needs of tos.
rapid freight shipments.
The American express company opened Its
oPlco lioro Soptoinbor 10 , 181)0 ) , and thu Wells ,
Fargo it Co.'s oftlco was opened. January SJ3 ; ? ,
ISIK ) . John P. Kvans is n ent for thoni both
and bin oflle'cs in the Kcbraskii Savings b.uik
building , N nnd Twenty-sixth street. Two
special express tralno on the 33urlitifton vout
Missouri r.Ulroad transnort express toauU
from Omaha. During Feuruai-y the AVclls-
FarKO comiwuy carried only lU.lOT pounds Isof
goods and tlio receipts were f.'ll..KJ. Ourinj ?
last November Ib'J.MW pounds of ( joods were
carried nnd the recc-ipta wore $ : ii-J.W. : (
Money orders to the amount of moro tlmn
XVH ) and telegraphic money orders oxcuodlni ;
jtOet ; ( \ month nro sent. This otllco is no\v
the third cnia In the state of these companies ,
Omaha und Iincoln alone excoedliKj it in
business and itisoncof thothroo otllces iu
the atnto using the cipher code ,
Agent C. 1' , Miller rvoroscuts the Paclflo
nnd United Statoi express companies , with
the otllco nt the Union i'acltlo depot ,
Hoard orTradn.
Early in the history of South Omaha i n
board of trade was organized by tbo leading
buslnws men of the city. The organization
has taken an active interest iu ull mutters of
public Improvements or for the city's weal.
The ofllcors nro : John A. Doc. president ;
David Anderson , llrstvleo president ; Peter
Coekroll , second vice iiresfdwit ; George \V.
Masson , trcasunir ; ICdmunil C. Lane , sccro-
tiiry. The board of directors cnnsisu roof
Messrs. John A. Dou , D.u'ld Anderson , 1'otor
Cockrcll , JuJgo J. Levy , Prod M. Smith , tory
II. Moday. UuorgoV. . Massou , C. M. lluiit ,
K. 11. Ilowland , James U , Martin , f'runk "jl
1'ursons , Frank II , 13oyd , John (1) ( ) . Curroll ,
\Viley \ II. Beckett and Uwlfht L. llolinas.
Tlio Churches.
In tbo prowth or South Omalia , and nmldst
Its commercial proipority , ttio spiritual wnl l-
fore of Its people has not been lost lf'Ut lfaQ
Tbcru are thirteen church bulldliiKs in faQ
city , capacious hnndaoino and substantial , all
of them to IU credit uud to the honor of the
that worship ivithiu. their
walls nnd to whoso faithful efforts their
erection is due.
Of these thirteen the Methodist Episcopal
have II , tbo I'resDyterlnnsl , the Catholics 2 ,
the 1'rotcstnnt Episcopal .1 , the Christians 2 ,
tbo Baptist U and tbo united I'rcsbytcriansl.
Knch of them embrace a mission and Sunday
school scrvlco as part of their work. Tlio
church membership and attendance , as also
that of the Sunday schools is largo.
I'lro and I'oltuc.
The splonilld system of water works , tc-
ccther with fine hose equipments , and an cf-
Helen t llro department , entirely dispenses
with endues. Thohoso companj * is assisted
hy a veil drilled chemical brigade.
The police of the city , twelve in number ,
nro captained by Marshal Th onus Bronnnn.
Tim forcols creditable to the city , and their
elllcioucy Is.a credit to themselves.
Ijlbrarlcfl.
A circulating library , with several hun
dred volumes , larpely meets thoxvantt of the
literary people of tbo elty. Besides the nu
cleus of a llbraty has been formed hy the
high school. These meet all general needs
nnd with the fostering care they receive
promise to incrcaso coinmensurato with the
Kfowth of tlio city and the needs of the in
habitants ,
Himi-d of Health ,
.An efficient hoard of health looks nttor the
saultar.v Interests of the city. The board
consists of T. II , Hatcher. lr. ) T. A. Ucrwlek
and Councilman John J. O'Kourku. '
Vindnets ,
Two viaducts , costing respectively # 13,000
nnd f IO.UOJ on Q and Li trcuts , afford ample
facilities for traveling from the east nnd west
sides of the city.
ltuiroa'l : nnd SMlpp UK FauilltlcH.
, , Few cities In the United States , have as
peed shlpplntr facilities as have South Oma
ha , Thirteen main line railroads run di
rectly Into tbo city while direct connection Is
innJo with ovcry other system within a ra
dius of 500 miles. Apont David Malionoy ,
represents the Union Pacific , the Wai-ash , St ,
Loui3 & 1'aclllc , CutaiKo , Milwaukee it St.
Paul , the Chicago , St. 1'niil & Kansas City ,
nnd Is also passenucrnnd local freight repre
sentative of thu Chicago , Hock Island & Pa-
clllc nnd the Chicago it Northwestern com
panies. AftcntV. . 1 ! . Check represents the
Chicago , Hnrllngton & Qmncy , the B. & M , ,
nnd the Kansas City , St. Joseph & Council
Bluffs companies. Atfent Jeremiah Klshcr
represents the Fromout , Kllthon : & Jllssouri
Valley and the Chicago & Northwestern
companies. Agent ( ! eoro U. Jouto repre
sents the Missouri Pacille , the Holt Line and
the Chicago , St. Pnul , Minneapolis & Omaha
companies. Agent J. L. . Martin represents
the Chicago , Hock Island & P.ieillc , whoso
short line has Just been completed. Com-
Sunday , December SS. all trains
over this system to Denver and tliovost and
from the west gohiK cast pass through this
city , innkliiir stops at the union depot and nt
the branch depot , Albright. By this It will
bosccii that all the leading lines reaching
east , west , north and south , center hero and
give the city excellent shipping facilities.
MmnpcrN U.MeaJ. of \VestcrnUnion
telegraph company , kindly furnlsnes the fol-
lowing significant and interesting statistics !
No. of
Vonr. tclet'rnnis. llccnlpK
iss-j IMVI : wusd : a
18S9 12I.9M 4lAr ) > 4 M
lau.wi 6JJisu 15
These figures show an incroaseof 1(5.73 ( per
cent in telegrams nnd 18.S.1 per cent In re
ceipts in Ibb'.i over ISS'J , and of 24.44 per cent
in telegrams and liO.lil per cent in receipts in
IS'JOovcrlStK ' ) .
Manager F. A. Graham , of the Pacific and
Postal Telegraph Cable company , furnishes
the following1 statement of yearly business
during the last four years :
Number
Vonr. uiUH aio8. ; llocolpt
14,118
l&U . -J ! , ' . / . > 4,088 05
ISK'.I . sr.UO 5,1101V
isuo . . - . x , < r , {
ItEOAl'iTUl.ATlON .
The total telegraphic business at this point
can ho seen by the folio wing summary of the
messages handled and receipts of both ofllces :
Nti inter
Ycnr. iuotHicP3. : Ilrcolpti.
.
1.SS8 121/.07 fA lil 4U
ISW.1 1II.WB 4Dia 85
isvo is3,7 MtH > 8 y )
Firms ,
Ono hundred and twonty-nino commission
firms are located at the Union stockyards
who receive and htmdlo stock shipped hi by
tUeir natrons.
ttS Sections ] , a and 3 , of rule 10 , of the Live
Stock exchange , fixes the minimum commis
sion for selling live stock as follows :
Six dollars per car load for single deck car
loads of hops and sheep , and S10 per car load
for double deck car loads of the same ; pro
vided they arrive nt these yards in double
deck cars.
diai Six dollars pcrcar load for cars loaded with
different species of llvo stock , -unless such
cars contain a number of cattle ivhicn , at .10
cents per head , would make the commissions
OlOl the cntlro ear load exceed tfi ; In which
ovcnt tt > o commission for such entire car load
olh. stock shall bo not less than 50 cents per
head . for each and every of lead cattle therein
contained.
Klpctrlo Liiglit 'Jomnnny.
The South Omaha electric light , heat and
power company was organized in Juno , ISS'J.
The capital stock is $100,000 with $ )3.000 ) paid
la. The power consists of a battery of boil
ers with tiSO-lioraa power , three engines of
800-liorse power wltn a capacity for 1,000 in
candescent lights and seventy-five arc lights
of 2,000-cainllo iwwercach. To meet tlio do-
maiuls on the company a largo bricl : building
: Hx4l ) feet , two stories high , was built Into
last fall at n cost of $ ( i,500and a largo amount
of new machinery added to the plant.
Thoonicers of the company nro : C. M ,
Hunt , president ; C. AV. Key , treasurer ; John
H. Doe , secretary , and Joseph T. Smith , elec
trician oud general
South Omiilin Itollcr Mills.
The South Omaha roller mills , located at
Albiight , hail an output in Ib'JO of 5.VJ.T80.C1
worth of products. The consumption was
4H,030 bushels of wheat , ai.OOO bushels of
corn nnd 10,000 bushels of oats. The output
consisted of 1,717,000 pounds of flour , 13,000-
000 pounds of food and bran nnd 300.000
pounds of corn meal. The mills glvo employ
ment to six men and thrco teams oud are
managed by A. L. Bergquist.
ilOUllH.
South Omaha lias better hotel facilities by
far than any other city of similar size iu the
west. The Exchange , the Dehnonico , the
1-ncillc , the Emerald , the Hafforty , the Key
stone , the Great Western , the Transit , tlio
Prague mid the South Omaha nro all well
cqnlpi > cd nnd welt managed hostlcrics that
furnish ample and satisfactory accommoda
tions for a very liberal and Increasing patron-
Hi-Ion Hiookynriln Company.
The Union stockyards company was Incor
porated in 1SS1 and received Its first consign
ments lu August of that year , The company
first bouf-bt-CK ) acres of land , and 1ms slnca
purchased fifteen acres moro , the last of
wlilch purchases was inado In December last ,
when the title to the property of the South
Omuha ieo company , situated west of the
Union stockyards railroad track , and imme
diately south of the Q street viaduct.
ThooHleers of the company nro : .John A.
MeShano , provident ; U'llllain A. Paxton.
vlce-prosidcnt ; J. C. Sharp , secretary anil
treasurer ; \V. N. Bnbcoi'K , general manager.
Board of directors : W. A. 1'uxton , John A.
MeSliane , John A. CrcK'liton , A. ( J. Foster ,
Milton Roccrs , K. A.'udaby ( , Isaac U'nlxel ,
B. F. Smith , M. U. Keith.
.Never before in thu history of the yards
has such progress been inado as was done dur
ing the year IS'JO. l-'our hundred thousand
cu blc yards of cartti were removed
II fty-threo acres , six acres of which huvo
already been covered with stock pens and the
balmico is tvuly ; to bo used for pens just ns
noon ai business duuunds. An otllco and
bank build ing coiUnK W,0 ) , ; ui $1SKU ( birn ,
a four-stall round house , two locomotives ,
IIS.IKX ) worth of sewers , 11 vo blocks of vat tie
POC.S with a capacity of 150 cars , and a block
of sheep pens with a cjpicity of 1,000 ;
twenty-seven unloailliit , ' and uevcn loading
chutes , n. dumping platform and thrco miles
of i-.illrond traoU are some of the improvements -
ments inado In 181)0 ) , All these Iinprovoinonts
have only IWOH coaunensurawvlth the In-
cronsoof stoclc receipts aL tlio yards anil re
ceipts und shipments of freight from ttio
houses. But this nocejsary en-
ho yards and Increasu of facili
ties Is bottot- told In the cold but sinlllciiut )
( Iguix's und tables of the bualnoss done tlmn
by any Kllttcrlui ; t'oiionilltlea or cinbollshed
sentences.
STOCK HECKII'T ? ,
The following tables will show the steady
ami oflato phenomenal iuurcaso of thu re-
x
1
M.
iii
3
25SI
SI
IMsit
sit
no
IN )
1890.
Doctmburltttf
Jnininrr isic
Kolirunrj-
Mnrrb , .
April
May
.In no
July
AIIBIIU
Coiminrntlro .Slaiiir'ilnrluj Tnhlc.
The following table will show the Increase
and percentage of increase uf slaiiphtcrlng nt
this point for the Inst four years i
CAITL.I : .
Vonr. Kllloil. InctlH'O. 1'iir cunt.
1S87 1J,7..B , 17.91
IRSJS . 1W.100 411,042 , M.H
18.M1I KIH.578 KW.G78 HO.J !
IStU 64H47
1IOOS.
Itccelptq and SliliiuiPitli for 1HOO.
TOTAL III' IIOAIKS IIKCIMI'TS.
llorni'l
luu.noAPS. Cnttle. nogs. Slieop. nn it
Mallei.
0. M.&St. I1 , KM r.s
10.WJ 4MtW 478 ill
Ml vmrl 1'nclllu. . 1.S88 131
If. I' . , 1 1)1,1 ) 03 '
. 4UI70 !
II. * M 170.UH IWI.7.17 62 ]
' " ' ' ' ' f.l.U'J 6,073 24
oJni. ! ! .t'i . . . . ! 257 15
tst. . p. . M.to. . , 871 37
K. K..IM.V , illl.MI 21.1VI1 IM
Driven In 4. 5 11,314 1.HI1 IMM
Tolnl .319
Ill" UOAIlS .SIIII'JIENTa.
Itorwci
Il.UI.UO.VII3. Cnttlo. Hogs. Shcop. nnil
Mulcj
, II.ZM Vu3
O..VSI. I. - 4,171 1,7.11 418
MlHsnurl 1'nclllo. . . , 7,2l2 ! 4,11711 IM 14 ! )
Union I'nolllc 18,115 11,011 MW5 IM
11. AX. W fiWXJ iaou SU.MH 1117
II. A M 1S.MI MX ) 205 iai
0. , ll.AQ 2I.HV1 803
0. . H. I. It I' 8.VS48 H.58Z 1.SJ4
C. , tU.l' . . M.AO. . . . io.ir.i7 2.W.-I . 1,751
! ' . , K.A M. V , 0,105 40
ToUl 2S1.SSO 27S.Vlfi (
COMIM11ATIVK 8TATB > tKNT.
TotalNo. Cars Kocolveil by lioads ,
Total No. Oars Shipped hy UoaOs.
fjnrjjost. llccelpts.
I/AIIQIISTUKCEIPTS Ol'STOCK IX ONK DAT.
Cattle Mny II , IS'.X ) 6,814
HOKM AiiKiiat 12 , 1SU ! 115,723
Hlieoii Soptcmlior 21,1883 fifiui
Horsestinii niulos . . .IniioC. IS83 718
Curx July 15lo'J3 SW
IAHfilST : HKCnilTH OP STOCK IN ONE WEEK.
Cnttlo Week ending Oct. SI , 1810 22I35
HUBS . \\eeienrtlli.lulr"l | , IS'.lO 7.1,7I7 !
Slieui \VuckvndlnKRopt. ) , IMW 12.H17
H'rsus iuura.\V4okciullnu \ Jtino7,1SH1) ) K'.ll
Cans. . . . , \V ckciullngOct. 31.18'JO 1.UI7
rAliaCST IlEOKIl'TS 01' STOCK ] * ONE HOXIII.
Cnttlo Octolx'r.lS'.iO . RI.37A
' ' ' ' ' ' ' " '
Mieop . . . . . . . . . . . . " . ' .Octolii'r , IS&j'l" ! ! ! ' , , ' ! " ! ! JlifSa
llur.sunnnd mujus..Junu , Is .l 2J7i ( ;
Cur AliKiisI , IS'.KJ . 'i.Si'J
Cattle 1S90 OMTK ( ! )
lloss IS.KI 1,117.1.314
SIli'C'li 18H9 lJilO.VI
Cura IS.U
fKccnii > tS ( > rstoalc for Seven Vcars.
Kor Anguat , Soptcrabor , October and November.
Shliiiicnts of Block Tor Seven Years.
17
For Augunt , Suplomliur , October nnil Noveiulicr ,
18b9 AND 1S90 ,
The phonomcnnlly largo receipts in 1SS9
give just cnuso for pride when they bo ma
terially Increased in Ib'JO. ' The following
comparison ot the number of loaded cars
shipped from the packing houses in July nnd
August of 1SS9 nndlSUO will farthorimd inoro
lltly illustrate the growth of the packing
business at this center :
Your. No. Cms. Increase. I'orcoatagc.
JM ) iM''l
IS'JO ' : i , ,13 3,539 IH.Ul
ISII'IIOVKMG.VTS.
During the past year Iho Improvements in
the yards umior the energetic nnd Judicious
management of Manager \V. N. Utibcock
liavo been on the most extensive and comprehensive -
prehensivo scale , not. planned nor oxecutcato
moot simply the phenomenal demands of the
receipts in 1SW , hut commensurate with the
prospective future of the yards , when this
point shall have forged ahead of others and
taken its place llnaly tlxod us the second
packing center in the world. These Improve
ments have so far progressed that no possi
ble receipts cannot ho conveniently handled.
GltUllNQ DONE.
Under ono contract move than 400,000
cubio yards of earth were removed
to make room for pens. The swell to
the north and west of the exchange extend 1-
ing as far iioith as L street , and as far west
as Thirty-second street , was graded , forming
agradua' . slope of 70 facing the east and
Lalto PiNonka filled In , so thut the whole of
tbo lands from the railroad tracks on the
east , to Thirty-second street on the west , nnd
from the Exchange building1 mid stock liens ,
on the south , to Ij streut on the north , isIS
read v for immediate use. Of this largo track
'
of 'iffty-llTo acres , six acres have already
been covered with pens With conveniences
at hand , within twenty-four hours pens
coulu bo erected to accommodate any possible
receipts. Tlio grading alone rocpulrodWJO
men , live graders , 400 horses , about four
months , nnd-cost morn than .V > ,000. The un
loading chu tot have boon increased to lifty ,
ami the loading chutes to thlrty-ono , whllo
grading has boon done for a string of ground
chutes ( a torraeo lust as high as the car Jloor ,
.so that stock will bo driven directly in or
taken out of cars without climbing up > irr
going down dangerous Inclines ) , along the
eastern line of the now graded grounds.
On tlio south of the jards several acres
have been graded down Just cast of the
Omaha packing plant , the earth being used 1
to Jill up the nolos between the railroad
tracks west und southwest Of thoG. 11.
I.h
Hammond packing houses nnd the South ,
Omaha Ice company grounds , lately bought
bvtho Union stockyards company , This
gives iho company the whole of the grounds
Ivlug between L nnd Q streets for use exeunt '
the packing house locations.
UNION DTOCKYAIIbi UAII.UOAI ) .
The Union Stockyards railroad company
has tlio umitionicurguH the Union stockyards |
company. Thu company has ! ( ( ! < ( miles of
railroad tracks , ft locomotive * ! coating $47,1100
nach , 'J rouudhou > i s with 0 stalls costing
( ! , M , nnd is fully equipped. Direct connec
tion is madu witli ull thu railroad lines cen
tering licro. The following U u list of the
connecting railroad lines : tlnUm Pacific ,
Chicago , Mllwnukeo A St. Paul , licit Mno ,
Wabiuh , St. L.oul.1 < fc Pacille , Missouri 1'nel-
flc , Chicago ft , Northwestern , U. & M. , Ulil-
c ? o , Burlington & Qulne.v , Ulilciigo , Hock
Island , t Pacille , Chicago , St. Pnul , Minne
apolis A Omaha , Fremont , Klkhorn & , Mis
souri Vftllcv , Omaha itSt. I.oul.1 and Kansas
City , St. Joseph tc Council limits.
lt\IIUO.Vl > TllA.Ci.VtlR
Moro than thrco miles of additional railroad
trackage "hnvo boon constructed * during the
year by tlio Union stockyards railroad com
pany. The noiv tf.icltg Imvo boon so laid Hint
every convenience is lind for receiving , hand-
llnir und delivering cars. Direct connection
is now tniulo with the Union I'lU'ltlc , the 11. &
M , , the Missouri P.iciflc , the Pruuumt , Kile-
horn & Missouri Valley , tlio Chicago. Hur-
Huston it Qulney , tlio Chicago & Not tliwcst-
crn , thoOhicaco , Hock Isliuiil ! t I'aclllo , the
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. J'aul ,
tlio Onmhn it St , r ouis , tlio Kan
sas City , St. Joseph & Council
muffs , the Chicago , St. I'uul. MlntieapolU &
Omaha , the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul ,
the U'nbash , St , Louis .tl'ivcllio and the Holt
lltio railroad comp.mlos. In mlilltion to this , ,
nt the last incotlngof the board of directors
thosiiKKCstion of Mutineer llabeock was approved -
proved inul the tracks will booxU'iided wast
pint the Oudahy mid Onmhn packing plants
with the object of ultimately unliii : extended
north niul west to connect with the north V
orll. AM. switch. Along t Ills tension and
entirely sopnnito from the rest of the yards
will bo orectoJ pens to bo Imowii ns the
Texas yards nnd to boused exclusively for
Tovas nnd southwest ratine onttle. This con
templated liniiro'cniotit lias bci'ouio necessary
to meet tholnrgonml increasing ijomniid for
cunning cattle and will bo completed bcforo
the opening ot thornngo season forlSUl. A
four-stall roundhouse nt n coat of 51,000 has
hccu erected southeast of tlio Omaha pai'lc-
ini ? houses. Two additional locomotives ,
making 5 in nil , hnvo been milled to Iho rail-
mid equipment. The fi locomotives cost
$ l"r > 0 ( ) . Tlieso locomotives nro manned
with double , crows and run tilgut and day.
Uesido.1 tliesodurinj , ' rushed times additional
locomotives nro secured from other railroad
companies.
sewn its cr xsTittcTii : > .
A sewer 1,500 feetloiiR and 12 feet \viilo by
8 feet high was constructed throuph Lalco
Plvonlcn , oxtumllimfroiu L. street toooiincct
witli the old sewer Just cait of the Kxehango
build Inc. In all ( ! , OtH ) fcot of sewers were
Inlil dnrinir the year in the ytinls. vanillin
from C Inches to 1U feet and co3ting upwards
of $15,000.
An elegant bank nnd ofllco buddliiR , ivhlch ,
when completed , will have cost not loss than
$1(1.000 ( , Is almost completed and will be occu
pied February 1. Tlio bulldlnu is ot brick ,
two stories hlRh , 4t hy 01) ) feet , und a modal
of unUiltcetur.il beauty , solidity nnd conven
ience. The Lost njiility of pressed bride
has been used on the ontsidc ,
while nicely carved red sandstone
facliiR adds to the bonuty of the building.
Tbo structure will ba used for the ofllcesof
the stock ynnls company and for the Union
Stock Yards kink. This Is the llnost bank
building lu the city.
OTIllil : IMrilOVCMKNTS.
A brick barn , 200x00 fcot , with p capacity
for200 head of.horses , has been erected at'n
cost of moro tliitu .f 18,00y. In the center of
tlio bam Is n largo court , SOxSO feet , for a
horse murt. Ono end or wing will bo used testable
stable yard horses , while the other will bo
used for shippers nnd their stock. This , it
is believed , is the foundation for the prentest
horse market In the west. Coal bins , to holif
n dozen car loads of coal , have been erected
between the Y loading to the new round
house. A refuse dump , ample for any pur
pose , has been erected south of the old feed-
master's otllco. Tlio new foedmastcr's oftlco
Is n commodious structure , conveniently lo
cated nt the west end of the loadinp chutes.
Four scale houses , two used for cattle und
two for hogs , moot every want. During tlio
year ono new scale house wns ercctod and
No. 1 was raised and practically rebuilt.
STOCIC rC.N'3 UKUCTC ! ) ,
Five blocks of cattle pens , capable of ac
commodating 150 car Joads of cattle nnd u
section of sheep nous , with a capacity of " ,000
sheep , were erected. Uesitlos these cutting
pens were constructed for convenience in
separating range cattle.
STOCK I'HNS AXH CAPACITY" .
In 18SO there were thlrty-threo acres of
stock pens with a daily capacity of 10,000 cat
tle , 'JO.OOO bops , 5,01)0 ) sheep and HID horses ana
mules. DumiR IS'JO six iieros of pens were
erected , increasing the capacity to l'J,01)0 ) cat
tlo , 21,000 hoys , 7,000 sheep u'nd SOO horses
nnd mules.
i CAH8 1. . . . ,
The following comparative statement will
show ttio number of cars handled hy the
Union Stock yards , railroad company , and
the number and per contago of Increase in
181Hover 1SS9.
Year. Cars tin ml I'd. Increase. Percent
Ibh'l ' . most . .
isuo . i7iiw ) : seu : SS.M
The receipts of livestock from Iowa , hnvo
rapidly incrensod just ns the facilities for
shipping hnvo boon Improved. The increase
of the cattle receipts has been -ID per cent , and
the incrcuso of tlio hog receipts has bocn ID
per cent.
KSIPI.OVCS.
Moro than two hundred mon nro on the pay
roll of the yard books , including the railroad
men , nnd the payroll amounts to nearly ? 3JO-
000 a year.
FEED MASTKU'S DRPAUTMCXT.
The feed master's report shows that70,1fi9
bushels of corn and 10,201 tons of hay were
consumed in the yards during the yoar. The
approximate cost of tlio corn was Sliiy.57 ( ) ;
and the hay $39S1'J , , a total for leod of $55 ,
050.57.
COMFAUATIVn
The following comparntlvo tables will show
the actual incrcaso and the percentage of increase -
crease of cattle nnd hogs during the succcs-
sivo years oinco the organization of the
yards :
OATTF T ! .
Vonr. Hecolpts. Increase. 1'cre'tago. .
18SI .
77.r > 3 201.01
U4r > 7 avjoj .
ins ; . yirT.i : : iii.-'ui ) JXI.M .
101.770 40.10
ISS'.t. ' . 4llVilO : 1JO.KSI H7.23
18KJ . GOGWU ia'J.a ! ) 2'J.UI
lions ,
Vonr , Kecelpls. Increase. Pero'tago.
1 ( S1 . 1.NEI .
ISSTi . > iK.h07 : ) ISlt.OlU C.85D.70
.
lcH7 . tflll.'M ( L'1,2"J 150.1,9 ,
ra.sni .
ISsU . 1W)8M5 ) ( doe. 7H.l i dec..r > . ! K )
40(1,709 (
HHCKIITS ANI > fillll'SIKMS OKOAI13.
The following comparative statnmcnt will
show the number of cars rcceivedaud shipped
each year and the percentage of increase dur
ing the history of the yards. The slgiilllcnnt
and gratifying inference , drawn from n
study of the table , Is the decrease of tlio
shipments compared with the receipts , showIng -
Ing by the best of facts the general increase
of thu business of the local packing houses
nud the Increasing consumption of livestock
ut this point :
Can Cars 1'or-
Vour. roo'd. shlp'd. c'ta o.
1SSI . JW7 : 4.0:111 b'J.7i :
IKS : > . . M.IOI won iu.73
18M1 . iif : > 70 i)7 ) ( ( ) 4S.07
1SS.H . IMi.lUJ , : is. ( U8 b'J '
.
bUJ . M.-MI 17ir,0 31. Oil
The significance of this table may bnmoro
fully roallxod when it Is understood that it re
quires about nine carloads of llvo stock to
make two carloads of packing house product ,
and that slaeo the business of the yards ro-
colpts Imyo incrcnsod n thousand-fold , whllo
the | K'nentago of the shipments have de
creased from U'J.73 of Iho receipts in 1834 deto
31. 00 lu Ib'JO. '
The following intcrostlng coinparativo
stntomcnt will show tbo receipts of cattle
and hogs during the last four years and thu
purcuuiago consumed by the local packing
houses :
CATII.K.
Vnur , ItocoIpU. UoiiHtimod Percent ago.
lbS4 . 'MM * 4IHi : III. : ) ' )
S3 . IK.HU 30.UW W.OJ
HMI . 141.457 li.Wl 4'-V-.l
ZL'i.Kl Kf.t-OI
34U.4W ) l.'C'.UK )
IsV.t . 47. ( ! : ) 1S.U57S f.I.'Jil
w/oW ( ) KU.OJJ
lions ,
Votir. lleeolpta , C'unsutnod. rcrcontiiRo.
J.BIU
4 4.UK
. . . . . f > 0.80
I. 11,7UO KW.SXI MSB
' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
'
j > tt ! . . , , . . . . . rWM.fiJJ lIK7. a l' 'll
IS'JO ' 1.0TJ.U ! ! l.i : itfiH ) bJ.01
Drlvim In.
The receipts of stock driven In by local stock
raisenrcculveu ( vU tho"Sarpy Ccutrul , " aa it
Islocally knowndurlng , the past four years nr
us follows , showing a gradual nud Imudsoma
Incroasol
Year. Cattlo. HOBS. Bheoo ,
< n 1,773 MIlo 483
17 ! UHK ) f.Mi ) 1..1C
VI 3,201 8.077 1,43 $
" . , 4'JSI ll.VOO '
1690 4.U85 H.U44
TIIH PAIKIXO INDUSTHV.
The year 1SOO was n marvelously proipflr-
ous one for the South Omaha paokoM. The
total averages of slaughterings of all kinds of
animals Increased from -1,4.00 per day In 1S3'J '
to BH > 0 in 1S90 or 31,30 per cent. The Increase -
crease of slaughterings of hogs was from
1W",20 , " In ISS'J to 1.401,703 In 1SW , ori 1177,503 ;
of cattle from ' . ' 3r,7S : ' In ISSO to . ' 117,010 la
1800or7r,4W ; nnd slieop from lit ) . 1 10 InlSSOto
5J.10J In IS'.K ' ) or 17,7f)7.
The discrepancy In the totals of disposition
of stock und slaughterings Is accounted for
by ttio fact that the Union stock ynnta year
commences November I , Tlio Cudahy Pack
ing company October 2'i nnd the other pack-
ng hoiiHos with the calendar year. Another
explanatory note , Is necessary In ivgnt\I to the
: ar shipments. The tahloof cars moved by
.lio various railroads Includes only full ship
ping cars whllo the packing house * reports In
clude all curs sent out with product.
( win 4\t c < > .
In ISS7 Swift A Co. erected a packing h ouso
ItiHt south of Q street and west of the Union
Parlllo railroad tracks. After Killing L',7411
cattle and 518 sheep and Hhltiplng 11-1 car
kinds of product tnu house was shut clown till
pril 1 , 1SSS. The growth of this Iniiiiunsu
plant umior tlio management of
Superintendent A. O. Foster may lie told in a
soiitenco In the output of 1V.K ) : In 18W )
there were a-.MHU ! hoes , IM.StVi cattle
and : t.-Sll !
, sheep nnd 7,300 carloads -
loads of product wore shipped , nud the ills-
tri hutlvo sales were $ ! ) , M > ; itif > ; > . ! U , To meet
the Increasing demands for the products of
this house , additions nnd improvements have
been made every year , but It was reserved
for IS'JO ' to et'lip-y all previous records.
During 1S1K ) a cold storage building was
erected just north of the now beef houso.
The structure is brick , 1'JS.\214 fcot mid six
stories. A brick tank house mid hog killing
brick building , 80x1511 feet , three stories , was
erected north of the now ice house and west
of the spur track. A brick smoke stack , six
teen fcot square nt the base , and eight feet
at the top. nnd 183 feet high , re
quired ; ! 00KIO ( brick. A frame Ice house ,
14-lxlCO feet , of 14,000 tons capacity , has boon
erected immediately south of the old main
building , llesldes these local improvements
the company bought 115 ncre.i of hind near
Ashland for ice Holds nnd lias erected an Ice
house , Kk > x42 ( ) feet , of lXOOOcupaclty. ) Kloven
now boilers of 100 horse power each have
lieon added to the four old ones , maldng the
motor power 1,800 horse power , and ono now
I''fi horse power engine has boon ndtiod to the
three olu ones , increasing the horse power to
800 , An arctic or ice machine of 100 tons per
day has been added , giving aproduct equal to
" 00 tons of Ice dailv. A dynamo with a ca
pacity of 1,000 incandescent electric lights
gives the nliint 1,000 incandescent
anil thirty-live nrc lights of i,000 ! c.-.ndlo
power. These Improvement ! * have nearly
douled the capacity of the plant , iiu-ruasing
the capacity of hogs from IXK ( ) to y.OOO per
day , cattle trom 030 to li.00 nor day , and
sheep nnd calves in nearly the same proper
tion.
tion.Tho
The whole plant Is covered with nn olec-
trlc llro alarm system , and night pollco and
watchmen make nearly 1,000 reports every
night to the central A. D. T. ofllco. Besides
this precaution nn excellent nnd well cquii > -
ped lire department is in the house nud on
duty day nud night.
Superintendent A. C. Foster furnishes the
following itemized statement of the business
of the idnnt during IS'JO and Interesting facts
regarding the house in the past :
IN l&UU.
No. Totnl Total
Killed. WolclJt. C'oKt.
-
t'ultlo. . ' . . IM.MI 1W..W.7N1 " . & ,4SV,8ilS.4S .
Calvus. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4iHI 8S1.W5 28,1WI.IH1
AvtiiAUK wKKlitr ANII TOST.
* KuniAr. . Oust per Co t per
Ixir Wt. lionil. ItKlllia ,
lines 2au ; ! ) ana i ma fs.si
cnttio irajM loii asw 3.21
bhuc | > 3SI1J ! 1MB 4.21 4.41
Calves 4,184 llil fl.M 4.20
wiouucTiox-rouKos.
8. I * , linma 7,213,1(13
8.Hli rlliHiili's ( J,5r.b7
Hliurt clear ill's ' ttfiM'l
IimiM'liMr ribs : .Vi,01D
.
111.11101 4,5.7Sia
II. I ) .S. niiilS. I' , alioulilura 4jU74,2S3
MCSH imrk
' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
I1. K ! InrJ. . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,1. '
Tiillovv -
1IA1I.Y KILM.VQ CAPACITY.
Cnttlo 1,100
' ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' "
mil-oil. . , \ v..y. Y.y..y..y. . . . . . . . ' 400
bllir.1lUNTS CAIl LOAD LOTS.
1SS7. IRH3. 1839. 1800.
NnmbcrcarH Ill 2iS3 : 410 0,75.1
UurlnclSMT.IW cars were shirked with produce
from this IIOIIHI.
ANNUAL sr.AUllITEIlIXflS ,
Vonr. lions. Ciiltlu. Bliopp , Calves.
ISS7 2.74'J 618
INSS 7.iit ttlJilQ I3.5TII rW7 (
18S9 811,1111 II9.I8D 28.121
ISW Vjlijl ! ) ' LV.'Ara K l'i 4,024
MUN'rilLV Hr.AUUIITKIIINd.S.
ma. iiuga. cuttio. aiii'op. Calves.
April 4 , XKI 47J
May B.257 "
June fi.fi 3/JW "M
July . . . . r' 7 l.Vfl
2,111
.St'iituiiibor 7.HI7 S7I
8,704 4'IW 2h9
7,4 ill 4-im
Doromber. . . . 7,0iii aus 127
.
Jnmmry . 13501 J.MK ) 2. !
I'Vlinniry . 1.1,91 IM'O
jlnroli. . . . t.W 70
April . 4 AW 70Ml
.Mny . 3.UU4 U.liU 4,118
.luno . - , I3 HMI7
July . 2 , ! l
August . ' . ' .blS 1JU4 IH'I
hoinunibcr . WM ! 1,411 47
( ICIIllM 11. W 2115
Nindinlcr H.ilil iiU 2U7
Ducumbur 2U7W
.Imnuiry ZOT
iiur . 2'H in
1I.IH H.f > S4 JI.WJ 1117
April ItU'S'l ' ' H.T' ' 3.177 iw
. 2..l 5 278
.luno . 1'WIII ' 10Uin l.W : VA
July . 1IU7I IJ.ISII 1.713 7M
AllitllHt . KWII 12.701 * 1,715 fill
Si'i.tomber . . 17.1:11 : IZ.UM1 .VJ5 f..ll
Ottobor . a7'i4 18,431 4,231 f..llW7
J.AIIOI'.ST SLAUOIITKIUNOS.
The largest nuinhcr of IIORS killed hy this
house in one day was l.Till on Kovcinhor 30 ,
IS'.K ) , and the largest number of cattle was
SSOon October 1 , lbW. !
iMri.ovis : : AMI WAOKS.
The larsost number of employes on the roll
was Sl)0 ) on Novomler 15 , lhl'0. ' The total
wages paid during IS'.K ' ) was 8 81,1B.G5 ! , an
nvernjjo of fOUl.45 per employe.
1 lie Ciiilaliy I'mskiiifj Cinnpany.
December 15 , 18'JO , tlio Armour-Cudahy
pacltliiB company dissolved , 1'liillp U. Ar-
inour rotirinufi-om the Omaha house and
Michael Hudnhy and Edward A. GuUahy oh-
talnlntr ownership of the whole plant.
The plant is creeled directly west
of the Union stockyards , was originally
built hy Kdiviml .1. Upton it Co. , from
whom itpassoil to the Armour-Cudaliy paclt-
IIIL'company and Is now owned entirely by
Michael Oudithy of Chicago , who Is presi
dent , mnl Kdivnrd A. ( Judiihy of Omaha , who
13 ( jiiiieral inuimi'ur nnd vice president. From
an inconslclorublo hcginntin ; in 18bl ( 7 ,
the plant has grown no Unit now the
bulldinuscover eighteen ncrcs , tholloornrcais
as largo as an custom farm , and In lb'.K ' ) there
were killed ( illi.WM ) hogs , 8HliJ7 ! cattle and
1.1,771 sheep , and the distributive sides A'cro
The iihenoincnal growth of tlio plant nnd
the magnitude of business nro butter nnd
morn graph leally told by the statistics fur
nished hy ( Jenoral Manager Oudahy , ;
UurlnglSUOiilono dxtcoii buildings were
erected or put under way by tnis company.
In this house ti'ono ' is curried on every do-
ptirtmcntof the jiiicldng tiouso husdnoss. A
brick ieo house , U'Jxl'J1) feet , six stories , n ,
tank or oil room , iWxlK ) feet , three stories , a
cold storage , luOxiilO feet , six stories , a yar-
yiin manufacturing dopartiaent , ( HxtU ) foot ,
four stories , four mnoko houses , JMixflO
foot. Blx stories with capacities
for 50,000 , n nopiln dopjrtincat
lUxSO feet , nn addition to the heef
house , wuoro the now box factory has boon
05x1115 foot , bone rooma OOxbO feet unit two
Htorles , n tin shop 'JOxlWJ lent , four stories , a
holler room 2 ( > xH > fcot , an onghio room UOxtU
feet , ono of the improvements at this house.
The equipment lius boeu Inoreasou from thir
teen to Illteen bollem of 100 horse Dower each
iindfroin thrco to four enuloea of 12.1 norse
power each. Oao has only to know the fuot
that on the lastuay of November , 181K ) , ono
ahlpmont of twcnty-llvo cur lends of
product was started for i'urona and
us many ns sixty-four cars have
been loaded nnd shipped hi a single
duy andlO.SOI cars wore shipped out with pro
duct Uurlnu' ISW , to realize Iho mufnitudu of