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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1903)
1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 190.1. FIGURES WHIGH TELL OF OMAHA'S PROGRESS AMD PROSPERITY DURING THE YEAR 1802 YEAR OF PROSPERITY (Contlcucd frcm Klrrt rage ) ma the preceding year, for the number of new houses started, but the growth was mainly with th house In buln at the beginning of the year. The drr goad houses were snmeahst in advance of the other lines la preparing for the Ineteaso of business, snl the beginning of the yar found warehouse spnee, rannufactorlea and nfjlce rooms enlarged. The xrorery lines, I on the contrary, found their greatest ex- psnsion after the beginning of the present j year, and the Increase In the business which has come caused all of them In a greater or less degree to enlarge their facilities for handling the trade. One of j the new features of the Omiha grocery trade is the number of branch distributing; houses whirl) have been opened. One Omaha firm during the last twelve months has made arrangements for opening thir teen new depots, which mill be located In a number of towns of the state and ad Joining states west of Omaha. This course has been brought about by transportation conditions, a number of the larger towns taking a rate from Chicago and eastern points little If any. In eicess of the Mis souri river rates, and the local rate from the depot to the retail dealer In nearby towns la leSM than the rate from Omaha, so goods can be handled at a larger mar gin of profit and competition can be met on better basis. The largest Individual growth of an one house during the year haa been that of the Bmis Rag company, which haa added to Its room a 150,000 building and haa taken up the manufacture of horse blankets. This Innovation has resulted In more than doubling the annual payroll, and has sup plied work to a large number of people. Probably in no other line hss there been such a relative increase in the business of tha city as in the poultry, butter and eggs trade. This Increase Is due In no small measure to the action of the large packing houses of the country. Swift and Armour, particularly, have entered the local trade on a large scale. According to the state ment of local managers of these houses, this was done for the reason that, with their perfect method of distribution of packing house products, It has been neces sary to keep salesmen In the larger cities of this and other countries whj have been able to attend to the business of the pack ing house In a few hours each day. and as a result their time wsa not fully occupied, so the company managers decided to add poultry, butter and eggs to the business, being lines which required little additional force at the warehouses and which up to that time had not been exploited In a systematic manner. In every country where the packing houses have representatives an active campaign was begun for the sale of frezen poultry, chilled eggs and refined but ter. The result Is that American products of this variety are to be found In almost every clvllltcd country, and the price paid during the year has been higher, especially for poultry, than has been known In any former year. In a direct way the Inde pendent houses have profited from the ag gressive action of the packing houses, as these houses have expanded the market and the Independent dealers are entering those fields with the minimum cost of ad vertising and expense of sale. Last year the estimate of the business, made by tenons familiar with the trade, was $1,000, 000 for Omaha alone. Thla year the esti mate la $2,600,000, and 149,000 a year is paid to the workmen engaged In the business. Among lines showing the most apparent expansion are: Heavy hardware. In which one concern baa doubled Its floor space and added to Ita line the manufacture of buggy tops. Tanning, In which the Omaha tannery, which was experimental last year at this time, ha Increased Its capital and after adding the manufacture of harness from Its product to Its tanning business Is now preparing the plans for a model "actory and tannery building to be erected at East Omaha at a cost of approximately 238.000. Brewing, In which a strong company hss taken charge of the Willow Springs brew ery and Is pushing its trade into all part of the west. Distilling. In which the Willow Springs distillery haa expended about 170.000 In tho construction ot a new bonded warehouse, and the sellltfg agent's. Her ft Co., have constructed and occupied a new salesroom at a cost ot about $12,000. Stoves, in which one of the houivs In tin city In former years has erected a new warehouse and salesroom at a coat of about $20,000. Furniture, In which Beebee A Runyan have added to their capacity a large five story building covering a town block and added the manufacture of couches and par lor suites on a large scale. Jewelry, In which local wholesale house haa constructed a three-story building, modern and model for the line and entered upon the manufacture ot Jewelry. Capa, in which a wholesale bat and cap bouse baa entered upon the manufacture ot caps with a factory having a capacl'y ot about 500 dosen week. One ot the reasons assigned for the growth ot the trade of the city la the I opening ot the new line from this ctty I Into South Dakota by the way of Boyd county, Nebraska. Thla country has had easier communication with Chicago and St. Paul than with Omaha, and what trade ( did not go to those polnta waa captured by Sioux Ctty. With the new read Omaha and Sioux Ctty were placed upon a plane ot equality, while because of longer dis tances St. Paul and Chicago were put out 'of competition. The growth ot the trade ot the city, on the whole. Is not ao much assigned to any development of new territory as It Is to the more energetto working of the old terri tory, with the development of country and aa Increase In population. The evidence of the generally Improved condition was , aeea a year ago In the high prices offsred for Nebraska farming land. During the last four year a large number ot people, farm era of the better sort, have come Into the Rotate, and those wtio held their land have .'derived Urge returns from (heir Invest -'ment. The result haa been lnrreaed de Imand for goods, and according to all re ports this demand has been more In the way of better quality than in the way of larger quantity. This tendency was ob served a year ago, and the Jobbers pur chased with that end In view, ao that while there ha been shortage ot goods In other markets. Omaha has been fairly well sup plied U all line during the year, and this ts resulted in bringing business to this ctty which under ordinary conditions would have remained at other renters. Inquiry among the jobbers and manufac turer la the various lines represented In ths ctty makes the following showing: Agricultural Implements TbJ force of traveling men haa not been materially In creased, but the Increased business re ported by these men has caused aa addi tional force of office and warehouse roa to bo engaged. The total volume of bust aeaa I estimated at $8.200. 000. and total wage paid to all employes $295,000. Bag and Horse Blankets By reason ft changed conditions the number of traveling tea haa be a reduced slightly, but the offlco fore has been Increased and the mount of mags pall has increased from $35,000 to $70,000, due to the addition of the manufacture of horse blankets to tho bagging line. The volume of business Is estimated at $1,100,000. Boots. hocs end Rubbers The consol MMInn of two rf th leading houses of the city with the Vnlted States Rubber coin pnry has had the effect of making price more stable, and. while It haa not Increased sales. It has materlslly reduced the dsnger experienced by retail dealers of having changes in i Hcm made when they had Isrge storks on land. The number of trav iling salesmen, office employe snd ware house men has been Increased, and with a volume of business of $4,810,000, the wage pMd employes Is $32(V'O0. Manufacturing confectioners report an In crease in business of 33 1-1 per cent over last year, with a large Increase In all line of employes. Dry goods lines show an Increase of IS per cent over last year, the volume of business being estimated at $D.75O,0OO and the annual wages paid $453,000. The Increase In the volume of furniture business has been something more thsn 25 per cent. Drugs show a slight decrease In the vol ume of business, but an Increase In the number of persons emrloyed. The decrease Is due to the fart that a number of manu facturers of chemicals, which are sold In large quantities, now sell direct to the consumer, while last year they old through the wholesale houses. The decrease from this source Is made up, with the exception of about $50,000, by the increase la other lines of goods. About 20 per cent Increase Is repeated In the volume of business of the grocery houses, but this Incresse hss made a large increase In the number of office employe and warehouse men, as last year the work was done with a short force. Heavy hardware this year show a gain of about 10 per cent over last year, which however, showed a decrease on account of inability to secure goods. The number of employes la about the same as formerly. The condition of the light hardware and stove market waa something unsatisfactory late In the sesson on account of the price of bard coal, which left dealers with large stock of base burners on hand, but could the stock have been secured the sale of soft coal stoves and furnaces would have more than made up the deficiency. Other lines com ing to the relief of trade, the business shows an Increase of about 12 per cent. Lumber In a wholesale wsy Incresied about 10 per cent over last year. With one new house in business during the year the sale of paints, oil and glass Increased about 10 per cent over last year. The activity of the Typographical union and allied trades during the year ha had a good effect upon the printing trade, as a much larger proportion of the total busi ness of the city Is being done by local houses than formerly, and this line I as suming a position of leading importance in the manufacturing and wholesale trade of the city. The number of expert employe Is now about 650, with wages ranging higher than any similar number of em ployes engaged in any other manufac turing line. Summing the matter up the total number of salesmen traveling for Omaha houses can conservatively be placed at approxi mately 1.000, with about 1,500 persons employed In the o(T.ces of the factories and jobbing house and not less than lt.000 person engaged In the factories and warehouses, whose, total wage for .the year will be at least $3,500,000,' exclusive of the w age paid at the Union - Pacific shops, the railroad offices and the South Omaha industries, a large cumber of whose employes are engeged In the city ot Omaha at the local salesroom and warehouse. RECORD OF BANK CLEARINGS Increase f More Than Thirty-three Blllltons of Dollar Over the Total of 1901. Omaha bank clearings for 1902 show the heavy Increase of $33. 663.974. 67 over those of 1901. which I nearly $20,000,000 more than the excess of the clearings of 1901 over those of 1900. A comparison of the clear ings for 1902 and 1901 follow: 102. ....$ 31 361.419 75 .... 25.675.020 50 .... 32.459.139 08 .... 30.129.866 34 .... 30.9Sx.lrt6 1 .... 2S.973.9xS 38 .... 29.142.2S7 50 .... 27.96 .096 76 . . . . Srt.iWO.K'ig 92 .... S3,6M729 33 .... 30. fc6. 934 67 .... 31.656 015 65 1901. $ $1,611,968 27 23.622.277 71 26.047.043 S 24.979.723 72 30.S28.921 $3 25.996.682 09 25.Hkf.M"0 (4 25.290.092 14 24.744.925 $0 33.343.6x8 49 27.G15.0B3 $8 29.770.172 M January .. February March .... April May June July August ... ptember October .. November Dec: mber Totals t362.6U7.663 48 $329,043,688 $1 With the totals for the last aixteen yeara at hand it will be seen that not since 1(96 have the clearings reached as high a figure as this year. A tabulation I appended, but In the yeara from 1887 to 1893 the clearing season extended from October 1 to Septem ber 30. In 189$ the schedule wa arranged to run with the calendar year, ao the two quotatlona for that year are, first, up to October 1. and, second, the months of Octo ber, November and December. From 1894 on the calendar year la Included in each total: , $274.441.06 10 832,01 4. 04 54 , 4o2.5ii0.S33 00 490.124.913 14 441,157.790 70 545.S7S.SH4 0! S32.531.746 58 126JO4.071 (4 43.472.168 06 , 3S1.2S6.477 74 430.2X2. 66? 54 243 Is. 79 57 S19.561.528 61 297.433 370 S 315 .136 .11 04 S29.043 64 1 362.Oj7.6ta 48 lx7 lxwi lxM lXHO ll 112 l.'tt 1x93 lx4 ltS 1SH6 1X97 lxtt lb9 1S) lSX'l U.-2 A. REAL ESTATE BUSINESS GOOD Last Year One at tCateaalv Improve, meat Fall at Sails fac tory Den la. It Is the opinion of real estate men that 190 la entitled to be recorded as a year of unusually extensive improvement, and as though in substantiation ot this claim, the county register ot deeds reports that the mortgages filed by owner of property In the growing city additions and elsewhere during the year numbered 1.075 and amounted to $3,038,275 a against the 1901 showing of 1.881 Sled, amounting to $2,415. 303. The 1900 record was 1.821 filed, smountlng to $2,750,953. Mortgage releases run about the same for the last yesr as for 1901. Dur ng the latter the number of releases recorded was .078 and their total $3,592,757. and In 1902 the number was 2.009 and their total $3. 189.910. The total of the deedt would exceed, for 1902. their total for 1901, even without those Incidental to the street railway merger, but with the latter the total Is pushed up to nearly three times normal. During the year the price ot farm land haa continued It upward tendency of the last few years to the extent that present prices' ar at least 15 per rent higher than the selling price of last year, with the demand atlll strong The city' showing is particularly pleas ing la the number of email homes that have beta bought tod r being improved by laboring men with the funds they have uved out of their wages. Three-fourths of them. It Is reported by the dealers, pay I cash, and or the other not a few take up their notes before due. As between city and county the ap portlenment of mortgagee Bled and released Is shown In the following tables1. City Mortgage. Months. January .. February . March .... April May Jure : Julr August September October ... November December Totals Filed No. Amount. f O.40 232.710 153 116 172 ISA 1X7 1M 161 172 1S4 178 119 103 141.255 44S.S10 191 350 145.905 142.295 1W 34; 233,870 183. 690 351.545 .) Released No. Amount. 85 $ 79.Co 1M40 237.760 278.615 206.34S 143.25 170.0W 195.240 219. MO 171.540 669.235 131 16.1 14 16 127 134 218 162 1V, 138 117 1.886 $2,961,335 1,501 $2,821,670 Farm Mortgages. Months. January February March April May Juno July August Boptember .... October November ... December .... Totals .... Real Months. January Fehrjary .... March April Vav June July August September ... October November ... December .... Totals Filed Releaaed Nov Amount. No. Amount. 21 $ 40.2HO 32 $ 62.750 23 64.401) 21 28.070 26 54.895 26 64.2!0 31 32.7W 26 23.120 10 87.fiO 10 12.460 11 23.150 13 34.700 12 23.690 18 44.850 11 14.475 10 22,200 15 31.150 18 24.730 t 13.450 16 26.MW 11 25 950 10 13.a 14.950 10 ll.OUO 189 $376,940 208 $AS,340 Estate Transfers. 190. 496.292 43.274 829.675 429.656 476 X19 6". 866 409.121 747.318 312.0S1 362.753 556.472 570,044 19"1. 34.387 3X0.340 610.066 594.912 445.57 442.96k 382.429 369.017 46.6S9 6( "2.292 495.146 478.431 . 1902. $ 4"6.289 610.762 6S8.710 558.681 499.562 3X6,705 626.267 436.448 540.626 376.766 39X-.790 10.3o3.841 ..$5,779,183 $6,471,200 $16,626,329 POSTOFFICE SHOWS GROWTH Baslaeaa of 1903 the Biggest Ever Transacted by the Omaha Fostmaster. The year of 1902 In the Omaha postofflce shows a good Increase In business over 1901 In every department. The ratio of In crease Is each year growing greater and the business of this year over last ahowa an Increase much larger than the Increase of 1901 over 1900. The postmaster's report shows the following business for the years 1901 and 1902: v ' ; c : : o S a . H 03 o u K a i SgSSS :523 . . 3Q : :.,rj : IS t :w : c-cw :c5w 9i Woilili ltd I Sfc' Jog! 2t 2 '2 &o J fs 9 e 6 77 . . m'O o S e o kx2 x Coo 0 o a o3 o J t f C C S C-c 8 T5 There are I tne postofflce proper seventy eight employes, eighty-seven letter carriers and seven substitute carrier. One hundred and thirty postal clerks are paid from this office and at the present time 368 rural car rier for the whole state ot Nebraska ar paid by thla office. There, are four regular atatloas, A. B, C and D. There were alio established July 1, 1903, fifteen numbered stations. PORT OF OMAHA A BUSY ONE Collector of Castoaaa Says Hla Basl atti Haa Iserrssed Darlag tho Tear. Harney streets, the preeent work on which I estimated to cost $15,000. but which will before it Is completed greatly exceed that amount. The largest flat building erected during the year Is the two-story structure at Twenty-fifth and Farnam atreet put up by U Christian. In the line of warehouses.' fsctorlea and other place of business there ha been considerable building In the course of the year. Including the Great Western Stove compsny's warehouse at Ninth and Harney streets. $30,000; Fltxgerald sV Peters' brick warehouse, 809-11 South Sixteenth street, $10,000; Bemls Omaha Bag company' six story brick factory. Eleventh and Jone streets. $36,000; George Welnhsgen' three story brick ;prer box factory at Fifteenth and Leavenwortn streets, $30,500; Omaha Coal, Coke and Lime company' screening plant at Twentieth and Hickory streets. $10,000. Included In the work of the year also are the alterations and repairs upon the gen eral office building of the B. M. Railroad company, amounting to $18,500. Following la a summary of the building permits of the year 190$ by month: Permit. Value January ., February . March .... April ....v. May June July Auguat ... September October ... November December 14 14 78 92 66 66 37 61 49 46 18 20 $ 64.060 14.925 109.256 142.036 169.215 1.2 4.1.690 190.53 144.075 78.800 18.160 30.000 Totals ...571 $1,0(7,836 COUNTY TAX COLLECTIONS Increased Taloatlan and Lower Levy Brlags In Payments Better Than Ever. A perusal of the following report of County Treasurer Elsasser will disclose how richly the tax agitation of the last two years has borne fruit. Taking the figure of 1901 a the basis or comparison, It resulted this year In Increasing the assessment nearly $3,000,000; in lowering the county levy 2 2 mills and the state levy 3.125 mills; with a decrease of only about $65,000 In the amount raised; and It has brought about such a campaign for the collection of back Uxea that the 1902 total is $147,276 74 greater than the total of 1901. . Collection and disbursement of 1901 and 190 compare thus: 1901. 1902. Tax collection $583,377.71 $652,905.70 Miscellaneous collections 108.121.08 185.869 83 Totals Paid state treasurer.. County warrants paid... Paid city of Omaha , Paid city South Omaha Paid school districts Total $634,927.46 $733,167.85 Statement ahowlng valuation, levy and tax are a follow: .$691,498.79 . 153.240.45 . $29,071.18 18.360.73 2.193.73 133.061.23 $838,775.53 172.282 67 $71,100.40 36.354.19 2.036.50 151,394.59 Tear. Bank. I Total I Total I Total and Per- I Real I Aseea Railr'ds.l Bonal. Estate. ment. 1902 , 1901 1900 1899 Xe98 897 1X96 1X95 1894 1893 $ 1.474. l,f, 1,298, 1.235, 1.250, 1.224. 1.239, 1.240, 1.434, 1.471, 1.732, 841,$ 375 oa 211 046 678 667i 5481 664i 774 ,e38 6.750.012 4.621.827 4.453.243 4.382.603: 3.946,485 1.906.470 l,76,btH 4.061,131 4.417.901 4.587,797 4,781.4571 143.328 $25,368,181 860,465. 12.881.793 262.73M HI. 745 973 243.611 21. (t. 214 ,077,067' $1,023.55$ .Kfi.rjOSl 21.070,973 683.111! 21.65t.7o5 44l.49 22.62.6 ,283,239 24,701.140 887.5351 $5,476,333 ,955.6341 26.737,091 JJ5VIES. -Mllls- 1902 1901 1900 1899 1697 1696 1896 1X94 1893 189$ I I Consoll- ' State. I County. dated. Til It 1-$ I $-8 17 2-10 24 23-40 7 1-3 17 $-10 24 7-10 8 2-8 16 9-10 25 15-100 1 6-8 16 7-10 24 45-100 7 6-8 14 21 6-8 T 2-8 16 7-10 21 95-100 6 7-8 15 21 7-8 6 3-8 15 21 $-8 6 2-8 16 7-10 22 96-100 TAX. Tear. I Mlscel- I Outside Tax. 1 laneous I of I Tax. Omaha. Total Tax. 1902 , 1901 19"0 1S99 1XS 1X97 1896 8!5 1S94 iS93 18-3 $494,681.06 $ 66c).i.M 537.125.55i 643.899.301 486.169 601 516.186.311 468,391.13 538.938.U)1 640.337.45 544.533.991 530,667. Xi, 11.534.08 $ 12. 543.59i 10.546.331 10.072.20 9.65.41 9.64. 44 9.36.06 12.056.26i 10,262 OXI 10.8U2.9JI 10,666.501 53.415.69 64.667. 28i 57.628.241 69.096.87 69.842.50 J, 850. SOt 60.396.39 43.732.08 44.0U6.19 48.695.24 $559.630 82 626.243.41 609.474.63 613.068 37 555.697.56 55.640.i 5X8,191.72 611.390.65 594.331 61 699.342.u6 650.029.01 Tax Collections by Moatbs. December (1901). January (19U2).. February March April May June July August September October November Regular. .$ 36,903.87 . 82.597.45 . 33.831.63 . 29.505.04 . 138.942.92 . 172.69X 27 . S6.648.70 . 25.SSXJ.23 . 17.S13.69 . 16.957. 20 . 28.542.79 . 33.673.83 MIsel. $ 47.393 81 13,882.20 6.031.14 T.623.70 7.469 82 6.8U3.10 50.514.73 6.021.66 6.426.16 4.074.55 5.84 94 24.823.UI Figures for the business done at the United Statea custom house at Omaha are not obtainable, aa the year close June SO. The collector of custom report that th volume of business not only show a de cided increaae, but alao compare very fa vorably with other Inland cities. The col lector account for the Increase by th- ' fact that the people have com to a gres' appreciation ot a bonded warehouse be!. In thla city through which a merchant may . receive hi good from any part of the ' world direct. The collector also point out ; that la patronising the local custom bouse th people are helping to swell tho govern ment' report of the business done in this city, and for that reason It Is the part of 1 patriotism for the merchant to receive his good direct instead of through th eastern ports. Total $652,906.70 $185,869 83 Dlabarsementa by Months. BUILDING RECORD LOOKS GOOD Mara Than Mlllloa Dollars Expended la C'aaetractlest Darlag tho Last Twelve Maatha. While th building operation of 1902 did not quite equal those of the previous year in amount of expenditure, the discrep ancy la but alight and by comparison of the detailed record the year just closed makes a highly creditable showing. The total figures for 1901 were $1,230,200 and those of 1902 $1,097,836. Among the building operations of the year those of the Vnlon Pacific Railway stand out most prominently for their mag nitude, that company having added to Ita property Improvements aggregating $1S4. 000, which include shops and storehouse, costing $50,000; .a machine ahop, costing $59,000; an oil house, $12,000, and pattern hop, $13,000. The largest single permit of the year was tnat Issued to George A Joselyn for tla two-story, stone dwelling at Thirty ninth and Davenport atreeta, the estimated cost of which was $60,000. As representative of religious advance ment and educational growth on the part of the city may be mentioned the erection of the new St. lXry Magdalene church and pariah house at Nineteenth and Dodge street at a cost of $30,000 sad th Presby terian Theological seminary at Twentieth and Emmet atreets at a cor t of $33,000. Facilities for secular entertainment have boon provided for ia the new Krug opera I aoiu at th corner of Fourteenth and a E O a a a e , S S A ?. A m o m r- v t- W i- the property. Then, too, th Board of Re view ha Included In It return to the city council assessment aggregating $26.097, $83.60 on the personal property of railroad companies which had heretofore been aa sessed by the State Board ot Equalisation at $229,116.40. Thus the total persons! property assessment of the present yesr Is $52,717,620, which after deducting the as sessment on railroad property leaves $26. 620,336.40. The total personal property as sessment of last year wa $8,726,814.80, but a that waa fixed upon a blsl of 40 per rent of the actual value, It represents a true property valuation of $21,817,037, which thorn aa Increase for tb la year In the city generally of $4. 80$. 299.40 over last year. The real estate assessment for 1903 aggre gates $72,298,465. The aggregate real estate assessment of 190$ at returned by th board of review to tho city council last year at this time waa $28,889,250, and aa that wa based upon a 40 per cent valuation It really represented property to the amount of $72,223,125. BIRTH AND DEATH RECORD Kataral lacrease af tho Clty'a topnla tlaa Contlnae at Satisfac tory Rato. A glance backward over the record ot the Board of Health show a slightly larger number of deaths, and not quit so large a number of births for 1902 a for 1901; but neither tb Increase In the death rate or the falling off In the number of birth ha been so great as to cause any apprehension of a decline In the population of the city. In 1902 there were recorded 1.627 births, the division a to sex being 864 boys and 76$ girls; and In 1901 the total number was 1709, there being 885 boy and 824 girl. The death of 1902 numbered 1.079, of which 577 were male and 502 females, and In 1901 there were In all 991 deaths, of which 536 were male and 455 females. Fol lowing Is the record ot births and death for 1902 by month: BIRTHS. Males. Females. Total. January si February 74 March 64 April 61 May 76 June 7$ July 82 August 74 September 69 October 69 November 77 December 45 Totals. January ... February . March. April May June Jjly7 August .... P ptember October ... November December 53 134 72 146 72 136 67 118 M 13? 63 135 60 142 69 143 75 144 65 124 69 136 72 137 763 1,627 864 DEATHS. Males. Females. Total. 48 40 54 64 61 40 , 64 46 44 39 49 , 49 37 38 46 62 44 34 37 46 42 42 30 54 85 7S 100 116 96 74 91 91 86 81 79 103 1,079 Totals 577 60$ Th following table show the death record for the ten year preceding 1902, and by comparison with those figure the number of death In the last year will not appear discouraging: Year. 1902 1901 1900 1S99 1898 1897 1896 1894 1S93 1892 Male. Female. Total. 577 , 636 663 644 , (10 625 , 482 675 , 635 , 652 644 602 465 445 64$ 427 43B 447 545 614 632 546 1.079 901 1.008 1,187 937 909 929 1.122 1.149 1.184 1.199 Following are the statistics of birth for the ssm yean: Tear. Males. Female. Total, 763 824 852 816 780 949 956 929 10 969 905 1.627 1.709 1.812 1,726 1.625 15 19 1.900 1.894 1.960 1.866 1902 864 1901 885 1900 960 1899 910 1898 845 1897 956 1896 954 1895 971 18!4 898 1X93 991 12 954 Throughout th early part of the year 1902 amallpox wa prevalent, owing to the epidemic which began In the preceding year, but from 188 caae in January the number steadily decreased from month to month until there were but three cases re ported In September and only one In Oc tober. Since this winter began there have been some few cases, but the number has not at any time exceeded a doxen, and there I now bo reason to anticipate any serious trouble from this disease. In May laat measles had quite a run and In Oc tober and sines that time scarlet fever ba been quite troublesome, but there havo been but few death from any ot these contagious disease. WAR TAX MAKES A DIFFERENCE Redaction la lateraal Reveaoe Levy Shown ta the Ucsl Cal ler t Ions. Th annual figure of tho Internal rev enue office for the district of Nebraska show a decrease over the year previous. Compared with 1901, there wa a decreaa of about $700,000. More specifically, the de crease Is $58,773 on lists. $120,154 on beer tax. $284,164 on spirits tax paid. $17,734 on cigar tax, $1,10$ on tobacco tax. $29,895 on special taxes, $117,712 on documentary stampa and $4,055 on proprietary stamps. The great reduction In United Statea taxes, I'Sectivo July 1, 1902, accounts for tb de crease. The tax on renovated butter went Into effect July 1, and of course the Item of $8.81$ represent collection tor six months only. The rate of tax on such butter being but i cent per pound, $8,800 taxes would mean 1.760 ton of butter. The fig-ire tor two year ar aa follow: 1902. Lists $ 14. 699 Beer stampa 3.3,075 Pplrlt stamps 1.921. 6J4 Cigar stamps .... 69.576 Tobacco stamps 6.853 Special tax stamps 78.436 Renovated butter stamps.. 8.816 Mixed flour stamps Iiocumentary stamps Proprietary stamps $2 28.944 691 1901. $ 73.471 44S.X27 2.2.ftx8 87.310 6 955 108.330 ii 227.454 4.644 Totsls $2,461,643 $3,167,501 (December collections are estimated on the basis of first halt of the month.) , -fJ : : f i g INCREASE IN ASSESSMENT ROLL Mew Policy af Tax Department Boaata tha Clty'a Tatal Valae to High Flgare. Istelllgent comparison ot th current as sessment with those of past years Is ex tremely difficult from the fact that an en tirely new policy has been adopted In cp praialng property for taxation. Heretofore It has been the custom to assesa property upon an agreed and uniform percentage, usual. y less than half ot Its trus value, whereas for the tsx levy of 190$ It ba beeu the aim of th aascssor and tha Board of Review to arrlr at th fair cash value vt CRIME SHOWS SOME INCREASE Police Vtr Baster Darlag ISO? Thaa They Were th Tear Before. Crime In Omaha, according to the report of Chief of Police Donahue, during tb last year, shows somewhat of an increaae over the preceding year In the matter ot arrests, amount of property alolen, suicides and accidents. When compared with the year 1901 the laat year haa been a comparatively quiet one for the depart ment, local offenders being Inactive and very few crlminala having arrived in the city without their presence .becoming quickly known and their arrest following. Included In the more Important arrest of the year are: Charles Williams, alias Edward Burkes, arrested by Officer Bloom on April $ Williams was wanted in Lin coln. Neb., on the charge of horse stealing, having also beea guilty of highway rob. bery In Council Bluffs. He waa convicted and sentenced at Uacola. December 4. to twelve year In the state penitentiary. John Williams, alias Harry Williams, ar rested In Kansas City fcr Chief Doaahue. April 13. He was wanted for robbing the pawnshop of H. Goldstein, securing forty watches. He pleaded guilty and wa entenced April S4 to two year penal servitude. James Campbell, arrested by Detective Drummy. charged with eight burglaries, wss held to the district court Derember 20 for trial. The report for 1902, compared with 1901, is aa follows: 1901. 7.479 1.(8 1 4 .. 4 3:4 11 43 1.640 73 Arrests Accidents Bullrllnas secured Ruralarles frustrated Bodies taken to morgue .... Institutes cared for Fires attended Innane cared for Iodgers accommodated lost children taken to parents Meals furnished 84.434 Miles traveled by patrol wagon .9"1 Patrol calle 4,352 I-ost children taken to station IS Nuisances and dead animals re ported 470 Prisoners taken to county jail 235 Packages stolen and recovered 43S Runaway horses stopped 4 Sick and Injured taken home.. 24 8lck and Injured taken to th hospital Sick and Injured taken to the station Stray teams rare" for Stray horees taken up Suicides reported Suicides sttempted Shooting affrays Stabblne- affray's Property reported stolen Property recovered 7 93 .. 67 90 .. 16 .. 16 .. 11 8 .$30,046 .$15,525 1903. 7,663 IV. 157 9 47 235 110 44 2.126 48 $3,975 .78 4.862 6 307 364 350 2 46 US 120 54 62 21 18 13 13 $20,845 $14,071 UNITED STATES COURT WORK Record of the Marshal' Office Show the Aaaaaat af Baslaes Don. The following financial report for the United States marshal' office for th' year how the earnings of the offlt stand well above the expenses. The fee for Juror has made a considerable Incresse over 1901, which I due to the fact that there has been more work done, and also to the fact that on th 1st of last July th fee for Juror was Increased from $2 to $3. In the class designated pay for ballffs are Included all the expenses ot outside Judges called here to assist Judge W. H. Munger, and the bills for the subsistence ot Jurors en gaged In the trial of federal rases. Included In the miscellaneous expenses are the sal aries ot the Judge's stenographer, the Judge's messenger, the cost ot transporting the records to and from Lincoln, the bills for blanks and books for the clerk's offices, and other such Incidentals a are specific ally authorised by the attorney general. Comparative showing for 1902: falarles, Fees nd E-oern. Eamlnr. January 1 to March 31....$ 701 25 $1,450 Tj April 1 to June SO 1.077 67 1.69 70 July 1 to September SO.... 851 42 1.938 25 October 1 to December $1 1.30C 00 2.521 90 Totals $3,930 24 $7,580 68 Estimated. Excess of earning over actual expenses, $3,650.44. DISBURSEMENTS FOR 1902. Salaries, feea and expenses $ 2.930.24 Fee of Jurors 13.626.60 Fees of witnesses 1X.39 23 Support of prisoner 8,4i.0 Pay of bailiffs 932 26 Miscellaneous expenses 1,883.12 UTotal $37.146 64 The docket of both the circuit and dis trict court show a smaller number of ease this year than In 1901. In the cir cuit court the number ot cases docketed was 104 In 1902 against 150 In 1901. In tha district court there were seventy-seven cases docketed, against aeventy-elght the year before and 11$ petition In bank ruptcy against 159 in 1901. OUT AT THE COUNTY HOSPITAL Greater Snmber af resale Than Ever Cared for at Thla Pabllo Inatltatlon. During each of the first eleven months ot 1902, except March, the Douglas county hos pital had a greater number ot Inmate than during the corresponding month ot the year 1901, according to the report of Superin tendent J. Henry Oeit and Dr. Lee. The totals for 1901 have been recorded thus: January. 192: February, 192: March, 192; April, 162; May, 156; June, 155; July, 147; August, 156; September, 156; October, 167; November, 181; December, 198, In 1902 the figures read thus: MONTH. (1902.) January ... February . March April May June July August .... September October ... November , J J V-9 2 e s a 5 X? 171 IS 14 12! 11 9 121 12 11 11 11 xr 33 a t -t. H3 X"S is 5" 83! 81 161 86 16! 781 171 V. 17i 64! 17 67 171 661 171 69 141 70 161 67 the largest la Its history. teeedlcg by Ovr $7,000,000 the aggregate for last yesr. which was the record. In production the round numbers are: tSold Ii Mf.fWl. Silver , 1S.213.'3 31 Lead ,OK.9"044 forper 465.71008 Hltie vitriol S14.719.88 Total $35.6.10.332.86 MILES OF NEW PAVING LAID Doable tho Aaaaaat af th Tear Befera Waa Pat Dawn la too In a general way It may be said that th work of tb rlty engineering department for the year Just closed haa far exceeded that of 1901. for In nearly every Una 6f public work the record how a gratify Ing proportion of progression. ' In paving work thla I perhaps most apparent, a I t hown by a total of t 247 mile of pav. ment laid In 1902 a compared with 1.641 mile In the preceding year. In th year Just closed th extent of pipe aewer laid la Just about equal to the total of tho ptp and brick sewer of the year before. g Following 1 a table ahowlng th work of thla department for 1902: PAVINO. V Mlleaj Vitrified paving block.. Asphalt paving ..1.73 ..1.644 Tots! Ct'RBINQ. 71 204 711 2o2 53 1X8 521 178 47! 157 471 157 65! 17$ 13 I 6(1 177 64, 181 7$! 181 $247 t Mile. Artificial combined curb and gutter 1.53 Natural atone ...1.471 Total ...S.WJ Total cost of paving and curbing.. $10,$40. 48 SEWERS. Pipe sewers of various rites, tnllea $.77$ Total cost $ 27.40a.60 SIDEWALK. Artificial stone and brick, miles.... $.67 Total cost $ 11,665.56 GRADING. Various streets, boulevard eluded, cubic yards Total cost Coat of asphalt repairs Emergency hospital Miscellaneous RECAPITULATION OF EXPENDITURE. Paving and curbing $ws,t4t 43 Sewers S7.4'.5 Sldewalka 11.5U.a6 trading 4.fli.i; Asphalt repairs lJ.joiSi Emergency hoapl.al 6.8:.( Miscellaneous 8,S76Hl ex- 28,09(1.$ $ 4.810.62 12.894 8) 6.K90.04 S.376.U1 Total $176,170.87 Character and mileage ot pavement In Omaha to January 1, 190$: Mllea. Asphalt , 35.306 Brick IS. 81$ Stone block 26. 154 Macadam 1 iitl Wooden block 11.S74 .87.03 Total Totsl cost of pavtng to January 1. 19"3 $5,349,580.33 Total number miles sewers In Omaha to January 1, 19 136. $20 Total cost of fewer to January 1, 1M $1.940.S3S.$3 ARMY SPENDS LOTS OF MONEY Chief Qoartersnaater at Omaha DIs borses Hearty a Million and m Half. The disbursement ot the quartermaater's fund by th chief quartermaster of the department ot the Mlasourl at Omaha dur ing the year endlpg 7cember $1. 190$. mlnua the laat week' business, show a grand total of nearly a million and a halt dollar, and a considerable increaae over the figures of last year. The exact figures are, for 1902. $1.41J,640.$1. and for 101. $1,017,962.2$. This year' amount doea not Include tb amount for th construction ot new building at De Molne and Fort Leavenworth and Riley. The increaae I due to the payment of higher price for horses and Increased expense Incident to the Fort Riley maneuver. Th eompari eons for th two year follow: 1901 Regular aupplle ....$ Incidental expenses... Purchase of hnrsea.. Arms- transportation. Pnrracks and quarters Hospitals Hospital stewards' quarters Shooting galleries and ranges Clothing and equipage Totals !9or. 279.069 10 $ 458 584 84 74.967 65 122.197 60 368. 3M 69 12.624 4a 26,467 26 LI22 70 6.319 96 1.18 61 87,740 $1 156. 906 a 64.830 S 138.196 13 16.306 21 848 36 1.429 70 2.268 S3 .$1,017,962 $1,412.540 91 Admitted Born Discharged Died ..391 , 6 396 , .'. S23 IS . $94 Dally average under medical treatment. 68. 8 J. HENRY OEJJT. Superintendent. Of th $96 admitted thi year, five wr births, and ot the 896 discharged seventy three were deaths. The daily average num ber of those under medical treatment was fifty-nine. In 1901 there were nine birth and fifty-one deatha, and In 1906 but seven births and nineteen deatha. CUPID WAS BUSY LAST YEAR Mora Marriage Licenses leaned Thaa Darlag Aay Year glare 18. Let no one be alarmed by the fact that there were $14 divorce suit filed In the district court ot Douglas county betaeen January 1, 1903, and last Saturday, for during the same time there were Issued 1.319 marriage licenses, or nearly four time as mauy aa of divorce aulta. It must be conceded that 1902 waa a great year for marriages the greatest In the county'a histo:y, except 1S9S, when the Transmlssisslppi exposition drew strange thousand here to do unusual and, to them, memorable thlngi. Following Is tbs 1902 record by months: January 118 July F ebruary 9 August ... March .... April May Jur.e ..... . .... 75 September 119, October ... ....14 November . ....156, December . .. 82 .. 8.4 ..110 ...184 ...124 ..106 OUTPUT OF OMAHA SMELTERY Bearly g.1,000,000 Added Each Month a tha Warld'a Stock af Metala. Th world' stock ot metal wa increased by nesrly $3,000,000 each month during the year 1903 by the Omaha plant ot the As er ica n Smelting and Reflnln company. The tout output of this plant for the year 1 EXPENSES OF THE PARK BOARD Details of Saaaa great la Improving ad Malntalalag Pnblle Pleaa. are Granada. Th work of th Board ot Park Commis sioners tor 1902 waa slightly less In extent than that of the previous year, but Included soma Important Improvements, notably In Hanscom park and Central boulevard. The detailed record of the expenditure for the year, not Including Decvmber, la aa follows: Ttansenm nttrlr ft torn n nivrrrww para Hfmii para Klmwood park Miller prk Curtlsa Turner park jvountxe park Fontenelle park Jefferson square Central boulevard aouth. RiverMew to Hanscom park Central boulevard west. Hanscom fark to Burt street I.42J t$ orence boulevard , $,117 40 i m 97 859 79 1.170 91 1.776 US 483 10 1.315 74 Str7 29 S62 60 2,1X2 65 Total expenditure $26,946 71 This does not Include the general fund from which tools and general supplies ar purchased. Receipts park fund to December 1. .$30 713 80 Receipts road fund to December 1.. 16.774 11 Total receipts to December 1... .86.47 SI WORK OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Plgarea Brleiy Tall tha Stars- af tha Peaalarlty of Thla Plaa lastltntlen. The aatlatlcal record of th public li brary for tb year Just closed ahow a grat ifying Increase In facilities and In volume of patronage. Following ar autistic which convey aa Idea ot the work of the year: Total number of volume accessioned to date 7$,iso Total number of volume withdrawn to date 12.876 Total number of volumes now In li brary (0.014 Number of volumes added In 1902 $. Number of cards issued in 1902 4.K6 Number of card now In use 14.6-w Hooks iasued fur home use 194.012 Hooka lued for reference 64.757 Visitors to reference room t.T4 VUitors to reading room tl.wo Vlaltors to Byron Reed room t.819 Visitors to museum 22.874 THIS BLUE SIGNATURE 1' it- 7 U GUARANTEES x 1 1 in i 11 ia - J I 3EWARE OF 'JUST AS Ci ratmTt tat) boea VAtcipated and tba depart- giTen ej ia ui r. . coup 1 th DCS I
