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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
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lXHO
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112
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1x93
lx4
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1SH6
1X97
lxtt
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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:
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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
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3EWARE OF 'JUST AS Ci
ratmTt tat) boea VAtcipated and tba depart- giTen ej ia ui
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