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TTTE OMATTA DAILY PEE: FRIDAY.' JANUARY 1. 1904.
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SCRMLROADS ALL BRANCH OUT
tfoet EiUring Omaha Mai Groat Show
of Aaiiritj During the Year.
COKING CF THE CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
Kilrnn ( the Independent Un la
City and It Effect oa
the Loral alt na
tion. (While the year 1902 was thought to be
tine of wrmderful achievement In the rail
road world In the way of broadelng out,
extending and Improving lines, 13 has cast
It Into the shade. The feature of earnings
and dividends paid to stockholders In the
various companies has also been notable.
The net Increase In the earnings of all the
tinea of the country for the past year over
1MB has been t34.000.OiO. These figures meas
ure the additional dividends that have been
paid to rtockhoMcrs over and above what
they received during the preceding year.'
The lines running into Omaha have had
their Just proportion of the general pros
perity which has visited the great carrying
corporations of the country. There Is not
one but what reports an exceptionally
prosperous year, and the general report is
one of a satisfactory condition and an ex
pression of the hope that the year 1804, will
b aa prosperous.
Tbo really Important feature of tho year,
o far aa Omaha Is concerned, is tho entry
of tho Chicago Great Western. The pre-
ne of this Independent line has already
been felt tn the local situation, and is cer
tain to become more influential for good.
tValoa Pacific Improvement.
Tho extensive Improvements in the
giatara of . straightening ' lines, reducing
curves, building permanent bridges, etc..
Which were begun by the Union Pacific dur
ing the past few years, have almost all
been completed the past yt-ar. During 1J03
06.32 miles of new track were completed
by the company. The land department sold
during the year 843.231 acres of lnnd at an
average price of tl.77 per acre, the total
amount of cssh received for lands during
tho year being tLen.6S2.S6.
For tho Improvement of the Omaha shops
tSn.188.8T was spent. Immense wood-pre-exvlng
plants' were built st different places
mi vnom. j nrm pi a nil
toltr toe treating 1,400.000 tie
vVHange made In the lln durl
(321,897.30. The rain In
along tho system. These plants have a ca-
tles annually.
ring the year
the trana-
f portatl4f receipts over the preceding year
amounted to $3,676,018.11. or 7.67 per cent.
Tho annual report issued by the Union Pa
tina for the year 1903 Is said to have been
tho most satisfactory ever issued by that
company. It showed a substantial Im
provement over the preceding year In al
anoat every department of the great system.
, What the Barllaa-toa Has Pest.
During the year the building of the
double track between Chicago and Omaha
-""- i.a hi ui cur inKion. ana
1 vu wiii urns mere is leu aoout
thtrty-flva miles of rails to lay to complete
the doubling of the line to the Missouri
river. ' The end of the double track la now
at Red Oak. During 1304 the rails of the
second track will be laid to the river. The
alignment haa been very much improved In
all . the district covered - by the double
track and the grades have been reduced
from maximum of aixty-nlne feet to the
telle to thirty-five feet.
During the year the Burlington added
new equipment as .follows: Two thousand
fifty-ton ooal cars, 117 locomotives, ioo
gravel cars. lf Rogers ballast cars. 141
gondola cara, 40 chair oars. 40 coaches;
Haft)-fejMIT Kttr an V awl.,..
Record of the Northwester.
The . greatest single transaction of the
Iforthwestern during the year waa tho
absorption of tho Fremont, Elkhorn Mis
souri Valley railroad, quite a large system
in Itself. Tho taking over of this dis
tinctly Nebraska . railroad waa no dotrl-
xnent to Omaha, aa the headquarters are
la.lll Maintains V . I ., .
--- uvio miu ii is practically
conducted aa a separate and distinct line.
atlthough belonging to the Northwestern
Bum under the control of the executive nffl
jcera of that system. Indications point to
six tiiJ ve improvements to be mado on
Khe Nebraska and Wyoming division of the
system during the coming year, though Just
what the nature of them will be haa not
poen mado public.
Achievements of tho Wabash.
Tbo Wabash haa made very extensive
improvements during tho year, the 1 arrest
of which is the extension of the lino Into
Pittsburg.. A largo amount of thla extension
ha been completed, and the grading on the
last portion of It, fronvJewett to Pittsburg,
noon nnisneo. ino steel bridges which
win enable tho line to enter the smoky
city have all been completed, and work
I . I the depot In that city, which It la said
ff-eT 'Mil be the finest tn-the United States when
- is done, has been- commenced. Owing
a the fact that the city council of Pitta.
yurg would not atlow the Wabash the use
f t the street It haa been found necessary
to Duna tne station a double decker. The
trains will enter on the second floor, and
Jl traf&o will be underneath. All of the
work attendant upon this extension will
probably ba completed during 104.
' ' lUlaele Central's Activity.
The Illinois CVntrml has been very active
Oaring the year tn imorovtnr Its ivatms
Almost tl.Mu,000 was expended by the com' I
pany In Improving the lines between hers I
and Chicago. The most of this money was
used In the work of straightening lines ana
reducing curves. During the year the
double tracking which has been under way
from. Chicago to New Orleans for several
rears past waa comrleted, the second track
being built tram Jackson, Miss., to New
Orleans. The business of the system, both
freight and passenger, shows a large In
crease over the previous year, and espe
cially Is this true of the western division,
running from Chicago to this city. During
the year Mr. Phllbrick resigned as superin
tendent of the Iowa division to accept a
position with a construction company at
Memphis- and was succeeded by F. 8.
James. In all of the construction work
which haa been done the object hat been
to make everything added permanent.
Stone culverts and Iron bridges have taken
the places of wooden structures at all points
where changes have been made. At Car
pondale. III., what is said to be the largest
tone culvert la the world was built.
SHleraek.ee Tape Rich Territory.
The extensions made by the Chicago, Mil
waukee A St. Paul have been through ex
ceptionally ri.-h country, and It is said that
they have added greatly to the total volume
of the business carried by that system.
Tho extension running from Eureka to Lin
ton in South Dakota runs through a part
of the moat productive wheat belt of that
great wheat producing state. Another line
built during the year from Farmlngton to
Mankato, Minn... passes through an old,
wU-etUed and productive district. The
xtew towns of Elko and Loi.sda were laid
out and established on this line and are
. attid to be rapidly building up.
At 4 he beginning of the year the through
paaaei.ger arrangement with the Union Pa
cido was made, which, extends the through
car service of the Milwaukee from Chi
cago, to the western coast. The passe. -
oojuhc of that company being at
tached to the fine trains of the Uniou Pa-
cifls at Omaha, thus taking the eastern
passenger direct from points east of the
Missouri river to Itonver. Portland.. Baa
f lYnnOece aud ail intermediate points oo
the Union Pacific without charge, and re- I lessor companies distributed ss dividends
turning them to the east In the same way. among their stockholders in 1903 shout $35,-
oek lsla.de Expansion, i.? . ... . . ...
. One of the most signlftrsnt things In
The Rock tslsnd has developed wonder- , raliwv operations for the last three years.
fully during the year and has added exten- tne re,K,rt, .. been ,he marked and
aive Improvements. The following lines general advance In rates. These Increases
have been built: Chlokasha to Lindsay. 1 are rpn,Tai anu- wnn. ,ppiied to the
2S.S mllfle; Guthrie to Chandler. 35 miles: movement or a considerable quantity of a
Fort Worth to Dallas. 33 31 miles; Tarnall . given article they are comparatively rmall
to Amarillo, 17.10 miles. they amount in the segregate to an enor-
One office which has been maintained in ' mous sum.
Omaha for a long time win close up ami i
ro'L"" "na ,hvl u th'iM0NEY 3PENT BY THE ARMY
office of the Frisco system, which system
la absorbed and taken over by the Rock
Island.
Mleeowrt Pacific's
Growth.
Extensive Improvements of a permanent
nature have been made by the Missouri
Pacific on Its southern branches. Pome of
these Improvements have been under way
some time, and a number of them were ment of the Missouri, at Omaha. Neb., dur
eompleted during 118. In all about 7(0 I 'nS the calendar year !!, was arrroxi-
mllns of new lines were built In the south.
Chlraa-o Oreal Western's Efforts.
During the year 19"J the Chicago Great
Western railway relaid fifty-three miles of
road with new elghty-flve-pnund steel and
seven miles with seventy-flve-pound Fteej
rslls. The Winston tunnel between Du
buque and Chicago is 2,400 feet long, lined
with brick and concrete. One hundred and
thirty-three miles were constructed be- I
tween Council Bluffs and Fort Dodge.
twenty-eight mile on the new "cut-off
between Oelweln and Waverly and forty
two miles between Wsverly snd Hampton
were reconstructed. Five miles of new side
tracks were added. The Oelweln yard was
doubled In else. Ballast to the amount of
JEO.000 yards waa placed. Thirty stations
were built, thirty wooden bridges replaced
by permanent structures. Six freight
housna were built and a new forty-stall
roundhouse St Oelweln. this being one of
the largest single roundhouses la the coun
try. Blx interlocking plants were placed at
crossings with other mads. Two of these
are electrical plants throughout, all the
semaphores being lighted st night with
electric light. The total number of levers I
required to operate the signals and switches I
controlled by these machine Is 115. The i
company has also equipped over 450 mile
of track with block signals 188 miles with
manual block.
Roane General Figures.
A few facta and figures taken from the
annual report of the Interstate Commerce
commission for the year 1903 will serve to
show In a general way the condition of
the railways of the country at the present
time and the success with which they have
been operated during the year.
The preliminary Income account shows
railway returns for 201.457 miles of line,
which Is approximately M per cent of the
entire mileage of the United States. Gross
earnings amounted to 81,890,160.679, or 19.3S2
per mile of line. Operating expenses aggre
gated tl.t48.620.4S3, or 86.197 per mile, leav
ing net earnings of tMl, 630,19 or t3.183 per
mile. Taxes to the amount of traow.orx) are
not Included In this statement of operating
expenses. In 1897 the gross earnings av
eraged only 86.122 and -operating expense
M.lOt per mile of line.
Details of the report on earnings follow:
Passenger earnings amounted to t5n.6S3.
00 and freight earning to tl.335.7ra.581. Mls
cellaneoua earnings connected with opera
tion were t46.6M.08 Of the gross earnings
per mile of line t2.526 were assignable to
the passenger service and tO.630 to the
freight service. On the same mileage basis
the net earning averaged HO more per
mile for 1908 than for the previous year.
The dividends declared during the year
amounted to 8159,110.010. This sum exceed
that representing the dividends of cor
responding lines for 1902 by 89.589,700. The
Omaha Auditorium as it Stands
t Some Facts About the Enterprise and an Appeal from the Directors.
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THE OMAHA
Th Omaha Auditorium company was or
ganised September 2 1W0. snd was the
outgrowth of the Omaha Musical Festival
association.
The ground upon which th Luildirg
stsnds was purchased In February, 1901.
The contract for excavating for the foun
dation was let November 14. 19ul, and ground
was broken on November IS of the same
year. The cornerstone was laid July C.
19C2. with appropriate ceremonies. Con
tracts for the superstructure, via . the
brick, stone and Iron and steel work, were
ic-t February 2. !
The first year th board of directors se
cured subscriptions to the stM-k of ths
company amounting to 8132.163; the second
year the board was not so active or suc
cessful and secured but $8,434.58 In subscrip
tions. Th year Just closed the director
have secured $38,132 in new subscriptions,
making a total of Ofa.KS .59 in stock sub
scription and stock donations. Condi
tional and uncollertable subscriptions,
amounting to about 8.5. have been elimi
nated, leaving the total ubsiiptions still
oa th book 8K4.818. of whkh there fca
been paid tn and expended tltl.lU. .awa.
Almost a Million and a Half Dollar
Reqalred to Maintain the
Department.
The disbursement from all appropria
tions by the chief quartermaster, Depart-
mately tl.3Z5.0rO.
The amount of total disbursements given
for Hst year, 1302. was tl.US.540. This total
Include balances left over and transferred
and did not represent the actual ex
penditures for that year, which were In
I actual fiu-t Icsf than during the year IMS.
' The amount shown as expended during th
i year enlng December 31. 1M3, shows th.9
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kinds, transportation, purchase of horss
buildings, repairs and clothing and equi
page. All salaries are paid direct from
Washington and are not Included In this
estimate of tl.&.000.
TEACHERS' ANNUITY SOCIETY
oaf Information A bent a Loral
Association that ts Doing
Good Work,
In March, sixteen Omaha teachers
held a meeting in the city hall and or
ganlxed a Teachers' Annuity and Aid asso
ciation, under the laws governing' Ne
braska charitable associations. The con
stitution of the Omaha association was
modeled chiefly upon that of the Wash
ington. D. C society, but drew liberally
from the constitutions of similar associa
tions In Boston, Philadelphia and Cleve
land. Its object Is to provide a fond for
the benefit of members Incapacitated for
active service by length of years. This
fund Is to 1 provided by yearly assess
ments of the members, by the proceeds of
such enterprises as might be attempted
from time to time, and by donations from
public-spirited .citizens who appreciate the
work done Ijy these quiet, unobtrusive
tollers for th benefit of mankind. The
Philadelphia asstviatlon Is the first one,
we believe, to receive such a legacy, hav
lrg been given tXO.mO by the late Mr.
El kins, and while teachers' associations
are of too recent origin to be widely known
among business men, there Is every reason
to hope that others will follow Mr. Elklns'
Initiative.
The funds, which, from this humble be
ginning seven years ago have reached
nearly 812,000, are Invested In United States
bonds, first mortgages on improved real
estate and city warrants, and are pro
ducing an Income of over $500 yearly. As
all the work of the association Is per
formed by its members, the expense are
nominal, averaging less than $50 a year.
In all Investments the society Is assisted
by Its advisory board, Messrs. Herman
Kduntze, Thomas Kllpatrick and John.C.
Wharton. The society has grown from
sixteen to 100 regular members and about
thirty-five honorary members, of whom,
representing as they do the highest type
TUB OMAHA AUDITORIUM, AS IT STANDS AT THE BEGINNING OF 1904
inn.tf. lia)h.:.irSIillCrfa1fl
AUDITORIUM. AS IT WILL. APPEAR WHEN
yet to be collected about
me, on the
present subscription list.
Tbe money received from the musical
festival, the Industrial exposition, brick
rales, etc., has paid sll of tbe expenses of
the company for tbe last three years and
several thousand dollars over, which haa
also been expended on the property. The
property has cost up to date the following
amounts:
('rounds, north half of block 168....$ 56,808.00
tu lining
Comptitttve plans
$ 1 000 00
741 b
831 .
,. 13 ST1 87
.. 20.evi.00
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. 1.5u.00-$ 87.T11.4S
KxcMvating
urv ev ir.e-. etc
foundation
Brick work
Htone work
Iron and slt-el ....
Architect
Total expended onv property to
date $14S.&!!4I
The building is V4 feet In length by Ut In
width. The main arena, or ground floor, ts
170 feet from stage to the gallery posts at
the opposite end and 80 feet wid between
gallery posts. Tne stage Is 80 feet wld and
it feet deep, with a proscenium arch 0 f eet
wide and a curtain 82 feet from th foot
lights to the arch above. The building and
grounds will represent when all completed
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mMMMMmMm 'Mm
of Omaha rltlsenship, the annuity assorts,
tlon Is very proud. The Society hss lost
a number of Its members by matrimony,
which debar them from futoV claims to
its dividends. Three of Its members have
died and the mortuery tieneflt of $100 has
been paid to their estates. No annuities
have as yet bsen paid, the constitution
forbidding the payment until a permanent
fund of $25.fsn has been reached, when an
equitable division of Its revenue will be
made among the claimants.
It Is the hope and expectation of the
aoeiety to reach this $28,000 within the next
five years, and none of the announcements
made at the annual meetings, held the
first Saturday in March, are of greater
interest to the members than thst of the
steady advance of the permanent fund.
FEDERAL BUILDING FEATURES
Coat of Construction and Maintenance
f t nele fam's Palatial
Meadannrters,
Connected with the office of collector of
customs of tbe port of Omaha Is the very
Important office of custodian of the great
federal building. The structure ranks with
the most magnificent public buildings of
the country and Is practically completed.
The cost of the building site and expenses
Incident thereto was tW.O'iO. There was ex
pended In the construction of the building
up to June an, iro2. Jl.444.Sh4.l9. from June 38,
1902, to June 80, 1908, $157,840.75, making a
grand total up to the end of tbe fiscal year,
June 30, 1903. of $1.702,304 94. This Is ex
clusive of the furnishing of the building as
It now stands and the furnishing yet to
follow in the new wings.
The approximate cost of maintenance of
the building per annum Is practically a
follows: Water, $440; loe, $3?0; removing
ashes and rubbish, 8C10; laundry and re
pairing and winding clock, $.100; sprinkling
streets, etc, $120; coal. $4,300; miscellaneous
supplies for building. $400; pay roll of cus
todian for employes per annum. $13,500,
malting a total of $23,690. Contractor on
the extension to the building have been
paid during the calendar year ending De
cember 31. 3903. about $150,000.
The Items for repairs and preservation of
the building, heating apparatus, vaults,
safes and locks, amounts the past fiscal
year to about $1,300.
Up to and Including the act of March 3.
1903. the final appropriation of $20,000, the
total amount appropriated for the Omaha
court house, custom house and postofflcf
has been $1,845,000.
The first floor la entirely taken up by the
postofflce department. Therein are located
the postmaster and assistant postmaster,
superintendent of mails, registry division,
money order department and the work
rooms of the postofflce.
The second floor Is occupied by the United
Btates district attorney, surveyor of cus
toms and custodian of the building, rail
way mall service, western division rural
free delivery.' the Internal revenue depart
ment, secret service and pension agent
These departments will occupy the entire
area of the second floor when completed.
The third floor provides quarters for the
United States marshal, two large court
rooms, witness and Jury rooms, the clerk
of tho district court, private rooms for the
Judges and ths clerk of the United Btates
circuit court and the local secretary of the
civil service board.
The fourth floor houses the superintend
ent of construction, the weather bureau,
grand Jury room, petit Jury room, record
room, record vault; the weat wing will
also provide dormitories, reading room, eta,
for the railway mall clerks, beside large
civil service examination room for the local
secretary of the board. '-
COMPLETED
and ready for use an expenditure of about
$-:40.000. It will be fireproof and will furnish
seating capacity for about t.OUO people.
Following is the text of an appeel that Is
being sent out in circular form b'y the
directors of the Auditorium company:
With tS.too in new subscriptions the
Auditorium company can proceed to put
on the roof and complete the building.
Every rltlxen f Omaha should begin
the new year right by heiplng to
raise ibis liOJU. The total subscriptions
Up to dxte amount to $164,000, of which
amount 8131. ha been paid In and ex
pended en the grounds and building. A
.large portion of the unpaid subscriptions
will be paid In immediately af.er the first
of the year, and these payments, with $..
0 In new subscriptions, will enable the
directors to push the enterprise te a Onijih.
There are hundreds of people In Omaha
who bawe never subscribed anything to the
Auditorium, and many others who ran af
ford to do more than they have dona. There
are some large subscriptions In sight and
some expected from outside sources. Every
loyal cttisen of Omaha should assist ths
Auditorium company right now So last the
building can be completed and made ready
' I " "" 1 ' mun mtw.
Send In your autCfimlona or votie Hum.
tions to Alfred at I hard, measurer. Commer
cial National bank, or tu J. R. Lehmer.
secretary. 1118 Karnam street, or to J M.
fill tan. aaftUtant secretary, room 14, Com
mercial NaUvual bank building.
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BIGGEST IN ITS HISTORY
Liv Stock Indutrj at 8oUi Omaha Make
Soma Saw Baoorda,
RECEIPTS PASS FIVE MILLION MARK
Improvements Mag hy Stock Yards
Company la creases Popularity
t Market with It Reg.
alar Pntrens.
Receipts of live stock at the South
Omaha market for th year 1803 hav
broken all previous record by a wide
margin. In round number over 8,100,000
head of cattle, hog and sheep hav been
received. Cattle receipt amount to over
1.071,000, hog numbered something over
t.31.000 and aheep have nearly reached
the 2,000,000 mark. This is an Increase
over last year amounting to about 60,000
head of cattle and of about 421,000 head of
sheep. Hogs show a decrease of about
18.000. This loss In hogs 1 Insignificant
as compared with the decrease at many
of the other markets. For example, th
falling off at Kansas City amounts to
over 800,000 head. In reality th fact that
the decrease at South Omaha ha not been
much larger than 18,000 head la taken aa
good proof of the steady and rapid growth
of the South Omaha market.
Several reasons exist why hog should
have been short thla last year, but the
principal cause is found in the fact that
farmers marketed their hogs very closely
In both 1301 and 1KB, owing to the high
prior prevailing at that time, aa well
as to the ihort corn cropa. That nat
urally left a shortage of brood sows. The
cold, rainy spring of 1008 also helped to
materially reduce the supply, as young
plga died off In large numbers. Cholera
doe not seem to have been more preva
lent than usual. Taking these facts Into
consideration South Omaha live stock men
feel well satisfied with the showing made
by their market. Another factor In the
decrease In hog receipts which should not
be lost sight of ts the Increase In the
average weight- When the weights of the
hogs are figured It will be seen that more
pounds of pork have been handled than In
1902.
Proad ot the Cattle Record. I
Th big increase In cattle receipt is
a source of great pride to the patrons of
South Omaha. It will bo remembered
that th year Just past haa been a bad
one for western ranchmen, and owing to
tha low prices prevailing both for western
feeder and western beef, thousands of
head ot cattle are still on the western
range 'that would have been marketed
under more favorable conditions.
The Increase In aheep la even more
marked than In cattle. South Omaha now
holds th position of the second largest
market in tho world for sheep by a wide
margin, the nearest competitor being
about 700,000 head behind.
The Improvement In th South Omaha
market la not confined to an increase In
receipt. The Stock Tarda company baa
Improved Ha facilities for handling Stock
even more rapidly than tho Inereaa In
receipts, so that patron receive batter
car than over before. Th hog yards
hav been enlarged and a new scale house
built. In the cattle division several acres
of new pen have been built and another
scale house added, New chutes for th
unloading of stock hav been built, which
greatly reduces th time that stock must
stand on th tracks. Th aheep division
haa aeon th great est change.' On Christ
mas day of 1802 tho sheep barn waa burned
to tho ground and since then a new barn
much larger than th old ona has bean
completed and South Omba can now claim
tu hav the most up-to-date aheep barn
tn th country.
Only within th last few year haa the
hors market been a prominent feature,
but th growth haa been so rapid that
South Omaha la noW the largest rang
horse market In the world. Th sale
held last summer attracted buyer from all
over tbo country and many compliments
were heard regarding the class of hone
offered and tbe method of handling them.
Tbe Stock Tarda company ba kept pace
with th growing need of the horsemen
and haa built new barns' and sale rings.
But while the progress of tbe market has
been rapid in the past, no one familiar
with the resource of the tributary coun
try think for a moment that the advance
ment in the future wilt not be even more
rapid. Stockmen in Nebraska and western
Iowa are fast learning that It pays them
best to ship to their home market and tn
that way save th expense and shrinkage
of th long haul. Western ranchmen are
also awara'of the fact 'that by patronis
ing South Omaha they are Just too mile
nearer to market than they would b
otherwise. It 1 certain that th way In
which South Omaha haa been capturing
th rang bualnea haa been a surprise
to the friend aa well aa to th com
petitor of that market.
Tho following table will show in detail
th growth and development of th mar
ket during th last twenty years:
stlt of tteek (or Twenty Tea
Home.
C,t,: Hot. SheepMulea.
Wj $.5 6.5kl 4S
lw .- ll.stl 152,624 IS. 404 10T
IK ......... 148.515 147.018 4I.4W 2.8K8
18C7 239.877 LuM.624 78.4ZJ 1344
1 366.823 l.i,t47 172.138 6 271
1KH 473.0M 1.J34.6S1 152.617 7550
lf0 16.3S7 1.702.713 153.873 6 Ul
!"91 eoi,U 1.537.387 168.845 8.751
1 755.069 l,blt.884 188.588 14,113
ld 8o2.4a 1.408.451 252.273 12
18V4 821.512 1.8S2.0T7 !4S M5 8 24
1 53.103 1.1W.726 304,870 7 077
1 66.578 1.218.370 858,00 $847
U7 8U.048 l.ei0,.n 627,10 8872
lfc - 812.244 8.101.807 1,085.136 10 3H2
IK" 827.5SJ 2.216.4U 1.0W.31S
ISM 828.204 z.!M).j 1.176.775 K 848
1S01 8lk.J0J S.4J4.062 1.314.841 86 31
ISO! 1.010,815 2.247.428 1.742,538 42 078
1W3 1.071.177 X.231,067 1.863.763 62,828
Shipment of Stork for Twenty Year.
Horses,
Cattle. Hon. Sheep. Mules.
1M 88.458 la 3,008 - 418
1KX5 82.844 78.211 8.818 1.508
18M 74 617 16.18 18.148 1.804
18K7 156 275 154.874 68.48 1836
I" 212,263 81,0 128 718 4 04
1 22 767 178.218 88.868 8.850
1KM 28667 28.763 tC.GKl 4 640
11 2W.571 28.650 87.222 8 151
1 287. 48 83.87 83 200 12008
1K3 80S.8X8 ta.548 88.278 U2
1W4 330.SI4 401.331 112.181 8111
ii 274.827 88.673 111,817 6.50
18 241.224 70.450 140.344 4.C13
17 856.176 63.061 2o5 617 2 453
188... S23.104 172.0:4 43.171 7 64
la KM. 47 4 28. va 342.247 30 11
1 274.478 86.8S4 bLl.S 6446
1"1 238.250 48.601 6o2.801 84 2.4
1"2 8M823 lfc.7' m3,2A 38 868
lsu3 tt'1.351 60.8U8 828,188 51,!k
Largest Receipts.
Largest 8tock Receipt la On Day
Cattle, September 38, 18u3 u r
Hogs. July 31. 1884 to 64
Sheep, November 10, 18ut 86 2J8
Horse and mule. June 23, 1800 t!74
Car. September 14, 102
Largest Stock Receipts In One Week
Cattle, week ending September 80, 108 66 444
Hogs, week ending July 81. 184 V&JtTl
Sheep, tek ending October 81. 18u2 1(648
Horses and mules, week ending June
80. 100
Cars, week ending September 80. 14 . 3 021
Largest block Receipts In On Month
Cattle, September, lsus..... 156 128
Hog, December, 18Si , Jan'n
Sheep, October, lhd aeallW
Horse and mule, June, 1800 , 11 38
Car. June, 108 xjuj
Largest Slock Receipts In On Tear
Caul. 1808 , L07V.17T
Hogs. 101 i 4,082
ifheep. lut ... l.M.?4
Horse and mules, 1800 68648
Car. 18U8 88.770
Arenas Weight of Hears.
B La lament of th monthly average weight
of hog sold on this market for th last
tan years:
18S4 1886 1R96 lSSTHIBrt W li"0 1901 IrOJ li9
Jan. .
Feb..
Mar
14'
;47' Mn
Stl 211
rtn :i5i
r4.: 117
T41!
Mil 2-,
208: ?1!;
210 1 -4!
218! K
1871 3ti"i
275' W
' 2 '.
r:i! 30'
;i'
2Wj Z7'
27.'' 271!
2.'( 27r.
2821 2W
27' W
2UI! 24f"
247 1
2o' 247
2571 2M
2' 2.'o'
i? 241
2f.i 2f!
274' 2 8
?ry "7
274( 2i
2T-7 "St' ?' rt?
2;7 2li 21 1! 2.T6
24 2.C 22 2.')
2; 2.12 j 221 247
2'W 4i 2, :4
242' Z-T2i 2Tt
2M 2Sll 2i 4
J4'' 2.TC 242 '
St 24; 2T.t 273
?4f. 2' 2"',, 2"8
2M' 205! W?'
2.,i 212; 266 i 206
April
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept
Oct..
Nov.
Dec.
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE TEAR BY
MONTHS.
P
o
333
5 -
US
"l"3
3
g't?
si
TOTAL, SHIPMENTS FOR THE TEAR BY
MONTHS.
Horses Total
and No.
pf 1 wJ7" cf-s-?
s
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Mules. Cars.
January ... 13,12 870 l".2o3 1.3H2 818
February . Id 4S 1 295 2n. kj 1 S115 7
March V.V& 843 33.007 2V 1,071
April 19.1S1 1.073 2.048 1.4.i7 7S
May 14.322 2.K14 '13.1S3 1.045 7
June IT. 510 7.711 5.224 J.2i i,'C
July 11.5.4 4-S 4".,fi4 8.7) 83
August .... 17.625 T.93 fX55 1.373
September 60.137 9,1"8 170,4 10.6T-3 3.07
October ... f2.l5 4.1w 20"'. 21 S.X5 S.6i3
Novemlier 84.70 .M1 lo w1 2:.7 2.1!"
December . 17.674 4.878 67.57 1.0B 923
Total. 1903. .301 .851 50 80S S28.1W 51. 17.121
Total, l2..3e-4.823 1G8.708 83,250 I9,:'.9 19 96
DRIVEN INTO TARDS.
Horses
and
Hogs. Sheep. Mules.
2.7M1 8.135
3.111 7.425 11
S.410 8.3M ' 1
3.145 8.295 1
3.166 3.449 M3
3.676 1.745 1"6
3 3.v 2,05f 53
:.ro m t
2.27 4.775 81
l. 2.314 8
l.S7 t.093 18
2.2S1 6,497 9
32.647 48268 506
36,828 22.815 251
MonthsM
January ..
Fehruary .
March .....
April
May
June ......
July
August ....
September
October ...
November
December
Cattle.
.. l.1t
.. 1.02S
.. 1.448
.. 1,770
.. I.)
.. 1.6r
.. 615
.. 271
.. 675
.. 450
.. WO
.. 894
Total, 190J... 11.847
Total. lf2...13,775
CITT t'SE AND SOCTH OMAHA
PACKING.
Horses
and
Month. Cattla Hegs. Sheep. Mules.
January 87,842 196. 4 86.730 71
February .... 67,447 91 422 80.738 24
March 60.790 1.2,741 105.W2 52
April 87, 1M 1R1.674 7.6'W 233
May 81.338 21.848 43.62R 72
June 75.849 26,876 84.853 42
July 64.771 2.89S 6S.7H8 150
August K.055 1 59S') 61.82J 71
September .. 6 672 1T0.6S8 88.0i 73
October 78.173 96.399 100,128 9S
November ... 85 .828 140. 6 79.124 73
December .... 62.8'. 100,811
Total, 1903.. 767,870 1.177.881 98S.928 K
Total, 1901. .842,104 1,675.743 861.818 . 1.062
YEAR WITH THE CHURCHES
Old Debt Hear rp and Hew
Proteots Matnrcd for Kerr
Tenr.
Th year clewed haa been a debt paying
year among tha churches of Omaha, but in
other ways has not been at all remarkable.
Practically no building waa don and the
forecast of what was proposed January 1,
1808, will almost without change do as the
forecast for the year 1904. Th disturbed
condition of the building trades had some
thing to do with deterring various works
and th rise In th cost of building material
had probably more to do with it. A great
deal waa don In paying off long standing
debts on old building. This was true of
almost all denominations, and 1904 finds
nearly all th churches of Omaha with no
debt or with debts provided for.
The Methodist hospital at Thirty-sixth
and Burt street wss the most Important
work begun. Th building fully completed
will cost between 8200,000 and 8400.000, ' and
will be fireproof and modern. Only the
central section with ona of the octagonal
service structures and on of the six diag
onal wings, the power house and laundry
and th operating pavilion have been con
tracted for. Only a little grading so far
ha been done.
Tha Methodist Episcopal churches ars In
excellent financial condition with only a
small debt on the Norwegian-Danish" and
tl.800 due for Walnut Hill parsonage. Th
First church haa a debt of 840,000, which
waa provided for May 17, one-fifth being
paid In caah and aa agreement made for
one-fifth every six months. Hanscom Park
church paid off practically all of Its 16,000
debt In December. McCaba rhnrch paid
its $1,108 during the same month. South
Tenth Street Methodist Episcopal church
I to spend 16,000 In remodeling a soon
as work can - be begun thla spring. Tha
old building will be raised and a basement
placed under It and the auditorium en
larged. It Is to be finished by early sum
mer. The 6wedtsh church Is to build a
15,000 structure at Nineteenth and Burt
street. The old church, 615 North Eight
eenth atreet, waa sold and la now occupied
by th People' church. Th Swedish con
gregation Is temporarily housed at Twenty
fifth and Seward streets, but has It lots
and will begin work In the early spring.
City Line mission haa been organised near
Twenty-fifth and A streets. A lot has been
purchased and a Sunday school begun.
There Is some talk of a new parsonage for
Trinity Methodist, but nothing definit.
Grace Baptist church. Tenth and Arbor
streets, begun In th late fall of 1902, was
dedicated last fall. Th house and lot
represent bout 116,000. It 1 the vonjy
Baptist church on th south aid nd" hss
some modern Institutional features. Work
oa th First Baptist church at Harney and
Park avenue haa been going on for about
on month. Tha building and lota will coat
about $51,090, of which $30,000 Is now on
hand, and $4,000 pledged for an organ. It
will be dedicated In September nearly free
from debt. The wall and roof will be
finished In the early spring. The old build
ing will be occupied until rail and then
sold. Th lot at Thirty-fifth and Farnam
streets, where a mission waa kept up, were
traded for th new location. Th new
building la to be modern classic, with six
ton pillar of grey bird's-eye pressed
brick and Bedford stone. The dimensions
til b 87x107 feet. A Baptist city mission
la to be tartd which will work downtown
and rent quarter.
Th board of th First Christian church
bop to at least put in the basement of
th new church during 180t The lot on
th southwest corner of Nineteenth and
Farnam streets hav been bought. The
lota are 80x19 feet and tha building, which
wlQ seat 1.300, U 80xU0. It will hav a
dom. and beside th auditorium and Bun.
day school room will hav reading rooms,
bath, gymnasium, gam room and depart
ment of domestic science. It will oost
(8.008. Th congregation of th North Bide
Chrlatlaa church I talking of buying an
other church building In it own neighbor
hood. Th present hou la to small. A
mission Sunday school was formed during
last spring at Twenty-fourth fend. Ames
avenue and quarters rented.
St. Mary Msgdalrn Roman Catholic
church at Nineteenth snd Dodg streets
was the most Important church building
completed during 1903. The cornerstone wa
laid In June. ld. During the year the
Roman Cathollo Church of th Assumption
in South Omaha was doubled In slxe. A
school Is proposed for this year. St. Francl
church was also enlarged. Ft. Mary', also
of South Omaha, t.ullt a parsonage at a
cost of $5,000. The foundation 1 In for
the' Poor Clare's monastery at 1908 Hamil
ton street. Th old building waa torn down
during th summer and th ground graded
down to street level. Th new house I to
b three stories. 130x166 feet, of red and
gry pressed brick, with Bedford stone
facings. The building waa designed to cost
$35,000. St. James' orphanage In Benson,
which burned last spring, waa rebuilt and
considerably Improved at a Coat of $11,000.
This work was done during th summer.
Forty thousand dollar ar now tn th fund
for the . Roman athollo cathedra, and
etiurrhmen believe that It will ba built
Curing 1904. or at least partially built, It
will be Incited at Fortieth nd Brt afreets,
where Is now St. Cecilia. 'which will ba Used
as a temporary school after th occupation
of the cathedral. The cathedral wlU b
Spanish r.enalssance, which will be mora
effective than a ' Gothic building at th
same cost. Th dimension ar 115x231 feet.
The nave will be seventy feet high and
4x144 feet In rise. The catbedral WlU also
.Include a chapel, a baptistry and a vwstl
bule. Buff stone will rrobably be used, St.
Joseph's hospital Is too small and th
board would like to mak an addition
similar to th building. This waa proposed
for 1903, but It 1 now doubtful If It la built
during 1'.0L Sacred Heart pariah proposed
last year to build a parochial school and:
academy diagonally across Twenty-second
street on ground which It owns, Thla may
be done during 1904.
The Falvatlon Army lost Its Cajiltol ave
nue hall early In the summer, .used tent
during the hot weather, and now ha a
hall at Seventeenth and Douglac atrnatw.
They wish to build or buy a Suitable bouse
and have made a canvaa of avaXrbl fqrop-
rty. Nothing definite haa bevi Oaam and
nothing may be ione tn tho year.
The cnng.-eiratlon of Temple Israel wishes
to build and ha $4,000 In It roLo. but U
Is Improbable that anything will b don
during 1"4.
Among the Presbyterian churches th
most important work was th building of
the Bohemian-Moravian Bethlehem chapel
In South Omaha. This waa recently 00m
pleted and dedicated at a coat of $8,000,
Bedford Place congregation In th spring
bought from tha United Presbyterian con
gregation In Park Placo a building which,
wo a moved to Bedford Flace and located
east of th old building. Thla was re
paired at considerable cost. Low Avenue
church paid the last of a $7,000 debt In
April and there Is now talk of a new
church. In the First Freabyburlan dis
satisfaction with the present building la
causing continued talk of a new one.
In the Episcopal parishes AU Saints Is
building a $10,000 ston rectory to replace
that burned. It will stand In front of th
old building and I to be finished In thirty
or sixty days. St. Andrew' pariah hou
ha been raised and a basement and other
additions made at a cost of SLB0O. Thla
waa begun six week ago and la Just fin
ished. St. Mark's In Florence haa built
a rect6ry costing $1,300. AH Important
debt have been raised from th churches
cf the diocese.
Among the Congregational churches
Parkvale is the only on which haa don
any Improving. $300 being spent for work
not yet finished. The First church haa
been fighting a debt of til. 500 and baa
Just mad arrangements ' whereby only
$1,600 remain unprovided for. St. Mary' a
venue I also debt paying. In th fall of
1901 an arrangement waa mad by which
th $15.0(0 debt was To be paid la three
Installment on New Tear of 1808-04-05,
Tha money Is ready for this year'a payment.
NEW YORK LIFE STATEMENT
Make a Magallreat Showing- snd
Angnr Prosperity for
Tear 1804.
NEW YORK. Dec. 80. The close of 1903
find many people expectant aa to tho re
ports of th large financial Institutions.
It has been assumed, with the changes In
valuation of th stock and bond since
July 1, that there would b considerable
marking off In values and tn the reduc
tion of surplus holdings. The New York
Life Insurance company la the first of th
great corporations to make a statement.
The 1 applications tof new Insurance
amounted to $476,000,000. Tho new paid -for
bualneaa accepted by the -company for 1903
la $336,000,000.
President McCaTl state that thla last
mentioned amount Is In excess of the
previous year by t23.00o.00a It showa alao
a gain of over $190,noo.ooo in total paid
for Insurance outstanding, which la atated
at $1,745,000,000 In amount, covered by 818,
000 policies. The Income of 1903 Is over
$87,000,000 and la In excess of the Income of
1902 by more than $ 000,800. Th company
report also that It doe not Invest In or
loan upon stocks of any kind, and that no
credit Is taken in assets for the excess of
th present market value of aecurltiea over
their cost value, which excess la over
$2,000,000. The total resource of tho com
pany exceed $0,000.00?. Ha bond hold
ing Increased In 190$ over $30,000,000. Th
policy reserves, as certified by the
state Insurance superintendent, and
surplus reserves hsva been Increased
during the yer by more than $35,000,000. Th
various banks and trust company officials
predict sn easy money market and the
stock and other exchange members appear
to be well satisfied that trade stagnation
and tha doubtful views of business Im
provement will likewise be cleared away in
the early part of the, year. Tbe large
building and railroad operations, held up
by strikes and tight money market will.
It la believed, be resumed very early In th
new year. The government export and Im
port figure would seem to indicate that
the total exports will tall g few million
below those of 1800 and be about equal to
those of 1901, but materially In 1 excess of
those of 1802. While the total Import will
exceed those of any preceding year and
combined with th exports mak th grand
total of commerce more than In any pre
ceding year, also that the exports of manu
factures will exceed those of 1902 by sev
eral million, but bo somewhat below thos
of the record year 1900 and perhaps 1901.
FOLK WILL N0JBE PRESENT
Boodle Proseentor pf at. Lonls ts Slot
Coming Jarkaoalaa
Bnnqac-t.
Jamea W. Folk, th famous 3oodle"
prosecutor of St. Lout, will not apeak at
the Jackaonlan club banquet tonight. This
Is no aurprls to members of th Jack
aonlan club, aa they hav known It all
along. Aa on of them atated yesterday.
It was th opinion that If the statement
was held out to the public that Mr. Folk
would be bar It would be a good drawing
card. .
What They tVemanC
Head oh, threr eompktlnta, bowel dis
order demand Dr. King's New Life ptii.
They ar gentle, but cur or no pay. o
For aal by tCuhn A Oa-
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