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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1906.
OMR OF UNION PACIFIC
ria&aoitl Managsment and Phjrisal Optr
tien Objeeu of Gsneral Amasenent
RIAD -CNJIYS UNBOUNDED PROSPERITY
Crasa Earalaa-s far 10OS Orar F
kfrlllaa Dollar Greater Ttaaa
la 19M, ar Over Bcrea
Par Oat.
Ths financial majiaEwment and physical
operation of the t'nlon Pacific railroad con
tlnua to b matters of wonder In the rail
road and financial world. Since the reor
ganisation of .the road In 1898 It has rear
by year developed In both these direction
until It come now to be the object of ad
miration. If not wonder. In Wall strset and
throughout the country. Of thla the Rail
way Are sars:
Not only were last year'a receipts the
larceet In the history of the property, but
he movement of the Increased traffic coat
leas than the expenditure for a smaller vol
ume of business In 1904. The physical con
dition of the msdn In the system have
been steadily Improved, and as to financial
conditions, the Union Paciflo has now be
rnmn a trut holding 'fnmoanv. with mis
cellaneous Income equivalent to some 0 1
per cent of Its fixed charges. A stuay 01
the report In hand aoes far to disclose the
substantial foundation for the recent re
markable advance in the price of the com
mon stork and In dividend prospects.
The Income accounts of the Union Pa
cific and Its auxiliary oompanles for the
last two years, excluding- all cross entries,
ar compared In the following table, no
change of note having occurred In th mile
age, xcpt the sale of 611 miles of the
Oregon Short Lin two years ago;
1V0C. 1904.
Average miles operated.. 6,86 6.3E3
Gross earnings tf3.324.M9 156.279.231
Operating exp. and taxes, 81.86i714 90,497,443
Net earnings
Other Income
Lichten
stein's Pattern
Hat Sale
Jfo)
Saturday
Lichten
stein's Pattern
Hat Sale
...27.2,2M $24.7S1.78
... 6.498.769 4,266,844
Total net Income 629,048.632
Fixed charges 11.173.47 12.461,640
Net divisible Income.. 122, 786,607 $16,697,092
Dividend 11,087.060 6.333.636
Balance S1L698.447 f 8.263.466
Special appropriations.... 4.479,166 3,660,000
LACE SALE!
Right now when yon need fine new Wash Ijacea
for a hundred purpose in your home sewing
Brandel Is offering new patterns at leas than
half their aclual cost to manufacture. .
Edgings. Insertlngs and Bands, that are worth up to 26c
a yard cluny bands, Vals, and f ' C ss
torchons, a big variety of pat- I0CvjC-lC
terns and many widths, at, yard. Vw n
Ladies' All Wool Golf Gloves - Mittens I
Cold weather demands warm, comfortable
wear. Don't freeze your hands, in kid 5
gloves wear these all wool Oolf Gloves, fleece lined "
Cashmere or Scotches, also fine oaxony wool Mittens
many regularly sell.at 50o a pair, 1 Cn
fit. tnntr. . ..... ..................... U w f
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H , , OMAITA WEATHER FORECAST Wednesday Fair. 1
I . Green Trading Stamps Every Time
HOSIERY SALE ' I
Big Bargain Square Filled With Ladies', Men's, Boys and Girla Hos-
ierv Extra special bargains for Wednesday plain cotton and heayy
ribbed many fleece lined winter hose a big 1 f fl 5
assortment of hose' that you usually buy at llC,oC 2
20c a pair, -at, a pair., mw aaaiv
WIDE SHEETINGS
10-4 Bleached
Sheeting, at
yard
9-4 Bleached
Sheeting, at
yard
Utlca
.27k
Utlca
25c
-4 Bleached Vtica Sheet-
Sk 23k
lb-i ' Bleached Pepperell
oneenng, ar, I'll-
frV2C
9-4 Bleached Pepperell
Sheeting, at
yard. .UjC
8-4 Bleached Pepperell
Sheeting, at, Ql
yard lOC
M
Surplus t 7.219.281 t 4,713.466
Cross Earalnii Iacreaee.
Comparing 1906 with 1904, gross earnings,
aa above, Increased t4.O46.0iiO. or 7.53 per
cent., while net Income available for fixed
charges and dividends Increased $4.910, J0, or
16.9 per "cent. The gain In net Income ap
plicable to dividends was 36,188,000, or 37.29
per cent. No change occurred during the
year In the amount of preferred stock out
standing, but the common stock n the
hands of the publio Increased from $108,000,
000 to $164,000,000, because of the exchange
of convertible 4 per cent bonds for slock.
On the $164,000,000 of common share capital
tne company eamea in irmo hbuui aiti A
l ent. A UUIIJIHUn BhtJVIV UlVIUCllUfl T-
against tne income oi me year agsreaaiv I
' per oenb
Gross earnings increased in au no pari- i
nienis. in ireigni revenue leiq iuwe
was $3,600,000 and- In passenger revenue
100,000. For maintenance and iceneral ex
penaea, the outlay of 1 were greater than
thoite of 1904. but transportation expenses
were somewhat less. The disbursements
for maintenance of way and structures in
creased $846,000 and for .maintenance . and
equipment $772,000. On the other hand, the
suvlng In conducting transportation waa
about tiO.OOO; It would have been fiW.OOO
but for the enhanced payments for injuries,
loss and damage. The report points with
pardonable pride to the reduction of trans
portation expenses due to the steady Ira-pi-ovement
of ' lat years In alignment,
rraiKu and roadway, and the ' Increase in
the. oapaclty of rolling' stock. .
- ' Aaisaat of Hold lacs.
At th close of the year the Union Pacific
owned $6.1.000,000 capital stock of Its axillary
companies and $196,000,000 capital stock of
other companies, together with $141,000,000
of bonds of all other companies, making a
total ownership of $366,000,000 of stocks and
bonds. Of this aggregate almost exactly
one-half remained free in the company's
treasury.
The report details the changes In financial
pMltlon resulting from the -dissolution of
th Northern Serurtlrs combination. Within
the yeur the Union Pacific bought $10,000,000
worth of Chicago. & Alton preferred stock,
which stork "la held under agreement that
secures improved and substantial advan
tages to the Union Pacific company." The
1'nion Pacific's investment in the Ban
Pedro. Lps .Angeles & Salt Lake properly
now stands at $.'0,400,000.
The more significant transportation and
traffic results of the last two years are
compared hereunder:
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
'1906. 1904.
rassengers carried...,, 4.128,4 $.839,011
Passenger miles (29.295.847 4W.936.636
Passenger train miles. 8.474.410 l,762,M4
Passengers per train.. 69.71 61.61
Train mile earnings.. $1.63 $1.48
. FREIGHT DEPARTMENT.
" 1904. 1
Revenue tons carried. 11, am. 276 ' lo.267.Z1
Revenue ton miles. ...4,821, 267.771 4,062,410.811!
Freight train miles... 10.H40.767 10.S34.830
Mixed train miles. .M 380.466 886,629
T'nload, all f'ght, tons 461.06
Ton mil rev., mills.,, 8.91 . 9.78
Train mile earnings.. $3.82 $3.68
Statistics for 1904 as In the report for 1906.
Since 19M th average freight tralnload
of the system, commercial and company's
freight Included, baa Increased from 278 tons
to 64 tons, a gain of 82 per cent. In th
same period th average loaded carload has
risen from 8.67 tons to 21.1 tons, an ad
vance ot 63. per cent. The clearing house
system adopted last year for the first time
for the use of the rolling stock of the va-.
Hons line produced excellent results. In
creasing the average number of loaded cars
per train 1 60, and increasing, alao, the pro
portion of loaded freight car mileage to .
total freight ear mileage 1.66 per cent.
Th new construction authorised since the
clou of th fiscal year, to develop and
perfect the tributary territory, amounts to
20 miles of new railroad, estimated to cost.
Including equipment, about $12.000,xi0. Other
Imports nt extensions are undor considera
tion. The company Is preparing to expend
(2,000.000 to construct a cut off eleven and
a. half miles long from Omaha west to
In on the main line; the distance by the
existing route 1 twenty and a half miles.
Th eut off will hav lower grades than
th present track.
TALES OF ANOTHER KLONDIKE
Jab. W. rarlsh Brlaga Great terlea
frosa Gold Field aad
Tsafak,
Jo W. Parish la bark from a visit to
Tonopah, Goldfleld and other towns In the
.new Nevada gold district and th tales h
tails ar thoae of a new Klondike, H waa
la th district about a week.
"Hundreds of prospectors and persons of
all klpds are still flocking In." says Mr.
Pariah. "Th general . layout Is like you
read about in descriptions of gold camps
In ta old days and picturesque in th ex
tram. ' Goldfleld ta now a city ot lO.Ouu
' Inhabitants, half of them living In tents.
.Thar la a fairly good hotel there, how
over, and a Business Men's association that
would do credit to Omaha for enterprise
and courtesy. ',
"While I was out thr a big strik was
mad to a new field, the Manhattan, mak
ing: -four different fields In which th gold
xcttatnent is running high, and th profits
ar ' tnuneas. At th Red Top mine. In
th , Manhattan district. I waa told that a
few aaya be tors I left an inch-thick vain
had swan atruca. $0 par cent of which was
olid gold. Th stocks ot this mln went
up with a speed . never known on Wall
street. bsliev they ar now worth about
no, ' . -
"A small oorner lot in th business dis
trict of Goldfleld sold recently for $37,500.
Mortality Statistics.
The following birth and deaths hav been
reported, to the Board of Health during
th twnty-four hour ending at noon Tuea-
ay:
Births Tom Pyrnea, 291$ South Elght-
.Ih Willi. M q,. , - - , '
boy; T. P. Isett. 87S Webster, boy; V. C.
. iiiMjnu, a. lm . uinjr-iii in. Bin.
Deaths xilhel Harklaa, 4104 South Thir
teenth, ; Clifford R. tsirsen. 2v7 Du
poat. t months; Mrs. al. C. Mann. 1m7 Cass.
; Harry U Hagana. ZSt Miami, as.
Dead th Ulustratad Jubilee Edition of
Th Bo to your frtaaaa. UiwlU pleas
(ham aJtd advartlM 4u)aha.
yard
LOWEST PRICES ON
Ready Made Sheets and Pillow Cases
42x36 and 45x36 size Pillow cases, made from
Fruit of the Loom Pepperell and Warn-
sutta muslins, regular 18c value for
12ic
Wednesday Special in Linen Dept
17-inch Unbleached Linen Crash Toweling
sold every where at 10c,
for, yard.
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NOTION SALE
The extraordinary bargains that we are offering; in this sale are
the talk of the shoppers in Omaha. Staple notions at cut prices.
Base
ment
Our best 60 pins, two
papers for Be.
Adamantine pins, per
paper lc.
One dosen Corset ljtu.es
for to.
Shell hair pins will go
at. each. lc.
Whalebones, will no at
per dosen, lc
invisible natr pins, per
.box, lc.
Drawer Supporters, at,
each, lc.
Bachelor's Buttons, at,
each, lc.
Embroidery Silk,, at,
dozen, 2c.
Barbour linen
thread,, spool, 4c.
Two balls knit
ting cotton, (.'
Bteel and bono .
Crochet Books, lc
dwiiw:
Satin covered
dress stays, set lc
New Semi - Weekly Solid Vestibule
Through Train
. V BETWEEN
ST. LOUIS and the CITY OF MEXICO
VIA THE
Iron Mountain Route
Texas & Paciflo Railway
International & Great Northern R. R. and
x the National Lines of Mexico
First train south-bound leaves St. Louis 9:00 a. m., Tuesday,
January Hth. and every Tuesday and Friday thereafter.
In addition to tha'aervlee shown above a through Pullman Sleep
ing Car leaves St. Louis dally at 8: SO p. m. for the City of Mexico.
For full Information caU or addressi
TOM HUGHES, T. F. GODFREY,
Trav. Paw. Agt Pass, and Ticket Agt.
S. E. Corner 15th and Farnam, Omaha, Neb.
H. 0. TOWNSEND,
Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, St. Louis, Mo.
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FOR
WINTER. WEAR.
$3.50
We are prepared to fit our cus
tomers with a 3.CO winter shoe
that we believe Is about the best
value in 3.60 shoes that has ever
been offered to Omaha men.
These shoes are made up in box
calf, plump vicl kid and Kun
metal calf, double soles and on
the newest winter lasts. They fit
and wear. They're stylish and
comfortable. .
"
FRY SHOtCO.
U 16th tad DouqIms Sts. '
Five FastTrains
DAILY TO
Chicago
and the East via the
CHICAGO &
NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY
over the only double track
railway between the Mis
souri River and Chicago.
This complete . service
includes Pullman drawing
room and private compart
ment sleeping can, parlor
cars, composite observa
tion cars with library and
buffet-smoking apartment,
free reclining chair cars,
standard day coaches and
dining cars (a la carte ser.
vice.)
Ttckstaaad full laierBstioa m span
catioa I lickst &c
Specials in Dry Goods Dept.
20 dozen Bleached and Unbleached Bed Sheets all sizes
heavy muslin worth 65c each this sale CA
each ..JUL
Sale of Flannels All of our fine English, Outing, Heavy
Fleece Downs and Fancy Flannelettes worth tfir
to 25c yard, Wednesday a yard till
All of our fine French Flannels, Challis, Fancy Waistings
and Fancy Tricot Flannels that sold at 50c and Ofyn
75c, Wednesday a yard
Table Damask 62-inch Table Damask, extra heavy qual-'
ity, in both mercerized and half bleached linen, AtJlf
worth 65c yard, Wednesday a yard F-ssi2C
Sale of Blankets
60 pairs of extra heavy Twilled Union Blankets, very large T C
size, worth $2.50 pair, Wednesday a pair only. Is J
A few pairs of our $8.50 quality Oregon Woolen Blankets, f A
while they last a pair , U U
85 Comforts, made of a very fine ullkollne, both sides alike and I T P
filled with, nice white cotton, regular price $2.50 and $3, each, i D
A Great Sale ef Wide Embroideries 60 pieces of fine Nainsook and
Swiss Deep Flouncing and Wide Corset Cover Embroideries lots
of wide Bands worth from 35c to 95c yard, Wednesday in
a yard 5c and aC
BIr Jjace Sale Wednesday Hundreds of pieces of fine Wash Trimming
Laces, ln creams and whites, worth to 25c yard, Wednesday, y
a yard '. .. ...'.'. .. ,. C
Ladies' Coats
: : ,
25 elegant tight-flttlng, semi-fitting and loose box material, finest
light weight kersey satin lined regular prices $25 It PA
and $30 Sale Wednesday Morning UDJ
Ladies' Cravenette I lain Coats tan shades only $10 Coats, A A C
new this season, Wednesday morning... ntij3
$8.50 Coats for $2.05
Ladies' and Misses Coats, 27 and 30 Inches long, worth $8.50 ft r
to $15 all at
LADIES' OUTING FLANNKL GOWNS All our best quail- 7 C
ties that sold from $1 to $2, now at $1.19 and DC
. UNDER WE AR REGARDLESS OF PRICES Ladies' Shirts and Draw
ers, in gray and cream, half wool and cotton, regular 69c M Q
garment, special Wednesday each , T'OC
CHILDREN'S FLEECED UNDERWEAR 10c Gray and creanwShirts
and Drawers plain and ribbed, heavy fleece lined sines 18 to 28c
. worth 350 to 50c each Special Wednesday s-a
each ,3 i i . ; I IC
HAND BA(3 SPECIAL" AT 19c 200 Hand Bags, in black and brown
Imitation walrus leather and patent leather Strap and Hand in
Bags regular 25c ones Wednesday only "C
Bennett's Big Grocery
COFFEES! COFFEES!
2,000 two-pound cans Bennett's
Breakfast Coffee, always full weight
in Coffee no weighing in of tin or
paper Sixtv Green Trad, ft ar
ing Stamps with each can, uL fL C
x-r
BEN
NETO'
'fiwrAsr corra
i
IWras aj ouMuiifcj j
ISA SfSMMT fj
BfnnCornpaitfJ
Wednesday.
Finest Granulated Sugar Lots of
different- Granulated Sugars, you
know our is finest 1 AA
Twenty pounds for laUll
And Thirty Green Trading Stamps.
101 satf HOS FaraasjtL,
OMAHA, NEB. .
Graniteware
Graniteware
Graniteware
Hifh Grade Graniteware.
At a Rajirt
: Disccunt
nt Per Cent
20 Sit"'
Basement.
Business
Boosters
Try the Want Ad
. Columns of The Bee.
this sale,
at.
1.19
Velvet Rugs, 27x54, a flyer at
$2.25, in all colors, both conven
tional and floral pat-
terns,, this I lf
sale, at
These ktc all new goods
and very special for
this s&vle.
Boy's Knee
Pants Suits,
worth up to
$3.00, at $150
See Windows.
ffiYliEKIs
THE RELIABLE BTOKK.
Boys' Knet
Pants, worth
53.50 to $4.00,
at $1.95.
See Windows
Third Day of the Great Sale of
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR
The greatest stock and the most sensational bargains ever
seen in the west. . Better values than ever Wednesday.
FOUR GREAT HOUR SPECIALS.
From 9 till 10 a. m. Ladies' Corset
Covers, In newest styles, handsomely
trimmed with fine laces and em
broideries, worth up to $1, JJg
From 10 till 11a. ru. Ladies' Skirts,
extra full and well made, deep
flounce with five rows of insertion
and cluster of tucks, $1.50 values
. limit of one to a customer
at
50c
25c
From 2 till 8 p. in. Misses' and chil
dren's Drawers, made of fine cam
bric and nicely trimmed, worth up
to 25c, limit of S pairs to a
customer, at 3 pairs for, . . .
From 3 till 4 p. In. A gTeat lot of
ladles' Lisle. Gauze Vests, in pinks,
blues and white, silk taped come
in regular and extra ,
llr . ...... ,..5cl0c
Special Lace Sate
"We are clearing out all odd
and edges, in Oriental, Val and
fourth actual worth.
pieces of Insertings, Lace Bands
Nottingham, at one-half to one-
Dainty Val Edges
at
Fine Val Inserting
nt
Fine Val Beadings
at
1c
lc
lc
20c to 25c Torchon Laces, hand made,
all linen f r
yard 1UC
Fancy Allover Laces worth up
to $1 go at per yard jC
5c quality Val Edges
at
5c quality Val Insertlngs
at
5c quality Val Beadings
at :
2ic
2 V
...'..2ic
Torchon Edges. 5c and 10c quality,'
Wednesday at ll
yard ZC
Hand Made Torchon Laces,-all linen,
10c and 15c quality f"
at ac
Silk Department
Attend our big sale of Black Silks. Wc carry all the noted '
makes, both foreign and domestic, sucli as C. J. Bonnet, Winslow,
Moneybak, Waterette, First Prize, etc. Tomorrow, extra special
inducements.
?.Bla.c.k. 75c
98c
Our $1.75 36-inch Black Taffeta and
Peau de Soie, until noon and only
one pattern to a customer, f 1 A
at yard 1. 1U
Our $1.00 36-inch Black Taffeta and
Peau de Soie for one hour
from 10 to 11 at
yard ,
73c
Our 27-lnch $1.00 Black
Taffeta at
Our 27-inch $1.50 Peau de
Sole at
Our 19-inch Black Peau de Sole and
Taffeta 75c grade 4"5c
Our Muslin Sale
is now in full blast. Compare these prices:
Rugs Very
Cheap
Persian Tapestry Rugs, 27x54,
an A-No. 1 rug at $1.85. a good
line of patterns to select from,
nil colors, special sale, begin
ning Wednesday, m
Wednesday,
Double Faced Smyrna Rugs,
30x60, an excellent value at,
$1.75, all good colors and up-
to-date patterns,
1
XK A. Saoipsoa, Qa l gales Aasut. Oma&a,
You Sometimes Annoy
Tour frianda with that hacklns courh.
Why not accept a auscestlon of a remedy?
LA GRIPPE COUGH SYRUP
Will b a r.llsf and th rUf bglns with
h. flr.t Anmm.
IT STOPS THB TICKLING.
bL't IPI'l-.fl GllDTVTtl
SOOTHES NERVES
After sever colds tbs cough that re-
GRIPPE COUGH 8TRUP puts you on th
$1.60. Samples Ire.
Maou(a.tur4 and sold by
Sbermio & McConoell Drog Co.
Comer lth aad Pods Straeta.
ffh t a PT'Q CENTAL
r L ROOMS,
111 WlVqusi St
UNBLEACHED.
10-4 Lockwood
unbleached
9-4 Lock wood
unbleached 8-4 Lockwood
unbleached
BLEACHED.
10-4 Bleached
Lockwood
9-4 Bleached
Lockwood
21c
19c
17c
23c
21c
19c
8-4 Bleached
Lockwood
86-Inch Bleached Muslin, Fruit of the
Loom or Lonsdale "11
" sC
The best Standard Sheets A
81x90 at. each 4 DC
We are headquarters for Muslin
Sheetings, Ready-Made Sheets and
Pillow Slips ALWAYS LOWEST.
Big Mid-Week Grocery Sale
Read this; it means money saved on your grocery bill.
22 pounds Pure Cane Granulated
: sugar for Sl.OO
10 pounds best Granulated Corn
meal . .15c
10 bars best Brands Laundry Soap. 25c
7 pounds best Hand Picked Navy
Beans '. 2ftc
8 pounds best Rolled Oatmeal. . . .25c
48-pound sacks best Patent
Flour. 1.25
2-pound can Sweet Sugar Corn.... 5c
Oil Sardines, per can . . ; .2Hc
3-pound can Fancy Table Syrup. 8 l-8e
Washing Powder, per package. .2)c
On Time Yeast, per package. . . . . .Sc
Large bottle Pure Tomato Catsup.7Hc
3-pound cans Boston Baked
Beans 7$c
Cold Water Starch, per package.. .4c
Diamond C Mince Meat, pkg 4c
Jello or Jellycoh, per package. . .7 He
1- pound package Corn Starch. 4c
2- pound ran Sliced Pineapple. .12 He
2-pound can Fancy Wax or
String Beans ,...6c
2-pound can Early June Sifted
Peas 7 He
The best Soda or Oyster Crackers,
per pound e
Fresh, crisp Ginger Snaps, per lb... 6c
APPLES. " APPLE8. .
The .big Bellflower Apple sale to be
continued Wednesday. Remember
these are worth from $1.75 to $2.00
per box as long as this shipment
lasts we will continue to 1 C
sell them per box
Don't foreet to Tislt our big new Be and 10c department and see what you
can buy for the money. It will surprise yon.
HAYDEN BROS.
YOU'LL NEVER FIND
Any coal that will give you more genuine satisfaction for
cooking or heating than our high grade, well screened 1
Genuine Trenton Coal
. You can't beat it and you don't want to try when you
have once tested it. We always deal in iha best because
we know we can best hold our trade in that way.
LUMP TON $6.25
Always prompt delivery.
C. B. HAVENS & CO.
Tel. 317.
219 S. 16th St.
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MEW FAST
CHICAGO TRAIN
1 VIA
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.
Leaves Qm)ha . . 6:01 P. M.
Arrives Chicago . 7:3 A. M.
Connects with all mornlnf trains In Chicago (or the east aad south.
DINING CAR SERVICE
TICKETS AJTD INFORMATION AT 140 FARNAM STREET.
SAMUEL NORTH, District Pass. Agent, OMAHA, NEB.