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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 4, 1907.
Restful Rides and Pleasing Prospects
NOW thyself," waa the senten
tious advice of the treat Greek
philosopher.
tils thought was that unless a
man knowa himself thoroughly
K
h cannot know other men or appreciate
them nr their action or deeds.
"Know your own rltjr," would be the
ailvlre equally sententious to the modern
city person. There are thousands of peo
pie in Omaha who have never been to
Florence, Benson. Iunde, Albright anil
Ijke Manawa. They could visit any one
of them except the Uat for 10 centa anl
paaj through scenery unexcelled. Back
In a Pennsylvania Oerman settlement la it
Woman aome ( years old. (he Uvea eight
miles from the city of Reading. Bhe
haa lived In that spot all her life and yet
ehe haa never gone to Reading;. Bha
mourns the fact that she haa never been
there. "I always heard Resdlrg waa such
fine city yet, and alwaya f wlah I could
aee It, but I can't get started." ahe says.
People living within three miles of the
great Mammoth cave In Kentucky have
never thought It worth while to aee that
wonderful cathedral of nature. That la a,
caaa In which nesrnes atrlpa the thing; ot
enchantment. tlcaullful acenery or the)
wondera created by irin'n hand are not
without honor save In their own country.
If you travel a thousand mllea and submit
to all the dirt and tedlntism-ss of n long;
Journey to aee a certain place you nre all
tuned up to ae beauty when you get
there. Vou go In search of beauty and
keep a waather eye open for It.
Vow, gentle render, the morel of nil this
Is Juet aa sententious an that of the Greek
philosopher quoted ahovo It Is Juet four
words, 'Take a car ride."
. Enjoyment Kaally at Hand.
Blessed alreet cars, who combine so ad
mirably rttttv and pleasure and lend them
selves so adaptahly to either. Why do
people submit to long, tedious, cramped
rldea amid rtuHt and cinders on the steam
railways when they cotild get so much
more pleasure with so much less fatigue
right at home and that at a fraction of
the cost.
The above apostrophe Is evoked by a
contemplation and realization of what can
be seen and the .healthful enjoyment that
Is "on tap" every hour of the dav rlaht
here In Omaha at a cost that la ao small
It would look ridiculous put down on
paper.
The Omaha A Council Bluffs Street Rail
way company operates 130 miles of roll
way In and about the city of Omaha. Tta
tracks make a cloae network In the city
and reach out their long ateel arme In
11 directions to the suburbs. Most of the
track Is equipped with the latest rails,
sixty feet long and weighing seventy-two
pounds to the yard. A ride over these
rails Is as smooth as a Pullman car ex
eept, of course, for the gentle swinging
motion which la characteristic cf street
cars and which Is restful rather than un
pleasant. Over these tracks run 200 cars of the
most modern type. Each ear Is equipped
with two motors of 100 horea power com
btned. Tha strength and speed of a hun
dred horses is attached to every car. On
tha Council Bluffs winter cars tha power
X horse. Tha company haa four
big car barns and two great power sta
tions, whloh develop 6,000 horse power and
and It out along tha wires to keep the
cars spinning over the rails. ..
Within tha last year the company haa
established a car repairing and building
hop at Twenty-sixth and Lake streets.
Connected with the shop Is a traot of eight
acres of ground. Not only can all repairs
be made to cars here, but new ones can be
built. There the company has built com
plete tha eight large summer cars with
aisles through the center now In service
on tha Omaha-Lake Manawa line.
Physicians Prescribe It.
Such Is the great company which stands
ready every day to help tha cltlien know
Daily Pari of Electricity in Business
IHAT did the business man do be
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fore science and the Inventive
minds of Thomas A. Edison and
others gave him electricity and
electrical apparatus to serve hlmT
The full Import of this question will not
be realised unless one has Investigated the
thousand and one different ways In which
electrical devices enter into the conduct of
a modern business Institution. Today tha
head of an institution In a centrally located
office can touch a button and find himself
In immediate communication with anyone
about the building. Reversely, any of his
working force can immediately put them
selvs In communication with him. Heads
of departments can control their clerks with
little effort and loss of time. A clerk need
not run, or even send, to the credit depart
ment to find out If Mrs. Jones can be
trusted for a spool of thread. She can com
municate with the credit man quietly and
Instantaneously, and before Mrs. Jones has
.decided on the shade she wanta the clerk
knows Just how to receive her request for
credit.
Similarly manufacturing Institutions can
be centralised and loss of valuable time
and energy can be saved by strrrnle elec
trical devices. By the use of motors, the
power needed to run the machinery can be
applied directly where It la wanted. This
- gives a valuable substitute for the old sys
s tern, which required the power all to be
made In one plaoe and distributed by means
of dangerous and uneconomic shafts, belts
and gear wheels. Today In Omaha, and all
other large clttea where electricity can be
had In sufficient quantities the motor Is
taking the place of the small and medlum
slsed steam engines In factories.
Newspapers are being printed by electric
ity, the dairyman is milking his cows by It,
clothing manufacturers use It not only to
run their machines, but to Iron the goods
after they are manufactured. Elevators fan,
clean and elevate their grain with It, and
then use It to load the cars, fold storage
men make Ice with It and householders use
it for heating purposes. The general busi
ness man comes down town in an electri
cally driven motor car, is taken to his office
In an elevator ralsad by electrically driven
machinery, and during the hot weather Is
cooled by the whtsslng electric fan. In fact,
if he should attempt it It would be Impos
sible for a modern captain of Industry,
finance or commerce to get away from the
Influence of electricity, se closely has It be
come woven Into the fabrto of modern busi
ness. Anywhere steam, hand, foot or horse power
can be applied electricity can be substi
tuted. It Is cleaner and less expensive
than steam. Is easier and cheaper to apply
than hand or foot power and can aooora
pllsh much more, do steadier and surer
work than a horse and never get tired.
A prominent electrician said a short time
, ago he could not conceive of a contrivance
of a mechanical nature that could not be
operated by electric power.
All of these different methods of using
tha current are not In operation In Omaha,
but a large majority ef them are and the
rest will eene aa a matter of economic
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WHERE NATURE IS
hla own city, to give him pleasure and!
recreation and to lend him health and
strength. Did you know, gentle resder,
that street car riding la being prescribed
by physicians In this day for tired, over
worked men and for overworked nerve
racked women? The fresh air, the motion
of the car, the change of acenery and
consequently of the thought of tha "pa
tient" make street car riding one of tha
best tonics procurable today. If an artiat
was available at the preaent moment ha
should draw a picture to accompany this
story. It would be entitled "Before and.
After the Street Car Ride." The first pic
ture would show a man staggering from
hla desk, his face palld, hla eyes glassy.
The second would show him an hour or
two later returning from a ride swiftly
through the invigorating air provided by
nature and the winds of Nebraaka. Ha
walks with a springy step, his eya Is
clear and there la a color of tingling
blood In his cheek. A companion picture
would show a woman wearied with work
In home, store, factory or office undergoing
the same process of rejuvenation. And tha
picture would be true to life. Tha facta
would bear them out. Thousands of people
In Omaha can bear testimony that tha
street car ride Is the magic talisman which,
wards off the evil of sickness. Of course
It must be taken Intelligently like any other
medicine. Not much good will be gotten
by riding for a few minutes through tha
smoky, shut-In business portion of tha
city. Oet out In the country and open
up the cells of your lungs.
Where One May Go.
Where can you go and what can yoa
see In and about Omaha on tha street
cars? Well, let's go to Florence first. Take
the Ames avenue or North Twenty-fourth
street car and transfer at Twenty-fourth
street and Ames avenue. In reaching that
point you have coma through a beautiful
part of the city. Coming up Sixteenth
street you passed the . old Transmlsslppl
exposition grounds and had a view of the
Missouri valley showing Cut-Off lake, tha
Missouri and the faroff bluffs in Iowa.
Thla In Itself Is P. scene unsurpassed.
People would doubtless come miles to see
It If It were advertised. But Nebraska has
other and more substantial means of get
ting rich than advertising and exhibiting
her acenery.
Soon after leaving Twenty-fourth street
and Ames avenue you pass Fort Omaha
where Uncle Bam keeps some of his stand-
management In the opinion of those who
are familiar with the progresa of electrical
Industry In the last few years.
Perhaps nowhere haa the advent of elec
tricity been more valuable outside the fields
of transportation and communication than
In the production of a modern newspaper.
Of course, one of the most valuable aids
in the gathering of news is the telegraph,
seconded locally by the telephone. The
large newspapers publish the news of Lon
don, Berlin and the other European capitals
the morning after It happens. Distance is
actually nullified as a factor in news
gathering by the cable, and the telegraph.
In the atate and local departments the
telephone Is no less valuable. Communi
ties that have no access to telegraph of
fices can be reached by the telephone, and
Inaccessible parts of the city are brought
Into Instant touch with the reporter or the
city editor.
Then after the paper Is printed the first
consideration la to get It Into the homes of
the subscribers aa rapidly as possible.
Steam power is still used more than elec
tricity in this department, but In the local
circulation of the paper electrlo cars and
motors, elevators and other devices are a
great aid In the hurry up process.
But the effect ef rapid transmission of
news and quick circulation of the paper
would be of little value without the aid
of the electric current In the getting out
of the paper. In all the larger newspaper
offices the linotype machines have taken
the place of the slower and more expensive
hand type setting. These machines are
driven almost universally by electricity,
because It not only gives a strong power;
but a steady speed as well, and the some
what delicate machinery of the linotype
requires Just Uieae. The uneven pull of
the ateam engine or the Jerky motion of
the gasoline motor would soon put the
machine out of commission.
The next most valuable aid electricity
lends to the production of the newspaper
Is In the press room. Formerly it waa
necessary to convey power to the monster
presses by the use of shafts and leather
belts. Today In all large newspaper press
rooms the electrlo motor haa taken the
place of the steam engine. In addition
to the advantages cited In the case of lino
type machines the power from the motor
can be applied directly to the press. Each
press, and there are usually several in a
large office. Is run by Its own motor. Thla
Is economical because It sometimes happens
that only one press will be needed. The
power can be regulated so that Just enough
to run the single press Is developed. Thla
makes It unnecessary to use an engine
which will develop two or three times the
necessary force. In The Bee office every
machine that has a wheel to turn haa Ita
own Individual motor.
In subsidiary capaelUes the electrlo motor
Is used in cutting paper for various uses
around the composing room, in shooting the
large plates from the stereotyping room
to the press rooms. In lowering the paper
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ing army end where at present his biggest
war balloons are located. Then the car
spins rapidly out tha country road be
tween broad fields of waving corn and past
pretty suburban homes until It reaohes
Florence.
Hera tha traveler alights and tha first
thing to patch the eye Is the Mlnne Lusa
pumping station, where the great silent
engines exert their gigantic power and turn
their Gargantuan wheels to raise water
from tha Missouri river and store It In res
ervoirs. There It Is Altered and then runs
through the mains and Into all the homes
of Omaha. The pumping station Is one of
the finest in the world and is worth going
to the press room and elevating the fin
ished papers from the press room to the
circulating department. In some of the
largest offices the papers are wrapped and
labeled by electrically driven machinery.
In the large department stores the use of
electricity is almost as varied. In the first
place every department is connected with
the head of the institution and every
other department by a private telephone
system. This saves time and trouble to
the department heads In communicating
with each other. A separate system con
nects each clerk with the credit depart
ment and when she desires to know
whether a customer has an account at the
atore or Is In a position to open one she Is
enabled to do so without offensive pub
licity or Inconvenient delay. The credit
device la a comparatively new one In
Blue Prints Are Made by
inn vi ini new wausines wnicn
I have sprung up In Omaha within
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Ing of blue prints by electricity.
Two young Omaha business
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men, who have had considerable experi
ence In the art of making blue prints, and
therefore thoroughly understand the dis
advantages of the old solsr process, con
ceived the Idea that the time was opportune
for the establishment of a plant where blue
prints could be made for the architect, the
engineer and In fact everyone using blue
prints In any way. A plant that would not
be dependent upon weather conditions, a
plant where plans could "be sent by the
architect knowing that everything would
be strictly confidential and where prompt
ness and efficiency would count. The Nor-ton-Carapn
company Is the result. In room
(20, on tho fifth floor of the Bee building,
they have installed a wonderful machine
standing eleven feet six Inches la lielaht.
and occupying space about three and one
half feet square. It consists of glass
cylinder six feet high, about ninety-four
Inches In circumference and half an inch In
thickness, on an Iron framework supporting
a one-half horse-power motor and a power
ful arc lamp. The total weight is about
1.K0 pounds.
After cutting to else required the blue
print paper and plan which It Is desired to
reproduce are placed next to the glass
cylinder, and a heavy canvas curtain rolled
tightly over the print, insuring close con
tact between paper and plan. The machine
Is then set In motion, the arc lamp gradu
ally descending through the center of the
cylinder to the bottom of the machine, be
ing adjusted to speed required to obtain a
good print. When the lamp has passed
through the cylinder and exposed all parts
of the print uniformly, the motor Is auto
matically reversed, raising the lamp to Its
former position immediately over the top
of the cylinder. When Its original position
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miles to see. In fact people come from
all the surrounding country for the ex'presa '
purpose of seeing It Many Omaha cltl
aens have never looked at, It another caaa
like that of the people who lived too near
tha Mammoth cave. :
Florence and Its Attractions.
The pumping station Is the greatest sight
which Florence possesses for the eye alone.
Put if you have an imagination and a little
knowledge of the history of that spot you
can revel In the aftseoclatlons of the past,
revel as you could not In a hundred dis
tant spots which much advertising and tha
enchantment of distance calls to your at
Omaha, but It Is In use In some of the
larger stores.
The Increase of the store building makes
quick and easy transportation around the
building necessary and large elevators
carry people from one floor to the other
without exertion. The moving stairway
has not reached Omaha yet, but it Is in use
In a number of the stores In New York
and Chicago. It Is an improvement over
the elevator because It gives constant serv
ice and can hardly become congested be
cause it Is moving all the time.
The electrlo parcel carriers are gradually
taking the place of the cash boys and
girls, giving quicker and more accurate
service in addition to the virtue that they
do not conflict with the child labor law.
The large department stores and other
buildings that necessarily have large crowds
Is acquired, by means of automatlo de
vices, the electrlo current is switched oft.
both motor and the aro light, although they
are operated by separate contrivances. So
Ingenious Is the mechanism of this machine
that It needs no guidance whatever from
the minute the printing process is com
menced until the blue print Is ready for de
veloping. After the arc lamp resumes Its
natural position and current to lamp and
motor la turned off. the print Is taken out
of the machine and placed in a large vat,
containing fresh water, which brings out
the purplelsh-blue background and white
lines, after which It Is ready for drying.
The print Is then placed In a specially pre
pared room, heated by gaa, having good
draught through, thus drying the prints In
a very short specs of time.
The machine will accommodate two prints
each three and one-half feet by six feet, or
enough smaller prints to All this space. The
time ordinarily consumed In priutlua, de
veloping, drying and trimming a machine
load of blue prints is fr6m fifteen to twenty
minutes.
After the machine la adjusted to give the
exaot exposure desired all prints obtain a
uniform color. This process Is absolutely
Independent of the sun's rays, prints being
manufactured as well and aa quickly dur
ing the darkest, ralnest day, or middle of
night, as during the brightest day. Bo ob
viously essential Is the electrlo method of
blue printing that the sun machines are
gradually becoming a thing of tha past.
In addition to making the regular blue
prints the electrlo machine Is utilised lu
making what is termed "blue Una" and
"black line" prints. In making "blue line"
prints a special paper is used as a negative,
whloh la developed very much In the same
manner aa a photographlo negative. From
this negative the positive la made, I. e.,
producing a background of a creamy white
ness, the outllnee of plan standing up In a
deep blue shade. The "black" or "browa"
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tention every summer. On that table and
behind the pumping station Brlgham
Toung and thousands of the Mormons
camped in the days that are gone. Over
there to tha left they had a chapel built
of branches and greenery where they held
dally divine services.
Down there by tha river the ferry ran to
and fro, clinging to its Iron cable, bring
ing Its freight of human pilgrims from all
parts of tha world and bound for the prom
ised land In Utah. Up over that hill to
the west went the trains of wagons by
oxen, driven by sturdy bearded men and
plodding flrm-llfed women. Up, up they
Big-sagged over the steep Incline, moving
Life and
are usually equipped with electric ventil
ators and fans, which keep pouring cold
air Into the rooms and keep It circulating,
making the buildings pleasant even In warm
weather.
Local manufacturing establishments, ex
cept the largest, have substituted electric
ity for steam as a motive power in a great
many cases. One firm whloh supplies a con
siderable portion of the west with shirts
and overalls and other coarse clothing does
practically all of the work with muehlnery.
The sewing machines are not driven by foot
power any longer because that method Is
low and exhausting to the operator. Elec
tric motora supply a power that Is even and
steady and can be controlled as readily as
foot power. When the garments are fin
ished they are sent to the Ironing end press
ing room, where. In one Omaha establish
ment, forty flatlrons, kept hot all the time
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line print Is made by using negative paper
for positive effect, developing in ssme man
ner as the negative. When finished you
have a white background and very dark
brown or black lines.
The Norton-Carson company have been in
operation but a short time, but the archi
tects and others whose buslneaa require the
uae of blue prints are beginning to realise,
as haa been demonstrated In eastern cities,
that it does not pay to put up with the in
convenience and annoyance connected with
making their own prints by a sun machine,
when they can have them made at as low
a rate as Is made by this company. The
prepared blue print paper Is so sensitive
that exposure to the air, light or moisture
will render It unfit for use. Making prints
by sun, when atmospherlo conditions are
uoh as to permit, is at Its best an Irritat
ing duty, necessitating a constant vigilance
to obtain good prints. In addition the wash
ing process, and wet, dripping prints hang
ing about, is disagreeable, architects and
others being very glad to escape from both
ering with It.
All through the territory easily reached
from Omaha, there are thousands of busi
ness men using blue prints. Messrs. Norton
and Carson are not slow to take advantage
of this fact and have therefore established
a mall order department, through which
plans are received from other towns snd
cities, prints made and all returned to
sender either through the United States
malls or by express. All plans thus re
ceived are treated strictly confidential and
given the very best of csre while In their
possession. This, coupled with the low
cost, prompt service and first class work
turned out Is resulting In a healthy growth
of this department.
It Is well worth one's while to pay a visit
to 620 Bee building. Tou will find a in at
interesting machine and a very courteous
and obliging young man to explain Its
mechanism.
PARK. COUNCIL BLUFFS.
toward tho northwest and on the summit
they waved a final adieu to their comrades
and set their faces to tha wilderness where
Indians and wild beaata threatened them,
but serosa which they purposed to make
a Journey of many hundreds of miles.
If you want to talk to aome of the old
men of the village you will find those who
W1U tell you of those days In the 60s when
the Mormons occupied Florence as an out
fitting place.
In Another Direction.
Where shall we go next? To Albright,
fourteen miles? To Benson ten miles?
To Dundee, ten miles? Tou can go to
either place from Florence for 5 cents, and
along each route there Is an abundance of
beautiful and Interesting' sights, pretty
homes, country clubs, parks and pleasure
resorts.
Well, If you don't care, we'll go to Ben
son. We get a transfer on Twenty-fourth
street and Ames avenue and ride south on
Twenty-fourth street, getting a transfer
for the Benson llnp. At Twenty-fourth
and Cuming streets we board this car and
go cut Cuming street, paat the boulevard
fid past Benits Park, lying In Its pretty
Vale, with winding walks, driveways,
lakes; with Its pretty homes scattered
bout on the various points of vantage;
with children playing on the green sward
beneath the great trees: with glassy lakes
glistening here and there. You will be
kept occupied looking at things all the
way out. Here come two attractions all
at once. On the left side Is the broad
vlato of the Country club golf links, with
man In negligee costumes scattered over
the green drinking In health and strength
and pleasure. On the right la Krug Park,
and through the trees can be seen tha
people. and the line of amusement giving
devices. Upon arriving some ten minutes
later at Benson you can take a walk out
Into the fields, for you are now In the
"really and truly" country.
Ten Cents la All.
Thus far In our travels we have expended
the sum of 10 cents. We can't go to Dun
dee or out Weat Farnam street or to Hans
com park today. We would see some of
Omaha's finest residences on those routes,
but we haven't time now. Let's go to Al
bright. That Is twelve miles away and
will cost us another nickel. We don't need
to change cars. We go down through the
main part of the city and then south on
Domestic
by an electric current, are used In the
smoothing process. Thus the only motive
power used In the making of the clothing
la electricity. Tailors have substituted the
electric flatlron for the old-fashioned stove
heated affair, and the later gaa heated Iron.
The new contrivance Is as cheap or cheaper
than gas, and la much handler and more
cleanly.
Some time ago grain men began to see
the peculiar advantages of electricity as a
motive power In their elevators, and now
all the larger onea in Omaha are completely
equipped with motors. One reason for the
speedy adoption of electricity In this busi
ness Is the fact that elevators are very
poor fire risks. The dust that gather from
the grain Is highly Inflammable. Conse
quently It Is very desirable that fire of all
kinds, and especially the use of matches, be
obviated at all times. Instead of having a
large ateam engine In or near the elevator,
a heavy wire conducts the electric current
Into the building where it Is distributed to
motors placed at convenient locations. The
grain is unloaded by electricity. Is cleaned
in electrically driven fanning machines, is
then elevated into the bins by endless belts
driven by the motor snd Is finally loaded
onto the cars again by the same power.
The passageways and bins are lighted by
electricity, making it unnecessary to use
fire of any kind tn the dangerous parts of
the building. Some elevator men are so
careful that they have had Installed elec
trical radiators for office heat. One ef the
largest elevators In the city uses 1.000
horse-power for Its various machines, and
the smaller ones use from 600 to 600.
People who have watched building op
erations have observed the passing of the
old donkey engine that used to puff so
vigorously and energetically as It elevated
bricks, timbers and mortar to the tops of
large buildings In the course of construc
tion. Contractors on the targe buildings
In Omaha are replacing them with the In
evitable electrlo motor. The motor not
only gives as much power, but it Is more
easily regulated as to speed. In the same
way the eiiaint Is giving way to the motor
In the operation of plledrlvere on the large
buildings. The same advantages obtain In
Its use here as In lta use as hoisting power.
Electricity la also doing the work once
performed by the lowly washer woman.
The large laundries are completely equipped
"with machinery driven by the "Juice." The
clothes are first put Into washing machines
electrically driven. Then comes the ex
tractors, the mangels, the starchers, the
Ironers and shirt pressors. Finally they
are taken out to the drying room where
the air is kept in circulation by means of
electric fans and ventilators.
A large and Important Industry which
Is gradually coming under the sway of the
electric current Is dairying. In the Omaha
dairies the electric milker has not yet taken
the place of the milkmaid or the milkman,
aa the case Is usually. But in many of the
larger establishments this Improved milk
extractor is In full use. One of them Is In
dally use at the state farm at Lincoln,
of Omaha
Thirteenth street, under and over tha rsll
road tracks and swiftly out Into tha coun
try. There's the base ball rrlc on tha
right, and now we plunge Into such a
scene of sjlvsn beauty as Is seldom pre
sented to tha eye. It Is a part of Omaha
where nature's barriers In the shape of
hills were almost too great to be over
come. Here and there la a house on a
distant hill side. But look at the view out .
over the shrubbery and trees down Into
the depths of the valley where the great
Missouri traces, Ita stream glistening In
tha sun. Across the river are green fields
and fertile farms against a background of
high bluffs. On this line Rlvervlew park
can be reached, which adds to lta charm
of natural beauty, a "xoo" Well storked
with animals.
Of South Omaha'a attractions, Its great
Industries which the visitor may pass
through If he wishes. Its parks, Ita homes,
we have no room to speak. There la much
In the Magic City to interest the traveler.
There, also, he can make connectlona with
the Interurban line running swiftly through,
the country to Bellevue and Fort Crook,
the former a ride of twenty minutes, the
latter one of half an hour. Coming ' from
Pouth Omaha back you can choose cither
of two routes from thut by which you went
down. Tou can come up by way of Vinton
and Sixteenth street or over the new
Twenty-fourth afreet line. Both bring you
to the middle of the city.
On the Road to Mananra.
Here cornea a big car at Fourteenth and
Faryam streets. This Is one of the 200
horse power vehicles nearly as big as a
railroad car. It goes to Manawa. Manawa
la nine miles away and the round trip fure
Is 3B cents. Over the Douglas alreet bridge
we go. (Tho company owns this hrlilKO.'
Now we are In Iowa skimming through the
country at a great speed. Here we are In
Council Bluffs, wlicro there are a score
of Interesting things. But we must hurry
and after another fifteen minutes' ride wa
arrive at Manawa. It s free. Walk In.
There'a the roller coaster. Here's the little
railway and a doeen olhcr attractions, and
there Is the beautiful lake with Ha boats,
steam, sailing and rowing. On the further
side Is the pavilion.
Well, we've done enough traveling for
one day, but thnro will be lots of other
days and we can tako sonic of the other
trips that Omaha offers. Seems as If we've
been away off somewhere, doesn't It, and
yet we have not been more than ten miles
from tha center of Omaha at any time.
Philosophers of a certain school hold
that there Is no such thing as "space,"
you know, and If wo could Just rid of that
Idea we would bo Just as well satisfied
In Omaha's beautiful suburbs as at soma
place a thousand mllea away.
Officials of the street railway company
say there Is a very rapidly growing ten
dency on the part of the people to ride for
pleasure and health. Some are finding out
the benefits and are getting others to try
It and these In turn pass the word along.
And when It comes to the cost, that Is of
so trifling that It need scarcely be men
tioned. If you could ride to Chicago aa
cheaply aa you can ride from Albright to
Florence, fourteen miles, your fare from
Omaha to Chicago would be $1.75.
The company has spent very large sumafl
of money during the last few years In lm-X
proving and bettering Ita system, puttlnoj
in new equipment, relaying tracks, erecting)
model power stations. All new cars ara
equipped with air brakes, hot water heaters;
and all tha latest appliances,
A special campaign has been carried on)
among the company's 800 employes with a
view to reducing the number of accidents
and this campaign haa been carried even
to publlo education. The company inserts
advertisements from time to time in the
newspapers showing the correct manner to
alight from a car.
"Let's get acquainted," says Omaha to
her cltutens. 1
Economy
and those who understand it declare It
will soon be In use everywhere In the larger
dairies. The milker works on the principle
of a vacuum, rubber tubes fitting tightly
over the teats of the cows. The air la then
extracted from the tubes with the result
the milk Is drawn into a receptacle con
nected with the tubes. A half dozen or
more cows can be milked at one time In
this way, and an entire herd may be at
tended to In a very few minutes. Formerly
tha male members of the herd were put to
work in the evening milking the cows, tha
power for extracting the air being gen
erated by means of a treadmill. This
was not entirely satisfactory, as the power
could not be applied steadily, and so elec
tricity was substituted.
The next step tn the process consists of
the cooling of the milk. This Is done in
Omaha and elsewhere by the use of elec
tricity. Cooling machines tn which tha
ammonia gas that produces the coldness Is
drawn through the pipes by means of an
electrlo motor that drives the pump. Tho
cream Is then separated from the milk In
separators propelled by an electric . motor.
A portion of the cream Is converted Into
ice cream in freesers turned by electrlo
current. The toe with which the freeser 14
packed may have been made in an Ice rnajs
Ing machine driven by electricity.. The
larger creameries use electricity almost ex
clusively In driving their churns, separators
and other machinery.
Besides Invading the domains of the milk
maid, electricity Is taking on soma of the
old prerogatives of the hired man. As a
result some of the barns of the wealthy
are equipped with electric enrry combs,
electric clippers and devises that make a
horse's coat as glossy aa silk. These In
struments are of great assistance to the
groom who haa a doxen or more teams to
look after.
These Instances show the wide applica
tion ef the electric current to modern busi
ness, but they by no means indicate the
limits to Its use. Planing mills have
adopted It and now we may see saws, planes,
augers, finishing machines operated by the
current from a wire. The prlnojpal stock
food factories In Omaha use the electrlo
current to run their grinding and mixing
machines. The Omaha boiler works uses
electric power In the heavy work of making
feollera. Holes are drilled In the steel by
electric drills, sheets of iron and steel are
cut by electric saws. In fact each ma
chine has its own motor. Restaurants uae
the same force for keeping their coffee hot
and electric percolaters are common eqnlp.
ment In a modern eating house. Hospitals
are using electrically heated pads for the
time honored hot water bottle. In the prov
ince of the hair dresser electrlo drying
cylinders are used to take the moisture
peedlly out of the hair. Mechanic use
electric soldering irona Sheep shearers use
electric machines for cutting the wool from
the aheep. Shoe factorlee use the same
vital foroa in tho snanuXaoturo df boots and.
shoes.
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