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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1910)
a& TTTE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, 'AUGUST 17, 1010. Hardware and Implements .;V( m .UK ft11"""" W. A. VAXTOS, Praaldsnt. IiOUITXX.nrO, o'y and Trsas. KOBIBT TmIJrO. Tlos-rrsa. A. J. TZXXU.HIO. nana. Paxton & Vierling Iron Works Manufacturers of STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL IROOim STEEL 'Office and Works South 17th St, and Union Pacific Ry. WE MANUFACTURE Round, Square and Jacket Cans, Oil Tanks, Grocer's Display Caddies And SHEET METAL SPECIALTIES We operata the moat oomplete retlnnfo plant la the wet, catering specially to the retlnnlng of tiaed creamery supplies. Western Tinware Hnfg. Co., 1205-7-0-11-18 SOUTH TWENTIETH ST. OMAHA, NEBRASKA .Oakland Cars Hold the Hill Climbing Record They have won more firsts in proportion to entries than any car built at any price. They have fewer parts, more liberal bearings, are well and strongly made. This makes the up-keep (an important item) less than on most cars. They can be more easily cleaned and adjusted than . can any car built It will pay you to look them over. Some 'open territory. , , LININGER. IMPLEMENT COMPANY Omaha, Nebraska J " TWm. V-'-ii iV - k'-i' mil "n i" ' ' inn ' -iii'ii i' . r ' 'i , -'f Fairbanks, Morse & Co. MOTOR TRUCKS IN FREIGHT TRAFFIC Self-Fropeled Wagom Make Commun ication Eay to South Omaha and the Saburbi. NUMBER IS INCREASUTQ FAST Business in Its Infancy, Spreading in Proportion. BIO CAES THAT DO BUSINESS Little Ones Plenty and Delivery Hade Easy. IMPLEMENT HOUSES CONCERNED Big Institutions that Deal In the Cars of Commerce Take Cara of the Grovrlna- Trad tn Style. Long distances to be covered In the com mercial business of the city with the towns hereabout have educated all the larger oon cema Into the use of motor trucks. The education has been a development of Three short years and the results are gratifying In the guise of forty-nine commercial vehi cles seen dally on the streets. The Storx Brewing company la conceded to be the first local concern to adopt the most modern means of delivering Its prod uct. This company purchased a huge car three years ago' and Its example was quickly followed several dairies, and ice companies. Despite the presence of steep and fre quent bills throughout the city and sub urbs, the vehicles have made good to the extent that seven times the amount of hauling la done by them than that for merly accomplished by horse drawn vehi cles. One large establishment, doing business In all the suburbs and adjoining towns, re ports that from ITS to $100 dally Is saved In the expense of Hi delivery work since the adoption of motor trucks. Omaha la Just now confronting a general rehabilitation of road conditions. The pav ing of the streets In the city proper at present la in bad shape and is further rendered unsatisfactory by reason of the widespread work of repaying which la go ing on. It is the prospect that the entire central portion of the city will be com pletely repaved Inside of several months, listrsr and Small Wagons. There are two distinct classes of motor wagons In use in the city, roughly com prising the heavy kind as one and the smaller retail delivery wagons aa the other. It Is a notable fact that grocers, bakeries and all the tribes of small dealers are falling Into line with the general modern-J Ixlng trend. In all cases the change from the use of horse drawn vehicles to motors has been an easy one. Teamsters, formerly the elevated lords of brewery and Ice wagons, are now easy liv ing chauffeurs of their monster new trucks. Accepting the innovation with ready skill, the relnsmen find their new problems In finitely simple than the troubles of balk ing, runaway animals of former times. Thus far the Frayer-Miller, International and Randolph make of trucks are con siderably ahead of other makes In point of sales In Omaha. The J. E. Murphy Bon company is credited with selling thirty-six of the forty-nine motor trucks now In use in the city. This firm has the agency for the three above mentioned machines. Following is a list of the machines and their number In the city: Frayer-Miller, : Pnckard. 1; Randolph, 9; International, 17; Butck, S; Reliance, 2; Alco, 1; Wilcox, 1; Holsman, 4; Rapids, 1; Chase, 1. Omaha the Center. This Is the bartering point In automobiles and all typea of auto conveyances for the entire state of Nebraska and western Iowa, It is estimated that there are 500 dealers throughout the state and that business aggregating more than that of all the rest la done by those In Omaha. In former years it was the custom of purchasers to get their machines direct from the factory, but with the growth of the business and the increasing facilities for getting machines before the public through dealers this Is now changed. The direct sales hare become a negligible ex ception to the rule. An Industry of enormous proportions m Omaha Is that seen along Famam street In Omaha, where from Eighteenth to Twenty-fourth street nothing but auto dealing establishments can be found. Be sides these very commodious and prosper ous establishments of the classier kind, numerous shops throughout the city are now members of the Industry, with capacity to do all sorts of repair. Implement Hogiri, Too. Omaha has thirty-one implement houses, and most of these handle automobiles or auto trucks. These big ooncerna found It necessary to put In a line of cars to keep up with their competitors who had cars. They found the country Implement man wanted to add a supply of automobiles to by the other breweries, j his stock and that he was more than likely furniture establishments I to buy bis plows, wagons and other farm Implements from the Jobber who could also sell him autos and auto accessory's. Nebraska is at this time submerged in the great movement of road improvement It Is generally conceded that the advance of the sales of cars and motor truoks has had a very large part in bringing the movement to a head. Even If the influ ence the motor Industry exerts on ' road improvement were all it afforded, the gain would be great But this Influence of the industry Is not all. The farmer's trading and his commercial tasks, besides his church and social duties, are made con venient now past all former possibility. . It Is now reoogntzed by actual experienoe tn this action that a greater trade possi bility through the sale of motor trucks has stimulated the merobant to carry larger, better and more varied stocks of goods than ever before. Orders formerly sent to distant cities are now placed at home, keeping a greater portion of ex penditures and, of course, profits within the community. the plow, and the demand for farm ma chinery grows most constantly. Jobbers of Implements In Omaha carry some of the largest stocks known, and one house alone is supposed to have $4,000,000 worth almost constantly on hand. What the total value of stocks Is no man is In a position to say, but that many millions of dollars' worth are kept here Is a certainty. Jobbers and manufacturers of agricultural Implements have a little organization of their own, which exists to promote mutual Interests and friendly feelings, but It is In no sense a price-fixer. Competition be tween the various houses Is as keen aa be tween any other set of business men in the world. This organization is known as the Omaha Implement and Vehicle club. It came Into being three years ago, and E. A. Hatfield of the Kingman Implement com pany was chosen president position the club has Insisted ever since that he con tinue to hold. The agricultural Implement business has grown mightily diverse in recent years be cause the farmer has found that new ma chinery of all kinds Is necessary to him. In this connection the wonderful development of the gasoline engine has played a big part and motors of this kind are being not only sold separately, but as an Integral part of machine after machine. It Is a long list Just the names of the companies and firms which are engaged in Omaha In the implement and agricultural vehicle business, and while a few are small the great majority have enormous ware houses filled to the roof with every sort of harvester or cultivator, harrow, plow, thresher, stacker, cornplanter, reaper, rake, manure spreader, seeder and mower. Also the automobile. Several of the larger companies some time ago found it a profitable scheme to utilize their highly specialised equipment and offices of distri bution for the sale at wholesale of motor cars, and this collateral branch of the business has grown to tremendous propor tions. In Omaha these Jobbing firms are en gaged and in addition to them aa much business is done in Council Bluffs from which Omaha receives a valuable . indi rect benefit: Central Implement company. John Deere Plow company. Emerson-Brantlngham company, Kingman Implement company. Llnlger Implement company. Nebraaka-Mollne Plow company. Parlin A Orendorff company. Raclne-Battley company. Wagner Bros, Western Rock Island Plow company. Avery Manufacturing company. International Harvester company. Acme Harvesting Machine company. Brlggs Implement and Supply company. J. I. Case Plow works. . Grand DeTour-i Plow company. Hayes Pump and Planter company. Henry A Allen. Herschell Manufacturing company. Independent Harvester company. Janesvllle Machine company. ' Kansas City Hay Press company. T. 1. Nortnwall company. J. B. Patterson. Peters A Ed holm company. Smith Manufacturing company. Sterling Manufacturing company. Wright &Wilhelmy Co. Wholesale Hardware Bicycles and Sportlna Goods Omaha Nebraska IMPLEMENT BUSINESS HUGE Volume Is Expected to Reach the Enormone Sam - of 914,000, OOO This Year. Omaha's Implement and vehicle business will amount this year to $14,000,000, probably a little more. An accurate Investigation made early in January showed that the total for 1909 was a little more than $12, 000,000. and there is assurance that the ln- This situation la also true of the delivery ' crease this year is between 1J and 16 per boys of the small dealers. Altogether cent' motor vehicles In the oltys commerce have Everyone connected with the trade be-, a nappy OUtlOOH. mat un louuiu cunuiuun is greatly Capacity ranging from one to three tons t0 De Improved In the next few years, due iu ma incrnua agricultural development of territory commanded by Omaha Jobbers. These now have absolute supremacy In the Implement line, as well as In many others, over western Iowa, all of Nebraska, south ern South Dakota, eastern Wyoming and Colorado. This territory Is rapidly Intensi fying Its agricultural efforts, lands which were once held to be arid are going under T. F. Stroud Co. F. S. MoLafferty. C. O. Nelson. Alamo Engine and Supply company, Allen P. Ely & Co. Lauson Gas Engine and Supply company. Olds Oas Power company. Fairbanks, Morse & Co. Baa oo Manufacturing company. Dempster Mill Manufacturing company. The implement trade in this vicinity has-J been served twenty-four years by a spe cial publication In Its own field, "The Weekly Implement Trade Journal." is that favored; In heavy motor trucks by the local users. It is reported that with a machine of proven twenty horse-power thirty horse-power can be developed. Stors'.s three-ton thirty-two horse-power machine Is the largest machine of Its kind in the city. One Ice hauling motor truck of Omaha accomplishes the following work every day; Three trips to South Omaha, two trips to Benson, three trips to Durdee and one trip to Counoll Bluffs. The adjoining towns mentioned are reached by traveling from three to six miles, respectively. South Omaha represents a trip of four miles, Benson is six miles distant, Dundee is four miles away and Counoll Bluffs Is four miles from Omaha. It Is seen from this that the Ice carrying motor truck covers nearly forty-five miles each day. A. (CO HI Ml SCEAP PAPER, RAGS, IRON AND OLD METAL 2209 CUMINO STREET, OMAHA, NEBRASKA. j A PHONES Bell, Douglas 2474; Independent, A-2474. EsUbllshed 1803. .,,.', i, . .. . .. Scrap Iron and Tilstal Dealer . 1 1 OLD RAILROAD MATERIAL OFFICE 801 FARNAM STREET. YARDS, 7th and Fanuun Su., C. B. & Q. Rr. . OMAHA, JTEB, "An Out-of-the-Ordinary Concern" In the "apeciaJty" linea enumerated below, "we begin where the usual dealer ' leaves off Send for special catalogs, lists and exceptionally-easy terms on "Edison" Phonograph, "Victor" Talkie Machine!, 20th Csitary Bicycles, "Thr" Motor cylcs, "American" Cash Registers, "White" and "Free" Sewing Machines, "Rebuilt" Type writers, Pianos and "Worlitzer" Automatic Pianos. The . house that carries over 100,000 talking ma chine records. Write for late lists. Cor. 15th mnd ' Harney Sts. , Omaha Neb. or 334 Broadway, Council Bluffed Iowa GEO. E. MICKEL, Manager vj " Toivnsen si liiii Oo, SPORTING GOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IS 14 Fernain Street Telephone Dooglas 870 Wooden Package Mfg. Co. Manufacturers of Boxes, Butter Tubs. Slack Cooperage and Tanks 27th and Martha Sheets ALLEN M. ROBMSOH, Treas. and Mgr. The Largest Implement Building in the World Jobbers in Heavy Hardware Iron, Steel, Woodstock, Blacksmiths' Tools and Supplies, Contractors' Supplies, Buggy Tops, Cushions, Etc. THE OMAHA IRON STORE COMPANY, 1209-1211 Harney Street. Omaha, Nebraska. V-v.-.f -.. : . -;-, - ... JjlJ;' rfH 331 : -H; -TJ ; vl Hn 'OTT err tW Mlf W. , : , - - - -! f J:ntJ WWf I .'.. l 1 r InC .. DISTRIBUTERS of the most complete line of Plows, Cultivators, Harrows, Planters and all kindred Farm Tools, Farm Wago.xs, Vehicles, Automobiles, Etc. sJoIhUTL 02(BE(2 PSOW GO INJIntti Street, Howard to Harney V 1 vH