THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 30, 1912.
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RALSTON OFFERS CHANCES
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Growth During: "Last Few Years.
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New industries come fast
Omaha Commercial Clab Member
Find Snbvrb Full of Spirit and
Taking- Giant Strldea For. '
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When more than 30u members of the
Omaha Commercial club visited Balston
fThursday afternoon, to inspect the in
dustrial planta"and,the Country club of
that little town, they formed the largest
home-trade excursion that Omaha has
ever had. They; also were aurprised at
the wonderful progress Ralston baa made
and were deeply' impressed with' fcalstoh's
prospects for the future.- '"--.
Every wheel in . the . striving- ljttle . su
burb is rushing at high speed, so the
.trade excursionists found, and every in
habitant of. the little' town in imbued
with the thought' that Kalstbn is. going
to be a big manufacturing town within
a short time. But the Ralston people
are not ' the only ones who have this
idea2 now,' for the Omaha Commercial
club members are also of the same opin
ion. The believe that this town furnishes
an ideal site for all industrial plants,
and they are among the most enthusiastic
boosters for Ralston.
vVith;,the growth , of Ralston comes a
greater growth for Omaha. Ralston is
but a suburb of Omaha, and though not
cf the same corporation, it is still one of
the supports of this city. As the more
manufacturers place plants in Ralston,
greater gains will be made by Omaha
Increasing wealth in Ralston means in
creasing wealth in Omaha. Feople who
live in thus suburb must come to Omaha
to do a large share of their buying. The
Industrial plants of that town must get
niany of their neccessary supplies from
' this city. There is no way in which the
growth of Ralston will not aid Omaha, so
all the people of this metropolis are in
i Iterested in the development of Ralston,
I , land they are aiding materially in every
J way that they can.
Ralston's many natural advantages
make' it an ideal manufacturing town. It
has excellent railroad service, two big
By items b:.ve through lines and much
terminal trackage there. The proximity
of Ralston to Omaha gives It all' the ad
vantages that come from a large city.
Indeed, it is Just an ideal site for in
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The Omaha Commercial club and
manufacturers have begun a movement
' to acquaint' every Omaha citizen with the
value , of manufacturing; industries to a
community. The recent "Know Omaha
Better" yeek was only one of the ways
. through' which this movement Is being
carried oh. Information about Ralston
Is to be given out in much the same way.
The men at the head of Omaha's pro
gressive movements know that industrial
p'ants aid the prosperity of a community
In many ways. Manufacturing establish.
ments ' give' employment to hundreds of
people,' who,' necessarily, -must spend
large sums in the community. The
merchants profit through these concerns;
for moftey' must "be. spent for clothing.
foods and luxuries Property finds a
market Homes have to be built In order
to accommodate the growing population
' The'wayin.yhloh industries benefit a
comxQitnuy are very piain to an, and
Rat&toh's condldtion is no exception.
Soas Ralston grows Omaha merchants
and Omaha Capital 'will receive the bene
fits. A boost for Ralston Is a boost for
Omaha.. It . is . to . the vital interest of
Omshans to see that Ralston Is made to
progress. Co-operation with the clizens
of Ralston with the RUstdn business
mea by the Omaha manufacturers and
commercial club will undoubtedly bring
grand results both to Omaha and Ralston.
It should be remembered that five years
ago Ralston was not yet come into being.
Withlrt the last four years this town has
Lu.i.w tiBu, miw i,, iviik, w4iu non fac
tories and new business. houses.' T.he
HoWai-d Stove' Works; the Brown Truck
Manufacturing company and the. Rogers
MotOr? Car company: were among the
flrstUo select Ralston as sites for their
factories.
Thetf last month the Omaha Furniture
Manufacturing company decided to lo
cate' a.factory in this suburb. This cora
panyMs one of the largest west of Chi
cago.'"Work on its new plant has been
started and the structure soon will loom
up as another of the great Institutions of
this city.
Another Industry known as the Gate
City Manufacturing company, manufac
turing!;, automatic patent gates, poles,
graders, separators, etc:, has just bought
property and decided to locate a plant In
Ralston.
The Howard - Stove Works employes
more than 100 men. It manufactures
every1 part of the stoves turned out at
this plant, even to the patterns. It also
has a plating department and does all Its
pwn plating In 1911 this' company" used
J05 cars of raw material pig iron, sheet
iron, coke, etc. All this material was
shipped into Ralston.- In this same petiod
the firm 'shipped out of Ralaton 125 cars
of stoves, this product goicg into every
state -west of the Mississippi. Between
fifty and sixty of the cars were sent to
khe Pacific coast states. This company
Is one of the best in the west and is
rapidly increasing Its trade.
Prosperltr Tor All. ''
.The Rogers Motor Car company maim-'
factures motors for light, rapid cars, and
also turns out a substantial, popular-1
priced car. It is one of the growing con
cerns of the state and is rapidly getting
Into the field of its strong competitors,
who have been doing business, here for a
much longer time.
Few concerns In the west can boast of
greater prosperity than that which at
tends the Brown Motor Truck Manufac
turing company, a firm that is now doing
an immense business and that Is growing
so fas( that it will soon have to enlarge
Its plant. This company makes trucks
for the Union Pacific railroad, the Wells
Fargof, Express company, the Omaha
L'nion station, the various packing plants
at South Omaha, wholesalers, retailers
and other concerns throughout the west
The Omaha Furniture Manufacturing
company has a three-acre site for Its
building plant Work on this factory is
now in progress. The factory will have
a floor space of 40,000 feet and will em
ploy a large force. The new company
will manufacture couches, davenports,
tables,, rockers, kitchen-cabinets and
various other pieces of furniture. A
specialty will be made. of kitchen cabi
nets. This new firm Is a reorganization
Bf the' Talge Lounge company, which has
been, operating a plant In St Joseph for
several years. The officers of this com
pany are: President M. C. Powell; vice
president 3. Emerson Dodds; treasurer,
D. (I'.ttodds; secretary. Dwlght Powell;
director; and attorney,' E. H. .Westerfieid;
director.". D. Miller, ,
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Have You Ever Seen Omaha's Industral Suburb?
It's Only 45 minutes From the City Hall
Catch a Nebraska Traction and Power Co. Car Every Hour on 16th St.
Free Factory Sites
for Trackage
It's a Beautiful Residence Suburb
affording all of the advantages of the city with the
freedom of the country having electricity for light
ing, telephone service, car service, shady avenues, a
new two-story pressed brick school building and has
a mile of paved boulevard. The Seymour Lake Coun
try Club, is completing a beautiful new club house
on its recently acquired 70-acre tract, bordering on
Seymour Lake.
50-ft. Residence Lots $200 and Upward
A pleasant car ride or come in your automobile. Good roads all the way.
Ralston now has 3 factories
in operation, a new one is be
ing built, and another is under
contract to build.
The location is ideal for a
factory power is convenient
and land for employes' houses
is reasonably low.
The Way to Make Omaha Grow
"Bring Factories to Ralston."
Own a Beautiful Country Home
Come Out and See
!f Vou Are Interested Phone Us, 0-3867
alston Acres
This tract of land is adjacent to Ral
ston and overlooks the grounds of
The Seymour Lake Country Club;
2i-acre blocks just right for a country
home, or. for poultry or fruit raising.
Sold on Credit if Desired
A warm welcome when you get there.
The Ralston Towncite Company
General Offices: 309 South 17th Street, Omaha, Nebraska
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All the Power and Light used in Ral- v
ston is taken from the mains of the
Omaha Electric Company
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Consult: the Alamo Engine and Supply Co.
About Power Problems
jWe start new plants right--
Call on us or
phone for a con
sulting engineer
He will show you how to have plenty
of power at a reasonable cost.
Phone Douglas 3669
There are few institutions in this country today, whether they're makers or distributors of commodities, that could not be operated
more economically or efficiently by having the right kind of power established from the start.
We make old plants more efficient
All of the mechanical improvements of the age have been steadily perfected with the main object in view of raising the standard of ef
ficiency and lowering the cost of operation So if you really want to cut the operating expense weed out your time' worn machinery old
fashioned machinery is the plant's heaviest expense.
The Alamo Engine and Supply Co.
1122-24 Farnam Street. Omaha,, Neb.
When you call us we make your
' problem our. problem i
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Omaha's Interurban Line to Ralston
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Traverses Beautiful County-.
A Land Where the Future Omahan Will Have His Country Home
FTEJR a day of .mopping of
brow and declarations
against the temperature,
hundreds of Omaha people
find comfort, peace of
mind and coolness in rides from
Omaha to Papilllon on the cars of
the Nebraska Traction and Power
company, which operates the fifteen-
mile trip of interurban line that
traverses the precty country between
Omaha and. Papilllon, running
through the enterprising town of
Ralston, skirting .the beautiful Sey
mour lake and then jumping into
some of the most beautiful wood
stretches in this section of the state.
It is an excellent ride. . The cars of
the company, make few stops and are
kept going at a brisk rate of speed,
just the rate at which people like to
ride. Exhilarating breezes sweep
through the car, cooling brows and
spurring the blood to action. Every
body; likes, thia delightful Httle trip,
and Omahans'and visitors are' com
ing to make it a more frequent part
of their pleasure tour. Visitors to
Omaha find it one of the most satis
factory of all the pleasure and sight
seeing ajunts that they can take.
This well equipped line of the Ne
braska Traction and Power company
is the only interurban line that runs
out of Omaha. It-deserves the bud-
port of 'the people of Omaha and
vicinity and it is receiving it more
and more. It is doing a great deal
to build up Ralston, and In building
up Ralston it is doing much for
Omaha, for as Ralston profits so does
Omaha benefit. The little line fur
nishes rapid transportation between
this city and Ralaton and brings into
the hands of the residents of both
places the profits that accrue through
It iiM.in. iiiijiil 1 n'i)')' y wi'WK jMHu'm m"- V Is .
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A BODY OF COMMERCIAL: CLUB MEMBERS READY TO START
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a good interurban line.
The service given by this company
is all that- Omaha needs. Cars
bound for Papilllon and Ralston
leave the postofflce In Omaha on the
even hours; that is, at 8 a. m., 10
a. m., 12 noon, 2 p. m., 4 p. m. and
8: It p. m., and then, skipping one
hour,', at 11 p.' m. The regular
schedule would have the last car
leave the postofflce at 10 o'clock at
night, but the company delays the
trip one hour in order that theater
patrons may see the plays and then
go home on the last car. Service
from Papilllon to Omaha is just as
excellent as that between Omaha and
Papilllon.. The service" between
Ralaton and South Omaha is even
better, for some poople who work in
Ralston live In South Omaha and
they must have better schedules than
otherwise would be necessary. The
service between the packing center
and the suburb gives people of either
place an opportunity to get one from
one city to the other at very frequent
intervals. On Sundays and special
days the service between Omaha and
Ralston and Papilllon is much be t-
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ter than on any other days. In order1?
to accommodate the Urge crowds.
More cars are placed on the runs and v,
the trips are much more frequent.
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