Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 03, 1914, LINCOLN STATE FAIR, Page 18, Image 18
18 TITT: r.EK! OMAHA, TTTrRSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1914. I Material Growth of Lincoln as Shown by the Building Records for a Year ' ... , - , INCOL.N haa not suffered vry LI much In the KtiwrtJ opinion I that buslne-s haa b-n a IHU oir aunnit the last year or t-o. The building record of tb laat Tear haa hnn mrh that If there wss alump alone; this Una of business it did not male- its apiw ar.oe In the capita city of Nebraska. In IMS tha value or build In- Improve, ipcnta In Lincoln amounted to ll.7M.S0il. fcaat year the amount put Into hnlldlnaa snd improvement amounted to I2.17o.3ri0. qt course much of thin incre-ec must he law to the building of the new high J rhool and a new (trade echool. But not- I uDRianain thla, the residence cooslruo tlon amounted to nearly soo,o. Bom e of, the buildings which contributed to the Increase In tha valuation of tAn colna bulldlnit itrowth Is shown below: few high schiKil f3.?l04 New grade sc hool '"' jiu'iyo B"in-- houe. Wlnnett A Folts!.. bznn m. w-il-aheth hnspltnl H oni Cltr National hanli i aiu uraufl scnrioi , Jytncoln Kuslnees college Cuehman Motor works Schmidt brothers C. A. lord, reeldonoe Paul Goes, residence Mark Woods, residence " "H. A. Tucker, reeldence V. O. Pullager. residence W. E. Crispin, re-idencc H. E. 8ld!es. residence Orant B. Burman. residence In addition to the fine new high IM.Crtt (mono tonrfl . Rl H.nnu 12.00 IK. OKI lO.noii 10. OK) building, which alone without Its equip, ment or furniture, will cost when com pleted In the neighborhood of $.150,000, and xne nww grade acnooia which will run the mount up to 1M,000 more, Lincoln has pent considerable In Improving its munic ipality. The city spent for paving more than In any previoue year, about eight miles being laid In ion. Much of this haa been asphalt, though a great deal of brick paving waa put In, notably that on the alreet running to the fair grounda. The coat of paving for last year Is given by the city as 302,3KI. This ls about one third more than was spent In the previous year. Lincoln closed the year 1P1S with about fifty-six miles of paving. The total amount of sanitary sewers In he city la about seventy-five mllea. with about eighteen mllea of storm sewers In addition. Very little waa spent In th building of sewers laat year, a little over $2,000 being spent In laying storm sewers and about 19,000 for sanitary sewers. .There are many places of business In Lincoln which have grown from a small beginning and have reached that propor tion where the outside world know little of the amount of business done and how much all put together tenda to make large result not only to the business of Itself but to the general amount of trade brought to the city. Probably an Industry which will count tor much In the future and to the hard work and Indomitable energy of It owners la due the present uooess la the Uneoln Packing company. There every body works. About forty men are em ployed In an Industry In whloh tha kill ing of hogs and cattle and the prepar ing of the output for -the table la made In such a way that a large and rapidly Increasing business haa been the result There are no Idle men around the pack ing house. Whet, the president of the company cornea down In the morning, he sheds his streets clothes, slips on a pair of overalls and dives Into the work. The vice-president Joes the same, and even the cashier, who la supposed to handle tha money finds time to don the toga of labor and pitches la where he Is needed most. With such a condition stating It Is no wonder that the business has proven a success. The Lincoln Paper Bos company la an other concern which haa been built up beaauee the proprietor were not afraid to 'get Into the work and get' It out on time. The product of this factory goes to nearly every state In thla section of the country and Ita output la Increasing. 8. A. Sanderson, the former well known shoe dealer, recently retired from busi ness, but It seems not from activity. H haa formed a company which manufac tures dyes so that any place of drees goods can be matched to correspond with any piece of goods wanted. It doea not matter how much ta wanted or how lit tle la wanted, the Banderaon company an make a piece of goods which will exactly match anything desired. , Fifteen ' years ago Velemar Timltch rame to Lincoln. He could not talk a word English. He had been a candy maker In the old country and for a time he worked at that trade here. A few years ago he became Interested in the Ice cream cone proposition. He studied the matter and soon Invented a machine for making cones. He established a factory and today the conee of the "Timltch factory jrre used throughout the middle west. ;The Fisher Manufacturing company is another Institution which manufactures something which la bound to bring it into prominence. It invented and make the "Rim Grip- aubcaalng for automo. bile tire which Is claimed double the life of a tire and at a very email cost in comparison to what the second tire would most. The J. W. I semen company, which manufactures any kind of jewelry, la a small business which has grown rapidly until it covers a large territory. Orders for thla company come In dally from a territory embracing all parts of the country. , A business that In the past few years has reached mammoth proportions is that of the Kimball Brothers marble works. Tbe company Is fortunate In that F. L. XlmbelL the younger member of the firm Is an expert designer of monuments and some of the finest In the country are the result of his genius. The work of Mr. Kimball haa drawn the attention of some of the most wealthy men. of the country and his work la a monument of itself to the capabilities of the Junior member. A -other firm which Is building up a ateodtly Increasing business Is the Ko meyer Electric company. In connection with the Cuahman motor works, the Kos meyer people have Invented a system of . electric lighting for farm residences and with the use of the Qushmaa motor many of tbe aubstential farmera of thla lUte ajid of adjoining statra art enjoy ing tbe privilege of an electric system on the farm which lights all buildings. Such a success haa this become that the firm is rushed to fill orders Nebraska la not a timber country, yet Lincoln has a wooden box f net or which un.'-r the name of tha Lincoln Box I'eitory Is deriig a big business. The firm makes all kinds of boxes, crates and other things In the line of boxes and Is IM f the iww factories which haa pros pers which are bound to make It a liner. more business that is rapidly com- One of the Great Church Schools of the . :. JO: i few!! "T"0 -" ! Ing to the front and all because of th genius of Its owner Is managed by K. G. room. Mr. Groom Invented a process for china painting. The invention be? came perfected only four years ago, yet there la hardly a big house which handle china ware In the United Htate. but what handlea Mr. Groom's china. It is only a question of a short time, when the "Oroom" china will be a household word In the best homes of the country. These are only a few of the very many lines of manufacturing business which Lincoln la building for the future In educating Ita coming young men and young women along the walka of business life to which their natural abilities call. In the formation of the Junior Civic and Industrial league, It la bringing out the very best that la In the rising genera tion and fitting them for the work which they feet they would like to take up. In carrying out this plan the publlo schools of the city are divided Into groups, which form two to three schools In each group. All boys and girls from the fifth grade up are eligible to belong to the league. Before any boy or girl can be come a member of the league they must team by heart the Ephebio oath, as fol lows: We will never bring disgrace to this, our city, by any act of dishonesty or cowardice. We will fight for the Ideals Implement Men to Make Big Show of Their Wares The 'exhibits of the implement dealers at the Nebraska state fair in past ar sons has been one of the Interesting fea tures of the exposition. There will be no backward movement in 1914. Up to July 1 twenty agricultural Im plement dealers had engaged spa? for exhibits of farm machinery. This wis up to the record of former year. The announcement that some of the large dealer bad decided to make exhibits at the fair waa the signal for the smaller dealers, who In past seasons had been crowded out for want of space, to ask for space and It haa been given them. Of the number Nebraska dealer wcie early on the ground and have secured some of the best locations. Firms from Omaha. Hauling. Lincoln, Beatrlne and other cities of the state and tt. Joseph', Council Bluffs and the Twin Cities and other placea outside the state have taken advantage of the failure of the big fel Iowa to enter ant have gobbled up the desirable placea. There will lie no lack of machines of all kinds In the machinery exhibit. The failure of tho big fellows to exhibit has given the other firms a chance that they do not propose to pass up and instead vf the old line of machines of former years the 1M4 exhibit will aee a large number of old new firms In the argtcul tural row and the change will be watched with a great deal of Interest. The exhibition of traction engine will be great. Twenty acres have been set aside for this exhibit and In addition to these the automobile exhibitors will have plenty of room to show off their ma chines and nothing will be lost by the failure or the former exhibitors to be present. SCHMIDT A.ND BROTHER REMODEL THEIR STORE Fred Schmidt and brother have re modeled their department store during the Ikst year. Installing a new front, which permits of more exquisite and expropriate displays, and redecorating the Interior, giving a more elaborate showing of the v arcs ou the shelves and counters This is Just one of the many steps this progressive firm is taking in enlarging Its I 'lace of buslne. RIM-GRIP SUB-CASINGS FIND DEMAND GROWING The Fisher Manufacturing company. manufacturers of rim -grip aub-caslng. are meeting with unusual success in the sal of ita product thla eeaaon. Tbe factory, which la looated at UM N street, Lincoln, haa the appearance of a bee hive, the large apace occupied be ing crowded with material, machlnea and operatives, and the amount of goods turned out dally far exceed that of any previoue year. The company la specializing on the Mi , m 1 I t m:- 5W haa grown from the little thing and has leconio a part of the business life of Lincoln. The J-ee Broom and Duster company la one of the Important manufactures of Lincoln, which employs a large number cf men. and consequently has a good pay. roll. It owns1 the large factory building In which It does business, situated on an entire block of ground at Twenty-first and y streets. ' The number of brooms manu factured by this concern runs Into th thousands daily and the territory covered by Ita products embracea the entire coun 5 ' Building for the Future and vaored things of the city, both alone nm! with many. We will revere and obey the city's laws and do our best to Incite u like reaped and reverence In those above us who are prone to annul or set them at naught. We will atrlve unceas ingly to quicken the public sense of clvlo duty. Thus in all theee ways we will transmit this city not only not less, but r Tester, better and more beautiful than I waa transmitted to us. Kaoh club la first organised In Ita own school snd hss Its own officers, then a step higher is the group organisation, and then the city organization. On Thursday morning of each week one or more of the clubs meets at the Commercial club building and a ahort addreas la given by some Lincoln business or professional man on topics which will Interest the boys In a business wey. At the close of the addreas the boys are taken by the IT Lincoln Insurance Companies Are Strong II It would not do to forget the Insurance buslnesa In writing of Lincoln's com mercial advancement. One company, the Old Line Bankers' Life, takes the lead In home compar.lea with headquarter. In Lincoln. The Increase in bualness of this company has been great it started In business not so many years ago. In 1NS7 It had in force H4,000 In Insurance. In 1897 It had Increased to $2, 0,270. In 1907 It had In force $21.7,S3. In 1912 the company had 3.(C2,412 and last year It had Increased to t43.00o,ono. At the close of business at the end of 131! the com pany had $3,800,000 In assets and today that has been Increased to 17,200,000. Lincoln feela proud of Its Insurance "rlm-grip" sub-casing, which is Plaeed inside the outer casing of an automobile tire, and la constructed In a way that enablea the sub-casing to carry the pres sure of the Inner tube, and relieve the outer caalng of a large portion of the etraln that It Is ordinarily required to carry. This removes the danger of the outer tire bursting or "blowing out." as It la usually termed, and the Ure can then be completely worn out. SHINN LIGHTNING RODS MEETING WITH SUCCESS One of the large industries that Lin coln may be proud of is the W. C. Bhlnn Lightning Rod company. This concern started hunin-- in i.i-..i.. ago on a email .cl k I . -, Welcome State United States ( OTNim l NIVEK8ITY, the great school of the CbrlBtian church, is located- at J?hany, a beautiful sub urb tf Lincoln, where it lies been risking Itself useful to the church nd humanity In most effective way. 71 4 ll: Ml try from the Mtsmuri river west to the Taclflc coast. The company nlsn owns and operates a plant In Boston, and another at Daven port, la. Th central trade la furnished by the low-i plant, while the eastern part of the country '. supplied by the plant In Boston. At Morrill, Wis., it operates a saw mill and turning plant, which manu factures the broom handles uicd In the Leo broom. The general offices of the company are In Lincoln, where the presi dent of the company, Clinton L. Lee, re sides. business man giving the sdlrcgs, to hla place of business, and the boya are given a practical demonstration of business life. The Kliis have a similar organization and they are glvon opportunities to be come more closely acquainted with the home side of life. In addition to the bus Inoss side. The perfection of this Idea Is due to the work of Superintendent Fred Hunter of the oity schools, Secretary Whitten of the Lincoln Commercial club and W. A. Luke, secretary of the Toung Men's Chris tian association. It Is proving a success and many a boy who waa not quite sure as to the kind of business he was moit Interested In has been led to fully make up his mind In that regard. J companies, but the Old Line Bankers' Life stands out above them all. It owns a fine large building of Hs own, the ren tals from which contribute in no small degree to the Income of the company. It Is said that this company wrote more business in Nebraska the laat ear than all the big New York companies com bined. The Security Mutual Life Insurance company is another company which does a big business and owns Its own build ing. The Union Fire Insurance company, the Lincoln Accident company, the Old IJne Accident company, the Capital Fire company and half a doxen others con tribute largely to making the city some what of an Insurance center. senta one of the largest establishments of its filnd jn the country. Bhlnn light ning rods are sold in twelve states, and It la necessary for this company to main tain two warehouses, one in Minneapolis and the other In Peoria, to handle the business It haa built up in those terrl torle. Why Scratch it OatT Fanny, the little daughter of a clergy man, pranced Into her father's study one evening while the reverend gentleman as preparing a lengthy sermon. She looked at the manuscript for a moment and then turned to her father. "Papa." ahe began, arrlously, "does God tell you what to write?" "CertHlnly, dearie," replied the clergy, n an. "Then wn d" Vu cratch so much of u outr. Mked pnny Fair Visitors To the ORIENTAL STORE HOW LOCATED 145 O ST. 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