Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 2, 1887, Page 10

| - RECORD OF THE YEAR Detailed Report of Omaha's Progress in all Lines of Business, During 1886, THE GIANT OF THE WEST. Bixteen Hundred and Sixteen Buildings Erected 5t MILLIONS IN PUBLIC WORKS: The Grand Ageregate of Public and Pri- vate Improvements, $7,230,73 THE BUSINESS OF THE BANKS. fixteen Financial H Over $12,000,000 CLEARINGS OF THE YEAR. Trans otions for Twelve Months Foot Up tho Co'lossal 8um of §1 8,287, AMERICA'S 4TH LUMBER MART, Nearly Threo Hundred Million Fect of Lum- ber Handled by Omaba Dealers. A GREAT JOBBING CENTER, About Forty Millions of Merchandise Dis* posed of at Wholesale. THE LEADING RAILWAY CITY, Vast Local and Inter-State Commerce Over Fifteen Railroads. SOUTH OMAHA'S GREAT GROWTH 667,627 Head of Stock of all Kincs Re- ceived and Disposed of. PRODUCT OF THE PACKERIES 623,097 Head of Hogs, Cattle and Sheep Slaughtered, Worth $7.016,615, PROGRESS IN OTHER LINES, A Comprehensiye and Exact Exhibit of the Manufacturing, Com- mercial and Financial Pro- gress of Omaha During the Past Yoar, BANKING, Omaha as a Financial Center, The business of the banks is the mi ror in which is truthfully reflected the business of a community. The picture of financial progress or depression cannot be otherwise than a corres counterpart of good or bad times in the mart, the manufactory, in professional walks of life, railroad cir the arena of real estate transaction: , N skilled labor, pasture place: shambles—in erywhere wh brain, brawn and enter into industrial pursuits, ed were all other isti anting @ correot status of n city's prosperity and promise could be obtained from it ing operations. This is pre-eminentl the with Omaha. The business of if marvelously i record of any p tablishment of one new dditional private 500 in the - in 1886 in deposits, show the substantial cl tor of Omaha and the volume of its business, whilo an increase of $13,218, - 406.61 in eleven months' clearings of 1886 over twelve months' clearings in 1885 proves an activity in all business branches t] is a3 wonderful to contem- wlate us it is encouraging to those who have selected Omaha Tor” a place for cap- ital or labor avestment. Well 1 most conservative of our bankers plac crease of their business during the wt over the previous twelve month cent. fully compiled sta- rly proy this is a very modest statement, One bank alone—th gue Bros., the oldest and largest private fin al institution in the city— 8hows a clear increase of 175 per centin the business of the r. In fact all show remarkablg prosperit It could not be otherwise when one takes into considera- tion the large expenditures for public works in 1886; the number of extensive business blocks, costly residences, w houses, shops, ete mstructed du the year; the increased volume of th Ue trade; railroud traflic. extensions and improvements: the notable rise m realty valuation, and activity in tran many capitalists, jobbers, retail de ete., who have located here; the iner he grain trade; the thousands of skilled mechanics and other ze work- ers who have come here to take advan- tage of the demand and liberal recom- ense for their services; the prosperity of he agricultn distriets immediately around the city; the new and extensiy trade territory opened up for Omaha, and numerous other active commerce ereators. All this means the pres of plenty of money and its active, liberal and continuous circulation, he Na- tional bank showing has been taken from the last October sworn statements as made in response to government call, because there e y inflat: sertions thercin ===the business of the Omaha Savings bank, With the private banks the statements of the ofticers, placed at the Jowest figure request, and corroborated by the un- ased opinions of leading financiers and ational bankers of the city, been taken. ‘This system seems 1o be the only sound and conservative way of reaching & conclusion which cannof fail to open of Omaha's citizens and all italists and home to know where prosp. erected its throne and given promise of a still more glovious re thut by the nature of things broken in all time to come. ~ Attention is fivst ealled to the work of the ¢ ing house, which is under the eareful man: of W. H. 8. hughes, ¢ of the Nebraska Na- 1onal bunk. record from its organ- zation in this eity, to December 1, 1856, 8 earefully cousidered OMAHA CLEARI HOUSE, Organized October 23, 1884, and the first clearmgs were mude October 20 1884, The following table will show the work done sinen that date to Deccmber 1, 1858, LGS 0 e 18 UUCEL e olE v R ;,‘"fijhlluhuusllml the eleven wouths of 1886 xeeeded the twelve months of 1885 $42,245,406.01. The aversge monthly lecker & Co. Meyer & Co., W & Langstadter, H. M, Hese & C tian & Tribbie, ,Hauser & Woodland, Frank A. Moore, Max 3 p 1886 § inerease for the eleven months of s EInaN fison & Co.” Biet average weekly forty-cight weeks, £001,008.47, COMPARATIVE onlyalittle over 1 per cent remaining un- paid of the total taxes on real estate and personalty for the iast five years, increase for DECEMBER CI S R TLLUMIN ATING OTLS, Two firms for 183 to one for 1885 con- | dncted this business and sold $615,000, an The Consolidated nk Line Co, and Stewart & Co. arc the The work of the county treasurer has kept pace with the gene s required of other officis From January monnt of taxes col- The total amount to be collected for the yes b which shows that Coun made his collections very close ymmunity especially has promptly responded to the treasurer's g the period e of $150,000. FLOUR AND FE les were $610,000 The firms are: (W.J. Welshans & ston & Co., Roller 'Mills, Marsh & ainst $300,000 the farming unount expended for treas HARDWATE 275,000 for 1885, & unty property of 1988 in_saddlety - Omaha Saddlery Co., G indebtedness of connty cemper, 1956, over those of 1885, Saddlory Co of Omaha extends tate of Nebras The wholesale trs not only over the, and the western half ot Towa, | 150 throngh d, Gibson, Miiler & Publishing Co., Oma untains, clear to The jobbing tr more than kept pace with the rowth of this city s ' \dgbbiusidiy the Pacifie const. STOVES, MANTLES, GRATES AND FURNACES, regate sales s & Sons, H ssistant cashiors | G BC ORI firms doing wreying on the whol WHOLESALE ch, assistant Tha total snlas e hanté National S $100,000, mnide a wholesale bt ! . y tholm & Akin, C. L. ckson & Co., ive gone out | K PAINTS, 0118 i | of business, white for b il during the yc Jf the various b aflie 18 embodied in the Drake, assistant cashicr, ints, oils, glass and wall AND PROVISIONS, jobbing trade in groceries and provisions is carvied on by the following & Gallagher D. M. Steele & Co, AND WOOLENS. 000, made by M. Hellman & Co, and the Cantield M- ufacturing Co. H. W, Yates,s pr ‘Touzalin, vice-president; W, I, Brady & Co., Bros., Meyer & & Col, BB C Commercial D 000; surplus, $18,000; depo AP, HovKins, 5,000; manufactur ol dealecs: Stephens, Voegle & Dinning, 1.1 Fay & Co.; Kopp, Dricbus & Co. apmian & Co., Trade of 1856, it; Alfred Mil- 87, This an ineron $1,420,000 over the sales in 18! about 23 per cent. MceShane & Schroeder, United States Nati s, $20,000; deposits, . W. Hamilton, pr T. Barlow, cashier. Union Nati 000; surplu trade of Omaha has as- ude during the ‘he Tumber HATS AND CATS. esident; M Parrotte & Co., Turner & Jay; v*.l“\”“”" des | e following lignres: Dur umber deal andled and sold 2 270,500,000 fo gregate $0,493,000: engaged in the wholesale lnmber rade at Omaha Wakefield, the or & Co.; N. B, 0 car londs, rey t of lumber. Nutional—Established Uo.; snlos: § Wyman, pre Gordon & b Brown, vice-president, who with ReIBZ W. Wells, of Schuyler, Neb. ;::u}‘:f‘im;’ull (]‘INr:)i. & Isanes; 3 orge AL Honglund, Lewis Bradford, W. Harvey Lumber company, K S, Goodrich & Co.; tablished January 1, 1857, with . A, MeFaddon, eashi- DR 1885 thie Marshailtown, la., ¢ ‘hanged by | Of lumber d inl permission of the comptroller of the currenc, representing P, Boyer & Co IZLD RUBBER GOODS, lumber trade of over 50 per cent during . Lindsay & Co.; sales: Total Capital of National Ba AGRICULTURAL YMPLEMEN Omaha has become one of the jobbing cente Several implement me factories have er warehouses in this city during the ye notably the Moline, Groceries and provisions, wltaral implements yoods and notions. Loans on real estate, 161.98; loans on collateral, and wagon oG Lillburn & Stoddard 1 be followed by N Ten fivms are en- Barton, president i Boots and shoes™ Brown, yice-president; John E. ule at whol and druggist sundries; dorf & Martin, Churehill Parker: Willian McCormick Harves Winona Lmplement com Moline, Millburn & Stoddard com- McCague Bros.'—John L., William L. and Thomas H. McCague, propriclors. fiees and splges. wrs and tobieco i surplus, $25,000; dgeposits, $200, McCague, prosi- dent; William ., Me Books and stationery 2,450,000, an incre; the preceding year or DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS, A very marked ¢ during “the notions jobbiig trade The sales for the r id up_ capit wid woolcns... in the dry goods MeShane, president; Butter and eg Bank of Commerce—Paid up capital, y ! . jobbers in dr; Gurlichs, vic nk B. Joln et & son, cashier. Bank of Ou & Co., Vine Bstablished Novem- ed Tuvber goods. . 5,007 deposits, $75, T Tenry, president; I, B. Jessen, ¢ Douglas County—P: 8 Established March 13 cap’ 000; no deposits —A. D. King n, proprictors. Established Decom- capital, $10,000; no depusits re- v supplies w Omaha Trade S The following statement r¢ is furmshed Istrect comp. . Strang comy manufacturing company. o b 4 ump com- 1 retiil Lisiness combine L Eum plcoly jubb ng houses that 10ss during 150 v of wholesule house oss i1 Onithis 5 ve houses that comme business diring the past year repr the following trades Wholestio grocerics Total Capital of Privato But hardware, iron and wi “over that of 188 For 1886 the ,000 for 1885 dercentage creuso of Deposits QU0 Percentuge of Inerease of Depasic 1oL 1880 or ST COMPANTES. Who esale diy goods Omaha Lo Wiliwely comps Broateh & Co. Authorized ital, §1,000,000 $300,000 has been sabsceribed. ness of 1886 w Wholesale notions. . 0 balking Do e 0 per cent @ of any previous y : 1 surerof the United dent; S, H., 1 manager of the Missouri Paeit the Omaha [ .t prominent Omahia corpor vesident; W, 18, Mil retary and - tr Y late chief justic trade known commission The Lranch of wholesale a and Water suppli as frit and pr nd retuil limber hine Diiiess Maroney, B 0 R. Purvis, W. E.Riddell, Whitne Lorley, Bol , Wiedeman & ( ! Iroxeil & Willinms, Binghuni & Son, any—In_existence e of business ov Authorized ¢ Ofticers: Will in Omaha during ons were hard, dent; Robert L. ( . B. Jolnson, treasurer; Kennedy & Gil bert, attorneys. able Trust Company —Organiz 1, Coke and Lime company, husiness in Of During the company's esistence 5 Squires, Union loaned over §1,500,000. Benzon & Co, ens & Co., J, J. Johnson & Co, AND WINES, wholesale wine ident; J, W. Sav- Forn not guin Totul numbor During 1856 th SOUTH OMAHA, following firms Yi{ Co., Riley & Dillon, Bocekh i i & Co., Heinrieh & Frick ank Dellone & Co., South Omaha, which has had its principal growth during the tures of the eity f 3 e a1 18 has seventy-one firn P, Connolly & Cc individuals from the auditor's hooks, ar and the following lines 0TS AND SHOF Miscollaneous expenses—from gencral TSI AN The increase during 1836 in the whole. o boot and 1 total sales for last d one tate bunk) Miscollitneons exponses (3 i year being # re. W. V. Morse & Co., Kirkendall, Jones & Co,, Amcerican Hund | Sewed Boot and Shoe Co. DRUGS, DEUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, The total wholesale busing and druggists’ sundries for MiscellNneaus expinses = (iom Building ¥ iadiicts wning Aud FepAlKing $oois e gl Crane Bros, nufacturing com. a branch of the Chicago bouse, line of phunlers chardson Drug Co,, | Clarke Drog Co., J. A, Fuller & Co, HIDES, PELTS, WOOL Marked wdvance of the whole in these commaodities is shown over the I guregate fo 15 §033,000 to $300,000 the year bef Hosick & Co., L randenberg & Co., P management of Mr. has visen steadily toa surg footing in the trade of the w erease in their busi things to come 8.8, Floyd & Co. handsome 1n 1088 bespeuks City Bond & Crey THEASURE O Huntington L., Dec. 13, 1886, § ¢ OMAA BON D wgze and com: Bewer Bonds b und (uttering Konds During 18%6 another house has been added to the wholesaler Omzha, and to Chieago and a connection with the great m They have every facility for the rapid and of business. nd Omaha Clothing of furniture The dealer. Dewey & Stoue and Chas. Shiveri TEAS, COFFEES AND SPiCES. Over three-quars 1ars Tepresent ey Dist'ct Paviug Bonds The New York company is one Regular Bonds, v por Suort time District Paving, - i Gut'ring,und Al'y DisCtot P'v'g. 4 million dol s s and spices, or, s are of suy ABA BONDS DUTSTANDING DEC, . “This i8 & gain of 100 b rk | Among the best firms of the city. Bros.& Co., W, A. Wilson & Co.( Call & Miles, T Dewey & Stc ctions of th reach from str floor is erowded with art Grigor & Co. CIGARS AND TOBACCOS In cigdrs and tobaccos the y J being the s, est & Fritscher, O, is one’ of ‘the chief at Their salesrooms tlar Bonded Debt., 3 nds Outstundiug. . Tuxes in Omuha ave very well paid up, 5 and duvable that they sup. ply the whole western trade, 8o vast is their business and so great is their reputa- tion. T. Lindsey & Co., wholesale rubber boots and shoes, 209 Sonth- Fourteenth street, is one of the solid firms of Omaha. It is composed of Henry Swan, the cattle king. and Lindsey, the active part- ner, who has had over” {wenty vears® ex- pericnce in the business. The business of the firm has increased so rapidly since its establishment here, that for th coming year an incroase of fully 100 per cent 1s insured, Six traveling salesmen represent! the firm all over the west, Smith & Co, wholesale dry been in business here since 6, coming from Couneil Bluit where they established themselves in 1868, They earry a stock valued at nearly £200,000, and their annnal sales amount to about $500,000. They hayo ecight sales- men on the road. They also manufac re oy 1s, shir Iheir trade ex the entire wost trade of the whole west 1s fa- miliar with the n » and reputation of the Richardson Drug Co., which has just bougnht the a rug Co., of this city, Itis backed by 10,000 of eap- ital, and its goods are known the wori oyer. Its patrons in the west will appre cinte its enterprise in establishing a branch honse in Omaha Kirkendall & Jones, wholesale boots and shoes, are one of the leading houses Their traveling men cover entire territory tributary to Om nd their goods have grown steadily in favor during the years they have been blished here. © Their stock is one of est in the woest The U. S, Wind, Engine and Pump Co., 8. K. Felton, manager, handles the Hal- Inday Standard wind mills, steam and 0 supplies, 618 Farnam street, The business of this house 15 cnornmons, show- ing an increase of 25 per cent the past year. They employ 25 persons. Charehill rker has been established in the farm implement business in Omaha twelve years, His warchouse at 913015 Jones street 1s erowded from top to bot- tom with all the best lines of agricultural implements, carriages, buggics, cntters and sleighs 'he unnnal sales of this louse agrgrog: ely re 1y inc i ing ngents er the entire west. Correspondence o tervitory, terms, ete., solicited, Lhe Rector & Wilhelmy Co. is the chief wholesale hardware _estaplishment of Omaha, Nr, P, C. De Vi and Allen T. Recetor, scer urer. The place of business is 401-4 South Tenth street, vne of the largest tive-story brick buildmgs in the city. The business of this firm has i sed over 20 per_cent the past year. They came from Nebr City inJan sinee which time they have d ated that On is the best distribe uting point in the west. McShane & Schroeder, buyers and shippers of butter and eggs ave undoubt- cdly the lurgest dealers i this line in the ‘Their business amounts 1o fully #500,000 per year, and their facilities for mdling it ave of the lurgest and most roved. yers encompass the entire west and their goods pay a reac sale i the chief markets of the country. P commission merchants, am and Tenth streets, report an in- rease in their extensiye business of 25 per cent the past year over that of 18! hey have seen the establishment of muny other houses in their line in Onmaha'simcee they began years ago, but their business has expanded and doubled from year to year. They are favorably known throughout the éntire west, Vineyard & Schueider, wholesale no 10 eame he rom Biooming ch 1 last, are gr 1y claim wong their older conipe business has exceeded the I tions and promises the most sati factory results the coming . They have five traveling men presenting them throughout the west, I'he phenomenal growth of the busi ness of Paxton & CGallagher, wholes: South Tenth stréet, is one of the ations which point to Omalks 1 important ecntre of the wholes: Their zouds are sold over and have g ad and enviable reputation, For many ye the wholesale groce house of 1. Stecle & Co., Fourtes nd Hlarney streets, Omala, has beed ssful competitor for 1s D trade ¢ report of 20 per cent, in bus) ness of G over that of 1885, and the outloc © the coming year promnses still by suits, They carry the best lines in the market. i & Gibhon, wholesale heavy and wagon stock, report a (tering inerease in their business, The development of the country west of us has strengthened the demandin their trade, and this house is fully coping with the demand for the best grade of goods. Itiny igh & Taylor are wholesale and retail dealers in shelf dware, ice 1s, ete., at 1405 Douglas strect. i the tivst they bave held a high plice with older competitors, and th trade is as- suming large proportion: wpet and cur- tain house in the ¢! s that of Samuel A. Orchard, cor arnamand Fifteenth ts. His mammoth store is replete with goods of most artistic design and genuine value, Long established, he en- jovs a liberal and exlensive patronage, Ihe old-established house of Milton 's & Sons needs nothing more than ¢ mention. The stoves, nmuntles, ete., o known all oy tas being of the first quality. No prettier exhibit ean be found anywhere than at their Immense store-rooms. George W. Dunecan, 212 South Four- teenth street, deals m the very best brands of wines, liquors, eigars ind a great varicty of bottied beer, wholesale and retail, His place has become fu mons for the superior quaiity of goods sold I'he a Carpet Company, 1513 ries 1 heavy line of the spets and curtains, They oty of the most tic g goods and enjoy o liberal putron Meyer & Raapke, Harney st long been Wlished in the wi fancy grocery business grown up with the city and state and are too widely and favorably known to the trade to require an extended notice. H. K. Sawyer & Co,, Omuha, handle all the best brinds of tin and sheet iron rh recently established their bus vy increasing owing to the superior qualily of their goods, T. W. Reed, d in grates, mantles, ete,, has put in some of the finest goods to be found in any of the best residences of the city, To the highest perfection in urt embodied in his goods, Mr, R il a personal knowledge of the business, which long expericnce has given him Welty & Lundrock, 1412 Farnam street curry o heavy stock of harness, saddies, robws 1 overything requisite to that line of trade. Their business 18 very large and shows a ver tifying inerea "heir booth in the Omaha exposition was cmurked by many to be one of the finest that could be mude The Marks Bros. Saddlery company, Harney street, manofacture saddies in great variety, and their growing trade now extends oy he entire west v neeessful competitors of 1 louses and their goods hs for them a flattering reputation. Brownell & Co., 15 Leavenworth street, is & branch of the well known house of that name n Dayton, Ohio. They deal in all kinds of cngines, boilers, tanks and general machinery, - Since coming here cighteen months since, they have transacted & business of §75,000, and are fully satistied with the outlook I'hey extend a cordial invitation to all steam users to ask their prices betore pur- *hasing, and guarantee satisfaction. H. Bishop, managor of the C Jin this trade territory, ronage and ex of the company here tho has built up tended the sale o street, being large and vroviding ev mdling of ¢ The success community Inrge due to the personal efforts of Mr. W. J. Broateh is probably the heaviest dealer in hardware and wagon heavy wood-stoek 1n the city, e has boen long o and his house and dely known throngnout the per cent over the business of T. Robinson Notion company. wholo ! s sinee coming here n Marshalltow & due to their im to alwiys proper estimate of the There are probably fow towns state that have not wpon their b some of the beautiful and durabl city, and many stractures heve | adorned by it i, the founder been marked and the busi ally increasing eat has been the sker company of Council Blufis it has beon compel house in this 18.South Fourtes Fhis is a fitting compii- ment to the high quahty of the goods. which has had a flourishing exist- _ o for over thirty year an important branch house The businessof the ¢ ufacturing and wrought iron iron goods, nlumbers’ sundries, ete though only located here during 1885, at 1, the business of this v large, a commercial ence in Chi m Omalia. ablishment is man- 1206 Douglas stre has been ver wss which is For many years the Lininger-Mot Implement company have kept abr implements, volume of business transacte is immense, acquaintance extends far and wide. They issed among the largest institu tions of the kind in the west. In looking up the tradespeople we find that our hard work- T, Seaman, dealer in paper, books v, having wearied of details of the bout to close them out, giv businessin con- established for and stationc his attention to his y nection with his the past two y phitons, wagons, in his main store rooms, corner of enth and Farnam str strect, on_our Sherman avenue ving thoroughfare, where he not vehieles on a libe! int and Varnish Wholesalers, Among the ms uisitions to bbmg trade, it is improbable launehed under mor than that of Cummings & Neilson, This firm, the members of thorongzh wence in the blo auspices “arnam strect, of which ar for muny y house of € makers on this contiment ind artists’ n: clusively paint speeially should be mouth Cottage Colors, m f ity of which is guaranteed. "They have on exhibition which are pronotneed by experts Turner & Jay, Bats and Caps, wholesale d sct, are munong the tablishments wed i Omaha during 1886, s from Chi “They conduct an their goods are manufactured with especial reference to its of the we are the sole owners of the *“On s made in four grades: Spec No. 1 Nutri tyle, nobbiness, duravility in cost ‘these o1 in the murket, In sclec center of trad tern trade. 1ave no super tions this substant rapid extension of their bus tend to merit the patronage which kecp and honest de: ing will give them GRAIN TRAD has not only ation as a great corn growing state & 1886, but the large ine 1l population has made a cor- responding oxtension of the volume of nd shipments of corn ut Omaha, mamtained d flax have beg stry has grown more and extensively ilvoads have apen new supply tel throughout ate1s without an e najority of which s ain to Omaha for distribution, of the gener During 1886 this brewories, M bushels of b I'ne local flour 7 d mills used s strecel ear company, stock 3 reet, wmmounted to 2,000,000 bushels st year. Himebangh & Me W, proprictors of s in this eity, report ors is 800,000 busl 1886 this firm bandled 5,374,0 of their clev A Fhonograph & Wheeler Their business enterprises the use of the type-writer ‘Thoir oftice Omaha Natio ulso carry o1 oneral phonographic 1 graphic institute whieh 15 well | by students desivous of acquiring the use ful art of short-n A Fine Groo One of the.prettiest stou i carried by Weiner Juming. street, trade is rapidly growing in fuior w residents in that portion of the city THE RAILROADS, Omaha as a Rarlroad Oenter, The natural location of Omaha neat the center of the continent and the fact of its being the metropolis of th nearest grain _country to the mineral wealth of the Rocky mountains and the territorics, suggest at once its importance as a railroad eenter. Thisattracted the ate tention of the railroaa corporations years ago and being composed of the shrewd- est business ien of the day they have lost no time embracing the golden op- portanity. The opening of the Union Pacific, the proneer and most direct trans- continental line, forced castern trunk lines to meot it business here no matter how urgently theiv self interests might favor other points, The eonsequence i8 that to-day Omaha is the most mmportant railway point in the west. It is a gate- way through which large portion of the tratie rom ocean to oc must pa and its southern nothern lines on both sides of the souri now ¢ it a contral commoereial position between the Gulf of Mexico and the Dominion. All prominent territories of supply in the cast, northeast and sontheast ave brought mto elose commu- nication with Omuha by seven trunk lines, combining the best systems in _the ‘country. They Ci 0 & Northwestern, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacitie, Chi 5 Ston & Quiney, Chicggo, Milws s & St Paul, Wabash, Siouy City & Pacifie, and_ K sus City, St. Joseph & Council Blufy All these make elose passenger connec- tions twice a day with the Union for Denver, Salt Lake, San Francisco aud Portland; with the B, & M. for Colorado, Utah and farther west; with the Ch St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, fi norther sections; and with the Missouri vitic for every ailas ble sonthern point. These four roads enter - Omiaha proper, together with the Omaha & Republican Valley road which furnishes a divect line to Kansas, and the Chi Burlington & Quiney which by means of its bridge at Platts. mouth ies freight, ~hy stock and passongers between Chicago and Omaha without change of | ¢ The number of prssenger frains o ing and_leaving Omaha daily is 11 nothing of extras, speecials and trains in sections which are of dwily occur- rance. The completion of the Omaha Belt line, at aco: ),000, which con- nects w g g I lines that enter the city, is a most important feature of Omaha's railway system. In addition to the benefits to suburban places it fur- nishes a connceting link between the northern and southern roads and gives all railroud systems an entrance to the the motable improvements made by railronds in this city during the LAY 0re he construction by the Union cific of a new steel and iron bridge 88 the Missouri river, which will cost $1,000,000; the completion of the Ashland Cut-off by the B, & M., thus shorten- ing the " distance between the cap- itol and metropohs of the state by many miles; the large expenditure by the Union Pacific in yard cxtension, depot repairs, betterment of headquar- ters; ‘e in duct construction, cte., amounting to about §116,600. A mam- moth union depot is promised during the present year, a company having al ly n formed for that purpose. Tho Union Pacific has already commenced the construction of a freight depot which will cost $130,000. Other roads have already determined upon entering Oma ha proper, of which the Chieago & North- western will in- all_probability be the first, by running a line from Fremont. Al (his means a large addition of an in- dusirious class of skilled laborers to Omaha's population, practieal prosperity in its retail trade, and the strong sible endorserent of the import the manufacturing and jobbing inte ot the city. UNION PACLTIC. T'his city is the heade 'ters of all the brak, *olorado, Wyoming and Utah. § wen employed in its Omaha shops and 300 engin and nen dr in this city., The monthl, ay roll to skilled iabor in Omaha ¢ amonnts to $55,000, The the road has lirgely in- i the past year, as the s will shows: ded from Omaha at Omauhin This is an inerease of nearly 75,000 tons in shipments and over 200,000 tons in re- ceipts over the record of 1855, T'his com- pany runs sixty regu senger trains inand out of ‘Omuba daily. stock yards trains earry over1,000 passengers a da, B, & M, IN NEBRASKA, The Burlington system of railroads has its sive division in Nebraska L opens up the very best portion of the state and gives an entrance to Kan- sug, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and a trans-continental — junction with the Central Puacilic at Ogden. From the Tguarte i y 1,956 miles of ckare o iles of which re completc last year, Thie compuny also completed & new five stall round house in this eity last year at a cost of ¥10,000, and_ enlarged and im- proved its business quarte pense of $52,000, ‘The compar employes located in Omaba. 1t has now inuse 4,617 cars and 151 locomotives, Nine express trains depurt from Omaha on this road daily and eight ar- vive, ‘Uhe amount of business done by this rond 1n freight last year was: Forwnrded from Omaha, 17,147 tons Received ut Omnba ... 1ons Li st torwurde 2 onrs Live stock reeeived. . #01 cury MISSOURE PACIFIC, While this roud does not own a mile of track in Omaha or Douglas county, its operation of the new Belt line, commenc ing in the latter part of October, has « abled it to don very large and ‘steadily mereasing business, 1'wo regular passen- ger trains are ran between this eity and St Louis dmly each way, A e pussenger tradn arrives from Lincoln, Neb,, ench morning and one leaves this city for the eapital “ench evening, ) ins are run cach w o number of cxtras, mnkes ten trains daily departing from iving in Omalia, The Missouri 15 its own rolling stock, but b arvangements with the Belt hine has full usc of its tracks, passenger and freight depots in this county, During the month of November, 1886, there were received over the raad at Om )2,003.20 tons of merchandise and freight, and 5,191.45 tons were forwarded. In course of time will be one of our most muportant rail- roads, as Omana is virtnally e gateway through which the Gould system of s rn' rouds, embracing over 5,000 milos of track, must find 1ts way to the north, northwest and northeast, OMAHA BELY LINE, The Omaha belt line runs aronnd the northern, western and part of the south- ern portion of Omaha It origi with' 8. HL L Clark, for years general manager of 1 n Pacilie system, The Belt line company was i Sepiember, 1853, with a ¢ F500,000. {15 oflicers at pi H. Cluk, president; A A . president; Frank Mor seerelury und . Clark, J. avitt Burn- hur ilo this isan in g i far us churtel 1 § ollicers are cons eerned, i that the roud is T igh it will furnish e I nicn- ces to subu I aain objoect | of existence 04 Gonld system | of rou dired we to Omaha and e cammection with all oads i this ety Work was coms setie Belt Line “lu the fall of