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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY THE STOOK YARDS, Live Steok ana Packing Indnstries - The Tows of South Omaha. No ocemmerenal enterprise has tributed se mweh o the welfare, pros. perity and growth of s city the Union Steck Yards Company of Omaba, Limite B was started in th €834, and the yards were opened for bust ness on the Wb of August of that year The origmal prejectors and stockiolders woere Wiliam A Paxton, John A Cre ton, John A. MeShane, P. E, Tler Murphy, B. B. Wood, Milton R Marke) & Swobe, C. W, Hanulton, J Woolworth, all of Omaha; Alex Bewan, of Cheyonne: Nelson Morri Waixel, 8. W. Allerton B._F. Smith, of Boston Thie original capital wae £300,000, but with the growth and development of the enterprise the capital has been twice in ereased, it now beir 200,000, and new stockholders have been added, The gy sent holdings of stock represent ymaha, Cheyenne, Chicago, St. Louis wnd Boston cavital. Among the prosent stockholders are Willham A ‘-‘. on, Jehn Creighton, Her iman Kountze, John AT MeShan o H. Damont, Milton Rogers, P E. 11 J. M. Woolworth, J. F. Boyd, J. C Sharp, all of Omaha: Thomas' Sturgis, Alex. H. Swan, ot Cheyenne Brothers, Josenh 1 y eison Morris, 1 Wk, D). T, Gag, N all of Chieago; Henry Klopfer, of St. Louis: Quiney A Shaw, Alexander Agos iz, Lee Higginson, G. W, Simpson, M B. Boynton. C. A. Vialle H, Kimbull, 8.8 Kimball, G. C. Moses and E. Wyeth, all of Boston. The present officers John AL Mo ne, president; Willam A, Paxton, wesident; J. C. Sharp, sceretary surer; J. 1%, Boyd, superintend Directors: William A, Paxton, J Woolworth, J. F. Bovd, John A. Mc- LK. Ller, sl of Omiha; Thomas of Cheyenne; Isane Waix Frank, of Chicugo, &nd B, I of Boston. ground upon which yards and the town are located was South Omaha composed of the interested in the Much of the been sold to parties who hav packing houses, stanghtering houscs, stores, shops and_dwellings, altogether muking up a very lively town, where less than thres years ago_ there wis not a single building b THE STOCK YARDS ENTERP was the ontgrowth of o general demand of the trans-Missomi live stock raisers, owing to her location and other was considered the proper yards and packing houses at would accommodate the immense trafic of the west. Omaha was regarde the gateway to the western country, and EOHEr oK eI Ve blTay e thatiglie would be able to soon build up & market, The result has already provea this. All of the live stock products were going to Chicago, and the object of the South ©Omalia enterprise was to concentrate the business hore and to make Omaha o packing and distributing point for the vast area of country to the west of us The business has grown to mmense pro- portions. During the year 1855 the re ceipts of hogs were 167,371, During the yoear 1886 they amonnted to 407,994, With the present ing facilities there is no reason why the receipts of hogs should not reach 1,000,000 during the year 1887, The hog packing capacity of South Omaha is 9,600 per diy. The receints of cattle in 150,532, and i 1996 they Lhe capucity for sl 600 per day. The hogs and cuttle that are now coming into the Union stock l:ml- are mostly sold and packed in South Omaha, The producers and shippers of this western country have now an advanta- geous market near home. By shipping to Omaba they make a great saving, ns the shrinkage eaused by the long haul to Chicago is aveoided, and a great deal of valuable time 18 saved. The stoc sromptly disposed of, and business 18 sa isfuctorily transaeted. A thorough tem of stock mspection hus been estih- lished. A competent vetevinarian is em- ployed to examine all stock and sec that no diseased cattle come into the state or the country west, The eapacity for handiing. ing and pucking ¢ con pring of ah Frank M H lsaae of Chicago, and M Shane, Sturgis, Josepl Smith Il stock Oy by cate, who compuny the Union of South purchased land syndi same _ parties stock yards lund” has erected sh place for stoc t 1885 were lied 187,400 ing enttle is t- ys- slanghter- ttle and hows is to be largely inereased, New slanghter houses for cattle are to be erected. Chicago packers are coming to Omaba for this purpose. As the state develops the South Owaha enterprise will increase propor- tionutely. The second yeur’s business at the Omaha stock yards was lurge: than was the seventh vear’s husiness at the Kansas City yards At this rate of growth there is every veason to believe that Omaha will soon go ahead of Kansas City in the live stoek and packing in- austry. Nebraska and lowa, it is con- ceded, ruise the finest hogs in the countty, and those hogs will all come to Omaha, together with the eattle A Good Showing. The following statementof the receipts for 1855 and 1826, will show the incr of the business: RECEIPTS Cattle 5 Hogs Bhoep b Horses Hds Totat e RECEIPTS= 1880, Cattie Hogs Shoep Horses Total INCREASE OF 1886 OvER 1885 Cattlo Hogs Sheop “Total y v The hgbtinerease in the catt is due to the fact that the ¢ by hus been that sl over the country, and it would have been doing exeeedingly well, in comparison with other markets, if there had been wo ineresse whatever, South Omaha-Its Inausiries and Ins provements, Tl pucity of the stock yards has been more than doubled sinee they were first lnid out, ‘Thoy are now designed to secommodate 12,000 hogs, 7,000 cattle, and 5,000 heep, Additions and improvements are boing made from wonth to month as the growth of the business and cie- cunstinces raquir During the pust summer w new scale-louse wis built for the weighing of cattle exclusively, and seve blocks of hog pens were put under voof Alto- ther $20,000 have been spont by the company during the past twelve months. The yards as they now sisnd represent an investimont of §516,22 $ Phe company has pliatted several acres of land in the dear vicinity of the yards and packing houses, wnd has sold a great many lots nterded Pluces of residence for the laborin It still holds lands valued at §3 Notwith. standin number of vottagos that huve been creeted during the past few months, there are still hundreds of labor ing men unprovided with homes who are cowpelled to live in the city at a distance of sevoral miles from whe 2Y e e ployed, or erowid themselves togcther, two or more fami! in a house. The ronl estate men and eapitalists have taken in the sitnation and during the past fow waoks have began to invest heavily in al cstate. With the opening of spring, values in South Omaba wilin all prov: as men (4K, ability advance rapidly until they will | name of Mahoney, Ferrall & o, Mr. | is wanted of thé not fall far shott of Omaha property. WATERWORKS, The stock varas company expended $10,000 during the months on watersworks, and_the plans which it 1s ecarrying out will nec tate a further expenditore of 15,000, works consist of what is known as Cook's system of tube wells supplied with verti steam pumps. Several of these wells which have em n sunk to a depth of nearly 200 fect are already in operation When the work is completed there will be cight wells which will be eapanle of supplying a million galions of water a day. “The system also inclndes a poyw ful pump connected with the stock yards pond, which can be used in case of any aceident to the other pumps or in case of fire. The machinery, including the borlers which furnish the power for the mimps, is covered by a large frame building i EXCHANGE, building, which supwlics oflice room the company and for the different com. mission firms, and which is also nsed for hotel poses, has necessitated an ex penditire of § It contains abont twenty rooms mission firms, fifty six hotel roo the rooms for the bank and stock office. Hotel furniture costin v been placed in the by r shortly be increased by THE PACKING HOUSES The great stroke which w the suceess of the Stock Yards Company and_ which was to ereate a great live- stock market in Omaha, was made when the Anglo-American Provision Company und Thoras J. Lipton signed agroements o locate packing houses at t Omaha stock yards, FOWLER BRO.'S HOUSE, Anglo-\merican Proyision Com- house i3 called, is located just yards, and is harvdly com ploted yet, Tt consists of two large brick buildings four to five stories in” height, the one 300 feet squ and the other 1755300 feet. In addition to these there are several smaller buildings, 1ee houses, smoke houses, ete ‘The house has a capaeity for killing 5,000 hogs per day, but at the present time is handling only about 2,000 On November 10, the house was opened and the slaughtering of hog begun. They give employment’ to 550 men, but the force will he” graduaily - creased as the business requires. The building, when il the _additions are completed will cost $175,000. The switeh track, which gives the diff railronds admission to the stock has been extended so that ears louded or unloaded from the honse business of the packing he the management of Cl S, Walker, with E7 Willers, head book-keeper, and William Wallwork, hog buyer. A fow rods north of the Anglo-American Pro- vision company’s house is located THE THOMAS J. LIPTON HOUSE, hich, like the former, is exclusively a hog house, and was opened only one day later, It is nlso a brick strueture, about 200 feet square, fitted up with all the Tatest machinery,and is a model house of its size. It cost $35,000 and has a capac ity of 2,500 hogs per day, and 1sat present Killing about 1,000 per day. The manager of the house is Robert Neill, withJ. M. Doud, buye No gooner had these two houses opened than the heaviest run of hogs ever known at these yurds set in, Not only did Nebraska ‘hogs come m, but hundreds of louds have been received from western Towa and even from points in the castern part of that state. Besides the building of the new pacl ing houses. the Stock Yards company has expended £663 on repairs to G. IL HAMMOND & CO.' which was opened early in 1885, with a capaeity of about 700" eattle and 1,000 hogs per day, The Hammond house is under the able wmanagement of H, H Meday. John Moss 1s cattle huyer and Charley Bogart is hog buyer. I UNION RENDERING COMPANY, composed of Isaae Waixel, N Mor E. Morris and Andrew Has, has an tensive rendering establishment loe a short distance south of the j Andrew Hans is manager, and John 4 Doc is superintendent. — They give em- ployment to about thirty men, the year round, aud to about forty men duving the busy season. PUBLIC INSPECTOR One of the diflienlties which had to be contended with from the first establish- ment of the yards was the dockage of That dificulty has recently been ted in the same method as on the wkets, by the appointment of a inspector, Mr. H. P, Brady. COMMISSION FIREM® One of the best indications of the in- creasing business of the yards is the number of live stock commmssion firms mnow doing business there, In the first and sceond years of the yards' existence three, of perhups four, iirms were able to do a1l the bus ness, and found it a losing investment at that. At the present time, althougi the number of firms has inereased to seven- teen, there seems to be room for all, as those who have started in recently are able to make a very fair thing and the older firms have been obliged to obt more helpin order to handle the bus ness. Another pioncer of the y E.P. Savage, manager of the Savage & Greei, after the eattle inte f the firm, Sam Gosney, formerly 1o, is hog salesman, and C. B. Miller is book-keeper., Another firm to_ds its origin from the beginning of the yards is W. F. Brown & Co., for whom W, F. Brown is the cattle and sheep man and George S. Brown is the hog salesman, C. IL Moody is book-keeper of the firm, Wood Bros., are an old Chicago firm which established a branch here some time ago, under the supervision of Wal- ter Wood and John D, Dadisman, Harry Nash is book-kecper. Keenan & Hancock are an old Chicago tirm who have been doing business on that market for a good many years and on February 1, 1856, they established a branch office here undér the manage ment of Draper Swmith, with Frank Dewoy assistant. Another old Chicago fivm that has es tablished & branch oftice hove is thut of George Adums & Burke, with Andrew Gillespie s manager and Frank Chit tenden #s hog salesman, Among the firms wiho here recently is Byers, Co., of Chieago. J. . By of the business at this pomt is an old Chicago man, having been’ o the market there for sixteen years, and is vice president of the Western Invest- went Bank of Chieago, W. E. McCloud is manager of the firm of McCloud & Love. Botn gentlemen are well known Nebraska men and Mr, Loye is president of the Loup City National bank. James M. Grantham Al Powell, formerly of Blair, and J. G, Martin, of £0, manage the business of Martin Bros, ut this point. The mumn house is loc il Chicago, I N. and C. W. MecCoy opencd up under the firm na Biros, ‘I'hey are both Nebeaska men were formerly in business at Falls ¢ Isaae L. MeCoy is eattlo und sheep salos: nian, F. M. Horine and A. Waggoner, gentlemen who were raised on cago live stock ma of Horine, Waggone als0 being & mem! rine Bros., of Chic hog salest his tiwe to cattle, Kee per. . H. Maboney snd M, E. Ferrall, two gentlemen formerly engaged in the live stock business at Guthr nter, lowa have estublisned themsclves in the com! has also | past fow | vards $34,700 1 rand 1t wili 100 more ) insure s the pany's west of TTOVSE vds is Colonel firm of . Green looks have located Patterson & S 18 munage Mr. Byers have ju »of Mol two the Chi- m & Co., Mr. Horine r of the firm of Ho 0. A, Waggoner is M. Torine dovotes C. A, Hovine is book- o business here under the firm Ferrall is the manager. H_ E. Palmerton, formerly of the firm of Palmerton, Love & McUloud spened an office under his own name. Another Towa firm, known as A ¥ Oakey & Co,, is composed of Frank Oakey, Jack Rae and elding, the er being the ma drew Has is the mana, braach oflic this point, James Rey nolds betg book-keeper Ihe commission firm of M ms was founded in 1881, by M and six sons, George, John, Lous, M Ch s and William, For fifteen vears ' to establishing their commission house in South Omaka the firm was en- gaged in and they now own large s of land and her cattle in the west, George and Burke conduct the commission They have sold during the past year 1,564 cars hogs, 1,06 eattle and twerty five ears sheep, One of the latest firms to open up is Clay Robinson & Co., composed of sey eral well-known busiiess men ot Chieago. Lorimer, Westerfield & Maley are a new firm just opened at the stock yards, John M. Westerticld looks after the office work, while Chas, 8, Maley is salesman UNION STOCK YARDS BANK Ever th slishment of the stock yards the people engaged in busi ness tiere have been put to the great in- conyenience of doing il their banking in Omaha During the past year Omalin banks began sending mes sengers to the yards, which rendered it somewhat more convenient, but was from satisfying the requirements of the T'his has been entirely reme died by the establishment of the Union Stock Yards bank, whiet islocated in the Stock Exchange buiiding, the most con venicent place nossible, a8 now the com mission men can do theie banking business without leaving the building In which their oflices are located, I'he bank backed some of the heaviest italists Omaha and Chieago, and has authorized capital of &300,000, hed 1 of $200,000. The of s of the ank arc John A, MeShane, president Willinm A, Paxton, vice-president, and B. Branch, eashicr, an able and exper- need banker. The direetors ave: H. Kountze, John A. MeShane, W. A, Pax- ton, 1. Ilor, J. A, Creighton, F. H Davis, Samuel W, Allerton, Chiengo; Robert D. Fowler, Chicago; M. C. Keith, North Platte. THE SOUTIE OMATIA NATIONAL BANK iblished yesterday, January 1, L acapitad of $20,000, and is now ready for busmess A. U Wyman is president, and J. J. Brown is vice-prosi- dent. TIE RAILROAD COMPANTES ng lines counceting with this point permanent agents loeated at the rds who look after the live stock inte of their respective roads Two of the roads, the rthwest ern and Burlington, have opgned ofli ces in the Exchange buildit The agents ot the different e are: Leonard B. Gorham, of the Rock Island; Charlie Bradrick, of the Northwestern; John Morris, of the Mil- ukee; Chy Urquhart, of the B. & M. » Mahoney has cha of the Union ilie station at the yar A correct idea of the amount of business done by the respeetive roads may be gained from the following table showmg the ship- ments of live stock from the stoek for the vear ending November 50, 1856, T, live stock man, Rosenbaum Bros., of Burke Burke tr house ears is by of an and a subse HOADS. Chicaso M. & St Wubnsh St L. & I Missouri Pacific J Pacitic Rty V. Ry ‘otal number of cars of all Kinds of live stock 6,607 i EGRAPI OFFICE of Western Union, loeated in the chang building, is another convenience which is duly anpreciated and largely patronized by the business men of the yards. The importance of the telegraphic business between the Omaha and yar is s0 great that the Western Union recently given a direct wire between the two points, which facilitates the transmission of the THB DAILY STOCKMAN its first appearance on June 12, nd is devoted, as s name indi- to the interests of the live stock market, 1L was the natural outgrowth of the South Or Weekly Globe, which was preceded by the Live Stock Journal. Its eireulation is very nearly 1 The editor is J. B. Evion und the business muanager C. H. Rich. THFE, LAND SYNDICATE. The twin sister of the Stock 1ards com- pany is the South O id syndicate. Organized about the same time, having the same incorporators and the same stock holders, it was designed that whilc the stoek yards company should build yards and packing honses that would ive employment to thousands of fahor- ing men, tic land syndicateshould fur- nish them with home The syndicate bought up large tracts of land lying im- mediately south of the corporafe limits of Omab. The stock yards lands are ‘L south and west of the syndieate At the point where the lands of the two companies join, the VILLAGE OF SOUTH OMAIA has sprung up, with that phenomenal owth known only to western towns. It is located on high ground, having every facility for good drainage, and 18 well caleulated to be the home of the thou- sands of working men who will find em- ployment at the packing houses and manufacturing establishments that will ate around the stock ) At the present time it contains ahout 300 houses and a population of 1,500 people, During the past year it has grown very rapidly, 118 houses having been built. “Tnstead of growing towards Omaha, the present tendency seems to be to folluw |fn< line of the railroad southward, as the new packing houses will be built in that di- rection, The village was incorporated by the commission of Douglas county, on October 16th, 15 On the 21st of the same wonth first meeting was held and the village government organ- ized, ‘The bo of trustees 1s composed ot P. Savage, chairman; C. M. Hunt. W. G. Sloun, F. J. Sliter and I. Brayton. The village avtorney is J. R. Grice; clerk, Daniel O Connell; ireasurer, M. J. De- Graft; volice marshal Lynch; police- man, Edward R. Grice, The village has its full complement of storesof all kinds, and has ten saloons that are paying a yearly license of $300 each iuto the vil- lage treasury, . SOUTH OMAMA'S FUTURE While it is impossible to foretell what 15 to transpire in the years to come, it re quires no prophet's eye 1o gee the future commercial greatness of South Omahs Judging from what has transpired in the sast, from the growth of other and older ive stock markets, from the plans ready to be carried out as soon ns the spring opens, from the millions of dollars owned and controlied by the mdividuals and companies interested, it is plain to be scen that there can be no backward §teps, but that the enterprise will be pushed forward with all the im- petus that men of brams and with unlimited (-.li:imlmm supply. What W first looked upon by the people of Omahs as a huge job to advance the price of real estate aud by the people of Chicxgzo as the visionary scheme of west ern cupitulists, has blossomed out into a lirge aud important live stock markot hree years us much has been wceom- plished «s Kansas City prided herself in | doing in seven years. No better evidence has | far | | were |ty JANUARY K‘J prospects of thd Omaha Tive stock inter ests than the changed attitude of the Chicago packers and live stock men. A yeAr ngo they spoke of Omahn ae being too near to Kansas City to cver have any live stock trade_and as calenlated only to become a feeder of the Chic yards, Now their tane has changed and it is a question among them asto who can get here first and seetre the hest lo eation, while they fay of Omaha that she | is bound to leave Kansus way that Chicago did Cincinng destined to be the it rival of Chicago 1s a point for the packing and_distrivu tion of dressed meats. Pucking firms have located here and have gained an advant over their competite which will force others to come Even noy plans are 1 v up for the build ing of ne in the sy one of wh cost $175,000, and w be oceupied by a heavy Chicago lirm unreasonable to pred ha will contain ten thou nis in a very short time and is pic is by 1o m | tha S sand Ans Other Packing Honses. The On ket is not en tirely dependent upon those pac houses which are loeated at the stock yards, but there are a number of other es: slishments in diffcrent parts of the city Iodo a large and con ite to the buoilding up of the market. There are also several ide of the eity, such as Stewart & Co Conneil Blufls, anid Squires & Co., Bos ton, who heavy buyers on this market aha live stock ma business are 1. B BOYD'S HOUSE the oldest and » houses in the city Boyd, which 1s exclus it mploynent Lo 100,000 hogs, Mr. A. G. Buel superintendent 1 large One of packin, st important isthat ot J. E Iy o hog house, over 100 s killed man i 1A ki oS loeateil n the sonthern boy the city. They kill eattle, ho: sheep and supply a great miny city retail markets. They also catmed meats for the export well us for home consuniption JoFSHEELEY & C0.'S vicking honse, which was loeated near Iarris & Fisher's, was burned about o month ago. They hav aly made arrangements looking toward the nilding of thei house, but not in th old location. They intend building much larger house than the old one, n the stock yards, THE GODMAN whieh iz of il the up as of it trade ar PACKING COMPANY hus just completed a large four-story packing house in th Omaha, It has a cavacity for handling 800 hogs per da The company will not do any slaughterin but will buy its meats in car lots and smoke and cure them ready for the mar- Ket. It is the most complete establish- mentof the kind in the United St J.W. Bishop is president and manag of the company, and T. J. Godmxn super- infendent, ? Packing House Statistios. The following statement represents the ing of hogs, eattle and sheep at the 'nion stoek yards, South Omaha, for the entire year 1856, by the Anglo-Alerican Provision Co.. I J. Lipton, Geo. H. Hammond & Co., J. F Sheely & Co. and Harris & Fisher. 1t might be said in explanation that Mossrs. J. 1. Sheely & Co. were burne out on December 3, and that T J. Ly | ton commenccd business Novenmber nd the Anglo-American Provision Co. commenced November 9th, Ttis impossible to show a_comparative statement ns compared with 1885, he- cause al that time the Packers’ associs n hid not collected the same statistics ¥ give to the public this year. 7 I8 Short clear Longe cleny s POty aliow , pounds Number of men employed, 87 | of wages d for the year, & i Hy! H. Min Chairman Packers’ Assoc r NEILL, Seeretary Packers' Association In addition_to the above, J. I Boyd has killed 96,971 hogs, weighing 3 pounds, and valued at about §1,250,000. Adding Boyd's to to the other packers it makes a grand total of 346, { hogs killed in Omalia_during the past year, valued at $3,737,470. The city butchers have also killed a great many cattle, hogs and sheep for the city trade which s not included in the above. nount 70717, AY, - TRADE TOPICS, Real Estate. Boggs & Hill are, with one excep tion the oldest real estate firm in the city, anda have, within their business carcer, decom- phished an_immense amount of frood in, the W of building up the city, They 1'ont mino additions to Omuha, mprising 522 acres, 162 of which are in side additions, and are now of immense value. Through their efforts seven of their additions have been covered with houses and thickly settled up. It is safe to say this firm has built at least 500 houses in the eity and additions, and fur- nished not less” than 3,000 people with homes. They ave now platting and grad- ing their 15-icre tract next to Creighton ollege, which will comprise seventy- cight lots, worth #4,000 each. ‘The lots will only besold to those w Lbuild fine, large. modern styled residences, worth at least as much as the lots; which p when carried out, will make this tra all odds the very finest and handsomest residence portion of Omaha; fifteen aeres of elegant homes, not a tenement house nor a cheap structare of any kind on the whole plat, They expect to build many of these houses themselves und sell on ensy payments with low interest, The pian will involye at lesst $700.000 in ues and cash expenditures, and will dd at least three times that amount 1o s of property in that part of the city. 1 erandly conceived plan and will rried out ta the letter, as these temen proposy to have tie of giving Owmaha the finest dition that was ever laid out within that distance. This et being neavly in the geographical center of the eity will be eagerly sought after and rapidly built up, and s0ld s soon as it can be” made ready for the mavket, which will be about June 1st, In Omaba View, they have worked wonders. Seventean months ago there but two houscs; now there r venty-live with a population of least 500 people, A new school has been opened with nine. scholurs The Congregationalists have built an elegant little church there, worth perhaps £3,000, wiich starts out with u'large and’ refiued congregation, Few, if any, aaditions to the city were ever up with such an excellent class of people, and the future of Omaha Vie to be a very bright one, dditions on ¥ am street they now huve a foree of fifty teams grad- ing up their lots upon which they con- template putting up & number of good buildings during the coming summer, In land and farm transactions this tirm has had almost the exclusive trade tor the past dozen years, and Douglas, Sarpy and ‘Washington counties are fairly cov- ered over with farms which haye been sold ard put under cultivation through their efforts, which are producing yearly revenues of not less taan $350,000, enough - dit ad- ere al houses | men, | 2 1887 growth and fotare | to support a city one-foneth the size of Omaha witheut other resources, An Eaterprising Iteal Bstate Deater. Mr, known re; L. P. Hammond, t estate agont at he populatly room 8, 1 Douglas street, is one of the most enter prising and enthusiastic dealers in proper rond ine of and be idly in 1847 w that th ring 1 by con fore Owner eriy,w ing it in Midtand The mav ve nor in 1f m oxist loss 1 Few feets « neglec | ch 1y nee sult Why Pl Why surron W W ablo 1 ynence Shou onr ' compi loagr 1 ind com (Do 1ts of of title T'he company undertakes 1o . the titles guaranteed, its ow 1o ine Itis this ~t veal estate, s its system s the that adopted in Philadelphia, Boston other large castern eities and tected Where the [nne s with the pr Keoy renar and w Maurer, 1214 Farnam street, larged is now rendes T ty, whom of. Mr some of Omaha's uated propy n worth 1 boom i Ablo advanc 1 be regarde Purchases s ns rapid s and cmunoer nd’s h Omaha st 8 iy o rer stich W iparison TOW 1M of hisimes: (R 1 M Guarantee Hammond residence city justly has a large nost valuable which is rap he spring of n real estate s in values d as modest should, there- ly 18 possible prop ated by plac wnds o and Trust tet 1V, 8 . tantly the res the e inevitable, i< it not prolent from them o absolut ult stk of tithe X1t 1, O " 1o a g dize transfer of on, of NOus View dter or peaceiul ¢ \ ostate W ex) should a mort 1<er of an estate take should not the purel nd hinself with ever risk of loss by 1i lives again sy death and it ld wo not also insure il es M ny st want nd Goaranted met the den wmd has cor sot of abst county, and al has In bad conveyanein less ror! made I care which defects and guard perfect, de carclessness, of the law, extent, may njoyment or . and annoy nse must re e or the any sk wser of dand y safeguard insure our dwellings and onr goods against the re. st the s sad inevit- to I'rust this and nand of npiled a full racts of this » of Sarpy, on and Cass counties, and stockhold our wealt ns, ompany oflers a ne s it not only furnis s and guarantees its ntees the titles to flicer of son n cost ‘muify in ease of loss the only company in e authorized o by copyrights Man ing p: h kuble b« O ¢l known restaurar And made more attr justly styled and e vons te S80S © Possessing m ntly provided ) angers an the eity can find enjoya meal or obtain w of 1 brand: one of the most ssibility 15 ful ness for the s: its nts of the inner man. ays equal to that of 1 Cry delieacy the mar 1 balatable subst and ble place to” procur ines, liguo srted g im promply and “Where can Lmeet your” by and com- most w element of abstracts work, but it estate. md, at W corporated in titles to sime s W is all pro- Rejoices, ssperity and the old dward been en tive until it msidered the f gentiemen ¢ of being entral loca- 1y cqualed by atisfaetion of The menu he best hotels ket atfords, as witials, 18 con- served. no more e tempting rsoand cigars domestic when whia, it of ked of any and all prominent busine s nd o i rantis ves rofessional g the response, fully de Conl and L ntlemen HAL e endorsement which is given epenres of Omaha, to Maurer's v enerally Maurer's.” by tho - J.J. Johnson & Co., ofiic hotel, telephone 811, wno are the proprie tors of and ¢ ipe a d year the Johnson White lers in hard and so! ud coment, have s their operations du hat they now claim largest firm in the city in th yards, ponic in a great ordees 1022 North Eighteent conneetion 8i2, cer measure, their directed to them prompt attention, The Lime works it coul, sewer ) rapidly en ring the past 1 they are the ir line, Their h_street, tefe- ainly ium}v. v clann. All will reecive A falace of Mirror: most clegant saloon nd billiard parlor of its size west of Chieago is that eonducted by Foley & Darst, Douglas street, Omihi Th No. 1112 popularity and extensive fcquaintance of these geri- tlemen, with the superiority ot the liquid refreshments and cigars, sh eral pr 1he be ‘This is the leisur Bilii of the polite gentle o whe isan ¢ conmm is p ordin clegan sumiptuously furnished rooms for priv parties private I e night super both affable These of poli ularity ise meted out b wty of this cosy mecea for in Omaha and suld be guided accor L tables and cues ar best make; th and pains men of th at the e first in this goodly city. rgine’ Oyster and G Higems' w restanrant, ‘T'we moth oyst th and Do pstablishment of wh mt is heard on ever) ietically demonstrated by ry pat trest e 1t has a handso are all Lighted br s electric plant. Al market are obtai The caterer, Mr. ( i while Mr! Rudd, wl high in b gentlemen are assiste te attendants. The of the house is ever Fire Extinguis social pleasant hours of iizen water, royal reception can be found any- are the gen- 1 visitors to retreat, d Mnevw and tendants are class of guests and no me House. or and uglus streets, ich hand, the extra- ttained. ‘Tho ome bar, and illiantly by a the delicacies le day or iritlin no of th bar is profession od by a corps deserved pop- increasing s, The Hardin Hand Grenade company, of Chicago, has estublished agency their i F. Wade will sc out Neb) Murphy, Ci This pavementinto Omaha last year done algo yin Ouaha for the d re extinguishing app is (he genoral 1 ok to estal asku, Dukot - cighton firm introduced the nd stone and s nEeNCIes a gencrid istribution of Geo who Wyoming & Co, cedar block and hus hadt’ paving. They employed from 125 to 400 men and 100 ‘t aver ns daily during th go expense being $3,; son, the 200 per weok, There were laid by this company 110,000 yards of cedar blocks snd Stone. for m: thirty-c Par The amount of wo % cks \terin nme W of conty —- SWEE tention is pai e oular 000 yards ¢ done during | the year was $290,000; amount d ont 203,000, una vere NUOUS Operis ING. d to keeping the paved streets elean, the work being doue b tors ploy proved their work The y contract. presc it contric Fanning & Slavin L » men regularly, have thre sweeping machines, at night time i nd perform They swept 500,000 yards of pavement oneée every week montht Although dircer mnortations paratiy record 110 De aging months were $18,412.94, of merc during the ng CXPenses o y ru U. 8, CUSTOM HO. ly in their intancy i of the cembe showing. The .rece A hants have importeq from uil European ports, V Javan tows, veyor, R. C, Jordan is sur nd Vincent Burk RN liquidations from Jun. 81, 1886, makes an encony and the we §1,400, Usi, » com the ary n O s for twelve urge number Gods direct a Cruz wnd veyor of cus deputy sur through- | SIXTEEN PAGES,' Mendelssohn & Lawrie, Architeots, In the spacious and handsomely ap- pointed front rooms of the upper floor of the Paxton building, Fifteenth and Far nam streets, are located Mendelssohn & Lawrie, architeets, They are emploving, even at fhis season, ten draughtsmen, type writer and other assistants, and are preparing the plans for over a half null- jon dollars’ of work next soring Mendelssohn & Lawric are probably as sKkilled vepresentatives « the delicat profession of archit as can be found in the country Mendelssohn car m Detroit seven ye g0, wd the ol t structures now adorning the « ofewh he s the designer, practically e his finished skill and genins, The notable and rapid increase of his business is likewiso positive proof of his honorable and satisfactory work. Mr. Lawrice, n leading tect as we 18 4 prominent arvtist of Chicago, to Omaha with the very lighost from his associates and pairons in the great city of the lukes. It can now e suid that in this new firm there has been a doubling up of superior ability. Ihe new firm has rerined all skilled draughtsmen and assistants will ada at once several seiceted men the present force. The old reliable and practical building superintendent, D. 1L | Shane, will contitue to have direct super- vision of all work entrusted to the care of the firm. John L. Kennedy, of Ken nedy & M , attorneys at law, has been engaged to draw contracts and at | tend to all legal questions, as to party walls, ete It will be seen that has been put on a metropo | so systematized that an immense nmount of work can be done with dispateh, Dur- 1r just passed the value of the designed by Mr. Mende!ssohn edea 81,250,000, Fully $600,000 worth nildings now being' planned b th creased ilities four times of work will be rapidly dis stre Mr h comes prais th and 1o the business n basis an atehed Mendelssohn & Lawrie are prepared to do snything in the line of aremtectural work and fear the competition of no tirm or individuals in the country. They are on the “gronnd” permanently and their interests” are identieal with those of Omahia, A Snccessful Architect M M. Elis, Fourteenth and nam streets, is acktowledged to be of the most successful architeets buitding superintendents in the Mr. Elis b acquired an ble reputation during the sonson & skilled designer, and has given remarkable sat on b cause of his exaet estimates in the cost of structures. Mr. Ellis, in faet, guar antees that the expense of ereeting build ings for which he prepares plans shall ot exceed his first figures. That this is a practical advantage no owner of Far, one and city. enyii past buila- ings will dispute, and beeause of his ro- markable skill in computing the reason- able contraet prices of all stroctures Mr Ellis places bis patrons in a position to accurately determine what size and stylo of structire they will erect. HOTEL FACILITIES, Omaha is well provided with hotel ac- ions. The ing hotels ar the Millard and Paxton, which large, handsome and substantial structures. These honses ave conducted in first-class | metropolitan styte. The Merchants, Ar eade, Cozzens, Windsor, Metropolitan, Goos and Canfield hotels are all good houses, supplied with modern conveni- ences. Besides these there 15 a large number of smaller houses of the second I third class. A uew hotel, 132 feet square and six stories in height, to cost £350,000, has been bogun at tie corner of Tenth and Farnam streets U will bo ompleted this yeur. A lirge, new hotel, just completed, on South ‘Lhirt strect, is to be oponed in a few weeks, ais noted to-day for bemg om phatically a good hotel town, and com- mercial ©travelers who are fortun enough to be within a day’s ride of the ty invariably come (o it to spend Sun- ttracted by botn the enjoyable en tainment they ave afforded at the hotels which have been mentioned, and also the abundant opportunitics for wisement, commos o - THE 10 BUSINESS, The cutting and storing of ice and the distribution of the same, is an extensive industry in this city. There will be cut this seuson 114,000 tons of OF this 65,000 tons will be stored for distribution to private consumers in the eity alone during the summer of 1887, The value of the ngeregate amount will be, at$1.50 per ton, §171,000. The firms engaged in this business, together with the proposed eut of exnch, arc as follows: William Fiteh will cut 000 tons. From 125 10 150 men und from sixty to seventy teams will bo employed. Kim- 1 & Hungate will cut 10,000 tons, ‘They il employ sisty-five mien und forty teams, P Mattison will cut 8,000 tons, and will employ thirty men and twenty e & Ring are to gatho with forty men and twenty- Kennedy & Newall are to cut 28,000 tons. - From eighty to one-hun- } dred men will be employed together with | thirty-five to forty teams. Benzon Bros, | & Co,, will cut 30,000 tons, One hundred | and lifty men and seventy-five teams will i bo employed, The aggregate nu | of men employed will be about {over200 teams will mdso be us: In addition to the above n large ity of ice is being ent and stored by the brewers and pork packers for their own use POSTORKICE The business of tha Omuha postofee has so noticenbly mereased during the st yoar that it bas greatly exceeded the esecommodations of the government building. und also power of the working foree to do effeetive nublic ser- viee. e number of clevks and carriers bus 1o be hept within lmits designated y the federal anthoritios when in reality the foree should be doubled. At present there are employed the postoflice one wsiistunt postmaster, two money order clorks, one special messenger, one juni- tor, twenty-one clorks and twenty-four lotter car The money order de { posits at this oflice during the yeur were 2,750,000 rge merense over those of 1855 In fact the entive business of n is far in advance of lust years that of th st six months showing in merease of 29 the lust six monthisof 188 le of stamps during Docen exceeding the during 835, ce receives the cder oflices in the in ers sits of all the money « Nebraska and Wyoming, one in Kansus, one in Utal, and a few in northern fow, These amounted to about $2,250,000 dir ing the year. Sixty-scven postal clerks are paid by the Omahu offie W Crage payment during 1386, haying buen whout 6,500 per month, The following fignres show the business of lust yesr and its comparison with thit of the presious year: 1 the 1854, Postage Wiste pij Lox ront Total Increass i 154 0 Postumster's suliry Clovk iive : i | l Ledterenrriors’ salurios i fotal B st in Loy er 1885 Foveauc 50,005 THOFCHS6 Of UL KRV EUD L 1%, | additions or MPROVEM Whnat Omaha Has Done in Brildings, Pavements, Scewers,. Viadoots, Grading, ete, The past year has been a remarkable periodin the building rocord of Omaba, Lhe number, substantial character, and costliness have never been oven approxs imatod by any work of construction in this city sinco the first wooden house put to shamo the dug-out. The business pors tion of the city has been almost entirel changed; frame blocks and single_builds ings have given way to substantial brick tures and the two and throe story dings that always distinguish the architecture of wostern crtics in carly 16 have been capped with additional stories inorder not to be entively lost in the shadow of new five and six story neighs bors. [n the residence portion the change is equally wonderful, The inforior houscs that a few years a claimed ros ion b superiority ovee productions, have disappeared, and Omaha's men of weans can justly pride themselves on the arehitectural beauty of their homes, — Around the ity to the =outh, west and north, whero thero were only occasional farm houses in 1884, and litde clusters of domiciles 1845 re now thiekly settlod coms munities with municipal proximity and clamoring for ¢ Ivantages, The ding in the several additions adjoining 12 1896 has never had a pars 1 the wost cogt pioneer Duy buildir Owmaly v were 1,616 complete inds constructed in number Jdoes not include improvemen The total amount expend on of tho (foresaid, tog ons to erectod in former years and etterments of old buildings, and on proposed buildings, is 'h nan sured, for The promise of ov theso figures in 1887 is o has alveady been commenced on > structures, the cost of which is nearly $£1,500,000, besides other proposed build- ings now being planned by the archi- teets. Among the large buildings already commenced are a fire proof ecity hall to cost between §200,000 and £250,000% the First National bank, fire proof, to cost $230,000; Merchants National bank, fire proof, #100,000; Y. M. C. A, building, 1o cost £73,000; W, A, Paxton's six-story block, corner of Sixteenth and Farnam strects, to eost $200.000, and _the Union Pacitic freight depot, to cost £120,000. A new union passer depot will in all probability be erceted during 1887, as a company has already been formed for thatg purpose. Lo New York Life Insurance company will undoubtedly commence the erection of a sixe story, five proof, ofiice building on the property lately purchased on the corner of Seventeenth and Farnam streets, which its representutives say will cost no less than $400,000. The outlook “doub- ling up™ in the number of huildings and the values thereof the end of 1887, secms alinost as cevtain as fncts and fig- ures show has been the case in 1886, as compared with 1885, The B hus taken speeial pains to got the correct fiwures showing the number and cost of buildings and betterments in Omaha, Personal visitation has been made by avepresentative of this paper to cach and every building that has heen constructed or “was - under construe- tion tl year, and the owner and confraet consulted. Since dune, when the building inspeetor assumed the duties of his oflice his ree- ords were con - with information personally secured Then s another corroboration the written stutement of caely proprictor mentioned in the sub- joined record of the year, was obtained A conservative statement as corvect as it possibly could be compiled is thus pre- sented. A few buildings, obtained at too Jate a dale for clussilication, are not mentioned, but their cost included in he total. Street Tmprov is mente, 120,300 2,056 08T I 885,005 115,000 11,87 Grading. Curbing. . ering Paving..... Vinduets. . Sidewalks.... ubhic lmprovements, Extensions, improv ements and addi- tion o plant hy the Omaha Water- Works company Improvements by company....... 55 5 Omahi Horse Tailway company, ox- Lensions, improvenents, build ings and paying between tracks Omaha Belt railway, construction a count....... et Union Pacifie, brideing Thirteenth and Scventlh strects,” amount ex- nended to date Union Pacilic, culverts, thelej vt s seimerimt 45,000 Union Pacilie, exponded on new Mis- souri river bridge, 10 date. . 600,000 Chicazo, lis, St Pani & Omaha, “track and gyard” improve ments in the St Omabia Cable ( Ny .. 100,000 Union Stock Yards, South O extensions and iprovements. ... 20,000 Protecting wall, court house...... . 1. 25,000 Other improvements within the' city Ly the county 5 . 2000 54,500 e Omalin Gas ks, efc., in .. 10,000 Imiroyements by brick mantifacturers Total.... . Buildings, Cost of buildings erected and build- ing improvements made during I S A A Grand total of all improve- ERONED, 20 0se sr00ss cedd 0,738 THE BULI G RECORD, ] Schools and Ohurches. Brownell Huli 10th » cluding furni hings Board of ment, by 92,000 m b sttt al school, brick wments J17,000 Lonyen- church, frwme, How- A nd Pairy) AT Sowurd st, M. K. chireh, rick wid Gorman M. E. chureh, ramo, 1ith and Contor John TR iy Creighton coli 1.y LogeLhOr W Hillsiae Congregationnl chuveh Ohio and 3th, waa | Il : Hunscom Place, M. F. ehuen, frame, Woolworth ave., and £ 2t - Acnieiny of tho Sacred Hewrt, improve: ments Omchin Modicil Colle, Bt Putrick's soca A Custe Afriean M PREOVOIREN{S 01) Bothichom Cong 1ith mnd Hickory German Con, il RocH ciurch, 12th and Doreas 1cliureh, L. .5, trame, chureir, f tuware st toequip frame, 4 I proy cnents vy dridme’ chureh, ith . enureh, 20N TR, T it editloe wiiomint chapcl, Trane, 1y, frime Board of B Corby andisd Board of Ed Kin 1 Deluwn Buoard 01 Education, fuame bV iew Hoard of Education ake and I5h In ¢ First Nationa proc of Construction, K huiid a1 Lith #2000 £20,000: 0 peinic Drexel & Hart, st flats, Wth aud Welgter cOat, §25,000; WUt evp Merchants Nutionul ) TR0 105, AT N Faurnan bis, WIOLOE eX Do Barker Br cor t, &4 st oot wnd nk bailding cor, 13th L cost, §L,00 1 wntinned o Fuiiteonth page.j

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