Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 30, 1888, Page 10

L ¥ 10 RAILROAD Few citios have better facilitios for traftic and travel than Omaha. Already thirteen railronds conver while jected roads will in the near future afford Omaha additional fa« eilitics for traflic in the vast territory whose tradn she commands. % shortest routes from cago. St. Louis and other eastern cities, to Denver, Salt Lake, San Francisco and Port Jand. pass directly throngh Omaha, and it will 1ot be long before this city will have di fect rallway connection to the Pacific by three great trunk Four trunk lines now connect her with Chicago, viz.: The Ehicaco, Burlington & Quincy, Chicago & Northwestorn, Chicago, Rock Island & Pa cific and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Three tennk lines— the Missouri Pacific, the Kansas City, St, Joseph & Omaha and the Wabush, afford_ Omaha_direct connection with St. Louis. Kansas City and the south The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railway has placed Omaha within casy reach of the Minnesota aud Wisconsin lumber re gion. Two scparate lines to Sioux City are given by the Chicago & Northwestern and Chicago, Minneapolis & Omaha, while the Arlington extension of tho Fremont, Klk horn & Missouri Valley gives Omaha a dire line to northwestern Nebraska, the Black Hills and central Wyoming, The B, & M rallway, with its various brancnes, gives Omaha transportation facilities to southern and southwestern Nebraska, northern Kan { Colorado, and its newly constructed anches now afford additional facilities to central Nebraska and the region nocth of the Platte These “feeders™ to our commercial ums v cannot be too highly estimated, and much of the progress and prosperity of Omaha 1s duc to the suverior railway facil ities with which she is 80 bountcously pro vided point sevoral pre New York, Chi UNION PACIFIC, neaaguarters of the Union railway, the famous “‘Pathfinder,” and the greatest trunk line on the American continent. The Union Pacific gives Omaha direct con nection with the vast coul fields of Wyoming and the silver belt of Utah, Color Montana and the bullion and'f the Pacific coust. The entire Union 1 Taillway systein, comprising 4,505 miles of trunk line and branches, is operated from this city and the company owns a lary amountof valuable property in and about Omahi that gives it an additional interest in the city’s welfu The ofiicers of the Union Tocated at Opaha, are: WilliamH, Holcomb, fivst vice president: Thomas L. Kimball, general manager; C. K. Mellen, ussistant al manager purchasing agent; 1% D. Brown. local tr urer; J. S, Tibbets, general passeuger agent E. L. Lomax, assistant general passenger agents J. A. Monroe, general freight agent; H. A. Johnson, first assistant general freight agent; W. H. Balawin, Jr., assistant general freight agent; ack, division freight agent ; general super- intendont; CL K. Ressequie, superintendent Nebraska division; Clem Hackney, superin- tendeut of machmery; John Wilson, assist ant superintendent;” C. H. McKibben, gen- eral storokeeper; £, C. Counor, timber and fuel agent; H, B. Hodges, chemist: B. Buck inghaw, car accountant; L. H. Korty, super- of telograph; Krastus Young, B. Hunt, assistant auditor; J. rifiith, auditor of disbursements; A. S Van Ku Ri, freight auditor; W. S.'Wing, auditor passenger accounts: K, W. Hills, auditor agents’ accounts; 5. T. Jossclyn, paymaster; John M. Thurston, general at torney; W. R. Kelley, assistant’ general at torney: C.J. Smith, general land commis. sioner; B Jmmissioner; V. G. B i Blickins derfer, consulting engince The following statement shows the ness of the Union Pacitic and the iwip: ments and expenditures for the year 1533, to. gether with the tonnage of freight forwarded and received at Omaha and & Omaha, and the amount expended monthly to em ployes in this city: No. of miles ot tr 81, 1588, No. of mile during 1588, Pacific system, Dickinson busi ckage, Dec, Sadded 4,805.19 New lines operated— Union Pacific, Lincoln rado Extension, W, Colby. e Approximate value of improve- ments at Omaha. ... 54 Average number of employos. .. 16,500 No. of persous employed in Omaha headquarters.......... 386 No. of perscns employed in Omaha SHOPS......vw weevvins (04 Averago monthly pay rolls. $041,901.60 Approximate_amount paid for Wages in 1888, ... T1500,000.00 Rolling stocl added during 1855 — comotives. .. Freight cars. .. o Passenger car i Approxin ue of rolling stock and equipment added. .. 1,4 Statenient showing number of passenzers handied between Oniaha and South Otiaha during 1558, compored with 1587~ 150,32 Tncrease, 1858, ......... Statewent showing tonnage of fre live stock forwarded and received at and South Omaha for the year ISsS—. OMAIA, Potal number of tons forwarded Total number of tons received SOUTIL OMAIIA, Total number of tons forwarded Total number of tons received Lave stock forwarded; Omaha Ton and South Omaha. ... ....... 53220 Live stock received; Omaha and South Omaha. . 125,246 FHE BURLINGTON ROUTE The rapid growthe of the west, and the shenomenal growth of the cities alony the ines of tho Burlington have all been tending for some time toward necessitating more yapid transit between Omaba and other great commereial centers, More fast trains were demanded, and the Burlington was awong the fivst 1o respond, and to run. trains from Omaha to Chicago’ in sixtecn hours, and from Omaha to Denver in eighteen. Be- sides these fust express trains, the company runs two additional trains from Omahi to the east, west and south evory day in the year. Nor has the Burlington finished its Wworlk when it lands the passengers, or con- voys the cars of freight to the terminus of its systew proper: at each terminus connec tions are made for all points from the north ern latitudes to the Uity of Mexico, The 13, & M. roud operates, wost of the Missouri river, 2,750 miles of traclk, of which 140 miles wove added during the year 1858, A contract hus been receutly let by the B. & M. for the extension of the liue from Al M in Box Butte county, to the coal fields of Wyowing, a distance of 105 miles. This company has also completed duri the year & magnificent steel bridge across the “Missouri river at Nebraska City, the bridge being similar to those in operation at Plattsmouth and Rulo by tho B. & M. The rolling stock during the year was as fol- lows: Forly-cight locomotives: eight chair chair cars; nine mail and baggage cars; 1,000 box cars and fifteen caboose cars. ‘The following statement will give the ublic some idea of the business of the L & M. Number of cars of live stock received at Omaha and South Omaha from January 1 to December 31, 1888, 12 number of cars of live stock forwarded from Omuha und South Omaha from January 1 to December 31, 1885, 4,404 number of tons of freight received at Omaha and South Omaha from January 1 to December 31, 1588, 464,288.04; number of tons of freight forwarded from Omuha and Soutn Omabu_from January 1 to December 81, 1858, 158,007.49; total number of passen- ers carried for the vear 1855, 1,465,784 num- rof freight und passenger trains arriy w Omsha daily 105 number of freight engor trains nhTm’lhlg from Omaha ily, 10; number of fast trains arviving and departing daily, 2. Phe general officers of the 1. & M. rail- ‘way,located in Omaha are: G, W. Holdredge, feueml mansger: Thomas Millor, general reight agent; A. B. Smith, second assistant . general freight agent; J. Francis, gencral Passenger and ticket agent; O. D. Dorman, uditor; P. Heinrich, assistant auditor; H. . Wiggins, assistant auditor; W . Durkee, assistant auditor; W. Raudall, freight and . Bussenger auditor’; J. C. Peasley, treasurer; . (. Puylor, assistant treasurer; W. A. Hig Bius, cashier; J. G. IPloyd, paymaster. &d wholesale trade THE MISSOURI PACIFIC, Amoug the important trunk lines terminat- fog in Omaha s the Missouri Pacific, with its branches extéhdiog in all divections, add- g to the extensive facilities for travel and traftic with which this eity is blessed. Three 9,243 200,246 196,151 200,246 Cars 5,529 12,824 THE OMAHA DAILY 1 nd o over this third to Lin encircles the passerfizor trains daily come line; two to St. Louis and coln. The beit line which southern portion of Omaha, is controlled by the Missouri P and this valuable prop erty gives to Gould system on s most i Among t v lines plet within the past yvear is the Lincoln branch thirty-five miles” in longth, from Weeping | Water to Lincoln, passing through Wabash, Eimwood, F Watson and Peck’s Grove. | The Cret anch, from Talmage to Crete, | 4 distance of fifty-cight miles, 18 another, It | passcs through Cook, Burr, Douglas, Pana- | ma, Hickman, Sprague and Kramer, to Crote. | The Repub from War: | wick, Kan., on the N Ly | four miles long and goes through | Rosa, Mount Clare, Lawrence, Hustings, Juniata and Prosser. This company has not only built from the main line of the western division but hos come into the state from the south near the west end, and is building seventy-four miles northwest through Superior and Hastin ri Pacific is now working its immens avel beds near Springficld. and furnishes our city with most of the gravel used in grading our streets The Omaha office is in charge Phillippi, seneral freight and agent, assisted by T. . Godfrey. CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & OMATA This i8 one of Omaha’s most importunt lines, penetrating as it does the immense nortlicrn pine forests which supply our build ers with lumbor in vast quantities, The Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omah has recently constricted branch lines in the northern part of this state and in Dakota, thus making this terminal point a most in portant onc for freight of all classes. Four passeuger trains arrive aud depart over this line every day in i immens freight trains lad s and live stocl are constantly DThe local oficers are H. S Jaynos, super intendent: Charles S, Smallwood, tr patcher; Oliver I, Briggs, I Durin the year 1558 the following fr was handled by this road: Forwarded from Omaha Received at Omahi Ul FREMONT, ELKIORN & MISSOURT VAL The Fremont® Elkhorn & Missouri v railroad company, now one of the mos portant feeders to this city, op: miles of raitroad, in Nebraska, Wyoming and Dakota, cigity-three miles of this line having been completed within the past year, twenty-five miles of the same being ¢ tion of the Wyoming line from Douglas to Casper, Wyo.; forty-six miles being an_ex tention’ of the Soith Platte division from eva to Superior, Neb., and twelve miles an_cxtention of the Créighton branch to Verdigris, Neb Mr. H, (i Burt, general manager of this line, with the following staft of of is located in the M its' National bank building, corner Farnam and Thirteentn strects J. B, Hawley, general attorney J. R Buchanan, general passenger agent. K. C. Moorehouse, general freight agent J. B Answorth, chiof eng 1. C. Harris, superintende These officers with thoir as ete., represent Ly or more persons who are employed i the head-quarters of this_line, in Omaha, the accounting depurtment being inr Chicago. “The City ticket ofice of this company is 1o cated m the Paxton Hotel buildig, and its union station at Fifteenth and Webster L is the only passe depot i the i ut the cross b it. it Omaha, runs to Casper, Wyo., pencirating the following counties:' Douglus, Washington, Dol Cuming, Stauton, Madison, Antel Brown, Cherry, Sheridan, Dawe in Nebraska, and Laramic, Alb bou countics in Wyoming, and line of railroad throu seetion of Nobrask, in all extends a distance of 630 miles. The Hastings line, commencing at I'r mont, penetrates the' countics of Saunders, Butler, York, Clay, and Adams, and pro- vides through service between Omaha and David City, York, Harvard, Hastings, and all immediate points. The Superior lme, commencing at Lin wood, runs throush Butler, Seward, Fill- more’ and Nuckolls countiés to Superior, through the cities of Brainard, Seward, Ixeter, Geneva and Davenport, and also pro- vides through service between Oug nd all these points. . “he Lincoln line, commencing at Feemont, penetrates Saunders and Lancaster couutics, through Wahoo to Lincoln. The Albion line, 114 miles in length, leaves the main line atSeribner, and runs through the counties of Dodge, Colfax, Platte, Boone and Aatelope to Oakdale, Neo. ‘The Niobrara line, commencing at Nor- folic, runs through the counties of Madison, Pierce and Knox to Verdigris, Neb. I'he Riack Hills line, comnencing at Chad- ron, runs through the counties of Fall River, Custer, Pennington and Lawrence to White' wouol, Dk The Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valloy ailvoud, which constitutes one system within the Chicago & Northwestern lines, as will be seen by the above wain hines and branches, is probably the best feeder to the city of Omatha of any railroad entering it I8 va- fous lines also constitute arteries of com- we id trade for Omaha jobbing inter- ests more varied and extensive than any other line of railrond, and while very much of its extreme westorn torritory is but spavsely scttled, and its busi ness proportionately small, yet the exeol- lence of the country, and the offer of its “frec homes' are inducements which will btedly cause it to be thickiy settled effot of this company is~ being put forth 10 induce immigration, and the results must inure to the benofit of the state of Ne hraska aud 1o its principal cities I'he equipment and service upon this line is at least equal W that of any railroad in the western country, and its conucetions with its parent line, the Chicago & North oud, whose excellence is con- akes this a communding line for all i and northern business, as well us ue ifviting business into the state of Ne- Superior, Pauline, of J. 0 passenger 1y and is the only the eatire northern 1 central Wyo t Line, o Omaha ticlt y is operated b the Missourt Pacific g 4 convenience for other rilrods cntering the ity Duriug the year 1558 this line handled 164,752 cars, loaded und empty. The average uumber of employes for the year 1588 has been 161, During the year two and one-half wiles of sidetrack and one and one-half mi of double track wore built, and there are now twenty two miles of main trask and twenty miles of sidetrack it operation i requires the use of three ongiues, day and night, to do the business. During the year the company expended 25,000 in improvements, and expects to do a great deal more this y ‘The number of cars of freizht hardled during the year 1885, receiy the Mis. souri 17acific, was 37,40, und the number for-, warded via the same line was 11,732 During_the year there was 'handled by this line 7,000 cars of stock und 2,000 cars of packing house products in and out of South Omaha, On July 15 suburban trains were put on the line, running through Ouk Chat tuu, Boyd, Bedford, Druid Hill, Hitchcock, Walnut' Hitl, Dundee Place, West Sido and Lawn additions; also the villages of Mas cotte, Seymour Park, Macks and Portal making four trips daily, thus providing o great convénience for people Living imtheso suburbs, EXPRE OMPANIK THE UNITED STATES AND PACIFIC The gencral ofices of the United States and Pucific Express companies are ioca Omaha, the headquarters of these great cor- porations. Thesecompanics turnish employ lent to 125 men in the city and pay themn $100,000 & year in salaries. Opoerating in twenty-three states and ter- ritorios, the United States and Pacific cover 2600 wiles of railroad and employ 4,000 men. Phe total business for 1885 amounted to 5,500,000 3 e money order dopartment, which was established during the first part of the year, has already done a business of §3,000,000. The general officors of these companies are E.M, Morsemun, president aud treasurer; Charles Franeis Adams, vice president; William ¥, HBechel, secretary aud auditor F. R. Mundy, superintendent of the mouey order department. The local oftice is in chargo of M . A, Huntoon and employs twenty-five men. The pay roll amounts to $2,500 a month and the Omaha business foots up about §150,000 a vear for the United States Express company wud §200,000 for the Pacific. g The United States company is operated in conjunction with the Pacific and furnishes the latter with an eastern outlet for its freight. WELLS, FARGO & €O.'S EXPRESS. S D'his is oue of the largest compauies in BEH Ame Omaha is headquarters for the department, of which Dudley Evans is general superintendent, with wenty clerks and stenographers This department includes all railroad ¢ stage lines between the Missouri river and the Rocky mountains, the Canadian boundary line and the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Evaus' as sistants are six division superinténdents, one of whom, Mr. Amador Andrews, also lo cated in_ this city, is 1n charge f the Ne. braska division, comprising the B. & M. rai roud, Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Val railrond, Sioux City & Pacitic o, St Paul, Minneapolis Omaha railrond and several stage lines. Superintendent An drows employs five clerks and stenographers and is assisted by five ronte agents, one of whom has he: narters here. A supply agent, Mr. William M. Ashton, is also lo cated in Omaha and employs two clerks. Ali supplies for the use of the Middle and Atlantic departments are furnished by Mr Ashton, thus giving Omaha considerable prominence, for agents at Boston, New York, Buffalo, Pittsbure, Chicago, and all other points in fact, must order stationery and sup plies from here I'he local oftice is of C. S. Potter, general W. I Brennan cashier, W. K. Beecham depot wgonts. foree consists of thirty-five men, and_fourteen tenms d twenty six horses are kept con stantly busy. The net business for the year amounted to about two hundred thousand dollars, THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY The company hus two prominent es, the Chicago, Burhington & Quincy and hicago & Northwestern railroads mto city, as well asa through north and south linc, the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs railway from Kansas City to St Pauland Minneapolis. Superiatendent L. A Garner is in charge with oftices in Omabia. He has the lowa division and is as sisted by four routo agents and three clerks. TUE ADAMS EXPIESS COMPANY This company, aithoughi the fathor of all express comnanies, {8 a stranger in the west. Established in 1810 by Alvin Adams, who carried letters and parcels from point to point on_horseback in the castern states, the Adums Express company has extonded its lines in_every direction until it now covers some thirty cight thousand miles of road in the United States and is just con express service in England, Pranc under the management gent, assisted by and G. A, Taft and trunk Omaha is the Adams’ v tern limit at sent but t Pacific coast is its destina. u, und perhaps before the year is ont we will'see a wonderful express révolution The Adaws company opened an oftice m this city November 15, and is building up a good business. Mr. C.\V. Catheart, for me ent at Springtield, O., is now the local ageut for Omaha, TELEGRAPH FACILITIES, TIE WESTERN UNION, Pew people have an idea of the immense amount of lubor performed by the Western Union telesraph_company in its muin and braneh ofiices in Omaha. — The busiuess for 1588 iner hout thirty-five per cent over that of 18 New lines were extended in every direction and the latest and most im proved clectrical applinnces were added to the operating department. The rooms ocett picd during the past_year being inade for the increasing busmess, this company hus moved mto its_new and elegant quar. ters i the Omaha National bank building which is one of the handsomest telegraph ot fices in the country. During the t months ending November 30, 133, there were 3,637,4 cal messages sent aud ro ceived, and4526,001 messages relayed. These fizures do notinclude the vast amount of matter received and sent by the press of the city and state, or the Cahifornia Coust press which is also reluyed here, There ure 161 operators and emploves on the Western Union pay rolls in_the Omaha ofiice, and _the *monthiy salury list” excecds $3.500. Phere are seveuty-six eireuits o Side of the city covered by the local oftice and 4,100 cells of bavtory are required. “The third district, comprising all of Ne bra Kansas, Wyoming, Utah, Montana New Mexico and Colorado, und’ a part. of Missouri and Towa, is under the supervision of Mr.J.J. Dickey, with headquar Omaha. Mr. J. Levin is manager of local oftice with the following assistants Day—J. B. Twiford, chief operator: W. . Rusland, traflic assistant chief; W. 1. Wale: field, wire assistant chief. Night—\W. I3, McCammon, chief from 5:30 p. ., to 1 . m. ; W. J. Lloyd, traflic assistant chief; H chapelie, chief from Ta. m, to 7:40a. m L, J. Eshman, whetstone chief. H. E. Jam son, has charge of all iine construction and repairs in the third district and has upward of four hundred men coustautiy at work. This is the largest district in” the Western Union territocy in charge of one man, and during the past year additional li ve been extended to “the Black Hills, Minneap- olis, Chicago and St. Louis, besides various wminor conncetions. THE POSTAT TELEGRAPI-CAIL Since last year the Pacitic T pany has been sold to the Pos Cable company, their castern conned in future the Pacific will be knosw Post lograph Cable company, whose lines extend from Maine to California. he business Omabha bas increased a thivd over last ‘s business. Managor W. S. Din- mocl, with jurisdiction between Lineoin and Sioux City, is in charge of the Omaha office and s shown considerable push and energy in his busmess The Omaha force is s business vapidly inercasing, und_thirty-uine men are employed by the ofiice of this city. “Phe Postal company now has its own 1mnes cuger call boxes m all the principal business ouses in the city, as well as the use of the district boxes, and prompt service is given at all times. * Anyone desiving boxes can pro oure tiem on_application to Matager Dim mock, The United Press is furnished to sey eral Omaha pupers over the Postal wires, A new divect wire is being built from Omaha to Chicago at present and will probably be com- pleted 1 two or three monthis. COMPANY il growing and the Public C h Among the things that go to make city are the conveniences ard advanta offers to the publie. [Persons in- search of homes want them at a plac the con venicncees and comforts of fife oughly enjoyed. Omaha, with facilitics for travel over many miles paved strects, offers the public very superior wivantages with (e excellent cable hnes, electric ratlway and horse car liues, which traverse all of the most important busi streets of the eity both by day and night And in addition o the numerous strect car lines, the American District Telegraph - com puny with its well organized cab, aud CXPress servi offters other convenicnces. The No ephone compuny und the several telegraph Lines proviae all necessary fucilities for communicating with our neigh bors uud the outside world. Omahia is con nected by telophone with all of the neigh boriug cities and towns, and by telegraph with the rest of the world. The strect car lines now with Council Blufls, and a new hne will be coustructod this spring to connect it with South Omaha. The latest improved motive nower is used, and everythiug is done to add 10 the comfort aud convenience of passen- gers over Lheso vavious lines. T NEBRASKA TELEFHONE COMPANY, Many additional improvements were nade during the year just past in the old lines of the Nebraska Telephone company, and sev erul now lines were added. The capital stocls wis increased to §700,000, the number of miies of wire was increased from (53 to B milos, §54,650 was expended in new impros wents, and #9,550 was paid out by the com- pany in reconstructing their lines, Conuections are now made with sixty-four oftices of the Unlon Telephoue compuny 1n Towa, which with the seventy-onc oftices of the Nebraska company’s lnes put Omaha in direct telophone connection with 135 towns. The total.nuniber of telephones in use in tho state 1s 8,747, an increase of 907 over 1857, ‘Total number of telephones in the city 1,20, an inorease of 362 aver 1857. Sixteen public telophones are in use in the city 'he number of messages sent in 1883 to points outside the city of Omaha averaged 10,000 per month and the - city calls averaged over 13,500 per day, The increase in receipts averaged about fiftoen per cent. Increase in number of em- ployes, twenty-eight, which makes th number of employes in state 211—of these forty-nine are in the city, Duriug 1858 the Nebraska Telephone com pany built an exchange at Fairbury, one at Norfolk and one at South Omaba, and extended its lines from Louisville to Weep ing Water, from Nebraska City to Union, from Council Bluffs to Gleawood and from Norfolk to Madiso The bfticers of this company are as follows 8. H. H. Clark, president; J. J. Dickey, vice- president; L. H. Korty, sccrotary and treas- up a connect Omaha | SUNDAY uror: Flemon Draké| géhoral manager; V. Mussleman, cashier. THE AMERICAN DINCRIGT TELEGRAPR Among Omalia'sipublie convenie benumbered the Américan Distr graph company which provides o with a safe and prompb delivery sys packages and parcels to any part of the by day or night. 18 \ The capitar;stock.gf this company is $55,000 and its busindss consists in furnishing mes. sengers, cabs, carglpges, express and bag gage wagons, and deljvering trunks and packages to all parts/of (he city and to South Omana and Counci] Biyfts, This company also has a fire and blivglar alarm service and distributes advertising matter in the city. It has now in use 751 signal boxes for the, dteommodation of its patrons, and gives cployment to twenty-one men and fifty-two boys. During the bast year the company an swered the following calls For messengers 801185 for cabs 25,140; for express wagons 25,003, making a total in all of 140, The « ers of the A, D, ¢ M. H. Goble, prosident; L. H. Korty sident; L.M Rhum, secrotary aud tre vy d. Donnclly jr., superintendent. a pight watch, and OMAHA STREET RAILWAYS, CABLE TRAMWAY During the year just passed there have been extensive additions and improvements by the Omaha Cable Trawway com sate cost of which will reach his company now has over nine able Line in this city und is prepar al_more miles in the spring During 1583 a double track extension frou Cass 1o Laie streets, one and a quarter miles m length, was completed at n cost of 5 1so the line from Jones street to ret, neross the lower railvond 58t of $25,000, and the Dodge - Twenty-sixth to Thirticth stat a cost of $0,000. In addition to these improvements there have been 230 feet of double track built on Twentieth street o acost of 850,000, The entire cost of the company’s lines and buildings iu Owmaha will excecd #000,000, and to this amount may be added 500,000 more which will be ex pended in bulding a cable line out to the park in the spring, and a steam motor line from the park to the stock yards, In order 10 operate those lines seventy tons of eable is used and seventy tor more will be added as soon us the projected lines are ready These cables are mude of the finest stee o machinery used is of i very su quality. ‘The patent owned by this s valued at £10),000, miles of ing to add seve! t running tw ¥ hours out of v-four. and forty-one ears are in e company employs 150 men and will bave to wmke large additions to foree hefore the end of the year The averago number of trains run per day is sixteen, and the average number of pas seng reied daily is from 9,000 to 10,84, Thie ofiicers of the compuany are as follows: Johuson, president: L. 8. Wiilinms, ident! C. . Ruskin, sec cndent, and 1)) the Lw constant use, THE MOTOR LINE lis hiue of street railway has fourtecn miles of teack laid in the city, through the prineipul thoroughfares, and reaching to the most povnious suburbs, s well as connect ingawith the Council Blufls motor, across the new bridge. The ingenious manner in which the different routes have been taid ont ren ders it available to tie pubfic in almost any point in the city, The ears are van by clec tricity, Alveady SI,000 his been investe in the line, 330,000 of "which were expended during the past yeart. “Fhe officers are S, D. Mercer, president apd trensurer; J. A, Har bach, vice presudent’y ). 1. Hertzman, sec tary, who, with H, ). Divis. constitute the ard of direetors. TS E, AL A Y The Omaha horse iy company con trols about thirty-live mules of track in this city, about onc rth of Wwhich was laid dur- ing the past year, u he number of eabs operated by this co pany ofeywhich twenty were acddied number of e used is 6.0, an'inerease of 100 over the nu b \ tyear. Abjut 13 men are ulurly employed at 3 salary of about £5,510 a month. The comphuy expended for new cars, wages, efc.. and improvements du ar, about $200, 000, The business of the company has in during the year aboiit twenty per cent The ofticers of the company are Pravk Murphy, president: Guy C.-Barton, vice W. " Marsh, treasirers ' Johu etary, and’ W. A. Smith, su- rased of which Omaha is * Young Men's Christinn on, which is one of the best known philanthropie institutions the city and which provides our young men with a suitabl ¢ of resort for | -eation as “ful inst 1t phys- proud is s b iction and ex: wembers for v enjoy in the library, and bath roonis, gymnasicn are con i by M. James T Gwathney, an experienced instructor, wh thorougily understunds his work. This partinent s run solely in the intorest of pre fessional and business young men who need the exercise, and nob as a place for profes sional athletes, The Y. M. C. A's mi ing was completed duving the has been elevantly furnished and ‘recently opened. The lot, bu and_furniture have nent in the value of the lot makes the property worth now nearly 820,000, The building is most complete i s appoiniments, the yanusium being the hanasowest in’ the west, and every convenience and luxury is furnished the members, ‘The areanze nicuts for 153 s compliete than ever beford of the association are T. H. Kenneldy, vice p o, Hurvison, treasurer: C, A tury : George C. Jenner, acting ary: James Hitbery, office sec atlimey, ey mnisiim insti ificent new build past year and ding Tuylor, ssident Goss, 1t County kinances, \e report of the county treasurer shows las county to be in a healthy financ condition, with it steady increase in- amo of taxable property, both for schools general purposes. The report shows ance on and, i the treasury, of S106,215.6: the same belug the excess of receipts over disbursenients for the year 1885, The valuaton of taxable property has in creased over #,000,000 during the year, and the tax levy is $75,000 greater. ‘Phe foilow- ing is the report of the condition of the county's fi ) The total_count venr INSG, colls T8, Wit The total amount collect Loaving the wm 1 of dol Amount rec'd from statet acl L apporp'n tor school d Amotnt of sehool money eollected Amountcollected on lows »ol 1 from the county i Douglas uddition assessment of the 1 during the year ¥ pts for eleven months, onding mber ), 343 Incrouse over receipts Yot 7. The disbursements for tue same pe were as foliow Amount paid out in warvants Amount expended tor tre assistants Amonut paid out in Bospital foud ¢ B 107,408,07 er and 06,500.00 4 4B,420,43 texpended iy special schiool 10,142.04 Amount pakd out 0 HppOEGONTI fund LiEs.67 Amount paid state troasw riforschool land mo Amount y lection in stute fu 084,405 Total disbur months ending Novamber (0, 1885, § 354,011.0% Credit balance on haudjy greasury 106, 258,455 The treasurer's stalgment shows the in debteaness of the county as follows Bounded debt PR | State tax levy tor 18ss.. .. Py County tax levy for 1854, including village and school district tax.,,., Consolidated tax levy Total tax levy for 1883 ire Total valuation of taxable prop Inerease in taxable prop'rty for year 5, 155,066.55 - - Ashlaad, Ky., sends aloug the following SM. Swetnan, of Blaine, Luwrence county, owned a fine mileh cow, which was seized with fits, and pitehed around in a dungerous manner, and exhibited many vicious freaks. Slhie would strike her nose against any avail- able object until the skin and Hesh was torn away. Alarmed at the dauger of her doing barm, Swetnam despatched the animal and made an examination, when, on cuttiug her head open, a copperhead snake was found in her nose. It had crawled up the left nostil, over the bridge of the nose, and down the right nostril, where its {angs werc firmiy im bedded, completely hiding them from view." 52,0 0.00 13642175 Fi0,6M.14 DECEMBER | offered to EDUCATIONAT, The mattor of first importance is ts scnools, and this fact seems to have been appreciated oy Omaha if we may jud m its magnificent school build ings and the excellent educat al fa o8 n the many public and private schools of the city, The most approved methods of education have been adopted in the public scliools, which are_ably conducted by an army of thorough and efticient teache and are attended by thousands of childre of all ages and conditions of life. The munificent school fund of Omal the rosult of prudent management of the ceipts from landa donated by the govern ment 1o the state of Nobraska years ago, and from the natural increase of property in the city iring its wonderful wth. Now the Omaha_school property is worth mil lions of dollars, and is getting more valuable every year. A suitable school fund is kept on hand and the schools are the in a healthy and prosperous condit But the su reduncational advantages offercd by our public schools has not pre vented a number of private mstitutions of learning from prospering in Omaha, and there are to-duy a large number of private sehools and colloges here t would do eredit to any of the older eastern cities The chiurehes also of Omaha are numer ous and well attended, and several valuable additions to their number were completed during the year just closed to any city Public schools, For yeurs Omalia has enjoyed the roputa- tion of the fuest schools of any city of its size in the United States, not ouly in the mu. ter of buil s and their equipments, but because of the high standing of its educators and the liberal provisions made by state and ity for school siipport en books, siates, pencils, stationery and everything needed for the young students are furnished free with one execption, and that is in the matter of stationery inthe high school. There is a manual training school, and trained special- ists in vocal music, penmanship and - draw- ing, ote. At the beginning of this year the following school buildings were owned by the city : Thivty-three frame huildings costing....§ 10,00 Dupont sehool, brick ¢ 0 Center school, brick K00 Hirtman schin ¢ i Pacitie sehicol, brick Ll Vinton s hool, br ) Cass school, it it Dolg: school, brick 0,0 1 Omah Totul 25,500 Six fine new brick school houses were con stracted in 1588, as follows Owaha View Walnut Hill, Bancrott Webster, Maon, Like $ 25,000 Thus making a_wand total of fifty-two school buildings, furniture, steam AppAratus, interior improvements, eté. The value of the diferent sites has so wonder- fully mereased during tate years that the very lowest estimate is $42) This does wot’inciude the high sehool grounds, the vaiue of which will cxeecd $1LOK,00. Taking the lowest estimates Omaba’s school realty can safely be placed at$1,420,000, which with its buildings makes a total valuation of 0. e last seliool census showed the follow- inwr children of school age First ward . 0 Second wird 3 dward rih ward, ward 1 ward enth ward, 1t wrd nhward Total Males Females, The attendance this yvear has about nme thousand, an iucrease of onc thousand over last year. The ense of waintaining the schools as shown by the secretary’s report for the last fiscu! school year reaching from July 11, 1887, to July 9, 1555, was as follows: dent’s and teacher ol ot averazed about daniors iy Paid for tuel 1 for repairs s, A e R b F236,118 ¢ been an average attendanece of 9,000 pupils, which places the pe Lt cost of education of a ehild i Omaia at between uty-six and twenty-seven dollars a year, highest of any city in the United St except Boston, which is about doll, Still the people of ( dircet tuxes Lo pay for this work of tuition but are only eatled tpon ouce ina while for s for improving the streets near the schools. ‘The reportof Secretary Piper, of the board of cducation, shows the” following financ condition of ‘the Omahia schools during tl Lust fisea! year, from July 11, 1357, 1 July 6, 1583 GENERAL Clses, FUND, eceived from 1 Received fron Recetved from state apportionment Ved Lrom taxes. £r0m Varhns sources 1 for maintenance of s:hools, L for seiool sites 1l for sehool aite i provem ot 11 for plans, ete fd for construction td for furni i1 for i fo i for insuraie 1 for rent awloil Transferre Overdrait of ne funid uly 1, 1347 al. in al fund, July 9, '8 STIE AND BUTLDING FUNT Proceeds of honds ol 201,55 0) Paid for o sites 51800 (0 Paid fo Lng, h Paid f0- plans, ef Paid tor constiuciion, Total Bal, July 6, 1855 150587 G NINKING FUND. al. July 11, 1857 Borid- ride med o 1200 0) Conpons it 00) Taxes 1,8 Pransferred from gem, fund Kot i nal B 400 15 cing fund honds 10,020 €0 13 04 $ 7,005 10 I LB 10,150 00 Bal. #6510 15 RINKING FUND BOND ACCOUNT Bal. July 11, 187 1110 0 Bonds p 1R 00 Bonds rede 4,000 0) 20,100 09 Poads on deposit July 9, 88 16,500 00 “Phore are 249 teacliers in the public schools and the pay rolls 5o far iu 1533 were us fol lows: Janua Febraar Murch. April My Juno Eeptemiber Qctober Novewber Total This does not include the two v wonths of July and August, It is estimated that 20,000 will be required to pay the teach ers during December und that such will be the average during the remaining mouths of the school year. INSTITUVE FOI THE DEAF This is the only state institution located in Owaba, 1t was founded in 1569, and has gained a national reputation, not only because of the perfect management and system adopted and carried out, but from the fact that several new methods for bencfitting the unfortunate mutes, have originated hero under the charge of the present incumbent, Prof. Gillispie. During the last year 140 children were cared for and instructed, A first class common school education is given aud in addition instruction is given in print ing and other mechanical arts. A seml monthly paper, called the Nebrasku Mute Journal, is publishea at the institute, and is entirely the work of the deaf mutes, nineteen boys being engaged upon it, Twenty boys are trained in the use of tools in wood, four: teen in carpentering and six i wood engray ing, Thirtcen girls are learning dress mak ing and tweaty-cight plain sewing nine pupils receive instruction in draw six in charcoal and twelve in crayou, institute has made a reputation throughout the country and beyond the seas by being the first In the country to introduce what is known as the aural method of instructing AND DUMB | Bell, inventor of the te | and Opinions Relating tot | America to 30, 1888, —~SIXTEEN PAGES. EDUCATIONAL. This compliment | Rev partially deaf children, was paid this school by Prof. A. Grahar shone, in *facts deaf, English roya publistied recontly by the n the deaf and dumb and ska iustitute was th stablish a separate auricular de in London commission “The N first in partment T'he spocial appropriat Ty the last legislature have been expended as follows For the appropriation of £10,000 for dining room, Kitehien, play room, ote, i substantia brick building, one story and basement B5x02, has been erected, furnishing a dining room on the first floor, 43x05, accommoda tions for at least 200 pupils, with kitehon pantry, closet and_store-room accommoda tions to correspond. The bascme 18 play-room, et The appropriation of verandas was expended in providing entrances to the main | ling ang cottage. The appr Ation for boilers was expended in_procuring two 18x60 tubular boilers, which give goc satisfaction T'he buildings have been painted outside ut a cost of 2140, The appropriation of £5,000 to 1 pair damages by the fall of th and has been expended in replacing a port said pipe, rebuildin he stack and industy A small job pross and t for the printing office at 4 cost of 250, The oficers of the institute are: Board of public lands and buildings: Hon. Joseph Seott, commissioner of public lands and butid ings; Hon. (. L. Laws, scerctary of state; Hon! C. H. Willard, troasurer of state; Hon William Leese, attorney-zencral; J, A. ( Iespie, principal and steward ;I , C. L. Zorbaugh, Miss Adda Me Miss M. Watkins teachors; W. ki, Mrs. W, . Taylor, oral and aural s, Miss” May Murray, urt teacher; illespie, matrons J. C. Denise, 12, Sniitn, foreman of printing Stemart, foreman of carpenter pdburn, cleric: Mrs. A, Rich Mrs. Heuorietta Gustafson, pewera pirchased BHBHt 0 ards, murse; dressmaker. ational Schools, WNELL IALL This pioneer and popular educational insti- tution of Omaha, under the anuspices of the Ipiscopal church, is rejoicing i a steady in crease of attendatice, not only from Nebraska but from all parts of the west Sinee ts opening at Saratou, near the driving park i 1563, quring its change of location to Six teenth street, until its present headguarters s permancntly settled ina commodions clc stricture ot Tenth street, ad ng Kountze Place, its prozress has been svery way onward and upward. The cost the present buildings and grounds was 270,000, and the former ave fitted upin the most pertect manner known for the educa tion of young ladies. The buildings have ready heen deseribed in Tie Bk, This v there been the usual annual in rease of attendance, there being 112 pupils. “The oficers and Taculty consist of the Rev. Geor Worthington, S.T. D, the Rev. Robert Doherty, 5 mathematics and saered sub jeets: the Rev. James Paterson, M. A s retary; Henry W. Yates, Esq, treasire S, M. Windsor, B. A, lady principal: Lyman, B. A. vice principal, natural seienceand lating ~ Vieginia 13 Gilbert, B.A, (sixth year in the school); Al L. Benham, A, English history, 'lanzuugs and composition: Mrs. Dolierty, (fourte year in the sehool), conchology; Prof. W. Willey, modern langu Prof. J. I Butler, instramental music vt B , Lucy 15, Burgess, music: Fannie D, Proparatory departments Alta M Royce, Bthel Davenport, nssistants 1. Van N.” Young, assistant imatron; C E Broadt, art, No nmprovements to the school proper have been made during the year bul wnew chapel is b « constructed on the cast of the hall proper. 1t is now | roofed and it is ex pected it will be ready use by Easter The buildiug is of Oleto limestone, the style of acchitecture is_Romanesgue and the'di mensions 11x¢ While this will be known to the pupils Denomi s Brownell hall chapel, its real desiguation Mathias chureh. It built mainly by offerings to Bishop Worth inzton and liheral donations of fricuds and members of the piscopal ehureh, CATHOLIC SCHOOL In addition to Creight rine’s academy on 1 streets, the Academy of the Sacred Heart at Park Place, and St. Poter's academy at the head of St.Mury’s avenue -the last two named icted by the ladies of the Sacred ial schools conneeted with the majority of the Catholic churches in the city. The Sisters of Merey have charge St Philomena’s acadeiny, corner of Ninth aud Howard streets. The average daily attendance is 250, The building ocen picd is a threc-story brick, 75x45, in the up per portion of which is a fine hall capable of holding 500, There are four teachers. St. Wenceslans' parochid school con neeted with the Bohemian church, 13506 South Thirt nth street, has two teached and 110 pupil +. Datrick’s parochial school, corner of Castellar and Fourtcenth strects, has three teachers and 123 pupils. Family puarochial schools, 913 North Eighteenth street, has five teachers and 26 pupils. St. stamslaus school, corner of Twenty it and Decatur streets, has two teach s and seventy pupils. St. Mary's, 1614 Douglas, has three teach- ers and erghty pupils St. Bridget's school, South Omaha, has Lwo U s and cighty pupils The Sisters of the Precious Blood have vis of St. Joseph's parochial school, lo ted on the corner of Center and South ateenth streets. There ave three teach 5 engaged and 255 pupils, The same order of Sisters also conduct St Magdalenc's school, Douglas t, where cighty pupils are u attendance under'the guidance of two teacher The Ladies of the Sacred Heart in addi tion to attending to the convent school at Park Place, and the seicet school at the head of St. Mary's avenue aw indicators of the parochiai school connected with St Peter's churen, 2724 Leavenworth street There are teachers engaged in the instruction pupils enrotled, Ouvof about 1400 pupils enrotled 1,300 have been attend ing these schools during the year, AT, PETER'S ACADEMY This institution was opened in September ‘The_building 1 th i height 10x75 1 ground dimensions, and coustructe of brick with stoue finish. Tt is located at the biead of 81, Mary’s avenue, aud is in cliargre of the ladies of the Saered Heart, there being sixteen teachers present. . Ml ame Du Mont is the superioress. Th are forty pupils in attendance at present, ACADEMY OF THE SACKED EART, This well known educational institution is the principnl Catholic mstitution for the cducation of young ladies in the west, Itis situated in Park place, in the Western jor tion of the city, and in ch of the ludics of the Sacreil’ Heart, The superioress is Mudame Dunn, and there are ten teachers The attonduned this year wis ninety pupils. ST, CATHAIINES ACADEM Y This is a soleet school for girls, e years of uge are admitted, It is cof the Sisters of Merey. Sister Joseph is superioress and thero are Len teach During the year the average at tendance was 55 Pupils of all religious denominutions are admitted an Ll branches suitible to female education are taught. It is aiso the mother bouse of the Sisters of Mercy in Omaha, and will continue to be so until the new convent on Custellar strect is complet There urve forty Sisters of Mercy teaching o Omaba of whowm Sister Mary Peter is the head. CREIGUTON COLLEGE This is the only Catholic United States whore tuition is free. Tt was erected and endowed i 1y by the lute Mrs, Mary Creighton oril of ber huse band, Ldward. it Iathers were secured o tuke cha of it, and ¢ yLhing needed for o fiest-class college his een pro vided, ncluding a library of 6,000 volumes, a laboratory completely equipped, ag observa tory, ete. This year the south wing of th college, uccording to the original designs, was added to the main building. 1t is con structed of pressed brick, trimmed with stone, and is threc storics high over & swne basement, The ground dimen sions are $0x45, and the building 18 fu ishea with the latest upparatus for heating, tghting, ete. Its cost was $:25,000, aud the clunge of grade pecessitated by its crection entailed an additignul expenditure £2,000. This wing will be used exclusively as u residence for the faculty, which at prosent consists of Rey. M. 1. Dowhug, S. J., prosi deat and treasurer Rev. James D, Foley . J., vice-prosident and prefect of studies Kev. William T. Konsclla, 8. J., professor of poctry class; Rev, Josephi #. Rigge, 8. J., professor of natural scicnces: Mr. 1. X but hoys Mar ollege in the Mura, 8. J,, professor first acadewmic class; L. Reid, 1.7 Jotin lick pr Mr. Downey Rev tory class s of branches, class was dr uted an t 188 Was ance has been 135, roally ov t year, off of the ¢ B. Shryver, | second academican I G penmanship This year the | pped, the pupils ng the par tal MISCELLANE The Omaha Fifteonth and Dodige stred ance of 185 The Omaha and Capitol avey e Omaha Twonticth strect has 61 X Tlie Omal th strect has two two 1216 teacher and th In addition are o Con Business colloge, 1o s 100 pups Kindergarto 1pils, n Lathe Omala yfive pupils. this schools for tstruction and paroct chiurelios, prepared for ¢ At the 1oast work 10,000 children in att S 01 Otaha at present e This is the succes between Don Lish and all br educational Max Hempel is the s charge of they are istence nine high in near St stud struction. I Bourd of D resident Moore, M W, I tary; I C. members are Mucrae, M. D Denis, M. D, Moore, M. D Gibbs, M. D, dean: 1 and having been accidents. As the city grows e wore nume books havy 00 fon library bec Dast year 100,607 home uses; 10, new books have been issued, and 1 the prominent and por in the re of w Ame 1 Queric Joseph IS atine opp There is neeted with the ¢ trustees [ and B Phe fugilty consists of J. Lewsenrin seventeen other braith, M. 1), add the treatment of 011 ) visitors to visitors to the ro; dailics, ticals in the « wding room, and rthoare added to th the following W I, G Lois 1. MeKenns v Brown, M Libr ve weeklies an Notes wnd Que . Western of United Labor, and The Master O cun be fou thirty-one. o three quartert The ast rep follow ina Expenditures builing, § supply, This ag of S0.405.55 for the very closely An esy Followin James W, Say s prosid ary’s dames W co, v Claire Rustin Wilson, I L. Perrin: Miss Blanciie riuns. CREIGITON COLLEGE LIBRARY addition n sar ending year of the library’s existince. of books now in the library s 20,000, standurd works Known to the readine world ble donation during the books from The average eiveuli- st Was 514 e ofticers of pre nty Lewis S, I, Sudborough, Slizabeth "1 Poppletc Dunn, Lewis ¢ ally notic year was that of 400 old and » Mrs. Susin B, ( tion during the e, 1jah Allar Miss Theodora M tof the se il condition of hook 30000 S 140,08 a in At Savay There arc over 6,000 and without doubt it and the higher the west desuit colle, oldest landmia struction in the chased by Crei v valuable reference ceedi solely for valuable sphieres of The ehoicest work ted liton colley idition but in addition i circu cla th 8.4, Ar chial crs whe sis sixty-five, MEDICAL “This institution has been years, s medical profession lospital, i physicians, surgzeon for the Urion P 1 last injuries” pe the calls been booi-horrowers’ Pubiishers’ 10 the monthlic Buildors' June | Reed, dix Jossie Allan, libravian; Migs Ma , Miss 1dith Burstall, coll profosse Gil class professor prepara J I, profes accessory paratory distrib Although attond an increase of forty mace corner an attend nth South Tenth 130 this in Iwonty-sixth tho one in accessory branches tho yOung men ar ovor nt rof the German- Amer ican schooland is locatod on Fwenti as and Dodae, nelies suitable to institution principal, English d assisted by two | Stuoendorf and M. pupils in attendan OvAIA luss Prof Louis Richardson nt, and . Miss ot sful ex- aduates stand 1t is located thus giving the vractical in > dispensary con MeKenna, M S D.. secretary, Gal sor of iar to railway on the public the nee room All lies, monthlics, be found wions During 1853 slish Notes Jonrual Weekly, the At present daily ly, ud otary shows the expendinire 155,540 the fivst (al The numbor approximuting the am Wal- John ctors; Miss i libra- wmes i this library, rarest WOrks in written thought in the W is ting library of 1,000 choice books has been provided for th Lhe members a library “The ibrary he e Odd IPellows have wis volumes. It libri established. e Soi leadiy " as those por A move nent soldiers ai the fo In addition ne; hay smali It was decided ber, 1336, that Kty acres ow the'county us a po ocoeds 1 be erceted on th county itadvisable to proposed structure during 1553, contract was cutered i building and the Thoe oxp A2AT which includ saliry A out for yradi Hospitit has been occupied to its fullost It is condue out of the | ing shou west. I for the miin now under roof worl on the nside. huve been $ L0 contractors, ents and $141101 e Child's The Dodize strec pacity Ms. ron, are’ twelvo 1. Clarkson matron; Mrs Lreasurer Mrs, Hern ick, Mrs. J. M Caldwell immers surgeon is between ef St dosepl’s hospital is one wrgest institutions of the city, and hardly a day has 1555 when it was not fiilled o its utmost . AL is in Sister building cornerof Mason and Twelfth streets is a two G0x160 in dim d site will and paci sisle The story fr wdina ning during under the auspices of the IPrances sisted s « the The average numb t and nine hundred per y students, of the about consisting principally of woris that,_are und in the book cases in attorae is located ns of the ¢ brary of about L0 volumes, 5 on American subjects, us well 10 Lieir owi natio; L is now on foot tizens Lo establish t ly all the ol leefions of private libraries of Omabi zens caual 1hose of iy 1 proportion to the population Hospitals, at the ol L only the A by adults beds at Nobraska, Itight Worthington, 1s ¢ institution. Il mnager; J. Papploton, secretar divectors, Kountz Wanly w. 0.1 charge Hedwig is that the valuable g carly in this year and ous and | present thore treatment, physicians in tion Lo those works, U ments ve evel are dred patients were tr - The Methodist ministers of € ot meoting, in se prosont oicio ofliciuls are w building er in thic suburbs which will be more commodi v equipment necossary for a firstcluss justitution of the kind. ninety Some of the city are in churge in ropresenting n Pacitic and 3. & M dep During the year over ated iu this institution. discussed Mrs. Ward volumes not court 5,000 ) circulating before the Omali public library v i tho schools books, while tha funent eiti- i the country in Novem- d and used i farm should be sold,and county hospital build Ly pmmissioners thought tion of the onscquently a y in the season This is contractors are at pditures so far nts There childron dges and John 1, physicians and of patients our. oldest tho passed during the novel, “Lobert Klsmere,"” and agreed not (o refer W it in v pulpit