Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 30, 1888, Page 5

SUNDAY DE: OMAHA. | A Yoar's Record of a Growing, Prosperous City. BANK CLEARINGS $I75166,470. Matchless Bxhibit of Commercial and Industrial Activity. WHOLESALE TRADE $46.665,000. The Third Pork Packing Center of Amorica. MANUFACTURES AND TRADES. The Handsomost and Bost Paved City West of Chicago. THE GREAT RAILWAY CENTER. The Building Record a Grand and Gratifying Exhibit—A Comp hensive Showing of the City's meree — Iacts an Figures. Oman The year 1835 closes very satisfactorily to Ahe people of On yet there has been no boom or inflation in auy direction. The evi dences of prosperity may be gathered from the exhaustive statistics which we present of the commerce, manufactures, railway trafic, public improvements and private en- terprise. These facts and figures have been carefully compiled by competent men,and may be relied upon a8 correct, as nearly as any statistics of this character that may be had i any city. Care has been taken o verify the figures in all cases. e figures of the build- ing record were tested, and it was found that the record of the building inspector could not be relied upon, as in most cases the cost of buildings had been underestimated, Our figures were procured largely from the own-, ers of the buildings, and may be relied upon The record of public improvements was pro. cured from ofiicial sources. The figures showing the volume of trade during the vear have been prepared with great care, and with a desire to avoid inflation. On the whole, our deductions will be found sound and worthy of confidenc The population of Omaha has been vari- ously estimated at from 110,000 to 112,000, but the correct estimate, based on three well tested methods, places the population at 109,995, “I'he first is by means of the school census, taken in September, 1585, The census gives the number of children between the ages of six and twenty-one at 19,260, which multi- piied by 515 gives 105,930. Adding to this the increase for four months from Septem- ber 1, to January 1, on the basis of a ten per cent annual increase, gives 109,400 as the pop- ulation, bused upon the school census, The second method is by the vote of the city as polled at the November election. The vote was 19,700, which multiplied by 5! cording to ‘established rule, gives 105,650, Adding to this the increase for two months on the basis of a ten per cent annual increase, gives 110,404 as the population, bused upon the vote of thecity. ; The third method is by means of the city directory, prepared at the beginning of 188§, According to the directory list of 40,613, mul- tiplied by 214 to give the entire population, ‘we have 100,032, Adding to this the incrense for the year 1588, on the ten per cent basis, we have 110,036 s the population, according to the directory method. Avoraging the three gives the population of the city of Omaha January 1, 1880, 109,496, or in round numbers, 110,000 souls. In connection with the population of Omaha to-day it may be intercsting to look back a few yi in order to realize the magnitude of its recent growth. The population based on the usual methods, gives the following figures: according to United States census ... 16,083 R o . 518 61436 183K, “ (estimate) 100,90 FINANCIAL 'UTIONS, The close of the year 1858 finds the banks of Omaha with their record for sound, wervative management unimpaired. bank (the State National) has gone out ot existence during the year, which had but a short career, and paid in' full both stock- holders and depositors, No better evidence of the wealth of the bauks of tnis city can be presented than the superb buildings owned and occupied by them. The Llirst National, the Mer- chinnts’ National, the Omaha National, the United States National, and the Nebraska National, all own the miymificent structures in which'they do business. The Commercial National wiil contract, during the present year, for the erection of a building the equal of any in this city, und the Douglas County bank and the Nebrasita Savings bank expec 8001 to take possession of the spiendid quar ters proparing for their reception and built expressly for them, There are seven national banks in Omah: and thefr capital and deposits are given below, taken from their statements to the comptroller of the currency, under date of December 12: Capital and Surplua. 81,105,000 600,000 Depostts. Omaha National..... o First National . Morchunts’ National. . Notraska National,. ./l United States National,..... 410,010 Commercial National ween BRT000 Union National.. 200,000 Tota! .. 3 #1504,010 Tho bunks incorporated under law are us follows the state Capital. Bank of Commerce L8 500,000 McCague Bros, (partnership) 500,00 Douglas County Bank 100,000 Bank of Omuhi. ... 100,00 ()'ulnhn Savings Bank . 100,00 Nebraska Savings Bank ... 100,000 Mechanies and 'Frudvm Y B0,000 Qitizens Bank S sl 0000 Omaha Bauking Co.......... 40,000 14,000 TOt):sersrenes L 81340000 § 2,714,000 Inaddition to the regular banking institu- tions there aro o number of loan and trust companies, of large capital, handling heavy amounts of commercial and real estate paper. They are listed s follows : Deposits. 700,000 400000 80,000 B0/0N) 1,100,000 250,000 00,000 Capital, 1,600,000 81,000,000 500,000 00,000 300,000 R L) g s 100 Lombard Investment Company. .. ..., Auglo-American Mortguge aud T¥iist om R A . Omaha R.E. and Trust Company . Showalker Mort guge Company . Auierican Loan and Trust Colnpany Home Investment Company Unlon Trust Company Mead Investuient Conipi Provident Trust Company. AOIAL .10 suone atasia siaase ALIIEAN % 1H5 CLEARING HOUSE, The cleariug house returns of a city are universally regarded in comwercial circles a8 a reliable index to the growth of trade, showing upproximately the volume of busi- ness transacted. Telow is presented a tabu lated statement of the ciear f the nsso- cinted banks of Omaha fury Mr. W shed b Omal 1 1n 1885 over 1847 1s & and suld be remembered that the estate culative n had wh pre 9 ngs a8 house gath in real subsided in shown below aro th imate com NDIVAT) VHV KO <00H LNAKILV.L South Omaha Banks. uth Omaha has five banks, one national, one state, and three savings banks The South Omaka al bank has a paid-up capital of £50,000 and upwards of £21,000 undivided profits. In the last weelc of Nove 1557, th business was ay, and for the corresponding period this year the business was $H0,057 per day, showing an mcrease of business of over 100 per cent The average deposits iion Stock Yards bank has a capital of £200,000 and deposits averaging 225,750, The average daily business in Deccmber, was £10,1 and the average daily ness for the same period in 1858, wus The loans, over the highest point t vear, inereased more than sixty per cent, and increase of one-half over 1557 is shown 1 the amount of packers and shippers’ drafts against shipments, “The Union Stock Yards savings, capital £200,000, an adjunct of the Stock Yards bank, was organized November 13, 1858, and is re ceiving u very liberal patrona The South Omaha savings bank has a cap- ital of §100,000. Notyeta year old, it has depositors and deposits amounting to Tne Nebraska Savines bank of with a capital of $100,000, est branch of its bank at South Omaha January 1588, with temporary quarters in the Ma honey building, Twenty-fifth and N streots, But as the increasing business required bet- ter nccommodations an elegant three-story brick, costing S12,000, was built on N aud Tw ty-sixth streets, and is now ready for occupancy. At the end of the first eleven months there were more t with deposits amounting to $52,564.50. The Wholesale Trade. The steady increase in the wholesale trade of Omana cannot but be gratifying to al are interested m the future prosperity city. The energy and push of our jobhber: and the excellent railroad facilities offercd, have had their effcct upon the trade tributary to this section, and our wholcsaie d have now a firm grasp upon territory which r ago was hotly contended for by other The condition of trade in Omalia and Loutlook for the future have never appeared $o promising as to-day and as the country around us has steadily developed there need be no feur of a depreciation in our trade. The territory tributary to Omaha and in fact a large part of the west and northwest, have found this city a more desiravle market than the east for many articles of merchan dise. This fact, added o the great saving in freights, has built up the wholesale trade to enormous proportions and has encouraged many new jobbers to locate here. During the past year twenty-five new jobbing honses and commission firms were added to the list of Omaha's wholesale dealers, arly every branch of business reports a satisfac tory incre n trade and a general fecling of confidence prevails, The jobbing trade during 1558 amounted to over £17,000,000 and the prospeets are bright for a still great crease in trade during the coming yea The following exhibit contains a carefully compiled summary of Omaba’s whoiesuie traftic for 1888 WHOLESALE The wholesale trade in Omaba is very solid aud constantly increasing as new tributary territory to the city is aevel- oped. In 1885 Paxton’ & Gallagher, McCord Brady & Co., D. M. Steele & Co., Sloan, Johnson & Co., and Mever & Raapke sold, goodsto the amount of 4,100,000, LUMBEL The lumber trade has fully held its own, and sales this year are considerably in ex cess of 1587, The principal dealers are Louis Bradford, Chicago lumber company, T. W, Harvey limber company, Henry & Coats worth " company, George A. ~Hoagland, Howell lumber company, Omaba lumber company, C. Dictz, John A. Wakeficld, rles R. Lee, W. E. Burlingim, and Star lumber company, The footings of ‘sales re ported by the firms, in which is included cedar posts, ties and paving blocks, show a business of about 5,100,000, AGHICULTUIAL IMPLEMENTS, 1t has been difticult to obtain a_close esti- mate of the trade in this line. The princi- pal manufacturers of the United States wre represented here and Omaha is the transfer point for the novthwest and southwest terri tory traversed by the lines of railway radi ating from the city, The McCormick Harvesting Machine com- pany, Lininger-Metealf company, Milburn Stoddard company, P, P. Mast & Co., D. M. Osborne & Co., Parlin, Ovendorfl & Martin, Avery Planter company, Aultnan, Taylor' & Co., William Deering & Co., Winona Implement company, and Armstrong & Co., have bandled merchandise to the value of 3,700,000, DY GOODS AND NOTIONS. These lines of trade have been exception- ally prosperous the past year, and the energy of our merchants has resulted in a large in- crease in sales. The principal firws, viz: The Kilpatrick- Koch Dry Goods company, M. E. Smith & Co., Vineyard & Schnewder, Kohn & Wells, aud’ the J. T. Robiuson No- tion compauy, report transactions aggregat ing #3,100,000. STEAM, WATER AND RAILWAY SUPPLIES, The U. S, Wind Engiveand Pump Co., the A. L. Strang Co., the Crane Brothers Manufacturing Co., and Felton & Morrison, have sold material and completed contracts 10 the amount of 2,425,000, COMMISSION, FRUITS AND PRODUC! The growth of the state has added largely to this line of trade, represented by Peycke Bros. company, ' Troxell & Williums, Schroeter & Co., Hranch & Co slbach & Co., Martyn . & Co., Ryder & Glick, Ribbell & Smith, Riddell & Riddel), Bates & Co., Wileox & Co., Robert Purvis, C. W, Beall & Co., D. A, Hurley, Bingham'& Son, Whitney & Co., Sol. Newman, Barker & Sampson, Shupp & Co., Rosso & Co., and Rocco Bros, & Co,, who report sales footing 2,500,000, OKE, LIME AND SEWEI PIPE AND CEMENT, is one of the chief industries of the city, employing a large amount of capital and a great wany men snd horses, making heavy disbursements for labor &nd sup- plies. The principal deulers are Omaha Coal, Coke and_Lime compuny, Nebraska Fuel company, Howell & Co., Hurlbut & Blum, R, McClelland & Co., J. J. Johnson & Co., C. B. Havens & Co., Coutant & Squires, H. W. Cremer & Co., D.'O. Clark, ana Jeff W. Bedford, with sales of $2,150,000. WHOLESALE BOOTS AND SHOE: The wholesale boot and shoe trade has fully beld its own and made liberal gains, Kirkendall, Jones & Co., W. V. Morse & Co., the American Hand-Sewed Boot and Shoe Co., and Williams, Van Aernam & Harte bave placed goods to the value of $1,670,000. WHOLESALE WINES AND LIQUORS, Tler & Co., Riley & Diilon, Hoeckhaft & Mack, Frick & Co., Dellone & Co,, Adler & Heeler, L. Kirscht & Co.,, ana L. Grotte have placed imported and domestic wines and liguors to the value of §1,630,000, DRUGS AND DRUGGIST SUNDRIES, Blake, Bruce & Co., the Richardson Drug citie the genel ave company A. Fa man Drug comps in this line to th BUILDERS AND SHELP HATDWARE ark-Andrecssn (o, Rector. Wilhelmy nd Himebnugh & Taylor report | k and the s year ing 1,150,000, S AN AL, her, Mack & Co., O, K. D¢ Co., Max Meyer & Bro, W. A. Wil ., Hausen & Woodland, Erlick Langstadter, Edward Kahn, M. Toftt and Dean & Ar gz sold $1,125,000, LEATHER, HIDES, PELTS AND. Oberne, Hosick & Co., C. 1T 30,y L € tington's Sons & woor Northron Branden s sales agg ng ¥ TAREWARE AND WA 3 The aggregate sales for enwaged in this line were §1 the iBaum Iron Co. and V TEAS, COFFET AND SPICH oo i A, Wilson & Co. firms 00,000 —s0ld by © Conso senting the C S, Grigor & Co. and Gates, nd T, s0ld goods to the amount of Line, We nk Linc company ir special value of §540,000 AND FEED, the Omaha M Elcvator compan Prost bank & Co., Marsh & Smith sales aggregated 8570,000, WIOLESALE CRAUKERS AND DREAD. The J. Garneau Cracker company, Henry Hacgou & Co., and the McClurg Cracker port ly in excess of it sales, § SADDLERY HAID AND FINDINGS, The Marks Bros. Suddlery Co., . H Sharp & Son, G. H S, Collins'and_ the Omaba Saddlery Co.,—the latter retirin from business at the ¢ October, sold £00d5 10 thie amount of §545,000 PAINTS, 0115 AND GLASS The Carter Manufacuting company, (um mings & Neilson, Kennard_ Glass & Paint con any, and the Carter White Lead i pany did'a large trade, aggregating $360,000, 1ATS, CAPS AND GLOVES. ~ Turner & Jay and W. L. Parrotte & Co Carlyle & Co's husiness larg 20,000 N ANy are extlusively m this_line, to be joined in 1830 by Darrow & Logan. Sales were 3,000 CONFECT & Dennin and Peyeke Bros, & Co. the value of &40,000, WHOLESALE erson Seod Ph year to INERY i 1 supy ricbus & Co., ied sweets to SERDS, pany, Stimne the The E vers & ¢ | pushed sales this £310,000. William Sie: 1 & Co., have amovut of TOOKS AND STATIONERY. rary wants of this sect Caulicld, pany. ~ Gibson, The lit John S, nare well Republican Miller & Richardson and H.M. & S, W Jones distributed books and stationery to the value of £315,000. MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS. 1. Oberfelder & Co. and R. M. Genius § Co. are the leading jobbers in this line. Their sales the past year were about $247,000. CLOTILING AND WOOLENS, more & Kubl and G. A. Lindquest re Omahn port clothing and woolen goods sales for t year of §350,000, WALL PATEIR AND DECORATIONS, Board & Ous, 1. J. Beard & Bro., H. A Koste sary Lehman and P, Windheim have v «d their jobbing sales, which show an ate of $225,000. MANUPACTURERS OF SVRUPS, Farrel & Welel, now Farrell & Co,, have donealarge trade in the past here, aud have sold goods to the value of $260,000! WHOLESALE RUBIER GOODS, The Omaha Rubber company and 7. T. Lindsay & Co. report business good during the year with sules to the wmount of 000 WIOLESALE QUEENSWARE, Sales in this line have largely increasea, and the stocks ed here are very com- plete. W. L. Wright, Perkins, Gi 3 Lanman, Bliss & !saacs and Samuel Burns MUSICAT, MER Max Meyer & Bro., Ci A. Hospe, jr., report a lu mand in this line, and s be not less than $210,00 PRINT AND WEAPPING PAPER. The Carpenter Paper company, the Omaia Republican company, and H.” M. & S. W. Jones’ sales foot 210,000 VINEGAR AND PICKLES A. Breehts Sons, J. J. Cushing and Haar mann Bros., have ¢ ed a market for their manufactures, and have sold goods to the value of $175,000. LEAF TOBACCO. . are the only dealers sales of $115,000 GUNS AND AMMUNITION. The Dupont Powder Co., Max Meyer & Co., and J.J. Hardin report sales footing $140,000. nd Sterling and oy increasod de- s for the year will Wedels § hei and repor BUTCHERS SUPPLITS, Louis Hetle sely increased trade with Recapitulation. Total number of firms and individuals do- ing business in Omaha ry 1, 1853, 2,013, Total number of firms and individuals that commenced business in Omaha in 1885, 611. Retired from business during the year, 220, Net gain for the year 1533, 352, “Total number of firms and individuals now doing business in Omaha, including all in o wholesale, retail or manufacturing line, al number of firms and individuals do- ing businossm Nebraska January 1, 1858, 15,816, “otai number domg business January 1, 18840, 18, . As will be scen by comparison, the growth of Omaha during the past year as been about 19 per cent, while the growth of the state of Nebraska has been about 16 per cent. Leadinng Lines of Trade. Below is a carefully compiled sum mary of the leading lines of trade, and the dealers engaged. The lumber trade has been more seriously cffected, perhups, thun any other by the discrimination made agaist the city by the railroads working under the inter-state commerce law, but it will be secn that our dealers have held their own and made fair gains, as haveall branches of trade Wholesale groceries. .. 2 £ 9,100,000 mber . vses b, 1 Awricultural Tipiei Dry zoods and notions Stéum and water supp Produ wmission Cor 7 Boots and shoes. Wines and liguors. ... Builders' and shelf Kardwire Drugs and druggists’ sundries. Furnituro SV Clgars and tobaceo. ... .. Leather, hides and wool ., . Heavy hurdware and wagon stock Teas, vollees and spic Hluminating oils I Crackers and bread Flonr and feed. . At Saddlery, hardware and flndings Puints, olls uud g Clothing and woolens,. Confectioner Books and stationery Hats, caps and gloves Bewds Syrups. . Kuboer goods. Queensware.. T Millinery and fancy goods,, Wall paper aid decorations Jewelry' A Paper £ Musical instruments, etc. Guns and amunition Vinegar and pickles. Leaf tobaceo 3 Butchers’ supplies. . . Total B10,000 260,008 e e # 40,605,000 Labor Statistics, The following statement shows the num- ber of men enguged in the several trades throughout the city: Bricklayers, 480; plasterers, 700; stonecutters, 150; cornice makers and tinsmiths, 145; plumbers, steam and gas ttors, 200; brick moulders and set- ters, 150; paiiters and paper hangers, 600 carpenters, 1,200; iron moulders, 180; Lorse shoers, 75; blacksmiths, 75; catriage paint- slaters, 20; collarmukers, 2; ' lath. ers, 125, cigarmakers, 185; candy makers, 125; coopers, 81, In addition to the above the Union Piciflo shops employ: Machinists, 200; carpenters, 17; blacksimiths, 72; boller makers, 55; iron moulders, #%; tinsmiths, 70 painters, 60: car ropairers, 59; laborers, 95 watchmen, 14. Total, 897." Total uumbér of l mechauics 1o the city, 4,91, MILLS AND FACTORT Union Pacific Shops Ono of the most extensive enterprises in the woet, aud the Iargest mechanical estab lishment in Omaha, & tho U Pacific shops, covering an avea of forty-three acres. Over $2.000,000 has been ex wded in con struction and improvement of these shops, which give employment to 94 men. Clem Hacknoy, who is superit ut of locomo tives aud rolling stock of the entire Union Pacific system, is in charge of the shops, as- sisted by John Wiliiams, master mechanic of the Nebraska divis J. P, Hovey and John E. O'Hearne. nen of the motive power: A, M. Col reman of the car department; C. A ry, foreman of tho locomotive wood works; C. H. McKibben, chief of the supply department; Thomas H Daly, chief clerk of the supply department Gie I\ Cr fall, chief clerk of the ac : ‘acpartment; C. A. Coons, private secretary The m \ly pay roll of the shops oxceeds Al kinds of railrond work are done in these shops, from building the largest lo comotive down to repairing the smallest piece of machinery. All of the locomotives for the Union Pa o 1y are designed by Manager Hack . at the shops, und a large number of new improvements have been introduced, and many valnable patents obtained for mechan cal inventions or nating there. I'he works of these shops inelude two first class foundries, one of brass and oue of iron. Omaha Smelting Works. The most extensive refiuing and smelting establishments in_the world are located at Owmaha, The plant_covers over ten acres of ground and gives steady employment to 500 men whose wages for the past ye re gated about $400,000, The Omaha and Grant works handle large portion of the ore from the mincs o Montana, Iuaho, Colorado, Dakota and Ari zona, und train after train loaded with ore comes into this city during the year, and many carloads of bullion are taken away. Besides tie crude ore, fully 200 carloads of base wetal are_reccived here every month from other smelting works to bo refined. Over 83,000,000 is invested 1 the works and a handsome dividend on this immense amount is regularly declared. The business of the company is more rariy shown by the following statement for cleven months of the past year, from January 1to November 30, which shows a large inercase over that of a like veriod for 1857 Gold, 111,557 o Silver, 10,637 Lead Vitriol. \ces. 0 ounces )0,000 50000 1000 ML) Total., The repe Stlver, WSRLIST ounces i Lead, . . . . 100,400 Copper. 11 VR a0 Vitriol. 187,000 ¢ 15,634,000 t for eleven months of 1887 L8 L0 TR Total RN 14,200,657 The oficers of the company are Guy C Barton, president; J. B. Grant, vice presi dent: 1. W, Nash, treasurcr and sc Pdward Bddy, general manager; Hubeock, superintendent. Omaha Gas Manufacturing Compa The business of the Omaha Gias company is in a ver Ling condition and has kept pace with the city's rapid growth In_the distributing plant about eleven and a half miles of main were laid in the streets of the city in 1585, ranging from three to twenty inches in diameter, and sixty-eight new street lamps were added during the year, making the total number in the city 795, About 500 new services were placed and 651 new names were added to the list of gas consumers in the city, which 10w num- bers 2,440 The works of the gompany occupy nearly ablock of ground at Kleventh, Jones and Leavenworth streets, and four acres of real te at the corner of Twentieth and Center strects were purchased during the year at a cost of £32,500 upon which were erected a new gus tank at a cost of §22.500. The street work cost $60,000 and service $7.000. Other improvements increase the expenditures for the year to over 150,000, The busimess of 1883 shows an increase of about eighteen per cent over that of 1557, and 135,000,000 enbicfeet of gas was con- sumed during the year. More than a hun- dred men are employod by the gas company and £5,000 & month.is paid in salaries. In the works the generating apparatus was remodeled and improved inefliciency, at a cost of £,000, and a new exhauster was put in ata cost of S1L,000. New condensers are now en route, the cost of which will be about $2.50). “The capital stock of the company is £300,000. The business is conducted on the most gen- erous plan as to improving the service in the city und its finances are carefully controlled. The officers of the company are Frank Murphy ident; George K. Barker, sec- retary: Isaac Battin, treasurer and superin- tendent. ELECTRIC LIGHT. During the year 1858 the business of the Thompson Houston kKlectric Light company increased about 25 per cent over that of 1837, and the company now has in operation 600 incandescent lights and 820 arc lights, Twenty men are employed and 8,000 tons of coul were consumed during the year. Twelve Adynamos are now in operation, two of which were added during the year. The capital stock of the company is $100,000. ~ The busi- f the company is managed by Minot , treasurer and general manager. build- of Owing to the great number of new coustructed in 1583 the manufactur i was carried on quite extensivel aha, But in addition to the large quan- tity of brick made here the demand 5o e: >ded the supply that large shipments were made from other points, “The following ave the names of the prinei- pal brickmalkers, with the work done during r I k. Livesy, thirty men; output, 5,500,000, Monthly pay roli, #1,600. 5 Rictard Smith, sixty men ; output, 3,000,000. Monthly pay roll, 00, 1. . Thomas, twent 2,500,000, Monthly pay roll, #1,450. H. Deiss, forty-five men; output, 6,000,000 Monthly pay roll, §1,000. Kear' & Bendorf, ten men; 000. Monthly pay roll, €30, Mcliright & Courtney, fifteen men; output, 1,500,000. Monthly pay roll, §700. George Ettner, twelve men; output, 1,500,- 000, Monthly pay roll, %50, Klucker & Spore, 'fitteen men; 200,000, Monthly pay roll, $1,200. Simpson & Smith, twenty m 500,000, Monthly pay roll, ¥1,050. N, 'Seinroc, twenty-five men; output, 000. Monthly pay roll, 1,250, Welsh, Riley & Cluniogham, forty-five men employed. — Monthly pay roll, #2500, Output, 5,000,000, A. G, Stanley, twenty mes 000, Monthly pay roll, 1,100, H. Livescy, ninety ciployes; output, 3, 000 Monthly pay roll, 53,500, Jacob Meyer, fifteen men; output, 2,000, 000. Monthly pay roll, #3500, Withnel Bros.. cighty men employeds out- put, 6,000,000, Monthly pay roll, £,600. Eclipse Pressed Brick company, seventy five men employed ; output, 4,000,000, Monthly pay roll, 83,600, Dwurck Bros. & Co., output, 8,000,000; forty men. Monthly pay roll, £2,200, Nickel, Riley & Co., two yards, employ 200 output, 7,000,000. Monthly pay roll, ight men; output, output, 1,500, output, output, 500,- 3 output, 2,000,- men; 4,200, M. Ettner & Son, output, 6,000,000; five men, Monthly puy roll, $2,400. F, . Bailey, twenty men. Monthly pay roll, £1,000, J. Hunt,ten men ; output, 1,000,000, Monthly pay roll, 600, Nobraska Tile and Pottery company, em- ploy twenty-five men; output, 2,000,000, Monthly pay roll, $1,%K. J. P. biuth, ‘twenty-five men; 8,500,000, Monthly pay roll, 81,350, Bailey & Olson, employ thirty-five men; output, 8,500,000." Monthly pay roll, 81,750, A. Johnson, forty-eight men; output, 6,500, 000, Monthly pay roll, §2,500. The Omaha Buick and Terra Cotta com- pany, employs thirty men; output, 500,000, Monthly pay roll, $1,750. Other yards, 150 employes; output, 10,000, 000, Moithly pay roll, §,000, Tho total manufacture of brick for the year amounts to 96,350,000, The total number of men employed was 1,218, The mouthly pay voll amounted to over 857,700, and 81,500 as been expended i new buildings and wu- chinery. Woodman Linseed Oil Works, The Woodman company does a business of nearly a $1,000,000 a year and the Omaha mills are said o’ be the largest linsced oil works in the world, The plant is one of the finest made and the oll manufactured 15 of a superior quality, (be wmill consumes 2,000 bushels of flax- forty- output, seed per day out of which are made 4,000 gal lons of linseed oil and 60,000 pounds of oil cake An average of fifty men are constantly employed at a pay roll of §00 per week Willow Springs Distillery. This is the second largest distillery in the Unitod States, and_the only one of note, ex cepting that at Kansas City, west of the Mississippl. From seven to eight carloads of its products are shipped weekly, principally to the Pacific coast, and large shipments aro also made to Brazil and other foreign points, The buildings now cover noarly ten acres of ground and the plant is up to the latest mod rn requirements in this line of business in every rospect, improvements being made con stantly, as the case may require, Last year §25,000 was expended in the introduction of new machinery, a powerful engino being added; the ting capacity is boing en larged, ete, The capacity of this distillery now is 15,000 gallons per day. Owing to the retirement of J. D, ller a short time ago some changes were made in the ofticers of the corporation. They are now: J. H. Greenhut, president; 12, Iler, treasurer, and H. Sucssenbach, secretary, The sales diring 1888 amounted to £3,000,000, 500,000 bushols of corn were consumed, 50,000 bushels of rye and 50,000 bushels of barley About 125 men re constantly employed, and this is beyond doubt one of the leading industries of the west Breweries, Omale has three large breweries and South Omaha_one, They all do a large and prdfitable business, that of 1888 having been about twenty per ceut increase over 1587, Fred Krng has the ploncer brewery of the ity and his cstablishment occupies nearly an entire square and is one of the finest ap. pointed in the country. Last year a new ice machine was added at'a cost of $25,000, mak ing two machines of this kind with a joint capacity of seventy tons daily. The sales for the year excecded 50,000 barrels Fifty men are emoloyed in the brewery and during 1588 there were 125,000 bushets of Ne braska barley consumed in the brewery. Krug's beee is of the finest quality and he ships immense quantities of beer to all points in the west and northwest. Frederick Krug is proprietor and Willinm Krug general man ager. This brewery has been running twenty-nine years, Storz & lier conduct the old Columbi brewery, which was opened for business in 133, The estabhishment 48 completely eauipped in overy particular. Last year new bottling works were added and the capacity of the brewe reased, so that now it is 60,000 barr ifty men are employed and twenty-four lorses and twelye delivery WAZONS are in use. he sales for 1558 we about 40,000 barrels, Motz & Bros.’ brewery commenced opera- tions twenty seven years ago. The capacity of the brewery is about 45,000 barrels. A bottling establishment is run in_connection with the brewery and last year the sales were nearly equal to the full e y of the ns titution. Thirty-five men are eniployed. “The South Omaha Brewing company em ploys seventy-five_men at a mouthly salary of £2,000. The cavital stock of the company ,000. Capacity. 25,000 barrels, anufacturing Industries. The manufacturing industries of Omaha have kept pace with the city's rapid growth and have made this the leading industrial city wost of Chicago, New fuctories Dbeen established and old ones enlarge improved until the hum of machinc heard thronghout the eity and suburbs, Nearly 7,000 men werc employed in the va- vious shiops and factories of Omaha last year and from present indications o much larger number will be needed for the rapidly - creasing busiuess and new factories this 5 Y hiong the most important of the cit manufacturing_industrics are the Union a citic railrond shops, which give employment to nearly a thousand men, and the smelting and refining works which emplo that number. The linsced oil works, brew- eries and distilleries, planing mills, carriage factories and the various other enterprises give employment to many men, women and children, while the packing louses of South Omana give employment to nearly 10,000 men and are the second largest i the world, “The following table shows the condition of the manufacturing _industries of Omabha at the close of 1588 and the number of employes and average monthly pay roll: No.of Employes, 500 ey 12 Monthly Smelting works. ... f fie shops Hreweries,. Manufactire of over Cat stone works Marble works........ Jeans facto ST Mineral water fuctorics Candy factories Tallow WOrKs. ... . Paper box factory.... Corn meal and feed mills Basket factory > Iron worl Carriage fa Stair mukers ... 5 Buking powder factor Cornice works. ... Hroom factory. Flour mills Planing milis Carpet factories. . Soup fuctory Horsesnoe fac Plumbing w Show case Kindling works. Cooper Works.... ... 0 Blank book makers L1 2 sweep manuzacturers.. 10 £ ctor 5 5 2 Foundry and by Tron wire work Building worky Canning works Tile work Barh wire works . Ocnumental iron works Carbon works Boiler works Spice mills Vinegur works Syrap factory POLEBRIEH, 1% o vvrassss Shot wnd Tead works ass facto hirt factorie Cigar factor Bridge makers CofTes works i Sush, doors and biinds mills. .. 2 55 luctories o Cloaks and ladies’ underwear Total, Manufacturing Briefs. A. Rosenberg, sash and blinds, employs 120 men. Monthly pay roll, $6,000. Increase of business over 1887, 30 per cent. Nebraska Broom factory, employs cight men. Monthly pay roll, $100. Increase of business over 1857, 2) per ceut, Stev Vocgle & Dinning, manufacturers of candy, etc,, employs thirty persons, Monthly pay roll, $600. Percentage of busi ness over 1537 about 50 per cent. O'Berne, Hosick & Co., tallow, greese, ete., employ twenty men. Monthly pay roll, $500. Over $0 per céut increase of busiucss in 1525] Omaha Milling and Elevator company, makers of fine four, ote., employ thirty-tive men, Montnly pay roll, $1,500. Increase of business over 1857 25 per cent., Weare Bros., iron and brass foundry, twenty employes, Montnly puy roll, $1,300, Business increase over 1857 25 per cent, Drexel & Foll, cut stone contractors, em- ploy 100 men. ~ Monthly pay roll, £,000. In- creaso of business over 1587 30 per cent, Kopp, Dreibus & Co., candy manufacturers, employ’ thirty people. Monthly pay roll, $1,500, Increase of business over 1857 50'per cent. Omaha Basket Manufacturing company, employs fifty men. Monthly pay roll, §2,000. Busiuess commenced this year. Glencoe mills, manufacturers of corn meal and feed, employ ten men. Monthly pay roll, #00, Iucrease of business last year, 25 per cent, A. J. Simpson, carriage manufacturer, em- ploys fifty expert mechanics. Monthly pay roll, $5,000. Increase of business over 1557, 80 per cent, Western Cornice Works, C. Specht, pro- prietor. ~ Sixty men employed, Mouthly pay roll, $3,000. Increase of business over 1857 0 per cent. Jobn L. Wilkie, maker of per hoxes, hus thirty-five employ Monthly pay roll, $400, Incréase of busiuess over 1357 was 20 per cext, Clark Coffee company, employs forty peo- ple in the manufacture of baking powder, extracts, etc. Mouthly pay roll, §3,000. In- creasa Of Lusiasss over 197, about 4) per cent, Audrew Moyer, malker of sash, doors, etc., employs forty men, Monthly pay roll, 5,000 Tnerease of business over 1887, 60 per cont Simmonds_Manufacturiag company, con teactors and builders, employ 100 men Monthly pay roll, #,000, Increase of busi- ness over 1887 20 per cont Pomy & Segelke, soda water manufactur employ twenty five men. Monthiy | 500. The business of tho firm has in over p0 per cent during 1888, Tt is the sole agont—this side of the Mississippi for all patent bottles, marblo dust and other ingredicuts used in making mineral water, ete. H. W. Snyder, manufacturer of soda, min eral waters, otc, employs twenty men Monthly pay roll, #1,000. Increase of busi ness over 1887 25 per cent. Miller & Gundorson, sash, doors, blinds, ete., employ. seventy-five mon, The monthly pay roll is $4.000. One halt a block is occupied in the business, which was commenced in 1885, O. Paulson, manufacturer of sash, doors, ete., employs twenty-two men. Monthly pay roll #1200 Increase of business over 1357, about %0 per cont The Western Casket company emplovs twenty-five men. Monthly pay roll, £1,500. commenced business here in 1553 and makes sales all over the wost Bagle Cornice Works, John Epencter, pro prictor, cmploys sixty'men. Monthly pay roll, $2500. Increase of business over 1887 50 por cont Canfiell Manufacturing company, makers of jeans,shirts,cte., employs seventy-five men The manthly pay roll is §2,500. Increase of business over 1887 23 per cent O.J. Wilde, maker of show employs five men. Monthly pay roll, §2 crease of business ove 7, 25 per cent, Omaha Kindling manufacturing company employs twenty men. Monthly pay roll, §1,000. Increase of business over 1557, 23 per cent Ackerman Bros., printers and bookn employ twenty men. Monthly pay #1000, 1ncrease of business over 1857, 25 per cent. 5 John Powers, cooper, employs tventy men Monthiy pay_roll, #1,200. Increase of busi ness over 1887, 25 per cont. A. Siefken, boxmaker, has twen ployes. Monthly pay roll, §00. Incr ness over lst year, 25 per cent. Honry Grebe, manufacturer of patent hay sweeps, employs ten men. Monthly pay rol 8500, Inercase of business over 1887, 20 per: cent, Omaha S of casos, ote., em- ase of foand [ron worlks, Gus. Andreen, proprictor, employ thirty-five men. The monthly pay roll was £1,200 last year and the increase of business, 20 per ecent During 1588 Mr. Andreen expended £,000 in im provements connected with his factory. Wearne Bros., foundrymen, have twelve employes. The' monthly pay roll is §500. Business was 30 per cent over 1857, Acme Tron and Wire works employ twelve men. The monthly pay roll is £500. Tncreuse of business, i per cent over 1957 Melquist & Jones, cut stone contractors, cmploy thirty men. Monthly ay roll. §1500. Increase of Dusiness, 25 per cent. M. J. Fecnan, marble works, employ teen men. Monthly pay roll, $600. Inc of business during year, 25 per ceut. MeLearie & Oehrle, iron and brass mould ers, cmploy fifteen men Monthly pay rotl, 00, Increase of business over 1887, 30 per cent. Watson Bros., horse shoers and manuf: tur of horse shoes, employ twenty men. Monthly pay roll, §1,20. maker of fine carri s ten men, Monthly pa, 1se of busiuess over 1 SS7 and buggic roll §1 50 per cent Western Oil Tank Line employ twenty men, weekly pay roll $500; improvements, 2,500; handled commencing May 10, 1588, to December 31, 1888, 22,644 barrels of oil. Fidelity Ol company employ nine_men, monthly bay roll §30; improvements, $1,000% handled during the year, 333,000 barrels of oil. Consolidated Tank Line employ forty-five men. monthly pay roll §1600; improvements on buldings and machinery, $35,000; handled during the year, 150,000 barrels of oil. Joseph Garneau Cracker company has employes. Monthly pay roll, $,000. In- crease of business over 1857, 20 per cent. During the last year $15,000 was expended in improvements, Mills, Runkin & Co., will establish a twine and cord mill here during the coming They control one-half of all the oted to twine manufacture in the country and have thirty-eight establishments. Everyihing from u shoe thread to a cable is made by this tirm. L. V. 1), Mills is the res- ident wanuger. J. L. Brandeis & Sons, of the “Fair,” make cloaks and ladics’ underwear. They employ srsons and the monthly pay roll . Inercase of business over 1557 was 50 per cent, The Omaha Milling company employ: twenty men. Monthly pay roll, §1,800. In- crease of business over 1857, 23 per cent. The B. M. Hulse Mattress company em- s thirty-five. The monthly pay roll 00. Lncreuse of business over 1887, 15 per’cent. L. Me( r & Co., manuf: doors, blinds, ete., employ tiv Monthly pay roll, $2,000. ~ Increasc of busi- ness over 1857, 25 pel cent. M. A. Disbrow manufacturer of sash, doors, blinds, etc, émploys twenty men Monthly pay roll, $1,000. lIncrease of busi over 1857, 25 per cent. The firm occd- building, and its main building is a four story brick, Fowler & Gants, manufactur ete., employ six men. Monthly pay rol, 500, They commenced business in June last and ocepy premises 36 on Sherman avenue, Omaha Barb Wire company employ eighty men. Monthly pay roll &,600. Jucrease of business over 1853, 50 per cent. During the year improvements to the amount of $1,500 Were put in and tho sale of @ new article of wire paint established. Bohn Manufacturing company make sash doors, blinds, ete. Seventy inen are em- ployed and the monthly pay is $2.000, Increase of business over 1557, 20 per cent. This company erected & new four story brick building. 63x110 Jast year at u cost of §25,000. Clark Bros, & Co., makers of baking pow- der, employ thirty-five men. — Monthly pay roll, #3,000. Increase of business over 1557, 80 per cent, 12, J. Quealey, soap manufacturer, employs fifteen men, ~ Monthly voll, $600, Ln- crease of business over 1557, 30 per cent. W. B. Smith, stair builder and fancy car- penter work, employs twenty men. Monthly pay roll, #1,000. Increase of business over 1557, 20 per cent, W, B. Quintan, manufacturcr of stonecilt- ters” tools, employs six men, Monthly pay roll, $150. Increase of business over 1387, 25 per cent J. Sey cooper, employs ten Monthly pay roll, $00. Increase of ness over 1387, 25 per cent. G. Stiles, manufacturer of ov ploys ninety persons. Monthly $2,000. Increaseof business over 185 cent. 2 J. H, Sullivan & Co,, turers, employ ten men. #000, Tnc per cent. Davis & Cowgill, , dmple Inery cturers of sash, ty five men. of feed, men. busi- Alls, em vy roll, per furnace manufac Montuly pay roll, ¢ of business during 159, 15 iron workers, employ thirty men. Monthily pay roll, §2,000, In: crease of business over 1557, 30 per cent. R. Stevens & Son, planing mill, employs twenty-fve men, Montily pay roll, £1,500, Increase of business 20 per cont over 1557, J. J. Hanighen, plumber, employs ten men, Monthiy pay roll, $500. Increase of business over 1557, 50 per cent. Nebraska Tile and Pottery company, em- ploys thirty men. Monthly ‘pay roll, 2,000, Increase of business over 1537, 30 per cent F. W. Gray, sasb factory, to be started aboutdanuary 15, Bmploys about 100 wen at @ cost of about $3,000 a month, The Anheuser-Busch Hrewing company, of St. Louis, does a large business in this city, its sales last year being 15,000 barrels, To show its confidence in Omahia the com: pany erected a magniticent brick building on the corner of Thirteenth and Jones streets for the purposes of its local trade. It is 6 feet on Thirteenth, 192 feet on Jones and 153 feot on the alley running back to the switch of the Union Pacific road. This building cost $110,000 aud is a credit to the business structures of the city, Tho beer is shipped in quantity from St. Louis and deposited iu vaults here for delivery, for which five teams are required. Fritz Walter is general man ager of the business in Omaha and has built up un immense business. William J. Lewp and Tony Faust, of St Louis, aud Schlitz, of Milwaukee and other GOVERNMENT OFFICES, The United States Army. Omalia hvs been the military headquarters of tho department of the Platto for nearly nty-two years, and owing to the import. o of ita goographical position and the ex. cellence of its railroad facilities the war de- partment has decided to make Omaha the permancnt headquarters of this department, With this end in view, congress authorizod the purchase of a site for a fort within ten miles of Omaha, the present fort being deemed inadequate General John R Tort Omaha where the stationed | Light batic eleven troops of the Ninth cavalryy ond. Soventh, Eighth, Sixteenth, Seven- teenth and Twenty-first’ regiments of infan try. The forts included in the Department of the Platte as follows t Omaha, Nebraska; headquarters and ton companics Second infantry, Colonel Frank Wheaton, Second infantry, command Port Niobrara, Nebraska; headquarters, six companies Eighth infantry and two troops Ninth cavalry, Colonel A. V. Kantz, Eighth infantry, commanding Fort Nebraska; headquarters and five comt Twenty-first infantry, Colonel H. A. Morrow, Twonty-first infantry, com- manding. Fort Robinson, Nebraska; and four troops Niuth cavalry panies Eighth ifantry, Colone Hateh, Ninth cavalry, commandin Fort D. A, Russell, Wyoming: headquar- ters and cight_companics Seveuteenth infan- try, Colonel Henry R. Mizner, Seventoenth infantry, commanding. ort Douglas, Utali; Tight battery D, Fifth artillery, and six companies Sixtoenth' infar try, and ' company H, Twenty-first infantry Colonel M. M. Blunt, Sixtecnth infantry commanding. Fort Bridger, Wy, 3 Soventeenth and three cotnpa first infantry, Major John N Twenty-first infantry Fort' Du Chesne, U valry and fou fantry, Major Adna R Chaffee, Ninth alry, commanding Fort Laramic, Wyoming; headquarters and five companies Seventli i fantry, Colonel 1. C. Merriam, Seventh infantry, command- g Vort M Rrooke is in command at following troops are y D, Fifth artillery; the Sec headquarters nd four com: Edward cav- troops sventh Ninth Kinney, Wyoming; two Ninth cavalry, and two companies infantry, Major James Randlett, cavulry, ‘comuanding. Camp Pilot Butte, Wyoming; two com- panies Seventh infantry, Captain Henry B, PPreeman, Seventh infantry, commanding The headquarters of the department aro located in the Strang building on Farnam and Tenth streets, Omaha, The following is a list of officers General John R, Hrooke, commanding. Personal staff—First licutenant, 1. W. Roo, Third mfantry; first licutenant, O, M. Truitt, Twenty-first infantry. Department staff ~General Samuel Breel, assistant adjutant general, chief of staff; Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Hall, Sixth mfan- actiny inspector geneval Captain P, Henry Ray, U. S, judge advocate. Major Witliam 13 maste Majo Subsistanc Colonel Licutenant paymaster. Captain Mareus W, Lyon, cliief ordnance ofticer (stationed at Chioyennie, Wyo.) Colonel (i Henry, Ninth cavalry, in- spector of rifle practic 1. chief - clerk assistant adjutant gene \ Ce. The quartermaster's depot is a commodious structure and is in_charge of Major Hughes. Captain John Simpson, his ussistant, is charged with the adjusting of the telegraph accounts of the department. Captain C. F. Humphre sistant - quartermaster, Choy- enne, Wyo! Cantain C. A, Alligood, Inited States army. irst Licutenant G. H. Roach, Seventeenth infantry, performing the duties of purchas- ing and depot commussary of subsistence at Cheyenne, W, Niajor . Creary Major J. K. a. Retired ofiicors: mons and Captan M. J. Fitzgerald. INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE. Omahia is headquarters for the Iargest in- ternal revenue district in the United States as far as area is concerned, the district in- cluding the whole of Nebraska and Dakota, The receipts from Omaha alone, however, are nearly as large as the rest of the district. The largest revenue is collected from the manufacture and sale of spivits, whiie the immense brewing establishments of this city contribute a very respectable portion of the collector’s recoipts, The Omaha office force is assisted by seven district deputies and is managed by S. H. Calhoun collector, with John C. Calhoun as chief deputy; Stockton Heith, deputy collec- tor and cashier, and W. C. Ballantyne, dep- uty collector. The tollowing table show s th tions for 1585, and shows a larg receipts over those of 1857: Penalties Beer stamps irit stamps. .. <ur SLumps “Tobaceo stamps Special tax stamps Total Total collections, 1857, A., acting Hughes, chief quarter- W, Barriger, chief commissary of T. A. McParlin, medical director, Colonel €. M. Terrell, chief military storo Lake at paymaster at Salt Botler, paymaster Colonel John E. Sim- total collec- increase of 163,904 07 Ine r 1558 TE CUSTON 10U, The receipts of the custom house in this city during the twelve mouths ending No- veinber #0, 1588, showed a large increase over those of the preceding y \d the busi- ness ot the office is constuntly and steadily growmg iarger. The collector of customs at this port is Hon. . C. Jordan, and the deputy collector is Mr. Vincent Iurkley The total amount received for the was §34,440.40 s against $29,770.33 year, rease year last aha Postofce. As an evidence of the growth of Omaha and rapid _increase of its population, we have but to g the postofice report for the year 1358 and_compare it with that of 1537, e table below shows n very decided in- cuse in the business of 1555 over that of L vear, although the receipts of 'S8 wore calcilated up to December 10, loaving thirds of the heaviest business month out entirely, and still showing an increase of nearly twenty per cent over that of 1587, “I'here has also beeu a large increase in the money order department of the Omahn post- oflice, the business for 1835 amounting to over $2,000,000, The gencral husimess of the postofice is increasing so rapidly that more room and s larger force is badly needed and cfforts will be made to sccure a large appropriation for a new postoflice at the pres sossion of congress ‘e force of a hundred men is inadequate to the demands of such a rapidly growing oity as Omiaha, and a_larcer and wore come wodious building has become a necessity, Whie Omaha oftice reccives from the smaller. offices all of the deposits of Nebraska and Wyoming, and one in Kunsas, one in Utah, and several in lowa, which adds to ite ready extensive busincss. The following comparative tuble wili be of interest; KECHIPTS 1887, BS5,01 ¢ [ KECTR) BUE5,082 42 The Oun Postace, Box rent Total. Iucrea Postmaster’s salary Clork hire Letter carriers” silary Total 40,016 60 Increase over 17, ANNUAL REPORT OF I Lettors aud parcels rogistered 2 Letters and parcels received for Aciivar, Reglstered packages received in transit Through registervd packages receised.. . Through registered packages dispatched, egistored lotters and packuges d ut desk o stered letters and packages delivered - 32 =2l zes by carclers, Hotel itles Onaha is well provided with good hotels for the accommodation of the thousands of visitors who ure constantly arriving. Among the leading hotels of the city are the Paxton, Murray, Millard, Barker, Windsor, Mer: chants, Cozzens, Arcade und Esmond, 'There are many others which, with the numerous boarding houses, provide tivst cluss wevom- ions for fully 25,000 [Continued on Ninth puage.)