Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 14, 1890, Page 27

- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY D CEMBER 3 OMAHA o Y G Progress and Dovelopment of the Nebraska and Missouri Valloy Metropolis, HER INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, Improvements of Every Description More Numerous Than in All Other Years, STATISTICAL INFORMATION AND FACTS. An Interesting Review of the Various Interests of the Gate City of the West. The remarkable development of Omaha during the pust year has afforded the commercial world a theme for con- satlon. Her growth has been unpre- cedented in the history of the great cities of America. She has attained her present magnificence within the short space of twenty years, Hut the greatest success of Omaha was obtained this year. This is especially g to her citizens in view of the fact that many interests conspired to her defeat In 1890, Like all western eitios Om: attained the greatest commercial pros- perity during the past decade. In 1870 the city numbered u fraction more than 16,000 inhabitants. In 1880 her popula- tion had increased to 80,500, while the recent census indicutes that Omaha con- tains 189,500 people. The wonderful growth of Nebraska’s metropolis has been accomplished by virtue of her sup- erior location, and there has been an entire absence of the exaggeration on the part of her citizens, which is so common to rapidly progressing western cities, Such an evidence or solid growth and development as has been evinced by the city will certainly have its effect in the financial centers of the east. In commereial circles it is gener- ally understood that the city is 1na posi- tion to maintain her place in the ranks of great cities and possible toattain even A higher rank in this vespect. The lo- cation of Omaha peculiarly adapts her tor maintaining commercial supremac The certainty of Nebraska’s crop, to- gether with their bountifulness, guaran- tees much of the ¢ in future. From the sources indircetly tribu- tary to the metropolis of the state much < can always bo expected, A feature of the city’s adventage, which is rogarded with satisfaction by financiers, is the agricultural richness of all tevritory to which she is entitled by reason of her natural position. As an evidence of the correctness of this idea her trade in the undeveloped fields of the new states® s constantly in- creasing in volume. Her possibilities are practically unlimited. The geograph- feal center of the union is removed only 150 miles from Omaha, Much of the ter- ritory from which the ecity will draw largely in future Is still in the infancy of agricultural development, while much more has never been disturbed by the march of civilization. All this is con- ducive 0 the continued Prospmily of Nebraska’s motropolis. Penetrated by railronds, reclaimed by irrigation and developed by capital, the future of the legitimate territory of Omaha is almost an assured fact. LOCAL FEATURES. Twenty-five square miles are enci in the A'l() s limits, with 109 mi graded streets, more than one-half of which are pu\'cd with asphalt, cedar block and granite. With respect to paved streets Omaha stands next to Vashington city in point of offciency. With a sewerage system of eighty-five miles in lmu,lh constructed atan aggre- gate cost of 86,000,000, the sanitary condition of the city is assured. extensive system of parks boulevards are under course construction and when com- pleted, will place the city on a par with other cities in this line. No city in the country of equal population cin com- pare with Omaha in the advantages offered in the way of educational f ties. A finished and thorough education can be acquired by the youth of either sex ata very nominal expense. There are uny-ui-_vfn buildings in the city de- voted to educational inférests, accommo- dating 20.000 pupils and representing an 5 investment of $2,000,000. The high school building occupies the most conspicuous location in the city and s a magnificent monument of the liberality of municipal ideas. The expense of maintaining the public schools as shown by the secretary's report for the last fiscal school year was as follows: GENEHAL FUND RECEIPTS, from 1icense i “rom fines From taxes. ... 03116 From state apportionment 20,8448 From other sources....... 030,00 Total recolpts tor yoar Balance on hand ... GENERAL FUND EXPENSES, Pald for the maintenance of schools and general expenses. .. 2 Plans and speciticutions... . Bulldings Y Insu® Rent Other expenditure Total e Balance cash on hand ... In addition to the |)||hhr school which is sccond to nothing of the kind in the west, the city boasts of nnmer- ous hundsome edifides devoted to mental training. The street l'lll‘ facilitios of Omaha are superior to those of any city in America with the exception of Boston, and con- sists entirely of electric motors and cable lines. 1In addition to the street car lines, the suburban facilities are protect- ed by the Belt line, a Missouri Pacific enterprise, which operates trains hourly to all suburban localities, The company handles monthly on average of 15,000 cars, Omaha Cen Doubtless no census of any city has at- tracted s0 much attention as that of Omaha, It has been disputed and de- fonded, but with the usual fate of those who dispute a fact the census of 1890 has been proven correct. These tables are based on the census, and also on careful estimates for the years when no census was taken, give the population for which the data was available, The “boom” years were considered as occurring in 887 and 18! ‘When viewed by the in- crease for 1880 and 1890 it will be seen they were nothing but the legitimate expansion of Omaha on account of in- creased facilities for doing business with the uurmundmg country, Some of these wore w''** " u in 188§ and restored in the spring of 1889, the increased popula- tion for the two yeare® oo epond with the drawbacks and benofits of their withdrawal and restoration. Business prudence requires their maintenance, The comparison of Omaha with her principal western competitors speaks for itself, The increase of 1890 is corroborated by the incre scd building record for 1889 rse of nearly $1,000,000 for resi- THE CENSUS OF OM AHA, Actual and Estimated Population from the Beginning—1854-1800. - In- Per e, crease, O't, or +Unknown o8, Estimated 4,000 stimgted | Fstimited 110,16 Estimted 116, 18, U, 8. Consus 1i T. Decrease, COMPARATIVE Increase. 1858 to 1860 1860 to 1863 1860 to 1870 to 1870, (0 1840 18) to 885 1885 to 1890, L1 COMPARATIVE WANK AND POPULATION TWENTY Y EARS—1870- 1800, Percent- age of 1500, Tncrease Rank 1. Kapsas City, Mo. St. Paul. Omal 4. Minneapolis 5 Denver...... COMPARATIVE IANK A YEARS - Percent- uge of Rank. Tncrease. 1. Kansas City, Mo, (i Minneapolis .. 28 8 ‘aul 107 r 648 y 80 COMPARATIVE R TEARS, 1880-180), ATION IN TEN Percent- Rank. 1880, : Kansas 6 ity. Mo. . Denver 3 The principal feature of theso tables willbe seen. In twenty years Kansas y has fallen from first to fourth place, Paul from second to third, Minneap- uhs rose from fourth to first, ¢ l!d Omaha from third to second. Denver holds the same rank as in 1870, In the past ten yeu pecially with Omah greater. Kansas City have fallen from firstto fourth place, St. Paul has held its own at thira, Minneapolis has risen from second to first, and Omaha from fifth to second. Denver has fallen from fourth to fifth place. ra, the changes, es- has been still In twenty years, Denver shows the greatest percentage of incrense with Minneapolie next. From 1870 to 1880 Omaha was contend- ing with hostile interests and grasshop- per raids in Nebraska. During this period the eity had no trade with Colo- rado. This accounts for her small per- centage of increase. It will be seen, for the past ten years Omaha, St. Paul and Kunsas City show an increased percent- age over 1870-80, while that.of Minne apolis and Denver has declined—an evi- dence that these two cities are nearing their max®mum of growth. Omaha shows the greatest comparative growth between 1880-00 than any one of the five i . Inadvancing from fifth to sec- ond, it is crowding Minneapolis closely for first place in 1900. In 1880 Minne- apolis was nearly 54 per cent larger than Omaha. In 1890 the difference between Omaha and Minneapolis is only 18 per cent in favor of the latter. If both ies increase by 1900 at one-half their ntage in the past ten foxun Minne- apolis will have 870,575 and Omaha 389,- 277 souls. By this rule it is easy to de- termine that Omaha will stand at the head. The territory of Minneapolis is circumscribed, that of Omaha is un- limited in ut(-nl and development. “Nebraska. In 1854, as the result of the census or- dered by Governor Cuming to organize the wrrh.ury. the populution of Ne- braska was 32 persons, exclusive of Indians, and it is thought many of these had their residence in lowa and Mis- souri. Theiand was as bare of people us the soil of agriculture. It was,a wil- derness, Neither labor nor eapital wore here to develop one or the other. The population of Omaha was an unknown quantit, sipal channel of com- munication with the world was the Mis- souri river., “Bleeding Kansas™ wa then the cry, and to that territory wa tracted immigrants from every sec tion up to the beginning of tho civil war. The panic of 1857 weighed hoeavily upon the infant téreitory, and not until 1858, 1859 and 1860 did agriculture be- come a pursuit. In 1859 he fivst territo- al fair was held, but the ente prise was subsequently abandoned rom & paucity of resources. The following = year there weie barely 50,000 acres under cultivation, with an estimated grain yield of 2,000,000 bush- els, Of the industrial and other classes there were 11,581 persons, of whom 3,982 were farmers and six railtoad men, rep- resenting foreign lines. 'There were no railroads in the state. In that year(1860) the Pikes Peak emigration gave an im- petus to the growth of Nebraska. From then to 1866 and 1867 it is estimated the opulation increase to 50,000, and in the ollowing years, up to 1870, the United States census gave the state 123,000 “souls, an increase of 146 per cent. This 1mpetus was caused by the commence- ment and completion of the Union Paci- fic railroad on the west and the Towa lines from Chicago and St. Louis to the Missouri river on the east. Other rail- roads followed, and as the Nebraska rail- way systems have expanded the popula- tion and weulth of the state have stead- ily increased. Herve is the record of the unparalleled growth of Nebraska from Llh.- beginning, with a comparison with lIowa and Kansas for the period of five and ten years. POPULATION OF NEBRAKA, PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE, 1800 Over 1885 1800 over 158, 180 over 1870, 1800 over 1500, IN COMPARISON WITIL Towa. Kansis Nebraska 2 WITH I0WA AND KANSAS FOR TEN YEARS. 1880, 1800. Incréuse. Per ct. SO L0 B i TN 1054 In theso sons it will be noticed the increase of Kansas for the five years between 1585 and 1800, was 117,479, or 43 per cent less than the five years be- tween 1880 and 1885, In lowa the in- crense was 23,655 persons, or 19 pe in Nebraska 27,905, or about 10 per ¢ ent, vent; | 4 | settlen The aggregate increase of Nebraska over Towa and Kansas for the two pe- rlods was: In- Per In- Pet crease. cent crense. cent 1880 to %85 to 18 Mll) 123 164128 170 Increase over Kansas 5 161,100 140 Such is the story of the growth of Ne- broska over its nearest competitors for each five year period in the past decade, I'h e railway facilities of Omaha ha conspired largely to the reputation quired by the city as a commej center, She enjoys unsurpassed advan- tages in the way of trans-continental traffie. The corporations centering in the metropolis of Omaha embrace thi teen roads, operating nssenger trains in and out of the city dai tensive improvements have been made by the transportation companies con- verging in Omaha during the past year. Tho railroad lines throughout the coun- are arranging their connectionswith aview of securing a share of Omaha’s commerce, To accommodate t senger traffic and fa e increasing pa tato the busine N a commodious union_depot is now under construction on South Tenth stree: building will contain all modern ideas caleulated to attract patronage and will be an architectural beauty Omaha Railways, THE UNION CIFIC RAILWAY, In 1859 when Edward Creighton con- templated the construction of the tel graph line bet 'n Omaha and Salt Lake City, and finished it in 1861, many hoped. but did not expect to see it fc lowed so soon by a mightier enterprise, With the exception of an occasional t, Colorado being settled only the before, the contry was an un- vroken wilderne swarming with In- dians and wild be He who turned his face W("ll\\'ll!‘ll ventured “into the unknown.” But undeterr ers pushed their way, and, there standing up against the horizon, could be seen the white cover of the ‘prairie schooner,’ typical in its appear- its movements, its freightage of life, of the ship in the offing bearing to our shores from the old world seeke s after new homes and bet- ter fortun Never on earth did nature present a fairer field for the use of man, never one more beautiful for his eye to surve; or his heart to admire and love.” Labor and capital were invisible. But in De- cember 1863 o new spirit was invoked. Labor and capital came like armed giants to conguer the wilderness, to tame the savage, and lay the ground- work of a superior civilization in the garden pI:mu-A by the Almighty, mak- ing it the highway of the world. They touched the prairies, and the land was fllled with plenty, rejoicing in the labors of the husbandman. They smote the mountaing, and from them came the streams of gold and silver, and other minerals, for the comfort and happiness of mankind. From the full fruition of their labors sprang beautiful cities. On every hill top, in every valley the church and the school, teaching the v tues of the higher, purer life, have placed the haunt of l\n- be: or the saturnalia of the savage. What has wronght the changs? the railvoad. On that memorable December day ground broken in Omaha for the Union Pacific railroad, destined forever to link together the Atlantic and Pa- cific. The ceremonies were ushered in by prayer, invoking the blessings of Al- might God, upon the mightiest achieve- ment ever attempted in the name of Peace. Cannon boomed to cannon on eithe side of the Missouri river, The sun shone brightly on the assembled “multitude, and at night the illuminated city closed upon the eventful day. Six years later the scene was repeated on a larger scale. The booming cannon on Capital hill announced the comple- tion of the enterprise. Omaha was beautiful with flags and bauners by day, and at night the fireworks and illumina- tions made the city one blaze of light. The names of Dillon, Durant, Snyder, Casement, Clark and Hoxie, were made memorablo in this revolution of the world’s commerce, Since that day, be- hold the transformation. The Union Pacific has grown from one, to many lines. It stretches its great arms from the Missouri to _the Pacific, from Texas to Montana, and distant Washington on the north, It is the backbone of nine states and one territor: Its mileage has doubled, and doubled again Its revenues arve princely. Its mineral lands inexhaustible, and out of its moun- tains along its tracks flows the gold and silver to enrich the world for centuries. The “prairie schooner” has given way to the Pullman palace , the ox team to thé locomotive, The lurking Indian has been driven from his haunts, The “*buffalo trail” has disappeared before the farmer’s plow, and nature has re- warded him with abundance, The buffalo has gown down before countl herds of cattle, The thinly settled tec ritories huve become grand imperial @ and along its lines, Omahy, Kan- sas City, Denver, Salt Lake, and Port- land are l)uhtmfl into the p])lon(lor of great and metropolitan eities—all wrought by the transforming power of the railroad in alittle more than twenty- one years. o sts of prey, THE BUR TON & MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD, When Nebraska had less than one hundred thousand people in 1 men were convinced that a railroad ex- tending west from Plattsmouth would be a profitable enterprise. In that year the Burlington & Missouri River rail- road, in connection with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, was commenced, and inthe lnllt\\\lnglwo ye ts main line was completed to Kearney, a dis- tance of about two hundred miles, Its resources were nly agricultural and, to show how slender these were, in 1872, the entire stdfte yiclded only 9,000,000 f V\hu.ilund corn, with an urea ation. Lin- yof afew thousand, but under the liberal methods of this company, in counection with its natural and other advantages, it has risen to a population of more than fifty-five thou- sund people. The rapid growth of the state, yielding 68,000,000 bushels of wheat and corn, with acreage of 2,350,000 acres in 1878, convinced the management that further extensions were an imperative necessity, In that year the Denver extension West via Red Cloud and Hasting commenced, and completed to Denver in 1882, The growing importauce of Den- ver and Colorado demanding further im- provements, the main line was shortened by the “Oxford cutoff” between Kene- saw and Oxford, In 1887 the southern line from Kansas City, St. Joseph and Atchison was finished to Red Cloud, This gave the people of that section a direct route to Denver and other points in Colorado, Utah, Montana and the Pa- cific coast. The Omaha & Southwestern and the Atchison & Nebraska were @ quired and Nebraska was soon & net- work of branches owned and operated by the company, the general offices in the meanwhile having been removed to Omaha as the most convenient base, a handsome building being erceted as the future home of the otficials, The build- ing of the shortline from Omaha to Ashland gave the shortest route to Lan- coln and the additional train service be- hrewd | tween the two cities demonstrates a handsome patronage and increasing business, The extension to Cheyenne, and the The | new line to the Black Hills, is in keep- ing with the liberal poliey of the com- pany in the development new terri- tory, giving the country incentive to rapid growth and prod Btivenocss, By these arrangoments the Burlington (A came the shortest route $rom the Mis- souri river to Denver, Cligyenne, Dead- wood and the Black Hill At Denver its admirable connections With the Den- ver& Rio Grande, the Colorado Mid= land and the Union fic roads, make the Burlington a most desirable route for points and the I in Colorado, cific states, Idaho, Or The Denve on & Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland roads, changing from narrow to broad gauge, has resulted in n dining car sor- om Missourl river points to the oast. In this way the Burling- become the through dining car route to California and beyond. At Omaha its connections with other lines are excellent, and these will take one to any point of the compass. The Burlington has three hridges at as many points spanning the Missouri river, at a cost of $1,000,000 each, with three great trunk lines cros ing the state of Nebras- ka. West of the river it has grown from less than two hundred miles in 1870 to 3,140 miles of track in1890. In the whole ystem there are over seven thousand five hundred miles of steel rail, rock bal- last track, and these penetrate ten stutes, ts equipment is superb. The trainsare solid vestibule, made up of Pullman pal- ace cars of the latest patterns, with hot and cold wa smoking rooms and ex ibraries, 1Its veclining chair unt, and the seatsare free. coaches and smokers arve in uin, and the traveler finds the comforts of home, with polite, obliging employes to anticipate his wants. As an indication of the popularity of the Bur- lington with Omaha people its traffic into and out of Omuha is 30 per cent greater than last year. = As a great trans-continental route, touching all the principal cities from Lake Michigan to California, Oregon and Washington, it has no superior. If you want to go - where in the world, the Burlington will carry you with safoty, comfort, speed, amid the most elegant surroundings on the wa, THE FRE \m\'r LKHOT N & MISSOURIL LLEY RATLWAY., T rall EALATE Ealo itsuch a splen- did opportunity to become one of the greatost vaily ems of the country than this company. In future it will be- come as important to Omaha and the the Chicago & is to Chicago. A | show this. On the at Niobrara, it Missouri er to a junc- th the Northern Pacificat apoint k, bringing the trade vast territory beyond, Northwestern railw glance at the map w north, leaving Nebra will skirt the tion w of the upper as the chiel city of the west, Chadron on_the . its branch line reaches the Hot Spring, uth Duakota, and Deadwood, piercing the tin mining regions of that state, wnd "ultimatel tending to the Yellowstone ri Miles City, Mont. On the extreme w from Casper it has a cholee of routes; to the Big Hora country, or through the al and coal oil regions to Lande Wyo., and thence up the Wind river \ullx- which many believe will be tho most productive gold region, through the vast timber bell ta the Yellowstone Nationol park -and beyond. On the south, from Superior. it points the way through Kunsas to the cattle ranges of Texas and the Gulf of Mexico,* Still an- other route is left to it due west through ntral counties of . Nebraska north Platte river. With such a future emont, Elkhorn & Missouri Val- Lroad will be one of the most im- ant, agencies in - the uplunl:lln-r of \'ul)msksl aud the west, It is a child of the state, organized under its laws, to start at Fremont and tofollow the course of empire westward, [t was built by the John I. Blair syndicate a companion of the Sioux City & Pacifie railroad both pl'npn-luu being worthless, practically, pt as feeders to the lines east of tho ouri river for ye In 1880, it be- gan o extend its lines into the great cat- tle regions of northern Nebraska, and soon attracted attention to that section emt ing some millions of free home lands; that is, government land available under the homestead, smption and timber culture land could not be bought, nor in t obtained in any v and all either quirte the entry and filing fe large immigration (until the section of Nebraska north of the Platte v numbe ing the aity of Omahs tension of the road until it reached entine, four miles fromthe United States militazy post of Niobrara, now the county seat of Cherry county and t of a United States land office. While v ing there it w purchased by the Chic rthwestern rail way company. were extended into oming, Dakota and Nebraska, ne ing a dircet connection with Omaha. This was built in 1887 and became one of Omaha’s most important feeders, and this still confinues through its fine sys- tem of through and local freight and passenger trains, The industrial interests of the rond are lily developing, the most recent ad- dition being the location along its tracks of the beet sugar factory at Norfolk—the largest in the world. The road carries vast numbers of stock into the Omaha stockyards and millions of bushels of grain into Omaha and Chicago. Elkkhorn valley railrond traverses the coul, and coal oil fields of central Wyoming, and the gold, silver and tin mines of Dakota. It hauls hundreds of cars of ore unnually to the Omaha and Grant smelting and refining works at Omaha. Ttis the only road o the Hot ngs in the Black Hills, drawing 5,000 ors to that resort in 1890, and will act 20,000 the coming year. It has about fifteen hundred milesof track pen- etrating a rich agricultural, mineral and k country. It is the only railroad y which the 11,000,000 acres of the t Indian reservation lands of South O (e R od, and the settling of this vast empire ‘of mow unoccupied land increases the importance of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missourl Valley railroad to Omaha and the northwest. FINANCIAL, —— Omaha's Banking Frosperity, Insur- >0 and Realty Interests—A Great Monctary Center, For many years thecity of Omaha has ranked among the financial centers of the west. Her baniing institutions have acquired a wide reputation for stability. Omaha financial conearns have been mas terially strengthene by being desig- nated "as _one of the mational reserve cities and her depeits have substan- tially increased thereby. The twenty banking institutions of l%umhn, will cor pare, in point of elegance and convenis ence, with similar institutions of New York city. Total Uanking Capital, The following figures indicate the total amount of capital invested in Omaha's financial institutions, exclusive of South Omaha National banks State banks Bavings banki 1y oxaept as above, DotaY Yot isavass slianarsses PORITS, Natlonal banks State banks Suvings bauks Total deposits.... . THE OMAHA CLEARING HOUSE. The accompanying figures present the business of the associated national banks of Omaha since the establishment of the | clearing house in 1884, with the business |for Decomber of this year estimated: ssqmasoq A conservative estimate places the busi- ness done through the clearing house as only 25 per cent of thatof the whole city, which would make Omaha’s business for 1800 amount to something enormous. This magnificent record is amply sufti- cient to inspive confidenco if it were necessary. AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. The American Loan and Tr pany was incorporated in 1885 with a puid up capital of $400,000. The c terof the company empowers the in tution to muke and negotiate loans of money, to buy and sell notes, mortgages, stocks, bonds and other ceive money on deposit, and make in- vestments for individuals and covpora- tions; to act as executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, assignee and agent, and the entire capital and surplus is pledged as a guarantee for the faithful performance of all such duties. All trust funds and investments are kept separate and apart from the com- puny’s assets. The income of indi- viduals residing abroad s cure- fully collected by the institution and promptly mitted, allowing inter- est on all deposit The American Loan and Trust Company is regarded as one of the leading financial institutions of the state, as isattested by the volume of business ann transacted. Inv tors can always find high grade real estate loans, dividend paying stocks. bonds and guaranteed commercial pa- pers at the company’s home office, in the opera house block, this city, and at its eustern office, 101 Milk street, Boston, Mass. The stockholders of the compa the nual June Am 1800, indicates a most nnuml ing condivion of affai with $909,808, 7 in resources, The officers and |li|'ccl()l's are O, M. Carter, president; C, zomery and J. e f y Philip Potter, secreta C. Powell, cashier and A. D. Buckworth and . E, Shaw. BANKING HOUSE OF MCAGUE DBROS, The banking house of McCague Bros, was organized August 27, 1883, August 12, 1880, the institution was reorganized us'the American National bank, with the following officors: John L. McCague, president; Alfred R. Durfrcne, president! Henry F. Wyman, ¢ and E, C. Brownlee, assistant’ c: and_ with a capital of $200,000. lowing comparative statement indicate the healthy growth of the busines: Deposits April 30, 1884, $179,000; De- cember 11, 1889, $215,000; February 28, 1889, $253, '\hlv 17, ‘I'MHNI; July 18, 1890, $853,000; October 2, 1890, $381,- 000. The following comparative statements of the saving deposits indicates the solid November 16, 1880, omber 16 : September tober 16, 1890, Ml 8. The McCague ]Lml\ulg house stands high in financial eircles. Have you insured your life? Are you going to do so? lizo the importance of hay- ing your policy in a company that gives vour dividends annually; that contains o guaranteed cash surrender value, and a puid up participating value? You will perhaps not see the advan- tage of having this class of insurance until you have paid premiums for sover- al years and then are compelled to stop on_account of reverses or other causes, vou will look up the new policy of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur- ance company, and read the Massachu- setts statutory law on insurance, you will appreciate this notice: Send for'a speci- men policy. Agency of the western de- partment, rooms 200 and 202 Bee Build- ing, Omuha, Neb. O, H. JEFFRIES, General Agent, THE BEST.—A CONSERVATIVE POLICY, The Globe Loan and Trust company, 507 south Sixteenth street. is one of Omaha’s most successful and conserva- tive loan companies, It does not sell se- curities bearing high rates of interes but the first consideration is security. Omaha city real estate, mortgages, bonds, warrants, ete., for sale. Author- ized capital $300,000; paid in $178,000. Money always on hand to loan, Real estate, als, ground leases. The Globe Loan and Trust company savings bank, incorporated under state laws, tockholders’ linbility, $100,000. Pays 5 por cent interest on deposits, Authorized school savings bank for Omaha and South Omaha. Certificates issued. Over 8,600 depositors. During 1891 we will oceupy our perma- nent home, the Gldbe building south west corner Sixteenth and Douglas streets, H. C. DEVRIES, President, W. B, TAYLOR, Cashier. CADET TAYLOR, V. dent, p CHAS. E. WILLIAMSON, Ass’t Cash, Churches. Omaha has ninety-four church organi- zations divided among almost every known denvminution. Some and cost handsome sums for their tions. erec- The churches are divided amongthe denominations as follows: Baptist 10, Catholic9, Christian 2, Congregational 10, Episcopal 9, Jewish 3, Latter Day Saints 1, Lutheran 13. Methodlst 16, Presbyte sion 1, Unitarian 1. 'l'h(.('ll,) is the home of two highops— John P.° Newman of the Episcopal church, Notable Mothodist church at the corner of #1000 00 and St Matthins Episcopal | chapel on south Tonth strect. Real Estato Transfers, The nccompanying figures show the comparison botween the volume of busi- ness done in 1889 and the present year: Month, 1890, January iy 180, Deconiber Total 100000 " ' X H0,470,8. '-l Building Permits. 1880, 01 Fust eptenbe Oetober. November Décember 1 1,500,018 Totals L5 PLACE. Owned by the Patrick Land Company. The company was organizel in 1887 and has since been prominent in deve oping Omaha realty. Shortly after its organization the company purchised the tract of land adjoining the city com- monly known us the J.N. U, Patrick lhomestead. By the acquisition of this propoer Land company succeed the attention of all dealers and purchasers of desirmble Omaha realty. The tract was platted into lots, and under the title of Dundee place put upon the market esclusively ine resident purposes in July 1888, o that time more than$500,000 wort h tos for fine residenceshave been dis- posed of by the company, That locality mmediately beeame prominent asa de- rable resident quarter and half amill- ion dollars have already been expended on modern dwellings ‘in that vicinity. The conditions undor which the prop- orty is sold obligate all purchasers to t residences costing not less than )0, thereby guarantecing the entire property as aresident place. The land is located with a view of mgking it ex- ceptionally desirablo as a uvlphlmll\mul The addition adjoins Omahs on the west limit and has a beautiful elevation, superior to that of any resident portion been of the city. Large sums havi spent by the company in bean Dundee place. The Patrick pany has offices at 246 BEebuilling, and those desiving the best property in Omaha should consult them, THE EAST OMAHA LAND COMPANY. Was organized February 15, 1887, sinco which time they have gone for: ward improving their lands, comprising over seventeen hundred acres, ina way thathas astonished the people both in Omaha and Council Bluffs, and yet it is evident from plans perfected and con- tracts let that the work has but just begun. The future relation of East Omaha to thocity of Omaha,ns well as Council Bluffs, is boyond the comprehension of even those” best acquainted with the workings'of this compuny. One year othis entire property was covered with a dense growth of willows and cot- tonwood, today it is all fenced and seed- ed down with timothy and clover, with ver twenty miles of turnpiked ru.uh The object of this company is to build u manufacturing eity um‘ they have al- y located the Car white lead \\ollwx Adamant wall plaster company, Omaha pearl hominy company, Omala box factory, Marvtin _ steam feed coolker company, - Marks Brothers saddle of the churchedifices are architectural beautics ian 18, Adventist 1, CityMis- Methopist church, George W. Worthington of the addi- tions to church edifices are the lI"u'nL Dav- enport and Twentieth streets, now in courso of erection, at an estimated cost vand the Barber asphalt com- These concerns will em- nearly five hundred people and capital of over half a million, Before the year 1891 has passed into history the Easv Omaha land company have made rapid strides toward the goul of its ambition, which,as Mr. Ar- thus S. Potter, the geueral manager of this gigantic scheme, says is to build a manufacturing city of 25,000 people within five years, and knowing the character of the gentlemen comprising this company and the unlimited eapital at their command, we haveno doubt us tothe success of their undertaking. ALBRIGHT L, D AND LOT COMPANY. 4 1 523 New York Life buaild- ing. ' W. G. Albright, president; I2 Rood, treasurer; Arthur Bast, secrot Incorporated Paid upcapital $1 “Owns the well-known Itllll|llll|'4 “Albright’s Choice™ and Annex, itsof South Omaha, coming lhe g ter of the country. More money has boen made by investors in these additions, portion to the amountsiny any other property. toring Omaha and South Omahn pas through the entire length of these additions affording the most available sago for manufacturing establish- ments of any other point in Omaha. Thiscompany also owns property in all the best locationsof Omaha, both city and suburban; also large tracts of improved and = unimproved lands throughout the state; does ageneral real estate business, paying particular attention tothe affairs of non-residents with regard to taxes, titlesand making investments, POMTER & GEORGE CO, Among the reliable financial institu- tions of thecity may be mentioned the Potter & George Co, The firm is com- posed of Arthur L. Potter, Charles C. George and Edward R. McMahon and conducts a gene! busing in securi- ties, real estate and investments, The institution has an authorized capital of #00,000 and $300,000 paid in. The busi- ness was established in 1883 and oceupies the first floor of the Chamber of Com- merce building. The eastern connections of Potter & George Co. are probably superior to those of any similar financial institution in Omaha and their facilities for inter osting eastern capitalists exceptionally good. The company has indicated its faith in tho immediate growth of Omaha by purchasing heavily “in realty during the past six months. Two hundred acresof land huve been bought in the city during the latter part of the j ent year by Potter& George, situ in the northeastern part of the cit st Omaha. The compuny solicits in- igation from those unacquainted with the methods of the firm. Accurate and reliable information in reference to Omaha real estate will bo furnished by the company.on demand with pleasure The patrons of Poiter. & George are numbeéred among the most influential financiers of the city, of “Albright's both within the corporate lim- \\huh is fust bo- in ed, than in 1ronds en- HARTMAN & ROBBINS, The real estate, loan and investment firin of Huartmun & Robbins is well and favorably known in Omaha flnancial cir- cles Itis composed of O, Hartman and John W, Robbin Both gentlemen ar membersof the Omaha real estate e change and board of trade, Mr. Har man being president of the form Their offices ave located in the York Lifo building, room 209, and investments ave negotisted promptness by Hartman & Robbin Thoy possess exceptionally good facili- ties for interesting eastern cavitalists in Omuha and Nebraska investments and thay invite Investigation. City and fa, 4 propertysold on commission and | bu property rented and carod for by this firm, ERASTUS A, BENSON & ). R. AEL, In real estato and financials of Omahs there are fow men better known than Erastus A, Benson and J, R. Carmichael, T'hey are associated in the real estate iness and conduct as many sales of property as any other fiem fn Omaha, They can always offer inducements in the way of choice inside and suburban property 10 purchasors on terms us 1ib eralas could bo desived. Both gentle men are woll known for honorable, busi nessdike methods and their statements can be relied uoon in all instances, For desitable property s gentlomen should be consulted, Thoir best cfforts are always in the interest of their pate rons as is woll attested in the manner in which the firm is commended on all oo+ casions. CARMICH THE O. F. DAVIS €0, Among the many reliable firms in the city, there is none who stand higher thanthe 0. I Davis company. They havo beon engaged inthe real ostate and loan business for many yoars, and have for sale both business and residence property in all parts of the city, also farm lands in o lavgo number of coun tios throughout the state, They predict for the coming yeur higher } in all classos of property. They have also builtup o large business in loaning money on real estate for non residents, Correspondence isinvited from all pers sons who havemoney toinvest, ineithee real estate or loans, in large or small amounts, The ofticors of this company are Thomas A, ‘reigh, president, and P. L. 1 u(nn\uml t urer, Examine carefully the i published in this paper and be that there is a bright future for Omaha property. COCKERELL, HUNT & CARPEN' Among the R. estate firms of South Omaha, Cockerell Hunt & Carpenter are the recognized leaders. As far ns authentic intormation as to the situation in South Omaha is concerncd, this firm can be relied upon, and in the transaes tion of business, their reputation for in= tegrity and promptness ot be que tioned. The whole firm is composed of gentlemen of vast wealth and business experience. It is the ploneer real estate firm, and its record of past faithfulness to its patrons, recommends it to the business interests of the future, The compuny offers its services to castern capitalists who desivoto place loans in this city and the innuunl te vicinity. The firm does & gener: . loan and insurance busine lnd ul\ tes inves= tigation, SMEATON & ALLEN. 1607 Farnam street, Omaha, Neb. The firm of Smeaton Allen, rank among the prominent real estute andinvestment dealers of Omaha, City renlty beingan importany speciaity, lirge li proved and unimproved property always on hand. Mr. Smeaton came to Omaha in its infaney and is therefore an expert on both Omahaand South Omuha, alty. Mr. Allen gave fire insurance his attention for a number of years prior to the formation of the firm, Owing to their reputation and extended business acquaintance, they manage the interests of many non-residents, both for the in- vestment of mouney inreally and loans, and the collection of rents, etc. Baste [ trips are made semi-annuallg inthe ln< tervsts of Omaha, and all persons who contemplate investing or ng the. city should corrvespond and arrnge nn appointment during one of those visits, Tllustrated pamphlets including lists of investment in city realty improved and unimproved, exchange and choice firm lands mailed to those desiving same. Corresponce solicited. G. 8. AMBLER, Mr. G. S. Ambler isa well-known real estate and loan dealerin Omahn flnan- cial eircle Hisoffices are located in the New Yor fe building. where his large business is conducted. Mr. Am- bler has the most extensive list of busi- ness, resident and suburban g real estate agent in the ¢ vely engaged in promoting Omauh flnancial interests and is superintendent and a hea of the South- western st company, one of the geveral managers of the Douglas county fair association and is largely in=- terested in other substuntial institutio=s of the city. Mr, Ambler has unlimited vital at his command and persons de- 1 o secure burgaing in real estate sspond with, or call on i, rices on the elegant and cons of Amble and Eckerman y property, both business ui, and in adjacent counties for sale, T. 0. BRUNER, Real estato and loan broker, room 1, Ware block, is an old settler in Omaha, Has been in the real estate business for soven year His long v co watche ing the growth of the ¢ i vantages in judging of v tate possessed by Those wishing to muke m\unl\u\'uls in our city would do well toconsult him be- fore purchasing. Many investors can testify tohis good judgmentand have made money. He has shown his faith in the future of the city by investing largely vecontly himself und is advising all his friends to follow his example. He Dbelioves values ha reached the lowest point and will henceforth advance very rapidly. is ono of the old reliable and trustworthy real estate men of the eity, J. D. Z2ITTLE. Mr, J. D. Zittle has had several years experience in hundling Omaha and Ne- braska real estate, and during that time has conducted o number of very imports ant realty de: In financial circles of Omaha he gatded in thelight of a good business muu. Those desiving relia- ble and accurate information concerning improved or unimproved city {n'u]u:l‘\v fact; farm or acre lands, and other which may be difficult to secure, ceive prompt attention by corresponding with Mr, 7 ngz of first-class loans he hasno su or in Omaha. He gives special at tention to this line of business. Hi thorough knowledge of the situation af fords him exceptional ll|>|m|(uu|||l 5 {0 vering good investments, {is fe cilities for business are the very l st, WAUGH & W RFIELD, firm began business some fly years sinc while South Omahawas i its infuncy, and by conlining themsely strictly 1o real estate and insurance bus ness Lhey possess o greater patrona than any firm of like kind in the cit By giving their personal uatvention the work in hand they have inspin confldence and are pleased to refer the new patrons to anybody they have her tofore done business with as to their liability, Being western men and you men they have the necessary enevgy y forward to a successful conel usl joct they may bocomo intorest 3 | esti ging propaty for n y ropresent the follow ‘companies: Hartford and lonns residents, fire iasurance The Hartford, Conn., Phaenix of Brookly Connecticut of Hartford, Springfi T.& M, Rhode [sland of Provider R. L3 Pennsylvania Fire of Philad Insurance Company of No ica, Philadelphis. Queen of 1