Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1910, Page 4

'I‘Im nhF~ OMAHA, SATURDAY, J AN JARY 1, ]010 Statistics Showmg the Splendld Growth Omaha Made Durmg the Year That Is Just Clos I0BBERS AND 'mE'FACTORlES Wholesalers Sell More Than $115,- 000,000 in Goods in Year, | MANUFACTORIES ARE $191,872,000 | Volume of Business Is Greater Than Lines of pited in Number. in Preceding Year a Industry Mu An effort is.mhade in the figures below to give the exmet status as far as possible of the Jobbing and manufacturing interests Omaha and to present figures which will glve m sorreet ifea of the enormous bukiness deme by, Omaha—the Market Town: " i These figures ha ‘been prepared under the direction of the* Omaha Commercial club “and® the execurtive’ committee of the Comfriercfal ctub Khs put ite seal of ap- provat on them, “wfter having carefuly ¥one over the Hats."An unusual effort has ‘een exerted to make the figures as near sorrect s pomsiblel‘and to db this some of the ftem&- #how u'décided loss from the tigures of last year, ‘wile the fact remains hat ‘the concerns represented have really loné more business. In spite of the large cuts ‘whieh have’béen' made In some of the figures the totals show an enormous Increasd, '/ cledbly’ ”'@emonstrating that Dmaha 18 forging ‘Khéad both as a jobbing and manufacturing tenter. Various ‘articles’ fobbed through Omaha n 1909 ‘arhotifited to $115,133,000, which is a gain of §2706,000* oVér’ 1908, and it Is esii- mated that the values of the finished products manutsettited In Omaha during the year just closed amounted to $191,874,- 0. 1Of ‘the lattero:figures, the packing houses ' of ‘ South "Omaha are by far the targer ‘part, having reached the enormous total for the yedr of $121,000,00), a gain of 14,500,000 ‘on' the ‘Year. Great Actual A considerable cul has been made In the figures representing the business done by the seversl largq wholesale grocery firms in Omaha, As in all other products, an effort has been made to reach the exact volume of business in this line and, while it 18 kpown that the houses have done more _business, than last year, the figures have been cut from $15,000,000 to $13,500,00%. Implement dealgrs, show a splendid in- crease ih thélr husiness, registering a gain of $3,700,000 on the year. Some of this is inerease In buslnéss of old firms and other due to new firms, There are now thirty- one implement firms doing business from this center, A A falllng off is shown in the structural steel business. While many large bulld- ings are now going up and considerable of the structural steel was made in Omaha, there was practically little done during the first six months of the year and this accdunts for the los With business starting early this spring, these firms should Show a great Increase for next year, Several conditions made it possible for Omalia to show, such a decided gain this year over last, ‘Irade excursions and other conditions have worked together to extend the trade territory in which the Jobbers of Omaha, sell goods. The country has be-_n,mo prosperous. back. of Omaha d \ded _more gaods and goods ot 4 bettet uuuy for which a higher price has been pald. Many new concerng have entered Omaha with factories and agencies, all of which add to the volume of business doné by this city. Auto Jobbing Center. Automobile jobbing is practically a new industey here. Now there are thirty-three dealers in. Omaha and nearly every one Jobs cars to the smaller dealers of the state. A year ago there was but one auto- moblle supply house in Omaha, doing a business as great as $%0,00 a year. Now there are four large houses and the total annual business amounts to $1,0.0,000. The McKeen Motor Car company shows a nice increase i the number of motor cars bullt; having more than doubled its output ‘during the year. The Unlon Pa- citic shops has'also done a much larger business 1n bufiding cars and locomotives, and in repmiring’ the same, since it has moved Into its more eommodious shops. Nearly #700,000 worth of millinery was Jobbed out of Omaha last year and as this 18 one of the best indexes of prosperity it is taken as a good indication that the country {ributary back of Omaha is most prosgerous. When times are hard the wo- men are the first to suffer for they are told to ‘make their'old hats do, but when money Is plentital they buy lots of finery, The business shows & nice increase and the country must be prosperous, Sporting, Goods Market. Omaha {8 the recognized sporting goods center of the west and not only the two excluslve sporting goods houses, but the big hardware concerns sell an immense amount of firearms, base ball suits and all sorts of sporting articles. A decided Increage {s shown in this business. Tents and awnings and undertakers' sup- plies were both included last year under the title of “‘miscellaneous,” but each has sumed such proportions that it Is given a line by Itself in‘the table. While this is & healthful community, people will die ocoasfonully and Omaha has factories which ‘make u business of building cof- fins. A new alfalfa mill is now in operation, but the burning down of the Peters' mill, which ghut Jt off for some time, cut down the nafural ihcrease in the manutacture of alfalfa goods, but these mills are in a position to show & good increase next year. : The 8 o'clock closing law has not dimin- ished the amount of beer made by brewerles of Omahba during 1909. To make up for the loss occasioned by this law most of these haye extended their territory until the revenue pegelpts show they, have made more beer tham ever, Headquarters for Brea Folks living around Omaha rely a great deal on the bread made by Omaha bakers for thelr dally supply of bread and the shipments to nelghboring towns have In- creased $300.000 during the year just closed. The consumption’ of the bread that goes with 'the butter has also increased, at least the big creameries of Omaha have made more butter than ever before, as the grand total has reached the sum of $4,766,000. The new:cracker companies which have moved to Omaha have increased the output Business. of crackers fivefold. ' The Iten Blscult com- | pany I8 @ new addition and the National Bisoult company has been working its fa tory full ferce The ice men of Omaba and South Omaha manufactured $300,000 worth of iee in addi- ton to that which was put up on the sur- rounding lakes apd rivers. The lce cream business also 'flourished, perhaps because of the 8 o'clock closing law, which gave the 80da water fountains more business. White lead I8 on the Increase, as the Carter White Lead company has doubled the capacity of its plant, and while the effect of this Is not so apparent on this | handiea the | output of the Updike mill has doubled the output of flou: from Omaha mills. The new mill has not been in operation long, so that next year's output will show a big in- ease. The teed products of the mills tiave about held their own. The output of the American Smelting and Refining company at the Omaha smelters shows a_decided falling off in the amaunt This 18 due to the decline In prices of metals, and the amount of ore smelted has been greater than last year. Stroud & Co., manufacturers of dirt mov- ing machinery, has expanded until its busi- ness has reached §500.000 a year. The ex- tent of this business was shown last week, when Mr. Stroud received a photograph of one of his machines being moved by oxen in South Africa Omaha has many manufaeturers which have not been Included in the lists here- tofore, but which have been developing thelr business untll it has reached large proportions. The art glass business has advanced itself to a business of $50,000 a year. The manufacture of advertising nov- eltles has become a big business for all sorts of badges and novelties for conven- tions and fairs are made in Omaha, Church furniture to the amount of $100,00 was made In this ecity last year to be sent all over the west. Office furniture i& jobbed out of Omaha by four large concerns and the total has reached the sum of $150,000 for the year. One concern has supplied court houses in the state of Washington as well as one in 1daho. Totals in Many Lines. Here are some figures of jobbing for the year: Agricultural Implements. Advertising novelties. . Automobile supplie Automoblies Bakers' supplie: Bakers' goods. Barbers' supplie Billlard and ba Boots and shoes Brick and tile. Confectionery Cement . Church goods Cigars and tobacco... Coal and coke Creamery packages. s3uiz. 855y gEE2383: Dairy products. . Electrical supplie Dry goods.... Dontal supplies. Drugs and chemicais. Fruits and vegetables. Furniture and carpets. Groceries .. Hardware, ‘light and uheli Hardware Hats and cap: Harness and Jewelery . Linsecd oii Liquors Millinery Office furn Otls, IllhlIL-\HIIE !H FPhotograph supplies Poultry, eggs, celery, oyst Paints, oll, glass. Paper .. Rubber goods Beeds ........ School "suppiles. Syrups, Jellies, preserves. Sush and doorS........ Iron beds.. Sporting goods. Stock foods. Poultry foods. Surgical supplies wall paper .. Gloves and mittens Plumbing and_heatl Tents and_awnings, Undertakers' supplies. Office supplies. blank Lumber ‘ Miscellan: und fixtures. gzzssssases E §sssEsssszesssszissis & flluminating. Ss8sEEsEgagsEs gsgsses gsx & g Vilue of products manufactured, Art glass 3 Advertisin Bags and Drnduclu Alfalfa foods.., Boots and shoes. Bollers and tank: Bread ‘and bakery products., Bricks and tiles. Brooms and brushes Butter Carrlages and wagons Crackers Church Clothing Confectionery . Cornice work, skylights ana gut- tering Fence wire. Foundry products Furs .. Furnitur Grease and Horse collars Ice . lce ' cream. Iron ‘and steel structural. Jewe'ry ... Lead and shot Liquors Mattresses ... Malt products Monuments Optical goods. Packing house products. Paint, mixed... Proprietary articles. Publishing Soap ... Stock and poultry foods. White lead...... Woodwork, plnninx milis Whips Wou Washing machines Cement block Prnfl Cooperage .. Yinewar and piciles. Incubators, supplies. ur and feed... exclusive of flour products Motor cars Labor and material on ‘cars locomotives . Refrigerating_ machinery, Smelter products. Street cars.. Stoves Tents Clgars ... Road making llml machinery Trunks and Miscellaneous EE furniture. e iz BE3aE E5 ESEEE Z E 532 E HEE8E558.2, F miiis and and awnings.. “dirt " moving valises. . Total. |MORE ARC STREET LAMPS| Greater Number of These in Use and More Permits for Wiring Are 1w There are 1,067 arc street lamps in service in Omaha, a gain of seventy-eight over the number in use at this time last year, The additional lamps have been placed almost entirely in the outlying residence districts, During the year the city elgctrician is- sued 2474 permits for electrical wiring, and the fees collected for same amounted to $5,607.35. Inspections made by the electrician and his assistant numbered 4,892 NEW INDUSTRIES FOR CITY Fifty-Five Concerns Come to Omaha During the Year, EMPLOY ABOUT 1,000 PERSONS They Belong to a Vast Varlety of Trades and are Drawn Here by the Superfor Ad- vantages. New industries which during the year 1909, both jobbing and manufacturing, number fifty-five and give employment at the start to between 800 and 1,000 petsons. The number of new Industries for 1908 was fifty-four. A large percentage of these were socured through the Instrumentality of the Com- mercial club, Omaha has many assets of a permanent nature to offer new concerns, but does not gild the offer with cash bonuses or free sites, free lights, free water or free power, The many new industries have been lured by the prospects of a bright future because Omaha s & natural dis- tributing place and also a place where raw materfal may easily be secured. Home patronage has been secured and that is another valuable asset which Omaha has to offer. The average number of employes for the new concerns seems low. because in a large number of the cases they are simply branch concerns of large indus- tries of the east which arfe making their first step In the west and will develop fast. What these new concerns may do | is evidenced by what so nany other in- | dustries have done In Omana before them. Omaha is the natural place for the handling of everything of an agricultural nature or that has to deal with agricul- ture. It is surrounded by the greatest agricultural country in the world, right in the center of the corn lelt. One of the big concerns to build in Omaha during the year s the Loose- Wiles Biscult company. This firm en- tered Omaha with a jobbing house.over a year ago and found the ficld so profit able that it decided to manufacture crack- ers and fancy articles here, came, to Omaha New Implement Concerns. Two new concerns were added to im- plement row and if they find the terri- tory as profitable as their predecessors they will soon have to increase the'size of their plants. The J. I Case Plow company and the Independent Harvester company have both established branch houses In Omaha to reap some of the harvest from this agricultural cemter. The Crowell Grain and Lumber Co., for- merly of Blair, decided that Omaha was the real grain center and has moved here, The Eureka Fire Hose Manufac- turing company, with home offices in Jersey City, has opened a -branch = In Omaha as a distributing point for the territory west of the Missourl river. An Omaha Infant is the Hoeschen Manufacturing’ company, with H. P. Ryner as manager. This concern is build- ing the latest electrical signal devices and 18 having success In having them adopted by the railroads. A new .aifalfa mfll bullt by the Omaha Alfalfa Milling company is an industry which will help to develop the entire state. This 18 the second alfalfa mill for Omaha and will. add to the attractiveness; of Omaha as & market. The ‘suocess of Omaha in landing such concerns:is a bless- ing to the entire state in helping make a market for the products of the state. The Omaha Church Furniture company is a new concern, with more orders than it can fill. The Omaha Fireproof Storage company has erected a large cement ware- house at Sixteenth and Leavenworth, The Omaha Wall Paper company 1s a large-established firm, with houses in Des Molnes and Kansas City. It saw the ad- vantages of Omaha and decided to locate here, making two such concerns. Moved from Council Bluffs. F. H. Orcutt, Son company, wholesalers of carpets and curtains, moved from Council Bluffs in February, 1909, and since that time has doubled its business, It Is still golng after business on a large scale, The Prest-O-Lite Manufacturing com- pany, which has a factory in Omaha, proved a great boon to automobile owners, as for the first time they are now able to get the products of this factory when needed. The Raphael-Pred company jobs women's ready-made clothing and the Smith-Kort company is & new concern which jobs men's and boys' clothing. Automobiles are now manufactured in Omaha for the Rogers Motor Car com- pany of Ralston, a work employing seven- ty-five men, According to the plans of L. E. Roberts, announced on his last visit to Omaha, the Single Service Package company will be one of the large concerns of the city be- fore the close of 1910, List of New Ones. Here Is a complete list of the new cerns with thelr capltal stock American Drugglst Syndicat wholesale drugs Apperson Sales biles . Automobiie Tire Repair ¢ moblle tires J. L. Case Plow Co. ‘ments .. Capron & Wright, automobiles Corey-MoKenzie Printing Co. prini- ing . . Crowell Grain 'and Lumber’ grain and lumber . . Dennison M.murmmmg ‘Co. | furniture Ellfott-Fish Machine Co. (branch)... Eureka Fire Hose Manufa Co,, fire hose (branch).. 4 Motor Ca~ C autol nuhllel Gordon Automatic ‘Steel Endgate Co., endgate (Ralston).. Gunnoude & Zurmuehlen, Wholesaie clgars Heeschen roud signals ... Huffman Automobile Co., biles .. Independent Harvester Co. (b implements .. Independent Ofl Co., olis, ete. esse Independent Supply Co. buggles, ete. Lircoin Grain Co. and feed mill.... Long-Bell Lumber Co Loose-Wiles Biscult Co., con- 3 50,000 10,000 2,000 20,000 10,000 Agency, automo- auto- (branch) impie- 10,000 400,000 600,000 10,000,000 50,000 75,000 25,000 50,000 100,000 ufacturing Co. automo- 50,000 ... 10,000,000 grease Seasrvane 1 5000 wagons, (branch) g 50,000 50,000 260,000 factory.. | pliea | upon McIntyre Automobile Co., automo- biles M . 20,000 hattan Oll 0., olls, grease Maxwell-Briscoe auto mobyes . Mid-West MODIR, ooy Nebraskg-Huick Automobile automoblles ... 0 braska Lightning Rod Co., light- ning rods, fixtures, ornaments.. Nebraska Printing Co., printing Nebraska Puncture Proof Co, automobiles .. Omaha Alfalfa’ Miliing Co teed ... Omaha Auto Co., Omaha Church (factory) church Omaha Fineproot warehouse fo Omaha Ink ¢o., fnk OUmaha Machine Works, machinery Omahs Co o (esShoa s e 100,000 Automobile Co., auto- 15,000 Co., 100,000 “altalta v 100,000 ‘automobiles 25,000 Frniture furniture Btorag 10,000 100,000 {omaha Mota Omaha Paper paper ... Omaha Wall (wholesale) $ 0o g0 v F. H. Orev Son’ Co., ‘carpet curtains, ete. (wholesale).... Prest-O-Lite Manufacturing acetylene gAS ... Quality Press (The) printing Raphael-Pred Co., (wholesale) clothing, “notions, et Rees-Kohn Printing Co. Rogers Motor Car Co automobites ... Rocky Mountain Water Co. mineral water . Smith;Kart Co., wholesaie clothing Springer-Effner Printing Co., print- NG Lovoi Vs Standard Auto Co., automobiles. . Single Service Package Corporation, milk bottles, etc W Van Brunt Automobile Lu. mobiles . ‘ Velie . Aut automobiles Sweet-Edward moblles Westinghou; ‘and Mrg. G (branch), electric supplies Western = Liguor Co., wh liquor Times Publishing CLEARINGS printing. . «Ralston) "(The) nim;. printing: UNPRECEDENTED Amount te $785,225,568, Which Breaks All Records in the City's History. There was a veritable harvest of gold in Omalm during the last year, as is pointed out in the clearings of the banks, The year 1809 brought in the phenomenal amount of §735,245,668.93, which is an Increase of $102,690,701.67 over the preceding year. These figures indicate clearly that Omaha is growing rapldly as a commercial and financlal denter. Money has been freely in circulation, as fs shown by the amount of bullding going on. The month of De- cember alone shows an increase over the corresponding month last year of $4,429,- 87.12, The following figures from the Omaha Clearing House assoclation show a com- parative statement of past years: BANK CLEARINGS, $204,441,009 1898 322,014,008 1899, 1900 1901, 1902 1903, 1887, 1888, 442,957,790 5,579, 284 853,745 January February March April May June July August September October November | December . l 51,178, m 74 41,811,803.37 66,727,261.88 48,160.083.96 $ 57,153,768.03 4797278272 45,186,596.04 46,002,424.32 50,388.101.37 61,609,017.73 .. 30 60 71,797 50397 €3,187 £43.73 Totals $735,225,568.93 REVENUE RECEIPTS LARGER Quarter of Million Dollars Greater Collections in 1900 Than the Year Before. internal revenue district for The total récelpts for for the Nebraska collection the year 1909 (the last three days of De- cember being estimated), Is $2,567,973.60, or an increase of about $250,000 ovey the vear 1608, The receipts In detail for years are: the respective Lists Heer s Spirit stamps’ Cigar and stamps ... Tobaceo stamps . Special tax stamps.. Process butter stamps. Mixed flour -stamps. Documentary and im- printed stamps ....... Totals. ENLISTMENTS FOR THE ARMY One Hundred and Elghty Accepted Out of 765 Who Apply for Places. There were enlisted at the regular army recruiting station in Omaha during the year 1908 out of 765 applicants, 180 re- cruits for the several branches of the army service. These enlistments were by monthe as follows Rejections. Acceptances, January Februa March April May June July August September October November December HUNDREDS 0F NEW SAILORS | 876 Young Me) for the A The naval recrulting eral building in ments for Uncle cruisers during the year 1900, The follow- Ing summary shows the number of ac- ceptances as compared to the applications: Total written applications during 199. 1,91 Rejected for physical caus 8 cted for other causes. Total enlisted In addition to tl ably two or thres Omaha Sam's made 376 enlist- battleships and 316 bove there were prob- hundred men who a to the office for Information and tinding that for some manifest reason or other they could not be enlisted, left without making any written applic tion for enlistment, Out of Bighteen Hundred Applicants | TWO THOUSAND MARRIAGES station in the fed- | STOCK YARDS PROSI’EROL Break No Records, Except Price Paid for Hogs, $8.50. BIG GAIN IN SHEEP RECEIPTS of 1,127,000 celved During the Year Just Closed, The year's record In the live stock busi- ness in South Omaha, as Indicated by the tabulations of the Union Stock Yards com- pany, has been a good one. General Manager the interests seem “We have had what I call a £00d year,” he says. “‘While wo broken the record for cattle or have crowded so close bchind practical results are the same. lost about 289,000 in the celved, but, at that, According ett Buckingham, satistied to Ve all rattling have not sheep, we that the We have number of hogs re- South Omaha has the best comparative record of any of the markets. The decreased number of ho recelved, owing to the high prices, makes the year's output of hog products greater in value than in 1908." The actual receipts of cattle at the Unlon ek yards at the close of business Fri- December 81 was 1124618, while the record year |s with 1108716, The recelpts for 1908 low, being 1,0 During the year 016 hogs were celved, a decrease of 280,358 over 198, which was the record year Receipts of sheep for the year amounted to 2,167,014, an in- crease of 62065 over 1008, This figure breaks all previous r rds, The highest price ever pald for hg South Omaha was paid In the month December, when $850 was pald. The following tables form the basis the abové computations Total Recelpts for Year by Months. even we s In of of |H'ses.)Total Months. heep.| and | No. C'ttle.| Hogs. January February March April . May June July August . Sep'mber October Novemb'r December 208,308 | 109,693 135,110/ 2 Months, Hogs. | ana ‘(:'ulv.!‘ | No. January February March April . May June July August ... mber . October .. Novemb'r December City Use and South Omaha Packin Months. Icmue.‘ Hogs. 1 T | H'se Stieep. | and Mules. 65,535 42,481 61,158 51,292 66,154 Jenuary February March April May June July . August September October November December 61,196] 121,994 187 Total year Total, 1905, 760,710{ 2 | 707,002| 2,141,2 FIRE LOSSES SMALL FOR YEAH Total Destru #215,807 for 532 Fires is the Record for Omaha. Fire losses in *Omaha during 1909, we not very large. The fires causing loss numbered although there were 654 alarms, Total value of bulldings, of contents, $3,63 $68,035; on contents, $149,862; total of $215,87. Total insurance carried on bulldings and contents, $,651,743; loss to Insurance companies, $171,928. Adding to this $43,969 for property under Insured or not insured at all, makes the total loss i glven above, Of the 64 alarms 425 came In between noon and midnight and 220 after midnight. No fireman lost his life by fire in Omaha during the year, but twenty-five firemen and twenty-four citizens were more or less serlously Injured. Of live stock fifty-three horses and two mules were burned, The personnel of the department cludes 151 men and officers. Sixteen cc panies are in active service, in thirteen sta tlons. One completed station is not In use, and one other is in course of construction, Of apparatus twenty-seven pleces are In | active use, Including one water tower, and nine pleces are in rese owns fifty-eight hors of hose, $6,896,612; value Loss on bulldings, in- N s and has 24,130 feet 1,000 feet being listed as *“poor.” October Runs Close Second | for the Mouth Weddings, October is nearly as popular a month to be married in as June, en by the records of 1 Muray for the year. ued in June and 234 In Octobe March, with only 130, was the lightest month of the year. The total is 2 as follows: | January 144 July February 181 August March 130 September | April 160 October | May 3 une to of June Total making a | The department | Blggest Year for Building $4,590,650 for the Activ ties of 1908, ateat in the history of the cit record of the Ing Inspector Withnell in exce against $4,590,650, This may be the former mits in 1008 of only $123,900. bul'dings 1s almost exactly the cost is set down at $105,600 in 1908 both in number and mits were taken out in 1909 for 1,092 at a total cost of $2,781,435, the year fades 198 into dimness. total number 1,335 year $6,916,850, for the two years. Shows Large jncreases partment. The for the calendar year Here is a business | with 1008: MONEY ORDER BUBINES! Number. ou, 31t M "%,680 Money orders Issued. Money orders paid. Remittances .. Total handled —_— 1908: Number. 669 076 . 81,462 Money orders lssued Money orders paid. Remittances 4, Total handled . %08 1909 per cent BUS! Letters and parcels rej Letters and parcels dellvered (City) Registaned, .pouches Tec Registers received in same Increase 11 Packages received in same MAIL MATTER ORIGINATING DISPATCHED FROM Number of pieces distributed and forwarded by clerks in mailing division during the year 1908. Special delivery ' stamps affixed— Letters and parcels. . Redistribution—Pouches and sacks recelved from R. P, O's con- tents of which were redistributed by clerk in mailing divieions. Aransit—Pouches and sacks passing through this Geffoe " handled by clerks in mailing division,. Delayed Mail Matter—Pouches de- layed in transit, and contents re- disiributed by clerks in malling dl- vision Grand total . Number of clerks, Inerease Number of rallway maii ci Omaha postoffice in 1908 Number of railway mail ci Omaha ‘postoffice in 1909, Increase Number of i er carriers pa Omaha postoffice in 1908, Omaha postoffice in 1909.. Increase . BAR ASSOCIATION GRO! ing Year—Annual Comes in January. The Omaha Bar assoclation tc aking the roll 164. The assoclation r two new laws, one whith lengthening the residence required divorce suits may be instituted, a which was lost in the legislative a measure establishing a municipa in Omaha. Arthur B, association secretary. J. M. the executive commitfee Includes Goss, A. H. Boucher, J. A. C. J. L. Kaley ana C. E: Foster. Wakeley and Is president James M. Fitzge January, and that night the annual ing of the assosiation will be'held. entent Achievement in Leg! Occupation Tax. a's city council body the Omal busy achle enactment of the 3 per cent oceuputi This took effect September 1, last year. City Clerk handled and the year. The most included 401 general ordinances, 1 ordinances for street Improveme esteblishing grades, Butler, read 6,442 documents ordinances ordinances and S40 resolutions. Twelve membéfs ‘of the council 12,013 speeches during the year and a total of 166 hours, not counting rol Svery man's throat s still in goc I‘an. 2 [ nances changlag grades, & appropriation | City Has Seen Total Cost $7,204,140, as Against i permits issued by City during 1909, total cost of bulldings this year is $2.613,490 8s of the total for 1903, being §7.204,140 called: the year of store and office buildings and apartment houses. the value of permits this year b, agamst a value of similar per- In the apart- ment house column this year the number of doubled, while $203,000, against The record for dwelling houses is bettered cost éver 1008, Per- houses, while,last yea number was 1,00, at a cost of 32,648,765, In the m tter of new bulldings the present Last year the | erected was 1215, this year Total cost of new construction this against $4,208,000 last Cost of alterations {s practically the same year. POSTOFFICE GAINS HEAVILY in Bosinesd for the Year in Every De- business of the Omaha postoffice during the year shows a big Increase over last year in,all the departments as will be shown by the appended report of the work transacted in all de- | partments during the year 1909, compared S, -1909-—. Amount, .02, 048, 22 5,106,523.18 $9,629,170.51 Amoun $1,007,988.. 347 17 8, Increase of business over 1908, 3§V gistered 80,000 THIS OFFICE: 88,410,482 41,063 54,626 60,184 2,861 88,678,106 CLERKS AND CARRIERS. carriers and substi- tutes employed in the postoffice in 1908.283 Number of clerks, carriers and substi- tutes employed in the postoffice in 1909,206 3 Number of rural letter earriers paid at 1,085 [ WING Twenty New Members Enrolled Dur- Meeting ook in twenty-two new members during the year, worked passed before nd one shuffle, 1 court of the rald s Boucher is treasurer and | A Kennedy, The terms of all these expire the second Saturday in I meet- WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID| Intion | ix Euactment of Three Per Cent has been a fairly Its greatest ement In positive legislation was the on tax and the first quarterly payment was made December 1 as clerk of councll, during fmportant of these 12 levy nts, 17 orai- made talked 1l calls. bd con- MONTH. Stores and Otfice Buildings. ll January February Maren pril. May.. June July August. September. October. November year's business, ‘the business for next year should be doubled. A new flour mill and the inerease of the b December. .. Totals Fifty-seven permits were lssued for dw ellings of tw iina:' < ! waZat Fr.| Bk| T'L| Cost. H F‘r\l)k War and Factories. ehouses um = BEERQESEL gigsgzaszes 5 3| 8 61,000 | 1 42,000 0,000 || 8 E} P ” WO apartments, seven for three, six for 5| §1s4000 | 1 six, Eleven aps ~—{| $96,000 four and one for um Cost. || Fr 5 17000 | 24,000 || 20,000 26,000 5 144,000 20,000 00000l 11 rtmant bovsas contuined 140 spartments, erations || il K2 § 266,050/ 171,190 9,560 (| 25,005 || 2518 15| 1 147 140, 13 145 " 180 [ 0 7)1,885, 96, 916,550, Total 240, 611,217 459,260 | 1,962108 | 612,240 515,280 For O\LOFCHIEF GRAIN A Omaha Stands Nen Top at Exchange's Plnh Year.” WEATHER CUT DOWN REC Steady Ralns and Heavy Snows in November and Décember aud No Loss of Business Are the Factors, The Omaha Grain exchange Is now years old and during the cowrse career has risen from a place of no nized standing as a grain market of the leading markets of the wo At the close of the fifth yea the exchange Omaha ranks fifth as W corn market and eighth in the total receipts of &rain. Year by year there has been a gradual Increase ‘'in the receipts,, until Omaha has risen to fourth place among the primary in markets of the eauntry, ond In the receipt of corn Omaha is in sccond plate. For the first time In its history as a grain market the total figures show a | slump In both receipts and shipments for the year. A glance at the figu which tollow will clearly show whare the loss came from. November and December are entirely responsible for the decline. And the weather man & to blame. It will be recalled that during November it rained almost continuously, the precipitation ex- ceeding six Inches In Nebraska, and this made the rouds almost impassable and rendered It impossible for the farmers to *t to the rallroad stations with thelr grain. After the rains of November cam the zero weather of Decem ' whieh the roads in the rouglest sort of a w, keeping the roads sull impassable, Receipts by Month. The following table shows the @ ipts of wheat, corn and oats by the mor five of 1t jeCOR- W January February March April Moy June . July . August September October November December Total recelpts.. 10,077,600 22,069,100 10,220,200 November and December are generally the months In which corn and other grains move rapldly from the farms of Nebraska, but the following table will show that the receipts were'the Hightest of the year: Bushels) or 4,271,700 - 4823700 4,806, 400 © 2[676,600 go 000085 January March April May Jurie July August Septe-nber October November December f:uumo 4,585,100 Total ... Werebes A Comparative Table, A comparative table of the receipts ana * shipments at the Omaha market shows a slight loss In both in comparison with last year: ———ReCOIPtS, ~— Wheat Corn Oats Barley Rye . Totals Wheat Corn Oats . Barley’ Rye / 11,454,000 + 10,194,090 Totals ... Plenty of Storage. That Omaha is amply supplied with stor- age houses and is able to handle the grain of Nebraska as fast as the farmer may ship it in is shown by the following list of the elevators of Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs, all of which work un- der the Omaha Grain exchange. The list shows that there 1s storage room for 6,915,000 bushels of grain: Capacity. Owner and Location. (Bushels,) Omaha Elevator Co., Co. Bluffs.....1,600,000 Schneider-Fowler (‘u Omaha. . 1,000,000 Independent Elevator Co., Omah; 1,000,000 Merriam & Holmguist “A,” Omaha 60,000 Merriam & Holmquist “B,"” Omaha 42,000 Transmississippl Grain Co., Council Bluffs 500,000 Updike Grain Co., South Omaha. 00, 000 Neb.-la. Grain Co., Gibson l(lmuhu) 876,000 Gate City Malt Co., South Omaha... Crowell Lumber and Grain 1'0 Omaha Cavers Elevator Co., S8outh Omaha. M. C. Peters Mill Co, Omaha. Maney Milling Co,, Co. Bluffs Mid. West Elevator Co. ] Gate City Malt Co., Omaha Uxuge Bros.,, Councll Bluffs . . Twamiey Son & Co., Omah Total COMMISSIONER _ OF STREES Tom Flynn Now Hap Under H 123 Miles of Paved Thor- oughfare. Cure Street Commissioner Flynn now has un- der his carc 123 miles of paved streets and alleys, a substantial Increase In mileage | being the result ot new work done in 190, Number of blocks cleaned by band and machine brooms during 199, 15,117, numbei of blocks cleaned by flushing machine, 3,M8; intersections cleaned, 17,621. Sweep- ings removed from streets and alleys totaled 20,274 loads, and of ico and snow, 7.660 loads were removed. Weeds were cut by the street commise sioner's men on 3,98 blocks. During the year 400 loads of cinders were Heattered where needed. Loads of dirt hauled for tilling washouts, raising sidewalks and crosswalks and for rounding up graded streets, 25,648 This work has been in charge of the street commissioner only since May 1. To do this street repair Work the commissioner has had $12757.64. His regular appropriation for all other purposes was $0,000, and he has kept within the Limit. OUTPUT OF THE SMELTER Omaha Plant Turns Out Metals Dure ng Last Year Valued st $30,884,304, The report of the American Smelting and w Refining company for its Omaha plant |shows & decrease In the total eutput of metals. There was & falllng-off in each of the products, old, siver, lead, copper and vitrol. This is accounted for partly by the fact that at the close of ‘tast year there was & demand for ‘money and metals were rushed to market to be converted into cash. The price of rolxneru!vl has also been off during the year, The following table shows & compara- tive statement of the values of the five metals for the two years ! 1908, .8 7,702,140 . 10278.568 Gold Sliver Lead Copper vitrol .. Totals .. The total for 1007 Was $47,400,87 -