Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 2, 1915, Page 20

»y ( 112 (Continued from Puge Six.) levy for six years of a tax that will pro vide a bullding fund of over $2,000,000, Seven colleges make up the University of Nebraska, and their work requires the use of seventeen bullding on the city campus and ten upon the state farm grounds. These colleges are: The grad- uate college, the college of arts and sci- onces, the teachers’' college, which in cludes a mode] high school; the college of engineering, the college of law, the college of medicine, which includes the school of pharmacy, and the college of agriculture, which Includes a school of | agrioulture, Over 4,000 students are en- rolled, and a staff of 251 men and women, a number which does not include fellows, scholars and assistants, form the corps of {nstructors. The liberal financial treatment given | h made possible a development that | #ives Nebraska high rank among the great state universities of the nation and attracts to it students from almost every state and many from abroad. The big building fund now made available will be utilized to increase its technical | strength as well as to give solidity and beauty to its physical structure. In this | development the agricultural college will ahare equally, since it is the fountain- head of inspiration for the propagands | of sclentific farming and the experiment | station for all ideas in farming. From all branches of the university go out ex-| perts who keep the people engaged In farming, in the industries and in business in close touch with what is being done at the institution and thus weave a unity | of Interest that not only makes for added wealth to the state, but links them to Lincoln with bonds of steel. Many-Sided City. The importance of Lincoln as a political center has been another factor In the upbullding of the eity. The state capitol occupies four square blocks of ground Just outside the business district and just inside the best residence section. In the departments of the state housed thersin hundreds of assistants and workers are employed, and these, usually picked from strategic political points out in the state, nearly always remain after their officlal life is quenched. The state fair is located at Lincoln. So also is the state peni- tentiary, one of the three state insane ylums and the orthopedic hospital, as well as several minor state institutions. Nine splendidly equipped libraries cater to the needs of the people of Lincoln and | of the suburbs. The university library, with 105000 volumes, is the largest, and the state, two city libraries, the state his- torical and the Wesleyan, Cotner and Unlon college libraries, make up the grand total of over 300,000 books. The religious needs of the city are met | by fifty-seven churches, in which are represented the leading denominations, housed in edifices that are nearly all equipped for community work and in charge of pastors who are leaders in their sects. The city is the seat of the bishop- ric that includes all of the Catholle churches south of the Platte river in Nebrask: Two strong adjuncts in the religious welfare work of the city are | found in the Young Men's Christian asso- clation with its $150,00 plant, and the | Young Women's Christian assaciation, | with one costing about half that much, both of which have done splendid work | among the young men and women of the | city. Eighteen Rallroads. The five trunk railways entering Lin- coln have eighteen diverging lines, which bring this city into direct communication | with a trade territory of vast extent and great wealth. The prime reason one city is preferred above another, other things being equal, when goods are purchased is its superior distributing facilities. Lin- coln is mearer to 774 of the 914 rallroad stations in Nebraska than any other com- mercial center and in most instances this means twenty-four hours difference in favor of Lincoln in getting out an order of goods. This fact, coupled with the in- elstence of its jobbers upon falr treat- ment and nondiscriminative rates from transportation companies, has enubled Lincoln to more than double its jobbing trade in the last ten years. | The jobbing houses in Lincoln num- | ber 116, and every line save wholesalo dry goods is represented. There is not one of the wholesale houses which, if conducted on business. principles, is not growing. Rallroad connections and rates bring within the trade territory of Lin- coln most of Nebraska and large sec- tions of South Dakota, Montana, Wyom- ing, Colorado and Kansas, the richest, most fertile and productive lands in the world. Their owners form a buying pub- le with a buying power unequalled in any similar section of country. The farmers of Nebraska alone have prop- erty greater in value than that owned by all the farmers in New England and New Jersey, and in per capita wealth stand second only to the farmers of Jowa. The wholesale business of the city in 1914 totalled $38,130,000. The largest wholesale fruit houses west of the Mississippi river are in Lincoln, which fs the fruit distributing center for the western territory. More groceries are distributed from Lincoln than from any city of its size in the country. The greatest business of any ecity in the tion In the shipment of live poultry is done by Lincoln. It stands high as a distributor of horses for farm and draft work and manufactures and sells more silos than any other city in the Missouri valiey. In the distribution of threshing machinery, automobiles and seeds of all kinds it has high rank. Growth in Manufactures. Manufacturing in Lincoln has kept steady pace with the development wholesale and retail trade. The volume of business in 1914 exceeded $17,850,000. There are 1% manufacturing plants in the city. Some of these are well de- veloped concerns; others have begun in a humble way and are making rapid strides. With the certain coming of cheap power through the development of water power on the larger streams of the state, this branch of Lincoln com- merce will enter upon a golden era. In milling and packing it is rapidly de- veloping, and in other branches excel- | lent progress is reported. The largest | creamery plant in the world, the largest paint manufacturing plant west of the Mississipp! river, the largest corset fac- tory west of Chicago, the largest manu- factory for copper cable lightning reds in the United States, the largest factory fa the production of gasoline engines west of the Missourl, all are to be found | in Lincoln. ldncoln is also an excellent l grain market. i The executive offices of two of the largest and most prosperous fraternal in- | surance societies in the world are located | &t Lincoln. Home insurance eonul.nlll‘ with millions of assets and covering every £eld of indemuity are thriving in Lincoln, | | are maintained and there also is one of THIE | Which is exceeded by but one city in the | west in the number of companies and the | volume of their business. | | Lincoln, too, is proud of its suburbs, which contribute their share to its com- mercial, educational and industrial grea nesa. Havelock has a population of 40, | and is the center of the locomotive in- | dustry of the Burlington system. Uni- versity Place, the seat of Nebraska Wes- leyan university has 880 population, Bethany, where Cotner uriiversity is lo- cated, has 1,30 population. College View, the home of Union college, has 2,00 pop- | wlation. At Burnham the largest stock fending yards on the Burlington system the largest brick manufacturing plants in the state. At Lakeview the Burlington has located the Ilargest and costliest gravity freight yards and roundhouses on its lines. In the city proper the Missour | Pacific, the Chicago & Northwestern, the Unlon Pacific and the Rock Island rail | roads have terminals, including round- | houses, making Lincoln also the center of | rallroad industry fn this section. These send out eighty passenger trains from | Lincoln daily. The banking power of the city is pro- | portioned to its importance commer- | clally. Twelve strong banks meet these | needs. KFour of these are national banks, | three state and two are savings institu- tions. The remaining three are trust companies doing a banking business Equally strong building and loan asso- clations end investment companies care for local needs, while ten financlally ®lid companies control a farm loan busi- ness amounting yearly into the millions. The city boasts aleo of all the other appurtenances of metropolitan existence. Ten theaters, specializing in the various | forms of the drama, afford entertainment | for thousands. Fifty-two newspapers and periodicals are published here, with ag- gregate circulations that place Lincoln based upon its second class postage pa; - i ments, among the first half dozen pub- lication centers of the country. Three of these newspapers are dailies, alert and well-edited, while among the weeklies the C‘ leaders in circulation are Bryan's Com- nter moner and the Freie Presse (German). Near) 000,000 worth oods || FEighteen hotels, five of them ranking gom’;h:u.;mw, ot anc;', ',“n, ' high in equipment and service, house the ufactories n 1914, | traveling public. These help also to take | care of the numerous conventions, state Lincoln is one of the two largest || ted to Lin- butter-making cities in the coun. || @ mational, that are attracte ita central location and its ease e R from all points of the campass. Lincoln s a leader In the manu- Pontal Recelpt s taoturing of candies and 1o eream. An unfailing barometer of & clty's busi: Lincoln has the largest paint ||ness importance is the volume of busi- manutactory west of the Missis- || N°®8 done by its postoffice. sippl river. As a Manufacturing double the tigure of ten years ago. So Lincoln has the largest paint- rapid has been its expansion that the manufacturing and distributing || government has authorized the construo- plant for copper cable lightning || tjon of a $275,000 addition to the original rods in the United States. | structure, completed but & few years ago. Lincoln manufactures more silos || The salary roll of the Lincoln office, in- than any other city in the Missourt || cluding the railway mail clerks whose valley, | headquarters are here, totals over $3%,000 Lincoln has the largest corset | vearly. Lincoln is also a depository for manufactory west of the Missis- || the surplus money order funds of several sippi river. hundred Nebraska postmasters; a de- Lincoln manufactures more gaso- || pository for certain surplus money of the line engines than any other city postal savings bank and a subagency for west of the Missouri river, and no ||the distribution of postal supplies for a engine is distributed to every point large territorial area. in the entire world to such an ex- Ratlroad Revenues. In 1914 the| | total postal receipts were $466,381.53, or tent as the Lincoln-made engines. The manufacturing record for the last five years: 1910, $11,025,000; 1911, $11,340,000; 1912, $13,780,000; 1913, $15,- 110,000; 1914, $17,560,000, The total revenue of the five railway systems that serve Lincoln, from freight and passenger receipts in 1914, was §,- 092,007, divided as follows: Frelght forwarded, cars, 10,266; tons, | 823,519; revenue, $1,024,279. STRONGS| | LINCOLN “GROWS WITH NEBRASKA” AN EXCLUSIVE MEN’S AND BOYS' STORE We'’re Proud To Say That We Sell Clothes Bearing This Trade-Mark We'd be pleased to have you visit our store when you're in Lincoln. It’s referred to as “The Bright Spot.”” Come and see why ! Our Rest Room, Free Check Stand, Information Bureau, Etc., is at the Service of State Fair Visitors f ARMSTRONG'S LINCOLN Q ] Freight received, cars, 2,147; tons, 1%0; revenue, $1,668,651 Total in and out shipments, cars, 37,008; tons, 1,119,649; revenue, $2,677,990. Ticket sales, §1,014,161. Lincoln's lmportance as & passenge: traffio center is established by the fact that s {s now permanently in the list of cities where ticket sales exceed $1,000,000 a year. Lincoln Bank Clearings. During 1914 Lincoln, in proportion to their total volume, made the largest per cent of increase in bank clearings for 1914 over 1913 of any city in the entire west. Lincoln banks in 1913 made an increaso of $10,18148 over the record of clearings in 1912, Biuki: OMAHA, THURSODAY, SEPIBMBRER 2 vements and Aspirations 1910, ‘rhis Building, When Completed, Will Give Lincoln One of the Greatest Department Stores in the State, and Shows How the Business Men of the Community Are Keeping Up with the City's Steady Growth. ordinary interest, therefore, that in 1914 this remarkable record of growth was practically maintained, and, notwith- standing the adverse conditions of the Year that have decreased bank clearings in the entire United States over 18 per cent compared with the record in the en- tire country in 1913, yet the Lincoln record goes on with practically the same In- crease that was made the year previous. It is an index of the steadiness of Lin- coln business and an index of the slight way In which unusual conditions have disturbed this city, There were no addi- tional banks in Lincoln im 1914 to increase clearings, the same number of banks bo- ng in business at the close of 1014 that It is with more than |there were at the close of 1913. The fol- lowing ts the record of clearings for the == ] nearly every wctivity manifested by the { banks of Lincoln by momths for the years , city and the clearing house for all its | 1912, 1913 ana 194: movements. With a membership of 1,458, ‘_,.m_‘_‘_ w 198 o 3 i o4 | Made up of the most prominent, active February § 7168265, 1454501 | and alert citizens, it is equipped to gor | March | behind every movement for the better- | M | ment of the city, whether it be commer- June | clally, industrially, educationally or July purely elvic. Tt reaches out after new en- farrember terprises; It promotes dramatic and mu- Qotober sical festivals; it raises funds for various [y activities; It protectsa merchants from - - - | fake advertisers and passes upom chari- | ragmOtAIS o 0241220 896,422,108 $1I0.1L063 | (1on endorsements: it Kets behind and | 194 over 1913...... $10,718,055 | boosts lagging Institutions; it promotes | Bullding s Lincoln. In apite of the forbidding conditions na tionally and the short crops of 1913 in the state, Lincoln has been able, in ite resi- dence bullding, to maintain the same pace | as in former years. During 1914, not | withstanding an ordinance allows buflders 1o undercstimate the cost of structures, 81,606,310 was represented in the bullding | undertakings of varfous sorts that hold within them some good or some advan- tage for the city; it finances conventiona, it runs the city auditorium; it promotes resenrch work in municipal problems. At this it does in adition to its purely busi- ness functions. It employs a rate expert who studies all transportation rate and e | service problems and who furnishes the :‘,r;"::i ,,:,,“',",‘,‘ ,"\_,::,':V #0000 of this | imunition for its legal contests to pre- The ten-vear record of bullding ls as | YO0t discrimination and to insure a fair follows lllflfl for ita jobbers and manufacturers. 190 1781208 1910 Few cluba have & record of successful 1908 18T 1911 | achievement as brilliant ss has the Lin- 1'«':'»'. 5 }“flfl |‘°|"' 1785 *’(‘n\n Commercial club, | 108 .. 2,000 00 1914 ... 1,608 The ontlook for 1915 In brighter than | voars. Rustness butlding projects, i n poat- As a Commercial | poned from last vear, taken with public | improvements authorized, will swoll the | Center | total beyond any previous yvear. Con- | ’ N |tracts already made or authorized, total | R j"'"'!" 83,000,000, done by Lincoln wholesalers ex- { Lincoln as a Montelpaiity, byl oy s 2B el | Pive commissioners, elected without re | 88rd to their politice, since election bal |1ots carry no party dosignations, have | charge of the city of Lincoln. €. W.| | Bryan ia the mayor and Superintendent | of public affairs and substitutes for the | | other commiasioners In their absence. | | One result of clty ownership of the for threshing machines in the Mts- street lighting system has been the fn- (| sourl valley, stallation of cluster lights along the main | It 1a wmong the leaders in the thoroughfares that, in connection with weat in the jobbing of automobiles. the large amount of store front lighting It handles in a wholesale way done by merchants because of phenome- over $4,000000 worth of grooeries, ually cheap current, make Lincoln onme and has two of the largest grocery of the best lighted cities in the country. Jobbing houses in the west. The total assessed valuation of the cit; It distributes a large amount of based on & one-fifth valuation, is $10,4l cut flowers among halt a dosen $73, The bonded Indebtedness I but ey §060,000, and the total is being gradually It handies every line of goods reduced by yearly paymonts. The ity jobbed to the trade except dry owns property estimatod to be worth . TSN SOUANIYS 0. AN A% Stwent The record of wholesale business bulidings; running expenses of the mu- for the last five yoars is as follows: clpalit bout $576,000 3 bpronth A8 i i By i o 1910, $26,405,000; 1911, $27,670,000; 1913, The vitallzing factor in the life of Lin- | coln 18 the Commercial club. Occupying :;vx-“’" 3, $5,108,000; 14, $88,- its own club house, a magnificent strue. ture costing $160,000, it is the center of high in & dosen large lines. 1t 1s one of the largest centerw in || the Unitea States for creamery products, It ia the greatest fruit market in the Missour! valley. It is the largest Jobbing cenier | Over Three ' and a Half | Acres of | Floor Space | Up-to-Date Equipment Throughout Nine Floors MILLER @ PAINE in Lincoln Store The magnificent, modern store structure referred to on an- other page of this issue, is rapidly nearing completion. We are determined to make this the best store in Nebraska. Every | department will be expanded and stocks greatly increased in the new building, Quality merchandise and service to our patrons will have first consideration. We will occupy a portion of the new building by FAIR WEEK. This will be devoted to our extensive showing of Fall and Winter apparel. We expect to make this one of the largest and best appointed garment sections in the west. It will com- pare favorably with those in the largest cities. Our entire new basement will be devoted to the lower | priced lines of merchandise, all departments being repre- sented. This will be a store complete in itself, where the economically inclined may purchase dependable goods at a de- cided saving. We are better prepared than ever to serve you in your Fall purchases. The smartest Fall Hats, latest Furs, newest Silks, Dress Goods, Trimumings, Laces, Ribbons, Shoes, Hosiery, Lea- l tier Goods, Jewelry, Art Goods, Books and Pictures, depend- l able Gloves, Underwear, Linens, Carpets, Trunks and Bags, as ‘ well as Toilet Goods, Men's Furnishings, Handkerchiefs, House- Lold Goods, China, Cut Glass, Etc. | Our Tea Room Service includés Breakfast, Luncheon and Afternoon Tea. | Visitors to the FAIR are requested to avail themselves of the conveniences of the store and to feel free to look through, while in the city, ! Parcels and Hand Baggage Checked Free. i MILLER & PAINE 13th and O Sts., \ Lincoln, Neb.