Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1916, Page 9

. ' Business of Greater Omaha | Shows Gain forf Year 1915 Manufacturing . ... Jobbing Real estate transfers Packing house output. .. Bank clearings. . . Smelter output. .. Bank deposits. . . Building permits. . ‘ Grain receipts (bushels). . . Grain shipments (bushels) . Cattle (head) . . Hogs (head) . ... Sheep '(head) . . Horses (head). GREATER OMAHA IS RAST GOING AHEAD All Lines of Industry Show Remark- able Gains for the Year Just Closed. b GENERAL PROSPERITY HERE (Continued “from Page One.) érs of Omaha. The smelting business has steadily increased in the city until this yeat it shows an increase of about $12,000,- 000 over the smelting of last year. This $12,000,000 increase is included in the $17,5%,527 increase recorded for manu- facture, as smelting is classified as man- ufacturing. More Butter Made Here. Another fitem that helped swell the manufacturing figures is the increase - $1,000,000 in the amount of the output of hutter made in Omaha. Omaha has for yme years been recognized as the great- est butter producing center in the world, and the huge volume of the butter out- put of its creameries this year has again more than justified that reputation. The total volume of butter output in Omaha this year approximates $7,800,000, or about 35,600,000 pounds. This means forty-seven trainloads of twenty-five cars each, with a little train of eight carloads fetching up the rear, ust for good measure. y The ml‘nulnctum of alfalfa feed, which means the various alfalfa meals that have within the last few years become very popular, has shown a steady increase, and this year a big increase, making a total volume for the year of some $1,000,000. Packing house products, taken as & whole, shpw approximately $8,600,000 in- crease over the last year's product. This increase, however, does not this year appear on tho face of the tables as they are made up, because the pack- ers have taken to classifying their prod- uets more minutely so that the products are separated into direct products and by-products in the tables. Thus the actual increase in the pack- ing house products proper (meaning packed meats, etc.), is approximately $2,000,000; while the by-product; (meaning extracts, pharmaceuticals, soaps, etc.), show an increase of some $6,500,000. This makes the total increase of packing house output $5,500,000 in round numbers. Less Beer in Brewed. The tigures on the manufacture of beer, as given out by the breweries, show a decrease for the year of about $700,000. The manufacturer of macaroni and \noodles has made the remarkable gain “of practically 100 per cent in the year. It s gained roundly $370,000. The manutacture of hog serum in Om is a rather new factor that must now be included, having this year shown & valume of $164,000. The increases in the manufacture of structural steel and other building ma- tertal, follows along in a proportion cor- responding to the general prosperity of the city. The manufacture of struc- tural stetel totals $300,000 approximately, showing a sain of $250,000 over last year. Gain in Jobbing. The jobbing figures show a last year of $17,201,208, The automobile sales show about $2,000,- 000 more than last year. The sale of automobile shows even a greater per cent of crease. The sale in over accessories in- of agricultural implements for the year was practically normal This does mot mean there was no - Lrease. It means that the increase was about the normal percentage of increase this business shows from year to year. The Increase was approximately $100,000, Big Gain in Lumber. Lumber sales showed a greater increase when the figures were all compiled, than most lumber men of the eity believed it would. Practically all of them admitted hat the business was a little greater in olume than last year, but few believed t would show an increase of practically % as it has done. The lumber business was exceptionally dry and dull the first half of the year. Then in September it began to pick up a little. Soon the price of yellow pine continuedd to advance un- til it was selling for $ a thousand more han in the summer. Western fir took its blace in the markets of the state and in the demand that came to the Omaha wholesaler for common stuff. Then wesl- ern fir began to increase in price until it went §L30 a thousand above the sum- mer prices. At these prices the business was very brisk through November and December, bringing the total volume for the year well above that of last The sale of coal and coke showed a | gain of almost $2,000,000 The wholesale grocery business of the city was practically normal totalling early $15,000,000. Farmers Hold Back Grain. Grain receipts for the year showed a falling off of 15,948,100 bushels. In spite of this apparent showing, Omaha is grow- ing as & grain market. The showing is due to the fact that during the summer and fall of 1914 farmers rushed their grain to market and practically emptied theor franeries when the war sent the price of wheat above §1 and the prices of other Frain correspondingly high: and again to the fact that this summer when the new crop was harvested prices were compara- tively low, and farmers have been holdink the graim. Thus. what the receipts should pave shown in 1915, they are expected to show in exceptional volume this year, as ‘grain is just now begioning te move 1914, “ their capital and expanded to the extent that between these two factors, a total of $1,036,8000 more capital s working than a year ago, and ‘419 more jobs have been made for employes. The gain of $95,090,008 in bank clear- ings over the clearings of & year ago, I8 one of the big items indicating the march of business activity of the city. The clearings this year came close to the billion dollar mark. The receipts of live stock, totalling as they do, 7,171,213 head all told, reveal a higher water mark in the history of the live stock business in the matropolis. These receipts for the year mean 101,756 carloads. This would make 4,071 trains of twenty- five cars each; or one train 863 miles long. In the receipts of sheep the Omaha mar- ket was approximately 1,800,000 ahead of Kansas City. The gain in the receipts of horses over last year was approxi- mately 11,000, The propertion of gain in manufactur- ing, jobbing, bank clearings and bujld- ing permits, shows a reasonable similar- ity, or eveness of advance that indicates the universality of the prosperity in all lines in the city. Bank Clearings in Omaha Show an Enormous Increase The Clearing House aasoclation gives the following comparative statement of bank clearings for the last year: Year. Amount. Year. Amount. 1887 $274,441,089 1801 E ,043, 688 1888 332,041,008 1902 361,511,775 1839, W2,500,382 1908, 392,580,920 1890. 490,124,013 1804, 398, 985, 1891 442,257,790 42,285, 1893 7,515 1894 4534721168 602,525, 1896, 381,286,477 735,225, 1896 420,252,668 882,971,607 1897 7 53,107,353 1898 a; 860,881,557 " § 952,670,880 BANK C! September October . November PDecember Totals Output of Omaha Smelter Shows a | Great Increase The increase in the value of the output of the Omaha plant of the American Smelting and Refining company amounted to nearly $12,000,000, as compared with | the value of the output during 1914. The value of the output during 194 was $7,- 191,148, Last year it was $39,118,510.00. The greatest increase was in lead, it amount- Jobbing of Omaha for 1915 10maha Manufactures for Shows Total of $177,191,675 BUILDING PERMITS GAIN 17 PER CENT Big Increase in Spite of Fact that Year Before Recorded the Fontenelle Permit. ALL SORTS OF STRUCTURES Omaha's bullding operations for 1915 showed an increase of 17 per cent over 1914 The total improvements last year was $5,38,006; previous year, $4,610,456, an increase of $774,549. In view of the fact that the year ylelded no permit approaching the Fontenelle hotel permit of 1914, the city bullding de- partment looks upon the showing as a strong indication of the city's prosperity during the last twelve months. The largest permits of the year were for the Grain Exchange bullding, Rose bullding, Blackstone hotel, Ford Motor company's plant, World-Herald bullding NEW INDUSTRIES ENTER FIELD HERE Fifty-8ix New Firms, Representing Capital of Over Million Dollars, Locate in Omaha, Counting EMPLOY FOUR HUNDRED MEN $1,796,600. Following for the year: new industries and notable expansions in old firms in the city, ex- clusive of retallers, for the year, a total of fifty-six such new ventures entered the fleld. They represent a capital invested of 036,800 and give employment to 419 employes. In 1914 twenty-six new industries and expansions occurred, giving employment to 315 additional persons and represent- ing an increased capital investment of are new industries 1915, Figures complled by the Omaha pub- ) Harness and Saddles Figures compiled by Omaha publicity P at and gloves $218,848,000 $106,812,587 |licity bureau: ‘.'y“'”}'“'“:“”" ::m‘:” : - l"'.l.‘..’& 159, 467 A:II‘(:.na.bllo ac -‘uofln- and sup 0,088,060 | “':l"\‘: ry Alf;'l:‘. :‘e.o(;"“ .lf o8 .. 15,840,908 8463,619 | Automob! 14,268,714 | Liquors Art glass and mirrors Agricuitural impl 166 | Lumber Artificial limbs . ‘ .. 115,484,850 118,464,017 Adding mac M"'l'l 16150 | Lithokraphing Atbestos preducta ...l sing novelti 0 Leather no les itomobile bo an parts . ”&07:3‘0 “7"‘:0"':: Asbostos and man 3nov0 | Loather suppliea ... ..l 3 Haga 'and bag factory’ produch rs supplies 208,71 achinery supplies (steam an } AN « 89,118,510 b | Bale tles AR 1 B A e Barbers' supplies .. 65,072,767 51,750,606 | Barbers” supplies 200 | Magazines, books and news Barreis ares 5,385,005 4,610,456 Biliard and bar fixtures . 2 300 | Millwork, eash and deors :tn‘.;" v::v;'l‘:m“nd oots and shoes . , 980, Milliner; Lagpeis PUTTT oner ool 80,516,000 M‘“'lw| Bowling alleys 33,000 | Musioal® tnatruments . Ll B i 47,702,400 67,217,800 | Brick and tile ....... 154,000 | Moving picture equipment . oots ang shoes X<y it Bullding materials 108,68 | Ofls (luminating and lubricat- Boxes (wooden and paper...... LIVE STOCK RECEIPTS. } Belting and_supplie 60,000 mf $easare . . . ;:Ir_:;fl“-.nl\d ':):dn:r)' Droduell.‘ . ...... 1,218,342 026,604 | Carpets, rugs and dr | Optieal good PO 15,108 | RIDRKIRSL, f0ec8. . i B iy Cement, | Oysters, fish and celery L rick and tile ..2,642,078 2,207,384 terial Oil handling devices 160, - o ‘(‘hfielr . 189,000 | Paints and glasa, ... 2,748,000 » ...3,2068,270 8,147,484 | China and crockery. 0,000 | Paper and notions ... 3,598,088 41,670 88,800 | Ehurch gopds ... 0,00 | Plcture frames and mouiding.. 60,60 " Clgars and tobacco ...... 2,743,000 | Photo suppies ............c.... 180,000 | Sopgy 4 . 3 i - Clothing and wearing apparel 44000 | Plumbing and heating supplies 1,850,800 [ GaTWR Jied” products i Coal and coke ...... prody 8,933,816 | Poultry and PRI 4,866,780 ra and rolling stock rebuilt in great force with the coming of better Eg:r'o:o-”“t“o:rsv and spices m% }::.mu‘ .ndm 1 ‘&:‘% §:menn stone, ete.. 3 SEvesp (PERN oD 88, moking X by prices. At the same time, }\ is l’o“l:(: Grackers and cakes ... - lhm;«r.lo bad R rvd e remembered that the corn crop o 5 | Creamery machinery and sup- | Refrigerato 50,000 ; i s 3 being somewhat soft, was scarcely fit to Cpllul seseenes cesnene 325,000 | Roofing materials 171,554 nd sheet metal works market before the first of the year, while | Fordage and twine 8611 | Soales s o bk it is also thrue that on account of the |Dental supplies L850 s:-o‘;:l 500,000 | ¢ (banana) softness of the corn which made it late | Dry goods and notions 681, 400,000 ass ... ey b in maturing for the crib, farmers got |iDM rl&’?d.fl::fl'f’ * 21,9 | Drugs and sundries ol e, nery, a late start in husking, with the conse- gines (gas) . 5,608 | Ejectric light and’ power... Qquence that thousands of bushels are still | Fruits and vegetabiea 523 | Wlectrotyping and stereotyping in the fields and the farmers in many |LF and hay Stoves and ranges 127,000 velopes 4 ate are still husking every | * jiih :u;:‘ and office fixtures "}'63'6 ou: 8 . 5 15,000 | Folding machinery 83,000 Furs and fu B | Fou roducts 80 010 Postal Recelipts. AR RN e a0 | Farnace suppiies 16,000 As an index of general prosperity of |Furnishing goods m‘a Fire extinguishers 0,00 the city, postoffice receipts are alvays }ilrr:l‘t’t;. 130, Fur garments 1 looked to. The postel recelpts forfthe |y, "0 Gaa squipment year at the Omaha office were $1,496,023. gm..fl.m-m suppl| Grocers -'vocllltlu ooty t.u’:uo as against $1,391,664 last year. This shows | Groceries . Halr goods .4 ! a gain of $104,358, and makes the biggest Rerward ¢ :_‘;'y"‘:‘ ts, caps and 6,200 ipts the Omaha postoffice has ever | Harware (light .. Hotel supplies 2,600 S Tce (artificia 183,000 had. Jee cream . 506,641 New industries sprung into being dur- Tce machines .. %%} ing the year and some old ones increased Incubators 200,0 1915 Total $213,843,059 Jewelry Labels (ithographed) Lead products Lightning rods Liquors Macaron! and noodles Machine shop specialties Malt | Metaliic packing Kk (condensed) 109,00) il work, sash and doors 642,900 | Monuments and mausoleums 18,0 Motor cars and parts 2 Moving picture tilms Office and store fixtures Optical goods Packing house products Paints Paste \ | Photo engraving \ 0 Planos (rebullt) 3,087 Pleture frames and mouldings 24,600 Pillows and bedding 5 | Plating Printing and publishing Products of rendering works Pipes (smoking) Putty Rallway signals Reed furniture R making machinery Rouch powder | Rubber stamps o 11600 3,421 6% 10,000 and stenclls ry dusting materials Sad frons Sereens Sogp products Signa Smeiting Serum Starch . Stock and poultry foods, ete..... 14,50 5,910,000 175,800 30,113,00 164,000 products Surgical supplies | :wnrmg compound n| -’nn‘:fl‘ traveling bags. Vinegar White lea Whipa ... §ite Waterproof products . Total....... ...$213,813,069 10 BE CARED FOR Superintendtnt Drexel Finds 624 Miles of Thoroughfares to Look After. WORK OF HIS DEPARTMENT City Commissioner Drexel, head of the department of strest cleaning and main- tenance, states he has 44 miles of un- paved streets and alleys and 220 miles of paved street to clean and otherwise maintain, He adds that it s hard for him to get over 64 mil t jurisdiction many times in one week. His cleaning department has charge of 175 miles of pavement in Omaha, thirty- two miles in the South Side and 13.5 miles in Dundee. Capi- No. 8 xel offers the following resume and First Presbyterlan church. Srianie tal. Bm. or“:uen;:-rln :',,,:: The increase of the year was spread | Alfalfa Butter Co........ ks gt 5 D % over all classes of bufldings. There were | Ambler & Co. (wholesale dry 5 [ Rles oF ';P:v‘m"‘“‘:“ Iy soumm i £ 700 residences bullt at a cost of $2,028,660 | \§000R) e 30 | Miles of pavement in Dundee 3 and sixty-two store and office buildings. | Affinity Clnnoé Co.. 10 BIOch.- ,‘}' -nv‘n’o: he.lm«i . o 80 The other large buildings of the year | Alwine, G. H. Co. % e B B S 000 were: B. L. Danforth, brick apartments, | otion #peciaities) 2| Square yards asphalt lald . 9,879 oo S ards asphalt concrete 420 Thirty-second and FPoppleton avenue, | Com. Plug & Faucet 3| Bquare yards :‘ck. ?":.m (V-4 $40,000;, Horace C. Plunkett, southwest cor- | Consumers' Auto Supply : g“fl:: M"d: f oy pv:"mm i beoH] ner of Sixteenth and Capitol avenuse, g:mhu‘fiar?fiu;“('%m"“ 8| Tiaeuy Foor “culverts 1 improvement, $32,000; National Bullding | praerald. Ol O 10| Lineal feet curb reset -.o.. = company: 408 South Twelfth street, con- | Fain, N. E. (b ers) 10,000 12| Blocks dirt street rounde . = Artifs Limp Go. . 3| Blocks dirt street graded complete crete bullding, $35,000; W. A. Fraser, ;‘ltwel'l“ ru“, al Lim! . o 2| Riocks alten e iled 1,208 brick dwelling at 302 North Fifthy-third, | Gomtra™ 5 08 " (wholesaie | Holes filled, ] $16,000; Drake Realty ocompany, brick | —confectionery) ......... §.000: g | Blooks cipaned. (Wi e apartments at 613 and 623 South Thirty- [Globe Auto. Sprinkler Co. fl;g ’2!1 121 first street, $0,000; Swanson Bros.' com- !’}:""I‘,‘lfle};;w:rf%o. ekt \™ 4 pany, fireproof warehouse at 208-10-12 5o 4| Blocks weeds out .l i South Tenth street, $30,00; Dresher Bros. 4 e X rnam 5000 12| Mr. Drexel expects to do must of the brick bullding at 2217-19 Fa street, TR 4 Bt B s oAl g o Bt R aiand. Rea, TN Sy, ) 1000 3| 17y made the following statement regard- otel at 8 to 612 South Seventeenth 0000 8|7 g street, $25,000; Creighton university gym- 12000 6| Ing resu Ing old pavements: nasium at Twenty-fifth and Burt streets, 20,000 l‘; 1 would like to recommend the prac- $55,000; Working Girls' home, 2108 to 2110 Reatbter Co s~ * 3 "“7"“, of nlur:l:‘:::'hlofknu'h u.: Davenport street, $2,00; O. D. Kiplinger, . Co. (plumb- partly worn out bri lock pavemen apartments at 3576 Farnam, $75,000; In- pparatus) .... 7| which has a good foundation, with old Real ! Y asteurizer Co... 100000 20| ggphaitum, it can be applied with very dependent ty company, hotel at 302 | Merchants' Brokerage, Co.... 1600 & | ZOU bt b L, P veeta that do not to M3 North Sixteenth street, §10,000; J. L. | Midland Ribbon & Carbon Co 160 3| &ood effect on o bway, comf National Printing Co . 65,000 **|contaln street car tracks and could be pag oy oot 0o, | National Tubing Co g 3| done without disturbing the street, and B, 280 Ruwee houms, W%l | Newmes & Boased. (beeker rartigally - §9od. Gnd. meeth - siroet Co-operative company, fire- | merchandise) ......... 10000 3|8 P y smooth proof warehouse at 80248 Harney street, | N. W. Ready Roofing Co. 1;% |:lmude out of an apparently worn out $2,000; St. Joseph's Catholie' church, 1733 | Sidsmabile Eales 5,000 4| pavement at a very nominal cost to abut- South Seventeenth street, $40,00; George | Omaha Speedometer C 5.000 4| Ung property owners. E. Joslyn, fireproof office and warchouse | Phillips & Betz (auto SIS - buflding at Fifteenth and Jones streets, | ,huPPlies ¥ B d d D b f #5,000; Skinner Manufacturing company, | | ioenMoore Co. fhog .| bondae: ebt o fireproof factory, 1315-17 Jackson street, | Protecto ~Mills (waterproof . #10.00; Charles Metz, brick dwelling at | fABFO) coioon.ooonronien 10000 7 Gl‘eater Om&ha 18 318 Dewey avenue, 30,000, R. C. Streh- | Rlonee 8 & Son (bottie Job- | low, apartments and clb house at 2103 | berm) ... st AT Jete Over $18 000,000 Sherman avenue, $35,000; St. Catherine | Minehart Tire Repair.... 00 1 y y hospital, $45,000 R Septilc_Disinfecting Co |1M 2 % A | rhnetder Electrical W™k +™ 3| The bonded indebtedness of Greater PuBL'c 'MPROVEMENTS {Bimplex Tire Co............o.. 5,000 4| Omaha to date is $18,000,688, divided as ‘-\'klngord)lut aroni Mfg Co.. 1"\_‘1::: 4 | tollows: Standard Motor Car Co.... L3 a FOR THE YEAR JUST CLOSED | steril Waterproof Fabrie Co #| Municipal, 38,205,658 ";l;n:l] & flhAlkl‘!—y Jru\vlnrgm‘n(a) 2 4 Water district, $§7,600,000, During the year, under the supervision | western (hemical Go S 3| Behool district, 82,206,000, of the department of publc improve- | Western Newspaper Union.. 100000 | In connection with the school bonda it ments, 18.2 miles of pavement, 17.32 mlle.u‘;fi:’r“u'lfl";:hll';:fl:‘nl(_?\‘lllo‘m(;r; 2,000 15 m-yw!:m;ll;ml:lt ll:chnflred in l:t; tota! and < 0 o A sold & of sewers 2.4 miles of walks were | “ chandise brokers) . £,000 _l‘:". 4 m'm mor:'lc';:‘::‘ 'hnl::. laid. There are now approximately 216 o M 9 Tellan’ of Bawad:staants’ bt etdali Ut | el . $1,000,500 413 | authorized, but not sold. The following is an abstract of the work done by the department for the Dunde: 241, L to more than $5:000,000, The smelter con- | Ye8r: )"::‘.:él:"llnna to established nm.n.‘::::;l‘ hnn:: e, $241,000 city and $53,000 tinues to hold its place as the largest | PRynE— s w800 i | "The next school bonds to become due lead refinery in the world and the second 8 e | County Court Matters, B gy ot g g o8 largest silver refinery. The amount of 04983 | The following comparative statement of | tion a sinking fund is maiotained. | the, output 458 the vajiy for. 15 waat evsion. " orbmmenial. %37 |business transacted in county court dur-| “pyring 1915 the city added the following Pl A AL N At st S | Dundee and Field club district.. 2,00 |8 three years has been prepared LY | (o jts bonded indebtedness, without mak- | Silver (ounces 21.200418 Sewers— e Clerk Clyde Sundblatt 1015, 1914 105, | K &nY Tetirements: paving and intersec- Lead (poun g X 300 | 15 %o i o | tion, $100,000; main sewers, $200,000; parks, ‘fa‘i!.'fi’."u‘.‘I:;‘l'."‘"]'&. i oie 7 E:&ifi:nfim';‘;?,%.-..a.n.. 15 1% | ss0000; Auditortum, 150,000, | Vitriol (Ibs.).. 7,049,928 | Adoption proceedings ‘q: 8 5| nterest due on municipal bonds during Total value Nles casb B By e wil be s0620, Tabulated Stat uildi tions i ths for 1915 abula atement of Building Operations in Omaha by Months for 1915 STORES, OF- WAREHOUSES, _ BRI THEATERS ADD'S AND Total Cost NUMBER —DWBLLINGS.— _ FICE B FACTORIES ' APARTMENTS AND CLUBS, MISCEL'OUS NEW BLDGS. REPAIRS. of All MONTH. PERMITS. No. Cost. No. Cost. No, Cost. No. Cost Nf‘ Cost. . No. (&7 No. ('(:IL Bulllllnil. January ... 46 28§ 77,000 .. % . 14 10,000 18 652,000 3% 3756 33§ 139,375 12 § 26,700 § 165,075 o 88 408 48,650 2 S sadnseid o TN T 4,950 31 76,100 8 11,000 87,100 | . 84 53 130,350 4 3 106,000 1 4,000 7 1,780 68 322,530 16 10,380 332,860 . 167 94 211,650 6 76,000 4,000 2 42,000 . 28 46,870 131 380,420 26 9,000 389,420 . 115 71 161,350 8 667,150 65,000 3 28,000 . 14 5,120 99 867,120 16 23,266 889,385 114 62 138,100 9 341,600 7,200 2 45,600 1 20 7,350 88 547,250 26 47,340 594,690 L 164 99 292,000 7 87,300 84,000 1 25,000 . 17 18,495 131 512,695 38 44,185 556,780 126 67 150,650 1 2,200 56,000 1 14,000 . 29 7,660 102 331,310 24 19,300 350,610 130 70 187,060 2 39,600 4,000 2 44,500 3 26 9,860 105 308,910 26 50,145 359,065 | October. .. 114 67 204,700 & 19,400 30,000 4 65,000 1 12 4,760 90 338,860 24 21,376 360,225 | November .. 153 106 258,800 3 253,000 VTSR oY 11 3,576 131 641,676 22 14,600 666,075 December .. 110 71 168,650 6 34,000 318,000 3 65,500 1 11 2,680 96 628,730 1 165,100 643,830 *Distributing agency or branch houses established with only nominal local capl- | o - | tal investment. city $1,018,188 city bonds and $200,00 school South Omaha brought into the greater Totals. 1,851 799 §2,028,560 62 §1,603,160 1 $672,400 21 $435,500 11 $208,000 186 $11 4 866 1,106 §6,004,765 246 $290,240 6,385,000 Five churches were built at a cost of $154,500. built at a cost of $45,000. Eight frame and four brick school houses were built at a cost of $34,800, One hospital was | exchange WILES OF STREETS |OMAHA GRAIN MART | - OF CENTRAL WEST | Fifty or More Million Bushels of Cereals Handled Through Grain Exchange Last Year. | MARKET FOR VAST TERRITORY Of the different kinds of gralm grown in the central west more than 50,000,000 bushels passed through the Omaha ele- vators during the last year, all handled by the Omaha Grain exchange, and owing to the strong demand the shipments were practically the same. During the year there came to this market 47,007 carloads of grain, and adopting the grain dealers’ schedule for figuring, that of 1,200 bushels per car, this means receipts of 50,616,000 bushels, In carload lots the receipts by months ‘were as follows: Wheat. Corn. Oats. Rye. Bar. Tot, January 5,71 067 };m 23 7461 by 158 316 37 12 a3 830 484 23 42 1818 1662 415 20 46 2763 LISL 340 19 2% 2463 1 20 23 23 76 15 16 L6 t 021 oo 2 205 | Beptember. 1,196 652 58 22 a5 | October .., 2,25 K6 184 23 4,004 | Novemb'r T8 323 64 4,38 | Decemb'r | 1M ™ 612 | Totals.. 1870 5403 B0 W1 45,007 During the year 1914 the receipts were far in excess of 1916, they being as fol- | lows: © | Wh gortv.l > . e 9070 Barley 523,800 Totals Cause of Falling off. This falling off in receipts of nearly 16,000,000 bushels is due to two causes. A year ago last summer when the Euro- pean war had gotten well under way and prices went far above §1 per bushel for wheat, farmers rushed their holdings to market. During the last few months and after the crop of the year was harvested, prices on not only wheat, but all other kinds of grain, remained low. As a re- sult farmers held thelr grain. Now, how- ever, with wheat far in excess of §i per bushel and other ins correspondingly high, there 1s a heavy movement, with the result that indications are that this year receipts will be a record, Another cause for the falling off in re- | celpts, it is aswerted, s due to the fact that the corn crop of the year just closed was slow In maturing, and is now just | starting to market. In the fall of 1914, orn matured carly and by the first of | the following year much of it had been | sold, It is estimated tnat at this time | fully 9 per cent of the 1915 corn crop 18 [ 0 the hands of the farmers As a Pri ¥y Market, | As a primary market, Omaha attracts | the attention of the central west and is constantly extending its territory. Dur- ing the last year it has gone farther west | Into Wyoming and Colorado, farther | north into the Dakotas and has held its | territory on the east and south. It prac- tically controls the trade as far east as central lowa and on the south, well down into Missouri and Kansas, Of tihc wheat handled here during the | last nine months, a large portion of it | has been taken for export, going through sulf ports. On account of the facilities for getting it to the seaboard, prices have | been right along with Minneapolls and | quite in line with Chicago. In fact, they | have been so close to those of Chicago | that & great deal of wheat shipped from far western elevators has stopped off and been sold here. During the last year, for grain coming to Omaha, members of the Omaha Grain paid out close to $50,000,000, mol that has gone back to farmers of Nebraska and adjolning states. Early this year the Omaha Grain ex- change will move Into its own bullding, an eight-story brick and stone, steel con- struction building, costing in excess of $250,000, and located at Nineteenth and Harney streets. With the exception of the lower floor, practically all of the bullding will be occupled by grain deal- ers and men, firms and companies that handle commodities that go along with the grain business. Yaaks After Chapman. Comiskey is not the enly American league magnate who wouls Ray Chapman, the star shortstop of the ew Yorks are after Cleveland club, The uim, too. ) | Tately 85,500,000 over SALES BY PACKERS GROW §$8,600,000 | Tremendous Gain Over Last Year Made by Packing Houses as Result of War Orders, Y| BIG BUSINESS IN BY-PRODUCTS An increase in total sales of approxi- the year 1914, is the record that has been established by South Side packing houses during the year 1816, According to statistics com- plied from original sources by Publieity | Manager E. V. Parrish of the Omaha Commercial club the total value of pro- ducts handled by the four big packing plants, Armour's, Swifts’, Cudahy's and Morris’, and the independents for the vear just closing will approximate $121,« 000,000. The total record for the year 1914 Is $112,000,000. About $3,500000 represents | the business done by the independent packers, Except for the big galn in receipts and the enormous amount of stock handled In the South Side the year has been less favorable. Fewer men have been em- vloyed by the packers. The four big packing concerns employed 6,432 men dur~ Ing the vear in place of 7,378 of last year, Correspondingly but $5,00,08 were pald out In wages while the payroll for the Year 1914 amounted to $6,5%0,370, War Orders Bring Boom., The blg gain in receipts is attributed principally to the vast business resultany from the great war that is new golng om in Europe. The prospects would have been truly brilllant had not American sales been restricted by warring countries and much of the products lost at sea. War orders in all kinds of meats as well as by-products were numerous. Only In the hog and calf departments of the live stock killings has there been A depression. The fall in the hog record is slight while the packers are becoming opposed to the killing of calves. The big ®ains recorded in the slaughter of sheep and cattle are themselves a mark worthy of notice. As rapldly as the stock yards® market rose as live stock center of the country the packers kept pace and bought cattie and sheep with alacrity. The rece ords follow: Cattle. N 3 Armour S0 ok BE 30 Bwitt ..MU 806 674408 Cudahy .. .15780 576,100 470,671 Morris ....116814 ML72 253,633 Totals ...663,008 3,002,847 1,962,710 Totals, 1914 {78,838 1188737 1776368 91, Many "By.Produets Soid. o In the manufacturing and exportation of special products local packers have excelled. At the Cudahy plant, more than $3,600,000 worth of by produets, including soap, glycerine and Old Dutch Cleanser, have been manufactured. Bxtract and pharmaceutical supplies amounting to a million and a half. The Cudahy figures are complled to November 1 At the Armour plant 4,624 carloads of supplies were recelved while 12,508 cars of proe ducts were shipped out of the plant grounds. At the Swift and Company plant 12,640 cars of products were ahips ped out. With the exception of the Armour plant but few improvements have been made at the Omaha plants. At the Morris and company plant, the company has spent approximately §10,000 in general improves ments, The old Omaha packing plant, the greater part of which was burned seve eral yoars ago, was rebuilt and converted into a storage house. This venture cone sumed the greater part of the improves ment appropriation at that plant. New Bull e Contemplated. At the Armour plant a new three-story office buillding is contemplated. The pres« ent office bullding will be converted into an addition to the power house. Among other extensive improvements that will cost more than §100,000 a new ics making plant, beef coolers, hide storage, sheep killlng and sheep coolers are included, Every part of the local packing busi« ness presents a brilllant outlook. Prose perity betokens every move. The people have become used to the high prices that resulted in the $5,000,000 gain in packes receipts a year ago and are settling down to the new regime. Whether conditions will materlally change is a matter of speculation. Receipts from City Licenses Show Gain 0f Fifty Per Cent During last year the city lcense des partment was transferred from an ine | dependent office on the fourth floor of | the eity hall to the city clerk's offi | Anton Hoffman was placed in mr; | under the mew administration. From January 1 to December 23, 1915, | the license department collected $16,022. | as against 11,9870 for 1914, and §13,%, for 1913, In addition to the miscellaneous licenses the city clerk's office collected the fok |lowing: Bakers' permits, $33; occupation | taxes for ice, coal and bullding mal !wuunl. $404; fees, $61.15; junk deal | permits, $30, Including miscellaneous licenses, the red ceipts of the city clerk's office for thd | year (up to December 28) were $20,540.45, | Included in the total is an amount of $3,698 for dog licenses. During the yead | 3,233 dogs were licensed. The dog catch« ers impounded 1,30 dogs. During the first seven months of the year 232 dogs were licensed in South Omaha. A detatled report of the license departs ment shows the following licenses issued; Auctioneers Automoblles Carnival Circuses Dance h Employment | _agencies Exhibitions Express ns Junk dealers Junk peddier: Messenger ex. MORTGAGE RECORD FOR YEAR JUST CLOSEQ Chattel mortgages, contracts and leased filed in the office of County Clerk in 195 amounted to §13,085,846.88. pared in the office: Record mortgage indebtedness year 1915: Piled .. Satlsfled are show In the following statement pred