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MANUFACTURING.

A City of Whirling Wheels and Busy Workmen.

Complete List and Summary of Lincoln's Industries-A Solid Foundation for Wealth.

Room for More.

The maufacturing interests of Lincoln are also quite extensive when one takes into consideration the age of the city, though as in the wholesale business, there is a great deal of room for vast improvemrnt. Not only are there plenty of desirable locations and an abundance of room in a commercial way for factories additional to those already established here, but especially are there choice openings for new enterprises of many sorts which would find a ready and profitable sale for their products.

Owing to the manner in which Lincoln is laid out and the evenness of the ground from the center to the most remote extremity, choice sits for the locations of factories of any kind or dimensions can be cheaply and readily secured, besides all worthy industrial enterprises seeking a location at this place will not only receive encouragement and support, but will be given immediate and substantial aid from citizens. Many new enterprises have taken advantage of this fact during the past year and many more will do so in the near future. As is sown in other places in this issue the facilities for shipping goods from Lincoln are far ahead of those afforded her rival cites and the fact that nearly all goods shipped into the state must pass through Lincoln to reach their destination will of itself demonstrate to the most callous observer Lincoln's superiority as a shipping point. Besides purchasers will not pass right through Lincoln to cities beyond when they can procure the goods they want right here. There are many manufacturing interests that could be established here and that would only depend upon their own exertions as to the amount of business they should do.

Those who are fortunate and foresighted enough to take advantage of these facts and appear early on the field and establish a trade in this rich, growing and rapidly developing country will have the gratification of seeing their business enlarge accordingly. Among the many factories for which there are especially good openings here and that could find ready sale for their produce are: Woolen mills, oatmeal mills, barbed wire factories, linseed oil mill and beet sugar works. Any or all of these and many others could be established here on splendid locations with but little cost, as cheaply maintained as in any western city and with pecuniary results that could not be excelled anywhere.

The following is a list of the manufacturing institutions already established here and the business they did during the past year:

ARTIFICIAL STONE.
Pomeroy Coal Co., 1201 O street.

BLANK BOOKS AND BINDING.
Hyde, Hoge & Hyde, 121 N. Ninth.
Lincoln Newspaper Union, 209 S. Tenth.
Pace, Williams & North, 820-22 O Street.
State Journal, Ninth and P.

BOILERS, ENGINES AND MACHINERY.
Roberts, J., 207 S. Ninth.
Smith, R. L., 247 S. Ninth street.
Trumbell, L., S. A street

BOTTLING WORKS.
Capital City Bottling Works, 1712 P street
Lincoln Bottling Works, 315 O St.

BRICK AND TILE.
Dunton, M. B., South Lincoln.
Hogan, Mrs. Mary, S. F street.
Holmes, L. K., west O street.
Lanham, John, South Lincoln.
Lincoln Brick & Tile Co., West Lincoln.
Stevens, S. Ninth street.
Stockwell. J. E., South Lincoln.
Vitrified Paving and Pressed Brick Co., Sixth and L streets.

BROOMS.
Berger, W. H., 923 Q street.

CANDIES AND CONFECTIONERY.
Folsom, T. P., 1307 O street.
Lasch Bros., Tenth and N streets.

CARRIAGE AND BUGGY TOPS
Lincoln Carriage Top Co., Twelfth and Vance Ave.

CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
Captial City Cigar Factory, Ninth and L streets.
Goldstein, Chas; 826 O street.
Gotthelf & Kahn, 2217 O street.
Witzel, Chas., 320 S. Twenty-first street.
Wohlenberg, P. J., 128 S. Eleventh street.
Wolf, J. R., 128 North Tenth.

COOPERAGE.
Osborn, A. M., 338 N. Seventh St.
Western M'f'g Co., South Lincoln.

CORNICE AND ORNAMENTAL WORKS.
Collier, R. J., 1426 O street.
Nebraska Cornice and ornamental Works, Eight and Q streets.
Weidermann & Janesch, 212 South Ninth street.

CRACKERS.
Jones, Douglas & Co., Eight and Q streets.

ELECTRICAL WORKS.
Lincoln Electrical Manufacturing Works, Twenty-first and Y streets
Lincoln Electrical Supply company.

FLOUR AND MILL STUFFS.
Crabb, B. & Son, (Crabb's Mill), South Lincoln.
Kendall & Smith, (Capital and Woodlawn Mills), Eighth and P streets.

FOUNDRIES.
Hedges' Lincoln Iron Works, Seventh and M streets.
Nebraska Iron Works, A and Folsom Ave.

GRANITE, MARBLE AND STONE CUTTING.
Etker, W. A., 116 S. Thirteenth St.
Forburger Speidel & Co., Eighth and M streets.
Kimball Bros., 1135 M street.
Sheehy, F. H., 1021-23 O street.
State Granite & Marble Co., 1521 O street.
Tyler, W. H., Seventh and L streets.

HARNESS AND SADDLERY
Harpham Bros., 833-35 O street.
Harpham, Henry, 122 S. Twelfth St.
Lincoln Saddlery Co., 736-38 O St.
Seifert, Chas., 133 S. Ninth street.
Wittman, H. & Co., 140-42 N. Tenth street.
Woodworth & McFall. 1235 O street.

MANTELS.
Nebraska Mantel & Cabinet Works.
1226-28 M street.

MATTRESSES.
The Western Mattress Co., 641-43 L street.

PACKING AND PROVISIONS.
Lincoln Packing & Provision Co., West Lincoln.
The Cudahy Packing Co., Seventh and L streets.

PAINTS AND COLORS.
Globe White Lead & Color Co., 305-7 O streets.
Lincoln Paint & Color Co., 811-13-15 O street.

PAPER BOXES.
Lincoln Paper Box Factory, 133 N. Twelfth street.

PAPER.
Lincoln Paper Mills, 736-38 O street.

PATENT MEDICINES.
Eureka Rheumatic Remedy Co., 1033 N street.
Railroad Pain & Remedy Co., 1429 O street, S. A. Pratt.

PATTERNS AND MODELS.
Crandall's Patern & Model Works,
121 S. Ninth street.

PLANING MILLS.
Capital City Planing Mill, N, between Eighth and Ninth streets.
Lincoln Planing Mill, M, between Seventh and Eighth streets.
Nebraska Planing Mill, Twenty-first and Y streets.

POTTERY.
Lincoln Pottery Co. First and H St.

SHIRTS AND UNDERCLOTHING
Capital City Shirt Factory, Tenth and O streets.

Lincoln Shirt Factory, 1008-10-12 O street.

SOAP.
Carr's Soap Works, West Lincoln.

STOVES, RANGES AND FURNACES.
Hall's Stove & Range Co., West O street.
Lincoln Stove & Furnace Co., A street and Folsome avenue.

SUSPENDERS AND BRACES.
Eagle Brace Co., 120 N. Fourteenth street.

TALLOW AND LARD.
Oberne, Geo. & Co., West Lincoln.

TRUNKS AND VALISES.
Lincoln Trunk Factory, 1133 O and 809 P streets.

VINEGAR, CIDER AND PICKLES.
Ariens & Ecker, 116 S. Thirteenth street.
Lincoln Cider & Vinegar Works, 931 Pine street.
Wilson Vinegar Works, West Lincoln.

WAGONS, BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES.
Camp Bros., Tenth M streets.
Camp, D. W. & Son, Sixteenth and O streets.
Roman, C. J., 127 to 135 S. Fifteenth street.

BUSINESS. Business per year. Capital invested. Persons Employed.
Packing and provisions...........$3,300,000 $230,000 [1?0]
Brick and tile..............................550,000 425,000 10
Flax seed mills............................500,000 75,000 [?]5
Harness and saddlery..................400,000 165,000 100
Blank books and binding.............400,000 125,000 95
Agricultural Implements.............380,000 1[?]5,000 225
Flour and mill stuffs...................360,000 130,0000 60
Candies and confectionery...........310,000 15,000 25
Stoves, ranges and furnaces.........200,000 150,000 100
Paints and Colors........................170,000 55,000 36
Ganite, marble and stone
coating..................................167,000 68,000 85
Planing mills...............................150,000 78,000 120
Crackers.....................................150,000 75,000 85
Electric Works.............................150,000 25,000 20
Boilers, engines, and
machinery............................150,000 60,000 26
Cigars and tobacco......................120,000 15,000 24
Pottery........................................100,000 25,000 25
Foundaries...................................85,000 90,000 70
Wagons, buggies and carriages......85,000 55,000 53
Carriage and buggy tops...............75,000 90,000 60
Artificial stone.............................60,000 3,000 14
Paper...........................................60,000 60,000 16
Mattresses...................................50,000 10,000 25
Suspenders and Braces.................50,000 20,000 20
Cornace and ornamental works....50,000 2,000 21
Shirts and underclothing..............35,000 7,000 25
Tallow and lard............................30,000 5,000 4
Food............................................30,000 20,000 10
Vinegar, cider and pickles.............25,000 10,000 11
Truncks and valices......................25,000 7,000 8
Mantels.......................................25,000 5,000 10
Patent medicines.........................25,000 14,000 22
Bottling works..............................20,000 12,000 13
Brooms........................................15,000 4,000 17
Paper boxes..................................15,000 16,000 40
Patterns and models......................10,000 5,000 3
Cooperage.....................................5,000 2,000 7

Total............................................$3,126,000 $4,281,000 2079

Lincoln Beats Chicago.
Lincoln stands 51st among the cities of the United States. In percentage of increase she stands third at 326.76 per cent. Omaha is first 357.19 per cent and Los Angeles second at 349.82 per cent. Chicago at the age of Lincoln had about 300,000 people, while Lincoln has 55,000. In 1830 Chicago had 70 people; in 1850 she had 29,963. Up to date Lincoln has beaten Chicago's record badly.

Beside the Platte.

For the CALL.

Across the hills the sunset rays
Shine purple through the autumn haze;
The cattle hasten one by one.
Well knowing that the day is done;
They troop down thirsty to the brink
And of the limpid waters drink-
And as they drink
We stand and chat
In idleness
Beside the Platte.

With rippling sound the water low
Reflects the amber sunset's glow.
While touched with mellow autumn light
The hills stand forth in sunshine bright;
The golden rod and sumach red
Bend low beneath the cattle's tread-
With happy hearts
We stand and chat
In idleness
Beside the Platte.

The sun is set-Its splendor gone;
The shadows deepen; day is done.
The cattle long have drinked their fill
And strayed back slowly o'er the hill.
Yet still we watch the closing day
Drop into twilight still and grey;
While hand in hand
We stand and chat
In idleness
Beside the Platte.

STREET RAILWAYS.

Electricity Furnishes Rapid Transit Everywhere.

The Over-Worked Driver and the Long Suffering Mule Fade Into Memories.

Modern Motors.
For several years the subject of electric street railways to take the place of horse and mule transportation, has been agitated, and this agitation has within the past few months culminated in results that are extremely gratifying to the patrons of the street car service as well as all citizens interested in the welfare of the capital city. Several railway corporations took active steps in this direction several months since, a number of electric cars and many miles of service is already in use and work is being pushed as rapidly as possible and it will be but a few months before Lincoln will enjoy a complete and handsomely equipped electric railway system, and the horses and mules who have patiently, and slowly, furnished the motive power for the transportation of citizens to and fro, will succumb to their electric rival and seek new fields of usefulness.

THE LINCOLN CITY
Electric road was the first to inaugurate the movement under the management of G. A. Bush and Geo E. Bigelow, who own the controlling interest in the road. They put in an electric plant with a substantial power house at Twelfth street and Vance avenue just south of the Buggy Top company's new building, and built about four miles of track extending from Thirteenth and O streets to North Lincoln, and about the middle of October commenced running regularly with a twenty-minute service each way. Their patronage has been good from the start and the line has been extended two miles further. Their immediate success convinced them that electric cars are what Lincolnites demand and steps were at once taken to further their system and arrangements are now complete for the consolidation of the Lincoln City Electric line with the Capital Heights line, a horse railway extending from Twelfth and O to Randolph

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COFFMAN BROS., BROWN BROS., OYLER & COCHRAN, A. D. KITCHEN-Erected 1890.

and Fortieth streets. A now track is now being built over this route with an E street branch, and handsome cars are being placed thereon as fast as the ex-extension of the road permits. This road will be pushed to completion as rapidly as possble and it will be but a very short time before this five and one-half miles of road will furnish its patrons a ten minute service in as handsome cars as can be found in the land. This company will then have about twelve-miles of road in active operation. The management has already spent over $125,000 in the construction and equipment of this road and when their line is fully completed at least a quarter of a million will have been spent.

THE LINCOLN STREET RAILWAY.
Company which operates 17 miles of road in some of the very best territory in the city, could not afford to be behind in the adoption of the electric system and has perfected all arrangements for furnishing the city with an electric system that will be second to none in the country. They commenced operations by purchasing the Standard Street Railway of of Brown Bros. This road is popularly known as the Wesleyan University line and is over six miles in length. They will also extend lines to Bethany Heights and Union college and by the first of September expect to have forty miles of road fully equipped and in active running order. Work is to be commenced at once on this line and thirty miles of the road will be in operation by the first of May.

The power house at Eighth and K streets is nearly completed. It is 90 by 150 feet and will with the machinery in place, cost about $100,000. It will be equipped with 3,000 horse power steel safety boilers, four 125 horse power automatic compound engines and four 125 horse power generators and the machinery will be so arranged that the power can he doubled if necessary. The first order will be for thirty-five motors and fifty trailers, and that order will be supplemented in a short time. The motors will have a capacity of from thirty to forty horse power and can easily carry four loaded trailers if desired. The cars will be of the very best make and will be finished with polished hard wood and nicely upholstered. The storage house for the cars will occupy a vuarter of a block and will have a machine shop in conjunction where all necessary repairing can be done without the usual tedious delay and it will be so equipped that entire new cars can be built from the ground up. The first estimated cost of the new undertaking was half a million, but if all is done as now intended these figures will be greatly enlarged.

A new and progressive feature of this line will be the establishment of four special trains to be run on all occastions where additional transportation will prove of benefit to their patrons. Each of these trains will consist of a forty horse power motor car and two open 26-foot cars with a seating capacity of 300. These trains will be used on all special occasions, such as ball games, fairs, Fourth of July, circus days, etc., and will be run entirely independent of the regular cars, which will run as usual. These trains will so accommodate the public as to avoid the usual jam on the regular cars. At the breaking-up of a ball game or anything of a similar nature the four trains will be in waiting and with their seating and standing room capactiy any ordinary sized crowd can be accompdated all at one time without regard to the regular cars or a moment's wait.

The company expect to have 500 men at work by the first of April and as soon as the track is completed they will employ 200 regularly.

THE RAPID TRANSIT

The Rapid Transit line is owned by John Fitzgerald and while its future has not as yet been made public, it is not probable that with Mr. Fitzgerald's enterprising spirit he will long remain behind the others in the adoption of the electric system.

There are nine miles of the Rapid Transit road in operation, five and one-fourth operated by steam motors and three and three-fourths miles are traversed by the ordinary horse and mule outfits. The steam motors run from Twelfth and Q streets to West Lincoln with a terminus opposite the packing houses. Lincoln Brick and Tile Works, and in close proximity to Carr's soap works. Wilson vinegar works and other West Lincoln industries. The horse car line runs from Fourteenth and U to Twelfth street and thence south on Twelfth to South street. As near as can be learned it is Mr. Fitzgerald's intention to put in an electric plant and furnish a 20-minute or half-hour service to West Lincoln instead of the one hour and ten minutes service now afforded his patrons and a regular city service on the other portions of his road which will also be extended, though in what direction is not yet known.

FINANCIAL

A Solid and Conservative City which Panics do not Reach.
The financial exhibit of the banks of Lincoln from their last reports make a very satisfactory showing. In this connection it must be remembered that in a city like Lincoln where every foot of realty advances upwards of 15 per cent in value per year and where business and residence property proves such paying investments, that money is not deposited, but invested. People of every class invest their money in preference to depositing it. The accumulations and profits from business in a city of the character of Lincoln are at once invested in increasing business, in reaching out for new and wider fields or else it is invested in improvements of property or in peroperties anticipating a rise in values.

The financial figures of Lincoln banks at last report are in totals on capital stock and deposits as follows:

Capital stock of banks.........$1,553,754
Money on deposit...............$3,104,892

In the item of capital stock the undivided profits and surplus on hand at the time of the report are added to the capital stock paid in as part of the working capital. In the line of deposits they include individual and time deposits. The low capitalization of the banks in Lincoln show the opportunity for increase that exists here and the field that will certainly be occupied. Two of the leading banks have arrangements completed for increasing their capital stocks to a million dollars each, but the capitalization of banks in the city will remain therein doing a larger business with its banks than the same amount of capital commands in any other city in the west.

FOR THE SICK.

Where the Sick and Injured Are Cared For.

St. Elizabeth Hospital. Founded by the Catholics- Tabitha Home by the German Church.

Worthy Institutions.
During the fall of 1889 the Catholics of this city decided to establish a hospital and after looking over the desirable locations decided to purchase the Buckstaff residence at Twelth and South streets providing a satisfactory agreement could be made on the price. The property which comprised a fine large house and several acres of choice ground, was appraised at $20,000 which amount would have been paid for if it had not Mr. Buckstaff generously offered to contribute his share towards so worthy an enterprise and his deed to the property was transfered to the board of trustees for $17,000.

The house, which is two stories of brick and frame, was immediately fixed over and at an expense of about $500, was converted into a comfortable and well appointed hospital capable of accomodating sixteen patients. It was opened to the public during the latter part of October of that year and has been so well patronized that the directors have found it necessary to enlarge the building in order to furnish adequate accomodations for the increasing patronage. Accordingly a two story brick addition, 44x66 feet, will be added to the west side of the present building early in the spring. This addition will cost $10,000 and will contain comfortable apartments for forty patients. The old building will then be sused as the home for the sisters, kitchen, dining room, reception room, medical department, &c., leaving the new portion to be entirely devoted to the patients. There will be two wards each for men and women and the balance will be private rooms for patients who desire them.

A sister superior has charge of the institution and is ably assisted by eight sisters, all well versed in the care of the sick, as is fully attested by the excellent work that has been done by them since the opening of the hospital.

There have been 152 patients sent to this hospital since it opened and out of that number ten have died. Of this number one was a man who was injured in a railway accident and was taken to the hospital in a dying condition, expiring on the surgeon's table half an hour after his arrival. Another victim of a railroad wreck lived but two hours after his arrival. Four others were sent there who were victims of accidents of some sort and so hopelessly injured that recovery was impossible, none of them living over forty-eight hours. So that out of 152 patients only four died who had any chance whatever for life when taken to the hospital. This is certainly a good record and speaks volumes for the effiiciency of the nurses and attending physicians.

THE TABITHA HOME.
The Tabitha Home was established in June, 1887, by Rev. Mr. H. Heiner, whose object was to provide a home for orphans and to surround them with such influences and to give them that care and instruction as would guide them safely through life and make of them useful, intelligent and Christian men and women.

In this work he is assisted by sisters of charity, or deaconesses, as they are called in the German church, who, as a rule, can speak English and French as well as German, and who have themselves been especially trained for this sort of charitable work, possessing a thorough knowledge of how to nurse the sick, as well as to instruct the children in the various elementary branches.

There are at present five deaconesses engaged in this work; but in a few weeks this number will be increased to ten in order to meet the demands of the institution. Nearly all of these sisters came here direct from Germany, where they have been instructed in a school for deaconesses, in which that country abounds.

The home is beautifully situated at Randolph and Forty-fifth streets on a plat of ground covering ten acres, and overlooks the city on the west, and on account of its elevation an observer at this point obtains an extensive and commanding view of the surrounding country for miles.

The growth of the home has been so rapid that it was found necessary to have a larger building, which was erected beside the old building and completed in the spring of 1890. It is built of frame and is four stories high. It is heated by steam, is well lighted and ventilated, and possesses all of the oppointments of a first class institution of its kind. In it can be accommodated one hundred children.

To further carry out the plan of its worthy founder, there was constructed a hospital building adjoining the home and about 200 yards distant from it, familiarly known as the Tabithe Home Hospital. This building was completed at the same time as the home, and is one of the best equipped hospitals in the west. It has accommodations for thirty beds on the first and second floors, besides a reception room for patients and an operating room. In the basement is the dining hall, kitchen, laundry and bath rooms.

Although this hospital has a staff of physicians who gratuitously giver their services in the treatment of accident or charity cases, assisted by the sisters of charity who administer to the wants and comforts of the sick, any physician may treat his own patients in the private wards in the full enjoyment of all the privileges of the hospital.

It is gratifying to relate that in the year, which is now nearly completed, since the hospital was first opened, it has been self-supporting and that but one death has occurred.

At the present time there are seventy inmates in the home and hospital. In the year 1890 there was an increase of twenty-one in the home. The general health of the children has been good. While there are always a few suffering irom the complaints incident to childhood, they have responded readily to treatment. There have been no epidemics and no deaths.

The total valuation of the grounds, buildings and improvements is $25,000. The entire income of these institutions from January 1, '90 to January 1, '91 was $5,519.87. The sum of $2,555 was needed for the yearly expense for maintenance, not including several hundred dollars' worth of groceries and sundries which were donated. The balance, $2,964.87 was used toward the liquidation of the indebtedness of buildings.

The electric line now goes within five minutes walk of the home, and hopes are entertained that in the spring this line will be extended to the doors of the home. This will bring this important institution within fifteen minutes ride from the center of the city.

A GREAT GRAIN CENTER.

Handling 25,000 Bushels of Grain Per Year.

Headquarters for More Commision Buyers Than Any City West of Chicago.

A Remarkable Record.
It is scarcely necessary to state that Lincoln is the grain centre of Nebraska. With the great railroad systems here it could not be otherwise. No other city in the state and but few in the country can boast of such an extensive grain trade. Recognizing Lincoln's superior grain facilities many eastern firms have sent representative agents here to act as track buyers. With the exception of a very few of these agents in Omaha, there are no others in the state. This fact alone is sufficient to demonstrate the superior advantages as a grain centre possessed by Lincoln.

The following list of agents and the houses they represent will give the reader some idea of the extent of the grain business done here by eastern firms: Axtater & Co., Chicago and St. Louis; Neal Bros., Baltimor and St. Louis; C. W. Cockrell, Chicago and St. Louis; Samuel L. Russell, Louisville; Thomas Cochran, Chicago; D. M. Lennan, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Owing to the manner in in which their business is done, it was impossible to get the get the amount of business done by them during the past year. The following is a list of the grain merchants of the city who handle grain for themselves and throught their own elevators: Kendall & Smith, Eighth and P streets; Thos. W, Lowry, Seventh and K; Brown Bros., Brown block; Harris, Woodman & Co., Fourth and J; Morrisey Bros., near state fair grounds; Gregg & Kyser; Gregg Bros. and Mason Gregg, in McMurtry block; George W. Lowry. Sheldon block, and Thos. Cochran, 1040 O street. These firms own 108 elevators, which are scattered through the richest grain portions of the state. During the past year they handled 25,216,000 bushels of grain, which at an average of 25 cents per bushel would be $6,304,000. Add this with what the eastern agents and commission houses handled and some idea of the magnitude of the Lincoln trade can be had. All the grain handled is of the very best grade and commands the highest prices in the grain market.

One Illustration.
A. T. Leming & Co., wholesal books, stationers, and wall paper, furnish an excellent example of the growth of one branch of the wholesale business in Lincoln. They are the only firm wholesailing wall paper, west of the Missouri river and their business has grown as follows:

1889-2 cars at wholesale.
1890-10 '' '' ''

They have now on track her 5 car loads to open the year 1891 with and they expect to handle 15 car loads the present season. There are forty thousand rolls of paper to the car load.