THE CALL
PUBLISHED EVERY DAY
BY THE CALL PUBLISHING COMPANY
H. M. BUSHNELL. S. D. COX,
President. Sec. and Treas.
Office 1020 P street.
Washington office 608 Fourteenth St.
The Daily and Sunday Call
Publishes the afternoon Associate Press dispatches; the only paper in the city publishing the afternoon reports and markets. The special news features in addition are the best obtainable in local matters, in official proceedings, county and city. THE CALL is the recognized organ of Lincoln. THE SUNDAY CALL contains special features of merit with a news service and correspondence that makes it one of the brightest and best Sunday morning papers in the west.
FACTS AND FIGURES FOR 1890.
Ten churches were built.
Church membership increased 1,730.
Wholessjers sold $14,184,000 worth of goods.
Hospitals erected and improvements were $30,000.
The total business failures were less than $80,000.
The acreage of the city was increased 2,610 acres.
School attendance increased from 4,748 to 5,359.
Nine and one-half miles of water mains were laid.
Hotel buildings and improvements aggregated $410,000.
Additions in factories and shops aggregated $370,000.
Three school buildings were erected at a cost of $60,000.
Educational expenses for the city schools were $107,654.
There were $1,700,000 spent in the erection of residences.
The water department expended $39,744.32 in improvements.
More than $200,000 was spent in street railway improvements.
A half mile of business blocks were erected at a cost of $684,000.
The manufacturing industries turned out $8,096,000 worth of goods.
There were $160,000 spent for college buildings and improvements.
There were $160,000 spent for college buildings and improvements.
Three miles and 300 feet of paving was done at a cost of $177,627.90.
The sewerage system was increased 23,005 feet at an expense of $24,434.
Real estate transfers were $8,788,558, and increase of $1,785,558 over 1889.
Three colleges, whose buildings when completed will cost $520,000, wer loocated here.
One hundred and eighteen business firms, representing a capital of $2,350,000 were added to the city's commercial circles.
The grain dealers handled 25,216,600 bushels of grain exclusive of the large amount handled by the grain commission firms.
The electric street car system was universally adopted; eleven miles in active operation and work commenced on fifty-five additional miles.
The twelve diverging lines of railroad, each with passenger and freight divisions in Lincoln, added 1,000 miles to their mileage in Nebraska and spent $275,000 in improvements in Lincoln.
The B. & M., railroad shows were located here and $200,000 has already been spent in their erection. When completed they will cost $1,000,000 and furnish employment for 2,000 men.
WHERE PEOPLE WORSHIP.
The Year Added Ten New Temples and a Large Increase in Members
