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THE LINCOLN DAILY CALL.
ANNUAL REVIEW LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 1891 YEAR 1890

THE WHOLESALE TRADE.

Lincoln's Resistless March Upon the Jobbing Field.

The Year's Summary Shows a Steady Growth- Unequaled Openings Remain.

Lincoln's Forte.

Lincoln, with nearly sixty thousand population and the fifty-first city in size in the United States, with a rapid, constant and healthy growth, has advantages for the jobbing trade that cannot be offered by any other city in the west. In fact there are few, if any, cities in the country so well adapted to all branches of the wholesale trade. Lincoln is located right in the heart of the most fertile, productive and rapidly developing portion of the great west. With splendidly equipped railroads running hundreds of daily trains into every portion of her rich surrounding territory she sits like a spider in the center of its web and gathers in the rich harvests from her tributaries. Situated as she is in the very palm of the hand of industry with her fingers of commerce reach out further and further every year, the future of the jobbing trade of Lincoln is an assured success. The steady growth and development of the vast territory reached by the jobbers of this city must necessarily increase the demand for supplies. Unlike older cities in older territory, where every niche is filled and business activity has reached its pinnacle, Lincoln is yet in its infancy of possibilities and in none of its industries is there a field of more scope and promise than the jobbing trade and a large number of exclusive wholesale houses could make money here right from the start. They could safely compete with houses in Omaha, Kansas city or anywhere and would have a great advantage in the superiority of the railroad facilities of Lincoln which permits them to out-class all competition in point of prompt and speedy delivery of goods and besides have the very lowest of freight rates.

The Burlington alone has 3,061 miles of road in Nebraska and Lincoln is the bse of its opperations. This of itself is a very important fact for the jobbers as the Burlington controls more mileage in this state than all the other roads put together. As a consequence the bulk of the jobbing trade in this state must necessarily pass over its lines, and if from other cities it will have to pass through Lincoln to reach its destination. Thus the advantages of freight rates and delivery to the Lincoln jobbers can be seen at a glance. the Burlington also has direct lines to Colorado, Wyoming, Dakota and other points in the west and north-west.

The Union Pacific also has through lines here that furnish ready transportation to many points for the Lincolnites. The Missouri Pacific also provides an outlet for the south and southeast. The F. E. & M. V. road, one of the main branches of the great North-Western, also provides a speedy and direct outlet to all points in the north, north-east and north-west. And now that the Rock Island has arrived on the scene, Lincoln has still further shipping facilities for all points in the south and east, and a direct rout to Denver, Pueblo and the west. In addition to these main lines there are many others that encompass every desirable point for the Lincoln jobbers. Lincoln is also a passenger and freight division for each of the different roads and altogether more than one hundred and fifty trains arrive and depart from this city daily. All these are facts for serious consideration and should not be overlooked by those wishing an unequalled opening for the jobbing business and are worthy of their attention.

In spite of the fact that there are few exclusively wholesale houses here and that much of the jobbing has been done by retail dealers who were forced to wholesale to meet the consumers' demand, the showing is a very good one as will be seen by the summary of the jobbing business for the past year, especially when we consider the closeness of the money market during the last six months. The jobbers all say they could have sold a great many more goods had they desired, but that they thought it best to be somewhat conservative until they could get a clearer idea of the outcome of monetary affairs.

Among the many branches of the wholesale business which have enjoyed a rapid increase is the fruit and produce business. Two years ago in a "boom" article it was given as but $250,000; while last year the actual sales were $1,050,000, and increase of over 400 per cent. The business in lumber, sashes and doors, has, during the same time, risen from $200,000 per year to 925,000, and increase of nearly 500 per cent. The coal and lime trade during the same period has jumped from $300,00 to $1,335,000, almost 500 per cent. Many other branches of the jobbing trade have doubled and tripled their trade during the past two years while many branches of business that were not in the wholesale field at all two years ago are now doing a jobbing business that runs up into the hundreds of thousands annually. There are many other branches of business that should be represented in the whole sale trade and could be with profitable results to those who should undertake it. With Lincoln's great facilities it can be but a very few years before shoe will be known as a great wholesale point in the west and as "the early bird catches the worm," so it will be with those who early take advantage of the opportunities now offered the jobbing trade in Lincoln.

The following is a list of jobbers of the city and a summary of the business don by them last year. This list does not include the names of many who do a small amount of jobbing in addition to their retail trade and their business which as a whole would amount to a large, yearly sum is not estimated in these figures at all.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, WAGONS AND BUGGIES.

Anderson Chris., 817-19 O street.
Cadman J, & Son, 233-35 North Tenth street.
Case, J. I. Threshing Machine Co., Eleventh and X street.
Guthrie, E. R., 1540 O street.
Humphrey Bros. Hardware Co., Nineth and O street.
Jones, J. T. Buggy Co., 205-7 South Tenth street.
Lawrence Implement Co., Tenth and W street.
Lewis Hardware and Implement Co., Tenth and Q street.
McCormick Harvester Co., Tenth and Q street.
Sultan Cart and Carriage Co., 1324 O street.
Wallingford & Shamp, 917 O street.

BOOKS, STATIONARY AND PAPER.
Clason, Fletcher & Co., 1120 O street.
Hyde, Hodge and & Hyde, 121 North Nineth street.
Leming A. T. & Co., 1106 O street and 118 North Eleventh.
Leighton, C. M., 145 South Tenth street.
Lincoln Newspaper Union 209 South Tenth street.
Pace, Williams & North, 820-22 O street.
State Journal Co., Nineth and P. streets.

BOOTS AND SHOES
J. Z. Briscoe, 1141 N street.
Webster & Rogers, 1043 O street.

BREAD AND PASTRY.
Fredericks, Bailey & Co., Tenth and N streets.
Wilson, Ports, 912 P street.

BUTTER AND EGGS.
Campbell, F. E., Eleventh and C streets.
Chandler, J. H. & Son, 216 South Sevent street.
Cunningham & Greene, 141 north Twelfth street.

CARPETS.
Capital City Carpet Co., 234 to 238 S. Eleventh street.
Davis, A. M. & Son, 1112 O street. Gaeckler, O. E. & Co., 225 to 231 N. Tenth street.

CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
Barwick, J. S., 225 N. Ninth street.
Brown & Houtz, 227 N. Ninth St.
Capital City Cigar Factory, Ninth and L streets.
Goldstein, Chas., 826 O street.
Leland, Sam D., 808 P street.
Patrick, H. B. & Co., 843-5 O street.
Wholtenberg, P.J., 128 S. Eleventh street.
Wolf, J. R., 128 N. Tenth street.

CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS.
Ewing Clothing Co., 1115-17 O St.
Globe Clothing House. 1005 O street.
Herman Bros., 1017-19 O street.
Hurlburt, A. & Co., Tenth & P streets.
Mayer Bros. 112-14-16-18 North Tenth.

COAL
Barton, P. & Co., Thirteenth and O streets.
Betts & Weaver, 118 South Elevent street.
Godfrey, A. S., 916 North Ninth St.
Hutchins & Hyatt, 1040 O street.
Leavitt, H. M. 1133 O street.
Missouri Valley Fuel Co., 1100 O St.
Oakley, R. H., 1044 O street.
Pomeroy Coal Co., Twelfth and O streets.
Tidball, R. M., & Co., 122 North Eleventh street.
Trester, M. L., 1217 O street.
Vivyan, F. H., & Co., 201-3 North Tenth street.
Whitebreast Coal and Lime Co., 109 South Eleventh street.

COFFEE, TEA AND SPICES.
Capital City Coffee and Spice Mills, 227 to 231 North Eleventh street.
Lincoln Coffee and Spice Mills, 805 P street.
Union Pacific Tea Co., 953 O street

DRUGS
H. T. Clarke Drug Co., Eighth and P streets.

DRY GOODS
Herpolsheimer & Co., Tenth and N streets.
Maxwell, Sharpe & Ross Co., 1532 to 1538 O street.
Nissley, H. R., & Co., Tenth and P streets

FLOUR AND FEED.
Bell & Cowdery, 118 North Fourteenth street.
Boothe, Jas., 1933 O street.
Burns & Co., 121 South Ninth St.
Cunningham & Greene, 141 North Twelth street.
Fleury W. C. & Co., 2026 O street.
Fredericks Baily & Co., Tenth and N streets.
Gallaway, W. C. & Co., 229 South Ninth street.
Johnson, F. S. & Co., 208 South Ninth street.
Kendall & Smith Eighth and P Sts.
Mitchell, Morton & Co., 231 North Ninth street.
Strickland, C. O., 1018-20 N street.
Union Commission Feed store, 1442 O street.
White, C. C., Eighth and O streets

FRUIT AND PRODUCE.
Arena- Ghio Fruit Co., 829 O street.
Cunningham & Greene. 141 North Twelth street.
Eldrege & Co., 1018 N street.
Grainger Bros., 1016 P street.
Lasch Bros., Tenth and N streets.

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"THE LINCOLN"-Erected 1890 Cost $250,000
The Lincoln Hotel Company, Owners Shears & Markel, Lessees

Searie, M. M., 921 Q street

FURNITURE AND COFFINS.
Wisconsion Furniture and Coffin Co., Sixth and L streets.

GASOLINE AND COAL OIL.
Consolidated Tand Line Co., Fourteenth bt. Z and Dudley avenue.

GLASS.
Lincoln Glass Co., 1546 O street.
Western Glass & Paint Co., 324 to 330 South Twelfth street.

GLASSWARE AND QUEENSWARE.
Funke & Ogden Twelth and N street.

GLOVES.
Hellwig. F. W., 206 South Eleventh street.

GROCERIES
Hargreaves Bros., Eighth and O Sts.
Law, H. P., 217 to 223 North Eighth street.
Plummer, Perry & Co., 109 to 113 North Ninth street.
Raymond Bros., & Co., 801 to 811 O street.

HARDWARE.
Humphrey Bros., Ninth and O Sts.
Lewis Hardware and Implement Co., Tenth and Q streets.

HARNESS AND SADDLERY.
Harpham Bros., 833-5 O street.
Lincoln Saddlery Co., 738 O street.

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THE BRACE BUILDING-Erected 1890.
D. L. Brace, Owner. F. C. Flake, Architect.

Wittman, H. & Co., 140-2 North Tenth sreet.

HIDES, WOOL AND TALLOW.
McMillan, Jas., & Co., 920 R street.
Oberne, Geo., & Co., 821 P street.

ICE CREAM.
F. P. Folsom, 1307 O street.
Porter, H. Mont, 1107 N street.

JEWELRY.
Trickey, J. B. & Co. 1035 O Street.

LEATHER AND FINDINGS.
Goodell, O. E. 125 South Ninth St.

LIQURS
Bauer, John, 915 O street.
Glaser Otto, Eleventh and N street.
Glass, M. & Co., 224 North Eleventh street.
Junge, J. Eight between N and O streets.
Kelley, Patrick, 115-7 South Twelfth street.
Kennedy, P. J., 135 North Twelfth street.
Sanders, H. J. & Co., Tenth and P streets.
Wise, David & Co., 839 O street.
Woltermade, H., 728 P street.

LUMBER, SASH, DOORS, ETC.
Betts & Weaver, 118 South Eleventh steet.
Chicago Lumber Co., 125 South Eighth street.
Delta, C. N., Sixteenth and O Sts.
Godfrey, A. S., 916 North Ninth St.
Henry & Coatsworth, Fourth and N streets.
Lincoln Lumber Co., 116 South Thirteenth street.
Munson & Walker, 1122 O street.
McKell, J. C. 708 O street.
Tester, M. L., 1217 O street.
Welr, A. H., & Co., 1012 O street.

OYSTERS AND FISH
Booth, A. Packing Co., 1025 P St.
Fellows Bros., 1229 O St.
June, C., Thirteenth and O Sts.

PAINTS AND COLORS.
Globe White Lead Color Co., 305-7 O St.
Lincoln Paint and Color Co., 811 to 815 O St.
Western Glass and Paint Co., 324 to 330 South Twelfth St.

PUMPS AND PLUMBERS SUPPLIES.
Cooper, W. J. & Cole Bros., 146 South Tenth street.
Dean & Horton, 1450 O street.

RUBBER GOODS.
Lincoln Rubber Co., 1136 O street.

SEEDS AND FLORISTS SUPPLIES
Griswoth Seed Store 140 South Eleventh street

STONE.
Castle, R. O. & Co., University Place.
Ecker, W. A., 116 South Thirteenth street.
Forberger, Speidell & Co., Eighth and M streets.
Heater & Kelm, 1521 O strreet.
Mussetter, J. D.
Pomeroy Coal Co., Twelfth and O streets.
Trester, M. L., 1217 O street.
Tyler, W. H., Seventh and L streets.

SUMMARY
BUSINESS Business per year. Persons Employed
Groceries...................................[2,600,000?] 77
Coal...........................................1,135,000 196
Agricultural Implements, etc.......[1,100,000?] 83
Fruit and produce.......................1,075,000 90
Lumber, sash, doors, etc..............1,035,000 160
Liquors.......................................645,000 45
Flour and feed.............................625,000 33
Books, stationery and paper.........600,000 [48?]
Drugs.........................................600,000 30
Dry goods...................................580,000 44
Pumps and plumbers' supplies.....400,000 22
Butter and eggs...........................350,000 40
Cigars and tobacco......................350,000 60
Harness and saddlery..................325,000 18
Paints and colors.........................265,000 [17?]
Hides, tallow and wool................250,000 14
Coffee, tea and spices..................235,000 20
Clothing, hats and caps...............225,000 10
Furniture and coffins..................200,000 11
Stone.........................................200,000 80
Carpets......................................180,000 22
Glass..........................................160,000 17
Gasoline and coal oil...................150,000 7
Hardware...................................140,000 14
Boots and shoes..........................135,000 6
Oysters and fish..........................130,000 14
Bread and Pastery.......................100,000 16
Glassware and queensware..........80,000 4
Jewelry.......................................50,000 6
Leather and finding.....................50,000 3
Rubber goods..............................50,000 4
Seeds and florists supplies...........15,000 5
Ice cream....................................12,000 6
Gloves.........................................7,000 2

Total...........................................$14,131,100 1,331

QUEEN OF COMMERCE.
Lincoln Enthroned as Such by Five Great Rrailroads.

Converging Lines of Road Carry to and From Her Gates the Products of a Vast Empire.

1,000 Miles Built in 1890.
To the railroads Lincoln owes much of her progress and prosperity and it is but just that they should have a fair share of our space in the annual review. As fast as the increase in population and travel has demanded it the different roads have promptly responded with additional train service until now Lincoln is provided with a railroad system unequaled by any other western city of its size.

Lincoln now has twelve diverging lines of railroad operating an aggregate of 23,040 miles of road west of the Missouri river and 6,253 in Nebraska, an increase of more than one thousand miles in the state mileage since 1889. Lincoln is a passenger and freight division point for all of these lines, another big feature in favor of the city. There are 58 passenter and 56 freight trains running into and out of Lincoln each day. This number only includes the regular trains and the specials nearly double that number. When the Rock Island commences running trains on its through line this number will also be greatly increased and a very low estimate would place the daily trains to and from this city onall roads at not less than two hundred.

THE BURLINGTON ROAD.
Lincoln and the Burlington road have grown up together until they seem apart and parcel of each other. Nebraska is and has always been the Burlington's especial field for operation and Lincoln its home and headquarters. The Burlington operates 3,500 miles of road west of the Missouri river, of which 3,061 miles are in Nebraska.

The Burlington has made numerous extensions in its lines and many other improvements during the past year, the most important of which was the establishment of an extensive system of machine shops in this city. They are now in course of erection at Havelock and when completed will have cost about $1,000,000; more than $200,000 already having been spent. This is an important item for the city as these shops will give employment to 2,000 men. The Burlington Belt line running form West Lincoln to the F., E. & M. V. R. R. crossing was another item o fimportance to Lincoln's immediate vicinity while the extensions of its terminal lines in the west furnish additional territory for the distribution of Lincoln's products. Among the extensions of its terminal lines in the west furnish additional territory for the distribution of Lincoln's products. Among the extensions during theyear was a line from Newcastle, Wyoming, in the Black Hills to Buffalo, Wyoming, thus making a complete line right through the Black Hills. This line is already completed as far as Merino and will reach Buffalo by the time this article is in print. Another extension is the one from Edgemont, South Dakota, just south of the Black Hills, to Deadwood, thus manking another direct line through the best portion of the Black Hills and opening a direct avenue of trade for Lincoln to the richest mineral kingdom in the west. As is well known the Black Hills and vicinity are replete with rich deposits of gold, silver, tin, coal and oil. The terminus of the road is now a direct line with and but 200 miles east of the great Yellowstone National park and it doesn't take a very far-seeing eye to penetrate the future aim of this road and it will doubtless be but a short time before there will be a direct line established to the Yellowstone and on throught to Washington and the Pacific coast.

The Burlington now runs eighty regular trains in and out of Lincoln and has likewise received a large share of Lincoln's patronage. It was this road that first agitated the building of a union depot here. This road also opens an avenue for Lincoln travel and traffic to the mineral districts and extreme west and also to the south and during the past year made several extensions in Utah and Wyoming. The Union Pacific operates 11,041 miles of railway west of the Missouri river and of this amount 1,339 miles are in Nebraska. It runs eighteen regular trains in and out of Lincoln each day, ten passenger and eight freight. As soon as the Rock Island commences operations in this section they will use their track between here and Omaha, thus increasing their Lincoln train service and making another air line to Omaha. During the year they also made arrangements with the C., M., St. P. & O. railway and established a direct route between this city and Sioux City, on which they run a passenger train each way daily.

The Union Pacific at its terminal grounds in this city has during the past year purchased additional grounds thereto at an expenditure of some $50,000. It has a comprehensive plan in the hands of the directory of the road looking to great improvements which will include the most complete yardage ground in the west. In addition the plans are complete for a fireproof freight and transfer depot, the largest an dmost commodious on the company's lines west of the river.

THE F., E. & M. V.
The Fremont, Elkorn & Missouri Valley road also assists in the passenger and freight trafic of Lincoln and Nebraska and operates 1,760 miles of road west of the Missouri river, of which number Nebraska can claim 1276 miles. This road also furnishes a traffic and passenger route for this city to the west and mineral regions and penetrates Wyoming as far as Casper, and South Dakota to Deadwood, Whitewood and other important points. This road has also made extensions in the west that have opened new fields for commerce. Among these were lines from Whitewood to Bellefourch; Buffalo Gap to Hot Springs, and Whitewood to Deadwood, in South Dakota, and from Creighton to Verdigre, in Nebraska. They will probably extend their southern road down through Kansas and into the Indian territory in the near future, and expect to put up a depot in Lincoln in the early spring or summer of this year. This road supplies Lincoln with eight regular daily train. The F. E. & M. V., as is well known, is a part of the great Northwestern system.

THE MISSOURI PACIFIC.
Lincoln also has another good road in the Missouri Pacific and while it does not operate nearly so many miles of road in this state as any of the roads already mentiones, it furnishes a speedy and direct route to all points in the south, southeast and southwest, and has been of incalcuable balue to the city in securing the benefits to be derived from the Missouri river rates. It reaches the eastern markets at St. Louis and extends to Pueblo in the southwest and extends to Pueblo in the soutwest and Alexandria, Louisiana, in the south. This road furnishes Lincoln with six regular trains, four passenger and two freight trains. They operate 5, 239 miles of road of which Nebraska's share is 327 miles.

THE ROCK ISLAND
Still another very important and a recent addition to Lincoln's system of railwasys is the Rock Island, which has just been completed from Omaha, through Lincoln and directly to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Formerly this road did not extend west of the Missouri river. They now have 1,500 miles of road west of the Missouri, extending trought Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and the Indian Territory. The stability and enterprises of this road is well known. Nebraska's share of this excellent road is [850?] miles. The trains have not been put on at this writing, owing to some difficulty or misunderstanding with the U. P., but unless new complications arise it will be but a few days until Lincoln will be provided with additional transportation on a road that is first class in all its equipments, and that will furnish through trains to either the west or east.

OVER $3,000,000.

Twelve Months Investments In New Buildings.

A Striking List of Costly Business Blocks, Residences, Hotels, Churches and Colleges.

A Record Breaking Year.

The amount of building done in Lincoln last year in the way of business blocks, hotels and residences, was something enormous and the total figures aggregate over $3,000,000. Owing to the fact that a record of the building permits was kept only a portion of the year and then incompletely the exact figures cannot be given but from the record as far as kept and from the books of the contractors, lumber merchants, stone dealers and contractors in brick work a low estimate would place the cost of residences at fully $1,700,000. More definite figures can be given as to the amount spent in the erection of business blocks, hotels and hotel improvements.

Among the many fine residences built during the year are; a handsome pressed brick with stone trimmings at Eighteenth and E. It is th eproperty of R. E. Moore, is nearly finished and will cost $35,000.

Mr. Rickett's handsome $25,000 home of pressed brick and sandstone trimmings was erected at Thirty-third and M streets and is one one the finest in the city.

Lake Superior sandstone and pressed brick are the materials used in the construction of E. E. Brown's beautiful residence now in course of erection at Thirteenth and J streets and when completed will cost the owner $35,000

A. W. Jansen erected a splendid

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THE LINCOLN DAILY CALL.
ANNUAL REVIEW LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 1891 YEAR 1890

THE WHOLESALE TRADE.

Lincoln's Resistless March Upon the Jobbing Field.

The Year's Summary Shows a Steady Growth- Unequaled Openings Remain.

Lincoln's Forte.

Lincoln, with nearly sixty thousand population and the fifty-first city in size in the United States, with a rapid, constant and healthy growth, has advantages for the jobbing trade that cannot be offered by any other city in the west. In fact there are few, if any, cities in the country so well adapted to all branches of the wholesale trade. Lincoln is located right in the heart of the most fertile, productive and rapidly developing portion of the great west. With splendidly equipped railroads running hundreds of daily trains into every portion of her rich surrounding territory she sits like a spider in the center of its web and gathers in the rich harvests from her tributaries. Situated as she is in the very palm of the hand of industry with her fingers of commerce reach out further and further every year, the future of the jobbing trade of Lincoln is an assured success. The steady growth and development of the vast territory reached by the jobbers of this city must necessarily increase the demand for supplies. Unlike older cities in older territory, where every niche is filled and business activity has reached its pinnacle, Lincoln is yet in its infancy of possibilities and in none of its industries is there a field of more scope and promise than the jobbing trade and a large number of exclusive wholesale houses could make money here right from the start. They could safely compete with houses in Omaha, Kansas city or anywhere and would have a great advantage in the superiority of the railroad facilities of Lincoln which permits them to out-class all competition in point of prompt and speedy delivery of goods and besides have the very lowest of freight rates.

The Burlington alone has 3,061 miles of road in Nebraska and Lincoln is the bse of its opperations. This of itself is a very important fact for the jobbers as the Burlington controls more mileage in this state than all the other roads put together. As a consequence the bulk of the jobbing trade in this state must necessarily pass over its lines, and if from other cities it will have to pass through Lincoln to reach its destination. Thus the advantages of freight rates and delivery to the Lincoln jobbers can be seen at a glance. the Burlington also has direct lines to Colorado, Wyoming, Dakota and other points in the west and north-west.

The Union Pacific also has through lines here that furnish ready transportation to many points for the Lincolnites. The Missouri Pacific also provides an outlet for the south and southeast. The F. E. & M. V. road, one of the main branches of the great North-Western, also provides a speedy and direct outlet to all points in the north, north-east and north-west. And now that the Rock Island has arrived on the scene, Lincoln has still further shipping facilities for all points in the south and east, and a direct rout to Denver, Pueblo and the west. In addition to these main lines there are many others that encompass every desirable point for the Lincoln jobbers. Lincoln is also a passenger and freight division for each of the different roads and altogether more than one hundred and fifty trains arrive and depart from this city daily. All these are facts for serious consideration and should not be overlooked by those wishing an unequalled opening for the jobbing business and are worthy of their attention.

In spite of the fact that there are few exclusively wholesale houses here and that much of the jobbing has been done by retail dealers who were forced to wholesale to meet the consumers' demand, the showing is a very good one as will be seen by the summary of the jobbing business for the past year, especially when we consider the closeness of the money market during the last six months. The jobbers all say they could have sold a great many more goods had they desired, but that they thought it best to be somewhat conservative until they could get a clearer idea of the outcome of monetary affairs.

Among the many branches of the wholesale business which have enjoyed a rapid increase is the fruit and produce business. Two years ago in a "boom" article it was given as but $250,000; while last year the actual sales were $1,050,000, and increase of over 400 per cent. The business in lumber, sashes and doors, has, during the same time, risen from $200,000 per year to 925,000, and increase of nearly 500 per cent. The coal and lime trade during the same period has jumped from $300,00 to $1,335,000, almost 500 per cent. Many other branches of the jobbing trade have doubled and tripled their trade during the past two years while many branches of business that were not in the wholesale field at all two years ago are now doing a jobbing business that runs up into the hundreds of thousands annually. There are many other branches of business that should be represented in the whole sale trade and could be with profitable results to those who should undertake it. With Lincoln's great facilities it can be but a very few years before shoe will be known as a great wholesale point in the west and as "the early bird catches the worm," so it will be with those who early take advantage of the opportunities now offered the jobbing trade in Lincoln.

The following is a list of jobbers of the city and a summary of the business don by them last year. This list does not include the names of many who do a small amount of jobbing in addition to their retail trade and their business which as a whole would amount to a large, yearly sum is not estimated in these figures at all.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, WAGONS AND BUGGIES.

Anderson Chris., 817-19 O street.
Cadman J, & Son, 233-35 North Tenth street.
Case, J. I. Threshing Machine Co., Eleventh and X street.
Guthrie, E. R., 1540 O street.
Humphrey Bros. Hardware Co., Nineth and O street.
Jones, J. T. Buggy Co., 205-7 South Tenth street.
Lawrence Implement Co., Tenth and W street.
Lewis Hardware and Implement Co., Tenth and Q street.
McCormick Harvester Co., Tenth and Q street.
Sultan Cart and Carriage Co., 1324 O street.
Wallingford & Shamp, 917 O street.

BOOKS, STATIONARY AND PAPER.
Clason, Fletcher & Co., 1120 O street.
Hyde, Hodge and & Hyde, 121 North Nineth street.
Leming A. T. & Co., 1106 O street and 118 North Eleventh.
Leighton, C. M., 145 South Tenth street.
Lincoln Newspaper Union 209 South Tenth street.
Pace, Williams & North, 820-22 O street.
State Journal Co., Nineth and P. streets.

BOOTS AND SHOES
J. Z. Briscoe, 1141 N street.
Webster & Rogers, 1043 O street.

BREAD AND PASTRY.
Fredericks, Bailey & Co., Tenth and N streets.
Wilson, Ports, 912 P street.

BUTTER AND EGGS.
Campbell, F. E., Eleventh and C streets.
Chandler, J. H. & Son, 216 South Sevent street.
Cunningham & Greene, 141 north Twelfth street.

CARPETS.
Capital City Carpet Co., 234 to 238 S. Eleventh street.
Davis, A. M. & Son, 1112 O street. Gaeckler, O. E. & Co., 225 to 231 N. Tenth street.

CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
Barwick, J. S., 225 N. Ninth street.
Brown & Houtz, 227 N. Ninth St.
Capital City Cigar Factory, Ninth and L streets.
Goldstein, Chas., 826 O street.
Leland, Sam D., 808 P street.
Patrick, H. B. & Co., 843-5 O street.
Wholtenberg, P.J., 128 S. Eleventh street.
Wolf, J. R., 128 N. Tenth street.

CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS.
Ewing Clothing Co., 1115-17 O St.
Globe Clothing House. 1005 O street.
Herman Bros., 1017-19 O street.
Hurlburt, A. & Co., Tenth & P streets.
Mayer Bros. 112-14-16-18 North Tenth.

COAL
Barton, P. & Co., Thirteenth and O streets.
Betts & Weaver, 118 South Elevent street.
Godfrey, A. S., 916 North Ninth St.
Hutchins & Hyatt, 1040 O street.
Leavitt, H. M. 1133 O street.
Missouri Valley Fuel Co., 1100 O St.
Oakley, R. H., 1044 O street.
Pomeroy Coal Co., Twelfth and O streets.
Tidball, R. M., & Co., 122 North Eleventh street.
Trester, M. L., 1217 O street.
Vivyan, F. H., & Co., 201-3 North Tenth street.
Whitebreast Coal and Lime Co., 109 South Eleventh street.

COFFEE, TEA AND SPICES.
Capital City Coffee and Spice Mills, 227 to 231 North Eleventh street.
Lincoln Coffee and Spice Mills, 805 P street.
Union Pacific Tea Co., 953 O street

DRUGS
H. T. Clarke Drug Co., Eighth and P streets.

DRY GOODS
Herpolsheimer & Co., Tenth and N streets.
Maxwell, Sharpe & Ross Co., 1532 to 1538 O street.
Nissley, H. R., & Co., Tenth and P streets

FLOUR AND FEED.
Bell & Cowdery, 118 North Fourteenth street.
Boothe, Jas., 1933 O street.
Burns & Co., 121 South Ninth St.
Cunningham & Greene, 141 North Twelth street.
Fleury W. C. & Co., 2026 O street.
Fredericks Baily & Co., Tenth and N streets.
Gallaway, W. C. & Co., 229 South Ninth street.
Johnson, F. S. & Co., 208 South Ninth street.
Kendall & Smith Eighth and P Sts.
Mitchell, Morton & Co., 231 North Ninth street.
Strickland, C. O., 1018-20 N street.
Union Commission Feed store, 1442 O street.
White, C. C., Eighth and O streets

FRUIT AND PRODUCE.
Arena- Ghio Fruit Co., 829 O street.
Cunningham & Greene. 141 North Twelth street.
Eldrege & Co., 1018 N street.
Grainger Bros., 1016 P street.
Lasch Bros., Tenth and N streets.

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"THE LINCOLN"-Erected 1890 Cost $250,000
The Lincoln Hotel Company, Owners Shears & Markel, Lessees

Searie, M. M., 921 Q street

FURNITURE AND COFFINS.
Wisconsion Furniture and Coffin Co., Sixth and L streets.

GASOLINE AND COAL OIL.
Consolidated Tand Line Co., Fourteenth bt. Z and Dudley avenue.

GLASS.
Lincoln Glass Co., 1546 O street.
Western Glass & Paint Co., 324 to 330 South Twelfth street.

GLASSWARE AND QUEENSWARE.
Funke & Ogden Twelth and N street.

GLOVES.
Hellwig. F. W., 206 South Eleventh street.

GROCERIES
Hargreaves Bros., Eighth and O Sts.
Law, H. P., 217 to 223 North Eighth street.
Plummer, Perry & Co., 109 to 113 North Ninth street.
Raymond Bros., & Co., 801 to 811 O street.

HARDWARE.
Humphrey Bros., Ninth and O Sts.
Lewis Hardware and Implement Co., Tenth and Q streets.

HARNESS AND SADDLERY.
Harpham Bros., 833-5 O street.
Lincoln Saddlery Co., 738 O street.

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THE BRACE BUILDING-Erected 1890.
D. L. Brace, Owner. F. C. Flake, Architect.

Wittman, H. & Co., 140-2 North Tenth sreet.

HIDES, WOOL AND TALLOW.
McMillan, Jas., & Co., 920 R street.
Oberne, Geo., & Co., 821 P street.

ICE CREAM.
F. P. Folsom, 1307 O street.
Porter, H. Mont, 1107 N street.

JEWELRY.
Trickey, J. B. & Co. 1035 O Street.

LEATHER AND FINDINGS.
Goodell, O. E. 125 South Ninth St.

LIQURS
Bauer, John, 915 O street.
Glaser Otto, Eleventh and N street.
Glass, M. & Co., 224 North Eleventh street.
Junge, J. Eight between N and O streets.
Kelley, Patrick, 115-7 South Twelfth street.
Kennedy, P. J., 135 North Twelfth street.
Sanders, H. J. & Co., Tenth and P streets.
Wise, David & Co., 839 O street.
Woltermade, H., 728 P street.

LUMBER, SASH, DOORS, ETC.
Betts & Weaver, 118 South Eleventh steet.
Chicago Lumber Co., 125 South Eighth street.
Delta, C. N., Sixteenth and O Sts.
Godfrey, A. S., 916 North Ninth St.
Henry & Coatsworth, Fourth and N streets.
Lincoln Lumber Co., 116 South Thirteenth street.
Munson & Walker, 1122 O street.
McKell, J. C. 708 O street.
Tester, M. L., 1217 O street.
Welr, A. H., & Co., 1012 O street.

OYSTERS AND FISH
Booth, A. Packing Co., 1025 P St.
Fellows Bros., 1229 O St.
June, C., Thirteenth and O Sts.

PAINTS AND COLORS.
Globe White Lead Color Co., 305-7 O St.
Lincoln Paint and Color Co., 811 to 815 O St.
Western Glass and Paint Co., 324 to 330 South Twelfth St.

PUMPS AND PLUMBERS SUPPLIES.
Cooper, W. J. & Cole Bros., 146 South Tenth street.
Dean & Horton, 1450 O street.

RUBBER GOODS.
Lincoln Rubber Co., 1136 O street.

SEEDS AND FLORISTS SUPPLIES
Griswoth Seed Store 140 South Eleventh street

STONE.
Castle, R. O. & Co., University Place.
Ecker, W. A., 116 South Thirteenth street.
Forberger, Speidell & Co., Eighth and M streets.
Heater & Kelm, 1521 O strreet.
Mussetter, J. D.
Pomeroy Coal Co., Twelfth and O streets.
Trester, M. L., 1217 O street.
Tyler, W. H., Seventh and L streets.

SUMMARY
BUSINESS Business per year. Persons Employed
Groceries...................................[2,600,000?] 77
Coal...........................................1,135,000 196
Agricultural Implements, etc.......[1,100,000?] 83
Fruit and produce.......................1,075,000 90
Lumber, sash, doors, etc..............1,035,000 160
Liquors.......................................645,000 45
Flour and feed.............................625,000 33
Books, stationery and paper.........600,000 [48?]
Drugs.........................................600,000 30
Dry goods...................................580,000 44
Pumps and plumbers' supplies.....400,000 22
Butter and eggs...........................350,000 40
Cigars and tobacco......................350,000 60
Harness and saddlery..................325,000 18
Paints and colors.........................265,000 [17?]
Hides, tallow and wool................250,000 14
Coffee, tea and spices..................235,000 20
Clothing, hats and caps...............225,000 10
Furniture and coffins..................200,000 11
Stone.........................................200,000 80
Carpets......................................180,000 22
Glass..........................................160,000 17
Gasoline and coal oil...................150,000 7
Hardware...................................140,000 14
Boots and shoes..........................135,000 6
Oysters and fish..........................130,000 14
Bread and Pastery.......................100,000 16
Glassware and queensware..........80,000 4
Jewelry.......................................50,000 6
Leather and finding.....................50,000 3
Rubber goods..............................50,000 4
Seeds and florists supplies...........15,000 5
Ice cream....................................12,000 6
Gloves.........................................7,000 2

Total...........................................$14,131,100 1,331

QUEEN OF COMMERCE.
Lincoln Enthroned as Such by Five Great Rrailroads.

Converging Lines of Road Carry to and From Her Gates the Products of a Vast Empire.

1,000 Miles Built in 1890.
To the railroads Lincoln owes much of her progress and prosperity and it is but just that they should have a fair share of our space in the annual review. As fast as the increase in population and travel has demanded it the different roads have promptly responded with additional train service until now Lincoln is provided with a railroad system unequaled by any other western city of its size.

Lincoln now has twelve diverging lines of railroad operating an aggregate of 23,040 miles of road west of the Missouri river and 6,253 in Nebraska, an increase of more than one thousand miles in the state mileage since 1889. Lincoln is a passenger and freight division point for all of these lines, another big feature in favor of the city. There are 58 passenter and 56 freight trains running into and out of Lincoln each day. This number only includes the regular trains and the specials nearly double that number. When the Rock Island commences running trains on its through line this number will also be greatly increased and a very low estimate would place the daily trains to and from this city onall roads at not less than two hundred.

THE BURLINGTON ROAD.
Lincoln and the Burlington road have grown up together until they seem apart and parcel of each other. Nebraska is and has always been the Burlington's especial field for operation and Lincoln its home and headquarters. The Burlington operates 3,500 miles of road west of the Missouri river, of which 3,061 miles are in Nebraska.

The Burlington has made numerous extensions in its lines and many other improvements during the past year, the most important of which was the establishment of an extensive system of machine shops in this city. They are now in course of erection at Havelock and when completed will have cost about $1,000,000; more than $200,000 already having been spent. This is an important item for the city as these shops will give employment to 2,000 men. The Burlington Belt line running form West Lincoln to the F., E. & M. V. R. R. crossing was another item o fimportance to Lincoln's immediate vicinity while the extensions of its terminal lines in the west furnish additional territory for the distribution of Lincoln's products. Among the extensions of its terminal lines in the west furnish additional territory for the distribution of Lincoln's products. Among the extensions during theyear was a line from Newcastle, Wyoming, in the Black Hills to Buffalo, Wyoming, thus making a complete line right through the Black Hills. This line is already completed as far as Merino and will reach Buffalo by the time this article is in print. Another extension is the one from Edgemont, South Dakota, just south of the Black Hills, to Deadwood, thus manking another direct line through the best portion of the Black Hills and opening a direct avenue of trade for Lincoln to the richest mineral kingdom in the west. As is well known the Black Hills and vicinity are replete with rich deposits of gold, silver, tin, coal and oil. The terminus of the road is now a direct line with and but 200 miles east of the great Yellowstone National park and it doesn't take a very far-seeing eye to penetrate the future aim of this road and it will doubtless be but a short time before there will be a direct line established to the Yellowstone and on throught to Washington and the Pacific coast.

The Burlington now runs eighty regular trains in and out of Lincoln and has likewise received a large share of Lincoln's patronage. It was this road that first agitated the building of a union depot here. This road also opens an avenue for Lincoln travel and traffic to the mineral districts and extreme west and also to the south and during the past year made several extensions in Utah and Wyoming. The Union Pacific operates 11,041 miles of railway west of the Missouri river and of this amount 1,339 miles are in Nebraska. It runs eighteen regular trains in and out of Lincoln each day, ten passenger and eight freight. As soon as the Rock Island commences operations in this section they will use their track between here and Omaha, thus increasing their Lincoln train service and making another air line to Omaha. During the year they also made arrangements with the C., M., St. P. & O. railway and established a direct route between this city and Sioux City, on which they run a passenger train each way daily.

The Union Pacific at its terminal grounds in this city has during the past year purchased additional grounds thereto at an expenditure of some $50,000. It has a comprehensive plan in the hands of the directory of the road looking to great improvements which will include the most complete yardage ground in the west. In addition the plans are complete for a fireproof freight and transfer depot, the largest an dmost commodious on the company's lines west of the river.

THE F., E. & M. V.
The Fremont, Elkorn & Missouri Valley road also assists in the passenger and freight trafic of Lincoln and Nebraska and operates 1,760 miles of road west of the Missouri river, of which number Nebraska can claim 1276 miles. This road also furnishes a traffic and passenger route for this city to the west and mineral regions and penetrates Wyoming as far as Casper, and South Dakota to Deadwood, Whitewood and other important points. This road has also made extensions in the west that have opened new fields for commerce. Among these were lines from Whitewood to Bellefourch; Buffalo Gap to Hot Springs, and Whitewood to Deadwood, in South Dakota, and from Creighton to Verdigre, in Nebraska. They will probably extend their southern road down through Kansas and into the Indian territory in the near future, and expect to put up a depot in Lincoln in the early spring or summer of this year. This road supplies Lincoln with eight regular daily train. The F. E. & M. V., as is well known, is a part of the great Northwestern system.

THE MISSOURI PACIFIC.
Lincoln also has another good road in the Missouri Pacific and while it does not operate nearly so many miles of road in this state as any of the roads already mentiones, it furnishes a speedy and direct route to all points in the south, southeast and southwest, and has been of incalcuable balue to the city in securing the benefits to be derived from the Missouri river rates. It reaches the eastern markets at St. Louis and extends to Pueblo in the southwest and extends to Pueblo in the soutwest and Alexandria, Louisiana, in the south. This road furnishes Lincoln with six regular trains, four passenger and two freight trains. They operate 5, 239 miles of road of which Nebraska's share is 327 miles.

THE ROCK ISLAND
Still another very important and a recent addition to Lincoln's system of railwasys is the Rock Island, which has just been completed from Omaha, through Lincoln and directly to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Formerly this road did not extend west of the Missouri river. They now have 1,500 miles of road west of the Missouri, extending trought Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and the Indian Territory. The stability and enterprises of this road is well known. Nebraska's share of this excellent road is [850?] miles. The trains have not been put on at this writing, owing to some difficulty or misunderstanding with the U. P., but unless new complications arise it will be but a few days until Lincoln will be provided with additional transportation on a road that is first class in all its equipments, and that will furnish through trains to either the west or east.

OVER $3,000,000.

Twelve Months Investments In New Buildings.

A Striking List of Costly Business Blocks, Residences, Hotels, Churches and Colleges.

A Record Breaking Year.

The amount of building done in Lincoln last year in the way of business blocks, hotels and residences, was something enormous and the total figures aggregate over $3,000,000. Owing to the fact that a record of the building permits was kept only a portion of the year and then incompletely the exact figures cannot be given but from the record as far as kept and from the books of the contractors, lumber merchants, stone dealers and contractors in brick work a low estimate would place the cost of residences at fully $1,700,000. More definite figures can be given as to the amount spent in the erection of business blocks, hotels and hotel improvements.

Among the many fine residences built during the year are; a handsome pressed brick with stone trimmings at Eighteenth and E. It is th eproperty of R. E. Moore, is nearly finished and will cost $35,000.

Mr. Rickett's handsome $25,000 home of pressed brick and sandstone trimmings was erected at Thirty-third and M streets and is one one the finest in the city.

Lake Superior sandstone and pressed brick are the materials used in the construction of E. E. Brown's beautiful residence now in course of erection at Thirteenth and J streets and when completed will cost the owner $35,000

A. W. Jansen erected a splendid

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