, 1874-12-19
OMAHA,
It's Struggles and It's Prosper
ity---What 1t Needs.
Tho Senatorial Elcetioll---A Sng-
gcstca Reform in Regard
10 Conpicts.
The Union Pacific Railroad
and Its Eastern Ter
minus.
4 Discussion Of tho Bridge Question
and tho HoMghton Bill.
Correspondence " n. Chftaeo 7fi5H,le,

Nluch intorost ban becu 1aanlfeated lero Mt tue
rccont change III the management OF TIE Tam
uNE, aud thoro is disposition to giyo it warm
welcome By the Republicans, as tue steady
champion OF thoir pure principles. TAoug our
people fot noro at itB conrso in tho SUPPORT Of
Liberalism" and It's attitude towards us In
muttars Of decp local intcrost, Jet sonne think
uow that the great journal that did 10 much fur
tho cause Of humanity In tho dark dnra Of our
national history will yet g1vo this thrifty young
city kho right hand OF fellowship, aud treat her
with tho Justice ehc deserves.
I have REASON to know, ffom past experience,
tho nobility Of tho goncroua-hoaftcl citizens OF
OMAHA; and believe tlloy will Hoon Look upon
Tie TRIBUNE as ono of tlloir truost friends.
Our people nro bravo, and their struggle for tho
prosperity and future Importance Of
T1rE1n nEAGr1FUI c1TY
has been long ind tedious. They llhvo conquer
cd obstacles thai would nppa1l the nto,.tcst
hcarta. Ofton thoy hayo made great sauri1ceu
to overcome tho opposition TINT thsoatened their
ox,stenco as community, and to secn1o tho
permanent benefits that havo raised Omaha from
u fcobo hamlet on tho borders OF civilization into
ono Of tho most banutiful cities on tho Contt-
uont. All honor to Bucl n.on and your oorro-
Hpondont bids them a godspeod in the noblo
work that is pushing us forward into tho ranks
Of q metropolis.
0nr people aro generous TO 4 fault, md the
gooioty hese iB tic most polished and refined,
comparing favoraby With any other city in tho
land. Tho stranger ia nlways welcome to our
Aresidos, and everything ID flone to mako Ills So
journ happy md delightful; und thoro is no
doubt tnat In tic hearts OF tho nany eminent
mon who haye visited horo, and been vel
y ga f.,1 r.
remembrance Of Omaha and her uoblo-hcartod
ctizens.
:e..As said, tho. struggle has boen long and
tedious but to-day prosperity smiles upon us,
and everywhere tlloro arc siguH OF advancement.
tondiug to show tho land Of destiny in forming
onr future aa ono Of tho greut citiea Of tho Ro-
public.
RAILROADS. .,nE POINTING TO III
in every direction. and tho carly compilation OF
now southorn outlet will add Reyoral thousand
miles Of theso important connections, with Bal
timore and tho Southern states. that cannot now
be well reached. With tho completion Of tho
Union Pacific md tho Iowa linos, our future was
established On the foundations Of o rock and
now Galveston ia reaching ont her nrmH, asking
for our trade. Even st. LOFTS ia beginning to
stir harsoli, and to renllze that Chicago With her
tremendous energy, las outstrlpped hor in tho
Trans-1lsaourl trade md some day ne expect
to hoar her asking for tho admission Of the
Chi!licothe route " within our portals. When
this will bo, 81. Louis only knows
Eut Omaha, like other comnuuitioa wiLh their
resources untlcdgod. Inns d drawback in tho lack
Of cheap fuel, aud it Is earnestly hoped TINT the
coming session Of tho Legislature will bo pro-
ductiyo Of much good. solno have favored ono
thing, nnd homo another. One thinks d State
Geological, to doyoto Ills outiro energieB to ap-
propriate researches, might discover ooal in
sufficient abundance to meet our wants; another
propoHca to lavo tho counties bore for 1t; nnd
10 on, to tho end Of tho list. Considering tho
coal-bada ct Iowa On tho East, aud the mineral
regions Of Colorado aud Wyoming Oh tho West,
where tho coal crops out OF tho Burfaco, md
whero, by mining fesY feot under tho ground,
it il found in fnexhauasiblo qlantitua. 1t s only
reasonable to bolioYo tloro nro rass boda of this
mineral underlying our State, nwaitng discovery
through the systematic 1abors Of our pooplo.
MANUFACTURES
OF oil kinds ore very successful. md. with tho
price Of coal radnoad, as it muBt necessarily be
upon its discovery in tho State, thoy will DO ro-
uaunoratigo In tho highest degrco. Tho smelt-
Ing workB, inauguratel.aB an experiment by q
few enterpr!aing cltlzons, demonstrate !hls to q
raro aegrSo. Other experiments In tho manufac-
turing line havo beon mado, with such beneficial
results that tue protectors hayo concluded to
mike them living realities.
During tho slmniof atld fa!l months. largo
quantities o. gram are shipped Eastward md 1t
is matter OF homo surprise TINT grail-oierntor
las not been buiit Aoret on " larEo hcale. to
handle tho cer9ala that asg continually flowing TO
ChleAgo md elsewhere. Il!e erection OF auot,
building WILL 20 paying lnVestment from tho
Start, ana VII! na fseat feot TO tho farmers.
tho railroads. ait Tue doalors, rs,-co1aolldasing
m1ch OF tie gta'n-frado OF Nebraska at this
point. @ .,. o,..,, - ill., ~.
W1at Grain,e4eYator "ou!n he to tho ship.
monts ot pfou9co, ~ agf'cqlturel's1poment
manulaotory WI 10 to tho producers; our state
Has poen rapidly increasing ~ popalation. anu
there IL an increasing demand lor m9Ghinery to
develop the heflcultlfai fosotfces OF NohfasIa !;
anu 11y ono MAo WI pu'1a - o4teuh'fo l1as1l1-
factory OF such nacnlnosy VIII AaFo no reason to
regret II. w
10 not oaro to venture into politics. but 1t ID
| we'll to notice the tact tuat