Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-31

More than 50, 000, 900 have during that time
been expended in public and private enter
prlses and material progress For this
money there Is to show: The finest steel
railroad bridge that spans the Missouri
river. The building of this bridge by the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy was direct
outgrowth of the advent of the Missouri Pa
clfic, which road, seeing the coming import
ance of Nebraska City, changed its main line
in 1867 by invading the B. Il M. IS territory
and building through Nebraska City, thus
giving the city five lines of railroad-Chi-
cago, burlington IL Quincy Kansas City, St.
Joseph Council Bluffs, b. g. M, Missouri
Pacific and Nebraska railway-demanding
better means of crossing the river than by
boat.
THE FIRST STEPS
towards building a railroad bridge were
taken by the Missouri Pacific company,
whose intentions were TO cross the river
here and connect with the Wabash in Iowa.
but in some manner the scheme was delayed
and the Burlington stepped in and erected the
present magnificent structure at a cost of
Sl,5OO,0UO. The building of such a costly
bridge at this point must mean great deal
Tor Nebraska City. for in the language of an
official of that road, at was not built merely
to accommodate its short branch from Red
Oak or its few hundred miles
west IT. is stated on good
the Burlington to eventually make this
their main Missouri river point, and the line
through Nebraska City their main road from
Chicago TO Denver-lt being the shortest
route and easy grades.
TIE IMPORTANT RESULTS
of such move to Nebraska City are very
evident. Arrangements are now under way
to remove many of the company's car and
machine shops to this city, ground having
been reserved for their location. Another
evidence of the Burlington's enterprise and
saagacity was evinced by the filing of articles
of incorporation last Saturday, by number
of local capitalists under the title of the
beatrice, Nebraska City & Northwestern
railroad COMPANY" The company has q
the Burlington company, and is the
first step towards building q line,
formerly surveyed from Beatrice to
Omaha by way of Sterling, Talmage,
Nebraska City, Ashland and Wahoo. This
proposed line is an assured fact, and it is said
by several officials, would have been built
during the past summer had it not been for
the engineers trip on the 90 All prelimi-
nary work will be completed this fall and
the road will be in operation by early next
summer.
Besides the railroads and bridges
NEBRASKA CITY
has forty nine different manufactures, en-
ploying nearly two thousand men. OF this
number of factories nearly all have been ac-
qured during the past two years, the most
important being two extensive packing
houses-the Nebraska City Packing com.
pany and the Chicago Packing company,
each with capacity of $500 hogs per day.
In connection with the former house is
run also Heller's immense sau-
sage factory, recently removed here
from Milwaukee. Hutchlnsons beef
packing concerns is part of the Chicago
company's plant, and is an extensive indus
try in itself. The products of these houses is
shipped throughout the entire world, and
represent Nebraska City's principal indus
try. The Nebraska City Un.on Stock Yards
company, with capital of 100000, is a re-
cent and important addition, and with the
prospect of increased business by the com
pletion Of the bridge, the yards are being
e2oly enlarged, the capital stock increased
and magnificent stock exchange building is
to be erected.
Colonel Stewards
PoNTooN BRIDGE,
the only one on the Missouri. for wagons
foot passengers, etc, across the river at this
point, has just been completed, and is of more
real value to Nebraska City than railroad
bridge. 1t makes tributary to this city por
tion of Iowa as large as the entire portion Oi
Nebraska upon which formerly the city was
dependent for its country trade. The great ad.
vantage of this is very apparent. The pontoon
bridge fgured.prominently in to-day's cele
bration.
Nebraska City will also have a street
car line, to be built as soon as paving is com
pleted. Several propositions have been made
the cltiZcns-one new system OF cable road
but 1t has not yet been fully decided which
| one to accept. n. S. H. H. Clark, of the
Missouri Pacific railroad. is interested in the
street car project, and puts great faith in the
| future of Nebraska City.
Beyschlag's Cereal mills, a mammoth en-.
terprise, which is now operated day and
night to supply the demands for its products
| was erected during the year at cost OF
| $4,000. 1t manufactures starch, oatmeal anG
| corn hominy, etc.
The Nebraska City waterworks. the most
| complete in the state, was put in the past
| year at cost of $20O, 600. The company also
| operates the most pefect electric light plan
| in the state, in consequence of whcn Ne
braska City is we'll lighted. An expensive
| system of sewerage is now in the course of
course Of construction, and the streets are
being paved. A new system of street
| nomenclature, known as the Stewart sys
TEN, and house numbering has been adopted
and free delivery of mail will be intro
| duced with the completion of our new gov
ernment postofice.
AMONG OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
Is an extensive addition to the state insti
tute for the blind, for which the state mad
an appropriation of $5O,0OO making it thu
finest edifice of Its kind in the state; the
United States government building, erected
at cost of Sl25, GOO, is nearly finished. A
large canning factory, paper bo,
factory, fruit, evaporating plant
furniture manufactory, cooper shops
| pohot WuihS, ldStOTy, TcCIllyluR es
tablishment, mineral water works, Consoli
dated Tank Line company, implement manu-
factures, and "A score of minor enterprise
all added to the city's solid growth within
the past two years.
Nebraska City has two magnificent parks
one the handsomest in the state, the gift o.
the Hon. j. Sterling Morton.
The outlook for the city's future is mos
tiattering one, and observing men predict TO
1t position in the state only second Il
Omaha as place of Importance and railroa
center. Her progress during the past fey
years has been phcnominal, but the futur
promises even better, and with the recognize
advantages offered by this city to forelg
capital, brains and business energy, tn
greatness predicted cannot be far away.
In all things the past two years have beer
eventful ones for Nebraska City. The
| BUSINESS OF THE CITY
has increased enormously, vast amounts o
capital have been invested in buildings ant
business enterprises; new railroads hav
been constructed, additional territory opened
and the attention of the entire country ha
been drawn to our growing Importance. Ne
braska Citys claims Of solid growth ar
backed by the fact that our manufacturin
interests IN the past two years have out
stripped anything that could have been ey
| pected by the most hopeful. Systematic at
tention has been given by our citizens to tn
importance of encouraging the location {