Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-05
EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.
Some of the improvements Soon to
Be Made in Omaha.
MEN OF Drawn AND MUSCLE
The Stationary Engine eers' Union Still
Lives and Flourishes - Other
Matters Pertaining to
Labor.
MEN OF Drawn AND MUSCLE

Day laborers and skilled workmen will
have no difficulty in obtaining employment
in Omaha during the summer and fall and
throughout next year. There will be plenty
OF work then for followers of all the trades,
not only for those now in the city but for
hundreds of others
A leading architect, speaking of the situa-
ton yesterday, said that everything in
dicated most prosperous season for Omaha
'There is vast amount OF work
in the hands of the architects and contract
ors. This year is going to be busy one, but
next year, let me tell you, there
is going to be an enormous build
ing boom here. This year many pri-
vate enterprises will be consummated, but
as TO the larger public buildings to be
erected they will only be fairly gotten under
way. Next season work upon them
will be in full blast, and then, with
the addition of the other buildings bound to
follow, will, as told you, make it a great
boom year" But, il figures don't lie. this
present season will approach the boom high
water mark in activity. A reporter this
week visited many OF the Improvement CEN
ters. and, as a result, The BEE is to-day ena-
bled to give workingmen at home and abroad
an adequate idea Of the building and improve
ment to be done here
Nine OF the leading architects were visited,
they were preparing plans, aggregated
81, 492, 900, divided as follows: Business
blocks, $l,642 900: manufactures and ware
houses, 1921 900, and residences 5000. 900. OF
course some of these will not be built-they
are only projected, but there will be others
to take the place OF those that fall out and
the figures will remain practically the same.
These figures, however, are exclusive of the
city hall, to cost $3.50, 600, the building of
which will commence this fall the CONNER
cial bank building 5000; the Pacific Ex-
press compaIly's building, 900. The new
government building $500, 600, and the Union
depot, estimated to cost $4,000 construc-
ton of which will be commenced before the
year is out. -
The fact that these buildings are actually
To be erected has been estab-
lshed and these figures, added to
those given by the architects, brings
this year, as indicated by the work in the
hands of architects and contracts already
made, up to $4,000 000 Add to this sum
S340, 900 for new public school buildings and
the grand total is brought up to Si,340,000.
Work upon nearly all of these will begin
within the next few weeks. A committee Of
the council is now examining the plans pre-
pared Tor the new city hall, and as soon as
they decide upon the plans to be adopted,
bids Will be advertised for and work begun.
This will take but six or seven weeks at the
maximum. Work upon the excavations for
the Commercial bank building has already
commenced. 1t is the intention OF the Pa
clnc Express company TO commence the con-
struction OF its new building as soon as pos
sible, and this is true Of the companies in
terested in the construction Of the new
union depot. II may be late in the
summer before work upon the new
government building will be started, but
there will be plenty of employment furnished
upon the construction this year.
The erection of union depot will call for
new viaduct across the tracks on South
Tenth street and the changing of tracks,
which Will cause further expenditure OF
money and give employment 70 hundreds Of
men.
The secretary Of the board of public works
estimates that 100000 will be expended by