, 1891-07-16
LEADER LETTERS.
News From Correspondents in and
Out of the State.
Gold Hill Gossip Red
headed Over a Ball Game.
Sights and Scenes in and About
Omaha and Sioux City.
A View OF n

| tBtNAhl olAtapolAAltlltt.
OMAHA, July l2.-The union depot at
Omaha is Disappointing to a stranger. 1t
is a low wooden structure unworthy the
name. 1t was a settled matter 10 the
mind of your correspondent before ar
irving in Omaha that it was not as pretty
a town as Denver. The sight of the
union depot served to confirm the i'm
preston. Before he had gotten halt a
mile from the Gepot the idea was COM
pletely dispe,led, however. At the pres
ent time Omaha is the better appearing
city of the two. When Denver's streets
are paved this will not be the case. The
streets of Omaha are well paved. clean
and ATTRACTIVE. Handsome business
blocks adorp the city. The highest build
is the New York Life Insurance building.
which is ten stories, not including the
basement or tower. From the tower of
the building most of the thriving CITY of
l40. 900 souls can be seen, besides Council
Bluff. on the other side of the river. al.
tbougb not TO good advantage
I'm the river the view extends beyond
the CITY limits to the timber skirted bluffs
Below lies the Rig Muddy and the wide
river bottom. The valley ia not beautiful
From the tower it has n narsbv annear-
an.e. suggestive of cb,lls and fever
A stream of visitor, is almost constantly
pouring into aud out of the tower. 1t
affords a splendid view, but when one
from the Rockies looks down upon the
river bottoms. and them with
the grand sights on which his ewes are
accustomed to feast 1t seems a pitv that
with such an opportunitv there is not
more tn be seen Next in imnortance IN
the New York Life Insurance bu;ldino 10
the Bee building. 1t cost something like
half n million Tt ia ovned bv n stoct
COMPANY of which Mr.. Rosewater chief
owner of tbe Rec 10 the nrincinal holder
One of the greatest newspaner nlanrs in
the worll. that of the Bee. il located in
the building. Mr.. .Jamer Wilson the Bee
short hand reporter and Mr. Rosewater's
private secretary. courteouslv showed vour
correspondent tbronVb tho ofices editor
ial. composipe and nress rooms They
are elegant and svstematicallv arranged
The afternoon edit,on was heinz RIM of
A stream nj wbI,e naner rms from {,
cvlinder with almost l;,b,nina ran;di,u
into ono or5 ot po,tornross .n5 E,om
rho ,tber ond tho naror. nr;n,od ,nd
folded complete. issue at the rate ot 10
600 an bour Mr. Wilson ralated some
interesting newnaner .,ner,oncos and
gave some valuable suooes,;ons Ue
very nleasan,lv m ered M Carroll
and said great changes had taken nlace
on the Bee since he left its staff.
A half day or more was spent riding
over the city on the MANY electric and
cable lines. When the weather here is
too hot for eating or sleeping a man gets
on the Sherman avenue and South Omaha
car. 1t is cool on the lightning ~propelled
car inducing sleep. So a man gets a nine
mile ride and an hours sleep for a nlckle.
That is the way the Omaha people sleep,
and by so doing they save time. The site
of Omaha is rugged and billy. When
they ant to puv up a new building they
don't dig a cellar but SCOOP out a place on
the side of a hill. There are some beau
tiful residence streets but none more so
than our own Ferguson street in Chey-
enne or some of the avenues on Capitol