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Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
MRterwn rlEs.

One Of the most extensive ana complete
waterworks plants IL the United States Is
hat Of the American Watarworl5s company
at Florence. the attractive little suburb Just
north Of the city limits. Including the out
lay Of 81. 600 during tho past year in i'm
proveneuts, the company has expended
upon its system the sum of s. 900. 600. and il
now operates 10 miles Of mains. through
which II supplies the clarified and aerated
contents OF the Missouri TO 5000 consumers.
Six and a half miles Of the new mains were
laid during 1893, but no material changes
We're made at the principal pun ping
stIJiOn or at any OF the relay
stations, as the pumping capacity
with the present machinery will be
sufficient for some years 10 come. The total
pumping capacity Of the four pumping en-
Eines at Florence anu those at the relay
stations al the foot Of Gass street, Tween
tieth and peppletOn avenue, and Fortieth
and Hamilton streets, is SO, 600, 600 gallons
daily, while the two great engines pumping
direct to the mains from Florence have d
joint c~apacity Of 81, 600 gallons per day. At
present the daily consumption Is IL, 0OO, 900
gallons. The company has seveutr-two men
on the regular pay roll, but employs q large
force of laoorers during the summer months,
making an average Of $50 employees the year
around, and An annual pay roll Of SS5, 600.
Ssventy-uDe IONS Of coal per DAY, or a total
Of 26, 00B tons annually, are consumed TO
furnish the is, 59O-horse power necessary 10
pperaie the ulaut.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
THE CRY
Improvements Made In Buildings During
the Past Yssr-EduuAtionRI statistics.

improvements Made In Buildings During
the Past YsEr-EducxtionHi statistics.
The growth Of the public school system o.
Omaha during 1893 far ou%tstripped the pre-
ceding year, as over $500, GOO was expended
in new buildings, al Of which we're OF the
most substantial character, the material
used in each instance being BRICK. The
architecture was of & pleasing character,
and the new structures are silent mOuu-
meuts 10 the pride Of the city in its educa-
tional institutions. New ideas have been
called into play in preparing for the i~ntelleC-
tuHl development Of the rising generation,
and al that was modern has Systematically
been given the preference wherever practic-
able.
During the past wear - 2Aa pupils have re
ceived instruction IN the public, parochial,
private and business schools Of the city,
under the supervision and direction OF 43s
teachers. OF tins number GOD were en-
rolled IN the public schools which have 8lj
teaCners OF the pBy roll, amounting TO
S2I.O 600 per month. This number does not in
clude q number Of volunteer teachers, whose
services are daily available III the kinder
Cartens, the paiC force IN each Of the seven
kindergartens including only d director ana
one teacher.
The following sChoo, structures We're
erected during the wear:
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31

OF this number the New Central, sara
toEa, West Omaha, Lothrou and Windsor
are already completed and occupied the
Franklin, Center and Hartman will he com
plsJen within sixty days, and the Long and
hickory will be ready Tor occupancy IL the
spring,
The enrolment for the year shows m in
crease Of 5Ol over 1892, while the average at
enhance shows an even Increased percent
age, and there has been j noticeable i'm
provement in puncbualty, diligence and
discipline. The opening Of five new kinder
gartens has relic we'd the crowded condition
OF the two that We're Cond ucJed il 1892 in
the mason and kellom schools.
Tue funds for the maintenance Of the
schools are received from the stAte Hppor-
tionmeut and fines and licences, while the
erection Of new buildings and the purchase
of new sites are provided for by bonds voted
by the school district.
The balance on hand January l, 1898, was
SS4, OS2. &c, The receipts Of the year were
S425 ,66G. -, while the dis pursemeuts were
$40, 32O.1f, lea wing u balance ID the treasury
with which 10 start the new year OF Sl5,-
34G.56
With the completion of the buildings now
in course Of erection, the city Will have
sixty-nine OF these structures. of which
thirty-one are brick and thirty-eight frame
The brick buildings contain BOZ and the
frame buildings s~eventy-four scnool and
class rooms,
The parochlal schools and colleges of the
city, supported solUly by the Catholic church,
have kept pace with the public schools, the
total enrolment being 1,62l pupils and II
teAClerS. They are as follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31

il viii be observed that while the value Of
goods imported is less than for the previous
year, the amount Of duties collected was
considerably CreaJsr. This is partly at
tributaole 10 advanced rates Of Tariff, and
partly 10 the fact That the heavier importa-
Lions nave been Of goods the value Of which
is not so great Hnd on which specific duLies
are collected. II may be interesting TO note
In this connection the percentages Of in
crease at the four principal interior ports IN
The transmissouri region;
Kansas City-Gain In four years, 90 per cent.
st. Jose ph-GAln in four years, So psr cent.
1euver-Loss in four years, % per cent.
Omah1-Gutn in four years, 1872 per cent,
Concerning the operation of the new tariff
schedule, If carried into effect as now an
nounced, upon the revenues Of this office, il
may be noted that the change will be deeply
felt. Duties on TIN plate alone for the last
fiscal year amounted 10 over 100000. The
Wilson bill cuts This down 10 S55, 900. Re
auctions on other articles largely imported
into Omaha, provided quantities. We're the
same, would probably take of another $40
600, so that on the basis of present trRnsRc-
lions there wuuld be u shrinKRCe of about 30
per cent in the income OF the office.
Mr.. Alexander commenced his work as
collector December /, 1889. His second ap-
poinJment expires January 4, 1894, al which
time he expects 10 step down and out,
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
E~LEC7RIC4L AOYES.

An electric locomotive which generates its
own electricity from a steam boiler IS the
latest French novelty IL electric traction.
The test of this locomotive on it's first trial
is said 10 have been satisfactory, but no in
formation is given as 10 the cost OF operating
IL.
The Iron Are thinks that the extremely
easy money market and low cost of material
will induce very considerable extensions Of
electric railways in various parts of the
country during the coming year. some of
these undertakings have proved very profit
able 10 their projectors.
il IS Il well known fact that the electric
light mas been Of immense value IN reducing
the number of burClGries in large cities. A
well lighted street and o store mine
through the night with arc or incAndesosnt
lamps are distinctly uufavOrabie 10 the
operations OF the jimmy and skeleton key
industry.
The Chicago Tribune learns that a number
Of electric light companies have combined 10
cut prices on lamps and thus squeeze the
small concerns out Of existence, so Us 10 pro
tecr themselves from iufrinCemeuts, for
which purpose they find legal redress too
slow. The plea Of self-defeuse is US ancient
as the fable Of the wolf and the limb.
The offer Of the Metropolitan Traction
company Of Brooklyn OF SL,OO1 10 the in
veHJor Of Il practical method Of street car
propulsion implies preference for IN electric
system which snail avoid the use Of over
head wires but be Us economical 10 operate
us the trolley system. ELECTRICITY says the
electric conduit IS probably the method
which most nearly complies with the re
quirements. There are no doubt u numbG
Of inventors who will lay claim 10 the prize
III once on the strength Of the various
conduit systems which have been designed
and experimental with, and the feeling
among electrical engineers IS pretty general
that there ~ no Inherent difficulty in the
way Of q conduit trolley system except
The high first cost OF building such q line,
A legal decision has been rendered in
Philadelphia which Illus trates the transi-
tlonRl nnture Of the progress now being
MADE In electrical BcIepce, An electric hight
consumer disputed ms bill on the ground
that the meter did not measure correctly.
There IS no surer way OF throwing the aver
age electrician into the widest excitement
Than by mentioning casually the fact that
electricity is in It's Infancy - but this truisD
was turned 20 profitable account wnen tue
case WAS brought into court, The com
plGluaut pleaded that Notwithstanding the
apparent progress Of recent years IN cleo
tflcItY, the science Is stIl IN The iufhutiie
stage thai the company hHd adopted a
meter, which. IN their judgment, was the
best that could be found tina tine aftiduvlt
Of the defense did not Indicate IN wnst re-
spect, manner or particular the meter was
incorrect, and that IL guve 10 STANDARD by
which suCh inCOrrertness or correctness
could be tested TIT court sustained this
view Enu entered judgment accordingly.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
Posromre.

The increased in almost every one of the va
rious branches Of the postofice business for
1898 is Indicative Of the fact that the city
nus held its W during the severe crisis
through which il has just passed, and tnat
the population las not materially varied
since last year, While the postufice re
oeipts OF almost every city in the country
have decreased Omaha shows a material in.
crease over 1892. The following is the ros-
ter Of the office T. S ClRrkson, pnstmAs-
ter James !. Woodland, assistant pOstmAs-
ter; Mrs Eta Matheson, cashier; J. t.
Cramer, superintendent Of mails G Il.
BurmesJer, superintendent money order al
vision K. Phoenix, superintendent registry
division j. l. DisbrOw, superintendent free
delivery division W. " Connoran, chief
clerk mailing division; l. S. Mole, chief
clerk distributing Miss Viola CONN. score
tAry civil service board.
There IRE thirteen employees in the mailing
division, eleven ia the distributing division,
six IL the registry division, three 10 the
money order division, three IN the general
delivery, TWO il the stamp division, one for
wnrdlng clerk, one directory clerk.
bel OF carriers AT 81 600 per year, IS,
number OF carriers al $500 per year, II num-
ber Of curriers' al $500 per year, ]: total nun
Der OF carriers, q special messengers, 2.
Deliverles-Four carriers I one trip
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
Totul............II8 sl2.37l, 800. ST. .sO7 900
THESE FIGURES do moi include the output of

the linseed oil WORKS OF asphalt companies.
The new factories starting during the year
were 3 h~ottling works, plating works. car
rage top factory and distillery, represent
ing q total capital invested Of $50, 800.
The falling OF Ii the output as compared
with 1899 is nearly al accounted for by the
smelter, the output of winch is s.. 10000
less than for 1892, this being directly dueito
the furry that struck the silver market.
Aside from thai the output Of the various
Omaha factories remained about the same
as for 1892, which, in view of AL the circum-
stances, is sufficient cause for congratula-
Jion.
None of the factories Of any size went out
Of business during the year, the only ones
thus suspending being little concerns with u
capital Of but $1,000 or Sl,500, while the
starting Of four new ones and the enlarge
ment Of others swelled the capital invested
30 81, 81 800, as against 81, SOS, 500 in 1892,
an increase OF capital invested in factories
of $4T2, 800 IL favor Of 1893, The decrease
in the number Of factories was eighteen,
while the output. aside from the decrease in
the smelter product and including linseeu
oil und asphalt, would show IN increase over
1899, so that msre cEpttal Is invested and
more manufactured goods were turned out
bv these 1877 factories an 1898 than was the
case with these same factories ana eighteen
additional ones in 1899.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
ISDUsTRI4L NOTES.

St. Louis leads in tobacco manufacture.
The Manchester ship canal cost S75, 600, 900.
The engines Of u first class steel man-of-
wal cost nearly S70O,000.
The world puts on its victuals every wear
S., 900, 900 worth Of black pepper,
BY The invention OF a woman threads are
now cut on the watch screws that are finer
than a human hair.
In 1887 there was S4l4 .OOO invested in cot
ton mills in South Carolina To-day the in
vestment is over Sl2, 900 900.
Paris is trying u wood pavement made Of
mahogany, Mahogany is much cheaper
than IL used 10 be, but still dearer than
woods generally used for this purpose.
The development of gas and gasoline en-
gines in this country has been so great that
many believe ii is only a question Of time
when they will supersede steam engines for
generation Of the electric current.
New York has the greatest number of
awnings bank depositors, l,5l6, $3.50, and also
the graatest amount Of deposits, S5SS, 425, 42l
Massachusetts comes next, with l,l8l BOB
depositOrs, having on deposit S369, 596, BS6.
Less than three months ago the Colorado
senators were pointing 10 Leadville as u hor-
rible example of the disasters resulting from
President Cleveland's silver policy. Now IL
is announced that the last idle man in that
place will be put TO work at living wages
this week,
Muskegon has secured the biggest puncher
in the world. This gigantic mass Of iron,
weighing IS, 900 pounds, has been set IN its
place at The MuskeEon Boiler works. II Is
a relc Of the Worlds fair and is capable of
punching two-inch holes through twO-lnch
plates of steel.
Did YOU ever stop 10 think how much can
be gotten out Of Il bar Of steel '~costing Sl2
Put II through u needle factory and IL will
produce s950 worth Of needles. TIT pro
prietor OF Ricutlery mandatory will take II
and produce $3.50 worth Of knife blades.
A matchmaker will take IL and produce $3.50
worth Of balance springs thus q bar Of iron
costing 81 ana put into watches will give
S24O, 1913.
The frost that gathers on tine show win
dows OF the stores II II serious obstruction TO
the advertising uses OF the window and
large lighted lamps are used 10 dissolve the
frost, only partially accomplishing the work.
The "dOwn-eAst' Maine Yankee does This
thing better. He has discovered that the
llJJle electric fans, driven by force taken
from hrs lighting wire, sci IN the store front,
viii drive on the frost in a few moments.
John Wennstrom, an ingenious German, has
invented and patented q machine which, ut
nrst thought, one is apt 10 Think would be as
useless as the fifth wheel on u wagon. II is
d hOle-bOring coutrivBnoe, and may be driven
either by foot, hand or steam power. The
holes drilled by this dainty instrument are
but one one-tEousHndth Of an inch in diane
ter ana are the smallest that man has yet
been able 10 pierce. The machine has q
capacity OF ~, 600 revolutions per minute, IA
is intended solely for drIlling holes through
diamonds, sApphtres, ruDies ana other preo-
lOus stones.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
Gas and EIertric Llrht.

The New Omaha Th0mson-Houston Eleo-
trio Lighting compuny and omaha Gas
Manufacturing companr control the lighting
privileges in This city. Both are oficered
bv Omaha men and have their %heRuquar-
ters in this city. HI electric lighting
plant is one Of the. most complete IL the
country, there being but four larger IN the
United States. The company has extended
its incRndesuent wires SO that il now takes
in Farnam street as far west Us FOruieth,
Dodge as fur west as Thirtieth, Chicago
west 10 Tweuty-ffth, Sherman avenue north
TO Corby, Cunning west TO Fortieth, TWEEN
tieth north 10 Lake, and Twenty fourth
north TO the Belt Line tracks, Us well
as southwest on Leaveuworth and Park
HBnscom park The plant is sufficient 10
take care Of IS 900 inGAndescsnt and 600 arc
lights, and currGut is nightly generated for
1000 incEndescent and 4sl arc lights, The
city pays for lp7 arcs for lighting the streets.
The company has fifty men on the pay roll,
and their wages amount 10 81, 900 per month.
The sOO-hOrse power boiler battery aud the
lsOO engines require the daily consumption
OF 10000 pounds Of coAl While the city
lighting has not materially changed during
The year, the company reports thai LIS busl-
ness with private consumers as compared
with 1889 shows q decrease OF about az per
cent.
The Omaha Gas Manufacturing company
has made no material extensions Of its mans
during the year Just closed, although new
service pipes have been laid % accommodate
several hundred new consumers. The out
put has been about the same as for last year,
however, rs many OF the old consumers have
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31

leased grain wire running into the city 10
owned by the Postal. This company has
twenty-six branch Offices in this city ana
South Omaha, an increase o. sixteen during
the year. Seventy persons are employed by
the company In this city and South Omaha,
Rnd the pay roll amounts TO 1880 per month.
During the past your the mpuuy handled
IL very nearly double the business zone
there in 1892
In the transaction Of its general mossen-
ger business the American District Ielc-
graph company furnishes forty-fve persons
employment. ana The monthly pay roll
reaches q, 400. During the past year Ill ,h24
calls we're receIved, an incrense o. 20, F5l over
1892 The company expended 81, $50 IN improv-
ing its system, which neuessitRtes l42 miles OF
wire, 80 call boxes, l,4l2 night watch and
fire alarm boxes besides a number CT auto
matte fire alarm aud burglar alarm boxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31

tons forwarded during 1892. This vast
amount II tonnage would nave filed a,OOO
ordinary freight cars, making a Solid, con
tinuous train over L.2cQ niles long.
The freight business during the earlier
part OF The year was In excess OF the same
period Of 1sB2, but the hD-pervAdiug dullness
Of the latter part O. the year more than
Offset the gain Of the FIRST SIX months
The most important shops OF the Union
Pncihc system are located here, giving en-
ploynent 10 from lao to 4 400 men, and pay
ing out annually IN salaries and wages from
$500 600 10 o. 300, 600. During the past Jew
months she force has been much reduced
both in the number % men and the hours OF
labor. improvements amounting 70 $50 O1C
we're made in the property which covers
sixty acres, and now represents an outlay Of
g.. 200 nnn
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31

In the early spring the public library will
be moved INTO its permanent home in the
freproof building now in course Of erection
at Nineteenth and Harvey, and which will
cost when completed, sl12,0O0. During the
year Just closed, the circulation was Us fol-
lows Books for home use, 205 ,0D0 books
for The reading room, 38, 900; reference
books, s,0O3; maPazines, %, 1000; 10 patrons
and visitors Of the reading room, Ill 800, b
total of $50, 298 and an increase over 1892 of
sc, G53. New books to the number Of H,O2l
were added and 4,l67 borrowers cards were
issued. Fines amounting 10 sAll 40 were col
lecJed, while 1896 was realized from sub
scriptiors and the sale OF catalogues. The
total amount expended for the year ending
June !, aside from the expenditure on the
new building, was Sl4, 624 20, and including
payments on the new building was SIS, =
SD o..
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
The Fire RECORD.

The fire department was called out 216
times during 1893, as against PAS times in
1892. The total fire losses IN 1892 aggreg ated
s515, 900, of whlch but $500, 900 had been sus-
tanned up TO the burning Of the Coutlneuta !
block, December Is. The total losses the past
year reached the aggregate figure Of S4Ss, 700,
Of which S2GS 800 Is TO be accounted for n
the three big fires of the yeAr-the Wake
field lumber yard, Shiverick's and the Far
nam street thelJer.
Omaha now has thirteen engine houses, Of
which all but two are owned by the city.
The apparatus consists of two engines, four
hose carriages, six hose wagons, one com
binatiop hose and chemical. two
chemical engines and one water tower.
Fitty-one horses are used in the
department, and an SIS, 600 fire alarm system
is called into play at every fire. Another
engine is now nearly completed al the fac
tory. The additions Of the year incluGe two
engines, q hose wagon, water tower aId sew
eral horses. The entire department repre-
sents an outlay of $40, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
AMONG THE
stAtlstics showing incoming and outFo
Tnnnarn-Erlnn ni mnrnrrnnnntr

Statistics %hOWln incoming and Outgoing
fonnaEc-Extont of Improvements.
As the focus Of over 10, 900 miles OF rail
roAds, OmahH well maintained its CONNER
cial position during 1888, Thirteen Of the
great trunk lines have their offices here,
while eight Of them maintain al this point
their headquarters and general departments
Every dag in the year l2g passenger trains
arrive at aud depart FROM The depots, whIls
the schedules show that eIghty-two freight
trains, exclusive Of extras, pass in and OUT
each twenty-four hours OF the week.
A careful estimate shows thai during 1898
the various ROADS received 2.360. 900 tons Of
freight and forwarded i ss0.O 900 tons, as
against 1913 900 toDE received and 1881. 900
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31

substituted incandesceut electric light for
gas. Many Of the ONCE buildings md large
mercantile establishments have been among
those who thus changed, and 10 has more
that Offset the gains from new consumers.
The company has about 100 miles OF mains,
feet. II furnishes employment 20 100 people,
and the monthly pay roll 10 $500. The com
pany has about Z, 700 actual consumers. The
city is q gas consumer 70 the extent OF GIl
street lights and whhtever rs necessary for
thirteen engine houses and the police sta
tinn. The company ts capitalized for $500
600. II consumes monthly twenty carloads
Of nnFa
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
RnrES.

The Board of Park Com m~issioners mas ex-
pended during the past year the sun of S62,-
O9l.50 in maintaining the park system Of
the city and in making improvements.
About rs per cent of this amount has
been for improvements, and none of ii
includes the amount set apart for purchase
of new grounds for park purposes. The
great work Of extension OF the park system
will be done this year, and the development
of The recently purchased tracts will be
gotten well unuer way, rs well as the start
ing of the system of b~oulevards that is TO
connect the various parks and make q CON
Jinuous pleasure drive around the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31

The work done al ForE Crook during 1893
involved NJ expenditure Of SAL. 600, The
greater part Of which was for the extensive
Guo elaborate system Of drives, sewer and
& Hterworks, which the specifications OF ths
War department called for. The new posi-
will be, when completed, one OF the finest,
as well Us the largest, IN The country, and
will furnish quarters fOr a fun regiment
saoh Of cavalry and infantry. The work -
1e done there tGis year vii exceed s5DOiO04
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
Now FederaI hnndlnr.

The undecision as 10 the material TO be
used in the superstructure Of the new post
Office building was the direct cause Of the de-
lay that resulted in 50 little being done on
that BUILDING during 1893, but the foundation
was completed and The amount expended
there during the year was a liItle over
ST.. 900. Now that the matter has been set
tied and the contract awarded the work OF
getting out the material is going on Us fast as
possible, and within the next forty days the
delvery OF granite on the GROUND VIII BEGIN.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-31
United States Custom House.

In reporting The transactions Of the Gus
tom house for The past year Collector Alex:
ander was nOle 10 make q creditable show
ing Notwithstanding the ~tinancial and COM
mercial depression that has so materially
checked all lines Of business.
Pror 10 The beginning of the fiscal year
1889 the total Of duties collected at the
Omaha custom house, covering q period of
sixteen yeurs, was 500, 43L. Under the opera-
ton of immediate transportation priv
ileges, conferred IN 1885. receipts from Gus
toms have greatly Increased, as will be seen
from the following comparative table: