Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-19
Harry Haskell, treasurer, and James Mar,

Harry Haskell, treasurer, and James Mar
kell, sergeant-at-arms.
AS a COMMERCIAL CENTER.
For a town of its age and size Omaha was
in 1871 no mean commercial and industrial
center. 1t boosted of five fourishing banks
four of which successfully withstood the
great financial crisis of two years later,
These banks are worth enumerating. The
Central National bank was located in Cen
trail block, on Farnam street, with an au-
thorized capital of 81 900, 600. John McCor-
mick was president; James G. Chapman, vice
president; James NJ. Watson, cashier; James
e. Boyd, assistant cashier. The First Ma
tional bank, then, as low, at the corner of
Thirteenth and Farnam streets, had been
established in 1856 and organized as a ma
tional bank August 20, 1853. Its capital and
undivided profits were over $3.50. 600. Ed
ward Creighton was president: Herman
K~ountze, vice president; Augustus Kountze,
cashier; III. w. Yates, assistant cashier. The
Omaha National bank, corner Thirteenth and
Douglas streets, had a paid-in capital of 500,
900, and an authorized capital of $500, 900.
Ezra Willard was president and j. II. Willard
cashier. The State Bank of Nebraska was at
the corner of Thirteenth and Farnam streets.
1t had a capital of 500, 900, with Alvin Saun-
ders as president and Benjamin b. Wood
cashier. The banking house of Caldwell,
Hamilton & Co., now the United States Ma
tional bank, was already at the corner of
Twelfth and Farnam streets, and transacted
business the same as an incorporated bank.
In the line of jobbing and wholesale trade
the chief business was in agricultural imple-
ments, groceries, hardware, lumber, liquors,
furniture and some dry goods. In addition
to the nucleus of manufacturing on a small
scale, such as everywhere carried on by the
cigar makers. shoemakers, blacksmiths and
so forth, there were a number OF more i'm
portant factories and mills. Two Touring
mills were at work grinding wheat into flour.
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beer. A distillery was in operation manufac-
turing whisky and spirits. The linseed oil
works had just been started. There were two
soap and candle factories, a cigar box factory
a paper box factory, a coffee and spice mill, a
foundry, a carriage factory and several wagon
makers, sash, door and blind manufacturers
a show case maker, and pork packers, There
were two establishments engaged in the con-
struction of lightning rods and one which
was flooding the west with Nebraska-mad
hoop skirts and corsets. All this without
counting the two thriving lottery swindles
which were soon after compelled to retire
from business under the irresistible on
slaught of The Bee. The principal addition
to the industries of Omaha for the year 1871
was the smelling works, which had been
organized the preceding year and which com
pleted the construction of its works and be-
gan active operations in February, 1871, Civ
ing employment night and day to an aggre-
gate OF sixty men. Next to the Union Pa
cihc car shops, the smelling works at once
took rank at the forefront of Omaha's manu-
featuring enterprises.
REPRESENTATION IN THE PROFESSIONS
Among the inhabitants of the town our
traveller would have found a fair repre-
sentation OF intelligent professional men.
or the attorneys and law firms then prac-
tlcing before the courts only a compare
lively few are still pursuing the profess
sion in this city. Here, however, are some
OF the familiar names: G. w. Ambrose,
Baldwin & O'Brien, J. C. Gown, Gilbert g.
Swartzlander, Neville & Halves, Strickland
& Webster, Savage & Henderson, A.. j.
Poppleton, c. II, Brown, C. S. Chase, w. j.
Cornell, G.. w. Doane. Luther & Thurs
ton, John |. Redick, Il, Wakeley, j. NJ.
Woolworth, ID. l.. Thomas,
The list of surviving physicians OF
twenty-five years ago is still smaller. Those
who are still we'll known here are Drs. /.
Van Camp, o. S. Wood, Peck e. Moore. V.
III. COffman, S. D.. Mercer, ]. c. Denise,
]. r, Conklin, George Tilden and James II,
Peabody.
None OF the ministers OF 1871 occupy
Omaha pulpits regularly today.
ADJUSTMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS.
In the matter OF amusements our trav-