Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-03

u WISH 10 the immense establishment proves
a source OF interest and to all
who are not familiar With the system OF
smelling and refining the ores aud bullion
from which the precious metals are obtained.
Just north Of the smelling works are iocuteG
the immense machine shops Of the Union
Pacific system.
Seven miles north OF Omaha and at the
end of a pretty and interesting drive. or
bicycle ride. is located the plant Of the
American Water Works company, from
which Omaha and South omaha receive
I their water supply, The grounds Of the
company have been handsomely parked and
ornamcnted and he plant with it's capacity
of furnishing $4,000, 900 gsii9us Of water
daily is a point Of interest well worth
visiting.
One OF the largest industries Of tho west
Is embraced in the stock yards and packing
houses located at South Omaha, The priyi-
lege OF visiting these immcns packing
houses is always open tp visitors and should
be taken advantage Of 10y all who desire to
become informed as to Tie industry which
has given South Omaha a rari as The third
city of the union as a packing center and
live stock market, South Omaha is reached
by a motor line which passes through the
business part of the city.
The Liningcr art gallery, although a pri-
vate enterprise, takes rank as one OF the
finest collections of art, either public or
private. to be found in the west. II Is 10
Gated at the corner OF Eighteenth and
Davenport streets and is open to the public
each day from 8 in the morning until r
o'clock in the afternoon
The Bee building, the largest newspaper
building in the world. is located at the cor
ner of Seventeenth and Farnam streets. Ad-
Joining The Bee building on the west is the
city hall. 1t is six stories in height, Is
built of Dodlin granite and is one of the
finest homes of any municipal government
in the west. The county court house, sur
rounded by fine grounds, is across Farnam
street to the south. The structure is of
stone and with its grounds occupies an entire
block. The New York Life building, on the
northeast corner of Seventeenth and Far
nam, is a magnificent building, from the
roof of which is obtainable a splendid view
of the entire city. One block south and one
block west of The Bee building is the
Omaha public library building, at the corner
of Nineteenth and Harvey streets. This is
one of the handsomest library buildings In
the country. In addition to its magnificent
book equipment it contains the Byron Reed
collection of coins and curios, one of the
largest and most valuable of the kind in
the country. and one that will prove of
great interest to those interested in this
line of work.
Fort Crook. the new home of the Omaha
military post, is six miles south of the
city limits, and is reached by a fine drive.
The buildings are all new, and the Twenty
second regiment of infantry, which has
come to Omaha within the past few months,
is the first of Uncle Sans soldiers to oc-
cupy the fort. The Missouri Pacific trains,
including the express trains. stop at Fort
Crook. The old military post is located
at Fort Omaha. three miles north of the
business center of the city. adjoining Miller
park. Paved streets clear to the tort make
the trip a pleasant drive and a delightful
bicycle ride. a few soldiers of the Second
regiment still remaiii at the post, and the
beautiful grounds are always open to the
public.
The United States government is now
building a new postofhce and federal court
nlG 81 III oil nnCt Nrhn, oil n,rar
$1,000, 900. 1t promises to be one of the
ha~ndsomest public buildings erected in any
of the great interior cities. The building is
located at the corner of Sixteenth and Dodge
streets. The present pOstotfice is on the
corner of Fifteenth and Dodge streets. The
headquarters of the Department of the
Platte, U. S. A., are on the fifth floor of
The Bee building.
Omaha is well equipped with hospitals and
institutions for caring for the sick and I'M
fortunate. st. Joseph's hospital, located at
the corner of Tenth and CASTELAR, streets, is
one of the best equipped institutions in the
country. The Clarkson Memorial hospital is
locates on Dodge street, near Seventeenth
The Presbyterian hospital is at Thirteenth
and Dodge and the Methodist hospital at
Twentieth ana Harvey streets. The Swedish
Emmanuel hospital is in the northwestern
part of the city, at Thirty-fourth and Mere.
dith streets.
Omaha's only state institution is the Ne
braska School for the Deaf. located in the
hSi ~ ~ lai VI Nv WY. At " 1
street and Boulevard avenue. 1t is reached
by the Walnut Hill and Benson Place car
lines. Several hundred unfortunate Nebraska
children are now in school at the institution.
The Creche, a day nursery which performs
a great charitable work for the poor chill
dren of the city, is located at Nineteenth
and Harvey streets. The office of the AS
ISOLATED Charities is at Ninth and Howard
streets.
The Young Mems Christian association of
Omaha has a splendid stone building at the
corner of Sixteenth and Douglas streets. A
cordial welcome always awaits all visitors
there.
Nearly all the religious denominations are
well represented here. The city has more
than 100 church buildings. Some of the
handsomest church ediices in the west have
been built in Omaha. Trinity Episcopal
Cathedral, located at the corner of Eigh-
teenth street and Capitol avenue, First Meth
odis. church at the corner of Twentieth and
Davenport, First Congregational church at
the corner of Nineteenth and Chicago, Cen
tral Unity Presbyterian at the corner OF
Twenty-third and Dodge, First Presbyterian
at the corner of Seventeenth and Dodge,
kountze Memorial Lutheran at Sixteenth
and Harvey, st. Johns Collegiate at Twenty
third and California, and many others are
worthy a visit.
All the leading banks are located on Far
nam street and occupy the corners of Thir-
teenth, Twelfth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets.
The police station is located at the corner
of Fifteenth and Jackson streets.
The railroad ticket Offices are all on Far
nam street, east of Sixteenth.
The Union depot is at Tenth and Marcy
streets. The trains of the following roads
enter and depart from there: Burlington,
Union Pacific, Rock Island, Milwaukee and
At the Webster street sta
ton, Fifteenth and Webster streets, may be
fould the trains of these roads; Missouri
Pacific, Minneapolis & st. Paul, Sioux City
& Pacific and Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley.
Boyd's theater Is at the corner OF Seven
teenth and Harvey streets. The new Creigh-
ton theater Is at the corner Of Fifteenth and
Harvey streets.
The Coliseum building, the den of Samson
and the Knights of Ak ar-Ben, Is at TWEEN
tieth and Lake streets, and is reached by
the Hanscom park and the North Twentieth
street motor lines.
AMERICAN WIT IN ENGLAND.