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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

Look at those wholesale buildings" he
continues. did you ever see anything like
Il? Most of them started as two and three
story structures. and the business has
grown so that they have had to be pushed
up TO six This is one OF the great mar
kets of western North America, and the
biggest market north of your western
boundary. II you had a pair of long-dis-
lance glasses. which would enable you TO
look from the Atlantic to the Pacific. you
could see that there is nothing in the
west that can approach Winnipeg, and
your eye would travel eastward as far
as Toronto before any city of this
class could be seen. II you could look up
and down the great west with an X-rsy at
tachment which would enable you 10 pierce
through the snow down into the soil. you
would know that you are at the eastern
end OF the greatest wheat country on earth.
Away out there are 250OOO.OO0 acres of
land which will grow bread with little
more than scratching the ground. We have
cultivated as yet but few garden patches
here and there over 1t. and our crop has
year was about 10000 600 bushels. When
IL is all under cultivation II will yield nigh
to a billion. We shall then feed John
Bull Yea. we shall even NIL Uncle Sans
stomach ana the crop viii all 50 through
Winnipeg"
'Dont you think It l. getting a little
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

Winnipegger, Mr.. Fred Heubach, is on the
lever, and we are going like mad. He
takes us on toward the river past the Hud-
son Bay company stores and offices. by
Lord Srathcona's big apartment house,
and then turns to the right and we fly
past the Manitoba club and on into the
principal residence section. The streets
are still wide. but they wind this way and
that along the AssinIboine river. Boule-
wards have been laid out on both sides of
the stream in such a way that every resi-
dence has a back yard running down to
the water. There are miles OF fine houses
in this part of Winnipeg. and other miles
have been laid out farther on. Nearly all
the houses are new, and the largest and
best of them seem to have sprung up, like
the palace of Aladdin, in the space of
night The chief building materials are
white brick and a cream colored stone
which is found nearby. The city, in fact.
is white city, and under the bright sun
shine. which the Winnipeggers say exists
here for thirteen months or more every
year. it looks as neat a pin.
Leaving the boulevards, we ride through
street after street of brand new cottages,
the homes of the well-to-do and poorer
classes of the city We see, strange to
say, no signs of ITO let" and very few Of
For sale" Winnipeg has almost nc tene-
ment buildings and so far l have seen no
two-story flats. Indeed. 1t is almost i'm
possible to rent a dwelling at reasonable
rate, and nearly every family is forced to
own its own house.
In North Winnipeg, beyond the overhead
bridge, which crosses the railroad track,
hundreds OF neat one and two-story cot
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07
tages are now going up. and they are oc-
cupied or sold as fast as they are built.
The Wheat Trains.

Standing on the bridge going over the
railroad. we are In the center of the largest
railroad yard of the world belonging to a
single trunk line. At least the Winnipeggers
say so. There are 10 miles of track, COW
ering acres about US, and at this time they
are filled Eith cars carrying the wheat to
the great elevators at Fort William and
Port Arthur in order that 1t may % taken
down the lakes as soon as navigation opens
During the season a wheat train goes out of
this yard every hour of the day and night
and altogether a half million bushels Of
wheat leave here for Fort William every
tweLty-four hours Five bushels of wheat
Will make all the flour man eats the year
around, SO that, every day, enough wheat
goes over these tracks to feed 100000 men
for one year.
like these Winnipeggers. They are so
pushing, strenuous, enthusiastic and happy.
They claim their city has the best climate
on earth, and they would not exchange the
biting winds Of the prairie for the kissing
zephyrs of New York. Boston or Washing
ton. They prepare for the season Just
now every Winnipegger who can afford It
has on a gray overcoat made of coon skins.
The fur is long and it stands out like the
bristles on a hot hog. This doubles the
size VI lhe "edTtT. II makes MN look
at least a foot broader and. as it is long,
at least six inches taller. He adds to his
height by Il fur cap which can be pulled
down over the ears. This makes him still
bigger. Indeed, the town just now is peo-
pied with furry giants, who are breathing
out smoke, for the frost congeals the air
from the nostrils so that 1t rises like the
vapor of an incipient volcano The women
here also dress in furs. Their cheeks are
blushing under Jack Frosts amorous kisses
and the ozone of the atmosphere paints
their eyes bright. They look too sweet 70
be the wives and daughters Of the giants
beside them. but we doubt not the fact
when they open their mouths and begin
to talk about great Winnipeg.
Winnipeg is at the gateway OF the New
Canada. The tens Of thousands Of immi-
grants who are now arriving come through
here. and one sees ON the streets natives
from every region OF Christendom. There
are Germans, Austrians. Greeks. Swedei
and Norwegians, many OF them dressed ir
the costumes of the land from which they
came. Now and then one secs an English
saAn. and It is'hsrd 70 throw = stone with
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

out striking American At the sans
time, the most of the population is made UP
of Anglo-Saxon Canadians, and altogether
looks not unlike those to be seen In st.
Paul or Chicago.
On one side of the Red river. reached by
bridge, is the town of st. Boniface, where
there are several thousand French Cana
dams, and there are also Russians, Italians
and Syrians. -
The IceInnders of winnipeg.
Some distance from here. on the shore OF
Lake Winnipeg, there is a colony of lee
landers. many OF whom have moved into
the city. Some of them are lawyers, others
are teachers and not a few have intermar-
ried with the Canadians.
These Icelanders were among the f1rst of
the western Canadian immigrants. They
were brought here years ago when II was
thought that none but those accustomed to
the cold OF the Arctic zone could withstand
the weather The Dominion government
sent commissioners to Iceland, and they
brought back a colony OF fifteen or twenty
thousand souls and shipped them out to
Lake Winnipeg. The Icelanders settled on
its banks, and for a time made most Of
their living by fishing, much OF their catch
being through holes in the ice in the winter.
Ihey are now well scattered over the coun~
try. Many of the girls have gone into
service and not few are walters at tbs
hotels. Indeed. my favorite hash singer
at the Empire, where i am stopping in
Winnipeg. is pretty Icelander with cheeks
of flame, hair OF IRE and eyes OF heavenly
blue. These people are orderly. They take
TO education and religion, the largest Ioe-
landic church In the world being ia Winnl-
peg.
There are also many Russians hero, and
a Russian church. The Catholic population
Is large, and the French Canadians all be-
long to that denomination. There is
Trappist monastery outside the city and q
Trappist nunnery. Almost every denomi-
nation OF Protestants has its meeting
house; the Jews have a synagogue, the Sal-
walton army is wagng its warfare against
dissipation and sin and the Young
Mems Christian association has it's
own building and is doing excellent
work. Indeed. the whole city worships thu
Lord under one religion or, another. II is
a God-fearing. order-loving. Sabbath-ob-
serving and church going municipality. II
is so good that there are no Sunday news
papers. The street cars are not allowed to
run on the Sabbath. and the only public
places open are the hotels and churches.
FRANK q CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

Mrs. Agnes Neygood Of Astoria, Long
Island. used to be an acrobat. Before her
marriage she was one Of the trapeze per-
formers in a circus. She gave up her
career five years ago because she fell in
love with a horseshoer employed by the
show. When he asked her TO be his wife
he insisted she must leave the trapeze for
ever and consented.
They were married and lived happily.
Mrs. Neygood. who had been Mile Ma
rinzi. the champion aerial triple somer-
sault performer" was hanging out clothes
the other day from her fiat after a hard
mornings wash. The clothes line con-
nected with high pole In the rear yard
Mrs. Nsygood. leaning Tar out 70 make
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

There at the end is the new Canadian
Pacific depot hotel and railway offices fast
approaching completion. Those buildings
, alone will cost as much as 100000, and
further up the street are to be the great
terminals OF the Grand Trunk and the
Canadian Northern. which will cost $780,
900 more.
Eyes. SIR" says the Winnipegger at my
side. that shows you how we are grow
ing. About five years ago we began to
build for all time and eternity. Before
that we had not realized that Winnipeg
was bound to be the greatest city of the
north and our houses were put up for the
time. Most of them were without cellars
and they had fiimsy foundations. Since
then we have raised them and made exca-
vations. and we are now building as sub
stantlally as any town on the continent.
Five years ago we had about $1,000 people.
Now we have 10000, and we are just on
the edge of our beginning. The city will
grow more next year than ever before. and
within ten years, and probably sooner. We
shall equal Minneapolis and ST. Paul COM
binod."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07
Experience of an Acrobat Proves Useful Emergency

the rope taut with her precious wash. had
a good hold on the rope. The pulley broke.
and the former trapeze artist was dragged
out OF the window. AS she swung out
ward she remembered her old-time tricks,
and turned so as to twist the rope about
her right arm. She swung the great arc
of a pendulum. and got a seconds footing
on the window ledge opposite.
The window was closed, and she did
not have time TO get hold before she was
swinging back again. but not within reach
ing distance OF her own window. fve stories
above the ground.
Rsalizing that each swing would be less
than the last. she steered herself with all
her eld-tims skin 70 tbs supporting pole
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

and other parts of the west came here to
deal in grain and the cheap lands. They
opened business establishments of various
kinds and today some of the best of the
city blood has come from across the border.
There now eight of our thresning ma
chimes and farm implement establishments
represented here. There are half a dozen
land companies backed by big American
capital, and there are Americans who have
sold their millions of acres of Canadian
lands. Others going into business, and
others are here ready to take hold of the
best things that come up. The chief build
ing firm is American, 1t takes contracts
running high into the millions, and is con-
cerned in the new railways. The biggest
land companies were started with United
States capital, and some of the railroad
land grants are handled by them. In the
meantime there has been large influx of
population from Eastern Canada, together
with some from Great Britain. The most
of the life blood of the city, however, is
American and Canadian, and the two flow
along together in one harmonious stream.
Both seem to have implicit faith in the flu
ture of the city, and, indeed, the indica-
tons are thar their faith is well founded.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07
By Automobile Through winnipeg.

But let us go down and have a cup OF
beef tea," said the Winnipegger, and We
shall then take ride through the city in
an automobile"
Beef tea is more common than whisky as
a winter drink here. 1t Is served at all the
saloons and hotels and one can have 1t on
tap Indeed, 1t takes the place of soda
water from December till May.
Having finished our tea, We rode through
the main street of the city. This was one
OF the old Indian trails which ran north
and south, following the course OF the Red
river. past the Hudson Bay fort which was
once stationed here. Portage avenue. which
we saw from the roof, cuts 1t almost at
right angles. 1t is also part of an old In
dian trail, which extended from here a
thousand miles westward to Edmonton, a
town now reached by three great railroad
systems.
Main street has many old buildings. II
was the first business part of Winnipeg,
being a kings highway. and 1t still contains
the best business properties. Real estate
along 1t has gone up like a shot within the
past five years. and it is said to now be
fully high as in Minneapolis or Toronto.
Store rooms rent from 81, 800 to $500 a year.
and you can buy a business front for less
money in Montreal than right here.
Notice the banks! Winnipeg is one of
the financial centers of Canada. 1t has
thirteen bank buildings. the most OF them
branches of the great banks Of Canada,
They do a big business, and they will COM
pare in their appointments with almost any
banks of our country. The clearings last
week were about 100000. This is just
double what they werei in the same week
one year ago, and three times as much as
they were three years before.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

She was out OF practice and struck the
pole harder than she had intended. She
was half stunned, but still she managed to
throw her arms and legs about the pole.
and before losing consciousness slid close
to the ground.
The fall of fifteen feet aroused her, and
she was able to crawl into the house. A
physician was called He found that no
bones had been broken. Then neighbors
helped the former circus woman up to her
rooms. When her husband returned from
work he found his supper ready for him.
His wife was a bit pale. but smiling. and
q lot OF friends were there to shake hands
with him because he was not w.dowsr.-
New York. TlmsA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

@-BoUT 5000 refrigerator car loads
Il "a OF packing house products are
shipped out of South Omaha an
KA6HSI nually. or $50 cars per day.
S The products shipped in refrig-
orator cars are largely dressed beef,
dressed sheep and few dressed hogs.
Very few hog carcasses are shipped in re-
frigeration. These are mostly sent out
cured in the form Of bacon. ham, sidemeat
and other various cured, canned or pick
led products into which the hog is turned at
the packing house. Refrigeration in the
packing houses applies almost wholly to
dressed beef and mutton.
The killing capacity of a packing house
depends on its cold storage capacity. All
beef must go through the cold storage or
refrigeration process before it becomes a
marketable commodity. And here again the
killing capacity must be governed by the
refrigerator car supply of the packing
house for dressed beef Is bulky stuff and it
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

Ice began TO ne used on a large scale for
the preservation OF fresh meats In ship
ment. Though there have been numerous
dry air refrigerators invented and brought
into practical use, still refrigeration by
ice holds its own and it will likely be a
long while before Ice will be discarded for
this purpose. The dry air refrigeration
process seems to be the most popular
for ocean shipments. In these dry air
refrigerators atmospheric air is compressed
to one-third or one-fourth of its normal
bulk.
The air 30 condensed becomes hot
and is cooled by injecting afr mo the air
compressor after which 1t Is still further
reduced in temperature and freed from
moisture by passing 1t through range Of
pipes in the cold air of the chamber that
is being refrigerated. Being thus con-
veyed to the expanding cylinders, the work
or energy 1t contains by virtue of its
compression is expended in moving pis-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07
Loading a Refrigerator Car.

After undergoing the necessary cooling
process, the half carcasses are packed in re-
frigerator cars which have been previously
supplied with ice. so that the inside tenn
perature is not above the freezing point
Ordinarily thirty carcasses of beef, approx
imating 600 pounds in weight each, are
packed to the car. but more is loaded II
emergency requires. From one and half
to two tons Of ice are placed in the car at
the initial stage. The refrigerator cars are
built much after the same fashion of the
domestic and market house refrigerators,
so as to retain an even temperature inside
the cars. This evenness of temperature Is
very essential to avoid the sweating proc
ess as the rise of few degrees In tenn
perature at any stage of the shipment is
likely to seriously damage the frozen meat,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

especially where the shipment is to be
made through or to a warm climate. All
refrigerator cars must be re-iced at least
once In twenty-four hours. and oftener IL
the condition of the outside temperature
requires.
All meats are inspected both before and
after refrigeration by the government in
spectors both for domestic consumption and
export Meats for foreign export are re-re-
frigerated at the ocean ports for storage in
the cooling rooms of the steamships, meat
shipments being made only on steam pro-
PEELED vessels. These meats are always re-
inspected at their foreign destinations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

Turn about and look up Portage avenue
That street was practically unbuilt four
years ago. II has now millions OF dollars
worth OF new business blocks. some OF
which would be a credit TO any of our
cities OF twice the size.
Look at that department store. 1t is
the largest in the west 1t is as big as
wanamsker's establishment in New York.
and II now has six stories. II was built
only last year. but the demands OF the
trade are such that three stories more will
be added next spring.
Turn about and look down Main street.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07
Copyright. 1906 by Frank G. carpenter)
I:1|

~ ~
I~I cial Correspondence of The Bee)
Stand with me on the top of
RQ9N the Union bank building, Winni-
49, pegs new skyscraper, and take
a look at the city. You had best pull
your fur cap down over your ears and
button your coonskin coat tightly about
you. for the wind is blowing a gale. The
air is nipping. but the sky is bright and
there is so much ozone thae>we seem to
be breathing champagne. Have you ever
felt so much alive before7
We are in the wild and furry northwest.
in its biggest town, and on top OF It's
highest building. Were 1t not so cold
the Winnipegger who stands beside us
as guide, would ask us II II were not like
heaven. We are sure of one thing, the
atmosphere by no means savors of the
other place down below.
Take look over the city! II stretches
out on all sides for miles The new shingle
roofs shine brightly under the winter
sun. and We can almost smell the paint
OF the suburban additions. Winnipeg Is
a grower. Even now, i'm the winter the
sound OF the hammer is heard all day
long and buildings are still going up by
the hundreds. The town prides itself on
its newness and, indeed, much of II is
Just built over there at the north are
miles OF new houses. At the south build
ings are growing up on the plains, and
right below us. in the heart Of the city,
the business blocks have risen from the
ground since last summer. Winnipeg has
erected Sil.OOo.O0o worth of buildings this
year. II built about $4,000 the year be-
fore and 100000 worth in 1903 All through
the past five years 1t has been jumping.
and II is now leaping ahead like an Aus
tralian kangaroo. In 300 the new build
ings numbered 65S and in 1894 there were
erected more than 1000
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

ton which forms part OF the machinery.
From the piston the air now cooled az
much as 90 to 100 degrees even 200 de-
grees, according to the degree of compress
sion to which it has been subjected. is dis
tributed through the cold chamber by suit
able pipes. Other processes of dry refrige-
ration have been successfully applied in
which the temperature OF the air Is lowered
by passing through pipes cooled externally,
instead of by injecting water into the tubes
containing It,
Both of these processes of dry air re-
frigeration have been applied with indiffer-
ent success to refrigerator cars. but later
inventions along these lines, It is thought
by competent students of refrigeration,
will solve the refrigerator car question
by the elimination of Ice altogether. These
features OF dry air cooling are used in a
modified form by many OF the cooling
rooms in the packing houses and in COM
mercial cold storage houses.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07
Local Supply of Ice.

Most Of the ice used in the initial refrige-
ration at the South Omaha packing houses
is obtained in and about Omaha. The pack
ing houses usually cut their own ice and an
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

a consequence enormous quantities of ice
are used daily. The quantity per car during
the trip depends on the length OF the jour
ney and will run from five to ten tons Tho
later built cars are constructed as to eff
feet a very material saving in the ice, and
It is believed that for these the maximum of
eight tons of ice will be sufficient for a
1,oo0-mile haul. The cars must be re-iced in
transit without being opened. and the filling
is usually done from the tops Of the cars,
at the ice windows in either end, or small
icing doors at the side While vast quanti-
ties of artificial ice are used for refrigera-
ton, the natural ice is preferred because of
its tougher texture and better lasting quail
ties
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

nually store hund5sds Of thousands of tons
About Cut-On and Seymour lakes stand
huge ioehouses owned by these companies
and even as far away from the packing
plants as Ashland a great ice storage maya
zine is maintained.
In some of the smaller towns OF the
state the packing companies refrigerate
dressed poultry. The fowls are killed.
plucked and frozen at these smaller sta
lions and shipped first to the big, packing
centers where they are placed in cold
storage to be later distributed to what
ever market demands them. The different
products are shipped In different cars.
Beef and poultry are not ordinarily shipped
in the same refrigerator car. for obvious
reasons. and the same rule will apply In
pork and mutton.
.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

But We fly along up the street in our
automobile. The hand of that veteran
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07
Enormous Quantities of Ice Used.

All railroads of the United States that
transport refrigerator cars Rave icing sta
lions at convenient distances. so that the
loaded cars can be re-iced as often as once
in each twenty-four hours. This re-icing
must be done by the railroad companies. As
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-07

Comparatively Modern Practice.
1t was not until about the year 1876 that
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-06
ARRIVED FROM THE SOUTH

The following passengers arrived on
Sunday from Norfolk and Baltimore on
tie steamer Dorchester; w. II. Dennis,
@ Lee Burgess, Miss Mary Jenkins. Mss
Elenor Jenkins, Rich and Pierce and
wife, d. Selby and wife. r. L. Reany
and wife, Robert Ogle and s.fe Miss l.
Van Horn, Miss X. L. Adair. Theodore
Reualiata, Rev. Martin Coleman. N ID.
Chase and wife, Thomas Coleman. A. l..
Jones. Miss +. Knox, Mrs A. Knox, Mrs.
A. II. Bailey. Mrs. r. G. Miles Miss Mar
sdret Nicum. Miss Sarah Nicum. L. f.
Mclrtire. William Bertzer Miss L. V.
Ellinger Miss c. /. Jones. Miss G.. M.
Barnes. Miss c. s. Working, Miss G..
Clough, Miss NJ. Clough, Mr.. Krebs and
wife, Mrs. J. ID. Adams. Miss +. Adams.
Charles Wregand. Henry Koling and
wife. Dr. A. c.. Bentz. Miss Bessie G.
Smith, Miss Anna Gallagher. Jesse III.
McCalley, Miss n. Koenig. H. A. Smith
and wife. Miss NJ j. Adair. Miss NJ.
Adairs Miss Miller Miss f. Schoenwack-
er. Mrs. NJ. Preston. l.. f. Hoffacken, Mr..
Brown. Mr.. Richards. Miss Caldwell.
Miss NJ. r. Know. Miss r. c. Evans, Miss
4 Farley. Charles T. Caldwell and wife.