Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-01

other stock and poultry supplies jobbeA
amounted to $4,000.
Building materials in addition to lumber,
show a big increase. Portland cement to
the amount of 100000 barrels and valued at
s., 900, 900, was jobbed In Omaha; brick and
tile to the value of 100000 and plastering
material to the value of 100000.
The trade in lubroating the illuminating
oils went from 81, $4,000 in 1906 to $780, 900
in 1906.
Liquor Trade Good.
Omaha's liquor and brewing products
trade was more than $s,OOOO0O, the local
breweries and distilleries having made an
output of $4,000, OOO, which they have dis
posed of directly, while the jobbing houses
have had a trade of S4,5O0OOO. All of the
breweries have added improvements In the
last year. The storz, Krug and Metz
breweries are erecting new bottling houses,
the Willow Springs Brewing company has
built a storehouse and has planned to erect
a $4,000 brew house in the spring, and the
letter Brewing company has erected some
small buildings
White lead and lead products jobbed in
| Omaha amounted to $l,1O0,O00. Five thou
sand tons of white lead were manufactured
| in Omaha, which amounts, at $3.50 ton, to
! s75OOO0 The output was a little light, for
! the reason that the Carter White Lead
/ Works was closed down a month while
! improvements were being installed. The
1 plant has been completely remodeled in
| two years and the output from now on
will be larger Eighty men are employed
| in manufacturing the lead. The Cater COM
| pany makes Omaha basing point for
rates on lead products and thus forces the
other manufacturers in the country to treat
Omaha in reality, though not nominally,
as "corrodlng point" which amounts to
| the same as a basing point.
| The output of the planning mills, including
doors, sashes, interior finish and all other
mill work. was 100000
Rubber goods trade, not counting rubber
shoes. scored an increase of 20 per cent,
amounting TO $l,SOOOOO.
Flour and feed amounted to $4,000, as
compared with $4,000 in 1905. No new mills
or wholesale houses have come into the
field. Capitalists from the north, however,
are looking into the situation with a view
to establishing mills in Omaha. The growth
Of the grain market and the adjustment of
freight rates has made the mill business
in omaha proposition worth investigat-
ing
Some Smaller JObbers.
All the smaller jobbing houses report a
good increase. BARRIERS supplies amounted
to $4,000; bakers supplies, $1,000 billiard
tables, bowling supplies and bar fixtures
Ss2 600; crockeTy, S25OOOO; electrical supplies
sSS6, 600 dental supplies, s13s,OoO; furniture
1921, 600; hats and caps, $4,000; harness and
saddIery, $4,000; jewelry, 100000; photo
supplies, sl24OOO; syrups, 100000; tea and
spices 100000; stoves. 100000 sporting
goods. $4,000; seeds, 10000; school sup
plies, $4,000; bookkeepers' supplies, $4,000
bale ties, SIS, 600; wall paper, $4,000
Among the new manufacturing concerns
which have located in Omaha are the Mid
land Manufacturing company, makers o.
Jewellery; the Omaha, Paint Brick and Tile
company, which has built a plant at SeconC
and Hickory streets; the Omaha Silvel
company and the Wilson Bedspring com
pany. The Gate City Malt company hai
built a 500 OOO-bushel plant in the southern
part OF the city for the manufacture o
malt Haarman Bros, vinegar and pickl
manufacturers have bought a site on whicl
to erect a larger factory.