Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

THE PIONEERS
In acdw with the annoncHne of one week ao that would pe@nta senes of ntCesa botrS
hoy ad affairs thee maha& Council Bluffs Street Railway onpmyh herewith presents he nhlr
stMmet To assemble theta and prepare the articles which wMbe signed and authorized by MrG
W. Waths ueGdmtofHe company Mr. William H. H0ge1 has been employed Mr. Hodge was re
porte on thee omaha News and later on the Omaha Beef i've yeTsl eAvng Hsc ym 1906 tkeu Up
magazine work in Chicago He has acquired a reputation in Hs field particularly connetCnw with
subjects relating to public Utilities and nOIn methods publicity latHl He@ services OF Mr. Hodge
we're secured by the Republican National Committee ra important position nHs Western Literary
Bureau during the campaign Hse experience has equipped hint understands and appreciates municipal
utility questions from hes standpoint the public bta thea anne tme he hsha az occasion to- Hdys er
ieco companies and to compeends some Of their problems physical hnancal and otherwise
Omaha was about twelve years old when publ p& mHw on the Second d& that month that the @@h contributing their money the %h stock
citizens @mN say that ought bhea street stock Inscription books were first opened tho who M@w@@w
ny Writer'S @M %d@ claimed from 10000 mdmhm the city mm~ surplus money black EMM@mmN @@EMMmmN
community whose biggest assets were its promised The m%d issue consisted 800 Am% RAhwnb &wW%%N
m and the character &% citizens m%m@ the roster %m~b @@s each &w% %m Es%O EBm%m@
There we're paving water works. "@@ Mm@ GmM@md Co%D 1Em4
public convenience common today mNw EBmmm emmwFma HHH%N% HBmm@
crude POOR struggling frontier railroad terminus ALHmm Lwn%kr &MmW&t@ IMGm@1
@h ~@ mM for improvement and develop T~n mmsua E@MmmN BmRd1
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In 1867 men @%m actually worth $4,000 Gould 1Fmonm of facts ~dh story %~~ and "
is significant that when came building street I%%% n % which % %@% My Developed stances might cited abundance @% construction
m~ was d%Mm and pride %t
trough os first M railway was constructed p%i%% ~@~ %"% %" little local capital available absolutely md% hm
mm mm hm other western cities Mm %@" ~w% into m%& such @pmsm how money was
m-~w mMw stories W %Mm the mE pages @% obtained from outside sources at tremendous sacrifices
first stock Inscription book Track having been laid mA
@% outside promoters and capitalists saw m% mmm m mmm 1865 was necessary - Mr.m
m@ for profit there was apparently no one except w@-h~ $1,000 %~m% ""%%% ola state %%
Omaha citizens wb invest @mma M@m n~A ~M
Therefore, was Omaha professional and business shares assigned Butt stubborn fight of the Omaha pm to
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street railway and incidentally what they paid 1mm@%n %%nw~p %%% bitter "~%w%S ' little
for stock %%h local traction was not profitable nwn~" "@E%dN
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aa mm franchise Omaha mhr Mm%m@mN - ways started %w& them were forced %w@
GwRm@ GWm&B the @m@m@@ the service the tracks pulled up
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~d% ~mw years must @ ASMp TmT w
&@Mm track A"@N ""hnR %%@ grew % nevertheless ""
mmmma the M B~ hMwom h~m 1860 mm m shm@@hmh mmm lines today Most them however lost their
m wmMm mm mdm@ mSMm WMM local transportation until the coming the mm