Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25

after the first move was made McCook
had a sewer system that extends to every
part of the main town. The aggregate
length of the main sewer and laterals is
over seven miles and the cost of construc-
tion was about $5, 900.
The McCook Electric Light company,
which has furnished the city and its in
habitants with light for more than twenty
years, is now rebuilding it's plant, at a
cost of more than $S5. 900. When completed
the new system will be modern and Nc
Cook should receive as good service as
any town in the state. The McCook Gas
company furnishes gas Of a superior quail
ity for lighting and domestic purposes
Although the plant has been in operation
less than two years. mains are extended
to all parts of the city, and the company
enjoys a large patronage. This Is an ex-
clusively local enterprise. the stockholders
numbering several of the substantial bus
mess men OF the community.
The telephone system. which was en-
tirely rebuilt within the last four years, is
one of the best under the management IF
the Nebraska Telephone company. being,
in fact. strictly modern, and furnished with
every known device for the proper and
convenient discharge of its buiness. Nc
Cook has the distinction OF having more
telephones. in proportion to its population
than any other city in the United States
and the growth OF the system the last year
has shown a larger percentage Of expansion
than any other local exchange in Nebraska
In fact, not a month has passed since the
establishment of the system that the num-
Der OF phones has not increased. The Nc
Cook Telephone company, an independent
81 ~ Lea Ill 1fRna-
tons through the county as rapidly ms the
work can be done, Through arrangements
with the Nebraska Telephone company the
subscribers to this system have the adj
vantages of the McCook service without
additional expense.
Among manufacturing industries may be
mentioned the McCook Brick company
which has It's yards at the western edge
OF town. This company has a daily canac-
fly OF 4o.n0 brick, and made and sold IN
the year 1905, 1.5Oo,O0 bricks. It could have
disposed Of a larger output. The McCook
Pressed Brick company was Incorporated
on the first day of April. 1901, with a CAPT
tai stock Of $4,000. The company. whose
plant has Just been put in operation, has a
four-mold Fernholz press, with a capacity
of $4,000 bricks a day. The product Is a
superior UudlltN ~ pItSStN l'N "N'''
featured by a dry process. to which tho
clay In this locality is well adapted. The
great advantage OF this process is that
brick may be manufactured at all seasons
Of the year. The only other manufactory
In this state producing brick by this process
is In Omaha. This enterprise promises to
develop into one of considerable Importance
The plant Of the McCook Cement Stone
$1,000, roorayautc on Investment of Sl N0
This company has facilities for manufac'
turing 100 blocks per day. In addition tc
the ordinary cement block, 1t makes win
dow and door lintels, porch columns, steps
having blocks. monument bases. ornamental
stone work, and lays cement sidewalks and
crossings.
The McCook Roller mills, with a capacity
of eighty barrels per day, manufactures q
superior quality of flour as well as othel
milling products, Including breakfast foods
1t has a wide market for its output, and Is
unable. with It's present facilities, to sup
, ply the demand.
The Updike Grain company has two ele.
vator buildings at this place, the newer o
: which is one of the most modern and hes
: constructed structures of it's kind in thu
state. This company and Real e. Easter
! day. who also have an elevator here. draw
Z from an extensive territory, both north an'
: south of MeCook.
; McCook is a division station on the lines
4 of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Ran
r way company, and not a little of its pres
ent prosperity, as we'll as its hope for fu
ture development depends on the railroad
The division offices are at this place, an
the division superintendent makes McCool
his headquarters. The yards, with thei
depots. roundhouse, machine shops, Goa
chutes. oil houses and other buildings cove
several hundred acres, and the facilities
which are being continually increased. ar
scarcely adequate for the growing business
The employees in the superintendent Office
the bridge and building department tn
water service, about the yard and station
and in the train and engine service nun
Der more than 300, while the shops and ca
repairing forces embrace as many more
The pay car, on its monthly visits TO Nc
Cook, distributes more than $4,000 TO owe
SEQ employees. The bulk OF this money goe
into the channels of trade here at home.
The machine shops are well equipped ia
repairing locomotives, and a large numbe
are overhauled in the. course of a yea
while the repair tracks are always crowde
with bad order cars. All train and en-
CINE crews chanEe al McCook ana a lare
majority Of the men running on this div
sion reside here. The yards here have mol
than sixteen miles of trackage, Of whie
about six miles were constructed in III
last two years. This Is exclusive of III
main track. Among other improvement
made by the railway at the place with
the last ten years may be mentioned
complete water works system for the e,
elusive use Of the company, which has her
tofore been supplied from the city system
This was installed at an expense OF MOI
than $4,000. A new freight depot and
foot Vaduct to cross the tracks at the en-
OF Main street were also erected, viii
the construction OF a wagon yiaduct Ion
enough TO span twenty tracks, which II