Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
OMAHA'S PROUD
RECORD FOR 1910
Life in All Its Phases Shows Advance
ment During Year Just
Closed.
ACTIVE, HEALTHY GROWTH
Bank Clesrings Increase Nearly $780,
100000 in Twelve Months.
FACTORY OUTPUT ENORMOUS
Jobbing Trade from Omaha Increases
Twenty Million.
REAL ESTATE ALSO ACTIVE
Transfers Have Increased ss,OOO.OOO
over Last Year-New Churches
Have Been DuIIt--PostaI
Bank Clesrings Increase Nearly $780,
100000 in Twelve Months.
FACTORY OUTPUT ENORMOUS
Jobbing Trade from Omaha Increases
Twenty Million.
REAL ESTATE ALSO ACTIVE


Hank deposits 51,52O,925 53,779,9Yg
Factory output . aoo,ese,5so Isl.s7a.oot'
Jobbing trade. ls5,as2,ooo ll5,las,ooo
Realty transfers 15,a73,455 1851 asa
Building permits. e,95o,oss 7,2o4,l4o
smolter output 2s,ooo.oCo 5O,ss4,3e4
Public works m s55,5sl s53,471
Live stock Rsooipts-Esad.
1910. 1903.
Cattle ........... l,2a3,5a3 ll9a,sls
Rogs ................. 1,9s4.3l4 2,l35,4s3
sheep ...,........... 2,ss4,s7o 2,l67,Ol4
Grain receipts, bu... 45,eo7,4o 43,12e,2oo
Grain shipments, bu. 5a,s96,5Oo 34,4ee,Soo
Fortune smiled on Omaha in 1910.
Life In all its phases in the metropolis
OF the Transmlssissippl saw advancement
Active. healthy growth, far-reachIng. but
sane and conservative. is reflected in r
review OF the year for all OF the widely
varied interests OF the city. Both com
merciaily and socially Omaha has ad-
vanced far since the clock began 70 mark
time on 1910.
civic and Industrial development has
maintained an even ratio with the pros
porous years that have gone before. The
prosperity of the citys. as indicated by COM
parative figures is the natural and inevita-
bic yield OF judlcious application OF busi-
ness principles and practices to business
opportunities. While the note OF boost
ever sounds loud in Omaha, there Is no
artificial colorng. Omaha boosts because
it has Ehe goods.
CIearinss Tell the story.
Bank tiearings. so generally accepted as
direct Indication Of the commercial activ-
ity Of the nations competing centers, show
Omaha OF 1910 nearly an even hundred
millions ahead Of the omaha of 1909 The
bank clearlngs and their increase, while
OF an immediate significance TO the finan-
clal Institutions of the city. bespeak as
well the transaction OF a mighty business
by the other commercial enterprises. The
total bank clearinEs Tor 1910 reaches the
impressive figure OF SSs2,971, 6O7-the billion
dollar mark Is not far In the future, in
view OF the long stride OF hundred mill
lions made in the year just closed
Factory outputs total s20O,6ss,5sO an in
crease OF approximately nine millions TO
the industries which have piled up this
striking total the gain OF nine millions
means an increased prosperity. which
must through the employed extend far
out among the qualifications of the city's
activities.
Growth Of the territory tributary to
Omaha Is indicated in the increased sum
OF the years totals for the jobbing trade.
Nearly twenty million dollars worth OF
goods was sold by the wholesalers here in
1910 above the sales OF the year before.
This expansion In trade means, perhaps
not a little OF increased consumption at
home. But most surely, the heads or the
business houses declare. the results Of the
trade excursions and publicity campaigns
have been traced on the ledgers
Real Estate Is Active.
The real estate which changed hands in
Omaha in the last twelve months was
worth $S,OOO,OOO more than that which was
traded in the equivalent period preceding
The sum Of tl5.27s4s5 was spent for real
property IN Omaha in 1914 A. part of this
fifteen millions stands for growth in value
OF realty, while the rest OF the gain must
be credited TO a greater volume of busl-
ness. Building permits for the year are
about 100000 behind those of 1909, but thi3
does not signify a decrease in the imme-
diate development Of the city. The year has
seen the completion OF the most modern
skyscraper of which Omaha can boast the
city National bank building at Sixteenth
and Harvey streets Among other OF the
more important building projects brought
Union Pacific headquarters building, the
burlington freight depot and the new
power plant and car barns of the street
railway company.
The completion OF the Brandeis tehster
and office building has added 20 the hous.
ing facilities for the multiple interests Of
the city and the impressiveness OF Seven
teenth street, which has IN the last few
years assumed more metropolitan aspect
with the march OF the business center west
ward. The Omaha National bank in It's new
home Is representative of the progress
made by the financial houses OF omsha-
Deveiopment T. balanced.
Meanwhile there are many building prof.
ects yet IN the process OF crystaliza ton,
while there are numerous sites soon TO
undergo Improvement. The residence sec
tlon OF the city has been improved in a
measure equal to the betterment Of the
downtown district
1T has not been highly profitable year
for the packers. was tne statement OF
the manager OF one o fthe companies re-
ferrlng to the business conditions during
1910 This expression OF opinion Is con-
firmed when the figures showing the price
paid for the stock and the value OF the
output are examined. The live stock cost
tsS550Ooo and the estimated value Of the
output is Sl25,OOoOoo, showing a smaller
margin OF profit than FOR i909 For that
year the figures were respectively S7i.OOOOo5
and Si2i. 10000 The high price OF stock is
given as the reason for the business not
having been so profitable last year as
during 1899
With the exception OF hogs more stock
was slaughtered than in the previous year
The shortage in hoss Is striying and may
account for the prevahing gh price OF
pork. although there was a considerable
drop from Sos m March 10 Ss.s) ia Decem-
bor. The number OF hogs slaughtered in
1910 was I 69s.0Qo and IN 1909 2.OI 90 Sheep
s.r..as,a fr.,, 4 - ooa -, ieoa to I az noo A.,