Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-13


seruod street Is planned for vas q pond
where the yuu1h az the cirv ws-s Ia The
hahf q STATING and FE-nam s-eaL from
Ninstseu1h 20 near Twsury-fUurzh. was a
sad sight il muddy weather
Convenience Were Scarce.
Mrs. srrAhurn ouiurs ne climatic con
1itiuns and primitive character q cur city
IN 1s7A bur those were davs when furnace
heated houses were rare and bathrooms
q barber shop luEury- Bvs-ybodv bad wells
and ciEtsruE and hassburnerz and IN muddy
weather rubber boots were evidences q
class and q comfortable income and we're
WON hv young and old q both sexes
Telsub0nss. electric HEnrz. gas stoves
motor cars and mary other present DAY
necessities were unkncun-
Champion 8 Chase father uf Clement
Chase Of the Excelsior was the mayor
and the CRY hall was IN frame building
called Re6ickE opera house on the present
sfts Of TIE United States National bank
Judge !. "a. Savage was the 1udEs q the
District court and the court house s-no6
IN dizzy rWo-stury and basement hr1ck
building where The Paxton block IL now
Fred G-oodrtch's father lived IN q sraunch
rwo-sIury house u the opposite corner and
ab0u1 where the Fslsraff saloon Is nov.
but some Distance above the street level
was the home Of the FIRST pos-masts-. M
Alfred D Jones The street car from the
Union Pacific dep0t-alvays referred 70
cun1supuuuuEly a. the -'Cowshed- -carne
" Ninth street 10 Fa-narn. west 10 FiT-
tssu1h-the foot Of FzruRzu street hin and
thence north 70 Capitol svsnus and finally
the car found rs way 70 Saunders Twenty
fourth and Cunning street 81 ne ~r1ilira-y
bridge. Mules were the motive power and
fifteen minute ssr71os was considered
somewhat metropolitan
why the Car Wa Used-
EDWARD EoHeURlRT's office was IN The
uld Bee building between Ninth znd Tenth
on FarnAn His home wzx al Seventeenth
and Fzrnan and to him the street car
was more q convenience than a luxury
Fa-zan being the principal thurouEh1Ars
q the town. when the editor Of The Bee
Started either way. he would meet friends
foes, I'm collectors, politicians and beEEarE
and he found II difficult 10 make his dates
Hence II was ms custom when TINE was
limited To parronlzs the street car. O1hsr
people who were IN a hurry walked bu1
rhsy were not as likely 70 be delayed by
persons coming IN the opposite direction
The TOP q Fa-naru street Mn seemed
almost suburban and rhs awful chasrn
now called Curtis Turner park was on
the edge Of q corn field hUt was TOO ragged
q series Of dirches 10 be Of use to frE
owner, who was compelled 10 take title 10
the twenty acres west u what is nov
1flrre1h street because IT'S former owner
could not repay the face Of a S5W loan
The single paved street was Farnarl. from
Tenth 10 F9eteenth and lis 1aachdarnized
surface WIS slippery with mud N wet
weather and covered with dust when the
SIN had dried up the mud
work of the Repor1erz-
MY beat as q repuEtar includad the
railroad Offices the Uniun Faaifir hsad-
quzrtsrS The Union Pacific station the
courts and Jail and the Town IN general
The city e6itnr was the Pooh Bah OF rfe
,2oh- He was al me reporters. lie .praet
Reader. The cql1n1fy ezekanRe e1Esnr AM II
tines eVeryrning else excepting 1ypesetter
and makeup w ! C1ddy WAS rnE fnrs-
man. J. W Miner and Z & Ralcuribe
were CONNECTED with the business office
hut took my trick when a demand for
7 subscriptions from the state outside OF
I Omaha took me or he CITY and trans
formed ne into rrareling c1rrespundeut'
. A Soranson did the various stunts on
The Bee. and when I went 10 the Union
Z Pacific IN January, 1gsa. became ny in
i
/ D0nneIy and Sands P. WoodbridEe were
the local men on Dr.. MIusrs Herald Ds1us
{ c Brooks WIS editor Of the Republican
Z 7. Il T1bbles die editorial writing On the
/ Herald- Kent Amin, Morrissey King
E EothHcksr, Nye. Gregory and Others Of the
galaxy Of writers came INTO the newspaper
fiele = Er1le later.
Omaha n Leader.
And YET Omaha was the largest CRY
In the great business belr' between Chi
cago and san Francisco excepting kan
sRs CITY, then just beginning phenomenal
I growth Arc1iHun. Leavsnworrh. ST 10
seph. DanVsr ana salr Lake City were Il
Z Onahas class. though none Of them
egualed n II population. as shown ny ne
1855 census The late Bruno Tzschuck was
supervisor Of the census that year and
when he told his enunera1ors that he
! hoped Omaha would have Oh 400 people they
Wsn1 out and found them
In these days q CRY Of 50.O0a people
would be q phenomenon Il II had no pave
rnenI, no permanent Sidewalks. no electric
Z cars no water works system no sewer SIS
ten. No elsCrr1e lights. no gas stoves no
telephones, no house plumbing 10 hure
( Win private baths no viaducrs over dan
ssr0uE grade crossings. No pressed brick
fronts. no plate glass show windows. no
. ----A~1 NArN4L4L e4AAEs nc L4rE-uruuL ELrlc-
lures. No sreei construction no passsnasr
I elevators and no building higher rhan four
stories, and few q thsrn
srr1des of Progress
/ MrE. Errahurn' Comments abuuI Omaha
thsrs1ure should not be offensive because
she could have said almost the same thiuEE
q Des MoineE. Denver, Kansas City ana
nearly every CITY west q Chicago ana
much that now Seems tapossihy primitive
n conditions were me common situation II
AL TIA cries q America We hardly realize
Ehar wonderful changes have taken place
IN ms country IN me few years reprsssursd
BY ne space Cf rngry-rW0 years Only
When some contemporary Of our yuulh be-
come rsutnisceur 90 those q Is SIN IN
the prime Of HE and the fuu E1Eur o. man
hood realize What marvellous progress has
been MADE since We were bRrsfoot boys
whose dHIy bath IN sumner Was N the ola
sNlmmiu hole without towel uuh. shower
OF bath robe and whose winter Ahlurioas
were enjoyed occasionally II the kitchen
rub OF hand bRs1l
"a HRneys ans new house. my nrsr
home IL Omaha had utns rooms al sep
Ef11sly HEATED NJ stoves, gas light. cisrern
W1th Erchsn pumE, outside vel and 1aid-
t,d doors between the pari0rs u wEs
modern house brand new and 50 per