Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-02
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Seven colleges make up the University
Of Nebraska, and their work requires the
use Of seventeen building on the city
campus and ten upon the state farm
grounds. These colleges are: The grad
uate college, the college of arts and sci
onces, the teachers college, which in.
cludes a model high school; the college
of engineering, the college OF law, the
college OF medicine. which includes the
school OF pharmacy, and the college OF
agriculture. which includes a school OF
agriculture. over 1000 students are en-
rolled. and staff of 25l men and women.
a number which does not include fellows
scholars and assistants. form the corps
of instructors
The liberal financial treatment given
has made possible a development that
gives Nebraska high rank among the
great state universities of the nation and
attracts to It students from almost every
state and many from abroad. The big
building fund now made available will
be utilized to increase its technical
strength as well as to give solidity and
beauty to its physical structure. In this
development the agricultural college will
share equally. since It is the fountain
head of inspiration for the propaganda
of scientific farming and the experiment
station for all ideas in farming. From
all branches Of the university 60 out ex-
perts who keep the people engaged In
farming, in the industries and In business
In close touch with what is being done
at the institution and thus weave a unity
OF interest that not only makes for added
wealth to the state, but links them to
Lincoln with bonds OF steel.
Many-sided City.
The Importance Of Lincoln as a political
center has been another factor In the
upbuilding of the city. The state capitol
occupies four square blocks OF ground
just outside the business district and Just
inside the best residence section. In the
departments of the state housed therein
hundreds of assistants and workers are
employed. and these, usually picked from
strategic political points out in the state,
nearly always remain after their official
life is quenched. The state fair is located
at Lincoln. So also is the state peni-
Tertiary, one OF the three state insane
asylums and the orthopedic hospital as
we'll as several minor state institutions.
Nine splendidly equipped Libraries cater
to the needs of the people Of Lincoln and
of the suburbs. The university library,
with 10000 volumes. is the largest, and
the state, two city libraries, the state his
torical and the Wesleyan, Cotner and
Union college libraries, make up the
grand total of over 100000 books.
The religious needs of the city are met
by fifty-seven churches, in which are
represented the leading denominations,
housed in edifices that are nearly all
equipped for community work and in
charge of pastors who are leaders in their
sects. The city is the seat OF the bishop
ric that includes all of the Catholic
churches south of the Platte river in
Nebraska. Two strong adjuncts In the
religious welfare work of the city are
found in the Young Mems Christian assoc
citation with it's $4,000 plant, and the
Young Women's Christian association.
with one costing about half that much.
both Of which have done splendid work
among the young men and women Of the
city.
Eighteen Railroads.
The five trunk railways entering Lin
coin have eighteen diverging lines. which
bring this city into direct communication
with a trade territory of vast extent and
great wealth. The prime reason one city
Is preferred above another, other things
being equal, when goods are purchased Is
its superior distributing facilities. Lin
coin is nearer to ia of the sl4 railroad
stations in Nebraska than any other COM
nercial center and in most instances this
means twenty-four hours difference In
favor Of Lincoln in getting out an order
of goods. This fact, coupled with the IN
sistence of it's jobbers upon FAIR treat
nent and nondiscriminative rates from
transportation companies, has enapled
Lincoln to more than double its jopoins
trade in the last ten years
The jobbing houses in Lincoln num-
her 11e and every line save wholesale
dry goods is represented. There is not
one of the wholesale houses which, If
conducted on business. principles Is not
growing. Railroad connections and rates
hiring within the trade territory Of Lin
coin most of Nebraska and large sec
t,ons Of South Dakota, Montana, Wyom-
ing. Colorado and Kansas, the richest
most fertile and productive lands in the
world. Their owners form buying pub
lie with a buying power unequalled In
any similar section of country. The
farmers of Nebraska alone have prop
erty greater In value than that owned
by all the farmers in New England and
New Jersey, and in per capita wealth
stand second only to the farmers OF
Iowa. The wholesale business of the
city in 1914 totalled SIS 10000
The largest wholesale fruit houses west
OF the Mississippi river are in Lincoln,
which is the fruit distributing center for
the western territory. More groceries
are distributed from Lincoln than from
any city Of its size in the country. The
greatest business of any city in the
nation in the shipment of live poultry
is done by Lincoln. It stands high as
distributor of horses for farm and draft
work and manufactures and sells more
silos than any other city in the Missouri
valley. In the distribution of threshing
machinery. automobiles and seeds of all
kinds II has high rank.
Growth I'm Manufactures.
Manufacturing in Lincoln has kept
steady pace with the development OF
wholesale and retail trade. The volume
Of business in 1914 exceeded a7.S5O,oOo
There are 1856 manufacturing plants in
the city. Some Of these are well de-