Huebinger's map and guide for Omaha-Denver transcontinental route; . acturingand handsome buildings, you willclaiming, Why Is Hastings!large Aver for shipping, and it islake city nor a seaport, but afteryou will find that Hastings issibilities of a vast territory—andcommercial enterprises. supplying the trade of the immediate vicinity, but with the advent of the railroads, of which there are nowfour trunk lines and several branches, the advantage of this location for establishing a central market townfor Nebraska and surrounding states became apparent, not only to the business men already loca
Huebinger's map and guide for Omaha-Denver transcontinental route; . acturingand handsome buildings, you willclaiming, Why Is Hastings!large Aver for shipping, and it islake city nor a seaport, but afteryou will find that Hastings issibilities of a vast territory—andcommercial enterprises. supplying the trade of the immediate vicinity, but with the advent of the railroads, of which there are nowfour trunk lines and several branches, the advantage of this location for establishing a central market townfor Nebraska and surrounding states became apparent, not only to the business men already located here),but to outside interests. This led to the establishment of wholesale houses and manufacturing enterpriseswhich now employ hundreds of laborers and supply the trade for hundreds of miles in all directions becauseit can be reached by direct shipments. Notable among the larger institutions are a huge foundry and machine works, a large brewery andiartificial ice plant, a mill work factory, a grain bin and tank manufacturing establishment, a canning fac- 23. characteristics of boulevards, be-grown trees, and because of itszens who have found time, in spitacial lines, to welcome the stranger Hastings is thirty-eight yearswho sold the first bills of goodsare still among the leading andtering the city and noting theestablishments, well paved streetsfind it hard to refrain from ex-This is because you can find that Hastings is not ayou have made a few inquiriesfounded on the agricultural pos-agriculture is the backbone of alii Hastings started as a center for tory, a packing plant, the largest harness factory in the State, cold storage houses, wholesale grocery-houses, commission houses, a creamery, a large flour mill, a wholesale candy factory and five of the larg-est cigar factories in the West, whose annual output exceeds that of any other city in Nebraska. One of the greatest assets the city has is its automobile industry. This has become the center of distri-b
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