. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . oming, w i t h theavowed intention of theparent road to u 11 i-mately make it a trans-continental line. Itshould also be statedthat a branch of theline extends to thenorth from Chadron,Nebraska, into theBlack Hills. Passingto the north of Oma-ha, making it possiblethe vast region to the. HON. CHAKLES FRANCIS kV\\:~, TRESTDENT U. braska of its productswithout c
. Omaha illustrated : a history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today embracing reliable statistics and information, with over two hundred illustrations, including prominent buildings, portraits, and sketches of leading citizens . oming, w i t h theavowed intention of theparent road to u 11 i-mately make it a trans-continental line. Itshould also be statedthat a branch of theline extends to thenorth from Chadron,Nebraska, into theBlack Hills. Passingto the north of Oma-ha, making it possiblethe vast region to the. HON. CHAKLES FRANCIS kV\\:~, TRESTDENT U. braska of its productswithout considerationof this city, and beingwithal a corporationidentified closely withChicago, the Chicagoand Northwestern roadhas for years been re-garded as inimical toOmahas interests, butthe great growth ofthis city in the pastfive }-ears has wroughta seeming change inthe working policy ofthe road. From a de-^^irable point on its Ne-braska line it has builta short road, givingdirect communicationbetween Omaha andines penetrate. It has also removed to Omaha thewest of the Missouri River and is thusOmahas railroad t whichheadquarters for the operation o all its lines itself ^gmm^mmmm^;mTt ,„ri with the western ,metropolis i n asatisfactory man-ner. It is a strongand prosperouscorporat ion, itslines traverse arich stock and ag-ricultural section,and is the only linepenetrat i n g theBlack Hills, whosemineral wealth itdaily brings to thegreat smeltingworks in OmahaOne of the import-ant fc a t u re s of one
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