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OMAHA
ILLUSTRATED.
St.
Joseph's Hospital, in charge of the Sisters of Mercy, and
largely sustained by the generosity of the Hon. John A.
Creighton, is an institution of a semi-religious,
semi-public nature. It is conducted under Catholic auspices,
but is non-sectarian in its good and charitable work.
There is also in the city a
free dispensary where the needy sick can receive medicine
and attention.
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[There is no
name more closely identified with the wonderful
growth and prosperity of Omaha in the past five
years than that of Clifton E. Mayne, and a work
devoted to the interests of this city would be
incomplete without a sketch of his eventful career.
Mr. Mayne is a native of Iowa, and was born in
1855. At the age of twenty he came to Omaha and
entered the Western Union Telegraph Office, where
he was chief operator for four years. At the end of
that period he was induced to put his
accumulated
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savings in an Iowa coal venture, which proved
disastrous, and in 1883 he returned to Omaha, and
engaged in the real estate business, since which
time his success has been remarkable. He caught the
first high flood of the Omaha boom, and each
succeeding wave of prosperity has carried him on to
fortune. He has been instrumental in securing large
sums of Eastern and foreign capital for investment
in Omaha, but he is more generally known for his
remarkable success in handling new additions to the
city, and thereby making it possible for the
mechanic, clerk and laboring man to own their own
homes. His liberal dealing has enabled this class
to purchase lots and build with the same means that
they previously paid for rents. In matters of
public affairs, and public works, Mr. Mayne has
always been to the front, and his course has been
such that he was chosen last spring one of
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CLIFTON E. MAYNE, MEMBER BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS.
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the members of the Board of Public Works, a
position to which he is admirably fitted, and in
which he gives the city rarely valuable service. In
his private investments he has done much to develop
the city. He invested his money in street car,
motor and cable lines, with limits to the most
remote additions, and his enterprise and
con-fidence has enabled these ventures to be pushed
to completion. He has always evinced the liveliest
interest in the city, and has been a liberaI
subscriber to all public enterprises. His
successful business career is another instance of
the truism about printer's ink, he having expended
thousands of dollars in this way. Mr. Mayne is yet
a young man, being but thirty-two years of age. His
confidence in Omaha has never abated, and it is
stronger now than ever. He thinks the progress of
the past few years will be more than duplicated in
the future, and as
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he possesses the faculty, in a large degree, of
making others think as he does, his hope in the
city's future will result in much good. Mr. Mayne
has very large interests in this city, and his
business requires a vast army of clerks and agents.
He recently made arrangements to still further
increase his facilities, and will engage in the
banking and brokerage business. His appointment as
a member of the Board of Public Works gave general
satisfaction, and his attention to the duties and
usefulness as a member have served to increase the
general confidence that caused his selection in the
first place. Mr. Mayne possesses the confidence of
all classes. His career has not been altogether
free from trials and struggles, but his indomitable
will, business sagacity and sterling energy have
carried him safely through all. His natural
resources have been wonderful, and at times when
affairs looked actually hopeless for him his
triumph has been such as to put all carping critics
in the shade. Mr. Mayne is easily approached. He
gives the same attention to the poor man seeking a
small lot for his modest home as he does to the
representative of Eastern millions looking for safe
investment. The future of Omaha can well be placed
in the hands of such energetic young men as Clifton
E. Mayne.]
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A bureau of charities has just
been organized for the purpose of concentrated and
systematic dispensing of assistance to the worthy poor.
Leading citizens are enlisted in the movement and are giving
it needed and hearty support.
Life and property are well
conserved in Omaha so far as public accessories can command.
The city has a metropolitan police force guided and
controlled by a police commission, the members of which are
appointed by the Governor of the State, and are thus
independent of local political influences. The police force
comprises at present about fifty well disciplined, uniformed
men, including a chief, a day and a night captain and three
ser-
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