after the construction of the bridge, o&cb laid out streetcar lines throughout omaha and its suburbs, including south omaha, benson, dundee, and florence. in 1888 wright was elected secretary of the company, and the o&cb built the first electric street railway line ever constructed in iowa or nebraska. in 1898 the omaha street railway, later acquired by the o&cb, ordered new cars, repaired and refurbished older cars, and allocated $100,000 for improvements to the streetcar system in anticipation of providing to and from omaha's trans-mississippi exposition. this increased the capacity of the company's power plant at 20th and nicholas streets.