Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-10-31
TUESDAY, OCT. 81, 1854.
FRIDLEY ELECTED!

FRIOLEY ELECTED:
1t gives us pleasure to record the election o
this gentleman to the House of Representative
from st. Anthony. His majority in st. Anthem
District is 63 and it is thought that the maoritie
in the other Districts will swell it to so! Thi
will do. The people of St. Anthony have pu
their veto on Railroad swindling! All honor.
WE WANT AN AGENT.
1t is true, Minnesota is filling up very rapidly
and in the States her name has become almost a.
common as household words u; but yet there are
continually landing on our shores thousands ant
thousands of worthy, industrious people, who are
induced to locate elsewhere because they are ig.
norant of our territory and its resources. 1t il
we'll known that Wisconsin nearly doubled hel
population through the instrumentality of an a
gent, who made it his business to acquaint for
eigners with the face of the country, its peculiar
adaptability to agricultural pursuits, and the
route to reach it. If such great benefits have &C
crued to Wisconsin, why should they not be to
Minnesota? Hitherto we have relied more upon
the press and our own intrinsic merits, to aid us
in increasing our population, than to outside in
fuences, but now we should do more. We should
appoint an honest, upright, capable man, to act
as agent for us either in New York or Boston,
whose duties it shall be, to give all the necessary
information concerning Minnesota and her re-
sources. TO him letters of inquiry should be di-
rected anu he should answer them. by this
means we should add at least one-third, if not
one-half more to our population than we are now
adding. This agent should be appointed by the
Legislature and paid by that body. His salary
could not exceed $1,000, and how insignificant
sum to the great benefit he would be to the ter
ritorv. We trust this matter will be duly con-
sidered and acted upon by the members of our
next Legislature, for it is one of much Importance
to our future success and prosperity.
THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI.
There now exists no longer any doubt, but that
the first bridge across the mighty Mississippi, at
any point, will be at Minneapolis, in the Territory
of Minnesota, where, but six years ago, scarcely
house marked the progress of civilization
This will be a Suspension Bridge, constructed by
private enterprise at a cost of $6O,OOO. Strange
as this may appear to those who ten years since
could not trace out Minnesota on the map, it is
nevertheless reality, and when the fact has be-
come generally known, it will do much towards
attracting strangers to one of the most delightful
as well as one of the most romantic spots in the
Union.
ssWhat Suspension Bridge across the Missis-
sippi River, in Minnesota 20 "Certanly, why
not 70 ooh! but | thought YOU were so poor
there that you were obliged to live in log huts -
sLive in log huts Why, my dear sir, we have
splendid mansions in Minnesota. We have large
city in Minnesota We have magnificent hotels
in Minnesota. We have extensive saw mills in
Minnesota. We have fine churches in Minnesota.
We have mineral, agricultural and manufacturing
resources in Minnesota. We have beautiful
in Minnesota. We have beautiful carriages and
fast horses, and what is further, we have fast
people in Minnesota. We have Mime ha-ha and
St. Anthony Falls in Minnesota. And above all,
we have the first bridge (and Suspension Bridge
at that in Minnesota. In fact, sir, we have every
thing which conduces to the comfort of man in
Minnesota
Now, then, tell your friends these facts. They
won't believe you. They will laugh at you. And
when we tell them we have a Suspension Bridge
erected at cost of $60,000, they won't believe
progressive individuals; they arc invariably ahead
of the age. They obliged TO suffer and even
to endure the snccrs of the ignorant, but Time
sets all things right will it be with Minnesota.
When thousands and thousands who now scout
the idea of great city where stands st. Paul,
shall have passed over the first Suspension Bridge
that spans the Mississippi, they will begin to
realize that the tale has not half been tOld.''
The Bridge to which we allude, is in Il rapid
course of completion. Eight ropes, so to speik
embracing one thousand strands of wire, have
been strung across from the piers on the Mime
apolis side to those on IIennepin Island. These
are to be bound together, which will form one of
the main supports which the Bridge is to be
hung. The other will soon be completed when in
short time the Bridge will be in condition to
cross. The architectural design is of a modern
character and is in keeping with the progressive
spirit about the region in which the Bridge is built.
In truth the Bridge equals (although not on so g-
gantic scalc) the far-famed Suspension Bridge at
Niagara Falls.