The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-17
Town improvements.

The rate at which Nininger is progressing exceeds
the anticipations of even the most ~sanguine. We can
hardly walk out without meeting with some new build
ing. Let US give our friends a sketch of how things
are going
We commence upon the Levee. The first thing that
st,ikes US is a group Of men und,r charge Of Mr.. S. 5.
Eaton, at work extending the Levee beyond Emerson q
warehouse. We glance at the bluf above them, and
We see the Town Marshall-Mr. Chcney-with SONS
additional hands at work removing the trees and brush
wood which last year SO materially ~interfered with the
view of the town from the river. Let US proceed up to
the town.
As we walk along Clarke Avenue, we meet Mr.. Mil.
Ter, the Town Surveyor, with his assistants, busily en-
gagged in the survey of the proposed grade of the street,
running from Mr. CaleA's house to the line Of the Le-
see. This street is to be opened out to y width of
seventy.fye feet, and when completed, will make one of
the noblest avenues in this country. Let US turn of
to the left, and inter the Post Office. Here we find
specifications posted up for the making of a foot-walk
around Block f~orty-four, and close by, in the rear of
the Post Office, We notice the lumber for Mr.. Hillhouse's
large Livery Stable-a much needed improvement.
TO the right in front of Chas. f. Clarke's residence,
We ind Mr.. Braun erecting . clothing store the lum-
Der is already on the ground, and the carpenters at work.
Still further to the right, near Mr.. Donne!ly's resi-
dence, we End Mr.. Robert fitzpatrick stalking out bis
Cots and preparing to build.
As We go up the bill back of this, we see the Hall
Of the Good T~emplars, the frame work all raised, fAdy
for covering in, while half a dozen public spirited car.
penters are busy plying the Ratchet and the saw.
What do these stakes a short distance further mean.
Here the Baptist church will be commenced in a day or
t~n C;x hundroI 1o11.rc 80 o1ro,Ir ,,h,o:IoJ <>.o-3,
it, and it is 10 hands that will not allow it to flag.
Here is a load of timber which has been left here
since yesterday. What does it mean ? Another build
ing. Some farmer from the back country who has
moved in.
To the right We see the frame of quite q handsome
house, partially sided up. This is Mr.. Agnes residence.
Further on, beyond some fenced lots, We see another
pile Of lumber. This we are informed is the commence.
nent Of the Presbyterian Church, the subscription for
which is now prospecting in the hands Of G. o. Robert.
son, Esq.
Still further We can discover the glitter Of spades and
the dark line Of fresh earth thrown up from a cellar.
Here Mr.. Tenney, one of our merchants, is proceeding
to build.
We meet Mr.. J. White. He tells US be is in search
Of some one to dig a cellar. A man from Hastings has
commissioned him to have a cellar dug for a house he is
going to erect at once. Everybody is busy.
10 the lcIC We see M frame OF MrS. human 3 mouse,
close under the bluf-it is going on as rapidly as the
lumber can be furnished from the mill.
Still further to the left, near the Handyside House,
We see the lab orers at work at the public we'll. In a
short time We will have a plentiful supply Of the purest
water.
Back Of the Handyside House, We notice a small
house erected within the last few days by Mr.. N.
O'Bryan, and now occupied by him.
Beyond Mr.. Oven residence We IRE Informed a Ger.
man citizen is proceeding to build, and has already CON-
menced.
Mr.. Samuel Burnct is also making preparations to
build h:ms.l If ID house near Mr.. Reeds residence he
has bought his lot and is now buying his lumber.
Let US count these up: fourteen ae,s buildings un.
d,r uoy ii" the momM IF .Nuvch While our neighbor
adds additions to her stables and meat markets ! At
The same time we are expecting family on family, and
store on store, by the first boats that land here. A,
the came time We are projecting and are executing large
improv. ments in our strf cts, sidewalks and levee. Our
course is onward, and our great success il beyond CUES.
tion.