Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-07-24
MINNksoTIAN OFFICE,
MONDAY, July ~, lsoS.

Building, junction OF WaoaSh"" anu De"0"
streets, into which we removed our presses
and materials on last Saturday. Though we
are not yet completely " fixed up in our
present location, the change from our former
cramped and insufficient quarters, to our new
commodious ones, which We have built and
arranged expressly for the purposes of large
Newspaper and Job Printing Office, is an era
in our " life" as publishers, which we hope
we shall be pardoned for dwelling upon some
what. And though glad of our escape from
our dismantled rooms in the old MINNESo-
rIAN OFFICE, which We occupied so long, and
which were so well known to our friends, we
take advantage of the occasion to introduce
some matters
BIOGRAPHICAL.
The First number of the WEEKLY MINNIE
sorIAN was issued on Sept II, 1851, and was
printed in small frame building on the cor
ner of Fifth and jackson streets, now occu-
pied by Dan. Kelly, as the Galena House.
The Editorial room, as appears from an item
in that number, was in the Southeast corner
of" Bass's Building" "(now Merchants Hotel }
The paper then bore the name of J. P.
OWENS as Editor and j. G. TERRY, as Pub
Usher. The first numbers contain racy local
items of those primitive days of our goodly
them, culled from its columns, as a reflex Of
those great old times.
st. Paul was at that time but q mere viii
lage,-a "wooden settlement" compared with
ies present rank as the first city of the great
Northwest Still, there were not wanting
those whose eyes penetrated the future, and
toresaw the coming greatness and prominence
OF the village. Many propheses of this we
find in the earlier numbers of the MINNEso-
TIAN, and items that seemed to foreshadow
our status among the cities of the Union.
We believe there has nothing contributed so
much to aid her in the assumption of this,
than the city press, nor in this, we fatter
ourselves, has the MINNEsoTIAN been less
active in the work than our cotempora-
ries. Commencing its existence almost sim
ultaneous with the real ushering in of the ex-
istence of our city as "point" beginning to
attract attention, since that day it has grown
and increased coincident with the growth of
the city, and has never been behind the wants
of the city and the Territory, in the elements
and material of leading newspaper and Job
Printing Establishment.
AT the day we speak Of two persons only
were employed, who mainly did the work o
the paper. Now, twenty-lour persons con-
and at times over thirty are employed. Ma
ny of those who were our employees in the
early years of the paper, have risen to dis
tnction and wealth in our State, and some of
its first citizens g worked at the case' on its
columns.
With the seventeenth number Of the pa
per (January 10, 1882 the hitherto pub
Usher, Mr.. Terry, withdrew, and Messrs.
OwENs Il MooEE were announced as "Pub-
fishers and Editors" under whose superin-
tendence it was published for more than six
years, when the style was changed by the
withdrawal Of Mr.. OwENs--with the cxcep-
ton of one year (1854-5), when the late Mr..
ment.
On the first of October, 1857, by the with
drawal of Mr.. OwENs, the style Of the firm
was again changed, and became Foster &
MOORE, under which it is still published.
After occupying the humble tenement in
which its existence had commenced, some
two years, the proprctors concluded then, as
they have done in this instance, that more
elbow room was wanted to keep up with the
increase Of business, and so removed their
growing establishment to the quarters which
have just been vacated then probably the
finest building in the Territory, and which
were like loose garment. However, in the
slow revolution of the five years during which
they were occupied, they were steadily out
grown, until many months before new loca-
ton had been even fixed on, another removal
had become unavoidable. We are glad the
"agony is over" for it has been no desirable
job, although we SO managed it that not an
issue of our paper was delayed or prevented.
On the llth of May, 1854, the first num-
bcr Of the DAILY MINI EsoTIAN was issued,
and was highly successful. 1t has been twice
enlarged since then, and brought out in
new dress, and has attained as great circu-
iation as any of its contemporaries, not to
speak of greater, and is steadily increasing.
1t has been the official paper of the city ever
since its commencement, excepting one year,
and is now on its fourth year as such.
There is nothing more indicative of the
progress and prosperity o: newspaper es-
tabl'shment, than the changes and improve.
,ncnts in its Mechanical Department These
have been frequent, and it is interesting to
compare the little brown weekly of Sept
1851, printed in old type, with iiaring cuts
and job type, &c, in the advertising columns,
with the issue of to-day, printed on superior
paper, in the most beautiful clear type
Then, and indeed for some time after the
DAILY was issued, the whole edition was
pulled" on an old "hand press" Now, a
fast Power Press is demanded for the increas-
ed edition, which strikes of the dailies damp
and fresh, while our subscribers, many of
them, are comfortably snoozing in bed and
our carriers distribute them in the city, where
every reader can digest their contents along
with his morning cup of coffee.
OUR ROOMS.
AS everybody knows where our new rooms
are, we won't reiterate their location, but
will attempt to describe them, not as they
arc, but will be in a few days.
On entering from Wabashaw st. the visitor
will find the desk of our gentIemanlv book