Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-06-25

ntirely composed of loose, porous sand and al
ravel, which it rapidly carries into the Lake g
o the point designed, and thus fils itu and II
makes good, firm ground A large portion of p
he upper end of the curve or bay is thus fill v
ID up. Main Street has thus, and by carting h
N at the lower end, been built; which, when e
completed to its designed extent, will be over a
half a mile long, straight from shore to shore, t
across the bay. And this street, which is t
now high and dry above the highest approach
of the highest water, and is lined with hotels, {
stores large, elegant, three story stone blocks,
with cellars under them, was once, good por- 1
ton of its length, simply lake; and l am told
that steamboats, have tied up clearly on the in
shore side of where it now is. And still out
side of this, the distance of one square, the
city is building Leuee, one hundred feet a0'de,
to extend from head-land to foot-and OF the
original bay, nearly mile long.
In this bay is the business portion of the
City; here are the hotels, stores, shops, ware
houses, and all the places of business; while |
on the sides of the bluffs, and on the tables on |
the nights above, are chiefly the dwellings.
NKusick's Lake, the meadow-pond, on the
hight above, is beautiful little body of wa
ter, say thirty rods wide, and over half mile
long, and four feet deep. 1t has the entire
appearance of being natural lake, instead
of an artificial pond bold, undulating banks,
covered with trees and groves comeing clear to
the water; and the coole," down through
which the outlet is precipitated, looks very
much like a natural ravine. The pond is one
hundred and sirty feet above Lake St. Croix;
and Mr.. Delano tells me the streets Of the city,
parallel with the Lake River, are SO laid out
that .tiue water powers can be obtained, OF
thirty feet each, one at each street crossing of
the ravine. Something of their capacity may
be Judged by the fact that the one at the Lake,
the only one improved, drives two separate
sash saws, and other machinery attached,
lath and shingle saws, &c. and being spring
stream, it never diminishes in volume, and is
so warm that it never freezes in Winter.
The scenery about here is both grand and
beautiful, as all the scenery Of these north
western rivers is and this City, as it is built,
and with the improvements finished, in pro-
gress, and contemplated, will be beautiful
one-is so already.
The citizens claim population Of three
- thousand, and think the estimate not greatly
exaggerated, judging from the dwellings
y stores, shops, warehouses, and. other place!
of business. The staple business of this re
u gion is numbering, and there are ,iue saw mill
u here, one running fifty saws, one thirty, ant
v the other have not visited, excepting McKU
p sIck's, which runs only two. 1t is the heas
l. of the St. Croix branch of Mississippi navi
CATION, all boats running on that river bein
x able to come here The st. Croix is naviga
d BILE from here to the Falls, twenty-five miles
N for small steamboats,.
r Notwithstanding the hard times, the plac
le seems busy and prospering No one have
IL heard complaining of the country. All seer
s. satisfied with their homes, think it as nice
s. place as there is, and that abundant prosper
es ty is sure to come And certainly thin
es they have cause and right to feel SO. The
~ have welcomed my visit in the happiest maj
r. ner to publishers-they have considerabl
swelled my wallet, and quite an addition
X, names is added to the already large list
IL those who read the M1NNEsoTIAN.
VII This is already long enough for one articl
ed and will devote another epistle to some pc
m sonal matters and reflections which are crow
'pt ing upon me for utterance.-J. D.
VI Selulenberg, B.relLoeur d. Cos AiX-Ns grt
on poaver and facilities Com.fortabl condition
me scorkmen-M. Schulenberg's Aun'anity-Stt
Prison. Water Posoer-Ar. Schefer-7Ae Pri
n ing Estabzishnsents-7Ae Messengr-Nilita
i, Display-7He Festsral-7Ae Minnesota House
ers SALTWATER, June 18th, 1859.
ar- In my letter yesterday, I stated all the n
md terial facts, relative to this place, consons
ace with my general purpose, but as intimat
rts. at its close, there are few thoughts, sugge
ned ed by what have met here, which l feel i
In uttering, and which hope will interest thu
hat who read
the I paid visit to the saw-mil of Mess
this SCHuLENBERG, BGcKLGUR & Co., and v
rse, shown over the establishment by Mr.. SCI
the LENBERG in person. And to one who has
ex- seen much lumber made since boyhood, q
ong that in the old fashioned single water mills
1ore twenty-five years ago, such a visit is tn
own ling treat did not inquire the size of
low building, but it is very large one. ! th
nee Mr.. ScHuLENBERG said the steam engines P
'ens pelling it were of two hundred horse po,
e of capacity. Under the same roof are two ga
oot- saw-mills, each carrying twenty-five sa,cs, "
ddle crcular-saws, crosscut-saws, and shinl
wn, saws, all driven by the steam-power, for m
tier ing lath, shingles, edging boards, ripp
,ible plank, and cutting off logs. He said they
mill, ploy sirty men about the establishment, m
five ing lumber, shingles, and lath, and in raft
lage and that they average taUe thousand fee.
ned. lumber an hour, including all ordinary del
1self and stoppages. Three men are consta1
.ded employed in hauling logs out of the boo
, for up into the mill, by means Of bull-whe
'oint worked by steam power-one man constar
ding at the water, selecting logs, bringing them
was to the slide, and hitching the chain and "do
to them, and the other two attending
both wheel, and drawing them UP. The logs
high, hauled up between the two mills, and
yeen large ones rolled off toward the mill of
light lon ger saws, and the small ones toward
the mill of the shorter saws Te each mill IL
ip of are two men constantly employed in tit
ntre the logs and rolling them on to the carri
K on The logs are all cut, by the cross-cut
and worked by steam power, to certain e.
lengths, so that the lumber will all meas
Il al. nd