The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-10-31

o'yoouy IL actlVo, a01 y at once struck
by the extent Of business being done
Several firms have extensive stocks, and
seem to hold the frontier business which
they commenced as soen as the .boriai;
nee had vacated the town site: The
firm Of j. G. & II. O., Burbank sold
last year from their store 4 general
stock Of $4,000 worth, and Others are
following we'll in their steps: Messrs.
J: + Bell &c., sold over s25, 600
worth ofdry goods alone.. 81 se.er,l ioth.
or firms are engaged exclusively in that
line. ''''.-' - . q >'' 4 49, ''' :'s@:Os
=: Messrs. Clark & Go. are -heavydsal.
ers in hardware, % are also G. FixW.
Powell. An enumeration: sof2 thS, .arf.
ous firms, however, is.,omevhat faisiga
to my object: and incompatible 1ith
space. The various, rdspartnents ri
trade In agricultural implements, :groo:
cries, clothing, drugs, boots and shoes,
etc., are well filed and vigorously ope:
erated, : fact which h.;ss done: much for
the growth Of the town. '"' :..';
~< .e. MANUFACTURES. g 9. =
Just above St. Cloud are the Sau,k
Rapids, on the Mississippi, [. m.gni6.
cent but almost wholly audev.loped
water power: II is but little iuferior
to St. Anthony Falls As yet no dam
has been built, but location is already
selected, and the necessity and value
are so apparent that the work viii
doubtless b prosecuted vigorously at an
early day. The manufactures at press
ent, consist mainly Of two Touring
mills and two lumber mills: The larg-
er Touring. mill is owned by: Mes.r,,
Burbank 4 Gorton. grinding 200 bar
rels per day, with four run of, stones.
The smaller belongs t. Arnold l. Sims,
has t"o run Of stones, and, grinds 100
barrels daily. E. NJ. Tobey T. Go. cut
1000 feet Of lumber daily at their
saw mill ). and G. Bridgman almost as
---- -.'.-- 1A.o saw malo arc vrs..-
ted by steam power. The manufacture
Of brick is being extensively engaged
in by two or three parties, from an OK
cellent clay found in the neighbor-
hood. =.
GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION.
Mr.. J. B. Mills has charge Of the
Government transportation to the forts
for which St. Cloud is the depot. He
employees five hundred teams, oxen,
mules and horses, and nearly two hun
dred men. The freight amounts to at
least 5000 tons annually, and portions
Of it are taken as far West as Fort Tot
ten, at DEVILS Lake, 336 miles West
of St: Cloud. The Posts supplied are
Ripley, Abercrombie, Totten and Wads-
worth. -.;:
NortherD Paeine Railway. -:
As everybody knows, thu" friends Of
this great measure are actively engaged
exerting themselves to procure Govern.
ment aid at the next session of Congress,
similar to that already granted Tho other
Pacific lines. In view Of THEFT very very
probable success, the. Company ne snt.
veying the entire route from Lake Su,
perior to Puget Sound, on the Pacific,
The surveying party Of the Minnesot.
Division is under the charge Of General
Ira spualding, whose work. IL to surrey
two routes from Lake Superior, one
commencing at Superior City, and lie
other At Bayfield, through Miuqesota d
the borders Of D3ota:s The General hai
two parties Of nineteen men each, .nd
has BEEN 1T wosrk On the| line siince Junt
18th of this y1e.f. Ae x1ill have his re
ports ready tor presentation 70 Congress
At their regular December session. Their
can be little doubt that tho shrsvt
managers of the Northern Pacific vii
select St. Cloud as . center for initla
operations, as they will secure a goot
connection with railways already built
aud have the advantage Of = paying
local road as fast As they progress eithe
way. Should this course be adopted
the importance Of the city cannot easil.
be over-estimated, as the Northern Pa
cifc is undoubtedly destined to be tb
greatest of our national thoroughfare
when completed. ~,. =. =. ..:s
49,. BRIDGE. -.
A Company has recently been form
ed, composed mainly flocal gentlemen
for bridging the Mississippi for wagon
and foot passengers a A6st-class How
truss structure will ,be erected darin
the coming winter "Its entire lengt'
will be GAL feet, l75 Of which will b
used as approaches. Its, eost will b
about $35, ,0oo..4 The officers 10 H. {
Wait, President, and j.. A. Evan.
Secretary and Treassrer.0il -: ;:
CITY GOVERNMENT. ,t.,
| St. Cloud was incorporated ~ 4 cit
in 1862. It is divided into four ward
each Of which sends one niember to th
Council. The first city government eor
sisted Of Hon. T., A. :Evan,, Mayor
H. G. Burbank, John W. Tenvoord,
Joseph Broker, and B. Overbeek, A
aermen; s. Marlatt, Treasurer !; A. I
Curry, Recorder; W. ). Parsons, CT,
Attorney; and q. aGraudelmeyer, Ma
shal. -. ..s' S.'r q. ..,.ss5 re- ,;5.<2 ;,,.
The present government i = follow
; A. B. Curry, Mayor; B. Rosenberg
IT.. Endarle. John n. Ovan. and TIL