The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-06-03
WHAT 81. CLOUD HAS DEBN DOING
AND INTENDS TO DO.


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For two years St. Cloud has been al :
stand still. Building has been suspended
till it is ascertained what railroads are to
do for them.-NinneapOli Tribune.
If tho foregoing arises from igno-
rauce, the editor of the Tribune has
our deepest sympathy. Tit is the off.
shoot Of maliciousness-which we hes
tia to to think-he is beyond redemp-
ton, regeneration, specification, or:any
other station" Of that blessed nature.
In any event, the statement is utterly
sroundless, aud calculated to give a
wrong impression concerning one Of
the hvest and most substantial young
cities in the State. The detailed build
ing statistics of last year show that oeer,
one hundred and seventy thousand dol-
lars were expended in business blocks,
dwellings and permanent improvements
The year previous showed footing al
most as large. If St. Cloud is at .
stand STILL" there are very few towns
in the State moving at any very dau-
serous speed, not excepting our down.
river neishbor. the "seat Of destiny"
1t d ,es not lcvk much like lack Of faith
i" the future Of the place when its own
citizens put fifty thousand dollars into
u brid sc across the Mississippi.
Building has not "been suspended"
while our people stand around the cor.
uers wa ting for a railroad to come
along aud iutuse energy into them and
the place. That is not the style here.
All through the towu-on the business
streets and 10 the suburbs-masons,
carpenters, bricklayers and teamsters
are hard at work. Iron-tronted stores,
brick blocks and handsome dwellings
arc springing up everywhere. Within
sight and sound of where We sit, score
Of men are working upon the new Un-
ion Schoolhouse, dressing the granite,
drawing the brick and lumber, and
making rapid progress toward the cree
lion OF the building. A little farthe,
down, and on one OF the most beautiful
ties along the whole Mississippi, doz.
en- more are engaged UPON the Normal
School building; which will be ready
BY September for the opening Of thu
school. With the completion Of these
two buildings, St. Cloud will possess
educational advantages second to scarce
ly any town or city in the State. A
liberal proposition has been made fo1
the erection of new hotel. Its con
struction cannot long be delayed.
Railroads are undoubtedly an advan
tase to a place. We all think So
And We intend to have more railroads
We intend to have railroad to LAX,
Superior. We intend to have rail
road up the Sank Valley to oauk Cen
ire, Alexandria and the Red River
We intend to have railroad to tn
Minnesota River, connecting at Man
kato with other lines. We intend t.
have railroad to Minneapolis. An,
what is more than all, VIC intend t
have the Northern Pacific Railroad
These we aoM have. As the necessit
arises in the and with the develop
ment Of the country for other railroads
we will have them, too. But our pee
pie have no disposition in the mean
lime to sit lugubriously contemplating
the elongation of their lower lip. The.
are full of pluck, life and energy
They know they have one of the bes
points in the Northwest, and they ar
determined that it shall develop int,
one of the most prosperous cities il
the Northwest. If the editor of tn,
Tribune lives as long as We hope b
may, be will see the time when Mime
apclis will not tower above St. Cloud
head and shoulders, it indeed it doe
the thickness of hair. To accom-
plish this we will not attempt to draf
our sister city down by the publication
Of invldious paragraphs, but We vii
grow up to it.