The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-12-25
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From, the Inventors and Nechan,cs' Record.


: SAW IN ST. CLOUD.
From, the Inventors and Nechan,cs' Record.
At one o'cl,ck We arrived in st. Cloud
and found the town, in its situation and
surroundings. to hear several striking re-
semblanoss to Minneapolis. The site is
level plain about fifty feet above the level
Of the river, containing elun'rs and borders
Of oaks, few scat, ering pines aud some
appearance Of bluffs in the distance. The
St. P. & P. Railroad, bridge, depot, aud
carriage bridge have the same relation to
each other and to the town, that tho same
do in Minneapolis. There is q levee in
lower town and one above the bridges. The
streets are parallel with, and at right An
giles to the river, which at this point, runs
almost due south. The longest and prinoi-
pal street is Washington Avenue St. Ger
main street. next prominent in business,
takes the place Of eur Nicollet Avenue.
The residences Of St. Cloud are very SINH
lar in appearance to those Of Minneapolis,
and indicate on the part of the proprietors
an appreciation of liberal grounds and dis
tances.
St. Cloud seems to have every natural
advantage necessary to build up large
aud important city. Situated at tho en-.
trance to the great Sank Valley; possess
wing an abundance oftimber, granite and
brick material, and with q water-power on
both the Sank and Mississippi rivers with
in two miles Of the center Of town, it needs
only energy and united action on the part
of the citizens to set the wheels Of progress
in rapid motion. The question Of building
hotel worth $s5 900 next season, is be.
ing discussed with probabilities. A move
or two of this kind with the application OF
few hundred pounds of paint where it will
do the most good, will give tone and char
scter to the enterprise of that locality.
The manufacturing and mechanical in
dustriss of St. Cloud, are various but not
extensive. Mr. G. Bridgman owns two
steam lumber mills in lower town, and
manufactures about 100000 feet per
year.
Messrs. Raymond & Owen have steam
planning mill in the same locality, and man
ufacture sash, blinds, doors, &c., and en-
ploy ten men through the year. A 20
horse power engine drives their machin.
cry. MIR. F. H. Dam runs an establish
ment of the same kind on Washington ave.,
and employs, in the busy season Is men.
He has q 20 horse power engine, manufac-
tured at the St. Anthony Iron Works.
The furniture business is represented by
Mr.. James Carlisle, who occupies the
building on the upper levee, twenty -four
by sixty-six feet, and two stories high.
He manu- fsotures chairs and bedsteads,
principally, and employs ten men. He runs
. l6 horse power engine.
The Pioneer Wagon Shop, Messrs
Weary & Ksthbun, proprietors, turns out
substantial and first class. work. Mr.
Weary has been fifteen years in the bust.
ness, and there are farm wagons now in
use that he built fourteen years ago. The
firm employ nine men in the busy season,
and beside heavy wagons, they get out
light buggies and do all kinds Of repairing.
Mr.. R, L. Scott, Of the St. Cloud Carriage
Works, is doing a like business, and en-.
ploys six to eight men. The carriage
makers tell US that the oak timber, grown
in the vicinity of st. Cloud, is superior to
any they ever worked from other local.
ties.
The milling interests of St. Cloud are
represented by Messrs. Arnold & Stanton,
who own three run mill on Sank River,
and Messrs. Davis & Beal, who run q
small mill on Sank River, two in Clearwa.
ter, and manufacture $50 barrels of -four
per day. This firm are using q new and
improved purifier, manufactured by Messrs
Allis & Co., Of Milwaukee. The machine
has just been set running, and they are
making experiments, and the results attain.
ed in the last few days, induce them tc
state as their opinion, that within 80 days,
they can make better middlings -four than
can be produced by any other person o,
persons in the State. Mr.. Davis showed
US some of their work, and from what VIC
saw and heard, We judge that Minneapolis
miIlers need to look little out for those
up river establishments.
Messrs. Stevenson & Co., founders and
machin lists, are the only representatives o
this department of business in st. Clouc
and vicinity. They employ seventeen men
and manufacture steam engines, stoves
plows, corn shelters, hollow ware, and d.
all kinds of machine repairing. This firm
also manufacture very ornamental irol
fence, which took the premium at the Stat
Fair last fall. We found in these works al
interesting novelty in the line Of steam en-
gines. Mr.. c. H. Alsop, member of tn
h1m, has invented and put in operation ,
double acting, diagonal engine Of 6fteel
horse power. 1t occupies space Of thre
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three-fourths inch cylinders, and six incl
stroke. The various parts of the frame
when put together, form steam chest AM
heater. The cylinders are bolted to eacl
end of the steam chest Ut right angles t.
each other, on either side, and below tn
crank shaft. By this arrangement, Their
is no dead centre to overcome, and no bal
ance wheel is used. It makes l6O revolu
tons per minute, cuts off at half stroke
and has new and perfectly reliable adjust
ment of valves. This engine has run al
the machinery of tho works since last Feb
ruary, and more than fills the place of
modern and we'll made machine of the com
mon style, having q 9xl2 cylinder. T
run the machinery with this engine, it va
necessary to use eighty pounds of steam
With Mr.. Alsop's engine, only fifty pound
Of steam are required, and less than one
half cord Of wood per day, in place Of on
cord with the large engine, the same boile
being used. in both cases, and the same ma
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