The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-10-02
TRAVELLERS LETTER.
MrSsEArpIIs, MINI. Sept. sth,

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MrSxEArpLIs, MIss., Sept. sth. lsTs.
Dear, ldnrertiser IL told you j
my last that we reached St. Paul Au.
30th, and camped on high bluff nes
town. In the afternoon we laid in
supply of provisions for ourselves an
team. Being tired from the effect
Of on. long journey We concluded I
stay here few days.
Sept. 2d-We were reinforced b
the arrival Of Elwood Negus and wifi
of Muscatine, Iowa. They came u
the river on the steamer Dubuque
and joined us at ST. Paul, according
TO previous arrangement.
| st. Paul has population of 10000
IL churches, 10 newspapers dale
and weeklies, 81 hotels, S brewerie
and t.co hundred and si.rty saloons.
The Metropolitan Hotel is 200 fee
long by 100 wide. FIVE stories high
and cost one hundred and twenty iiv'
thousand dollars. The custom hous
and post Office were bull, by Uncl'
Sam. Of Sank Rapids granite, at eos
Of forty-fye thousand dollars. The,
are now finishing court house tina
cost FIVE hundred thousand dollars
The water works cost two hundred
thousand dollars. The water is bro
from a lake some three miles distant
and is carried TO every part of thu
city. The city has appropriated
three hundred and sixty thousane
dollars for draining and improving tho
streets. St. Paul has more fine costly
buildings, more business men. NOR
fashionable ladies. and more fine hor.
ses than any place of its size eve
saw. St. Paul has three steam fir
engines. well manned, weighing three
tons, and costing six thousand dol
lars each. In each engine house there
is stable occupied by three large
horses. one to draw the hose cart, and
two to draw the engine. They ar
drilled three times each day-at 7. /.
and o'clock: the clock sets off .
spring that causes the fire bell to
toll, and at the same time unfastens
each horse, who is always harnesscd
At the tap of the bell they start at .
brisk trot and take their places at the
engines and hose carts, where they
stand a few minutes, and are ther
sent back by their drivers and receive
rations. In case of fire at night the,
act in the same way, and are at thcl
places by the time their drivers are
out of bed.
In front of our camp, at the foot OF
the bluff. there are many small house:
occupied by laborers. mostly foreign
ers. Every day train Of women gt
to the timber near by, and return
with packs Of wood on their backs.
The wood rack, which is strapped to
the back, in which they carry the
wood, looks as though it might be q
cross between saw horse and car
pcnter's trestle.
On the 9Th we loaded our wagon
and turned our backs on the busy city
Of st. Paul and started for MinneaDo-
lis, ten miles distant.
As We neared the town we stopped
to look and wonder-what changes
there has been made in this country
since twenty-five years ago. Alas,
what changes there has been in me:
then ! was young man IN the prime
Of life, travelling to learn the WAYS o
this world that | knew so little about
Now | am All invalid travelling to re-
gain my shattered health. We weut
Trough the town once known as St
Anthony, and crossed the Mississippi
liver on a wire suspension bridge
stood on this spot OF ground twenty
two wears ago, then an Indian reserve
and the soil not broken: now | fnf
myself in the streets Of a busy city
We turned sharp TO the left, went a
hort distance below the falls Of 81
AIthony and pitched cur tent on the
,ank of the river. Nv first ohlec
was TO again see the falls. found II
.rea,ly changed--the lumberman. tn.
and the mechanic hayt
been there, and TO some extent have
spoiled the grand scenery. instead o
pouring over the falls in one unbro
ken sheet, the water is damned anc
turned into races. aud goes whirling
the rattle and buz OF machinery.
The city OF Minneapolis is situate
on both sides Of the Mississippi rive,
at the falls of St. Anthony. II is tn,
new city Of the Upper Mississippi
valley, and its population and manu-
featuring interests hive increase
with surprising rapldity. The earh
est settlement was on the east side oI
the river and known as St. Anthony
a mill company commenced the i'm
provcment OF the water power il
1877 and in lSiS the first saw com
menced to cut the logs which had
been fioa,ed down from the extensive
pineries north and west Of the place
the first store opened in the locality
was at ST. Anthony III ls4. Early
in IS the two cities. ST ANTHONY and
Minneapolis. voted to unite and moor
poratc under the name Of Miuncapo-
lis The l.. :. census Of 1870 gave
the two cities population OF $4,000
but we find by actual count that th
present population Is 24,236, a gain
0! upwards Of 5000 in two wears.
Minneapolis prints :. weekly papers.
3 dailies, ,ri-weekly and ! monthly
The IriJuae daily. tri-wccklv and
weekly is the largest in the city
Among the nuisanccs Of this city are
brewcries, and more beer saloons
han any temperate man wants TO see.
As to mills and factories. will just
;ay that it is impossible for me 10 give
correct idea or the amount Of bust
tcss done here that will come under
his head as remarked III another
,lacc the first improvement was made
n 1871. Now, this city is one d the
most STRIVING and prosperous in the
vest, and offers advantages to the
business man, mechan-
c aud labOrer superior TO almost any
,ther place. The lumber trade is one
if great Importance, there being some
welyc or fifteen firms who cut from
eighteen to twenty millions Of feet Of
lumber annually; beside this there
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