The Grange advance., 1874-02-18
RED WING IMPROVEMENT IS
EoR uQGR X1A1.
What the Greatest Primary Wheat
Market Of the World has done in
the way Of Building from
February 1st, 1873, to
February 1st, 1874.
3214, oo3 in improvements.
AHEAD OF ANY OTHER TOWN IN THE
STATE IN PROPORTION TO
ITS POPULATION.

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The activity i'll building in this city for
the past year, stimulated by the steady
healthy growth of business and natural de-
velopment Of the rich agricultural country
In the midst of which it is situated, has
very seldom been equaled. It has been
noticed by all as very busy season, and
the difficulty Of obtaining laborers, but the
grand showing Of the years work must be
surprise to all. Superintendent 0. Whit |
man Of this city, in his excellent annual re-
port of the city schools, very forcibly said :
statistics are abbreviated formal records |
OF realsties-:tacts brought into shape for
philosophical inquiry. Said Napoleon l {:
Statistics mean the keeping an exact
account Of nations affairs, and without |
such an account there is no safety
Goethe, the German poet, says: ! do not
Know whether figures govern the world, but
this l do know, they show how it is gov
erned.'"
If this may be said Of schools and nations
with still greater truth may it be said tha,
the financial condition and the general
prosperity or the reverse Of city is re.
vealed by. the building statistics. If the
improvements are great AMI general, it
is an absolute certainty that there has
been great and general prosperity. With
this view we have been to much pains to
obtain the following statistics, and have
received valuable aid from Messrs. C. R.
Brink, Blakely & Chaffee, D. C. Hill, Dan
iels & Simmons, and others of our lead
ing mechanics and builders to whom we ac-
knowledge ourselves under obligation.
The principal contractors and builders,
who have had the directing and doing of
this immense amount of building and i'm
proving, are Blakely Il Chaffee, Brink &
Williams, B. C. Stephens Daniels, J. Ham,
mond, Daniels s Simmons, H: Bragg. Be-
sides these large number Of the me-
chanics have been employed in the country
where Improvements have been greater if
anything than in the city.
1t was our intention when we started with
our statistics to give the names of the con-
tractors and builders Of each building, but
we found it absolutely impossible Our ex-
cellent mechanics are worthy OF great praise
for the immense amount Of work they have
rushed through during the year, but they
have made themselves too favorably known
by their excellent work to have received any
benefit from such mention, though it would
have been much more satisfactory to us had
it been practicable.
The following list contains the buildings
erected, added to or improved, from Feb.
LIST, 1873, to Feb. lst, 1874, with the name
of the owner, the situation and value.
Hermon Betcher, house, brick veneered, two
stories, z4x4o feet, corner Of Third ard
rh;s Gsaas resdsncs Is inrn;sned With $500"
and is very handsome building beautifully
situated, and finished with architectural
taste and beauty
st, at the foot Of Barn Bluff 3 stories high:
main building 69xs0 feet, engine building
24x35 two stories. .:.................... $5:,uU
brick veneered, Levee st. This is one of
the largest, best built and most complete
warehouses on the river. Size 65x6O 3
sandborg Williams, warehouse stone. Ie @i4V
st. Size 31x52, stories ................ 5MO
\. L. Teele, warehouse, frame, Levee st.,
2ox19o feet, stories $500
Thos Mcsorley. brick store, Main st 24x6s
wenster Purdy Co., bali alley and billiard $500
hall, Main st. brick, 2Ox9O feet, 2 stories 35M
John Winters, saloon brick, Plumb st, 2ox44,
stories 1880
Lorenz Hoffman, brewery, brick. Bush st, Fl
x68, 3 stories in rear, in frOnt.......... $500
Indseth Boxrud, store, brick, Plumb st, 2ox
This store is one Of the most beautifully
finished and conveniently arranged Of any in
Olson & Bush, addition to store, brick, Main
st 1000
u Clark, brick addition to store, Bush st.- 100
David Hancock, improvements to house,
30 Dow, house, cor Fifth and Franklin cts,
brick veneered, 24x32 feet with el....... 5000
W Hoyt, addition to house, frame, l6x2S
and 12xl2, Fifth st .:......... 100
Chas. Swanson residence, frame, Main st..... $500
Chas Betcher, Improvements to store, Main
~ $50
II Betcher, barn. with stone BASEMENT Third
L Smith, Improvements to store Plumb st. 200
VIM. Webster improvements on residence
fence and barn. ....,. $50
Episcopal Church, fence ............ is
VIM. Purdy improvements to house. East
Avenue ON
Nv Luce, warehouse, frame .................. ~ ,HW
Hubbard Brown, improvements to Office
Foot 4 Sterling, improvements to store, Main
street...:. ............. 5n
n. Herscher, improvements to house, Main
street.. ........., ION
Mrs Messck, improvements TO house, Sd st. 2OO
Capt Eames, Cooper shop, Bluff st.......... 50O
B Mann, improvements to residence........ 400
Browni McIntire, temporary warehouse,
Ma II 800
Brown 4 McIntire, temporary warehouse,
Main st, 35xlOO It .......................... 800
Brown 4 Mc1ntire, temporary warehouse, !.
Levee 800
x14, Main 1900
II Sheldon Co, temporary warehouse, on
:. LoVee ~ xIo II 600