Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-28
"A GLOBE MAN AT JORDAN,

one ~ the Fio"rtshing Tou-Hx of Min
Ucsota.
Correspondence of THE GLOBE
JORDAN, Feb 27.-This fourishinp town
situated IN the Minnesota Valley, Scott coun-
ty, just thirty-nine miles from st. Paul, de
serves more than passing notice It is
easily accessible from all parts of the State
by the Minneapolis and st. Louis and ST.
Paul and Sioux City railroads. Geograph-
ically, it is within four miles of the centre of
Scott county, which is traversed from North
to South by the first. and from Northeast to
to Southwest by the latter of these two great
lines of railway. The town site occupies a
pleasant valley environed by hills, and
easily approached by some six or eight good
wagon roads from as many different direc-
tons, connecting the town with the fine
farming lands which surround it. A refer
ence to the the shipping books of the two
railroads above mentioned shows an amount
of business not exceeded by any other town
i'll tie Minnesota valley, save Mankato, ard
prepares one for thes life and stir which the
town exhibits. Among the busincss enter
prlses deserving special attention. first and
| foremost are the Nicolin, and the Fcss Bros.
Wells Il Co. Merchant Mills, the former of
eight and the the latter of SIX run
of burrs. finished and furnished
throughout Ill the most perfect manner and
excelled by none in the State. Both mills
are furnished with steam us well as water
power and consume annually over 100000
bushels of wheat i'll the manufacture of the
celebrated patent proscess Minnesota flour.
This large amount of our great staple en-
braces only about one-half of the quantity
annually received here from farmers wagons
Connected with this immense delivery of
wheat large retail trade exists as matter
| Of course, but one is scarcely prepared to see
the mammoth business house of Frank
Nlcohn, which is fairy metropolitan in ex-
| tent. The Nicolin block is of brick-l5O by
&c feet and two stories in height, occupied
below by Mr.. N. as a general merchandise
store and above hall, which seats over
1000 people, and the magnificent and col
lossal proportions of which inspires the be
holder with amaZement. This hall. we are
Informed. is quite frequently well filled on
occasions of public entertainments.
In addition to the mammoth establish
ment of Mr.. Nicolin, Messrs. Smith,
Schriver. Seifert, Shafer, Sandahl and
others are also engaged in general merchan-
dising, i'll large and commodious stores,
while other branches of trade are quite well
represented.
Besides the manufactures of -four there
are two large breweries. a fine brick yard
which makes cream brick of excellent quail
ity, much of which is exported wagon
shops, pump and tanning mill factories
cigar mandatory and other minor indus
tries. which all tend to build up a thriving
and prosperous city. OF public buildings
Jordan has five churches. two graded schools,
a Masonic hall, and last, but not least, coed
hotels. fine quality of building stone
close at hand, with lumber and brick III in
exhaustable quantities, renders building
in the year 1856 but never acquired
any considerable amount of i'm
provement till after the coming
of the railroad and more especially within
the past three or four years when it has fair
ly rushed ahead. Nor has foreign capital
aided to any extent to develop this thriving
town. Every dollar, SO to speak. invested
here the reward Of honest business and
the result of location central to large
area of the choicest of farming lands. Its
present population is over thirteen hundred
getic and philosophical citizens and bust
ness men alive to its interests, Jordan has
certainly brilliant futnre before it. b.