Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-01
ON THE WING.
Points of Interest Along the Railroad Be-
| tween st. Paul and Alexandria.

Points of Interest Along the Railroad Be-
tween st. Paul and Alexandria.
West of st. Cloud, on the Fergus Falls
division of the st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba railroad, there is great popular
outcry against the present time card. All
night trains and no mail to be had until
next day-eighty-two miles from ST Paul
daily papers cannot be had until they are
more than twenty-four hours old. Either
the st. Cloud train ought to be extended to
Fergus or connection made with it at st
Cloud by freight SO that papers at least
might reach the people before they are so
old as to have lost their interest.
The log drive on Rum river and its tribu-
taries is said to be the cleanest ever known,
the stage of water being just right.
Business at Anoka is very brisk, the
lumber mills running full force, the -four
ing mill as usual busy, and the
new mammoth mill rapidly ap-
preaching completion. This latter
is one of the largest and most complete
manufacturing establishments northwest of
st. Paul, and will turn out, when completed,
800 barrels of flour per day. 1t is to be a
crusher mill, having only five run of burs,
and the motive power will be water, of which
there it a superintendent and everlasting
supply.
st. Cloud presents very fair appearance,
and has practically recovered from the effects
of the grasshopper plague which so seriously
affected its prosperity for several years. She
has good country surrounding her, has
thrifty class of business men, a normal
school, good jail, tip-top sheriff, two first
class hotels, and only needs the introduction
of manufactures to ''make FER BOOM"
At Sank Center things are rushing Smith,
the banker, stands behind his desk with
heavenly smile upon his face all day long, as
the business comes pouring in, while Cashier
Barnum simply mods to his friends and con-
tinues work. Not merchant in town but
what is happy, but when you come to the Sank
Center House the scene beggars description.
The captain "a. E. Coe) sits up nights,
hangs the hostler on nail slaps the clerk
on a sample table, sends the kitchen help to
the neighbors, and still groans inwardly as
he puts away his guests, two IN bed, or
snakes up shake downs when his beds are
full. The captain ought to do differently.
If he don't want to be crowded, he ought
not to set out the first strawberries of the
season for the boys as we'll as other nice
things. He is bound, however, to command
the situation. for he is enlarging IN every
direction, digging down into the earth,
bnilding up into the air and off horizontally,
determined to meet his responsibilities.
Osakis-This is the big tie and pile town.
More and better ties and timber for piling is
banked here than at any other point ON the
line. Comparatively new town, its future
is even now we'll assured and already it is re-
garded as very nice business town.
Alexandria--1his is one of the
Oldest towns in this section
and is very remarkably To-
Gated, as any one who has ever visited it will
readily admit. The foot of the main street
terminates at the bank of one of the most
beautiful lakes in Minnesota, and forms a
magnificent drive, broad and level as a street
could be wished for. II some enterprising
citizen would build a good hotel building
and secure tirst-class man TO run it, if he is
not capable or inclined to himself, the town
would stand better with the public. At
present travellers lineer briefly, and depart
murmuring, "too bad, such fine town."
Towns of minor importance between Sank
Center and Fergus Falls are coming into
being with great rapidity since the compile
ton of this connecting link, none of them
perhaps destined'to become the rivals of Chi
cago, st. Paul or Minneapolis, but still of
great local importance and with bright fu-
ture before them, for this section of CO untry
is no barren waste but very productive re-
gion, capable of sustaining q vast popula
ton.