The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-06-02


sidcs, and are called "Prniric Schoon- |
ers," or houses Oh wheels. The farther
we got west the more wc saw Of them.
We got into st. Paul abpnt p. m. all
right but some fred, The cars being
packed all the wav. 'i'his Is the largest
railroad point in the northwest. TIN
is where thew change ears inr al points
northwest AMI west.
A person hat has not hren in the
west can not form .innch of an idea of
the amount OF business that is being
done by III railroads Tho railroads
arc all crowded, cannot 90, cars enough
to take the passengers and freight 10
the destination. The Union depot is
here, Il fine brick building. built in 1881. 4
They thought it would be large enough
for years 10 come. They find they have
not room enough. such Is life in the |
west. !t l. not safe ID yet in front OF
anything that gets 10 moving here.
Everything IL booming, and there is no
such word As Stop as long rs the "boom"
lasts. A mau that docs business wants
to Keep top OF the iioum. He does not
want To get more thaM be can carry
away when the boom breaks; If he does
he will go down. Keep so YOU can
move when the bonn moves and Won
will make money. The day we got
into st. Paul we found the floor of The
depot covered with poor cmigrants that
had to wait ior cars 10 take them on
their journey. Most OF ,lism had
nothing but their tickets. Tho railroad
had 10 feed them. IL seems hard 10
have such people go 80 the far west,
Little dnes a poor man. with family,
it''n 81 40 hard ~hins hn l. GkoIto nnrnnn.
ter on the western frontier, bnt they are
all The class that first open The country.
| Swedes AMI Norwegians are the best
class to open new country, for they
are accustomed To rough life. The
women do as much work. out of doors
as tho men. The north west is a rich
country for them and they make good
class of people after they get used to
the ways OF this country. st. Paul is
a very fine city and Is the great whole
sale cily-ot the north west. and has
grand business houses, and others 90
ing up. ST. Paul ia growing rapidly.
One great trouble with this city the
streets are very narrow and the build.
ings do not show off as well as if the
streets were wider. Among the i'm.
Iprovements of The city is new bridge
across the river from tho cast to west
side, which is TO cost 100000, also
new county building costing $4,000,
The capitol is being built. Since the old
capitol burned the new market house
has been used by the state. The hotels
} here are good, and doing a rushing
|, business. st. Paul is built on bluffs
. it's pleasant and healthful city, and i,
; the river running between. Most of thu
!, city is bnilt on rocky foundation, {
, soft sand rock, and the sewers are cut
} through this rock, which is cut YER,
! easily and comes out as fine sand. A
r part of the CITY is lighted by electricity
and the rest by gas. Telephone line
run all over the city, and between thi
: city and Minneapolis, the general offic,
, being at the Pioneer Press building
Water is all over the city and the cit,
owns five or six steam fire engines
{ Some call ii the city of churches
There are large number of Catholics
Q French, German and Irish Catholics
S all having their separate churches, anl
| the Catholic children are fought unde
t the rules of their church. Bishop Ire
a land is doing great amount of goo,
G for his people through the state. Fl
f forms colonies in different parts of tn
@ state and plants his church there
Bishop Ireland seems 10 think that st
b. Paul and Sioux City railroad is the roa,
g to put them near. st. Paul claims
4 population of AZ 900.
There is fine class OF people here
!, bnt few old people. The life of th
! east is west. "Soon ms man comes her
q and the air and spirit of this countr
!, begin to work he is bound to develop,
= so they say, and | think it must be sc
= Why, is one of the great mysteries G
u the northwest. Before leaving 81
Paul for Sioux Falls we will run T.
!, Minneapolis, nine miles from st. Paul
!, by the Air Line railroad. The trai
y runs between the cities every hour o
: this road. From st. Paul we have {
y climb the hill. The road is cut on cid
hill, out of sand rock as far as For
. street; from there to Minneapolis 1t
;. level.
d About one half of the way is Unto
Q Park; it is used in the summer bv bot
d cities. Near the park is the Unto
e Stock Yard. There are 100 acres i
It these yards. This is where they trans
J, fer all the stock from the Western Pr
d cific and other roads. Montana shin
y most OF her stock here. Lots are hig
n here, aud buildings are going up yer
2, two cities. Not far from the yards
> the railroad iron bridge over the Missii
n sippi. The car wheels run betwee
d two rails over this bridge and have
IS run very slow, and have to stop befor
1, going on 1t; 1t is very high and Ions
t, We nexiIstop at the Short Line Junction
s. South Minneapolis. Near here they al
1t building the railroad shops. The cit
IT is coming this way fast from here W
s, ran through the city. We passe
g. by some very large elevators and war,
2, houses, and got OIL at the central depo
W From the depot we walked up into Ii
st city, and first visited the flour mill
TT We were told that the finest of the mil
o. were blown mp last fall, now they al
IN working an army of men cleaning ava
z. tho debris. The mills that are TO
N built are to be larger and on a moi
" grand scale than any ever built in Il
ie city. The waterfalls here are gran,
Ly We got as far down below them as "
of could. They seem to be made OF pla
to forms something like stairs hundreds
ut feet long aud wide. The way the W
IN ter rolls, or slides down and over the
8. Is grand. These falls have most
no them been built since this was made
Up manufacturing point. This is the grea
at est numbering point in the west, mo
k OF the lumber that they get on q
ir prairies start from here. There are il
Mt mense saw mills and planning mills.
TO is not safe for man to go throul
he their yards without being acquainte
e, The logs come out of the pineries &
IS, above this point and are 1oated dow
TO the river.
Minneapolis is claimed TO be larg
We city than st. Paul, having populate
20 of $4,000. The streets are wide b