Daily globe., 1882-09-18
MlNNESDTA'S CAPITAL.
Hsw a DctrOiter Is Struck With St. Paul
and Minneapolis.
The Crisp. Healthful Vig0r Of the
Future Northwestern Metropolis.

Now by st. Paul the work goes bravely on,
Shakespeare.
st. Paul and Minneapolis the twin COM
merc1al centers of the northwest, are NOV
ing ON with giant strides toward the goal
OF their ambition. Those who have pic
tured these thriving cities as little better
than rude trading posts upon the frontier,
are sadly mistaken. They are not the
jumping off places where one bids farewell
to the last vestiges of civilization before
plunging into trackless forest, or exploring
boundless prairie. They are beautiful and
enterprlsing cities, with splendid public
buildings, costly business blocks and mag
nihcent residences. and they keep abreast
OF the times in all that pertains to public
improvements. There is something in the
CLEAR. CRISP AIR
that makes the blood flow a little quicker
in the veins of the most sluggishly disposed
individual, and fellow must have very
poor stuff in him indeed if he is content to
be drOne in either of these great hives of
industry. The people are wide awake,
vigorous and alert. They do not lose a
trick in the slippery game of trade and
they are building up their respective com
munities with restless energy upon broad
and enduring basis.
Although but ten miles apart ST. Pau
and Minneapolis are siugularly free from
the local ieaiousies which often crop out in
places so closely allied. Their interests
are Identical and their interests do not con-
fict- st. Paul derives its Importance
chiefly from vast mercantile interests. It
Is the
NATURAL BASE OF SUPPLIES
for vast expanse of rapidly growing ter
ritory- Western Wisconsin, northern Iowa,
and tire grand territories of Montana aaad
Dakota are all tributary. and it also COM
mands the lions share of the Manitoba
trade The living stream Of immigration
which poured into Manitoba year or two
ago is becoming rapidly diverted into
channels which lead to Montana and Da-
kota- Winnipeg now gazes back regret
fully to the time of her extraordinary real
estate boom, when ground sold for $1,000
per front foot, and views with vexation the
fact THAT from 100 to 800 immigrants are
daily crowding into the territories across
the line to make for themselves homes. and
to develop the wonderful resources of the
generous soil. The wholesale trade of St.
Paul shows
AN INCREASE OF NEARLY so PER CENT.
since last year. It reaches total of about
$75,000,0O0 and gives employment to over
1000 persons. The manufactured pro-
ducts have increased S2O,ooo,0OO, and give
employment to 10000 people. Over ten
! million bushels of grain were received at
/ st. Paul elevators last yearand eighty mill
! ion feet of lumber were handled In short
the wealth of the city, as shown by assess
ments. is in round figures S3O,OOO00O and
the population about $4,000.
OF the two cities ST. Paul is the more
picturesque. Built upon high bluffs which
rise one behind the other like flight of
mammoth steps hewn from solid rock by
the hand of nature, it commands
A MOST ROMANTIC VIEW.
A hundred feet below the center of the
city rolls the Father of Waters, and away in
the distance, beneath the hazy sky of an
autumn day. stretches the fair green valley
of the upper Mississippi. Along the plateau
are wide thoroughfares, alive with the bus
tie and excitement of trade, streets well
lighted and paved, with substantial and
elegant business blocks that would be cred
liable to any city in the Union, and show
windows that are gaily decked with the
latest novelties of the eastern markets.
Half mile back of this rises another high
bluff, crowned with lovely gardens and
costly residences, invested with every
charm that wealth and refinement can Sc
cure. The electric light casts its white
glare over the streets at night. A network
of street railway tracks traverse the city in
every direction. The hotels are spacious
and we'll kept. The newspapers are al
most metropolitan in appearance, enter
prise and editorial ability. Building is
prosecuted with great activity. In some
! instances relief forces are employed to
| prosecute work.
| DAY AND NIGHT.
Since January there have been erected
Sc business blocks, S92 dwellings, and q
other buildings total of 999. l should
like to make this an even thousand, but am
scrupulously correct in the matter of fig
ures. The union depot, where SIX rail-
roads concentrate, is one of the finest in
the country.
If Minneapolis is not so romantically
situated as her sister city, she has at least
an even greater appearance of thrift and
enterprise. The improvements that have
been wrought in one short year are simply
astonishing. Tall blocks of brick and
granite have sprung up as if beckoned
forth from the earth by the waive of ma
gician's wand. Huge gangs of men are
covering the streets with.
| PAYMENTS OF GRANITE
Or cedar block, the former predominating,
and it is pleasant to note that where cedar
is used a substantial board foundation is
first put down. The same commission that
recently visited Detroit has just selected
the site for new post Office, and some
people are ill-natured enough to say that
the whole thing was cut and dried before
the honorable commissioners went through
the formality of an inspection. A new
chamber of commerce is to be built at
cost of $125,OOO. A Cincinnati capitalist
has let contracts for the erection of half
| million dollar hotel, and has put away SIS
bottles of elegant thirteen-year ar-old bulge
with which to fill up his invited guests at
the grand opening. Work is being pushed
forward on gigantic granite viaduct to
| cost $1,O0O,0OO, and adjacent to this will
rise
A NEW UNION DEPOT
costing 100000. What Minneapolis lacks
more than ANYTHING else is perfect sys-