Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-21
Il PROGRESSIVE TOWN
The Famous Growth of the Famous Tow
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Ahe Famous Growth of the Famous Town
of Livingston.
Ihe town of Livingston on the Northern
Pacific road, located at the entrance to the
National Park is making most wonderful
progress. From fifty inhabitants four
months ago, it has sprung to 1900 popula-
ton. The Livingston Tribune, decidedly
1--we newspaper, contains the following
paragraph:
d. 5. Spauiding, well-known capitalist
OF Binghampton, n. Y, has been passing g
Few days IN Livingston during the present
week. he expresses himself as much
pleased with the location and prospects Of
our city, and states that he can see NO
reason why, with proper effort and enter
prise on thes part of our citizens, living
ston maynot become the Denver of Mon
tana territory. He expects TO return here
at an early day and invest considerably in
Livingston real estate, as this town will be
a great attraction to millions of tourists
for all time to come.
The cheerful sound of plane, saw and
hammer rings through the air here from
morning until night, not on one street
merely, but in al parts of the town. and
buildings are springing up on eYe.y side
with surprising rapidity. The CELEBRITY
With which the work is done is astonishing.
One day you pass what was yesterday a
vacant lot and observe a man unloading
lumber from wagon. Return in ten min
utes and you shall find artisans busily at
work and the stills already laid. Next day
goods are moving in, a sign is up, and by
night the carpenters have concluded the
finishing touches, and departed to renew
the same operation next day in some other
quarter.
The citizens of Livingston and of the
entire upper Yellowstone will welcome the
news of the advent Of G. Livingston & Co.
and the location of the First National
bank. They have been hoping for the es-
adjustment of banking institution here
for number of months, and now that it
Is an accomplished fact, they will ell cor
daily welcome it. D. E. Fogarty, who was
here last week, and who will doubtless be
connected with the bank, is gentleman of
pleasing address aud business habits. We
bespeak for the new institution the best re-
CARDS of our citizens as we'll as unlimited
prosperity, and have no doubt that it will
prosper and grow with the onward march
of our city, and become an institution in
which we can all evince a commendable
pride and point to as the solid bank of the
upper Yellowstone.
Parties who, when the railroad plated
the townsite of Livingston, howled at the
high prices asked for lots, are beginning to
lose their howl: Corner lots on Park
street, which were sold by the company for
$1,000, are now held at from $4,000 to
$4,000 each, and inside lots from $4,000 to
$4,000, and the lots on the streets running
towards the Yellowstone from Park, nota-
bly, Main and Second, are booming, and
property in These choice thoroughfares is
growing more valuable every day. Indeed
1t looks as if Main street will rank first
among business streets, with Second and
Park steets following closely after in the
order named. One thing is conceded, viz:
that Main is the leading street in Living
ston to-day in volume of business: Two
large hotels will shortly be built. One on
the reserved lots facing east on Main street,
and the other one opposite side of track
facing depot. Real estate sales are becom-
ing brisk, and real estate men have their
hands more than full. Most of the lots
changing hands are being bought by par
ties intending to erect substantial build.
ings thereon.