The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17
What Mankato Has Lost.

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III. ID. Hubbard and +. l.. Walters
less than two years ago to es
tab:ish i'm Mankato IN additional oil
mill of about three times the caraci.
ty of the pre-" ut one. and Touring
mill of none than donbl" the calac-
ity Of that how nr"rated here by the
company of which Mills the senior
member, IL still fresh ia the minds
of our citizens, aud 1T WAS only
| through the blindness of some and
the treacheiy of others doing bust
! ness here that the project was allow
ell To sink into oblivion. 1t is not ut
ut this time necessary to- present "a
resume of the unfrienaly manner N
which these gentlemen were treated
when they stood ready and willing 10
invest in manufacturing enterprises
Il sum of money greater than the com
biucd worth of oar entire manufacture.
ing interests of to day, with the pos
sib!e exception of the CementWorks.
1t is not pleasant To reflect upon the
fact that through the opposition of ii
few narrow .souled individuals,
headed 10y the pessimistic editor of
the Rccicr, familiariy known as Boo
hy John, so thoroughly Disguised
them that they allowed the
project, over which they had spent
months of hard labor to bring abont,
Ia fall through. But this is Il great
country, and other towns stand
ready to extend the hand of friend
ship To those seeking investment for
capital, and welcome them to their
borders; and Sioux City, Iowa, is
one of the number. She therefore
gains part %. what Mankalo has
lost, and while THE FREE Press, as
well us every public.spirited and
broad gagged man III Manka.o, will
regret sincerely that Mr.. Hubbard
could not have seen it in his way To
have ignored the opposition of il
score or TWO of these misguided men,
and gone along with the work, yet
Sioux City is to be congratulated up
on securing to her manufacturing i'll
terrStS IA business man of Mr.. Hub.
hard's acknowledged worth, push
and indnmitablc perseverance, say.
ing nothing Of the capital he will
add to her rapidly growing wealth.
Mr.. Hubbard has associated with
him Capt. Gear, of st. Paul, Il gen
tlcman who is the peer of any man
IN the country in Il business point
he grounds for the building have
been purchased, all the stone, brick
and other construction material Ell.
gagged. and work will he commenced
Immediately. An idea Of the mag
nliudc of the establishment may he
gained when we state that the mill
will bc nearly Il half larger than the
big Touring mill of this city, and
vii, consume | 400 bushels of seed
per day. The main building is to hc
60xl3O feet, four stories high; the
press room 36X60, four stories; en-
glne room 2oXIS, one story; boiler
room 24X9o, one story: the cooperagc
and tank house 36xl0o, two stories;
the boiling house % feet square. The
stack will he 10 feet square, 100 feet
high. The entire buildings are to he
of brick, tire-proof, with slate roofs.
Ii will take fully one million brick to
construct these buildings, and when
completed they will cost nearly 81
quite 100000.
This is what Mankato has iost-it
is only the half-.and the Sioux CityOil
SIiil VIII stand us an imposing monu-
nient to Mankato'o foi!y If the s;...,,o
citizens who for some time past have
been exerting themselves to induce
new Industries to locate here, had,
eighteen months ago, exercised one
half the enterprise iii tying to en-
courage the Investment of home cap
ital, they could have the pleasure TO-
day OF pointing to two grand and I'M
posing structures, instead Of holding
up a microscope, peering into the M
certain future and trying to discci ne
something that is not here and may
never Come. Ii the lesson has been
Il dearly bought one it is To be hoped
that 1t viii 1T least prove Il source OF
wisdom for future guidance.