St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-08
Greeting oftle Yillaae Of chaska.

GFeettn0 OF TIE Put09e 81 Ch6sHd,
TO the Jo6bers Union Of st. Paul, Him.
GENTLEMEN,-Th business men of Chas-
ka, ''your customers realizing that the
length of your stay in our village. as you
pass on your way upon your second excur
sion to the ''Blue grass region" will not al
ford you an opportunity of viewing the beau
ties of our village, its evidences of thrift and
prosperity, and the extent and Importance
of its business and manufacturing interests,
and being DESTROYS that you should form
correct estimate of our advantages, our i'm
portance, com mercially and otherwise, and
of our future prospects and possibilities,
have taken the liberty of preparing for your
perusal, the subjoined statement of the past
and present condition of our village.
The village of Chaska, the principal village
in, and the county seat of Carver county,
was Incorporated in March, 1871, and con-
tanned at that time population of about six
hundred people. Its present population is
lation, during the three years
last rpast, has been very rapid
and is still undated, being checked only by
an inability to accommodate those who de-
sire to.become citizens of our village with
houses in which to make homes. The prog
ress made during the same time in the i'm
provement and ornamentation of our village
has been marked, and to-day we believe that
we can safely saw that our village, in the
matter of public buildings, public parks and
all other public Improvements, will compare
favorablv with any village in the state.
Our village is beautifully situated upon the
banks of the Minnesota river, and at the
junction of the Minneapolis & st. Louis and
the Hastings 81 Dakota railways, thus fur
nishing US with the very best of facilities for
supplying ourselves from abroad with all
needed commodities, and for exporting to
markets the fruits of our business and man
ufacturing enterprises.
The Catholic, Moravian and Methodist de-
nominations of churches are represented in
our village by large and prosperous societies.
The Catholic society has now in
process of construction a church edi-
fee which will cost, when completed,
about twenty thousand dollars, the other
societies have comfortable and commodious
church buildings. Educational facilities are
afforded by graded public schools, and a
seminary controlled by the Sisters of Mercy.
The Masonic, Odd Fellows, Druids, Sons OF
Herman and Catholic Benevolent societies
are represented by large and prosperous
lodges.
The Valley Herald, one of the oldest news
papers in the Minnesota valley, having been
established by the late Hon. Charles A. War
ner in 1860, is edited and published by F. E.
Du Tot, who also operates completely
equipped job printing office.
The principal industry of the village is the
manufacture of brick. The clay which
abounds in and about the village is of a SUI
perior quality, and the beautiful cream color
ed brick manufactured therefrom have al
ready obtained wide celebrity, This enter
prise has grown to gigantic proportions-no
less than nine yards, with combined capac-
ity of at least thirty million annually, being
now in operation. These brick are
largely shipped to the cities of st.
Paul and Minneapolis, but ship
ments are also made into Wisconsin, Iowa
and Dakota. So great has become the
traffic in brick that the Hastings and Dakota
Railway company are compelled to operate
one train daily for the exclusive Transports
ton thereof.
Forrest and farm products of large and
thickly populated district are received and
principally consumed here. Our wheat ex-
ports are about $50, 900 bushels, grade No. /
hard. Barley 100000 bushels. Oats, corr
and other feed stuffs are imported by eleva
tors on wholesale scale. AS railroad sta
ton it is one of the most important to the
respective roads both in freight and passen.
ger traffic