St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-14
J. II. scHURMEIER.

grown TO large proportions. His shops on
Rosabel street, near Seventh, are very extern
sive, his machinery being driven by fifty.
horse steam engine, aud he employs over
fifty men. The property he purchased when
he first came to st. Paul, has become very
valuable, and is increasing in value every
day. During all these long years, from 1852
up to 1854, Mr.. Schurmeier has never fall
tered or stopped, and his continued careful
and prudent method Of transacting business
has made him rich man.
THAT GOLD Carp
During the excitement growing out Of the
discovery of gold at Vermillion Lake in
1S64-5, the writer ;organized q company 70
go there and prospect for the precious metal,
and although eminent assayers and chemists
in New York and Boston reported $50 and
$40 of gold TO the ton of the rock found
there, yet the excitement died out and the
matter was abandoned. Before starting
on our expedition, We ordered a large car,
! twenty feet long, 10 be built, and which was
subsequently used as a dining room on the
journey, and as il was winter when we
started out, this car was put upon runners
and served admirably the object for
which it was intended. It was built by Mr..
Schurmeie and now that reliable news has
been received OF the existence of large de-
posits of gold recently found in that region,
Mr. S. can turn back to the pages OF history
and claim the honor Of having built the
first car that rolled on the shores OF Lake
Vermillion, although since then large bodies
of iron have induced capitalists 10 construct
tracks on which regular trains now pass to
the Lake, covering most of the identical
ground over which ''Newson's Gold Carr
passed nineteen years agol Tempora mu-
tanterl Times have changed, but we are
quite willing to abide the result
PROPERTY EARLY PURCHASED.
In the year 1851 Mr.. Schumacher purchased
a lot on the corner Of Seventh and Rosabel
streets, for which he paid $500; worth now
SIS, 600, and upon this lot he has erected a
three story brick building costing SIS, 600,
and for which he receives $500 per month in
rents; then, in 1882, he bought the lot on
which the Minnesota house stands, in Rosa
bel street, next to the first or corner lot, for
which he paid Sll, 900; worth SIS, 900; about
twenty-five years ago be purchased 100 feet
on Rosabel street, where his carriage factory
now stands, and paid s1,4OO; worth now
$40. 900; in 1872 he bought half of a lot on
the other corner of Rosabel and Seventh
streets, and paid 81, 500; worth now SIS, 900;
owns half block on Rosabel and Broadway;
cost So, 600; worth $40, 900; a lot near Union
depot, corner Rosabe and Third; cost in
1866, 81, 200; worth S25, 900; two lots on
Broadway and Ninth, cost in 1870 81. 900:
worth Sl2, 900; another lot on Rosabel street,
where he lives; cost in 1865, Sl,500; worth
5000; two lots on Jackson street, one of
which cost in 1860, 81. 500, the other in 1863,
81, 500; worth now $4,000; a lot on Third
street, in 1860, for $500; worth S35, 900.
When Mr.. Schumacher bought his property
on Rosabel street, it was covered with hazel
brush and trees, and was the sleeping place
of the Indians, and the little shop where was
built our ''Gold Carr in 1865, has been re-
modelled and is now stocked with large as
sortment of goods.
THE MAN PERSONALLY.
Mr. Schurmeier is a quiet, unostentatious
man; very deliberate in his movements,
yet far-feeing and sagacious in material
interests. Whatever money he makes in his
business, he puts into real estate, aud gets
about as much comfort out Of life as almost
any man we know.
d. A. MILLER.
Mr.. Miller was born in Virginia in 1928,
and came to st. Paul in 1851, or thirty-three
years ago, when there was but small cluster
of houses where now stands city of los, 900
people. He was carpenter by trade, and
worked at his profession three years. He
was on intimate terms with the Indian chief
Little Grow, and has seen many changes
since his residence here. A few years ago
he kept what was known as the Warren
house, or better known as ''Moffet's Castle"
|, cfo s.d. ha - 4
Fourth streets, where the building of the
First National bank now stands. He was a
tall, slender man, somewhat moderate in his
speech and in his movements, yet pleasant
gentleman.
ISAAC W. MILNER.
All the old citizens who knew Mr. Best,
the stone contractor, will not forget his part
ner, the subject Of our sketch, who was born
in England in 1920; and who, after learning
his trade as a stone cutter, came TO America
in 1915, and worked for while on the Yer
mont Central and the New Albany and Salem
railways; came to st. Paul in 1852, and two
years after assisted in the stone work Of the
st. Anthony bridge at the Falls; then he fol-
lowed contracting with his partner, Mr.. Best.
in this city until 1868, and then aided in the
construction of the custom house. He and
Mr.. Best continued business up to 1874,
when, in consequence OF i'll health, Mr. Best
retired and soon after died. Mr..
NJ. was subsequently, city inspector and
bad the supervision of the stone
work Of the new capitol. He was a
hard working, industrious, careful, honest
man.
A. T. c. PIERsoN.
Who is that man with long hair, and
SLOUGH hat, and a swaggeringsmotion, and
who moves his head rapidly from one side to
another, and thrusts his hands deep into the
pockets of his pants. That is A. T. C. Pier
son, the great Mason, who has climbed the
Morgan ladder to the top round, and is look
ing about TO see If he can't grapple with the
stars and steal into the other world and
establish higher order of Masonry there.
He is as young in feeling and in action as a
boy of sixteen, and vet he makes a splendid
picture of a grand old patriarch. as be really
Il @N~Ns.. 81.