St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-10

| lhe points OF compass, ana as the southern
Minnesota division OF the c., NJ. IL st. Paul
! passes the village on the north in due east
and west course, it has none of those three
cornered blocks and irregular streets for
which some places are noted.
! The first permanent white settler at Pipe
! stone, or within the county, was d. Z. Sweet,
! who made claim March Is, 1874, where the
! village now stands. Mr.. Charles Bennett,
! in August, 1878, had taken claim here also,
| but it was not until few years later that he
made permanent settlement.
In the fall of 1879 the Southern Minnesota
| division of the Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st.
/ Paul railroad laid their iron into the town,
and Pipestone began to be place of some
little note. The census of 1880 gave it a
/ population of 222 people which has increased
since TO LOCO. What strikes one more
| favorably than any other feature about the
! place, and the thing which l noticed particu-
larry about the village, was the splendid
granite buildings built and in process of
| erection. OF these the Commercial " q
block two stories high, S0xS6, upon Hiawatha
street, contains the Bank of Southwestern
Minnesota and two fine stores below, and
county offices above; the two blocks of D. E.
Sweet and j. c. Kern on Olive street. each
26X6O, two stories; the Office Of the Pipestone
Star, 25x60, one story high, arc all now
completed and occupied, and all built of red
granite. There is also under construction
and nearly completed, the Syndicate block
on Olive street, 60X75 feet, two stories, with
three stores and plate glass windows all
around. 1t is owned by Sweet & Ety. Nichols
" Stewart, and Chas Il. Bennett. The Bank
block, corner of Olive and Hiawatha is to be
| 15xl25. with the Pipestone County
bank in the corner, large store fronting on
both Olive and Hiawatha and two more stores
on Hiawatha, all two stories high. The own
ers are W. j. Taylor, Pipestone County bank.
Paget q Corbett, and c. E. Egbert The arch
itectural finish of these two blocks will be not
only very neat but really elaborate, and they
possess walls which in case of fire are abso-
lutely indestructable. In addition to these
fine stone blocks which are but the fore-run-
ner OF many more TO be erected the ensuing
year, some of which are already designed,
must be mentioned the Calumet hotel. Every
city or village is either blessed or damned by
its hotels. The latter had always been the
case with Pipestone until the advent of the
Close Bros, who at once erected the Calumet.
In was originally 41x64, three stories and a
splendid basement brick building. The nee
essities of business have, however, com
PEELED its enlargement and an addition 64x
64 is now being built, which will give them
forty new rooms, just about doubling their
capacity. The best thing about the village is
that there is not single dollar of mortgaged
property there. The people who
have built the place have built it with
their own money and live there and own it.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
OF these, first in order comes the fine brick
school house, erected last season at cost
of $4,000. 1t is neat and commodious
structure, two stories high, has four large
school rooms, is heated by hot air furnaces
throughout, and in it is conducted one Of the
finest graded schools in the state.
OF church buildings there are two, the
Methodist, already completed and occupied.
and the Presbyterian in process of construc-
ton. The Baptist society is expected to
build soon, while the Catholics are also about
to organize. As yet no county buildings,
aside from a small stone jail, have been
built, but splendid square conveniently
located has been donated to the county. and
has been adorned with beautiful young shade
trees and forms at present very pretty park
The site is a commanding one and when the
county shall finally conclude to build upon
it, the appearance of the village will be much
improved.
Newspapers are plenty at Pipestone and
two OF them have as fine outfits as any
country office in the state. The Star is the
pioneer in the village, and has grown with
its growth and strengthened with its
strength. 1t occupies its own building and
has steam power press. No job office out
side of st. Paul or Minneapolis has a more
complete outfit or is better fitted to do almost
any kind of job work desired. The ReDuJ-
Ecdn, started last spring, also has steam
power outfit and is one of the neatest and
most complete printing establishment in the
state and like the Star would do credit to a
city of 10000 people. The Herald, another
local paper, was established last spring.
though not with so elaborate an outfit as the
others.
RAILROADS.
Of these Pipestone has three, representing
the three great systems that have oyerrun
the southern half of the state, viz: The
Southern Minnesota, representing the Chi
cago Milwaukee & st. Paul; the Heron Lake
branch, representing the st. Paul & Omaha
system, and the Cedar Rapids. Burlin gton
& Northern branch, lately built from
Spirit Lake, Iowa, representing
the Rock Island system of
these the Southern Minnesota, grand trunk
line, now built and in operation from La
Crosse, Wis, to Woonsocket, in the jim
River valley, with branch from Egan to
Sioux Falls, was the first to enter the place
and by ii direct communication is had with
Chicago and the east, as well as with St.
Paul and the Milwaukee's Iowa system. The
Heron Lake branch, or more correctly speak |
ing, the Black Hills branch of the Omaha
road, has recently been completed to this
point from Woodstock and fine passenger
and freight depots are already constructed
1t enters the village from the east and does
not cross the Southern Minnesota, but has
its depot short distance from theirs, north
of, but very convenient to the business part
of town. The last of the three roads CEN
tering here is the Burlington, Cedar Rapids |
d Northern, which has built from Spirit
Lake, Iowa, via LuVerne and Pipestone, the
past summer, to Watertown, D. T. Their |
ultimate destination is understood to be
either Fargo or Bismarck, or both. This |
line, coming from the southeast, Gro. ses the
other two just east of the village and wYl |
construct its depot buildings near those of
the Omaha road.
WITH so MANY ADVANTAGES,
both natural and artificial, to make this de-
sirable location; with surrounding country
OF surprisingly rich and productive soil: |
with a society composed of the best class of |
people who usually emigrate to western
country; the educational and great railroad |
center of southwestern Minnesota and a |
place Of so universal prosperity as it is it is |
little wonder that Pipestone City has become |
a very popular location. 1t is no wonder |
that farmers are seeking locations upon the |
rich lands of this section and that merchants |
and business men are seeking an opening |
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