St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-06-30

Minnesota has a system of water works one
half so fine that furnishes so abundant or so
pure supply of water and at so triffiing an
expense as Glenwood. To put in the sys-
tenn with hydrants and fire plugs at necessary
points has cost the village $4,000. Nature
furnishes the supply andkeeps the reservoir
which as before stated the hill
sides about the village abound
and located about one mile from the center
OF it has been walled or damned up so as to
form the necessary reservoir, and from this
it is brought to the village in a six inch iron
main and distributed in smaller pipes as may
be required. The altitude of this reservoir is
one hundred and twenty-six feet above the
hydrant at the corner of Minnesota avenue
and Franklin street, and the pressure is
sufficient to throw stream from an
inch and a half nozzle over the flag
staff upon the court house. Estimates made
by competent engineers give the amount of
water available as sufficient to supply fifteen
hundred families. This ceaseless flow OF
the purest water God ever gave to
man, which can be carried into each
dwelling in the village, always cool, always
pure and always abundant can not be esti-
mated at its nominal value. As 1 saw the
ceaseless flow of the fountain in the middle
OF Franklin street, and as 1 was shown to
what vast heighth stream could be forced
by the natural pressure, as I drank again
and again of the fresh pure liquid, felt that
l never wanted to see Phalen water again,
and that If | had an insurance business in
that town I should want to put rates very
low. In this connection it might be stated
that volunteer fire company has been orga-
nized at Glenwood and hose cart and
good supply of hose purchased, so that the
village is always ready to fight the fire king
with pressure more than they dare use al
ways on.
ELEVATOR COMPANY.
The next public enterprise of which
would speak is the Glenwood wheat and ele-
vator company. In January last an elevator
capable of stroring 40, 900 bushels of grain
was completed, and has since been operated
by the owners. 1t was built by joint stock
company with shares at $50 each, all of
which were taken as soon as offered by the
citizens Of Glenwood and the farmers in the
vicinity. This elevator and fiat warehouse
owned by MIR. A. j. Sawyer, of Duluth, that
will hold ten thousand bushelds, rep
resents the capacity for handling grain
at Glenwood. One hundred and
ten thousand bushels of the crop of
1888 has already been bought at Glenwood
and with an ordinary crop the coming sea-
son this amount will be increased to $50, 900
bushels that is naturally tributary here.
CREAMERY ASSOCIATION.
The next and third great public enterprise
spoken of is the Glenwood Creamery asso-
citation. This institution which consists of a
building 24x40 and two stories high, all fur
nished and fitted with steam engine and all
necessary modern machinery, cost the owners
$4,000, and is also a joint stock concern. 1t
was operated part of last season, but as the
number of COWS was not deemed
large enough to run it proitably,
it has noV been operated the present season.
Another year with the increased number of
COWS within available distance, however, it
will be operated. The building of the cream
cry has very much stimulated the product IN
of stock among the farmers and will be a
lasting benefit to this eeetion of country
where it cannot help being extremely profit
able.
WAGON ROADS.
The fourth great public enterprise into
which the people of Glenwood have with so
much patriotism and lberalitv put their
money, is in the construction of their streets
and highways When the railroad was laid
the survey located it full mile from the
center of the village, and on the
crest of the range of hills at least
two hundred feet high that
skirt the valley north of the village To get
up to that altitude and to construct a good
feasible wagon road thither was no small un-
dertaking, yet the plucky citizens again went
down deep into their pockets and the road
was built and at the same time the streets of
the village made very much better than is
usual with most small places.
BOARD OF TRADE.
On March "a, 1888, the above institution
was organized and in it were represented
the best meu of the village, who entered in
to it with their whole hearts and many of the
present institutions and advantages of which
the village has reason to feel proud owe
their inception and success to this iEstitu-
ton.
WHAT GLENwooD POSSESSES.
And now that the surroundings of this
beautiful village, its fine natural advantages.
and its great public enterprises have received
attention will give a birds eye view of its
other in stitutions.
In the first place, Glenwood possesses
about 500 inhabitants, and has some 100
dwellings, nearly one half of which were
built last year. 1t has several fine brick two
story store buildings, $4,000 brick court
house and school house of the same mater
ial, and which, when com pleted will cost
about the same figure. 1t has two fine ho-
tells, Zone of them as yet but partially COM
pleted,) which each have a capacity for ac-
commodating from so to 100 people.
There are two fine churches, a Methodist
and Norsk Lutheran, while the Baptists hold
service in the town hall (another of the pub
lie buildings of the place., and the Congre-
gationalists also have stated preaching. The
village has two wide-awake local newspapers.
three attorneys, three physicians and fine
brass band. 1t is an incorporated village
and is under the best of government. Glen
wood has:
A bank.
A drug store.
Three general stores.
Two hardware stores.
grocery store.
A millinery store.
Photographic gallery.
A livery stable.
A feed mill.
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