St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-05
suits, and a glass factory will be established
here at no very distant date.

llOn al Man katO l shall next attempt par
tial review of its general manufacturing in
dustries or the production of articles of q
merchantable character from different sub
stances. The ones just passed may be styled
''the production of something from moth
ing'' or the manufacture of crude substances
of but little or no value in that state. Those
to follow are of finer grade or produced
from more valuable material.
In this enumeration l am well aware that
have reviewed very many institutions of
comparatively small capacity individually
but which aggregate largely in making up the
sum total of the city's industries and which
help to swell the volume of her wealth. /
have made no mention of retail institutions,
some of which are of magnitude and i'm
portance which dwarf some of the
wholesale houses mentioned, but
have included in my sketch those
institutions which either by manufactur-
ing or wholesaling to other towns contrib
ute toward the increase of material wealth OF
the city By drawing their support in a large
degree from outside points.
The result of my investigation and exper-
ience is to the effect that it takes three
things to build good town here in the west,
city of importance and of a population
which approximates something near to the ex-
pectations and wishes of its friends and these
are agriculture, commerce and manufactures.
l have noticed that purely agricultural
town seldom remains prosperous after the in
PRODUCTION of over 5000 people into its cor
porate limits. l have also seen that the
wealth and population of a manufacturing
city depends very largely upon the variety a:
well as the extent of its factories, and alsC
upon the production of articles of merchant
able value from cheap material. The estab-
| lshment of extensive manufacturing es
adjustments in any place similar t.
ton at Mankato brings witt
| it of necessity certain amount of commerce
or wholesale business, and while these two
industries go hand in hand and in a grea
measure depend one upon another, they car
and sometimes do exist in localities removed
from fine agricultural surroundings.
AT Mankato, however, the three great ele
ments combine to produce great city, ,and {
great city they are fast producing. I now
pass to the manufacturing establishments in
question.
LINsEED OIL MILL.
This NAV justly be said to be the most i'm
portant of all of Mankato's manufacturing
| institutions as well as the pioneer. 1t wa!
established in the year 1872 and has been op
Grated continuously ever since and is TO-DAY
the most successful institution west and nortl
of Chicago, Not only does it form very i'm
portant industry of Mankato but providing al
it does home market for flax,
crop admirably adapted for cultivation
in Southern Minnesota it is an institution
which is of vast importance to the entire see
ton. When first built not bushel of fia1
was raised in the territory, and seed had Il
be imported. The owners of the mill bough
| 300 bushels of seed which was loaned to th,
| farmers and 80, 900 bushels of not very fin,
quality was the return, most of which wa
manufactured, a part, however, being again
returned to the farmers for seed. They hav
purchased of the crop of 1888 the enormou
amount of $50, 900 bushels at an aYerag
price of s1.35 at the mill
81 being the least price paid
The present capacity of the mill is f,2O
bushels daily, which makes an average O
$500 gallons of oil, or over one car loa'
daily, and twenty three tons of oil cake. TIL
storage capacity of 100000 bushels, whcl
their fine brick elevator contains, has loni
since proved inadequate, and the compan
have sought storage elsewhere about town
A new elevator of 200, 900 bushels capacit
will be erected the coming year. The mill
elevators, office, boiling rooms, and othe
buildings are of brick and are quite valuable
over 800, 900 having been expended in thei
construction.
The present engine being of insufficient!ca
pacity a new one is to be put in the comin
year of 120-horse power, which, with othe
new machinery and buildings, will make thi
one of the largest mills in America. Th
manner of extracting the oil is by the by
draulic pressure system, which renders thei
oil cake very superior article of cattle food
The new presses just put in will double th
capacity, which last season turned out $50
barrels of oil, using 100, 900 bushels of seed
and producing the consequent amount of o
cake. They received SIT cars of seed an
have shipped AIS cars of oil an
oil cake, most of the latte
going direct to England. With the increas
ing interest manifested in this portion of th
state, and the general desire to abandon e1
elusive wheat raising for this branch of farm
ing, and for stock raising in general, bu
little time will elapse until this most desil
able nutritious food will find home marke
which will in time no doubt equal the supply
During the great financial crisis of 1873, car
of oil cake brought money the moment the
were loaded, the shipper being instructed
draw on London or Liverpool as soon q
laden. The fact that no explosion can eve
result under the pressure process in use i
this mill, as was the case with the st. PAT
oil mill some time ago, renders this one yer
popular, and the people of Mankato point
it with pride. The company have the follow
ing officers: j. A. Willard, President; G. +
Pipes, secretary and superintendent
Both raw and boiled oil are produced.
FIGURING MILLS.
The 'sMankato'' Touring mill, one Of th
largest and best mills outside of MinneapC
lis in Minnesota, operates forty-nine pairs Q
rollers and five run of burrs, and has
capacity for the manufacture of 700 barrel
of -four per day, and consequently must con
sumo $500 bushels of wheat. It is mode
mill, built to make money, and necessaril
contains the most perfect and improve
machinery.
The building is of brick, stone trimmed an
cost its owners $4,000. The mill CON-
pany have an elevator on the Chicago an
Northwestern track as well as Southern Mir
nesota railroad, which has capacity of 2S5
600 bnshels The mill manufactures fiy