St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-16
HURON,S ADVANTAGES.
The New Capital City of South Da-
kOta.

HURON'S ADVANTAGES.
The New Capital City of South Da-
kOta.
| Special TO the Globe.
/ HURON, OAK, Dec, 15.-Huron is the
new capital of South Dakota. Public at
tentiOn since its election as such by the peo-
| pie has been attracted to it and the desire
| to know more concerning it seems quite
general. But five years old, Huron is
already quite leading city. Its vote at
| the last election was 942, indicating popu-
lation considerably over $500. 1t is the
headquarters for the Northwestern system
of railroads in Dakota. A new railroad
company, the Duluth. Huron IL Denver,
has been organized here to build road
| from Morris. Mimi, to this place and
| thence to the Southwest, making, with the
| Northern Pacific system, direct line from
Huron to Duluth. This company is COM
posed of local and Eastern capitalists and
has already expended many months of time
and over So, 900 in surveying this feasible
route, that shall connect the corn and wheat
lands of Central Dakota with the great
wheat market and shipping point of the
Northwest. Duluth. In this they have sue
ceeded and early spring will witness the
! active construction of this road. In addi-
ton to this most valuable line there is every
probability that the Milwaukee company
will run line into the city. These roads
completed will make Huron the great
RAILWAY CENTER OF DAKOTA.
The city was originally plated by the
land department of the Chicago & North
western Railway company, and in antici-
patton of great city here they laid the
lo4;A 4
streets are 100 feet in width, while all others
are eighty. Along these broad avenues o
trade there are already many elegant struc-
lures that would be credit to a city of
many thousands of inhabitants. During
the past year there mas been built SIS, 900
opera house, two fine tWO-story bank build
ings, double-frOnt three-stOry brick block
and marble front brick building. In adj
dition to these modern and beautiful bust
ness structures the Congregationalists have
erected an elegant church building. while
residences have arisen on every side. The
record of the past year is bright promise
for the future. Already many building
contracts have been let and the coming
season will witness, in Huron, building
boom that will astonish the nations.
As an example of Huron business methods
and push we cite the following: Messrs.
Appel Bros, clothiers, DESTROYS of chang
ing their place of business, have induced
local capitalist to put up in the spring an
elegant brick building, which they have
leased in advance at the rate of $1,000 a
year. Huron is the headquarters for Cen
trail Dakota in all
FINANCIAL MATTERS.
There are now in this city three national
and two private banks, each doing large
and profitable business, three immense loan
ing companies and many similar individual
enterprises. Nearly every line of business
is represented. The Huron markets are
first class and the Fastener who comes to
these shores will not miss the good things
left behind.
Among the acquisitions which go to make
up a prosperous and growing city, Huron
now boasts the following: The seat of
government OF Dakota, the United States
land Office for the Huron land district, the
United States surveyor generals Office for
Dakota, the Office of the commissioner of
immigration for Dakota. the United States
| signal station for the James river valley,
| United States financial depository for Cen
| trail Dakota, headquarters and machine
| shops of Dakota central lines of the Chicago
| d Northwestern Railway company, Huron
| being the center of It's Dakota system of
over 600 miles of road; the finest and largest
| passenger depot and eating house in Dakota,
| with twenty-four daily trains; the Grand
opera house, the most elegant and COM
mOdlOus place OF amusement west of st.
Paul; the court house of Beadle county,
costing $50, 600; S10,0 school house;
SIX CHURCHES,
one of them the largest and most costly
edifice of the kind in Dakota; Holly sys-
TEN of water works and fire protection;
drainage and sewerage system; three large
hotels. with first-class accommodations;
three national and two private banks; one
daily and six weekly papers, and two
monthly publications; steam job printing
house and book-bindery; number of hand
some three and tWo-Story brick business
blocks with plate glass fronts. A real estate
exchange has just been established under
the title of the Huron Real Estate exchange,
the secretary Of which, Mr.. Nelson III.
Merrill, will gladly furnish reliable informa-
ton or details to persons searching business
locations or property investments in Huron.
Undoubtedly the history OF st. Paul, DeS
Moines, Lincoln, Denver, Indianapolis,
and other Western capitals will be repeated
here, and lucky will be the individual who
now plants himself or his investment in this
| vigorous young capitol while prices are still
| at bedrock figures.
Your correspondent predicts that Huron
| will soon be one of the great cities of the
Northwest. Its past, its present, its loca-
ton, its natural surroundings and advan-
tages, its railroad facilities, and last, but
not least, its energy and wealth assure it a
bright and glorious future, the limits of
which no one can now define OF determine.