St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-17
HINTS ABOUT HASTINGS.
Great Manufacturing Center--Last
Years Growth.

Years Growth.
Special to the Globe
HASTINGS, Mimi, Dec. 16.-Twenty
miles below st. Paul ON the Chicago, Mil
waukee d st. Paul and Burlington q
Northern railroads lies the beautiful city of
Hastings, renowned for its wealth and ro-
mantle situation, and famous for beautiful
scenery, pure springs of living waters, good
hard roads, elegant drives and fast horses.
The clear lakes Astounding in choice fish.
the healthful location and fine drainage at
tract constantly-increasing number of
tourists, and the convenience to st. Paul
will induce additional numbers of business
men from that city to build homes in this
suburban town. The public schools for
their scope and thorOughness are unsur-
passed by ANY in the country. The high
school was awarded by the New Orleans
exposition certificates of merit for the high
order of the work of her pupils. The
alumni already number eighty-two men,
beers, and Is per cent. of the pupils in the
public schools are members OF the high
school, which has a four-years' course.
Most of the church societies are in a flour
ishing condition, and the Presbyterian,
Catholic and Epscopalian societies have
elegant and costly houses of worship. We
have a new opera house on the ground
floor, conveniently located and the hotel
accommodations are ample for a town of
double the population. Situated in the
midst of rich
AGRICULTURAL POPULATION
with railroad and water communications
extending in every direction and land, lum-
Der and raw material of every kind in
abundance, better distributing point and
manufacturing center can not be found in
the state. This is proved by the fact that
every industry within her limits had its
start from small beginnings by men of
small means, but possessed of plenty of
pluck. Not one fully started has ever
failed, but all have continued to thrive and
extend their business through the periods
OF depression that have occurred since the
war. Among these may be mentioned the
Gardner roller mills, operated by Charles
Espenschied, with capacity of 75O barrels
per day. The Ennis roller mill, with a
capacity of $50 barrels and Voight's roller
mill with capacity of 800 barrels per day.
r. c. Libbey's saw mill has capacity of
10000 900 feet per annum and John Dud-
ley's also has capacity of 5000 900 feet:
Bell Brothers Planning mill and r. G. Lib
bey'S each do about $40. 900 worth of busi-
ness per annum; the North Star foundry,
operated by Warsop & Son; Peter Judges
foundry, operated by Peter Judge, Ester
green u Son, manufacture 400 wagons, car
riages and sleighs annually, and their sales
amount to $50, per annum. George
Morses Wagon factory manufacture about
twenty-five wagons and carriages annually.
During the past year John Lucas has built
500 Of his famous cookie mills. Busch &
Son have brewery with capacity of 2, 900
barrels per annum. There are two other
breweries, one operated by Pat Steffin, the
other by Kelnhofer & Son. Julius Koch,
the frrrier, though only nine months in
business, has manufactured and sold $50
winter overcoats and ladies' cloaks. and
seventy-fve Italian lamb skin overcoats.
Hastings has three banks with capital of
S175, 900. During the past year her deal
ers have sold $120, 900 worth of farm ma
chinery. We have two good daily papers
and three weeklies. The growth of the
town during the past year has been
PHENOMENAL,
the enrolment in the public schools having
increased IA per cent. and circumstances
indicate a corresponding increase in her
population. The building operations amount
to about $4,000. Among the principal
ItW DuliuinSS ludy Do InenUlOneu the mann
moth malt house built and operated by a
company of which Louie Niedere is pres
ident, at a cost of S25, 900. with a capacity
for manufacturing $4,000 bushels of bar
ley into malt annually; the new opera
house, by Teutonia society, at cost of
$1,000; livery stable with stock, by F. Lar
penter, So, 600: addition to Gardner house.
So, 200; private residence by j. H. Heath,
1000; private residence by N. NJ. Chase,
So, 500; private residence by Joseph Hart,
$4,000; private residence by E. A. Whit
ford, $4,000; private residence by George
Emerson. S1,sOO; private residence by Mrs.
Will Wright, 81, 800; private residence by
Robert Henion, $1,000; store by William
Hagerman. $4,000: Swedish Baptist church.
$1,000; brewery by Pat Ste11ins, $4,000;
Improvements on private residence of DIR.
j. E. Finch, $1,000; improvements on
private residence of NJ. V. Seymour, $500;
private residence of WV. Kenney, $1,000:
private residence of Patrick Griffin, $1,000,
besides numerous smaller houses and inn
provements.