St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-28
PREsCOTT,s PROSPERITY.
A Badger City Whose Advantages
Are Legion.

Are Legion.
Special to the Globe.
PRESCOTT, Dec. 26.-Prescott, situated
at the confluence of the Mississippi and st.
Croix rivers, has one of the finest locations
and most healthful climate of any of the
cities in Wisconsin, if not in the whole
Mississippi valley. A river frontage of
over two miles furnishes means for wharf
ing purposes and also excellent mill sites.
The merits of Prescott as summer resort
are not generally known. yet it offers al
most unequaled inducements to both tourist
and invalid. number of whom regularly
spend the summer here. We have two saw
mills and one grist mill, besides one feed
mill that does a large amount of custom
work. The
SAW MILLS
are both the property of John Dudley, one
having a capacity of about 5000, coo feet
and the other 5000, 900 feet. The grst
mill has capacity Of 800 barrels per day.
Among the other industries may be men
toned the manufacture of wagons. f.
Meincke and Ptacek & Co. take the lead in
this line, supplying this part of the county
and adjacent parts of Minnesota with We
hicles. N. P. Husting, the proprietor of
the Prescott brewery, turns out annually
about 800 bar. els. An ineXhaustible bed
of good brick clay, just south of the city, IS
operated by Samuel Gilman. We also have
five blacksmith shops, six churches pub
lie school, together with high school. The
population by the recent census is about
LOO, which by judicious management in
earlier DAYS would now have been much
| greater; but with the reviving prospect of
| the extension of the Chicago, Burlington &
Northern railroad
NOW REING BUILT.
through this place, it is highly probable
| that it will receive an impetus not felt for
| wears. and in the course of few years
| double its population. When this new
road is completed Prescott will be the first
| station of any importance this side of st.
| Paul. This fact will doubtless induce /,
| large number of st. Paul business men to
build residences here; few having already
| Signifed their intention of doing so. This
| place has for years been great wheat
market. as prices here are always higher
| than at any other point in Pierce county.
| We have in summer great facilities for the
| shipment of grain, and next year when
trains are running there will be competition
| between rail and boat transit and rates will
be greatly reduced. Prominent among the
wheat dealers in this city are Nj. 7. Dill,
E. N. Redmon & Son, o. S. Hutchinson,
E. w. Haviland and Jay u Ravens.
! WHAT WE NEED
the most is an elevator and another grisi
mill. sufficient quantity of No. 1 hard
wheat being marketed here to warrant such
enterprises. 1t is no unusual thing to have
10. 900 bushels of wheat brought in here in
day. Besides the inestimable value Of
the rivers in summer, there is another adj
vantage in winter. that of the river in front
of the city never freezing over on account
of the warm springs in it. From Lake st.
Croix in the northern part of the city the
clearest ice can be cut, thus furnishing to
boats that much-needed article. During the
past wear large amount of building has
been going on Prominent among the
structures erected are the new postofice
block, II. S. Miller's brick bank, John
Neinstadts two-story brick, P. d. Frees
and S.Johnson's dwellings and NJ. T. Dilrs
additions to his residence.