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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25
+. II. M,MILLAN.
Points Concerning His Pork Pack.
ing Establish ment.

The trade in provisions is undoubtedly
one of very great importance co the thriving
Northwestern metropolis of st. Paul. The
largest consumption of animal products,
especially that Of the hog, is in the United
States, the next country being Great Britain,
and both OF these countries are exempt
from any traceable ill-effect from such arti-
cles Of food. The leading house engaged in
this trade is that of Mr.. j. r. Mcmillan,
whose offices are located at the corner of
Eighth and Minnesota streets. This bust
ness was established in 1871, since which
time the business has become extremely
large owing to the unsurpassed quality and
superiority of Mr.. McMillan's brands of
provisions. The packing house is situated
at the corner of Eighth and Minnesota
streets and is equipped and furnished with
every modern appliance and convenience
necessary for the systematic conduct of the
business, employment being given to large
force of skilled operatives. Mr.. Mcmillan
possesses unsurpassed facilities for cutting,
packing, curing and smoking meats. Only
the best stock is handled and the best care
and attention are given to the meat through
all the stages it passes while being prepared
for the market. Mr.. Mcmillan is in DOS
session of all modern facilities for procuring
the choicest supplies, while his factory is
most conveniently arranged for trade pur-
poses, being provided with cold storage for
the preservation of meats, thereby enabling
him to offer the best goods to customers.
Hogs in America are as healthy and sound
as any such stock anywhere in the world,
and in spite of the prohibition placed upon
our hog products by France and Germany,
are equal, if not superior, to any similar
material prepared in Europe. The Mime
sofa hogs are especially exempt from disease
of any kind whatever. No such disease as
hog cholera was ever known in this state.
The supervision exercised in the packing
house of Mr.. Mcmillan renders it absolutely
impossible for any diseased animals to be
entered for consumption. This house, as
may be inferred, is widely known for its
superior provisions, and the high estimation
in which it is held by the trade is due to
long course of honorable and liberal deal
ingS with customers
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25
Buliard Bros. Popular jewelers..

AulOIS tuc utW uIUlS IlldL nave cOIl0 10
st. Paul of late years there is none more
deserving of mention than that of Billiard
Bros, jewelers., located at 143 East Third
street. Both members of this firm are
young men who have served their full term
at the watchmaker's bench; have had ex-
perience as buyers and statesmen. and have,
besides, artistic tastes, as is shown by the
goods displayed in their new and attractive
store. They cater to the fine trades, keep
ing none but the best goods, whether in
solid or plated ware, and never allow them
selves to be induced to sacrifice their repu-
tation for the greater profits to be made on
inferior goods. Success in the jewelry may
generally be measured by the confidence the
dealer can inspire in his patrons, most pur-
chasers relying in great measure on his in
tegrlty and good judgment, since compare
lively few can judge correctly of values of
gems on articles of virtu in gold or silver.
Judging from the success Billiard Bros.
are meeting with, and the class of people
who visit their store, they are fast gaining
the confidence OF the public and are des-
tined to take front rank among jewelers. of
the Northwest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25
WITH THE JOBEERS.
A Prosperous Eears.S0Eid and In
cre;asing Trade.


No year since 1882 has been as salts
factory to the wholesale merchants Of St.
Paul as 1885. The year opened with de-
clining prices in about all of the leading
lines of trade. In some branches the de-
cline has reached 20 or 25 per cent. It is
general testimony of all men doing whole
sale business that sales are more active on
a rising than falling market, and this
has for a portion of the year-the earlier
par-kept sales down somewhat. Since
the summer, however, when there was as
surance of good crops in that section of the
country tributary to St. Paul the call for
goods has increased and business
has gradually been growing both
active and sound. So that in
spite of the decreased prices the actual
cash receipts have been larger than during
1884. 1t is estimated that the volume of
business has increased about 20 per cent,
the actual sales for eleven months lacking
but four millions of the twelve months for
1884. The cause of this Increase is gener-
ally attributed to the better feeling of busi-
ness men in all sections of the country,
particularly the Northwest, the good crops
and the fact that new territory has been in
vaded. New railroads have been opened
for business and cities and towns hitherto
not in direct communication by rail with
st. Paul have been given excess. This has
been felt in many of the lines of trade.
Aside from the increase of territory gained,
as it were, in this. way, there
has been something of general widening
of the circles within which the jobbers of
the city have heretofore been recognized as
the natural source of supply, the competi-
ton with Chicago is strong.
EVERY LINE OF GOODS
that is common to that city and this has
representatives from both in the field.
Every inch Of ground gained by ST. Paul is
hotly contested. But ST. Paul has the adj
vantage OF some hundreds of miles, and the
difference in favor of St. Paul is apprecia-
ted by the buyers throughout the country
The general condition of the jobbing trade
is firm. Losses have averaged smaller dur
ing 1855 than in any other year since
1880 or 1881. Collections are
easy, comparatively. aud the feeling
of the merchants is consequently hopeful.
1t is predicted that the noticeable decrease in
prices of the past year will not be continued
for the next year, the general impression
being abroad that bottom prices have been
reached. The trade for the year has
amounted to S66, 100. 900 for the strictly job
bling. In this compilation the produce and
general commission business is not reck-
oned. With this, which amounts TO some
SIS, 500, 900, the total is reached of $40, 000,-
600 in round numbers, an increase of
about SIS, 600, 900 over last year.
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Fafrhanks. Morse & Co.

Fairbanks, .dorse & Co. are said to make
half of all the scales in the world, and yet
the firm is but little over half century
old. 1t was in 1882 that young Thaddeus
Fairbanks turned out his first platform scale
at st. Johnsbury, Vt, and ever since that
time the growth of the business has been
steady and rapid. To-day the firm employs
at the home factory over one thousand men,
manufacturing annually over seventy thou
sand scales, while branch factory at Buda-
Pesth, Hungary, endeavors to satisfy the
European demand. Into Asia, Africa, and
every part of the world where trade
pushes its way the American machine fol-
flows and finds new fields. Russia, Hob
land. Cuba, Siam, Japan and other coun-
tries have adopted the Fairbanks scales for
government use, and in our own country the
postofice, the war and treasury depart
ments alone bought over eleven thousand in
four years. They ara the scales used by all
the great railroads of the United States and
are to be found in nearly every grain elevator
in the country.
The history Of this great firm is almost a
history Of the pretty Vermont town Of St
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25
THE LARGEST YET.
More Real Estate Sold Than in Any
Preceding Year.

The year just closing las seen the heaviest
and most successful business in real estate
of any in the history of St. Paul. No
boom has been noticed and no excitement
has prevailed. No fabulous increases in
values have been chronicled. A steady and
increasing demand for property, largely in
single lots, and the consequent tendency to
larger values has been the rule. Early in
the year business was somewhat slack, the
recorded sales for the first month being I'M
usually light. But in the succeeding
month there was balance the other
way, the sales being the heaviest
of any month of the twelve. 1t cannot be
said that any particular locality has been
the center of operations to the exclusion of
others. This increase in values was not
confined to any particular location either,
but extended all over the city. OF course
it was felt a little more sharply in one part
of the city than another, still in the least
sought-for parts there was the same firm
ness and tendency to advance. The con-
structiOn of the Minnesota & Northwestern
road through the Sixth ward gave to prop
erty in that locality very sharp and de-
cided advance. and except what is known
as the Midway district, no part of the town
has increased in value so rapidly or held it
so firmly as has West St. Paul. The Midway
district comes next. This real estate pros
perity, however, is really nothing more than
what may be termed the
EVIDENCE OF GENERAL PROSPERITY.
When people can afford to buy real estate
as they have in st. Paul during the past
twelve months, this fact furnishes indis-
putable evidence that all branches of bust
ness are yielding profit to those engaged
in them. The material progress of the city
has not been lost sight of, but that. too. in
all branches has kept pace with the advance
in real estate. Many new branches of trade
and manufactures have been established
here and those that were here before have
been enlarging their capacity and increasing
their business in many cases.
The total considerations for sales recorded
for the year aggregate SIS. 526, 473, and the
number 6,093. In 1884 the sales footed up
So, 359. 521, or 81, 166, 952 less than this
year. The heaviest year previous to 1885
was 1883, when the sales were $12, 9S1. 331;
the past year exceeds that by 50, 545, 142.
The prospects for the coming year are fat
tering. During the late autumn and early
winter, when it is but natural to expect a
let up in the activity and minimum degree
of inquiry, sales have been kept up as lively
as at any portion Of the year almost. the
December business being over the average
for the months. The dealers ara satisfied.
aha holders confident and smile Of con-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25
tentment rests on the face of every one who
has banked on the stability and solidity Of
the city in the future.
WHOLESALE NOTIOl
And Speciality House, Arthur, Wa
rem & Abbott.

And Speciality House, Arthur, War.
rem & Abbott.
The wholesale notion houses play very
important part in the general aggregate Of
business done by the great Northwestern
metropolis, and foremost among the estab-
lishments of this kind in this city is the
house of Arthur, Warren & Abbott of Nos
100 and 1872 East Third street. This firm
was organized in 1881 and consists of Isaac
II. Arthur, James w. Warren and Frank
G. Abbott. The firm moved into their pres
emit large warehouse Aug. Is, 1884, the
rapid development of their business render
ing an increase of room necessary. The
building has frontage of thirty-three feet
on Third street and runs back 145 feet and
is five stories high with basement, OF sub
stantial but pleasing appearance, all the
cOnvenienceS are the most modern. The
lighting facilities are excellent, thus giving
a fine opportunity for the inspection of
goods. The several departments are replete
with everything to please the most fastid-
ious, and staple and fancy notions are to be
found in almost endless variety, also COM
plete line Of c0rsets of the best makes. In
the white goods department there is an ex-
tensive assortment of lawns, piques, Swiss
mills, embrOideries, ETC., and the latest
novelties of the season are arranged in
tempting style. Also full assortment Of
linen goods and ladies' and gents handker-
chiefs. In hosiery and gloves they make
great speciality. In the different depart
ments may be found the choicest importa-
tiOns from France, England, Germany, as
well as the productions Of the American
mills. Mems furnishing goods occupy
another department and include complete
line OF underwear and such goods as are
usually designed by that name. In many
of these lines has exclusive control. having
them made to order. The packing and
shipping departments are under such per-
feet system that there is no delay in ship
ping goods. no matter how great the rush
may be. thus insuring to customers prompt
deliveries and no yexatious delays. AS a
specially house this firm has built up an
enviable reputation, carrying desirable
goods at popular prices. Send for catalogue
to Arthur, Warren & Abbott, 100 and 1872
East Third street, St. Paul
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25

Johnsbury. 1t was quiet sleepy village
until Thaddeus Fairbanks brought life
into it with his new invention. 1t
was about 1882 when the idea of
the platform was first conceived in
the young countryman's brain. With his
brothers, Erastus and Joseph P, he first
made scales for the neighboring mill-owners
and then for the adjoining towns When
the Passumpsic railroad reached St. Johns
bury and made that hamlet accessible
to the world it brought a fortune for the
fairbanks and an era of prosperity
and progress for the village. The
growth of the works was wonderful. AS the
scales became known the demand for them
increased so rapidly that it was difficult to
I'LL the orders that poured in. Building
after building went up, until now they
cover many acres, and the manufacture OF
the scales is almost the entire industry of
st. J0hnsbury. Every sort of balance is
made, from those used in the finest expert
ments and tests to monsters whose capacity
is hundreds of tons. To Thaddeus Fair
banks the wonderful display of his scales
at the Vienna Exposition brought from the
Emperor of Austria letters OF knighthood,
with the little ''Sir." Erastus became the
governor of Vermont, and to all the brothers
the scales brough such showers of gold that
they freely lavished it upon the little YER
mont town. The Athenaum, in which is
hung Bierstadts famous picture, Domes
OF the Yosemite; the academy and South
hall (points of attraction in st. Johnsbury)
are all gifts from the generous brothers OK
their children to the town.
AS the business of the firm has grown so
have the facilities for meeting the demand.
Branch houses have been established in
twenty-five cities throughout the country,
and the agencies are numbered by hundreds.
Over 900 varieties of scales are made and
over thirty tons of pig iron are daily used
at the works. At all the Worlds fairs and
great expositions the Fairbanks scales have
easily carried off the first prize from all
competitors, and their exhibits at the Cen
tennial will be remembered by many as
having been of unusual interest and at
Effectiveness, the jurors giving them an
award for originality in design, excellence
of construction, quality of workmanship
and materials, accuracy and durability.
The Fairbanks scales are almost as well
known abroad as here, and the branch
houses are to be found in all the leading
cities of England and the continent.
The st. Paul house is located at III and
173 Sibley ST., and has done large and
ever increasing business yearly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25
A YEARS HISTORY.
Growth Even Greater Than in the
Pasf..A Prosperous Outlook.

CROWN Even Greatof Th8n IN the
Pasf..A Prosperous Outlook.
In the past year there has been growth in
st. Paul that in some respects has made the
year the most satisfactory of her history.
In a year when prices have been low, the
wholesale and manufacturing establishments
have gained steadily In business and on
substantial basis. Transactions in reality
have exceeded those of any other year;
buildings have sprung up in quality and
number such that the year will be classed as
the most successful. Public Improvements
have been made more extensively than ever
before. The financial operations have ex-
ceeded those of any previous year. Schools
aud churches have kept pace with the ma
terial progress Of the city. Population has
increased at the call of increas-
ing business. The year has been
one of steady advancement, and with indi-
cations that the coming one will be even
more so. Brief summaries of the growth
of the city in its various departments are
given in this issue of the GLOBE. None
that has the welfare of the city at heart will
read without a thrill Of pride and satisfac-
fion
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25

and this does not include private
banking institutions and the amount
OF surplus was 81, 435, 1856, making
the total available resources of the banks
ST, 7s5, 1856. The aggregate average deposit
was SID, 6S7, 121, and the average outstand-
ing loans were $40. 49, 32. The amount
OF exchange sold was $136. ITO, 8O4, an in
crease of Ss27. sos, 439 over last year in this
one item. This is unusual and clearly
demonstrates the extensive growth of all
branches Of its trade.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25
THREE FIRMS DAY
About the Average Increase in )
Paul Since Jan. 1.

About the Average Increase in st.
Paul Since Jan. 1.
More phenomenal than the year 1884 has
been the increase in st. Pauls mercantile
and manufacturing concerns in 1885. In
that year the number of new firms was SS1.
This year it has been S97, with six days
more to hear from. Most of the houses
have been retail establishments, though
some twenty or more lay claim to doing
wholesale business, In year there are 313
business days, so that the average increase
per day has been trifle over 2S, or to re-
duce it still finer about one firm for every
eight hours day and night during the work.
ing days of the year. The following CLASH
ticatiOn of the firms will be of interest:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25
BANKS OF ST. PAUL.
Financial Operations Heavier Than
Ever Before.

Ever Before.
The banks Of the city have had a prosper
GUS year, and the volume of business for
1885 has never been exceeded in the history
of Western city. The annual statements
recently presented by the banks show con-
cIusively that St. Paul is the financial
center of the Northwest, aronnd which
the commercial and manufacturing inter-
ests of the section must naturally concen-
trate. The amount of business transacted
by the banks as shown in their statements
demonstrates this position conclusively.
The city, while yet in its infancy, compare
lively speaking, has already become the
fourteenth city in the Union. in rank, in
the amount of its banking capital, which is
larger than that Of the entire rest of the
state, excluding Minneapolis. The capital
emnlovad tina nast year was "a 600. 600.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25
Mr.. Stickney's Residence.

| millions was made and when the number of
structures W as counted by thousands, the
general prediction was that there would be
falling off. That the city had passed that
stage when startling operations were in
order. The pessimist averred that already
there were enough buildings to accommo-
| date the city's needs; the optimist hardly
hoped to see the record kept up. The result
at the closing Of the account for the year is
not wholly surprise to those who have
given the matter any attention and who
| have taken the trouble to reflect
| that the blockaded sidewalks, the
piles of brick and stones and
| lumber that have day after day been rapidly
| transformed from the crude mass to the
solid and finished structure were the ele-
| ments that would i'll the end be the repre-
sentative of the millions of dollars shown
on the books as the upbulding of a year.
Some buildings more grand and substan-
tial than any that the city could boast be-
fore have been begun, notably the court
house, on which $3.50, 900 cas- now been
spent and which will hardly have been
completed when the summary Is made for
1886. Others. some of them the finest in
the city. have been completed. Among
these are the Ryan hotel and the German
American bank building, Oh which over
$500, 900 has been expended that
must figure in the building operations.
Residences to the number of over $500
have been erected, enough to accommodate
the population of any city, save five. in the
state. The general nature and style of the
buildings erected is worthy OF note, the SOL
idity Of the construction and the variety of
the architecture being especially COM
handing feature. Although not strictly in
the line of buildings. though in the nature
Of the work essentially the same. an I'M
usual amount of bridge building has been
going on. furnishing to workmen all oppor-
tunity of maintenance. A summary of the
building operations may not be uninterest-
ing as follows:
New buildings. Observation-Disclosures. S6,972, 442
Work on uncompleted buildings 573,15O
Total, 1855. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 ,545, 492
Total, 1884. Observation-Disclosures. 7,266,442
Increase, 1885. $2Ts.S50
The buildings of the year have been scat
tered. No section of the section of the city
but has heard the continuous sound OF the
trowel, the hammer and the saw.
The number of structures in
the residence and populated portion of
the city has been rapidly dotted with houses
of about all sizes, styles and values In
Merriam and Union Parks little villages
have grown up, and in West st. Paul the
increase has been larger than in any single
year. In all, over 1000 residences have
been built.
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Nonotuck silk Company.

The Nonotuck Silk company is the oldest
and best known concern of the kind in the
world. 1t was established nearly half
century ago, and has grown from small be-
ginnings to vast proportions and well-de-
served fame. The mills of the company at
Florence, Leeds and Haydenville, Mass,
give employment to 1000. and consume
5000 pounds of raw silk every week. The
products consist of machine twist, button
hole twist and sewing silk, the leading
brands being: ''Corticelli Spool Silk"
s'Florence Knitting Silk" "Corticelli EN-
broldery and Floss Silks" and Florence
Silk Underwear and Mittens." The Mono
tuck brands of silk and twist are the ac-
knowledged standard of the world for the
manufacture of clothing and shoes, and the
stock of no firSt-clasS retail house is COM
plete without full assortment of Corticelli
spool silks and the justly celebrated Flor
ence knitting and Corticelli embroidery
silks made by this company. Dressmakers
prefer the Corticelli to any other brand,
and it has always received the gold medal
wherever entered for competition with
other makes. The Western headquarters
of the company were established at Chicago
in 1870 and recently removed to the
apaclous warerooms now occupied at
Nos. 27S and $50 Madison street.
The stock carried there embraces large
and complete assortment of all the products
of the mills. The office is in charge of r.
w. Hare, who has had an experience of
about fifteen years in the business, and who
has succeeded in more than doubling the
Western trade during the short time he has
been in charge.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25

Your stock will be complete by adding
Fetsch's paul Morphy" cigars to it. Send
for samples.
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ST. PAUL..


From a Hamlet to a Metropolis in
a Quarter Of a Century,.
Her Record.
Her Growth in the Last Half
Decade a Modern
Miracle.
The Past Year the Greatest in Sub
tantial Growth and
Prosperity.
Financial and Mercantile Business Large
ly Increased in Volume in
Dull Year.
Real Estate Sales Heavier Than in Any
Previous Year of the Citys
History.
Municipal Corporations Working Steadily
for the Solid Upbuilding Of
the City.
Public Institutions Generously Sup
ported and Growing in Influ-
ence and Scope.
An Unparalleled Past, a Prosperous
Present and a Bright and
Promising Future.