The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15
The Great Northwest.
THE BEAUTIFUL CIT OF MINNEAPOLIS.
WEATHER, FLOUR MILLS, WAGES AND COST
OF LIVING.
Correspondence of the journal.

WEATHER, FLOUR MILLS. WAGES AND COST
OF LIVING.
Correspondence of the Journal.
MINNEAPOLIs, Jan. ID, 1885. Thinking the
readers of the Journal would like to hear from
the snow clad plains of the great northwest
and this wonderful city of Minneapolis the
greatest flour city in the world, send you a
few notes concerning what has come under my
observation in the eight months OF my resi-
dence in this beautiful city. In the first place
l want the people of Maine to know that the
thermometer at A. NJ. to-day stood 46 below
zero and at u NJ. 81. This is pretty cool wealth
er: still it does not seem any colder than be-
low in Maine.
What surprised me the most when | arrived
here last May with my family was to see such
great place and such fine buildings. bad
heard of Minneapolis before, but supposed it
was large frontier town not larger than Ban
gor, Maine, at the most, and when told that
there are over 100. 900 people in the place was
greatly taken aback, But ii must be so as there
were over % 900 voters registered and over 20,-
600 votes cast in November. Probably no city
in the uni has felt the hard times in the year
Just past AS little Minneapolis. There has
been 2465 buildings erected here in the wear
1854 and some of them are fine a. any you
will see in Boston. One Of the wonders here is
the Pillsburv A. -four mill with a capacity of
over 5000 bbs. of -four per day. This is the
largest mill of the kind in the world and is
lighted with the electric light. Here you will
see some of the finest machinery to be found
amy where. Wages have not been cut here as
badly is in eastern cities. ! get this winter
500 Per day running mouder and wa, offer
ed, to go out of town, 50 per day. Flour here
Is s. to S2.25 per hundred lb-. think the cost
OF living here is one fourth less than in the
east while wages for good man with a trade
are from to lettel here than in Maine
Drones are not wanted and man without
money or trade had better stay east, rs com
mon laborers wages are only Sl.25 to Sl,15 in
the best of the season.
can't write you what want to, 50 mail YOU
the Daily Tribune which gives the whole thing
for the year 1884. Yours Respectfully,
W. NJ. BROWN.
We have received the paper referred to, the
tIIuutdIOllN llDUIlt WHICH III Il ~ page dtiHud
edition. printed on New Years day, tells the
story of that citl's rapid growth In 1884. Hard
times We're felt there much less than in other
cities, which is owing tC the fact that Minnea-
polls deals largely in staple products New
buildings were erected to the number of 2465.
costing SS,l64,S10 against BIS, costing Sl0,-
533 00Q, in 1888. The real estate transfers
amounted to 81 01G,359. against 226 81 SIS in
the previous year. The cearing- amounted to
Sl10.556,6l9. against SS7 ,56s 900 for 1883
gain Of about % per cent. Jobbtrs sales We're
Sl311 $50 ,462 in 1884. against Sll5,55S 80 in
1888. Of the two great interests, the Touring
mills turned out 5,9o0. POP barrels of flour in
1884, against 1920 $50 in 1888. The daily ca
pacity of the mills now in operation is about
29,4O0 barrels, and this is to be increased To
something like 81 900 by the mmediat equip
ment Of another mill. The lumber cut of the
year is 300 1245 13 feet as against 146l3 $50 in
1885 There are several new industries start
ing up. The prices of real estate in the bust
ness parts of the city have been well maintain
ed, and the increase of the population for the
year Is estimated at about 10000.