St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-13
MINNEAPOLIS INDUSTRIES.
Notes of the Hitiers ana Coopers from t
''NOrth,ceste,m Muller"

The Columbia mill was started up Wednes-
day.
The Pillsbury B mill will have flour stor-
age of 2, 500 barrels.
The lower side of the Washburn A mill has
been started up, using water power.
The Humboldt mill resumed operations
Saturday and is rolling out flour as of old.
Rumors are now in circulation that the
Northern Pacific railroad is maturing plans
for the erection of large elevator in its yard
in the northern part of the city.
The Palisade acquitted itself creditably last
week Wednesday. In "a hours, with steam
power alone, it made 1857 bbls of -four.
which was considerably the best run it ever
made. This speaks well for its new engine,
and also of its operative force
recent letter from the New York agents
OF the Petit mill says: "Grover Cleveland
commenced his presidential career by eating
Christian biscuit at the inaugural ball sup
per, the menu for which was furnished by
the Murray Hill hotel of New York, and we
are furnishing that house with Christian IS
'superlative.' We trust that all of his acts
may be as creditable -
Quite number of miuwrights have lately
gone out OF the city, and as spring opens
and mlllwright work increases outside, the
number will undoubtedly increase. The
Pray Manufacturing company this week sent
a crew of eight to Indian Head, in Manitoba,
where 1t is building a mill Among the
number was NJ. Mcdonald, foreman, and
Messrs. Griffin, Chapman, Rose, Collins and
Griffin. The MILFORD d Northway Manufac-
turing company has set twelve men at work
ON the Cargill mill at Hokah, Mimi, and
" Increase the number to fifteen or twenty.
A ;. Branchley is foreman. The erection of
several elevators in the city, which now seem
assured, will furnish employment to a great
many millwrights, and altogether the season
augurs well for that class of our citizens.
THE EAST SIDE ELEVATOR.
Matters have progressed so far that this
week We are able to make specific an
pouncement about the building Of a large
elevator on the east side of the river. cor
poration has been formed and every prepare
ton made for the erection of the largest and
most complete elevator in the Northwest 1t
is to be located on the Manitoba railroad in
Southeast Min neapolis, and will have ca
pacity of l 500, 900 bushels The work of
eXcavating for the foundation was COM
menced with large force this week, and it
is the intention to rush the elevator to COM
pletion for the next crop. In size on the
ground, it will be 93x337 feet. Plans were
drawn by J. s. Harvey. but as some aitera-
tons are contemplated, we are not able to
give details. William Clouthier, a we'll
known elevator builder, will superintend the
work. There are to be four tracks-two in
side and two outside. and the house will have
an unloading capacity of 200 cars per day or
over The corporation which will own and
operate the elevator will be known as the
Minneapolis Union Elevator company, but
ii will be about two weeks before articles of
incorporation are filed. Several Of our mill
ers are interested in the enterprise, and c..
a. Pillsbury d Co., and the Sidle-Fletcher-
Holmes company will be prominent stock
holders. The company will allow nothing to
stand in the way of giving the elevator every
known convenience and facility for handling
grain, and making it the completest house in
the country. Quite large tract of ground
has been secured by the company, with the
intention of ultimately erecting mate for
the elevator already commenced.
AMONG THE CooPERs
During the past ten days all kinds of ru-
mors have been rife about the formation of
new cooperative cooper companies, but, as
far as we are able to discover, the most Of
them are purely creatures of Imagination.
There is one case, however, where the
chances for accomplishing something def
mite in this direction seem more or less favor
able. 1t has been known for some time, be-
ing so stated in this department, that the
Hall d Damn Barrel company was willing to
turn its shop over TO its men. One or more
propositions looking to this end have in the
past been rejected by the company's coopers.
The latter have now evidently re-
considered the matter, and within
the past week are known to
have conferred with Mr.. Reeve about taking
the shop, by either buying or leasing it. Mr..
Reeve is reported to have met the men in a
liberal spirit, and the negotiations gave con-
siderable promise of bearing fruit AS to
the other rumors, it may be said that they
involve the names Of nearly all the smaller
shops in the city in one way or another, but
all appear to have little or no foundation in
fact. Nearly ali journeymen, however, recog-
niZe, as do also others, that more or less
difficulty is liable to be encountered in making
new arran cement, at the expiration of the
present contract on Nav l, between coopers
and millers as TO prices Of barrels and labor,
and they are casting about to fortify
themselves against any serious trouble.
They naturally look to cooperation first
for relief, and in doing this, inuumera-
BILE schemes are talked over which 90 no
farther than the fertile brains of those pro-
posing them. There is probably not a shop
in the city where journeymen are employed
where the chances of operating more coop
eratiye shops have not been discussed pro
and con, and 1t seems quite likely that at
tempts of the kind, unwise as they may
seem, will be made.
Our shops move along sluggishly, with
very little change from their former position.
The mills, however, are beginning to do a
little more and give coopers encouragement
as to the near future. The sale and manu-
facture of barrels for four weeks are shown
in the appended table:
Week ending Sold, Bbls Made, Bbls,
March 7............. 800 80, 700
Feb. %. $500 "a zoo
Feb. 81 ~ zoo GnO