St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-18
THE GATE CITY OF MINNESOTA

On the Mississippi, rather more than a
hundred miles below ST. Paul, Winona
looks out from the rolling plain where it is
seated upon the amphitheater of picturesque
bluffs in which it is formed. This city, the
third in Minnesota, has by its rapid growth
in population and commercial and manu-
featuring Importance shown itself no lag
gard in the prosperous forward march of
the various sections of this state. In so
Winona had 10. 20S inhabitants; since that
time the increase of population has been
about 60 per cent. Manufactures of the
most varied kinds have thriven and multi
piled as natural consequence of its happy
situation and this influx of people. To the
admirable facilities for trade which a posi-
ton on the navigable Mississippi alone
affords, this city that guards Minnesota's
gates adds the advantages of railway
center. Here the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul intersects the Chicago & North
western, and here the Green Bay, Winona
& St Paul, which unites the valley of the
Upper Mississippi with Lake Michigan,
terminates. The Winona, Alma & North
ern railway is being pushed on to compile
ton and will shortly connect Winona with
a system whose terminal points are
to be Chicago, st. Louis and ST. Paul.
Of the industries that cluster in this pros
porous town, the great lumber mills are,
perhaps, worthy of first mention. In the
three which already eXist-a fourth is con-
templated-10O, 600, 600 feet of lumber are
annually reduced TO merchantable condi-
Aftonla1 20 h.
and factories of sasheS, doors and blinds;
harvester works, with a capacity of 10, 600
machines, which sell their products not only
throughout the United States, but also in
South America; wagon factories, which
turn out nearly $500 wagons annually and
also have trade with South America: car
riage factories, one of which by itself has
a capacity of 1000 vehicles year; plow
works, with q capacity of 5000 plows;
Touring mills, with a capacity of 5000 bar
rels per day; barrel factories, which daily
turn out LOGO barrels. These and many
other manufacturing industries (such as
iron works, watch manufacture, lightning
rod works etc., indicate thriving. busy
mart, with all the elements of indefinite
growth. 1.-THE sales of manufactured arti-
cles and mercantile fabrics for 1888" saws
the recently issued report of the board of
trade for 1884, amounted to S12, 1876. 9S6.
The banking business aggregated 81, 1885,
43s and the building Improvements SI94,-
$50" This, by itself, is an excellent show
ing, and when it is remembered that these
amounts were about double those of three
years before, the energetic and progressive
character of the place is amply proven.
But not only in material wealth is Wi
mona prosperous. Fifteen churches of vari-
Gus denominations, three large public
schools, a state normal school, German
Lutheran and Catholic parochial schools
and a business college afford ample Oppor-
tunities for culture, both spiritual and
intellectual. A public library, which is
soon TO occupy a costly building, is open 10
those who are inclined to read, while one
daily newspaper and four weeklIes (of which
two are in the German language) inform the
people of the doings and sayings of the world.
The energy and sagacity of the citizens
of the ''Gate City" in furthering the wei
fare of their home and developing its re-
sources give evidence that those qualities
which have had such signal eXemplifcatiOn
in the upbuildlng of st. Paul and Minneap-
oils are diffused throughout the length and
breadth of the state.