St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-12
The Growth Of the City in All Direc-
tiOns--The Promise of the
Future.
street improvements Seriously In
commodfng Property Owners on
st. Anthony Hill.
The Record of Last Week Compared
With Previous Periods--Some
Notable Sales.
The Review.

factory manner. 1t is not expected how
ever. that ii will hold up all the month in
the same way.
During the past week st. Paul has been
visited by several thousand members of the
Patriarchal circle who spent several days
in this city and vicinity. They came just
in time to see the city in thoroughly torn
up condition. From one end to the other
our streets are dug up, and the pavements
torn up for the purpose Of putting in sew
ers, gas and water pipes, and, in addition
to this, in the central portion of the busi-
ness part Of the city, stone sidewalks have
been ordered to be laid. The consequence
is that. with the trenches dug for the sew
ers. gas and water. the tearing up of the
pavementS. the ripping up of the old
wooden sidewalks and the putting down of
the stone walks, the whole city is made TO
look very raw and ragged. In some parts
of town these public works are carried on
so extensively. and occupy so many streets
at the same time, that the public is greatly
incommOded. On st. Anthony hill the de-
mand for sewers and for water has been so
peremptory and universal, and everybody
wants both so quickly, that a great
many of the streets and avenues on
the hill have been literally taken
possession OF by the contractors and their
men TO the almost total exclusion of car
riages and other vehicles. This work Of
putting in the sewers, water and gas pipes.
has been prosecuted probably with as little
Inconvenience to the public as possible, still
it has been a great annoyance and to the
stranger, it has given the city very ragged,
and to some extent, fOrbidding appear
ance. The three largest public improve
mentS ever attempted in st. Paul were the
removal of what was known as Burbank
hill, between Fourth, Sixth. Jackson and
Broadway streets, the Seventh street fill
and the cutting of WabaSha street through
that large hill and the removal of the dirt to
Central park. The work of removing Bap-
fist hill was done very gradually, each per-
son who owned property eXcavating as much
as he desired and when he wished to. The
other two, the Seventh street fill and the
opening of Wabasha street through the hill,
We're done by contract, and both improve
ments were carried on with some degree of
rapidity. The Wabasha street improve
ment involves another, and that is the fill
ing up of Central park and grading it. All
these important works cause the city to
wear very unattractive appearance. All
parts of the city appear TO be afflicted
about alike in this respect West st. Paul
is torn all III pieces with the public i'm
provementS that are being made in that
locality. The railroad, with its round
house, warehouses and other improvements.
the Robert street bridge and the work being
done by the government on the river, and
the islands, together with the large amount of
building that is going on on her public thor
oughfareS gives the city across the water a
very active but, at the same time, an I'M
attractive appearance. The Patriarchs who
came from a number of different states to
visit this city all left st. Paul, probably,
with the general idea that il is live, wide
awake, active business CENTER but, owing
to the large amount of public improvements
in progress, not as handsome as she will be
later Oh.
A LUMBER CENTER.
ST. Paul, it is thought by many. is des-
tined to become larger lumber center than
Chicago. AT first, though, the timid will
have some doubts in regard to this, but on
a closer and more careful consideration of
the matter. there appear to be good solid
reasons for the belief. The first consdera-
lion is that st. Paul is better located as a
shipping point than Chicago is, and this is
very decided advantage, which, joined TO
The close connection by rail with the lumber
districts. gives good grounds for the belief
above referred to. At the present time the
upper Mississippi and Rum river districts,
and the vast pine districts penetrated by
the st. Paul &c Duluth, the North Wiscon-
sin and the Wisconsin Central and the Chi
cagO, ST. Paul & Omaha roads are tributary
TO st. Paul. These same regions will soon
be reached by other roads, the Sault Ste
Marie, the st. Paul and Grand Trunk. and
a road from Mile LacS TO st. Paul
The Chippewa and st. CroiX districts are
also tributary to st. Paul, and must sooner
or later help to make st. Paul the head
quarters for lumber. This lumber interest
is now making itself seen and felt. Several
new lumber firms have recently located i'll
st. Paul, and all have more than they can
do. When it is considered that but a very
small fraction of the territory northeast of
us is settled, and that sooner or later the
population that sustanS this city will be
QuadI1lpled, it will not be difficult to COM
prehend what a vast amount of lumber will
be required to supply this immense popula-
ton.
BUILDING.
When the spring opened there were
many who predicted that we would not
build in st. Paul this year as much as we
did the year before 1t is quite evident
that those who thought we would fall be-
hind were mistaken. This building will
not be confined to any special kind, but
will embrace all, business blocks. dwelling
houses. churches. warehouses. etc Con-
tracts have been executed for the conStruc-
ton Of thirty-siX more houses this wear i'm
Union Park. In Merriam Park fifteen new
residences have already been completed
this year, and good many more will be
built before the winter begins. One of the
most striking points in the city for new
buildings is Arlington hills. 4 whole vii
lage has been built there this summer.
Across the country from Arlington
hills to Dayton's bluff houses are going
up with great rapidity, clear out
on Seventh far beyond Fauquier street.
The harvester works and the piow works are
now no longer any distance from the city
Daytons Bluff too has come to be favorite
place for residences, and of much better
class than those heretofore erected. OF
business blocks there is no end. They are
going up i'll all parts of the city, even on
the outskirts. Wherever the population
gathers there go the business houses. at first
the small grocery on the corner and after
wards the more pretentious structure.
QUITE a CHANGE.
The building on the southeast corner of
Wabasha and Fourth streets that has for
many years had for a tenant the American
Express company, is to be partially remodled
on the first floor. which is to be very much
changed. 1t has been rented by A. j.
Wampler, who proposes to put in two
S >eS on Wabasha street and two or
three OH Fourth, with a hall running paral-
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