St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-12
WEST ST. PAUL.
A Few Years Ago But Suburb, Now
City of 1S 200.
Some of Its Representative Business
Houses and Their Progress.

To hear an old New Yorker talk of
| Brooklyn, one would think that it was a
| small village somewhere on the suburbs.
and the same might be said of West st.
Paul few years ago. but times have
changed since them for to-day we find. in
stead of suburban appendage, a full
| fledged little city of something like Is, 900
| inhabitants, with its own bank. places of
amusement and entertainment, hotels,
manufactures, etc. A reporter of the
GLOBE made tour through this enterpris-
ing little city and found a good
deal of Improvement and business
being transacted. West st. Paul
is not doomed; it is in a healthy state
of growth. If five years ago any person
had said that it would have made the strides
that are now visible, he would have been
looked upon as a crank. Following are a
few of the business firms that have helped
to make the West side what it is to-day.
WOOD AND COAL.
T. B. Doran, always the champion of the
| future greatness of the West side, located
his branch office at No. $50 Dakota avenue,
on this side, shortly after his arrival in st.
Paul. and the result of his impression has
fully justified his expectations, his business
having grown from the smallest proportions
to be an important factor in his trade. This
result has been accomplished by always fur
nishing his patrons with the best. He says,
and the results seem to justify the claim,
that a West slider knows good thing when
he sees it, and that his Lake Pepin maple,
his hobby, is entitled to credit for much of
his success. Mr.. D0ran always invites COM
q O Il
where goodly share of his worldly poses
SiOnS lie.
AN OLD FIRM.
The oldest company doing business on
the West side. and one. that has done a
great deal toward placing it where it is to-
day, is the Edwards 81 Houlton Lumber
company. This company has had long
and proSp erouS career. They are manu-
facturers and wholesale and retail dealers
in gang-Sawed lumber, and have constantly
on hand large and complete line of build
ing material, including doors, windows,
blinds. holdings and building papers, and
make speciality of fine grades of finishing
lumber flooring siding, ceiling, etc. They
can be found at their yards, No. ia Fair
field avenue.
PLASTER AND LIME.
For the manufacture of Shakopee brown
cement line j. B. Confer & Co. have been
in business for the past twenty-five years at
No. PA Chestnut street. ST. Paul. and in
order to control their large and increasing
trade they felt the necessity of locating on
the West side. and to that end have built
an Office at the corner Of Chicago avenue
and Starkey street. where they can always
be found with full stock of ShakOpee
brown cement lime. white lime. plaster
paris, cement, etc. Parties contemplating
building will do well to call upon j. B.
Confer & Co. before going elsewhere. Mr..
| j. LinhOtf is the agent at this point and
will furnish all information relative to the
| business.
THE GOLDEN EAGLE.
The pioneer in the clothing business on
this side of the river is the Golden Eagle
| One-Price Clothing House, the firm name
| being II. l.. Levy Il Co. This firm was
| the first to see far enough ahead to locate
where they thought would be a good future
in short time. This being the second
year of their business here, their sales have
| increased fully 25 per cent. over that of
| last year, and they are steadily forging
ahead with an ever-increasing patronage.
| that carries with it conclusive evidence that
their forethOught and modes of dealing are
appreciated. This house carries a full line
of MEMS youths and children's clothing and
| furnishing goods. One member of the firm
| being resident of Chicago, and connected
with one of the largest wholesale houses in
| that city, they necessarily have an insight
into the workings of che business, and are
enabled to procure rock-bottom prices on
all goods they handle, thus saving the pur-
chaser the profits of third party. Hav-
ing just received full line of fall and win
ter clothing, the Golden Eagle cordially in
vites their old customers and all others to
| give them a call, insuring fair treatmen
whether they intend purchasing or not. 1t
costs nothing to show goods.
| ICKLER Il BENEDICT
are fitting up for their use as a real estate
office the new brick building No lat Da-
kota avenue, and are now in position to
talk real estate to all who are interested
They have fine list of property, not only on
this side of the river, but also on the East
! side, comprising business, residence and
acres. This firm is but recently estab-
lished, and it will not be long before their
| boards will be a conspicuous mark through
out this enterprising territory. Also in the
same Office with this firm is Charles Junken,
an experienced civil engineer and surveyor.
c. W. M'NELLIs.
A gilt sign over the door at No. los Da-
| kota avenue tells the passer-by that G. w.
| MeNellis can be found inside the store
| Mr.. McNellis carries full line of school
| books, both Catholic and public, blank books,
! stationery, news, etc., while in cigars and
! tobacco he handles the finest grades, keeping
| in stock full line of smokers articles gen.
| orally, all of which are procured direct
| from the manufacturer. Blank books and
Office stationery is a speciality.
BOUQUET KRIBBS,
| the leading hardware men of the
| West side. are located at No. 1913
Dakota avenue, with as fine a stock of
| goods in their line as can be found any
where comprising everything in the line of
stoves, tinware. house furnishing goods, etc.
| They do all kinds of job work and
| furnish estimates, and guarantee both
prices and work. They have now in course
of erection building of their own, which
will be twenty-five feet 'front.' eighty feet
deep, and three stories and a basement,
built of st. Louis pressed brick. The front
will be the finest and largest plate glass on
this side of the river. The members of
this firm are both young men, who by hard
work and strict attention to business are
rapidly pushing themselves to the front
A NEW BUSINESS HOUSE.
The latest acquisition to the West side in
the way of new business houses is the we'll
known firm of Henry Norman & Co. This
enterprising firm has a large store in Chi
cagO. and one on Seventh and
RosabeI streets, and, seeing the
need of such an establishment in
West ST. Paul, resolved to locate here, and
on Saturday evening threw open their
doors for the inspection of the public, on
the corner of Dakota and Chicago avenues.
They have saleroom 50x100 feet. and
carry in stock fresh, full line of clothing,
gents furnishing goods, underwear. boots
and shoes. etc. This firm, being old In the
business and acquainted with the wants of
the people, propose to give West-siders what
they have long felt the need Ola place
where they can go and do trading where a
full line of the finest goods may be found