St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-21
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NINoNA' Mimi. Jan. aO.-The wear
1SS5 has been a very pr.,,-ar,rs ono ~.
WinOna. and the business ana c,,,,,,.-,i,l
depression that elsewhere has b.ar r,,it..
general was hardly felt Tie gr,rr.b 80
this city since the census of lsSo has bs.,
steady. IL is not a SpasmoGic boom b,,t /,
permanent growth, with an Increase i'm por-
u!atiOn of little over 1000 u wear. Tts
census shows an increase Of ah,1t
5000 in the five years During 1855 ina
increase ma population was about /, 200 and
the total population of the city Is now Is
600. Several years ago, while the Dakota
boom was NJ IFS height the flood Of immi-
grafton swept by Wnona. During the last
hVe years-which have proven the
ephemeru nature of sudden growth. and
lett IN Northern Minnesota and Dakota a
score OF mined towns that few months
since were inflated with prosperity
tne immense natural advantages
W lhona oilers for manufacturing have at
! tracted deserved attention. and the practi-
car result IS that to-day Winona is second
uulS 10 the twin cities among the mauufact-
uflus centerS of the Northwest. The citv
mas tne best of freight and transportation
/ oy IdlI ana river, having the MiSsiSsippi
river, the Chicago x Northwestern. Chi
/ cagn, Milwaukee & St Paul. Winona a.
D. feter' Green Bay, WmOna az st. Paul
and Chicago, Burlington x Northern rail-
ways. The waste of the saw mills fur
niNhes an ineXhauStible supply OF fuel mt
nominal cost and coal is laid dnvn here az
/ So TO - per ton.
| Inc city has a magnificent water system.
\ with fifteen miles of street mains. pumnipr
\ works with a capacity of 5000 600 GALLONS
a day and stand pipe 2l5 feet him. The
/ climate or the city is phenOmeuallv healthy.
/ he mean annual temperature is 40 = Fahr-
I enheit and for the past ten years accord-
i ing 10 the United States signal service Of
/ nee, the mean winter temperature was 49,
/ above zero; spring, 40 80 min; summer.
\ 90 so min, and autumn, 10 10 min.
/ There is magnificent school system. with
neNcelled public schools. q state normal
school and large Catholic seminary. lust
| opened. There are fifteen churches IF
seven denominations and half a dozen
/ Lutheran and Catholic parochial schools.
I line electric plant has been established dur
\ ing the year and an excellent street railway
| traverSes the city.
/ TUE MANUFACTURING RESUME.
The great lumber interest is the leading
I OF the many manufactures of Winona.
I There are five large concerns, as follows:
\ Laird, Norton company. IOumans Bros. *
/ HOdginS, Empire Lumber company. Winona
/ Lumber company and Bohn Manufacturing
/ company. These companies represent an
\ invested capital of 81. 500, 600. In 1883
1 they manufactured III .O00. 600 feet of lum-
Der, Gj, 000, 900 feet OF shingles. 80. 600. 600
feet OF lath, aggregating $4,000, O00 and
gave constant employment to 200 men,
Their yards extend for nearly three miles
/ along the river front and carry
constantly stock OF 75. coo. 600 feet.
Ninona has five Touring mills. as follows:
l.. {. Porter mill, Wmona mill, Gate City
/ mill, \. ID. Ellsworth mill. G.. NJ j. Laird
| Pleasant Valley mill. These mills repre-
sent an actual investment Of 81, loo. 600.
| During 1855 they manufactured 425
600 barrels of flour and gave employ
ment 10 500 men. With the elevators they
have handled 10000. 600 bushels OF grain.
| There is another special line of manufac-
turing in which WinOna Is taking the lead
! agricultural machines and implements and
wagons. There are five large concerns. as
| follows: WinOna harvester works. WinOna
| plow works, WinOna wagon works, Gate
City Carriage company and Winona Car
| rage company. During 1855 these concerns
have employed 42l men, paid Sl56. 600 in
| wages and manufactured Il. 800 machines
and vehicles, aggregating S573. 300. The
two barrel factories have employed 100
men and manufactured 400. 600 barrels. az
| gregating $3.50. 600. Some idea of the BUSH
ness done here may be gained from the fact
that in 1885 Winona has shipped hence 2S. -
69S carload lots of manufactures and paid
thereon Sl,5l0,662 in freights. The Chi
caSO * Northwestern railway shops are To-
Gated here. They employ 1S7 men and
pay Sos, 900 in wages. There are also
several iron works, which In 1855 have en-
ployed 400 men and paid $3.50. 600 i'm wages.
The several manufactures and works i'm
1855 have employed 2,910 men, paid
Sl,205, S04 in wages and done a combined
| business of So, 500, 900. Dun's Commercial
| agency reports lS3 new business houses.
During the year the WinOna Herald has
passed into the hands of Messrs. BoyntOn
a. Metcaif the former proprietor, Hon.
w. d. Whpple, having been appointed
postmaster. The Herald has been greatly
improved with new dress. new cylinder
/ press and new makeup, and is now
| one Of the best weeklies i'm the North
weSt-a live, progressive journal, of the
GLOBE character. The Adler mas also
changed hands and is now owned by a
| stock company with eX-MayOr Ludwig at
the head. The Republican and the West
lcher llerOld still continue prosperous and
| two Polish papers have been started this
winter. The GLOBE is gradually super
seding the Pioneer Press and has a larger
constituency here than all other up-river
| papers combined.
BUILDING OPERATIONS.
The city has laid two miles Of water
mains during the year, making the total