St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-07
ANOKA.
The Seat of One of the Best Water
Powers i'm Minnesota.
Special to the Globe.


Special to the Globe.
ANoKA, Mimi, Jan. 6.-To say that
Anoka has made an exceptional and truly
wonderful record within the last year is
without the shadow of an exaggeration, the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
truth. Scarcely more than a year ago our
once beautiful city was scene of bleak
desolaUion. The visitation of the fire fend
in August, 1884, which laid waste block
after block of beautiful buildings and nala-
tial business editices lin fact the entire
heart of the city,, is too vivid in the men,
cries of the readers of the GLOBE to need
repetition. With pluck and energy ex-
perienced aud exercised only i'm these ''mush-
room" Western towns, Anoka has risen from
her ashes and stands city of which we
may Justly be proud. BY Jan. l, 1885, a
large number of brick blocks had been
erected and were occupied by business
firms who sought to resume as near their
old stands as possible, while the city square
was covered with frontier shanties for the
remainder of the firms until better quarters
could be secured. As spring opened these
TEMPORARY BUILDINGS DISAPPEARED
one by one until in September the last vest
age had been obliterated. People return
ing to the city during the summer were
surprised at the wonderful change which
had been made as if by magic. This fall
the city has built handsome brick edifice
on Main street, containing opera house.
engine rooms and police headquarters COM
bined, at a cost of $4,000. Individual
capital has given us the Washbun and First
national bank blocks, also the Ticknor,
PostOtfice, Curial, Novel;. Union, Sullivan.
Jordan, Chesley and Lindsay. Daniels.
Pease, Cundy, Syndicate, Fairbanks. Nc
Kinstry and Henderson blocks, and many
others, almost too numerous to mention.
The Lincoln hOlring mill and elevator.
built by the Washburn mill company. cost
ing $500, 600, completed in October. is the
browning glory of our city. The mill is
five stories high, and has daily capacity of
from 500 to 1000 barrels and is one of the
finest equipped in the country. A board of
trade has been established, which is uniting
our business men and
DOING EFFICIENT WORK.
a stock company. organized under the name
of the Anoka Boot and Shoe company. with
capital of $50, 900. is erecting factory on
the west bank of Rnm river. which will be
running by Feb. l, and will employ nearly
200 men. With three large saw mills
(planing mills attached), the Lincoln flour
mill and elevator, large sash, door and
blind mandatory, boot and shoe manu-
factory furnishing employment for hun
dreds of men and boys, with eight elegant
churches with pastors to look after the re-
hglous interests of the community, four
public schoolhouSes to teach the young
idea how to shoot. commercial business
college to perfect the idea in the ''tricks of
the trade" two skating Kinks. street rail-
way, well organized fire company, a steamer
and chemical engine four spacious hotels. a
hygiene almost perfect, and immense water
p' wer privileges, what other inducement
can be offered for capital to invest. or for
the laborng man or gentleman of leisure to
make the beautiful city of Anoka his home?