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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-25

labor The cost of keeping the inmates,
including officers and employees, per diem
per capita was 10.S7 cents, or S36.67L per
annum The institution has been more
than self sustaining. the credits exceeding
the expenditures to the extent of S7.S43.
On Dec. 1, 1886. there were "a prisoners,
1. 345 having been received at various times
during the year.
In the municipal court during the year,
6.O2S criminals were heard, the fines col
lected amounting to S2l. 457 40. The ar
fragments for miSdemeanors aggregated
1896. The records of the civil business
show the total number of cases on the calen-
dar to have been 1720. and the amount Of
fees collected 50, 1884, 30.
The report of the secretary of the State
Historical society shows that there are now
in the library &C.. It's volumes. In 1885
there was expended for books S1,025. 81,
and in 1856. 3.012.21: a total of 81. 037.5S.
AS compared with 1885 the business of
the st. Paul pOstoffice for 1886 makes a
very gratifying showing. The report shows
as follows: Received from sale of stamps.
1886, S217. $50; 1885, S195.64S. From
sale of money orders, 1886. 1894, 623; in
1885. S276. 767. Amount paid on money
orders. 1886 S69S. S67; in 1885. S7O0, 1872.
Total for 1886. 81. 2S9. 1902; in 1855, SIS, $685.
STA gain in 1886 of 1922, 1896.
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roof, is the Culver & harrington block. On
the river front, where the boat has landed.
is Irvne'S sawmill which is at the foot of
Chestnut street. Back Of the mill, on the
upanliS (the most prominent building to be
SEEM, is the state capitol. 1t is on the
same site as the present one. The first
building to the right of the capitol, on
which there is cupOIa. is the first PresbY-
terrain church. The building is still stand
ing at Third and St. Peter Streets but it
has been remodeled for business purposes.
The next building with cupola is the court
house, on the present site. The next
cupola is that of the Episcopal church, on
Cedar street, just back of where the new
GLOBE building is being erected. The
large building on the extreme right is the
Sintomone hotel. 1t was gorgeous hos
telre in it's day. Its meaning in the Indian
language is general place for congregating.
There was an intense rivalry in those days
between the upper and the lower landings,
which are shown in the picture. The
boom .rs of lower town built the Sintomone
to draw the people from the Winslow,
which was the center for the upper land
ing people. The Sintomone was burned
shortly after being built 1t was located at
what is now Sixth and John streets.
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the bulk f the cattle trade from the West
for New York will be diverted to this chan
mel. Arrangements have also been made
for the more economical and convenient
transfer of cattle and grain from shipboard
after arrival at England. 1t is proposed to
land at the port of Barrow. some sixty
miles north of Liverpool. where there is
rapidly building up an extensive system of
docks. elevators and stock yards. Cattle
and grain can be landed here. thus escaping
the heavy charges imposed and exacted at
Liverpool for port dues. The scheme is
one of the most original and brilliant ever
conceived in this country. There is ample
capital to carry it out. and it will be in OPP
Grafton within very short time. Then the
st. Paul stock yards will be directly con-
nected with the European markets. and in
this respect will have an advantage over
any other similar enterprise in the country.
1t is scheme of magnificent possibilities,
and one of the many now under way which
will make st. Paul one of the leading cities
of America.
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The wafer ssoard.

The fiscal year ended Dec. 1. The re-
port submitted officially shows as follows:
Receipts. 1913, 254; disbursements, $780,
1856; new hydrants put ina 147: total now
in USE 673; cost of proposed additions and
improvements during 1887, S157, $50. Ii
these additions are made the pipe laid dur
ing the year will be 90. 934 feet, or trifie
over IS miles The trial balance foots up
50, 154. O32 Bonded Indebtedness for water,
1.660. 900; annual interest, $4,000. Total
number of feet of pipe laid in 1885, 81. 4S4,
or in miles, 1871. Total miles service laid,
1886, 1917. Total number of feet OF mains
in city. 453, 9SS, or in miles, So; on high serv-
ice tmiles), Az; on low service miles). Az.
The water supply of ST. Paul is as pure
and wholesome as any in the word. 1t is
secured from Lakes Phalen and Vadnais.
clear bodies of water, very deep and free
from any chance of contamination by sew
erage and drainage, The city is building
up so rapidly, however, that the water
board is already looking about for supply
at greater distance from the city. The
property surrounding these lakes is in de-
mand for manufacturing purposes, and has
become very valuable. A plan is now url-
der discussion to connect the pipes with
Rice lake. through Pleasant. Amelia and
Bald Eagle lakes. This would give water
supply sufficient for 500. 900 people. Forest
lake, one of the purest hodies of water in
America. could be easily tapped in the event
that more water was ever needed.
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The Other Departments.

The annual report of Chief of Police
Clark, for the fiscal year. shows that four
new sub-stations have been erected. Addi-
tional policemen and officers are needed to
equip them. Licenses collected during the
year. S1O9. 712. 95; total expenses of the de-
partment. S11S.260 SO; number of arrests
made. 1862. of which 465 were females.
The patrol system embraces 321S miles of
wire and 81 patrol boxes and stations. The
patrol wagon answered 1887 calls and
travelled 5 $50 miles. Chief Clark says that
from statistics furnished from the depart
ments of other cities he believes that in
this city there has been less crime of a
serious character committed than in any
other of equal population in the United
State.
The receipts for the fiscal year at the st.
Paul wOrkhOuse show S44. 762-S24, 062
from warrants and Sic, 1854 from prison
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cagO firms look with alarm at this state OF
affairs. and the more conservative OF them
adm t the probable decline of that city as a
distributing center for the trade. AS sure
as fate itself. st. Paul is destined to be-
come what Chicago now is and has been as
lumber market. Chicago has depended
almost entirely upon the lumber out
put of Eastern Wisconsin and
Michigan, more especially the ter
ritory bordering OH or in reach
ing distance of Lake Michigan. This pine
lumber is rapidly diminishing. and the sup
ply, therefore, gets farther and farther from
water transportation. AMI the latter mode
of carriage enabling Chicago dealers to get
their strock at very low rate. Hereafter
they will have to depend largely on railroad
transportation. This will enable ST. Paul
to compete with them successfully. All
the output TO the north of st. Paul belongs
to this city legitimatey, and the forests of
Northern Wisconsin are nearer to st. Paul
than to Chicago. OF course the
or. if it goes East. it will seek a
lake port much nearer than Chicago
on Lake Superior, for instance. or at Sault
Ste. Marie when the new railroad is built
there The railroads are rapidly building
extensions into tine pineries. and practically
all the Northwestern output will come to
st. Paul. by reason of the shorter haul. AT
any rate there will be no reason why it
should go TO Chicago, except for dstribu-
ton to local tributary territory. The M
creased distribution from st. Paul and the
marked decrease in shipments from Chicago
during the past two years prove what will
be the inevitable. st. Paul is rapidly gain
a foothOld in the lumber trade in Nebraska
and Kansas, and all river points above
Kansas City. The distance by rail to
this territory is actually less from
st. Paul than from Chicago. As it
is now. however, Chicago has all advantage
in the matter of freights. But this will of
necessity adjust itself. There is certain to
be developed at st. Paul the most M
portant lumber interest in the West. The
figures for the past five years prove the
growth of this trade. In 1881 it aggregated
81. 34S. 900; in 1882, So, 439. 622; in 1888,
Sc. $50. 600; in 1884. So. TIA. 600; in 1855,
81 $50. 900. Every dealer reports much
better trade and an increased aggregate of
sales for 1885, Some run as high as
IN per cent. hone lower than Is per cent.
The returns from the dealers show sales
aggregating S5, 31S, 046 in 1856. The total
stocks on hand Dec. 1. 1886. were Lum-
Der. 81, $685. 200; shingles. l4.015. $50; lath.
II 475. CLAN increase of 5. Ill. 4S2. l. 421,-
600 and 3.273 141 respectively. This takes
into account only those who are strictly
dealers in lumber. who have yards here and
who have stocks on hand in st. Paul for
sale
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cost at Kansas City and other packing

cost at Kansas City and other packing
points is from 81. so to S1.75 per ton.
There has been expended in the inn
prOvementS at the stock yards this year the
sum of $3.50 O00-S530 900 for buildings
and equipments and 100000 for railroad
| facilities and sewerage. There are from
400 to 500 men employed there now in
putting i'm the improvements. The Mime
sofa & Northwestern railroad is making ex-
| tensive improvements at South Park, near
| by, machine shops. depot. paint shop.
StOrehouse and office. boiler house. etc. al
cost of about 500. 900. Three other depots
| have been built-One at Lincoln Park. one
| at State street and one at the stock yards,
| at cost of So. 600.
| This is destined to become great center
for manufacturing and business. Already
| there have been located there the Holland
| & Thompson Manufacturing company, the
Warner Hough Manufacturing company,
| the WatrOus Engine company. the Ducas
| Iron company. two hotels and three stores.
| These should be added to the totals above.
| making a total expended in this vicinity OF
about $3.50. 600.
BOLD AND ORIGIN'-L SCHEME.
The company. even before its improve
| mentS have been completed in st. Paul, is
| making arrangements to extend the bust
ness to all parts of the world. Its plans
contemplate an export business on a very
| comprehensive scale. A. B. Stickney. a
leading Northwestern capitalist and presi-
| dent of the Minnesota & Northwestern rail-
road is a leading factor in carrying out the
details. The scheme is to secure the more
economical handling ard shipment of out
ward bound cattle. grain and other freight
at New York, as well as of imported goods
destined either for the West or that port.
On the shore of Staten island. about a
mile above the Narrows. and just above The
quarantine, the company has purchased
twenty-pight acres of land. wher y the
docks are to be built. The Rapid Transit
Tor b. & o. railroad runs through this
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Beef killing house, three-story brick and
basement, S2x17S.
Smokehouse, four-story brick and base
ment, 50X13S.
Two ice houses, each l50x1S0 feet; capac-
ity, $1,000 tons.
Other suitable buildings are to be erected
by Fowler Bros. for box aud barrel factories,
engine and boiler houses. etc. and arrange
ments have been perfected with extensive
concerns 10 car on enterprises which are
legitimate adj, nc 5 of the stock yards bust
ness.
The Live Stock exchange "a cut of which
is shown in this issue) is of stone and brick.
60X100 feet and four stories high. 1t will
cost about S75. 900 and will be devoted to
offices for the stock Yards COMPANY; pank.
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The Fire De partIMe {,

The record of the fire department show;
that the losses by fire during 1855 were
S406,674. The insurance was S1,22l, 400.
The present apparatus consists of 8 steam
fire engines. 9 hose carriages, z chemica
engines, hook and ladder trucks, IA sup
ply wagons. The force-besdes the chief
assistant and superintendent of fire alarm
elegraph-consists of 19 captains. 10 lieu
tenants. engineers, stokers, Al pipemen,
% drivers. % truckmen. telegraph opera
tors and 1 blacksmith. total of 159 men,
and II horses. Four new houses have been
built at cost of S17,35O. There were 29S
alarms turned in. The sum of $131. 045 is
recommended to be appropriated for inn
proving tie department. The expenses of
the department for 1856 were 1925. 5SS. 81.
The valuation of its property is 1915. 367.
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This company has capital stock of $780,
600. the shares being mostly held by cap
italiSts of Minnesota and Montana. Its
object is to andle and feed cattle prepare
tory to marketing.
Fowler Bros, one of the most extensive
packing firms in the world. will operate in
CONJUNCTION with the Stock Yards company.
Their present headquarters are at Chicago,
with branch offices at New York. Liver
pool and London. They also have immense
packing houses at Chicago. Kansas City
and Omaha, and own their own line Of re-
frlgerator cars. The following buildings
have been CONSTRUCTED or are under con-
struction for their use:
Pork packing house, five-story brick. 1921
24O; capacity, $500 head per day.
Hog killing house, tbree-story brick, 50Xe8,
with wi 4Sx190.
Lard refinery, four-story brick and base
ment, S0X12S.
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, ter of the buildings also demonstrate the
solid and substantial foundation upon which
st. Paul is being built to stand for cen
turtles and be an honor to the empire of
which it will always be the center and capt.
| tai. The total amount expended for i'm
pr0vements in St. Paul during 1885. as
shown by the building inspectors books is
50. 6552 79 This includes scores of the
| finest business blocks, residences, public
buildings, churches and school houses to be
found in any city in the United States.
| The total number of buildings erected was
8 459. Of which 2.917 were frame and $40
stone or brick. The number of dwellings
| erected was: Frame 1,1S1; stone Or brick
let Business blocks and houses: Frame.
| 1872; stone or brick. 1876. The total amount
expended for buildings in 1SSf las 50, 49,
| 200; in 1884. 1896 AT.
| Some of the important improvements
during the year-and the amounts expended
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Exchange

where general banking business will be
transacted. and offices for live stock COM
panes. dealers. drovers, etc. The base
ment will be fitted UP as tirst-class
restaurant.
The Transfer pens cover large area and
are built on very extensive plan. larger
i'll proportion than the other parts OF the
plant.
Every modern convenience will be utilized
-sios for the preparation or storage and
winter feed. thorough sewer system. pure
water from artesian wells. An abundant
supply of Ice can be secured at an esti-
mated cost of Is to 20 cents per ton. The
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oped as a live stock market. until Chicago
is forced to acknowledge it as formidable
and dangerous rival. and the enormous
stock business of the Southwest-whjch
formerly went bodily to Chicago-has been
cut off almost entirely and diverted to Kan
sas City. where it legitimately
belongs It can be handled just
as well and as cheapIy there. and the trans
portation from Kansas City to Chicago is
saved. 10 say nothing of the carriage from
Chicago back to Kansas City after it has
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-25

ng. meat dressing and canning, general
manufacturing and transferring and mar
keting of live stock. The dimensions of
the buildings composing the plant are as
follows:
Feeding barn, 2GSx350, Of stone and brick.
Capacity 5000 head of cattle, which can be
inc reased to 1n,0u0 OH short notice. The
frontage will soon be Increased from PCS feet
to $50 feet.
Elevator and feed mill, 80xl73 combined.
The elevator is FIVE stories i'll height with
large wings for corncribs, gram, feed and hay
warehouses.
The Montana Live Stock company have
leased and have control of these buildings.
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the Minnesota & Northwestern railway.
lying directly along the Mississippi river.
only few minutes ride via the motor line
from the union depot in St Paul. The
contemplated improvements have been
actively prosecuted and are now almost
completed. The stock yard grounds. com
pete with transfer tracks and other facili-
ties, embrace an area of
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED ACRES.
The capital invested and which will be
expended. is about 81. 900. 900. The trans
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been dressed or packed. Practically Chi
cago has no control of or voice iii the South
western live stock business. Kansas City
has. to put it plainly, frozen her oct. st.
Paul intends to do exactly the same thing.
so far as the live stock business of the
Northwest is concerned. This trade does
not legitimately belong 10 Chicago. bnt to
st. Paul, and in this age of progress the
equities must be observed. St. Paul will
prove
FORMIDABLE RIVAL OF CHICAGO.
There is no sense or business policy in
shipping live stock through st. Paul to
Chicago. having it slaughtered dressed and
packed there. and then shipped back again.
The people of the Northwest are getting
tired of 1t, just as did the people of the
Southwest. and they propose TO utilize their
own natural advantages and reap the
benefits and profits which are now being
gobbled up by city which has no earthly
right or claim to them. St Paul is legti-
mately the live stock center of the North
Sfest and its capitalists. realizing this fact,
and approaching It's importance have taken
steps to establish facilities here for the
transaction OF all this immense business. II
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stock, in the shape of dressed and canned
meats. is shipped back for use upon the
very ranges from which it came. The COM
pany just organized in st. Paul to control
aid handle this vast Northwestern trade is
fully capable of doing it. There is amp lie
capital behind it. aud the men who are
managing it have the nerve and ability to
make it a grand success. The inl-
menSe plant now being put in 10
transact this business is under the control
of the St. Paul Union Stock Yards COM
pany. The location is On che main line of
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st. Paul's Great Winter show to
N.n LnnuarY IL

specs to the ones held at Montreal. OF
course the managers. being inexperienced,
omitted many details that would have con-
tributed to make up a picturesque whole;
and this fact was generally recognized, al
though the carnival was on most elaborate
scale and unanimously voted grand sue
cess. The experience gained last winter
will be of immense advantage to the man
ayers this wear. and will result in hosts of
additions and improvements that will round
off an exhibition excelled nowhere
in the country. The carnival sea-
SON will open Jan. II and con-
tinue for two weeks. The plans of the
palace itself will be modified, the archi-
lecture being upon more elaborate and
effective SCALE The sports of the season
will be greatly magnifed and enlarged upon
and a number of new and novel features
added. There will be succession of fetes
and pageants and storming of the palace by
the legion> of the Ice King and the Fire
KIM. and the street il1uminatiOns will be
on very grand scale. There will also be
tOboggan ng. curling. racing sn wv shoeing,
hambeau drills. skating and every variety
of winter sport. The carnival of 1887
promises to be one of the most imposing
spectacles of modern times The location
of the palace will be the same as last
year--in Central park, except that it will
be further west. The attractions of last
year will be largely improved upon.
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tract. About five miles from the
docks. on the same railroad. the
stock yards and feeding stables
will be located, where cattle destined
for shipment abroad will be taken care of
The cattle will be driven directly from there
to the docks. thus avoid ng the heavy
charges for lighterage and the inconven-
fences and delays of the present clumsy
processes. The lighterage charges are 60
cents per ton. On a cargo of 5000 tons
the saving would amount to $4,000.
TIE IMMENSE MAGNITUDE
of the plan whereby cattle are to be trans
ported from the Union stock yards at st.
Paul to the ships lying at the company S
docks in New York and thence to England
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structed. u m lies. last year s miles. Inc
work planned for 1887 will cost S30o. wv
and Is miles of sewers be constructed. Inc
street paving amounted o213 miles. last
year the same. The total cost OF the CITY
engineers department. including street ana
sewer forces, was 1925, 1855.
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More New Buildings Erectedi 1856
Than During Any Previous Year.
CITY built unOn a rock

CITY built upon a rock
will stand forever. The
aggregate amount of
money expended in
buildings in st. Paul
increases year after
year. There is never a
decline. No matter how
large the totals may be
one year, they are GER
tain TO be larger the
next year. This has
been the case ever since
ST. Paul began to grow,
and this steady march
onward shows the con-
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WORK OF THE YEAR.
Reports of Officials in the Various
Municipal Offices.
Some Statistical Statements From
Several Other Departments.

G IT / V 1T Y and
energy have marked
the management of
the city engineers
office during t h e
year just closing.
and the work ac-
'c o m p lis n e d has
been on a large scale
and mostly of an
important charac-
ter. 1t has been the
greatest years work
in the history OF st.
Paul. The total eX-
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penditures foot up S1.379, 03S. against
1852, ss2 in 1885, and $1,000, 600 in 1884.
The following figures show the amount
making up the grand total expended by the
department during the year, also the cost
of like improvements for the preceding
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embraces transportation company in
which the Union Stock Yards company Will
have controlling interest. rms company
W II own full equipment OF freight cars,
refrigerators. cattle cars. box cars for gram.
etc., and will also establish icing and feed
ing stations at convenient distances between
st. Paul and New York. The plan will be
so thorough and complete that 1t is believed
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THE DYNAMITE BOLT.

is estimated that Minnesota alone can fur
nish material for such a market of an ag-
gregate annual value of SO 900 600. And
this is not circumstance compared with
,he material to come from '1kOta, Mon
ana and Washington Territory. Montana
tIone. it is estin ated has |. 200 head OF
.Qttle upon her ranges. There is enough
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"P6OR o4.DCHsCAGo!,
st. Paul Gradually tn king the
Lumber Trade Away From Her.

T. PAUL has
grown to be
an important
lumber mar.
ket. Receipts
and shipments
rave largely
increased an
lualjy for the
past five or
~
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Total. ...S9o2,S S2 Sl,5'S'V9+
The streets graded this year were $50
miles. against 1873 miles last year; wooden
sidewalks laid, 4S% miles against 80 miles
last year; stone sidewalks, % OF mile,
against 3 miles last year; sewers con-
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fer tracks, owned by the stock yards COM
pany. will be equal to thirty-six miles of
roadbeG when completed. The plans en-
brace cattle feeding. beef and pork pack