St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-23
SIOUX FALLS,
Principally Noted for It's Great
Wafer Power.
Special to the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, Jan. 21.-Sioux Falls. the
metropolis of South Dakota and the home
OF the birth OF the constitution for the com
ing new state. is situated on the Big Sioux
river, at the head Of the falls from which il
derives its name. The place has an area OF
nine square miles and 200 population. and
is the most substantially built town in the
West. 1t is Lab feet above the sea level.
90 miles north Of Sioux City and 200
miles west of ST. Paul. these being the
only competing towns for the wholesale
TRACE, and considering the distance. with
our natural advantages, she is destined tC
be the wholesale distributing point for the
country west and northwest of us. This
class Of business is already well represented
here. and with the addition of a fourth
railroad, which is bound to come next sea
son, our prospect for a large city is as.
sured. People are erecting buildings and
planning their new improvements on the
principle that we are to be
GREAT COMMERCIAL CENTER.
The phenomenal growth of the city is due
solely to the indomitable pluck and energy
or our citizens who have unbOunded faith
i'm our future. We have no bOOms here, a
AAAiA, ~ hAodNAAOAo W DdhOtd
towns. but every improvement has been
made as there was demand. Every year
since 1881 has seen improvements made
that would aggregate in value from $500. OOO
10 500. 900 per year. Our manufac-
turing interests are not forgotten amid all
these. Neither have we let lie idle the in
exhaustible jasper quarries, stone which
is susceptible of high polish and is the
best for paving and building purposes in
the world, of which some of the handsOm-
est buildings Of Chicago, ST. Louis. ST.
Paul. Minneapolis, Omaha. Des Moines.
Council Bluffs, and many small places are
monuments of its beauty and
EVERLASTING DURABILITY.
while several of the cities named have
pavements of the same rock that must last
forever. Our manufacturing enterprises
are represented by two Touring mills. the
Queen Bee and Cascade, with a combined
capacity of 1,500 barrels per day; the
largest brewery in Dakota, polishing works
costing 500. 600. water works. SIS. 600.
electric light works and feed mill attached
for day work. SIS. 600; gas works. $50. 000
two fOundTieS. pork-packing establishment
with a capacity of 500 hogs per day.
vinegar factory, soda water factory, car
riage factory. planning mil and score OF
minor industrious that are building up a
business which some day will branch them
out into great and enterprising institutions
and furnish employment to many hundred
men. To present our advantages to the
world we have two firstclass
DAILY NEWSPAPERS
and five weeklies. The educational adj
vantages Of the city have not been over
looked either. We have four elegant pub
lie school buildings, besides the Sioux Falls
university, a three-story granite building.
the Episcopal female seminary. also three
story granite building. the Silsbee business
college and the territorial deaf and
dumb school. Tere are sixteen church
organizations here and fourteen ediices.
The building Improvements the past year
are of the most substantial order and will
aggregate $500. 900. while for next year il
is estimated these figures will be more than
doubled. The place is the money center OF
South Dakota, having four national banks
and one private bank, while some of the
largest lOaning companies of the world are
represented here and with the ready
CASH FOR ALL DEMANDS.
while the insurance company of Dakota. a
Sioux Falls enterprise, has many thousands
of dollars they are putting out in first-class
loans. The banking business of South Da-
kOta has its head center in Sioux Falls, and
all look 10 our financial institutions for
money when in pinch. A brief newspa-
per article does not set us rightly before the
world; one must call and see us to properly
appreciate our advantages, and also see our
beautiful scenery. The latch string is out.