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

.citysS historical tablets. Minneapolis Is
city of records. Good, bad or Indifferent,
the results are recorded. and stand always
ready for comparison. These results OF the
doings OF 1886 are so eminently satisfactory
that the loyal lovers of Minneapolis feel,
as usual, like calling them out from the
housetops, though the time when the
records have not been satisfactory is not
known to the oldest inhabitant. But in
1886 everything has improved grown larger
or grown better The city has spread out
in every direction, increased her pOpula-
lion, added to her beauty, expanded her
srade, swelled her manufactures, adver-
Gsed herself far and wide over the land,
and has apparently increased everything
but crime and death. For the last, the
salubrious climate of Minnesota is to be
blessed and for the better, with much more,
thanks are due a vigorous Democratic adj
ministratinn.
THE COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS
of the civ have prospered in a way that is
beyond question. The retail business has
added 10 per cent. to its volume, and the
territory of the jobber has been extended
beyond the most sanguine hopes. Manu-
featuring has increased, in its output,
nearly Is per cent. This is exclusive Of
the milling industry for the flour output
include the numbering. which shows a fall
ing off as the result Of a short season. Bus
mess, generally considered, felt the benef-
Gent effects of plenteouS harvest and a
leniency of the Eastern money market.
Failures were comparatively much fewer
than ever befOTe-Only 26 as compared with
81 in 1SS5-and were as follows:
In January there were two failures, liabili-
ties So, 100, assets S65,O00. In February, no
failures. March. six failures. Liabilities $780,
COO assets S54 600; April. five failures liabili-
ties $4,000. assets Sa2, 900; May. four fail
ures liabilities So, 000 assets $1,000; June,
no failuees; July, two failures, liabilities
$4,000, assets S20,G August, no failures;
September onel failure, liabilities S1,400;
October, four failures, liabilities $4,000,
assets Sc. 900; November, one failure, liabili-
ties S25, 600. assets $4,000; December. one
failure liabilities $4,000, assets, $1,000.
Total number of failures twenty-six, total
liabilities 1921, 300, total actual assets
$l62, 600.
The number of new houses is also
greater, proportionately, than shown in any
other one year. There were 265 new firms
enrolled, which number does not
include any changes of firms or
simple changing hands of any
business, but is only the list of entirely new
ventures. as follows:
Groceries. 80; boots and shoes, 10; clothing,
IL; saloons, %; confectionery and cigars, 20;
drugs. Z; millinery, 6; dry goods, 5; whole
sale cigars, 4; wholesale confectionery. 2;
tailors' trimmings, 3; tailors, 8; wall paper,
j; carpets, l; install1nent houses, 3; wholesale
LIQUORS, l; ladies' furnishings, !; furniture, s;
furrier /; tinsmiths, =; stationery, 3; storage,
q; banks, 2; gas fixtures, 2; pawnbrokers, 4;
hardware 5; stoves, 2; light manufacturing,
l; gents furnishing, 2; fuel, 3; novelties, 2;
.rockery 8; creameries. 5; pictures, l; lamps,
/: coffee and spices. /; sporting goods. l.;
wholesale boots and shoes, l; cotton batting
factory, l: telegraph company, /; truss man.
ufactory, l: knitting companies, 2: scavenger,
I: bird store /: tax and linen factory. L; fence
manufacturing, l; rubber stamps, L; electri-
cal goods, 1: hay and grain, /; fish and oys-
ters 8: daVoring extracts, /; lumber, 81;
plumbing IL; restaurants, 6; jewelers.. s.;
commission houses, Is; paints and oils, A.;
hotels, 8: mill supplies, 3; undertakes, 2.
Total number of new business houses, 200.
There are in addition a number of small
business ventures which are not presented
in the foregoing statement, which includes
only legitimate business houses.
MANUFACTURING
has enjoyed boom in nearly every branch,
keeping pace with milling output, the great
feature of the city's producing power. The
wheat receipts increased until they led New
York by six or seven millions; the flour
cntput was increased by a half million bar
yels and all other manufactures kept step.
THE sawing of lumber fell of somewhat, as
the season was much shorter, but the log
cut will be immense this winter-375, 000,-
00O for local booms-and next years cut
Kill break the record. In manufactured
tnnaber the year was by far the heaviest,
eyer known, and other lines report cor
responding condition of affairs.
FIGURES FOR BUILDING.
Ia the matter of record breaking the
hniiding figures lead, as usual. There are