St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-15
The SALTWATER BUDGET.
The Thresher Company Quietly Getting
in Possession.
COMPLETION OF INVENTORY.
Present Capacity of the Works---Sum-
mary OF the Doings Of a
Day.

the offices there has been quite re-
duction of the force employed, and
every one now at work has his hands
reasonably full. f. :. Brown, the late
receiver. is quietly closing up the bust
ness connected with his receiVership,
which he will finish in 4 few days more,
when he will gladly reljnQuish his con-
necti0n with the great trust which
he has SO long and so faithfully handled.
In the shops work still continues, but
with very light force, which will. of
course, be rapidly increased as soon as
the company comes TO know exactly
what it has bought and its condition.
This will be determined when the in
VentorieS which are now completed in
rough memoranda are properly copied
and classified. W. :. Goodhue, the as
SiStant general manager, is still in
charge. and finds his hands very full AT
present in organizing his forces and in
regulating matters under the new SyS-
tenn. His force comprises trained men
i'm nearly every instance. as all of them
have been office employees under the old
regime fer more or less time. and know
just what to do. Supt. Chant rs, of
the operative department. still retains
his position. Under him the inventory
of machinery. tools and merchan-
disc used i'll operating the works
has been carefully taken, and he
has turned it in to the Office.
He is tritie less rushed than he will be
in Il few weeks, and once in awhile
finds time To drop 4 word or two when
approached 10y a reporter. He said yes
terday, in answer 10 question as to
what improvements would be made in
the construction OF the Minnesota Chief
this year, that he was hardly prepared
10 Ia Ii IL in 70.
absolutely what changes had been de-
cided upon, if any. There were very
many OF the most Skillful artisans and
mechanics III the country upon their
force and they were enabled at all times
10 keep pace with the age. Mr.. Cham
bers is a firm believer in the Chief"
and takes up the cudgel in its de-
Tense if any one has the iemer-
ity to doubt its right to that
title. The general Supposition with all
of the cOmpany'S men is that a general
manager selected by the Eastern CAPT
taliStS who have put their money into
the ThreSher company, and who will be
an able fnancier as well as manu-
facturer, will very soon be sent on from
the East. When this occurs the future
policy of the new concern will be clearly
outlined. At present the expressions
of Senator Sabin and the gentlemen
composing the board of directors, who
We're here with him recently, were so
clearly aggressive that Il lively cam
paign is certain to be opened as soon as
the present force have things in readi-
hess TO begin. The property
is immensely valuable. They
have paid good fair price
for it, and they are going to Go their
best TO make that property give good
apGOunt of itself This cannot no Hopn
with,a conservative policy, and the men
who are on deck are not conservative
fellows when legitimate business oper-
atiOnS are before them. The full ca
pacity of the manufacturing plant they
now own is as follows:
Freight ears per day .....................15
Farm wagons per day. ..................10
Threshing machines per day ............... &
HtrSe-poWerS per day ................. 49,. D
Farm engines per day ...-,. .............. y
Besides small amount of sash, doors
and blinds. To operate these enormous
works force of l.300 men is required,
and the value of their daily product is
placed at Sll,S00. or yearly -alue of
over -, 100000. When it is considered
that all of this army Of men but about
30 or 300 are citizen; laborerS, skilled
mechanics. whose residence must nat
ur4lly be here, and who bring their
families and make their homes among
Us, one is not at all surprised
at the interest which the PEG
pie of Saltwater feel in the
welfare and prosperity of the works, or
that they vastly preferred TO see Sena-
tor Sabin, on whose loyalty and fidelity
to his city they could bank. even in the
long and dubious contest to which he
was subjected, than Mr.. Porter or any
one else whose interests were elsewhere
and in whom they had no confidence.
As matters now stand Saltwater feels
confident of the dawn of a more pros
porous era than that which has mark ed
the past four years since the first
embarrassment of the old "car COM
pany." Its people feel as if there was
something good in store for them as
reward for past miSfortuneS.
SOCIAL AND GEH E8AL.
The snow blockade is the main
feature of news in this city. The Du-
luth got one train in and out of here a
little after noon yesterday. The Min
neapoliS people had not got in at dark
last night. The Omaha folks fought
the SHOW all day. and got IA
but the slippery stuff N ran ran
IN on them SO fast they could not pre-
tend to keep the track open. They will
probably be got clear to-day. The city
streets are very generally cleared. and
people not being dependant on street
ears get along tolerably well The
blockade may now be considered to be
raised if more SNOW does not come to
close it again.
Louis Albenberg. of the New York
Emporium, has notified the relief COM
mittee that it may draw on him to the
amount of s75 in goods from his store
for the relief of the poor.
Capt. \. r. Young has been elected
vice president of the National Marine
Engineers association. Capt. Young is
an old settler and resident here and
his selection is received with favor by
his Saltwater acquaintance.
Monday evening Thomas Keene will
appear al the Grand opera house, while
Ezra Kendall will be on deck Tuesday
with his Pair of Kids" Both are I'M
usual attractions for Saltwater, and the
indications are that they will be we'll
patroniZed.
The officers of Mullen post were in
stalled last Wednesday evening with APP
prOpriate ceremonies. Hon. f. w. Du-
rant made very felicitous speech, and
several of the comrades from Garfield
and Acker posts, st. Paul, were pres
ent. An interesting musical and liter
airy programme was rendered.
Hon. f. W. Durant, Isaac Staples
and Jacob Bean are the delegates
elected to attend the upper Mississippi
river convention at Dubuque Monday.
President Eldred. of the poor relief
committee, returns thanks for the do
nations already received, but says that
suffering and misery still abound here.
which calls for further rel ief.
JAMES McDermott and wife, of Hud-
son, Thomas McDermott and wife. OF
Eau Claire, and Phillip McDermott and
wife and Mrs. Daniel Elliott make up
party who depart for Southern trip on
Tuesday.
Thursday Misses Mulvey and DYER
and Frank Lehmicke were detained al