New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-21

Oaonedfal OF All Souls, for which the GROUND has
oeen Droken, VIII be rapidly constructed, and will
penn every way an impressive structure. Thisis
uie memorial church which John Jacob Aston ia
Duliolng FOR Bishop Hare, in memory of the late
mrs Aston, whose deep interest in Western mis-
s'ons was manifested during her life by many
neneticent deeds. Sioux Falls is also the seat of
the Roman Catholic episcopate, and in another
year st Roses Academy will be IN operation under
Bishop Martyrs personal direction.
Nature has been kind to Sioux Falls, In
closing the city on all sides the Big Sioux River
winds in an S-lile channel falling from a series
OF magnificent rocks In run of half a mile the
river falls ninety feet over six solid walls of
jasper. water-power is thus rendered available
Tor industrial purposes scarcely inferior to that
developed by the Falls of ST. Anthony at Mime
apofs- In the river and in the enormous quartz
ite formations that serve as its bed and peep up
ward through the earth for many miles around,
The future prospects Of the city are largely found
TINS rock Is pure jasper, and already four large
nrms employing 500 men are at work blasting and
breaking it for building and paving stones!
eeoiogists describe 1t as metamorphic rock thrown
up at least 10000 years ago The deposit ap-
pears to be about 1000 feet, deep and extends
over twenty-five square miles Of territory. It's
hardness is such that saws make no impression
upon IL whatever. 1t simply chews them up. But
that which renders the handling of it cheap and
enables the Quarries here to compete in Chicago
markets, 500 miles distant, with Wisconsin gran
lite, Is its quality Of breaking to line, which II
does as easily and neatly as chalk With 40 per
cent Of the hardness of diamond, this jasper
takes a perfect polish and is used in all the
Western cities now for ornamental columns,
pihsters and monuments. Such powerful ma
chinery was required to obtain this polish that
one Of the firms handling jasper was encouraged
TO attempt to utilize the petrifed wood of Ari-
zona in the manufacture Of chalcedOny. Its
success was so perfect that it cornered the entire
silicifed forest and now works out at its leisure
wonderful specimens Of this agate wood. It's
smallest blocks contain countless thousands OF
interblended colors, vivid and startling In thef
marvellous richness or pale and faint with the
| daintiest hues. Within q square inch are ofen
To be seen the red of the rose, the pink OF the
salmon. the gorpe GUS yellow Of the salamander,
the green Of budding wheatReld and the blue OF
an jn)Sy sea; and then dying away from these
milder coaors. with perhaps field Of chocolate or
| snowy white to peep through, comes every nnt'
every shade the spectroscope has dreamed OIL
t. ooes without saying that Sioux Falls covets
oauitol So does every other city in South
Dakota and the feeling of rivalry, while IN no
eon.e hitter rms nevertheless, high and deep.
The location Of Sioux Falls is against her. SO lar
| as CONCERNS her hope OF becoming the capi'u
o;+v Che Is 10 South Dakota what Fargo Is 10
yortb Dakota. and what Omaha is to Nebraska
| the gate city Commercially. this is Immensely 10
her advantage, for the people oil the West always
buy their goods from q point east OF them' II
Sioux FALL realizes her commercial amoluoh -Snu
there is no reason, with her water-power ana het
.{@o why
10 great point of supply and distribution Tor the
Statc Of South Dakota. iankton Will De her
only very dangerous antagonist But the western
reonle usually prefer central capitals, ana arc
ALWAYS loath to give an individual town 700 ih"IS
ad,.or,ooos Tins sentiment will tell strongly
AGAINST Sioux Falls. On the other manu. 0cne-
trated by no less than five railroad sys1eus' sne
has a strong. though quiet influence at "orH loe
her I was told in Chicago ond also IN d.
Paul Tint the railroad presidents nao uisSn0'S
aoreed among themselves not to attempt uhe en-
or.ion NJ the slightest influence upon the capitel
Question Tbey may be relied upon. dare say,
10. IN do any active lobbying. But the railroad
mon are only human and they would douDtleSs
Iool, with satisfaction on that PLACING OIL ohe
cautal which would not necessiate the eA'eIs'Ui
~ +bei, lines. They all come into Sioux rails
ond into Watettown, and they probably tnihN
that either Sioux Falls or Watertown wouIa NC
nice place for the capital fahKtoh, iuioH'
Pierre Watertown. Mitchell Chamberlain Aoel,
deen-al these are struggling ZOE tho pri~e' ""N
all are prepared TO bid high.
Sioux Falls to-day most stands IN need OF manu-
| ,ootories and wholesale houses. Yesterday man
| who came here on tour OF lnspec'ioA iiONl
| ,non,. told me he had decided TO put up COTTON
Ill, immediatelr Ex-senator Sabin has been
| looking around the town for several days, ana
.ou,o ouietlv aoout new 100000 bank. money
is lending on improved real estate Tor per Ceno.
| Plenty Of such loans can be saieV nlSue u
| oanitalists look sharp whom they deal with Inc
| oIass Of houses now being built In Sioux fHlis
arc homes most OF them costing from so'ooo W
q, 600 The sound Of the builders hammer 10
heard in every block. and the houses are Occup'ou
hstora the paint on their doors Is dry. most OF
80, 90 carving small mortgages. and the in
variable interest is per cent payable seml-snnu-
| ally.
Tho ;mportance Of public schools escapes no
| 49,, community and in Sioux Falls the pe"'
ia have been liberal and pablicspirited 70
| -. upusual even in towns Of its sort Inc
ooIiao.ta institutions are all under the auspices
| - r.lioo,s societies. Bishop Hare, 10 whose
| .I,L.g. energy the city is indebted in more paP
,,oulars than those that concern his church, ha'
"a ,ha College of All Souls buSlly at work Tor
| g., ,,..rs H. is college for young women
| "a a Grammar school for boys. The Baptists
Sa,,s founded and endowed and are successfully
conducting university for young people OF potn
800 All these various church institutions pos
ssss buildings of fine type, but none sur
rass me common schools Of the city, upon when
,~o,.r and thought have been sffectionately law
shed A graded system is in operation which
terminates in high school course and enords
the people of Sioux Falls as fair chance 70
educate their children as can be obtained In any
ordinary Eastern village.
or course Sioux Falls has its candidate for the
senatorship It IS wholly opposed to the prlnci'
| sles Of Sioux Falls to be without candidate LOT
| any+bino Her candidate for the United States