St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-19

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mense production of -four has given
Minneapolis the name of the Flour City
everywhere, within the last few years,
and she has become famous all
over the world as the place where more
wheat is turned into -four than in any
other city. There are advantages here
in many other branches, any one
of which has larger promise
in it than the milling had
thirty years ago. when the
farmer took his wheat to the little mill
on the banks Of the river at st. An
thony, saw it ground, and carried home
his share of the grist. At Mfeker'S
island is another power which it is eSti-
mated has as great value as that at
st. Anthony, and steps are being taken
to develop 1t.
Better than this, the city is in pos
session of not only the most perfect
natural advantages for carrying on the
work, but it is in the center Of vast
area constantly being more denseiv
populated with a people growing richer
year by year, and with constantly in
creasing wants. These are to be sup
piled by the work of factories with all
their food and clothing, with all their
necessities and luxuries.
AT THE PRESENT TINE -.tr
orders are coming in from the sur
rounding territories for hundreds OF
miles to the factories of the city and she
is already looked 70 as the manufactur-
ing center of the Northwest. In return
for the products which are sent cut
those who consume them are furnishing
the raw material Vast areas of uncut
timber, in one direction, thousands of
acres of farm lands in another and
tracts of mining lands in a third prom
Use an inexhaustibie supply OF material.
While lumber and -four are now SO
prepoilderOusly in advance OF all other
products, there are many other manu-
factories that are assuming large pro-
portions, among tn EN- are the threshing
machine and agricultural implement
works, wooden mills, fOuladrieS and ma
chine shops, paper mills, knitting works,
glass factories, car manufacturing and
repair shops, and numerous WORKS in
every line.
For certain branches of manufactures
there is an
ALMOST UNLIMITED FIELD,
especially OF all things made from wood
and metal.
There is half in realizing a good thing
when one has it, and that the men of
Minneapolis do realize in their manu-
featuring advantages. The board of
trade of the city make 1t a special func-
ton to give aid to all who will establish
a plant in the city. Within the last few
months their manufacturing committee
has been thoroughly reOrganized. and
there is probably no more active body of
substantial men in the city than is this
committee to-day. They have regular
weekly meetings, and besides this have
many special meetings to inyesti-
gate the propositions of capital
lists and manufacturing firms that pro-
pose starting new works or moving ones
already started to the city. InGiydn-
ally these men are constantly on the
alert to aid such parties. When the
schemes Of the candidates for aid are
seen to be practicable the committee IS
generally able to furnish them with
land for a site, OF sometimes even
with new buildings, find capital
to invest in their stock and in every way
help them through the difficult first
years of experiment and struggle
against outside competition. An en0r-
nous correspondence is being carried
OIL by this committee, and while much
of it is of visionary character, from it
new firms are constantly being induced
to locate.
Through this system within the pres
ent year there will be added to the cap
ital invested in manufacturing in the
city thousands of dollars and hundreds
of the unemployed viii be given paying
work, besides importing to the city
many skillfui mechanics, the best of
citizens.
SOME NEW ENTERPRISES.
There are many that cannot be men
toned as yet because there is some
little doubt as to whether or no they
will locate, but among those that are
certaintieS might be named first, the
La Belle wagon works of Fon du Lac,
Wis. These, it is supposed, will be
moved to the city early in the
fall. The establishment of these works
will be a valuable acquisition to the
city's manufactures, building up
suburb of it's own in some of our out
skirts and giving large number Of
men constant employment. A number
of business men Of Minneapolis are
actively connected with this project,
and 1t is one certain of success for its
owners as well as being Of value to the
city.
Another industry that promises to be
of great value to the city is some linseed
oil works that will remove here from
Sioux City and Yankton. Oak. They
will have some forty elevators and give
constant employment to large number
of men. This is an enterprise that,
from the nature of things, bids fair to
become a big establishment in very
short time.
A foundry for the casting of pipes for
city waterWorks and similar purposes
is another plant that is certain of estab-
iShment in the near future. Some OF
Minneapolis Oldest and most careful
capitalists are interested in this con-
Germ, and from the names Of the stock
holders it is an assured fact that there
is money in it. 1t will furnish large
amount of skilled labor, and the money
going to the WOrkmen will support
many families.
1t is almost an assured fact that
large and well-established locomotive
works will be located here within the
year. When it does come it will bring
with it a vast amount of capital, and
will give work to hundreds of machin-
lists. This is 10 experiment, but an old
establishment that comes to MiHneapO-
lis because it sees here the best location
for its operations than in any other
city.
Several fuel gas companies are COM
peting for the privilege of Hanufactur-
ing that product in the city and furnish
it for the heating of boilers and the tMr-
nishing of power to all the machinery
OF the city. There Is in this mode Of
heat making great possibility for our
factories, and the eagerneSs with which