St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-15

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bridge.
"A S DIGESTION.
There is a t act of some sixty acres, a
portion of the Kittson estate, west of
Smelling avenue, between University
and st. Anthony avenues, which. by the
terms of the will, cannot be sold until
1896. In its present condition it pre-
sents a barrier to development of sur
rounding territory. Why does not the
city make the necessary street improve
mentS? There is nothing to prevent so
doing.
The opening Of the Lake street.
Marshall avenue bridge places the resi-
dents of Midway as near the beautiful
lakes and Minnehaha on Minneapolis
southern border as the residence sec
ton of the Flour City. HiaWatha Park
! and the East Side River Boulevard are
developments of the near future. form
ing an additional connecting link of the
| cities and joint park systems.
At Merriam Park building is active.
Among others, w. D. Fargo is erecting
a brick block for store and tenement
purposes, at the corner of Prior and st.
Anthony avenues
Woodruff will build four handsome res
1oCbCCS Oh Nnoloioils w
and Cleveland avenues, costing abo ut
S. 900 each.
The ID. M. Robbins place was recently
sold TO Howard Marston, a wealthy res
ident of Boston, who intends improving
the property next year for business
purposes. 1t is understood the outlay
will be some $4,000.
Mr.. John G. Noble is building a beauti-
full home, corner Marshall and FairvieW
avenues, at al expense of $4,000.
DR.. S. c. Cobb will Don start a $1,000
residence at the orner OF Amos and
Marshall venues
Mr.. F. G. Minor, the real estate dealer,
will build three eight-rOOm houses on
Iglehart street, between Prior and
Moore avenues
Mr.. w. d. Fargo has just completed a
residence building on Dayton avenue
between Wilder and Cleveland.
Mr.. W. D. Madigan will build a hand
some home ON then property recently
bought between Amos and Laurel
avenues ON Marshall.
MI. A. j. Douglas will shortly erect a
residence On st. Anthony
The Midway Newspaper.
In The midway News, ':the I%nterurban
district has a. active and able advocate.
The editor and publisher, Mr.. Ed A.
ParadiS, holds the SecreJaryShip of the
Transfer Board of Trade, and is an n
/ thuSiastic an d untiring worker for the
interests of Midway. To him we are
indebted for many facts and figures. y
Great Figures.
There were in the neighborhood of
100, 900 cars of freight handled at the
Transfer in 1889. These cars would
! form a length of about 5000, 900 feet, or
about 600 miles. Two thousand trains
of fifty cars each are represented.
Local Business Figures.
In the Midway section there are soIie
| seventy business concerns, employing
800 men, and their aggregate volume Of
business in 1889 foots up S4,7 ZIG, 500. In
| addition are the great Northern Pacific
shops, which plant cost $500, 900, ana
| employs 400 men. There is also the
minnesota Transfer elevator, which
| handled 10000 600 bushels of wheat in
| 1889.
Briefly Retrospective.
Great developments have been wit
messed in the past. Wheat fields have
become in a few years the seat of
| mighty industries, and the homes of
thousands of happy and prosperous peo-
pie. Institutions of learning of the
| highest order are there, great railway
enterprises and manufactures.
Prospective.
But the future will see progress made
much more rapidly. The continued
rapid growth of the Dual Metropolis
will quicken the pace of the Midway
| development. and in a few years the
| last vestages of ruraIism will have dis
appeared. 1t will be all city, teeming
with life and activity, and the n
| thickly lined with homes OF countless
thousands.