The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-09-19

The DAlLY SrAs can devise 40 better
way Of showing up what Hot springs
has done IN the past and what will be
done in the future than to get personal
statements from her business men.
Az We could not publish them all at
one time We have as yet only "inter.
viewed" . few Of the business men OF
the city Those that have not yet been
visited BY US may get ready for We
will be around.
A. 8. STEWART.
President of the First National
Bank Of Hot Springs. The commits.
sion from the comptroller Of tho treas
ury, authorizing tho First National
Bauk of Hot Springs to engage in the
business Of banking was issued on the
18th day Of July, and the bank opened
for business on the 2lst Of tho same
month. The business Of the bank has
been much better than we anticipated,
and has verified the prediction Of the
most sanRuiue promoters Of the Ma
tional Bank enterprise. tcame to Hot
Springs in 1881. came here to look at
the Springs. having heard Of some
wonderful cures that had been made.
My impression at the time Of my first
visit was that this would make good
point for three reasons. LIST. Its loca.
tion at the southern extremity of the
Hills. 2nd. The medicinal waters, and.
3rd. The varied resources surround
ing the place. had faith enough in the
place 10 locate peice Of land here
upon which I moved the next year and
have lived here ever since. My ex-
Ipectations have been fulfilled so far,
and 1 am satisfied that Hot Springs is
destined to be the largest city north
west Of Omaha and cast Of the Rocky
Mountains. The population of Hot
Springs new is l,l0O, increased in the
last year about one hundred and
twenty-five per cent, and new people
coming now every day. think the
stone interests in the vicinity of Hot
Springs will employ more men than
any other one enterprise in the Black
Hills. The power Of Fall River will
he utilized by manufactures Of by
draulic cement, plaster paris, for pro.
pelling machinery for cutting and POI.
fishing stone, manufactures Of win
dows, doors. ,nouldings ete etc, also
for moving the machinery Of -four
and woolcu mills, and for the
generation of electricity.
r. MAJOR EArox
County treasurer and cashier of the
Minnekahta Bank. Business has been
very good--,nore than double what it
was last year. Although two addi-
tiioaai banks have started in the city
within the last few months, there has
been no perceptible difference in the
volume of our business, and at the
present time as I stated before, is more
than double what it was last year.
Regarding the future I have not
changed my views in the least upon
the speedy growth of Hot Springs.
With the advent Of railroads new
avenues Of resource will be opened up.
The natural attractions Of this place
are sufficient to warrant the prophecy
that Hot Springs will speedily attain
to q fair degree Of prosperity
Carr. w. w. LAFLEIcHE.
Dealer in harness. My business is
not less than fifty per cent better than
it was six months ago. The prospect
for the future is certainly very bright.
| came to Hot SPRINGS in July 1889,
At that time there was comparatively
nothing here. The first four years
there was practically no growth. The
first real improvement was the build.
ing ct the Minuekahta hotel in the
the winter OF 1856. In May 1886, I
planted newspaper outAt in the
Springs and began the publication Of
tho Hor SPRINGS STAR. The first stock
of merchandise put in at Hot Springs
was put in by Fargo and Son, they us
ing large tent to hold their goods,
This was in the fall Of 1888. The
growth Of the Springs for the
last two years has been marvellous.
my observation leads me to the con.
clusion that in 1892 Hot Springs will
be city Of ten thousand inhabitants,
JAS. MooDlE.
Member of the firm G. E. Wilson &
Co., clothiers. and manager Of their
business at Hot Springs. We estab.
lished ourselves in business in Hot
Springs about the middle Of last April.
Our business has been growing stead.
lily, has in fact been much better than
We. had axpeoted. We are now carry.
ing abont . $4,000 stock. We ex.
pect TO occupy the third room in the
new Evans block as soon as it is com.
pleted and we will then put in $35