Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-01-16
OUR GROWING CITY.
The Year 1890 was One Of Pros
perity for the City of
Little Falls.
New Industries of Various Kind.
Inaugllrated Here
Last Year.
Pulp Mill, Sash. Door and Blint
Factory, Iron Works.
Etc.
Public improvements - Water
Works, Court House and
City Hall.

Inc year lSJU was one OF Sfed
prosperity and growth for the Citi
ut Little Falls, and the new and va
ried industries which located her.
are Of such valuable and substan
tial character that they give assur
ances Of the continued and rapid de
velopment OF the city. At the begin.
ming it was a year Of promise, bu,
the achievements have been beyOnu
the most sanguine expectations.
There have been no disappOintmentk
or set-backs, but steady progress
and growth. All branches Of busi-
ness have increased, and the number
of commercial firms greatly Increased.
The substantial bases for the growth
were the establishment OF new millA
and factories here and the develop
ulent Of the surrounding excellent
farming country.
The building and operation Of the
pulp Mill-whlch was but the begin-
nlny of work III the same live by its
bmldels-prOved by experience that
this city possessed many advantages
for that industry. Many men alread,
find employment in that work here,
and the market afforded for wood il
Of great help to settlers.
The Falls City Manufacturing COM
pany's plant affords employment to
Mtluy laborers, and the cheap price
OF raw material and the excellent
market brings such prosperity to fac
tories of this kind that their increase
and multiplication is certain.
The machine shop vi the Little
Falls Iron works was q much needeu
addition to our industries, and it has
not OAly been a source Of prOnt fOi
the proprietors and employees vi la
Dor, but it has also been Of grea,
convenience tu the various mills iu
the city.
The completion OF an excellent sys-
TEN OF water works. affords the city
complete ire protection, gives miiie
and factories opportunities iUr spe-
cial protection by standpipes, thus
reducing insurance rates, and also
allows citizens TO secure the advan-
tages vi good water service.
The new court house of Morrison
county, which is being built, is one
of the finest public buildings in the
state, and the city hall is all unusu-
ally fine building for a sulalI city to
POSSESS.
In railroad facilities Little Falls
has lines leading in four directions,
and there are assurances Of import
ant additions to our transpOrta ton
facilities at AL early date. The Little
Falls Southern will build south to
the line OF the state, intercepting
many lines, and the Great Northern
will pass through the county and
city from northwest to southeast.
With these added facilities our city
Will be still more attractive loca-
ton for mills Of the different kinds
that can find other valuable induce
ments here.
AS a point for the extensive manu-
facture Of pine lumber Little Falls is
unsurpassed. The MANY hundreds
Of millions Of feet Of pine logs OH the
Upper Mississippi will find here the
cheapest and most convenient place
of manufacture. The boomage here
is certainly the best on the MISSISSIPPI
river, and plans ure already about
completed to make this place the
leading point in Northern Minnesota.
The flour mill business has grown
| to large proportions here, and the
total business of those mills here
amounts annually to nearly $500, 600.
The leading improvements Of the
past year are more particularly de-
scrihed in other articles in this paper.