St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-03
A QUICkENED PULSE.
Business, Manufacturing and
Real Estate Feel the Re-
awakening.
A Heavily Increased Jobbing
Trade in a Widened
Territory. -
Activity in Building--Real Es-
tate and Skilled Artisans
in Demand.
A Vast Scope Of Country Rich
With Resources at
Our Doors.
The Golden North west.
Population.

Il
Idaho Observation-Disclosures. ESQ S4,3S5
Wyoming 207S9 0,705
Oregon ,768 3l3, 767
washington .-..--........ lo.llo 04559U
Wisconsin BIB, 497 1856 1884
Iowa ...........1, 624, 6l5 191l, S96
Totals Abs, 5O4 $3.50, $50
Increase in ten years, 2,154,035.
~. Paul's Tributary Territory.
The above figures aggregate magnifi-
cent totals, and comprise the Golden
Northwest, the richest portion of the
continent; the country that pays tribute
TO ST. Paul, that city of glorious des-
tiny, ensconced in whose pocket lies the
Fey to the situation. 1t is indeed an
empire within itseIf;' is one-fourth as
large as Europe with its $50, 900. 900 pop
ulation. and is threaded in ali directions
by railroads leading 10 st. Paul. Its
glorious climate grows vigorous and
hardy people, who achieve greatness,
and win the plaudits of the world by
the greatness and rapidity of their do
ings. In a quarter of century will
derness, touched by the magic wan of
progress, has been turned into a We rita
bic garden Of Eden.
Where is the equal of the prolific Red
river valley, which raises the equiva lent
of s25, 600. 600 annually in wheat? Think
of Butte city turning out s2S, 600, COO to
s25, 000,0 900 year i'll gold and silver.
In Montana, our own state and the
DakotaS, a million head of live stock
are feeding, awaiting shipment to the
packing centers. A hundred million
dollars worth Of wheat is seeded. Di-
versiiied farming is fast growing. Every
train from the East and South brings
many newcomers, who go on toward
the setting sun to make new homes.
Another transcontinental railway will
soon top the Pacific on Puget Sound,
opening new country rich i'll a variety
OF products, and pour into the metropo-
lis additional wealth. We shall soon be
more closely connected by railway with
the Black Hills country, one of TIL g
richest sections of earth.
The present year is particularly prom
lSlng to agriculture. More direct and
frequent steamship connections are
about to be established between the
Puget Sound and ASlatic countries.
Our new Eastern rail routes make US
independent of Chicago, and the water
routes yearly strengthen our position.
NEanufa curing.
The growth in industrial interests in
our city is astonishing. Interviews
with upwards of a hundred concerns
reveal high state of prosperous activ-
ity. and in the great majority of cases
factory plants and facilities have ;re-
Gently been Or are being enlarged. Sta
tistics show the number of factory en-
ployeS to have been i'll 1890 2S.462 and
the output SCI, 720.595. Besides innu-
merable smaller additions to our indus
tries last year, seven concerns came
into existence, or increased their CAPT
tai, which aggregate the splendid show
ing of 81, 800. 900, and 1891 promises to
take rank as the banner year.
The advantages of st. Paul as a man.
ufacturlng center are many. 1t is the
head of Mississippi river navigation.
The tributary country is vast, and grow
ing rapidly in wealth and population.
The great railway system of the North
west. 10000 miles of road, radiates from
the city, and shipping facilities are
unsurpassed. We have very complete
railway transfer system, with nominal
charges. In the country around and
about us are unlimited and cheap raw
materials. There is hard and soft lum-
Der for carriage and wagon building,
tor furniture making, the finest sand
on earth for glass making. superior clay
for brick and tile, fax fiber and seed for
Irvine. linen goods. linseed oil, etc.
Access to the best markets is easy.
And, as is well known, the city is one
of the most healthfuI, beautiful and
pleasant in which to reside. Special
encouragement is offered to new manu-
featuring Industries. Free sites are
provided. A home market of $4,000
people exists in the Twin Cities. There
is Manufacturing Investment COM
pany, which takes stock in sound and
deserving concerns, and an ably Differed
Industrial bureau for the formation of
all manufacturing enterprises and inter-
eStS.
Ample Room for More.
Though our interests in this direction
are great, there is still room for more.
Tanneries and kindred industries for
the making of glue and neatSfoot oil
are much needed and would pay hand
somely. 1t seems odd this field is not
occupied. The success of such concerns
establishing here is assured. Tan bark
can be laid down in st. Paul from the
Wisconsin forests near us cheaper than
at points III that state and Illinois,
where leather is now being made. Our
rapidly growing packing house inter-
ests supply vast quantities of hides.
Thousands of tons of hides are now
shipped on eastward, tanned, returned
to our city and made into boots and
shoes at handsome profit. Why not
reduce these hides TO leather in our
midSto
The development in carriage building
is rapid. The advantages of railway
shipping facilities, raw material and the
great demand in the West, places st.
Paul we'll TO the front in this industry
The second growth of white ash enters
largely into the construction of car
riages, and most factories are compelled
to draw upon Indiana for the material
Here the Mississippi river Is lined with
it from st. Paul to Lake Pepin.
In the matter Of furniture making we
are especially favored, being on the
western edge of the hardwood belt, with
with railway and general advantages,
must make of the Northwest buyer of
our furniture products.
Among the generous gifts of nature
with which we are so numerousIy en-
dOWed, the white sand in the hills and
along the river banks is by no means
least. Sooner or later glass will be
among our manufactured products.
Thorough tests have been made, and it
is demonstrated beyond question that
the sand makes very superior glass.
AS in other lines, our special adyan-
tages as manufacturing point, and the
great domain dependent upon as, would
make this industry very profitable.
Factories can be built where the ma
terial can be had for the shoveling, at
cost of perhaps 10 cents per ton, whereas
in most cases the sand costs the glass
maker 81 to $3.50 per ton. With crude
petroleum for fuel, and the raw ma
terial substantially without cost, the
problem OF glassmaking seems easy in
this favored city.
A large manufacturer in France com
missioned gentleman who recently ar
rived here to thoroughly look up the
matter of sand, and general features
pertaining TO this industry. he is seek