Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-04-03
William Sauntry. of the Weyer'


hauser Syndicate, ia in the city today
to perfect plans for beginning the
seasons work in Little Falls. A
large amount OF logs have already
been bought for cutting ut Little
Falls. and still more will be bought.
AS soon as the ice goes out the pres
ent mill will begin work, and will saw
day and night during the season.
AS soon as the frost is out OF the
ground work will begin on excavat-
ing for the new mill on the west side,
and it will be constructed as rapidly
as possible. The work Uf the COM
pany this first seuson will make
Little Falls the largest manufacturer
OF lumber on the Mississippi above
Minneapolis. That point is now
assured; how long before there will
be no exceptions in rating Little
Falls the lumber manufacturing
centre OF the Mississippi?
will Not C"ncede the Facts.
Minneapolis Lunberman: The
papers at Little Falls, Mimi, are dis
posed to take an exceedingly sanguine
view OF the future of the lumber bust
ness at thnt point since the Weyer-
hauser syndicate have decided to
locate at that point. One of the
papers even goes So far as to predict
that the annual product Ut lumber at
that point will be from $50, 0OO, 900 to
200, 900 900 feet while another claims
that within Il reasonable time the
yearly cut at Little Falls will exceed
that at Minneapolis. Possibly, but
not probably.
The following communication in
last weeks Motley Register, gives
some Information on a subject that
will later come up for the general at
tention of the public:
MOTLEY, MIMI, March q, 1891.
EDITOR REGISTER: The Little Falls
Herald of the 18th wonders why the
people Of Motley should desire to he
set off and attached to Cass county,
when the county seat will surely go
to Gull River. If the Herald man
had ever lived in this isolated portion
.of Morrison county he would realize
that Gull River ia nearly 40 miles
nearer to Motley than Little Falls
and can be reached by Motley people
without passing through one or two
adjacent counties. Whereas, under
the present organization Of Morrison
county, citizen of Motley must
spend about two days, or one day
and one night in making the Pilgrim
age to and from the county seat, and
when it is considered that these con-
ditions cannot be changed, and also
that the proposed boundary is the
natural dividing line between the
two communities, there don't seem
TO be any force in the argument that
Motley must go to Gull River to
transact its county business If this
change ia made. The item in the
Herald would seem to indicate an
opposition to the proposed division.
Upon what ground we cannot imag-
Inc, for surely Little Falls and Morri-
son county will lose nothing by the
chonge, for the law by which it ia
made provides that the territory SO
detached shall not be released from
paying it's proportion of the present
Indebtedness of Morrison county, and
as the detached territoryis compare
lively new and a large amount of
money must be spent in making
roads, building bridges, etc, it looks
az though it would be good trade
for Morrison county to get rid of us.
And, inasmuch as Little Falls and
Morrison county have got all that
they can reasonably expect in the
way of county buildings, bridges,
water power improvements, ETC.,
wherein we would contribute by tax
alton, we can't see why there should
be any opposition to our being set |
off, especially when it is conceded
that it must be done at some future |
time, if not now. l don't think it |
can he charged that we are seeking
this division by reason Of any feelings
OF luminosity against Little Falls or
any other portion Of Morrison coun-
ty, it is simply Il business proposition
against which no reasonable objec-
ton can be urged, and we trust that
after careful consideration Of the
facts and conditions there will he no
further opposition to the scheme.
CITIZEN.