St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-26

upon to vindicate the wisdom Of the few
public spirited men who have put their
hands in their pockets and their should
ers to the wheel for the upbuilding of
the city, 1t may be observed, however,
that the past year has been singularly
unfavorable for the progress of these
special efforts. The long continued
census imbroglio, the excitement at
convention of the Educational associa-
tons; the political campaign, and
the subsequent election, joined to
the extraordinary interest developed
among our people touching the condi-
ton of our municipal affairs, and later
the business stringency of the past win
ter, have rendered it quite impossible to
keep up sustained and to any extent
united efforts in behalf of the prosaic
and matter-of-fact work of industrial
development. Nevertheless, in the face
of these
Serious Obstacles
and many minor disbursements, which
need not be specified here, however
much the circumstances might justify
it. a great work has been accomplished,
because it has been we'll and success
fully begun. This work may be sum-
married. as follows:
First-What is now denominated an
industrial bureau has been established,
and an officer employed who devotes
his entire time, thought and energies to
the dissemination of information touch
ing the many and superior advantages
OF st. Paul as manufacturing and dis
trlbuting center; to correspondence
with manufacturers throughout the
country, to securing, where practicable,
their location here; to promoting the
employment of our own capital, enter
prise and skill in the organization of in
duStrial establishments; to holding fire.
quent conferences and meetings with
manufacturers and others, for the con-
Siderati0n of practical measures where
by skilled labor and capital may be
brought together for mutual effort and
cooperation; to writing for the press,
and generally to educating the people
to a proper appreciation of the indus
trial enterprises as indispensable ele-
mentS of urban growth and prosperity.
~
Second-A manufacturers invest
ment company, with anominal capital of
S1,0O0,000 and a subscribed capital of
$500, coo, large proportion of which, it
is understood, is being regularly and
honOrably paid up in monthly INSTALL
mentS, and the fund thus created is be-
ing gradually invested in the stocks of
sound and reliable manufacturing con-
Germs. The conditions under which
these investments are made are too
rigid, however, to help those smaller en-
terpriSeS that are really in need Of the
aid of friendly capital that would en-
able them to become strong and pros
porous concerns.
The original conception Of the Manu-
facturerS' Loan and Investment com
pany was the one best suited to our
needs, and it is greatly to be regretted
that that enterprise was not cOnsum-
| mated.
Third-The ST. Paul Stove works, with
a capital of 100000, has been incor-
| porated, and has commenced work upon
It's extensive plant on the West side.
| This new and valuable addition to our
industries is the outcome of an entire
| year OF patient, persistent work, begun
and continued by the Industrial bureau.
| The company has secured on highly
! favorable terms the designs, patterns,
movable machinery. good will and much
| of the skilled labor of a strong and sue
ceSSful concern i'll Cincinnati of thirty
| years standing. now retiring from
| business. 1t expects to employ 20C
men, with the probability of a much
| greater number, as the conditions of the
| business seem to warrant.
Fourth-A second corporation, known
as the Retort Stove company, mas also
| been organized, and is now making
active preparations for business. T b
! enterprise was also originated in and
/ with the industrial bureau. 1t is the
result of the agitation, discussion and
! practical tests of a series of new de-
vices for the economical consumption OF
/ fuel, carried along for nearly one full
year. 1t was while conducting these
tests and preparing for movement tC
! place these valuable inventions upon
! the market, that the attention Of the
| bureau was directed TO the favorable
| proposition, finally accepted, for the
| purchase of the Cincinnati plant. The
Tetort stove and other appliances, en-
| bracing hot-air aud boiler furnaces for
| which patents have been secured,
are the inventions of j. S.
HarkinS, of Minneapolis. and they en-
! body many new and original features
whereby the volatile matter of the fuel
is converted into gas, which. when
mixed with fresh, hot air, is consumed
IN the fire pot. producing an intense
heat and utilizing ali the combuStible
elements of the fuel. In the case of the
bituminous Goals bed of glowing coke
remains in the crate after the gas has
been burned, and thus the consumes
gets the benefit of all that is valuable
in the fuel. The most remarkable feat
ure of the retort stove is the fact that il
burns Ignite with perfect success. rails
ing it to the grade of frSt-claSS fuel
for all domestic and Industrial purposed
When it is considered that the area OF
the Ignite deposits in the United States
is much greater than that of the true
Goals, the significance of this invention
may be in measure realized.
Patterns Of the new stove are now
being made, and samples of some of the
designs will be cast within few days,
and public tests and exhibitions of its
| performance will soon follow. The
authorized capital stock of this company
is S2500O0.
Fifth-The Kuhl & Cumming com
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