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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07
CIVIL ENGINEER.
Mr.. Loweth Has Had Great Ex-
perience in His Line.

Charles F. Loweth, $50 and SCI Drake
block, established in st. Paul in May,
1888, does a general business as a con-
sulting civil engineer for all kinds of
bridge designing, sewerage. waterworks
and other municipal engineering. He
was engineer for the union depot COM
pany, and designed and supervised
the con struction of the union depot
train shed in this city, costing $50, 600,
de was chief engineer for the Sioux
City RapidTranSitc company, Sioux City,
To-, and designed and superintendent the
construction of the lately completed ell
evated railroad in that city; double
track steel structure, a mile and half in
length, and costing S270,000. Mr.. Low
eth, during this last year, was engineer
in charge of the construction of a $780,
coo highway bridge over the Mississippi
river at Lyons, To-, for the Lyons IL Full
ton Bridge company. He lately designed
Il $4,000 street viaduct to be built over
the railroad tack, on Fourth street, in
Sioux City. Has designed and had
charge of the construction of four large
street bridges now being built in Mime
ap0lis, by the Minneapolis & st. Louis
Halfway company over its yards and
tracks. Also designed the bridges at
Seventh street and Lafayette avenue
over the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern railroad tracks, and at Missis-
slppi street and Rice street over the
Northern Pacific railroad tracks, all in
this city; also a number of important
structures on the lines of the Northern
Pacific railroad, st. Paul d Duluth rail-
way. Minneapolis. st. Paul IL Sault Ste
Marie railway, including two Missis-
sippi river bridges, several iron draw
spans and roof trusses for three
different lots of large railroad
shops. He is now preparing
plans for sewerage sys-
tenn for Waverly, To-; GAINESVILLE, Wis,
and Owat0una, Mimi, and has lately
done similar work for Escanaba and
Hancock, Mich. and previously for Eau
Claire, Sioux City, Mankato, YanktOn,
Sioux Falls and other places. He is
now making plans for some large storm
water sewers for Sioux City. Also
prepared plans for water works for
Waverly. Cedar Falls and Vinton. 10. /;
Black River Falls. Wis, and Austin,
Mimi. and lately for Redwood Falls,
MINI.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07
ONE OF THE OLDEST.
A Favorable Showing Made by
MeSsrs. John NeVin & Son.

n CdHOrdule showing MADE Oy
Messrs. John Nevin & Son.
Messrs. John Nevin 81 Son are among
the oldest contractors in the city. Mr..
Nevin came to st. Paul in the early
spring of 1859. The building trade was
somewhat slow just then. ana smaller in
proportion to what it few years later
assumed. Mr.. Nevin, shortly after his
arrival here, took a contract for the cut
ting OF portion of the cut stone for the
Mckubbin building, then in course of
construction on the ground now Occu-
pied by the Metropolitan hotel. Mr..
Nevin, speaking of Mr.. McKubbin, SAYS,
''I1e was big-hearted Southern gentle
men" and in reference to the business
section of the city in the fifties
says, sit then ran from Bridge
square up to and around Seven
corners. The Winslow and the Ameri-
can hotels were at or near Seven cor
ners, with Doc RobinSon's drug store
and dry goods on the first floor of the
WInslow." Mr.. Nevin, from the outset
OF his settlement in st. Paul, found
plenty of work. He contracted for and
furnished the native lime stone dressed
ready for the walls of the Burbank resi-
dence near ramsey street hill. Mr..
Neyin says: sit was the only stone
we had then IN st. Paul. call the Bur-
bank residence nice-lOoking one even
yet" Mr.. Nevin has continued contract
ing in store and brick work from
that time up to the present, with full
satisfaction to the citizens whose work
he has so successfully and excellently
finished. Mr.. Nevin is a most palms.
taking, diligent and honorable gentle
man. Il fancied at one time" he the
other day remarked. "that a corner or
angle on my own work was not properly
started if did not see to it myself"
Among the later achievements of
Messrs. John Nevin & Son may be men-
toned the foundation of the GLOBE
building. the numerous stone founda-
tions of bridges in st. Paul and Min
neapolis, the Great Northern offices and
the original Washburn A mill,
Omaha shops at Hudson, round.
house at st. Paul. Messrs. John
Nevin & Son do all manner Of
contracting and building work in stone
and brick. Their sale quarry and resi-
dence is at 282 Harrison avenue. They
own red and gray granite Quarries at
St Cloud. and their offices are "a and %
Germania Life building.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07
DOES GREAT WORK.
The Contracts Successfully Un-
dertaken by j. ID. Moran.

The Contracts Successfully Un-
dertaken by j. ID. Moran.
J. ID. Moran, of 2lO Lumbermen and
Builders Exchange, is a contractor and
quarry owner, who has built some nOta-
BILE buildings in St. Paul. To mention
a few, he was the builder of Lowry's
Arcade. the electric power house on
East Seventh street, the Phalen creek
sewer, one of the largest sewers in the
West; the grading and wallng of East
Third street, the grading and walIing of
Oakland street and East Sixth street,
Selby avenue for the city railway com
pany, dwelling for himself at $50
ROndO, a dwelling for q. a. Morgan at
481 GOodhue street and Fifteenth to
Twentieth streets, and sewer contracts
for the city. Mr.. Moran has the largest
and best plant in the city for heavy ma
sonry. quarry and brick work, and has
capital Of $4,000. During the work
ing season he employs from $50 to 200
men and 25 to 50 teams, and has con-
stantly-On hand large stock of ouarried
blueSt0ne, footing, range and rubble for
sale. Mr.. Moran came to st. Paul in
1855, and has been contracting for the
past nine years. Previous to that time
he was in the mercantile business. He
is native of Illinois.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07

Mr.. FitZ dying shortly afterward. the
management and conduct of its affairs
devOlved solely on the other member of
the firm, who carried on the business
alone until 1871, when B. Sutherland
secured an interest; Mr.. Cakes being
admitted to partnership in 1886. The
concern have done most of the pile
driving in st. Paul for the past twenty
five years, and still controls it. They
have constructed the elevators on
several OF the leading lines of rail-
way radiating from st. Paul, and
erected the depots, trestles, bridges
and warehouses on many of them be-
sides. They also built the trestlework,
etc., of the first railroad between this
city and Minneapolis in the early days,
and in all their operations have kept
fully abreast of the rapid development
and enormous construction business of
recent years. They employ one hundred
men. on an average, at all seasons of
the year, and are well supplied with en-
gines, hosting machinery, pile drivers,
ana all the other paraphernalia and
equipment pertaining to the business.
George w. Sherwood, the head of the
firm and founder Of the enterprise, is
native Of New York. and followed the
same occupation I'm that state before
coming here in 1856. He is the best
known man in this line of industry in
the entire Northwest, and stands in the
highest estimation of all. B. Suther-
land is also native of the Empire
state, and was engaged in farming and
the hotel business there prior to his ad-
vent here in 1871; and George W. Cakes,
the Junior partner, halls from Ohio, and
dates his arrival in st. Paul from this
same YEAR
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07
THE BUILDERS EXCHANGE.
An Organization Doing a Great
Work for Business Men.

An Organization Doing a Great
Work for Business Men.
The first step towards the organiza-
ton of this important adjunct to the
city's progress was taken in 1856, and
Its raiSon d'etre has since been shown
in the great benefit accrulng to the
building fraternity and such of the pub
lie at large as have awaited themselves
of its privileges. The prime object in
its formation was to bring into closer
and more harmonious relations the vari-
GUS branches of the building business of
the city, in order to protect and pro-
mote the several interests represented.
Hearty cooperation on the part of the
leading craftsmen of the different
trades and by the manufacturers of and
dealers in building materials soon
placed the ASSOCIATION on a sub
stantial basis, and its rooms
became the headquarters of the
building interests of the city.
In addition to the usual features
of organization for protection and pro-
motion of common interests. the associa-
ton endeavorS TO serve the public, as
we'll as its members, by providing
central bureau or Exchange" where
any requisite information concerning
building may be had. and where the
leading contractors, manufacturers and
dealers may be found by one another, or
the public, at stated hour in each bus
mess day. In the building business this
is particularly needed, as the busy con-
tractor wants daily TO consult owner,
architect, SubcOntractor or dealer; but
the contractors operations cover so
wide territory and his presence is so
constantly required on one job or an
other that he can spend but little time
in his office, and that irregularly. To
prevent the consequent loss of time and
annoyance in transacting business
among and with its members, the Build.
ers' exchange has established a Change
hour. from 80 to II, when every
member is expected to be on the floor in
person or by representative. The adj
yantages TO architects, contractors,
manufacturers, dealers and the public
generally are obvious. The exchange
membership embraces the representa-
tive men of all lines of the building bus
mess, and its cOmmodious quarters are
conveniently located on the second floor
OF the Builders exchange building, 81
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07
Is GROWING DAILY.
The Business OF the st. Paul Roof.
ing and COrnice Works.

The Business OF the st. Paul Roof.
ing and COrnice Works.
One of the most enterprising institu-
tons in the city is the St Paul Roofing
and Cornice works, whose works are To-
Gated at the west end of Wabasha street
bridge. The proprietOrs, Messrs. Lee
febvre & Deslauriers, are both prac-
teal men, and have, by close attention
to business, built up trade second
to none in their line In the Northwest.
They employ at present in st. Paul
thirty-five to forty men, and in their
branch at Duluth have twenty-five
men. The work of this firm can be seen
in all parts of this city and vicinity.
They have made and put up some of the
finest copper and galYanized-iron work
ever used in this section, that on
the DacOtah flats. at the corner of
Selby and Western avenues, being fine
specimen of what can be done with COP
per. Samples of their work can be seen
Oh such buildings aSJ. II. Schurmeier's
residence, the Convent of Visitation.
Blair block, the Colonnade, the Union
depot train sheds, on which they used
$1,000 square feet of ribbed glass and
900 squares of TayIOr's old style tin
roofing. They have put the roofing on
some of the largest buildings in this
part of the country-warehouse and
engine houses for the Eastern Mime
sofa railway company at West Superior,
round houses for the Northern Pacific
railway at Glendive, Mont. Dickinson
and Jamestown, n. d., also on the
Kavanaugh block at the corner of Sixth
and Wabasha streets in this city. This
block has the largest single skylight on
any building in st. Paul.
The works occupied by this firm last
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07
A BOX FACTORY.
Enormous Volume of Business
Done by BIOdgett & Ospood.

Enormous Volume of Business
Done by BIOdgett & Osgood.
Blodgett & Osgood will about Jan.
move into their new factory at East st.
Paul. Their business was established
about twenty-One years ago by j. F.
BlOdgett, who started the first box fac
tory in st. Paul. He was succeeded by
the present firm about eighteen years
ago, and the business has con-
tlnued TO grow as the city
has grown. Twice before the
firm has been obliged to move into
larger quarters to accommodate their
business. They have been doing all
their facilities would permit during the
last two years, manufacturing all kinds
of plain and dovetail boxes, egg cases
and box shocks: also dressed lumber
and general building woodwork. both
pine and hardwood, and have done
fully ten times the volume of business
done on the start. Last January
they had a very disastrous fire, their
factory being entiraly destroyed, entail
ing very heavy loss. They built tenn
porary quarters on the old site, and,
having strong faith in the future of st.
Paul, both as manufacturing and COM
mercial city, concluded to build factory
which will be credit to themselves as
well as to the city, and put in plant
which, when completed, will be one of
the best box factory plants in the coun-
try and second to none in the West.
The building is of brick. solid and sub
stantial, and covers ground space Of
150X200 feet. 1t Is surrounded by ample
grounds aud railroad facilities to handle
lumber as cheaply as it can be handled.
The building will be equipped with first.
class machinery, ample dry kiln fac:lf,
ties. and. if business increases so as to
make it necessary to run the plant to its
full capacity, 200 men will be employed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07
HE HEADS ALL.
Mr.. Brack the Pioneer Painter in
the City.

the City.
George NJ. Brack. of IL and 4S West
Fourth street, has been thirty three
years in business in st. Paul, and this
consecutively but for three years spent
in the army during the rebellion. 1t
would be difficult to give a business
man any higher testimonial than this,
for it demonstrates more loudly than
words the high qualifications which
have enanbled him to successfully con-
tinue to cater to the wishes of his GUS
toners. Mr.. Brack has actively inter-
ested himself in promoting the
welfare of the painting trade
as a profession, and towards that
end he has occupied the Onerous and
honorable position of president of the
local association of master painters. Mr..
Brack has contracted for some of the
best buildings and residences there are
in the city. A few may be mentioned:
BuildiugS-the Manufacturer block, May
all & De Coster building, Metropolitan
opera house, Central Presbyterian
church A; residences-Dr. Wharton's,
Archbishop Ireland's, Clarence Secors',
Farrar & House block on Summit
avenue and F. Il. Kellogg's. Mr.. Brack
is now engaged on the new Merrill
block, the German NJ. Z. church and a
number of new residences in course of
erection. A year ago Mr. Brach, not
withStanding the competition met
with in this line, he was CON-
PEELED to enlarge his quarters to
meet the demands of his increasing
trade in wall papers. The flattterng
success in this department warrants
him in enlarging his stock Geo. l.. De
Zouche, an artist, has charge of this de-
Dartment
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07

each year since have steadily increased
their amount of work done, and today
they can cite many of the most elabo-
rate offices and banks throughout the
city and state which attest their ability
Tor neat design and good workmanship.
Also in the line of hardwood interior
finish their work is not surpassed by
any Eastern firm and is credit to any
city. We give few of the many resi-
dences which their interior hardwood
work shows for itself: d. @. Shep-
ards, Dayton and Harrington ave-
nues: c. P. Noyes' on Virginia avenue;
A. w. Krehs', Dayton and Harrington;
j. l.. Schurmeier's, Crocus hill; Mrs. C.
z. Smiths, Olive st rect; the Aberdeen.
Dayton and Virginia; Clinton Markell,
ID. G. Cash, OF Duluth; the Spalding
hotel, of Duluth; the Broadway hotel,
OF West Superior, Wis. At the present
they are employed in filling a large con-
tract for ID. ID. Merrill a. Co.'s new store
on Fifth and st. Peter, and interior hard
wood work for the residence of Peter
Pfelfer
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07
UNITY is STRENGTH.
The End and Aims of the Con-
tracing Carpenters Associa-
ton.

The End and Aims of the Con-
tracing Carpenters Associa-
ton.
Among the many organizations which
exist in st. Paul there are none which
have performed their work and accom-
plished more changes and reforms in
the building trade than that of the asso-
citation known as the Contracting Car
penters' association. Up to the time
of its organization there had \been no
branch of trade which has suffered so
much from incompetent and unreliable
competition as that of the building con-
tractors, and on March 3, 1890, the mas
ter carpenters met together at the
rooms of the Builders exchange and
formed the above association. This as
ISOLATION was organized for the purpose
or establishing more social and friend
ly relation between architects, owners
and the builders. and to better the
conditions of the building inter-
estS of st. Paul. Last March
the leading builders realized that some
thing should be done, and the Contract
Ing Carpenters association took the in
itial step towards bringing together the
different trades in separate organization
and uniting them in what is known as
the Contractors Exchange. As con-
sequence of the movement the mas
ter painters, plaStererS, stone and brick
maSons, Stone cutters and carpenters
have been associated, and are prepared
to guarantee its membership to the pub
lie as thoroughly reliable and competent
in their several trades. The Contract
ing Carpenters association have large
and cOmmOdiouS room on the second
floor of the Reardon block, where 4 daily
exchange meeting is held between the
hours Of III and IL a. m. The different
trades composing the Contractors ex-
change meet each other at times TO
transact whatever business which may
be necessary in their relations to each
other in the construction Of buildings.
The officers and members are:
OFFICERS.
NJ. Gordon Craig. president.
John II. DOnOhue, vice president
John III. Hoffman, secretary.
Andrew Rankin, treasurer
TRUSTEES
f. j. Roemer, o. L. Rheaume Nicholas
Rauen, f. y. Fitzgerald, G. w. Dorrance.
Delegates TO Contractors Exchange of St.
Paul: l.. ]. Roemer John IL. Donohuc, G..
w. Dorrance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07
A HOME FIRM.
The High Standing Attained by
the Minnesota Slate and Tile
COmnanv

The High Standing Attained by
the Minnesota Slate and Tile
Company.
F. B. Boss is president. and W. T.
Rumney the secretary and treasurer of
the Minnesota Slate and Tile company,
This company bought out the Pennsyl-
vania Slate company, January, 1891, and
they do a wholesale and roofing, slate
and floor thing business. The company
has done some of the largest slate roof.
ing in the Northwest. The Pioneer
Press building was rooted by this firm,
and is considered the largest job of the
kind west of Chicago. The thing was
also done for this building, and 1t was
one of the largest jobs done in the city.
The company has also tiled the floors of
the following buildings: The Germania
Life, union depot, Germania bank,
Ryan, Metropolitan. Dacotah flats. and
the state capitol. The Granite block
and Montana National bank. of Helena,
Mont, were tiled by this firm, as well
as the insane asylum at Fergus Falls,
reform school at Red Wing, aud the st.
Louis hotel at Duluth. There is hardly
a public building in st. Paul which the
Minnesota Slate and Tile company
has not either rooted or tiled the floors,
and the high-class character of its work.
manship is we'll atteSted. The company
is home organization and is deserving
the support Of every patriotic Mime
SOtan
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-07
A BIG BUSINESS
Done by the WelI-knOwn Grading
Contractors, Messrs. Dale II
Rrrn o. a rd NON

Done by the WelI-Known Grading
Contractors, Messrs. Dale II
Bumgardner
Messrs. Dale & Bumgardner are grade
contractors. This firm has between
fifteen and twenty thousand dollars in-
vested in plant, consisting of cars,
track, scrapers, teams, etc. They are
credited with having the most complete
grading outfit in the city. Few firms
have undertaken larger contracts. 10
mention a few: Messrs. Dale 81 Bum
gardner graded Marshall avenue,
from Victoria street to the
river; jerks street, from Mis-
sisSippi to Earl street; Earl street,
from Post Siding TO the city limits; Fair
view street, known as Jackson street
hill. The amount or dirt removed from
Falrview street and private property
adjoining amounted to nearly 100000
cubic yards, and one years work was
put in upon it. The average hau! of
material was three-quarters of mile.
ana from 100 to LOO men, with ID or &c
teams, were employ The firm has
done large amount Of private work,
Paul Martins fill being Que. This con-
sisted of 10000 cubic feet Of dirt taken
from the hill and placed on the low
ICNCl' AtuOuS luG OHIISSI contracts
done by thiS firm was some Of the heavi-
est work on the shores OF Lake Perrin
for the Burlington railroad and the
waterwOrkS extension for Minneapolis.
Mr.. Dale, The senior member 81 the
firm, has charge of the financial matters.
and MIR. Bumgardner personally super
intends the outdoor work. The firm is now
doing a piece of grading on Stickney
street, and improving the Kansas City
railroad track with the dirt removed. he
turnover of the firm averages 500. 600 a
year, thus placing them in the front
with the other leading contractors of
st. Paul and vicinity. MesSrs. Dale u
Bumgardner do not confine their con-
tracing 10 st. Paul. but do railroad
work all over the country. Of the out
side work done by them. large portion
has been undertaken in the city of
St Cloud. Mr.. John Dale, an English
man by birth. has bsen in St Panl
about twenty years. He is member
of the Park commission. Mr. Brun-
gardner came from Ohio ten years ago,
and has been engaged in general con
tracing since 1856, when he and Mr..
Dale entered partnership. Prior to that
time Mr.. Dale was building contractor.
Mr.. Bumgardner has been superintend-
ent for some Of the leading firms in ST.
Paul and Minneapolis. The office of
this hrm is at rs South Robert street.