St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-14
A Population Of Two Hun
dred Thousand Is Indi--
Gated.
The City's Progress and Pros
perity Neatly Are Ex-
plotted.
Special Reference to Manu-
featuring and Railroad
Facilities.

| however that may De, thaG event was
! consummated yesterday. The directory
did not exactly make its appearance.
but the advance sheets did, and they
| herald the advent of the book in the
course of few days. The new direc
tory will, in the language of the street.
be dandy. 1t will contain the names
of S2.6l4 citizens. But. as the preface
will say, ga properly prepared directory
is far more than a mere catalogue OF the
names, addresses and occupations of cit
liens. 1t is historic record, in detail, of
city's progress, and is often used by
those contemplating removal to or max
ing Investments in a strange city. for
the purpose of satisfying themselves as
to the measure of prosperity such city
enjoys, and what the future is likely to.
develop for it. The increase or decrease
of population must, OF course, CORE
spond with the number of names in an
accurate directory, and the latter conse
qHentiy becomes more reliable author
! ity than a census SO far as this question
| is concerned, while it has the further
advantage OF being constantly up to
I date
AS soon as the new directory of each
| year is issued. the first question: asked
| is, "What does it make the populatiOng'
The answer this time is little indeh-
mite. Instead OF giving a direct answer,
| the book gives tile number of names,
| the popular ratio of such names to the
population, and any one may figure out
| the result. On this subject it says:
| There are S2,614 names In this vol
ume. an increase of 2,2ll over those in
the last issue. The smallest figure used
| anywhere to represent the women and
| Rl,illrnn yyhnsp 6n mt
| in the directory. is 81, but the census
! was so badly taken here, OF the direc-
| tory canvass is So complete, that the APP
| plicati0n Of this smallest multiple Gre
ates such wide discrepancy in the two
! estimates of population as to diSeredit
both. The public has one mans Word
that the census is complete; it has 200
names of citizens as evidence of the ac-
curacy of the directory. There is a gain
of 1888 names in the directory since the
census was taken, and st. Paul has
every appearance of the cities of the
200,0 900 class, with which the lowest di-
| rectory estimate Of population will
| place it,.
/ The directory preface proceeds at in
teresting length to detail the statistical
history of ST. Paul for the past decade,
giving facts and figures already printed
in these columns. One item of interest
contains the recent additions to the
| trade of the city, as follows:
New Concerns.
There are more abstracters of land
titles, l more accountant, 3 more adver-
Using agents, 2 more agricultural inn
| PIGMENT manufacturers, 9 more large
| apartment houses, 5 more bakeries, 2
more bands of music. more bank, 3
| more bath rooms. bicycle dealers. 2
more blacksmiths, more book
and stationery dealer, whole
| sale boot and shoe manufacturers,
more broom manufacturers, l more
dealer in building materials, a car
wheel manufacturer. l more carpet
| weaver. cash register dealers. l moro
dealer in church goods, more cigar
stores, 2 more confectionery manufact-
urerS, % more confectionery dealers. l
more dentist, 2 more detective agencies.
10 more dressmakerS, more drug
! stores, more express cOmpany,7 more
flour and feed dealers. more foundry
and machine shops, z more furniture
dealers, IL more groceries, 2 more har-
| ness dealers, more hOrseShoer, more
house movers. L more ice dealer.
more insurance agencies, 3
more ir0ns works, 9 more jewellers,
l more junk dealer, ladies' shoe
| manufact0fy. more land companies, 2
| more lumber dealers, 8 more machinery
| dealers, 2 more machine shops, more
manufacturers agents, l more marble
works, 6 more mattress manufacturers,
20 more retail meat markets., 5 more
wholesale meat markets, 5 more medi--
| cine manufacturers, more mercantile
agencies, 2 more dealers in musical in
struments, 2 more oculists, Is more ply
| sicians, l more picture and picture
frame dealer, poultry farm, 6 more
| renting agencies, l more showcase fac
| tory. 2 more stair builders, Ia more tai
| loring establishments. 1 slipper factory,
and one of the largest agricultural inn
plement factories in the world.
transportation Facilities.
An interesting paragraph on trans
| portation facilities is as follows:
While the railroads cOntributory to
| this city are operated by ten companies,
| there are twenty-One distinct lines of
road; six connect us with Chicago, one
with Sault Ste. Marie, three with Kali
sas City, two with st. Louis, four with
Duluth, two with Winnipeg, two with
! Butte and Helena and two with the
coast cities of Washington and Oregon.
| Not only so. but these systems of roads
| afford immediate connection with every
| other system on this continent. and it
| is no more difficult to ship goods direct
! from st. Paul to any other American
| city than 1t is to do SO from Chicago or
! New York. But its railroads do not, by
any means, comprise the sum OF st.
| PanFS transportation facilities. Those
which connect the city with Duluth and
| Superior enable it to use the great north
| ern waterway, by which it is as near to
! Atlantic seaports and all the cities on
the five great lakes as Chicago is by
way of Lake Michigan. The distance
to Duluth is only about 155 miles by rail,
so that the cost of land carriage for lake
route freightS is not matter of much
moment to shippers. For intercourse
! with tue countries south of us, and
nlti nately for trade between the
Northwest and Mexico, Central and
South America, St. Paul has the Mis-
| sissippl river. AS a channel of trade,
| this is too important to be overlooked,
and though the jealousies of cities
competitive with those situated upon its
banks may delay its improvement I'D to
! the full measure of it's usefulness. thew
cannot hinder it much longer. now that
| the population of the country dependent
upon it is being added to so rapidly, and
| its influence in the federal councils fast
becoming paramount. The time is not
distant when this mighty stream and its
| important affiuentS will lie regarded
! as commercial highways entirely
worthy Of the general governments
fostering care. and their claims for ap-
| propsiatIons for improvement will no
longer be sealed down because of i'm
| portunities in behalf of rivers hardly
| nayigable by hundred-ton barges, or of
| impractleable canal schemes. Tlle
movements of carload freigits by rail
last year were: Receipts, La, G20; ship
| ments, lf7.769. For the first five months
Of 1892 they were: Receipts. e. s34o
against 5l.4i6 for The corresponding
period of 1891: aua shipments, 44,42a
| carloads. against SO. 773S7 in the first five
months of last year: all increase of TO-
926 car loads received and 1865
| shipped.
Manufactures of the City.
While st. Paul has been from its ear