St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-01
BEAVER LAKE GETS IT
The Wood Harvester Site Has
at Last Been Sc
leeted.
Beaver Lake Boomers Carry
Off the Much-Coveted
Plum.
The Selection Creates Wide
spread Dissatisfaction in
the City.
White Bear Electric Road
Shown to Be Behind the
Deal.

After debating the question of partic-
ular advantages offered by different or
CARNATIONS and public-spirited citizens,
the Walter A. Wood harvester works
site problem has finally been deter
mined. The directors have chosen the
so-caIled Beaver lake site, and they offer
as their reason for this course that the
railroad facilities offer special adyan-
tages that the company could not over
look. There is frontage of more than
half mile on the Omaha railroad, and
the proposed new electric extension OF
the East Seventh street car line skirts
the site. There are some tifty-fiye acres
of land in the tract, and it is
all substantially on level with the rail
road. The shops will be erected, it is
promised. on the highest point, about
275 feet above the river. The average
altitude OF the entire ffty-tiye acres is
250 feet above the river. The street car
system, of course, furnishes fiye-cent
rate, and the Omaha road promises
Communication tickets at the same price.
Then there will be a connection with
the Wisconsin Central road, the Bur
lington and the Milwaukee, the 800"
and the Northern Pacific, giving six
railroads to handle the freight of the
mandatory.
1t might be added that the different
organizations of citizens that have been
actively identified with the competition
for this site are somewhat disappointed.
They feel that the best interests of the
city would have been better conserved
had the company located the works
within the city limits. But the COM
pany feels that it has the most at stake
and should be the judges of the inter
eStS of the concern.
The company remained in secret seS-
sion all the afternoon and until nearly
z O'Clock last evening. 1t was diff
cult and pulling problem to solve.
There were great advantages offered by
every section Of the city that proffered
sites, and the company was i'll doubt
until the final action was taken. 1t is
determined to begin work at once in
erecting the buildings that will be re-
quired for the works. This will give
ready employment to large crews of
laboring men, and then will follow the
regular crew that will be needed in the
manufactory.
This selection of the Beaver lake site
will prove very fortunate to certain OF
the bright young spectators of the city
who had the happy faculty of predict
ing the outcome Of the competition that
has been waged between the different
localities for the site. Several gentle
men secured options upon the most
available tracts adjacent to the IS acres
hat have been elected. 1t is calculated
that the Wood Harvester Works will
tbuiId up little city of at least 10000 in
habitantS. sooner or later, at Beaver
lake, and these investments in re-
atty made at very low prices
promise to bring in rich returns in the
near future. The location, OF course, is
very unsatisfactory to, the, citizens
whose property interests led them to
compete for the prize in-some different
locality, and there is some talk that
moneyed men who had bought stock
would like to retire. But it ismore
likely that the recalcitrant element will
be fully reconciled ir short time, and
everybody will be glad to hold the stock
they own. The company is now
operating the Minneapolis Harvester
works, but that institution will
soon be abandoned. and all manufact-
uring operations will be conducted in
st. Paul. The Minneapolis harvester
patents have all passed into the pos
session of the Walter Atwood company,
and these, together with the patents
held prior to the later purchases
make mighty strong combination, and
it is calculated that the Wood harvester
will become the superlative and popu-
lar machine among the farmers OF the
W est. The company will give employ
m ent to little army of men, and these
operatives must live in st. Paul. Hence
it is easy to conceive the benefits that
must inure.