St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-14
The City's Progress and Pros
perity Neatly Are Ex-
plotted.
Special Reference to Manu-
featuring and Railroad
Facilities.

L
| 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, "a properly prepared directory
is far more than mere catalogue of the
names, addresses and occupations of cit
liens. 1t is historic record, in detail, of
cty'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-
quentiy becomes more reliable author
irv than census SO far as this question
is concerned, while it has the further
advantage of being constantly up to
date"
AS soon as the new directory of each
year is issued, the first question asked
is, ''What does it make the population?''
| The answer this time is little indefi-
| mite. Instead of giving direct answer,
the book gives tile number of names,
| tllC pODuIdI IdliO VI SllGll udIlCo " titC
| population, and any one may figure out
| the result. On this subject it SAYS:
There are S2,6f4 names in this vol
ume. an increase of 2,2l1 over those in
the last issue. The smallest figure used
anywhere to represent the women and
| children, whose names do not appear
in the directory, is 81, but the census
was so badly taken here, or the diree-
| tory canvass is so complete, that the ap-
plicatiOn Of this smallest multiple Gre
ates such a wide discrepancy iii the two
estimates of population as to diScredit
both. The public has one mans Word
that the census is complete; it has $4,000
names of citizens as evidence of the ac-
curacy of the directory. There is gain
of 1888 names in the directory since the
census was taken, and st. Paul has
every appearance of the cities of the
100000 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, 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 aud shoe manufacturers,
2 more broom manufacturers, l more
dealer in building materials, a car
wheel manufacturer. 1 4 more carpet
weaver, 2 cash register dealers. more
dealer in church goods more cigar
stores, 2 more confectionery manufact-
urers, % more confectionery dealers,
more dentist, 2 more detective agencies.
10 more dressmakerS, more drug
stores, more express company more
flour and feed dealers, more foundry
and machine shops, Z more furniture
dealers, II more groceries. 2 more har-
ness dealers, more horseShoer, more
house movers, 1 more ice dealer,
more insurance agencies, 3
more iron. works, 9 more jewellers,
more junk dealer, ladies' shoe
mandatory. more land companies, 2
more lumber dealers, 8 more machinery
dealers, 2 more machine shops, more
manufacturers agents, l more marble
works, more mattress manufacturers,
20 more retail meat markets, 5 more
wholesale meat markets, 5 more medi-
cine manufacturers, more mercantile
agencies, more dealers in musical in
struments, more oculistS, 10 more ply
sicians, l more picture and picture
frame dealer, a poultry farm, 9 more
renting agencies, l more showcase fac
tory. 2 more stair builders, Ia more tai
loring establishments, 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 Kan
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, bv
any means, comprise the sum of ST.
PaufS 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 OH
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 the countries south of us. and
nlti nately for trade between the
Northwest and Mexico, Central and
South America, ST. Paul has the Mis-
SiSSippi 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 up to
the full measure of its usefulness. thew
cannot hinder it much longer, now that
the population of the country dependent
upon tits 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. The
movements Of carload freights by rail
last year were: Receipts. ia, G20; ship
ments, 1f7.T69. For the first five months
of 1892 they were: Receipts. g.. :3f442
against 5I.4i6 for the corresponding
period OF 1891: aua shipments, 44,,+22
carloads. against SO. 737 in the first five
months of last year: all increase of TO-
926 car loads received ana 1865
shipped.
Manufactures Of the City.
While st. Paul has been from its ear
Hest Infancy commercial rather than
a manufacturing city, yet she has never