St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-10

William Lindeke was born Oct. l,
1885, in Seehausen, near Berlin. Prus-
STA. He received Il common school edu
cation, and after leaving school worked
for his father until eighteen years old.
Seeing no prospects for young man in
an Overcrowded country his am
bilious mind turned to Amer
lea. whittier he emigrated in 1854,
landing in Montreal in June,
but went to Wisconsin, in which state
he worked at various places until the
summer of 1857, when ne came to st.
Paul. He began work in the saw mill
of Pierre Chouteau Jr. IL Co., which
stood on the lower levee, but which was
managed by Col. j. s. Prince. He
worked in the sawmiil one year, when
at his request Col. Prince transferred
him to the grlst mill near by,
which belonged to the same
firm. He learned the milling
trade, in which he later became
eminently successful. After learning
the trade he engaged with Gibbons ~
Marshall as miller i'll what was then
known as the Winslow mills, located OIL
the Northern Pacific railroad in lower
town. When the City mills were erect
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nu >. on Trout brook. Mr.. Lindeke be-
came the head miller. In 1868 Mr..
Marshall. retiring from active business,
rented this mill to Mr.. Lindeke
for one year. In 1864 he purchased
lot OH East Fourth street, then called
Territorial road, through which lot
Trout brook ran, and built his own mill
thereon, called the Union mill. From
this time on he ran both mills for three
years at profit. During this time he
acquired lot after lot in the vicinity Of
Trout brook, from Fourth to Eighth
streets, and thereby laid the fOun-
dation of his wealth. He ran the
Union mills until 1856, when being
hemmed in on all sides by railroads, he
sold part of his lots, including the
Union mill property, 10 the Northern
Pacific Railroad company for $4,000
cash. reSerVing the right to run the mill
until the completion of his new steam
Touring mill of 200 barrels capacity,
which he erected against the advice of
his family at the corner OF East Sew
enth and Brook streets. The wisdom
of building this new mill is shown
bv the marked success attending the
venture. 1t is one of the finest and
best arranged establishments of that
character in the Northwest ana Is pro-
nounced a "mOdel mill" 1t is under
the efficient management OF his brother,
Frederick Lindeke, who experiences no
trouble whatever in selling the entire
product thereof in this city without be-
ing compelled TO ship q single barrel.
Besides being engaged in the milling
business, it being his first love-" Mr..
William Lindeke has also, since the
year 1871, been engaged in
other Enterprises.
In that year he established a retail
drv goods and notion store in one of his
buildings on Third street with his
brother, Albert II. Lindeke. an expert
in that business, buying out the part
ners then connected with his brother,
under the firm name of A. II. Lindeke
d Rro., which business they carried on
until 1880 when they sold out to the
firm of Lindekes, Ladd & Co., the Lin
deke of the firm being nephew of
William and A. II. Lindeke. In 1878
William Lindeke became engaged in
the wholesale dry goods and notion bus
mess in company with his brother, AL
bert II. Lindeke. Reuben Warner and
Theodore l.. Schumacher, making the
firm of Lindeke, Warner IL Schur meier,
and. although commencing in no very
prosperous time, by splendid manage
ment, honest dealing and careful invest
ments the firm stands now in the first
rank of the wholesale trade in the city,
and is one of the largest establishments
of the kind west of New York, the sales
amounting to S5,OO0,0O0 year.
William Lindeke worked himself up
from poor boy to one of the merchant
princes of the Northwest. But. while
blessed with prosperity, he did not for
get his relatives who were not so pros
porous, and assisted them all in one
way and another. 90 that they are In