St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-14
CONTRACTORS.
WILLIAM II. LINER.


Among the number of the prominent
contractors on cut stone and mason
work is William II. Timer. who. eleven
years ago was a member of the firm OF
Timer Il Smith, founders of the present
house. Five years later Mr.. Smith re-
tired, and Mr.. Timer has managed his
large interests alone.
Mr.. Ulmer is of sturdy New England
stock. He left Maine in 1882 and came
to st. Paul. where he engaged at once
in the work he is now pursuing. He IS
a member of the Commercial club and
the Builders exchange. He Is also
vice PRESIDENT of the Cut Stone Con-
tractors association. The mill and
works of Mr.. Ulmer are at the foot Of
Chestnut street. on the upper IeVee-
Tue amount of money invested is $780,
600. and the annual business done
reaches from $3.50 to Sl60.000.
Mr.. Timer owns the huntsville
quarry, at huntsville. Wis, and the
Blue Stone quarry, at st. Claire, Wis;
also deals i'll Bedford. Ind. stone; Ohio
sandstone. Washburn and Bayfield,
brown stone and KaSota stone.
LAUER BROTHERS.
The L.auer Brothers, Charles and
Henry, IN the past thirteen years, have
been identified with a very large num-
Der OF building operations. They came
to St. Paul in 1879, and opened up III
their business in the same year. They
are members of the Builders exchange,
aud Henry Lauer is a director in that
body. while Charles Lauer is president
of the Cut Stone Contractors aSsoeia-
ton.
Lauer Brothers are proprietors OF the
big steam saw mill and stone planer,
foot of Chestnut street, where also is
the office and the yard of the firm. the
whole covering three acres OF land.
They are also dealers in all kinds or
stone, and they do to order all kinds Of
/ stone-cutting and saving and planning.
/ They are doing one of the largest bust
/ nesses of the kind in the Northwest,
! employing from $50 TO 800 hands, ac-
! cordlng to the Sc son. They are con-
! tractors and builders and take contracts
! for ali kinds of building work. having
! all the appliances for the most extensive
! operations.
p. Il. DONOVAN & soN.
=. II. Donovan, the senior member OF
| the above firm. 400 Lumber Exchange
building, came to this section from Ire
| land when twenty years old. lie began
! in business in 1854, but went to the
| Pacific coastan returned here recently,
| when the above partnership, including
/ himself and son. was formed. They
| have superintendent many jobs OF mag
! uitude. including the building or the
court house at Rochester and at Has
| tings and the st. Mary'S church here.
! Both gentlemen are highly respected.
LAFAYETTE SHAW.
The above named gentleman has
| lived in st. Paul Tor tnirtY-fiVe years.
is one of the leading contractors OF the
1 v-4r- uTTfi
| is well posted on values and appralSe-
ments. His office is at Al GilfiIlan block.
He employs Mr.. r. (. Patterson, al
architect of skill and experience, who
was formerly with Z. c. Long Il Co.,
| and among those structures which may
be citeu as examples of their ability
ara tue Merchants National Bank build
ing. the Metropolitan block and many
others of note.
ANDREW RANKIN,
/ A contractor and builder, who makes
a speciality. of large contracts, IS MIR
= Andrew Rankin, whose shop and Office
are at Ash Seiby avenue. Mr.. Rankin
/ began business in st. Paul in 1884
having come from Canada. He is {
! practical workman, makes estimates OF
| building brick. stone, and wood struc-
| lures of all kinds. and employs between
eighteen and forty men,
GRIFFIN * LAMBERT.
The firm of Griffin x Lambert. which
consists of b. 5. Griffin and G. b. Lam
bert, has Il factory at $50 WabaShi
street, and manufacture galvanized
cornices and do an extensive bushes:
as roofers. Mr.. Griffin. the head OF thI
firm. is a native of Maine, and has liyeC
in st. Paul about eleven years. Mr.
Lambert came TO this city about eigh
years ago from Quebec, Canada, HI
native place
This enterprise was established b,
them in MAY, 1891. They do work ex
ciusIvely to order for contractors ant
builders in ST. Faul. A number o
skilled hands are employed i'll the man
|, ufacture of galvanized iron corniceS
skyiignts. window frames, Yentilators
spouts. cutters. shoots. etc. Its success
is due largely to the superior quality o
its work.