St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-23
THE TIN KING TALKS.
Niedringhaus. OF st. Louis, Is Also
Much of a Cattle
King,
And Has More to Say of Cowboys
Than Of Our Infant In
dustrieS.

HI. Niedringhaus, of st. Louis, on g
of the firm of tin plate manufacturers
OF that city, and one OF the founders of
Granite City, across the river from st.
Louis, where the tin plate factory is
now located, was at the Merchants
yesterday.
81 have just returned from a trip to
Miles City, Mont.," he said to reporter
for the GLOBE. 1.-The cattle owners held
a meeting last week for the purpose of
arranging for spring roundup, and
tor the making of other preparations for
the proper disposal of the cattle, etc.
We are the owners of about $4,000 head
OF cattle, and in the state of Montana
we have about 100 men engaged as cow
bows all OF the time. When l arrived at
Miles CITY some of the men met me at
the depot in company with our superln-
tendent. Our superintendent is a col
Iege graduate, and took full course at
Harvard. He went West for the benefit
of his health, and is now strong aud
healthy man. He is well educated, and
makes pleasant companion. A great
many of the people in the East are OF
the impression that the cowboys are
perfect gentlemen. They are rough
and hardy, as is necessitated by their
surroundings, but they are gentlemen.
1--WE will commence the spring round
up about May ID and all of the cattle OIL
the ranges will be brought in and those
which have not yet been branded will
be marked. The various herds will be
separated and then put out on the range
again. We will commence shipping
cattle to Chicago about the middle OF
july, and we will probably ship about
20, 600 head this year. We have mum
ber of cattle in Texas. When they are
two years old they are taken to the Mon
tana ranges up the trail, and after run
ming for two years, they are sent to mar
ket. All of the cattle which we send to
market are fOur-year-olds.
"While coming to st. Paul we were
stranded in a snow drift, but we soon
got out all right There was no snow
in the state of Montana, and we did not
strike it until we arrived at about Fargo,
Dakota. In st. Louis we have had very
pleasant weather during the winter. st.
Louis is progressing more than any 9th
er CITY of the same size in the United
States TODAY. 1t is making number of
permanent improvements. and some
elegant new buildings are going up
there. The old Planters house, which
stood so long in st. Louis, and which
was known all over the world, has been
torn down, and new hotel, to be called
by the same name, will be erected. The
building will be sixteen stories in
height. There will be another sixteen
story building at the corner of Seventh
| and Olive streets.
I'VE sell a great quantity of our goods
! to st. Paul merchants. and our sales
men think this city is one of the best
points on their routes. am very much
! pleased with the city of st. Paul, and
some time next summer l will probably
| come to some one of the many cele-
! brated summer resorts near st. Paul
| and Minneapolis. The summer resorts
in the state of Minnesota are we'll
known to the people of st. Louis. and
/ many of them come north every summer
for the purpose of spending a few weeks
at the lakes"
| Prof. A. Loisette, the me mory invig