The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01
OUR INDUSTRIES.
MankatO Industries are i'm Opera
ton and We are all
Right.
The Merchants Solid, not a Fail
ure Reported, and Build
ing Boom on.

though the banks were not clOSeu dHo
as though there were no hard times
The. merchants have stood the trial
with a hardihood that was uneXpect-
ed, and which proves better than any
thing else the substantial foundation
upon which the city's business inter,
ests rest. With the banks closed for a
month, and the greatest financial
stringency that the country has ever
experienced, with bills to meet and
trade curtailed, not single disaster
has occurred in the business COM
munity. Not door among all the
wholesale and retail stores has been
closed This is a showing of which
the city can proudly boast and it can
not be given too much publicity.
The hum of industry is heard
throughout the manufacturing dis
tricts of the city. The big mill is
running full time and there is no diff
f1culty in disposlng of its product.
The Cassidy Packing House has
not lost a day and will not. Last
week 25O hogs and 25 cattle were
slaughtered. A load of Dakota steers
arrived Saturday night, and regular
shipments will hereafter come from
there. The company intends to win
ter 5000 sheep during the coming
year. The officials state that the
times are Frightening and the outlook
is very favorable.
The tub factory is employing hun
dred hands and is running to its full
capacity. Indeed, the business done
this season has exceeded all previous
records. and the demand is steady.
The daily shipment is carload of
produce.
W. B. Craig is employing fully as
many men ashe ever did in his quarry:
and the usual amount of work will
be done this fall.
Fred Widell is giving employment
to fifty men, and the other Quarries
are in operation.
Odjard & Knott are busy and have
plenty of work. They will ship to
the State Bank of Jackson very hand
some fixtures. They are also filling
orders for several sets of saloon fix
lures. This firms business is as good
as it was year ago.
Korshus & Nostedahl Bros, H. z.
Jensen and John Klein have all the
work they can attend to.
The two candy, factories are enjoy
ing a large trade and report business
as good. They are preparing for an
increased trade as soon as the cold
weather sets in. The same is true OF
the cracker factory.
The other factories are all doing a
good business.
L. Patterson & Co., the wholesale
fruit house and @. HI. Austin, Son &
Co. are doing the usual amount of
jobbing, land the outlook is promising.
The malt house will start up about
the middle of September, and will
then be ready to buy barley.
The elevators report that very little
new wheat is coming in, but that the
quality is SPLENDID. Orange Little
states that it has been many years
since wheat in this county has been
of so uniformly excellent quality. 1t
will all GO No. l hard and MOL north
ern, mostly the latter. The farmers
are receiving cash for their wheat,
and cash will be continued to be paid.
Q Hubbard & Palmer have opened ten
of their line of elevators and are pay
ing cash for wheat at each station.
The other elevators will be opened as
quickly as necessary. The firm pays
the highest market price all along
the line.
A regular building boom has set in.
The people intending to build have
shrewdly taken advantage OF the
cheap prices of labor and building
material and Buildings are being rush
ed up all over the city.
a large lOrCo Vi Iueu was given
work on the government building to-
day and the foundation will be COM
pleted before snow flies.
E. @. Burdick has large force of
men at work on the enlargement of
the Normal school, and the brick
walls are rapidly rising. This work
will continue until Jan. 1st.
The walls of the new Minnesota
House are going up, making one Of
the largest hotels in the city. This
contract is giving employment to
many men.
In few days work will begin on
the double store of DR.. Follman and
Geo. P. Hoerr.
New residences are being erected
IN all portions of the city, and more
particularly in the north half.
Inside of a week the banks will
again be open and doing business as
usual. and much stronger in point Of
ready cash and the proportion of cash
to liabilities than ever berore. No