Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-20
A. PROMISING YEAR.

Law
1896 will be one Of the most active
years tho North invest has ever ex-
perienc ed in the development OF
large enterprises. One Of the
most remarkable movements, and
one that will tend to add to tn"
confidence Of the future growth OF
Little Falls, is the tendency
to invest in water power
improvements. The new
dam in Minneapolis, a short
distance below >the present I'M
provements, is we'll under way,
and at a recent meeting of the
Pillsbury -four mill corporation in
London, which is backing the new
improvements, the stockholders
expressed a desire to have the
work pushed, and provided ample
funds.
The Sank Rapids dam is soon to
BE- rebuilt, and great paper and
pulp mills erected on the site.
The Brainerd water power is
about to pass into the hands Of
capitalists, the leader being G. N.
Parker, leading property owner
of that city.
Plans are also being made for
the completion of dam at Grand
Rapids, and prominent Michigan
men are interested IN the project,
and they intend also to build paper
mills to use the power.
Still another water power enter
prise is that of the improvements
on the river a short distance be-
low Anoka. This is the latest
one under consid Grafton, and the
surveys are now being made. 1t
is believed that Thos. Lowry, Of
Minneapolis, is backing this enter.
prise, and but little is yet known
Of the plans regarding it.
But all these projects, some Of
them we'll under way and others
about to begin, together form the
greatest movement toward manu-
featuring ever started in the
Northw est. In nearly every in
stance the investments are being
made by men who have the CAPT.
tai or associations that insure tn e
early use of the power obtained.
It shows that many capitalists
firmly believe that water powers
on the Mississippi can be used to
great advantage in manufacturing,
and that the demand will soon be
far ahead Of the present supply.
The cities that are now awaiting
the employment of their surplus
power, will not wait much longer.
The establishment of manufactur.
ing enterprises in the North
west, where power is relia Bile and
cheap, will take place just as soon
as general improvement in bust
ness will encourage the invest.
ment of capital in any part Of the
United States. j
Another line Of development IN
Minnesota tina. promises to be un-
usually active this year is railroad
construction. Among the lines
that will be built is the extension
Of the Minneapolis & St. Louis
from Winthrop to New Ulm. A
part of this road is already
built, and the rest will
soon be completed. The men
who are back of it are 'pre.
pared to extend in whatever direc.
ton there is promise of a paying
traffic, and their future projects
will be watched with interest.
The Twin Cities are determined
to have direct and independent
line of railroad to the Black Hills,
and the enterprise is being pushed
by men who can easily carry out
their plans.
A line from Minneapolis north
to Grand Rapids is being sur.
veyed, with branches reachin
the iron district.
The Merritts, of Duluth, have
secured the capital necessary to
construct new line northwest of
Duluth, to tap Of the Mesaba
and Iron Range mines, and it is
nositiyelv stated that the road will