Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-18
ssOur CITY,"


evening. After referring to the ques-
ton OF patriotism. both natlonal
and civic. and pointing out the need
of the latter as we'll as the forn'e.',
and after showing that the Apostle
Paul was a true patriot and proud
of hin citizenship. the reverend
gentleman said that in taking up the
subject of our city 1T was as
citizen WHO had watched with mu"h
interest it's growth during the past
few wears, and who believed that
bright future was before 1t. Sen
at0r Nelson, at u meeting Of our
citizens a few weeks ago. said that
in view of the natural advantages
and location we possessed. ana the
rapid vet substantial growth we had
made in the past few years. ne must
call this city tie "Metropolis OF the
Upper mississippi The senator
has the enviable reputation OF being
Il man of firm convictions ana M
keen discernment, and certainly the
title applied to this city is well
founded. 1t is worthy Of note that
the city has made its growth nat
urally and steadily, even through the
hard times. 1t had never been
doomed. and this was Il great adj
vantage, as it had saved lis from the
deplorable condition and sad tate OF
so many of the cities, which, in TINS
Northwest had grown with much
rapidity only to decay, ana be int II
wreck OF their former power. rive
years ago this city stood twenty
sixth in size among the cities ana
villages of this state. The census Of
the present year shows that it has
climbed to the twelfth place among
the cities. The prUpOrtiOnnte
growth had beer greater than that
of any other city and absolute
growth greater than any with the
exception OF st. Paul. Minneapolis
and Duluth. The comfy also had
grown with like rapidity. In 1890.
ont IF the eighty-One counties in the
state. thirty-one had Il larger pop
ulation. In 1895 only twenty
counties showed population
larger than ours. We had mhde an
absolute gain greater than any OF
the counties with the exception of
Hennepin, Ramsey, st. Louis. Polk
and Stearns.
The reason for this development
on the part of the county, was the
variety of timber in it's forests and
the fertility of it's soil. On the part
of the city, it was due to its splendid
location, and to it's water power,
which is greater than In any other
city in the state outside of Minncap-
lis. Our fall il 800 feet wide. 20 feet
high. and equal to 10000 horse
power. The dam is built upon
solid rock foundation. and neither
ice in winter or high water In sum
mer intei1eres in the slightest degree
with the running Of our mills. The
power, which is supplied at mere
nominal cost is capable. II based
upon the computation made of the
Minneapolis power. OF supporting
directly or indirectly forty thousand
people. In view of this vast power
it would seem to be unfortunate
that the city should be known as
Little Falls. Apart from the doubt
fully euphony of the word it is
misnomer, and in consequence mis-
leading. Some name should be given
to the city more truly expressive OF
it's resources and it's Importance
Turning to the question OF the
industries established, Mr.. Moore
stated that the lumber mills employ
600 hands who receive $lG5.OOO per
year in wages; that the cut plumber
this year would be 6S,OOO,OO feet and
that about 1000 cars per year are
needed each year to transport that
material to it's various destinations.
Our paper mill, employing 70 men,
manufactures II tons of pulp and
ii tons of paper each day, and that
paper if stretched out from the rolls
would reach 800 miles, or three times
as far as from here to Minneapolis,
where so mach of this paper is used.
In the manufacture of this paper
4,5OO cords of wood are used every
year to the no small benefit OF the
farmers. Our flour mill industry is
also an important feature. The
Interstate Milling company which
own this. mill is the controlling
power in several mills Of which this
is the largest. In the combined mills
notices. than 200, 0OObushels Of wheat
are turned into flour, IS per cent OF
which is sent to the markets OF
Great Britain, and the balance to
points east and south of our county.
The speaker also spoke OF our brick
industry and of the quality of the
brick which is the best in the North
west.
Turning to the future prospects of