The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-10

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Fruit receipts (pounds) ........... 15O, OOO, 900
Assessed valuation $3.50 OBJ ,961
The centers from which radiate near
stretch forth in all directions over a
tributary country rich alike in miner
ais and agricultural products. ST. Paul
and Minneapolis separate or COM
= bined, have a future before them that
q will soon rise, if it has not already
risen far above petty quarrels' over
census figures AS we'll might two
brothers, rich with vigor and capacity
in business, quarrel over which was
the taller or squabble over which
weighed the most. That the next
quarter of a century will find a million
people spread over the area now oc-
eupied by Minneapolis and st. Paul 1
have no doubts, and then both these
progressive communities will realize
that one has supplemented the other,
not detracted from its Importance.
The solid background which the COM
bined cities present may be found in
$500 900 of manufactured product.
They make for us 12,500,000 barrels of
flour. In their mighty granaries they
can hold 35,000,000 bushels of wheat.
Over $4,000 persons are employed in
productive industry. Where else on
earth can these statements be dupli-
Gated?
st. Paul has great beauty of loca-
ton, rising up from the bed of the
river on a series Of terraces, furnishing
rare sites for residences. The people
have taken advantage Of this, and I
was struck with the great changes In
the residential quarter Of ST. Paul as
we'll as the business districts which
have taken place since 1 was here in
1882. A drive through the city, and
afterward a ride over the electric road
which connects the two cities, give one
some idea of what the newer West has
accomplished in a quarter of a CEN
fury. Everything looks bright and
fresh and full Of vim. The buildings
are most substantial and tower sky
ward; their homes are full of taste,
both in architecture and in the ar
rangement of lawn and garden and
trees. They look like the homes of
prosperous people. The public build
ings are superb. The handsome speci-
men of latter-day American architec-
ture, the st. Paul municipal building
was honestly built and after completion
over $4,000 turned into the treasury
sum, be it said to the credit of this
wholesome city, over and above the
original appropriation.
The scenery around st. Paul is at
tractive. Lakes and Swift-running
rivers and clear streams with fine
woodland combine to make the place
full of attraction for visitors. Ban
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THE delight which attended my visit
to st. Paul will never be effaced from
my memory. All published accounts
of the Upper Mississippi valley do not
half express its beauty and attractions
1 have travelled a good deal in the
world, and there are of our party many
who have travelled more than 1. and
there was but one opinion, that for the
union of grandeur and loneliness, of
for
tijty, the region has not it's parallel
as an object of admiration and inter
est to the tourist, and still more as an
inviting place of residence The man
ner in which the river sweeps past
your city reminds me of Cincinnati,
and. like that city, st. Paul owes its
rapid advancement not to the accident
OF It's selection as the seat of govern
ment, but its natural adaptation to
the purposes of inland commerce,
which so exceeds in Importance our
foreign commerce. AS to the future of
this great central district of North
America, no one who has not seen 1t
can form an adequate conception,
while those who have examined and
studied the subject only become SEN
sible how much further reason may
sometimes go than Imagination can
venture to follow"
The streets, the water works. sewer
age, and all that goes toward lighting
ard making the city habitable are of
the best and keep up to the demands
of the rapidly increasing population.
The basis of the manufacturing
greatness of st. Paul is iron. lumber
wool and leather. With these great
staples in unlimited quantities the CITY
had made great progress I'D to 1892
but since that time, 1 was informed
ny both II. w. Peet. vice president of
the chamber of commerce, and Alfred
= Tallmadge. secretary It has been
dlftcult for this city to hold its own.
There is hope that with good tirnes
: much OF the abundant ere of Minnc
sofa will be manufactured Into iron In