Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17
FACTORY TOWNS.
An Evident Error II the In
spector's Roport From
Little Falls.

subject Of an article III Saturday 9
Pioneer Press. The figures gwen
for Little Falls are rather remark.
able, q II credits the saw mills
with 1874 men, when it should he
several times Is large. For in.
stance the saw mill at Brainerd q
given IS employing 434 men, and
at Little Falls only 1914. Az Little
Falls saws about double the
amount Of lumber that Brainerd
does, the report is hardly reasonable.
The Pioneer Press says:
Brainerd, St. Clond. Little Falls,
Crookston, Fergus Falls, Barnes
vile, Alexsndr. that is the rank
as manuf .cturing places Of the
Twin Cities, leaving out Duluth.
The state labor bureau com
pleted the COMPILATION yesterday Of
the manufacturing statistics ofthe
cities in the northern part f the,
state, as made BY thu tacto y in-.
spectors on their recent inspection
Of that territory. Thes. figures
show Brainerd to be easily i, the
Lad in this section and for that
matter second to Winona only Of
all the southern cities. At the
time the inspection was made
Br.inerd's manufacture ng popula.
ton was 1,1O4. OF this number
1858 were employed in The two
main Industries Of the place, the
Northern Pacific car shops md
the Northern Lumber company.
The car shops had u force of $40
men and the lumber company in
its saw mill 414. The only other
establishment employing more
than half dozen men was a plan.
ing mill, where twenty.three men
were at work. The number Of
manufacturing esta blishment es.
tablishmert was but fourteen.
st. Cloud has but 457 employees.
in establishments subject to state
inspection, but the number Of es-
adjustments ggregatea 81, and
the manufacturing population is
presumably more constant than
that Of BrAinerd The largest
single industry IS form ed by the
car shops. Of these there are
three, aud they employ 253 men.
Two flour mills employ 40 men,
and there are 80 at work making
cigars. The other chief industries
are as follows: Printing and bind
ing, II; sash and doors, 10; stone
cutting, 81; brewery, IS; bakeries,
10.
Little Falls main industry is
saving lumber. Thee are two
Of these estab 'lshment, and they
employ 1874 men in the saving
season. The Little Falls Paper:
mill has at work force Of 81 men,
a planning mill, 22; two -four mills,
%; and five bakeries, IS. Seven
men aud one boy make all the
cigars called for by the local trade.
Crooks.on has total Of 304 en-
:ployes il 10 industrial establish.
.lishments. The Red River Valley
Lumber company carries 1875 Of
these on It's pay rolls, and there
are so others employed in q plan.
ing mill.
The best the thriving little city
Of Fergus Falls can do is to show
1871 employees, exclusive Of the 1870 Q.
attached to tie insane hospital.
The chief industries are : -four
mill employing - men, sash and
doors, 50; printing and binding,
is; casket factory, -. The local
cigar trade requires 10 employees,
al full grown men.
Miller, the winner Of the
great six.day bicycle race
ii New 7 ork, made I! over 2, 0te g
niles. During the entire 1i weeks y
he only slept hours, and an e 's1I1
the Is lck but 10 hours. The de- lEi,.
lance WIS far ahead of any pre-
yiousf record. Several 81 the ras.
er lls sw ri crazy during tho; slase
days 81 tie race, and the poiceA
compelled some IS !. them i ' to set ST s I
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