The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-12
No. of Names

The growth during the past year is al,
most equal to that OF the six preceding
years. This volume contains 9O,199
names, and, as stated above, is an in
crease of 3,159 names over the 1898 edi-
ton. Using the multiple of 21A to repre-
sent the names of women and children
not included in the directory, which is
just half the multiple used in Chicago
and the lowest applied anywhere, a popu!
lation of 191, 672 is indicated The district
covered by the directory canvass is not
confined wholly to the city limits, but
extends to the adjoining suburbs, which
IN every respect are part of the citv
1t is extremely conservative to say that
the population within the city limits is
It's, OOO
The city is in a thoroughly prosperous
condition. There is employment for
every one who wishes to work, and in
many lines of trade it is impossible to
secure help. An unusual amount of
building has created a great demand for
carpenters and other mechanics in the
building lines, and much more work
would be done If men could be secured
The following statement of the amount
of jobbing done in st. Paul will be inter-
esting in comparison: In 1896, $14S, 92S, 00h
1898, $165, 100000.
Manufacturing has kept pace with the
other industries of the city, and each
.
There are 800 separate manufacturing
plants in this city, employing over 10000
persons, and the gross value of their
output is 10000, 0O0
Concluding, the introduction says:
As, As this volume goes 70 press; the out
seems brighter than it has since 1887.
Great commercial prosperity and the
substantial increase in realty values war
rant the statement that the end of the
century will find St. Paul a metropolis of
a quarter of a million souls; the patriot
ism of our citizens and their enterprise,
their Willingness to respond to any call
that will be for the good of the city
where they live, must give to St Paul
that municipal immortality which other
large cities hold in song and story
Any article on st. Paul would be in
complete without a mention of the beau
tiful Summit avenue boulevard, with it's
shifting panorama Of river and sky, of
old iVy-crowned walls and green fields
far away; it is beautiful from the white
asphalt of the pavement, from the mag
nifcent homes in every fancy of archf-
tecturaI renaissance to the white sand
stone cliffs that soften their outlines into
green hills far away" while beneath
and between both eminences the broad
silver band Of the Mississippi divides the
perfect picture.
In no city in the United States can the
cyclist find so much enjoyment as in
st. Paul. Places memorable, grand and
picturesque scenery, beautiful lakes all
are within the reach of the enthusiastic
wheelman. Thousands of dollars have
been expended in the construction and
maintenance. of cycle paths and in con-
junction with the smooth, clean asphalt
paVements provide the very best facilities
for the perfect enjoyment of bicycling. A
conservative estimate places the number
Of bicycles in use in the city at between
10000 and Is, coo.
With the finest climate in the world, all
the accessories that contribute to the
necessities of the people, unbounded nat
ural attractions, indomitabIe energy on
the part Of it's citizens, St Paul is bound
to maintain the supremacy it has gained
in the past and achieve new triumphs in
the future.