The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21

at present employs 1000 hands in its fac
tory and this number will be greatly add
ed to in the new building.
The. main street of the new factory
town iSzte b. called Washington avenue
which name it viii receive at the formal
desdiesfton OF the new town of Endicots
on Sept. IL Washington avenue is to be
almost as broad as Pennsylvania avenue.
in Washington. IT will be finished with
cement sidewalks and shade trees
A large force OF men has been en-
ployed for months in laying sewers and
providing. drainage facilities for the new
town. A big pumping, station has been
erected on the banks of the SusquehanHa
to furnish water to the town. 1t is like
ly, however that the whole work of the
new pumping station Will be mono2-
olized by the factories, for while the men
were digging the foundations Of the tan
merry they struck an abundant supply Of
excellent spring water, which, for drink
ing purposes, is greatly superior to that
of. the Susquehanna river. lf this dis
coVery had been made before the pumr-
ing station was built 1t is likely that ~
plans for the latter would have been
abandoned and that the company would
have saved a good many thousand dol
lars The supply Of spring water seems
TO, be ample for every purpose to which
it could be put
When the new factory town Is in run
ming order it win have pay roll or
nearl 81 000 a year and BinShamton
is rejoicing in the thought that the bulk
of this sum will be. left in that town.
In consequence of this belief there Is
boom in Blnghamtou real estate or 4
kind that would astoniSh even those chi
cagoanS, who remember the days pe1ore
the Worlds Fair. New buildings are GO
ing I'D in every direction, there Is talk
of another newspaper. and the popula-
ton of the town Is increasing like mos
quitoes in summer. Binghamton is eight
miles from Endicott but Union is only
half a mile away and that small town
means to have share OF the {2Wn, tO
each year, if energy can do it. Union mas
a population Of $50 and supply of sala-
BILE real estate that it means to make
the most of. 1t Is significant that every
store 80 far built In Endicott has been
rented before 1t was completed, and there
is a strong demand for more stores.
Union is joined to the new town by
good double track trolley line. The lit
tie town is old but 1t is full or enter
prise, and 1t means to give Btnghamton
d sharp tussle for the current trade OF
the factory hands.
There are two things about which tho
promoters have so far preserved silence
They do not care to tell what particular
method they will use in the tanning or
the feather for shoes, and they are also
unwilling to announce the decision OF the
company concerning the kind of power
to be employed. Those who claim to be
able to forecast the plans Of the com
pany say, however. that at nrst steam is
likely to be the power employed Ine5e
prophets are in direct contradiction to the
soothsayers who know just what tanning
process the company means to adopt.
They say that newly discovered cleo
trical method Of tanning is to be In
stalled at Endicott, and that this new
departure in the art Of tanning ls really
the main reason for the towns existence.
IL the electrical method of tanning Is
used in the new lanyard 1t Is likely that
electrical power VIII be used throughout
the town
The location of a tan yard side ny
side with the workshop which consumes
it's products has long been the dream or
those who make and use leather. but IN
der the old methods there have always
been grave difficulties in the way. Most
of the big tanneries are situated whe-e
the best and cheapest supply OF tan bark
can be obtained. Most Of the best hem
lock and oak bark used by tanners comes
from the South and most manufacturers
find il cheaper TO, place their tan yards
near the bark supply rather than to pay
freight. ON the bark they require at
more Northern point.
Another cogent reason against the piac-
ing of q tan yard close TO factory en-
piOytng- a number OF men and women Is
the odor hitherto eonstdered inSeparabie
from the tanning of hides. The raw hides
have to be soaked In pits containing a
liauid intended to loosen the hair. As
this is really a mild form OF decay the
oGor is frequently horrible. The electri-
cal process is said to do away with this
entirely. "A heavy current OF electricity
is passed through the wet hides nile
and it Is said that the effect is to free
the hair and tougher the hides. thereby
obtaining in Few hours a result which.
under the old process frequently oceu-
ped three weeks or more. There is said
to be no smell whatever from the process.
and III is much more cieanly. as well as
cheaper. The quality of the leather Is
also said to b. better. as II has not been
weakened by the process formerly used
to loosen the hair.
Many philanthropiSts have tried the eX-
pertinent Of creating model towns. in
which the worker should be RENDERED con-
tent Few. il any OF them. have Sue
ceeded and the country is Uttered with
their wrecks. The town of Pullman was
p-obably the first OF these model towns
TO be built in the United States. 1t was
founded by George NJ Pullman. the Sleep
ing car InonopGlist. who bought a vast
tract Of waste land well to the south-Of
Chicago, ana upon 1t built large work
shops and Laid out town. The houses
in Pullman were email but comfortable
and we'll built The streets were maead-
an1izad and cement and granite sidewalks
We're laid. The town had its own gas
works and water works. There was a
park and a recreation pier, upon which