The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-09

| the results of Mr.. Stickney's undertak-
iI1ssss Al, TINS 1uncture began the solid
| AllHpI OVenentS that mark your greatest
| development, the building Of your eIeya-
TORS, warehouses and magnificent fac
| Torres, employing large capital and fur
n lSsl.a employment to many hundreds of
| operatlves, and distinguishing the Sixth
ware as TIE principal manufacturing dis
tIlcI Of the city, the continued suprema-
| y uI whlch VIII add TO your population,
increase your retail trade and enhance
the value of your real estate
am credibly informed that there are
now III successful operation in West ST.
i raai ABOUT % manufactures, giving
steady employment to more than 1O09
! wage earnerS. Thel several elegant brick
BUSINESS blocks that already adorn South
Wapasha and South Robert streets attest
| Tie substantial character of the latter
| improvements. Without ostentation the
Omaha railroad has quietly crept down
| 5ne river to Wabasha street, and will
| countless pursue. it's course until il rea CHI
es the eastern and southern confines of
! lhe town, tapping many of the industries
| now existing, and opening up numerous
dooati9ns Tor new industries and finally
SAteEdlng to the stock wards at South
Of. raul Additional railway facilities
VIII certainly develop new factories. You
now nave two important railways identi-
| Iieu Win your local interests. In tina
otners Will come, and in their train will
follow an epoch of industrial and bust
ness expansion the breath and scope of
winch is incomprehensille at this time
| our cltlzens as a whole are vitally liner
| eSled IN the eSta Enlistment Of legitimate
manu- curing enterprises, but you nf
| me sixth ward should be dOubly inter
eSCed, Tor you have the natural and most
advantageous localities in the city or
IT'S environments for planting new con-
Germs. The river front from Robert street
! TO the stock yards is a repetition of Pc
cullarly fit locations for hundreds of
| extensive factories, and, besides that, the
1ulure railway yards of all the lines CEN
| tering at ST. Paul. Just now we are
4 Of h. TTT5i1 NJ
! pot company, which when completed will
pc reasonably adequate for the present.
| btt With the rapid growth of the city
| ana the more rapid growth eof the con-
| trlbCting country a few years will DEM
| onstrate its utter incapacIty for the in
| creased demands that will be made UPON
It. When that time shall come it will
| be used exclusively for passenger traffic
| and the yards and freight houses of ali
| lines will be established on the West side
hats, where. all the local freight traffic
| be done. do not consider this an idle
| dream.
Growth of StOckyards.
In considering the present as we'll as
| the future of West St. Paul, we must
| include South St. Paul. with its stock
| yards, packing plants and kindred indus
/ tries, for South St. Paul, in its effect upon
! your business interests, is de facto part
| Of your city. Geographically it is so sit
uated thatit commerce passes your door
| t1ves and business men reside in your
waEd-trade with your merchants and
generally pay tribute to your business
| street car facilities the ties will increase
/ The great livestock interests at your
very doorway will grow immensely and
with great rasdity. They are now iii
| their swaddling clothes, but the infant
| is of the robust character, and in time
| 1t Will outstrip every competitor. With
| the possible exception of the flour trade
1 tST1V06 FOI01fC
ness interest that exceeds it, We have
| the greatest packing concern-in Swift
| & Coin the world. Their gross bust
ness at all of their plants will aggre-
| gate for the year 1901 approximately
coo, 600 e---' 'ii'00 ~ Wv
These figures are bewildering, and not
| easily comprehended. It means more
than the gross earnings of half a dozer
| of our greatest railroads. About one
| twentieth of the business of this mon
ster firm is done at South ST. Paul, and
the value is only curtailed by the ca
| pacIty OF their plant, or our ability to
supply animals for slaughter. AS the
| live stock supply iE the surrounding coun-
| business increase
During the year ending Dec. g. 1901.
Swift & Co. slaughtered at South st.
Paul 42,5 cattle. AGO calves, GA, 1856 sheep,
| SIS, 465 hogs. '1S4.l
During. the same period they paid for
| HVe STOCK for slaughter SIS, 739, $685. Their
total sales amounted to $9,9tO,O00. Total
| number of car loads of product shipped
out of South st. Paul during the year.
6,45S, equal to one solid train fifty miles
IN length. The amount OF money ex
pended for labor was $4S3, 373. &c.
With the growth of the live stock in
GereSts in the II Northwest additional
packers will locate at South ST. Paul.
ana the business will be augmented. The
total business of last year, Which includes
the stock yards, the packing and allied
interests, amounted to S17,O00O0O, and I
want TO go on record as predicting that
this significant total will more than
double in the next eight years
The clearings of the stock yards bank
amounted to SIS, 1925, $685.
Every dollar of this also passed through
4 the st. Paul banks, adding to their gros )
! totals and giving enlarged Importance
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There is no other section of ST. Paul
| of equal area that for the past eight
years can snow greater DEVELOPMENT in
every way than the Sixth ward During
that time you have excelled every other
iocahty IN the city in the number of
| healthy manufacturing institutions es-
tabliShed. These factories We're general
ly started with small capital, but their
management has been able and conserva-
| uVe and today they are all going con-
| Germs resting upon secure foundations
and growing stronger and better year by
! year. They stand as an object lesson in
! favor of good business methods.
| II Is d well SStdDiISn6Q axiom of business
ethlcS that good management is the prime
factor of business success Without
1t the most promising commercial or in
dustrlal enterprise ever inaugurated will
| perish The guiding hand, inspired bv
| brains and good judgment coupled with
| industry, are the essential requisites.
including the factories, I am advised
that there are 300 business concerns in
west st. Paul and that the aggregate
| annual business is several millions of
dollars. The last United States census
| shows population Of 17,2S7, which is
augmented to $4,000 by including the con-
| tlnguous tributary territory, which is so
| intimately related to you by commercial
| ties as to practically constitute one
| town. You are divided by imaginary
nnes only, Wnlch form no barrier to trade
| conditions.
Faith in Future.
have great faith in your future. T be-
heye that the. future field for manufac-
turing enterprises and railway privileges
Will pc the two or three thousand acres
or nat lands extending from the high
| bridge to South St. Paul. including the
| West side levee, which in time must be
OF immense value to the city. I do not
| believe a like franchise is possessed nv
any city in the United States. being 2
strip of land 200 feet wide by about five
| miles long.
Your organization, which mas honored
me- by an invitation to address it has an
| ample field in which to labor for the pro-
| motion of the material interests of tha
Sixth ward. 1 have seen a list of your
| membership and it embraces the strong
men of the West side. The successful
men, whose inspiration will give the throb
| of life to their intelligent effort Yo1r
association will be to West St Paul what
the Commercial club, the Jobbers' union
and the Chamber of Commerce is to the
city at large, viz, an organized force,
| acting in harmony for the promotion OF
! the best interests of the city.
In prosecuting your work, you will run
| up against the man of whims. Every
| large community has him He is an en-