The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27

elty's public spirited residents. The
pudding was erected at a cost of some
S5O,O0e, and with its books and furnish
lngs, is carried on the city's balance
sheet at half as much more.
Winona is headquarters for the Ma
tonal Educational association, its sec
rotary, Prof. Irwin Shepard, former
president of the state normal school,
residing there.
The city boasts two daily papers,
the Evening Republican and Herold
and the Winona Independent, the for
nler a Republican paper, and the lat
ter an independent of Democratic
tendencies.
Of church organizations there are
four and twenty, with nearly as many
substantial houses of worship.
Public improvements.
The most notable of the public build
lngS are the court house, a fine gray
stone structure with brown sandstone
trimmings, completed at a cost of $685.
600, and the building which serves the
government as postoff1ce and court
house. The latter edifice cost S1S0,000.
1t is made of white Winona limestone
with Bedford trimmings, and is surely
beautiful building. Probably also
worthy of special mention is the Gener-
al hospital, a handsome building well
equipped for the useful position it fills.
In keeping with the modern progress
siveness displayed in other matters, the
streets in the business district are
paved with brick and are well lighted,
electricity being used in the down town
districts, and gas in the residence por-
tons. There are four miles Of brick
paving, which cost $125, 200, eighteen of
sewerage system, placed at an expense
OF $4,000, and a waterworks system
(supplied largely from artesian wells)
which Is valued at $350,800. A paid
fire department of tflirty-one members,
with four companies, under the direc-
ton Of Chief Wise Norton, and an eff
cient and well managed police depart
ment under Chief L. Schoenig, afford
the city protection.
Several bridges span the Mississippi
at this point, the most notable of them
being the new high bridge, a steel
wagon bridge, costing 100000 to erect,
and its approaches probably $4,000
more.
An electric street railway system
covers the town. The company oper-
ates on single tracks, of which there
are about five miles at present.
Postoffice Business Grows.
The postoffice business at the WI
mona office increased over fifty per cent
from 1898 to 1908, this exclusive of the
money order department. the gross re-
ceipts for 1902 being in round numbers
$4,000. while for the same period the
money order business aggregated $685.
27O. The office is government depos-
itory for poStmasterS' funds.
The principal municipal officers are:
Mayor, L. L. Brown; recorder, Paul
Kemp; treasurer, E. J. Fockens; attor-
ney, w. A. Finkelnburg; engineer, G.
P. Coleman; health officer, Dr. E. D.
Keyess municipal judge, w. ]. Smith;
special judge, S. H. Somsen, and as
SCISSOR, H. w. Posi-. The board of al
dermen, consisting Of two from each of
the four wards and one at large, is
made up as follows: President, Jas.
K. Simpson; vice president, NJ. Liberia;
aldermen, A. B. Helm, Henry Hess, ia
cob Mtchalowski, VIM. Miller, VIM. H.
Reuss, j. T. Rowan and l.. c. Tarcas
The city covers an area of about
eighteen square miles, and there are
in the neighborhood of 5000 dwelling
houses in it.
A Board of Trade, composed of lead
ing business men of Winona, assists
in the promotion of the city's inter-
ests, and the secretary of that body
is always glad to furnish any desired
information.
1t is one of the semi-tragic incidents
of the city's history that Mr. VIM Ash
ley Jones, editor of the Argus, the first
paper published at Winona, and the
man responsible for the Americanized
spelling Of the Indian name, is now an
inmate of the Home of the Little Sis
tiers Of the Poor in ST. Paul, although
years ago he was a wealthy and inf1u-
entail citizen of Winona