The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-31

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| Study of the growth of the whole
sale district in Minrea polls is inter
esting. 1t was really the first district
to be centralized, and in fact until
the. financial center, was determined,
lately it was the first section of the
city to be defined thoroly. The retail
center has shifted from time to time
subject to unstable; conditions and
perhaps as the city grows may shift
again. The manufacturing industries
have no definite starting point. as they
are! scattered about, the, city. The i'm
plement business also is split up, part
being south and part north Of Hen
nepin. But the Wholesale center is
likely to remain unchanged as it has
been for years, First avenue NJ
|. Looking from; the silver up the av-
enue to Sixth street the observer must
be impressed with the solidity Of this
part Of the city. Althosone or two Of
the largest wholesale houses are still
south Of Nicollet, such as .Janney,
Semple, Hill & Co., and w. K. Mort
son & Co., the main. institutions can
be seen on or very near First avenue
and their buildings rising five, six or
more stories give a strong impression
Of solidity. III
The old firms of. Anthony Kelly &,
Cos George R. Newell. &: Co., and the
M cMillan Fur and = Wool company,
have helped center the. ,jobbings trade
on the North Side. Change after
change has come; but these three
firms have stood as pioneers in the
| district. New sbIlil Fd(ir gs were put up,
occupied later,ie the original ). firms
moved out leaving the buildings va
cant for years, but thru all changes
these firms have held their own. Nov
a dozen Or more new buildings have
been put up, vacant buildings are
| nearly all occupied, and the standing
of the city as a .jobbing and distribu-
| ting point groWssas the lumber indus
try begins to lessen! 1T keeps rap with
| the rapid growth Of manufacturing.
! or near on the cross streets
| Credit Due to Major Heffelfinger.
Much credit is due Major C.. b
Hefelfnger for centering the jobbine
| business. While some other property
| owners have dickered for:@years fo1
tenants, frightened them off perhaps
with high prices, or have lost them
: by standing for trivialitfes, the ma
jor. has gone ahead with the. building
/ of the large North Star factory al
Fifth and First, the Mcdonald build
ing across the street, the Patterson
Land stevenson company next door
| the factory addition in Its rear, the
J. II. Martin & Co. building on Fourth
near First; the Robitshek, Frank &
Heller building, across Fourth from
the Martin building; and thru his ad-
vice, was the direct means Of the
present Cream Of Wheat building
.cltnch1ng the arguments. of real estate
men by, suggesting as an old-timt
friend to the woman owner Of the
site in the rear of the West hotel
that the lease for such a. building az
| planned would :be&better as an invest.
ment, than government bonds.
iWyman, Partridge & Co. were thu
pioneers in modern building wher
they put up the magnificent wholesale
house at Fourth and First: This pre-
/ coded the HeffeIfnger buildings ane
/ set a pace for style Of construction
/ That the pace is ably followed, anc
fseven exceeded, is shown in the fac
4 tory, warehouse and office building
! which Messrs Clifford and Mapes are
building for the cream Of awhea
] business. With strict attention t,
usefulness in their plans, these mer
have turned attention to architec
tural features for the building unu
sual In a commercial structure. While
| the Heffelfnger and Wyman-Par
i fridge buildings are really someWha