The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-14

trade. There are scores Of blocks of
substantial white brick buildings that
testify to the volume of commerce han
died by the jobbers of Winnipeg. The
city is not yet much of manufacture
ing center, but it has at hand enor-
nous undeveloped water power which
viii one day make it a great manufac-
turing center. On the Winnipeg river,
between Lake of the Woods and Lake
Winnipeg, it is possible to utilize 24O,-
600 horsepower The Winnipeg General
Power company is now at work on the
development of a part of this power,
and within ten months 10000 horse
power will be available for use in the
city. The Assiniboine river which flows
into the Red river within the city, has
considerable fall, and 1t Is only a
question of a short time until this
power also will be utilized. There are
good openings in many lines Of man
fractures.
Winnipeg as Home
Winnipeg is good city. to live in.
Its summer weather is about the same
as that of st. Paul and Minneapolis,
except that it has fewer hot nights,
and its winter weather is not much
colder 1t is clean, pleasant looking
city, with streets neatly paved with
asphalt, block or macadam. The city.
owns its own waterworks plant, and
water Is drawn from artesian wells
The fire department is efficient and
American experts declare that the po-
lice force is as good as any on the con-
tinent. The city has 125 miles of grad
al SIR r;x- IL
ments, thirty miles of macadam and
fifteen miles of asphalt. There are 179
miles of plank sidewalk and sixteen
miles of granolithic walk; seventy
miles of sewer and eighty miles of
water main. One of the physical fea-
lures of the city that pleases all Wis
itors is the width of the streets. Most
of the leading thoroughfares are 1873
feet wide and none is narrower than
sixty-six feet. The city has six large
parks and numerous school buildings,
surrounded by ample Fairgrounds.
The twenty handsome public school
buildings in Winnipeg have a capacity
Of over 10000 pupils and are maintain
ed at cost Of more than $200,0 a
year. There is an excellent academy,
besides the University Of Manitoba.
Winnipeg is more like an American
city than any other city in Canada,
and its population is fully as cosmo-
politan as that of the average Amer
ican city
Winnipeg Is Prosperous
The influx of people into the West,
the extensive railway building, the
utilization of water power and the
many improvements being wrought in
the city by the Canadian Pacific rail-
way and the Canadian Northern rail-
way, in addition to building improve
ments amounting to about $7O00,00o
year, have all combined to make Win
nipeg exceedingly prosperous at this
time. The town is full of life and ac-
tiyity. The hotels are all overcrowded
and the real estate market is so ae-
tive that property changes hands very
rapidly and a great deal of money is
being made by investment in city lots.
The numbers of the American colony
in Winnipeg have grown so rapidly of
late that the Americans are coming to
be the very noticeable element in the
business circles of the city. There is so
little difference between life in Winni-
peg and life in any Northern city of
the United States, and the laws and in
stitutions and customs of the United
States are SO much like those of Can
ada that persons who seek to better
themselves Individually by taking ad-
vantage of the numerous opportunities
presented by this young and growing
country find little Inconvenience In
making the change