The Minneapolis journal., 1905-04-29

= twin cities is rapidly develop
ing in Importance, both as a
favorite territory for subur-
ban residence, and as an in
dustrial center.
AS place Of residence, it's various
maintained by the park boards Of both
cities and by the residents themselves,
than ever before. Residences are spring
ing up SO rapidly that before many
years the different suburbs will be sep
arate in name only, and the continually
decreasing spaces between them will
hahe fnd1striaIly nsfn Rg infant enterprises are
now being added in such numbers to
those which have been established
some time, that before long the Midway
may demand recognition as the great
manufacturing and shipping territory
of both Minneapolis and St. Paul. The
coming year will see hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars invested there in COM
Of the Minnesota Transfer: In large
part these are relative to the lumber
trade, thus promising to make the Mid
way the main lumber distributing
point Of the northwest. So great has
this business already become, that the
it necessary to invest $4,000 in max
for shingles alone. This Midway lum,
Der industry is almost exclusively
made up of handling Pacific coast lum-
Der, With the indisputable fact in view
that In few years the northwest will
have to get practically all it's lumber
from the Pacific coast, the ultimate ex-
tent Of the Midway lumber business can
only be surmised.
Already the Midway contains the
greatest horse market in the west. This
market contains the largest individual
dealers in general purpose horses, and
the largest importers Of thorobreds.
Of the lumber Industry are beine oestafe estab,
1ished In the vicinity Of the Minnesota
( Transfer in such numbers that the de-
mand for industrial sites has caused a
IS months from 200 to 400 per ts cent. pAS
MANY NEW HOUSES.
. Never have residences in the inter-
city suburbs sprung up in such numbers
as they are making their appearance
in Prospect Park. st. Anthony, Mer-
Ram Park, Hamline, or Como, where
the new lumber of nice home is not
shooting up into view, and where the
merry tapping Of the carpenters ham
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wonderful future is at hand for the
Midway district.
People arc awaking to the fact that
this territory is bound to come to the
front for. the reason that it is accessible
to both Minneapolis and st. Paul; that
from every ono Of it's suburbs either
city may be visited by the payment
of but one car fare. AS to manufacture
ing plants. either city may be supplied
with equal ease and in neither Of the
cities can the shipping facilities be Sc
cured that arc offered to all CONNER
cial enterprises established along the
Minnesota Transfer company's tracks
Neither Of the twin cities detract from
the Midway. Both cities have theil
shoulder to the Wheel of progress, push
ing along this territory with all the
influence Of their combined wealth an(
enterprise. This being true. the future
importance Of the midway cannot bt
overestimated.
MERRIAM PARK.
Merriam Park lies within the limit
Of St, Paul, and extends from Univer
sity avenue to Selby; from Prior t.
Herschel. Tt is a level district and tn
largest suburban residence district o
the Midway, several thousand peopl
having homes there. A great part O.
the people own the houses in which the,
reside. "To let" signs are few and ia