The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

q Minneapolis will be. well advertised
among prospective builders of manu-
featuring plants, corporations which
propose to make a. change of situation,
fered loss by fire or, the elements,
whether anything more comes of the
matter or not. Administrators of es-
tates in the entire country will hear
something about the advantages which
Minneapolis offers in the way Of real
estate and building investment.
G. L. Sawyer, manager Of the free
information bureau Of the Minneapolis
Real Estate board, has secured list
Importance in the United States who
will have funds in trust in a short time
to place advantageously. He will write
to each Of them and will send under
separate cover printed information
about Minneapolis which he considers
useful for the purpose in mind.
Results are expected: They may pc
zation because of the tendency Of east
ern estates to seek invest ment in Min
neapolis. Real estate agents in the
city are constantly being asked by mail
what they have to offer in the way OF
investments. Hundreds of eastern trust
officers already have placed large sums
in improved property and: mortgages,
and some Of them in land which gives
promise of increasing values; The work
| Of the. bureau is expected to give I'M
petus to the movement.
',-~..>~ Hunt for Industries. -' -
| The other branch of the new work is
! to place before every; company operat-
| ing an industrial plant anywhere,
/ which has reasons for making a move
solid facts and verified figures about
Minneapolis. These will include prop.
erty valuation, opportunities: ,: tor Sc
curing sites,, distributing facilities by
1 rail to the northwest; nearness to the
raw material market, annual figures OF
!: shipments over the. railroads, produc
tion, bank clearings. building, real es
I tate transfers., and so on without limit
To facilitate the work Mr.. Sawyer
!, has placed himself in communication
with persons who are informed on the
general subject of proposed removal OF
industries. He selects the best OF the
4 lot and communicates with them al
once by letter. The letter. is followed
/ by the tabulated information, books or
! Minneapolis. views Of the city anc
maps. IL
! IF response is received the negotia
| tions are. continued If no reply comes
another, effort is made to interest the
! firms. The result is expected to be
good, as no city presents better oppor
!, .tunities than Minneapolis for new ven
lures, or old ones which are to be re
habiltated. It is the, desire Of every
business man and manufacturer Of thu
city to enlarge the, .jobbing and sale:
market as rapidly as possible SO as t.
make it unnecessary for northwestern
retailers and jobbers to go east of Min
neapolis for full stocks. The work 9,
the bureau is expected to realize thi
i desire for the business men, while thu
reflex result will be. on real estate, il
which the board is particularly inter
8 ested.
No, effort will be spared to show t,
the manufacturing firms that, the cit,
is good one for location and that
ripe harvest is at hand for those wht
I get in On the ground floor.
The bureau offers to give services Q:
4 its members in securing sites and build
ing locations and to throw every facil
ity in the way of the prospective in
4 dustries toward getting settled, secur
ing railroad accommod ations, etc.
Bonus-seeking institutions are no
lsonght, but industries which are thoro