Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-10-06

IL freight rates ID fasor
IT larger cities eas5Wron9 and be be-
lieved that the Cashman bill OF q bill
Of like nature should be passed By the
must show manu-
facturere that they can make money
here and the banks should be q great
influence in the matter Of extending
credit. - s s; s. .,::z s=s s.
.Chas. E. Vaksly, Of the state board
of control, with offices In St Paul,
spoke on .'Granlte Possibilities of Lit
tie Falls - He said it was q pleasure
to be with them as ne saw 80 many
familiar faces. He did not know what
the Interior motire was in giving him
a subject as hard as granite. He
would not give sermon but as the
colored preacher said-an exhortation,
which would not require him to keep
to his text. 10000 people was truly a
delightful thing to contemplate. Some
time back our citizens saw visions Of
so, 600 population in 1910. That II was
not attained is>no reason to stop fur
Their effort. The dreamer precedes the
worker. The speaker said that the
granite fields in the northeastern part
of the county were known over 80
years ago. There lis also q valuable
deposit of store for paving purposes at
what is known as the Rothwen quarry
southwest Of the city. The GRANTEES
we're OF all colors and Of superior
quality, both for monumental and
building work, but the great deposits
were of no value in the ground. The
larger part Of the granite industry 1s5
labor and high priced at tnat
Although the stone has to be hauled in
by wagon, it is nevertheless a tact tnat
it hes teen sold in foreign markets in
competition with other GRANTEES and
at higher prices. The black graniteeis
recognized by experienced stone men
as the best monumental granite in the
United States. Yet there are millions
of tons at our very door that is not
receiving the attention which it
should. He quoted figures showing
what large and valuable industry the
granite business was to St. Cloud.
there being paid in that city &60, 600
each month for labor in this line, and
pointed out what this extra amount
would mean in the channels of trade.
There was only one solution. There
should be some easier means to get the
product to the city where it should he
made into the finished article, the city
thereby reaping the full benefit of the
industry. He believed that the Water
Power company and citizens should
get together on the matter of a rail-
road. That the Water Power company
was the greatest single power of initia
tive-that they represented in so many
ways what represented Little Falls and
her prosperity. There was every
possibility with the proper proceeding
that the one man shop now using out
side granite, would grow to an enor-
NOUS industry in but short time. Mr..
Vasaly also spoke Of the advantages of
a beautiful city with parks and boule.
wards. He said IN closing that we
should remember that whatever move
ment helps one helps all, and what
helps all, helps each individual.
Can We Repeat What Has ALREADY
Been Done" was the subject Of M. N.
Williams. He said that some things
had been done when the city and
surroundings we're of much less popu-
latlon and in much poorer condition in
all respects than at present-and there.
for 1t should be much easier to do
things now, but that it required effort
and constant effort at that. Building
! the dam and sitting down did not
| bring enterprises here. In the earlier
days it would have been necessary to
have the factories located on the canal,
but through the advancement IN cleo
tricity, the factories can be located
anywhere. If we can't get the 500 to
come in, we ought to build to the Soo
He said that Governor Pillsbury had
once told him that in time the over
flow of small factories from the twin
cities would IN themselves use M the
power here-and this seems to be COM
ing to pass He said that we must
advertise to get results, petty jealous:
les must be done away with; we must
do something or this meeting might al
we'll not have been held. Mr.. Williams al
so spoke of the small amount of improves.
ment done in the park and the need of
improvement On roads running into the
city as we'll as the streets Of the city.
! George Kiewel spoke on us a Con-
! nection with the 500 Railroad Pos.
sible2' He said that an every dav
| topic >was that we ought to have an
other railroad. He stated that a com.
mittee Of which be was one, had called
a number of. times on President
Pennington OF the 500 without much
encouragement, but OF late was led to
believe that if the citizens of Little
Falls would build the liue to connect
with the 500 that the company would
in some way put the local people in
touch with financial backing to put the
latter through, and that there would be
division of freight on goods brought
over the new line. He said that last
spring few of the citizens had a
survey made from the city to the high
bridge at the Soc, q distance of six
and seven -tenths miles, which gave 8