The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-02
Many Municipal Enterprises
- Add Convenience to
Local Advantages

present OfhceS OF the company MStc
: erected at a cost of approximately
sfO,O0O.0O. The building is modern
brick structure 3Ox55 feet and in ad-
saition to making very attractive OUT
side appearance is unusually well ar
ranged in the interior having been
expressly designed and fitted out to
care for modern telephone excnange.
During the time that the new building
was under construction the entire
system was overhauled and nearly
$50 100000 invested in underground
cable extensions and the installation
of automatic phones. At the present.
time over 600 subscribers in REDWOOD
Falls and North Redwood form the
patronage of this progressive organ
ization. The officers of the company
are Rud Stensvad, President; A. D..
McRae, Secretary, and Il. A. Cooper,
Treasurer.
Redwood County Rural Telephone
Company
It's telephone company which was
organized in 1902 is also local enter
prise. its officers and stockholders
, being business men and farmers OF
this county and it's $50 miles of line
from the connecting link by means OF
which over 1000 families are brought
into closer contact with one another
as we'll as the various trade centers
wherein they keep posted on business
and community progress. Inc OF
fees of the company are located IN
the same building with the Redwood
Electric Telephone Co. from whom
fbey lease. This concern in addition
to furnishing a large area OF rural
service also furnishes the service to
MANY of the smaller towns OF the
county and assists the Tri-State Tele-
nhone Co. in maintaining toll service.
There are IA local and exchange oper-
ators employed and these with the
necessary office and maintenance
force make the company payroll ap-
proximately $1,130.0O per month.
Bert Kleaver has been the manager
a5 this organization for the past
twelve years.
Company L. ArmOry
During the time that DIR. lnglis was
captain of Company L., Second Re
girnent, M N. g., the legislature pass
ed the army appropriation OF $l0,OOo.-
90. This appropriation was later IN
creased by 100000, Company l.. was
the first militia company in the state
to receive their appropriations. The
5 citizens of Redwood Falls conceived
the idea that with AN additional
amount an armory and theatre. COM
bined, could be erected, so about "a
10000 was raised by subscription.
The building was completed in 1914 at
a cost of about $25,000.00 and the
building is now free from debt. The
armory serves the ,scitizens of the
community as municipal auditorium
and makes an ideal meeting place.
Carnegie City Library
The Carnegie Public Library OF
Redwood Falls is located on South
jefferson St. 1t was organized IN
1904 at which time its attractive gray
stone home was built at cost OF
about $40 100000. There are about
5000 volumes in all, one. third fiction,
the remaining two thirds being nor-
fiction and reference books. The IL
brary subscribes to thirty-four peri
odicals. "a Of which are adult and
juvenile, and four newspapers. At
fro rrnseat time the library has 1853
borrowers. 1872 Of them being adults
and 331 children. Of these 277 were
new borrowers during 1928. Accord
ing to state averages the Redwood
Falls library ranks high in the num-
Der of books loaned. During the past
year 1874 volumes were loaned, 81
366 of these were fiction, 6,768 nom
fiction: 9,151 were adult books, and
1888 were books for the children.
The regular Carnegie rules are OBJ
served in the loaning of books and
anyone in the county may use the IL
brary, Miss Marie Tolzman, is the
librarian and has held this position
for the past seven years. She, is as
sisted by Alma Parker.
{, The library hours are from 1880 to
$40 daily and from TOO to 500 eve
r1inps except Wednesday. The funds
for the upkeep of the library are
raised through city taxation.
Post Office
Provided with five railroad lines,
as che county now is, the present post
al service is excellent. More than
fbiyty rural routes originate in offices
of this county. Redwood Falls Is a
second class Post Office and has four
rural routes leading out in each direc-
fiou. 1t ranks as one. of the busiest
second class Offices of the state there
being close onto 500 money orders Is
sued per month and nearly 800 paio
monthly. The office employs twelve
people on the force. The present
postmaster H.. w. Ward who was ap
pointed to this office on July l. 1928
Redwood Falls Hospital
The Redwood Falls hospital, 81
South Washington Street, was organ
lied in 1914 by Drs. G. r. Pease ant
7. E. Finn. The two story bricl
building, 6Ox4O feet was erected tn.
same year at cost Of SIS, 100000.
has a total bed capacity OF 10 bed
having six private rooms and two
bed wards. The we'll lighted, tho
roughly modern operating room is o
the second floor and is one OF the bes
equipped in the state. Three com
petent physicians and surgeons com
prise the staff and they are assiste
in the care of patients by three nurs
es two of whom are graduate nurse
and one practical nurse. All sun
gieal and obstetrical cases are admit
ed.
Streets and Other Utilities
The streets of the city are wild
and all that are not paved are we
rrayeled. There are twenty block
Sc ~ov;ncr IN }bn city intending tn