Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-21
MINNEAPOLIS GAIN
SHOWN IN BUILDING
City's Skyline Has Grown at
Rapid Rate in Re-
cent Years.
BY JOHN F. SINCLAIR.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. May III
The Minneapolis skyline Is soaring.
Several buildings 20 to 80 stories high
are nearing completion. Never has
there been so much downtown building
here as the metropolis Of the Northwest
Is having now.
These new buildings will be suffi-
Gent to give 1.400 tenants each an
Office Of about 20 by 80 feet.
Where will these tenants come from?
This is asked every time an old resident
goes downtown to look at the sky
Scrapers. For Minneapolis is supposed
to be in the heart Of the farming sec
ton, and that has spelled slow times in
the city for many years.
Office Vacancies.
In the SIS Office buildings of this city
there was 1918 per cent vacancy jan
uary /, 1923. A year later there was an
"a per cent vacancy, decrease Of 3l2
per cent, or approximately 10000
square feet.
Such conditions always adjust them
selves" a real estate operator told me.
I'VE may have more office space than
we need now. but the city is growing, so
that the slack will all be taken up by
1888"
I'VE do not aim to get for our city
any Of the big national industrial
plants" said Arthur X. Rogers, an out
standing business leader of Minneapolis.
Our policy is to cooperate in obtaining
many small plants and to help them by
the natural expansion of our country to
develop and grow into successful bust
ness institutions.
ITO get big industries naturally at
tracts National attention, but the small
industries are the basis OF a city's real
development"
Since January I, Minneapolis had
added 81 industries, giving work to
1000 employees. In addition, the ex-
pansion of those industries already in
the city brings the increased employ
ment to 1880 persons AS result the
industrial pay roll of this beautiful city
has increased $3,348,00o annually.
New Business.
To put it another way, business suffi-
cient to support new city of approx
mately 10000 persons has been added
during the last four months.
Its one thing to be able to add
huge enterprise to ciy's life, but quite
another thing to absorb that enterprise
in such way that the city maintains
its industrial equilibrium and balance"
Continued Mr.. Rogers.
ITO load city with more industries
of similar type than city can sustain
is the height of folly, and bring more
chaos than business. 1t complexities the
industrial problem. demoralizes wage
lines, and brings anything but peace
and prosperity. Our aim in Minneapo-
lis to cooperate in bringing in such
industries as will more nearly balance
and complement those activities already
established.
THE Minneapolis flour mills have
daily producing capacity of 63,750 bar
rels. It's grain storage capacity amounts
to nearly 100000 bushels. In both of
these lines Minneapolis leads every
other city"
Last year the city's grain facilities
handled more than 209,000,000 bushels
-146, 900, 900 of wheat, 28,000,0 600 barley,
100000 oats, 100000 faxseed, and
the remainder scattered.
Control of Flour Mills.
For some years there has been a
report that Minneapolis was losing out
as the first milling city. The process
of decentralization has been going on
In the milling industry, as 1t has in
nearly every other The leading -four
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