Year: 1874

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What they Saw - Red Wing During


Their INVESTIGATIONS.


From the St. Paul Press, Jan. 9th.


Col. Hewitt and William Dawson, from
the committee recently appointed at = meet
ing Of citizens called to devise means for
the construction of elevators and grain
warehouses at this point, returned from
Red Wing ON Thursday evening after hav-
ing made thorough examination of the
systems in operation at that place. They
were met by . number Of the active busi-
ness men Of Red Wing who afforded them
every facility for the accumulation Of
such information as was considered desira-
BILE, and were treated with marked courte-
sy by all with whom they came in contact
during their stay.


The gentlemen state that while there is
1T present no regular elevator building at
Red Wing, they have been forced to adopt
other measures to accommodate their a.
ready immense wheat trade. Prior to last
year number Of exclusively grain ware
houses had been erected in different parts
of the city, but these were found made
quate to meet the pressing demands made
upon them by the grain traffic. Last year
the citizens determined that there should
be no good reason for complaint on account
of the scarcity Of storage room, and six or
seven more were built under the impress
sion that there might possibly be enough to
provide for any emergency liable to occur
But the extra provision in this direction on
ly served to expand the trade to such dimen-
sions, that even with the service Of the
dozens in existence and operation, the cry
for '.more warehouses is again raised.
The immense storage room which Red Wing
had provided up to the close Of harvest last
fall is too limited, and it has been found
necessary to continue the work Of ware
house construction in the winter season.
Another large warehouse was commenced
on Wednesday and still another was begun
while the committee was engaged on it's
tour of observation around the city on
Thursday.


THE ADVANTAGE IN FACILITIES.


The result of al these provisions to meet
the demands is manifested in most agreeable
form at Red Wing. There is continuous
stream Of grain pouring into the Red Wing
market, score or two Of buyers are con-
stantly on the alert to make legitimate and
compromising seizure Of oil that comes.
Farmers have no difficulty in realizing at
once upon the produce brought in, and
more money seems to be handled during
the course Of each days business than at
any other Inland town. of the State, if
not in the entire northwest. The wheat
transactions have their influence on other
branches of trade The retail stores are
we'll patronized and there is an appearance
of healthy and vigorous prosperity on ev-
cry street. Grain is king at Red Wing,
and its reign is so palpably advantageous
| to the people that the committee return
still stronger advocates in favor of extend
ing its dominion until St. Paul shall be fair
ly and fully included. On the day of the
committees visit there were wheat growers
at Red Wing who had brought their grain
from point forty miles inland, and this is
| said to be by no means an exceptional oc-
currence.


RED WING AS A MART.


1t may prove surprising to some to learn
that the daily receipts Of grain at this
brisk city reaches between twenty and
thirty thousand bushels, and the citizens
claim with ample justification that there is
not another place in the United States of
equal population which can show such
trade. By comparing the report of wheat
receipts from all quarters of the globe, the
| further information is gained that it can
also safely defy the world in the extent of
| its grain transactions-there being only
| two points in the wheat growing sections of
Russia which furnish approximating state.
ments of purchases.


Notwithstanding the constant shipments
of wheat toward the seaboard, there are at
the present time no less thar 6OO, 900 BUSH
| transportation, but the dealers contrive in
some way to handle and receive all arriving
and continue to deserve the appellation Of
''the finest wheat market in the State''
| as applied to their favored and prosperous
locality. The St. Paul gentlemen speak in
enthusiastic terms Of the busy streets, and
the vim and energy exhibited by all classes
of its citizens.


They believe that the same condition Of
things can be induced at St. Paul through
proper exertion of those who must prosper
with its growth, or recede with any decline.
People are attracted by the prices offered
for their grain, and by the facility with
which articles required in the household
economy may be supplied. In the latter
particular St. Paul is certainly without
formidable competitor in the northwest,
and the committee will endeavor to suggest
how and when d portion of the invigorating
wheat trade Of the State may be attracted
in this direction, to be . feature of our
business for all fntnra tima