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5 HOW A CITY GROWS A. Record of the Building in St. Paul the Last Twelve Months. Che City Surpasses Even Its Own ; Unparalleled Past Growth i City of Brick and Stone and Mor tar Built Within a City. The Aggregate Cost Reaches the Enormous Figure of Nearly Ten Millions of Dollars, While the Number of Structures is Three Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Nine. Massive Business Blocks and Palatial Residences That Have Grown Up Like Mag c. Another index of the rapid and substan tial £rrowth of St. Paul is published to-day. being a comprehensive review of building operations for toe past year, which shows that over 59.500.000 has been put into sub stantial improvements in this city during 1886 in building alone. This is larger than the amount expended in building in any previous year, and shows that the rapid growth of the city within the past few years is steadily, surely and systematically increasing. Elegant residences, costing from 550,000 to 575,000 each, and business blocks, costing a quarter of a million dol lars each, are among the improvements, and are such as any city in the country would be proud to acquire. The account of these improvements will be found exceedingly in teresting reading, both for St. Paul citizens and for people outside of the city, who do sire facts and figures to demonstrate its prosperity. Following is the story in a nutshell: Building inspector's records for eleven months $4,889,128 Esi imate lor December 1,000,000 Add 40 per cent, (except on court bouse) 2,015,051 Necessary repairs (no permits nec essary) ............•--- 150,000 Buildings without* permits, and foundations 250.000 Plumbing done without permits... 200.000 Work on buildings begun last year. 500,000 Stockyards improvements 580.000 South Park improvements 120,500 59,655,279 THE BIILDISG REVIEW. The System of "'ermit* and Sum* •nary of Hui'clins for the Year. The amount of money expended in St. Paul for building improvements during ISBG is far in excess of any preceding year. riie law requires that every one erecting a wilding shall first obtain a permit from the wilding inspector, to whom plans must be submitted, and must state the anticipated •ost of the structure. For these permits fees are charged, based on the cost of the milling, as follows: For a building cost -112 5100 or less, 50c; from 5100 to 51.000. 51; from 51.000 to 51.500. 83-50; from 51,500 to 52,500, 54: from 52.500 o 55,000. 85, and for each additional '1.000 or fraction thereof. 50 cents. The esult of tins graduated fee system is that »wners, contractors and architects who ake out permits underestimate the cost of luildings. This may beeither unintentional >r otherwise, for in a large majority of rases buildings cost more when completed ban was anticipated at the siait. An ictu.ii canvass among owners has demon trated that to arrive at the actual cost ol tuilding, on tiie average. 40 per cent, must te added to the amount stated on the ...:i l: : ,♦ .-.. V,...v1-.. 1.. .„.,.,,- „„„... DUiUtmg inspecioi s uik*i\*». 111 mini} casus the cost has been found to be double, triple and even quadruple the amount given the building inspector. The cost attached to these permit** leads many to erect buildings without them. Especially is this true of a the outskirts of the city, where they are not likely to be detected. The building in spector has but one outside man to watch this class of builders, and even he is not supplied with a horse, so it is utterly im possible for the frauds to be found out. Although this man compels many permits to be taken out during the year, it is im possible for him to closely watch the vast area of nearly thirty-six squre miles in cluded in the city. A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW In compiling a comprehensive review ot building improvements for the year there is a vast amount of work, ami many factors must be considered. The building inspect ors books for the first eleven months of the year are taken for the basis. The amount of the estimate for December includes a permit for building the court house, no per mit having hitherto been obtained on ac count of a difference of opinion between the commissioners and the building in spector. It also includes many permits for smaller amounts for buildings erected months ago without permits, but which have been found by the inspector and per mits required. To this, apart from the court house, a certain per centage must be added to arrive at the actual cost. Building Inspector Johnson estimates this at 40 per cent, of the amount on his books. Last year, in his annual raport, he used 50 per cent. The canvassing done among owners, architects and contractors has demonstrated that this ratio is none too large. For a certain class of improvements on old buildings and for foundations for buildings to be erected next year no permits are necessary, but work of this class properly belongs in a building summary. The cost of buildings for which no permits will be secured is carefully estimated after talking with Mr. Fisher, the outside man of the inspectors office, who has done his present work for several years. In addition to these factors plumbing must be considered. Permits are required for this work, as it forms a part of a building, but Building Inspector Johnson has already found 3100.000 worth of plumbing done during this year for which no permits have been issued, and that there is much more of this same class of work no one doubts. Then there is the work done on buildings begun last year. In canvassing this city a large number of expensive blocks were found to have been erected this year which were begun in ISSS, but which properly belong to THE BUILDING RECORD OF ISS6, at least the superstructure. On the new building of the Bank of Minnesota, which was begun in the spring of ISSS, no less than $150,000 lias been expended this year, the total cost being $200,000. The other blocks and houses belonging to this item do not enter into the general summary except in estimated amount of 8500.000, but those blocks costing 53. 000 or more are included in the appended list of such buildings by wards. After all these component parts have been considered come the improve ments just outside the city limits, which are made by St. Paul capital and enterprise. Of these only the stock yards and South Park buildings have been included, and they properly belong in the city improve ments, being simply a growth of city busi ness beyond the imaginary line of demarca tion known as the city limits. THE BI'ILDI.AG BY WARDS. The Fourth Ward Acquires Resi dences and the Sixth Has a Busi ness Boom. The subjoined table shows the cost of the buildings erected in each of the different wards of the city, according to permits issued each month by the building inspec tor. Here again is an interesting index of the direction of the city's growth. It will be seen that the Fourth ward leads with 1 51,479.073. while the Fifth hasSSl4,ol7,the ! Second $783,930, the Sixth $568,309, the I Third $565,165, with the Seventh and First I following.'in the order named. The amount! in the Second ward is largely increased by I I the new Globe building, which makes about one-third of the total amount for the year. Although the Sixth ward ranks fourth in this table, there is no section of the city in whicii lias been erected so largo a number of business blocks as in that part of the Sixth ward nearest the river. While the Fourth and Fifth wards outran the Sixth in the number of dwellings, the boom in business is on the West St. Paul side of the Mississippi. On Dakota avenue alone, between the river and Isabel street, no less than twelve business blocks have been built this year, which are occupied as fast as completed. These blocks are as follows, being all of brick and stone: Lawton Bros., 3 stories. 50.\!)0 825,000 Hear Horraan, 3 stories, 101x100 30,003 Schuman & Geisler, 3 stories, 78x70... 25.000 j Paul Martin, 3 stories, 50x90 25,000 , Ed Langevin, 2 stories, 100x100 18.000 ' William Thompson. 3 stories. 50x100. . 18,000 i C. F. Meyer. 3 stories. 50x90 18.000 : Joseph Minea, 3 stories, 50x80 15.000 Edward Bouquet, 2 stories, 27x80 8,000 H. C. Hirscli, 2 stories, 25x70 6,000 I Matt Eaton, 1 story, *Sfizß6 4,000 | John lckler, 1 story, 75x80 8.500 j $195,500 Besides these blocks on Dakota avenue the Ducas street improvements are consid- | erable. The construction of the Bobert street bridge has given the street, of little importance heretofore, GREAT Pr.OMIXEXCE. which will cause it in time to rival Dakota avenue. The following business blocks have been erected mi Ducas street: Crosby brothers, 4 stories, 50x84 $15,000 Cyril Lachance, 3 stories, 65x*0.. ...... 22,000 1. St. Peter. 3 stories 10.000 M. D. Shanley. 4 stories, 50x70. .*-...... 23,000 Paul Martin, 2 stories, Sl'xbO 15.000 $85,000 1 In addition to the buildings on these two streets are the improvements on the cross ; streets in the immediate neighborhood, as the Piukham block on Gillmore avenue, 59,000; the Iverson block on Fairfield ave nue, SIS. 000; the Minnesota ft .Northwest ern Railroad company's creamery, etc.. 535.000. and the Koessler block, 59,000, on Concord street. This makes the large sum of $340,000 expended in business blocks alone in this neighborhood, besides a large number of foundations which have been put in for buildings to be erected next year. In the number oi business blocks erected the Fifth ward letds the Sixth, but they are scattered over a larger extent of terri tory. Following is the table showing the amount of permits issued by wards aud months: X 3-2 = "r ir — -- — ~ r ** nS*Q*?***< 1 "" ?5 ** a £.%£• ° • ~ c"= 2 2 55|*j.::::. -*■=*: 'o ? Jj-i?: *::•••*: a el i ZZ £? 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The building inspect or's clerk, however, Mr. Humphrey, has, by a very ingenious memorandum tab. kept the classification 110 to date, since the first of the year, and by the courtesy of Build ing Inspector Johnson this has been used. Although this was simply a memorandum, and had not yet been compared with the books for final corrections, it is extremely satisfactory in showing the number of each class of buildings and the wards in which they are located, including all permits issued to Dec. 1. Following is a table showing classification of frame and brick and stone buildings by wards: _ i Hi **j«rj i~j 73 -* 1 ~~ S 2*?.?12.§* $ f j •*"::•: : : j 3 ""■""j "-!m*-:c^-t SSUUI9 Aip 'ox OCI UMCIS3_« "" *- I o hus — s» c* a 01 *.co I 'S-iu'lia.jApryso.iojs-oji M w» I «.egoso!K I ;? 019 *sinooj § cc c^""a*-io -mo*'' •sdousujQA*. *Os; j 5 : : I ••SJSuipimqonqnd sg Ie- Ti\ »- « » ( M >->" ■_ I S'ooqas 'saqaanqa o**J jE. 5 1 c*' on*::: I -sampling pco-gnu -ox; j £ c> I *->*.«►-> b- ... , snoaußiioosiK 5 oil *;■<*■ s*r *•* snoann'ioosijn a. -? I—S *. 5 tf- a l *"- J" I f I S'SS-J'*'" 1 - 1 S sidjox ki oaoioxo*. 1 - at -' ' C a CC —CJ — j: I . Sl^MgiiSp-al sang-a-a p -os. «"* SI esw'i"ss-j I •sgnmaA-pysa.iois-OK j <"* I : I o?a •stnoo.i £, " I • fre-iaaol -3JOIS *SdotlS**JOJ*. "OX * I ••sjSaiprmq oqqndJp £ If »c -1 >-. 1-1 I s'ooqos 'saqcnqo -ox; 5 »• I >-• &:' : ' : I •sgajpjinq pßOJitua-oij = "I ■*> «>•>*. I snoauuiiaosfK & cc I c-*-< a~- -• icj * — 2 j H S SSa« e I spj;ox « li I »■ ac cc —c; — «_[__ 5" -*" I r* 1 ■*"■•! jo *j cc co ie — I •*• *s;itnJ3d joqrana imox co 1 ~~ — 5. . i S ;» *" I • Some study of this table will be found interesting. Of the total number of dwell ings, 1/242. it will be seen that 542. or nearly one-half, were erected in the Fourth ward alone. The Fifth ward had 996 new dwellings, while the Sixth and Seventh wards follow closely after it. It will be seen that there were 104 frame and 98 brick and stone buildings erected classed as stores and dwellings. Main* of these blocks are in the heart of the city, and are equipped with well arranged flats, for which there is an increasing demand as residences for those who must live near business. But one appartment house or block used en tirely for residences has been built, this being at the corner of Eighth and John streets, by George Farwell. This contains six fiats, nicely equipped with modern con veniences, and more of the same class of buildings would be profitable to their owners. The table shows that the direc tion of the city's growth is first in the Fourth ward, in which have been erected more than one-third of all the buildings: next in the Fifth ward, which has a little more than one-quarter of all the buildings erected during the year. The other wards rank in the following order: Sixth, Third, Seventh, First and Second. 1 l ill. lt itIII.DI.VGS. Increase of tbe Fire Department and olicc Service. The principal work in the way of public buildings during the year has been on the new court house, which will be nearing completion about a year from this time. Complete it will cost upwards of 5750,000, of which not less than $400,000 has been expended this year. Apart from this public buildings erected this year have been almost j wholly in extending the tire department j and the police service. Three new engine j houses have beeu erected, and extensive repairs made to another, and four new sub police stations built, each of which is equipped with the patrol service. Follow ing is a list of them: New court house, amount spent this year $100,000 Fire Engine Houses York, near Edyertoa... 5,000 ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE. WEDNESDAY.; MORNING, DECEMBER 15, *» Hennepin ay., near Milton 5,000 Conway, near Maple... "...:.. 7,000 Repairs No. 5. Selbv ay 5.000 Sub Police stations Wcstwood, bet Feronia and Oakley... 2,974 Eaton, bet Isabel and Deios ....". 2,974 Margaret,' bet Greenbrier aud Arcade 2,974. Western, bet Rondo and Carroll 2,808 Addition to vault in old court house. 1,250 SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 1 A Large Expenditure for Both Pub lic and Private Schools. The board of education lias made a large i outlay on school buildings this year. But one : new school building has been erected, the ; Hendricks, in West St.- Paul, at a cost of j £30.000, but a very general system of im ! provements and repairs has been carried j out. ■'■ To the Jackson school a four-room | addition was made at a cost of 512.780. Additions of the same number of rooms were also made at the Kice school at a cost of 510,330. and the Webster school at a cost of 813.600. In the High school two rooms were fitted up at a cost of 51.600. The. Franklin, Jefferson. Madison. Monroe and Van Buren schools were generally reno vated, and in the case of the first named a system of heating and ventilation put in, involving m expense of 520,000. The im provements on the others were not so ex tended, the outlay being Jefferson. 84.000; Monroe. 52.100; Madison, 32,200; Van Buren, 50,000. In addition to the above Improvements the board .of education ex pended for painting 83,000. This gives the ! total outlay ot the board on improvements | for the year as $104,010. These ligures are furnished by Supt. .Taylor. A large part of these improvements are called necessary repairs and no permits are necessary for them. The largest school improvement outside the public schools has been the erection of tine new buildings for the St. Paul semi nary, corner of Cleveland and Division streets, which has been done *at a cost of 54.000. In addition to this there are number of church schools erected, as is shown in the following list of school build ing improvements for the year: Public Schools- New Hendricks school, Central ay $30,000 Addition to Rice school. Agate st 11.000 Addition to Jackson school, Ellen St.. 12,780 Franklin school improvements, Broad way 14,000 Repairs, Neill school. Farrington ay. . 300 Total .SOB,OBO Private Schools St. Louis school (Catholic) 10th st $10,000 Additions to St. Paul seminary (Cath olic),cor Cleveland and Division sts. 40,000 German Lutheran school, Margaret st 2,500 Addition to Academy of Visitation, Kobert st, cor Aurora 800 House of the Goo I Shepherd, (indus trial school) additions and improve ments . 5,000 St. Mary's school, 9th and Pine sts . . . 18,000 Total $76,300 CHURCH BiII, DINGS. A Long List of Churches. Chapels and Mis-ion*.. The cost of church buildings erected dur ing the year amounts to 5212.500. This does not include the necessary repairs to churches for which no building permits are issued. The largest of these is the Central Park M. E. church, not yet completed, and the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian, also not yet completed. Next is the new church erected by St. Stanislaus congregation (Catholic) on Western avenue, the German Catholic church in West St. Paul and the First Baptist chapel. Then there are a I large number of smaller churches and chap- I els in different parts of the city. The two first mentioned will be models of church architecture, as well as two of the finest in the city. Following is a list of the build ings: s-t. Stanislaus, Western ay $20,000 1 >;i\ in Ay. Presbyterian 45,000 First Baptist chanel. Wacouta 18,000 Pilgrim Baptist (colored), Cedar 12,000 Central Park M. E. Minnesota €0,000 Danish Evans. Luth., Burgess 1,200 Church at Rice St., near Geranium... 1,000 Addition St. Joseph's, Carroll 7,000 B P Lewis, trustee. Edmund st 3,400 Grace M. E., Burr st 5,000 Church on Prior st 3,200 Church on Fourth, near Bates 6.000 St. John's, add, Ashland ay 1,000 Chapel. Chicago, near Starkey 800 House of Hope Mission chapel, Hamp stead 1,500 Chapel at Whitall, near Edgcrton 600 German Lutheran, repair,, Goffe St.. 300 St. John's Catholic. Frances st. near Forest 2,500 Charles S. Schurman, Presbyterian, Kobie st 6,000 German Catholic church an -'on age, Hale st, near Kobie . .... 18,000 Total $212,500 RAILWAY Bill. DINGS, Sew Shops of the Minnesota & Northwestern and St. Paul A Northern Pacific and Several Pas senger Station*). The amount of railroad building done during the year amounts to §201,655. The Minnesota & Northwestern shops, at South Park, 855,000, are the largest item in this amount. Next the St. Paul & Nothern Pacific shops, at Mississippi and York streets. 8:10,700. while the rest is made up of smaller structures. A noticeable fea ture of the railroad building in St. Paul is is the number of passenger stations on the various lines within the city limits, at which accommodation or short line trains stop regularly. The improvements of this kind during the year have been on the Northern Pacific line, where short line trains have been put on by the Minneapolis & St. Louis, and the Minnesota & North western, where a motor service has been established every half-hour, running to the stock yards, with stations only a short dis tance apart. A glance at a man of the city will show how convenient these arrange ments are for people desiring to live a few miles from the business center. Fol lowing is a complete list of buildings erected by railroad companies during the year: St P & N* P shops and store houses, Mississippi, cor York 30,790 Passenger statiou, Lexington ay 2,500 Passenger station, Kendriek 5t....'... 2,500 Passenger station, Snelling ay ..:... . 2,500 Passenger station, Bice st 2,500 Passenger station. Como ay 2,500 Lumber shed, Snelling ay 4.200 Section bouse. Bay-less st ... 1,300 Total $48,490 N P passenger and baggage room, Broadway, bet Prince and Fourth.. 2,400 C B & X, coal chute, tiain house and enuine house, river and Dayton's bluff 11,100 C. M & St P. passenger station, bet Snelling and Saratoga 1,565 Minn & N '***. creamery, cold storage and Ice house. Fillmore, bet Starkey and Custer 35,000 Four new brick passenger stations, at stock yards, Lincoln ParK, South Park and State st 1,200 Shops at South Park 55.000 Total $102,000 Minn Trans Co, engine house, Union st... 3,000 Bank and office, University ay 14.000 Total $17,000 Wis" Cent, water tank- aud pump • • house. Fifth, near Bradley 1,600 St P City R'y Co, rebuilding Oak st barn 12,000 Addition to Laurel ay baru 3.000 Addition to University ay barn 2,500 Total $17,500 AT THE SIOCK YARDS. Rapid lievclopiueut of Enormous v -..>;v' Live Stock Industries. The improvements contemplated by the St. Paul Union Stock Yards company, south of the city limits, have only fairly begun, as not a stroke had been done or even the company formed until far into the summer. Yet in the brief period interven ing 5730,000 has been expended in build ings. The importance of these stock yards to St. Paul is hardly appreciated by any but men acquainted with packing and its accompanying industries in other large cities, but in a few years the improvements will be counted by millions instead of thou sands. . Following is a detailed list of buildings erected during the past year by the St. Paul Union Stock Yards company: Exchange building, 112x72, of Kettle Kiver sandstone and brick, three stories and basement on one side, four stories and basement on the other, for bank, offices, etc......... 75,000 Two Ice bouses, cach.lso*;Bo. forty-five feet high, end two engine houses 25x30 each.......... 35,000 Elevator and engine house 35,000 Feedinjr barn. 250x379 35.000 Packing houses, 6-story, brick. and stone, 280x2U0, warehouse 170x162, ■killing- house * MtzSO. smoke house :-. 135x50, engine house 62x10 250.000 Pens, barns and scale b0u5e...., ..... 100,000 Thirty miles of track owned by com pany, and a mile of sewerage. . .... 200,000 : . .'.-■ ..-• $730,000 AT SOUTH PARK. Destined to Become* the "lannfactar* injr Center of M. Paul. The suburb of South Park is between the city limits and the stock yards, and is rapidly becomiug a manufacturing center, four factories having ' been erected there this year, with some of the accompanying stores, hotels and residences requisite for a community. The total amount expended for building improvements here during the year is 565,500. This does not include the new shops of the Minnesota & Northwest ern Railroad company, on which 355,000 has already been expended. Following is a list of . the buildings: /.;>. ■; Holland & Thompson, brass foundry.. $8,000 Warner & Hough Machine company.. 5.000 Waterous Engine company 8,000 Clark-Bryant Improvement company—* Block of stores 10.000 Large hotel '. 10,000 Small hotel 2,500 Three stores. ..... 4.000 Ten dwellings 10,000 Foundations for next year's building 4,000 $65,500 Minnesota & Northwestern shops.. . . . 55,000 Total ". $120,500 In Three Years. A comparison of the total amount of money expended in buildings in ISBO with the two precediiitr years is interesting, showing this year to have the largest, as follows: 1884. 37,260,477; ISSS, $9,118, --209; 1886, $9,055,279. SOME OF THE BUILDINGS, Fine Business Blocks and Elegant ne*.i(]ciice*> Built in a Wear. Below is given a list of all buildings erected this year, of which the cost was $8,000 or over, with some particulars of the more important ones, by wards. In the list are included all church, school aud railroad buildings, in order to show the sec tions of the c ty in which any structures of large amounts have been erected. Follow ing is the list: FIRST WARD. Board of education, improvements to Franklin school, w side Broadway, - . bet Ninth and Tenth, steam beating apparatus, etc f 14,000 First Baptist church, 2-story brick chapel, w side Wacouta, bet Ninth and Tenth . 18,000 Board of education, 2-story brick ad dition to Rice school bouse, c side Agate, bet Granite and Cayuga. . . . 11,000 Dennis Ryan, 5-story brick, store, n side Third, bet Sibley and Wjcouta, for tbe Ryan Drug company in place of the store destroyed by tire last spring 30,000 m* OSU WARD. . na-lri Charles H Sherman, repairs to 3-story brick block, stores and offices, c side Wabasha, bet Fifth and Sixth 8,000 C H Petch, 2-story brick dwelling, v side Sherburne, bet Grant and - Brewster .'. 15,000 B ink of Minnesota, 6-story stone block of offices, corner of Jackson and Sixth sts, 50x90, built of Kasota stone, Are proof throughout....... 200,000 Central Park M E cnurch, sw cor Twelfth and Minnesota, general dimenssions 90x120, built Of Bay field sandstone, seating 1,200 per sons 60,009 Including organ, seating and finishing the cost will be 80,000 • Edison Electric Light Company, 1-story brick building, s side College, bet Cedar and Wabasha, main building and engine house 45x100, and 40 ft in highest part 12,000 Total cost of plant .'. 112,000 Poles, wires, etc, already erected 80,000 G SSchurmier. 3-story brick veneered block of dwellings, c side Minnesota, bet Summit and Central 25,000 Greenleaf Clark, 4-story brick block of stores, w side Minnesota, bet Fourth and Fifth 40,000 Trustees Pilgrim Baptist church, 1-story briick veneered church, w side Cedar, bet Twelfth and Thir teenth, 50x100. towf-r 100 ft high. . . . 12,000 John Espy, 4-story brick block stores, n side Fifth, bet Jackson and Robert, brown stone front 30,000 E. T. Skid more, 4-story brick and stone commission house, c side Mm nesota, bet 4th and sth 18,000 Mrs. M. Casey, 3-story brick double stores and dwellings, w side Minne sota, bet 4th and sth. 50x50 . : . . . . .J; 11,000 National German-American bank, s story brick and stone addition to bank building. side 4th bet Robert and Minnesota, 25x140 38,000 Mark L. Patten, 4-story br ck block stores and dwellings, s side Seventh bet Minnesota and Cedar 22,000 E. M. Hallowed. 2-story frame double dwelling, w side Cedar bet Bluff and Summit 8,000 John L. Merriam, 2-story stone dwell ing, n side University bet Grant and / - ..' Brewster; the residence lot occupies a whole block. The bouse is built of terra-cotta Portage sandstone, being the only stone of the kind in this city; trimmings of field sandstone. It is of the Queen Anne style, will have very elaborate in terior decorations and cost when complete 75,000 Cunningham & Haas, 2-sfory brick double dwelling, west side Cedar, bet Bluff and Iglehart 10.000 Wm Dawson, Jr, 2-story brick dwell ing, east side of Central park, bet Central and Summit 15,000 Stees Bros, 4-story brick block, stores and dwellings, north side Seventh, bet Wabasha and Cr-di.r '. . . . 30,000 Trustees St Louis school house. 3-story brick school house with basement, south side Tenth street, bet Cedar and Minnesota, 50x52, accommodate 300 pupils 15,000 Mat hew Ellis, 3-story brick and stone, store and dwelling, south side , Seventh, bet Cedar and Minnesota. 10,000 Wm Smith, 4-story brick hotel, south side Fourth, bet Jackson and Robert 15,300 Lewis Baker, 11-story brick, stone and iron, block of stores and offices, west side Cedar, bet Third and Fourth. 100x85, fire proof through out, elaborate trimmings of terra cotta aid carved Bayfield sandstone, will cost complete ; . . 290,000 T Reardon, 4-story brick, stores and offices, south side Seventh, bet Cedar and Minnesota 30,000 Godfrey Mannheimer, alterations to . . Mannheimer block. Third st, bet Minnesota and Robert, repairs and changes after the fire, fire-proofing, etc 35,000 Capital Panorama company, 2-story brick block, stores and panorama building, s side'Jth. bet St Peter and Wabasha. The buildin-j has a front ago of 150 ft on St Peter and 6th sts, with five stores on each street. The entrance to the panorama building . is on the coiner, and this is con structed with 16 sides; is 50 ft to the eaves. 95 ft to top of dome and 135 ft to top of flag staff; cost of entire plant '.'. 150,000 THIRD WARD. M Auerbach, 3-story brick block, ' stores and dwellings, w s'de Frank lin, bet sth and 7tb .. 025,000 R B Galusha, 2-story brick block of dwellings, n side Iglehart st, bet . Rice and Ravcux 25,000 J B McMurran and J F Fulke, 3-story, brick block, stores and dwellings, c side St Peter, bet 10th and Ex change * 19,000 William Stoddart, 3-story brick tene ment block, s side Exchange, bet Walnut and Chestnut; five tene ments, with basement, all modern improvements ■'. 27,000 William Dawson, 3-Btory brick block, w side St Peter, bet 3d and 4tfa. 8,000 Milton Armstrong, 2-story brick double dwelling, n side stb,'bet Fort and Oak 15,000 M D Miller, 3-story brick veneered doub c dwelling, north side College, bet St Peter and Rice •...-..... ■ 10,000 Mrs J S Messner, 2 story frame dwell ing, south side Summit, bet St Peter and Wabasha ..... -. •.....; 8,000 C C Berkmau, 3-story brick block, stores and dwellings, north - side Sixth, bet Exchange and St Peter. . . 13,000 West Publishing company, 5-story brick printing and publishing bouse, south side Third, bet 8t Peter and • Market; five stories below the street ';.-.. and three above, with walls built for three more stories, to be built in the future; building 120 feet front, 80 feet deep; only block in the North west built on the mill construction plan, with wooden pillars and cross • timbers, without ceilings; front of Zanesville brick, with carved Bay field stone trimmings ...*...;•.-. 80,000 D O'Halloran, 3-story brick veneered double dwelling, north side Pleas ant, bet Third and Sixth.... p, goo E L Mabon, 2^-atory brick veneered '•' --tenement block, south aide *?filuff, . bet St Peter and Rice; six tene ment 5 ............ ..:.. 3C,000 E L Mabon and R J Lewis, 2*£-story brick veneered block of four tene ments, same street ....... 20,000 Mrs A B Drisco!!, 3-story brick veneer tenement block, north aide Pleasant bet Third and Sixth. 4 tenements. .. 20,000 J C Prendergast, 3-story brick dwell* ing and barn, west side St Peter, betTilton and Tg1ehart............. 15,000 Mother Bernadine. 2-story brick east wing to St. Joseph's hospital, north - side.Exchange bet St Peter and Fort 30,000 Thomas Grace, 3-story brick don hie dwelling, east. side Franklin bet j Fifth and Sixth.. 10.00 C Haas & Hathel, 3-story brick double j store and dwelling, west side St ! Peter bet Seventh and Ninth. . . . .^ . 20,000 , Abbott F. Smith. 3-story stone double 1 store and dwelling, west side Waba sha, bet Tenth and Exchange 10,000 j FOURTH WAT.D. I A H Wilder, stone foundation and j basement to brick and stone dwell ing, south side Summit bet Selby ! ana Chestnut 11,500 Residence complete to ■ be elegantly furnished and decorated, and to ■ cost .... 50,000 J L Lovering and Hiram Backurs, 2 story brick veneered block stores, west side Western bet Selby and Dayton : 20,000 G B Young and W H Lightner, 3-story brick and stone double dwelling, south side Summit bet Walnut and Western 25,000 Day .on Avenue Presbyterian church, 1-story stone church, v side Dayton nv. bet Mackubin and Kent, irenerul dimensions 100 villi), and a a semi-circular chapel 60 ft in di- tIOIIS. ; ameter is to be added at a cost of " ~ ~~ * " $10.00;), built of field sandstone, '"*"*" , * t ''*T* i »«i. T**n ri*T" a t*lTT\ci A m rrTTn UTC* . i-. walls 25 ft, gables 55 ft, spire 150 JB^S^*-%-^. *-** STANDS AT THE HEAD. ft, seating capacity 900 persons, •s*^*^^*^^? ?^s* r^*'**f roof in trusses and auditorium free (^s&%3M?^!£ii2£s mTTTI THIfHT^ ATTHT\ fl I T Tfl T\ X TiiTT ?„».. p, .""?:.. B b ? a .. , .''..^!«, M » IlilsPHE IMPROVED GALIGRAPE. Andrew Muir, 3-story brick-veneered «^2t*^^^^^^W (rf - - dwelling, n side Summit, bet T^^*jW^K^^^al{o ' • Mackubin and Kent 22,000 >^\^^*^?^K-^^ The best writing machine on the market. Call and examine Mary V Otis, 2-story frame dwelling, >^^^^^^^^%S^-i or send for circular wi, samples of work. Agents Wanted. s side Summit, bet Walnut and ] /^^^li^^S^^*^^*- Also agents for Madden' a Adding Machine. Western 12,000 J^^^^^^P^W _ __ „,.,-•,,„.„,, „• n ~Z St Stanislaus Congregation, 1-story "' "<■ ft£r Q H VHWI7I ¥ j?/* PA brick church, w side Western, -^sa^t^ j^ # JLJ.O V* JUJUI-i UW VUi) bet Superior and Michigan; 50 ft 611 Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. front, and will cost with furnish- . ings £0,000 .~— _.. * G S Moore, 4-story brick block stores _ a/m mam . * «>r*ntA ,»i « ~* ..»._- «. and offices, w side Seventh, bet JTL* COLUMBIA, AMERICAN & OTTO Chestnut and Third, Fourth ward.. 12,000 ytfvjPS s m Magoffin, 2-story stone-veneered /•\^l%& Bicyies and Tricycles. Agents Wanted. dwelling, a side Summit, bet £^[([£l* SHIPMAN AUTOMATIC ENGINE. Requir-s no engineer. Insurance western and walnut; red sand- E^P^^JL uot increased. Kerosene for Fuel. Send for catalogue. The Douglas stone and brick •••••• 1 - , ; 000 \^y/i^>^J/m. Hunting, Fishing and Pleasure Boats, Sailing tn 1 Steam Yachts. For prices Board ol Education, school house on v/ilft/t^ address HEATH & CO., leu. bet Mackubin and Arundel . 8,500 V^[ |^ W*- Armory Hal!, Mm --apolls, Minn. William Constans, 2-story brick dwell ing, n side Summit, bet Arundel !h***"**"*"******?f^^™!sh^"*ss^h*»»?»™****************""***»*****j******** — -■ _ — .. ■** E^XSS 25,000 MINNEAPOLIS PROVISION COMPANY 1 ■Srt»s«KJ*srK : MINNEAPOLIS PROVISION COMPANY 1 B land: Bayfield stone trimmings 25,000 M an -l P o^ Packers, and Genera! Provision Dealers, 0 .^ 61 !^ 20,000 ! Beef and Pork Packers, and General Provision Dealers, Andrew Mark, 2-story brick double WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. store and dwelling, w side Rice, bet „ .... --. . . ,-.-,,-, ~_. , — Universit, and Aurora 8,000 ' Market Men. Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Hotel, Family and Lumber Camp Supplier** C L?eT°*e££letXrin™^ 24 and 26 South First Street. - MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. Washington. 00x120, with railroad mm^ lmm^^ mmtmmmmmmmm^ mlmmmlmmmmmmm ( tracks running into the building 25,000 * " : ~"' ' ■ J Abbott, 2-story brick doable dwel- •*■». • o-» « -.. • « _^. _ ling, n side Dayton bet Western and g 3 I I I E f j a" I |g I jr^L-::'i;;-;y'^'''''j'io --• 00 ° rfOillinPni HIIQinPQQ HnfSQQQ nl\l rill SRaafr.!!^;.!:!..!^ ■*«,' ■ lUIiIIIICiHUuOIIIGOOIIUuoGOu -Jul dill Nathan Myrick, 2-story brick double dwelling, w side Wilkin bet Mcßoal Nathan Myrick,' 2-story frame' double ' I Firms in this List are Reliable and Business can be Safely Trans dwelling, n side Goodrich bet Forbes __ acted through til© Mails -with, them, • and Leach 10,000 J T McMillan, 2-story frame and brick : : * ; — — — — — , pork packing and slaughter houses, ESSsS;S CORLIES. CHAPMAN & DRAKE, ihcorpor'ted ting room 100*35, slaughtering and SMgg£s£E&E&E3BaE£& Have in Store a Large StoekoC cooling room 150.v50. 1 smoke s^f^^^M^^S^T^^^SlpSi houses with scale rooms, sheds for ;5 ' 000 offlce Desl(S fin/1 00(l Maniels< 1.000 hogs, etc 73,000 J^^^^^^^W^W&'mmWliM vliiOd L/OOflD dliU II U JU ilittilLolkS* WJ Gronewald. 3-story brick stores /^t-"> ' ' '- '"^PsfsJi^Sjil „ . and dwelling, n side 7th bet Ann M^M^^^^^^S^M^ Manufacturers of and Dousman 9,000 fe^*-''*^s^sr«*&^E:^^sM| sgg^fl T"» 7 Ift fir* TV a St Paul city Railway Co, rebuilding i^^^^3mm^^^^^Smm\m U-lTSlr**" nHflllmflfi L .VlTl7>flfl street car barn side Oak bet Ram- l^^^fe'^J^^^f Hl lid 111. fl .iSLn PI I 111 IHX sey and Pleasant 12.000 P^Sl^^^^!*^^^*^ *"""*^ UllU UlilUU I lAllll f Addition to Laurel ay barn 3.000 F is *^»iK^sSc^^?fsli!^^Sl il^-l** 1 HiSrS^ -'" ftHfe^Hii HARD WOOD FINISH A?'D INTERIOR bio k, c side Western bet Yon Mm- «*» EEMW&ifpl SASH ' DOORS AND BLINDS, Bohn Manufacturing Co. 3-story brick CrfSiS^'^J^fa St °" 3 Eighth Sill MSW ' 33'li factory, c side Arcade, bet W°lls ---^3^-*^ Central Factory Seven Corners. - St. _„ „ and the railroad, main building 60x L fc*^* s,a " Central Factory Seven Corners. - St. Pan 170, annex 00x102, both 3 stories; —————.— —— , . — — dry kilns 70x90,1 story; shed. 32x " 300, 2 stories; engine house, 76x76, 2 OF* ,,^llT^i fi II I**! /I i"l »X==::::::::::::::: $70,000 ... S X iVI U .'I II I Si. ...«*«, 8/ M »-. «. Machineryused 50,000 Cl fL I I J M 88 iil/UnrX KTnO August Nelson, 3-story, brick-veneered double store and dwellings, c side Arcade, bet Sims and Case 8,000 St Paul & Northern Pacific Railroad Co, 1 and 2-story brick engine house, Shops and storehouses, Mississippi, cor York 30,790 Theodore Hamni, 2-story brick-ve neered dwelling, w side Greenbrier, bet Beaumont and Maury 20,000 M Wlckersbeim. 3-story brick double stores and duelling, n side Seventh, bet Noil and Williams 15,000 John Wagener, 2-story frame block, stores and dwellings, s side Seventh, bet Bradley and Hoffman 25,000 Henry Hale, 4-story brick double store, n side Seventh, bet Piue and Olive '. 18,000 •George Farwell, 3-story brick double dwelling, flats, n side Eighth, bet John and Locust 12,000 6t Paul Gas Light Co, 1-story brick gas tank and buildings, n side Filth, bet Olive and John, tank capacity of 500,000 cv ft 40,000 Generating house, brick 25,000 Purifying house and apparatus.... 15,000 Minor improvements ■ 10,000 Laid 10 miles of mains 40,000 Put up 1,000 lamps 20,000 Bought new electric light plant, Washington st 100,000 Rice, Law & Phillips, 3-story brick laundry, n side Sixth, bet John and Locust, 50x100 13,000 Total cost of plant 35,000 SIXTH WARD. 0 and S P Crosby, 4-story brick double 6toies and offices, w side Ducas. bet Fillmore and the levee, 2 stories above the street, three basements, for shoe factory and machine - works, 50x84 •. 815,000 Cyrill bance, 3-story brick block, stores and dwellings, w side Ducas, bet Fillmore and the levee, 68x70, two basements 22,000 Alvis Plut, 1-story brick church, school house and dwelling, c side Hall, bet Robie and Hall IS.OOO Anton Ruessler, 2-story brick, double stores and dwelling, w side Concord, bet George and Robie 8,950 Mrs J Pinkham. 3-story brick, double stores and dwelling, c side Eaton, bet Fairfield and Fillmore, 50x50... 9,000 J W Imeson, 3-story brick store and dwelling, side Fairfield, bet Hubert and Ducas, 25x75 13,000 1 St Peter, 3-story brick double stores and dwelling, w side, Ducas bet Morrison and Wood, with two basements 10,000 Joseph Minea, 3-story brick, double stores and dwellings, side Dakota, bet Delos and Isabel, 60x80 15,000 Wm Thompson, 3-story brick block, double stores and offices, c side Da kato, bet Isabel and Delos, 50x100, with dance hail 18,000 M D Shanley, brick stores and hotel, w side Ducas, bet Fillmore and levee, 50x70. three basements and two stores rfbove the street 15,000 Board of Education. 2-story brick school bouse, s side Central, bet Woodbury and Brown, the new Hen dricks school .' 25,000 Ed Langevin, 2-story brick block, stores and dwellings, w side Dakota, bet Fairfield and Fillmore. 100x100, seven stores, two being on Fill more 18,000 M D Shanley. 2- story brick addition to store and dwelling, w side Ducas bet Fillmore and the levee 8,000 Henry Hoi-man, 3-story brick block stores and dwellings, w side Dakota bet C.iicago channel, 100x1000 30,000 Schumann & Geisler, 3-story brick block stores and dwellings, w side Dakota bet Fairfield and Indiana, 78x70 25,000 Paul Martin, 3-story brick double store and dwelling, c side Ducas bet Colorado and Delos, 50x90, with two basements 25,000 Paul Martin, 2-story brick block of stores and dwellings, Ducas bet Con cord and Congress, 50x80.... 15,000 Edward Bouquet, 2-story brick store and dwelling, w side Dakota bet Fairfield and Indiana. 27x80 8,000 C F Meyer, 2-story brick block of . stores and dwellings, c side Dakota bet Cidcago and Indiana. ."0x«0 18.000 M &N| WJ R R Co., creamery and storage house, Fillmore ay. 35.000 Three new depots 9,000 SEVENTH WARD. Northwestern Elevator company. I story frame elevator, n side Uni versity ay. . . . . 825,000 Rt Rev John Ireland, buildings for St. Thomas seminary, w side Union bet Summit and Marshall; main building 40x104. with two wings each 7x30, all four stories 50,000 THE OLD rTI RELIABLE*. RAY'S % -*- " STORE. ESTABLISHED 1868. ; ' The best Mandbelin*** Java and Mocha 3 lbs. for SI, best 0. G. Java ZM lb* for SI. best Gclden Rio 5 lbs. for SI, 6 lbs. Choice Rio SI, Fair Rio. 7 lbs. fo< 31, Roasted and Ground or Pulverized Best Uncolored Japan or Green that Gold can bay 70c per lb., and cheaper grades of Tea at prices that defy com* petition. I'itrZ- B& : ' . T. RAY & CO., «« _ ~, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 32 South Washington Avenue. - - , - Minneapolis. Minn - - CHARLES STEVENS & SON Nos. 15 & 16 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, Have on display the most extensive and complete stock of Beau tifu HOLIDAY GOODS. A large line of Brass Goods, Embossed Leather work, Bamboo Goods and Antique Oak Articles. : Call early and make your seleo — - , i.n.uijciikuiuo. Anything you want made in Fur Goods, such a* SEAL SACQUi'S. Mink ( loaks, Fine Fur Coats. Seal Wraps. Fur Sets or Trimmings you cannot -if- AI D dealers in ford to set till you see our groods. They are 'J'HK best and we are the ol e t and largest house in the North west; sell more good? than all other retail houses in the two cit es. "Where -est *> --»• ™ *•>- to JJjjg Art Gas Fixtures. SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO j RANSOM & HORTON, ' or ,• „ , 99 and lOlEast Third St., St. Paul. j 96 E. Third Street. ——————— — - ■— — — i — ■-— -■ - — — ■ JASPER, GRANITE, MARBLE, BROWN STONE. We are Manufacturers of and Dealers in the above Materials, and have unsurpassed facilities for furnishing MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, TABLETS, POLISHED COLUMNS, PILASTERS, ETC. Rook Face, Plain Cat and Moulded Work, Signs, Tiles ani High Art Trimmings. G-et our estimates be '"o73 contracting. DRAKE COMPANY, - Walsh Blook, 470 Jackson Street' - ; — ■ ; , . SOLE AGENTS FOR ■ Haines te,lis and IcCaiiflPiais. 3r>** < *'*fSLtf£.a£iZ«-.&?igJnS^^ £*1 WESTERN COTTAGE ORGANS. Prices Low. Terms Easy, — 1 i | _ 1J J *in I ~\ Tnalce Palace Refrigerator **?" ifi^lli '"'V Manufactured at the St. Paul Box F«o«* 4" ti/ mmti '%t^ "*•s> tor * and Plan ing Mill, also Fisher 'o <s?* iS» & mW"n * Grocery and Butcher Boxes and Coldl OA*J^9g[]|.J Storage Houses, Counter, Store, Office J*-SSESmbl*3i £""3 and Fixtures, Custom Planing, Pi s^ ft!ffT'*"TCtm^ryt[>' | *| Moulding, Turning, Scroll and lie* ' JM wJraSlr JSSjFJ lliPffi S&Lxi fl 1-1 I saw '**e* '•Valnscoitlni*:, Casings ttn4 r^^ftO^ 1 \m Tmtvm&TT^L r^H Hardwood Flooring. liailroad trat-JH BLODGETT & OSGOOD, IH»wM»i*TOtTAJ7Z>>*:« ** J Cor. £. Fourth and Locust ± m (g J . (^ede^tze^ ' STATIONER. Engraves Wedding Invitations, Announcemrnts, Visiting Carls, Monojrrams, Crests, Seals, Lies. etc. Stationery stamped and illuminated. Call ana see the novelties in Staple and ' 1 anoy Stationery. Seaside Libraries. 113 EAdr THIRD STREET. ST. PAUL. MINN.