The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 8, 1894, Page 9

| 2 Convents. } St. Louis, the Mart of the V alley. Her Supremacy a God-. Given ay Nature First and Her ii resident own methods Si. Louis’ unique pr epoch. it tie time every business h Z months the but to pre ved vita ay, already esta munberless instances the of ye toll were justriogs, away wuls aione stood the industria! = and collapsing mercial houses tottert wm ail ether ented an cities, those of St unwavering stability. Not failure 0 pre A Bet one importa rrred in wha’ has beon proven to be the most sub gtantial commercial mart in ¢ smailer the least, permeates, controls and uphol pole Industrial system, The Its early pages are tl ing romance in the e1 past of St. Louis ts behind her moat fascinat acing legen traditions and ballads of the great world, He maturity, as a city of the first class forms a history in which humanity may rejoice and to which all ber fu- r citizens may point with 2 pride. St. Louis is the dazzling gem in the bosom of the porlific valley on th of carth. Her stability and hope of the présent and the p: » of the future f civilization in the AMississ!ppi Vat will far exceed in population wthat of the whole Western Hemis- | From mother e: N wealth. From wealth gre n and all power, ‘The Mississtppt- Valley ts the richest section eet It Is alvo the largest section of u broken fertile land on the eartteot this valley there must develop th Gensest, the weulthlest, ie most cul tured aud most prosperous 5 that shall ever inhabit the pla The City of St 8 is al tral in the t busin of the F Waters, The Missouri, the Up sissipp!. the Tiinois and the Ot ers, thoxe great navigable « the elrculatury system of NX : to fix for al natural and unassailable superior Western development to mendab) most voluptuous and fairest continent are the count cress for her The one merelal hange—of transportation. All perience established the unar proachable superiority of water tra Nothing could demonstrate this mo than the recent constrietion of the Manchester ocean ship canal in Ena- land. It ts only thirty-five miles in length, und was bullt at a cost of $70, 0? 000. large imvestment hecame necessary because tt cost as much to draw a ton of freisit from Liv to Manchester a distance o: miles, by rail, as it did to transport it from New York to Liverpool by wate! @ distance of over 30 miles. ‘This ca: nal reduced the freight rates betwee Vverpool and Manchester from $3.50 to $1.60 per ton. This cleariy and forcibly demonstrat- ed that water prevail. Today, structions in’ the Mississippi River wheat can be sent from St. Liverpool, via New Orleans, 6 bushel cheaper than it can by rail via New York. With deep water and a clear channel in the Mi ppl, as is sure to come within the next few the necessary appropriation having al- ready been male, and the differencg, in transportation will be between iand 4 cents per bushel. { Sasta_weth make St Z watd ae opertenty Bent from the great vaitey to European markets, With the Suez Canal, the Menchester Canal, the Nicaragua Ca-| nal and the diking of the great river of Europe in mind it will be recogniza- comma supre: site for is facility of multifarious ob- _L-bie that the deepening of the Missis stppi is an easy and comparatively in- expensive engineering feat. i It ts this prospect of cheap and di- rect navigation with all important points in the great basin between the! Alleghentes and the Rocky Mountains which makes the future have so much in store for St. Louis. ‘The artificial improvements of the waterways of North America have only been begun. Young men of today will live to see Transatlantic steame:s come down the St. Lawrence River of Canada, ascend the Ottawa a short @istance, thence via ship canal ente Georgian Bay. Crossing Lake Huron and passing through the Straits Mackinaw, they will descend 1 Michigan, enter a ship canal at Ct go and float down Waters at St. Louls. Emerging fro the Mississippi jetties below New 0: Jeans they will start on their ret trip across the Atlantic. Still ot! may pass on through the Nicaragua geross the Pacific Ocean and reiurs to Manchester via the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean. With the deepening of the Missis sippi River ocean steamers from Bra gil, Argentine and all the Eastern South American countries will land their cargoes at St. Louis wharves. Mexico and all Central American coun. tries Will have the same advantages | With the completion of the Nicar guan Cans& Chili, Peru and all West- ern South American countries and ail ‘Australian, “Asiatic and Pacific Island steamers Will be seen unloading their cargoes at our levee. | Longetity and economy are on the} side of 3t. Louis’ great future develop- ment. Climatically, St. Louis is situs} ated im about the center of the north temperate gone. The extreme cold of | the North. which practically suspends | business. during December, January | ‘and February, and the extreme heat ‘of the South, which has the same ef-/ fect in June, July and August, do not disturb the continuous ebb and flow | of trade in St. Louls. } As the and philosophy of | commerce more disseminated | in this age of universal enlightment, ‘men will study climatic effects more | Statist Gift. Man istress. Next Made above ppl exempts malaria and level of 2 then prost: finanetal # nks any ations. This Not ment a second. Not St. Louis asked fo, on withdrawal of dep of all banks wer pen >ositor’s mi ready for him when he called ners with proper securitios refused loans. Through all t trouble the St. Louis hanks undiste and without paying theic Ladding to tie aud every Were not money passed mat tividen: large surpluses. sth of StL ely in fs net ods a commanding pox Is in- many lines of In the United § world she has no equa facture of tchacco, woodenware, beer, drain tlle 5: freight . nam ates or the in manu. facture. pipe, atso in her gr manufactories, owring mills bakeries, ndy manu foundries and tural fron pinning mills, int manu and meat rand paci Bt sillon of endent municipality in tutes. She has ®& wider n has been ing unique po- nde- United utonomy is connec nt and ¢ no county ran Ny char ted by a State lature, it is alone amer people of the city witho: fe veto or interference from power. St. Louts is. truly ile her Legis- the any other The benefit of this true shown in her excellent ition and in the her public im vay Loui: spirit, sess for < actual real estate valua fans who have ler careful study, personal property in the | s of the United at 20 per cent of its value. .On shis estimate the p I property 1 ‘or the” pi therefore, is $645 Th indebtedness round numbers #15 searcely .04 of the incurring an 2 of $1, reduced by dat an ever increasing ratio, which will e: uish it inside of a genera taxation on the asse: 1 per is but .o8 per per annum. Her progres: given St Li streets, 28 miles of bo: having 2,181 acres, A $11,0M,00 wate miles of water pipe, @@ gallons ancualiy 50.000 per year. Three hundred and seventy river front levee h there are 3,161.63) square feet of stone paving, and upe which 1,500,000 tons of freight are year- ly handled and still more shipped, Five hundred and twenty-one m: 2.30 are and Thirty-two fire steam fire engines, § ch hose carriages, § hose wagons aei 3 hook and ladder wagons, manned be 483 men and $ officers. s Nineteen police stations, 63 patron men, 7 officers and 16 detectives ‘An Insane Asylum and grounds cost. img over $100.00 and accommodating Sw patients ‘A Criminal Court and 5. : ing $890,000. IER, peat ‘A Civil Courthouse costing $30,000. A new City Hall nearing completion) costing, furnished, $1.72. "A City Hospital costing $189, : a capacity for 50 patients ny THR A Female Hospital, costing $s and accommodating 2) patina’ A Poorhouse, costing $61.00, with ca- pacity for 1,00 patients, ‘A Workhouse, costing $73.400 ana ca. pable of accommodating #0 inmates ‘A House of Refuge, costing $167.00, with @ capacity for 30 children. ‘A State Blind Asylum costing $24,000 and caring for 189 blind children. 24 denominational and private pitals and ning the 2 other | d with | is within , right of | for | | and costing $4,632,-| sUuUP 49 denominational and private asylums ycar, this is a remarkabiy good show-]to fund large debts or float ané charitable schools. | ing. The Gry goods trade of St. Louls Is not 0 strong, but it is increasing nicely, and the territory occupied is steadily widening. Tne rapid develop-! }ment of Oxlahoma, the Indian Terri! 6 Chrfettan. tory, Northern Texas and Arkansas is! 2 Congregational. adding largely to the St. Louis ary B Eptecopalian. ‘gcols trade, as this locality is being St Geman Baas. occupied almost exclusively by St 2 English Evangelica je houses. The increase 13 German Evangelical ee ee ee ae Hebrew. 23.06. In 1kS ctions by the! Louis were better during 18 than in any other in the coun i 1 Monastery. U Cemeteries. 5 26 Churches— * 17 Baptist. Methodist Episcopal. ATTORNEYS. tation for in Bt NEW CITY HAL ial Schools. Societies, ties, and Fenev sociations. Court of s Circuit Court, States@ District Court ates Commissiener’s Court, a t of Appeals, a State Cu inal Court, the benches courts there are thirt ig before the wyers. A Pablleatio: bar of Ft score of G FINANCIAL. within the policy of ail i SEs 2 c : ave ted on tit st and Liberality is the true diplomats rigen loan aged on the 1 the wealthy great money cities. Wealth t seeks stance Great capitalists also near the loca of iments as pos and future ti large inv great present THE NEW UNION STATION. rica Vv . At will re turte Opportunity will Year by the amc being East has secured smaller any other poin St. Louis prom come the childs of the world. uctive engineers who cannot tbe 1, elther In this country this. force fc world. losses f St. Hall new Uni th Pla How the Untton | Buhding, th Buildipe. nwr ght Publi Mer Liv zis new MANUFACTURING. The magnitude of the ing done in St. Louis ts full of p the ful asso it in 18%, : 2 ) k score eee piles, costing | 1804 it increa (00.090 each, ital investe curity manu ry, $04, was 20 per c manuf. nius of! Louis future invinei ated at pries in 189 6.48 in 1800, In 188 paid in wages in — 1890, $3,610 stands United estin and were BANKS. ‘The twenty-nine banks of St. Louis how the immense commerce of the At the close of 18% they heid the States Louis TEE NEW PLANTERS’ HOUSE hin their capacious fire and } proof vaults $12,49,09 in curreacy g,7% im checks and ex excels her. Her manufactur puts change; $1265.11 in notes, ete; $5,97L- ee ant — ty iS St im bonds and stocks: their build- iregy slag an, PET ste, represented $1.997,578, and yh America and reach ey overdrafts were M6205, making ized country on the globe in of $8.8295 in their posses- creasing quantities. and in growth of b€r between 1883 and 1884 time a capital of $8,735,918; a bank notes of amounting te JOBBING TRADES. St. Lewis stands prominent as the leading wholessie grocery mart of the Western United States So much is this recognized that clearings in 1891 were $1,139.58,- im 1, SLU1STL963; mm 18C, $11%9,- 381, which was a smaller decrease for “$8 than shown by any other large | city. j SA ee number eight, with a capital of $8,250,008, These, with our large banks, ave im recent years handled sevetal | of the largest financial enterprises of | the United States. All this indicates | St Louis bas practically become the headquarters of the National Wholesale Grocers’ Asso- ciation. The leading journais of that trade are published here. In 18% the wholesale grocery houses of St. Louis @id a business aggresating $62%207. In 18S it reached $3,177.55 The in- crease between 181 and 1S? was about vestments will be a thing of BAKERIES. Few peopie realize the immensity of the bakery and cracker houses of St Louis. in St Louis with $124,167 invested Since that time a quarter of a million more has been invested im plants stock and the output has risen to Ho oer n mar Perh: Louis mm: tton planters bi headquarters ies turned bags in 1809, pape: There are an even owder manufartories in business has increased v rat ave come steadily over npetitors and have established a reputation for the quality and purity of their products that makes their hold upon public an assured thing for the future. BICYCLES. ‘The Telford and asphait paved streets ef St. Louis, and the similarly pav @rives in the magnificent parks of the e made St Lovis one of the cle cities of the Union. has taken a wonderful nold ups: Western and Southern people of both sexes, and St. Louis has become leading distributing center.for the two- wheeled vehicles for the entire West and South, PUBLISHING AND BINDING. There are 179 publishing houses in St Louis Not all of these are book blishers, but there are fifty firms in Louis who do a book publishing and binding business. Some of the hhos- 15 per cent, and between 1882 and 183 a that St Louis will soon be the money most artistic and substantially con- ptrifie over 15 per cent Conskiering the center of the country and going East In 1890 there were 291 bakertes | not found burted 6a) The corset make tPlutury ts a cr ing and Aopime S88) tn St Le with many new featurergeach | | ! BREWER nmereal tollexes pauplis pass as of beyning ap the esp atppedt "These of may D> Jonger be 4 —= = x ING---CONSTRUCTION wid of building sud congue: wered a. They’ lw! anything hen Coon to bridge or 5% miles of bay pitol building, Isot exceeds § ontract into the m tr ness of exerut on the easiest Missourt is the greatest @ait State union when it comep. to clder bordered Ghgg sides apple and » pacts nsequently ous has nd some) to se! maghfactor! in so large tht Qey car load of -appigy and a train load pa one byt a and her in’ the udlorsements. ment -engt ects and deal CARP&TS, The carpet trade of St. Lou! features of {ts comm sa! nee and BRUSHES. supposed but nd fiers of and si tuft th the ¢ ns ta > well a imy st and for a CONFECT The of St mv Hors smack Candy sourest ch in train load. § a9 15 ca in whieh barrel after head after hogshead lowed up—melted fa were St. Louie’ fine con: the famous ones of] have made more hau the ice cream shops resorts combined. COMMISSION DEALERS. There a Lou's. Amun hand everything from toothpick to nk vailroal from a carrot to loaded with wheat tions even exe Franc They jy matches than nd the bathing Confederate 5-ce script to of Russia. as to sel oF MM either dispose fer a customer Laiso do it promptly on a fair] Beare oe CAR! The leading street lof the United States Her manufacturers the New York and kets with gratif CHEWING GUM. Everyt Not Dut deliciously flavored All do not do it artisticall not chew y should at the proper t they will but ¢ Glaestion and r 1 of fr c gh uannde of men. is at freight car to that ever rolled on w nufac of ure being constructed its busi- increase. jr maenufactories re in Bt. Lout: ecently entered hilade! phi r uecesa, and St mon the stree’ dy ch tobaceo or 10. AR di th has been # pusz ne sition, factors Capital and biving work t ything from a the finest palace els can be end Br. Louls. ness shows a large annus! Da COFFINS. 1 The coffin manufactories are among | the largest and inost pro*perous plants in St. Louts, hey supply the trac vy, keeping an im- The nine hi ary ‘¥ capi goods houses of over 36,00,00 worth They mae tncursior tory to the considered exclulvelyy thelr own. Bt A Louis aiso intrencard ‘herself firmer in the Sc and al but routed river States. wholexale goods in is93. » the tersi- Chics news runs into the hundreds of thousands of dotiars ac DRUGS. t being 40,000 cases annually. The empioyes in the factory number eee: 30. lesale druggists of St. e favorable with sin CARRIAGES. St. Louis ranks near the head | carriage manufac z jcenter, Several of larges Tiage manufactorics in the + located in Louis. Thes: i modern, substanti and the ston frproved machinery. } is the greau ket in the structures, az d use « As t hard wood t 1869 the carriage and was: es of St. Louis nu 23.48 in plants and worth of vehicles. COAL. St. Louis rests on a coal b one ume r mines worked wit limits. Ske is fields. in production. ficides yield a fine qua’ and tk ctive ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. “The Electrical City" was the naz: iouis @uring the grea: Louis. bushels and in 18%, 90,357, Sie: Well deserved the te CORSETS. St Louis bas mere miles of clec- Three large manufactories of cor- poral stays in St Louts conserve the ladies of the city end surrounting ation than any other clty on the piso. States and Ecep them isi proper form let earth She has more private elec. Aside from these there are ten other tric lighting pitais, mere siectric mo framing post =] and applies electricity In more ways ant to more ends than any other chy im the world Her electrical houses are the The Missi« Merchants’ B: score of oth= er bri Mississippt and practical Ss many are daring, yet cau- rveltously inveative. ENGRAVERS- -ELECTROTYPERS. Peont to secure finest other ne pers AIN ELEVATOR Ther && city > ivate S have a further them are Keep pace in 188) was GAS FIXTURES. progress mode by 8t, & revotution tures. In beau cheapness and is produced in St be are unequaled. URE about im kas and electrical i ty of design, lightness, nies, twa wholesale and ten alls st she mental ‘ts wholesale x is a great Thad the | Amert me ss market first piategiass nd hua the biggest and ne Mow, In 180 there yed M gigss manu. Louls. Today there ie near 31 ted in Plants, The outpul 0 in ISH has therease: to $1,900,000 In 1893. . jmost profitable ¢ [Was $82,954 ery ecture in St GAS. The development of electricity aa ne sup: militate so strongly against es ax the public With the advent of eiectrteit startling tmprovements fn manufacture of gas, which materia pened it and fn {ts illurat- nating properties. ‘T cheapentn | process at once mide it serviceabl a fuel ahd instead of ma loss the YM compantes of St are cons@ntly reasing their kas light comp posed cae HOSE AND BELTING. Although poxsibly might have of macht importa: hose and belting er the heading ery supplies, it is such an factor in the commerce of St. Louis that it was thought proper to make Individual meniton of it, Bt. Louls manufactures and deals tn spe- ial classes of rubber, leather and cotton belting and hose, Her trade however, 18 not based on spects but is chleity in the standgs come und HORSES AND MULES. ‘There are and mules eted In St. Louis than in any oth- ;er place in the world. The mules used jin the British expedition to the Soudan | for the relief of General Sordon were purchaged in St The French more hors mark Lous, ©) and German armies are supplied with les shipped direct from this city. ‘The demand for horses has fallen of since the advent of cable and eiectrio cor lines, out the demand for siuice i» steadily increasing. In many re- {epects they are found superior to lhorses, and the great transporation 1 drayage companies in the large ties are Stacarding horscs and #ub- Lis stituting mules is manufactures Migpourl now stands second the States in the eding of ne horses. She fs crowding Kentucky sey in this regard, and in recent Years bas bhown many evidenees of only # as it, Superiority in the stock prodyced. ‘There were reveivel in St. Lonis in Wo the vast number of 071 horses and mules end the shipments reached HOTELS. The Mound City has eighty-six he tels, with @ bouring eity of 17,200 | guests, Among there are several of | the finest public houses tn the world. Az the greatest carnival and fall fes- | Uvittes city In America St. Louls has [dad drawn to her amnuaily tmmen: mbera of visitors, This has developed her hotel fa ties and methods until ehe has gained or handling vast crowds quicker and i hor size. She has also been the lesson of maintaining regular prices, no matter whet may be the crush and the demand for accommo- dations. St. Louis has nearly ¥2,69),05) lbetween $5.67 score ranning | $300,000, taugit two hotels that cost three that range nd $600 and a between 110,00 and HATS AND CAPS. For many years St. Lowis haw mate @ specialty of the bat and cap Job..ng sale hat and cap houses in the city. ‘They did a trade of 14,500,009 tn i892, and in 1883 it made a good long stride be nd the EIA woerie. | INKS AND MUCILAGE. In comnectioa business, with the stationery branch out jobbers frequentiy ink and own up firms naturally clalties, and INSURANCE. sted In St. Leute estment in per- a fair return. er of local por- the life hy eli it bax made th ‘The jarge depos: oinpanies wnolgpele siccks (jer cd i te 2m leather man- 2 employ LTS, and turning out se 8 i leather. In 1&2 tne catput bad reached Si sist, and mot [REL pot it beyond 12.4000. The joo bens trade runs largely above these structed books that adorn the book-,corset makers, where specizl, suug,,tors im operation for manufacturing ficures, o- é pnt _—