Laughter, Falling Water and Time
The St. Paul Athletic Club, corner 4th and Cedar streets, has a frontage on 4th street of 112 feet and 100 feet on Cedar street and is founded on broader lines and will cover a much wider scope and field of usefulness in the community at large than similar organizations in the country of its … Read more
Brewing and malting are amongst the great industries of St. Paul. The three indigenous and five agency establishments in this business have an invested capital of $5,000,000, and employ several thousand men. The Theo. Hamm Brewing Co., Minnehaha and Greenbrier, operates the largest plant. Following are a few interesting statistics relative to the business and … Read more
The headhouse of the new union Depot at Saint Paul was thrown open for public inspection last Sunday. Thousands of enthusiastic Saint Paul lights visited the station and admired the beauty of its interior decorations. The cost of the headhouse was $1,000,000. It will take another 4 years to make the other necessary changes including … Read more
Bounded by Fourth and Jackson streets on the south and east, and St. Peter and Eighth streets on the west and north, with extensions on West and East Seventh. If we are near to Robert street, we will do well to start from the corner of Fifth, on Robert. where we find with in two … Read more
If you are interested in seeing how natural landscapes may be improved and made into ideal pleasure grounds, let us spend a forenoon or afternoon or evening at Como Park. The distance by trolley is three miles, taking the – Como-Harriet line, or any other car marked “Como” at the corner of Fifth and Wabasha … Read more
A vital part of St. Paul’s water system, the Highland Park Water Tower rises 134 feet above the top of St. Paul second highest hill. Designed by the nation’s first African-American municipal architect, Clarence W. Wigington, the octagonal tower holds up to 200,000 gallons of water in a riveted steel tank. The exterior features blonde … Read more
Wildwood Bathing Facilities-A Boat Ride to, Lake Shore—White Bear. You will be pleased after making this trip. White Boar is twelve miles from the Court House. To secure seats. let us go to the starting point on Cedar street, – near Seventh. The cars go every half hour, and if we are ahead of time, … Read more
Lake Phalen–Lake Gervais,—First City Reservoir —Round Trip Two Hours. Take the car marked Groveland and Phalen Park on Wabasha going east on Fifth to Broadway, Tenth, Lafayette, Collins, Burr, Minnehaha, Payne, York, Greenbrier, Maryland and Forest, fare five cents each way; distance three miles. This trip, after leaving’ Broadway, passes through residence districts, except on … Read more
The official opening of the $13.3 million Saint Paul Hilton was planned and prepared down to the last introduction, everything but the ribbon. “We discovered last night that we had no ribbon to cut, ” one of the planners confided to reporters assembled for the big day. A ribbon was procured, appropriately cut, and the … Read more