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the saloons. This year the Herzog, Holmes and Sachse springs were measured, pipe was purchased and the right of way se- cured for bringing the water to the city. The council of the following year sold the pipe, reseinded the resolution to buy the springs and had several new wells sunk at the water works station.
The year 1899 was one of mueh discussion of the liquor ques- tion. The Prohibition forees printed a weekly paper ealled the "Search Light," which was edited by a number of the Austin clergymen. Many who had voted "dry" in 1898 felt that public sentiment was not strong enough to secure law enforcement and they swung over to the "wet" side. The discussion grew most bitter as election day, March 14, drew near. On election morn- ing an extra edition of the "Search Light" had been distributed before breakfast to the home of every voter. At 8 a. m. the W. C. T. U. paraded the streets in a snow squall. They carried a large pieture of Frances Willard and a seore of banners with inscriptions, "Will Austin Surrender to Rum Rebellion ?" "Woe to the Man Who Putteth the Bottle to his Neighbor's Lips," ete. When the votes were eounted it was found that Austin had gone wet by a majority of 216 votes. That night the extreme "wet" element, provided with brooms, bottles and other artieles, pa- raded the streets. The ticket elected was: Mayor, Alex. S. Campbell ; treasurer, J. L. Mitchell; recorder, T. M. Foster; as- sessor, S. A. Smith ; aldermen, H. Birkett, C. F. Cook, Thomas Mann, Ira Padden; justice, J. C. Hemer.
Mayor-eleet Campbell resigned his position as alderman of the third ward, and the eouneil elected George H. Sutton to fill the vacaney. J. M. Greenman was chosen city attorney. Dr. W. L. Hollister beeame chairman of the board of health. Thomas Dugan, fire marshal; J. D. Smith, street commissioner, and J. M. Galt, chief of police.
The eouneil had the names of its members inscribed on a marble tablet and set in the walls of the municipal plant. The contract that the city had with the Austin Electric Light plant expired in 1899 and the company asked for a renewal. The conneil's answer was a resolution passed April 8, 1899, authoriz- ing the purchasing committee to buy machinery for an eleetrie light plant. On May 5, this resolution was rescinded and the committee was ordered to secure information as to the cost of an electric light plant. June 2 an expert electrician was brought to the eity from St. Paul to give the desired information. On Sep- tember 15 plans were adopted and bids were accepted for a plant. The Austin Electric Company secured an injunction. The eoun- cil held a special meeting and passed a resolution to sever all business relations with the company October 31. The ease
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dragged on through the rest of the year and was not settled until the council of 1900, on April 10, purchased the Electric Light plant for $16,000 and added it to the new one. The coun- cil of 1899 had other troubles, for Austin had an epidemic of smallpox and the council purchased a piece of land in the southeast part of the city. The building was just ready for oe- cupancy when it was burned to the ground. The council offered a reward of $500 for evidence leading to the discovery of the fire bug, but the city never had to pay the reward.
1900-Officers were elected this year as follows: Mayor, Alexander Campbell; recorder, T. M. Foster; treasurer, Alfred Johnson ; assessor, S. A. Smith ; aldermen, H. Birkett, John Rob- ertson, Percy Bump, George Sutton; justices, J. E. Robinson, H. N. Lane, J. Hemmer; constables, R. A. Carmichael, J. M. Galt and Tony Beckel. License carried by a majority of 356. The following appointments were made: Chief of police, J. M. Galt ; city attorney, A. W. Wright; city surveyor, M. N. Clausen ; fire marshal, J. L. Gulden; street commisisoner, J. D. Smith ; chair- man board of health, Dr. W. E. Hollister. The council received a petition that remains a novel one to this day in the annals of the city. This petition came from the saloonkeepers, asking that the council nail up all rear and side entrances to the saloons and enforce the law in regard to minors entering saloons.
1901-Officers were elected as follows: Mayor, C. L. West; treasurer, Alfred E. Johnson ; recorder, T. M. Foster; assessor, S. A. Smith; aldermen, George A. Hormel, Fred E. Gleason, Dr. H. A. Avery and John L. Gulden. License vote 677, against 228. The following appointments were made: City attorney, A. W. Wright; surveyor, M. N. Clausen; fire marshal, Thomas Mann ; street commissioner, Barney Bushman; chief of police, J. M. Galt ; chairman board of health, Dr. W. L. Hollister; superin- tendent of water works, William Todd. George Sutton resigned as alderman on April 5, and the council elected John A. Ander- son to fill the vacancy. On July 19, the council ordered another well to be driven to increase the water supply of the city and installed water meters. On November 28, Lafayette French an- nounced to the council that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Beatty had given three aeres of land, E. G. Tompkins three acres of land, and that five acres more had been purchased by popular sub- scription, all lying on the east bank of the Cedar and south of the city for park purposes. Later two acres more were pur- chased. The council in recognition of the work done by Mr. French in securing the land for park purposes, gave it the name of Lafayette park. The following summer a "grubbing bee" was held, at which lawyers, doctors, merchants and laboring men devoted a day to improving the property.
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1902-The following officers were elected: Mayor, Dr. C. H. Johnson; treasurer, A. E. Johnson; recorder, T. M. Foster; as- sessor, S. A. Smith; aldermen, George A. Hormel, John Robert- son, P. Bump, Jolin Konovsky; justices, J. E. Robinson, H. N. Lane, J. Hemmer; constables, R. A. Carmichael, J. M. Galt and Tony Beckel. The following appointments were made: City attorney, A. W. Wright : surveyor, G. Allen; fire marshal, Thos. Mann; chief of police, J. M. Galt; street commissioner, Barney Bushman. In April, 1902, a meeting was held, to which the property owners of Main street had been invited to discuss the question of paving that street. There was much opposition to the proposed improvement.
On May 20. the property of the Christian church at the corner of Maple and Chatham streets was purchased for a hose house and the church altered for this new usage.
On June 30, the sum of $15,000 was appropriated to erect a building for the Sonthern Minnesota Normal College.
On August 5, the council decided to install a day electric service to be ready for use November 1. F. H. McCulloch, a printer, was the first to use the new power.
During the years 1900 and 1901 there had been much agitation for the paving of Main and Water streets. The charter restricted the action of the council along permanent improvement lines. On March 26, 1902, a petition of ten per cent of the voters who had voted at the last election, which had been held but two weeks previous, was presented to Judge Kingsley of the district court, requesting him to name a board to prepare and submit to the voters a new charter. In compliance with that request the fol- lowing were named: James D. Sheedy, Seymour Johnson, La- fayette French, C. I. Johnson, H. A. Avery, Ed Barr, C. L. West, A. W. Wright, George Merrick, J. M. Greenman, E. C. Kenney, Alex S. Campbell, J. L. Gulden, Ira Padden and Joseph Regner.
The board met and elected C. L. West president, and Arthur Wright secretary. It held frequent meetings during the eusu- ing months, and on January 2, 1903, the new eharter was pre- sented to the city council. It was signed by but nine of the board, C. L. West, A. W. Wright, J. L. Gulden, C. I. Johnson, Lafayette French, Hoyt A. Avery, J. M. Greenman, E. C. Kenney, and J. D. Sheedy.
On January 16, a petition signed by eighty-two citizens was presented to the city council requesting that a special election be called for February 13, to vote upon the charter. In the meanwhile the proposed charter had been printed in the daily papers and much opposition had appeared. The people of the third ward objected to a redistricting of the city into four wards, which would make material changes in the boundaries of that
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ward. The no license people objected to a provision that made it necessary to seeure twenty-five per cent of the voters on a petition to have the liquor question submitted to the people. "Under the old charter it required but ten per cent. Many of the voters objected to a section that barred ail but free holders from holding office. The liquor interests opposed the new meas- ure because it provided for the mandatory revocation of liquor lieenses for the violation of any city ordinance or state law per- taining to the business.
In order to pass the charter four-sevenths of the votes cast were required to be in favor of the charter. The vote was 272 in favor and 262 against.
The board again met and on March 3 were ready with an amended charter. This was printed in full in the daily papers with explanatory notes by A. W. Wright. A mass meeting was also held at the court house. The objectionable features had been eliminated and the charter went before the people at an election held March 10. There was still much opposition to the proposed measure and it was carried by a majority of less than one vote.
The new charter provided for biennial election, all of the old aldermen's terms to expire at the same time, the aldermen holding offiee at the time of the passage of the charter to hold until their time expired. Under the new charter the municipal electric plant and water works passed into the hands of a eom- mission, and from the control of the city couneil.
The new charter has been of great advantage in some re- spects, but in others there is no doubt but the city could have made more permanent improvements under the statute laws of the state than under the home-rule charter.
The officers elected in 1903 were: Mayor, C. F. Cook; treas- urer, J. L. Mitchell; recorder, T. M. Foster ; assessor, E. P. Kelley ; aldermen, P. H. Zender, Peter Johnson, Frank Hall and George Beckel. The new charter went into effeet April 11, 1903. Mayor Cook appointed as commissioners of the electric light, power and water board, S. D. Catherwood, for one year; J. D. Sheedy, for two years; A. S. Campbell, for three years; George A. Hormel, for four years, and J. L. Gulden for five years. Mr. Catherwood resigned from the board November 6, and was succeeded hy A. M. Smith.
Mayor Cook appointed for the first park board, Thomas Beatty, one year; F. E. Gleason, two years; George A. Sutton, three years; Lafayette French, four years, and Anton Friedrich for five years.
The couneil elected B. Bushman, street commissioner ; Thomas Dugan. fire chief, and Thomas Pridham, eity attorney.
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The council granted a franchise to the new organized Inter- state Telegraph & Telephone Company, passed an anti-spitting on the sidewalk ordinance and in January, 1904, condemned the opera house and several other places of public amusement, as fire traps. The owners of the opera house announced to the council: "The building will never again be opened as an opera house." Later a part of the stage caved in.
1904-1905-Mayor, C. F. Cook; treasurer, J. L. Mitchell; as- sessor, L. B. Fairbanks; aldermen, Thomas Riley, Percy Bump, W. J. Bell, Peter Johnson, F. O. Hall, Geo. Beckel, Ira Padden; justices, J. E. Robinson, H. N. Lane, George Bailey. The fol. lcwing appointments were made: T. H. Pridham, city attorney ; Nels Jensen, fire chief; Barney Bushman, street commissioner ; G. H. Allen, city surveyor. On September 16, received a peti- tion for the paving of Main street. On September 26, the council met with the property holders, several of whom were much op- posed to the proposed improvement. The city had a floating in- debtedness of something over $20,000, and a special election was held November 8, at which bonds were voted to take up this in- debtedness and at the same time an amendment to the charter was passed.
On March 5, 1905, the council passed the necessary resolu- tions for the paving of Main street between Oakland avenue and Lansing avenue, a bloek each way on each of the intersecting streets, and Water street from Railway street to St. Paul street.
1906-1907-Mayor, George Sutton; treasurer, J. L. Mitchell ; assessor, L. B. Fairbanks; aldermen, Peter Johnson, W. J. Bell, T. C. E. Officer, Dr. A. M. Lewis, C. J. MeNally, Ira Padden, P. H. Zender ; justices, John Fairbanks, H. N. Lane, J. C. Hemer. T. M. Foster was appointed recorder. The following appoint- ments were made : City attorney, T. H. Pridham ; city engineer, M. N. Clausen ; fire chief, N. P. Jensen; street superintendent, B. Bushman. The council appropriated $250 for the San Fran- eisco earthquake sufferers. The paving question was taken up February 1, 1907, and on February 15 the council advertised for bids for paving Water street with briek. A strong remonstrance was made by some of the property owners, who engaged Attorney Fay Greenman and H. H. Dunn, of Albert Lea, as counsel for the protestants. A special meeting of the council was held, at which the attendanee was so great that the meeting was adjourned to the court room. As a majority of the property owners favored paving, the work was carried to completion.
1908-1909-Mayor, George Sutton; treasurer, J. L. Mitchell ; assessor, Jacob Gute; aldermen, Joseph Fitzhun, C. F. Stillman, ('. M. Emmons, Perey Bump, Ira Padden, John McCormick, P. H. Zender; justices, John Fairbanks, W. W. Ranny, David
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Cooper. T. M. Foster was appointed recorder. The election was a close and bitter one for the position of alderman-at-large, P. H. Zender defeating Peter Johnson for the office. The latter asked that the council appropriate the sum of $500 to investigate the charge that there had been illegal voting at the election, his point being that certain (S. M. N.) college students had voted who were not residents of the city. The council took no action on the matter.
The board of aldermen took up the question of building a fire engine house, armory and city hall, all in one building, and had plans drawn which were accepted. It went before the people at a special election, when the proposition was carried to build a city hall, armory and engine house at an expense "to exceed $5,000." The council then voted to build, but before it got to work the terms of the aldermen had expired and another set of plans and specifications were added to those already accepted ten years previous. Mayor Sutton presided over the council for the last time April 7, 1909, and Alderman Zender became acting mayor. He then went to Omaha and entered the Omaha General Hospital for treatment, where he died July 1, the news being broken to the people by the tolling of the church bells. The body was brought to the city over the C. G. W. road, and was met at the depot by a large and sorrowing body of citizens. On Saturday, July 3, the body was taken to the corridor of the court house, where it lay in state, guarded, by four members of Co. G, M. N. G., in uniform. From 4 to 5 o'clock all the stores were closed, and 970 of our people filed past the casket. The funeral occurred on Sunday, July 4, the escort being Co. G, McIntyre Post, G. A. R .; the firemen, Austin Lodge, 414, B. P. O. E., and other orders. The service was held in Christ Epis- copal church and the body was buried in Oakwood cemetery.
1910-1911-Mayor, Alex S. Campbell; treasurer, J. L. Mitch- ell : assessor, John Reding ; aldermen, A. C. Page, W. J. Bell, F. E. Gleason, A. Hotson, P. A. Reilly, Ira Paden, Franklin Clay ; justices, John Fairbanks, W. W. Ranney, Ray Chaffee. The fol- lowing appointments were made : Recorder, Frank Cronon ; chief of police, J. M. Galt; chief of fire department, N. P. Jensen; chairman of board of health, Dr. H. F. Pierson; street commis- sioner, Robert Parkins. T. II. Pridham, who was appointed attorney, moved from the city and the council elected Jacob Nicholsen for the unexpired term.
A special election was held and bonds to the amount of $30,000 were voted to purchase the Sargeant Springs and to bring the water to the city for domestic purposes. The council was also authorized to purchase the farm on which the springs
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were located for the sum of $18,500. The council at once bought the farm and springs and closed a contract for bringing the water to the city. The work was completed June 1, 1911.
CHAPTER XVIII
INDUSTRIAL AUSTIN
Importance of the Mercantile Interests-Beginning of Industry- Austin in 1867-The Railroad Era-Austin in 1876-Austin in 1884-The Modern Period-Manufacturing Interests-First Mill - Former Industries - Modern Industries. - Edited by Charles L. West.
Austin's wholesale and retail trade covers twenty-two blocks of the city's streets. Every line of commercial trade is repre- sented. Not for ten years has there been a commercial failure of any importance. Austin's business houses are all on a firm financial basis and are conducted conservatively. Several of the merchants have been in business here for over thirty years. The stores are modern and the stock carried up-to-date, the mer- chants going to Chicago and New York to personally inspect the stock of goods which they place before the people. Prices are reasonable in all lines, and it is not an unusual thing for an Austin merchant to ship goods to St. Paul and Minneapolis to customers who have found it cheaper to buy certain lines of goods in this city.
BEGINNING OF BUSINESS
The first move toward business here was in the fall of 1854, when Chauncey Leverich commenced the building of a saw mill, which was completed in the spring of 1855. The first store in the place was opened by A. B. Vanghan and his son, P. D. Vaughan, who came here in the spring of 1855, bringing a stock of goods with them from Wisconsin. In 1856 they sold to Aloysius Brown, and moved to Lansing.
Aloysius Brown was born near Emmetsburg, Md., January 18, 1793, and married Elizabeth Drury. In 1856, he came to Ause tin and engaged in trade as before stated. His stock of goods was procured at Winona and MeGregor, and were drawn here by ox teams. In 1857-58 the people depended upon Mr. Brown to furnish them with flour and corn meal, which was drawn from
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Chatfield and Decorah, Iowa. At times the roads were so bad that it was almost impossible for a team to pass over, or rather through them, and it required many days to make the journey. As soon as it was learned that teams had been dispatched for a new supply of meal, gold coin and saeks with the names of the owners and amount of meal required securely tied to each, were deposited with Mr. Brown to make sure of a portion of the meal: On its arrival the amounts were put into each sack and set away for those who had paid for it. The demand would sometimes exceed the supply, so the amount dealt out to each would be diminished until ten or fifteen pounds would be the most he would sell to any one family. When the meal was all distributed and there were vet families not supplied, a raid would be made on the sacks that were filled and the contents distributed among those that had no flour or meal to eat. In, one instance a Nor- . wegian woman, having a large family, eame before noon and stayed until 9 o'clock trying to buy more than fifty pounds of meal, but when she saw the last of the meal carried away by littles, she gave it up and went home. Mr. Brown's death oc- eurred February 23, 1864; Mrs. Brown's, April 3, 1868.
The second store in Austin was opened by J. B. Yates and V. P. Lewis.
General Stores. In the winter of 1856-57 George B. Hayes started into mercantile business in a building located in the block east of the Windsor House. He afterward did business in the building known as "headquarters." He carried a large stock of general merchandise and was the leading merchant here for some time. Hanchett and Sprague opened a general store here in 1856, in a frame building north of the present Mccullough printing plant. They were in business two or three years George Mitchell came here from Geneva, New York, in 1857, and started the first furniture store. Albert Galloway and D. B. Johnson, Jr., formed a partnership and opened a general store in July, 1857, in a building east of where the postoffice now stands. The next spring they dissolved, Galloway continuing in the trade until 1868. He then sold to Olfson & Peterson, who ran two years and closed ont. In the fall of 1858 Ruford Kimball erected a small frame building and embarked in the grocery and dry goods trade, and failed the coming season. In 1859 James Clock started a general store. He operated the same about a year, when he failed. F. King opened a general store in 1863 and in 1878 George M. Fish, Jr., became a partner, under the firm name of King & Fish. Philips, Sawyer, Smith, Baird and others were in business here in the sixties. N. P. Austin opened a general store in 1865.
Meat Dealers. The first meat business in Austin was done by
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W. A. Woodson, in 1856. He was living about two miles from town, where he dressed the beef. He brought the meat to town in a wagon and drove from house to house to supply his cus- tomers. Eyre & Rankin opened a market here in 1865.
Drugs. The first drug store in Austin was started by Dr. Orlenzer Allen, in 1856. He closed out in war times. Dr. Brewer was the second druggist, closely followed by Dr. Barnes. Early in 1866 Woodard & Dorr opened a drug store. J. J. and G. G. Clemmer opened a little later the same year.
Millinery. The first milliner in Austin was Mrs. Sarah H. Bemis, who settled here in 1855. She was in the business until after the war.
Smithing. The first blacksmith in Austin was Winfield Love- land, who is spoken of as coming late in 1854, or early in 1855. . In 1857 he moved away. During that time Abe Haveling and a man named Day worked at the trade here for a short time. Other early blacksmiths were Samuel Rice and Llewellyn and Piper.
Tailoring. In 1861 Henry Jacobs, a merchant tailor by trade, opened a shop here and put in a stock of ready-made clothing. IIe is still in business here. Mr. Jacobs has been in business longer than any other man in Austin.
Boots and Shoes. George and Oliver Bemis put in the first stock of boots and shoes in the spring of 1857.
Livery. The first livery stables in Austin were started in 1864. In that year there were two stables opened : one by A. B. Davidson and William Brown, the other by E. D. and Calos Fen- ton. In 1868 W. T. Mandeville succeeded to the business started hy Davidson & Brown. Leonard Gillett, Joshua Davidson, Hicks & Phelps, Cobb & Son, M. C. Gratton engaged in the livery busi- ness here in an early day.
Jewelry. Gustav Schleuder has been in the jewelry business in Austin since 1863, and next to Henry Jacobs has been in busi- ness longer than any other man in Austin.
Hardware. Charles C. Hunt opened a hardware store in Austin in the sixties.
Express Companies. The first express business done at Austin was that operated by Nichols & Cotter, who ran the stage line from .Rochester, also from Waverly, Ia., northwest into Minnesota. The United States Express Company established a regular office at this point and Harlan W. Page was appointed the first agent. A little later the American Express Company established an office also, and made Mr. Page joint agent. This was the first joint office of these two companies in Minnesota.
Mr. Page was succeeded by Phelps and Hathaway, who held the offices till they divided, each having a separate office. C. J.
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Paddock was the first agent for the United States Company after they divided, and James Hutchins for the American Company. About 1870 W. T. Wilkins became agent for the United States Company and he in 1872 was succeeded by L. M. Ober. L. R. Hathaway was finally succeeded in 1875 by L. E. Day, who con- tinued till 1884, when J. E. Crews took the office.
AUSTIN IN 1867
A directory of Austin, published in June, 1867, gives the fol- lowing names of those engaged in business and in the professions here at that time. Attorneys: Ormanzo Allen, Cameron & John- son, Everest & Wright, Page & Wheeler, Shortt & Jones. Auc- tioneer : LeRoy Hathaway. Band: Austin Cornet Band, R. L. Kimball. leader. Agricultural implements: E. D. Fenton, Wright and Azure. Architects and builders: Andrews Brothers, C. Chapin, George Baird, D. Bosworth, Campbell & Dodge, W. C. Cassell. Oscar Eyres, C. Ford, George Johnson, L. W. Smith, Thomas Tremple, William Tucker, James Williams. Banker: Harlan W. Page. Billiard hall: William Simpson. Bakery : Stephen Rice. Blacksmiths: Hunt & Clark, Allan Mollison, L. Piper. Hiram Smith. Boots, shoes, etc .: J. C. Ackley & Co., J. B. Revord. Barber: W. H. Bullock. Brick makers: Morse & Tuttle, Webb Brothers. Churches: Baptist, H. I. Parker; Congregational, Alfred Morse; Episcopal, L. W. Gibson; Metho- dist, W. Carver; Presbyterian, H. A. Mayhew; Roman Catholic, Father MeDermott. County officers : H. M. Allen, auditor; Syl- vester Smith, treasurer; Soloman Snow, register of deeds; D. J. Tubbs, sheriff; E. O. Wheeler, attorney ; Ormanzo Allen, probate judge; L. A. Sherwood, clerk of district court; Sherman Page, superintendent of schools. Clothing and cloths: J. C. Ackley & Co., R. Buckelmann, A. J. Phelps. Dentists: Dr. E. C. Dorr, Dr. E. P. Hudson. Dry goods and groceries: N. P. Austin, George B. Hayes, Johnson & Brother, F. King, Olson & Cnutson, Paddock Brothers, Soule Brothers. Drugs and medicines: J. J. and G. G. Clemmer, Johnson Brothers & Co., Woodard & Dorr. Express companies : American, Harlan W. Page; United States, same. Merchants' Union : Charles W. Sawyer. Fanning mills and washing machines: William Truesdell. Furniture: Hop- kins & Fernald, William Ludwig. Flour and feed: Wright & Azure. Good Templars: Austin Lodge, No. 14, I. O. G. T. Gro- ceries : J. C. Ackley & Co., J. F. Atherton, Cook Bros, A. Matson, Wright & Azure. Hotels: Davidson's Hotel, Fleck House, Farmers' Home. Hardware, stoves. etc .: Austin & Smout, J. F. Atherton, Kimball & Hunt, V. P. Lewis. Harness and saddlery : Hathaway & Kaiser, Frank Raymond. Insurance agents : LeRoy
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