Where Brickyards Ranked in Various Minneapolis Business Statistics
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Next to flour and lumber in importance, are the manufactories of iron, carriages and wagons. Seventy-six establishments are employed in these branches of industry, with a total capital of $811,450, and a product of manufactures amounting $1,646,349 during the past year, employing 1210 men, paying out $537,216 in wages. Prominent among these are the North Star, Minneapolis, Variety and Union, which companies are employed in constructing machinery adapted to the extensive mills of various kinds in the city and north-west. The manufacture of farm machinery is extensively carried on, and the wholesale trade in this department is large and increasing. The Minneapolis Harvester Works is the most extensive establishment of this kind in the city, furnishing employment to a large number of men. An account of this institution is given under the manufactories of the city. Two paper mills are in operation, employing $310,000 capital and seven-
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ty-eight men, paying annually in wages $34,000; value of paper product $208,900. Planing mills, sash, door and moulding factories, twelve in all, employ $247,150 capital, 451 men and pay annually in wages $145,454; product $605,770. Thirty-four boot and shoe factories employ $152,900 capital, 151 men, and pay annually $60,900 in wages; product $235,660. Eleven brick yards employ $128,500 capital, 120 men and pay annually $42,350 in wages; product $93,700. Sixteen printing and publishing establishments employ $151,500 capital, 342 men, paying $140,100 annually in wages; product $370,400. Twenty-five slaughtering establishments employ $65,500 capital, 101 men, paying $43,181 annually in wages; product $553,429. Stone quarries, ten in number, employ $34,500 capital, 113 men, paying $38,000 annually in wages; product $284,000.
The following statistics taken from the annual report of the board of trade for 1880, gives another exhibit of the product of miscellaneous manufacturing: Iron works and farm machinery, carriages and wagons, $3,260,000; furniture and kindred goods, $520,000; builders’ goods of all classes, $1,173,000; woolen, cotton and knit goods, $510,000; clothing and furnishing goods, $725,000; boots, shoes, harnesses and trunks, $710,000; crackers, candles and cigars, $421,000; linseed and other oils and chemicals, $311,000; cooperage of all kinds, $851,000; soap and fertilizers, $410,000, brown paper, etc., $287,000; brewers and vinegar rectifiers, $260,000; brick, and manufactured stone, $275,000; printers and book binders, $320,000; total $10,333,000, exclusive of flour and lumber.
Source:
History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota
Rev. Edward D. Neill
North Star Publishing Company, Minneapolis, 1881
Graphics Made from the Article Above
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Number |
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Product |
Number |
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of |
Total |
of |
of' |
Wages |
Industry |
Businesses |
Capital |
Manufacture |
Employees |
Paid |
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Flour |
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Lumber |
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Iron, Carriages, and Wagons |
76 |
$811,450 |
$1,646,349 |
1210 |
$537,216 |
Paper Mills |
2 |
$310,000 |
$208,900 |
78 |
$34,000 |
Sash, Door, and Moulding |
12 |
$247,150 |
$650,770 |
451 |
$145,545 |
Boot and Shoe |
34 |
$152,900 |
$235,660 |
151 |
$60,900 |
Brick yards |
11 |
$128,500 |
$93,700 |
120 |
$42,350 |
Printing and Publishing |
16 |
$151,500 |
$370,400 |
342 |
$140,100 |
Slaughtering |
25 |
$65,500 |
$553,429 |
101 |
$43,181 |
Stone Quarries |
10 |
$34,500 |
$284,000 |
113 |
$38,000 |
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Average |
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Employee |
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Industry |
Wage |
Rank |
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Flour |
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Lumber |
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Iron, Carriages, and Wagons |
$443.98 |
1 |
Paper Mills |
$435.90 |
2 |
Sash, Door, and Moulding |
$322.72 |
8 |
Boot and Shoe |
$403.31 |
5 |
Brick yards |
$352.92 |
6 |
Printing and Publishing |
$409.65 |
4 |
Slaughtering |
$427.53 |
3 |
Stone Quarries |
$336.28 |
7 |
