J. M. Gleason
Clar. Johnson
E. T. Gib.son*
Thos. P. Dwyer*...
A. J. Noerenberg..
Geo. W. Cooley*...
A. Lawrence* ....
O. A. Stoneman
Robert Ervin
John Kerr
('. Ellingsen
Lars .M. Rand
Aid. Tth Ward.
Phineas Phelps'
E. T. Gibson*
Thos. P. Dwver
E. C. Babb*
Geo. W. CooTey*..,
A. Lawrence
J. H. Parry
J. M. Meloy
J. H. Parry*
\1. B. Rollins
Aid. Sill Ward.
S. P. Channel*
Geo. W. Conley
Albert Lawrence*. .
Melvin Grimes
J. C. Sterling
D. G. Thompson..
J. H. Bradish
Erik Rhode
Melvin Grimes*
G. W. Flanders....
-r. H. Bradish*
J. J. McGuIre
Herman Vogt
Vincent Reeves
Henry Oswald
\Id luth Ward
Vincent Reeves
W. J. Bursell
B, H. Billings
Vincent Reeves*.. .
\Id llih Ward
Lars Swenson*
J. D. Muldoon
J. L. Johnson
Caleb Tingley
J. L. Parker
J. A. Blichfeldt....
J. W, Phillips....
O A Fultz
J. A. Blichfeldt*..
Aid I'^ih Ward
W. B. Woodward..
J. E. Vandew'er...
A. S. Adams
W. B. Woodward*.
D. D. Farnsworth..
G H Warren .
A. F. Nichols
J. S. Orav
City Officers of Minneapolis. Elections of 1892-1902
Officers
Elected Nov. 8. 1892
Elected Nov. 6. lSiit4
Elected Nov. 3. 1S96
Elected Nov. 8, 189.'
Elected Nov. >i. la'.Mi
Elected Nov. 4, 1902
Mavor
William H. Eustis.
Robert Pratt
Robert Pratt
James Gray
A. A. Ames
J. C. Haynes*
Comptroller ...
Wallace G. Nye...
Wallace G. Nve
Wallace G. Nye....
Joshua Rogers
.loshua Rogers
Joshua Rogers
City
Treasurer.
A. C. Haugan
A. C. Haugan
A. C. Haugan
C, S. Hulbert ....
C. S. Hulbert
C. S. Hulbert
City
Clerk
Chas. F. Haney
rhas. F. Haney
L. A. Lydiard
L. A. Lydiard ....
L. A. Lydiard
L. A. Lydiard
Citv
Attrirney. .
David F. Simpson.
David F. Simpson.
Frank Healy
Frank Healv
P>ank Healy
Prank Healy
City
Engineer..
F. W. Cappelen
F. W. Cappelen
F. W. Cappelen
G. W. Sublette
G. W. Sublette ...
Andrew Rinker ...
Aid.
1st Ward.
Perry A. Long
Roman Alexander..
Perry A. Long
Jacob Focll
John Ryan
M. A. Gerber
Jos. Ingenhutt*
Fred. B. Snvder...
Perry A. Long*
Burke F. O'Brien, .
Roman Alexander*.
J. S. Lane
Perry A. Long* —
E. C. Chatfield
Aid.
2d Ward..
J. S. Lane
E. C. Chatfield ...
Jas. C. Haynes*
Fred. B. Snvder*..
Burke F. O'Brien*.
J. S. Lane*
E. ('. Chatfield* ...
J. S. Lane*
Aid.
3d Ward . .
Hugh Jenning-'f
Geo. A. Durnam. . .
J. L. Kiirhli
H. N. Leighton...,
Clans Mumm
W. F. Nye
Jos. L. Kiichll*....
Hugh Jennings*
Ger). A. Durnam*. -
Jos. L. Kiichli*....
H. N. Leighton*...
Clans Mumm*
4th Ward.
Sam. E. Adams
S. B. Loye*
Sam E. Adams
Samuel B. Loye*...
Alfred E. Merrill..
Sam E. Adams*
Sam E. Adams
A. E. Merrill*
A. E. Merrill
Sam. E. Adams*...
S. E. Adams* ....
Aid,
.-^th Ward.
F. r. Harvey
H. W. Brazie*
Wyman Elliot
F. C. Harvey'
John Crosby
Wvman Elliott*....
Chas. B. Holmes..
D. P. Jone.s*
John Croshv*
Chas. B. Holmes*..
Aid.
5th Ward.
Andrew Anderson. .
Lars M. Rand
.Andrew Anderson..
Lars M. Rand
Xels J. Nelson
Lars M. Rand
Lars M. Rand*
Andrew Anderson* .
Lars M. Rand*
.\ndrew An<ler.son*.
Lars M. Rand*
N. F. Nelson* ....
Aid.
7*:h Ward.
J. A. Nordeen
Norman I. Colburn.
O. H. Shepley
J. F. Main
H. G. McLaskey...
A. C. Vaughan
W. B. Woodward*.
J. A. Nordeen*
Norman I. Colburn*
O. H. Shcpler*
J. F. Main*
H. G. McLaskey*..
Aid.
Slh Ward.
Julius E. Miner....
Seth M. Hewett....
I'Mward E. Webster
Alexander McCune.
Fred M. Powers —
E. W. Clark
Geo. W. Flanders*.
Julius E. Miner*...
Selh M. Hewett*...
Fred M. Powers*.
Alex. McCune*
Fred M. Powers*..
Aid,
9th Ward.
Jas. H, Bradish....
Erik Rhode
M. B. Llovd
Peter 'McCoy
O. E. Larson
Peter McCoy
John J. McGulre*..
Jas. H. Bradish*..
Erik Rhode*
M. B. Lloyd*
Peter McCoy*
0. E. Larson*
Aid.
10th Ward
P. W. McAllister..
Fred A. Schwartz*.
Fred. A. Schwartz.
P. W. McAllister*.
James Dwyer
Fred A. Schwartz*.
Jas. Dwyer*
J<.hn Slblev*
James Dwyer*
A. L. Skoog
J. W. Phillips
Peter Nelson
C. 0. Peterson
Peter Nelson
G. A. We.stphal....
Wm. H. Lackey*..
A. L. Skoog*
Jay W. Phillips*...
Peter Nelson*
C. 0. Peterson*
Peter Nelson*
Aid.
12th Ward
M. B. Rollins*
Francis G. Drew..
Chas. Dickinson
Geo. S. Castle
A. S. Adams
Dennis C. Bow
Geo. Peterson*
f'has. P Dickinson*
FrancU G. Drew*..
C. E. Dickinson*.
Geo. S. Castle* ...
A. S. Adams*
Aid.
13th Ward
Albert Currier
G. L. Fort
Albert Currier
0. P. Sutherland..
P. L. Schoonmaker
James S. Gray*
Albert Currier*....
0. L. Fort*
Albert Currier*
n. P. Sutherland*
]â– -. I. S- lioonmaker*
♦ After a name indicates that the official held over from the previous election.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND OFFICIALS
517
City Officers of Minneapolis. Elections of 1904 - 1906
Officers
Mayor
fomptroUer ...
rity Treasurer.
City Clerk
City Attorney..
City Engineer..
AU. 1st Ward,
Aid. 2a Ward.,
Aid. 3d Ward.
AW. 4th Ward
Aid. 5th Ward
Elected Nov. 8, 1904 ] Elected Nov. 6. 1906
David P. Jones |J. C. Haynes...
Dan C. Brown Dan. C. Brown.
C. S. Hulbert C. S. Hulbert..
L. A. Lydiard ' L. A. Lydiard..
Frank Healy Prank Healy.
Andrew Rinker..
John Ryan
M. A. Gerber'...
W. E. Satterlee.
Andrew Rinker..
M. A. Gerber...
John Ryan*
Ed. J. Conroy...
E. C. Chatfleld' jW. E. Satterlee-
claus Mumm.
W. F. Nye*
Perry Starkweather.
A. E. Merrill*
Chas. B. Holmes....
D. P. Jones*
tWendell Hertig
Geo. V. E. Hill
claus Mumm*
A. E. Merrill
Perry Starkweather*
Wendell Hertig
Chas. B. Holmes*..
i;ii.ted Nov. 8. 1904
Aid. 6th Ward,
Aid. Tth Ward
Aid. Sth Ward
Aid. 9th Ward.
Aid. 10th Ward
Aid. 11th Ward
Aid. I2tll Ward
Aid. 13th Ward
Nela J. Nelson
Lars M. Rand*
Harry G. MeL.a.-ikey...
A. C. Vaehan*
!p. B. Walker, Jr
K. W. Clark*
K. W. Castncr
Peter McCoy*
A. J. Anqulst
J. H. Duryeal*
W. M. Petterson
O. A. Westphal*
W. W. Ehle
D. C. Bow*
F. L. Schoonmaker...
J. H. Van Ncsl*
Elern-
Lars M. Rand
Nela J. Nelnon*
T. O. Dahl
Harry G. McLaakey*
B. W. Clark
Plait B. Walker. Jr.*
Peter McCoy
F. H. Caatner*
Jas. Dwyer
A. J. Anqulflt*
i\. P. OrKpilsl
W. M. Petterson*
Martin F. McHalc...
W. W. Ehle*
J. H. Van Nest
F. L. Schoonmaker*..
lElected at special election Jan. 17. 1905. to fill vacancy caused by resignation of D. P. Jones.
* After a name indicates that the official held over from the previous election.
NOTE— The city clerk, city attorney and city engineer are elected by the city council. Although included in the above
tables thev are not actually chosen until the aldermen have organized the city council.
CHAPTER XXVI.
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Wl III the exception of the supjily
(if water all the more important
public services are rendered to
the ]x-n])le nf Minneapulis by corporations
organized for the purptjse and acting un-
der the general control of the city gov-
ernment — a control more i 'r less com-
plete according to the various provisions of
the charters or ordinances governing the
several coni])anies. The subject of munici-
pal ownership of any of the public utilities
except water seems never to have been seri-
ously considered in the early days.
The first franchise to be granted was that
for a street railway made in 1867 in favor
of William S. Judd, Frederick A. Gilson,
(Godfrey .Sheitlin, B. S. Hull and Dorilus
Ab.irrison, as incorporators. They were re-
quired to commence construction within
four months and complete Iwi) miles of
Irack and ha\e the linc> in ojicration before
I Ik- end of a _\ear. The time for street rail-
wavs had not arrived, however, and the or-
iginal company did nothing. In fact, its
existence seems to have been overlooked by
those who have written about Minneapolis
affairs. In bS/.^ the |)roject was taken uii
again, Air. Mon-isDU again assisting as an
incorporator, but this time with W'm. .'^.
King, R. J. Mendenhall, W . I). Washburn,
R. ii. I.angdon, J. C. Oswald, W. W. Mc-
\air. W. T*. Westfall. Paris (iibson and W.
W. h'astman. \\ itli this companv, which
was called the .Minneapolis .Street Railway
Company. Thoni;is Lowry first entered tin;
transportation field, in the capacity of at-
torney. One of the jjrintipal objects ()f this
com])any. as well as of its ])redecessor, was
that of connecting the flour mills with the
lower levee, and accordingly the first track
was laici along .Second Street from Henne-
Ijin avenue nearly to Cedar avenue and a
steam motor was purchased and operation
attempted. Rut the enterjirise was a fail-
ure and was shortl\- abandoned. Col. King
and Mr. Lowry, however, retained their
faith in the ])roject and in 1875 reorganized
the company. A\ith outside capital inter-
ested. The lir^t line built was from Fourth
avenue north and Washington, down
W ashington to Hennepin, and thence across
the ri\er to Fourth street southeast and to
the \icinity of the uni\-ersity. One "bob-
tailed" car drawn bv a single horse was the
ecpiipmenl. ( itlier lines followed Cjuickh^
howe\er, and w iihin two years reached the
more important dixisions of the }-oung city;
and by this lime Air. Lowry had actjuired
a controlling interest. L'ntil 1889 it re-
mained a narrow gauge, horse car system.
In the meantime the Lyndale Railwa\'
L'ompany (afterwards the .Minneapolis,
Lyndale & .Minnetonka) was incorporated
by Col. Wm. .McCrory and l)uilt a steam
motor line \ ia b'irst a\enue south and Nic-
ollet to Lakes Calhoun and Harriet. W'hh
the growth of the city this became a \i-ry
important lirK, especialK alter it was ex-
tended to .Minnehaha halls and to Lake
M inneton]<a. Rut it wa^ un|)opnlar with
residents on account of its moti\e ])Ovver.
In tS'l-i.S it was al)sorlK'd by .Mr. I.owry's
conipanw
At that time Mr. Lo\vry determined to
c n\eit all hi> Inie- inlii a cable ^\ >ti'in and
h:id aclualK commenced installation when
the rapid ]irogie^^ of idectrical inxeiitiou
causeil him lo change all his |ilans Imri'iedly.
.Manv thousands of i|oll;irs worth of cable
line e(juipment was sacrificed and the entire
I'ULiLlC UTlLilll'S
SIO
THE FIRST HORSK CAR.
system was converted into an electrically
operated one in two years' time. This in-
volved the purchase of entire new equip-
ment as the gnage was changed to the
standard and few of the old time cars
were available, even for use on the new
electric motor trucks. At the same time
the St. Paul lines — previously acquired —
were converted to electricity and the first
interurban line commenced. The Twin
City Rapid Transit Company was organized
to control the united properties. Develop-
ment in the past decade has been very rapid.
The company now operates 3to miles of
electric railway, covering both cities and
reaching Lake Minnetonka on the west and
Stillwater on the east. Its electric power
house at Sixth avenue southeast and the
river cost $2,500,000 and has a capacity <>f
50,000 horse power. The company occupies
its own office building at Hennepin avenue
TVr'E OK FIR.ST ELECTRIC C.VR.
and Eleventh street. The present officers
are: Thomas Lowry. president; C. G.
(ioodrich, vice-president and managing di-
rector: E. S. I'attec, secretary and comp-
troller: 1). J. Strouse, auditor; E. A. Crosby,
treasurer: W . J. I field, general manager;
.Ai. \V. W ariujck, general passenger agent;
superintendents, Minneapolis division, Hor-
ace Lowry: St. Paul division. J. S. Pevear ;
interurban lines, L. S. Cairns.
G.\S .\ND Er.KCTRICnV.
The Minneapolis Gas Light Company or-
ganized in 1870 was for a long time a very
small institution, working at first with a
few miles of wooden mains and gas pro-
ducers of very limited capacity. Dorilus
Morrison was the first president and Geo.
H. Rust was secretary. Afterwards Judge
C. E. Vanderburgh was its president, and
a little later a controlling interest in the
com])anv passed into the hands of the late
ST.VNDAKIl KI.Ki'lIIh ' i U ];â–
ON THE MINNETONKA EI.ECTKir LINE.
520
A HALF CENTURY OF MINNEAPOLIS
EXI'KIOSS I'.OAT ON M 1 > _M. I n.\ K A.
Thesp boats sire i.in'r:itcil hi <-nimffliciii with the Lake Miiiiu'-
tuiika Eh'i-ti-ii- l.iiu- of l!n' Twin City Rapiil Transit
Company. pxtrnilinK tin* Sfi-viue li> all parts
of the lake.
A. C. Rand, wlio remained for inan\' years
the president and the executive head nf the
company. I'nder ,\lr. Rand. 11. W . I'.rdwn
was the first superintendent and A. T. Rand
secretary. After tlic death of Mr. Rand in
1885, Mr. r.rMwn became president. Ex-
tensive wnrks were cniistrncted at the foot
of I'ourteentii a\i.-nuc simth and frcmi tlieni
there now extend M)me three hundretl miles
of pi])es reaciiiiiL; cver\- part of the cit}-. lu
i<;03 tlic ciim])an\ erected a l)eautiful office
building nn ."^cNenlh street near Hennepin
avenue. With liie eniirmou> increase nf
consumptiiiu and im])roved processes nl
nianufactme and (bstribnlion. the price nf
gas ill .\l!nnea|iiilis has (h-<i])])ed J^ per cent
in the past thirty years. In 1S77 it cost the
consumer $4.00 per thousaml feet; in 1882,
$2.50; in i8(ji, $i.C)o: in i8()3, $1.30; in njoi.
$1.20; in nj04, $1.10; and in njod, $1.00.
The itresent officers nf llie comjiany are:
Alonzo T. Rand, ])resi(]ent ; Kufiis 1\. ixaml.
vice-president and treasurer; and Win. II.
Levings, secretary.
Electric light in Minneapolis was iiilni-
duced in 1881 when the Minnesota IWii^li
PLlectric Com])any was organized with ( ieo,
.\. Pillslniry, ]>residenl ; J. 1'.. P.assett. treas-
urer; and T. S. King, secretary. The firsi
plant was at the foot "f l'>urth avenue
north and was occui)ied unlil llie ciinii)le-
tion, about ten ^â– ears ago. nf the generating
station at the foot of Third avenue south-
east, which has a maximum output of 8,200
horse power. A few years later the com-
pany erected an office building and storage
])lant on Eifth street between Hennepin and
.\icollet avenues. In 1907 a power plant at
Taylor's I<'alls on the St. Croix river was
completed, supplying at the outset 12,000
hitrse power which is conducted to the cities
fcir distribution to the consumers of light
and power. The name of the company was
changed some years ago to the Alinneapolis
( ieneral Electric Company. The officers in
charge are A. W. Leonard, manager, and
S. B. Sewall, assistant treasurer.
TELKGR.M'H AXD TELEPHONE.
.Minneapiilis first had telegraphic service
about 18O5, when the Northwestern Tele-
grapli Company opened its local office in a
room over R. J. Baldwin's bank on Bridge
.S(|uare. As late as 1866 the entire railroad
and cnmmercial telegraph business of the
tnwn was done over one line by one oper-
ator. The Western Union entered the city
in i88r, established an office in the ohl city
hall, and began business with a force of fif-
teen o])erators.
In i88() the Xorth American Telegraph
Company was organized by Minneapolis
men with C. .\l. Coring as president. Harry
A. Tuttle. who had served with the West-
ern Cnion. had charge of the construction
of the lines and still remains with the com-
â– |KAI\ UN Mil; 111.11 Mnldlt LINK.
Ill- liiK' \Mi- op.-i jitiii l>\ -u-aiii "II I' irst avenue smidi ami
\l,.,IIel iiv. line ami I.. I.iik,- llarnel, Mliiinlialia
anil .Miiiiietnnka.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
521
pany as secretary and general manaf^cr.
The compan\-'s service covers tlie continent
and is closely affiliated with the Postal
'rclegra]jh Cable Company and the C(jni-
mercial Cable Company. oi)eraling lines
across both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
The present officers of the conijjany are
C/linton Morrison, president: K. C. Cook,
treasnrer; Harry A. Tuttle. secretary and
general manager, and I). G. Mcintosh, man-
ager.
Telephones were first nsed in Minneaji-
olis about 1877 and in 1878 the Xorthwest-
ern Telephone Exchange Company \\a> or-
ganized and o])ened exchanges in .Minneai)-
olis and St. Paul in 1879. The M innca]K)lis
i)ffice opened with fifty-three subscribers.
During the thirt\- years of its life the com-
jianv has not onl\- increased its scr\ice
many hundred fold but it has practically
rebuilt its .system a number of times to keep
pace with the jjrogress of electrical in\en-
tidu. The general offices are now in the
conipan\'s building at Third a\-enne sdiith
MINM;Al'(ir.IS Clv.MvUAI. KI.W i"KU: c iiiirA.N"! 1;1II.I>1NII
and Fifth street, where tJie main exchange
is located and there are in addition branches
in \ari()ns ])arts of the city. The officers
are C. Iv. ^'ost, president; C. P. Wainnian,
vice-president : C. .M. Mauscau, general
manager: and J. W. Christie, treasurer.
The Mississij^pi X'alley Tele])lionc Com-
])any was incorporated in i8(j8 and l)egan
business a year or so later with a system in
both cities, .\fter a sliort time the comjjany
was reiirganized as the Twin City Tele-
phone Company and with lider H. Moul-
ton as president and active executive officer.
The growth of the company has lieen very
rapid, so much so in fact that Mr. Moulton
found it necessary to resign a life long con-
nection with the i-'armers' & Mechanics'
Savings liaids in (jrder to give his entire
time to the tele])hone company. After a
time a number nf affiliated companies which
had been fnrnKMl were amalgamated with
the home company which then became the
'Iri-State Telegrajih and Telephone Corn-
pan v. with lines reaching all parts nf the
Xnrthwest. Its main office building and
exchange is at the corner of Third avenue
-.mth and Se\enth street.
CHRISTIE. James William, trfasmcr of the
Xiirtlivvcstern Telcplioiic- P^xchangc Company.
was liorn at Plymoutli. Massacliusctts. on .-Vpril
12. iS6,!. the son of .Mcxander and Catherine
Christie. His fatlur was a farmer and his boy-
hood was spent at the liome farm while he at-
tended tlie pidjlic schools of Plymouth. He en-
tered business life at an early age, first being
iniployed by R. Warner & Company, wholesale
dealers in woodenwarc in Boston. In 1S84. he
o.-niH- west and entered the service of the North-
we-lern Telephone Exchange Company at Min-
neapolis and has continued with the company
ever since, advancing from minor positions to
I he office of treasurer to which he was appointed
in igo6. I'or many years he was general super-
intendent of the cxten.sive system controlled by
the company. He is also treasurer of the Min-
nesota Central Telephone Company and the
Willniar Telephone Company, and assistant treas-
urer of the Duhith and Mesaba Telephone com-
panies. Through his official position in the
Xorthwestern and these allieil companies. Mr.
Christie is in charge of the linanccs of one of
the most extensive telephone systems in the
country. This system has been almost entirely
built up since he became connected with the
companv in 1884 and in this development work-
he h.-is iiad a large part. Mr, Christie was mar-
522
A HALF CENTURY OF MINNEAPOLIS
ricd in 1885 to Miss Carrie R. Johnson of
Plymoulh ;nul llicy have . two cliildren, Carroll
and iSlarjoric. He is an active iiiemher of the
!\linncapolis Commercial Club, serving for several
years on the civic improvement committee; is a
member of the ICnginccrs Club and takes special
interest in all technical matters, particularly those
having a bearing on the telephone business. Mr,
Christie belon.gs to tlie Royal League and is
treasurer of Rlue Bell Council, No. 260.
GOODRICH, Calvin C, vice-president and
managijig" director of the 'I'win City Rapid Tran-
sit Company of Minneapolis and St. Paul, .ind
president of the Huluth & .Superior Tracli'iii
Company of Dululli :nid Superior, was horn at
Oxford, Ohio. Marcl
jih, iSsO, the son ni Dr.
Calvin G. Goodrich and Mary A. (Wall) Good
rich. He passed his early boyhood at Oxford
In 1868 Dr. Goodrich moved to Minneapolis .ind
his son finished his education here and at the
age of twenty-one, in 1877. entered the employ-
ment of the .Minneaiiolis Street Railway Com-
pany (as secretary) with whicli lu- lias since been
identified. Witli the rapiil (K\ rh.puunl nf ihr
system he was :id\.inced to many imsiliiins i>f
responsibility. I'im- ni.-my years he h.is been tlu-
general executive head of the sysl.in which lias
become one of the most successful ihclric sys-
tems in the entire country. Mr. Gnudiich is .1
member of all the leading .Minneapolis and Si.
Fnul clubs.
M-\USEAU, Carroll Milo, general manager of
the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company,
is a descendant of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton
of colonial fame. He was born in Quincy, Illi-
nois, in the year 1868. His father, Joseph
Mauscau, was a merchant of Quincy, and one of
the prominent business men of the city. Carridl
.Milo Mauscau during his early years lived in the
town of his liirth and other cities of southern
Illinois and attended school there. In 1880, when
he was twelve years of age, the family moved
to Minnesota, and located in St. Paul. Mr.
Mauseau continued his education in Macalestcr
College, wdiere he took a course in civil engin-
eering, completing his studies and graduating
from that institution in 1887. In the same )-car
he moved to Duluth, where the rapid increase
in population and business at that period pro-
duced conditions that offered an excellent oppor-
tunity for operatin.g in realty and mines. For
live years Mr. Mauseau was engaged in the real
estate and mining business. He continued in that
business until 1893. when he accepted a position
with the Duluth Telephone Company as book-
keeper. Since that time he has been continu-
ously connected with the telephone business. He
was promoted to the office of cashier of the
Duluth company a short time after enteriHg their
service, and later was made manager of the busi-
ness. This association continued until 1902 wdien
Mr. Mauseau received an appointment as assist-
ant general manager of the Duluth and Mesaba
Telephone Companies. He left Duluth three
years later, in July, 1905. coming to Minneapolis
and accepting the office of assistant general man-
ager of the Northwestern Telephone Exchange
Company of this city. He became general man-
ager of the Northwestern, Duluth. Mesaba &
Minnesota Central companies, on January i, 1907.
Mr. Mauseau was appointed by President Cleve-
land as the Clerk of Construction on the Federal
Building which was erected in Duluth in 1890.
He is a member of the Minneapolis Club and of
the lieiu'NuIciil and Protective Order of Elks.
.MlNNliAPoLIS GENERAL ELECTRIC
(. I ).\l P/\NY - 111 the electrical history of Aliune-
.•i|Hilis, llie ih'\ eli.pnient of The Minneapoli ;
(i.iicr.il l'',h(lric ( oiupany plays an important
p.irl, ll is with iin little interest that its dc-
\ rliipiniiit is Hilled from its nucleus in 1881 on
the b.cnk ui llie Mississippi river at Fourth
aveiiiir nnrih. where a small generating station
w.is eiieled, to its preseitt large organization of
ni.iiiy departments and with a generating capacity
of ihirly live thousand horse-power. The little
si;iii,iii ,111 Uu' river bank with its few hundred
liorsi- ]Hi\Mr cif engines soon became utterly iu-
eap.ible cif li.indling tlie rapidly growing busi-
ness. ,\ few ycMrs laler, .a water and steam plant
of eiglil llumsaiid horsepower was est.ablishcd
oil the east side of the river, furnishing the pres-
ent congested business district with light and
power. .\l Ibis lime (dectricity was used almost
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A HALF CENTURY OF MINNEAPOLIS
entirely for lighting, but soon its value as an ef-
ficient means of power drive presented itself. In
1899 the Minnesota Rrush Electric Company, un-
der whose guidance a generating station on First
avenue southeast was being operated, was sold
to ^fessrs. Stone & Webster, of Boston. The
plant at this time was but one of three com-
peting companies. Service was an uncertain