quantity and of variable quality.

Under the new management a large oflicc-
buildnig and rotary sub-station was built on
South Fifth street, between Hennepin and Nicol-
let avenues — in the heart of the business district,
in order that business, necessarily of a public
nature, should be centralized and also to assist
from an operating standpoint in better handling
the business, .^t this time an annual business of
$200,000 was transacted. Iiiit today, as the result
of good management, the yearly business is near-
ly $1,000,000. But this is not without new and
better ecjuipment and constantly increasing ef-
forts of an organization of men whose aim is to
give good service at reasonable rates.

Again in 190" the demand for electric power
exceeded the supply and the result was that one
of the largest hydro-electric developments in the
country was constructed on the St. Croix river,
forty miles from Minneapolis. And over a pri-
vate right of way the power of a whole river is
brought to ^Minneapolis manufacturers over a
few small copper wires. Twenty seven thousand
horse-power of energy materially aids in the
making of a great industrial center, a still great-
er maimfacturing and distrilniting metropolitan
city. It further aids in the abatement of the
smoke and dirt common to manufacturing dis-
tricts.

LEVERING, Anthony Zell, was born in the
city of Philadelphia on the second day of July,
1851. He is a lineal descendant of Rosier Lever-
ing, the first of the name of whom any authentic
account can be had. Rosier Levering is supposed
to have been born in France about the year 1600.
In early life he fled from his native country to
avoid religious persecution .iml settled in Hol-
land or Germany. He was there married to
Elizabeth Van De Walle of Wesel in Westshalin.
Their oldest son, Wigard i,evering, was born in
Westphalia and in the year 1685 emigrated to
America and I'lrst settled in Germantown, Penn-
sylvania, in 1692 reniii\'ni« to Roxborough -the
same state. Jacob Levering, one of the sons ol
Wigard and Magdeleiia Levering, was the first
of the family born in Roxborough. and
was afterward the lirst settler in what is
now known as Manayunk, Pennsylvania. .An-
thony, son of Jacol) Levering, had a snn
Anthony whose son John was the latlier
of Edmund, the father of .\. S. Levering.
Mr. Levering passed the years of his boyhood
in the city of Philadelphia, where he remained
until 1870 when he settled in .Minneapolis. From
1870 to 1873 he was in the employ of Kelly &
Brackctt and was also connected with the pur-



chasing department of the Northern Pacific dur-
ing the construction work in Minnesota in 1871.
He was a member of D. P. Jones & Co. from
1872 to 1875. From that time until 1885 he was
deputy surveyor general of logs and lumber under
Geo. A. Brackett, and to Ivs skill and ability as
an accountant is solely due the present perfect
system of kee|)ing the accounts of that office.
From 18S5 to October, 1906, he was secretary
and treasurer of the Minneapolis District Tele-
graph Company; and he is secretary of the St.
Paul City Railway Company: secretary of the
Minneapolis Street Railway Company; treasurer
of the Minneapolis, Lyndale & Minnetonka Rail-
way Company and private secretary of Thomas
Lowry, and lor the past four years secretary
of the .\rcade Investment Company. His edu-
cation was such as the public schools of his
native city aflforded and the fund of information
which he now possesses has been acquired amid
the cares and responsibilities of an active busi-
ness life. He was married May 5, 1875, to
Miss Minnie Dorchester of Ripon, Wisconsin,
who died May 31, 1876. He was again married




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525




to Miss Minnie A. Mcnzel, daughter of the Hon.
Gregor Menzel of Minneapolis, December 3,
1879, and Iiis surviving children are Mrs. Arthur
R. Farr of Bedford, South Africa, and Miss
Emma M. Levering of Minneapolis.

MOULTON, Eder H., was born in New York,
January 10, 1844, son of R. G. and Cornelia Moul-
ton. His father was engaged in the wholesale
dry goods business in New York and in that city
Eder H. spent his earlier years. He received his
first instruction at Abbott's school at Norwich,
Conn., visiting England when he was eleven
years old and attending school in Geneva, Swit-
zerland, in Paris, and at Atkinson's grammar
school at Manchester, England. Then he matric-
ulated at Oxford University, England, leaving
there before graduation on account of the break-
ing out of the Civil War in the United States,
From 1865 to 1868 he was engaged in the import-
ing business in New York and Paris. Coming
to Minneapolis he became one of the founders
and the executive head of the Farmers' and Me-
chanics' Savings Bank, of which he remained the
treasurer and manager for thirty years. As his
other interests reached great magnitude he found
the duties of the bank taking up too much of his
time and he resigned his office with the bank
in 1906, to devote his entire time to his telephone
interests which had by this time reached very



huge proportions. During his residence in Min-
neapolis, Mr. Moulton has served six years as
city treasurer and has been a member of the
board of ])ark commissioners. He generally votes
thr republican ticket but exercises his preferen-
tial rights, when he sees fit, as to candidates. He
is a member of the Minneapolis and of the Mini-
kahda clubs and attends VVeslminslcr Presby-
terian Church. Mr. Moulton was married in No-
vember. 1874, to Harriet K. Skilcs and they have
tun childrin living, F.der H., Jr., and Katherine S.

TUTTl.E, Harry A., was born at Oswego, New
York, September ig, 1846, son of John and Mary
Elizabeth Tuttle. His father was a builder and
pattern maker by trade. Harry A. spent his
early life in Oswego and, when fifteen years old,
after graduating in the senior class of the high
school, he entered the telegraph service at .Adams,
New York, as operator on the U. S. Branch Tele-
graph Company's lines; was transferred to the
i'.ion office the same year and, upon the con-
solidation of the U. S. lines with the Western
Union in 1865, he was made manager at I lion and
was, in 1866, transferred to Oswego, his former
home, and was manager there until 1876. He
then engaged in commercial business until 1882,
when he came to Minneapolis as manager for
tile Western Union Company. Resigning in Feb-
ruary, 1886. he entered upon the construction
(jf the liiH-^ of the North American Telegraph
Company and became secretary and general man
ager, the position which he still holds and in
which he has done most excellent work which
is fully appreciated by the public. Mr. Tuttle is
a republican in politics. He is a member of the
Commercial Club, of Minneapolis; the Minne-
sota Club, of St. Paul, and the Chicago .Athletic
Club, He was married on June 15, 1870, at Ilion,
New York, to Miss Amanda Carpenter. They
have one child living — Charles W, Tuttle.

PETTENGIl.L, Henian J., was born in
Brunswick. .Maine. Telephone and telegraph
wires have played a prominent part in .Mr. Pet-
tengill's life since he graduated from the public
school in Brunswick, Maine. At an early age he
learned telegraphy by practicing in the telegraph
office at Brunswick. He was employed first by
the Western Union Telegraph Company as an
operator, and rose to the position of manager,
during the years between 1875 and 1882. He re-
mained in .Maine and Boston during this period.
In i88j he became superintendent of the Postal
Telegraidi-Cable Company, and his field included
most of the New England states; this position
he held until 1899. He has since been with tele-
phone conipanies affiliated with the .\nierican
Telephone & Telegraph Company.

.\Ir. Pettengill has recently resigned the presi-
dency of The Northwestern Telephone Exchange
Company to devote his entire attention to the
administration of the affairs of the Southwestern



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SWEET, PMOTO



rllAUI.KS r. WAINMAN.



TcU'Sraiili iS: 'IV-U'iiliDUr Cnmpany, of which lie
has been the prcsiikiit I'nr several years. The
Sinithwestern is one cil' the larKest telephone com-
panies in the United States, fnrnishinK service to
more ih.in loo.coo snliscribers in the states ol
Texas ami Arkansas.

Mr. PetlcnKill is a .iJd dc-Kree Mason, and
Indds the position .i| I'.asl ('..nnnandrr of Hnt;h
de Payens Commandery, Kin^hls 'remiil.irs of
Melrose, Massachusetts, past president nf the
15oston Electric Club, and also of the Old Time
Telegraphers Association. Since coming to Min-
neapolis he has become a member of the Min-
neapolis, the l,afayettc and the Minikahda clubs.
In politics he is a republican, lie has three sons
— Harrison Victor, in the employ of the American
Telephone & Telegraph Comp.any. Heman Jud-
son, Jr., Yale '07, and Russell .Xrtlinr. D.irtmouth
College '09.

WAINMAN, Charles Paul, a resident of .Min-
neapolis since 1886, and dming that time connect-
ed with the Northwestern Telephone Exchange
Company of this city, was born in New York
state. He is the son of Alfred J. Wainman and



Elizabeth (Paul) Wainman, who resided at the
time of their son's birth at Utica, New York,
where Charles Paul was born in the year 1845.
The elder Mr. Wainmain was a prominent mer-
chant and was for a number of years engaged in
business at Utica where he was well known and
esteemed among his business and social asso-
ciates. The son passed the years of his boyhood
in central New York and attended the public
schools of that state. As a boy he entered the
army and served with the Federal troops during
the Civil war. He enlisted at Utica, New York,
in July. 1863, and at the expiration of that term
of service re-enlisted in January, 1864. On June
3 of the same year he was wounded at the battle
of Cold Harbor. When mustered out of the army
he began the study of telegraphy and soon pre-
pared himself to accept a position as operator,
and as such ac<iuircd his first knowledge of the
telegraph business, hnding that it was in this field
th.at he could use to the best advantage his prac-
tical knowledge and best develop his executive
ability. For a time he was variously engaged and
tin 11 acceptrd a position with the District Tele-
Liiaph Coinp.iny at Cleveland, (lliio, and began
an association with the practical science of rapid
transmission. Later he was promoted to the
office of manager with the same company and
tilled the duties of that positimi until 1877 wluii
he resigned to engage in the rapidly extending
lekphone business. During 1877 and 1878 he was
the electrician of the Cleveland Telephone Com-
pany. During the latter year he was made the
.superintendent and continued in the service oi
the company until 1886, for several years before
his resignation holding the ofifice of general su-
perintendent. Coming to Minneapolis in 1887,
he became interested in the Northwestern Tele-
phone Exchange Company in the same capacity
and has been continuously connected with that
corporation for over twenty years. He is now
the vice president of the company and is en-
gaged in its management. During this time Mr.
W.iinnian has iii.ide his headquarters in Minne-
apidis hut li.is held for several years and now
liold-, olliees in the Dnlutli Telephone Company
and the .M es.-ib.-i Telephone Company being the
vice ])re-.i(Unt of those corporations. Mr. Wain-
man is a nieniber of the G. A. R. and in addition
1.1 hiihling all the oftices of his post has been
aide on the staff of the eommander-in-chief. In
I»olitieal faith Mr. Wainman was formerly a re-
publican, but now holds independent views on
public questions. He is a member of the Minne-
t^iolis Club, of the Commercial Club, the Kitcnf
(i.ininia (lull of iluluili, the Long Meadow Gun
t'luli .111(1 the Town and Country Club. In :86o
Mr. Wainman was married to Miss Mary Doran,
who died in 1870, leaving one daughter, Lizzie.
He was again married, in 1878, to Miss Clara E.
Cadnian, of Cleveland, Ohio, and they have two
daughters — Edwina and Maud.



CHAPTER XXVII.



SUNDRY ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES



IX cirganization fur tliu i)n nm )tii ui nl tin-
general good, in trade association, in
professional societies, in social clubs, in
athletics, music, the arts, charities and phil-
anthropies, and the thousand and one acti\i-
ties of a l)usy and progressive community.
Minneapolis has been distinguished for thor-
oughness and completeness. Many of the
endeavors suggested have been mentioned
elsewdiere in appropriate connection, but
some remain for consideration.

After some temporary organizations in
the earliest days the Union Hoard of Trade
was formed on July 1, 18.t.t, and although
there were some lapses and reorganizations,
Minneapolis continued to maintain a board
for about forty years. In 18()7 the hoard
formally incorporated. From this time un-
til the representation of the people in pubhc
affairs was taken up by the Commercial
Club, in 1''01, the Board of Trade remained
the foremost public body and munbered
among its members and officers the loading
men of the city. The presidents included
Dorilus Morrison. Richard Chute, ("apt.
lohn C. Reno, C. E. Flandrean. W. I'.
Wa.shburn. S. C. Gale, C. M. l.oring. J-lni
S. rillsbury, F. W. Tlrooks. Iv j. I'help-^.
Judge Isaac Atwater. James T. W yman. 1'.
F. Nelson and others. The board m-wv
became a trading organizatiim nor did it
represent any particular line of Inismess.
although for a time it collected and |)ub
lished general commercial statistics ni \hv

city.

Upon the organization of the Chandler
of Commerce in 1881 that liody undertook
the publication of reports of trade and com-
merce. But it has always been a distinc-
tive trade organization and has refrained
from taking part in the general public affairs
of the citv. In the same way the Jobbers'
Association, organized in 1884, devoted it-



self exclusi\ely tn the interests of whole-
salers and manufacturers, and the Produce
F.xchange. formed in the same year, ha^
been enlin-ly occnjiied with the affairs of
the |)ni(luce <lealers. ( )f brtjader purpose
was the .Minneapolis Business Union,
formed in 18<)0 for the ])nrpose of bringing
manufacturing establishments to the city.
bdr several years it was one of the strang-
est and m<ist effective organizations of Min-
neapolis.

TIIK C'()MMi:U(I.\L n.uii.

In 18'L' a uuudiei- ni |irominent men, be-
lieving that the ])r<im<iticin nf iiublic affairs




COI.. W.M



52S



A HALF CENTURY OF MINNEAPOLIS




■Jill': MiNMOArm.is ioxi'dsition r.i ii.niNd

cmilil lir lu-tlrr atlaincil lliniUL;li llu- cmiil)!-
natiiin of social ami |iiililio features in an
nri^anization, iiicl and foniuil the Minncaii-
olis C ciniiiiercial and Athletic t Inh. The
plan |iro\ed ])M[)nlar and the nienihershi]) in-
creased ra|iidl\ . l\(iMin.s were taken in the
Kasota l)uihlini;'. I'oi- a lime the social and
athletic features of the organization were
i4"i\en |ii'oniinence, lint after a period of de-
pression Ihe L,fynniasinni idea was entirely
dropped and the cluh, reors^anized and re-
in\enated (larL;cd\ (IndnL^h tlie nntirini;
etlorts of a coinniiltee luaded li\- the late
S. 11. Hall) occupied new and lai'L;er (piar-
lers in the Andrns lniildin<^', eliniinati-d tin-
wcii'd "alldetic" lr(ini ils name and ailded
to its activities s\slematic attentiim to |)ul)
lie mailers, lhroui;Ii a "pnlilic altairs com
niittee." This connnillee manaf^os its own
linances and employs a connuissioncr of
pnlilic affairs. W ilh the orj^anization of this
connniltee in l''l)l ihr I'.oard of Trade was
<liscont inued. .'special alti-ntion has been
j.;i\t'n lo llu- ac(pn'~iti( Ml o| new industries,
the invitation of conventions and their en-
tertainment, the jironioiion i >{ civic improve
ments and .general pidilicily for tlu- city.
The chdi rooms in the .\ndrus hnildin'' have



lieen out^Town and ar-
rant;ements h;iv e lieen
made tor more connno-
dii lUs (|uaners ti i he occii-
|Med in I'll)''. C. -M. llar-
rini^lon was the lir^t ]ires-
ident of the cluli. I le w as
followed hv T- !'"• Calder-
wood, 1893-8; E. 1.
1 'helps. 1898-9: S. H.
Hall, 18'J9-1900; K. C.
]!est, 1900-1: A. C. I'aul,
1901-3: John Leslie. l'«)3-
4; Freil R. Salislmrv,
1904-6; C. W. GardnJr.
1' 0r,-7, and 11. h". Xelson,
l'07-9. ]•:. j. Westlake
has been secretarv since
I'TU. S. H. Hall was hrsi
chaiiinan of the public
affairs committee. Ik-
was followed by W. N'.
fhule. l;. V. Nelson, W .
W . HeffelfinH-er and I'.
k. ."^alislniry. W allace (i.
X\e has been commissioner since the oriLja-
uizalioii of the connnittee. The mendier-
siii]i of the club is now 1 .iUO.
Ai,l<ICULTUR.\L F.VIRS.

The .Minnesota State Fair, now the Ci'reat-
esl in the country, i;re\v out of a meetinj^'




AT ONK OF THU ■'HrNG" FAIRS



SUNDRY ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTiVITI|-.S.



S29



of settlers in the little parlor n\ Coldiiel
Stevens' piimeer eotlai^e nu tlie ri\fr hank
at Aliinuapnlis. IK-re tlie licmiepin C ..mi
ty Ayricnltnral Society (.the tirst a.^rieul-
tural society in the territory) was orj^anized
and at a snl)se(|uent meeting of this society
plans were definitely laid for the formation
of a state agricultnral sneiety, which was
dnly formed in 1854 with Gov. W. A. ( ior-
man as president and Col. Ste\ens as \-ice-
president fur Hennepin ciudUw Tul. Ste\-



lair iiwini; to the iiard times and the war
excitement. In 1,S39 a joint fair was again
lull] at .\linneai)olis, and in \H(.0 it was hel 1
at I'ort Snelling. with t'liarles lluagof Min-
neapolis as president. In l,Sf.5 anotlier suc-
cessful state fair was held in Minncapoli.s,
and on this occasion Horace (Ireeley made
an address. During the next two decades
the lairs wire held in various parts of tlic
state. The lleimepin county society niain.
taineil its organization and secured grrnnuls




orEXiXG OF THE FiusT ^^^•^■^:.\l■| n I >



|.I|..|h^.|;,|,1
u( I



wiis l;iki'li :il till
:iii.\- pnilniliciil In



niMiiieiit Arclibisimii
II cif 1S.S0 niii.v ln>



ens was a prime-moxer in the organization.
The first fair e\er helil in Minnesota was
that of the Hennepin county society, on
October 20, 18.^4. The second fair \vas held
on October 17 and 18, 1855, jointly Ijy the
state and f-fennepin county organizations.
This was the first "state fair." ("olmud
Stevens was president. The second an-
nual state fair was held in Mlinneapolis on
grounds near what is now Tenth street, on
October 8. ') and 10. 185ri. At this fair
over $2,000 was paid in preminuis and the
gate recei])ts ])roduced about hall the
amount. l-'or some years there was consid-
erable irregularitx- in the holding of the state



Irelami wjis nlTeriiij.' the prii.ver. Willi ,n class Hie fm-t^s
tisliii'.,'iiisli»Ml ill til*' j:i'<nip HiMMi Hit' platfiirtii.

in the southern ]-/art of the city, where fairs
were held with tolerable regularity. es|)e-
cially under the regime of Col. W'ni. S.
King, who conducted ihein for some years
with such vigor and originality that the
series under his management are still known
as the "King l-'airs." Col. King. Henry I-".
I'.iown. Col. .Stevens and R. C. Judson were
prominent in fair m;itters in this period.

In 1885 Kamsev county ])resented tlie
state with the ])resent lair grounds, midway
between the two cities, and since that time
the state fair iias developed into a great
institution. The presidents in the past two
decades have been I'red C. Pillsbury, D. M.



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A HALF CENTURY OF MINNEAPOI^IS



Clougli and Col. [olin TI. Stevens, of Minne-
apolis; John (."oo])cr, of St. Cloud; C. \'.
Co.sg^rovc. of l.c !>ucnr, and il. ]■". .\clson,
of Minneapolis, the jirescnt incumbent. Col.
W. .\1. hij^t^ctt, who has been active in the
fair management U<r years, was secretary
in 1890, and !•;. W .' Randall served for
twelve years, endini; in l''()7, making a con-
si)icuons record as a successful fair execu-
tive. The i)resent secretary, C. X. Cos-
grove, was i)residcnt for some years and a
member nf the hoard of managers since the
eighties. W ith a permanent home and judi-
cious management the state fair has been
Ijuilt up from a weak institution to a self-
supijnrting positicm, having pro]iert}' worth
a])pnixiniately a million dnllars, and in I'JOS
an attendance of .i2(),()7.^. ticket sales of
$17o,''.';o. and net ]irofits of about ?8.t,000.




(llAin.F.S M. UMlLilMlMIN
I'irst president of t)ie C'lmliierci.il Club



Minneapolis contriljutes largely tn its suc-
cess in exhibits and attemlance.
rill-; i:n POSITION'.
When the fair was first located at the
|)resent site there was much indignation in
Minneapi ilis. There had been a tacit un-
derstanding between the cities that the mid-
wa\' district should be left unappn ijirialed
liv either as neutral ground for the develop-
ment of suburbs and indu.strial sites for
bulb I'ities. and at tile moment a joint cum-
mittee >if the two cities was at work upon
a plan fur Icicating the lair in this neutral
strip at a ])lace satisfactory to both. W'hile
these negotiations were in progress Minnt-
-i]Hilis was astiiunded 1)y the unexpected gift
fmm St. I'aul and the sudden action of the
legislature in accepting, followed, almost im-
mediately, by the annexation of the midway
territiirv to St. Paul. It seemed an appro-
])riatinn nf the state fair — always hitherto
fostered by ?\linncapolis — and a particularly
aggravating instance of bad faith ui)iin the
]iart iif the (ither city. This feeling was
intensified by charges, made iluring the fair
of 188.T, that St. Taul had secured railmad
discrimination in its favor, and on Septeni-
her 14th Alden J. Pdethen, then editor of
Tie Minneapolis Tribune, wrote a vigorous

■ iliidvial ]iroposing that Alinneapolis estali-
lish an industrial exposition and maintain
.•innual exhibitions of her own, independent
.if .-Mu other comnninily. The idea met
with instant favor. With practically no
dissenting v nee the jieoijle of :\linneapoHs
rose to the dccasion, subscribed $100,000 at
Miu' meeting, and $400,000 within three

■ iKintlis. fi)rnied a cnrporation, and ojjcned
a cnniplrle and I'l ini]irehensi\ e ex|)osition
..n Angnsl 2^ nf the following year. 'Idie
biiildm.L;. costing over $2.=i0,C00, was erected
in 1_'4 working days from the date of letting
ilic lirst contracts. The exi)osition was
npeiieil on the date promised aii<l was at-
tended bv ,viS,000 people. It was a most
remarkal)le instance of a city's enterprise
and the ])ossibilities of accompli-luiient
when a whole i)e(ii)le act together.

The officers of the first exposition were:
W. n. ^\■,•l-hl)urn. president; S. C. Calc,
vice-president ; W . I i. r.yron, secretary; If. G.
Harrison, treasurer; Lewis !',. Hubbard, gen-
eral manager.



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531




vii:w A 1 .minm:si



The expiisitiiin ciintinued for several
years with prDiiounccd success, but with
tlie comin.s^ of hard times and the s^eneral
decHne in interest in local expositions ev-
erywhere, it was finally discontinued. It
had. hiiwever. served its purpose. Its edu-
catiiinal effects ui)on the people of the city
and state were not lr)st and as an adver-
tisement for Minneapolis it has never been
equalled.

SOCI.XL CLUBS.

Among the social organizations of the
city the ?kIinneaj)olis Club, organized in
1886. is the most jjrominent. When it was
formed Minneapolis had scarcel}' reached
the point where club life was regarded fav-
nrably. and the club was not entirely suc-
cessful in its earl}- years. For a time it
occupied a remodeled <lwelling at .'sixth
street and First avenue north, and after-



wards better quarters at Seventh street and
Sixth avenue south, and then built a hand
some club house at I-'irst aveiuie south and
-Sixth street. This building has been out-
grown and a new club h.ouse at Eighth
street and .Second avenue south was com-
pleted in 1908 — one of the finest club houses
in the west.

The Minikahda Club was organized in
IcS^S and erected a beautiful club house on
the west shore of Lake Calhoun, where if
owns about 120 acres of land. It is a com-
pletely appointed town and coiuitry club
and its membership is open t;) both men and
women. The Lafayette Club and the Min-
netonka Yacht Club have club houses at
Lake Minnetonka. and the .\utomobile and
Long Meadow Cun Clubs maintain club
houses overlooking the Minnesota valley.
The Odin Club, organized in 1809, has