. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . ars ago there was not a foot of pavement in the city and scarcely any-thing worthy the name of a sewer system. The water department was equally crude. The recordsinnce then has been one of tremendous activity in the attempt to catch up and keep up. The attempthas been fairly successful, and Minneapolis is now as well equipped with public improvements as anycity of its size and age in the country. There are now twenty miles of paved streets in the city, sixteen miles of cedar bl
. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . ars ago there was not a foot of pavement in the city and scarcely any-thing worthy the name of a sewer system. The water department was equally crude. The recordsinnce then has been one of tremendous activity in the attempt to catch up and keep up. The attempthas been fairly successful, and Minneapolis is now as well equipped with public improvements as anycity of its size and age in the country. There are now twenty miles of paved streets in the city, sixteen miles of cedar block and four ofgranite. The total cost has been $794,208. The total length of sewers in the city is forty-six figures do not include the great central sewer tunnel, now approaching completion, or the tunnelin Northern Minneapolis. HE.\LTH, POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. The health department is well organized and active, and the sanitary welfare of the city is carefullyguarded. The police system is capable and energetic, and Minneapolis is among the most orderly of thelarge cities of the United CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. 33 The Minneapolis fire department is one of the best equipped and best organized in the UnitedStates. The equipment of the department is as follows: Six first-size fire steamers, eight second-sizesteamers and one in reserve. Seventeen hose carriages and two in reserve, six chemicals and onein reserve, five trucks and one in reserve, threesupply wagons and one in reserve, and four bug-gies. The Gamewell system of fire alarm, whichis the best in the world, now consists of i66 sheetboxes, ten circuit repeaters, 112 miles of wire and470 cells of battery to run it. During 18S8 therewere 402 fire alarms. The loss by fire was $201,215, and the insurance on the property $778,300. TR.\ FACILITIES. During the past year the Minneapolis StreetRailway Company has devoted more attention toperfecting its system than to the extension of its lines. Four miles
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