PART 3 OF 100 YEARS IN SANDSTONE

1896:Quarryman's Bank Opened; Walter in Kettle River rose 15 feet, flood washed away wagon bridge and damages dam, logs jammed up from Hells Gate to railroad bridge, village water supply bad; Settlers from abroad and other states flocked to Sandstone to find work in quarry, railroad and lumber industries; Business lots sold for $500 to $1000; James J Hill shipped water from Sandstone to his home in St Paul; 18 new business places built.

1897: School library has 100 books; Pine County Courier accepted wood as subscription payment; First threshing machine in area, owned by H.G. Tyler of Finlayson, passed through village ; Rising Kettle River threw quarry wheel out of plumb; Localquaries busier than any other in Midwest; Village orders businesses to built sidewalks; More tracks and switches laid in quarry; Citizens urged village council to regulate houses of ill repute and saloons. 

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