The Portland daily press., 1865-09-27
IFRoNTIER PAPER CITIES.

Throughout the West and particularly in
the mining regions of the extreme West, there
is singular propensity to dub every little set
Element with the name Getty" Beautifully
autographed plans are put up in bar-rooms
and offices, with their public squares, parks,
churches, seminaries of learning, public build
ings, ETC., all properly set out on them, when
not a tree has been cut, and the whole site is
primeval forest, with perhaps log hut to Sc
"',Eze ttt6ffrssspondent has given the census of
@Monroe City" Missouri, taken while thel loco
motive was assuagfng its thirst, as he was
passing through the city by rail. The result
of his observations showed the following:s e
Brick house 1.-THE Mayor's) sa'ae ss7aa9 )
Frame houses tthe Aldermen's1 6
Shanties Citizens J aFt ~ ba sa7m 2
Sheds (quadrupeds) f A
.e7oa itd Il 5s gE3esn 5NJaIAGHH -
Grand total ofedifces in Monroe City 49, =
Z A few years since, while sitting in the st.
Charles Hotel at st. Anthony, a coarseiy clad
stranger who had been sitting by, abruptly
broke the silence BY saying: sThat city of
Winnebago makes fine appearance on pa
per-" The large Autographed and finely col
ored plan of the city referred to, blazoned one
side of the parlor wall. The stranger contin-
ued: II was up thar few days since, and
don't you think the water and mud was foot
deep nearly all over the town, that there was
only one log shanty on the premises, and that
stake was driven in the mud to show the To-
cation Of the City Hall!'
h 1Superior City," is located at theow west end
Of the Lake, of that name, and has really
very fair harbor for that lake shore. In 1857
it was said by those familiar with the locality,
that, at St. Paul and other specializing points,
lots were being sold on third street in Supe-
rior City, for ten dollars front foot, when the
purchaser would require pocket compass to
find his way back from his lot to first street,
so dense was the forest, through which no
white mans axe had then resounded. ban
The population of some of these new cities
it scarcely less fabulous than the other append
y ages Of an advanced civilization. "A few years
since it was our fortune to spend couple of
weeks in a smart little thriving, specializing
town, nesting on a river bank in upper Min
nesota. We had opportunity to circulate free
ly among the business portion of the inhabi-
tants, of whom we awaited ourseR Of the Yam
kee prerogative Of freely asking questions, and
we learned in this way that the population of
the place was from / 500 to 5000. No one set
it below the smallest figure; few were pre-
sumptuous enough to go beyond the largest
Feeling somewhat sceptical in relation to the
rapid progress Of the place, we had the curiosi-
ty, in stroll through the place, in the alb
sence Of better employment, to count up the
,chole number Of buildings contained in the
city. These embraced workshops, lawyers
offices, stores, warehouses, stables and barns.
as well as dwellings, some of the latter being
mere shanties, certainly containing not more
than single room each. The entire number
was found to be seoenty-three, and here were
the accommodations for from 1900 to 5000
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