, 1866-06-20

uite quantity Of spoons, knives and forks,
nd even crockery from The tables. No At
empt was made by the e1icers to prevent the
disturbance aud theftoi provtslous, but Hhen
appealed to they coolly told the men connect.
d with the eating house that they would
.onsu1t their own safety by keeping quiet.
After devousing all that could be found,
.ney went aboard the CARS, and the train soon
taIted Tor the West.
We learn that at Patnsyilfe they made
mid on one or two groceries, and on reaching
iraft on they took everything TINT could be
eaten from two grocery stores In TINT place.
From The Northern PenInsuia, Mich.
Editorial Correspondence or,h0 Chicago IHbuue] |
EscASADA, Mich, June Is, 1864.
This place will not be found on the maps Of |
two years ago. It owes Its being and pros
pcrity 10 the immense iron MINES situated
about two-thlrds OF the way from here to
Lake Superior, aud to the business forecast
md the energy <of the managers Of the
Chicago g. Northwestern Railway, With
which line Is soon to connect 1t On the
west side Of Green Bay. Only hundred aud
seventy miles remain to be built to connect
Chicago by rail with Lake Superior. Esca-
naba is situated on sandy point OF land,
that extends eastward Into little Bay du
Noquet, at the foot of Green Bay. The
town, only two years old, now contains about
six hundred inhabitants. There are two
churches, a Presbyterian and Roman Cath
ole; three hotels, one Of which, the Tlden
House, is 1rst-class In all respectss and the
usual number Of stores, shops, &C., and for
SO young town, it shows many and SUBJ
stantial improvements.
The railroad north from Escanaba Is In
capital order, as all our citizens will be u.s.
sured when they know that Seth G. Baldwin,
Esq, formerly Of the Chicago aud Milwaukee
road is the Superintendent. Every thing and
every work that he manages must move right
along, for he is one Of the most able and
energetic business men 1t WIS ever our good
fortune to meet. The distance from Escanaba
to the mines Is sIxty-6ve miles, aud the COM
pany have in side tracks, etc. IN all sevcuty.two
miles OF road. At the mines 1t connects with
the Marquette Road, making the distance
from the Bay to the Lake seventJ-nyc miles.
The ORG dock at Escanaba is marvel Of
strength and convenience. 1t is !, 400 feet
long, 81 feet wide, and 50 feet above. the
water. It contains 100 pockets on each
side, into which the ore is
dumped from the bottom OF the cars and
from which pockets 1t Is run by slides into
the holds Of ships ranged alongside the dock.
Hence It will be seen that the cost Of trans
fer1ing the ore from the cars to the vessels is
reduced to the smallest possible figure. There
Is room for one hundred more pockets In the
centre Of The dock. Each pocket will hold
s11ty tons Of ore, making the capacity of the
dock now j., 900 tons, and the central pock-
cts, which Will be put In as soon as required,
will add g. 600 tons to the storage OF the dock.
OF courSc, In the summer, with vessels con-
stantly taking away the ore, any amount can
be handled. This company shipped $1,000
tons of ore last summer, and 10 spite Of the
strike amoug the miners, 1t Ia believed they
will deliver on board this year 100000 tons,
Had not the strike interfered, 10000 tons
would have been delivered at Escanaba. The
cost OF freight from the miuea per ton
oa1tyered on board Is a dollar and half.
The de.cent from the mines TO Escanaha Is
500 feet, md the line is 60 located that
Mr.. Baldwin assures rs single locomotive can
bring down ave hundred tons Of ore. The
mines reached by this road are the Jackson,
Cleveland, New York, those Of the Iron Cliff
Company and the Iron Mountain. The quan-
tity mined for market can be increased almost
Indefinitely.
While looking at the immense amount of
ore ready for shipment at Eseanaba, we fre-
quently thought Of the interest Chicago
ought to take In Its manufacture into tho
cn11es4 variety OF articles required by mod
ern civilization Now all this vast wealth
goes 10 Cleveland, Buffalo and Pittsburgh,
the superior quality OF the iron, equal to the
hest 10 the world, making II essential even to
the Pittsburgh manufacturers. We have an
abiding confidence that when our nlinoi. coal
beds are more fully developed, Chicago will
ind one Of her chief resources Of prosperity
In the manufacture Of iron. Il may be n.ces.
sary to coke the coal, but in some form this
result Is sure to be reached
Settlements in the Northern Peniusnla are
making steady progress. The iuterminable
forests arc falling before the aTe Of the pio-
neer, and soon Christian homes will abound
where the deer and the bear have dwelt un-
disturbed, except by the wild Indian, for all
past ages. The lands Of the railway compa-
ny afford abundance Of timber, aud the best
OF sites for furnaces, and We learn that seve-
raj Of Them are soon to be put In operation.
The harbor at Escanaba Is perfectly land
locked, the water deep, aud every opportuni-
ty Is offered for IN extensive commerce. a
merchandise dock, 500 feet long, with ample
warehouses, sGords every needed accommo-
dalton to freight and passengers. To health
and pleasure seekers, Escanabs will be
found one of the very best places at
the West. This evening, In short pleasure
excursion, In row-boat, with Mr.. Baldwin,
we caught a sixteen pound pickerel and q
fine black-bass, and last night We saw three
beautiful deer, " Circumstances over which
we had no CONTROL" and not the law, for all
say there are no game lnws hero, prevented
| us from bringing one OF them home to grace
the tables Of the Tilden House. The strcaml
abound In brook trout, few OF which It
was our good fortune to take. A party,o ,oi
Chicago gentlemen, Mcsars. Williams, Avery,
George c. Walker md others left here TILL
morning to enjoy weeks sport among ths
"speck1ed beauties-" With the best of HINT
ing and fishing, the beautiful bay ani
| the pure bracing breczes OF Escanaba, tht
new, neat rooms Of the Tilden House, Will
the genial, ever attentive host, Col. ". II
Hunt, he must be chronic crabatlck WIKI
! wonld not enjoy week or q months visl
ana be greatly improved in health and spirits
| at this thriving town. II Is reached in thi
most comfortable manner possible. Take tn
fine sleeping cars of The Northwestern Ro4l
| at 4:4o P. N. the next morning you are a
Green Bay, where the excellent steamer Geo
L. Dunlap Is waiting to receive you, and ate
most delightful day on the bay, Can't. Tay
1or land capital gentleman he LAY. will lant
you before si1 ut Escanaba. At ten o'clock
If you chose, you can be at Marquette, o.
Lake Superior, but our advice is that sol
spend all the time you possibly can here.
B.
THE TENTH INDIANA DISTRICT.
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