The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-09
MISREPRESENTATION REoIoN.
Tho City OF tho Future IN the NorIh.
Mest-Dulutn,


Correspondence gfht ItttJJtT0h Mail.
Duluth Is the city Of great expectN-
tlonB. Three months ago " dozen
houses comprised the settlement, to.
day a Aourlshlng and growing town Of
one thousand people occupy the land.
The noise OF the hammer is heard In all
directions, where yesterday we're forest
pines to-day men are erecting u dwell.
ling or store. A Pennsylvania can
easily Imagine himself In VenRngo
county, the absence of derrlCks alone
presents the Illusion complete. One
gentleman reported that leaving the
boat for halt an hour, he was twice lost
In attempting to regain II. SO many
new buildings, In the meantime, hav-
Ing blocked his way. The contrast be-
tween what the citizens think the town
will be and what at present 1t is, IL
something absurd. Though from tho
sublime to the ridiculous IL but u step,
now We attempt to spring from the
ridiculous TO the sublime and tind II
requires an immense jump Of the imag-
inHtlon. The ones Interested think Du.
luth will rival Chicago not only In
quickuess Of growth but In Importance
and commercial supremacy. The
scheme reads very well on paper md
In fact Am somewhat Inclined TO think
that where to.dRy IL q rag muffin town,
to-day ten years will see a city of five
TO ten thousand. The whole thing, Ia
second edition OF the Supreme city
lottery Of twelve yoars ago, the posai.
blllty Of making 1t the shipping point
and grand depot Of all the grain grown
In the great Northwest, ls the argu.
ment that Minnesota Is a grain growing
district has long ago been proven. This
year, alone, the surplus OF wheat Ia at
least twelve million bushels, and had the
railroad been completed, the saving "a
the State In freight alone would have
been at least two million dollars. II has
been calculated that the difference In
freight between st. Paul and New York,
by direct shipment, via. railroad Iu
Duluth, 167 miles, thence by steam and
canal, over the Chicago route, will be
close upon seventeen cents per bushel.
That the railroad terminus will be 10
Duluth, Is already certainty, at pres
ent writing, 1t is completed, and trains
running 10 a point 90 miles above st.
Paul, and us large forces Of men are EN-
gagged at both ends, the great work will
be finished next year at this time. Two
locomotives aud iron for 90 miles OF
track are to be delivered at Duluth be.
fore navigation closes this season, and
two elevators are under contract, to be
erected on Minnesota point, to be ready
for business when travel by rail be-
tween st. Paul and the terminus is As-
sured. Within two years, II Is fair 10
suppose, the shippers OF all kinds OF
goods needed for the use OF the mining
and trading towns on Lake Superior,
now being transported three or four
hundred miles by railroad, thence by
the lake and Saut St. Marie, at a
heavy expense and loss OF time, will
be GreIghled over the road and dis.
tributed at much less cost than now
entRiled, while the products of Lake
Superior will be returned to supply
the wants OF the Mississippi valley.
There ls one more natural feature
to the assistance Of Duluth The
immense wRter-power OF the St,,LouIB
river, which empties into Fond Du
Lac Bay near the town and up In the
valley OF which the line OF railroad
has been graded, the power Is estimu-
ted ut two hundred thousand horse.
there being In nine miles OF the stream
fall OF nearly four bundled feet,
That this will largely assist the devel-
opment OF the country, and that before
many years large manufacturing inter-
eGlS will seek the region, Rm assured.
have In these few details given only
the potuta iu favor OF the attempt 10
connect country 10 city and only what
deem facts as they have como 10 NV
notice. To my mind the only discouf-
aging circumstance IL the lack lat pres.
ent) Of a good har Dor, and the TACT that
during six months OF the year the har.
Dor Will be closed to commerce BY Ice,
Steps have already been taken 10 REM
edy the hrst objection and though the
principal plan proposed, to build a
Dreak-water \ mile in length, in thirty
feet OF water, Is to my mind entirely
imprAGtlCable on account OF cost, still
think there Is an easy way 10 accom-
plish the desired object. Running out
from the town In southerly direction
Is long low sand point, separating the
sheet OF water known AZ Fond du Lac
Bay from the waters OF The Lake. The
entrance to the bay iB the entrance tC
The harbor Of Superior Olty, and our
own experience, taught that 1t was mol
to be relied upon. ~.
The portion oi the bay near Duluth
has plenty OF water or at least plenty
could be made by dredging, and fhere l.
no current there to fill 1t up. The plan
now suggested ls to cut through the sand
point deep Wide channel, and there Ii
every reason TO believe that Ia this man
ner deep, safe and commodlous har
Dor can be constructed ut a compare.
lively small expense; small at least
compared with the estimate cost Of the
break-water. or the Ice objection
there Is nearly the same ut Chicago,
though the difference In the length OF
the season is much In favor Of the latter
and other lake ports. Alter all, throw.
ing aside advantages and dIsadvanta.
ges, 1t almost entirely depends upon
the spirit and pluck Of persons most In.
terested, whether failure or success at.
tends their Efforts. In the case of fSupe.
rIor City some years ago, the prevail
Ing characteristics OF the owners, was
to bring all 10 themselves. The mean.
ness evlnced In all improvements was
the prevailing distemper that sent
emigration and labor to seek more con.
genial places. The streets were laid
0ASs w phNG du
possible, tho lots were small aud the
prices for them fixed at high rate.
Emigrants who had nothing to do with,
were expected 10 do all. Strangers Wis
lting the town saw that the Land Com
pany was drawing all In and paying
nothing out. Was 1t surprising that In
three years the town was dead never to
be resurrected2
With Duluth things are different,
The principal owners are Jay Cook,
CLARK, Dodge y Co., and Thomas g.
Durent, Of New York, men, all OF them,
forward In Improvement. Churches,
schools and hotels are being built aI
their own expense, and every induce
ment given for finding labor, plenty
10 40, and at fair price. The contrast
IS obvious and hVe years will show the
moral. ''''DfE
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURES.
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