The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1870-12-03
The Future Of Superior.

The Future of Superior.
That this locality has bright future
awaitingit at no distant day is the verdict
Of all impartial and dlsintereSted observers
It's too important point, with too much
capital invested here, to lie allowed 20 fail
Dark as our prospects appear to the super
fcitl observer who like the child draws
swif; conclusions from his own ignorance,
and his own wishes, all who are acquain-
ted with the present under currents of
affairs and the signs Of the times feel assur-
ed that Superior has more real ground for
hope at this hour than at any time in her
past history. s.sss-..s4esssss.s y ssaskszs~s
The rapid development of the
Northwest by immigration is not only
making the CITY of SUPERIOR possible but
necessary. Our first settlers were too early
BY just fifteen years, and sad experience
has fought them that cities cannot be built
up ut the edge OF an untroddcn wilderness.
But let the Swede, the Norseman, the
Dane and the German pour with the pres
ent steady stream into the fertile region
west Of us, and few indeed will be the years
that lie between us, and our long sou2 hit
for development as point and city of
magnitude.
And it is an encouraging
thought that this place needs not the con
stant advertising and lavish expenditure of
mill rs with which interested capital h as
sought to build up rival to this important
site on the bluffs, rocks, and sand splits of
the North Shore Men otfar seeing minds
read the situation at glance on visiting Us
and make due allowance for the windy
words aud 4asronading assumptions of our
would be rivals Business men, and rail
road men in the nation ut large, see through
the business tricks and claptrap measures
with which a clique of Philadelphia finan
cicrs, and and 4 Pennsylvania railway OF
The Camden & Amboy pattern attempt 10
gull the public into the belief that the
great city Of the Northwest and of Lake
Superior is TO be cooped up on the side hiu
Ill the head Of this Bay.
l. IS good thing that the wei
fare Of this place does not hang
on the life Of one man. 1t is not the
whim Of IN eccentric fnancier that const-
ttttes the basis of onr hope and prosperi-
ty. We are not dependent on the ques-
ton whether the credit, the moral repu-
latIon and cgotisticaI obstinacy Of one
MN can whip Congress, the Northern
Pacific and the whole political and railway
interest ofthe United States INTO the traces,
but though hundred capitalists and rail
road kings shuttle off this mortal coil those
who remain and who take their places
would still feel the Importance and advan-
tage Of this site for a great city.
Nercjoce in the development ofthe North
Shore even while knowing its hostile ami
mus and overbearing Pretensions toward
this place, for they who cast in their lot
there are assisting to develop the great
garden spot west Of us, and attracting
immigrants thither from the Old world
and the new Our time has not yet come.
But when al this preparatory work is done
and it Is really worth while for fnanciers
and railroad men who are not eccentric to
take hand in the development of the
pressing business then waiting for them
We Shall see where the gateway of the ma
tionS will be-
1t is not question of State
pride and State legislation, but of the
natural channels of trade and the interests
Of 4 world wide commerce. All we ask
to begin with is the setting up Of Ni,lnesota
ard tle Red Ricer region;, then in spite of
the printed meudacities OF hireling scribes:
and the tricky scoundreliSms of legal ofiic-
ials ot country railroads: and the gigantic
bat futile eHprtS ofambsuous fiuauciers to
stem the tide ct destiny, we will soon see
the immense trade OF the north ern tier of
>tates ands of China and Japan pour
through the Guy IF Superior on its way to
the Atlantic coast, and u the tarthest ham
Ict q continental Europe.
The St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Sold to the
Northern Pacific
The \ rlh.rn Pacific Railroad Company
has purchased from +. d. Litchfeld, of
l. don, the main and branch lines of the
St P,ul i Palfc Railroad, about 800
IN =. II langtb. Mr. LitchieId is to com
pptt. the IN in lime T., Rra.l nD,.,.l.,o IT,,