The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-16
uinncsoia' Jurisprudence.
Sr. PArL, MINI, Arc. 10, Y

DEAR SIR--Thc long talked of and
much desired Lake Superior and Mississ-
ippi River r. r. was formally opened on
the Cd inst, when Chief Justice Salmon
P. Chase aud party made the opening
trip from st. Paul to Lake Superior (156
miles,) with great cc1an There are two
small settlements seven miles apart, at
the head of the Lake,-Duluth and Su.
pcror. The former is in Minnesota
the latter in Wisconsin Superior has
fair harbor, Duluth has none but is try
ing to mako one, by building out Break
waters, where the great engineer General
Sherman and other eminent men, have
declared that no construction from the
hands Of man can ever be made to with
stand the tcmpestuous gales of each spring
and fall on these waters.
Duluth has the advantage of being the
present railroad terminus although the
track will shortly extend TO both places.
AS annual shipping points for millions of
Minnesota wheat, both places will always
furnish occupation for score or more of
laborers to manage freight trains and ell
evators,-but spectators who have had
their eyes opened, look for nothing fur
thcr,--as both places are devoid of water
power, good soil, mineral, or first class
harbor.
Duluth has sold many OF her rocky
lots by claiming that she would be the
Eastern terminus of the Northern Pacific
railroad. These representations, though
made with the intention to defraud and
swindle. are seasoned with just enough
truth TO mislead many 4 shrewd iinau-
cicr.
For instance, the Northern Pacific Co.
contracted with Duluth, lin exchange for
the best part Of the town to make that
place its base of supplies during construc.
ton. These supplies come up the Lake
during the summer months Of navigation
and are landed in Duluth. The Compa-
ny has also contracted with the Lake Su-
perior and Mississippi railroad, for the
use Of its track to transport these sup.
plies twenty-five miles south to Thomp.
son, the point where the two roads cross
at right angles.
Thus for n hollow fame to catch yer.
dant strangers and the honor Of furnish.
ing n storehousc for supplies purchased
East, Duluth gave away her best prop
erty.
Going west from Thompson, lat pres
ent small settlement Of about dozen
houses, good water-powcr and an excel
lent slate quarry the Northern Pacific
railroad strikes direct for the headwaters
of the Columbia river The three i'm.
portant acts Of the company during the
next six years will be to complete the
road to the Pacific, to trade off its prop.
crty in Duluth, and then leave the town
a wreck and wilderness by continuing its
line s. miles down the Lake to bayfield,
the ultimate Eastern terminus of the
road. Preparatory to this, it has already
secured the best portions of Bayfield,, and
large interests in the invaluable adjoining
, mines.
Bayfield, possesses four prominent tea
lures to ensure its success.
lst. 1t has rich lands. "a. 1t is il
close proximity to the best iron mines it
the world Sd Its waters are navigabl'
from two to three months longer every
year than at Duluth 18th. 1t has tn,
only first class harbor on the entire Lake
with waters broad and deep enough 70
the largest vessels, and safely protected
from the numerous fearful gales Of thi
, section.
| prophcsicd in public letter.;
t short time ago,-that the Duluth bubble
, would burst within ninety days, Tn
| truth of my prediction has been vcrifc,
in remarkable manner Negotiation
were at that time pending between heav,
f capitalists and Mr.. Conda-thc king 0
contractors at Chicago-for the erection
Of docks at Duluth, to the extent of owe
half million. Since my letter wa
published Mr.. G. has been telegraphc'
to suspend all further work on Duluth {!
q The fact that the Northern Pacifi
t railroad, instead Of making the place
r terminus never lay rail within
=. twenty miles of its barren, rocky Shore
: has so frightened the citizens, that nearl
n all sales in real estate have come to
I standstill and the hordes Of rascal
= spectators and drunken gamblers,--s
i graphically described by their own lead
{. ing paper, are placarding two-thirds @
!, their lots and houses 40 Let, or Fo
+ Sale Very Low"
/. Two months ago the real estate whic
commanded from seventy-6ve to one hun
dred dollars per front foot, am now tol
goes begging at twenty dollars an acre
The fact is, the bubble has already bur.
!, ted, and respectable people are flying tn
:, town like scared rats from siukin
= hship. So general is this demoralizatio
that one of the town papers acknowledge
:, that rowdies and midnight brawlers gov
= ern the town, and that no mans life o
property is safe from drunken mobs.
Some pcnnywise, pound foolish intel
, ested persons blame me for exposing tn
= rottenness of these soulless spectators
= but the honest, honorable citizens of Mir
= nesota exclaim as with one voice."
your correspondence with nearly five hur
drcd newspapers, let the world know tina
: there are plenty of towns in this Stat
: where capital can be invested with safety
= and where the citizens can be relied o
for morality, temperance, high sense {
: honor and truthfulness in representation,
Let it be known that Minnesota is in fu
:. vor Of protecting the honest immigr an
|. rather than the rascally speculatorr
e The two papers published at Dulutl
: though at bitter enmity on all genera
|, topics.--the editors calling each othe
y such pet names as fool, topper, loafer an
. drunkard, -unite in their abuse of an
\ person warning unsuspecting victims c
premeditated rascality and robbery, wit
an invective vigor and venomous passio
only equaled by the madness of the pee
pie OF Michigan Bar, California, and Ju