The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-12-16
MANUFACTURES IN SUPERIOR.


the following appeared not long since in
the Toledo Blade:
| The Columbus Statesman reviews with great salts
faction the progress of iron manufactures in that city
The growing manufactures in iron in that city have
filled up with intelligent, thrifty, and industrious
population all the territory between the Goodale Park
and the Olentangy river, and the prospects of still
gratifying increase give great encouragement to
the property OF that city. pipe foundry IN
that district turns out about twenty tons Of pipe per
day for the of the water supply system at Mans
field and Cincinnati The Columbus Iron company
send away from their works about twenty tons of pig
metal daily About onahaf of the ore smelted is fur
nished from the Straitsviile egon. new rolling
mill is in process of construction and will be in opera
tiou about the first of May 1871. "green sand
foundry for general castings, is also in prospect All
around the region of these works the city is making
unparaed strides in the erection of new dwellings,
places of business, and general prosperity
The foregoing is but one example In a
hundred thousand that might be given of
the intimate connection between manufac-
lures aud the growth of city, and we
most earnestly hope that Superior property
owners, many of whom are men of large
means, will at this propitious time arouse
from the excusable lethargy Of the past, and
take hold of the manufacturing interest of
this section with an energy commensurate
with its great Importance.
The only hindrance heretofore existing
to the encouragement of manufactures at
this point besides the delay in our railroad
prospects. has been the lack of coal. By
the commencement Of the coming summer
we shall have the facilities for receiving it,
and, as the experience of the past year has
proven, it can be had here at very fair
prices. And it is to be further noted that
for many kinds ofiron production, the char
coal made from the hard woods (Which can
he cheaplv obtained near here) is better
adapted than coal
If Columbus, Ohio, at its distance from
the coal, from the ore, and from the advan-
taoes of large market can grow rich and
popuous, by means of her manufactures,
Superior assuredly can. Capital costs no
more here ore and labor cost much less;
wood coal costs less, while hard coal Will
not exceed in cost the coal used at Coum-
bus, O., and even with this equal cost OF
coal the advantages are decidedly IN our
favor.
The various kinds of manufactures not
only require the presence Of large number
of Iaborers, but of a large proportion OF H.
tellicent and skilled artisans. These are
the most profitable elements that enter into
the constituting of city. The families OF
these workmen live in a style of comfort
and even of taste, which requires an exten-
sive commerce to satisfy its demands.
We know our advantages are great, and
must steadily increase, but we ought not to
be satisfied with the prosperity which nat
urally and inevitably drifts towards us, fol
we have only to look and see what other
communities have done, and are doing with
far less advantages than we, to see how
easily concerted movement on the part OF
capitalists interested in this place, would
establish Superior on a footing of enlarged
and rapidly increasing prosperity at once
With everything so much in our favor, the
CAPITAL can be attracted here with all ease
the moment our property owners take the
subject properly to heart, and that should
be without delay, as our road will not be
long in building, and manufacturing move.
ments undertaken Immediately, would not
be gotten under way too early tor their
own good, and that of the coming city.
We urge the foregoing considerations
upon the immediate attention OF the enter
prisine and able capitalists who will read
these lines. We know you have the true
interests of this place at heart, and cherish
the full belief that you will immediately
form business organization for the promo
ton of iron manufactures, and all other
branches of large manufacturing interest
in Superior, knowing as you do that these
are the indispensable conditions of the
growth of a city, and only to be had by
prompt. organized effort, udicious advertls
/ mo and fair business inducements.
SUPERIOR IN THE ST. PAUL CHAMBER OF COM
! MERGE.
The following communication presented
bv Capt. James Starkey, this week, to the
St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, Will b'
interesting to our readers. The Capt. Il
familiar with the head of the Lake, on boil
sides of the ST. Louis river and knows
whereof he atfirms.
That the honorable body before which
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