The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-06-03
THE DULUTH CANAL ENJoINED.

we are informed that a telegram was re-
celyed at the Governors office on that day,
announcing that q provisional injunction
had been granted by Judge Miller of the
United States Court, restraining the de
PENDANTS In the case of The United States
us. tie city Of Duluth and Others, from
digging the canal across Minnesota Point
The localities most Importantly affected by
this result are Duluth and Superior The
principle vindIcated, is, the right of the
Government, by its own methods, and with
in the responsible discretion of its officers
acting under the sanctions of a conStitu-
tionai duty, TO carry on its work of harbor
Improvement, without interference on the
part Of individuals or corporations.
The Bay Of Superior, accessible to lake
shipping only through the mouth of the ST.
Louis river, or the entry" as it is locally
termed, already afforded at the head of the
lake. harbor ample for all the require
ments of Minnesota and of Wisconsin. The
territories of these two states are here CO.
tcrminous, and each has frontage of
many miles in extent on this harbor over
which and the ENTRY" their jurisdiction is
common.
IIarbor improvements were commenced
At Chicago with three feet of water upon
the bar at the mouth of Chicago river. At
our Entry at the mouth Of the St. Louis
river, there is an average normal depth of
about nine feet. The Government engi-
neers having the matter in charge, deter
mined to improve this harbor by deepening
and Strengthening the channel of the Entry.
To accomplish that end, potent and tacile
instrumentaity was at hand. The current
of the St. Louis river, reinforced near It's
mouth by the Nemadji, needed only to be
directed and confined within proper bounds
BY parallel piers to do forever the required
work-thoroughly scour the entry, cutting
through the bar Of sand, and keeping for
ever open a straight, deep channel between
the bay and the deep waters of the lake.
Consistently with this plan, and having
regard to the natural force and volume of
this current, as well as to the conditions of
convenient ingress and egress by vessels,
the proper distance between the piers was
calculated and established The work was
commenced by constructing a pier on the
Minnesota side of the channel, and was
prosecuted without challenge, until sudden
" new phenomcnon--new in It's circum-
-.,l
the public vision like rocket, attracting
to itself general attention by its vehement
fixing, and its lncontinent assault on the
Zenith. This bewildering apparition
was nothing else but Duluth the Zenith
City"
Now nothing could have been more pro-
per than that Il well-behaveds company of
persons-more or less-should have settled
on the Bay of Superior ut the terminus Of
tie L. S. G5 NJ r. r., in Minnesota, and
should there have devoted their best efforts
to the building up of a town, and the en-
rchment Of themselves by all legitimate
means But why with brazen throats, and
incessant din, and the discordant clamor of
three or four newspapers they should as
sail the ears of the rest of mankind, and
demand for themselves and their enterprise
Immediate, universal and perpetual atten-
ton, t IS not SO easy to comprehend. Bat
this was 4 matter Of taste perhaps, con
corning which non diSputandu11 is the
word. And also, if that gentleman himself
took no exceptions, and felt that he could
afford il, probably it was not Objectionable
that thev should traffic extensively on the
reputation Of Mr.. Jay Cooke. But when
in the ecstasy Of their fancied Importance
and prosperity, they became obllvous OF
al other rights and interests and consented
to measure their license only by their de-
sires, it was time TO cease to be amused by
their vagaries and begin to be indignant at
their arrogance.
Very soon after the beginning of the Du-
luth settlement, after 1t became certain that
the above mentioned railroad would ter
inmate there, the chief operators at that
place observed that vessels coming INTO
their port via the "Ehtry," were liable also
to stop At Superior where was very at
tractive site for business. Here was pos
sible rival whose promise and advantages
were very stencil in their nostrils. Chief
" if not solely, on account of this threat
ened competition, it is believed, the outside
breakwater was resorted to at Duluth
One seasons trial convinc d them of the