, 1873-07-11
An Unhappy Neighboring
Town.
The Trade and Commerce Of the
Zenith City"
Along tho North Sllorc---Fort William-.-
Tho Riches Of Silver Islet.


tAomo capital, who lad not como to tho spot to
wait for Nature to vindcato itsoif in tho city,
but who havo quietly aud steadily pushed along
tho fortunes of the plnce, and ovcry month added
somettng to tho aggregate of tho establishment.
They hayo comic to the magnanmous conclusion
That rather than quarrel porpetually will,
Superior, thoy will gtvo it all the oppor-
i1unity 1t can tako. rho Northorn
Paciao Railroad, weary Of contest with tho
RtRtn Of Wisconsin, Las promised to rim branch
road to Superior whopoyor tho people thereof
Aooncode land enough for depot and wharf uscB.
This branch will bo y miles from R!co's Point,
wEilo Duluth ia milo from the aame point.
But tho Superior people arc allow to concede
anything, and lack harmony Of counsel. They
hre meantime menaced by tho Town Of Ashland,
TO tho cast Of tlcm, which expects to havc a
short line Of rail through to Milwaukee aud Chi
pago.
EXCURSION.
rode over to Superior in a little forry-boat,
and found there agood pier, and ao,ne old winter
battered framo-dwcllingB, and q 1oto1 which
seemed to offer us tho last meal on tho borloss
Of nowhere. a quiet Veoklypaper is published
In tho place. of which took flle, aud find 1t
hbounding with flipsa and flaps at tho duplicity
and unsoundnoaa Of Duluth. Tho editor eug-
gcstod to mo that tho great project ho WIS now
abctting with all the ouorgy Of his press was =
ehip-caual from tho st. Croi1 River to Lake so-
peror. Ho was sure that Senator Wlndom-tho
boss Of tho Transportation Committee-munt aeo
the wisdom of this! grcat canal With commiaer-
ation not unmixea with admiration, I took the
IN my power to mike tho people Of su-
only only. aceoss ' . 81. Paul hss been a4si !.
rough forest.road, running back 100 nilcs to St.
country. They romindod mo Of tho people in
Ha~tlornes story who lived undor tho groat
profile tho stouo face OF the mountain, ,-ex-
pectng it's bonedetion, when, 10 the stone
preston aud received tic beams Of the awaited
sun Of prosperity.
The Northern Pacific Railroad has laid out for
Duluth, besides the 570,0O0 aforesaid for tho
in docks, 1000 in O. ronnd-house, aud $4,000
for macil,no-shops Tlo docks arc ilno
constructions but. moro pilos bave
psen driven thsn s.t is ars ao of the
little forest Of tr,nks standing up in tho water,
waiting to bo useful when the town shall grow.
WIS shown tue rising walls Of blast-furnaco,
undertaken by the private enterprise Of Duluth
at .coat Of S125,ooo; twill go into operation
uoxt fall
THE TRADE OF DULUTH
is mainly comprised for tho preBont in tho ship
mont OF wheat, md the making up Of timber into
shingles and prairie-houses. There arc two or
three houae-factorics III the town and surround-
Ing it, where al entire cottage IL sawed up, from
the window-HaHhea to the raftora aud
shingles, aud shipped by rail to answor tho re-
quiromonts Of claim--getters in the interior. Tho
chief clerk Of tho Elevator Company told mo
that NJ many as fifty .graiu-buyors wore retained
by that Company and other folla to penetrate
the country ns far as Sioux City and Northern
Iowa, and pay cash for grain to be shipped from
Duluth. It is tho expectation OF tho people to
compensate for tho long winters Of that latitude
by manufacturing iron, copper, and wood; and
they lavo, besides, nnticipations of direct I'M
portation. On tho pier stands large frame
ito roe1 Which of y oayy sSSy aesotsa e9os to
bond, which arc passed to tho Red River By rail,
lnd then by steamer to Manitoba.
DULUTH COMMERCE.
The absorbing desire Of the Duluth people ia
town, to proceed to Chicago aud to Buffalo.
Last ycar, Capt. Ebor Ward appeared In the
field, to meet this demand, with three great
steamers. named respectively. the India, the
China, and ~, tho japan, which cost 1925 600
lautic, Buffalo g. Union Steamboat Company.
Ho failed to make the contract which he
expected with t1: the Northern Pacific Road,
steamers on tho line from Buffalo to Chicago.
It is now ntimatcd that Mr.. George 3. Sargent
has concluded negotiation with tho Budgets
of Bristol, England, Paul Forbes, Dawson. Of
London, and Giion, to build six steamers, to
lutA dai1y during tho season OF navigation. htr.
Forbes ia Bnitl to have headed the subscription
list with $160,000 In gold. If this project como
to Q consummation, the Duluth merchants ex-
pect to get easy rates, and to compoto with st.
Paul for the Wholesale trade of their interior.
DULUTH FIGURES.
Tho year 1879 was tho first year Of Duluth as a
port Of entry, whom $5l1 600 dutios wore col
Canada, which amounted to nearly one-lalf tho
whole. 1n tho same year thorc wero 3Co arrivals
Of vessels.
The Land Office ut Duluth has disposed Of
about 100000 acres OF land. The fall of snow
thero in tho four winter months III about 80
inches in oil aud, Mt tho coldest day Of 1872
kho mean temperature was 20 degrees below
zero. Tho coltlcHt period Of tint day was carly
morning. and the temperature was rs degrees
boloW xoro.
WEST SUPERIOR COMMERCE..
The commerce OF Duluth at the pEeBont time
is made up. Of the following yesaols, some Of
which ,1' 5nn hTeguiarly; The Chicago limo, or
Peerless, and tho City OF Madison; tho Union
line, compoHed Of four boats from Duluth to
Buffalo; Ebor Wards line, tho Central and Pa
cidc, composed of nine boats, from Duluth to
carry al much as $4,000 bushels Of gran co1l-
uocting with tho Now York Central TOAD; tho
steamer Metropolis, Of 425 tonH,-a sdo-
wheel boat which COST 5000, ard
ia owned by Duluth citizens, running
to Marquette; the Canadian lino running from
sarnsa aud Collingwood to Duluth, composed of
eight Htoatners, averaging A50 tons. Tho people
OF the town entertain tho hopo that tho. Atlantic,
Duluth q Paciilo Lake Company, or tie Evans
line Of Buffalo, will conclude to commence trpB,
AZ at first intonaea, later in tile Bcaaon.
A livcry-Htable-keeper at Duluth told me- that
he had driven in the winter-time from that town
TO Bayfield,, whole days ride. aerosa tho frozen
surface OF Lako superior, land out Of sight
eonletimos, no danger Of air-holes, and q
right jolly party galloptng over wator
GOO feet deep. Tlle Bayfield, people recprocate
by moonlight parties to Duluth; aud thus they
mako life comfortable ut the head OF Luke Su.
porior.
HEALTH.
age who had already boon born in Duluth, aud
soomed to thrive like other children, / fouu1.