The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-02-22
WHIT THE DULUTH HERALD KNOWS
ABOUT ELEVA TORS


The Duluth Herald of Monday last,
knows great deal more about the inten-
tions Of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and
what the Northern Pacific Railroad prom
ises to do in Superior, and what agreement
the Northern Pacific Railroad entered into
with Gov. Washburn, md the Wisconsin
Congressional delegation-yes, great deal
more than President Cass knows himself
The President publishes in an o6fcial Iette,.
underlying ratified compromise" be-
tween two great States, that the "Ra;lroad
Company agree to erect grain ezeeat0rs in
Superior, or permit private parties to do
So" thus taking and keeping the elevator
business in Superior under its own fostering
care, and yet the Herald begs leave TO
offer serious doubt as to that corporation
itself putting three or four hundred thou
sand dollars into institutions Of the variety
named, particularly when they arc not
likely to be needed for a couple of decades. :"
Big talk that for town whose only ele-
vator is likely to go down with the first
northeaster! Why, bless you, D'Unger,
our elevators may be needed inside of a
couple Of months. 1t would be money IN
the pockets of the \. 2. Co. to build them
at once, and build the railway connection
as soon.
Says the Herald "The n. P. Company
has about as much money in big hotels,
palatial emgrant houses, and things of that
sort, as the stockholders care should 90
there" Well, who built them? Not Pres
ident Cass. They were built by a Duluth
favorite under the Duluth regime. That is
all played cut under President Cass' man
agement
EieJat0rs are business, and stockholders
know it. Nobody asks or expects Presi-
dent Cass to build :" big hotels" and ':paIa-
tial immigrant houses" in Superior. He
does not agree to do it, But elevators are
another thing, and their busy buckets will
be dipping INTO the wheat brought to Supe-
rior by the NortlIern Pacific R,ilna.- -.,-.-,.7
decade after the Spectators Shot-Tower
at Duluth has sunk under the waves.
But the Herald cuffs the \. 7. road with
one hand, and pats it with the other. On
the fourth page Of the same issue, its own
remarks are answered. 1t wishes the Nor
theln Pacific Railroad 10 Join with Duluth,
the State and the Elevator Company, to
& finish up the structure" that protects the
i ~, ~ of
this finishing up ought TO require $780,, goo
{say S40O, 900 in round numbers-the winds
and waves would soon round it to that
AMOUNT and double it). Of this let the \.
P. bear fourth part-though it would be
expected to bear Hatf Of course-aEdit ex-
penGs 100000 on a building that has al
ready cost a fortune.
But to cap the climax of this absurd at
tempt to tell the Y. p Co. what it knows
about elevators, the Herald says with great
simplicity "We have heard it intimated
that for $4,000 the elevator could be taken
down, and removed to the inner harbor;
but it would be pity to do so. 1t a no
ble monument Of ear energy, and should be
protected where it stands.'
BY subtracting the $4,000 which it
would cost to save the Duluth elevator in a
cheap and common sense way according
to Duluths own lntimation) from the one
or two hundred thousand asked Of the Nor
thern Pacific to prop it up little longer,
any one can see just how much that road is
expected to squander need2ess2y each year,
on one item to please Duluth pride, and
manufacture " energy" for her. We say
squander each year, for of course the Gen
eral Government will never consent to
spend several hundred thousand for years
or even for one year to protect struc-
ture that can be carried bodily to the inner
harbor, and set up there in perfect safety
for $4,000 We recommend Duluth en-
eruy to raise that pitiful amount herself,
and save the elevator, and stop her stu
pendous aud costly folly. The Northern
Pacific Railroad cannot be bullied or coax
ed into taking stock in the outer harbor
folly They believe in the "ldce'S Point
folly as our neighbors used TO call It, The
Northern Pacific have become just foolish
enough to see to it that they soon have ele-
vators in Superior, and Bro. D'Unger will
see them in operation about Isl years be-
fore those "two decades" expire. And let
us advise the Herald not to attempt giving
any more information or suggestions to the