The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-02-14

several parties in interest; the whole
being divided into twenty-seven
equal parts, each owner or proprie-
tor receiving one or more twenty
seventies according 10 his interest,
services and skill. in founding and
doing the most good" for the
town
Before making the division four
ten-acre public squares We're laid
out, near which are ample grounds
designated for public buildings, and
! distributed over the p OF a hundred
or more church and school house
lots, and along the bay and river
numerous public landings the
streets and avenues are eighty and
one hundred feet broad
At the junction Of Nemadji with
St. Louis river are also railroad de-
pot grounds held in trust for any
company or corporation which may
be disposed to occupy these
grounds have a mile or more Of bay
and river frontage and extend to
the up-iands for shop and station
Grounds amounting in All ia about
one hundred acres.
The St. Croix and Lake SUPERIOR
Company's charter q that of the
Minnesota and Northwest were rail
road charters employed for the first
two years as cU-ef1icienls with the
town site for the object-tbe build
inr of Superior.
In july 1884 Col. Robert Patton
effected preliminary survey for
the former comnany;s line from
Hudson to Superior. and the report
on this survey yiDdicated onr anpli-
cation 10 CONGRESS- for s.tbe ST, Croix
Land Grant"
Thus the substitute elements were
accepted as matters Of fact. auspices
to insure the vigorous building Of
the city. and the bnIldjnus went nm
as by magic, from day to day inspir-
mo a confidence too honest for con.
tempt.
/ The Algonquin and Ward consti-
tuted the merchant navy, plving be-
tween the .Sa2tH and Superior. bring
inc lumber and provisions as we'll A.
immiorauts.
Messrs. Nettleton and Culver
opened the first store. and O K
Hall the first hotel. in the unfinished
house now known as the Avery
House. The entire second story
was done off in one bed room
guests, boarder>, ladies and gentle,
+, men had no cause for complaint, for
each could have his share OF tie
best room in the house.
Actual settlers had their choice OF
lots at fifty dollars on conditions
to build. Spectators purchased
"shareS.@ subdividIng them into
halves, quarters, eighths. sixtcenths
and thnty-secoudS, the latter were
recorded as units at thousand dol
lars. 4 share ORG twcntv-seventh'.
represented about two hundred
acres average of the town plat: and
a thirty-secoud six acres. at one
hundred and Sixty-six dollars m
acre: the whole plat auorngatin,, .
million dollars, and the public rec
ords demonstrate that about half OF
the town changed owners at the
latter figures, and in some instances
more before the close OF the second
year.
Nor is this beyond grounds OF
reason in the lirht of the national
belief The Hudson & SuDrrioI
Railway was counted unon as Ger.
thin. As was the ST. Panl e Dpluth
ten wears later. and the snaculative
prices in 1870 AT tire latter place
vindicated the Superjor notions hy
more than three hundred nor cen.
tum,
And had Wisconsin's statesmen
utilized the land grant trust Of 1855
and tostered to completion the EFud.
son, BAYFIELD, & Superior railroad
the northwest quarter OF this state
wouId TODAY he . settled rarion
Tbot It can he dnvnIonad - ou
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