The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-02-27

A Bad Session for c1aims--Ths :
Old Fight Between Su.
parior and Duluth.
The St Cr, * Land Grant Extension
Eill-senatoria Gossip.

sp -cial correspondence of the Ev=niay wi eorsin
WASHINGTON, February 10 This has been
a bad session, so far. for "ciaims,' 'exten-
sous,' aud subsidy schemes OF all sorts
Hardly new scheme has been reported
-t-asa the comm t,ee hardly half "A d""e"
have been acted on in the House. Our Old
friend james, Harvey, of Madison, has been
b re two winters, eadeavoring to engineer
eco oOp claim for work done IL Rock lslnni,
IN, he has at last abandoued it, in the Con
mittee's hands. ani left tor home. Old FL
der REYNOLDS, of LII Crosse, has been here
pushing a depository claim OF 81 500 for
the last three years, 10 the verge OF starya-
,ian. and hasn't show left for his claim,
nor dollar to get away with The old
Choctew cl i'm of three million has had most
powerful backing ali winter, but it WAS APP
puentIy knocked cold" yes erday by vote
of two To one Mr.. DInnell, of Minnesota,
met with like sat back, the other day, III
the little matter of three IN le arrangement
AZ the west end of the Winona and ST. Peters
Railroad. 1t was supposed there night be
ii few sections of land involved, aud SO the
House would none of it," This turn O.
,hnr.. in connect on with Mr. Dlnaelf.
little BILL has sent cold chill through ali
the "su .sidy" and extension" bills before
tha House
AN "oLp FIGHT"
Mr.. |. I. Moore. of Superior City, has been
here some DAYS looking after the ''old tight
i tween that city ami Duluth. The case Is
now in the Supreme Court, with W seons'n.
Minnesota and Dnlnth "a interested parties,
and is to he fought out here. Aean~llle,
there has been fight goiag on here us to
their harDor appropriations for the present
year. Duluth wanted sloo, 900 to improve
heir .'cui oil canal and inner hafbor Su-
perior CITY demonstrates aud protests. Mr.
Moore aud Congressman Beck, of Kentucky,
we're before the Commerce Comnttee, on
S.,turdav, in behalf of Superior City, and
l4......-sn,.n au4riu IN h-l-if - h--i--''
MR.. BECK,
W Rock takes great interest IN ti'is ou'
e,,,, s,,l event" for tn. Duluth toikS
.;,ho,, fear or mercy He pronounced t'ie
e,nai an ,ujarv and al outrage "''ho"' ."
,hr,,v ar inst,ticatiun of law. lie Said, per
,,,v that i, might look stranae, that ne
of Kentucky should be connected
with this fight up norh. lie had 10 o""' ~
,he-start. that he bad "A property if'e'es' ~
| sp,a,ior City, in connection WIN o''''
,,..k;,ns He don't ak, however, any
AID IRON government; he was mere s'"'t''
,..r,c,n citizen, demanding that th'
: mr., r,perty of himself aud friends should 10
be injured by government action h'' 'a'
was peudlng in court as to the lesal''S Vi ~
works begun at Duiu'h.
Nr Beck then went far back into the MS
tory of this difficulty, commencing Win VI
! ordinance of 81, which provlded tha' VI
. nsa aud freedom of the nav'Sabie waters
=. ,,o Nar.b should remain invlolate foreve
:, lie then cited the report by ten hu"'p"''
s,r hack AS 81, in which he hal expires
ID his fears of great danger to superior ia
hor # the canal sas opened. lie then $40
u cd that there was twenty feet OF water ia
r snriae, at the end of the piers IN Super
Ii hatbor, while there was only ioEf'eeh "'
= a.o that tso-thirds of the waters oi
4 ay1
on,s River ran through the canal, 'hS'e
Of through the natural channel at tue i''ou
y He said that, in all likelihood, anothef .
y. son would close their harhor, "hefe
ii government had spenl over IS 0, 900, aGal
lake boats entirely.
THE DULUTH STORY.