The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-02-03
Shall We Cut the Gordian Knot by
Annezing Superior to Minnesota.
From the Duluth Tribune.

considerably upon THIS side OF the bay just and
while it has verJ sterGuous opponents we think
that upon the whole it ia quite favorable received by
our people, and. that such annexation weuid be
for 1.-The greste-t good the greatest humber" in
| each place, We firmly believe. Any equitable
promise which would stop the Kilkenny cdt-hgtt
that las been goii on between these two Places
during the past ten years would be mutual bic
sing The money energg and time expeid. d during
thht period by these two places fight eac otheT,
and he amount OF planning, Iloitiag ana coGnter
pi. tiiH1 that has teen iu0u.ged IN by the leading
citizens OF each wn to head the other town OIL
wpnld, if judiciousy used-had the PEG lie all been
pulling iogetiei-have hallt up city at tho head of
the AXE OF probable 10000 inabitants Instead
that, We now have two sickly rs, both of WHICH
se on the deciue, ami both Of which likely 10
decline, anu byth OF winch likely to de,liae 6tli
further unless one u them anhIiaies the other,
unfessa compromise OF TIE c,nhicting interests eau
te ELECTED Superior is more nearly entiisd with
Minnsota than WISCONSIN, ana she naH ally belongs
10 this state, and had the Semaoji been made the d.
Vldng llne between the two places, shOuiu sim
ply nave nad one iowa here at the head OF The lake,
and w would Ii DOUBTLESS be better off To day; aud
now, 4 Superior ID willing to US, and liu
heeell To her naturally affinity it does seem that
IL would be the part of wisdom our part to open
/ our arms aud ieCeiVe her. Some OF oar Duluth
lfthds may say, AoWeyeT, that as her pupu atOn
oGtnunbef5 that of Superior about five one that
We can afford TO let the go on. But let Us see
about tEs aud is certainly fair Judge of the f
tuIe 10y the past Superior is little it true, but
she has made this town Site OF interstate very
expensive piece OF business for Duluth and st. Louis
/ county.
To start with, i'll 1865 this county voted $4,000 in
bonds 10 prevent the L. ). & VI. rod from going TO
Superior aud ws have had nothing heaviest
KIND oil expenses ever since the WAY Of bulldog
dykes and canals, carrying law SUITS aud 'nduig-
ing IN ether eNtravagaucer incident ef,rts To
try To 60 ahead Of and 10 oveTshadow Superior; and
tho result Is that Ibis city and county tog tner are
now III debt, very nearly If not quite 500 C00 We
mink We are sale III say thar he taxes that have
been PAID in wou have made all the improvements
that have been made in the wny of r, ads bridges
! X SIf and aH
tie re-enSIneS aud all the other property possessed
both by tie county and city; that almost every
dollar II our present Indebtedness due directly
indirectly, to the eXtrao: binary exertiuns that
d seA-deienst we admit, cbieiy) have feit required
10 put forth either III fighting SUPERIOR in trying
\ 10 HOLD HER DOWN! Now. suppose shat We all Indi>
Fduaiiy und collectively just aud ask selves
how much we have ma ie ~ this whole operatIon?-
"Dow We like II rs far as have gOtf" We have
almost always come off victorious IN oar contests
WIN > lpef0f but our victories have usually been
! expensive ones aud have about all that they
were WORTH; ana although the ate and gnyeUnmeGI
have now taken the haI Dor matter OF hands, yet
Is IT moi Highly probable if not morally certain, that
continu. II OF this would year after year,
Ia upon thls city very heavy expense and greatly
iet' IA htF growth and ospeiityf
50 Ions as bitter ate IIg s shall be going on as
TO "hetherthe great metropolis at the head II the
lake shall &c 70 red on Wisconsin soil or on Mnne>
sofa stl just 90 long VIII capitalist Is hesitate about
making heavy Investments ia manufacture inter
ests OF pe!hiuent Improvements on either side; anu
50 long AS this is being waged-so long rs Supe>
rior ana the state 81 WISCONSIN, fight government T
pfoPf aJion5 Tor oar hhl0or ana 30 long Miuu,~
sofa interests denoGnce waste of money the alp
ptopi+tiUns ior the eepeIor eideso .ong VIII the
magnificent arbor At the he I'd Of thls lake fail to
ceNe On the gov, tument that ala which is By
ha ufe euitied Astounding as Il will 20 many, yet
IL eau DE easily SHOWN that the tukeliGg with the
Spper or Entry The building the Duluth dtkes, the
cutting OF tae huiuth c.uai the building ~ u
oresk-Waier, citizens dock, DaCOtis dock SC. have,
cost nearly, If not quite SSUVyO0l Now VINO eau
doubt that, aad there been state light over ,his
matter and mad superior shd nth been llug
together Tor the Improvement of a comm IN Ia rbog,
that ohe hali of lhat sum judcioHsiy aad inteli-
gently expended tcr the benefit OF be cOn!nl,rc-
tefing and 10 grow up here would ave give both
sde' OF HE by better barbor facilities than eli her
them poSgeSse-,
Eate US notice the objections that We to this
SCENE.
some say that the government, in carr5in. out the
Pl'nS % tns eng nreis aud having expended large
sums OF none, here ia bGIldln. two h,roo s--oae
lor minnesota and one Tor WIscous:n-wouli not be
likely now 10 Do willing To make mod
Hcatiohs OF those plans; tut to that the
government "ouid look ST this matter IT, business
ihe way, .nc Would greatly prefer, AID wouid stre
money III The long run by, hr.iIi.g na bot
hni 9 idStead ol going ahead ana building mp OPP
position harD Is.
OTHERS cay that Wisconsin would not gre snRe, Tor
up, PERHAPS TINS Is So but we ars iucin Il t. TANK
otherwise wisconsin has during tie past three or
IohF years cbaupioned the OF Superior because
URGED - 80 80 and because il her b,uudeu perry
so ~ do when He'd upon bur prior 10 that la she
mad treated the place post OF ntJe On no
consequence IL Superior were Wisc0nsins only port
pUseu - giving up me sttp OF land above r feI I'd TO;
bat AS the line haTbJrs OF Bayfield, ana Ashland are
IN VISIONS d, aud by being relieved OF care Of
SUPERIOR she could do more Tor those ports. 4c
are incned 10 think that sister STATE If convinc
ca That superior really WISHES to make UD' with
"ha many Duluth, would otject tue match
~ho Il " $50 LII "olid agree 10 Il, certainly Mime
sta would.
some of our Superior ncigLbors would Ike 10 be
annexed to Duluth bat they are afraid ia If that
were dom, tbey would have t. help pay
nous drbt; but that CJn.d certainly be provided
AGAINST by e5isiatI.n was dJue lew years az =
when ct. ALthouy annexed 10 Mi1n-apo.is
minneapolis Is n@W composed OF two diyisiOns-th
winch was formerly st. Anthony forming div
ana what was formerly Minneapolis fnImrug tae
otheI, ana each DIVISION holding own liabilities
80 tHat There Is nothing whatever objection
but one Question that Is urged by OF her Du>
loth friends, especially by Of our large reals
G't'e owl ei5, lH That II Superior We're annexed TO
Duiuth, tue former being practically out Of i. Jt
"tuiu oe tole to offer moro inducements to capital
than would Duluth and would therefore SO n ont
strip the latter III growth and thus obtain the cons
melclal supremacy at the head ot the lake
~ seems 10 us however, that tho expression of this
iedt 's cjnie- Of Lack OF faith n the natural
advantages aud the strength Of the p, sillon OF ne
Low - lie GA I'M side OF the bay, compared
Win that on The other side of tie bay AS Duluth
has however, fully five mes as much population as
Superior aud fully ONE HUNDRED times tie business
tnd commerce OF That liase, it to exceeds
Ing'y prCpCserous to suppose that with tie start
tDdt We have go-wIth our ral Dads elevators, " p
DocAe, cvpp mines, &C, &c.,-we DOT hold
town with her, even if she should in The OF
/
connecting with tie u IscUnsil Central. at Ashland
lth due respect 10 tho opinions of some very
worthy gentlemen are terrified mt the idea OF snneEa
Ton, we would say that it seenIs 10 not little
absurd to suppose that Duluth coHid not bold her
! own "ith ouperICr-especiaily if the State OF Wis.,
j cousin snonlo Cease champoDluG The cause OF the
! latter Dur II we REALLY BELIEVED that IT superior
should ottain railroad to the Junction sad another
! GOWN Tie south shore to Ashland, she would then
ouLsI'lp Duinth, that would be a SPECIAL REASON,
Why We, e. friend 10 Duluth, would favor the pro-
Pose anne Aatou fr, ii is NOR lily &C tain that Su~
peIlor VII have both of these roads Inside Of three
years, and u would certainly lie better for Duluth to
% iait aid parcel Of GREAT city, than TO have IL
pay second fiddle to great opposition city, IA an
/ other state
- that, looking upon this question from whatever
staedpoiut please II does TO that pll the
strong arguments are On the side OF snuexation We
know thai this Is the view also, OF number e our
leading citizens and We believe that il will be the
view Of Tia vast majority II people. after they
shall have gwen the subject dee consideration. We
believe that annexation would be peactabls h0uoT~
sble and equitable ton Of The interstate
IL relation htTbor aud should these two towns
JON hands and secure the bulldog OF i rail-
/ and wagon bridge from hices point to ConnoEs
point and hereafter pull together believe that the
result would I've the speedy builiUE up of city all
around our 6eaat'ful bay. of which wou.d all be
proud. that a copmi tie from the Nlnnes It'd
and Wise nsin legislatures will PROBABLY visit
the cad of the lake with the view Of trying 10
effect compromise between these two towns and
tin. Sc states We that the ion If