The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
RAILROAD MATTERS.


4 cali for . railroad meeting to
| bo held at ST. Croix Fails on the
I7lh inst, viii be found III another
column. Superior should be strong
! ly represented, and 10 doubt viii,
in the convention. From ST. Croix
Falls to Superior is the shortest
route, the inside track, but unless
We are wide awake We Will, as often
before, be LETT out in the cold. II
q new road is TO be built, Duluth is
even still more interested in having
it come to the head Of lake Superior
than is Superior, and Duluth should
send a delegation of her best men
to the convention. Apropos Of
this subject we copy the following
from the Ashland Press, which Is
fuIl of significance:
WAKE UP.
The excitement over railroad
matters down 10 the St. Crolx Valley
dOesn' tseem TO die out worth cent.
Ihe people are determined TO have
ana maintain an independent outiet
10 Lake Superior, AMI events are
shaping themselves tavorably TO the
early completion of one or more
lines, with that end in view. Now
is the time for Ashland to strike and
figure for direct connection with
81. Paul and Minneapolis. Our
position geographically is a,I right.
Nature SO fixed things that Asbl nd
Is the natural terminus Of all roads
touching the northern border of the
State but natural advantages wont
build railroads. 1t takes capital,
public enterprise and individual
effort. All these necessary adiuncts
Ashland lacks. Or rather, has not
displayed TO any great extent since
1873. II is time that a change
came about. 1t is time to wake up
and goto work shoulder to shoulder,
and at leaat make an homes. effort
20 get railroad from the South
west.
There are a great many who lay
back and rely upon 'raturaI ad-
gantages." They are heavy on what
Nature viii do Tor them and their
posterity. It was just so with
Superior City. Her lnillionaires III
town lots knew they never would
build railroad into Duluth. "It
couldn't be done" "The country
was too rough" "There wasn't
any harbor there" and like idess
held sway until suddenly enierpris-
ing men built railroad right oy
them Oh the outer side U1 their
toWn-leveled the rough shores of
lho St. Louis River, 4
hole out OF the frog pond at tho
head OF Superior Bay tor q harbor,
cut q hole through the outside
rim Of the pond for an entrance
and saddlcd the expense upon
Uncle Sa'n,-and built q city Of
commercial Importance right under
their noses. Mature" was outraged
and diSgusted perhaps; If net the
old togys Of Superior City were,
but the lightning business men of
Duluth chuckjed over their success,
stripped Oft their coats,-traded III
town lots and kept on their course
without skip. What if the hard
times did ruin their plans and
tumble their fortunes into worthless
real estate? ? Did they give up ?
Not bit Of it. They bought again
on credit and pitched in. There is
more real energy III live Duluth
citized than III half dozen average
AshIand.rs. They sliIlkeep trying.
And they will build a city there
yet iii spite Of every drawback.
Why ? Because they work together,
put their faith in the work ahead OF
them, trust each other, an1 like ths
fellow digging for the woodchnck,
think all the time: "Must have it,
family's-ou5 of meat" They must
have town there or they arc
forever busted.
Tha lesson taught at the head of
the Lake should be needed by
Ashland.