The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-20

leal estate : the latter areuIte AZ much to |
blame in this respect ashe former We |
know citizens of Superiorho own a large |
amount of property there ho ask as much |
for property as they out to do if the |
place had 10, 900 inhabitas, and we know
some others who will not it any price. on |
their property at all. L result Of this !
eombiued niggardly and liberal policy is
that matters in Superior Wch, three months !
ago, bade fair to go aheadlis season with a
rush, are dragging again { usual, and the !
probability now is that thyear will 90 by |
and nothing be done ere and as to
whether there is or is not aahing ofeonsequ-
ence done there during thcoming year will
depend entirely upon whether there
Is not to be change of
policy upon the part of ii owners of Su-
perior real estate. BeowEe publish a very
sensible article on this sulect, from the pen
of Brother BardoI, in th4ast issue of the
Superior TINES, which is orreet as far as it
goes. The only fault til we have with it,
being that he did not rasome of the large
resident owners over theinuckles as well as
the nOn-residents.
The main interest thaiwe, of Duluth, take
in this matter, is that, aswe do not expect
that Duluth will monopoze all the business
on the upper portion of te Lake; we would
rather have a large busrss point built UP
as suburb to Duluth a. Superior, than TO
see that business driven own to BAYFIELD, or
Ashland. But here is wat Brother Bardon
thinks of the matter -
We think it will payto republish our
article of last week, and snce we give it in
full.
Superior during the past telve months has taken
many steps forward TOWARD that prosperity for
which she has long WaGd. She has actually
secured Jae railroad the Noraeru Pacific and there
is every prospect that three four other railroads
viii seek her out within very sh ort time a5
soOn they be constituted 10 the casual
observer there would seem to e reason why her
pro gress should not continue be onward steadily
II not r'piiiy. In tact everything would seem to
point to this cOncl Ision.
But, right now tO~day theadvancement of the
place Is bought TO sudden chck by "a very simple
cause. Nine tenths of the poperty here is owned
Dy non-resdents, people sattered all over the
country from Maiue to '2xIs. They very
clever people, generally wel-to-do, aud have an
abiding faith in great futue for Superior. They
are unltas to this, upon hr other matter relating
10 our town are they 50 we. agreed. And that Is
inst VIII. re the trouble come m, Scarcely a single
one OF them VIII sell any OF heir lots hcre-on the
contrary many Of them deSre TO buy more The
result is that men of capital, energy AID enterprise
who come here to buy propety, build and @ into
business, and help US build p great city here,
every day driven away bec.ase they canuot secur re
the ground they desire or, that matter, any los
cation Ht all. Within the psf thirty days 100 lot.
Could have been readily solo at fair prices to people
who would improve them Instead OF this only six
lois have been actually solisimpiy because they
not In the market. Peopk come mere, look arouD t.
SEQ the rtr, ad work, ana make up their minds to
secure location and go into business. They inqnire
about one corner lot and informed that il
belongs 10 Mr.. COrcoran Of Wasiiingtoa, about the
next, that it bc!ougs to Mr. Sson Of Chicago, the
next to the Dawson estate, of Pennsy |, auia, the
next 10 Gov. Aiken, of SOuth Carolina aud so on.
The TAX paying agents he OF these owue inform
the intonGifg buyer that the most of them say
they viii sell but have put prices thci
lois, aud he appears TO know very little about it,
and the niehilug buyer goes away discouraged and
sustcd, either abandoning idea of coming here
or promising TO come Bt II later date when The hopes
OF n et or two be secured
This condition is very annoying and humiatins
to the residents here, say the le Ist. They have
stood gnaCd and ''held the flrt' for quarter Of
century, aud more, through many dark aud gio IN
days, and now whoa dl lyiIght seems ready to dawn
uppn the Old town, they caunut renlize that the
prosperity which IS oud'S Knocking u, tDeir doors
'Aonli ~ be g fAaS rs M MFtiiNTs WINS me rema1y
After all, we do not knOS that ANY fault should be
found with our len; owner, They have
been very liberal-htvo kiven one-t bird Of their
property the Northern Pacific railroad
they naturally expect that the oth-l two>third,
should already have considerable value oc that by
ting awhile they may yet be able to realize at
least parton OF their ogIgiral investment Their
OF tHe situation, not from any her cause
The Northern Pacific railroad mpauy owns one
third OF tht tnWEste IN specific lois and blocks
scattered dong the various streets or rather Will
own it wneu tuty build the road INTO Superior by
Dec. 3lst next This One-thrd IS therefore, not now
available, and will not tie till perhaps somo tim ,
rext ye:rr. In the mean time town shou d not
stand still. ii can never build up unless new men
are allowed 20 come in. Therefore the remedy is for
the TO at put their lots ia the market,
portion of hem at fair, reasonable prices, ami let
start the 'buom' aud build up the town.
That is all they have TO do. Let the II immediately
consult their agents here, and place proportion OF
their lots in the hands OF those agents for SALE The
agent must have definite author ty close a trade
then and thereand be obliged to write to Hall fax
New Orleans to see about it. Ii this be done,
all will be Well.
The sale and improvement of a portion If their
lots will the value of the rest and owners
town refuse to SELL people will be driven TO Upper
town o. to st. louis Bay. 1t must be remembered
that the original town of Superior covers less than
one>fOUrth this pliteau, and has only mile OF
the ten miles Of water iryut Super Tor and ST
Lous Bays. The owners must not force people tc
develop rival points. Let them be wise AMI liberal
aud all viii be WELL And the owners must consider
that with the development will come local
taxes of all kinds-for street. grading, sidewalks
sewers, etc. etc, which viii have to be met, anG
which. in the nature of things, and un ier the
circumstances VIII be frequent AMI heavy.
We have written the foregoing in nc spirit
fault finding with any one. We SIMPLY wish to call
attention to the situation. Il is useless 10 longer
attempt cover it up. We feel deeply concerned aud
greatly in earnest about l., aud trust that all
viii give it their Immediate consideration and that
the evil complained Of, which is the greatest
remedied.