The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-29

the 81. All riapers ani ihe Duluth
News, OF highly sensational story
that the people OF Superior were N
arms to resist the tncroachmcnts
OF Duluth on their Ear5or and 4 q
opposition OF Duluth 10 The passage
OF the Northern Pacific through,
WISCONSIN.
The people. Of Superior have not
taken up arms, and have no idea oil
,ioing 40 unless driven TO it. They
are simply iorking out Tor their owl
interest, mlhdlng their own bust.
ness and have no desire To medile
with affairs not their own or to in.
jure any Que
The foregoing however SLOW.
that there Was some ground ion
even the sensational reports reler.
red TO, and the following from e
letter written by Hon. S. 5. Fitield
our State Senator At Madison to lis
paper the Ashland Press, under
date Of Goth inst, shows how thai
gentleman looks st the situation
"KAlLROAD NEWS
9 In j.. % -
favorable 10 Ashland. We see by
The hicago dales that the North
ern Pacific Company Will soon de
hniteiy !.catc their line through
Wisconsin,, and that the prospect
il that the road will lun through
Ashland. Railroad Commissioner
Turner thinks there is 10 doubt
about it il il is possible to I'm. a
route east. He thinks the Northern
Pacific Company desire TO do all III
It's power to develop our portion al
the State and make the most of it.
"a ihis can only be done by reach
mg v isconSin harbors, the road
viii undoubtedly be built To Super
Ter and Ashland, notwithstanding
that it is said that the Cooke
Duluth interest is against the pro
position as,l are seeking to throw
the road back into the wilderness,
where il can develop no rival "a
Dslulh, but rather build up small
0encndakeies.
And the following taken from
this weeks i>sne Of Tho Duluth
News shows how they still view
the case in Duluth
"THE VERY LATEST.
Col. J. =. Culver returned on
Tuesday from the East v hcro he
has been attending to matters con
Eect,1 with the South Shore line.
He reports that the Mort bern
Pacific viii carry out the policy
outilntd in The NEWS arG Other
papers, the extension of their line
10 Montreal river, as fast as the
work can be adyantagcouAly push
ed. The route will be direct from
,hs \ i. Junction, passing eight to
tea miles south Of Superior, with
branches to Duluth aud Superior
Ii they ind "a easy grade AZ they
expect for Inc FIRST twelve miles, ii
is quite iiKr:y that The branch to
Duluth VIII o. so located that the
acest- 60und ireigh. over the North
crn Pacific VIII pass over the ST.
Louis TO Connor's Point, and reach
the Mp. Junction 10y this new
route. Gen. Anderson, the chief
engineer, sill be il Duluth within a
few days, and will make arr; nge
ments 10 let that part OF the line,
which has been permanently locat
eli. 1t is expected that the bridge
over the 81. Louis river will ts
built this coming SUMNER
Intke last issue Of the Duluth
News lake captain resident in
Duluth in q communication defend
ing the canal goes far ont Of his
way to throw an ugly fling at Su
pcrior entry, saying that once in
the month Of June he found u feel
OF water there aud in two weeks in
the same channel only 8 feet. This
may be true or may motive will
not stop 20 ingulre-but if trEe il
probably happened before the pliers
were completed. The gallant cap.
tam entirely failed 10 mention any
troubles or disasters connected witt
his pet, the Duluth canal. We could
remind him Of some such that have
happened there but have no IN
clination 10 retort in kind.
We fonily thought there was {
mutual understanding that the ole
quarrels we're forgotten, and tha'
Superior and Duluth people were
were pulling together to build NJ
the head of the lake, and perhaps
most OF the DuInth people thinl
this is actually the case, but do til,
facts, a. stated, warrant such q be
lief 2. Hardly. Superior during
all this time has faithfully kept he
part Of the understanding and ha
said not word and done not
thing to injure Duluth. On tn,
contrary her citizens and owner