The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-22


Ing as president ; and The election
of j II Upham Is Vice Presilcn
and Judge L. z. Narliu as sec.
rotary. The Chamber is doing a
good deal Of effective work ter
Duluth
bayfield, heartily cnngra,ulates
Superior on her success IN securing
the Northern Pacific extension.-
Press. And Superior, in return.
heartily congratuIates bayfield, on
her bright railroad prospects. The
North Wisconsin wlll be at her
doors without year. The two
towns have waited long and patient,
iy for the advent of the iron horse,
and have well earned all the pros
perity it will bring.
"A professional gentleman ia
Lake City, Mum. who Is quite deaf,
lately discovered tina. he could hear
conversation conducted IN All
ordinary tone with distinctsess by
holding one edge Of good sized
piece OF cardboard between his
teeth, and bending the opposite
edge down toward his chest. He
thinks the card board u i'll serve as
we'll for an sudiphone as any pat
ented Instrument costing SIS or
more.
-Engineev J. Is. Fish who has
charge of the n. P. surveying party
was in town on Thursday. He has
received orders TO run line into
Superior over the old Stale Line
road, and is now At work some dis
lance this side OF the state liue
His party will move into one of the
houses on Second street near tn,
Nemadji sometime next week.
-The Duluth & Iron Mountain
Railroad Company ia the name OF
All organization just perfect ed t.
build railroad north from Duluth
60 Vermilion Lake and thence on
ward TO q connection with tn
Canada Pacific. Geo. G.. Stone
who had 4 large party IN the hel
last summer seeking for iron ore, il
at the head OK this new railroad
echeme. The main object or the
road Is 80 afford an outlet for the
iron ore which is known to exist in
great quanti:ies in the mountains
near Vermilion Lake.
A board OF United States en-
gineers, to consist OF Col. d. G
Houston, Capt. Alexander Macken.
zie and Maj. Chas. J. Allen, will
meet at Duluth, about the 26th o.
this month, to consider the ia-
pvoVement of the head OF Lake
Superior. The decision of this
board will probably be fraught with
intorast 10 the citizens Of the North
west. Mr.. &. W Ell s, civil engineer
aud assistant, goes to Duluth and
Superior entry on the oath 10 make
examinations, etc. i Pioneer Press.
The construction Of the rall
road bridge ACROSS the Missouri
river at this place has been put
under contract. George Morrison
who superintended the building OF
the PlattsnoRth bridge has beer
appointed to superinteRd the work
and II. ". Parkhurst, an engineer
who was also employed on the
Plattsmouth bridge, and on the
Eads Jetties Improvement, has been
appointed his assistant. Mr.. Park
| hurst arrived here this week. foI
the purpose of making the pre-
liminary arrangements and getting
things in readiness fer the com
menoe ment Of work OIL the gigantic
structure at once. The bridge viii
be 1900 feet long, Of iron, anc
seventy feet high Bismarck
! Tribane.
Mr.. &. Y. Denniston has com
petent draughtsman at work upol
the village plsts which he wa
authorised TO provide tor the county
board, at it's last session, and wal
have them completed ia the coming
three or four months. They are Il
embrace an outline Of every towr
in TIE county, SO that ANY piece 0
property can be readily defined
az, to be bound in book form, ant
wlK afford convenient medium
for reference for years to come
| The supervisors appropriated $+0'
tor the work. Hudson Star &
Times. Mr. Geo. +. Bertrand, of thi
place, is the draughtsman who il
getting Up the plats. NJ. B. wa