The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06

| Duluth TO show her magnanimosity
sy allowing such suburbs as Supe
rlor to pick up the crumbs. Gen
tlemen just let us know how much
business you can accommodate We,
there and we will make ample pro
vision for the balance. "Wher
Gov. Smith met Senator Sawyer IN
Hudson on his way home from his
northern trip, the latter stated tha,
the st. Paul, Minneapolis q Omaha
Railway company would GER
talnly build branch from Yellow
river, on the North Wisconsin divis.
on, to Superior City this year.
The senator said it would be built
independent of land grant consid.
era.ions, the main object being to
secure connection with the North.
ern Pac'fe<a!p1 Tap the rich timber
country aloug the route"
Now as Superior City, one of the
suburbs of Duluth, is on the main
line of the Northern Pacific, and
Duluth is located Z or miles there
from in niche from whence you
can get only in one direction, it be-
hooves Duluth to give us instruct.
ions beforehand SO that we may
only accept that portion of the bus
iness prosperity which is bound to
be almost irresistably thrust upon
us, 10 which We are entitled as a
suburb of Duluth. The Northern
Pacific only own a little over one
third of Superior, and will conse-
quenily take no interest in it worthy
OF mention, and will doubtless just
as soon as not 60 Z or s miles out
of town TO do their business. Here
is what the Duluth Tribune of last
Wednesday says:
"The fact that the president of the
Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad,
and Capt. John Martin, his "right
bower" are over at Superior to-day,
'looking around" moves us to re-
peat at this time what we said "a
few days ago, VIZ, that the above
road is one of the roads that will be
soon putting III an appearance at
The head of the lake. From Mime
apolls south, that road already runs
down into central Iowa, and mas
running connections with roads clear
through 10 ST. Louis From Minnc-
apolls towards the head Of the
Lake, its line has been completed
To TayIor's Falls, which points
within 100 mics of tie head
OF the Lake. The above road
is in \ good financial condition the
company has excellent financial
standing, and the road has not been
run up into the woods at Taylor's
Falls, with view Of finishing 1t no
farther. 1t is coming to the head
OF the lake-sure as fate We as
Minnesolians, need not fatter our
Sc YES that that road, like the St.P.
IL ID. road will come TO Duluth
0Uer Minnesota soil. 1t will come
across Wisconsin,, Of course. But
will its technical and its practical
lake terminus be at Duluth. That
Is the question IN winch we, on this
side OF the bay, have interest. Ii
will probably do SO If it can get a
chance to comet it can get depot
grounds and water frontage here
suitable for the large business that
it Will handle. According to our
present harbor system, does any
one happen to know where 1t can
get such room and frontage on the
bay? Perhaps some one will say,
"Oh,w got bill smuggled through
the last Legislature, pretending to
authorize the state to cede the right
of way 10 Duluth for railroad
track from Minnesota Point across
the bay TO Rice's Point, somewhere
near the old Ike, and II would be
a splendid scheme for some road to
run its track across there and then
build out slips on the east or lower
side -
But of all the visionary and i'm
practicable schemes ever concocted
at the head of the lake, this is the
widest and most imprac,icable OF
all and few years hence, it will
be a matter of amazement that in
the year of our Lord 1901, there
be found sane men in Duluth, who
would seriously advocate such a
scheme
In the first place, the government
would have something to say about
the splitting o. this fine harbor in
two by a railroad track {; and in the
second place, the people of Duluth
themselves, il not bent on the COM
mercial destruction of the place,
would fight such scheme TO the
bitter end. Disguise the fact as
some attempt to do, there SIMPLY
is not room, on and below Rice's
Point for the railroads which ought
to come here if Duluth is 20 forever
maintain thecommercial supremacy
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