The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-29

"The importance of the completion Of
the Sault Canal can hardly be over:estim.
ated, and its consequence will be the vast
faclhtaton and increase of the commerce
! of Lake Superior, and the incalculable en-.
chantment of the value Of the public lands.
while a tide OF emigration may be looked
| for from Norway, Sweden, and the north of
Europe, as we'll as from New England
| States pouring into the northwestern
wilderness, and Subduing the forests. and
| extending far and wide the area of freedom
and civilization.
"The country living between Lake Snpe-
rior and Hndson's Bay is now known to be
! one OF the most important mineral regions
/ IN America and 1t should be borne in mind
| that there are deposits of native copper on
! Copper Mine and Mckcnzics rivers. in the
| same kind OF rock that contain the stipend
Gus }0des of this metal on keweenaw Point
| and the Ontonagon river. Every means
! that tend to carry our population farther
/ northvard tend to bring to light and to
! practical utility the mineral treasures of
those regions while trade in flrs and seal
! skins will be brought nearer to us by enter
| prising men, i, matters not whether of the
! America.
"Ihe time is now come when the public
! faith is settled on the value of the mineral
! productions, and it is understood that good
working mines are sure to command and
reward the energies of capitalists and
miners, since it is proved that mining is
liable to no greater risk in failure than by
! the adventures in the selection of their
mines and in working them to advantage"
| THE TOWN OF SUPERIOR.
Under this head we can do no better
than to copy from a description of the place
given by former editor of this paper and
will let him take us back to its birth:
The Town of Superior is situated on the
! Bay of Superior, at the extreme West end
Of the Lake, and of the entire chain of the
| great lakes. Therefore all the great works
| of internal Improvement connecting with all
| or either OF the lakes--every improvement
| of the numerous old channels of
! commerce from the waters of the St. Law
renee to the Sault canal, and every new
artificial communication, will tend directly
to promote the commerce and prosperity
Of Superior. Occupying as It does this
| harbor, penetrating nearly the heart of this
! continent, it seems designed by the Great
Architect of the Universe as the site of
vast clty-the emporium of vast trade
AMI cOmmcrce-where goods can to ship
| ped direct from Liverpool without once
breaking bulk. and transported hence as
the natural outlet to all that great and
! fertile region lying west and north Of this
! point, to the Saskatchewan valley on the one
hand and the Rocky Mountains on the other
The only question whether It's future growth
and prosperity will be commensurate with
its already rapid development into the form
and proportions Of Il city, depends upon the
! rapidity with which the immense extent of
country naturally tributary to tins point
the great praries to the west of us, the
garden valley of the Red River, etc-shall
be taken up by immigration.
The entrance into the bav of Superior, on
the south shore Of which the town is Stuat-
ed is about six hundred feet wide, and for
the last six years has not been less than
ten feet deep on the bar. Inside, tie bay
expands to more than one nile in width
and is seven miles long, furnishing an
available coast Of more than fifteen miles
IN extent, for the accommodation of COM
merce and manufacturing establishments
Immediately beyond this bay is another
the Bay of ST. Louis-of nearly equal
extent and advantages.
The harbor is the best natural one on the
whole chain Of lakes, and of sufficient capa-
city to accommodate the largest commerce.
A narrow strip OF land, seven miles in
length, putting out from the Minnesota
shore, and thrown up BY the clashing OF the
waters Of the lake with those Of the ST.
Louis, forms the outer or sea-wall. The bav
is completely land-locked, and in it vessels
can defy the storm.
The Town was surveyed and the plat re-
corded by the 9th day of November, 1854
The site is one of the most commanding as
well as the most beautiful of western cities
1t is elevated thirty-four feet above the
water, and as you leave the bay there is
gradual ascent, scarcely preceptible, vet
affording an excellent drainage At regular
distances it is also drained bv abrupt raynes.
running toward the bay. To the eastward
of the town lies the broad cxpanSc OF Lake
Superior, whose dark blue waters spread
out as far as the eye can discern. On each
shore the mineral ranges rise in all their
beauty and grandeur, casting their deep
shadows in the placid waters beneath"
A correspondent of this paper speaking
of the town, which he visited last summer
says:
Il expect to see Superior great city. A
more delightful place to spend the summer,
1t seems to me cannot be found In the
Northwest, and hereafter, as the means of
reaching there become known, and by land
improved, thousands will go in the summer.
to look ont on your splendid harbor, and
climb the picturesque ridges on the North
Shore. For my part expect to live to see
1t an attractive city in the winter; where |
can 90 and eat delicious lake FISH, attend
your operas, your thcaters, yonr concerts,
and whatever else is pleasant and refined.
IF one sovereign can build a great city
at St Petersburg, let us see what a thou
sand sovereignS can do
The town fronts on the Bay, the streets
running parallel with it and the avenues at
right angles. The streets are eighty feet
wide, and the avenues one hundred.
The parties who projected and laid out
the town organized in the spring Of 1854,
lnder the title of q Proprietors of SUPERB
or and were w w Corcoran. of Wash
ington, d c.; Robt j Walker, New York;
G W Cass, Pittsburgh, Pa. Horace S Wal
bridge, Toledo, Ohio; Daniel X j Baker,
d A Robertson, Geo Z Nettleton and r R
Nelson, of this county and State; and Benz.
Thompson, Edmund Rice, James Stinson,
and VIM. II Newton of Minnesota,
VIM. ii. Newton was appointed Agent
and Attorney i'll fact. Twenty lots in diff
ferent parts Of the town were donated by
the nomnonv for churches tbirtv-two for