The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-14

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the prairies.' In fact, it il so crowded
in that most of it lies on slant of 10
degrees rising from the edge Of the
lake. But though Ike st. Petersburg.
most unity located, it will, like the
Russian capital, survive the blundcr
OF It's founder There will always be
Duluth, and Duluth will grow, but
across the bay is arising the real
metropolis Of Lake Superior Duluth
was Wild with excitement July 6. Jay
Cooke had gone Willard had come.
Long live Willard Duluth has been
lying torIorn for eight years on the
harrow strip between It's desolatc hill
side and the lake waiting for the
magic touch that would call it back
to life. Its population was 5000 in
1882, and only I ,500in 1877. Real
estate sank from 500 a foot for the
best business property to whatever
foot anybody chose to give, and for
years nobody chose to give ANYTHING.
With the recovery of the Northern
/ Pacific, Duluth began to show again.
In the census Of 1880 it is given a
population Of $500, and il claims a
growth Of 500 since. 1t has two
elevators. One with q capacity Of / ;
OOO,OOO bushels has Just been finished
at a cost Of s2OS,O0O. Foundations
for another are just been laid, and
two planned for the next two wears.
\ blast furnace is a successful opera
ton. Iron ore is brought from Mar
quette, limestone from kelly's islands,
where the grapes are grown, and coal
from Cleveland. This furnace sells
It's pig iron product to St. Paul, Still
water and even st. Louis. Numbers
Of saw mills are in operation. The
town has new saloon called The
! New Version OF Duluth Prosperity
is coming back. Parties are pros
f. pecting at Missaba Mountain, sixty
miles away from Duluth, at Vermilion
lake, to determine the quality and
limits Of an immense deposit Of iron.
long known to be there. IF the re-
ports are encouraging, money is
pledged to build standard gauge
road from Lake Superior to the mines.
Real estate has recovered go far that
owners are again asking 500 a foot
for the best business property, and
almost getting it.
Duluth showed Mr.. Willard all it
had TO offer, and did not forget TO
throw III iudicious hints about the mis-
fortunes and iuferioritv OF poor. de-
cayed Superior City across in Wiscon-
sin. The men of Duluth laugh loud
at Superior, but they have not yet
laughed last. Mr. Willard had bust
ness in Superior and he and his party
were placed on a scow and towed
across. Superior IS in Wisconsin,
eight miles from Duluth, which Is in
Minnesota. 1t is larger city than
! New York, but it Is not built up vet.
/ It has been one OF the municipal re-
gulations for years that The grass
should be moved in the avenues at
/ the same time it vas cut in the side
streets The inhabitants were waiting
I for Mr Willard. They lave been
waiting for him Tor twenty-five years.
Twenty-Five years ago they built
docks to receive the commerce Of the
great West, laid ont Il great town
with streets and avenues, but The
dock on which Mr.. Willard stepped
ashore was rotting Ike halt dozen
others, and the streets through which
he was driven were better pastures
than promenades. The romantic
vicissitudes OF Webster town existence
can never he better seen than in the
history Of Superior. 1t Is an extreme
illustration Of the uncertainties Of
western life. On paper it was as large
and magnificent As the Eden 10 which
Martin Chuzzlcwit was lured, but here
the resemblance ends, for Superior
was founded on an honest idea, and
must live. Its projectors were right
foreseeing that it had a destiny. 1t
was their misfortune to see it a gen
Grafton to soon. No Western city had
a better start than this one. 1t was
the conception of coterie of the
most brilliant men of President Bu-
chanan's time. These men saw from
the map and what they heard from
the pioneers and trappers that this
plain at the end of Lake Superior was
at the head of the great lake system,
and had the vast fertile west at its
back. Its future looked better than
that Of Chicago, or St. Paul James
Stinson, SON Of wealthy citizen of
Chicago Gen. John l.. Dawson, once
United States Senator from Pennsyl-
vania Gen John c. Breckenridge Of
Kentucky, and James B. Beck and
Ex-Gov. B. Magofin of the same
State Jesse D. Bright, once United
States Senator from Indiana the
Walbridgcs of Toledo, Judge Charles
?, DAILY and Rev. Jared T. Flagg of
New York, The Washington bankers
Corcoran and Riggs put their money
into the Superior Land company, and
the late Tom Scott held shares in it
for fifteen years. All the stock was
taken. a land grant like that of the
Illinois Central was obtained for the
Nebraska and Superior railroad,
which was to empty the riches of the
West into the lap Of Superior. |
Hotels, stores, real estate Offices and |
other gambling places were built. In
three years a population of $500 |
gathered, and in 1889 twenty-five
foot lots sold on Second street for 81
900 each. Two newspapers were