The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-06-28

n Gigantic Speculation to Boom South
Duluth at the Expense of Duluth
Proper.

| PROPER
Some two months ago The Herald gave what
facts could be obtained in regard TO the arrange
| ment made between the Omaha and Northern
Pacific roads in regard to the building of bridge
| from Connors Point. since then there has been
some new developments o; II decidedly interest
ing character and OF this town. Yesterday Gen.
| Hammond ofsuperior councctedNith the oms-
| ha road was in Duluth and it leaked out that
| the whole scheme IN relation to the bridge and
! the attitudes OF the Northern Pacific, Omaha and
| Manitoba roads had come to "a head. The Mani
! toba road which il was supposed was going to
come into Duluth direct is not going to DO so but
has made arrangements with the 81 Paul 4 Du-
/ luth TO their track 10 II point above oneotn
opposite Grassy Peint and will bridge the St Lou
/ is there.
! The three roads have formed pool purchas
/ cd LOCO acres of land on the south side of St
4 Louis bay and agreed to put in 50 much money
each 10 develop the town Also it has been
/ agreed that each of the companies shall put in
shops there and use the place for yards. \ union
/ depot is TO be built.
| Connected With this scheme is the Duluth
| Transfer d Dock company which obtained the
franchise across the bay and a corps of engineers
have been set to work drawing up plans for a
! AOd " DS bu4it 9t4AtANlSiit HIS not DcSn ittlTu
ed about this latter compauys plans to say any
thing about what they are further than that en-
| ginecrs and draughtslncn are engaged at work
now and without any doubt whatever, ii has
| connection with these other three roads
! The plans of the three roads is simply this:
| They propose to start a town there and unitedly
| boom it for all il is worth. No doubt the Ioca-
ton is good one in certain respects for town
| Thor. 1-qsr F,r ;+ +
that there are coal companies Interested
This morning work was commenced similtan-
I eously on the Omaha road extending the road
to South Duluth clearing up the town. The
( town has been plated and now the streets are to
be graded and otherwise improved.
This is certainly aimed both at Duluth and
Superior. While it is most desirable to have a
suburb grow up there which will be a feeder to
Duluth. and must of necessity always be feed
er, yet when the three great railroad corporations
upon which we largely depend pool together 10
boom Il place outside from us it is without doubt
not going to facilitate the growth of either Dulu
tn Superior
! We have this satisfaction, however, and that is
we have got the natural advantages ana know
that the movement over there is only one of what
may be termed mushroom booms.'
The only comment necessary for us
to make at this time relating to the
above article which we clip from the
Duluth Herald is to say that the
''news" is not news to the people Of
Superior for it has been tacitly I'M
derstOod for long time what was 60
ing on in substance if not in detail.
Secondly, the people of Superior are
happy and not at all alarmed about
her future, and welcome with Joy the
improvements about to be made.
Thirdly we wish to say to ali, that
there is no such place as South Du-
luth" in the sense above alluded to.
In this case their ''South Duluth, " is
no more nor less than the western end
of Superior and entirely located in
Wisconsin on the east side Of the St
Louis river, and it would be Just as
sensible to call Milwaukee South
Duluth" as to apply the name to Su-
perior or any portion of it. Hence
the reader when he reads Of South
Duluth improvements will understand
that such improvements are in Supe-
rior Wisconsin, and not over in Min
nesota. Hurrah for Superior, and her
big boom.