The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-27
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CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 50.
DEAR Sniff YOU can get any such
things will you be kind enough to send
me some papers etc, descriptive Of
Superior, giving its population, re-
sources, advantages etc? Also | would
like copy of paper published there, if
any. Any information relative to the
town will be greatly appreciated by
Yours truly II. S. OLIVER.
| therefore deem it proper TO answer
by the following letter which will in
part cover the information required.
The town of Superior already CON
tains a population of $500, and the
country round about is filing rapidly.
The Northern Pacific and the Chica-
90, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Railroads are already here, and two
or three other railroads are coming
and will likely reach here within the
next year or two. \ large number of
vessels, sail and steam, are engaged in
carrying coal, lumber and merchan-
disc over the lake between Superior
and Chicago and Buffalo. We have
one Of the finest harbors IN the world
accessible to vessels of the largest
draught. The coal dock of the St.
Paul and Pacific Coal and Iron Com
pany, and the large dock of the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company, each
costing over 100000, a Touring mill,
and two of the largest saw mills in the
west, all attest growth and business
advancement. The town has four
churches, with resident pastors, Cath
Ole, Episcopal, Methodist and Pres
/ byterian, and the Swedish Luthern
/ Society have a church building in
course of erection; three public school
buildings with two departments in
each; a Sisters school with four teach
ers; two weekly newspapers; State
Bank; three hardware stores; four
dealers in dry goods and clothing; two
meat markets; three drug stores; two
jewelers., one flour and feed dealer, one
/ furniture store; one wholesale liquor
store; seven grocery stores, and also
many other branches of business rep
resented. Superior, from its position,
is destined to become a leading wheat
market and point for handling grain
through elevators. 1t will also become
a great lumber manufacturing and
distributing point, and as a wholesale
centre it has advantages second to
none in the country. The business of
feeding and handling cattle here, in
augurated by the Powder River Cat
tie Company, Of Wyoming Territory,
promises to grow to vast proportions,
and to become a leading industry.
The Powder RIVER Company have al
ready secured large tract OF land
within three miles of Superior, where
they have erected extensive sheds and
barns in which last winter they stalled
over 600 head Of cattle from their
Western ranches. These cattle were
shipped to eastern markets in the
spring, or via Montreal to England.
The excellent and heavy crops of
grass, clover and oats that are and
can be produced from the soil around
Superior, adds greatly to the value of
this locality as a point for resting,
feeding and trans shipping cattle going
from the West to the East by the
Northern Pacific and the axes, and
will always give it pre-cminence for
this business. Superior is destined to
become a centre for packing and cold
storage of meats.
Superior is the county seat of Doug
las county is located ut the head Of
lake navigation, on a harbor one mile
in width and seven miles long and
accessible to the deepest draught yes
sells. Its presnt population as above
stated is $500 and the county probab-
ly $500. The county has an area of
about $50 square miles containing
large tracts Of the most valuable pine
supplying II large saw mills.
The soil produces the most nutri-
tious grasses, wheat, oats, barley a d
vegetables and is already attracting
settlers to homestead and pre-. amption.
No country affords better natural grass
for sheep raising, particularly after
passing the mineral range about 10
miles from the Lake. There are
large tracts of natural grass lands
which are thoroughly sheltered from
lake winds, and promises to attract
cattle and sheep men to them in the
near future as their near access to
market by rail and water transporta-
ton is unsurpassed.
Already the grain trade Of the \. ?.
belt Is coming to the head Of the lake
on compitition with Chicago, and the
same result in the cattle trade for the
Northern belt will follow this short
and favorable route to the East. This
will soon be demonstrated as there is
today shipped the first steamer load of
cattle destined for Europe and is al