The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-09-14
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From the Onalaska Record.

July 25th, while drilling rain haC
commenced to put in uHWelc0ne work
We soon found out TO our sorrow
that the soil here is different from
What it is at La Crosse or at Eau
Claire Instead Of sand we encounter
ed red clay that was about as easy TO
walk in as over half melted 9ldc. In
spite of fate the clay would get upon
the sidewalks and under the influence
Of weeping clouds, made the walks as
GLOSSY as ice. Carriages met our party
and TRANSPORTED us to the beautiful
new Euclid hotel for breakfast. The
hotel being but two or three blocks
distant, and the party d large one,
gentlemen generally started on foot to
the hotel. We had no ruDbeTS or over
coat along and renamed in the car Tor
the rain TO cease. 1t was somewhat
amusing, from our window, to watch
tie more hungry start first with d pace
that meant = Richmond or die, take
few steps, look at the walk, then at
the soil, turn up the pantalOOnS and
start again, but soon change a defiant
stride to duck Waddle. " Pig indie
pendence ON ice was nicely illustrated
except the nasty stun would stick and
accumulate in roll around the boots
that soon made walking heavy work
as well as very slippery task.
The hotel Euclid IS new structure,
costing 500. OD1, fitted with every CON
venience for the comfort and pleasure
of guests and superbly managed by the
proprietor, Frank l.. Taylor, Esq.
The material in the structure IS cream
brick with brown stone trimmings,
iron balconies and balcony fire escapes,
and is equipped with steam heating,
electric gifts and hot and cold water
on every floor The view from the
roof OF this hotel is very fine, the nat
ural entrance to the bay is directly in
front; Wisconsin Point from the
Southwest approaches Minnesota
Point from the Northwest forming the
entrance to harbor that has no sHpe-
rior on tie chain of great likes. Mn
nesota Point is about seven miles long
and from three fOuths Of q mile to q
few rods in Wdth, making harbor
about enc mile wide and seven IN
length not including st. Louis and
All3ues bays. West Superior IS five
miles westward and is connected with
Superior OF Old Superior BY chain OF
buildings. Duluth is seven IN les dis
tant on d hillside that from CHr point
of view, looks Ike a city clinging to
one side of an immense irregular barn
roof The ste OF Superior IS from ten
to thirty feet above the bay with
ground nearly level-an incalcGldble
benefit after taking into consideration
the cost of grading in such soil. The
fine and natural site for one Of the
largest cities on the continent has,
until sew years ago, been the main
obstacle to the cities growth and de
velopment. A few Southern gentle
men obtained possession Of this site
and never dreaming Of Duluth's birth
on the jagged ellis across the bay,
were content, in their plenty and com
fort to wait until the builders of rail
WAYS ard others would bow to eXtOr-
tionate rates for terminal facilities
and grounds TO operate upon, This
state Of affairs went on and many
wondered why Superior was so dead,
until the property owners of one Of the
finest sites in the world for city of
immense business transactions, aWOke
to find legislative enactments passed
i'll Minnesota and set Of men so to
work with shovel, pick, dredge, dynG
mite, etc, across the bay and start {
city that now numbers 10000 in pO2u
lation and noted for push and daring
that cannot be surpassed anywhere
These Superior property owners at tirs
"6iInJ', and continned Indifferent
unt,l foo Late to ston oneratinns ON thq
rocLy LiIl.side ~ Efinnasota Coin
to work, however, trunk lines Wer,
SanId NOT - oi,fs;ncJ w,thaut tL.s
vj@arnus rivaI across the b1y. and Su
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