St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-26

ufacturing section. South Superior, and
has one OF the largest plants in the
West. giving employment to over 400
hands.
The Webster Manufacturing COM
pany, also located at South Superior. is
an extensive concern. making chail s
and furniture, and WILL when the plant
is fully equipped, operate some 500
hands.
f fly coke ovens are operated by the
Lehigh Coal and Iron company, and
thasplant will soon be doubled in size.
+, The Rust-Stocking saw and planning
mills employ l25 men.
! e. Ii. Dam employs forty men in his
! planning mill.
| Hhe steam forge works give employ
ment TO about forty men.
w. z Simons' sash and blind factory
works thirty to forty hands.
| 1t is generally conceded that manu-
| featuring industries will rapidly multi
| ply, the superior location as diStrlb-
uting point by lake and rail, the many
general advantages, and the active,
liberal policy of the various land and
| Improvement companies combining to
attract thither numberless concerns.
Lumber and Minerals.
The pine forests in Minnesota and
| Wisconsin adjacent to the head of the
lake are certain to make of Superior a
great lumber-manufacturlng and ship
ping point. OF iron. the north and
south shores of Lake Superior abound
in this staple article of wealth and use
fulness, and the development of the
mines has but Just begun. That other
pnotoIS rf,lI Silylr and QVISf
and can be profitably mined, is con-
fidently asserted.
The handling, working and turning
into manufactured articles these ores
and metals Will in the near future form a
gOoaly share of Superior's industries
Already has an excellent beginning
been made.
Eight excellent and prosperous bank
ing institutions supply the needs finan
cial, with capital and reserve funds ap
preaching million dollars.
Newspapers.
OF newspapers there are nine, fOul
} daily and five weekly. all bright, newsy
prosperous, and thoroughly loyal t.
their wonderful city.
Railroads.
The railway facilities and service O
Superior are most excellent. 1t is quite
| impossible to find a city having NOR,
, available transportation facilities, or o
, a more varied or valuable CHI 'racter. o
the roads that enter here, or do business
here by joint track arrangement. the
Northern Pacific was the pioneer. 1t
) business at the head of the lake is nov
, enormous. Other roads are: The Grea
| Northern, or Eastern Minnesota, Chicago
st. Paul. Minneapolis IL Omaha and Chi
cago d Northwestern systems, st. Pau
81 Duluth, Duluth, South Shore & AT
lantic, Duluth d Iron Range, Wiscon
sffl Central, and the local Terminal an,
: Transfer company. Short line traii
service, with half-hour trains, is main
| tanned between Superior and Duluth b
three of the railway companies.
9 1t strikes the close observer that tn
railway companies should at once unit
n in building a commodious and CENTRAL
r located union depot, where the entir
passenger traffic of the city could b
n handled
q e. In General.
A government building is needed. an
/. among the coming events of the nee
future.
q A new city and county building is b.
ing agitated, and will no doubt soon l.
! built.
r Fortunes have been made aud are b,
ing made in real estate. Values al
p not yet high, especially when the gre;
n future possibilities are considered.
2 The handsome chamber of commerC
+ building at the corner of Broadway an
q Hammond is fast being pushed to con
10 pletion. 1t is an imposing five-stoI
q and high basement stone structure, wi
If be thoroughly fire-proof and tho
oughly modern building. The cost wi
# be about 100000.
- The city was incorporated as city
NJ 1899, and contains thirty-seven squa
~ miles. The city limits run east al
20 west twelve miles en- the southel
boundary, and terminate at point {
r the north in the bay, forming a triangl
n with water fronts on three sides.
DC Perfect drainage is afforded by
- gradual rise of some thirty feet to Il
* mile receding from the bay.
,e The view of the electric, gas al
o other lights up the bluffs at Duluth is
very beautiful sight at night.
Superior's street railway service is G
n cellent, there being some seven miles
is electric lines, covering the city well "a
es thoroughly equipped with rapid-runni
g, trains.
hit A skating rink will soon be built.
eS The hotels are excellent, far bett
ut than generally found in so new tow
ms The West Superior hotel, Hotel Tow,
the new Broadway hotel and the Euc
are frst-class, beside which there a
hy several smaller and comfortable hous
nj 1t is stated that the Omaha road W
nd soon erect large and substantial p1
nv senger station, 140X300 feet, allowi
n, trains to enter at each end. The stru
90 uTe will be along their tracts betwe
ve Ogden and John streets.
he The climate of this region is health
;nr and delightful. The summers are c.
tai and charming, and the winters avera
h.s 10 deg. warmer than st. Paul, owing
\ the modifying influences of the wat
of the lake.
nv Should the reputed find of silver
in an island in the River st. Louis pre-
M true, another industry will be added
OOo the many already established.
he The Kentucky Steel Works and r
are ing Mills company has just been adj
is to the manufacturing interests, wit
,ob capital of Sl,O00,0O0.
me 1t is stated that over one-third
the coal which has this season pas
.en through the 500 canal was destined
wo the port of Superior.
South Superior.
anil This 1ol,risl1iSD Suhurh iS fast hoo,