The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-06-14
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! him who waits. 1t is not necessary t.
recount how long some of lis have
/ been waiting to see things move
here in Superior, nor does it matter
now that the day of moving" has
/ come For eight years we have, with
as much christian fortitude as we
| could rake up and the circumstances
! admit, borne he SCOTS and deriSl0n 0i
! Dultlth, and for about four years the
! same kinl Of dose from our neigh
/ bors OF t!.e West ED, because circum
stances AMI CHOICE anchored us 10 Old
Superior Bat through it all we have
lion from that ether old saying that
''he Who laughs last laughs best"
The days of inactivity for Old Supe-
rior have past. The command Of For
ward, II lrch, has been given and all
along the lines from East to West and
from North to South the lines have
begun to move. Last Monday the
Forge W orks, the first manufacturing
institution of any prominence ever
planted here, got up steam and has
been pounding away ever since.
The Land Company has this week
complied with the requests OF Mr.. X.
G. Staples, and IAN Is and water front
for a steam saw mill, planning mill and
lumber yard has been set aside for
him The mill will have a capacity of
l., Geo, 900 and will be located at the
foot of IIoll ngshaad avenue. a plan
ING mill and wood working establish
ment has been secured for location
Oh 18th street east of Newton avenue.
\ plant for the manufacture OF land
fert.lizing compound will soon be in
operation on the \ ena,iji river. The
immense locomotive works are almost
an assured fact. The Northern Pa
ciiic company are about TO begin Sys-
TEN OF Improvements unsurpassed by
any railrCal company at the head OF
the Lake, and besides these several
other enterprises are looking this way
with which negotiations are now pend
ing, some of which VIII no doubt be
secured.
In the line of building, work has
brcn begun on the Descent block cor
nar of Becker and Fifth This block
Will be 65xl20 feet, Of solid brick three
stories high with basement under the
whole, warmed by steam, supplied
with water and light and modern in
all respects. The ground plan is for
five stores and the second and third
stories VIII be finished in fine suites of
roo rs for offices, etc. Across the
avenue is another fine business block
gong up, the property OF Mr.. Thomas
Laamon, which Will be used for his
grocery store and bakery business.
Nessrs Catlin & Butler will soon have
The plans ready and begin work on
their row of elegant tenement houses
Oh Sixth street.
\ fine brick building is to go up Oh
the corner opposite The Euclid, on
Fifth street. to be used as bank
building and Office room. The Land
company VIII erect a number of tenC-
meEt houses, how many IS not yet de-
cided upon, but they VIII try and ar
range it 50 that all who wish to may
live here. Mr.. f. Il. Banks is prepar-
ing plans for an 5000 residence on
the corner of Becker AMI 18th street.
Mr.. +. l.. Taylor Will take the oppo
site corner Oh Twelfth street fer his
hCma. Mr.. l.. f. Johnston and Theo.
b. Smith expect to build homes for
themselves, and Mr.. Johnston will
also build a business house on the cor
ner of Becker and Seventh.
In the way Of public improvements
now under contract is the paving of
Second from Winter to stinson; the
paving of Thompson and Becker
avenues from Second to Ninth streets
and for grading the same from Ninth
II Eighteenth streets; Fifth street
to be paved from Newton to Nettle-
ton avenues and besides these some
five miles of sewerage is to go in and
other long lines OF grading.
We have scarcely alluded to schemes
talked Of but have confined our
selves 10 established facts. We like
fact better than fancy, and down to
date the facts are good enough for u.s.
We begin to smile at, pretty soon we
shall begin to laugh, at our envlous
neighbors over the way. Superior is
no longer sleeping. The tide has
turned and if you wish to go with the
crowd You had better catch on pretty
mighty quick or You will get left. If
you want to go into business or invest
Your money i'll a sure thing, go to Old
superior.