Telegram-herald., 1891-10-04

telephone systems, and last, but not
least, n splendidly equipped electric
street car line which connects the two
cities, locally termed the ...Twsn Cities"
OF Ironwood and Hurley.
Its Railroad Accommodations.
Ironwood is the largest and most en-
terprisng city on the great Iron range.
giving an immense business to the two
railroads, the WISCONSIN Central"
and the milwaukee,, Lake Shore &
Northern" In Transporting ores to the
lake ports for outside markets, besides
the immense freight and passenger
traffic. The Duluth South Shore
Atlantic railroad now runs
here also. making u direct route
to Marquette, the $500" and NIL
eastern and southern points. The
two roads first mentioned give daily
and regular communication with Chr
cago, Milwaukee, Ashland, Duluth,
Minneapolis and st. Paul and our
Range people fully appreciate the
splendid service each ofthese roads af-
ford them. Three excellent weekly
newspapers are successfully and ably
conducted here-two Republican, one
Democrat-and new daily bids iair to
tDrive as the town needs IL.
Two fine libraries, the city and the
school, embracing the best authors, rs
well chosen as you could find any
where, and as gentleman lately re
marked "more children and dogs to
the square acre than in any other town
IN the country" BE that as il may,
there are many bright little folks and
some valuable and good dogs-and as
there is ever a mutual ton1ness of one
Tor the other we do not hesitate to
mention them together.
Largest Iroa Mine In the world.
Ironwood Is n large city, embracing
within It's chartered limits the city
proper, the Big Norrie, the largest iron
mine 1t IS claimed IN the world, the
East Norrle, the Ashland, Aurora, Iron
King and the Pabst, each with its ham,
let OF miners termed Locations" as
the Norrie location, the Ashland loca-
ton, etc, and also the outlying subur-
ban towns of JessirvIlIe and Monti-
cello. The Big Norrie has disposed OF
900 900 tons of ore this summer and 1t
u an interesting sight to watch its oper-
atoms. huge steam shovel with slow
metnodical motion of its powerful arm
dips up from the great stock piles, and
,Arries its two-ton load with almost
human intelligence to the car standing
near. until train of from twenty to
forty cars 10 filled each car carrying
twenty tons of ore. There is some
thing wonderfully fascinating about
the mines whose peculiar surroundings
are very different from the South Mich
gan lumber camps. III one would
VISIT our typical northwestern
frontier towns hastily and iIimsily
buIit up, and whose inhabitants
are Principally of the lower
class he would find very evident man
ifesta;lous OF substantisIity and many
people who are not of the lower Class.
Hotels and People.
Hurley which has been notorious Tor
lss lniquity. and vbilenumerous saloons
aud low dives continue TO exist. there is
a decised and gradual bringing ABOUT
OF law and order; there - = large per
cenfage OF refined and cultured people
and just ss earnest Christian wofkefs ~
car he found anywhere.
There are, for a place OF its size' msny
pleasant and come elegsnt homes ana
there are few finer hotels, u any, cut
side Of the lager cities IN TIE eaAe''
than the RaFden House.
Ironwoo also has iine so .esv tnfs'. !.
story hriek hotel The Curry hoteit
ntaspd IN honor Of the president o. 'he
!. esropolltan Iron Mlniag s'vHnpany y
and another very popular ore. 'hs =.
James. the pioneer hotel ol 'ne ~
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