The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-09-19
Honest Confession.

1t has taken 4 good many years of
experience and development to make
the cities of st. Paul and Minneapolis
realize there actually existed such a
place as the Head of the Lakes conr-
lrised of the cities Of Duluth and SUI
perl0r. When tue papers Of those
cities have so far forgotten their cum
hing as to allude to this geo graphical
point it has been in spirit of derlsion
and with a sentiment of pity for the
poor unfortulates who had cast tier
lot in The little hamlets on the Lake.
But the developments of the past few
months weeks we may say-during
which time new railroad enterprises
have been secured and the work Of
construction begun; the wheat carry
ing matter is SO adjusted that 1t costs
no more to bring wheat to Superior
than it does to take it to Minneapolis,
while it will bring about FIVE cents a
busllel more to the producer at the for
Imar place than the latter; the work
Of building 1000 barrel Touring mill
has been commenced and the prellm
mary work for another of 5000 barrels
almost concluded, we say these facts,
with others, all matters of recent con
summation, has had the effect to put
Il new song into their mouths not
il song of praise and thanksgiving,
haI No Iap
Of confess on. The first indication we
had thar the editors of those cities
were pulling their eyes open to the
fact the clouds were thickcning and
that the desolating storm was about
to burst III GU them was through the
wall sent up by the Minneapolis Jour
nai of Wednesday of last week, of
which mention has already been made
III these columns. This was followed
4 few days later by the st. Paul Globe
in its leading editorial which reads as
follows:
The development of the cities at the
head of the lake as commercial centers
presents problem very interesting to
st. Paul and Minneapolis 1t is only Il
few years since Duluth was an unsub-
stantial village, i'll supplied with rail
road communication and having no
wares for sale but town lots which no
one cared to buy: while across the St
Louis river, where now is a town of
.0,oOO Inhabitants, stretched desert
and unpeoEle acres. In the whole
history of real estate speculation there
IS nothing which compares in rapidity
and magnituded with the increase in
values at West Superior; and even if
one or both of these places suffer from
depression at some future time, it Is
should be the seat of dense population
and Il point of wealth and business
power
All the great railroads of this west
crn countryhave united to effect en-
frances into them and today the over
land transportation facilities of Meth
CT of the Twin Cities are better than
theirs. In addition to this, they have
the advantage of good harboTs and the
cheap and convenient service by water
which the lakes afford. The richest
mineral region surrounds them, and
capital has poured in in amazing album
dance to open the resources of the dis
tricts which are their tributaries. The
cagerness with which the moneyed in
terests of the nation have been contri-
buted to equip them with the machin-
cry Of trade, shows at once their conf
dence in their future, and at the same
time insures it. Such boundles prodI-
gality of investment would not have
been attempted unless safe return
was confidently expected; and having
been attempted the work must go on
until success is insured.
These facts have been admitted for
the past two or three years, and when
ever Il st. Paul or Minneapolis man
visits the head Of the lakes, he is more
Great docks, heavily laden with goods
warehouses and elevators a net work
1T railroad tracks, handsome business
blocks, well graded streets adorned
with comfortable dwellings,, all these
tell the stosy Of progress and wealth
Ill a way which leaves no room for
skepticisms. The big, well-manned
steamers plying the bay are the arter-
les which join these towns with the
the markets Of the east. The Great
Nor,hern and Northern Pacific, with
their branches, connect them directly
with every point Of the west to its ex-
IRENE limit and new roads running
towards Canada and the British poss-
eSsions III every direction bring them
slssser to these districts. than any cities
which belong to their class Of wealth
ami size. There are natural advanta-
ges III such situation which mean a
hig harvest to men of brains, alertness
and enterprise.
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the Globe, in another editorial com
mentea upon the present outlook of
the future as follows:
When the railroad development of
Duluth and West Superior was assur-
cd, there was much speculation in
both ST. Paul and Minneapolis as to
what tho afran. ,r,c lf-.l.. 4, H., ~, 49,.
position 1t IS safe to say that up to
the present time it has not been the
slightest degree adverse The real
strength of st. Paul is and has for a
long While been, IN the jobbing trade.
This branch is in its infancy at the
head of the lake. and the capital and
skill of onr greet houses have kept them
quite free from any real competition
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