St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
As City, It Coming Right to thu Front With All OF the
Great improvements That Make
Metropolis.

has revolutiOnizad lake and ocean trans
pOrtatiOn, may also enjoy his Christmas
turkey with a clear conscience. His
great "WhalebackS" that first inspired
ridicule. then curiosity, and finally adj
miratiOn. have come to stay. The Wet
more. his latest production. is now
blowing the Pacific ocean, thus proving
10 the world that McDOugalFS pigs
can live as well in salt water as IN
fresh, and can go through the mountain
Gus waves of the Atlantic and Pacific
with as much safety as they can pass up
and down the Detroit river. As a fair
sample of what the lake traffic means
for Duluth, the following statement may
be cited: The big steamer 4. {. Pope
left Buffalo last Thursday. Nov. ~,
loaded with coal and merchandise. Mon
day, Nov. %, she left Duluth loaded with
$1,000 bushels OF wheat. The Pope is
not Whaleback, but She is whale"
The largest "WhalcOaCk" on the lake is
the III" An even 100000 bushels of
wheat is a small Jag" for her. ami she
has been known to carry 10000 bushels.
The arrivals and departures at the port
OF Duluth this year have been about p
per cent greater than last year.
Duluth has changed wonderfully dur
! ing the past year. The real estate boom
vi IUC SDi liz anu sum ,iCi VI lCJy hlNNt
out a year ago, but it was succeeded by
A Healthy Condition
Of the public pulse. CurbstOle brokers
: found their occupations gone and many
| irresponsible parties were forced out.
| But the general prosperity went ON.
! The numbers Of new buildings erected
! since then are too great to mention.
! The central high school, pronounced by
! the best judges the hands0meSt school
! building in the United States, is nearly
! competed as to the outside walls. 1t
/ will cost over $300000. The Lyceum
! tic and most beautiful in the
Northwest. cost a. NJ. Miller
the modest sum of 100000. The new
union depot cost S259,OJ0; the Handy
school at Woodland Park cost $4,000.
/ The dry goods building OF NJ. 5. Bur
! rows cost $4,000. The street car syS-
! TEN has been improved. ana tracks have
! been extended into West Duluth, six
miles from the Spaiding hotel. The
! Seventh avenue incline IS enc of the
! greatest undertakings Imaginable. II
reaches clear to the top Of the hill, a
distance of ten blocks, and next spring
an electric street railway Will be built
Tor mile beyond the power house al
inc lOp. AlltduA nc lDDpuldtlHH - cA
/ tending out beyond the hill, The lum-
Der dealers and the architects all unite
in saying that The year 1891 has been Z
busy one for them.
The excursion into the Northwest has
done a great deal towards uniting the
/ interests of Duluth and the Red river
valley, and that. too, is cause for self
| cOngratdlatiOn and thanksgiving. II
fact. the city looks towards the future
with buoyant spirits, confident that ma
teridl prosperity is in the very atmO
sphere. Speaking of temporal thing
necessarily reminds one of spiritua
things. THIS has been great year TO
churches. The Presbyterians have jus
finished their new editice on East See
Ond street. and Will dedicate it few
days before Christmas. The Engisl
! Lutherans have Just dedicated thei
| neat little church on Third street. ant
the Methodist are now rearing tOWar'
the skies the finest church building o
all. When finished it will cOstnearf,
100000, and will have seating ca
pacity of 1900. The Y. NJ. c. A. build
ing on Superior street will cost $4,000
Whenever one looks he sees prosperity
not the rapid, wild sort of prOspcrit,
which too often affiicts Western town
but prosperity of a substantial kind
which IS To be found in new buildings
new enterprises, new homes. By tin
way. Duluth sends greetings to Min
ME. "thc convention city. and to Paul,
her twin brother. GEORGE I. Cook.