The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-11-12

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dences. Now there are y miles Of
graded streets, II miles Of paved
streets, 81 miles of sewers, 125 miles of
sidewalks, 35 miles of gas and water
mains, two electric light plants, II
miles of the best system of electric
street car service and great elevated
cable road, her streets are lined with
costly business blocks and beautiful and
spacious homes dot her lovely hillsides
and pretty plains.
The large business of the grain men
this year has been spoken OF above.
The wheat arrivals here from Septem-
Der 1st, the beginning of the crop year,
to this morning, amounted to 20, 1913, $40
bushels, or over $4,000 cars. In the
same time Minneapolis has received
less than 100000 bushels. The ship
ments from here have been about
4, 800, 900 bushels less than the receipts,
but from this time out to the end Of
NAVIGATION will be heavier than the
arrivals. Last weeks receipts at both
Minneapolis and Duluth were 4,505,3O
bushels, against 2,625,0 bushels for
the same week last year. OF the re-
ceipts this year Duluth got 2,779,367
bushels to 1,726,2 40 at the city by the
falls, while of those last year we had
only 624, SO2 bushels. The great feature
of the grain market the past few days
has been the wonderful advance in lake
rates. Last Monday the Buffalo rate
was four cents, to-day it was up to seven
and one-half cents and the general
opinion was that it would go to eight
or nine cents. The big advance is due,
of course, to the great demand for ton
mage, in anticipation of the early clos
ing Of navigation. The highest rate
paid on wheat out of Duluth in late
years was eight cents in 1886, when the
Northwest had it's largest crop previous
to this season. In the early 7O's 23cts.
was paid on wheat to Buffalo from Du-
luth, but that was when the cereal was
ranging around So q bushel, and the
capacity of lake vessels was so small
that they did not make as much at that
rate as-the carriers of the present time
make on a five or six cent rate. A YES
sci agent told me Friday that he had
chartered one big carrier early in the
day at five cents and later had put her
in for a second trip at six cents, and
that on the two trips, which can be
made in about 20 days, she will net her
owners about $4,000. But the boats
have not been doing a quarter so we'll
all the season. If the Sault river was
deepened so these big carriers could
load down foot and a half deeper, it
would save the farmer of the North
west about two cents a bushel on his
wheat, at this season of the year.
While Duluth is paying much higher
wheat rates than Chicago, hard coal is
being brought here from Buffalo for Is
cents a ton, while the rates to Chicago
is 70 cents. It is said that wheat ship
ments from here this week will be
nearly 100000 bushels, and that 100
steamers are under charter to load this
month.
There were 1905 cars of wheat on
track here yesterday morning, which
breaks the record here by 157 cars, and
also the record for all markets. The
market opened somewhat below Satur-
days close, but recovered the decline,
and closed steady, though rather dull.
Cash wheats were as follows: No.
hard, 953c; No. 1 Northern, 924c; No.
2 Northern, SS3c; No. 8, s43c; rejected,
753c. December No l Northern closed
here at 92ac and at Minneapolis at 9OBc.
On cash wheat the difference is four
cents in favor Of this market.
The big Imperial mill made it's cham
plon run last Wednesday, when it
turned out $3.50 barrels. This was on
machinery intended for a maximum
run of $500 barrels. AS soon as the
immense new engine now building is
completed and in place the mill will
grind 5000 barrels day.
The new elevated cable road, reach
ing from Superior street to Ninth
street is now completed and will be
opened in a few days. 1t is one of the
longest and finest roads of it's kind now
built.
Duluth is more or less excited over
the purchase, from a private corpora
ton, of the gas and water plat, which
is offered to the city for 1880, 900.
Public meetings are being held to dis
cuss the question, which is to be voted
on, Nov. 10Th. Considerable opposi-
ton has developed to the purchase but
it will probably carry ..-..s.
Duluth jobbers started last midnight
on a tour of the Great Northern road
In special train rendered by the com
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