St. Paul daily globe., 1891-11-26

ceeded 100000 bushels. 1t is esti-
mated that thirty-fiYe cargOeS of wheat
will go out during the next ten days.
Coal and Copper.
Nor III wheat alone has the commerce
of this port Shown an increase that is
worthy of Thanks giving consideration.
The coal business is the largest of any
year, and all the companies are unable
to meet the prospective demand for
their commodity.
The coal statistics to Nov %. VIII ich
practically marks the close of the coal
receipts for the season, are:
Tons
Lehigh Coal and Iron company ..... 4S5,OO0
Northwestern Coal company. ... 1850
Silver Creek d. Morris ...... 90. 10000
Ohio Coal company. ....... ..... 10000
Total al............. .........1 1.14O,OOO
This is an increase of $4,000 tons on
last seasons, an increase which would
have been much larger had not the eX-
ccedingly low rates during the early
months Of the season kept many vessels
from engaging in the coal carrying.
Not in these two items alone is Supe-
riOr'S commerce comprised. Many thou
sands of tons of copper from Mon
tana and hundreds of thousands of
barrels of -four have, during the season,
found exit through the harbor, and the
WeSt-bOund commerce of this port is
growing at very encouraging rate and
now includes the many of the whole
sale cOnSignmentS for st. Paul and Min
neapOlis and the North western centers.
All this commerce gives employment
TO many men. An estimate complied
from the books of the several elevators
and dock companies showed nearly
1900 men employed in handling this
commerce during October enough.
with their families, to alone build a city.
The industrial interests of Superior
present many things for mutual thank
fulness, both on the part of the citizen
who is interested in seeing industries
located here, and on the part of the ell
terprising entrepenuer who has pulled
up stakes in the crowded East and cast
bis lot with the new West.
Causes for Rejoicing
Space will not permit only bare enumer-
alton of the industrial progress of this city
during wear. The Superior stove works
have been located and are now turning out
stoves ut the rate of 900 per month. The
Steel Range company will commence the
manufacture of its product The Union
Steel works, in the busy suburbs OF East Su-
perior, is shipping edged tools. manufact-
ured by the new Hooper process, to all parts
of the world. The Superior lion Manufact-
urlng company employs many men. making,
perhaps, nine cylinder castings. The NAL
leable Iron works will increase its force to
$50 men.
The wooden mills are now employing 100
hands in vain endeavor to keep I'D with
the orders which have Accumulated during
the interval of the removal OF the plant to
this place from Ohio
Not the least in this incomplete list of in
dusires must be placed the steel and saw
works soon 10 be operated. This immense
concern, with capital of S5iOJ,0)0. will
manufacture from the ore the steel plate and
engines for the whalebacks built by Can't
McDougall, their inventor, in a ship yard not
far distant from the steel plant.
Nor should the .eel barge works despite
all that has been said about them, be passed
without Al detailed notice would space per-
nit Last Saturday No. H. Il tow barge, was
launched Yesterday just eighty days after
the keel plates were laid, it took $1,000 bush
els of wheat from this port for Buffalo.
Capt. McDoucall has the orders for ten
whaIebacks and an immense whalebacE pas
senger steamer to be built before mex spring
great dry dock, the largest on the lakes
Is now i'll process of construction. The steel
barge company will own and operate it,
Nor does this by any means complete the
list but with these alone Superior at least
should have q double Thanksgiving for this