, 1891-07-24
IN THE NORTHWEST.
A Leader Representative Taking in
Lake Sights.
Views of Duluth and Its Neiqhbor,
West Superior.
Busting Towns at the Head OF
Lake Superior.

WEST SUPERIOR, WIS. July -
Saturday afternoon at Los the Great
Northern train pulled out of st. Paul with
nearly 300 of the editorial party for the
head OF the great lakes. From st. Paul
to Duluth, $50 miles. the country is a
veritsble wilderness, but the people who
are retaining it are the most energetic
and hospitable people on earth. AT Elk
River, although the train stopped but a
moment, our party vas greeted by the
band. As the train pulled out the three
cheers for Elk River rose above the
sweet strains of the band. We arrived
in Duluth in time for supper and the
whole party put up at the Spaulding,
which Is an elegant hotel. Sunday morn
ing about 10 O'Clock it was announced that
the carriages were In waiting and soon the
entire party were enjoying the grandest
drive of their lives. The drive was
down the long main street past the hand
some business blocks and then up the
hill, past a lovely water fail to the boule-
ward, along the boulevard. or terrace as it
is called, for its entire length, down a lit
tie creek which rushed madly over the
rocks, creating falls, which some of the
visitors declared were superior to Mime
haha, back through the upper end of the
town, down a long clean street paved
with blocks and gravel, making a beautiful
drive; back to the hotel. The Boulevard
is on the side OF the bluffs several hun
dred feet above the city. As it winds
along around the points aud across the
canyons the view afforded is one of the
finest on earth outside OF the Rocky
Mountains. Below lies the future great city
of Duluth; beyond is tn bay of st. Louis,
Duluth barbor and the city of West Su-
perIor. Looking up the river of St.
Louis the scene is fine, but the most en-
chanting sight is old Lake Superior. Out
over the great waters which scarcely rip
pie in the cool and gentle breeze of Min
nesota morning, is a feast for the eye.
Small vessels are plying about the harbor
and far out, where the bosom OF the lake
meets the sky, a column OF smoke tells of
the approaching steamer, and nearer the
great ships are being towed in or
out of the harbor. The cost to the citi-
zens of Duluth for building the terrace
drive and condemning the property it
crosses (but improves the value of was
800. 900. On our return to the hotel VIC
partook ofa splendid dinner and soon at
ter retired to the landing where the large
steam ferry Superior was ready to take
us out upon the lake. The Duluth band
was in attendance and rehearsed the
sweetes. OF music as the the boat moved
over the smooth surface of the father OF
the lakes. We went out on the lake
about seven miles and rounding the Mimi
esota point steamed up the natural mouth
of the st. Louis river to West Superior,
Wis.
On landing the street cars we're In read
mess to take us to the doors Of the various
hotels to which we had been assigned. In
the evening some attended church aud
some 4 meeting at one OF the hotel parlors
where music, singing and speech making
was the order of the hour. There was a
moonlight excursion on the lake, but the
only states represented by newspaper men
we're Indiana and Wyoming.
1t was a trip never to be forgotten. Out
on the lake the scene was weiraS and ma
%iestic, and but for the band would have
been almost solemn. To one side of the
boat vas the long glittering track of the
full moon. A mile or two in front, be-
tween the sky and the last visible point
on the lake, were the glittering lights of
another excursion boat. The scene was
completed by the dancing lights of Supe.
rior and the side hills of Duluth. Mon
day morning the editors we're taken on
board the cars and carried about the city
of West Superior. The machine shops,
the iron foundry, Bessemer steel works,
coal docks and ship yards where the new
''whaleback' vessels are built, were all
visited. The steel works alone when
completed will employ about 1000 men.
The place of most interest was where the
whalebacks are being built. They are an
immense torpedo shaped boat entirely of
steel. The cost of a whaleback is only
500, 900, and the carrying is 9O0,-
900 pounds. Our party crowded upon
one of the boats and there was room in
side and on top OF it for several such par
ties. These boats are made so that no
Inconvenience is experienced by water
running over the top. They are water
tight and when heavily loaded sink nearly
out of sight. That a great city, in fact
two or three of them, are to be built at
the head of the lakes is assured by the
following fact: In this region the
iron is mined; IN West gu
perior it is manufactured into
steel, out of it the great steel boats
are manufactured and right here they are
loaded with No. ! hard wheat, which is
raisedin Minnesota and the Dakotas, and
sent upon their mission across the seas
This in itself is enough to build a city.