The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-08-31
REDWOOD FALLS AUG. 81, 1893
O MAGIC, POETIC DULUTH.
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tugs or loading or unloading their
cargoes. On the opposite side Of this
harbor, to the southwest, is West SUI
perior, beyond which is Old Superior.
One of the odd things that a strang
or has to get used to is that you must
travel west from Duluth to go to Wis
consin and the Supporters. This is be-
cause Duluth fronts the lake on her
southern border, instead of fronting
east, as one hastily supposes.
This city has her suburbs scattered
quite in different way from inland
towns, as the trend of settlement is up
and down the lake shore so as to es-
cape the imperative getting up stairs"
that is necessary if one goes away from
the lake or harbor even q few blocks.
The pretty additions of Lakeside and
Lester Park have been opened up in
the forest primeval on the shore to the
East being reached by electric line,
from the cars of which one can see be-
tween the groups of handsome and
cosy houses, at intervals wide swaths
or slashings through the forest of pine
and birch woods ambitious avenues
or boulevards of the future remind
ing one of double swath cut through
tall grass by moving machine. An
other electric line in the same direc-
ton, only that it climbs the hill back
of Lakeside, runs to the pretty suburb
of Woodland Park, which bids fair to
become rather an aristocratic residence
section of the town. Highland and
Duluth Heights are located back on
top of the first bluff rising from the
lake, the main thoroughfare to it be-
ing an inclined railroad on the cable
system, except that the cars are drawn
on dead pull instead of by grips, to
an altitude of 500 feet above the lake,
the line being about half mile in
length, and one car descending as an
other goes up. A large wooden build
ing called the Pavilion is at the top
and is favorite lookout point for
strangers and citizens alike. Here a
fine band plays almost every pleasant
afternoon and evening, end great
many people avail themselves of the
chance to enjoy the magnificent view
and the concert for the mere tri1e of
ten cents fare for the trip. This is es-
pecially the case on pleasant Sundays.
Another pleasant excursion is out on
Minnesota Point the harbor bar before
referred to. To reach it you cross the
channel which has been cut through
to allow the passage of vessels into the
harbor, the ferry at the present time
being pair of skiffs, each propelled
by a stalwart oarsman. The only horse
car line in the city will convey one out
three miles, where they find themselves
in narrow wilderness, with water on
both sides Of the strip, which scarcely
averages twenty rods in width. The
point is now mainly utilized as camp
ing ground for summer parties who
go out there for the chance afforded
for unconventional outdoor life and
boating on the bay. When I was there
a couple of weeks ago I picked blue
\ berries, raspberries and wintergreens,
which were quite plentiful, and won
dered that the promontory had not
been doomed for a residence addition,
which it probably will be some day
I was told that very few people lived
there in the winter time when the car
line is closed, and that the point is
owned by private spectators. 1t
ought to be reserved, in part at least,
as public park and breathing ground
for the great city that is to be. Aside
from the matchless boulevard which
follows near the crest of the hill back
of the city, commanding magnificent
view all the way, Duluth has appar-
emily paid little attention to the pos
sible needs of a great city as regards
parks and public recreation. j. A.
| DULUTH, Aug. u, 1898.
I THE SOCIAL SWIM.
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