The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-24
I'm the Wonderland
of North America.
A Brief Glimpse at the Twin Cities
Of the Unsalted Sea.


hour from this port 6.237, ,33i barrels.
The fiour-milling interest II growing
rapidly, and flour In now shipped In
large quantities to eastern markets d.
rect Last year 2.0S7. 1888 barrels OF flour
was produced at Duluth. The Imperial
mill has capacity Of 5000 barrels day
Of Lake Superior -four. The total stor-
age capacity OF the elevators. exclusive
of elevators connected with flour mills.
Is 25.950.O 900 bushels. These include those
OF Superior across the bay. controlled
by the Duluth Board Of Trade. Duluth
has sixteen elevators. Nearly all the
wheat shipments are to New York by
way OF Buffalo and Erie Canal. "A
large grain steamer with a capacity OF
$4,000 bushels. equivalent to $50 car
loads. can be loaded here in half a day.
The Marine Trade.
While the railway business Is enOr-
nous, the marine business IL on a still
greater scale. Single vessels carrying
10000 bushels OF grain have been
cleared from Duluth harbor. Many
vessels carry $500 tons on the present
depth of water, and when operations
now I'm progress are completed next
spring and the channels made nowhere
less than twenty feet In depth between
Duluth and Buffalo. over a thousand
miles. than can vessels carry cargoes OF
5000 tons. The total tonnage OF 1893
with the present facilities was 3.s33, l49
tons.
The volume OF East bound freight Is
double that OF the West bound. and
the return cargoes are In great demand.
and consequently less In price. Coal
can be brought from Buffalo at very
small cost. The average freight rate
fn h1l 4 mi Ia s.
per ton. Many thousands or tons have
been delivered at cost OF ten cents q
ton, and as Is often the case has been
brought as ballast without charge.
Coa, as n Factor.
Next 10 wheat the most important ar
tlcle OF commerce Is coal. lnefe are
six large coal docks 'wNn a present stor-
age capacity or o'ooo.ooo TONS: Inc Ia
cflities OF Loading ana unloading are SO
extensive and complete that vessel
may arrive IN early morning containing
1.oOo tons or scranton coal anu depart
the same evening carrying 9o'ooo bush-
inadin S Hr w ,assai, ,,;th aratn IS onc huSh' ~
els per minute. One needs TO saunter
over these docks In order to fully ap-
preciate their immense facilities.
1t Is claimed that the average speed
OF the modern steamers on the lake Is
nearly double the average speed of
freight trains. Duluth Is the western
terminus of the Great Northern Steam
ship line. Their new passenger steam
ers, North West and North Land. are
floating palaces which compare favora-
bly, with the Puritan and Plymouth OF
the Fall River line. They exceed in
speed, making over twenty miles an
lt,,rr ~to o. &yi,
of 2,O12 miles, between Duluth and Buff
falo, In seven days, four hours and thir-
ty minutes.
Duluth is the birth place Of the whale
back. christopher Columbus" the
largest steamer in the world Trains
OF these wha !e boats with combined car
Ros OF 1900 tons have been cleared
from this port at one time. The Stand
ard Cll company's tank steamers built
here hold 10000 barrels. or 100000 gal
IONS. Or OIL shipped IN Duik from Butta-
and several steel vessels have been
launched from them.
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Another important Industry Of Du-
luth and one which Is developing in a
surprising degree, is the manufacture
of lumber. There are eight mills here
that have a combined capacity of 1885,
900 900 feet per annum. This capacity
could be doubled by running night and
day. 1t Is interesting to visit them
hen In operation. Not one of them is
idle, and the prospect is that this sea-
sons cut will exceed that of Mdnneapo-
lis and possibly Bay City. One of these
mills (the Merrill 4 Ring company can
produce SO.OOO,O 900 feet per annum,
tl1r., N uSt.z
dock connected with the former are a
half mile dong (2,5OO feeO affording
room for storing %. 1000, 900 feet of pre-
pared lumber This company has a
logging railorad nearly twenty miles
long and owns 45O. 900 600 feet Of stand.
ing pine. The greatest body OF white
pine In the world IS found here in
Northern Minnesota There are also
immense forests Of hardwood timber
in close proximity.
The Iron Iuau.,rv
minnesota ranks third In the United
states as an iron ore producing state.
outranking ngfenhsyiVania and surpassed
ohiy Dy Micn,gan and Alabama. All
TINS iron as optained IN one county. hav-
ing an area, though as large ac Con-
necticut and Rhode Island combined.
Here are two or the gseatest iron ranges
an qne woriu-tne Vermillion ana Mesa
oa. Ihe tourist should not fail to visit
one OF these wonderful mining camps.
Inc Meapa range mas been devel-
oped within the East four years. The
uevenpments OF the Vermillion range
necessNaded the building uf the Duluth
and Iron Mountain Range railway. and
a,r,, ~ a"H ,,,o o ,'.,,o,, ~, sa ain Sortn-
range to their shipping point in Duluth
The Mesaba road has the greatest ore
dock In the world, containing Ss4 pork-
cts. capable Of holding 81, 200 tons OF ore.
with such complete equipment that a
2. 900 ton vessel can be loaded IN half an
hour.
Eight rnilroad lines run into Duluah
making It an important railroad CEN
ter. Duluth has ten banks, three daily
and twelve weekly newspapers. two
fine opera houses, an Imposing Board of