The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18
EAST BY STEAMSHIP
JOURNEY OF ONE THOUSAND MILES
BY WATER FROM DULUTH
TO BUFFALO.
BEST OF VACATION TRIPS.
ONE THAT THE TIRED PROFESS
SIGNAL MAN OR TOURIST
CAN ENJOY.
SCENERY WITHOUT COMPARE.
Historic Points Visited by the North
Land and North West in
Their Trips.
BEST OF VACATION TRIPS.
SCENERY WITHOUT COMPAF

Three great lakes, three small lakes
and three rivers are traversed in the
voyage between Duluth and Buffalo, a
distance of 1850 miles. 1t is by all odds
the finest inland water trip on earth. 1t
is a journey on which the sufferer from
insomnia will sleep, and the man with
a languishing appetite will eat five
meals day-just equal to the number
of bills of fare provided on the steam
ships North West and North Land, the
dining rooms being open from in the
morning until II at night.
There is little danger of sea sickness
on these palaces of steel, built at an
expense each of $500, 900, and possessing
every comfort and luxury known to
modern life. 1t is a trip on which the
business man professional man, tour
lst or rest seeker can take his family
along and enjoy with him the novel
ties and benefits of life on the waiter
1here is no hurry, no worry, no dust.
no noise, no smoke, no confusion and
no Inconvenience. The air has a con-
slant refreshing GOODNESS but with Ia
tent Vivifying warmth forever asserting
itself. Hours can be 'whiled away on
ship and leave a long trail behind
watching the graceful flight of sea
gulls, watching the distant or nearby
shore, with its solitude or busy life,
watching the ships glide by, each con-
cerned with itself. and watching the
Watery waste with no sign of mortality
save your mighty craft and it's pre-
cious freight. The fishes and their
families are out of sight. There is no
rolling, lettering or pitching about. the
steamship, so large and powerful, being
able to overcome the wave motion not
possible on smaller vessels. 1t is a
time of restful rest. In the cabins are
books and musical instruments. An
orchestra furnishes music while meals
are served and for dancing. The ma
chinery is study and a wonder. Steam
is supplied to more than 100 appliances.
from the mighty engines to the heating
ovens in the kitchen. The dining room
is beauty, and the culinary depart
ment the delight and surprise of lady
visitors. Scrupulous cleanliness char
acterizes everything, from the captains
outlook to the boiler rooms 1t is the
perfection of travel.
LEAVING DULUTH.
The steamship leaves the head Of
Lake Superior at o'clock in the after
noon. The lakeside twins, Duluth In
Minnesota and Superior in Wisconsin,
are in plain view A narrow arm of
water divides them. Each has it's own
impressive array of wharves, grain ele-
vators and coal and ore bins and
dumps The smoke of the enterprise
Of the two young gians uniteS in one
cloud and drifts away over the lake
or into the forest. Duluth is built on
hillside, Superior on level plateau
Duluth has 10000 people and Superior
$4,000. The industries of the two are
not unlike, Touring mills. blast furn-
aces, iron works. saw mills, ETC. Many
elegant business blocks and residences
exist. Both are laid out on extensive
plans in anticipation of keeping even
pace with the growth of the vast tribu-
tary West. They are as near the East
by water as Chicago and milwaukee,.
They are surrounded by forests Of mer-
charitable timber and the chief mines
of iron and copper in the country A
wide and opulent agricultural region
is in rail connection. Though young
yet they feel the impulses of giants.
The two cities soon disappear from
view but there is much to interest the
passenger before night comes on
Along the north shore is the town of
Two Harbors. the port of the great
Vermillion iron range. To the south
lies the archipelago known as Apostle
islands, so named because the first eX-
plorer supposed there were but twelve
islands, but in fact there are twenty.
South of these on the mainland are
the towns of Bayfield, and Ashland In
the night north of the ships course
the largest island in the lake is pass
ed, Isle Royal, while to the south Is
the peninsula. which ends in Kewee-
nav point, with it's wonderful mines
of copper Shafts here extend 1000
feet into the earth, and evidence is