Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-03

aware OF the distinguished party
which was being epiloted through their
streets by their neighbors on the 9TH
er side, as no literature was. offered,
nor any suggestion that the city was
a rival for such trade as might come
from their position at the head of a
river carrying more produce than all
the shipping of two thousand miles Of
the Atlantic coast.
The afternoon was thus very pleas4
antlY spent, and at five o'clock we
were gathered on the Steamer United
Empire, homeward bound. We found
this ship to be not so large as the
Huronic, but for it's day frst-class
vessel. The editorial party had every
necessary, and barring
the unpleasant experience of about six
hours of the first evening out, with
fairly strong wind, no storm, but a
moderately rough sea, and probably
starting up too closely on the evening
dinner, giving no opportunity for
moving about or exercise (only one
of the occasional incidents to the lake
traveD, there was a slight disposition
to sea-sickness, so-called, not so seri-
Gus, however, but nearly every one re-
IoA
Saturday was ideal, just cool enough
to enjoy the upper deck, and take in
all the enchanting views of the ST..
Mary's river. At five O'Clock Satur-
day evening we were again at the 500.
Here we were taken charge of by the
representatives of the city council and
W. B. Rosevear, representative of the
Clergue interests at the 500. A car
riage drive on the Michigan side, view
ing the business and residence streets,
including a sight of Fort Brady, and
the government buildings, and the
great water power canal of the Michi-
gan Lake Superior Company, 100 feet
wide, % feet deep, and 2H miles long,
from Lake Superior to St. Mary's riv-
er below the rapids, and the man.
moth power house, 1868 feet long,
with capacity for 800 turbines, capa-
BILE of tranmitting over $4,000 horse
power of electricity. The canal was
finished few days before our arrival
at the 500, and the water was started
in on the day that we were there, so
that the Inauguration of this great
enterprise may be dated from the date
of our 1902 excursion.
At the end of the carriage drive, Mr..
Rosevear took the entire charge, and
escorted the party to the new ferry
boat Fortune, which had also been put
into commission on that day, and we
were quickly taken to the Canadian
500, landing at the pulp mill dock.
It was regretted that the pulp mills
were not open, but it was after six
o'clock on Saturday night. On leav-
ing the dock train was in readiness
to convey the party to the Algoma
Iron Works, a mile or so distant.
These works run day and night, start
ing with pig iron furnaces, changing
the molten iron into Bessemer steel.
then casting into ingots or moulds,
then allowed to cool, and afterwards
roasted in hot furnaces until soft and
bright red-hot through, picked up
with giant pincers on a travelling
crane, carried forward to the rolls, a
concrete mass about eight feet long,
eight inches wide and six inches or
more thick, in through one roll, elon-
eating, and back through another,
each time frightening out like huge
anaconda, until finally, every six min
utes, out comes perfect railroad rail,
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to gauge, the ends sawed smooth
and set OUT to cool.
The Big Pulp Mills.
This is only the outgrowth of neces-
sity, as Mr.. Rosevear explained: His
company, or rather the Clergue inter-
ests, at first became interested in pa
per pulp, and some machinery was re-
quired that could not be manufac-
tured in any machine shop then in the
country; necessity forced the erection
of machine shop; so from one thing
to another, the CIergue interests now
own the land on which the wood
grows necessary for their pulp mills,
and for the manufacture of charcoal
for their blast furnaces, the iron ore
for conversion into pig iron, the rail
roads and cars necessary for transport
tation, the manufacture of the iron
into steel, and the manufacture of the
steel into all the necessary tools for
the manufacture of the iron rails, the
cars, and the locomotives, and finally
the steamships necessary to convey
their products to market.
But in addition to all this, they pro-
pose to furnish all the railroad iron
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Canada, and successfully outwit Yam
kee ingenuity. Mr.. Rosevear has the
title of general traffic manager, and
he certainly has enough interests to
keep one man bus y. There is no use
of Dragging of Yankee energy along
side of the development of the Clergue
interests, and we are glad that this
general traffic manager gave us the
opportunity tor compare canadian
push and enterprise with our. boast
ed Yankee superiority. Returning
from this interesting sight, we were
taken back on the boatsto our ship.
While going over Mr.. Rosevear was
invited to describe the great. interests
which he represented, which he did in
a modest manner, and we regretsnow
that no notes were taken Of his re-
marks, as dependency was placed Upon
the receiving Of some special statistics
which at this writing have not come
The return trip to Port Arthnrsswas
pleasant, bnt#5nots so ideal as the down
trip, but g with ordinary summer
wraps, life on the upper deck was IN
every way enjoyable. On Sunday aft
ternoon, we had light rain and some
increasing wind, and whitecaps, but
we, We're, soon sheltered by the numer-
Gus islands near the approach to Port
Arthur, So thats we fentered that port
at nine o'clock lin the evening. We
were informed that the open lake had
been quite rough. during the night.
We were detained at Port Arthur ana
Fort William for twenty-four hours;
not on accountaofs thesrain sorastorm,
but TO- unload and load up ,mercha d;
Msea Monday was hnpleasah III wet
ht4Fort William, sbat not enough to
prevent the party from exploring the
town. BY evening the storm was over;
and a delightful tiff, Brought us to
Duluth, practically one day behind
fssss.