The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

it's employees this chance to got stake
in tho soil and live under better con-
ditions than usually obtain, and to
thereby further Its own object Of 50.
curing labor that might be prosperous
and contented, came Coleraine, the
model city Of the range. .... A..
In the heart Of the new mining dis
trict lies Trout lake, a beautiful body
of water several miles long. The steel
corporation bought two miles Of 'front.'
age along tho lake. The site Is ad-
mirably located for a city Of consid-
cradle size. The water supply is un-
failing and pure; the drainage Is ex-
cellent naturally, and, supplemented
by sewerage, will leave nothing to be
desired. This site was laid out On
ideal lines for the city beautiful.
Parks, public, squares and parkways
were provided. Wide avenues and
streets were plated and on each sido
Of business section two plats for resi-
dences were located. The residence
lots were made with a frontage Of IS
feet and a depth Of 1875 feet. Plenty
of elbow room was regarded as ono
Of the essentials Of family comfort.
The site for a city being provided,
the people were invited to inhabit it.
Within easy distance Of Coleraine there
are several mines whose employees might
reside in tho city. To these the lots
were offered, as well as to outsiders
who might wish to engage in business.
The company put price on the lots
that was proportioned to the original
investment and agreed to turn over to
the authorities, when constituted. what
ever money was paid in excess Of tho
actual cost Of the land.
There was no assertion Of any right
on the part Of the Steel corporation to
dictate to the people, and there was but
one qualifying clause in the contract
for the deed, which provided for pay.
ments for the lots on easy terms, pro-
portioned to the earning capacity Of
the buyer. The qualification required
the purchaser to relinquish his right
to sell liquor on the lot.
This reservation was not made by tho
corporation with view to making q
prohibition town. The company. Is do
sirous Of promoting temperance habits
among its people, but does not interfere
with what the individual may conceive
to be his private rights. Experience In
the mining towns has taught tho off,
GERS Of the mining company that the
saloon is particular menace when II is
badly conducted. In some Of the range
towns there is sharp competition In
the saloon business. The men engaged
in the business have to bid for tho
. trade. The consequence Is the all-night
saloon, whisky that II deadly and IN,
restricted sale. =. r.. .s
There may be saloons In Coleraine
. when there is demand for them, but
their number will be restricted by the
form Of the land contract, and the
men who run them will be curbed by
fixed limitations altogether aside from
the legal restrictions.
The government Of the community
will be according to the will Of the
people. The Steel corporation never in
terferes in politics, and it will make
no exception to this rule in Coleraine.
The only function Of tho corporation
regarding the town will be that Of
site owner, selling lots at the lowest
cost without profit, and providing model
conditions for city life.
The proposition has appealed to the
mine people. The population at the
mines is mixed, scandinavians dominat-
ing, and they are a thrifty lot. The
place is settling rapidly; sixty lots have
been sold for business purposes, and
when the people are ready to organize
city government there will be fund
on hand for the conduct Of its business.
Coleraine is simply model city
started on business basis and free
from the handicaps that are INSOFAR
able from experiments that have a
already q success and it is likely to