The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-03
FOR The SAKE
OF COMPARISON
Note How Duluth Takes
Steel Co.'s Establish
ment Of Branch.
ALL REJOICE
Fact That Plant Is Small Beside CAL
umet Regions Undertakings,
Cause for Illumination.

In view of the fact that the United
States Steel corporation has selected
the Calumet region as the future center
of the iron and steel industry Of the
United States the people of this vicinity
will be interested in knowing that this
concern has decided to establish an
other large plant at Duluth, Mimi.
Although the Duluth plant is not to
cost any more than the Standard Steel
Car company and will not employ as
many men, the people of that wide
awake northwestern city are seeing
visions of greater Duluth that will
equal Chicago in size
For the purpose of comparing Du-
luth's estimate of its good fortune
with that of the Calumet region in
which there is many times the amount
OF money being spent and as many
times as great activity, the following
Is printed from the Duluth News-Trib-
une:
New York, April 1.-The United
States Steel corporation has today de-
cided to establish an iron and steel
plant at Duluth. The plans are not
yet fully developed, but they probably
will include a blast furnace, six open
hearth furnaces, blooming mill, rail and
shape mill, two bar mills, by-product
coke ovens, coal docks, shops, cement
plant, etc, etc. and will involve some
thing like 100000 or $4,000, 900. The
| members of the finance committee
| were unanimous. We think they were
influenced by the fact that Duluth
seems to be a good location for a plant
of this kind, and the further fact that
! public sentiment in Minnesota has al.
ways been favorable toward the stee
| interests
What Steel Plant Means to Duluth
1T will make Duluth within ter
years the largest city in the northwest
and the first in rank of wealth.
Chicago fifty years ago did not have
10000 population; 1t now has more thar
100000. Duluth will equal it's growth
In half the length of time.
Duluth at once becomes one of tn,
great centers of the steel industry, az
one of the chief points Of the United
| States Steel corporation for the man.
ufacture of it's products
1T will bring more than 1000 higl
priced, skilled laboring men, which it
self will add 10000 to the city's popu.
lation.
1T will result in the bringing her,
of many smaller industries using iro1
and steel as their chief materials IL
manufacture.
1T will mean the settlement of tn,
| tO 4cla ho
food supplies. and the making of st
Louis county one of the great agri
cultural districts in the state.
1T will bring here more railroad
and will effect a readjustment O
freight rates enabling Duluth's in
dustries to reach a widely EXTENDED
territory.
TT will result in Du1uth's rapic
growth as a wholesale and iobbins
center and add all lines of trade to it
list of distributors.
1T will insure the immediat edevel
opment of the remaining water powe
controlled by the Great Northern Pow
e rcompany. the first 10000 horse pow
er being already contracted for.
1T will bring an enormous invest
ment in new homes to house the ne1
population and will give work at hig
wages to thousands more workmen
1T will rapidly increase the valu
of real estate and extended the resi-
dence district, browning the hill top
with homes and extending back owe
the plateau.
1T will mean years of unexample
prosperity and place Duluth beyond tn
influence of any era of retrenchmen
that may effect the rest of the coun
try"