The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-06
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DULUTH STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY

alton which does more to facilitate the
transaction Of business and promote
the general welfare Of a community
than the system of street railways.
Anything which tends to cripple them,
or to hinder their development, is
direct blow at the progress and pros
perity of city, and they should be
granted every reasonable opportunity
to make their investment Of capital,
brains and energy profitable.
The application Of electricity to the
running of the systems of the country
has made possible rapid extensions and
improvements in these systems, al
though this has been attended by the
expenditure Of vast sums of money,
and in many instances the future re-
sources Of the companies making these
extensions and improvements have
been called upon, and it will be years
before the moneys expended will be
returned, and a showing made on the
right side fthe expenditures and re-
ceipts accounts.
In this respect, Duluth has been for
tunate in dealing with a company
which has had the courage and the
enterprise to look to the future for re-
turns, more than to the immediate
present, and it has been the constant
aim of the company to keep we'll
abreast, or a little ahead of the de-
mand for extensions and improve
ments, even though such efforts re-
suited in the expenditure of large sums
Of money which could not promise
immediate profitable returns. The Of
ficers of the Duluth Street Railway
company have shown their faith in
the city, and their assurance that any
reasonable investment in business en-
terprises here would eventually yield
profitable returns, by their constant
willingness to invest their money in
an attempt to give our citizens first
class service, and to look to the future
growth and increased business to bring
returns to the investors.
Our city has reason to feel that they
have been fairly and literally treated
by the officers of the Duluth Street
Railway company, who have used
every possible effort to give this city
even better tracks, service and equip
ment than other cities Of the same
it is pleasure to state that this
company has always been among the
first to assist in any undertaking which
promised to benefit the city in any
manner. Extensions have been push
ed into our suburbs as fast as there
was any demand for them, and in
many instances even before there was
enough demand to apparently warrant
such outlay, in their anxiety to serve
and please the public.
Any company which invests vast
amount Of capital in an enterprise
which benefits every class of our citi-
zens, and especially the laboring mass
es which constitute so large a percent
age Of our city's population, should be
given encoura cement, and their efforts
most fervently applauded, particularly.
when they are inclined to be liberal
and generous to employees and patrons.
The Duluth Street Railway company
gives employment to a large number
Of men, who are treated with Hberality
and courtesy, and who receive gen.
erous wages, which are circulated
among the business men Of Duluth and
Superior, proving a strong factor in
the. growth and progress Of these
cities.
Duluth and Superior have been made
practically one city by the excellence
Of the street car service between them,
and it is no inconsiderable factor in
the please Of living at the Head Of the
Lakes, that it is no longer a task to
be dreaded to make a trip from one
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city come to take such conveniences
as afforded them by the Duluth Street
Railway company as matter Of
course, and do not stop to consider
the great amount of money, business
sagacity, enterprise and pluck which it
has taken to bring vast street railway
system such as the one at the Head
Of the Lakes to it's present state of
perfection. 1t is a common thing to
hear some Would-be critic expanding
as to how much better things might
be- but when we think back a few
years, and compare the present almost
perfect service accorded our citizens,
with what it then was or even with
what it is at the present time in many
other cities, we feel that Duluth and
graduate themselves that they were
fortunate enough to secure so liberal
and progressive a company to intro.
duce the system here.
The entire career of this company
has been marked by ability, enterprise
and liberality, and by consistent
endeavor to give the best possible
service, even though the immediate
showing from financial standpoint
was not exactly what the stockholders
might desire.
The officers Of this company, which
has done so much for the growth and
prosperity Of Duluth and Superior are:
G. G. Goodrich, president; l.. Menden-
hall, treasurer; s. L. Reichert. secre-
tary and auditor; H. Warren, general
manager.
These gentlemen have proven them
selves broad-minded, far sighted, en-
terprising and public-spirited citizens,
who because Of their progressive spirit
and faith in the future greatness Of
the cities at the Head Of the Lakes,