Superior Chronicle (Newspaper) - May 5, 1856, Superior, Wisconsin NUMBER 48 SUPERIOR DOUGLAS c S AT Douglas county Wisconsin T 00 2 CO 00 25 T K K M i in advance u T i s i N or i u lit ii -i u ft 00 00 2 00 inserted on of Mining t iK't in iu soliciting I- nl i retaining the bu i WISK i x on thu at in u I In iu tho re's no liko Homo in HO green SI ni did i ill it M 511 ur if liis it might J with thi and well in tin wall cell i-ii dime ill till still n nut l thu timl his In- in grief I my of thy free it I really can't in dim fading light tu hiji iiy Ii and own little I iy uti warm lied lie Ill to so of the Survey of tho Croix ami Superior ui Patten Chief order of the Board of Di- have made such changes and in the line as care aud labor have enabled nio to accomplish the labor this season it was necessary to organize a second party the aid of IMr Newton of Superior I ob- the assistance of Mr Thomas Clark a person well suited to the nnd duty assigned location of the line from Superior to the crossing of the St Croix river which he has done in a manner alike creditable to himself and ad- to the company For convenience iu estimating the line has been divided into two northern and tho southern The northern division commences ut Lake Superior and extends south 50 to u point south of the crossing of St river tho southern division commences at the point hist mentioned and extends Bouth to lake St the whole length of the lino as located one hundred and miles These have been subdivided with reference to tho character of excavation northern into twelve and the southern into eight sections The northern terminus is at the ence of tho St and Allouez and ut their common entrance into Lake Superior in the northwest part of section twenty-nine town forty-nine north range thirteen west The southern nus is at Hudson on Lake St Croix in section twenty-four town twenty-nine north twenty In the estimates which follow earth work is computed at seventeen feet for the width of the graded surface of tho road in vation and at feet for this being the of tho road at sub- foot being allowed for ballasting and bringing to a final grade The gunge of the road to be four feet eight and one- half inches except over larger streams to bo constructed of bents of ber and sustained abutment walk of masonry Masonry hammer dressed laid in draulio cement to water iji quick lime mortar Clearing to be 100 feet wide all trees leaning toward and liable to fall upon thu track to be removed bing to be in width where ex- and embankment aro 2 foot and under follows a summary of ing the length amounts of clearing bing excavation bridging etc of eoch section wo omit in the this tive 1856 TAYO DOLLARS A Superior is situated on a bay ut the extreme western point of on Lake Superior The bay is Superior T X XD 1 No 2 Suction No II Section No 4 Section No 6 Section No i DIVISION U 28 01 40 Total JO -i i The survey for the and Lake Superior made my report iif the survey it that previous I further mull In Accordingly in the line of the at improvement have without At the DIVISION Section No 1 No 2 Suction No J have the Section No 4 Section No Section No Section No 7 Section No 8 1 1 i 1 n tn M change has been made point selected a mure favorable by following the M from Hudson us far uf Apple river then g that river about it uid running line of the preliminary at some point MS if Si ill water and received iu n inul the road in thu event of the 1 deemed it survey of this line uf rhc road upon it I even at a moderate ot 17 28 07 37.401 84 00 Total Total for grading bridging C4 and masonry CO 1 The following is the estimated cost of superstructure for 1 mile This estimate is for the T rail weighing UO Ibs per lineal yard The rail to be supported at intervals of feet 55 inches by oak ties 8 foot long J by S inches and to be confined at the joints by wrought iron chairs pwn tons iron rail at per ton 7 tons iron chairs nml lit ton 00 ties nt per tic 20 Laying track ballasting 00 100 00 Cost per mile KIJUII'MKNT construction which r i IT i- i xt i your approval of Mr Lined u survey of this ol the cost of The result did not ur This line if i- nut it would -t in tin in an in of one hundred -ix The of th's survey of ttc of lake of the ur was to t the mad by cast of iho tic St Croix river woik a point in the old j of the where We ran in u 1 along the west shore of 1 thence northerly in the i lake where it was the old line was and examined miles when having been found r favorable than tho old abandoned nl estimates of these doped to improve the line tire 00 00 00 00 0.0 it h e K-- satisfied of the changes in the locate SUrvey The equipment necessary at first may be stated as follows 1 Hi passenger cars 4 cars 100 freight ears 00 The total cost of the road will be as lows Clearing grubbing grading bridging anil til Truck InM ballasted 1117 224 08 stock 00 shop nnd engine houses 00 Six miles Turn tables frogs signs signals 00 and freight houses 00 Wood houses ami Incidental Total cent of 186 miles road nt per mile 00 The of grading bridging and differs but little from the cost as from the preliminary of iron of nearly rease The advance cent makes it necessary to increase the of the cost total of r s northern division the maximum grade las been reduced to fifty and on tho southern division it has re- to sixty feet examinations made the pastsura- mer have mo in tho that more points than those named in your charter could not beori for the tho rond rl formed by the and loucz rivers and about ten square miles It affords a capacious and secure harbor The entrance to it is about three-fourths of a in width and the depth ot water on the bar is about twelve feet This bay is easy of access from Lake and may be regarded as one of the safest nnd most bountiful harbors on the western Upon this bay is rapidly springing up the town of Superior which presents a remarkable instance of western growth and Less than two ago its site in the midst of an now contains about one thousand inhabitants and is the county sent of Douglas county Tho site town was selected by Mr W If Newton it was laid out in the summer of 1854 are its position and advantages that it the most lui favorable to the growth of t is not subject to the many and that characterize other the country and though the ters are severe the snow seldom exceeds inches Tile dry and try is healthy At a certui tin must become hint I points of the northwest hin under Mr Newton and the company he represents for assistance itr making these surveys and the general interest manifested iii favor of the road This company have donated forty-three acres of land between river and bay with two thousand feet of water front to the St Croix Lake Superior Company for de- pot grounds and other uses of the a moderate and ing upon this water front will be necessary The depth of water here is from fifteen to thirty feet arid a steamer of the largest class could land without where along this front This company also donated a right of way over its distance of about three miles Hudson the line is situated on temperature except along the slure and the is open to navigation fiom six to seven months iu the year the largest body of fresh water and excels all tho other great Am and of of its the grand mr and beauty of its scenery and in the 10 of geology and It lies be ween the forty-sixth and ninth and be- and ninety-second west longitude computing from Its greatest length is four hundred its one dred and sixty mean depth ia nine its is six hundred foot the Atlantic ocean ita being three hundred feet be- low tho level of the ocean The sci of this section of the Having in report given a liberal of the cost of building and building this road we may us will here examine the resources region of country in order to determine whether this would be a road aud remunerative to its stockholders construction of this rond will produce an important change iu the direction of the commerce of nil that largo section of country lying north and of La Crosse on the Mississippi river including not them Iowa Minnesota nnd Wisconsin Uy turn of tfic outline accompanying this report it will be seen that this road will connect the navigation of the great lakes and the river St Lawrence with the si wit from it south and cast forming the lust connecting link in a vast chain of that comprehends and intersects the entire portion of the Union east of the Mississippi e ver awrence wt te ippi and through the upper Mississippi with the several lines of railroad running Iso that Superior occupies position geographically similar and im- portant with respect to tho extent of try it commands and the means of it possesses to that by 1 While tho latter has become the try south of the lake is varied and tive and sufficient of lime to thc nature mil bf wild recreation to the shores of lakes nnd streams Game is it and the streams and lakes Da the choicest Tro it to fur studded with innumerable crystal lakes blue for- have a cool and tor which enables them reach Croix Willow river furnishes power at many points above its mouth been erected at Hudson and are in operation lands here have been in market some six years and Hudson the St Croix county has now two and inhabitants OF THE LINK The located line is a grades lire quite ns easy as It- anil none or of less than two and six hundred and forty feet Timber for superstructure occurs long Stone suitable lime is distributed South and west of is a largo extent of valuable tural country possessing climate more resort can hardly be 1 1 I Ml of communication will recreation fur many the heat of summer be the case when your found soon of our cit zens dur Especially will railroad point of transhipment and center of trade of an extensive range of country denly became a largo and important city it ic is not unreasonable to expect that the rapid d and development of the resources the sub- of the country of which the latter is the center n oven greater in extent than Chicago rich ried and immense tti its buildup and sustain ut Superior u uity that will rival in and importance if not in trade the city of Chicago In tho transportation of means have been devised aiford advantages over our lake navigation without which the already Grout West would haidly have been won from the savaKO and the incut of its resources attempted r Upon the distance to which any article of produce will pay its to alley of adjacent to the line of this road of the pine embraces the I of the Willow and Apple have been and infertile i The table have an elevation to two hundred feet above the arc dotted with a large number of small and lakes 1 The of these lakes arc gently ted and Professor Owen e the best wheat lands in The lands are being rapidly capable of producing wheat and most of i KCH tual and ffo con- the northern grains in great perfection and j tne attractions abundance The hardy peculiar to the northern flourish equally well here Perhaps that I should pine and mineral lands that occupy a tion of this they possess resources which when developed by your will of themselves furnish it with a large ness while they will astonish those who have not seen richness and extent These advantages many settlers In tho vicinity of the St Croix and its greater portion of the rook is the new red sand stono underlying and superposing primary and trap rock Along the whole line the rock is generally covered with drift nnd luvium and seldom exposed except in the the batiks of streams Be- tween tho and Black rivers are boulders of granite and trap Tho old red stone of Lake is found at the falls of Black river ing metamorphosed slate general dip of the rook is While the cultural and to a certain extent bering resources of this have beeti recently the value copper has attracted but little attention Tho fact that copper masses existed hero was discovered by the their early and and by them made public but not until the year 1844 was any able attempt made The Mining Company is now in a flourishing condition from its mines The opening Ste Mario completing the water communication between Superior and the lower lakes will greatly mining operations here and to tho hitherto remunerative profits of the ness i In addition to its copper this region vast of access and superior iii quality iron of den and Norway Oil account of its great excellence it already higher price In market than any of the imported ties arc already de- this source this section of pled richness purity independent of- pine the now certain will make it the most the are too require notice Trio climate is aud pleasant and other ort ready mci pine lumber can be easily and cheaply arid buildings erected and improvements made for a comparatively small products command on to pine and remunerative we may expect see hero the tages and barns and waving fields and fuir herds of many a thriving Tho pii e lands on tho line extend from to Superior about eighty miles Tic of the northwest lie between Lake Michigan and the sippi river and arc distinguished as the Green Bay Wisconsin river and St Croix pineries and upon these the south ind west principally depend In these several districts the timber along the 1 is to a groat extent been cutoff and while the railroads that have been con- in have opened a largo district greatly increased the demand for pine lumber none of them have the pine region The pineries below the point where the line tho St Croix were originally light and all the pine which may be con- of tho in a few years ter ten of the cro we enter a and jut pine which continues with interruptions nearly to Lake Superior and tho ri vers hen furnish for lumber and Black water power It is estimated that tho St Croix to ma during the 1855 rind in tic feet The average of this lumber may be at thousand feet giving for the value of trade for that year 0 For the past few years this in a ration of fifty per j Tho me for west fcr Minnesota is Dubuque and St ho season of 1855 the number of engaged in transporting er and about seventy different s boats d the They have j prije freigh t Total freight anil Increase cent this will T t r limited u few depending upon the kind and the road The average coat of transportation over common roads taken at i fifteen cunts per ton per mile Estimating value of wheat in market at 81 per bushel and corn at bushels of each would pay its tation and the latter 165 miles ut front kut any surplus of these articles would be without on railroads freight may be tenth the cost of transportation on common roads and iu the railroads extend the limit for wheat to and for corn to miles But the coat of transportation on the lakes may be the of tho same by railroad increasing said to miles for wheat miles for corn If be correct the great importance to the agricultural of the Northwest and economical communication with the great lake is dent The same principle is applicable to tho pine and mineral districts men need their supplies and their lumber and though the minors will ship products directly by the lake they equally with the lumbermen took to the valley of the Mississippi for supplies This road will furnish to a largo extent of necessary communication and while it gives value to its products it will proportionately lessen the cost of and articles needed and purchased by the inhabitants The completion of the ship canal at the Ste Marie has connected the tion of Lake Superior with that of tho lower lakes and by route freights from New York city to Superior can be conveyed at of 68 ton By this route the distance from Detroit to Superior is only eighty miles greater than the dis- tance by water from Detroit to Chicago a distance which will not make in favor of Chicago a difference in time of more than eight But freight and passengers at aro nearer Hudson and St Paul by 49 than if at cago they would be to Galena given the price of freight ut pet to this the price per ton from Chicago and we have 819 per tun for freight Chicago via lena to Hudson and St Paul Now if wo add to this 50 for freight per ton from New York to by water we have inbound ton from Now Hudson via Chicago By water freights carried to from Superior to railroad for 814 por ton from New York to Hudson und via about one-half cost byj the a saving and ft in time from four to five facts being rapidity and its vast resources already being successfully we a doubt of the en- The subject Much additional and interesting and im- to rhight arid to the below Hudson thei valley Lof would merchandize fro'tn New York Via Superior Tt ct I will venture the assertion that when this road shall be in many of ud will be surprised at tho will prove Through the exertions of Dr Otu Hoyt the ridit of way for one hundred fent on of the center line has been cured over almost nil tho entered lands Depot grounds been secured at the and all important along tho line Iho necessary means have been taken to secure tho right of way over all ment lands crossed by the line as provided by act of Congress pawed in August I am under great obligations to Hoyt Director for the prompt and efficient aid rendered during the con- duct of this survey I tho honor to remain your obedient servant PATTEN To William A Burstow Resident A T G my Treasurer B M Hunter tory Otis Alfred Day Dewey D S William Benah Brown Hadley Benj Allen Daniel J K McKusick FROM WM Agreeable to tho ment made the of your Board I placed a party in tho field for survey and location of the northern di- vision of the St Croix and Lake Superior at Superior and at the St Croix a distance of forty-eight miles I have now the pleasure of the profile and for this division euro hits been iu tho detailed I feel the result will fully your board of entire of ing a first-class road from this point at u moderate cost compared with other roads iu this It affords me much pleasure iu g Thomas Chuk Ksq who has mort carefully and skillfully concluded tho vey and location of this division of roud nt a season of the year successfully The industry and energy of Messrs nnd Henry Loring his have contributed much towards the prompt completion of the field mid work The accompanying report of Mr Clark will place you in possession of the detail of the examination The are based upon the present high of labor and provisions which may M rially lessened by the to privet iii more settled countries inducements to an prosecution of this work aro made apparent by the of tho hitherto unknown region and the of the resources of the country The im- mineral region which is traversed road alone will add an ment of success to the project which a purely agricultural country could not And the connection of Lake Superior with the valley of the upper Mississippi by your route will be held by the ing and commercial interests of the lake as a work next in importance to the of the canal around tho Fulls e of the St Mary River as it will open u fur trade directly with tho agricultural portion of whole valley of tho Mississippi which is of the first importance in securing and rendering permanently profitable of tho investment of u large amount of capital in mining operations on the hike by ing cheap supplies and tuny bo expected from this source in the tion nnd subsequent operation of your road Yours respectfully W II NEWTON To i the President and Directors of Iho St Croix and Lake Superior Co A Statement of the financial condition of tho St Croix nnd Lake nt the annual meeting thereof held at ison February 0 A D Stock subscriptions on which 5 per cent hits boon paid 00 Right of wny nml etc by the 00 expenses un- paid due fruin for 00 Account of Otis Hoyt company fur and supplies 40 of President 00 Salary of Treasurer COO 00 Salary of Attorney 00 Salary of Secretary 750 00 Account of Allen for etc 68 fiO Account of brought from 04 Account of Jov paid 800 M 00 04 Balance in favor of the company Oft tho above-mentioned indebtedness of 50 U to be applied the payment of stock and will not be drawn from the present re- sources of the company The account of Otis Hoy 1 1 is also reduced by made thereon io the of 80 in- above iu tavor of tho in proportion All of which is respectfully Secretary Habitation and n name local The she is not particular to that tho is good The sho
