Superior

the second city of Wisconsin, is situated favorably on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Superior, at the mouth of the St. Louis River. The current of the river and the contending waters of the lake have formed a long bar extending out from the shore. This long horn is known as Wisconsin Point. It is approached by a similar bar from the Minnesota shore. The two afford shelter for a capacious harbor which is shared by Duluth on the Minnesota shore. As much of the Duluth shore is confined between the lake and a high bluff, and the Superior shore is an extensive plain, the railroads that shape their course for the head of Lake Superior make it a point to secure yard facilities in Superior. Ores from the Minnesota mines, wheat from the Red River Valley, and lumber from the pineries find their way to Superior for shipment. Coal, salt, and other heavy commodities are unloaded from ships at Superior. The city has forty miles of natural wharfage and claims to have the largest ore dock in the world, the largest coal docks in the world, the largest grain elevator in the world, the largest railroad yard in the world, the largest coal receiving port in the world, and to be the greatest wheat-shipping port in the world. A large shipyard and a dry dock make Superior one of the important ports on Lake Superior. Superior and Duluth are connected by extended drawbridges over which trains, tramways, and city traffic pass to fro. Electric railways, electric lights, paved streets, waterworks, well organized and well housed schools proclaim the energy and foresight of a city destined to be a commercial and industrial center of note.