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>GREETINGS
COPYRIGHT 927-
APEARSON.
DULUTH DELEGATIOON N. A. L.C. CONVENTION
CANTON, OHIO, SEPT. 2-7, 1907:
J. F. MCDONALD
W. E. TUSKEN
R. G. MALCOLM
COMPLIMENTS OF
W. E. Tusken
ZENITH BRANCH NO. 114
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5.00
1900.
1906.
Population
54,960
72,000
Assessed Val. City Real and Personal $24,600,333 $33,612,763
Total indebtedness, of which $2,866,000
is a lien on the Water & Lt, Plant
more than covered by good assets $4,956,250 $5,593,750
Postal Receipts
$107,532.24 $244,814.12
Public Library, Volumes
47,679
Total Circulation
72,211
117,528
Building Permits Issued.
330
968
Valuation Building Permits..
$884,211 $2,761,023
Assessed Valuation St. Louis County.. $44,390,484 $123,587,862
Number of Parks, 10 Public Parks with an area of 290 acres.
9 Railroads entering the city, two more under construction.
Iron Ore shipped, Tons.....
9,465,355 25,585,237
Coal Receipts, Tones..
2,676,577 5,324,540
Lake Freight Rec'y'd & Shipped, Tons 11,725,245 29,171,221
Valuation L. Ft. Received & Shipped $135,109,196 $251,899,844
Number of Grain Elevators....
22
Capacity of Grain Elevators, Bushels..
35,550,000
Grain Receipts, Bushels...
46,851,111 81,784,491
Grain Shipments, Bushels..
44,602,865 83,623,242
Number of Passengers arriving and
departing Duluth-Superior Harbor
96,964
No. of Boats, Arrivals & Departures.. 11,334
14,854
Vessels Enrolled, Port of Duluth......
302
352
Net Tonnage of Vessels Enrolled.
284,474
531,589
Lumber Cut, Duluth District, feet..... 567,482,000 827,903,000
Reg. Tonnage Vessels Ar, & Dpt., tons 14,387,068 32,842,351
Death Rate per 1,000.....
7.48
The Famous Aerial Bridge, Span 394 feet, height 185 feet.
Public School Enrollment.
9,695
11,574
School Buildings
31
34
Valuation School Buildings
$1,906,720
300 Teachers.
Splendid State Normal School with Fine Boarding Hall.
360 Students.
16 Members in the Faculty.
Several Parochial and Private Schools.
Finest Water Supply in the World.
Excellent Shipping Facilities, Rail and Lake.
Cheap Coal.
Cheap Illuminating Gas 75 cents per 1,000 cubic feet.
Gas for Heating and Gas Engines 50 cents per 1,000 cubic feet.
Cheap Power. Development of Water Power Largest in the
World, Except Niagara.
Largest Cargo of Iron
Ore Shipped .... 10,524 tons 10,869 tons 10,276 tons
By Vessels .. A. B. Wolvin Geo. W. Perkins W. A. Rogers
Time consumed in loading 12 hours 12 hours 11 hrs 45 M.
The Public Affairs Committee of the Commercial Club
will take pleasure in giving you any information pertaining
to Duluth and vicinity.
H. V. EVA, Secretary,
Duluth, Minn.
