1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY 521
was then started
church building."
for the purpose of raising' funds for erection
The next pastor was L. F. Merritt (1896-97).
of a
He
was succeeded by C. H. Stevenson, and in 1898, Rev. M. O. Stockland
was in charge. A new church was built during his pastorate, which
ended in October, 1901, when Rev. R. J. Taylor came.
First Postmaster.—The first postmaster was P. E. Dowling. He
also had the first drug store in Eveleth.
Pay of Pioneer Village Officials.—In 1896, the president received
$10 a month ; the recorder, $25 a month ; the street commissioner, $2.50
a day, "for actual services" ; the marshal, $75, and his deputy, $60 a
month; the waterworks engineer, $75; the janitor at Village Hall,
$30 a month, it being also his duty to light street lamps, without
extra pay. Unskilled labor was secured at $1.75 a day, and a team at
$4 a day'
First Teamster.—John Morrow was the first
David T. Adams, in February, 1920, wrote : "John
teamster in Eveleth.
Morrow, who I
believe is now living in the old Adams camp, was teamster for the
company during the explorations, and is the only one of the old employees
left on the Mesabi range." He lives with his wife in the log
cabin which was originally the office of the Adams Mining Company,
which cabin it was recently stated had "been purchased by the city,
and will be given a permanent place in one of the city parks as a
monument to the early mining industry."
First Storekeeper.—The first storekeeper was Stetton, it has been
stated, so possibly the "store" of Hy. Hookwith, upon which "Notice
of Election" was declared to have been posted in June, 1893, was not
a store at all, but a hotel.
First Sawmill.—The erection of a sawmill was a necessity as soon
as it became evident that a community would develop near the Adams
explorations. One was built by David T. Adams near what is now
No. 5 shaft of the Spruce mine. It was burned down in 1896 or 1897.
First Bond Issue.-—On May 9, 1895, the voters approved the issuance
of bonds to the amount of $3,000, "for the construction of a system
of waterworks." Bond No. 1, of one thousand dollars denomination,
and bearing date June 1, 1895, "payable one year later," was
bought by David T. Adams. The interest was 8 per cent, and Mr.
Adams became "security" for the whole issue. In July, 1895, he took
up the whole issue, "at face value."
Water System.—Thus, the village was enabled to build its first
water plant. It served until 1905, when a new system was installed,
at an expense of $60,000, providing "an excellent supply of water
from St. Mary's lake, two and a half miles distant." In 1914, "an entirely
new system of waterworks" was completed, at a cost of $65,-
000. The water plant in 1920 comprised two motor-driven centrifugal
pumps, with a capacity of 1,600,000 gallons daily, and two steam
pumps of one million daily capacity. Two mains, one 16-inch and
the other 10-inch, "carry the water from St. Mary's lake to the elevated
tank of 300,000 gallons capacity, located at the highest point in
the city." The water is "soft and pure." About fifteen miles of
water mains are in use. In July, 1920, 26,000,000 gallons were pumped
at a cost of 6 cents a thousand gallons. The superintendent is
F. E. Forristel.
Lighting.—On IMay 28, 1896, Frank McCormick. of Duluth, was
given a franchise, "for ten years," to supply Eveleth with electric
light, the village "contracting for seven arc street lights at ten dollars
each per month." and stipulating that private users be supplied at