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

DULUTII AXl) ST. LOUIS COUNTY 523
April 4, 1899, and on June 26tli, of that year. Village Ordinance No.
22 was passed. Said ordinance ordained that "the east half of the
southeast quarter of section thirty-one, township fifty eight north, of
range seventeen west. * * '^' designated as the 'First Addition to
Eveleth' (be) declared to be an addition to the said Village of Eveleth,
and a part of said village, as effectually as if said territory hereby added
had been originally a part of said Village of Eveleth."
x-\t that time, apparently, the removal had not been accomplished,
or had not been completed. A 1910 history of the City of Eveleth
states that "manv of the buildings were moved thither ( to the First
Addition) in 1900."
Bearing on the good fortune of the early merchants of Eveleth.
Mr. D. T. Adams writes
:
''The opening of the Spruce mine, by Peter L. Kimberly. who
had taken another lease on it after the ore body had been thoroughly
developed, and the additional men employed in the vicinity by the
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opening ot the mine>. slimulatcd llic' business and growth of ICveleth.
The property started to rise in value, and it was not long before a
business lot on (irant .\venue. 25x110- feet, would bring from $12,000
tf) $15,000. or more, ])er lot. according to the location. But the town-
site ])eople had disjjosed of all their lots, on the business streets.
in the way of bonuses, and the inhal)itants miK- ])r()hted. The result
was that in a few years there were more well-to-do Inisiness men
along the business street of I'Aeletli than there were on a like street
of Virginia or Nibbing, the other twd i)rincipal cities of tlu- Mesabi
range."
That was a gratifying outcome, for in the early days of the
village, its slow advancement nnist lia\e caused its pioneers many
regretful nximciit-. I)a\id T. Adanis, writing, on l-"ebruar\- 7. 1^)20.
stated :
"1 * * ''' had
some di^ai)])ointments with my early townsite
enterprises. The influence of so many nonbelievers in the existence
of ore in the southern part of town>hi]) 58-17. had its eflfect. and was
plainly revealed when I platted \i)ur now beaiuiful City of Eveleth.
Platting the townsite (if \ irginia a few \i'ars earlier, and holding it