DULUTH

a city of Minnesota, in St. Louis co., of which it is the county seat. It is the terminal point of several important railroad systems, including the Northern ‘Pacific, Chicago and Northwestern, and the Great Northern. It is at the head of Lake Superior and at the mouth of St. Louis River. It has an excellent harbor on St. Louis Bay, which extends 9 miles into the lake and is enclosed by natural breakwaters. Duluth is connected by steamship lines with all important cities on the Great Lakes, and has a large commerce in many important commodities, including coal, iron, grain, lumber. This is greatly facilitated by the Sault Ste. Marie canal, the traffic through which now exceeds that of the Suez canal. Duluth, while e entially a commercial city, has important industries including the manufacture of lumber, iron and steel products. It has also gla factories, railroad car shops, etc. In the vicinity are valuable quarries of granite and sandstone. There is an unusual number of handsome public buildings. The Federal buildings are among the finest in the West. Others are a high school, city hall, Chamber of,Commerce, public library, State Normal School, and Lyceum Theatre. There are over 60 churches, many of which are of excellent architectural design and construction. There are many public and private banks and trust companies. Duluth was named after Captain Du Lhut, a French explorer, who built a hut in 1670. It was chartered as a city in 1869 and was later enlarged by the addition of several suburbs. Pop. 1920, 98,917. suburb of London in borough of Camber well; D. Coll., founded 1619 by Edward Alleyn, and comprising two schools, contains celebrated collection of pictures. Pop. D. division of Camber well, 102,000.