Minnesota Communities

	Hibbing: Moving Hibbing

Source

News 1

Type

Newspaper Article

Year

July 15, 1919

Source

Hibbing Daily Tribune

Size

120K

This is an article on how moving homes had become a common sight in Hibbing.

Hibbing Residents Hear About
Their Town Being Moved to
Central Addition.

Moving Hibbing makes good space
for every outside publication, judging
from the following appearing in the
Iron Ore and credited to Skillings Re-
view:"Building operations in the new
Central addition to Hibbing,
Minn., and other parts of Alice,
are being pushed this summer and
a new town is rapidly springing
up. The Oliver Iron Mining com
pany has moved most of the
dwellings on Cedar and Center
streets lying between First and
Second avenues, out to their
new townsite. Many other buld-
ings are being moved from vari
ous locations in the old Hibbing,
and a house can be seen moving
rapidly down First avenue almost
every day.
"Work on the new Rood hospital
has begun, while the new village
power plant and many stores
and residences are going up.
"M.A. Hanna company was the
first mining company to com
plete an office and dwellings in
Central addition. The Cleveland
Cliffs company is erecting an of
fice and their superintendent,
Max Barber, is building a hand
some residence on the south edge
of Alice. The Pillsbury-Bennett-
Longyear Interests, as the Mer
iden Iron company, is preparing
to plat a forty east of the Cen
tral addition, which will furnish
additional ground for the new
Hibbing.
"The 'Richest Village' is on the
move, and it keeps residents and
business men guessing as to just
how much of it will move, and
what will become of the rest of it.
It is a big operation and cannot
be done al lat once, but certain
it is that the Oliver Iron Mining
company will soon need the ore
on the townsite forty (lot 5 n
section G, 57-20). This forty, by
the way, is presumed to have one
of the largest tonnages of Iron
ore on the Mesaba, estimated at
between 25,000,000 and nn0,000,
000.
"Heavy shipments from the
Oliver's big properties have made
enlargement of the pits neces
sary and steam shovels are
crowding closer upon the village
every year. The next few years
will surely witness great changes
in Hibbing."
"Business must proceed even if
some people are discommoded.
The work has to move."