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SAULT SAINTE MARIE 



SAUGUS, saw'gus, MASS., a town in Essex 

 County, eight miles north of Boston and four 

 miles west of Lynn, of which it was a part until 

 its separate incorporation in 1815. It is on the 

 Saugus River, an extension of Lynn Harbor, 

 and is served by the Boston & Maine Railroad 

 and electric interurban lines. The town has a 

 public library. Its chief industrial establish- 

 ments are woolen mills and manufactories of 

 spices, brick, leather, rubber goods and iron- 

 foundry products. The area of Saugus is about 

 eleven square miles, and within the corporate 

 limits are the villages of East Saugus and Clif- 

 tondale. In 1910 the population was 8,047; it 

 was 10,226 by the state census of 1915. 



SAUL, sawl, the first king of Israel, who 

 ruled in the eleventh century B. c. He followed 

 Samuel, the last of the judges. Having gath- 

 ered together the armies of Israel, Saul, aided 

 by his son Jonathan, waged successful war 

 against encroaching tribes, especially the Philis- 

 tines. The story of Saul, as told in / Samuel, 

 is one of the most tragic of Bible history. 

 At first appearing as a man of heroic stature 

 and modest manner, he soon began to show 

 an erratic temper and uncontrolled self-will. 

 This developed into a kind of jealous madness, 

 dangerous alike to enemies and friends. The 

 youthful David, who was engaged to play day 

 by day upon the harp to quiet his ravings, 

 became the object of his bitterest persecutions. 

 So darkened did his mind finally become, that, 

 on the last night of his life, he went disguised 

 to the Witch of Endor to ask the outcome of 

 next day's battle. It proved to be death to 

 Saul and his sons, and the hunted David re- 

 turned to reassemble the scattered armies, 

 avenge the king's death and succeed him. 



David's noble lament for Saul, his king, and 

 Jonathan, his friend, contains the words: 



Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant In 



their lives, 



And in their death they were not divided ; 

 They were swifter than eagles, 

 They were stronger than lions. 



How are the mighty fallen In the midst of the 

 battles ! 



SAULT SAINTE MARIE, too taint ma'ri, 

 n Ontario, on the Saint Mary's River, di- 

 rectly opposite the city of the same name in 

 Michigan. The Canadian city is on the Cana- 

 dian Pacific and the Algoma Central & Hudson 

 Bay railways. The latter runs from the Sault 

 to the National Transcontinental Railway, and 

 also connects with the Canadian Northern, the 

 Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic, and th 



neapolis, Saint Paul & Sault Sainte Marie (Soo 

 Line) railways. By rail Sault Sainte Marie is 

 618 miles west of Montreal, and by water it is 

 about 870 miles from Montreal, 237 miles from 

 Fort William and Port Arthur, and 342 miles 

 from Duluth. Population in 1911, 10,984; in 

 1916, estimated, 14,500. 



Sault Sainte Marie is the capital of the 

 Algoma district of Ontario. It has a large 

 \\ater commerce, chiefly in grain and iron ore 

 passing to the East and coal passing to the 

 West. Navigation around the "Sault," or rap- 

 ids, is facilitated by the various Sault Sainte 

 Marie Canals (which see). The city is one of 

 Ontario's manufacturing centers, the capital in- 

 vested in manufacturing being about $70,000,- 

 000. Steel, rails, coke, pulp and paper, tar, 

 chemicals and lumber in all forms are the lead- 

 ing products. The output of a single large pulp 

 and paper mill is valued at $5,000,000 a year, 

 and the employees number about 2,000. About 

 6,000 men are in mills of the Algoma Steel 

 Corporation. Nearly a million tons each of ore 

 and coal are handled on the docks of this city. 



The city owns (since 1914) its water and 

 lighting systems. There are numerous impos- 

 ing public buildings, among them the post 

 office and customhouse, built in 1905, the Al- 

 goma Central Railway station, the Y. M. C. A. 

 building and Kings Theater. There is also a 

 general public hospital. Sault Sainte Marie 

 was settled about 1850, and was incorporated 

 as a city in 1912. C.W.MCC. 



SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MICH, (pro- 

 nounced soo saint ma'ri and popularly called 

 "The Soo"), the county seat of Chippewa 

 County, is situated along Saint Mary's River, 

 in the northeastern corner of the Upper Penin- 

 sula, 150 miles east of Marquettc and opposite 

 an Ontario city of the same name. It is served 

 by the Canadian Pacific, the Duluth, South 

 Shore & Atlantic and the Minneapolis, Saint 

 Paul & Sault Sain; railroads. In 1910 



tho population was 12,615; it was 13,919 (Fed- 

 eral estimate) in 11)16. Tho area exceeds four- 

 square miles. 



The chief point of interest in the city is the 

 famous ship canal whose great locks permit the 

 passage of vessels from the Saint Mary's River 

 to Lake Superior, navigation being otherwise 

 rruptcd by the rapids in the stream (see 

 SAULT SAINTE MARIE CANALS). The river is 

 here spanned by an international bridge one 

 mile in length. Prominent features of the city 

 are a Federal building, Carnegie Library, a 

 $175,000 high school building, a railroad hos- 



