CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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New Columbia Hotel, Moorhead — Nils Holbeck, Proprietor 



of these two great transcontinental 

 railway systems. The city is out of 

 debt, for there is a substantial cash 

 balance in the treasury besides the 

 amount in the sinking fund to retire 

 the only bonded indebtedness that will 

 be taken up when it falls due this year. 

 Moorhead has one of the most com- 

 plete sewer systems in the country, 



and the great trunk lines are adequate 

 for a population four times as great as 

 that of the city at the present time. 

 Over two miles of paving are now in 

 use, mainly of creosote blocks on a 

 concrete base, and another mile of 

 pavement will be constructed during 

 the coming summer. The city has one 

 of the finest hotels — the Comstock, ab- 



Leslie Welter's Potato Cellar and Warehouse, Moorhead 



