, 1865-10-13
Tho Grand Trunk Extension Railways
Of Michigan.

An editorial having appeared IL. Jour issue
Of Wednesday last, in reference to the pro-
posed extension Of the Grand Trunk Railway
across the Slate Of Michigan and into your
city, and your remark. having special refer
cnce to company recently organized for tl.at
purpose, PERMISSION is respectfully asked to
call the attention Of your readers 10 few
facts connected with the proposed erstas'a",
OF, more properly connecting liak between
Port Huron md Tho city Of Chicago, the pro-
5cct not being necessarily tsGrand Trunk.
Extension" but rather sGraud Trunk Con-
nection.'s 80 -;
The . Chicago and Michigan Grand Trunk
Railway Company /, not tho only one organ
izcl in the Slate of Michigan for the purpose
Of constructing tho above mentioned connect
Ing link. On tho 18th Of June last company
vns organized ut this place for tho aooye p1r-
pose, and you Will herewith receive the
IAllcsan: Journal Of june 26th, continuing
seport Of the proceedings Of the meetirg of
the STOCKHOLDERS called for the purpose Of or.
'ganizing under tbs laws Of Michigan. At the
date Of luis meeting, $257 900 of bora .|1de
subscription Ind hecn subscribed to the capI-
has since been largely Increased The
Chicago md Michigan Eastern Hallway
Company embraces in Its organization rail-
way men Of prominence belonging to yourcfiy
10 whom ycu are sesesred. rue company nave
had prenminary surrey mads ,e ttom =. wafer 1
vic, Ia BeIf1en county, 10 lansing tae capl-
aud are now ready to proceed with the. ioca-
tion Of the road oycF the line run A profile
OF the line as iar as run, ana estmaIes o. we
ear1hWorh anu oit4s sniE, nase GH:u uiauSe
Tug pcople a1one n1 nno IT. iast5 y. asoasSu,
and arc earnest a1a cnet;set'e , ~ p.onoLmg
the interests oi Inc pto9eet. aiany toWns
county oi attegnn alone, over stso.oS S,o.o9 nave
been voted hy towns, nnd orer SSo,U more
will be voted by the municipalities Interested
The point Of difference between the CHI
cago md Michigan Eastcrn Railway Compa-
ny" and the colnpany to which your editorial
refers, consists mainly in the location Of the
route through the counties Of Alesun md
| Van Dufcn. The G. & II. T. Il. Company
! propose 10 build their road by the way, of
Allegun village, the county seat Of Allcgan
county, the head Of navigation on the Kdla-
| ma-oo river, aud about twenty y-1ye miles from
t1lr NJ. C. Il. T., md thence eastward through
Hastings, the county sent Of Barry county,
| On to Lansing, keeping nearly midway be-
| tween the 81. q. Il. K. and the D. & ii. r. R.
The Company, under notice in your editorial,
propose, after leaving the village OF Isl.
| Joseph; to run to Pnw Paw, the county
\ seat Of Van Buren, county, four miles
| frem The Michigan Central Railroad, thence
i 10 Otecee, small yi}lage in the southern part
Of Allcgan county, about twelve miles irom
4 thc Michigan Central Kni1road, and thence to
Hastings. 1t Is hard to discern tie philoso-
| pty which would dictate the building Of q
|, road 70 near road already built and 30 thor
o,1pl,ly cuuipped as the Michigan Central
Tailrpad, especially when neither the surface
| OF the country nor tic saving of distance
noint to such d route Tie Alicgan route Is
beyond question shorter than ne route BY
| Iinc demonstrates TIC surface of. the country
10 he "a favorable for railroad structures as
cau be found tn Michigan. = "'~- ).
| From Watersliet tie southern terminus Of
/ o1,r Surveyed lloe near New 1sntlalo or Three
Oaks, thcrc are two lines proposed. One by
/ the way Of ST. Joseph, and the other by way
Of Berricn, tic county scat Of Berricn county.
The Company have not yet determined which
! route to ndopt. 1t IL, however, claimed that
| much cheaper iinc can be obtained BY tho
wny Of Eerrirn, and that tho crossing OF the
| t..Joseph river will be far less ditlicult, and
I viii avoid tho necessity OF 4 draw in the
! bridge rs would be required Il the road should
pass into The village Of St. JOSEPH; while at
| the same time It Is claimed for the BsrTteu
route that 1t passes through far richer asrt-
cultural district than the other, and will ae-
commolasc broader belt Of country, draw
! Ing busincss from both 'efdes or the line, which
Tie st. Josenll line could not do, as it would
be en- Tie immediate bank Of the lake, and
business could only come from the east Of il,
the distance being about equal on both lines,
Tho Ai,exns, route skirts nlong On the bor-
ders Of yust tracts Of pine land. which Is now
kent out OF market for the want Of proper
fncilities for REPRESENTATION,
Txenty-fiyc miles northwest from Allegar
Ia fhc T1lland colony, place Of rapid growth
and 1andahlc comulercIal enterprise. The
trade Of TolIand il known to YOUR merchant.
and must be appreciated. In the eycnt o.
a11cran harinr 4 roftroad. Holland has deter
,n,ne5i r. f,niid branch mad.
n' Al thc ~ month the Fa,nmnzoo riyer. txen
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