East Saginaw courier., 1866-12-06
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This line Of railway, not - sxtsn,s
siye it is true as il, deserves to be, and
as we have every assurance It will lbe,
but whose record stands in honorable.
contrast with that Of nearly every 9th
or Western land grant road, has like
every other important enterprise here
or elsewhere had its ups and dowps,,
mainly downs for three years compris-,,
ing the first period Of its existence, IL,
has seen years when its business was
SO limited that che Snperintendensr
could spare time from light duties Of
supervising one feebl epollywogof an
engine with a SINGLE car train once q
day each way, to run saltworks, write
for newspapers, and atako generator
particular interest in any and eve
ry public project,r social, literary, reli
gious or commercial, but those days
are past therToad has grown with the
growth and strengthened with the
strength7of the commercial interests
Of the section it has 50 materially add
cd in developing, and It's business now
requires not only the undivided at.s
tention Of the aforesaid ysuperihfend-g
ent butsof a corps, also, Of Office as
sistantsin passenger and frsightde!H
partments, decidedly formidable In
point Of numbers, though'in all else,n
as tractible asethe tractiblestI in thsu
railway business. io74 s'a 10 lnhm
One fact worthy of consideration
and due recognition in connection
with the F. & p. M. Co., and which
should recommend it to the especial
favor and confidence of our people is
thatits enterprise keeps pace with its
prosperity. The accommodations Of
the line thus far established, are in
vested in improvements, and an intel
ligent expose Of its business prosper
ity, resources and advantages, with a.
view to induce investments to aid in
its extension, is the only appealit has
madc for aid in any direction. In,
making this effort, which has been
successful IN securing hepns suhicions
to extend tic track TO Midland City,
tho Company have disseminated in a
clear, compact, business-ike form, an
amount Of information concerning
the varied interests and resources Of
Saginaw Valley, that will bo worth to
it, aside from all benefits derived by
the building of tho road, millions of
dollars.
Tho Midland extension is to bo.,
pushed through as fast as the work
can by possibility be done; tho proli-
minary arrangements are largely in
the hands Of JosIA PRATT, Esq,
tornado style Of q man in tho pioneer
railway business, and hc will mnko
time in spite of any and all obstaclcs.
This done, and showing as it will,
equally favorable resuls MS to earnings,
as the first section Of tho road, and
the prime idea Of the +. & p NJ. p
Railway-a pioneer line through
Michigan to the Lake Superior re-
gions-will begin to bo appreciated.
Tho facilities for steamboat connec-
ton from the western shore, ria Es-
canada are equal in oil respects to 9
those Of tho Chicago route, the dis
tanco will be shortened more than half 9
and the advantages Of this connection,
which must surely come, to this sec
ton in the way Of travel and com
merce arc incalculable.
We NOTICE these things at this time,
without solicitation, and for aaghc wc
know, in opposition to the wishes Of
the managers'of the +. & p. NJ. Rail- !
way, because we believe that is to-day
the most promising and best managed
of all the multitudinous railway pro-
jocts in progress or contemplation in
the West, that it win as It progresses
develop and make valuable an i'm
mense district Of pine and farming
country now nearly or quite inaccessi-
ble, and on its completion ol en- a new
avenue to trade and commerce un-
equaled by the grandcst line of the !
great North Western routes.
9tl To- otAI gabHyl " h.A. fr1A
/. If any doubt the truth Of this pro-
position, let them take tho trouble to b
examine into the facts and statistics
in relation thereto on Gle in the Of
fee OF, Mr.. FEosr,, agent for the Com 81
pany's lands at Detroit, and we think !,
they viii bO convinced, as We arc, that 4
such doubts are groundloss; ~, r.
CaxAprAs Sstr. We are favored "
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