Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-02-13
What About the Railroad.

tion brings them Temporarily to this
section; but the answer-who can an
swer correctly? There is we'll
grounded belief that a railroad will
within few months he built along
the shore from Stapdish to Alpena-
and ultimately, of course, to the Straits
of Mackinac; but, while we ourself
believe that such will be the case, W.
can give no substantial reason for il
beyond these well assured facts tina.
tae lake shore is natural route for
railroad; that the people desire and
would aid in building it, and that IL
could pay the company owning and
controlling the road. The last posi-
tion is the most vital one to be c,nsid.
cred in projecting a railroad; ard we
do not thiuk there is wall-informea
man on the shore who will doubt its
correctness il this instance.
1t was announced, some months ago.
and we believe it was a fact, that
company had b5ea organized and the
pre- urinary steps taken toward build
ing railroad from some point on the
Northern Extension to Au Sable and
that the j., L. & s. (uow the Michi-
gan CcntraD railroad company would,
on the road-bed being made ready, put
on the iron and rolling stock, and on
crate the road. We do not know
whether this company is now in exis-
tonce or not If it is, we should like |
to soc some evidence of life; if it is
not, the people should 60 to work AT
once and organize new one. Alpena,
with her mineral well, her fisheries
and her lumber; Harrisville, witG its
LUMBER and agriculture; An Sable,
with its lumber, its mills and exter-
siye f-hcries East Tawas and Tawas
City with their splendid natural har-
Dor, and numerous lumber and single
mills; Alabastcr, with its inexhausti-
be plaster beds and extensive works,
md the country between and back Of
these Villages, ali need and must have
some other means Of transit to and
from the markets of the world THAI
the uncertain wafer craft or numbering.
o.i-.imc stage. Let the people put
thtis shoulders 10 the wheel and with
il twe.venOnth :Se neigh Q: the irc-
horse will awaken the echoes q Taw1s
Bay, anu open 20 Is new err If Le-
velopmeat and progress
Bu. the dwellers on the shores Of
Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron are
not alone interested in the building Of
the railroad of which we speak. There
is not in the country, section with
double the population, that buys SO
largely in the wholesale markets. The
trade of the shore is simply immense,
and could correct account Of it be
given would astonish those who mag
inc We live in wilderness and hunt
bufaloes and Camanches for subsis-
tencc The shrewd business men of
Detroit and of the Saginaw Valley
have learned the value Of the shore
trade, and we think the latter will not
he slow to aid in establishing more
certain and speedy means of transror-
tation between them and their custo-
mers.
Friends of enterprise "all along the |
shore wake up and be doing! Talk |
railroads.&c. railroad, and the railroad |
is bound to come. -Ia,cas Gazette.
Yes, the question is very often ask
ed, "what about the railroad" and the
answer is invariably, nothing
There is but very little interest mani
tested among the people of the shore
in regard to railroad, and they do
not appear to care whether they ever
lave one or not. And, in our opin-
ion, we will never have a railroad
along the shore until some steps are
taken by the residents along the line
to bring about such an end. Now the
greater portion of the people of AL
pena don't seem to care for railroad
or anything else; but the business por-
ton of the city undoubtedly see the
necessity of such an enterprise, and we
trust the time is not far distant when
they will, as our friend Of the Gasette
says, "wakc up and be doing. Talk
railroad-act railroad" and in due
time their efforts will be crowned with
success. Shall we have railroad ?
The Free Press, speaking Of what
we ought TO hare between this place
ard standish, says:
Residents along the Lake Huron
shore are beginning to desire the con-
struction of the road, long talked Of
from the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw
line at Standish to Alpena. Fresh in