Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-02

NltlulNN VI hiiNH"i "'N'NNa W.
average citizens as well as the
average outsider remarks with con-
fident complacency that they are
worthless, we have one item from
Charles w. Richardson, Of Alpena,
whose word no man will question !:
Last year he raised on one acre OF
land on his farm inside the corpor-
ate limits of Alpena city, six hun
dred bushels of Early Rose pota-
toes he had excellent success in
raising carrots and mangel wurzels
for fodder; his crops of hay and
grain are always good and farm
ing with him, Notwithstanding the
fact that he can only devote to
it such time as he can steal from
the personal management Of the
most extensive numbering opera
tions in the Alpena district, has
been source Of profit from the
start, saying nothing Of the en-
HANGED value Of the land, which
aggregates at least two hundred
per cent a year on the original in
vestment.
LUMBERING.
There were 100000 feet
of logs got in on Thunder Bay
river and tributaries last winter,
and they will all come down; as
the mills started late it is said they
cannot all be cut in time for ship
ment but Gilchrist's mill has al
ready commenced running night
and dav. and others will soon fol-
low suit and, counting ont the
single logs-the shingle cut for
the wear being estimated at 10000
O0O-there will not be many million
feet Of these logs to winter over,
though there will in all probability
/ he some lumber on the docks.
MINOR RESoUCES.
About 10000 cords Of pail bolts
were shipped last year from Alpena
and ports above to and including
Rogers City. They are four foot,
peeled, round bolts of a sapIing
nine. and are more remunerative to
the operator in this form than If
worked into lumber. NJ. p. God
FREY Of Alpena, handled about o.
GOO cords Of these. aud he is also
entitled to the credit of working up
the trade in manufactured and part
" manufactured timber; $1,000
cedar railroad ties, 5000, telegraph
poles. and 100000 cedar posts for
fences and grape vine trellises were
shipped last year; also 500 cords
match timber; short butts hitherto
counted worthless; and number
of hundred cords of birch bolts
for spools. pals handles, etc. Some
If these pail bolts have been ship
ped to the pail factory in Bay City,
hut the most of them go to Clcve-
land and Sandusky.
TRANSPORTATION.
There are four steamers running
/ between Lake Erie ports and
Mackiuaw, touching all the shore
ports: the St. Paul and Marine
CITY forming the Peoples line be-
tween Cleveland and Mackinaw,
and the st. Joseph and W. K. Gin
ton the line between Saudusky and
Mackinaw. These vessels leave
Npeua, bound up, as follows: st.
Joseph on Sunday, st. Paul on
Monday, Clinton on Thursday
and the Marine City on Friday
Passengers leaving Saginaw on
Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday,
make close connections at Alpena
hut the pleasant trip is to go up on
Saturday and lay over at AIpeno
until Monday for the st. Paul
whereby time is given TO interview
the liveliest city of its size in the
west, and opportunity is afforded &c
ride on as safe, satisfactory and
superb steamer as navigates the
lakes: and now TO show that thi:
transportation is no play-day affair
we give the weekly programme Of
of the st. Paul during the period
when freights are active: Leaving
Detroit every Saturday at 10 o.
clock p. m, Port Huron at s o'clock
next morning, and stopping at Au
Sable and Harrisville, she reaches
Alpena Monday morning about
daylight. After discharging cargo
she takes on down freight, fol
which her carrying capacity is 900
tons. until 5 p. m, when she leaves
for Mackinaw touching at Falls,
Pressure Isle she takes on more
freight, usually pail bolts; at Craw
ford's Quarry she takes on still
more freight she stops at Cheboy
gan early Tuesday morning, dis
charges cargo and proceeds to Mack
NAV, where she usually takes on {
quantity of fish in packages, run
ming thence to Point st. Ignace
the lowest down in point Of latitud
and the loveliest spot on the North
eTn Peninsula of Michigan, wher,
repose the bones Of Father Mar
? quette amid unmistakable Jesui
! surroundings, with beautiful slop
, of land cleared and covered wit
green sward years ago on the RICH
J and q first-class modern saw mi
: on the left, and backed by a big
and handsome range or bluffs
the rear. the rabbits back" wit
D its marvnlnns mnhnllinn kead In th