Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-12-31

HANih- OAfs luNts NANhNAN 90 ~
erence 10 its incidental advantage
to the business and prosperity q
the country, il is richly worth ia
attention Of capitalists. WheI
completed, the road, il is thought
hy shrewd business men, will NOR
than support itself.
There is another strong conSid
Grafton in its favor, when one,
completed, or rather when ther,
is any assurance that it viii be com
pleted, road from Alpeua, 10 NEE
il at Tawas. may be considered I
fixed fact. The people on the LAX,
shore will see TO il, we are inform
ed, that a road be completed, b!
the time that enterprise is, hetweeI
East Tawas and Alpena, a distance
Of &c miles. Nature has graded
the bed of the entire distance, 81
that there would not be a yard o.
excavation required, and nothing
but ties and rails 10 complete 8
perfectly level road, with hardly &
foot Of grade from one point tC
the other.
Now the question is put square
" 10 our merchants and business
men. whether in order to secure a
continuous railroad thorouGhfare
from this city 10 Tawas and thence
mp the lake shore 10 Alpena. a
distance Of one hundred and fifty
miles, more or less. thus opening 10
them all the immense trades of the
country through which il runs.
will they expend fifty thousand
dollars TO complete So miles Of
IL! We understand well that
oul citizens have liberaly contrib
u;ei TO various railroad enterprises,
AMI that owing 10 the five years Of
business stagnation through which
the country has passed, they
have very little capital 10
spare. But here is a chance for
an investment that will make a
richer return for the money than
any they have ever yet made, II
will be casting bread mon the
water that We verify believe will
return before "many days"
The counties Of O>coia. Mont
morency. and Altoona. contain the
largest portion of the pine lumber
In this State This will all reach 4
market by a lake shore road to
AlpCua. And We are informed that
Oscoia contains some Of the rich
est land in this State, and that il Is
being rapidly taken up by an ex-
celleut class Of farmers. Indeed
all the counties we have named are
receiving a large addition to their
population every month, and there
i every reason to believe that they
viii be still more rapidly settled
than ever. hereafter.
Our merchants-Bay City, wants
their custom. They want, besides. to
furnish the vast supplies helumber
interests DOW require TO carry on
their immense operations. They
IAN have II. If they will enable
to get it without rnin-
Gus cost and as they want it. Now
they must purchase winters sup
ply, Of six months. at once and cart
il TO their camps q hest they can.
With railroad facilities they couli
make their purchases as they need
ei the supplies. We repeat. viii
not our merchants and business
men reach out their hands and
grasp the rich prize which North
ern Michigan offers almost for the
even at some temporary
sacrifice
If our citizens prefer a counec-
tion farther south than Summit. il
will sui, the lake shore inhabitants
from Tawas north. Just q. well 10
intersect with the Jackson & Lans-
ing road at Standish, il would
make the route more direct to and
nom this city 10 Tawas, than i,
would be mate az Summit, but
this might involve the necessity Of
a new road the whole distance from
that point TO Tavas. and thus loose
the benefit Of the 20 miles Of new
road already built and extending
rom Tswas west by south as we
before stated. To within - miles Of
the Jackson d Lansing road.
Alpena, which would be the
northern terminus Of the proposed
Lake Shore road. is a city Of 5000
inhabitants, j. full Of pluck and
enterprise. and is rapidly incress-
ing. We have reason To believe
that they will do their full share
completing the road. Har-
risville IS thriving village through
which it would run aud which is
also rapidly growing. Like Alpens
and Tawas and everybody along
the line. they are ready to lend
a hand. and the road when done
wonli make It's own business and
support itself.
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