The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-09-25
THE SOUTH SHORE LINE.
Superior and the Northern Pacific
The Meeting in New York.
New YORK. Sent. 90. i

acme ofhce IL this city on the
10th inst. Delegates were present
as folio ys: Duluth, Gen. w. /.
Banning Col J. B Culver, who
also represented the Ontonagon &
Montreal River railroad company !;
Superior, James Stinson Esq, IL
). Walbridge Esq, Hon. J. b.
Beck, Hon. Is. MagofIin, Hon.
.Chauncy F. Black, Hon. Chas. p
DAILY, Isaac Beruheimer Esq, W.
b. Scott Esq, Rey.Dr. J. +. Fjagg,
Chas ". Cass Esq, Thompson
Richie, James Bardon and others :;
Ashland, Hon, 5. S. Fifeld, Hon.
). s Vaughn; Wisconsin Central
Railroad, Chas. T.. Colby President,
Mr. Abbott Trustee; Marquette,
lEoushton s .Ontonagon Railroad,
j. l.. Stackpole Northern Pacific
Railroad, Frederick Billings Presl
dent, Col. Gto. Gray attorney, Hugh
McCulloch, T.. Is. Cheney, Chas. b.
Wright directors.
The relations Of the several links
Of the south shore llne and 0t the
roads com ectinG with it were ex-
planned by the representatives OF
each road. Nr. Billings in behalf
Of the Northern Pacific spoke al
some length to the efec. that
while bis road was bendirg its best
energies i'll building between Lake
Superior and the western ocean,
yet his company were satisfied the
time had come when they should
be looking for connections east
ward all along the south shore Of
Lake Superior and through Canada
VIA Montreal to the Atlantic sea
board and that his company were
ready TO build, and wo9ll build.
their part Of the line, ie. from the
Northern Pacific Junction in Carl
ton county, Minnesota to the Mont
real river, distance Of 100 miles,
IS soon as tbs rem aialer of the line
could be constructed.
\ committee representing the
several railroad Interests was then
appointed, az 10 lows: Northern
Pacific, Z. Il. Cheney OF Boston !;
Oulonagou s Montreal nirer, Hon.
W /. Banning Of St. Paul Mar
quette, Houghton & Ontonagon,
J. l.. Stackpole of Boston; Detroit,
Marquette & Mackinaw, James Me-
MILAN of Detroit; Wisconsin Cen
trai, Charles l.. Colby Of Boston.
This committee meets in Boston
this week "to arrange for work, !"
as one Of its members tersely ex-
planned. Mess. Banning and Cul-
Yer have gone to attend the meet
ing. Both these gentlemen have
given j good deal OF time and at.
tention 10 the line and are very
sanguine they vii see active build
ing all alol 9 the route within the
next ninety d =, and that the en-
ire distance will be banded with
iron during the year 1881.
So much for the South Shore
line generally. Now for Superior
specially The owners and repre-
sentatives of Superior property held
o meeting among themselves and
talked over matters pretty freely.
All agreed in the concluSion that
property in Superior has no value
10 day and that unless the Northern
Pacific main line IN going eastw ard
or n connection herewith, could be
secured TO run into the town, their
possessions there would not be
worth paying taxes on, and might
as well be abandoned. The result
was that it was decided to offer the
Northera Pacific one-thir9 of the
original town if the railroad corn,
pany would build It's main line, or a
connecting line, into the town by or
before Dec. 81. 1881 the property
10 be conveyed 10 three trustees
within sixty days, he Northern
Pacific to accept or reject the prop
osition within thirty days after the
sixty. Mess. II. ). " albridge Of
Of Toledo, O., James BarIon OF
Superior, and James B. Power Of
St. Paul, the latter representing the
Northern Pacific, were appointed
the trustees 10 secure donations
and take titles. Papers giving the
one-third were drawn at once and
signed in black and white by Mess.
Wa.Jrij ,Si.nson, Beck, Magoffin.
Cass, DAILY, Beruheiner, j. Is.
F!agg, W. {. Sheldon, J. G. VIII
merding, Geo. w Cass and others,
making quite 8 respectable pro
portion OF the entire OWNERS Other
large owners have promised to
sion and Mass Rel ol 1i4pofffu