Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-01-12
Does Bay City Desire the Trade of
the Shore,

and few from Bay City met at
the Winchester Hotel, Oscoda, on
Wednesday evening, January 5th.
Among those present were A.
W. Comstock, Albert Pack, Geo.
L. Maltz, w. II. Potter, W. L.
Churchill, and J. B. Tuttle, of AL
pena. F. E. Beard, g. L. Colwell,
R. L. Lott, R. 2 Roberts, J. Van
Burskirk, D. B. Midget, Of Alec
ca. Greene Pack, E. F. Holmes,
T. o. Gullive-, A. F. Gay,
w. C. Stevens, B. Richards, D. v.
Lock, J. W. King, Temple Emory,
B. F. Smith, of Iosco, and Messrs.
Culver, Miller, Shearer, and Haw-
ley, Of Bay City.
Albert Pack presided at the
meeting.
It was decided to build road
from Alpena through the shore
towns and villages to Bay City or
Saginaw. The road is to bo a mar
row guage.
II is now certain that the shore
people are determined to build this
road.
About one half the capital stock
was subscribed Mt the meeting and
the remainder is about all taken.
The only difficulty in the way of a
speedy contamination of the enter
prise is the grading and tieing Of
the road through Bay county
The other counties, viz. Ioseo, Al
coma and Alpena have already set
tied the matter as to those coun-
ties. Great anxiety is felt as to
the course likely to be pursued by
Bay City.
The Bay county papers have adj
vocated the building of the road
with vigor, bat whether the Bay
City people really care for the shore
trade or not, is the question. If
Bay county will grade and tie the
road to the south line of Iosco
county, the road will undoubtedly
he built and running by next Sep
TENDER, or at any rate, in time for
the shore business men to buy
their goods and supplies at Bay
City for the next winters trade.
The road being narrow guage,
MI freight will be re-handled at
Bay City and all passengers will
there change cars. The shore
trade and business is already val
liable and the building Of the road
will increase il.
In order to grade and tie the
road through Bay county to Bay
City, the last named town and
county must raise fifty thousand
dollars as q bonus or else receive
therefor certificates Of non-assign-
able paid up stock. This road
will be loaded down with. business
from the start, and will pay large
dividends, for the reason that near
ly all the men who have the mat
ter in charge, are men Of wealth,
and all are men of integrity and
experience, and every dollar con-
tributed to this road will be made
to reach as far as any dollar ever
reached, and as we said before, the
road will have all the business it
can do from the start. II will not
have to wait for business nor create
its own business. II is here al
ready and waiting for the road.
And, again, we say, what is Bay
county going to do about it? The
relations of our business men with
the Bay City merchants have been
pleasant and profitable, although
the means of freighting from Bay
City to Alpens have been no bet
ter than those from Detroit, and
our people would rather like to
have those relations continued and
the freighting facilities improved
as they could be by the building OF
this road.
II, however, Bay City don't
want the road, we must ask East
Saginaw to help us out, and II we
ask her TO help to do it, she will.
East Saginaw has "push, shove and
enterprise" and although God did
not smile on East Saginaw when
He gave her the location for her
ane city as He did upon Bay City,
vet it is q fact that goods and sup
plies can be bought at East Sagiu-
aw as cheap as at Bay City, and
the hotel facilities at East Saginaw
are unexcelled in the West. 1t
would require about six or seven