Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-01-19
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
Wednesday, Jan. 70, 1881


q railroad along The shore from
Bay City 10 Alpsna. A meeting Is 10
be held .; Bsy City this week, when
II will be determined what steps
Bay City proposes 70 take II the
matter. and tomorrow evening AZ
other meeting is IL be held il this
city for the purpose Of psrfectiog
the organization Of The railroad
company. 10 be known Is the Bay
City. AlpsDs and Lake Shore Rail
road Company.
The Bay City Tribune. il speak
ing Of the meeting 81 Oscoaa- says
The distance between Bay City
and Alpsns is Is miles. 4 nsr-
row gauge road vii cost s. 600 per
nile. One Of the gentlemen pres
sni made 5 very generous odsr 70
the meeting. he said TIA, be
would make the survey between
AlpepS and Bay City, build TIE
road bei. build bridges, lsy tiss
ard get the road ready for tie rails
for & 900 peg uile. TIE odsr was
considered buf DO dsfrsts action
taken. Stock 70 TIE amount Of
$4,000 was raised among ne dele
gates present. q which &c neDnsr
Of the Alpsns delegation took lsss
than $1,000 worth Committees
were appointed 70 solicit s1bscrip-
tions 70 stock 81 al The places OF
the liDs. and the Bay CITY 3slegs-
ton was requested 70 cal q meet
ing 70 be bed here. 70 see what can
bs done toward raising stock and
6onstion. TIE meeting al burned
~ y o'clock. 20 meet 81 Oscois
Wednesday, January g. when a.
conuittsss vii make their reports.
TIE prospects fof road between
Bay City AID Alpsns are very fair
II built. il vii bs called the Bsy
City. Lake Shore sDi Alpeus Rail
rad. Il cs- and VII ue built II
Bsy City comes forward and does
Der shave. TIE shore towns are il
dead .srDsst in THE important pro
jet. sD5 VI. Do more toward build
Ing TIE road than what car be COP
sidsrsd their share TIE shore
people want The road they want
70 be connected ~ -sl with TIE
third city they want - trade here.
and they prefer trsussc;iDg busi-
ness here tLSr 81 Detroit.
Al TIE meeting 3; Oscods The
shore people were disappointed al
there being - few representatives
from Bay City l. appeared 70
them TIA; Bay City id Tot exhibit
much intsrss' il TIE railroad
scheme, and did 20; care much
whether o. Do the railroad cane 70
;his city. ON merchants should
make this mater 81 iDdiTiiua, one
with hen sD3 10 a. In their pow
e. 70 all IL raising sufficient stock
70 make the railroad 8 reality.
TIE trade OF the shore toErs is
immense Alpsna alone pays half
& million dollars annually % De-
troit merchants for goods bought
there SID taken 20 Alpeos by wa
ter. The numbering sections are
being opened CD more and more &.
the years roll by and the trade If
Increasing rapidly. Bay City Is
the natural supply for the counties
Of Iosco, Oyensw, Crawford. Osco-
da, Alcona. Montnorency, Alpens.
Otsego. Cb.boygsn and Presoue
Isle. The Msckinsu division Of
the Michigan Central row deliver.
freight 70 about half Of them: the
Bay City. Lake Shore and Alpeps
road would supply the remaining
number.
The necessity Of 8 road 70 Al
pens is well known 10 the readers
Of the Tribune. We are Informed
By good authority, tia; it would
bring more trade 10 Bay City than
al our other railroads put together.
Besides bringing trade to Bay CITY.
il would open up the vast country
north ; il would DO away with III.
tedious delays low experienced il
going by water; il would enable
the poor farmer to bring his pro-
duce 20 market; il would bring
TO use the extensive plaster beds at
Alsbsster, and il would aid in pen
etrsting the rich coal fields in
northern Bay county, which, were
they properly mined, would open
up industries here that would not
come under other circumstance.
Last fall navigation closed much
earlier than was expected. The
lumbermsn were, therefore, caught
with Q short supply Of camp equip
msnts to push their numbering op-
erstions. The supplies must be
taken north, aud in order to get
them there they have 10 be taken
by horse train from Standish or
Sterling TO their destination. Just
think Of cartiDg -four and other
goods from Stsndish 10 Alpena,
ninty miles over rough roads, and
when the mercury is in the neigh
borbood Of zero.
All that is wanted now TO do
away With this trouble and difficulty.
and ensure a road TO Alpena, is for
Bay City TO make some sign that
she wants the shore trade. With
30 many reasons in favor Of the