, 1881-05-09
Immense interests Involved in the
Ontonagon g. Bru!e River
Case.
A Bill Affecting It's Disposal Now
Before the Michigan Leg
islature.
Detailed Statement Of tho Inside
History Of tho Whole
Matter.
Long and Fierce Struggle for the Pos.
session Of q Largo Area Of Val.
uab1e Lands.
Special pt.potth to 1as chteaoo Tribune.


mnvntl In tt,e Ilouac FrIilnv tint lin consld-
erattou ~ Vot,sn hiu M. as. the uutnuauon
r. J,r,Ie t1tvnr tant-rrant ease. I'm ,nntta tina
sncclnI i,r,i,r tur 'r,,estIav, Mov IL nta.Ho II.
~" ,vhtci, ,yna ndo,,,e,l n vto,v of ,l,a In.
,u",,se intnrnsta ,nvoivnd IN M. nm, and az
Ma tntarrsl tnlcn In II bv frtcn.ls ami foas of
tl,e n,Uns,,rt. +. ,,,ora ,letai)rJ statanent Of
i'm tmut,,n htatorv cnd ninius nnh orp,,-
nanta NJ thn routnnd,nr 1,nrttns. n,,d not,,ra
n,,fI cfrcct NJ icrisfntion nnw sn,1uht. fs her3.
viii, u;vnn
II, Inv, f.onprcqs rrantr1 tim Stnta NJ
Mic]irnn 1ontl4 In ati IT scveral railroads.
iii ri wi,;ci warn o~utotu1 n In constructed
tI,ro,,rl, What was thon n nnrf nj lin n,,hlin
,jo,naim In Sf,chtc,,' TI,r"o ~ thcs~ roais
nrc in fin 1j,,ner I,u,tnsnio. Thn wfl,lrst
n,,l ,nost re,nnta ~ thoer ,vne a urn,,t for n
road from f,ntonouon. n vlltnvo IN the smith
aLoro nj T,Rkn S,,nerior In thn 1Ylscnusin
Statn 1lno. trln nIu Chirnrh. milwaukee, h
81. panl l,o,roa,t t.onnanv' wl,Ici, wos theu
a fcohln Wiseonsln rnr,mynt,on. rot tina can.
troll Of two Of il,oso grants. md thn Mar.
nuatt. 1touthton Il Ontmnenn Tim otf1nr.
In
TIE E,y1s, T1MEs or 1857
the Chicago, Milwaukee l. 81, Paul Company
failed. tts road ,Yas {orec]osctl and sold, al,l
its bondI,u]dcrs orgattze,l what Ii tilu present
Chicago C Northwestern llnilroud Company.
Tic new company was moor: the country
through wlicl, tie survey was made, rough;
tho roatls EXPENSIVE to build: and the com
many persunduf tho GENERAL {,oyernn,Gnt
to chnt1o their itno from o,1e extending H.
rcctiy north from Fond du Lac, Wis, TO
level, easily.grnticd line along tho shores of
Green Bay by why Of Afcnomlneo and Tsca-
1,nba, md thonco oyor tho plains to- Lako
Superior, abandoning tho 1noru ilflcu1t
routes and witt, tl,onl tho line md their iand
rrnut from Ontonagon to the Wisconsin
State llnc After tia Northwestern Com
pauy Ind completed their road from Escn-
l,nba to II junction will, tho Marquette,
IIougl.ton & Ontonagon Iloatl Mt Ncgaunee,
they went to Washington. and appllod to TINT
Joo Wilson, to Ret tho lnntls which Congress
had allotted tllo,u BY tho revolution III chang
iug their line, and which they Ind earned #,
tho construction Ut their road. At the satno
tjulc thoy teuscrel to tho United Status
THE uELEAsE or THE COMPANY
and of tho State Of Michigan to tho grant to
tho co,upony IN aid Of tno ronu from Mar-
auctte to the Wisconsin State line, whIo|,
Co,igresy had nuthprtzpl thnm to change.
1Jnclp Joo took down his biz lutlRor. caat lin
his account. and saw that thoro wns. aftur ho
Ind RECEIVED those releases. n grant for tho
other road from, Ontonogon 10 tio StRto linz,
which still belonged to tho State Of Mlol,l-
eoIl. With zeal for the welfare Of tho Coy
urnment Of which, so1no modern ol'coholtt-
ery have but slight appreciation, Uncle
JOSEPH. saw hls opportunity n,ld proceeded
! tn tako advantage Of 1t. lie know that the
Northwestern Railroad Company WIS popr.
and that they wanted tho Innus they Ind