Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-12-19
child in the United States nearly half
barrel of -four. The tariff taxes
can safely be reduced.
What the New Railway Is Doing for
Itself and for All the People on
the Shore.

is the general inquiry OF every one
who is cognizant of the unlocked fol
travel that goes over the new narrow
guage line of railway from Alger to
the various interior points, and the
villages along the shore.
The car, a single passenger coach,
is filled at the point where the. trans
fer is made, another car is added to
the train at the Rife, and that is fill
ed, and the accumulation continues
all along the line until, by the time
Tawas City is reached, there begins
something like an equalization be-
tween those who get off and those
who get on, even standing room is
scarce. The express and mail service
are run Systematically, and to the ma
terial comfort and convenience Of
shore people, to say nothing of the
scaling down of prices based upon a
tariff Of rates made upon business
principles and in accord with class,
weight and distance, instead of incl
dent, accident and cussedness. Yes
terday the company commenced re-
ceiving freight, and now the service is
complete at all points, the new road
having provided all necessary facili-
ties for the transfer at the Rifle,
which, on account of the long con-
tinued mild weather has been by no
means unpleasant thus far, and work
on the bridge is being pushed with
such vigor that but little more than a
fortnight will elapse before this link
is completed, and the rail will be con-
tinuous from "the world" to Au Sable,
where work is now in active progress
carrying the line within a short dis
lance of the business center of the
village, where the depot will be per-
manently established. The Au Sable
river will be crossed at a point near
the climber MILL" so called, built
many years ago by the firm of which
A. M. Loud was the head, and 90
thence direct to Harrisville.
There is, for the first time since
1867, genuine boom in real estate in
Au Sable and Oscoda, and the "rise"
in corner lots in some of the favorite
localities is, in truth, a marvel and
subject of interested and interesting
comment at all the points along the
line of the road and on the cars.
TAwAs CITY,
Which has been steadily picking up
for the past five years, notwithstand-
ng the representations of some of
her aforetime eminent men, and of at
east one journalist, Mr.. Hoard, who,
having wandered off into the inhospi-
able regions of Minnesota, has, we
ire sorry to believe, only gone further
o fare worse. Concerning him and
he others who have gone hence, the
lndaunted slayer, quoting from the
Boo Peep classics, quietly remarks
Let them alone, and they'll come
lome," etc.
EAST TAwAs
Has been, as it were, completely lifted
tut of the slough of depression into
which it had fallen few years ago,
~ reason of disastrous failures, which,
~ the way, have not in times past
pared any of the cities of Tawas Bay,
md with present business prosperous
md prospective business hopeful there
S a most comfortable feeling in bust
less circles in all of the municipali-
les that border the beautiful and un.
qualled
TAwAs BAY, ,
Which to-day, December 18th, 1888,
rec from ice, and just gently stirring
With "soft, south wind )" the sun
Inning down in the glory of glor- !
Gus Indian summer, and the sky clear
nd blue just dotted with here and
here little fleecy cloud lies invit-
ng to its beautiful shores a popula- !
ion, who, taking advantage of the ,
generous resources at hand, as yet on
y feebly developed, and which are
specially made available by this new
abroad connection with the world
hall very soon be numbered by the
thousands and tens of thousands, and
WHY NOT?
Confessedly the best saline deposit {
N the American continent underlies ,
his Tawas district timber hitherto ,
inaccessible will, by means of the new I
Dad and others to be added, be ]
rought here for manufacture, from 9
he excellent facilities for shipment, {
he good stock will be made more val {
able, the bad marketable, and as in s
he old salt producing localities the t
efuse and the debris will be made re- {
for barrel slaves and fuel. 8
his is no fancy picture; it is part q
f the general design of building this G
Detroit, Bay City and Alpena rail- !
Dad, so auspiciously opened for bust {
ess; and in this prospect Bay City l
as as much occasion for rejoicing as
ave the villages of the shore, and q
lready does she begin to feel the {