Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-10-30
THE STATE AT LARGE.
In the Upner Peninsula


/ Conven ion met In lshpeming on the 18th inst
senator Henry " sc mour of Sault Ste Marie
wa G. O en- arman AMI II. O. Young of
lshpcm ~ Secretary GOV Alger was present
and de iycred a short al dress Speeches were
also made BY Mr. Seymour and Hon. ;. {.
MoiIatt. Committees on tie order OF business
AM on resolutions were appoint Il TO map out
worG for the convention Hon ! A. Hubbell
OF lioughton S. p Vaughn of Ashland and
Tim Nester Of Marquette spoke at length.
Hubhcll advocated taking up one thing at a
time and that the first thing should be the
Sault Canal, after that the Portage Lake Ship
/ Canal m ght also bee considered, but Il the con-
yention attempted 10 do much the result would
not b. what wa wished for. hester
believed that raj road questions should
also be touched on. Vaughn made an elo-
quent speech in which he clearly set forth the
necessity of enla gng IN. Sault Canal The
United states Engineers all reported iayorably
FOR cnlargem MT and declared that u was nee
esSary The Wa erRays Convention which
had a sss on 1t 81. Paul shoot time ago de
fCatcd H. own aims h} IuutlnE over the work
ami demanding too much The natural path
o commerce is from CA I 10 west and returI,
not from n, rth 90 so IT., For this reason le
great lake route mu n more impol tant one
than the Miss ,sippi River rout. The Water
ways Convent ON at 5 Paul Endorsed the ac-
I on o. the first peninsula convent on and
n yiscd cnargemtn of the Siult Therefore
the people of IN states were practically united
In asking that tn canal he deepencd. No
gat ering ever held in this part o. the state
b,fo'c has attracted so many prominent men.
But little more than the work Of organizing
wa accomplished on the first day.
IN. second session Of the Peninsula Bust.
ness Convention was cal c on the l4th and the
convention aliou ned sine die. The Commit
tteon Re'clutons repo I Il four for the action
OF The convention, as follows;
Le,O',td That the immediate improvement
Of the Hay Lake Channel, ~. Mary'- river and
the constru ton Of new locks both 10 the
depth OF twenty one Get as recommenCe by
Gen. Poe Of the United states Engineer Corps
are OF the utmost importance 10 the commerce
of the Northwest ana that our Senators and
X prescntat YES i'm Ongress are requested to
urle special legislation 10 secure tie result.
Unanimously adopted after speeches by
various delegates.
The second was Resolved, That We earnest
~ recommend the acquisition by the general
government Of the annals OF the Portage Lake
and River improvement Com any and the
Lake Super or or ship Canal Railway * Iron
Company, and OF the Improvement Of the
same as highway for &C mmerce and hlrOor
Of refuge
Senator Jay Hubhcl .roSe briefly in favor
OF the 7, solution, saylng that the corporations
improvement than Tor the sa.yation of their
souls. If they had any. The aggregate amount
OF toll charged here was very lar-c one min
inc coWpa' Y alone pai 4 Sl2,OOU yearly in toll.
Pas eng r were charged fifty cents each Tor
passage through, -four tNelty ccats per barrel
and other things In proportion The Tesolu-
ton was unanimously armed
The thud resolution was; Resolved, That
this convention hearth, lndors IS the recon-
men atoms l,r Improvements AMI appropria-
q
the har. ors on Lake Superior aud Green
Bay
unanimously carried.
GOV Alg,r and Hon. Seth MoiIat were
eec cd full members OF the convention under
a suspension Of the rules.
The fourth resolution was Resolved, That
while We oppose the extension of tim granted
the Marquette, Hou -ht1n X Outonagon ra l.
way for completion of he road We demand
that all unfinished subsiiiZ railway line,
shall be constructed c.thc in thn time now
fixed by the state legislature or tn Subsidy be
given to I ,s who viii con truct them.
Tie les ,lution br, ht out an earnest DIS
GUS on Col {. Y Osborn OF Marquette said
he favored building The road. but was afraid
tn s>aLe of the resolution would have the
eifcc OF detelri IL completion, not adyanc-
ing II Ilubbell made sp ech wa My adyo-
eating II toy Alger said Ia hpughr the less
was sa d abou the mater I'll July /, 1856, the
better The mat er had been agiatcd suf-
ficiently A. the date recorded the intentions
OF the company could be deteim.n d. II tea
miles o. r, "a were not constructed tlcn say
10 the railroad company "ofi goes your
heal. soue other corporal o. can
have your rant Hon Jas Croz er
Of Menomnec. did not like the resolution
II the land grant was forfeited by the com any
IL could not lie transferred To another corpora
ton, III b5cA 80 ke against he resolution
The lis aturc would not for.cit the land
grant IL vas worth $4,000 TO the state, but
re ing the completion of me road Was keep
ing IN ci valuable lanl entiiey out OF the
market. Bushes, men should put their foot
down and say that this road must he luilt.
Gov. Algcr poke second tine against the
resolution. 1t wa, supportei 10y John Z.
Adams Of Ne aunet and others. The resolu
ton was lost b. a mail majority.
The cummittel Of the June convention were
discharg, o .ly one was appointed 10y this
convent on he Executive Committee. which
transact, all business, consists OF nine mem
bers. four from the Up or Peninsula, two from
WIS ousin. two from Minnesota and the east
Crn ,cction appoint one the membe.s OF
the com uittae will make and pa lis a nap Of
the pprr Peninsula, lathcr data and prob
ebly hire regular a. ent. over eighty mem
brs were present snl al districts were rep
resent "a. III need 81 charging Sault Canal
is pre- Ssiug ami bu-in - men are united in de-
mani NJ h { it be- enlarged The date Of the
next convention Is not dec ded