Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1888-04-15
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rance b. AL. Gus tbs fastest AID best
equipped tralEs taaI azs kao~s 70 Michigan
arrive Al 4ed dspaF. from tbs eiiy There
.rs ssa ssssi sstsries tnas connect this
Happy valley viii she ouiaids world, and
stain a ssry ssN Eesks another VII 10
completed, ehls siiA tao more are eon'e'a-
plated. Great 4s our present. faeiiine-
ths systeIns aox ia operation Ars - % stll
flrinsr sxtsndsd during the year and
nAsnlEcsnt neS lioa Depot, into which
ha.f = L4nlnsa Eaias E.1 ran every Cay,
Ill 30 csaaleled Nuhin tsslgemonlh.
Noiaizna cily between Chicago and Few
f84x presents such advantages % shippers
a. Graad Rapids. Low rates. courteous at
tsnl.on AL splsndld seFFlee are It's caarac-
tsfstias Of our railroads All The connecting
tines. Grant Rapids business. East and
VEST. - hosly contested for by rya
railroads Who En0E Us value and montAly
Increasing importance. One Of the great
factors ID the sroNth % Grand Rapids has
Deco ne LIBERAL and excellent management
Of is railroads. t~oof shich have their gen
snaI oaicea here. a. third soon viii hsys.
Railroads FadlAts from tie city as follows
Grand Rapids 8 Indiana.
Musksson Grand Rapids Indiana
chicago & "a est Michigan
SssaysO Division Chicago q West Michi-
gao
Michigan CslfTzL
Lake shore q Michigan Southern
Detroit Lansing Northern. Saginaw
Division
0rand Rapids. Lansing q Detroit.
First and foremost among ths railroads
,hzt fun into aoG Oot "a Grand Rapids.
must b placed the great north and south
ha- that eross-s nearly every east aad west
trunx line in the 1 Dfted Slatss-tae Grand
Rapids 4 India8s Railroad. This line Is.
Of course pre- ezfiluenEly a Grand Rapids
Institution. Here are located its great car
shops and it5 splendid general Offices Here
resides every officer Of tne company, each
and every one u whom have the interests
u MS snserprisins city a. heart. rs man
ayers are among our best and most respected
citizens. 49, IoI cal vi the officers Of tins
sfeat corporation Is closely allied with the
FennsviTania system. would bring respon-
ses from number OF Influential cltl-
Esns who are socially as well as
financially most important factors IN
The be sDd growth OF the Valley
CITY. W. o. Hugoart, the President. most
courteous and a. the same time, the bright
at and keenest man Who ever occupied the
,hief position IN greas railroad system. Is
President OF The road. FITS son. J. IL. Z.
Aaznsrt-- assistant to the Presidents one
II our best knOsn young men and
borough credit 10 the noble father whose
sdvanclng wears have compelled him 20 oe-
come al important parsonage IN the direc-
uon OF the g. Ri W r Shelby. the
sice President Of The road. s typical and
sntsrprisiDg citizen OF Grand Rapids
.sute L. Locx wood. the Qciet, modest and
ncsistigable General Passenger Agent Of
80 road, = another well known citizen.
layton L. Gill. one OF the best known
Founx men ia the city. ~ the en-
cient and thorough-gOing General Freight
Agent John N. Mstheany whom everv-
BODY knows and loves. is the care
fgi and conscientious superintendent
Of tho road. +. A. Cor ham, one of
Is Auditor. In TACT the GRAND Rapids s.
lndi4Ds Railroad. ifs officers and Offices is
TIE pride Of Grand RAPIDS. This road is
one Of the most important North and South
lines in the country. Built nOrth from here
twenty miles a. early as The Winter of 1896,
and complete through hne from Rich
uond. Indiana. % the stats Of Aackinsc,
40 miles. n 1850 II handled vast and
growing business. aud IS OF the first I'M
portance 20 the loboing trade as well as
ths manufacturers OF the city. The line
has through car service 20 Cinciu-
nsIi over the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton. from Richmond. Indiana. almost
a. svOraois over is own tracks. but. in
connection With other roads Of the great
Psnnsvivsuis rsilroad system Of which IL IS
q recognized aud important INK. Il will
soon bniid - 0sn line into the gateway Of
tie South. Cincinnati. This road has been
ths chief factor IN the development Of
Northern Michigan. IL has permitted the
building OF important com mercial andhndus-
trial cen.srs where but twenty years ago was
wilderness un0foksn save By the lumber
man ar. sud those towns With their rural
population nave vital interest IN and de-
pendencs upon Grand Rapids. Tbs com-
paav az the Sfrsits Of MaCkinac has direct
connection With The Duluth South
Shore and Atlantic system both 70 -.
Pau ard Minneapolis and toe North
west and 70 the -auit and the Cana
iisn Fscihc and other 81 stems IN Ontario.
It's northern connections are thus almost a.
important IS "a southern. FROM the north
of Grand BaRids ii has built many branch
- from sight 30 forty miles long. feeders
which grsatiy Increase is facilities add ths
commerce ~ 9rand Rapids I1is road en-
tsrs t8e timber and. dscidious add hard
w7od. north 81 the citv. and i one Of the
chief routes for thai supply. The NOS, M
uorfsuk Of toe present feeders = the one 60
MusSsgoD. forty miles. ~here BE- reaches
Lake ~ chixsn snd the traffic 81 that port.
Another hrsnch. twenfy-sK miles in
ierxth. rsacass Traverse CRY. Is e con
tsupisfsd 90 hui.d sfil another - Msnistee
tn rssca smother Of The most important
Of Lake Michigan ports through the sols
r-,ararer,s-f ~ rms rnafi the crest value Of