Telegram-herald., 1888-05-27

has been adding TO its mileage year by year,
until it now operates over three hundred
miles OF road on its main line. II also has
branches reaching TO Appleton and the sur
rounding country, and another branch TO
Msnominee aud Marionette, two busy
Numbering towns, at the mouth Of the Me-
nominee River on Green Bay, with a COM
bined population Of over 10000 people.
At Champion close connections are made
witn the Duluth. South Shore & Atlantic,
thus giving the Northern" access TO all the
busy cities Of the iron and copper districts
At Iron Mountain the road reaches the
NeuOminee iron range. From Iron
Mountain 20 Champion. a distance OF near
ly hfty miles the road pisrces through .
prsmevsl forests tunnel, whose walls are
the giants of the forest. and its dome
the olus vault Of heaven. This terra
,oUa drst opened for exploration and settle
ment by the NJ. & N, has long been re-
garded with wistful eyes by explorers. and
important discoveries of iron have already
been made At points near the railroad :
track. Gold Is known TO erist TO the west
OF the line and will be diligently sought for.
The country Il very heavily tImbsred.
and extensive lumbsrinz operations are
going on at points reached by the rivers
tributary to the henominee. Ths con-
structiOn Of the railroad will aid lumber
considered inaccessible. and also greatly
lessons the expense and difficulty Of trans
porting men and supplies to the var
ious logging camps. Mariuette lum-
bermen have heretofore been compelled 10
take their men l6O miles by rail and twenty
or more miles over rough trails to reach
camps now within two hours journey of
Nsrlnette by The ". 4 ". Tbs Northern
has nearly Al air nne from Champion to
A - # fs-
latest extensi0a is Just completed. 1t has
been Of great bsnsNt 10 the 5000 people In
TIE CopDsr district who sre now 100 miles
nearer Chicago and Miissukee by rail than
before The completion Il the line has
also given q great stimulus TO Iumbering
mining and agricultural operations in
Northern Wisconsin aud that portion of
tae Upper Peninsula OK Michigan that it
travsrsss.
The Chicago 4 North western Railway has
within the past two years greatly increased
lts milesxe in this district Last year an
extensioa from froa River. Mich. to the
erogebic iron range vas complsted. By
making low freight rates the North western
was sols 20 divert . lsrxe amount OF the ore
shipped bv the mines Of that district from
Ashland TO Escznsbs. In 1887. over 1900
go org tons Of iron ore Of 2240 pousds
each, nssriy oue-hslf Of the total ore pro-
duction Of the great Lake Superior district,
wss shipped from Escsnsba. This year the
shipments from the district AT large. owing
% the low prics Of ore aud the
unsatisfactory condition OF the market
will be nesriy o1e million tons
lsss than ia iss7, but the c. a n ". will
get the lions share of the err shipments.
Is branches now reach the priacip pal mines
Of the three Wisconsin sad Mica rsa iron
ranges of the Lake Superior distrist. and ss
ora frpirhes are much i0wer from Escans6s
s. ard - cents p-r ton 81 Cleveland char
sersl rhsn rom Nsro1efts OF Ashland The
G. q ". " "hss the bulge" ant a pretty
Bag one. 30. on ia compositions in the b1si-
ness Of carrying iron ors.
Steel - nov beng reDidlf aid or TIE G
&NN extension fknowa ss tbe fr0n
Range Railway from fshpeming vest q
ChsTncion snd Republic. and resnlsr trsins
uili - rannins SHORTY alter June 1. The
stretch sf trxek between 1haupion sad
Nichixsnme viii nof " resdy for pssssn ger
frains eelore July 1. II Il = b sv=a shst
safa TIE crossing over the d. I. 8 4 A
AZ Miohixarnne. over waicn there vas 50
N ach tronbis for ssv.rsi m0zshs as< snsilg
b@su oficisilg seproved sy tee state Crsss-
inz zosri.
rae sniers;-e point ef ths c. sN y. =
tha eorrer 6sstrict The 6isFxnse frou
Michixsrurne % Hocghtnn = harsI~
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sension. wcrk an saich vii pros<bsv b
ssx.n tais FsEL Anothe< sxtenslca ea5ch
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