Telegram-herald., 1888-05-27

peming to Marquette. giving the North
western a Lake Superior shipping port
something IL has never had before. The
policy of the G. & n. w. is to parallel the
tracks of competing lines. The d.. 5. S. Il
A. IS one of the strongest competitors or the
Northwestern. aud the track will be paral-
leled from Marquette to Houghton, a dis
tance of nearly one hundred miles.
A preliminary survey was made some
months ago for an extension Of the c. & N.
w. from Felch Mountain to Republic. The
line now reaches Republic from the north
instead of the south, but the Felch
Mountain branch may be built yet as
IL would be great advantage to the road
ia handling ore shipments from the west
ern part of the Marquette range. The ru-
NOR given publicity IN the eastern press q
few days ago that the G. q y. w. would be
built from Escanaba to Sault Ste. Marie this
year can be set down as a groundless one.
The growth of the Northwestern system is
To the west and north--not TO the east-and
the q. & \. w. will never go to the Sault.
The Mineral Range is a narrow gauge
running from Hancock to Calumet, and its
traffic Is entirely local. For years it was
the only thirteen-mile narrow gauge rail-
way in the country that could pay its su-
perintendent salary of $4,000 . year and
declare big dividends besides. 1t is now
owned principally by Henry 8. Ives, the
well known Wall-st. railroad operator and
has very lively competitor in the Hancock
& Calumet railroad, which runs between
HOughton. Hancock, Calumet, Red Jacket
and Lake Linden. A line is now being sur
veysd for an extension of the III. & @, from
Dollar Bay. Mich, TO Woodside. The ex-
tension will be built at once and will open
up large tract Of timber land. A logging
railroad also runs from Calumet into ke-
weenAv county and its sole business is to
haul fuel and timber for the great Calumet
& Hecla mine.
The Minneapolis. Ssult Ste. Marie & At
lantic Railroad Company operates line
547 miles in length, running IN
nearly sn air line from Minneapo-
lis to the Sault. The road was
built principally by Minneapolis capital.
". ID. Wsshourn, the Minneapolis miller.
IL President of the 500 iiBs. The road
was built 70 furnish q short line from the
twin cities of 81. Paul and Minneapolis and
the great wheat belt of Minnesota aud
Dakota 20 the East. Gladstone. Mich. q
new town only six miles north. .of Escsnaba
on the Little Bay De Noque, sn arm of
Lake Michigan. IL the principal lake port OF
the new line. Ex s1sive coal, -four and
msrchsniise docks have slresdy been built
st this point. and the present extensive
docksge Is being added 70 a. rapidly - pos
sible. It is the intention OF the owners OF
this line to make q sdssone the rival os
Duluth. GisdsSons is much nearer 10 oil
LAKE Erie aud eastern points than Duluth,
but on the other hand, the hsal by rail from
all Misnesoss sod DAKOTA points is much
longer 70 Gladstone than 20 Duluth.
The NJ : Ste NJ & A has recently se-
cured coet10l Of q railroad running from
81. Psal 20 Bismarck Dsk-. snd q trsffic
arrangement has been entered into within
tue past few days with the Canadian Pa
ciSc Railway by which each line will hslp
toe other and they are 30 situated that the
reciprocal b@neits sccraing from such an
arrangement wiz ee vevy large. TIE t-o
roads cenaecf a. Ssult Ste. Marie. over the
international eridse whi1h spans Ste.
Marie Rfvsr-
TIE Ssalt Sta Marie 4 g. Ixnsc. Rail.
road Conaps1y proposes Building . sho-t
hae between TIE TO cites from which fhs
rsisrosd taxes - name. Tne e8rapsay ass
5een day orxsnizea. lsrze sssTs 81 t5e
cspsssi stock has sesa paid n. sad Z = "a
ncuocee thsf ~ork Vii - begun shorty
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1rt incI 7dinx Branches. snd Sill 1epe1a a.
noss entirely on iocal rrz Sc Tor % bus
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