The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-10

| opportunities LOT invest m ent
| From circular issued by William
Orr, the general freight agent of the
d., s. 8. g. A. railroad we clip the
following concerning the material re-
sources Of the country along that line Of
railroad:
j desire to call attention to the favor.
able locations and facilities for lumb r
mill sites, and other indust, les of like
nature, upon the line of the DulntlI,
South Shore q Atlantic Ry., which e.-
tends from Duluth, Minn., to Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich, distance of 4lO miles
and including the st. Ignace and Hough-
tn. Mich, divisions, constitutes the en-
tire system, operating in all about 525
miles of track.
The portion of the line which is now
termed the @Westcrn Division. leading
west from Nestoria, Mich, to Duluth.
Minn., and consisting Of 200 miles. was
only opened for traffic during the
autnmn OF 1883, and the timber land
adjacent to the track is being rapidly
taken up and operated by large mill
concerns.
The extent of this timber belt. by
consulting statements appended hereto,
showsa q total of over 458, ,OOO, 900 feet
OF merchantable lumber, consisting of
white and norway pine, hemlock, spruce,
etc., also the average amount of timber
in each forty-acre tract, rs we'll as
estimated stumpage value OF the
same.
The country west OF Nestoria is
traversed by numerous streams near to
the line OF railroad running through
valuable forests, afforling excellent
opportunities for the location ri mills.
Nearly oil Of the land west of Nestoria
is good sandy loan and would make ex.
ceilent farming land after the timber
had been cleared of. The land can be
purchased at the present time for from
$2.5O to $1,000 per acre.
In the vicini Y of Even, Trout Creek,
Newton and Houghton, Mich, stations
arc valuable deposits of stone, slate, ]
marble, brick, clay, etc.
Coming east from Nestoria about fifty |
miles We pass Marquette, Mich, at |
which point there are two large saw
mills, and east Of here there are equal
facilities for locations, the country |
being well wooded with fine hardwood |
timber, principally TO he found at |
Munising, Creighton, Mcmillan, Trout
Lake and Moran, Mich, at which
points the timber is tributary. This
hardwood timber is also suitable for
Tor charcoal, which will yield from forty
10 fifty cords per acre, and is worth 25
,ents stumpage. The land can be
procured at the nominal figures of from
y 90 TO 500 per acre and viii yield
70 tbs purchaser In timber alone over and !
Ibo,e the labor required to manufacture
{ into lumber and charcoal $1,000 to
s12.00 per acre, II not more.
The territory in the immediate vicinity
II Rock River and Onota, Mich., abont
hirty miles east of Marquette, is
valuable for its fine beds of
which are as yet entirely un-
developed, the first quarry being opened
'bout one year ago. They also have
arge beds Of limestone located near
Moran, Ozark and Allenville which are
cry valuable.
There are many mills both large and
mall situated along the line which are
loing an extensive business; however,
here In yet room for many more, and
re- cordially invite the attention and
correspondence Of lumbermen contem-
'lating removal from their present
'laoe Of business on other lines to the
ne timber region through which this
Inc passes.
TO all firms loc,ting on this road we
I'LL transport free all machinery and
iaterial used in the erection OF such
lills between points on this road, and
'hsn originating on foreign lines will
lexe free rate from the D., 8. 8. & A.
motion point to destination.
Cedar, cordwood, ties, telegraph
oles, TIM bark, eto., are also plentiful.
larkets for which can be easily found j
y she low rates and excellent outlets
hich we have leen enabled to perfect
ith our connections reaching Wiscon- ]
n. Illinois, Minnesota, and Dakota
'rritory.