The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-01
The Calumet g. Hecla
Company's Liberal
Treatment.
why Laurium Was Left Out
The Railroad Company Require d
Large Piece OF Land For Their
switch, etc.

road company received at the hands O
the Calumet ana Hecla Mining company
as he said il would have been perfect,
useless to bring the road here il they haC
not plenty OF space for their yards anC
switching purposes, but which thanks tC
they now have The railroad company
il we mistake not, have acquired the land
lying west OF the Red jacket boundary
as far as the so-called pipe line of the
mining company The map shows the
greater part OF this covered with switch
lines, etc.
The general freight depot will be be-
tween Portland and Scott streets on the
site now occupied by Baiaari & Ulseth &
lumber yard. A space has been allotted
for the refrigerator buildings of the meat
men. The cars will runiup on the west
side OF these buildings, while on the east
side CT them will be road thirty feet
wide for the purpose of loading up wag-
ons. This road will run from the So
called Osc.o ola road lost a little below
the Newtown school house, where still
further west provision has been made
for several lumber yards and is arranged
that the cars can be run into them with
room for lumber to be piled on each side
'Oi the many tracks, with wagon roads
around them, and further west still
branch line will cross the road into the
mining property just east Of the II. & T.
IL. branch to the Rel Jacket shaft.
The passenger depot itself is perhaps
not very imposing structure, being too
low to make much owing, but as Mr..
Fitch said the building was too good to
tear down, at present it is in the hands
OF the workmen. When finished it will
have all the accommodations necessary,
The ladies' waiting room, with toilet
room is at the south end then the book
ang clerks Office, then the gents waiting
room and at the north end the baggage
room with two sleeping apartments
above at the south end, The main line
wall be continued for some little distance
north of the station so that the cars can
stand there before the train is made up
or while being Gle med,
MIR. Fitch is considerably put out that
he Laurium folks are left out in the cold.
but he said il was absolutely necessary
and for two reasons, one being that the
curves were too sharp between Laurium
and the Mineral Range depot, and the
other and most important one was that
as the Calumet and Hecla company
wanted the ground bordering on the
AIne on the location for their own use, |
they could not spare any more ground |
an chat direction, and "a beggars could |
scarcely be choosers the railroad COM
pany had to DO the best they could and |
accept the ground offered them. how
ever much they might deplore having to |
do away with the passenger station at |
Laurium-for it was only a passenger
station. The News had supposed that |
goods checked to Laurium merchants |
were unloaded there, but was misin- |
formed, az the merchants before had to |
depot and az the new freight warehouse |
will be only trfhe further, residents of |
Laurium after all will not have az much |
70 complain OF az is generally supposed.
At one time the people OF Red Jacket
had to travel to the old Calumet Laur-
Ium) depot to reach the train. and DOW
as things are reversed the people OF Laur-
ium will have to travel to Red Jacket or
Oseeola.
Mr.. Fitch stated that running a rail.
road was something like running ne VS.
paper, it was impossible to please every
one and therefore foolish to try the ex-
periment-the only way in either case be-
ing to use ones. best Judgment as to
what is for the good of the people gener
ally and then go ahead.
Mr.. Fitch assured US he had eyer since
he took hold OF the line kept his atten-
ton directed to this place with the full
intention of bringing the wide guage out
here Just as soon as circumstances would
allow, and Just as soon as he was in
osition to carry it out had done so and
for which the people OF this place have
every reason TO be thankful, notwith-
standing the fact that as residents OF the
metropolis OF ccpperdom they were
fully entitl ed to it.
Armstrong & Thieman's yard will not
be interfered with until next spring when
il is very probable the two lots belong
ing to the railroad company and the ad-
Joining ones. belonging to the Calumet
and HecIa company. will, II Mr.. Fitch
has his way be laid out in small park,
he has we believe, already preached the
an hiecf 10 PRESIDENT 11aaaiz