The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-22
D.. S, 5. A. Railroad.
The Long Hoped For
To Come At Last
to Calumet.
Trains 10 Reach Here Sunday
Mineral Range Trains VIII stop Run
uing rOmOrrOw-H n a. 10 BE
Used UnttI sunday.


Superintendent Shields informs Us thai
this week will probably see the iruition o
what the News has so long hoped anC
worked for, viz. the continuation OF the
wide guage system 10 this place: as may
be remembered the NEWS made no at
tempt TO help the Hon. o. W. Robinson
TO pass his soc 4lled railway bi at the
session of 1895 for the simple reason its
editor was afraid that calling in the aid
of the legislature 20 'ettle passenger
rates, etc, might delay the continuation
of the wide guage TO Calumet; during the
years OF 1886 il appeared TO the News
that the D., S. S. & A. was playing fast
AID loose with the people by fret saying
the road would be widened and then not
doing anything towards carrying out the
work and in order TO, il possible bring
tor was very anxious for Mr.. Robinson
to be sent to the senate so that he might,
by again bringing his bill forward, let
the railroad companies see they could
not deliberately tell the people TO be,
which in his opinion they were virtually
doing. Mr.. Robinson was sent TO the
seRete and whether his actions there were
a means of stirring up the d., 5. 5. X A.
and causing them TO continue the broad
guage here is "a question probably not
easily answered; at any rate, now it is TO
be continued let the people join hands
with them, bury the Ratchet or in other
words bridge over the bloody chasm and
agree TO support that company a the
irst TO bring the wide guage here and
relegate 20 the past all former conten.
tons with them.
Mr. Fitch, the general manager, is now
on Jhe ground and will start the men to-
morrow widening theguage and he hopes
60 have the whole defiance completed 80
that the d., s ). x A. train can come
through here on Sunday next. This ac-
zion on the part Of Mr. Fitch shows that
he has still the welfare of the copper
country al heart, for when he took hold
OF the management there was only one
passenger train that came into the cop
per country from below, but as soon as
de took hold OF the reins he decided that
&C "ere entitled 20 two trains which he
afterwards succeeded in carrying through
and which have been found such great
convenience 10 our people and not salts
led with that he has now brought the
trains fro IA below TO our very doors
Mr.. Fitch is therefore entitled to the
thanks OF our people. The only thing TO
mar this happy event is the fact that our
friends at Laurium may be left out in the
cold, il such is the case. Of which we are
not get satisfied, it is to be hoped the
township authorities of both Calumet
aRc Osceola will do all that lies in their
power TO give the Lauriumites such ap-
1-oaches 10 their iast-growmg village as
ney be necessary and proper.
Lately in the lower part OF the State
the owner OF a logging road finding he
no longer needed it gave it up TO the
township or county authorities and a
splendid road was made oil it. If the
-Iaurium depot ia to be dispens I'd with
cogld not history repeat itself and the
authorities take the present roadbed
when the rails are removed tor a public
road between Laurum and Osceoa.
Tomorrow morning traffic over the
Mineral Range will be stopped and the
trains between here and Hancock will 90
over the n, & C. railroad via Dollar Bay,
40 the Williams bus line will no doubt
We called into requisition by the people
rom Laurium.
MFR. Shields thinks it would be better
20 postpone, II possible, for a week the
ports which we're to take place at Han
'ocock next Sunday az the railroad com
pany will not be in a position to run any
excursion trains on that day.