The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21


His son Jim" Who stands Six
t,.., E9our in His Stockings. ana
,.,e.- -. ,,-t,t,
Fought i"f
Hands and Head to Develop "
urean-BIfzznrds. Raids, Bank
t....;.,,. Eoucd "a
i"p'cS AN"
Deter hounG Ashley. "h" bl"st""
II Tunnel in "a Ni2ht and Fought
M. ~. Atom t7,..r, VILE os Che
''
Road.
BY Maude Wood Henry.
Toledo n Auo 1S-Fark of the suit
.,,.. ,r1to5, and
- '''
A"u ~ Vol - nv, ~ i-. 49,.
un'tea 9'a'ss NoN'' }" i''1''' 30
the dramatic story OF the construction OF
900 worth Of property out of optim-
len, and n,rva The Ann Arbor Railroad
.,-zt.,. ...-i., 80
was "''Se ""' 'i'' '"I' '
ola Gov. Ashley. IL became ieail'y
through the indomitabie viii, the energy
and ,,.,.,tic r,rorortians If his son lin
t, .l.-t .. e... Conn,
'a'iN7 VI -A7iii''' ''.'
I'D ms STOCKINGS ana lot HIleeh years ne
has fought with his head and his hands
for the dovelon1ocnt If a dream until
-. ....
'HiousH MN 1t Ids "''''''0 'ii0 % ''i' ''''
portant factors Of commerce. And now
whether the fruits of the labors Of this
t4orc,,Iee MIL fatl IA hin, ar another man
80. -. 80,
'ne 'oIl - az "S"7 "
In 1871 az the age OF Cd, Old Gov. Ashley
found himself a bankruptone of the many
wrecks Of ,be great manic He looked
-. 49,, c..-,, ..,,.t Il, ttea or
'D0"'
his way he feu IN with Col. lhofnas A
Scott of Washington, and found HIM an
Interested listener
Col SCOT bad been assistant secretary
Of var iinder stanton his duties beiug
those of master of REPRESENTATION during
ma tremendous conflict He heard Ash
lev throueb nat,entIv declared mat This
was Great countrv-tbe greatest on
earth~said mar no nariod Of sbrinl,age
In vaIues and WING dormant was about
mast and mar there would he more miles
Of railroad built in the next fifteen wears
Than were then in operation in the United
states Scott tben told Ashley that ne
tbongbt he l,ray,J ,,,bere he coi,id oct the
ra{is and material for The road on credit
n he couId raisa the money for tho re-
mainder of the work Tbe cberlbic conn
tanapca Of Gov Asble, brirbtenad anaz-
inoly bis snirifs ,rosc ana he ene1dII,,
refraced bis stene 10 Roston where as
tbo ree,,l, Of efforts c1-tordire, o,-or ea,,-
aral r,on,bs ~ ,.nt ,r SS56 0oo ont Of
s75o ooo If bond, and eave ,,orfeaos
mon ali Of he nronerIv in Toiado FOR
,,ibicb he ,,o.f,..7 d, Ia, 20 st1t oon 60, on,
,,osr V,itb MI ero.,lI ,,.,,,tt,I ana ,no crod
= a. H. oor,r,,,1l ~, ,o,.l frr,r,, 1,oi..7l,
n Ann Arbor W. co1e,r,,ctod ana 1,1a.a1
~ ~rti1r io-o ~ ~ l5',i ,,,,e,
provided were. however totally made
ouate 30 meet The EXPENSES ana the new
road and its owners soon found fbornselvas
burdened with n heavy load of ;ndobted-
ness win earnings for mo first civ noon,bs
amounting 10 scarcely 40 00 Ana every
dav thev were Going decner ana deenar
into debit
..,.,. t,.. -.
About TINS time the great Michigan
Central system passed into the hands OF
william H. vanderbilt owner of the New
York Central so that the little Ann Ar
Dor was corked mp at both ends by hos
tile influences. Ashley's rainbow coiored
visions We're rapidly vanishing, but, sum
monins up his courage, he organized an
other road 100 miles long and issuing So
10000 of bonds and S2,500,00O of stock, he
consolidated the forty-flve miles already
han.1 l.. Hoo.