The Newtown bee., 1899-02-17
Marlette, Mich.
sTEPNEY YOUNG LADY WRITES THE
BEE CONCERNING THIS TOWN.

] A STEPNEY YOUNG LADY WRITES THE
BEE CONCERNING THIS TOWN.
Editor THE NEwTOwN BEE, Dear Sir:
In compliance with q request from one
of your staff for an account of my 1ur-
J ney to this place, for publication, take
pleasure in sending you the following
with few facts which, think, might
| prove interestiT G to those friends ard
readers who have not yet taken the trip
or visited this interesting town.
Leaving Stepney on the - b Of last
month, spent few days visitiI g among
| relatives and friends in Bridgeport, New
York and Brooklyn from which place to.
gether with my aunt, Mrs Marie StorS,
we started for the West on January 18th.
Leaving jersey City on the Back
Diamond Express, OF the Lehigh VALLEY
| road, u IA p. m, little later our train
stopped at Newark, N. J. Leaving
Newark at II IS, taking a southerly
course to Bound Brook, then turning
west we rush onward through village
after village and miles upon miles Of
beautiful, thrifty looking, carefully cul-
tivated farms, through Pattenburgh and
Bloomsbury tunnel, through Phillips
burgh, crt s. the Delaware river and stop
at EasiOu, Pa. Leaving E4ston at l so,
we follow the Lehigh river to Bethlehem
and South Bethlehem. While waiting
here for passengers from Philadelphia,
my attention was drawn to a sign board,
which Informed me that Bethlehem Is
So 6 miles from New York City and 35S
miles from Buffalo. N. 7. At2 10 we
us at Allentown. Leaving Allentown,
we turned northwest and were soon wind
ing about the mountains, crossing and re-
crossing the little Lehigh, which Is still
with US, turning great curve to the
north, then one to the south, slackep
speed and stop at the pictures one sum-
mer resort of Mauch Chunk. Leaving
Mauch Chunk at 3 03, we plunge into
the coal regions, through tunnels ard
mining camps, passing numberless car
i0sds Of coal, fresh from the mines, drawn
by huge e' gines to the East, possibly to
Stepney. l had no time to ii quire, for
with speed increased to madness, we
rushed on, losing the little Lehigh by the
way, and stopped at Wilkesbarre. Here
MANY OF the passengers left the train. |
Leaving Wilkes barre at 50, we follow
ed branch Of the Su quehanna river
north to Tunkhannock, then northwest
to SsVre, the last stop in Pennsylvania
Leaving Sayre at 30, we travel north to
Geneva, N, Y tnen west to Rochester
junction and Buffalo, where we arrived
az 30. Here we changed TO train on
the Grand Trunk road. Leaving Buff
10 at 10 o'clock, we turned to the north
west. After making one stop at forth
Tonawanda, we reached Niagara Fails
at 1885. Ten minutes later. we had
crossed Suspension bridge and entered
Ontario. Canada, speeding westward, we
made stops at Hamilton and Woodstock.
AT Sarnia we entered the famous st
Clair tunnel, built under the St Clair riv
eT, from which we emerged, four minutes
and some seconds later, and stopped st
PG Huron, Mich, 1877 miles from Buffs.
10, N. Y, at 4 20 q. M, January 49, Here
| we char ged again to the Flint Pierre
| Marquet railroad. Being obliged to wait
| five hours for our train, we stopped at
hotel, where we took breakfast, our pre-
| Vious meals having been served on the
! first express. Taksrg the 20 rain from
PIT Huron, we arrived at Marlette, our
destination. at II 30, making the entire
distance between Ma,lette and New York
| City, 67S miles In is hours and 16 min
utes of railrosding.
find Marlette, an active little town
with nearly 1400 inhabSsanta, the ior-
| ity of which are Canadians, located mid
| way on direct line from PIT Huron TO
Saginaw City. being do miles from either
place. Beside many fine residences,
wide electric illuminated streets and good
| water, Marle.Ce boasts OF three churches,
. Baptist. Methodist and Presbyterian,
. large graded school, two hotels, two
commercial banks, q theater, printing
flee, where the Marlette Leader, l1-
cal weekly. Is printed, few mercantile
houses, a variety of smaller shops, sew
Il ersl physicians and surgeons, various be.
neVOlent societies and social clubs, even
q baby club. Here are also two large
grain elevators with Il 1ur and grist MILE,
woolen yarn mill. an agricultural
works, where all kinds Of farming Inn
plements are made and repaired, lum-
Der yard, q door, sash and blind factory
/, and monumental ao ks.
i Marlette is busy place where Q
strong opposition makes 4 lively trade,
!. six days OF the week. The streets are
thronged with vehicles and people or all
kinds Of description who come into town
! from the surrounding country with
! their produce, finding ready market fol
7 butter eggs, hay, grain, and live stock
: all of which. in turn, are shipped Ii
large quantities 10 Detroit, Chicago, But
9 salo, Boston, New York and Philadel