Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-11-23
THE LAST RAIL
VIII be Laid on the G' k'' Us. AZ ~ THIS
week-N New Line In Full Operation
January 4.

January L.
Grand Rapids Press
The last piece of steel In the track
OF the Grand Rapids, Beldlng & Sagi-
nav road will he laid this week. This
is the authoritative announcement OF
the officials OF the ID. G. Il. Il w. road,
which will, Immediately on the COM
pletion of the new line, lease its prop
critics, rights and franchise for long
term of years. BY Jan. the through
trains of the d., G. II. Il w. from here
to Saginaw will be running over the
new route.
Work on the road has been pushed
during the last two mouths and the
continued clear weather has made it
possible for the track TO be laid much
faster than was at first expected. Work
trains are already being run over the
tracks as far as they are completed and
the ballasting is being carried on as
fast as possible BY the end OF this
week all hands will be turned in bal
lasting and then it is promised that
it will not be long before the first train
can make trial trip over the road bed.
Things looked SO bright for the new
road short time ago that 1T was
thought that possibly the track could
be used by the middle OF December.
Superintendent Agnew OF the D., G. II.
& w. says, however, that it will not be
safe to run regular trains over the road
until the first day OF the new year.
The road runs from Lowell TO Smyrna
along the Flat river TO Belding and
there one-mile spur of the d., q. X.
4 W. from Belding to Kiddville con-
meets the line with the main line OF
the D., G.. II, & w. The Lowell X
Hastings road is the property of the
Grand Rapids, Belding & Saginaw line
and will be leased with the latter road
by the D., G.. Il. x w. SO that line
will be secured from Elmdale direct to
Saginaw.
The new route to Saginaw instead of
being north on the G. & w. Nj. tracks
to Sparta via the Toledo, Saginaw and
Muskegon road to Sheridan and then
over the D., G. II. & w. tracks to Sag
NAV, will be over the d., g. X. * w
tracks all the way. The route will be
southeast of Grand Rapids to Elmdale
over the new leased track TO Lowell
to Smyrna, to Belding, to Greenville
TO Howard City and then over the d..
G.. X. ~ w. tracks directly east. There
is still possibility of the T., S. & M
tracks from Greenville to Sheridan be
ing used but that is not definitely set
tied There will be changes in The
time Of arrival and departure of al
Saginaw trains as soon as the nev
route can be used and il is hoped u
have faster time The lengths of tn
routes are about the same, but the ney
r arrangement gives new track.
: New equipment is promised as sool
2 as the road is in active operation AM
: the passenger department Of the roa'
has already been notified TO prepar
r to advertise the advantages OF the ne'
s line. Considerable money will be pu
into improving the G. r., b. 81 S. 500
: after it is leased, it being one of tn
conditions of the proposed lease tina
!. the leasee shall keep the propertie
s up.
In Saginaw and TO the north {
Grand Rapids along the line OF the ID
,r g. R.'& w. there has been rune
. anoa. which has become very generi
= to the effect that set of solid vest
bule trains would be put on the Sag
c, nav division OF the road correspondin
at with the,trains on the Detroit division
: This is denied by the local official
although it is admitted that when tn
\. consolidation is completed there ma
" be some changes.
A PLEASANT EVENING.
90 The Grand Chief OF Honor OF the
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