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


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N'u"T A9"i'S' 'He iHuoIil. ldpIe' was i"
of The batt1ogroupd For fou. da,,e ana
nights he stood off the officers Of the
law with their writs, until a judge friend
~ to the new road appeared on the scene.
and then the writs began to fly more
equally The siege lasted for twelve days,
through the bitterest cold and deepest
snow known to that part of the country.
During this time young Ashley worked
and slept in his clothes. and was almost
incess antly On hand. keeping a strict
watch. The farmers of the countryside
were in hearty sympathy with the new
road, and succored the Ashley forces
bravely throughout the siege. They
brought great tubs of hot coffee, whole
boiled hams, huge pans of bread and
mince pies enough 10 work destruction in
even the iron-clad stomachs of the hardy
Woodsmen. At the end of twelve DAYS
the Governor, railroad commissioner and
United States marshal arrived on the
scene, and with all the majesty Of the
law settled the dispute They ordained
that trains should run on both roads and
that statu quo should be maintained until
the courts could adiudicate the matter
then they took young Ashley between them
and marched him off to Detroit under
arrest for obstructing the United states
mails. He was arrafgned before the Unit
ed States Court by District Judge Brown
NOW on the Supreme bencb) ana Aned
S102.50 and costs
NJ pax po1t 70 O.,
10 lIiusLate the nerve and daring Of
THESE builders OF the Ann ArbOr Railway
one CouIu mo multitude of stories. For
'ne history OF TINS little road is a history
OF misfortune from start TO finish; not
onlE the hhiSi ortune that goes hand in hand
WIN a oedfth OF money. but the misfor-
tune OF natural causes-cold winters, biz
zards, commercial depressions and a multi
tude OF other things.
Inc construction of the Cadillac division
from MI. fIeasant 10 Cadillac, a distance
OF slAiy-ilNe miles, was begun in May 1887
Arrangements mad been made with New
YORK bankers by which $1,000 had been
guaranteed, and 100000 had been sent ont
AEnlgV
poses. Three thousand men were gathered
together and placed along the line in has
tilY constructed log huts for the region was
thinly populated by lumbermen only. and
the road ran through dense pine forest
the whole distance. But no sooner were
operations nicely commenced than dis
pute arose in New York. suits against the
elder Ashley were instituted by parties
holding claims. and the entire issue Of
bonds which was TO serve as collateral for
the $1,000, 600 in loans was attached. Conse-
quently no more money came from that
source during the entire period of CON
struction which extended over six
months. In the meantime some $500. 900 Of
additional debt had been created and stop
page or suspension of the work even
meant ruin for the Ashleys and a receiver
for the road. Young Ashley was acquant-
ed with these facts about Aug. 10. He
had less than $4,000 left in the bank but
the work was in fun swing and his credit
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