The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-07-26
Development of Alger County Under Man
agemeRt of the Cleveland Cliffs Corn
pany is Very r o pid.
EDITORS SHOWN Possibilities OF NUyISINC AND VICINITY
Colonization a Special Effort. =. Experiment. Station
Lends Assistance. Other Notes of the Trip
and Cities Visited.

The start was made at $50 sharp.
The road parallels the d. 5 s az A,
until the big bluff east Of the branch
prison is passed when it veers Off to
the south aud soon enters level tract
that ia heavily covered with hardwood
of all kinda
For over forty miles the road travels
territory OF this kind and emer ges
from il only when the land locked bay
Of Munising ID reached The road bed
is little rough yet but not az bad as
one might expect from a road That has
been opened only a month The day
was an ideal one and the crowd az
jolly az the weather was perfect, 80
that the time passed quickly enroEte.
To add TO the pleasures OF the trip
the Ideal Orchestra was taken aboard
1T Marquette and whenever there was
stop, the orchestra enlivened the
time with music.
Arrived at MunisinC the train was
backed over to the tannery and the pas
sengers mbarked and walked to the
celebrated Munising falls one of the
prettiest sights that the writer ever
witnessed After brief rest and few
snap shots at the falls the company
returned to the train and were conveyed
to Munising where we all left the
train and went to the Russell House
for dinner
Munising nestles down under the
great bluffs that surround the bay
about forty rods from the shore The
bay is a narrow one so that the town
is stretched out along the shore for
quite a distance The tannery is
directly across the bay from the town,
proper. and is quite an institution.
About 20 hands are employed in the
| buildings but at this season OF the
year the great number of men employ
ed in the woods peeling the bark used
/ in tanning the hides raises che number
TO nearly 900 There are several saw
mills in the town and the Cleveland
! Cliffs interests have laetly interested
eastern capitalists who have purchased
tract of 40 acres At the mead Of the
! bay and will build pulp aud paper
mill thereon that will represent an
investment Of $500, GOO The economy
Of the move can readily be com
pretended when it is considered that
on the lands that the Cleveland people
have purchased there is an immense
amount of spruce and other timber
that Is of no use to the mining or fur
mace company. The pulp mill will
consume this timber the tannery the
bark from the hemlock and the saw
mills the cedar and other timber so thai
very little Of the on the wood lands
about Munising will go to waste
The town is a new one having beer
in process of building but about ter
years, 80 that person must expect Il
see much evidence Of newness. Ther'
are number of substantial buildings
and we noticed that a several OF then
, were built of stone giving an air o.
permanence TO the town. Munisinl
} has recently been chosen TO be the
county seat of Alger county and
! fine court house is building at the en'
, of the main street OF the town. 4
: large hotel, designed principally TO
! the accommodation of summer visitor
/ has just been completed on the ba.
| shore and will be opened in few day
/ with w. f. McMyler, for many year
1 landlord of the Commercial, at IroI
Mountain, in charge. This hotel
Z the result of the interest of the Cleye
/ land Cliffs company in the town an
8 1t is certain that they propose to max
3 a summer resort Of Munising an
8 Grand Island across the bay. To tn
l members Of the association there ha'
I been added large number OF friend
3 from amoung the Marquette peopl
8 30 that the number for dinner wa
I sweIled TO over $50 people For tina
a reason there was some delay in gettin
: dinner but every one was uttering prais
8 for the management Of the hotel 70
q the manner In which they fed th
s crowd. The dinner was complimentar
a TO the association from the citizens Q
Q Munising and was thoroughly AZ
! preciated. After dinner all went
the dock where the steamer Hunte