The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-01-16
DETROIT TO BAY CITY.
Detroit Business Men and Cltl-
ZenS Are Taking a Lively
Interest In This Proposed
New Road

\ delegation OF Thumb citizens Wis
tied Detroit the first OF the week and
succeeded In interesting the business
men and citizens of that thriving me
tropols in a steam road from Detroit to
Bay City. Gil Il. Loyejoy, the promo
ter of this scheme is untrug iu his ef-
forts and he feels to-day that all one
needs is push and patience 10 bring
about any undertaking.
The EXpositor has always advocated
that railroad from Detroit north
through the Thumb OF Michigan would
be- helpful To the section 10 traycrsed.
but never sanctioned the road starting
at Emmet and ending AT Bay City.
Below we publish report of the
meeting held at Detroit Monday even
ing and taken from Tuesdays Tri-
bunc:
New railroad connections with Bay city. open.
iug up the Thumb uf Michigan. was the subject
at discussion at q meeting held iu the Chamber
oi commerce last evening. delegation OF bus
iucs~ men from towns along the proposed route
wa present aud many spoke in favorable terms
uf the abundance oi natural products from that
country which gu tu other points than To Detroit
{. NJ. Hack occupied the chair aud among
the prominent betruitcrs present were Homer
Warren, irrr q. liuichius. ". \. rungs. 4. H.
sheriff.. Jos. - Hall, ThOs. Neal. aud Thos,
craig The drtutatluu was headed UN M on.
grcssmau y H.. bradley of Bay city and among
is members were j. 4. Cooper. BAY city. Fred
trump. l. B. Autrr. tass CITY. John :. Crandall
Iho~. Walker. Sunllac Centre. T. g.. Graham.
Peck. Alvin Cole, Port Huron. Geo. Merrill
Cruswcll; Fred Montncy. T.. J.. Dunn. Yale. jas
T. Meter \ ! Heath, g.. X. LOYcluy. IpuuN
j u. Tibbals. Port Huron.
The promoter. g. u. loycloy. outlined the
route of the new road which 70 was proposed To
call the Detroit. Sanilac and liay cts Steam and
Electric Railroad The route announced was
from Detroit 90 Mt. Clemens. 90 New Haven, 10
LcnON. tu Richmond TO Emmett. 60 Brockway.
To Vale to speaker tu Peek. 90 Natertuwn. to
Saullac Centre. to Snuyrr, tu Shahhuna. 20 Tins
dale, 20 tass city. 20 lulNuod. 10 Columbia. TO
Akron, 90 EsseNyille and thence to llay CITY
Its wonderful country through which We
propose 90 Put the road. said Mr.. Iuypioy en-.
Enthusiastically. "and all We want j. the support
| Oi Detroit. The road will assist in opening up
that portion whchis bound Ia brconr one of
the finest agricultural section, la the eutirr
| state
"Thcy talk about the swamps OF Sanllac coun.
| y. They are being drained, and the finest hcct
aud grain raising land II resulting. We have al
already secured the right of way uf 30 miles oi
| the route. leading ont Of BAY city We propose
| to run two trains a day each way at nrst, ~
present Il takes two days tO come and return
from that section Of the country Co Detroit while
| freight takes from four to 10 days tO transfer.
The farmers want H." saws j. :. tfandcll ut
| Sanllac Centre. 'and are willing 90 give ~ an
acre on All the land they possess Just 10 see u
| come through. We can bring down thousands
Oi dollars worth of trade every year II We had
the railroad facilities"
\ number Of others spoke of tile possibilities
/ ut the country. Questions were ASKED hN De
| finally decided that the chamber of commerce
appoint a committee of Eve uf IT, members To
Investigate and give what assistance may De-
deemed advisable in promoting the new rund.