The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-05-26

surveyed ran southeast from the Fer
guson corners, and the one now being
run goes south on the quarter line west
OF the town line between Arlington and
Bangor, and in the vicinity of the Frank
Clark place will 60 southeast and inter
sect with the line formerly surveyed.
Bangor Advance.
The people of Keller township have
been asked to bonus the McMichael cleo
trio railway $1,000 for touching their
village, and so enthusiastic are the cit
liens over the prospect of line that 1T
is believed it can be raised. At a meet
ing called a few evenings ago to consider
the matter there was a very large and
enthusiastic ndance.-Dowagiac Re-
publican.
Dowagiac, May 12.-The opposition of
property owners on the north town line
road may result in throwing the route of
the McMichael interurban mile further
west. Messrs. Julian Book and G.. ID.
Caster have offered to secure a free
right of way for the road if the promot-
ers will change their course and agree to
start at the south corner of the Erastus
! Osborn farm and come down past the
red mill and the Marguerite mill and
join the Arbor Crossing turnpike at the
Anthony farm near the middle crossing
! These two gentlemen have interests at
the red mill and would like very much
to see the road come their way. Some
little opposition has been met with by
the promoters on the north town line,
some of the smaller property owners ask
ing high price for their land. Many
others have signed away free rights of
way.-Benton Harbor News-Palladium.
.dessrs Charles Roosevelt of Keller
and james Brooks of Benton Harbor
were in the city this week looking up
property owners on the line of the cleo
trio road to be built north from the city
to connect with the main line running
from Benton Harbor to Decatur, Paw
Paw and Kalamazoo. Through Keeler
the right of way was cheerfully given,
! Albert Gregory alone giving a strip a
mile and half long, and the only obsta-
cles struck were when they came to the
lands in the swamp, which are mostly
small parcels and of less value. Public
spirited Erastus Osborn has given free
site for station where it turns by his
| farm. The road as surveyed runs straight
east through the woods from the Charles
! Hill corners TO the north line of the Gar
rett farm, on the town line road, and
/ from there it comes south to John Blau-
velts corners on the west side of the
road, when it crosses to the east side
and stays on that side until it enters the
city Dowagiac Herald.
Electric railway talk is booming. There
| is much of it about the proposed road
from Chicago to Grand Rapids, parallel
ing the p NJ. railway. w. w. Bean of
ST. Joseph and G. A. Chaplin of Niles are
the pushers The electric road from Hol-
| land to Grand Rapids and another from
/ Michigan City to Chicago will be utilized.
/ Water dams on the st. Joseph river will
! furnish power.
\ citizens meeting was held in the
! town hall basement Monday evening TO
talk over plans and means of obtaining
] right of way and money in connection
with proposed electric railway through
this township.
While the meeting was not as large as
desired, nevertheless good interest was
manifested. The following named gentle
men were elected a committee to secure
right of way and raise money: Francis
Branch, Cash Barker, Dallas Ferris, John
Cook and Amos Benedict, and this com
mittee is empowered to call to their aid
other men. Give to these gentlemen the
right hand of encouragement; they are
your neighbors and are working for the
interest of every person in the village
and vicinity.-Lawrence Times.