The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-05-10
PUBLIC MUCH INTERESTED IN
new TRAIN SERVICE REPORTS
South Shore and Northwestern
Have Important Plans Un-
der Consideration
NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The new service 10 be made effective
according to current reports nexi
Sunday by the ID. $. 5. & A. and Chi
oago Il Northwestern railroads has
been the subject OF much interested
conjecture here the past few days, and
conjecture has been able TO cover a
wide range. because IL is impossible
TO get any official confirmation OF the
various rumors relative 10 the plans
OF the companies concerned, says the
Mining Journal.
These rumors are so numerous and
so circumstartial however, that II
appears practically certain that the
train service now hae between Chica-
go and Marquette and Houghton
counties and between Marquette and
Houghton counties is going to under
go one Of the most comprehensive
overhaulings it has been subjected TO
I'm many years.
The Chicago e. Northwestern COM
pany IS after a large share of the cop
per country business. To get ii, the
story goes. il will put on, at the be-
ginning of next week. a train schedul-
ed TO leave Chicago at p. m and TO
arrive in the copper country at a m
To ft in with this train the South
shore Calumet express, which now
leaves Marquette at Gas am, Will II
Is said be scheduled 10 leave at 4;45
n. m, connecting with the Northwest
ems Chicago express ct Negaunee'
This train will be pulled through to
the copper country by the South Shore
road
The Northwestern will also II Is re-
ported put on a Marquette sleeper
which will be operated the year around.
This sleeper win be dropped at Ne
raunee. where il will be about an hour
and n half early i'm the morning ana
will arrive in Marquette about
o'clock. some months ago the North
western dropped the through Mar
auette sleeper and in the interVai
since the only through sleeper service
between Marquette and Chicago has
been over the St. Paul line.
II is said that the running schedule
for the Calumet express ea'tbound to
Marquette will continue the same as
nj present The length OF time Mar
nuette county people taking the early
train will h, We to do business IN
Houphton county and return the same
,lav will be greatly Increased. For
those who want TO leave at later hour
the st. Paul train, leaving Marquette
for the copper country at s a. m, viii
stir remain
There are renorts Of other change"
Of the service the Northwestern road
viii give between the upper peninsul'
and Chicago. hut nothing definite can
be known about them until the roads
concerned make official announcement
OF their plans.
II Is pointed out that under the new
arrangement there will be more Ger
tainty about the time OF the arrival in
Marquette OF Northwestern passengers
a7d mail than there has been in the
past when the Chicago roads have
been Handicapped by hard running con-
ditions. AS in any event there Is an
hour and a half layover in Negaunee.
the morning train can get into that
town as much as an hour and n half
late, without the arriving time in Mar
quetto being affected.
The public Is taking much interest
I'm the stories Of the plans OF the South
Shore and Northwestern companies,
md 10 g ,t,aftfnsr on c,orf-- f,4ff cNcio1 on
rOurcement in regard TO them.