Source: The Mining Journal
Marquette, Mi.
September 10, 1887
Saturday
Railroad Work
Ishpeming - President C. F. Dutton and other officials of
the M&N arrived in the county Friday of last week and were
taken to Republic in their special car over the South Shore
the same day. They stayed over at Republic Friday night and
left the county on the return trip to Milwaukee Saturday afternoon. During their stay they looked over the ground between
Republic and Champion, where the next section of their line is
to be built.
Mr. Dutton was seen by a reporter of the Mining Journal Saturday afternoon, but he had nothing to say regarding the plana
of the M&N for the future, further that [* than] that the line is to be
extended from Reputlic to Champion at once. It is whispered
among those who ought to know that an alliance, offensive and
defensive, has been entered into between the M&N and the DSS&A,
but how true this may be cannot be said. Such an agreement
would give the South Shore a southern outlet, and would let
the M&N into the Lake Superior ports.
Just at present contractors who will build the extension
of the C&NW from this city to Republic and Michigamme are
trying to possess their souls in patience. They were given
the contract a few days after the preliminary survey was begun, and prepared to start work at once. The first party of
engineers have not completed the survey yet and the second
party of surveveyors [* surveyors] is working at a considerable disadvantage, not having the notes and books of the first party. Things
will be going more smoothly in about a week, and Langdon
& Co., the contractors can put all their teams and men to
work to good advantage. The surveyors have three camps at
various places along the route, and the contractors are building stables and shanties at Camp No. 1, about four miles
west of Ishpeming.
It ie not probable that the rails will be laid and the track
in readiness for running trains much before January 1, but the
bulk of the work will be finished by the time cold weather sets
in.
C&NW
DSS&A
M&N
Stations - Champion - Michigamme
