Source: The Mining Journal
Marquette, Mi.
April 30, 1887
Saturday
The DSS&A Time Card
The first time card of the DSS&A goes into effect Sunday
next, May 1, and the arrangement of trains will be such as to
afford ample accommodations to the traveling public. The
through service, will for the present consist of one train
which will run daily, Sundays included, between St. Ignace
and Houghton, leaving the first mentioned point at 6:50 am,
arriving at Marquette at 12:40, leaving Marquette at 1:00
and reaching Houghton at 5:35 pm. Returning the train will
leave Houghton at 9:10 am, arrive at Marquette at 1:45 and at
St. Ignace at 8:40 pm. Connections at all point will be maintained, and in order that this may be assured, it is the determination of the management to dispatch trains promptly, and
it will be well for parties having baggage to check to bear in
mind that it should be ready for weighing and checking at
least 15 minutes before the departure of trains. Round trip
tickets at reduced rates will be placed on sale at all stations as rapidly as the [* they] can be supplied.
It is desirable that transportation should be purchased at
the offices of the company, and to insure this, conductors
will be instructed to collect 5¢ [* cents] per mile for all fares paid
on trains from stations where tickets are on sale. It is
probable that a night train will soon be put on, as the road
bed along the entire line is being put into first class condition now that the frost is out of the ground. The train
service bids fair to be of high character, as it should be on
a road now thoroughly equipped. The ice is now out of the
straits of Mackinaw and the transfer of cars at St. Ignace has
begun.
DSS&A
Passenger
