Railroad notes, 1887-12-17 (1 of 2)
| Abstract/Description: | Transcription of newspaper article from the Mining journal (Marquette, Mich.), Dec. 17, 1887, regarding the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company. |
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| Subject(s): | Railroads Marquette (Mich.) Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company |
| Date Created: | 1887-12-17 |
| Title: | Railroad notes, 1887-12-17 (1 of 2). | |
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| Name(s): |
Perron, Wesley E., contributor Peter White Public Library, contributor Mining Journal (Marquette, Mich.), creator Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Created: | 1887-12-17 | |
| Physical Form: | notes (documents) | |
| Extent: | 1 item | |
| Abstract/Description: | Transcription of newspaper article from the Mining journal (Marquette, Mich.), Dec. 17, 1887, regarding the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company. | |
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Electronic reproduction of: Transcription from Mining journal (Marquette, Mich.), Dec. 17, 1887. Source: The Mining Journal Marquette, Mi. Saturday, Dec. 17, 1887 Railroad Notes Beginning this week, the C and NW is running refrigerator cars from Milwaukee to Ishpeming twice each week. The cars leave Milwaukee on Tuesday and Thursday of each week and arrive in this city on Wednesday and Friday, making the trip in one day. Conductors on the C and NW now have instructions to tear out "short mileage" from thous and mile coupon books. From Ishpeming to Fort Howard and Green Bay the distance over the C and NW is 179 miles, and until recently conductors have taken coupons for 180 miles, but now collect for 161 miles, the distance from Green Bay via the South Shore and CM and StP [*] and Northern route. On Saturday, Dec. 24 and on the 25 and 26 of December and on January 1 and 2, holiday route tickets can be bought at the Ishpeming office of the DSS and A to any point on that road, and return for one and one third fares. Tickets are good from return up to and including January 3. Holiday trip tickets, good to any point in lower Michigan will be placed on sale at the South Shore passenger depot on December 23, 24, 25, and 26, good until January 4. The rate will be one fare for the route. C and NW DSS and A Passenger |
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| Subject(s): |
Railroads Marquette (Mich.) Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company |
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| Restrictions on Access: | In the public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) | |
| Is Part Of: | Wesley Perron Railroad collection. Identifier: SLC-017 | |
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