Source: The Mining Journal
Marquette, Mi.
November 27, 1886

This won't be news to readers of the Mining Journal, but it
serves to show that the railway schemes projected for this penin-
sula are attracting considerable attention outside. It is taken
from the Wall Street Daily Indicator:

The DSS&A will build about 200 miles to have a continuous line
from Duluth to Sault Ste. Marie. The new road will form a connec-
tion with the Pennsylvania and New York Central systems and at the
Sault connection will be made with the CPR, GT and a new road
known as the Brockville, Westport & Sault Ste. Marie. None of
these roads as yet reach the Sault, but all are now building that
way. The last named road will run from Brockville, on the St. Law-
rence, to the Sault, a distance of 467 miles. ‘The St. Lawrence
will be bridged at a very narrow point near Brockville. The only
other bridge of any proportion to be built by the new system is
that over the Sault Ste. Marie.