Source: The Daily Mining Journal
Marquette, Mi.
September 19, 1887 Monday

At Last
The "Toot" of the Locomotive is Heard at
Sault Ste. Marie

Arrival of First Train Friday

Sault Ste. Marie, Sept. 17:- The first train reached the
Sault at noon yesterday. The last spike was driven amid the
applause of hundreds at the noon hour. A battery of two
pieces from Fort Brady under command of Captain O'neil, was
on the ground, and the welcome whistle of the first locomotive
to reach Sault Ste. Marie was responded to by a salute of 21
guns. Superintendent of construction Vincent reports that the
completion of the through line this winter is somewhat doubt-
ful, owing to delays arising from unexpected physical difficul-
ties on the western end of the line.

The CPR is completed to Thessalon, 50 miles from here, and
tracklaying is now going on at a rapid rate. The road is grad-
ed to the Canadian Sault, and it will not be long until the con-
struction train reaches our neighboring town across the river.

GPR
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