Source: The Mining Journal
Marquette, Mi.
Saturday, Dec. 17, 1887

Railroad Notes

Beginning this week, the C&NW is running refrigerator
cars from Milwaukee to Ishpeming twice each week. The
cars leave Milwaukee on Tuesday and Thursday of each week
ané arrive in this city on Wednesdsy and Friday, making
the trip in one day.

Conductors on the C&NW now have instructions to tear
eut "short aileage" from thousand mile coupon books, Froe
Ishpeming to Fort Howard and Green Bay the distance over
the C&NW is 179 miles, ané 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 CMEStP
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 DSSEA to any point on that
road, and return for one and one third fares. Tickets
are good fromreturn 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.

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