Source: Iron Ore
Ishpeming, Mie
August 18, 1888 Saturday

James McMillan when asked about his connection with upper
peninsula land grants said: The H&O has been granted lands on
condition that it complete the road from L'Anse to Ontonagon,
there is no money in building the road without the land grant.
The DSS&A owns the H&O and therefore its land grant rights.
However, there is no present idea of building the road, so there
is no land grant question to come up. If congress shall pass a
forfeiture bill that will be an end to the whole matter. I am
not afraid that anyone's rights will be taken away. Moreover,
the CPR has not bought the DSS&A. Certain gentlemen in New York,
who are interested in the CPR, have bought an interest in the
road. JI am still president of it, however.

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