Source: The Mining Journal
Marquette, Mir
January 5, 1889

The Tail and the Dog

The recent change of time on the DSS&A necessitated by chang-
the connecting lines at St. Ignace, was not followed by

a satisfactory change on the Mineral Range road, and as, in con-
sequence, passengers and mails have a layover there is consider-
able kicking in the copper country. The idea seems to be that
the Mineral Range tail should wag the South Shore dog, and as
the Mineral Range will not start its evening trains a half hour
later, that the DSS&A should remodel its train schedule. The
South Shore train now arrives at Houghton at the earliest pos-
sible hour consicering the time at which it must leave St. Ig-
nace in order to connect with its eastern connections there.
Every possible effort was made in planning the new time card

to accommodate the people living along the line, and it is
believed that this been done to an unusual degree. It would
perhaps do a little good if the copper country people put the
usual upper peninsula energy into a Mineral Range kick instead
of “lamming" it to the South Shore.