Sources Escanaba The Iron Port of the World
Walter R. Nursey - 1890.

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All ready one road has obtained the desired ingress, the
Escanaba, Iron Mountain & Western, better known as the
Sehlesinger road, and with a magnificent new dock at North
Bo canaba - the terminal of their "range" railway - have
secured direct connections with the Iron liountain mines,
and the shores of Lake Michigan. From Escanaba to Iron
Mountain is 52 miles, from tnence to Florence, which will
be veached in the spring, is 14 miles, and Crystal Falls,
the ultimate jumping off place, is 16 miles yet further,
82 miles in all. The last spikes which will pin this
steel lariat to the water front at Escanaba, will be 4
driven, whilst this page is still wet from the press, and
tne million or more tons of ore of the Chapin confed-
eration, will be shipped from the dock during 1891, to
Cleveland, Ohio, by a fleet of fifteen steel steamers ex-
clusively operated by the mining syndicate. This ore
dock will eclipse all others, and lead the world. It is
1,392 feet out in deep water and is approached by an open
trestle 2,000 feet in length. It hae 232 pockets capable
of holding 162 tons each, with a total capacity of 37,500
tons. Its dock is 52 feet above the water lines « « «
Over 7,000,000 feet of timber will be used in this struc-
ture. ix. Hollidse is the engineer in charge of construc-
tion, and Nedsers. McIntosh Brothers are the contractors
for both railnoad and dockse As the gradients on this rail-
way are slight\ as compared with those of the C. &N.-W. the
Iron Mountain trains will haul double the usual load, prob-
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In addition to the facilites offered by the Schlesinger
road, the C&liW will, it is steted, eventuall absorb the
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western, which connects after
traversing a rich ore region, with theit line at Waters-
meet. And not satisfied with this, it will parallel the
jiilwaukee & North rn, and the Duluth, South Shore & Atl-
antic, conpeting for the trade now shared by these. ‘he
nnein*lis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic road, better
own as the "Soo Line” practically an extension of the
Canadian Pacific, all ready has a stetion at North Ese-
anaba, but without marine connection, and another at
i th good water facilities - seven miles up
the bay; notwithstanding which latter fact however, real-
izing the commercial importance of obtuining dock privil-
eges at Escanaba, its management is now in comaunication
with the civic authorities for the acquiring of right of
way, and lake dockage on the southern water front bounded
by Iiehigan avenue. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul,
equally alive to the inportance of ingress to Escanaba,
are also endeavoring to arrange with the city council for
tain concessions, which will secure hikewise to them
terminal quarters in the same locality; whilst the Dul' th,
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yp. 2 Escanaba, the Iron Port of the World
Walter R. Burney - 1590

which led them to erect costly docks, at the lake Superior port of
Marquette, are not only contemplating, but have actually sought the
concessional co-operation of the city, which if extended will con-
fer upon them also, the necessary port accommodations, which every
ore road in the Upper Peninsula is now fighting might and main to
secure. The degree of importance which is attached to the secur-
ing of access to the harbor of Escanaba, is convincingly shown in
the fact that the DSS&A are ready to sacrifice all the capital in-
vested in their huge ore docks and yards at Marquette, and trans-
fer their entire ore interests to the Iron Port of the world.

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The Burns Transportation Co., run a line of fast boats which con-
neect with the "Soo" railroad at Gladstone......

Docks ~ DSS&A
MIS&W

M&N

DSS&A

MSSM&A

CM&StP

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