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Une Story of the Road
what Kao Been Accomplished
by tne Building end What #i1L
tesult from Its Conpetition
‘Tae South Shore road is completed today and its Yestern
Yermirus, Superior - celebrates the event. consumation
pf the undertaking, which vas conceived in the brain of the late
Beneral Ramnond gives to Superior an outlet to the seabuaed that
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io nites onl, were needed to complete the inportant eysten but
theae 40 miles hava given ta Sunerion a dipeet route to
sitios of the eect end gouerated the}
Late Superior region. 70 the South Shore therefore, Superior
pays homage.

The avenue of communication offered by the completion of the
railway of tke Duluth, South Skore & itlantic Co., practically
Bakes of Sugerior the vestern terainut of a truck Line end offers
amenns of direct intorcourse with the cities of the
ccabourd as well us the rich industriel centers of Low:
Ohio, Tndiana, Pennsylvania and the Canadian pre

 

 

 
    

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of, Giversiiied tedustrine netaneliy ‘teibuiety to Bios
is end the principal city of this line cf railway.

tne sate relative position to Superior and
Duluth as the Chicago lines due to St. Paul end Minneapolis, being
the netoral convecting Mink uith the imparting and exporting cantare
{ the country and even exceeding those lines in the estavlishing
of through train service, freight and passenger beyond its
eastern limits, offering the advantage of through rates and quick
connections, The history of the DSS&A R'Y foreshadows the policy
i the promoters to esteblioh the trurk line, offering the great

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hsse" system corsist of the Mackinaw

ie Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette, which extend Pa

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morgeette a igtonse'of 191 sides and vas opened for traffic
Decanher 13, 1841, the Macquette, Honghtan & Ontonegon and ite
vropriatory Line the Marquette aid Western, having & total mileage
of 122 miles and whica was opend for traffie from Merquette to

hpeming in 1387, to Champion in 1965, to LtAnse ix 1872, to
foughton and che Marquette & Western from Marquette to Tahpening
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wos bu he DSS&A Go. and consists of @ connection Lo S. S. Marie,
ISfallss ontyei in 1587, fron Nootoria to Iron sivery 165 aie’ orened
opened in 1888, and the’ last connecting link from Iron Riv.
Superior 45 miles, Decenber Ly 1892. The great Taternstional. Sree
aids 3. Marie was completed on the opening Vine ot that point

5 eet Ot ch almot to Caneian territory.” Tae
entire nativay tow corsiote of 702,53 atten of sain Line 6
of brancl , 5? miles of sidings, making a total of 706.83,
Shies of operated railway, equipped with 99 locanoviven,

   

 

 

 

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