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Contractors for new ore

Peter White Public Library

Railroads

Railroad engineering

St. Ignace Republican

AB01a396

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The contractors for the new ore dock received their pile driver and other machinery and have commenced the preliminary work. It is not expected to commence driving piles much before the first of February, but when they do get started it is the intention to hammer em in at the rate of 100 day. The timber contractor is also here getting his crews organized in order to commence the work of shaping the timbers. The dock will be ready for the recpetion by ore by the opening of naviagation.