TitleDSS&A have issued their 4th of July announcement Date1888-06-23 SubjectRailroads DescriptionDSS&A have issued their 4th of July announcement in which they say in order to insure everybody a go... View Details
TitleTelegraph operators on the DSS&A Date1888-06-28 SubjectRailroads DescriptionTelegraph operators on the DSS&A between St. Ignace and Marquette, run largely through the forest, p... View Details
TitleSeventy-Five of the 400 new 40 ton ore cars Date1888-06-29 SubjectRailroads DescriptionSeventy five of the 400 new 40 on ore cars built for the South Shore have arrived and are in the low... View Details
TitleFive of the new DSS&A passenger coaches Date1888-06-29 SubjectRailroads DescriptionFive of the new DSS&A passnger coaches have left the works and are at Detroit having the heaters put... View Details
TitleMinneapolis Sault Ste Marie & Atlantic Railroad Date1888-06-30 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThe Minneapolis Sault Ste Marie & Atlantic Railroad make close connections at Pembine Wiscon with Mi... View Details
TitleRock River shipments of ties Date1888-06-30 SubjectRailroads DescriptionShipments of ties continue to average two cars per day. View Details
TitleMichael Morgan was killed by a fall Date1888-06-30 SubjectMine accidents DescriptionMichael Morgan was killed by a fall of earth in the Jackson mine at Negaunee. View Details
TitleDSS&A is doing a lively business in ore carrying Date1888-06-30 SubjectRailroads DescriptionDSS&A is doing a lively business in ore carrying from the mines to St. Ignace, in competition with t... View Details
TitleClaim no. 62 Date1888-06-30 SubjectRailroads DescriptionPatrick Vaughn, Negaunee Michigan, for $200.00 for damages to crop caused by tearing down fence June... View Details
TitleDuluth South Shore & Atlantic Ry Date1888-06-30 SubjectRailroads DescriptionDouble Daily Line of Wagner Palace Sleeping Cars Via this Popular Route between Houghton-Barraga. View Details
TitleGideon Beauchaine wages Date1905-03-02 SubjectRailroads -- Employees Description$18.25 wages as section man at L'Anse in June 1888, 11 1/2 days at $1.50. Paid September 19, 1890. View Details
TitleHoughton, July 3 - the South Shore Date1888-07-03 SubjectRailroads DescriptionSouth Shore has announced that it will sell round trip tickets for one fare on the 3rd and 4th, and ... View Details
TitleFirst of August Date1888-07-03 SubjectRailroads DescriptionOver 500 men are rushing the work of ballasting the new track of the DSS&A from Nestoria to Iron Riv... View Details
TitleHoughton, July 4 - Mr. Schulte Date1888-07-05 SubjectRailroads DescriptionMr. Schulte had his right leg severly injured Monday afternoon by a piece of casting falling on it f... View Details
TitleNew coaches Date1888-07-05 SubjectRailroads DescriptionTwo of the new coaches for the DSS&A reached the city on the early morning express yesterday, and on... View Details
TitleHoughton, July 4 - civil engineers Date1888-07-05 SubjectRailroads DescriptionCivil engineers C. M. Rich, C. R. Cormin and W. S. Reese of the DSS&A are here making a map of the p... View Details
TitleThree more of the new South Shore coaches Date1888-07-07 SubjectRailroads DescriptionThree more of the new South Shore coaches are expected in a day or two now. The color adopted for t... View Details
TitleRock River - two carloads of logs Date1888-07-07 SubjectRailroads DescriptionTwo carloads of logs per day are being recieived from Onota, to be cut in the sawmill here. View Details
TitleRoadmaster C. H. Watson Date1888-07-07 SubjectRailroads DescriptionRoadmaster C. H. Watson of the Mackinac division, DSS&A is of the opinion that if anyone walks from ... View Details
TitleFreight train collided with a switch engine Date1888-07-07 SubjectRailroads DescriptionFreight train collided with a switch engine near negaunee the other morning. John Fisher, engineer ... View Details
TitleRegarding the report sent out from Champion Date1888-07-09 SubjectRailroads DescriptionRegarding the report sent out from Champion to several outside dailies, to the effect that the DSS&A... View Details
TitleFine fog bell has been placed Date1888-07-11 SubjectRailroads DescriptionFine fog bell has been placed on the South Shore dock to guide the big transfer steamer in thick wea... View Details
TitleWork has commenced on the St. Ignace passenger station Date1888-07-11 SubjectRailroads DescriptionWork has commenced on the St. Ignace passenger station at St. Ignace along side the new slip dock. View Details
TitleSuperintendent Jarvis is studying up the snow plow problems Date1888-07-11 SubjectRailroads DescriptionSuperintendent Jarvis is studying up the snow plow problems and long before snow flies the South Sho... View Details
TitleR. S. Larch, from the PRR has taken Ike Messier's run Date1888-07-11 SubjectRailroads DescriptionR. S. Lerch, from the PRR has taken Ike Messiers run on the Houghton division. Ike has a host of fr... View Details
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