Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad Stations listed 4-23-1913 used as base for listing.
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M, M & N |
M, M & N |
M & L S |
M & L S |
Station or location by main Mile Post markers |
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0.00 |
0.00 |
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South Manistique |
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0.00 |
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Slip |
East end of M & LS |
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0.10 |
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Yard |
East end |
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0.11 |
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Slip lead |
East end of yard |
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0.23 |
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Yard |
Yard leads |
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0.24 |
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Yard |
East end east pass |
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0.34 |
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Yard |
East end west pass |
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2.00 |
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0.00 |
Manistique |
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0.56 |
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Yard |
West end of east pass |
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0.67 |
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Yard |
West end of west pass |
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0.70 |
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Switch |
Lead to CI Co. of A. |
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0.90 |
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road |
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1.10 |
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Switch / road |
To South Manistique / Elk Street |
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1.20 |
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Crossing |
M. St. P. & S. Ste. M. RR |
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1.30 |
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Switch / Road |
To Soo Line RR / Deer Street |
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1.30 |
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Manistique |
Station |
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1.40 |
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Engine house turntable |
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1.50 |
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Switch |
Lead to turntable, to Soo Line RR |
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1.70 |
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Switch |
West switch of yard |
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4.00 |
2.00 |
2.50 |
2.00 |
Manistique River |
Bridge - East end (across Indian River) |
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2.60 |
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Bridge |
West end (across Indian River) |
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2.80 |
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Switch |
East leg wye (to Manistique River log dump) |
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3.10 |
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Switch |
West leg wye (to Manistique River log dump) |
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4.90 |
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Switch |
Could be Spur 4 |
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6.00 |
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Spruceville |
Siding |
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6.30 |
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Switch |
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7.00 |
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Hartman |
Siding, listed 1915 - Hartman Spur on 1964 road map |
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7.20 |
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Bridge |
36 foot – over Sturgeon Hole Creek |
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7.50 |
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Switch / road |
M-94 |
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7.70 |
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Switch |
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8.00 |
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Switch |
Spur 8, listed 1915 - |
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8.30 |
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Road |
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8.60 |
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Road |
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9.00 |
7.00 |
Station Nine |
Listed 2/1951 |
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13.00 |
11.00 |
10.96 |
11.00 |
Hiawatha |
Junction to Hiawatha spur, Hiawatha Station on 1964-road map |
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11.21 |
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Switch |
Hiawatha Station east side |
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11.44 |
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Switch |
Hiawatha west end pass |
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13.47 |
14.00 |
Switch |
Spur 13 – Doyle, listed 1915 - |
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13.66 |
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Switch |
Junction point to South side spur |
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13.98 |
13.00 |
Switch |
Beeson’s Spur, listed as MP 14 – 1915, MP 13.70 - 2/1951, A station listed as Smith Creek MP 14.4 |
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15.00 |
15.09 |
15.00 |
Switch |
1915 Spur 15 – Camp 86, Manistique, Marquette & Northern RR listed as Hiawatha Mill No. 2 in 1909 |
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18.27 |
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Road |
M-94 |
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19.06 |
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Switch |
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20.94 |
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Road |
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24.00 |
22.00 |
21.40 |
22.00 |
Steuben |
East leg wye Steuben Branch, also known as Mc Cafferty, listed as MP 22 - 2/1951 Schoolcraft county, it was founded by the Chicago Lumbering Company which operated sawmills in Manistique from 1860, named for Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, inspect general of Washington’s army. |
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21.62 |
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Switch |
West leg wye |
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21.88 |
23.00 |
Switch |
Gravel Pit |
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26.00 |
Spur 24 |
Listed 1915 - |
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26.00 |
Spur 25 |
Listed 1915 - |
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24.10 |
26.00 |
Klondike |
Switch – long siding |
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27.04 |
28.00 |
Switch |
Spur 28 (Phillions) |
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31.00 |
29.00 |
27.11 |
29.00 |
Scotts - |
Junction point Mc Neil branch |
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27.12 |
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Switch |
East leg wye Mc Neil Branch, listed as MP 29 - 2/1951 |
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27.34 |
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Switch |
West leg wye – Mc Neil branch |
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33.00 |
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Mc Innes |
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33.08 |
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Road |
M-94 – Bissell’s Crossing Possible Lily Lake, about 1 mile south of Richardsons |
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34.04 |
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Switch |
East passing – Shingleton |
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35.00 |
33.00 |
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33.00 |
Richardsons |
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35.00 |
Spur 35 |
(Miller) listed 1915 - |
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39.00 |
37.00 |
34.38 |
37.00 |
Switch |
West pass – Shingleton / lead to Shingleton depot – depot far end, with to Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway, listed as MP 37 - 2/1951 |
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37.69 |
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Switch |
East yard |
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37.72 |
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Switch |
East yard |
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37.89 |
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Switch |
West yard |
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38.02 |
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Switch |
West yard |
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38.04 |
41.00 |
Switch |
Listed 1915 - At Doty wye track with Munising, Marquette & Southeastern Ry., connection to Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway via MM&SE. Listed as MP 38.32 - 2/1951. Alger County: in 1901, the Superior Veneer & Copperage Company, of Munising, built a spur from Marquette & Eastern Railway easterly into some forest land which they owned, and named it after their general manager, Marcus A. Doty. While its crossing with the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic (now the Soo Line) Railroad is known as Doty on the M. & E. (now Lake Superior & Ispheming), the Soo Line calls it Evelyn; on some maps Doty appears as a village. |
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38.34 |
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End of line |
One map shows a turning wye at this location. |
Steuben Branch
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0.22 |
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Road |
Thunder Lake Road |
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0.40 |
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Bridge |
East end, Indian River – pile trestle |
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0.43 |
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Bridge |
West end, 172 feet |
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1.90 |
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Switch |
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3.80 |
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Switch |
East leg wye |
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3.90 |
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Switch |
East pass |
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4.10 |
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Switch |
West pass |
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4.10 |
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Switch / road |
West leg wye |
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4.80 |
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Switch |
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5.00 |
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Switch |
End of branch |
Mc Neil Branch listed as branch in 1917
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0.00 |
Manistique |
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29.00 |
Scotts |
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34.00 |
34.00 |
Cooper (camp 74) |
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35.00 |
Wye |
Doyle Y in 1921 |
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36.00 |
36.00 |
Maki |
Siding, not listed 1921 |
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37.00 |
37.00 |
Parker |
Siding, not listed 1921 |
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40.00 |
40.00 |
Hovey (camp 85) |
Wye, not listed 1921 |
South side spur
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South side |
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Hiawatha spur listed as branch in 1917
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0.00 |
Manistique |
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11.00 |
Hiawatha |
Schoolcraft County: a co-operative colony, founded in 1893 by Thomas Mills, an American Socialist, on 240 acres donated by Abe Byers, the Populist leader; John D. Kelper became its first postmaster on April 14, 1894; dissention split this colony, located 13 miles north of Manistique, and it was abandoned in 1896, but its post office operated until Jan. 31, 1941. |
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14.00 |
Hiawatha Mill |
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Un-named branch on Manistique, Marquette & Northern R. R., probably Mc Neil branch. Listed 1911 on M&LS
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31.00 |
29.00 |
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29.00 |
Scotts |
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34.00 |
Cooper |
Camp 86 - 1915 |
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37.00 |
35.00 |
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35.00 |
Morans |
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36.00 |
Maki |
1915 |
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37.00 |
Parker |
1915 |
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40.00 |
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40.00 |
Doyles |
Camp 85 - 1915 |
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41.00 |
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Mc Neil |
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42.00 |
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Jenny |
Alger County: a station on the M. M. & N. Railroad, 19 miles from Munising; Napoleon L. Nevans became its first postmaster on Aug. 8, 1903, the office operated until Nov. 30, 1905. |
Branch line listed 1911 through 1919 to Thompson
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0.00 |
Manistique |
Schoolcraft County: the village was founded in 1871 by Henry Schoolcraft who named it after the Ojibawa name for Manistique (meaning Vermillion) River, but when registered with the state, an error in spelling was made, and let stand; William M. Colwell became the first postmaster on March 17, 1873, with the office named Eposport, but changed to Manistique on Jan. 27, 1879; a station on the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad; incorporated as a village in 1885 and as a city in 1901. |
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1.00 |
Manistique Wharf |
End of line 1915 |
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2.00 |
South Manistique 1913 – 1919 |
Schoolcraft County; this lumber settlement on Lake Michigan, in Hiawatha Township, was given a station on the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad and on March 19, 1883, a post office, with Matthew Gunton as its first postmaster, succeeded by A. C. Hubbell in 1884; see Manistique for the name. |
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6.00 |
Thompson 1913 |
Schoolcraft County; it was named for E. L. Thompson, of Detroit, president of the Delta Lumber Company which had a mill here on Lake Michigan; Alvah B. Mathews become its first postmaster on Dec. 20, 1881, followed by E. T. Slayton, secretary of the company, in 1882. |
