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THE TOLEDO, SAGINAW AND MUSKEGON RAILWAY.

The Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon Railroad, filed articles of construction 1/25/1886, the line was to run from Muskegon to Saginaw, proposed length 140 miles, with capital stock of $2,800,000.

The Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway Company was organized December, 1886, with the following stockholders : J. M. Ashley, Toledo, Ohio; Win. Baker, Toledo, Ohio; Jno. Cummings, Toledo, Ohio ; D. Robison, Jr., Toledo, Ohio ; E. Middleton, Greenville, Michigan ; L. G. Mason, Muskegon, Michigan.

David .Robison, Jr., was elected President, and Win. Baker, Secretary and Treasurer.

The Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon was organized in the interest of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway.

The Road as now built extends from Ashley, on the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway, to Muskegon, on Lake Michigan--a distance of 95.8 miles.

The general offices of the Company are located at Muskegon, and the following are its present officers : David Robison, Jr., President ; W. V. McCracken, Vice President and General Manager; J. F. Pennington, Secretary; B. F. Reed, Superintendent; J. K. McCracken, Auditor and G. F. and P. Agent.

In 1889, the line was leased to the Grand Trunk, then later sold to the Grand Trunk.  Both Jim Ashley, Jr. and David Robinson, Jr. (president), William Baker, and John Cummings making a profit on the construction but losing control of the road.

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