The Ann Arbor Courier
Jan. 5, 1883
Mr. C. L. French has left the position of general
manage and station agent of the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk
road.
Pinckney Dispatch Feb.
1, 1883
The Toledo and Ann Arbor railroad Co. will soon commence
the erection of a depot at South Lyon.
The Ann Arbor Courier
Feb. 2, 1883
The car shops of the Toledo road which are
located here employ eight or ten men. They are soon to be moved to
Manhattan Junction near Toledo.
Pinckney Dispatch Feb. 8,
1883
The railroad interests through this place have been somewhat
prevaricated by the officials of the road, and it must be remembered
that the committee by whom the amount to be raised was pledged, have
labored earnestly to meet their requirements, and a t present they
report by $400 lacking. This includes a fair estimate on the right of
way to be pledged through the village of South Lyon. [South Lyon
Excelsior]
Only one train daily now between Ann Arbor and South Lyon. You can go to Ann Arbor, but you can't return the same day.
The Ann Arbor Courier
Feb. 9, 1883 (originally from Dexter Leader)
We have it on
good authority that the Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad company will
construct a road from Ann Arbor along the line of the Huron River,
calling at Foster's Delhi, Scio, Dexter, branching hence to
Dirkett's, Pickney, Howell, Bryon, Corunna and Owosso –
crossing the Detroit, Lansing and Northern at Howell, the Chicago and
Grand Trunk at Bancroft, and the Junction of the Detroit, Grand Haven
and Milwaukee and Saginaw division of the Michigan Central Railroad
at Owosso – thence into all the Saginaw pine country. The
advantages of such a route are obvious. It would open up much new
country, and connect towns and villages which never ought to be
separated. One-half the cost of lumber freight would be saved to
manufactures and dealers here, while competition would give us a
double route and triple accommodations, besides immediately having
the freight charges to Detroit by giving us a shorter route East by
way of Toledo.
The Ann Arbor Courier
March 2, 1883
Special train brought the Uncle Tom's Cabin
troupe down from South Lyon Wednesday noon in time for them to give a
street parade in the afternoon.
The Ann Arbor Courier
Feb. 9, 1883
By the of one of the T. & A. A. R. R. cars
last Friday it was overturned and Mr. Hamilton, who happened to be in
it, was slightly injured.
The Ann Arbor
Courier Feb. 9, 1883
The
Toledo road was snowed in again Tuesday night and was opened
Wednesday by a train of two locomotives and three cars which went
north to South Lyon.
Pinckney
Dispatch March 15, 1883
Ties are being distributed along the
Michigan Air Line between Pontiac and South Lyon. They will be placed
as soon as the weather will admit. [Excelsior]
The Ann Arbor Courier
March 23, 1883
On account of a misplaced switch the south
bound passenger train was derailed Tuesday afternoon at the Y on the
Toledo road near the jail. The engine ran off, and it was not until
early the next morning that the hands succeeded in getting it again
on the track. In the meantime all traffic north on the road was
suspended.
Pinckney
Dispatch April 19, 1883
The railroad work on the M. A. L. has
begun in earnest, gangs of men are scattered all along the line. Mr.
Achley has commenced work with a corps of men in the village and will
work westward to connect at Ata Washburn's with Mr, Reynolds who is
also advancing with a corps. He is met at Weatherhead's mills by Mr.
Williams. Another gang is at work near Whitmore Lake. A number of
other companies are at work further on. S, Haywood with a strong
force is engaged near Pinckney, marching this way with a resolute
will.[Excelsior]
Meriden
Daily Republican May 13, 1893
The End of the Strike Near,
New
York, March 13,-- J. M. Ashley, Jr., vice president of the Toledo,
Ann Arbor and Lake Michigan railroad, received a dispatch to the
effect that the United States court has decided that all railroads in
territory of the Ann Arbor road must accept freight from the Toledo,
Ann Arbor and Lake Michigan, and that an order to that effect would
be issued by the court to that effect would be issued by the court
tomorrow morning. Another telegram stated that the strikers, through
Chief Arthur, were willing to declare the strike off if the railroad
officials would meet their employees as individuals and listen to
their grievances.
Pinckney
Dispatch May 10, 1883
A T. A. A. & G. T. engine collided with
a box car in the yard Monday, while switching, and both thrown from
the track and the cab of the engine bruised up somewhat, but nobody
was injured. [Excelsior]
Pinckney
Dispatch May 17, 1883
The T. A. A. & G. T. R. R. Co. are
ornamenting their line with a wire fence.[Excelsior]
A special train went from last night on the T. A. A. & G. T. road. It was chartered by the I. O. O. F., who when to South Lyon to institute a lodge in that town. [Ann Arbor Courier]
Pinckney
Dispatch May 24, 1883
Mr. Ashley, of the Toledo and Ann Arbor road
was met at Ann Arbor, Saturday last by delegations from this
vicinity, Plainsfield, Pinckney and Unadilla being represented. As, a
result of this interview, Mr. Ashley visited this place yesterday,
where he was again met by various delegations from neighboring towns,
Howell being included. While no definite proposition was made by
parties on either side, Mr. Ashley stated that the extension of the
road was an an assured fact, and the location of the line would
depend upon the chance of local business and other encouragement that
could be offered. The company already have a line built to South
Lyon, and unless substantial aid is offered for another route, the
extension will undoubtedly be made from that point northward. A large
delegation of Howell business men were here yesterday, and and the
interest at that point is undoubtedly very strong. If the “middle
route route” is adopted, Howell, Pinckney, Birkett and Dexter
will be obliged to raise a bonus to compensate in some degree for the
abandonment or disposal of the line from Ann Arbor to South Lyon. Mr.
Ashley drove over the line from Dexter to Pinckney, yesterday, in
company with Mr. Birkert, and seemed favorably impressed with the
scope of the country which would be traversed by the proposed line.
It is probable that a preliminary survey will soon be made, and then
a definite proposition can be offered by the company.
Pinckney
Dispatch May 31, 1883
Condemnation proceedings have been commenced
to secure the right of way across the lands of Geo. VanAtta and Mrs.
Soper, for the G. T. R. R., and also against O. J. Goodspeed for land
adjoining
the railroad which is wanted for grading purposes.[South Lyon Picket]
Pinckney
Dispatch June 14, 1883
J. M. Ashley, Jr., came to Howell again
last Friday, this time to lay before our citizens the proposition
referred to in the public meeting reported one week ago, with
authority from the directors of the T. A. A. R. R. The proposition is
substantially this; – The road will be build if the the people
along the route will buy bonds issued by the company to the amount of
$5000 per mile upon these conditions, namely:-- $30,000 worth shall
be taken up by subscribers, on the completion on the road built to
furnish iron, rolling stock, and build depots, ware houses and other
equipments. Mr. John Weimeister began the work here by subscribing
for $5,000 worth of bonds, at the same time pledging himself to tale
$5,000 more more if necessary. Wm. McPherson and Sons then subscribed
for $10,000 worth, but a few forcible words from Mr. Ashley persuaded
that energetic firm to double that amount. The committee appointed to
solicit the subscriptions then went to work and canvassed the work
before them. They show $40,000 in subscriptions as a result of the
few hours actual solicitation up to the time of this writing (Tuesday
morning).[our Correspondent]
Pinckney
Dispatch June 21, 1883
The T. A. A. & G. T. have now put on
two trains daily each way which makes it convenient.[South Lyon
Picket]
Pinckney
Dispatch June 28, 1883
The piles are being driven for the
foundation of the turn-table and Wm. Groig has th the job of putting
it up.
Nineteen cars of steel rail arrived at the depot last Saturday, for the G. T. R. R., which means that track -laying is to be commenced at once.[Picket]
The Owosso American July
4, 1883
The Howell Democrat reports $8,300 additional railroad
bond sales, making a total of $54,200. The second list shows one
subscription of $1,000 (A. D. Kneeland) and the remainder is made up
of sums from $500 down to $100. The Democrat is informed by Mr.
Ashley that the company has engaged a corps of engineers to commence
surveying, July 15, either the Howell or Hartland route.
Byron had another railroad meeting last Saturday which was quite well attended and a great deal of enthusiasm was manifested. Hon. Mr. Ashley was present. The difference between stock and bonds was explained to those present in such a way that your correspondent wondereth why bonds go begging with so much idle capital as there is in the country at present; but they gave the people here their choice between taking $30,000 in bonds or donating $15,000 in cash when the road should be completed and a depot established within half a mile of the city, and as the people of Byron and vicinity are noted for their liberality they choose the latter, believing it to be more blessed togive than to receive (Railroad bonds). And now, Dear Press, we feel that we are plenty old enough (if not very large) to have a railroad, and we think our past experience combined with our age will cause us to put forth a big effort to raise the required ducats.
Pinckney
Dispatch July 5, 1883
It having become indisputably established
that Gov. Ashley is financially a bankrupt, no steps have been taken
to raise railroad money here. [Dexter Leader]
Pinckney
Dispatch July 19, 1883
Owosso votes $20,000 for the T. A. A. and
G. T. Railroad.
Pinckney
Dispatch July 19, 1883
About 20 rods of iron has already been laid
in the village on the G. T. and camp three of the iron gangs will be
here in a few days when active business will begin.[picket]
Ann Arbor Courier July 20, 1883
Apropos of the contemplated extension of' the Toledo road northward the Free Press says : " Mention has been made of .1. M. Ashley's plan of soliciting ald for the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad, which he is endeavoring to have extended northward through Livingston, Shiawassee and Gratiot counties. Mr. Ashley asks no subscriptions for stock, but sells to contributors at par first mortgage six per cent. twenty-year bonds of the road. The bonds are to be a int Hen on ' all the property now owned' and that may hereafter be acquired by the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad, and shall ' also be a second mortgage on all property now owned or shall hereafter be acquired by tlie Toledo, Ann Arbor & Grand Trunk Railway Company.' The issue of the bonds is limited to $20,000 per mile of new road to be constructed- of which $5,000 per mile is offered to subscribers along the line, and it is 'expressly stipulated that the remaining $l0,000 per mile shall only be issued in amounts of $90,000 on the completion of each six miles of road.' The bonds to the amount of $5,000 per mile are to be paid for in installments of twenty percent., on the 8th of each month, the mileage to be based on the certificate of the Chief Engineer of the company rendered each month."
Pinckney
Dispatch July 26, 1883
A new platform will be built at the depot
of the D. L. & N., 56 x 14 ft., for better accommodation of a
freight. Lee Waring is the builder.[Picket]
Pinckney
Dispatch Aug.2, 1883
The Grand Trunk Railroad have an arrangement
by which they will enjoy the right of running cars or trains over the
Toledo and Ann Arbor line from South Lyon, so that when the Air Line
road is completed to Pinckney our people will have the choice of
Toledo or Detroit as a market for their produce which they can ship
to either place out transfer or change of cars.
Pinckney
Dispatch Aug.2, 1883
The crossing of the new Grand Trunk with the
F. & P. M. R'y. Was effected Sunday, and track laying is being
rapidly pushed toward South Lyon.Pinckney Dispatch Aug. 9, 1883
Pinckney
Dispatch Aug.2, 1883
Owosso's $20,000, voted by the city for the
T. A.A. & G. T., is a bonus to be paid on the completion of be
road, not for investments in bonds, as stated.
Pinckney
Dispatch Aug.2, 1883
The Air Line Road was completed to South Lyon
Tuesday, and a very generous reception was accorded to the iron gang
and other railroad employees on the arrival of the first train.
Pinckney
Dispatch Aug. 9, 1883
Owosso's $20,000, voted by the city for the
T. A.A. & G. T., is a bonus to be paid on the completion of be
road, not for investments in bonds, as stated.
Pinckney
Dispatch Aug. 9, 1883
The Air Line Road was completed to South
Lyon Tuesday, and a very generous reception was accorded to the iron
gang and other railroad employees on the arrival of the first train.
The Ann Arbor Courier
Aug. 10, 1883
The surveying party on the proposed extension of
the Toledo road reached Pinckney Wednesday night, on their way
towards Ann Arbor. Mr. Birkett of Dover is piloting the survey party
from Pinckney to Dexter.
The Ann Arbor
Courier Aug. 10, 1883
The
Toledo road is doing a heavy freight business this summer and the
side tracks here are of insufficient length to accommodate the cars.
140 car were side-tracked between Saturday noon and Tuesday. A large
portion of the freight is coal, direct from the coal fields of
Pennsylvania and Ohio. Its affairs in Ann Arbor have never been so
well looked after as since Mr. Phillips took charge of them.
Pinckney
Dispatch Aug. 16, 1883
The bridges for the Air Line are all
complete between South Lyon and Hamburg village and the bridge
builders are working this way with a large force of men. The bridge
across the sink hole in Green Oak is about 400 feet in length and is
said to be a fine structure. Timber is rapidly placed on the ground
for the bridges both east and west of this village.
Pinckney
Dispatch Aug. 23, 1883
Pursuant to the published notice, a meeting
in the interest of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railway was
held at the Monitor House, Friday evening last, Mr. Ashley being
called to Owosso, telegraphed his inability to be present. But
through Dr. Haze offered to the people of Pinckney a new new
proposition to be substituted at their option for that previously
made. This proposition was that Pinckney raise a bonus of $10,000 to
be paid when the road is completed to this place, and free right of
way through the territory embraced for the bonus. Mr. Birkett was
present and and made a brief but telling speech, advising the
acceptance of the bonus plan, and the benefits to be derived from a
completing line. Others spoke in encouraging terms, and it was
finally voted to accept Mr. Ashley's proposition to raise the bonus,
and the following committee appointed to canvass for subscriptions:
Dr. C. W. Haze, Thompson Grimes, F. Reason, Wm. Hendee, J. C. Dunn.
Dr. C. W. Haze immediately forwarded to Mr. Ashley a card informing
him of the action of the meeting and asking for blanks with which to
begin work.
The conditions upon which subscriptions will be asked are that the road run within three fourths of a mile of the center of the village and that it be completed to this point inside of two years from date of the note.
Pinckney
Dispatch Aug. 23, 1883
A monstrous water tank is being erected by
the G. T.
Wm. Greig has roundousetaken the job of building all the passenger depots from New Hudson to Stockbridge on the G. T. R'y. And will begin the one at this place at once. It will be a depot used in common by all the railroads and will stand at the junction of the G. T. and D. L & N. so that the GG. T. will run on one side and the D. L. & N. on the other. As the T. A. A. & G. T. will continue to use the D. L. & N. side they will of course use the same building. It will only contain a telegraph office, waiting rooms, baggage room, & etc, while the D. L. N. will use use their present building for freight and the G. T. and T. A. A. & G. T. will built a freight house to be used in common by them.[South Lyon Picket]
The Ann Arbor Courier
Aug. 24, 1883
E. B. Hall and brother have filled in dirt along
the Toledo road track for a considerable distance in the third ward,
and have put up extensive coal sheds.
The Ann Arbor
Courier Aug. 24, 1883
Welch
Post, G. A. R., of this city, have made arrangements for the first
excursion over the T., A. A. & G. T. railroad to Orchard Lake,
which will probably take place on or about September 10th.
Pinckney
Dispatch Sept. 6, 1883
A round-house which will accommodate two
engines has been build by the G. T. near the turn table.[Picket]
Pinckney
Dispatch Sept. 13, 1883
The crossing of the Grand Trunk road was
laid across the T. A. A. road at this place on Sunday[South Lyon
Excelsior]
Pinckney
Dispatch Sept. 27, 1883
The new depot building is enclosed and
looks better as it progresses. With a good coat of paint to cover the
knots it will be something of an ornament.[Picket]
Hamburg – The bridges over the mill race and over the creek on Mr. Bell's march are both finished and the bridge gag have gone back to finish the one over the sink hole in the McDonald farm, in Green Oak.
Pinckney
Dispatch Oct. 4, 1883
Iron is now laid about four miles out from
from Jackson.
The G. T. turntable was put in position on its well prepared circle, Sunday. A long piece of side track is being put down for the G. T. between the depot and water tank.[Excelsior]
The grading of the Ohio & Michigan railroad has been completed between Dundee and Britton. The track is laid for two miles between the two places, and when completed the the connection with the Toledo & Ann Arbor railroad will be made, and the trains will be enabled to reach Toledo from all points on the line.
The Ann Arbor Courier
Oct. 12, 1883
The Toledo road now has Grand Trunk connections
at South Lyons, both east and west.
Pinckney
Dispatch Oct. 18, 1883
All the graders and bridge builders had
orders to work last Sunday, and most of them did so. The tracklayers
had overtaken them at Hamburg, and had to wait for the grad to be
completed on the “Ball marsh.”
The Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Railroad has made a Trust Deed to the Central Trust Company of New York as security for money to be advanced on bonds to equip the road.
Passenger trains are now running regularly over the Pontiac and South Lyon section of the Air Line Road.
The gravel train train of the Air Line will commence work this side of south Lyon next week.
Pinckney
Dispatch Nov. 1, 1883
Tracks are in Pinckney with a side track and
a depot under construction, tracks need to have gravel installed
(ballast)
Pinckney
Dispatch Nov. 8, 1883
Train service now in Pinckney.
Pinckney
Dispatch Nov. 15, 1883
The State Commissioner of Immigration has
printed in his map the line of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern
as extending from South Lyon by way of Harland and Byron to Owosso.
This should be a relief to that Howell man who was alarmed at the
prospect of it running right through his bay window. Did that bay
window throw Mr. Ashley 10 miles out of line, or has he been
“codding” the Commissioner of Immigration?
The track of the Air Line Railway was connected at Stockbridge, Monday afternoon.
Pinckney
Dispatch Nov. 29, 1883
The Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern railroad
has constructed twenty-two miles of road during the past summer.[Ann
Arbor Register] – Where?
The
Ann Arbor Courier Aug. 24, 1883
G. T. running two passenger
trains a day [Picket]
Pinckney
Dispatch Dec. 13, 1883
First car load of wheat shipped by Tompkins
& Ismon today
The first passenger train arrived at Pinckney Monday afternoon last. It was met at the depot by the Pinckney Cornet Band and quite a delegation of citizens, who were treated to a complimentary ride for several miles out toward Hamburg and return. One mixed train now runs to Pinckney, arriving about three o'clock p. m.
The T. A. A. & G. T. Ry. Have their new Engine house nearly completed, and will hold two engines. They have also put in a long side track commencing north of Greig's mill and running to engine house.[Picket]
Pinckney
Dispatch Dec. 20, 1883
Brighton hopes to raise money enough to
secure the extension of T, A. A. & N R'y. Though that place.
On and after Monday next Grand Trunk will run two passenger trains to Jackson each day, also a mixed train will run each way daily.
