Show THROUGH MACKINAC one of the moat most important engineering projects now under consideration in america is the scheme of tunneling jhc thc th straits trait 8 ol 01 mackinac it has been definitely presented to congress and t to 0 thy the government authorities in the form of a pint introduced by senator llau of michigan instructing the secretary of war to cause an to be made into the practicability and expense of tunneling or bridging g that neck of water the subject of providing come some means of crossing this channel has been talked of for several years by the managers of the various railroads that reach the upper peninsula peni neala by cro crossing esing the tile straits of mackinac on ferryboat el and it is 18 probable that the persona persons cow dow interested in having the preliminary work commence are the own owners ere of these railroads the most northerly town in the he lower peninsula 0 of I 1 Ilic michigan higan at the straits of Alack mackinac inae is mackinaw Macki nav city opposite are the flourishing towns of black mackinac nae known as mackinac lackl nac inland island which is a military post and st ignace a prosperous and growing timber town from blacki mackinaw Daw cuy city to st ignaco ignace accordi according rg to the route now traversed by ferry boats is eight miles should a bridge or tunnel be constructed it would be I 1 located at a place where the terminal points would be about four miles apart tho the tunnel project is more popular with the parties interested than the bridge plan the water in the straits is is very deep in the middle of the within a mile or more of the shore on the st ignace side it is shallow with a rock bottom some time ago the various railroad interests decided that the rapidly increasing traffic at the straits demanded the colstr construction a caf on of f a bridge or tunnel and that one or tb abo 0 other woud would be necessary hect abary in the near future tho the ferry system is in inadequate even in the summer when the straits are open in the winter the boats are often locked in the tile ice tor for days at a tim time and the practicability of blid budging ging or tunnelling tun nelling the straits will ill therefore bourgea bo urged upon con grea gross rio GRANDS directors have just declared blared a dividend of ot one and one fourth per cent leaving surplus on liand hand this shown that the y tiling thing necessary to make inake railroads pay is good management in th h B s respect the little giant is at he the top op FROM brother sloans remarks about cache valleys Val leyle railroad I 1 the U A N L comes as near filling the longfelt long felt want as a a square peg does a I 1 round hole |