Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Ludington Record Thursday, February 7, 1884 [extracts of marine news] The F. & P. M. Steamer No. 2 unloaded thirty-five carloads of silver quartz at the railroad dock on Sunday last. They were bound for Liverpool, Eng. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ludington Record Thursday, February 14, 1884 [extracts of marine news] The latest from the Straits of Mackinac is that the steamer ALGONAC has been abandoned for the winter, the crew discharged, and all transferring across the straits will be done by teams until spring. And thus ends the experiment of a winter ferry across the straits. What will be done remains to be seen. If there is to be a great route from east to west through Michigan, there must be a sure and permanent crossing at the straits. A steam ferry was never deemed practicable by many. The ALGOMA has made a hard fight for existence, and is finally abandoned. Now, shall it be a bridge or a tunnel? Either will mean an enormous expense, but both are practicable. It is the only solution of the question, as the Herald claimed when the ALGOMA was put on. The important question is: Will the amount of business to be done warrant the expenditure of the large amount of money required in the building of such a bridge, or the construction of a tun- nel under the straits? - Grand Traverse Herald. The question of tunneling or bridging Mackinaw Straits is started 25 years too soon. Here is Ludington, a rail- road terminus, and has steamboat connection almost daily with the other side. A better or more direct through route cannot be had. The Montana mines have found that out already. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ludington Record Thursday, February 21, 1884 [extracts of marine news] No marine news in this issue. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ludington Record Thursday, February 28, 1884 [extracts of marine news] A Green Bay woman predicts a tidal wave on Lake Michigan, twelve feet high, in June. ===========================================================================