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Alpena City Directory 1883 • c,5 -:z c:::, c--, > C ie:::a ..... __. -31: ;; >-._ ..... C -c.:, LI.I D.. c--, ca (,') ie:::a c:::, c:::, c.::, c--, z: LI.I :E a: LI.I a:a :E :::::t ..... • II. I~ 1'01.K & r.O. ',; two 1·e11t-rve pumps h t>i11g kPpt i11 cru<c of Ruch an emergency. The crib hi placed in the hay, and the wheel URed iH one of the largt-11t iu Michigan, and wnH the fir11t of itK Kize ever ,,01111tr11ott>d. It iK contem- plated i11cr1•a.~i11g the capac ity to 4,000,000 gallo1111 t his fall, and with tbi11 intent. in vinw, 11evcral mile11 of <:xtra piping have a lready been laid. The oonceru •ix managerl by private i11dividual111 and i,11 not con- trnll1•1l by the c ity au~lioritil'M. Tl11~n, are, in all, 04 fire plug11 d istributt-d throughout the 1·ity, and thu11, with t h1• aid of it1< 1•fficient fire brigad£', it i11 rendered 11afe from any 111•riou11 uonflagration. The fire wa.'I instrume ntal al110 in developing the farming interelltR of t.he county, a!I many who hail loRt thl'ir all hy the calamity had no heart to make a freMh Mtart at their old l11111i111•><11, and t urnctl their attention to clearing and cultivating the land, and with 1111ch 1111c1·c1111 that t hey have now 110 rle~in• to rc i.,1rn to tho c ity, as they feel t hey are doing better by farming than they could by r esuming tlll'ir fol-mer occupatio n~. Among the most important. factors in the commercial pros- perity of the c ity mnfft he 111entionc1l T hunder Bay River, for without thi11 till' lumhe1·men wo11l1l he obliged to h!'ul nil t heir log11 to the mill11, and comic• •111ently the cnt wonl,d he much lell~ e:ich year or tJ1.- PXp~nsc very mucl1 greater. Th., ci~y iK lig htl'<l hy t lw llruijh Electric Light, and it i11 in 11110 on t he ~trcet11 and in 1110st of the prin- cipal 11tore8 and otticc11; it wa11 tirst i11trod1~c<>cl in the fall of 1880, and ha.~ ~incc entirely taken the place of ga.<1. The United Statt•>< fi11h hatche ry wai'I locatocl H d { POTTER BROS. a co. l'St t ar ware, COL IUVF.B .l!ID " ",.,.. r oves, e c, ·• " GO TO HENRY'S LAUNDRY Wltll your Laou For Flne Work. Al.l'KNA CITY DIRll:CTOfiV. here in 1882, a111l has· vrove,l very 1111cccll11ful. It i11 located on the corner uf Water and State 11tn•et11, and cost 11,.~oo. I~ iM ,mppliecl with 200 g lMs jar11, each contai11i11g 200,000 t•gg11. The hatt·hi11g ,,. effect ed l,y tiic co11stant mo\'em.-nt of the wat,·r, and the total number of young white n11h 11hipped from here this spring wa11 30,000,000. TheKu w,•rc planted in Thunder Hay a111l Lake~ Michi~an, l111rn11 and Superior. For several yl'art the i11hahit:111t11 liavt, bt-1•11 U!(ilat• ing for a railroad, and it seems 110w 11M though at' last th1•ir wi11hcH were about to l,e fulfilled, a11 the A lpena a111l Ray City R R. iK l,ciug rapidly gntltecl to ·thi11 point, and gradi11g i11 al110 going 0 11 from a point on the ~lackinaw division ,,f t ill' :Michigan Central. It ill 11uitc probal,lo that unc if 11ot '10th of the11e road!I will be co111pletc1I to thi11 po int 11cxt year, a ud t hi11 will gh·c a still g reu~er impetu~ to hulline1111, affordi11g as it will chances for mo re 11pe1•1ly a ncl frequent inter- coul"l!e with the outer worlil. It will al110 lc11~e11 thl' rates for tr;m11p,1rtati1'.11 hy i11on•asi11g co111pctitin11, and will t h1111 i11 e vet1' way mate rially ai,I iu the developme11tof all the 11at11ral rcsourcc11 of the cou11ty. Thunder lhy fur11111011c of tho lw11t hnrhorii 011 t he 11horc, and as the straug"r approache11 Alpe11a by water, the view i11 one which, though it may di~appoint the cager ,iearch~r after t lw' pil"l11re1111ue,, ye t 11how11 to the 1111111 uf lm11incs~ i111licatio1111 of life, pro11pcr1ty, and ener- gy, a nd the 11i11gi11g o f the 1mw11 a>1 they rip up the lug!!, t he rattle 11f the lumber tr11ok11, 11oi,1e of tile engine>!, a111l the numllerlcl!>I lltca111boat11 and 11.iiliog -.ve111lelH pa.~>1i11g i11 or out co1111ta11tly, 1111111t i11111rell11 the practical rn_i,ul 1111111t favorahly. Tlwru :1rc 1111w i11 till" m • .,_ m ::I Cl. SHEET MUSIO AND -SMALL MUSIOAL- GOODS AT A.. 0. BABOOOK'S, OENTENNIAL BLOOK. •