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Alpena City Directory 1883 Masters & Folkens~:=:= 26 CD I: i:i: R. I.. rOLK ~ co.'K Aldermen-J. H. Swpbl•n~, Geo. Richard11011, II. S. Seage, Ira Stout, Samul') Boggs, anit G. H. Davis. :;upervi11ora-Alcx. McDonald ht ward, Jaml~ J. Potter 2d wart!, Ja111e11 McTavish 3J ward. By no ~eanH the lea~t of Alpcna'11 interl'11t11 i11 it11 mercantile busine811. The fact of it.II being the sup- ply and distribution point for nearly all the north· eastern countie11 bordering 011 La~- Huron, will of itself explain its large trade. No city of ii.II aize in the Statti trannctK as much retail bo11ine1111 during the winter month11, uor is this a matter of 11urpri11e when we reflect that nearly all 11mall villagPS, lum- ber and other camps, farming 11ettleme11t@, etc., between Au Sable, 50 roile11 110utb, and Cheboygan, 80 miles ,!1orth, make thi11 city tl!eir hue of aupplit-1 during the period when navigation i11 clo11ed and communication with the outer world i11 bad only by etage lines. Had anything been wanting to prove conclusively tht: rapid growth of the city, surely the fact that the population to-day considerably exceeds 10,600 must silence all dctraclol"fl; and it must be very gratifying to tho:se public-spirited ~en who have apcot somu of the best years of their lives in endeavoring to aitvancc her interests, to Kee her to-day recognized as the metropolis of Northeastern Michigan, and to he able to look forw:ml to as bright 11nd pro1perou11 a future for their city 811 could be desired bv her most 11rde11t well-wishers, for 11urely nuwbere ~an be found a happier combination of fer- · tile reaourcea and uudaunted energy, which are the mainspring• of suc1:e1111, than in this plusant liule city of the lakes. B. FI LUCE &, SON, IW8lTLUl'CII £GD'l'L C>Tff .... ~r.u. :a.ura: • l ~~~ P. 0. BOOK STORE ALPK!U, CITY· DlllKCTORY. IT&EETI AND A VENIJEI. Alfred, running from Milla in a northwc11terly direc- tion, 7 n. e. of Fletcher. Baldwin, running from State n. ~ . to Potter's mill, I a. w. of Potter', track. Barry, running from city limits and Thunder Bay shore n. w. to tat, 7 1. .w. of track. Beach, running from Fletcher n. e. to Clark, 6th n. w. of Dock. bingham, running from Thunder Bay shore n. w. to • "' 3d, 6 1. w. of Potter's track. \../"i Birch, running from Dock in a n w direction, 10 n. e. of Fletcher. Biemarck, running from !ld n. w. to Potter, 9 a. w. of Chisholm. Blair, running from Thunder Bay 11hore n. w. to 6th, 3 1. w. of Potter'• track. Boaley, running from Mill11 in a 11. w. direc~ion, 8 n. e. of Fletcher. Bradford, running from I 0th · 11. w. to 12th, 9 M. w of Chisholm. Bridge, running from Rioharrl~on'H mill in I\ n. 11. direction, 7 n. w. of Oock. Broadwell, running from Thundl•r Bay 11horc in a n. w. direction, l :l n. e. of Fletcher. Campbell, running from Stat.«• n. w. to Potwr'" mill, 1 n. e. of Potter'11 track. Catherine, running from 11. w. end of 8th w. to Pot- ter'11 mill, I n. ~f WMhington ave. Cavanaugb, running from \Va,,hinJllon I\\"<'. n. w to 12th, 8 A. w. of Chi11holm. 27 !'!114 td .. SEWIBG IAOHIHES ~T~O~ . .,