PRR to Sault Ste Marie? Manistique Marquette & Northern

A preliminary survey for a railroad from St. Ignace to Sault Ste. Marie for the Pennsylvania interests, controlling the Grand Rapids & Indiana road, has not progressed further.

The Manistique. Marquette & Northern road, extending from Manistique to the South Shore at Shingleton, has been materially improved since being acquired bv the Pere Marquette system
some months ago. It is reported the intention to build to a connection with the Cleveland Cliffs company's system.

Minneapolis Journal, 9-12-1904

Pennsylvania RR trying to reach Lake Superior Country

A Duluth man who recently returned from the East says that the Pennsylvania railway system is aiming to reach the south shore of Lake Superior and Duluth via the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic from Shingleton.  He says:

"It is currently reported in railroad circles in New York that the Pennsylvania system is going to push farther into the Lake Superior region in search of business in connection with the Grand Rapids &
Indiana road which it is said to control.

The Grand Rapids & Indiana runs north in Michigan to Nortbport, and it is claimed that negotiations are now in progress for the establishment of a car ferry between there and Manistique.

From Manistique to Shingleton there is a logging road, formerly owned by the Chicago Lumber company. It is now in other hands, and is known as the Kauffman line. The Pennsylvania line is supposed to be behind the Kauffmans. The Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic touches Shingleton.

In connection with this road a new route would be furnished from the Lake Superior region to the East. If the movement of ore ever becomes an important factor in all rail transportation, the Pennsylvania system would be in an excellent position to reach many of the important points of consumption from the Lake Superior region."

L'Anse Sentinel, 1-17-1903

A New Railroad

The Manistique & Northwestern, is the name of a new railroad company which has been organized with a capital stock of $1,600,000 to build a railroad from Manistique to Negaunee. The Weston  Furnace company is largely interested and it is stated that another blast furnace will be erected at Manistique upon the completion of the road.  Manistique people are jubilant.

The L'Anse Sentinel May 30, 1891

Ann Arbor's New Route.

Menominee, Dec. 8: When navigation closes In Green Bay, the apron for loading cars onto the Ann Arbor ferries will be taken from Gladstone to Manistique, and the boats run there. This will give the
Ann Arbor road a connection with the east and the Lake Superior country, as the Chicago lumber  company owns a 30-mile stretch of road that runs to Munising, where connections with the Duiuth, South Shore & Atlantic railroad will be made. This will open up a splendid new territory for the Ann Arbor, and the boats will ran all the year.

The Owosso Times 12-10-1897

Cheap excursions in northern Michigan

Cheap excursions to open a new line which is sure to become a favorite route between the north country and lower Michigan and Ohio are to be run next week.  Next Tuesday and Thursday, Sept. 2d and 4th, the D., S. S. & A.railway will sell tickets to Toledo,Oh, and lower Michigan at the extremely
low rate of $10.50 from L'Anse and Baraga for the round trip. These excursion tickets will be valid for return until Sept. 20th, inclusive.

The trip will bo made over the D.S. S. '& A. railway to Shingleton; Manistique, Marquette & Northern railway to Manistique; Ann Arbor ferry to Frankfort; Ann Arbor railway to Toledo, Oh. Tickets will be valid for passage on regular trains which leave L'Anse at 9:55 a. m. and Baraga 9:45 a. m., Tuesday and Thursday. The tickets will read to Toledo, but excursionists can stop at any of
the stations on the Ann Arbor road between Frankfort and Toledo, returning home direct from that
point; they will not be obliged to go to Toledo to have their tickets stamped and made available for the return journey.

L'Anse Sentinal (L'Anse, MI) 8-30-1902

AA/M&LS - Northport Ferry

Taps Rich Ore Regions Of Upper Peninsula And Stops Competition.
ABANDONS NORTHPORT FERRY

Fight Between Roads For The Northern Business Stopped By This Purchase.

A deal is consummated, whereby the Ann Arbor Railroad company takes over the Manistique, Marquette & Northern railroad, which taps the rich ore regions of the Upper Peninsula. By this move the Ann Arbor practically closes the car ferry from Northport- to Manistique.  For a number of years the entire business of the Traverse City, Leelanau & Manistique railroad from the Upper Peninsula came by way of the M., M. & N. by way of these huge car ferries.  By this move the Ann Arbor taps the rich country not heretofore reached by any of the big lines.

For many years past the Ann Arbor has conducted a line from Frankfort to Manistique by means of a system of car ferries, which have received considerable patronage, but the leakage into the T. C, L. &M. line was very antagonistic to their business as offering a more direct line to the lower peninsula points and a consequent lowering of the tariffs. The purchase of the road throws the entire traffic in the Ann Arbor's hands.  There is no doubt but that this will deal a severe blow to Northport, depending as it does, largely on the northern system for work for its men.  This is a year round occupation, the big boats never stopping for ice or the elements. It will be some few days before the tariffs can be adjusted to suit the requirements of the new system, and it will also be necessary to allow an interim for the handling of the business which is now under contract to the T.C, L. & M. Just what will become of the road from Traverse City to Northport cannot be determined.

Alma Record (Alma MI) 8-12-1909

Absorbs Copper Railroad

Ann Arbor Company to develop upper peninsula business.

Manistique, Mich., Aug. 7. - By a deal which has been practically closed in the past few days, the Ann Arbor Railway Company has gained control of the Manistique, Marquette, and Northern Railroad, which extends from this place to Shingleton, forty-five miles, and connects there with the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic.

This line, which will be made an extension of the Ann Arbor from here, will give that road a large percentage of the vast timber and copper business of the upper peninsula.  The timber and ore will be carried from Manistique to Frankfort by the railroad's car ferry and shipped from there to Toledo by rail, making the latter city the distributing point for shipments to the East and South.

The railroad was renamed "Manistique & Lake Superior"

NY Times 8-8-1909