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Boston; D. D. Williamson, John C. Green, New York; Erastus Cor- 

 ning, Albany; J. W, Brooks, Elon Farnsworlh, Detroit. 



Treiu«urer — I-'aac Livennore. 



Su|ieriiitendet)t — Reuben N. Rice, Detroit. 



Local Treasurer — U. Tracy Howe. 



Lncal Sij|)erinlenMent — Charles M. Hurd. 



Casliier— Geo. VV. Gilbert. 



Freight Agent — Jolm Ilosraer. 



Autlitor — E. Willanl Smith. 



Superintendent Motive Power — S. T. Newhall. 



Superintendent Car Work — S. C. Case. 



DETROIT AND MILWAUKEE BAILWAT. 



The "Detroit and Milwaukee Railway Company" was incorporated 

 by the I.egisjalure of Michigan, in February, 1855, with authority to 

 consolidate the Detroit and Pontiac (incorporated in 1834) and the Oak- 

 land and Ottawa (incorporated in 1850) Railroad companies, and the 

 djnsolidation was consummated on the 21st day of April, A. D. 1855, 

 by which act the property, rights and franchises of the " Detroit and 

 Ponti.ic" and " Oakland and Ottawa" companies were vested in the 

 *' Detroit an<i Milwaukee Railway Company," and placed under the di- 

 rection of a Poard composed of the fullowing gentlemen : 



President — Henry N. Walker. 



Vice President — Henry Ledyard. 



Directors— 11. P. Ualdwiu, B. Wright, E. A. Brush, E. B. Ward, 

 Detroit; W. M. McConnell, Pontiac; 11. P. Yale, Grand Ra|;ids. 



Secretary and Treasurer — C. C. Trowbridge. 



Chief Engineer — R. Higham. 



Names that are a sufficient guarantee to the public to insure thesuc- 

 ceas of any enterprise they undertake. 



The Detroit and Milwaukee Railway is to extend from the city of 

 Detroit to Grand Haven, Lake Michigan, 18.5 miles, passing through 

 the northern tier of counties of the Lo er Peninsula. They are the 

 richest portions of the State, abounding in lumber, plaster, waterdirae, 

 coal, salt springs and other valuable elements of wealth. They are also 

 some of the very best farm lands in the State, and yet the least devel- 

 oped, for want of a railway or other available communication comraen- 



