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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
tance between Green Bay and Milwaukee and Chicago, and will surely turn 
the tide of travel to and from northwestern Wisconsin and Lake Superior 
through our city. 
“ An air line railroad from Milwaukee to Fond du Lac is still a cherished 
project with many of the leading citizens of both cities, and some steps 
have recently been taken to initiate the enterprise, but in the absence of its 
accomplishment, the northern road, as soon as it reaches Plymouth, will re¬ 
lieve Fond du Lac to some extent from the unreasonable exactions of the 
Chicago and Northwestern road. 
“ The subject of adequate eastern outlets for the great lines of railroad 
terminating at this city has for some time occupied the attention of the di¬ 
rectors of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, and in view of continually 
increasing length of their roads, it is announced that they have decided to 
build an additional road from this city to Chicago, and have obtained 
the necessary legislation to carry out this enterprise. Should the pending 
negotiations result in the purchase by them of the existing road, it is un¬ 
derstood that they will give the great trunk lines of the east an opportunity 
of running through passenger trains from the seaboard cities directly to 
Milwaukee upon such terms as to insure this result. In order to improve 
the winter outlet for freight across the lake, via the Detroit and Milwaukee 
Railroad, the managers of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, in connection 
with the lake transit interest, have recently built a transfer grain elevator 
of 50,000 bushels storage capacity at Grand Haven. This is an improve¬ 
ment that has been greatly needed, and it will be appreciated by our grain 
shippers and eastern millers and dealers who may want our grain during 
the winter season, and will thus be able to get it without having to pay 
tribute to Chicago. 
“ The development of the numerous railroad enterprises in progress on 
the eastern side of Lake Michigan, promise some advantage to Milwaukee 
in multiplying the lines of communication with the east and west. The 
piece of road lately built from Allegan to Muskegon establishes a very di¬ 
rect line from Grand Haven to Fort Wayne and Pittsburg, and is likely to 
become a branch of the great Pennsylvania Central line, in which case it 
will become a formidable competitor with the Detroit and Milwaukee road 
for both freight and passenger traffic through this city. 
“The Michigan Central lias acquired control of the Grand River Valley 
Railroad, and extended it from Grand Rapids on a parallel line with the De¬ 
troit and Milwaukee Railroad to Ferrysburg, near Grand Haven, and thence 
to Muskegon and Whitehall, on the lake shore, north of Grand Haven. The 
distance from Milwaukee to Muskegon, across the lake, is just 84 miles. 
About half of the projected link of road between Port Huron and Owosso 
has been built, and the remaining portion is under contract to be built the 
coming season, thus completing a perfect air line route from Milwaukee to 
Suspension Bridge. 
“ In every view of the situation, the prospects of Milwaukee were never 
