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The Ann Arbor Road

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
March
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

                    To Be Amalgamated with the Ohio Central.

                                  ____________________

                         SUCH IS LATEST STORY

                                   ____________________

                   Which Has Been Given to the Public.

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           An Inspecting Party Passes Over the Line in Private Cars. -
              The Combination Has Not Yet been Made, but is Thought Probable.

                        ____________________

As the Evening Argus stated some time ago the Ohio Central is considering the advisability  of amalgamating the Ann Arbor road with their large system.
The matter has been under consideration for sometime and is still being examined into.

Thursday General Manager Ashley with officials of the Ohio Central road were in Owosso and made a tour of inspection over the entire plant.
The gentlemen found the shop in an orderly and very busy condition. Words of commendation were expressed with regard to the company's property in this city except so far as the depot is conerned. That called forth no words of praise.

The party was traveling in two private parlor cars drawn by a Chicago & West Michigan lookout engine. In a neat little observation cab on the front of the engine the gentlemen sat and as hey rode along inspected every rod of rack.

At 4 o'clock the party, which had started at Toledo, left for the north. The entire Ann Arbor system will be closely inspected.
They are going slowly and will continue several days in their examinations.

That the trip is one looking towards the combination of the Ann Arbor road with the Ohio Central no one doubts. In fact it is stated on good authority that such a combination will soon be made.
The Ann Arbor road needs an outlet on the south for its immense flour and lumber traffic, and what road more naturally joins on the south at Toledo than the Ohio Central. That road is a wealthy one and with the Ann Arbor as a northern branch, it would hold the key between the far north and the south.

One of the immediate results of such a combination, we are informed would be the establishing of the division in Owosso, and the extension of the repair shops as much more work would have to be done.    --------   Owosso Argus