. An American railroad builder, John Murray Forbes . the officeonly because he found that otherwise the neces-sary capital could not be secured ; but he arrangedto put the burden of his work on the treasurer,George B. Upton, to whom he made over hissalary. John W. Brooks, at Detroit, was to havecharge of the running of the road. Promising as were the prospects of the Michi-gan Central, the road itself, as Brookss reportmade clear, was a shabby piece of property. Theone hundred and forty-five miles of track fromDetroit to Kalamazoo were in bad condition, andfifty-six miles more were needed to c
. An American railroad builder, John Murray Forbes . the officeonly because he found that otherwise the neces-sary capital could not be secured ; but he arrangedto put the burden of his work on the treasurer,George B. Upton, to whom he made over hissalary. John W. Brooks, at Detroit, was to havecharge of the running of the road. Promising as were the prospects of the Michi-gan Central, the road itself, as Brookss reportmade clear, was a shabby piece of property. Theone hundred and forty-five miles of track fromDetroit to Kalamazoo were in bad condition, andfifty-six miles more were needed to complete theline to the nearest point on Lake Michigan. Therewere only four passenger depots along the line,and at Detroit nothing but a small freight depotand an engine-house, both inconveniently situ-ated at some distance from the water front. Thevalue of the rolling stock was $G8,000, the larg-est single item being $4000 for a locomotive oftwelve tons. The track, like that of all early railroads, con-sisted of beams of wood six inches square, to.
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