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Article: Tragedy at a bridge.(Saginaw River bridge)
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- Michigan History Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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"I wanted to run ... the best electric road in the country," declared Isaac Bearinger, the president of the Inter-Urban Railway Line that connected Bay City and Saginaw. But the Saginaw millionaire's idea of operating the best interurban company in the United States ended abruptly at 10:00 A.M. on the exceptionally hot morning of Wednesday, July 7, 1897.
Isaac Bearinger, an East Saginaw entrepreneur whose fortune came from dealing in timber, lumber, coal and land, opened his 15-mile interurban line between Bay City and Saginaw in 1894. Soon three cars ran between the two cities. Car No. 2, a combination passenger and baggage car, measured 41 ...