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From: John Clark
Location: Indianapolis
email: clarkjol@earthlink.net
Remote Name: 70.60.49.34
Date: 09.29.06
Time: 11:51:56 AM
Kent: I looked at a loading ledger dated 1896/1897 from the LS&I RR, Marquette docks this past summer and very prominet on the top of each page was a reference to "Long Tons" and that it was 2240 tons of iron ore.
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