New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-31

One or two other streets are planked The
othsrs exhibit their native and naked mud IN per-
feo;ion, and a stlff and greasy stud It Is holding
Its puGdlcs until they are removed by eNaPora-
ten. TUslness locks lively and busting. do
Lot notice many very handsome stores, but doubt
less they Will soon arrive Churches are plenty,
tut not superior in style. Hotels are numerous
The situation of Detroit gives II the command
Of a continually increasing business Al the ter
minus oi the Michigan Central Railroad II has
and must have the trade Of the most pOpulous
and best cultivated Counties OF the state, which
send 20 ]. and through Il 4 vast quantity Of agrI-
cultural produce | believe | am right IN saying
that the hea, and Flour exported last wear was
egra al to nearly 6,ooO,00O bushels OF Wheat, AM
they e>tin ate TO have ons-tougih more this year
These populous Counties aSO create I large I'M
porting COZ meTce. the most Oi which Is trans
acted at Detroit. the balance pass IS through H.
Another most important advantage which De
trolt ENJOYS from It's position On the Detroit rlver
lies IN the facilities thus obtained for CARVING on
the lumbeung business The merchants here
SUI PLY all the States adjacent TO Lake Erie with
nearly all their Pine Lumber. Northern Mlchl-
gan atounts with Pine forests, and Its numerous
eastern rivers float the legs into the waters that
60 bv Detroit. II Is now a regular business con
Quoted with system. The lumber merchants
have agents who prospect 10 use the Californian
slgnfCaton) throughout the north part OF the
State. and when they have found a tract of tim
ber SUITABLY situated they proceed to the nearest
! and office and buy the land At Government
prices They then contract with party OF lum-
bermen to cut SO many logs from this tract and
get them 10 the rlyer. and then with another party
10 raft them TO Detroit These contracts are
almost invariably tor cash, and those Agents COM
mand salaries as high sometimes as l,5O0 per
annum The merchants am informed obtain
perhaps two thirds OF their lumber IN this honor
abe way the other third l. made up by purchases
from lumbermen who cut their logs Wherever
they find them handy and who IN all human
probability go hand and soul IN favor OF Land Re
form. Almost all their saving is done by steam
al Detroit.
They make three qualities of boards, which at
Detroit are worth respectively - 80. Sl2 90 and
ST. 80 per NJ Large quantities OF the best
qualities are sent over the Ere Canal to Troy
and Albany. where they are sold for the New
York market, and sell to consumers IN New York
for from SOS to $40 The transportation on SO
bulky an article Is of course expensive, which
accounts for the difference IN prlce to some ex-
tent. 1t does not pay TO send thelr third quality
10 New York, nor do they make any Scantlmg.
Maine can beat them at such coarse stun. For
their third quality, or common boards, they find
a ready sale at all the towns en- the Lakes,
where 1t is sold for farming purposes &c
Altogether, this is a very important interest,
giving employment To very large body OF the
citizens OF the State, not only IN the lumber dis
tricts and CITY of Detroit, but also to those who
raise the food they eat and to a large portion OF
the shipping OF the State.
Detroit cannot fail TO prosper and It's citizens
10 become wealthy We hope they will use
their wealth for Its legitimate purpose to beau
tily themselves, their homes, and their clly. J.r.