Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-03-25

OF the great Babel and not feel the crow(
To hear the roar she sends:through all her gates,
At safe distance, where the dying sound
Falls, asoft murmur on fh'uninjured ear.
TASK.
The question, Of the removal Of the county
seat seems to be amusing if not exciting some
Of our county men. The sound Of "the ed
dying fight, amid the din Of clashing arms,
and the roar of artillery" as the magnilo-
quent Mr.. Csdy, Of H. Of R. would say, has
reached my retirement. But ao,.a lr,a
-t,k IA ,,Lo... 81 behold
1.-THE tumult and am still" ~ 49,
In fact I feel good deal like the man
whose shanty was uncefemoniously entered
by bear. He, brave man, under the i'm
pulse of "the first law Of nature" sprang up
the ladder and shut down the trap door,
leaving his other half, whose pugnacious pro-
pensities he had long known, to fight the bat
tie alone. She did her best, while he, peep
ing through the cracks Of the floor, looked on
the fight below with wonder and admiration,
but said he-didn't care which whipped. ~.
Now, Sir, Eastmanville may be the very
best place in the qcorld, j. e., in Ottawa coun-
ty, for the county seat--I can't say-because
/ don't know--Grand Haven may be, posi-
bly-perhaps {" Roseville" bare POSSIBLE
ty Mill Point. But am not an advocate for
either of them. i beg pardon, had liked
to have forgotten Femysburg; it may turn
out that that's tie place. But sincerely, Sir,
what have to say is this: 1 ~
do not think the time has come for the
permanent location Of the county seat of this
county. The county is but partially devel-
oped. A Railroad is in process Of construc-
ton through the county. Somewhere on the
line of this road, or others which will very
soon follow, may spring up towns Of which
these combatants little dream of, My opin-
ion, therefore, is that the whole question had
better be postponed at least for two years, if
not three. In the meantime take the best
offer for temporary provision for the wants of
the county, in respect to buildings, and the
natural course of events will soon show where
the county seat should be. e
Respectfully yours SALERArUs.
RAILROAD MATTERs.-We are informed
that the work on the Detroit d Milwaukee
Railway is progressing finely in various parts
of this county. Mr.. Rose, the contractor for
the erection of the bridges and construction
of the culverts, between the Rapids and NTH
Point, is busy in getting the necessary tim
bers and plank therefor, and we understand
that some few of these Bird ges are in course
of erection and completion, at the present
time. The largest bridge on the route will
be the one to span the Lord Bayou-some six
hundred feet. Two sections in the vicinity
of the Crockery, we understand, have not
been sub-contracted. The heaviest grade on
the road, west of the Rapids, will be near
Crockery Creek. Mr.. DEGRoFFE, the con-
tractor for the construction and equipment of
the entire road, is expected to arrive with a
large force of men, ready to commence opera
tons on those sections some time during the
present week. The opinion seems quite cur
rent, with those who have the most to do in
the construction of the different sections of
the road, that the cars will be put on this
end of the route as soon, if not before the
road from the East is completed to Grand
Rapids. oj ~
The DETROIT AND MILWAUKEE RAILWAY
IRIS PROGRESS BETWEEN ADA AND THIS
CITY.-Through the politeness of the Division
Engineer, embracing that part of the road
from Ada to Grand Haven, Mr.. INNEss, we
were permitted yesterday to examine the pro-
file Of the line of grade between this City and
the former place, a distance Of ten and half
miles. This profile, the amount of excava-
lion and filing originally to be done, and also
the portion which is completed, from time to
lime, as reported by the contractors. In
counting up that part now ready for the road,
Or only requiring what is called trimming
We find that seven miles of the ten and half
ire finished, and that the remaining three and
,alf miles comprise that portion on which the
nature Of the land was such as to require very
itt1a labor in ftt;n1e - for Az 30; ,y;th tb no