East Saginaw courier., 1859-09-22

farming region This line is the natural continuation
of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada and Offers Nft
the shortest route 10 Minnesota and the northwest nip
and shorter route to Lake Superior than any now
open, IT Is expected that the win be running
this road from Saginaw 10 Flint by December This =
win bring Saginaw in close connection with largo -
farming and lumber region and argely increase its 80
trade Flint has the reputation Of being one Of the
most beautiful towns in Michigan When open TO 80
Flint, there win be but l6 miles Of staging to Detroit
Opened west TO Lake Michigan large portion Of tho =
trade Of Western and northwestern Michigan will be tAs
brought TO Saginaw. So the people Of Buffalo must
keep an eve 10 this 10 he developed country. 2
The Anbcy, lansing and Travcrse Bay Railroad, -
which win pass hro the State from North 10 South
also has grant Of alternate sections of land through
the country II traveres II viii be completed az far
as owasso on the Detroit and Milwaukee RailAd aA1
,hs Tho section from owssso 10 Saginaw d
under contract and ii il expected win be completed '
to the latter place during year This road whcs
completed to Grand Trnvcrse Bay viii open for set -
Element country represented TO be Of unsurpassed
fertility, though at the present time almost =
broken wilderness The importance Of this road to '
Saginaw can scarrely be estimated glance al the en
map viii show that there win not for long time, II %
ever. be other railroads built from East to West as t
there are no towns Of sufficient size advantageous 81
situations for tcruin Consequently the trade ofthH ~
vast region, as we'll as that Of the Lake Superior
country first reaches the most direct water naviga-
! ton at Saginaw, and thence the most direct and
speedy route to the seaboard by the city Of Buffalo I"
Detroit cannot hope for ths trade II the people make
proper exertions 10 secure il in Its natural channels 1850
As some Indication of the business of the valley, we
visited one store the stock hand of which valued
at SsoOoO and the daily sales Of which amount to
several hundred dollars another close by pointed
out as doing an equally large trade and many more,
Of smaller business flourish Several steamboats, are
running between this and other places-no lees than
eight arrived the day did Two ferries Of which M
steam are constantly running the charges Of which Al
are quite reasonable. Professor Chals geologist,
assured us that this region rich In mineral wealth. ~
that coal and iron abound and can be rrcatablyiAu
worked A company sinking we'll in the Z
lower part Of the town. 10 procure salt water and "a
have reached depth Of $50 feet finding very good 70
water about equal to the Kanawha springs. The ~
boring is to be continued still deeper with the ex ~
pcetaiion of improving II and increasing the supply
About 20 gallons Of This water make busee Of salt e
The Saginaw valley is watcred by eleven rivers,
and these in turn made up Of numerous small z
creeks most Of which for miles large enough, for
the rafting Of logs during the proPer season The ~
following are their lengths Saginaw IS the Cass y
l25, the Flint 1903, shawassce 95 Bad 81 Taba- -
wassee l05 Chippewa go Pine 100, Salt 80, Assay- e
E wa-q qua-s sec-bi 81 Cedar 45 In all 62i mess--iif
These extend into IA counties, containing over 260 -
towns and draining over 800 400 acres rich in pins
oak cherry and other woods. In the Saginaw land
district alone over million of subject to i
entry at prices ranging from to l25 cents per
Game is plenty in all this region. On the sagnnw
river there arc 43 saw is Of various capactes the
largest being at Saginaw City opposite East Saginaw
This has two gang saws that cut whole log at once,
one has 10 and the other % on IT, In othor =
parts Of the mill are circular saws and crosscut,
all of which are busy. It turns out many thousand
$ feet per day Saginaw City has population Of two
d thousand churches 1 large school house, large
saw mills and about 10 stores Here met former
: townsman, George Benedict Esq, who is ongagcdia
; the practice Of the law. lo p'' sAH 'lin 9h8
The BAxopEr.--At the appointed henr we re-
paired to the elegant dining room of the hotel whcre
q we're seated 200 ladies md gentlemen. Mayor Little
- presided The principal table. nhis right sat Gov
y wsncr; to the left Mayor Patton, OF Dsroit--
N Prominent citizens seated at the heads Of be
other three tables The tables loaded with del
90 caces and subsantals and tasty pastry orna
: mcnts on each. .Itff -.f-r
II After suitable attention had been given 70 the good
. things Mr. Hobbs had provided in great abundance
~ Mayor Little called 10 order salremarkod that they
. had assembled to christen the house, and proposal
!, doing II in good old fashioned way. Hereafter il
= would be known as the Bancroft House, tChcors)-f
,y lie then gavo the first regular toast: "a m cotega
be Here follow the toasts which we have before pub
T. lished.1 - is'a Hei. t+Ai t -
in After the last regular toast the company retired,
r. 10 give opportunity for preparation Of the room for
ms the ban in the evening Al the ban che uaI unn~
nd Der and variety Of dances were tho prcerapme.s
Of Dancing was Kept up until late hour Of the foo3e
ID ing mcrning The only intcrmssion being for supii
" per- at which the editor of the Saginaw coacrlis
in reported have FIVE whole roasted chickens
ct any rate the bones Of that number founlthc
tn next morning in tho corner by the stairs, whote 1.
- stood making war on Tie fowls the night before.
" The next day the people Of Godcrch wcrc cIaef-
tel tanned at duner at tho Bancroft House" AZ which
th wine and wit circulated freely AT this dinner tho
he most cordial feeling prevailed Speeches made
err BY Gov. winer, curtis Emerson, ESQ., aai other
re people Of Saginaw, Mcssrs Jones Laar and others
he Of Goderc and all separated IN the best cf spirits
,rs rhe company were eccorted 70 the boat and she
las len TIE dok cheer acr cheor went up for Saginaw
Ciodcrich the Qnecn, the President &c. There isne
nj wonder that Saginaw goes ohcnd with The wso'c-
nr scaled ltcral peotic it contains cannot DO other
90 wise Strangers met with open hands and wnrn
to hearts, ana made athonc Long shall VIC remember
9TH its cntcrrrisng, knd-heartei people. ~ &C 81
on The steamer londcd in Gcdcich thc next morn
We ing where we visited during the any the school o-c
ut jail and othcr bndings bcsidcs tnlng ride about
on the country tti hinfffEiiet 4ff
ons The fact Of ths region being brought INTO coscsui
md speedy connection with our city BY The Lake IIuns
lies Railway and steamer Lake Huron, scud m
the duce the merchants Of Buffalo embrace the oppotn
ch nifty Of making the acquaintance Of mo basne mon