East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-24


self hugely in divers and sandry ways
under the circumstances this self praise
is perfectly cxcusable. He is however
very ignorant Of the topography of the
Bay and River, or he would be the last |
one to view with such complacency the .
result of a state of facts he confidently |
anticipates at no distant period. Us he
observes, there is little or no currentin I
the river between Saginaw City and the
/ Bay This is because there is very little
fall, the river being nearly on level with
the bay, in fact the current here is mp
stream at least one third Of the year, and
a strong north wind will raise the water
here from Is inches to two and a half
feet in an hour. Now it follows Of
course, that if the water in the lake and
bay reccdes, the water in the river will
also recede, and that the comparative
depth will remain the same.
There is a bar at the mouth of the
river compared to which all the bars in
the river between this point and the mouth
are insignificant. 1t extends over one
and a half miles, and at an ordinary stage
of watcr-as it was when Capt MAcoMB
made the Typographical survey in 1856
there is over half mile that has but nine
feet of water upon it; the balance is from
9 to -; this fact can easily be ascertain
ed by looking at the chart prepared by
f, Capt. VI. The river between this point
, and that is as deep as on the bar outside
and is likely to remain SO, this is also a
! fact that no one acquainted with the river
l. will deny. We do not, however, feel
d, elated in view Of these facts, for should
:. the lakes fall to any great extent, we
J. should be unfortunate equally with Bay
City.
i "Sullicicnt unto the day is the evil
II thereof" and we would advise the Bay
&c City people to dig in no,o, and not wait
M for any elementary calamity to betnl u
~ that they may thereby be benefited al
j. our expense.
ut If the water in Lake Huron should lal
N much - Bay City, East Saginaw am
r Saginaw City would all suffer equally
a. and the mouth of the river as well as tn
river between Bay City and Sagina,
~ City would have to be dredged. In thi
W event Tawas City would be decided
al ahead Of ms all. Midland City is % mile
y, from this place, 3 miles further from Il
ny than from Bay City-but the Railroa
n soon to be completed to that place, Wi
ur place us nearer IN iact The settlement
re- follow the stream naturally as do tn
Ter roads, so that as You go down the Titti
N bawassc river, every mile Travelled bring
he You nearer MS and farther from Bay Cit.
he There is not single point Of aNy impor
is dqce on Cdss Rirer or IN 7,ecoh Count
KS but what is miles nearer us than to Bo
nd City. Nassar, county seat of Iusco
ial County, is Is instead of 30 miles-Sa9
in nav City, county seat Of Saginaw count
EST three quarters of milc-Tuscola, Wa
,od rousvillc, HEARTS, Frankenmuth, Fran
at entrost, Flint, Pine Run, Bridgepo
TX Centre, st. Charles, are all nearer
,e. than Bay City, and their trade will #
Ike that if for no other reason center here
The trade of places on the Lake and Bi
where the Detroit and Goderich steamc
touch going and coming to Saginaw, W
naturally 90 to Detroit and the East.
M If BAY City lay at the mouth of a lar!
Oh, river, on promontory of land JHth
80, into the Like, where vessels on their WI
Get to other ports could touch without m
mn tcrially dcviating from their course
=, some or most Of the advantages claim
i i r)r it as a Port would be well foundC
Er- But it lies away inland one hundred mil
ID from the track of vessels going to 9th
Ports mp and down the Lake No ycss
md come to DAY City unless they have bu
will ness there or above, and three fourths
airy the vessels that enter the rjcer as ]
II, as Ray city are toire@ up. We are TIL
res teen miles from Bay City by the riv
The and the cost is but a little more when
""' vessel is already in tow to bring her I
Steamers do not charge one cent more
OF delivering goods here than they do
delivering them at that place, and
wv wv year, am informed by good authori
6o6 that rrcights ON lumber have been
same. Lumbermcn posted in the matt
say that tho expenses of rafting and
Vo' loss of logs between this place and /
!. 90 City, in all and any seasons, will M
than counterbalance the extra expense
600 towing Some one has remarked q