The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-05-09
For the Gand Haven News.
Chicago Correspondence.
OAKwooD PLACE, NEAR CHICAGO, J
May 2, 1860.

FRIEND BARNS: Now that the Com
ct is to run regularly between Chicago
and Grand Haven, of course it is but nat
ural that the people of both cities should
expect that she should give light on COM
mercial, political and social affairs, and
l do not know but few, in these days Of
spiritual manifestations, of various kinds,
will expect also that nows from the celestial
as well as the terrestrial sphere will be COM
municated. So far rs zoe are concerned,
however, the news will pertain to matters
which are "of the earth, earthly" and of
the water, watery. as
Well, this liquid highway, built by the
Almighty, we hope may bc used to the
profit of all parties concerned-and we
are quite sure that the energy and enter
prise which has put this new boat on this
route will be literally rewarded.
The lumber of Ottawa County is want
ed to build the houses and fence the prai-
ries of Illinois, and our corn, aud wheat,
and potatoes, we will send over to feed
the people who have more sawdust and
slabs than grain or vegetables; so by the
exchange of products, gain and goodwill
will come to all.
We are not strangers to the good peo-
pie of Grand Haven; we have taken them
by the hand, we have visited their places
of business, looked through their magnif-
icent mills, eaten with them and enjoyed
their hospitalities, looked into their schools
and churches, and we know that good
men and true, whose hearts beat for the
right, are found in all your borders. So
we stretch our hand across old Michigan
and with friendly (not an ogue,) shake
say, "Good morning; how-ye-do! What
can you furnish us couple of million Of
feet of lumber for, delivered in Chicago? y
Seven dollars a thousand, sir !" "Send
it along; all right" and stepping on
board the Comet we come over TO see how
it can be done.
We'll, we go over to Ferrysburg and
looking about the machine shop Of Mr..
WIN. M. FERRY, Jr., we learn very soon
how lumber eau be manufactured by his
Patent Circular Saw Mills at seven dol
lars thousand, and living profit af-
forded to the manufacturer, even then.
But l must tell you something about
Chicago: Business of all kinds is grad
ually reviving here. The spring trade in
dry goods and groceries has been all that
was expected, and money is getting more
plenty. The receipts of all kinds of grain
have largely increased during the year.
From the lst Of January, 1859, TO April
81, the receipts of corn were 72o,345
bushels, while during the same time this
year they have been 2,937,157. The
amount of -four and grain now in store is
l,e3O,e5e bushels; last year at this time
it was s65,7ss bushels.
We are now sending of large amounts
of grain every day. But we are not all
given over 10 speculations in corner lots,
lumber, grain, and flour, as you would be
convinced were you TO look into some Of
our stores here. Take, for instance, the
mammoth bookstore of S. G. GRIeGs &
Co., at 80 and Al, Lake street, and &C
through it and look over the vast collec
ton of school and miscellaneous books
and you would most certainly be impress
ed that some attention at least was being
paid to the culture of the mental and NOR
al faculties.
May / say TO you, and your readers il
Western Michigan, that GRIoes d. Co. ar'
the general western agents for all tn
large book publishing houses of New
York, Boston and Philadelphia. The.
have just laid on our table vol. TX o
"THE New AMERICAN CYcLoPGDIA,
published by D. Appleton d Co., of New
York. This work is a library in and Q
itself--and l know your readers would b
well repaid by giving it careful and thor
ough examination. Vol. TX comprise
some twelve hundred distinct subjects
many of which are oe the most importan
character. This volume is, as usual, ric
in geographical, biographical and scier
tifc articles. Among the former may
noted those on Hudson's Bay TERRITORY