East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-07-19
RESOURCES Of sagiunw--Atho Of July
Celebration &c. tla


rsrtiser, writing from Niagara, July D.
over the signature of "ontsiro' gives a
most flstering notice Of this section and
Of our celebration on the "4th." Alter
speaking of the excellent condition oi
crops in other parts of the state through
which he has travelled, and the sure pros
meet for an abundant har Sest this year,
Business having accidentally called me
to Saginaw,I had an opportunity to see
once more the wondrous growth of that
Valley, and especially of East Saginaw.
/ was there in the summer of 1850, when
the only building on the present town
plat was Emerson's old mill. Now there
are over three thousand inhabitants, the
best constructed and best kept hotel in
the Northwest, fifteen saw-mills, three
large machine shops, stave machine, and
the beginning of the great salt ma ufac-
ture, that ,cithin t,oo years IS to supply the
entire West ,oith salt. On the 9th of July,
with one block Of kettles in operation,
they produced nearly forty (40) barrels
of the finest, whitest and purest salt that
| ever saw, save the native salt of Cali
fornia, and with the second block in op-
peration, this pioneer company will soon
produce hundred barrels per day.
The water, an abundant supply ofwhich
they will have with the completion of their
new well, is about thirty-three and a third
per cent, stronger than the best at Syra-
cuse, while fuel costs only onefoWh that
at Syracuse; and land and lumber may be
had at the same ratio, 80 that irrespective
of the bonus Of the State, salt can and
will be made at Saginaw at about ono
fourth the cost at Syracuse; and then it can
be shipped free of tolls to all parts Of the
West. The days Of Salina are numbered
the great salt combination of Syracuse
will soon be dissolved and dissipated for
ever by the operations, the enterprise and
the energy of the Saginaws. 1t is idle
to disguise or attempt to conceal the fact,
that, within five years, all tho salt con-
suned along the Lake country must come from
Saginaw and not through the New York
canal from Onondaga. A thousand wells
ought to be, and will be, sunk as soon as
thepublc appreciate the boundless wealth
that lies beneath the Saginaw Valley
and Canada, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana,
Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota will re-
ceive all their supplies of salt from Sagi-
nav.
The lumber interests, too, at that point
are gaining wondrously every year.
Seventeen sail vessels entered the harbor
at one time while l was there, and all
found freights at once in lumber, slaves,
and square timber, while the product
keeps pace with the shipment. The
quantity of slaves shipped from Saginaw
this year is immense, while that of lum-
Der may be safely put down at one hun
dred and thirty millions. found square
timber going to England, pine lumber to
Valparaiso, slaves to the west Indies, and
all lumber bound Eastpard, and not as
hitherto, to poor, broken down, desolate
Chicago. With the manufacture of lum-
Der, slaves, salt, and the exports of fish
and furs from Saginaw, it may safely be
set down as the most thriving town of the
Northwest; and should business call me
there again, ten years from now, l shall
find then, in the city of East Saginaw
and its rural precincts, populati of at
least $4,000 people-more than half of
whom will be engaged in manufactures,
and not in the uncertainties of commerce.
/ have visited, within the last six
weeks, most Of the towns of New Eng
land and of the Northwest, and / say
unhesitatingly that Saginaw is the most
thriving, active, energetic and prosperous
town in all the great Northwest.
1t was my good fortune to spend the
4th there, and thus had fine opportu-
nifty to see the characteristics Of the Sag
inaws, and no better occasion ever offer s
to study character than on such festive
days The fire department was out in
full strength to entertain their guests
a fire company from Godericn, and Tor
rent Company from Port Huron-and
never were the rights Of hospitality more
bountifully or beautifully bestowcd.-
Accompanied by the German Guard, an
admirably drilled corps, acting as escort,
a large procession marched to beautiful
grove near Emerson's, where the ceremo-
nes were performed. After music, an
eloquent and earnest prayer was offered
up by the Rev. Mr. Reighley, indeed one
Of the most beautiful prayers that ever
listened to, and then, when the Declara-
ton had been read, the Hon. o. ID. Con-
ger pronounced patriotic, tcrse and
happy oration. 1t was evidently unpre-
pared, but came from the heart of the
speaker, and touched the hearts of his
hearers. AT its close, by request of the
Saginaw iremer, Geo. G. Bates Esq, Of
Detroit, rendered to the Canadian fire.
men q Western, Yankee welcome. He
spoke of the changes that time had
caused since 1776; OF the constant inter
communication between the Canadians
and Wolverines; of the respect aud es-
TEEN OF our people for the British Queen;
of the welcome that we shall all give to
her royal boy; of the wild rejoicing of
New Yorkcrs at the triumph of English
skill and English science, in the success
of the Great Eastern; and told them
that Washington, aud Franklin, aud
Adams, and Hancock looked down from
Heaven to-day on that happy reunion Of
Englishmen and Germans, Of Irishmen
and Americans, gathered there to COM
mcmorate the National Anniversary of
American Independence. When Mr.. B.