The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-07-17
Corrssp ndence # III Republican
ColnV Aruund Home.

Visiting the Railway shops at Adrian for The
first time in tour years. found that the COMPANY
have foil, kept up with the times. Some OF the
best engines Oh the roa are there built, and
ne~ feature is ne~ being introduced into the
Coaches TO Wit: raised root through the top |
With side lights. similar to the manner OF light |
il 9 the saluonslDa steamers. This is a grest i'm
prosement, both in the appearance, and IN the |
ventilation. Everything goes like ell ckw"k
aud-r Supt Campbell. and it is long lime
>iuce Ian accident" occurred on the Southern
road The read has about 40 telegraph sta, ois
all under the Control of Supt Kline, and Ia
whom the operators are held To stricr account.
ride of two AID hat hours brought US To
bet OFT, and the next morning found u OH a..
boat, with large company OF ith of July excur
soni-ts. for Port Huron The ride ia steamer
at ANYTIME, is far prefe able to the dust o: III,
raiissy, II on is not in ton great a hurry The
Iiurons had been celebrating the day, sBd We
were IN season 10 he p celebrate the III sht, ia
viewins the fireworks. About halt Of the pieces
narnt in order; when asptrk got into the box coz
= u,
expect see j., If Davis exp ode one OF the-,
days. Ii made lively times Tor a ie~ moments,
you may b. sure; drh".e Al a d stauce Thought
1t the grande>t piece" ia the whole display
fortunately no one vas sefiou-l, hurt
the Ilurons think the time will come wher
Pprt Huron viii b. the second city in the State
rnat it will be among the leading places, | be-
licve; ard see no reason why il ,nal not be To
;roit what Milwaukee Is To Chicsgo. A raj
way sill some day Ice built To . sos-o placing il IN
direct conncxion with the east by Two rails avs.
some sixty miles Nearer than Detroit. The pop
lls,ipn is nov over four thousand.
The next evening took the Forest Queen
for Ssginaw-fare same from Port Huron AS from
Detroit, IS time frcm Detroit, "a hcurs
Aiong the coast OF Sa,.ilac and Huron counties,
extensive fres a'e raging in the forests and for
~ or 81 acs dense SUI Ike was rising. After
lark some magnificent scenes were presented
At one place it was Ike an immense citv il,
danes. We were three or four miles from he
hore, ard could see vast sheet Of Il ,me not less
shan nile along the coast, surging and wsv ing
ike the sea, here leaping u some tall pine like
4, lower on fire, then rolling up great fame as
from some vast building. aud the broad .xpan.e,
Ike a world on fire ligh-ing up the smoke tn n
great hight with red glare like cloud OF fire,
Al Casting distinct light upon the lake to our
line OF passage. This scene was in sight Tor
more than hour.
The next morning found Us entering the
| mouth of Saginaw rivera broad stream, but
looked channel with the banks lined bv Jaw
mills GA this riser and it's ,riburar es are II, arly
ii,y mills, capable Of eating mary Lundr, d
n lion feet of lumber annually Not much over
hilf OF them are now running Most Of them
| rave millions Of feet Of sawed lumber Oh hand.
md logs f,r millions more bat the sale is duh,
aud the uncertainty Of the times forbids further
present active work. The Saginaw. Ti,tabawas-
| ace, Shia~asSee, Flint, Cas-, a d Bad rivers, are
lined On both sides mile after mile with RATS Of
logs. millions in number. Ii all the sawed lum
| n-r-pine-that saw on the d, cks were put To-.
,ether, doub. not it would make pile twenty
rois square and hundred feet high All this,
Ordinary times, would ne disposed of in a wear.
| IL ia believed that there is Line enough within
reach of these streams to keep up this supply
f,r fifty years to come.
East Saginaw is a CITY. not a. old a. Lansing,
with about 1000 inhabitants They, like the
iiurons think their city will be second Only t.
etruit in the State. IL has been built literally
with lumber-that being both meats and mate
rails. Nearly all the buildings are Of wood aud
h-reiOfe peculiarly subject to fires The loss 9
~ fires in the last few weeks are over $50 600.
The Bancroft House is b-i,k and considerably
he largest hotel in the State, out OF Detrri,.
Strange TO cav, there is not ALI omnlbu. or pub
&c c'rriage RAINING in the city; though astcamer
I some kind touches the dock oitener than
aice all hour o. AL average.
Next to the lumber uterest-aEd scarcely in.
| 'erior to il, prospectively the saginaw Va
ey, are the -alt wells At Bay City. East Sayi
Jaw, and Saginaw City, nine es abli.hmrnts are,
in lev week, viii be, in operation. The
well. are from six TO seven hundfed ct deep,
usually three inch bore. visited one estai :.
| i'>hment which has 100 kettles. and is making
fry barrels Of salt per day. The water is ! I'm.
led into immense watts. raised SO that the wafer
runs from them into the kettles, after standing
several days I'LL all the impurities have settled
70 the bottom. The KETTLES are placed in double
rows of IS each, through the centre Of the
rudng and Oh each side are the bins to receive
The salt from the kettles the process is VIEW
simple, yet requiring much care. The kettles
similar TO potash kettles, are filed and Just be-
tore reaching a boiling point a sediment IL de
posted il dish at the bottom. This lie reno
v,d and crystalizl,on goes on. When the va
ter is boiled down to two Or three ail-full, some
three pecks of -alt pure snow, is dipped into
a bake, over the kettles, where il drains tor
snort time, when il is thrown into the bin, ard 8
ready to BE- baIrele1. The water still in the ket.
lie is thrown away; as the impurities in il would
ruin the Ia xt boiling If allowed TO r,m,in.
The works are all on the bauk o. the river
a. d the salt is shipped without any expense Of
ca-tsge-esch establishment having i,s own dock
Their wood is received by wafer, and costs about
one fourth as much IS at Syracuse. This 10 an
advantage equal TO hall dollar per barrel We
nav expect il. the next very few wears. TO see
fifty Salt works in operation in the Saginaw Val.
iey, manufacturing halt a million barrels Der sn
nuR quarter Of a million dollars is probably
already invested in these works