, 1862-10-15

The Salt Discoveries Of Michigan.
ICorrespondence OF the Chicago Tfibnne}
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Oct 8. 1861
The cutting CT Of the supply OF Southern
salt, in consequence Of tho rebellion, and, As
smother consequence OF the rebellion, the In I
creased duties On imported ta1t, have con-
spiEt both to create scarcity Of salt in the
market, and 10 raizetAe price TO ngure never
reached before. will not gza'uitous1y ~
that the feeling in the salt market is uarea-
tonably intense It will he known before the
close, CT II not then, before the opening Of
Daviga:fon In the spring, how the prices
may range. But the question OF high
or low prices Of salt c4nnot but be materially
sffected By the greater or less quantity that
Saginaw shali manufacture. Already-sud
these works have not been In operation two
years-the quantity produced here his been
felt widely. And it Il not too much to say Of
them, ttat, had they not been At work, the
people would now have great difficulty In get
ting single barrel Of salt, and that had not
this ealt been discovered, the growers Of
pork and the packers In the Northwest would
scon experience hard times, indeed. There Is
60 longer any question - to the extent Of the
salt lands. They are between forty and fifty
miles In length, stretching from the bay west
ward to where the Chippewa River pours into
tne 1laeoe"Asse aha even zen m'lee oeyona'
ana III ofeaotn e1senalne iof alofe tn3n .n''.5
naales, inc "nole country 1aus ooonoeo tofu-
ing IN enormous basin that ia full and con-
stant'y nn.ns "t'o ooe.@ pef cen. oane-
oofe my ~Aele III snls IMtheuee neio 10
oepta VI ouo 1eet' ana tols osahe 10 iouao III
ine1haugtib1e supply. There IL no longer,
either. apv question ae to the quality of the
h,ina. II con+,;ce fnnnnr;ttee hrt y ,s h.
s,ao", - ~s 4f -F- ar .. ~, ~ - w.
Ae7eo' no nofe aoo lone oluefent iFon those
found In KaDawha or 0nondaga bsines. It Will
be admitted. therefore. ut once. that thourh
+ba ,,,a,le+ n.v mt 20 .ff..c+as .rr,,t,v
80. es5 AA-'
antely oy tne sagaaa" ealt, tneie Il no reason
| to lear that there will not be ealt enough pro-
a.o,o1, - tax ~. en,+t Tha ,;,,,..1'. a..
eAou9u eieo toi .ne eou.u' Las Aulets u's'
coEes1 OF the Saginaw salt deserves to BIZ r.
| xMded as prpyidential,
! Tha mi, rro~,aao. os e.n,,s ,a ..o
us "A'5 ~ ~ Auu 'ae
1orhern part OF Michigan until re-
Gently possessed BY the writer of this
~h...,tn. s,.,.tat, -. ~. - -s,,s :.
s1A u.4ns eAoA VI tn'n ieeAen' "aica - ~ ~
Remains.'' The sketch referred to is euti lei
"a Fortnight fr fhe Wilderness ,,-a,d III,
-, ~ 1880. .A
dlsl1act tfasetsea tafonRa lying pet"cen u
trott and SAGINAW. 1t seems now one of tn
s1ranrest facts of our Western history. thu
49,. 1,,.
ho longer ago thaa 1871 one coulo MOI 6
from Detroit to Saginaw in less thln for;
night, distance tha1 is in 1867 made easil
and cnn,o,tsh1s !, ahont n;ns ~ han~ and 49, ~,
1he noth thrn vss nn1r INV fnnt +-.v..i..r. ~. =
hnrses maV;ra IN InJ;s11 H.. 10 f.ct th,3 !
a. naa-1v ,h whn1e aissanre thran,,h ~. fnsi xasi
;mnr, ~" snS 1.h1u +e',d,,nt;ats uu.
p na1n.r The onis. toro!t tnst tnss.,.l1 m.p y
ora, {a+Zaa, ~ m3.1nf. ay 49, ssass S'ts ~
9seF % twenty p malea dep, ana y = eloss 6eain
sns~ n9s,a anS an5 en.esp;e ap o. Sapta!ls.s o.
Penetfated, ana passed tniough, this fores
wna lal!iGao. s9 t1e sntile ai'pealanee
!nis !1!1 ssEton = "Vooeti4l'y eaahgeo slnce Lh
Auet1loas ftnehnaah pissed tnis way sa5
h;, Tnea, =. uas ~ .,, ~ ~ L. S,ns
".S n1soiSs, =. uua om .,vou .nuaIiaa.s' a.sIs'
humnei o. snpstanaai business Dulsangs,
epastoue @ ~ sp.Gau.a ao1ei, hnpp.ls ~ ~
nu ~ o,s.s,t =, ara.s ~ aoe o.h - -;
) t,,~,r1. ~. n"' "e'eu'p' ~ ''@'' s4'' eu1A VI
There are three towns (called eities} Of il
, possanee u fne Saginaw Failey-bW City, 0
: tne pay, East Saslna@ -, sixteen miles a5oet
> on Inc river; saginaw, t~o miles ABOVE ag LII
= ano On the DINER l0orth} SIDE o1 the rive
= All these towns we're built up principally
= const tquence OF the lumber manufactures tn
: are carried on all along the river on bo:
sides. Now the manufacture OF sale has b
+ come po*efful aux'iafg 70 eutfcn tae INN
+ diate locality and to dement, the "aole cou
). ttF. SAT COCKS Ntefna!s nos VIVA 4aaie
I yards for twenty-five mlleo On tue hFer
n banks. >.
II Fer the manofacture OF me SAT-, He "a
oo aa ana
!; each. About t.enty more blocks a5e neas
n completed, which will he At work In f
II dA5s-a1l will be run to their utmost capaei
through the winter. At present. the be
q. blocks tnrn out an average OF forty barre
n Per Gay; nasnng 5ae yeas s3giea~ eas p
"a duced about oo,NV patfsle. ! knoW o. no r
q son Wy r. e9e n1o ma! ~ no 1os pfoaue IN INC NJ
pi IN ren seaa.s, pfoo1es o1', U,vW,@W v3 3es5- ! I
:. sappl5 OF nflns u apsoluts1s Unlimited. L L
= demand aor manuiacta1ea a. {; ~ Is 100, j.
n. md OF course the profit oi manufacturing,
II present very Large, VIII become very smi
"a In any event, however, in consequence
H. ihese dlsGoyetl.e q eelt h1se and pTosp
nf Sagihs" valley: ...... !,
Ic lhe oHnets oi the oiocks noM IN opefa11
ale moeuy mea isom EensiA NeN 1otA
ed lne OhondxGe s24t HoIhs nave lnrutsneG "
G. " tne lAu1l5le eua9tu 3en n tnSM. ,uos
en- the e1Iss M,3oia.y S ~ eses 4L ~ iaas GJ sAieJ
70 nVa ~ -" auh -, @uu a.t;s W.
Ia ne saSln@M ~ - s1es ~ n.e5ess
- | the present legislature Of thai State, At
oh / IGCEuL EfkbApu MI AtttiDI'e WEN IutUE 10