The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-04-08
HfSTORECaI. ~FzFrCI UI- LANSING.
Its Trade and Comm Present Adva-'
taGrs aud rnt turo Tsru,pt cts.


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interest .r..
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were .fi -tH uai hr
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tin-ea N e-. f.nal hfer '-At 'heF had
cons sized N-e- 4. aal soi .n. aa''.- closed
hr wrote .n-H --N. more account o
ioe ''Vf'' i-es ~ -a- 'octio.- f--c'i1ed iht
~si-r r9~er, ii- central i'-la'a f tie State
me ifis'o. 10y %. ' anoa'i a-F + i'.'l, sni end
~ Ni. '-r F'tli, t, l.. "f-ial "o-a oe
ieea'-' .e.e ih t'--l'y 'h- AA ior .o-'' z
"a 1871 ~ gave
-h'-e hrA h,f @, -Hs, -- "oa'i POO. ffss
- .-~- S",''V '. snare o' iAe ii'1 s.
A-7 F.c-.--''- 20. ,A'. ''e''- - was cfi-rn.'t tae
caus3 oi iis oNu illh.-meht. oy c4.'ns hr Sey-
iuoui attention 70 ,le sung ct Nr. Seymour
hrpt tae letfer, real u occasionally after land
~pecuiaii'n ha4 coi'arse1. mad an annual laugh
az ~ 'i-'.l7 t>pe"'e' DU' ~s VIC sla" see acl-
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4ae A.'t s.iei'P. a. ~o-se 'D..i'ns on TIE s.le
OF our Guy was ot Af. ocot Aiui-el, WHO adj
Vised tHe pfopne'ofs OF the grea- need of a ho-
Gel here, "a I'VE ecessiiy leLl and 80 they as
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ordered ii- c'-c9nineAnce, ard So the poor 20
81 vas ie't Tooii.ss, 10 De occupied occasionally
Dy TIE u9rl- makers. aua ais 70 Dee burned
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Th, fan aims f,,nd Eis rarks inssoor. '.''l -,
co,,.l.-a And the ra.+ end of fb. S,r, ,rss
for, .,v the saw mill h.i,, h,,, ,,,tl, t.,,,.,5
In Aorl 1874 during the f-eshet Mr. Rnrcb
ard and f,rr orber voun, ,,., stts,nnt - n, r,r,
~ hat .i,s.. "a t,, .i.at tbs, -,..,,..f -,.- .t,
dam, ,b.i,s.f ga. c,,..z.i and sa i.',,,..l
fff- family !
In Jelr 1914 Nr Seyn,ou- nurc.,ssri tbe oron
ertr "a. A Aim,.i-tr.,or', .,l. and ,t one, IN o,r
the i,h of finishing fba d... and .,..,in., mo
riu 20 W...-s I..h p. Wb;t,ev s,i,F and
G4or,a P.ssa. ana hr .h..t th. l.. of Dec.r,.
her. 1896. the miH was la.nior The.e con
tractors .J,r-iaaed 10 rasl . on III. n-.n,i.es an
rirr ls55 and 1856.
In Ianu,rv. 1887. the Legislature assambl "a
and Mr. Sevmour ~ once r-r ff.rsd his ,o,r s;,o
.or the State Capitol. In Nav ls4-. Nes.r,
Seymour aul Townsend. aud Hr Silver On be
halt of the State, laid out our CITY. Being far
inland its business progress was very sler In.
accessible in every direction excaot hv &. mn, :
wacon- 90 the hauling of goods from Detroit cost
&. .00 OF 81 % Der hundred pounds. o cours.
10 produce could he bought, and but little WAS
done in the way oi t.aGe
ln February. 1890. Hon. Chandler -a- in
town. and our difficulties were discussed with
bin. Tie az once prom-sd n behalf Of himself
and trieudsl 60 pay $4,000 towards building a
plaD@ road from Lansing 20 Howell, 20 connect
aith road then building from Deiroi, 20 How
al. on tai- promiss ltftefwa ds incr ssed 90
$4,000 charter wa- 10 once obtained. The
organizaton vas perfected IN tie fol owing
June; I'D ia July, Ne7sr-. Smith, Turner AID
SEYMOUR began the "ofk a0i pieiei it %
Howell. DO Nov m'er. So fhi- road AZ once
became the outlet OF tie North aalf of in-ham,
nearly al OF t."ton. and about o., tuI.l " Es
tou iona caua-.s; aaa Lansing J.c8He ar
important market IN October, November aua
December $50, 2S n"n bus els of wheat passed
the hfs' gaze. aua about 600 .ns OF good
aad irrigh-- ia tls same ume Ia lo56, she