East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-04-05

fully graded by the first of July, an
the Michigan Central Road has agree
to purchase the iron and lay it, an
to bear q portion Of the cost of con
struction besides. They agree TO hav
it done between Lansing and Jacksol
and in running order by the first o
September next. From the know
ability Of this Company and its mar
hvelous energy, no one will doubtful
that its promises will be fulfilled. Al
attempt will also be made to construc
il TO Saginaw City this season, and i
we meet with no serious reverse I.
our arms, il will undoubtedly be dom
soon. This road will open up a new
route TO Chicago, and Cincinnati, ant
to Central Michigan and Central Indi
ana. The great object in building il
10 TO get our salt, and plaster, an(
lumber; and to supply our great cen
trail market with thom, while thi
region supplied by us with these com
moditiss will send us their surplu
grain and their coal. But important
as salt and lumber are to these, oul
new customers, the great object to
them is to get their supply of plaster
from US. When these roads are com,
pleted the plaster trade of Bay City
and our neighboring villages will fal
exceed our manufacture either of sail
or of lumber. 1 would suggest thai
with view to this trade, which ID
soon to be thrown open to US, that
examinations of the plaster lands oi
the Bay be made under your direction,
and enough Of them be secured tc
insure to us considerable portion OF
the plaster trade. When opened for
all other purposes, both commercial
and for convenience, tho construction
of road from Bay City to connect at
either of the Saginaws, is of the ut
most Importance, and must always
remunerate us well for our outlay.
( Another important movement 10 on
foot to build q plank road to Midland
City. The importance of this enter
prise cannot be overstated. When
this road is constructed. Bay City will
receive the trade Of over one-half of
tho entire lumber interests of this
Valley. II is this trade which has
built up the merchants Of Saginaw
City, and Of East Saginaw. They
have divided it equally between them,
and have become rich from il. With
this road completed Bay City becomes
a new competitor for this trade. Not
to divide it with our sister cities above
us, but to take it all. Two-thirds of
the pine manufactured on our river
comes from the Tittabawassee and its
tributaries, This road gives us entire
control over the supply of this i'm
mense labor, and presents to the lum-
herman a new and central point from
which to draw his supplies, and at
One class OF mercantile hus,na..
must be opened here On the ,oomnle.
ton of this road. We will want
wholesale dealers with a large capital,
who can buy their grain, and pork,
and flour, by the cargo, to supply this
And whom such stores are
opened, by reason of having them,
YOU will command the entire whole
sale trade of the shores of Lake
Huron. .aH .hp YW e il,l 4
Iris proposed that the County
should aid in its construction, to;a
limited extent. Experience proves
that plank roads do not pay their
stockholders, but it also proves that
it pays large communities to build
them by reason of the vast improve
ment they work to the country through
they may run.
We also want o plank read to, the
eastward Of Bay City. If this was
built distance Of ten miles from the
plank, road, it would cross the Qunna-
kassee river, and, the low lands bor-
dsring, on it, and would open up to
us the entire trade Of the upper Tus-
cola Country, which is among the
finest agricultural districts in tho
State. This road should be Built and
planked as speedily aspossible, and
as there is no capital on the route Of
it we must build it ourselves. The
trade Of" the Cass river country is
second only in Importance to that, Of
the Tittabawassee. This trade is now
about equally divided between Flint
and East Saginaw, which are each
distant from it sixty to eighty miles.
A plank road twelve miles in length
eastward from Bay City would give
us this eastern trade, It would bring
Sebawains near us by good road the
entire distance. And this trade must
always increase. Lot us secure il now
before it is diverted TO Wild Fowl
Bay, where strong effort is being
made to secure it. There is an APP
preparation of two sections OF swamp
lands to the mile, TO aid in its con-
struction, and twenty-five hundred
acres with which to bridge the Guam
aksssee. We must step forward and
take those lands and construct this
road and bridge the river. Ha'.'f '.ii
J, Gentlemen, we have bright pros
poets before us, wen calculated to eli
us with hope. Let, us conduct our
selves like men Of enlarged views,
comprehcnding the yastness. Of our
interests, and put our trust in our own
energies and in God. The war il
about to close, with, tho return o.
peace renewed emigration must be
turned towards our shores, and th,
returned American soldier. rested from
the fight, will seek within our borders
an asylum, where, he can repose ffcrf
his labors, and wear the scars hhd
bruises Of war, and rear his, children
hore 70, cultivate our lands, 'topuiat'
our country, and assist us IN the do
veIopment before u.s. Let us receive
our Share 'of this emigration. 1et vi
be vigilant Let us be discreet. AM
our actual progress viii soon TRANSCEND
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