The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-07-13
SAGINAW.

.a.I SACrL NAN iaaa ,f r.iI
saginaw valIey--Its Immen. .c Lum-
ber mud Salt 'Fradc -Sn gtna w city
NIaIions of The valley lAg ricWI tn raj
Prospocts-The Future, &c, sc. 5oIs
Correspondence of the Perrysburg Iourpal1
PEuRYspuRG, July ., 1866,
EntroR. JOURNAL; In accordance with your re
quest | will now furnish you with few items
relative to the Saginaw Valley, 81 t..la.l. ~
arrived in tho valley about noon of the 2st of
June, and remained there until the morning Of the
,h Of July, AMI obtained pretty general knowl-
edge of the surroundings. tsgn .aa
was aware that Saginaw was noted for its
lumber trade, but. was entirely uhprcpared to find
such vast trade both in lumber and salt. II is
impossible Cor one TO realize the amount of bust.
ness done in Saginaw without first seeing Il. lnt
as do not intend to be lengthy, ] will give you
some figures and then you can speculate on the
natter.a s7i3s Sci h.H4 g raI ild .'a 4
The number Of mills now in operation is 81.
These mills have the capacity OF cutting threo hun
drcd millions feet each season. visited two Of
the first class mills. Cno Is owned by Wright 4
Co., at Saginaw City, which employs 50 hands,
some two sets Of gang saws, one upright, one
circular, and three sets of edgng saws, and cuts
from seventy Ave to eighty thousand feet per day.
The other Is owned by Sage 4 McGraw, aud is
located opposite Bay City. This mill has four
setts of gang saws, ono upright two circular, and
four setts OF edgng saws. This mill has cut over
one hundred and fny thousand feet in twelve
hours. ers s.ii Ia ..sta se esi 10 h..ftr-. r.,I
The lumber cut last soisen amounted To four
millions two hundred thousand dollars aud this
"a n.
estimated that at the present rate of consumption !
the pine timber will last frum rs 10 80 years yet
The lumber regions comprise In whole or III part
tho following counties, viz; Midland, Isabella,
Gladwin, Roseonmon, Huron, Salina, Lapeer, Cen
ncsce, ruscola, Saginaw, Gratiot, Glare, Iosco,
ogamop, Montcalm, Mecosta, IughNm' aud Living
ston. The whole region comprises several hun
drOd square miles OF hrritqry, This large section
of land is drained almost exclusively by the trib-
utares OF the Saginaw River. sft ia slvid4ta (
The Saginaw River is formed BY the Cass, Flint,
ShiawasSeo aud Tittabawassee... The.stwo former
coming in froHsths slowerpeuniuspla, the Sbewas-
see (robd tic sohhOra lottlOn and the Titisbswas-
see from the northern portion. These streams
divide and subdividc into numerous water courses,
too shallow to be navigablc, yet sufficiently deep
aud wide to allow the tree transit Of logs through
them to the larger streams aud to the mills. tis8
There are IA shingle mills above Saginaw City,
which shipped last year 6S,O0o, 900 shingles
There are number OF stavc factories and tits
difficult 10 estimate the number lath cut.
The following win give you an idea Of the salt
business;
! No, ot Companies Ia opcraton",,r,,. .s O.
! No, OF blocks -. ,'.,.,,,...,,,,,, lis
No. of kettles -. -. ".,,.., ~. -. 42i0
No. If solar covers 49,. -. -, ss..., 4Qt9
/ M. Uf acres OF land used and owned. g475
MOUey invested in salt works .,,,. So 26a 900
No. Of bhls manufactured in le65,,., 529,O7s
/ No, OF mon employed In lS65,,,,.,,., Sp2
/ Cords OF wood consumed in tS65......, f6a ,SbS
/ Value Of wood consumed in lS65.,.,., S2Sd, ,545
Value of barrels used ia lS65.-. ..... S73S,074
Value Of salt at shipping point in 1855 ST. 100 400
! AZ tho present rate of consumption for salt pur-
Poses it will require zach year the timber FROM
about 5000 acres Of land. l.a sa..
There is a bcautifOl farmlpg country around
Saginaw, aud tho soil Is very fertile, The whea,
crop is excellent, all through that section Of the
STATE. Saginaw City, gas, Saginaw aud Salina
tcgSlher contain about Il, 900 Inhabitants. These
places in the course Of tour or Ave years, will bc
consolidated into one city. They are connected by
three substantial bridges, Nnd strest-oars run DO,
tween thsm. Ssgaaw CITY, in 1850, contained
I LIZA Inhabitants. Il now contains nearly goo
There are some four or five huGdred buildings 20
ing np in Saginaw City during the present sun,
mer. lie is impossible to predict what Saginaw
will be ten or teen years hence, but il is safe tC
say that there will be at least sixty thousand in.
habitanta in tho valley by that time. The salt is
permanent Investment aud the country Is behind
none Tor agricultural purposes.
Yours, No,, n.