The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-01-31


GROWTH OF LANSING The coming
season viii be one remarkable in the histo-
II OF tie growth Of this city. More and
better buildings VIII be erected than in any
one year since Lansing was made the Cap
tial Of the state Vs. collections oi ',s il-
in material ca DE seen AZ various points
in the city which Is destined 10 he USED in
the construction Of buildings, the plans
and specifications for which are being pre-
pared. and the erection Of which viii be
commenced at the first oYelng Of spring.
! The completion OF the Lansing and Jackson
railroad will give new impetus 10 all
branches Of trade, and the various other
railroad projects under consideration Dy the
people Of the state upon which Lansing Is
made a central point, and which are des-
tined ere long 10 Poe constructed viii al
tend % attract 10 our place men OF capital,
seeking the best and mos. promising points
Tor investment. Lansing Is destined 10 be
q great railroad center, its location and
natural advantages rendering such thing
I beyond peradventure. Tic vast water
powers here afforded by Grand River are
F vet 70 become the seats Of manufactures
+ ON a large scale. The rich farming country
/ living around Us, but partially improved
and much OF which is yet thickly studded
with heavy timber, will soon DE- turned into
finely cultivated fields. teeming with the
choicest grains and fruits OF earth. The
lack Of means heretofore f)r the transnlp-
ment OF products that might have been
purchased here has compelled tlllers OF the
7 coil 90 seek better mart than ours. ThOus-
ands Of dollars worth Of grain, pork, and
other products Of the farm, have been car
ted from our very doors to other and more
/ favorable markets, and the money derived
I from their sale expended for merchandise
at those points, thus giving to such local
tiles fictitious importance, and a name
and fame that will greatly rebound To
their growth and prosperity for some years
10 come The coming season Lansing Dy
her increased means Of transportation AMI
growing importance. WILL afford a market
for the sale Of the products OF the farmer,
the merchant and the mechanic second 10
no other point IN the State This is said ia
no vain Boosting spirit of rivalry, but as a
matter of truth and Justice. Strangers who
visit our place are surprised at - rapid
progress that has been made within the
nineteen years siuce The erection %. The
first l0g hut within what now comprises the
corporate limits of the city Of Lansing
They 20 away with better impress iOHs of
the enterprise and liberality oil our people.
and with more exalted opinions of the Cap
ltal Of Michigan than they had been able
TO gather from The leading portion OF the
press of the state. But time the great
cradicator Of evil. is doing much TO remove
the prejudice that has heretofore existed
+ against our town, and more favorable
tone begins 10 characterize the expressions
Of the press concerning US. We copy be-
low an article concerning our city from the
Eaton Rapids journal, edited by gentle
man that knows whereof be speaks
That the time will come and that not far
Off when Eaton Rapids viii look upon
I Lansing a. a commercial mart from which
/ it Will receive many of It's supplies, none
can doubt when they take into account the
many facilities that fast growing city viii
soon. il it does not already. possess The
fact that the Grand Trunk Railway Com
pany have the same as determined 10 make
Lansing one Of It's points on its line Of eX-
/ tension 10 Chicago, together with the truth
/ that Eaton Rapids will soon be in railroad
connection with the same by means OF the
completion Of the A. l.. j 1. b. X. H.. from
Lansing % this point. must strike the mind
Of every child thinker, rs giving Lansing
SO far as our village is concerned. a pre-
cedence over any other point: lst, II being
only II miles 20 connect with the through
route 10 either the east or the west, thus
furnishing facilities for receiving and send
ing FREIGHT unsurpassed 10y any inland point
in the State. and I'd, as the Capital Of the
State, Lansing cannot help but derive with
lis railroad interests, nigh and iirsi-ciass
standard in the commercial world possessed
IS il IS, of a circuit OF farming country
second 10 none
But, il may he said Lansing does not to-
day possess the power, financially or other
wise, OF which we speak, nor does Sue de
serve il. There is Jackson, and other
points in the State,that are far ahead of it.
and with not half the prospects Lansing
has had 10 increase its growth. What We
say we do not mean TO the detriment OF
any other place. bat let il be remembered,
that Is years ago Lansing was wilderness
that when the Capitol was located al that
point, there was nothing but a log house
within its now corporate limits. Put that
and its present prospects together, n the
same time rejecting that capital IS but just
/ beginning 10 be used there; that il will soon
be the central point of dozen different
railroads one of which Will run through
Eaton Rapids that IL is eight miles nearer
As commercial mart 70 this section or
country than any other city; and the real
thinker cannot but agree with Us that the
prosperity Of Lansing is the prosperity OF
this place Let Jackson then look TO its
laureS.