The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-06-16
Jottings by the Way.
EAST SAGINAW. Juno s. 1865
NUMBER TWO.


EAST SAGINAW, June s, 1865.
As every body has q Joint interest i'm
the weather, ii may not he unmportant
TO Ncrmontcrs to learn that from the
time we left Middlcbury to this date,
the reigning order of things has been,
lowering skies and muddy roads.
To-day, the skies are bright, and all
nature seems bathcd and attired anew.
The most detestable feature of this
city is its fiat, monotonous surface. -
resort and relief to the eye, ii would be
highly appreciated, and he computed at
round million of dollars.
BY the way, l am glad to know that
an effort is being made to awaken atten-
ton TO the Importance of utilizing the
superlatiVc advantages and beauties of
Chapman Hill, to purposes of pleasure
and recreation. A carriage drive, altis-
tic and beautiful, to the top of the Hill
-l5O feet above the waters of the river
below the cascade or fall, is Il decided
desideratum. Success to the gentlemen
and ladies who favor and carry forward
the enterprise
Asking the readers pardon for this
DEPRESSION, we call attention To the fact,
that the lumber tract comprised in the
Saginaw valley, is probably the most
extensive, as well rs the most valuable
tract in the world. It's extent is meas
ured by thousands of acres, and the
quantity of timber is so great that il
must afford an abundant supply for
| several decades to come. The quality
! of lumber is unsurpassed.
The kinds of lumber produced are
! White Pine or Cork Pine, as il is some
times termed, Sapling Pine and Norway
Pine, Besides the pine, there are small
quantities of White Wood, Black Wal
nut, Cherry and Ash, and an immense
amount of Ilcmloch and Oak.
The lumber regions comprise Ia
! whole or i'm part eighteen counties.
IT is now just twenty years since thi-
valley BEGAN To he regarded as a lumber
region Within two years from that
time, seventeen mills were put in opcr-
alton. From 1851 10 1907 large tract
of land, in the hands ofthc government
were taken up, and the business asSIlm
ed mammoth proportions and the sew
enteon had increased to thirty-thrce
mills, with a capacity of $1,000, 900 feet
per annum. In 1850 the number OF
mills was forty-onc, with Il capacity %
l25, 0O0, 600 feet. There are now in op-
Grafton on the Saginaw River proper
in Il distance of about eighteen miles
sixty mills, with Il capacity for sawiut
10000, 900 feet per annum. There i.
one large mill at Bay City that cuts 10,
600 feet in twelve hours, or -, 900, OOt
feet in Il year of eight months Oth,
mills are frozen up during four months
of the year, II will cut and deliver IN
entire ship load of lumber rs fast ~ tn,
crew of the vessel can load it,
The estimated value of the pine hm
Der cut during the year 1867, is 81 ,juO, 900
II finds market in all the Easter
States via Cleveland and Sandlsky; it
Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri
Kansas, Nebraska and Southern Wis
consin, also Northern Vermont. EVci
Philadelphia and Baltimore, am told
among other Eastern cities, receive
large share of their lumber, from thi,
region.
a signal advantage this valley la.
over many timber sections is, that ship
ments of lumber may be made dircc
from the mills to all parts of the world
Direct shipments have been made from
Saginaw to nearly every Eastern, Cen
trail and southern state, to California
Liverpool, London, France, the Sand
wich Islands, Australia, Valparaiso
and many other foreign ports, and cv
crywhere it stands unrivallcd as I,
quality.
The amount of capital employed il
the business is over -, 50O,0O0 Mann
persons have become wealthy from til,
business here. Asall parts of the worlt
pay tribute to this valley, it cannot bu
increase rapidly in wealth and popula
ton. 1t only lacks our Vermont scenery
10 render ii Il delightful dwelling place
In my next your readers shall sit to
saVory dish-treating upon the grca
| salt basin underlying this nutirn Va Il.N,