, 1870-11-02
MICHIGAN,
1tA GROWTH During the Enst Qrcad,
AnAlyzed4.

From fhe Lant;ny Rep u5liruu
Ihfougnont the country there viii be great
sT1Iptiee at fhe advance In tbs population Of
Michigan foE tue List 10 years. In 1860 til.
poE ulation wa- 709, ,C;5; now it Is I.tW. iG3
An inerease in 10 years Of Ii2 9i5, or over 50 e{
Per cent Tor the whole State. The g1i1, for
Illinois during the same time has been oniy
IS per cent.
This will give Michigan nine members of
Tho house VI Representatives Nh. re ehs h.y
row but si1. and place her high up in tbs
rank Of States. She vii have one more meu-
Ter OF the House than either Iowa or Wiscop-
tin. Allowing Eve inhabitants TO vote. there
are e, 2at men over u seazs Of age.-.u army
which won1d be large enough for the ablcat
General OF modern times to handle in battle,
and larger than the numerical fosee that took
Ea1t on roth rides in any engagement duEiug
the late rebellion.
The largest gain in the seven counties COM
rosipg the southern tier, Monroe, IenAwec,
fflllsdale. hanci., St. Joseph, C7-s, and Bar
lien. IL in B+r1ien. sal per cent aud tls
smallest in Lenawee, 1884 per cent. The
Eaiu for the whole seEen COUNTLESS is q. .f6 per
rent, the smallest OF any tier Of counties III
!he STATE For the second tie. Of counties,
Wayne. Washtenaw. Jackson, Calhoun, kals-
nazoo, ahd Van Buten, liz in all. and cou.-
nT1sinS the tier through which ruus tue Nth
igsn Central Railroad, the average gain haa
teen 4l.s7 per cent, tho largest gain being in
Vsn Buren, County, SO per cant. md the
entire population Of these Two tiers Of conn-
tie*. eomprisirg MI roufli OF the Base lne,
And what il generally known as rho eo.+herp
half af the Ssa!e. r. 5Ds, ,s48, agcfnst :'75, 163
in 1sGa'. a gain Of 1a1, ass for the two SOUTH
ern tier Of equities. In 1860 these
counties had / ,il3 more than half OF the pop-
latioo OF tie State: nov, that portion Of the
State north Of the Base line hsa 76,l75 mora
than ore-baH ef the population, and after
the new apportionment, tho political power of
the stste, which has hitherto belonged to the
9outheIn counties, Will move north OF tho
The first tier Of counties north Of the 5asa
line cornpIiees NAeomp, Oakland. Livioe-tnu,
1ngham, Eaton, Barry, and A1legan- The~o
eouEtles lie for the most part betesen the
Michigan Central md Detroit & 3li1wsakca
Railrosde, and have no east aud vest line,
and no railroad facilities, except in Daklsnd
aud Mheomb Counties, until within the last
six years, wtile Eaton and Allegan Coup
ties havs been without s'ilro1d facilities
It'll @ hss no r.ilso. liz Bss Aha tsssa coasssg
form portion Of the great wheat Le:t of
tie State. and have pEoaperei uotwitbstant-
ing the want of railroads. The i1rgest gain
IL In N1egan County. % 50 per cent, and tho
Smallest in OhklAnd County. 1855 percent,
the average gain being 50.6t per cent Ths
total population ot these seven counties in
1860 wAs III ,o2l now it Is 1872 SIC, gain Of
5l.325- The Percentage Of gain Is 23.l3
s5e.'eT tasn IN ths tier along the Michigan
The fourth Tier comprises st. Clair, Lapesr.
Genesee. Sliawassee, Clinton, Ionia, keut
And Ottawa Alt Of these counties. exceos
IApeer, have had railroad facilities an.1 shou
large, Increase Of population. The total
Population OF these eight counties ia o40,5if,
against 151.7A in 1860. gain Of 60.9i uar
cent The largest gain. iot.72 per cant, Is in
OTTAWA ceanty, and the smallest In st. Clair
County, 3s.37 Fer cent. The fourth tier
eains largely over either OF the three tle,s
This comparison h,s tesn casziea f.r
enough. In the Lower Peniusula, At least.
the further north you 60, as rule, ron ind
the largest incteasa- In sonoa OF the counties
north Of the four tiers given, the increase il
exttao1d!narJ- The largest increase OF any
county in the stste IS in Ioseo, 17o3 IS per
cent esnt ss he t sSsSnd hnt Is esaqs e. PR
These ire the only counties where the gain
exceeds 1000 per cent OF the counties on tha
vest shore, Manistee 524 per cent; Muz-
kegon, 1850 per cent; Mason, e2a3 03 per
Sent; oeean3, 2T.ss per cent :: Grand
!MIsge1se. II A-4s per cent; and Leelaus~.
GRIM s57,o7 Fer cent: Chebaygsn, 2'6 =
Huron, 1922 per cent In the Saginaw
Valley, BaT Eaiua 402-Q5 per cent Ssst7a7
2oi s2 per cent; and Midland 3sa g p ps1 Is sen.:
cent; Iouicalu, ail.75 per cent; Aeeosss.
s4o G1 per cent: Sawavgo: 1a-a per cents
Isatella, a13. = per cent; Tnacofs, iso $ Per
Perinsala, ihs largest gain i IN Marquette,
isI. .Os per cent; Della gains los q .re1 cent.
Willie in C1iprew. the gfia Is cu!s af5 Per
cent, and in 0ntorason there is = loss.
In the State only three counties show loss;
Ontonsgnn, o. account Of decline Of tta
mining interests there; Mauitou. which COM
rrises the little group OF lslxnds in laxs MieL-
jgsu, and Maehnaw. which hrs no particular
reverue except the fisheries. There Is no res
ident Ct this Sstte, when be exauinee tie
record, that may not proudly say. Michigan,
nv Nichigsu,7