The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-01-01
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AlIey'ou!ei N.wa,go. Conoty,
Mich, Dec. l6. The censns ie-
pot1 for 1870 developed two int err
csrlng facts. FiS thai lumber
ins had become he second mann.
lac u.ing interest in thus c,-antry, +,
iron alone leadirgi', rard second,
that the centre IT tile gigantic
busines hadbecn transferred from
lhc~ANew ENGLAND aud Middle
States to Tie extreme Northwest,
Michigan taking the lead among
states, and Wisconsin coming in
second as a lumber producer.
THE GREAT ,,RTHwEsTERN LUM-s
I af'i BeRING SECTION,
which extends over the northern
portions of the Suites Of Michigan
Wisconsin and Mimes0ta, may
Eproperlyrbcr divided into three
distinct tiistrictsals saceIn sMici'
Ii.am d'stfict, having saginaw tor
"a center, and shipping 5its lumber
to the East and Sonth borh br
rail and waier;thc ccntraL,er Lake
| M;cl,i4 an district, including the
western shore ofthe stale IT Mich
:gan, together with the Green
Bay al Wolf riveris W,seansin,
which has Cldcsgo Z ts:p+nci al
markv'; n,id ilass abe ves,sra siis
rict, Which takes IN tue upper
Ms.issiiipi. and: its. .fibpta y
-rream.,: and e'h, rctes with CHI
caeo fr't.e 7tradss of The river
towns fsnu Cfat'a, t,xa, - St.
Louis. anil the tnn,ci,se lumber
consuming country west aSf them
EXTENT oF ritn tuNekR. .TaADE.
The trp,s rsliras esfimaicsthat
can bcsfahed place, ase annual
produc' IT lumher for the casters
dislrirt at onc biilisu fccs:the cen
rral al twpand a half billivhss and
the lwcstern at "ne nnia ilalfbl-
H. a, making a grand total for the
whk Hprthwest ofama Az Eve llii
lion icet, w,rtl,, il, itsmanufactar
ed 81 ate at The nlil,s, ,npt FAR from
Sl2i,cr thousand feet, or the ln'-
mense mn Of $60,oU0,0o0. Corn,
wheat, AMI 20 K must now'take a
scc"nd place beside lna'bcr a.nong
the leading Interest of the NoriI,-
west. Some idea of the value ~
tlri- rmc'to Chicago may be had
when i, is kn"wn that during
every season Of navigation upward
%, ten illpu.and vcssels laden with
lum or arrive and discharge their
cargrcs up,a her docks, the re-,
ceivIng aud rcshirplng Of which
forms ouc of the leading branches
ot industry in the city. yt.x
RAILn"Ap LUMBERING.
Until 'wi'lin n few years nc
pine was considered valuable uu
css it siood upon the banks OF
some stream in which the logs
could be a 'atcd to ~ irst-clas-
vessel part. FIVE years ayo certain
railruad men OF Fort Wayne, Ind,
had a chatter fIr the Grand
Rapid and Indiana railroad, ex-
tending nortl, from Fort Wavn.
il.r'mgh the State Of Mielllgan'to
fGrand rraverse bay and MaCki-,
iaw. Congress had Voted a'liberal
grant ot tho proposed road, buttit
was ny, nalil the charter obtain
cd ty the company was on the
eve of expiring that capitalists
were induced, TO emback IN wha
,was then deemed the hazardous
y,ilare of bnildiag railroad
rhrouyl, ansainosl anbrcken pine
forest. But wlioa tlic road was
completed u WAS found. that the
land grant had been disposed of
at an nvcrage ofovcr Sl4 per acre,
/ the HIGHEST price ever obtained
for.tile grant lands oiany raj road
insthls coliiry,-whlle the bllS-
tness Of carrying .luin',er from Ithe
saw mills erecIed slon! the line
WAS lar in excess "f the capacit
of tho rollag s,,-ck the company
had deemed I prudent t" furnish
S,ncc The first section ol the road
vas opened, 'ho has been u cou
slant and trtssing call for more
cars Ia accomin, date ihe lun or
tr- tHc, and tins, too, III face ~ the
Fiiict that 'hcc"npany aud l.ianypr
yale shops have all the time beer
working at their utmost capacity
to NICE, the Oliver Twist like de-
nands ol The mil mon lor more
ruIIiug stock. aefte ur
THE >UooEs'
Nh ch atteuded be "pcning ofthIs.
road insured the rapid completion
+ ether ei,nilar lines Which had
been projected through tho lum-s
bcr rcgiou pf Mic!iigau and Wis
cousin add fairy1inangnrafcd the
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