, 1875-08-21

fl1eaNT. teSt,IHa
Tho s1o,t Thriving 'ro,v1, In m,cb,.
enn--Samc Ut fts lnumstric*-Locu.
ttu1,, Etc.-Iynmt OF Attractive Ikc.i.
dciaccs-lst.
Special coFrs'ponatn'e " Tho fhsen0o Tribune.
bAAso AArlns. Al'ch'4 aug. .o.-Ihls c!ty
sfn's sness's TUG ho"os OF oc'a@ ea1ed' III * {fe;
luently ls' seeoua cnlcaGo. Inc village OF
Grand Naplds came i"to existence stout tho
year 1soa' 1hFhae year tbo hfst to"n meeting
"ss ueu, anu LIS "Hole h'mper OF Fotcrh WAS
nina. FROM that daso the v1'lage Slowly tu-
cteosea IN H'so ansat looo' When It "as incor-
foshtco as q CITY "lsA population ol +,Guo. In
1877. tho number Of lnlAbitaut4 MAS about
20. lU0; and thls year, taking tue new dIrcctory
~ N rnIdc. t1,ey ,n,ts thc nonu,,tto, - IN
~. nm MI, =. t,.a -. .,.,,,.;.,...,.s'. ~ Nv
oa''oo. tn'e 10 uoue oy n'.'llp'shs 1ho nut'-
per o. namo6 contalued III tho directory by w,
aud do not 'hluk they a:o lar out Of tn. way
rhe location OF tho city Ia In q valley mAnv
,n;tc, IN tDnc,h MIR, ot,on, . ,n,. l., ,.,,,., =.
-" d,,n.1 80, tn, t.,,: ~.
nne uo''eu 'io' ~ ,n'a 'oe4eo" .'o nan'e u tte
"ssllof c'tys 1Ao city III blllt upon both
sides OF
TIRE GRAND n1Yrn.
,vt;cl, 1ove o5ono ,he c,atcrn ala -, tbo v,,,o.
.ut,. ~. .ana.s;>,.'.:, ,1'''
~ eootne''s a11eIt'o" u'4l'' q shoft oistanca
below tie town, where 1t turns ana tuna directly
west into Lake Michigan, dLstah. % miles.
There nro rnrtds in tl,o riyor nj tn,n ptuca. w,t,
t,a VA :, ~ ,o,a ~ tna c,,r r,4,nt ns.,;r.
~. naa '.u ~ 9o' "a"o 'oa s',* uiana 4'aihus'
1pe 1A'I 10 ITO 1lSer III ~ 1eot III y mile. Ibc
Eapida have boon utlLized 80 AZ to fusn aplc1..
did water-power, OF which great many Ri,u.
facturrrs hare taken ADVANTAGE. Fnrn,tnre and
-. .,., ;,,.. ,.,t.,. - .... ~.
oIuos a,'1oa 49, ".'sa NV. eAa W to"nessoa
fo'ma tho principal feature OF industry. Tnoro
Aro several largo furniture nauufsctosles hero.
tho ,ocn,ipu of ,,nmonnn
Wv &Se"'~A ~ %
pa.pa'
and lilo mining and manufacturing OF that arti-
clo gives employment to a large uumber Ut men,
apd form B,tI,co of utoat reyc,f,e 10 Tho flif.
ferent compatien that ars working tho hnta.
About l.2JDUIU tons Of utaxter n tho annnni
yloid OF tt,sso beds.
thut bayo boon s!oi,ped In ,ncir courno do sn
stream oa nrt.oi,nt ri tha Inv wa,c1' th,. srri,
81 th. cot,atry not baylue boon delucej. IA N ie
case further south.
srnEEr.nA11wAY,
0rand.lssptds now contains as,ou. = miles n,
strert-ruiIway. Onu Lin hun bncn tcceutiv ~
Iauded III Rnnd'n LaHe ,jih:anre ~ a n,las
1t present the street-cars ate ,.ot vory larseII
bslr,,ni2nI nn cohtIn,,n, tr.vel ~ ;n1eern,oi H.
tha 1apruyemont. nov ronr gorr.r, ~, sfcn,I,a ~
aud Cutjsi str.atu. tuo ,nan hn.i,nss .,,rc,s NJ
lhe city lin Ein,roc .tract m sn,,a ~ s,,,r
bIbokn. tbc Vraia m Icn,s ioworsa IL ~ ta".
aud on Oansi strict tho grallo IL bet1g raised d
feat A wulk hlnt,r ,ha tstter t1tnt',nchisrn ~
minds one of oId nhvR n f,h;c,rn ,t,,rn ~.
GIsrG au1 othar s,T:ots ,.crs ,,trt,, ,a aeans
Ut uofunlou Ly tic tIIijrc II, ii Tho rtreet, mi
raislpH Of tns buildings. IndiyIdusls Mho Ind lid
10 tlaypl those strects tn tiionu .1ays can vslI
uacl,,a t,,s mn ann Gnvns ~ IT," tst d, ~,
a.s hs RI nroorrntar ~ rsn.i .tro.t srt,u l,,,
ncs. hIocka ~, th,a rits ~ ths t,r;5 ~ rxa,I
R11p,ait,cs' 1ppn,,,s l., .,,,,
ko mar .a ~. sa11 r,, ~ rs nu"toun ~ pun