Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-04
KALAMAZOO, MICH.

Friend Reed-Thirty-fOur miles
south of Saginaw, on the line of the
F. & Pere Marquette R. R., stands
Flint, on Flint River, County-seat
of Genesse Co. Pop. 6, 900. Location
of State Asylum for deaf, dumb and
blind. Avery pretty, wide-awake,
business town. 1t boasts a $50, 900
school building, beautiful in archi-
lecture, and an elegant stone church
-Episcopal-the finest in the city.
Seventeen miles south, is Holly
5000 pop.-at the D. & NJ. juno. 81
S. E. of Holly and 26 miles from De-
troit is Pontiac, town of 5000. Its
streets are broad, and in summer,
must be very fine. The main busi
ness street is well paved, and has
many excellent buildings. The new
Presb. church, built of stone, is by
far the finest structure in town. The
public school building, standing on
hill in the centre of an oak grove, is
certainly an honor to the citizens
cost, $4,000. SO miles west, on the
D. & NJ. R. R., is Ionia-ea splendid
town of 5,OOO-County-seat of Ionia
Co. The Legislature has Just located
one of the State reformatory institu-
tions here, and the work of construe-
tion will be at once commenced. 1t
is a town of much wealth and impor-
tance for one of its size. To the east
ward are high hills, or terraces, dot
ted with splendid residences. The D.
L. & L. M. machine shops are loca-
ted here. Situated on Grand River,
it has large manufacturing facilities
chiefly agricultural implements,
tanning, lath, and planning mills, &c.
Thirty-eight miles S. E. is Lansing,
situated at the confluence of Grand
and Cedar rivers-pop. about 5000.
The new Capitol now building will
be one of the prettiest in the country.
Built of Amherst, o. sandstone. The
State Reform School buildings, on
the west side of the River, are very
large and fine. Three miles out is
the State Ag'l Col. farm. Aside
from the State buildings, the Lam
sing House and Magnetic Springs,
there is little about Lansing particu-
larly noteworthy or inviting. 1t has
a very fine opera house and public
school building, but not one respect
able church edifice.
Ypsilanti, 80 miles from Detroit,
on the NJ. Central r. R., is a fine
town of 5000, situated on Huron
River. Location of State Normal
School. s miles westward is Ann
ArbOr, lying on both sides of Huron
River-pop. about 5000. The Mich.
State University, located here, ranks
among the best in the land-second
only to Yale and Harvard. The Uni
yersity grounds contain 40 acres-a
square-in the center of which are
the various buildings of the different
departments-law, medical, &c, and
around it are located the professors
/ dwellings. The grounds are well
laid out and filled with shrubbery.
About 1,10O students fill its halls
when all the schools are in session.
OF all the towns of Michigan have
yet visited, and have seen nearly
all, there is none that can compare
with it for beauty of location, neat
ness and general appearance of thrift.
A cultured and refined taste are
manifest everywhere. Large and fine
churches and school buildings, excel
lent public schools-a society that
demands and commands the best tai
ent in the lecture or music field must
certainly make it q desirable place
for any one to live in-especially IN
its educational advantages.
Westward about 3S miles, is Jack
son, a great railroad centre, situated
on both sides of Grand River and
does an immense manufacturing bus.
mess in roofing, furniture, steam en-
gines, lumber, sash and doors, -four,
boots and shoes, ag'l implements,
&c. The Mich. State Prison is looa-
ted here. Pop. is 10000.
Marshall, 5000, is another very
pretty town, situated on Kalamazoo
River. It's fine residences and streets,
well provided with shade trees, must
make it a charming spot in summer.
It's pub. school building and grounds
cover an even 800, 900 bill. Allow me
here to state one fact, which l think
many who have travelled through
New England, New York or Ohio,
or any other of the States and have
carefully observed, viii corroborate,
viz: That Michigan stands first in