, 1877-06-30
TILE SAGINAWS.
A WILDLY Known Section of
Michigan.
Tho Two Great Interests Of the Valley
Lumber and Salt.
Facts and Figures in Regard 10 II: rrsduttian oF
These Articles.
Tho Lumber. Yiold Since 1868, and the
Salt-Yield Since 1860.

salt-Yield Since 1860.
Spetfai Correspondence ef Tht Tribune.
aAnsHAw CTR. Mich. Iuuc gG,-Thcrn Is
scarcely section Of country In The United States
TINT Is more widely known, through the channel
OF tts productions. than istile tsas!naw cnnntty"
Of Michigan. Either liz lumber Of sail. or b,th,
whcto those products nrp handled, between tho
Kocky Mountains md The Atlantic. besides mnet,
Of tho lumber going to Tho Old World.
THE sA0IHAw COUNTY,
ia section Of land lying In Tho northern and cast
rrn central parta Of The Stale, and comprises an
Of ahont O. O00 sqnnrc miles, being nil Of that
country drained by the Ti.tai,awnsxrc, Shawasscc,
Flint and Cass tlvcrs and their tributaries. Thcso
tivcrs cunvcrEing from almost every point Of
tho compass aaye duo nOrth flow together Mt
point almost IN tho centre Of Saginaw County.
and form tho Saginaw 1s1scr, whlc, 1uws north
ahout twenty miles, and ctnrttes Into Saginaw
Bay ono Of lilo bars OF Lake Huron. Ftom this
river the county takes tts namc,-ft icing proper.
~ speaking, tho Saginaw Valley. upon tho hanks
of the Saginaw lay tho three most important towns
In The valley: East Saginaw, bay City formerly
called Lower Saginaw, and Saginaw Clty,-the
latter being tic county .ecnt of Saginaw County,
county originally enmprtalnR all Of tho territory
which now constitutes fourteen counties. Tho
Saginaw R[scf Il navsEab1o for ait vessels wh1cf,
tHiI Rp0u uuE sHlNuA @GAEf GAEEut7 EEEiMpA q lew
OF the very largest.
MUST or TIE LAR0E LuMnKn MILLS
nrc on tic banks Of The Saginaw which fnay bc snld
to be covered with aawns1ls aud sail blocks from Ita
head 10 tho tay. All Of tho mills hare their own
docks, upon which they pile thcIr stock soon a.
manufactured; and tho csnftA hrc towel IN from
The lake, md receive their cargocs at tho very
luors Of the mills. Besides this node of shipment,
there ample facilities for ehppng by mil. must
of mills clnc connected with the caln Of rail-.
r,,as ccnlesns here. It will, therefore, bo econ
That there Is no lack Of means Of transportation to
r., n SspS :. nv a'ey M1s d;s f ssss n e. e.
euniry, ,eon.irns "f snc., Ianl r. woor % as " oak ao
nrll uinple. hcech, nnl wnnut. hat the ulosi part
being pine. Ttctc immense fores.s
ARE nElNu MOVED DOWN
like grain before ti'e reaper. and 1t will not lie
nnch more thnn llaif century. II even that lnny.
eet9rs al of III. titnbe. w 10 harvested. aud t!'a
th'nsA ~ Tho Pnsk for rl'ch forests don't grow In
9nc Generation @ "r even lwo, A,'l 4 can almost
Many Of tile mills hayc not madc ntiy monny wnrth
;ncnt!on!ng for thcto three years. whiln nlicrt
sw sy" s fns n. a., a. an nsal 0,s aud s
other branch Of busLncs. tlutl hut thu lltnipr.
trade II different from most utller branches, ,o.
lumber. .bus!ncs* cn1r.
Tie sagnaws began arst 10 astract attention az
cIsy being iAcn 4 town of atout h00 inha6itants
Al That tnc East Sag,tiaw c1nstatcl Ut Int halt-
dean ,o ~ .s. m tn ivy s fss ayf ropns
hero in la;A. bat II only manufactured lumber for
Aomn consumption; and II was mol until 1K47 TINT
se o Mmns in E ws4s .s' sx ,nt
twenty .th5ro ,nIH On tte saginaw lllvrr, all Of
Ing about ~ QUO. 900 feet per snnum, Or ono.
fourth lers than thu capacity Of oae of our lnl-
mense establishments ot ttao rr,'tent day. From
business was
CONTINUOUS AND nArlD,
=. Will 90 peen BY t!o appcndc table. TIL. ID for
ttayet, etc. Tho tra'iu In tAcre arlelcx has 6ccn
Of ja't az rapid growth, nnd IL Of groat nagnl-
asr: :t so lsH 1sa,. T. 4S;,;r zst,;
sss ,,a',s;
isSs ,,
iss i; :s3 M s 1iss @
Hut theeo 1gures will only cIvc thoso who
a. ID, # H. \. IT, vr tho:e
employ yneat i. ahont :,ooo ncs': Tho cfoss s
aSs an sGa sss sst s so. 2 |:
exclusive of tho men employed 10 cal ths 'oss In
Tic n,ss w9or s:a 'nft tcm NJ na al.o s1sIa.ss of
ands
rng PRODUCTION nP 1877
hsaatastate ai iS;l. Ihls % ba @ esusst! - .C Gy
S1'; II. ysta aas Ill sF"sp' q s S"o Ct vs: sh Il
ssa,s!ty ot w,tst,1 ~ being !noFo than probable
b. hnnsnp In ths sn!aIl streams until II IL tuo lata
g Ecneh tar mills IN tin'o for liz cut Of l977.
es ~ 'n 1ns 81 s' past few ',' n7 "ou'c.
Thy lu'nhss. tratlc las tccn IN very ansct.lc
condition t!us' te pnnic !rto that ttmn !ho
cities hnuwn ln t1r country thau the lumber.
narkrt. W 't,s sarnhw; Up to that sln'o uood
s"ttts IL iar na, "t t n wssr. snr ' nials i!as ko
every utltE lranrh u 'nIlnstsy. llu botto.a hlla
h'5.irsa out. aal prices ars Very low, will fow
Ja.t wnat effect thu rtluri clat Ut 1K77 will lhve
Inn the Inarkv. IL a. yet har.l 10 tell Hui, Iu-
crptihle for. IN THIS very tacr Ut tlche fac,s tun,.
TT - iowrr linn It wn* year ag9 to.,!ay. uno
Gnu e. no inwer wi,". srSpi,n I'M II. H. i ja!NT i!sge
y, %s,! # IA, ssIy 11at II @ q p;;psfity
Wiley ana viii hS:ly foIow siorc shu enI :u
VI ti,rse plncng times In reached.
Thus fir III this ariic!u tayu lti my wt,ulo Al.
tcntion to thc lamhur. business, apparently aver.
n IL t.snt !" ss sSates 81 It ts wsa Sn,
Eefsrto
TIE SALT lNTEIIEhr.
IL has bccn known for nter thlrly ysnts that sa-
ling water g"uld :: tiad IN thu saginaw Wiley by
,,mGtng wsis to lhs :'sn.l, et :o fsc! " theraa.
demonstrated that th1 brine p04acsscd sufficient
zulount Ut sa!t tU MAKE tho manufacture 0e That
artico from II profitable. In that year ths hrsl
salt. works were esrctea, and wetv ulado IL nav
handsomely fr1m thu start.
IT. lsti0 there wuIr l. lkD barrels manufactured In
ths taisy. anu btHce that tine tho growth Of eH
.rnlu llss hcrn rnol3nnus ~ will bg vrun by Tin
following tublc af pruIuctluns:
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Tle great 1rfIs ELsuu to thS 4alt. bus snc.S dur.
hs tut past few yraFs ari*rA fruni tnrtuus ca4Aes
!Hahe arst psce, everything In tho Valley IL favor.
blu for making
4 Ht,OD ARTICLE.