, 1879-07-23
One OF the Great Lumber Trlbu"
taries OF Chicago.
Manistae, Its Location, General Appear
anco, and 1ndustrys
Resources Of tho rianistce plncries anu
Capacities Of tho Mills.
This Outlook for the Present
Year.

rcso,,rccs. when hare local interest. Itpr!des
Itself OH beiur the largest city in tho United
States TINT IL without railroad It hns no
cor,,ao,n, r,,t liz on,si., wo,1d cxrcnt in ,ts
.l.,I1 steonh,a, communication viii, Milwaukee,
III summer IL fs l.lro Of Industry; In winter 1t
sleeps like a toad In trcs. though IN the
n.ncrtcs all ntout It tle at an saw OF tic hardy
,..sas 49,. .,,tt,,,, ,,.a,,,-.,f,n. s,4 .nothor
ioeeesa aso .aHs a'a..ne s.,.. ~ ,a.'.,1,
summers caDPatGn. 1t ls an hctlYt. bustlthg
piaco, and it has mover heard "Pit'aforc,"
which us greatly to its credit" though tic
1.a.'a n'.l,a ."' .,.s - .' ~ 49, 90" 1T, ~.
Couloocs' uic veteran ol ei'c o'"so, "n4 s''s
them long season With company composed
Of "e1elusiy:iY t'rst-clnss nrttsts'' unless tho
,Ianf,t.c .hout, hov, i,ecn ln,,t cxrcnt Tint
~. e"e 49,. '.,,. Ts's 49,.
tae "cst "onteo p.he .unoee' 1"e pne.
WeFo there, 80 Alanstce rosa ak That
particular po!nt on tho Shore Of Luixo Michigan
wl,crc the UIe an,l Little Manjstcc Rivers rooke
.,.,. o,,,,., tbr,,,1 = lat, ,vht,b ,frords n .,rc
.'e'' ouLet '''oaItl 'ae' ""e" "ao,"e !" e".e
inner harbor md cnpaeioua receptacle 1or tue
logs which come down .lleac streams. When
thcse ptncrtcs arc exhausted there will bc no
snecio1 rc,.on. ,yhr Mnn,,tc. shout, mt nniet1v
sass.s ',.,,ss. r.. ,na, Nv a,ao,,,es oa. l.. ia.
vclopcd, Tor now Its whole brstuess conslsts Ok
manufacturing lumber md shingles mud fur
p,sh.ue suppiies to the 1orvcrs, And vet the
.uunly of lnmhcr tr,hutnry to Msn,,tco In 40
'orp{ u 'up.. .., oususs m ~ ....a ae.u 20 so
vast that even Win lte present 'nreo 'nauu!ac-
turing capacity, which thts year VII tcacll .oo,-
0tN, ,00 feet Of lumber and 4tno0o' tGo sh!neies.
it can safely credit itself with llalf century
longer Of hctiye 'lfc.
Though alanistce lies mainly tn the sand
along Lake Michigan a its river ai''l lake, and
the business portion of Tug town Is n'alo up OF
streets with ono exception are an equal mixture
Of sn1id and sawluSt, It Is not an tnprcposaess-
lnE pIocc. lts lake. on tho shores ot which tts
hugo mills arg IN operation day and night, mud
elegant residences VI wclfsodo lumbersnet,, Elyo
| It very pretty appearance, whf!c at night the
huge bonlrcs Of s'nhs Tor milra around add u
very Gcturesso'uc elemcnt to the seems: .,e The rts
material, Is over 300 miles In length, while tlIe
lake Which rerciycs the logs ~ mile and ha1f
wide ns,d five miles long, with depth sufficient
to float tho largest vcsuuls.
1t may stlrprlBB thu residents Of Prairie ave-
boast residences cqaal to theirs in cost, md
certainly nyrc beautiful II PROPORTION ani ,; So'l;
wi,lshoIcc s,rawbc1rie., r"riens. a'l ioSutalSs'
wnich cannot be Ind in Chicago. Ten OF tito
idnbar kings of aianlssee .lxrll n beautiful
fDlncs aeErecattng N Gust tt71,0a Or thtso
costl1!H S15,U30, which Is rich IN carvcl woods
tro.n all parts Ut The world. slessrs. I. ].
isamsaci!. Charles Rictz. mud M!ct,ac! Engs-
maui all we'll known IN Chicago, ltyo In $M-
dcnees which may bc slasacd IL rtst as fultows:
a. o. Wheeler, $4,000; 4. g. Filler, U.0U9;
Warrcn Filler and 4, &. Peters, ssjO;0: ]. II.
We give ttlvsv figures to show ti,at Sfnnstec Is
not altogether a lumber rasnp, but has all
yancea frum Its tlidu bcgsUn!1lgs nll Inns
already surrounded tttulf with n considerable
population IN the curly days was rongh one.
Tue logger is bronxcd. stawart, hofstesoua
lrawl,'Gg-ro room, a1n whose first sa1utallon to
better man tlan nm, jerk OF Your cont Aa
the logging cu.1pt Lave resreateA year by year
farther from Manstcc, tltis rough cfcnent OF
the population reaches alanis.ec lcsB frcaurHtlf,
antl With thrlr ttsaptehrnl}cc& itr low dives NIL
variety shows which they patron!zo 40 largely
have also Disappeared, until 1,uw. tlcrc Is
ssarcc!S plnce ot 4! repute In thu whole town.
n a2 ost iea sss "a ,ara MSf pn an
degree Of elegance md refinement
which could harlly iIayo l'ecn expected
Of i placs brought up under such uu:.
Useful progress i In. u'ovel aioug at q
rapid pace. II has very stately Court Iiousp.
eleven hotels, eight pnn.c halls, four public and
tt.rco private srhool:, seventeen. aocet!cs,
organization, e!Ght ci'ureslrs un'l three news
pnpcrs,-tlu tdtvcaie {Dclnoctat,r), the Times
u"d Sfan'arJ {tlrccnhaek), atni tho Times tlsc-
as ayT xs 4easG stsi d. es' gsb and Us Is
conducted with gopa taste, energy, aud abiltty
by Mr.. Robert lsicv,
The lna!usprug, However, which makes Manila
tee 70 is lumber. Thu smoke OF It's numerous
mills a,l huge b0n!lEes coysrs Il nl ,lay AMI NIL
night. It Is illuminated with lt,rn.1t, pillo for
iniles around. This yass cout'usratloa Of alabs
much comfort they would br!ng 10 tile puur 1t,
large CITIES: Kndlins.woo,l Is drug on 1s
tnarkot: It t. given to any ons who VIII Wit
haul 1t for those who want 1t, II
thur are not TOO far away The 10 osa' M M demand =,
ttt,c ot the saha, 90 tc niiIs arc roinpclied to
burn tfen day md night to prevent their nc,
cu.nulat!on. As stunistcs is directly tributary
tu Chicago nr.l furn.sllus Us Nth largu share
Of our lumber, q stutnmunt of tho capacity ul
GntAtIty M CINt G11 fret. mil unn k,tu r. mill
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