Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-23
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r.w ,oxas 1T sc i,ns have enjoyed
mr4 slid, r-al and si'ificory
or,wth than this was aid iuntry or
and about Saginaw Bay, in the s'a'1 OF
Nichioau. A correspondent OF the
NornbNestesn Lambermon gives pretty
GOOD idea Of this growth and develop
msnt in recent letter. he says the
CENSUS of 1850 gave TO East Sagina"
pouulation not far from 1900, WIN
saginaw City, on the west eide OF the
river, adjoining. p ssessino popuia'
ton Of about the same number. Bay
county. which had but just been cut on
from Saginaw county, as a separate or
canization, had population as
comfy Of but ,539, nearly all of which
vas 10 Bay City, Portsmouth and Ban-
oor. on the river banks, adjacent eaeh
Z, the other. East Saginaw boasted the
nosssssion of q brick hotel, the Ban
croft House, famed throughout thu
land wherever q wholesale lumber
buy-r dwelt. as the palace hosiery Of
the lumber regions, and as good q placs
to ii. up 70 a, the untry could boa't.
In ad li,ion ~ this there were two Other
brick bl,css, and, if mem Dry serve
The,e three buildings wero the only
brick house, la the Saginaw valley.
the streets were muddy after rain to
an ext ,nt which WIS appalling. Thsie
wa, In those days no paved sire 'fs, o
brick church or scLo 'lhouse, and but
f,,w dwelling, " iic 70 Il l be thou q
fairy Respectable { r reasonably Wei =
tod, family u occupy.
Behold tn, change which tw-, -
wears has wrou,ht. The cities Of til
Sa inaw Valley, in ths elegance OF th'ii
brick b,os k d, not only for bu-il.ss, bii
fr r.side &C pu 'p''srs, liyal any "
the stat, of ;niean. Their stree 6
are ha. d ON ly id cut, miles ii thu N
ia each CT y ming paw d. Shade t e.
oruam-n. the roadside, and dwell ngS
ell gan, in their appearance and rich IL
their surroundings, or et the .yrs al
ob~. ~ ON Every haud. Churches ane
schoolhou so ia keep q with III. IL
fined ,ss,s Of truly cultivated popu
la.ion are found in numbers WIN IN d.
not. tina. the days o. frontier bac
wood asn nave d.par,sd, and rough
ness aud pioneerisln have gwen place e
civilization aud the reiius insults Of 4
high md tiou Of enligh'enm mt.
Bay City, particularly, has exhibited
a high d,xres of pr de-, which NIGH
naturally DO ok.d for in city who
b ,.sss If bsing the third in the ord-r o.
population in the STATE, and has. In IN
paving Of several of it, leading thor
ushfare., kept in mind the pos-ibi'i
ties within 10 sch If its citiz ,ns Of beau
tifying tue space between the roadway
ami aid ,walt, by providing park area
which are beng filed with hand>om'
lawns and shade tr es; the influences oil
winch IL Exhibited in the elegant dwell
Jugs which are being erected upon th'
adjacent lots. Both East Saginaw and
Bay City are illuminated with cleo
trio lamps, placed on the tops Of high
telegraph poles, located about 300 f.. I
apart in Every direction, and in add
tien to these, Bay City has central
tower over two hundred feet in hight
surmOunted by an electric light Of G00J
candls-power, which can be seen Mt Il
distance OF forty miles on the lake
The electric light il in general use in
stores, hotels and sawmils. Tho tower
above mentioned is constructed of gas
pipe, and presents an airy and pleasant
appearance.
The tour cities Of the Saginaw Valley
for the original three have not only
added to their borders by the annext-
ton by East Saginaw Of Saliva, or
South Sa ,inaw, and by Bay City of
Portsmouth, but West Bay City La,
grown from farm and ferry house III
1880 to thriving city of 5000 inhahi-
tants, to whieh the former villages of
Bangor and Salzburg have been added
have no reason to fear any compar.-
aons whieh may he instituted betwee,
themselves and older cities 4 I'll, + NJ
Ia tho matter Il elegant buildings, wei!
paved streets, efficient water-works
handsome chnrch and school buildings.
or IN the thrift aud energy which char
acicrizes every movement Of th.jr cti
Gems. The savdust towns of the oldcn
day, the mud rods, the temporary,
shanty like residences have all given
place To an appearance, W ,h in nowise
bellies ths reality.
Bay c,unty, which in 1860 had but
lay inhab.t .nts, has now nearly 400 q.
thres-fourtha Ut whom dwell in Ito
tiss. The 300 100000 feet of lumber
production OF that day has b,.n it,
o'ea*d m l.000,o0l,0N in 1882. Que
M 'dsUd thousand d 'llsrs is now being
expanded upon stone roads leading to
various parts of tho county. Its farm
products arc uuexcalied: the timber
lands. which ones we're thou hit 40 h.
Lass TOR a AGRICULTURAL parp ,sss, proving
thoroughly adapted to culture OF the
highest aud m ut rsmuussutivs ch,ra,-
ter.
What HIS been seen there can be- seen
here, with the except N that We
are fifteen years behind the peop,e
Of that part OF Michigan. The
description given Of that region in 1860
will closely corrssp,nd With the appear.
ancs OF this in 1875, and the proyres.
We have made since 1878 will correspond
with that Of the Michigan towns ana
o,unties during any like period aimee
1850. We cannot believe that it will
require 80 many years. though, to build
mp this country as it has that. We have
bsen slower in the psst, but hencefor,h
70 will move with speed that win ena.
Bile us to distance our Saginaw ,n,em.
poraries IN ten wears at the fnrthest