Telegram-herald., 1886-09-20
FROM THE WEST SIDE.
More About Sixth Ward Salt
and Business Interests.
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
An Enthus asfic Corresp pendent "fites
About the Prospects and Aassn-
fsgss OF a. important Sec
ton OF the Citf.

10 the Edllor Of the TEi EsEAs- HEEAiD
The remarks by a resident OF the sixth |
ward relative a. The salt interests etc pub
Hshed ia your paper sunday morning were
very proper and hope 10 hear more Of
tie same kind II talk our Older citizens
vii remember that the West Side preceded
Saginaw ia tie production Of salt The
ate William scribn=r father OF The we'll
known Serlbner brothers. was quite al en-
thusiast upon tle subject thirty years
ago. when wells were sunk on both
sides of the river. which promised
more favorably than the wells ia the east
ern part of lac State al that Tune. The salt
i there vel and only needs Z display 81 bus
ioeSs enterprise, such as y shown I'D oihef
business interests 90 the city. 10 deTeiep the
salt project and make IL one OF the most
important manufacturing interests IA Tie
4 civ Residents of the northern portion oi
tbe West side confidently expect TO see
their salt interests developed IA the near
future They should hasten the time by
agitating the matter, and thus attracting
/ the attention OF eulerpri-lng capitalists
! The sixth ward has other advantages be
/ sides the favorable prospects Tor
sat The large tract of land
known a. Leonard * Co.'S ad-
dition. extending from Leonard-st north to
the city limits and from the river west 10
the railroad. was owned thirty years ago oY
| Frederick b Leonard, OF LanslngbuIghi y.
y who was an ardent believer IN the
value of saline property. After his death
the land passed into other hands and a.
though the salt wells have not been worked
the land has steadily and surely increased
in value as desirable residence aud business
property. During the past year lots IN the
vicinity have sold rapidly and at the
present rate it Will soon be
one of the most prosperous
sections of the city. The same statement
applies 10 adjoining plats and additions
There have been more public improvements
projected in this part of the city during th'
mast wear than ever before. One OF tht
most important is the scheme TO make Z
park of land on the bank of the rlyer- I'M
project though slumbering, Is not dead
and will certainly soon be completed Ih'
proposed park, however. was not EXTENSIVE
= enough 1t should embrace the land De
tween Front ST. aud the river from the dan
Z TO Leonard-st Such all improvement
would make North Front-st the mos
: beautiful drive in or about Tn
! city. The objection TO making the park 81
extensive because the land Is needed 10
manufacturing sites, is groundless- Iher
is plenty of land for mill sites, etc, on IN
! banks of the river above LeOnard-st IN
, facilities for the establishment OF mills an
factories afforded in that vicinity are nc
= equaled by any other point on the rive
. Bv making the park extend from the daI
u 10 Leonard ST. would Obhterate the Iea
= ousies between the Sixth and Sevent
- wards which seem 20 have caused the pr'
iect to sleep for the present
= Another needed improvement is the e'
= tablisbment of a railroad depot at the LeoI
> ard-st. crossing That pOrdon OF the cll
j is now growing faster than any other pa
of the city, and its claims for recognize
bv the railway authorities can not niue
,. longer be ignored. There Is no part OF II
- CITY where property is advancing IN val'
~ more rapidly, where the population Is Il
u creasing faster where there is more sol
i Growth and substantial business develo
io ment than in the northwestern portion, al
/ trust that your reporters VIII De
10 this fact in mind when making notes
lo the material growth OF the outlying pai
- of the CITY. The residents OF this part
8 the city are not jealous. We like to st
IS read and hear of the prosperity OF [
a. business centre of the city q
lu South End. the "Hill, the Eigh
Ward the Fifth Ward, the Eastern suour
r. and all other sections, but We do not wa
- YOU to overlook our part of the city.
IN SALT