Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1888-03-04

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lesisf rem = rssiasnt 81 this sisy $40 =
speadin< Ne Water n Dsnysr. Coioxsls
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N1y 2fznl ksDs1s snoal1 nos iacreass -
popa.4lloa maell laser Il her inhabitants
> g4l1 oniy o0sm khsr city after uas
y -stefn stYis. DenseF . gEoslns t4st.
1ot ~ a. a. / eza see. tas only nstaTal al
Fanfaze she hAs over 5rAnd ksptcs Is 1sr
eilMafs. Asi1e fEam snst hsr sttrsciioas
arc Bot nataFai. they srs srtiaeiaL fas
paEegs ars continually becoming tne s.zrl'
cail4rai resources Of tue state, Dat II
= farI2er Of -outhsrn Michigan sAoul1
Guns from as biAex, rich io4m and zsze
apon the hard. dry soll. t0ppsc 81 the t-21
oaltalo grass. De s0ull 1eei1s ~ sf9rt
Metrs mat 40 ciimsls could make atu ca
cbA8gs ths fertile sol Of as Aleai<sn TARA
Tor ne apparently barred sol Of tns Col
ora1o climate.
fhs climate here s certainly wonderful.
b01 tA4s sions would never have m4ds Den-
yer shat it IS s0day. Tie papers afs boom
IA Is constantly. They declare that real
estate - n0t high hefs when . twsRty-
nfe-toot- iroat i0t. sith hys-ro0m
eriCk cottage uDon Il sold a. .
price whlcn would M axe a would -oe-puF-
chaser ia Grsad Rapixs ssiriy gasp and even
the rssl sslaLe dealer blush aud sGzmmer.
bnt ths papers make great ado over tns
sales and declare they are bargains. and that
has Us sahasnoe over oakslds capitalists.
Insn. too. those sh0 own real estate spend
a. II 80. I'D
hss gone 80 Tar As TO build ssrceI ear line
through his land before there sre half .
dozen houses ooilg % warrant The outlay.
Inls brings 20 mtnd the mont amusing IN
cIdsnt OF my stay IN Denver. l hal read of
A0Bfciair . suoufo OF Denver. and thought
1 N0lld 20 there and see snaG II
Was Ike. | bad seen = picture OF ga inn
u~nse hotel SAID 20 be located there and /
thouShs would ride cut there. wait over
ons car aud 80 through The place Ia
order % meet the NonIclair line tne city
s1rset-car company had been induced to
run rs track half mile beyond the city
limits and every other car Is run 10 the end
OF the track. The AOntclair car meets that
one. 80 By this means car Is run every
twenty minutes four miles beyond the city
limits right through the plains and
ends at-Bothing. About . mile this side
o. The terminus there Is the castle
OF the DtlOu VINO owns THIS l4ul
and three or four houses. AT the terminus
there IS no HOUSE, ia sight within a mile.
That / considered A must striking example
OF Western enterprise. With the exception
OF the view OF the mountains, which Is me.
the whOle region mas no advantage what
ever as place OF residence. compared with
the country around Grand Rapids in every
direction. The whole country looks arid
aud desolate, and the trees depend entirely
apOn irrigsttng bitches for their susten-
ancs. But streets ara laid out and named,
trees are planted on each side. and most
pOpulous and thriving suburb exists on
paper and in the mind of the enterprising
landowner.
Aside from this activity of the real estate
men. the Chamber OF Commercs has formed
a bureau Of immigration. and aim 10 have
q branch concern IN escn town In the
State. As It's name Indicates il Is intended
to assist immigration 10 this State aud il
will no doubt have powerful influence in
drawing the dissatisfied and dlscontented 10
the land of continual sunshine. / do not
see Why such a bureau could not be insugu-
rated Ia Grand Rapids, and If the papers
would mention every letter received from
settlers IN other States asking about the
climate and advantages of Michigan, they
would help the boom along wonderfully.
Grand Rapid is lively, husting town,
but she can learn a lesson il legitimate
booming of some OF her younger sisters
'ouE Nest."