Crawford avalanche., 1890-04-03

give you TAR ii11 OF cur INDUSTRIES ~
would Oh yopr paperl''
Have you facilities for getting all
your products TO marketg'
1--WE have $500 miles OF railroads,
with 5000 locomotives. 1000 passen-
ger-coaches. 100, 900 freight-cars and
GOO baggage and they manage to
carry 10000. 600 people and an enor-
nous lot of freight and express matter
each year. and employ about 25,0O0
men. In 1886 the whistle of one little
steamboat awoke the echoes on the
sparsely settled banks of tho Detroit
river. In 1885. by an actual count
made by authority, 40. 9S7 vessels with
the enormous capacity of 19,6l5, ,271
tons passed Detroit, this being an
average of one vessel for every seven
minutes during the season of naviga-
tion; and greater number of vessels
and more freight pass through the
locks at the 500 each year than
through the Suez canal between
Europe and Asia. But it must be re
membered that the coast line of Michi-
gan is 2, 700 miles in length"
The 'Soo2 What is thatT
"Oh, that is the dininutive of Sault
Ste. Marie. The locks there are won
derful examples of engineering skill"
What has Michigan in an educa-
tional way, besides the University and
DR.. Angelic
"Well, the University was provided
for in the Territorial act in 1904, and
with many changes it has come to be
recognized as great institution, with
departments of Literature, Law, Medi-
cine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Mechanics,
Mining and Civil Engineering. II has
mote than 2,0G0 students. and an ex-
cellent faculty with Dr. Angel at its
head. It's facilities are continually
enlarging. Beside the University at
Ann Arbor, we have the State Agricul-
tural College at Lansing, with its
broad acres, its machine-shops, its
military organization and its excellent
English and scientific curriculum; the
State Normal school at Ypisilanti; the
State School of Mines and Mining at
Houghton; the colleges at Hiilsdnle,
Albion, Olivet, Kalamazoo, Holland
and Alma; the Michigan Military
Academy at Orchard Lake; the Somer-
vile School at st. Clair, and otEer
prosperous institutions. The high
schools of the State form a part of the
University system. They are inspired
by University people, and their gradu-
ates are admitted to the University
without examination. The number of
common schools in our State is very
large. for Michigan is lover Of educa-
tion. Everywhere are found school
houses; and in the few communities
: where there are no churches the
school houses are utilized instead"
"But there must be criminal and de-
fective classes in even such a model
State as yours. What do you do with
"We have some noted institutions
both for punishment and for reforma-
tion, as well as for the unfortunate
and helpless. Among them recall
the State Prison at Jackson; the State
House of Correction and Reformatory
at Ionia the State Prison at Marquette
the House of Correction at Detroit;
the Reform School at Lancing; the In
stitution for the Deaf and the Dumb
at Flint, and that for the Blind at
Lansing the asylums for the insane at
Kalamazoo, Pontiac and Traverse
City, and for insane criminals at Ionia.
The State Public School at Cold
water was established in 1874 and,
like the Agricultural College, was the
pioneer in its class in this country.
This school is for poor children, waits
, and dependents who are over. two and
under Twelve years OF age. They are
sent there by the county Superintend-
ents of the poor, and are retained un-
til suitable homes can be provided for
them. After that they remain wards
of the State and are visited each
month by agents of the State, SO that,
il they are not receiving good care,
they may be returned to the school.
The Girls Industrial Home at Adrian
has Board of Control composed of
three women and two men-how is
that for advanced thought2 The OBJ.
ject Of this school is the care of way
ward girls. 1t has been very success
full, and is believed to be accomplish
ing much good. Homes are found for
those who are thought fitted for the
change, and the incorrigibles are sent
to severer institutions. One State in
stitution, 1 may say. of which we are
very proud, is the Soldiers Home at
Grand Rapids, which answers its pa
triotic purpose admirably"
You have newspapers, of courseY"
''Yes, Indeed. The next thing after
The church and school-house and
blacksmith-shop are built in the new
settlement, the weekly paper is started,
and ia little while daily edition is
announoad with cOtnnIata to1or.-o. LII.