Telegram-herald., 1890-09-16

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Tie nrst ta.ng neticed upoa entering
CESAR sprnss by r4a, ca IL tevs @nf
ether way. IS tbs.r handsome s stoss
bgsek school boldiag, loeats3 en eota-
m4nelng elevation ana g.sing e,tnsd
lock 70 ths town. Cedar springs :
nicely aid oal. pleasantly locsEea vi
lage OF l4oo, With nns system ot water
works. u.es buildings, and mace ap o
a lively class OF business nlen- Ihey
are just recovering fTom the effects q
their bag far, whlch Was held oa the
ASSOCIATION grounds last week, ard when
q question was pat generally ended The
answer with "the fair was IA immense
success" In the manufacturing hne
Cedar Springs is fairy well represented,
having within her lMlts several SAN
ana shiagie nails, 4 good grls, nliA,
staye n.li, etc.
The grist nall IS owned and operated
by the Cedar springs Milling Company
who purchased the plant less than
i,ne months ago. Since assuming con-
troll they have entirely renovated the
plant, pat IN full rollers, built a $1,000
bushel capacity elevator, and numerous
other substantial Improvements caicu-
lated 10 benefit tAe town and surround
ing country. This Is = decided move IA
the right direction.
The banking business of the village IS
in charge OF j. /. Fuller. mau OF push
and enterprise A nne banking office
is occupied and "a good business car
red on. The success OF the late
far IS largely due TO his efforts
as well rs the other hustlers who had Il
IN charge. d. c. Lyle IS largely inter
ested IN the future growth OF Cedar
/ Springs, having considerable amount
ol real estate, etc, located there. Has
; business Is IN the legal line and he has
a lot Of il. There are 4 lot of good
stores IN the town carrying full stocks.
Among these l.. II. Chapman does a
good business IN the grocery line. Being
president of the town is Job Mr.. Chap
man is attending 10 just now, and q
! lively hand he makes. T.. NJ. smith
also does n good grocery business, oc-
cupylng "A large brick store. Mr.. Smith
/ has been IN business two years III the
3
! interested in the heading bolt business
| during winter months. The principal
! hotel of the town is the Central House,
with the City q close follower. The
I landlord of the former hos been less
I than q year at the business, but likes
! IL and thinks he Will continue. Sets q
good table, has sample rooms, etc. and
I is a very accommodating man. A livery
md
ated by u. Walker, who has been IN
/ business there some three years. lie
conducts a first-class livery and feed
| barn, sells horses andsalways AIMS 70
1 furnish the best rigs On short notice.
/ Cedar Springs has several good dry
! goods stores, general dealers, carriage
1 shops, etc, but IS deslrous Of branching
| out in the manufacturing line. They
want any good labor employing con-
J Germ TO locate there, and il vii. be met
] with a spirit OF welcome both ilnancial-
i ly and individually. They have lots of
| of hardwood timber, good railroad IA
! cilitles, the G.. T.. d !. and T., :. q ".
! roads furnishing competition ~ snip
ping rates, and would be n profitable
I held for capital to investigate ana To-
/ cate q business that would not only be
! tCDtuCltt 10 tItlsJSNiNtS OAt TIC AONli -
, well. A good newspaper is published
! there by Hon. l.. VI. Sellers, who IS one
of the liveliest newspaper men OF the
state. We have mentioned but small
proportion of the business men OF the
! town, not aiming at any particular
class, each man beng a representative
business man, and an outsider can see
the class of hustlers OF which the town
IS made up.
The surrounding country embraces a
! good deal Of good farming lands,
! especially adapted for fine stock raising
and is growing better each year as the
country grows older. The village has
no Indebtedness TO speak of; has LOT
of enthusiasm which needs only TO he
tapped by the right enterprises 20 make
1t boom, and the time is not tar uis.
tant when it will be known as one Of
/ the husthng manufacturing towns OF
! that part OF the state. In social and
! religious matters, they arc we'll MP
several good churches being supported
! have an enterpnsing, progressive lot Oi
/ professional men, with al other
branches of business we'll supplied, and
: generally come out of the campaigr
with good sound majority Tor tbt
G.. O. y. All lumbering towns have 70
pass through o period of lassitude of q
few years between numbering and whai
is to follow. This period has about
been passed. and they can now con.
fidently look for q steady, bealthfu
growth and a prosperous future.