Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-18

Txensy-esgnf feel Of snaw fell n
Traverse tlty the fret winter after
moved teere.@ Was the astonishing
statement made by Judge J. q. k&nas-
dell OF Traverse City, As be fuboea has
hands Ia front Of the fire place "a
eweefs yesterday afternoon. "fs's
fact. "a sugb, continued tne 3adge.
Il measured II. | had perfectly ssvei
board 50 arranged that not particle OF
wind could touch IL Every snofnsnR /
meas ured the snow that had fallen. IL
showed . little nearly every day
throughout the entire winter. After
the last s0,w fail. ! footed up NV
records. and twenty-elgnt feet OF SHOW
mad fallen. There had no. been more
than three feet aud n half of snow on
the level though. ls had kept settling
Several winters We have had deeper
SNOW than that; bal | have never since
measured the actual fall Ihs winter
We have about three feet The snow
IL not yet deep enough 10 do any dam
age 20 wheat, and II is too early
yet for the finest trees to be injured.
l hope that this has been our coolest
weather. Ii We have q cold snap
late IN February or IL March there is
no telling how much damage Will be
done 10 fruit trees. But there - no
danger now. When the mornings are
warm and sunny and the nights cold.
those are the days that Work injury 10
the fruit trees. Everything thaws up
in the morning and freezes IT night.
have seen the coolest weather IN the
winter come in March. Fruit trees do
not stand much of q show then. IL We
can have our cold weather now. and
do not have enough snow 70 smother
the wheat. this will be good winter
all around"
81 shall try to induce the horsemen
to hold = spring meeting OF some
KIND, said Assistant Secretary Martin
In the Morton last night. I'VE can
have mile daehes or mile and . SIX
teenth dashes and create . great deal
OF interest without going TO much ex-
pense. / think the August meeting
will be as good as any in the country.
Our stakes are with one or two excep-
tons fully as large rs those OF any OF
the other cities In the circuit. There 10
no reason why We should not get good
horses, probably as good - you had
last year. Some of the best drivers IN
the country are coming. think Z. w.
Williams will be here with some OF bis
colts. Allerton probably will not come.
don't think Williams will run any
more risks 10y taking him away from
home, but Alierton mas several colte
that are showing up we'll. and bid far
to make their sire hustle for his
laurels. Williams may tring some of
them here. Such PAGERS as Flying Jlb.
Hal Pointer and Direct will not como
| unless something special lie offered. but
something In that line may yet be
DONE"
"Our new car shops are a great
institution" said S. I. Williams of
Muskegon at the Morton last night.
I've nave been waiting for them for
some time, but had confidence that
they would finally get to running.
Hovey and McCracken are behind
them, 60 there will be no financial diff
ficultles. The shops will be . valuable
addition to our industries and will 20 a
long way toward replacing the saw
mills that have shut down. Ii will
probably be . good thing for Muskegon
when the last saw mill is gone, and the
business of the city 10 no longer DIS
turbed by the removal of three or four
of them every year. But notwlthstand-
ing the loss of the mills. Muskegon has
been growing rapidly for several years.
We gained At least 5000 population In
1892, and will do equally we'll in 1898.