{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3555", "width": "2306", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Class.\\nBook\\nCOPYRJGHT DEP0S17", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "J-M-\\nESTNER\\nSA6INAW ii\\nICH\\n.?ffiaffitt-V", "height": "3436", "width": "2212", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "Established 186 7.\\nJ. B All MAN,\\nOF\\nDRY GOODS,\\nCARPETS CLOAKS,\\nIN NORTHERN MICHIGAN.\\nTHE LATEST\\nov0lti@8lDre88 gnmmings.\\nSILIS JIW if S llllll Bliss SOOIS I SPlBlIIifY;\\nSole Ag ents fo r\\nButterick s Patterns and Centemeri Kid Gloves.\\nMAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.\\nJ B A U M A N\\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL\\nDry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks,", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "s", "height": "3436", "width": "2212", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "J-M-\\nESTNBR\\nEASrSAGlNAV/\\nMICH", "height": "3441", "width": "2248", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1887, by\\nJ. M. ELSTNER CO.,\\nin the Office of Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.\\nPrinting and Binding\\nby\\nThe Courier Co.,\\nEast Saginaw.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREIFACEI.\\nI^HE object of this book is to present a view of the Saginaws which will\\nconve} a fair idea of their progress, their present status, and their future\\nprospects. There has been no effort made to exaggerate or color an}- of the\\nfeatures of the situation, and it has been the endeavor of the compiler to make\\nevery statement accurate. In order to accomplish this end recourse has been\\nhad, in every instance, to the best available sources of information.\\nSo far as the historical portion of the work is concerned, there has been\\nno attempt to go into details further than to present such facts as tend to show\\nthe steps in the progress of the Saginaws to their present position of importance\\nas centers of production and distribution.\\nWithout making any pretensions to a high order of literary merit for this\\nbook, the author ventures to hope that the information it contains ma} be\\nfound useful to the people of the Saginaws and interesting to the general\\nreader.\\nJ. W. LEONARD.\\nEast Saginaw, Decembrr, 1887.", "height": "3446", "width": "2171", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "CONTELNTS,\\nEarly Days\\nYears of Procjrkss\\nTransportation\\nNavigation\\nUr(janized Efforts\\nLO(JS AND LlTMBKR\\nSalt Making\\nOther Manufactures\\nThe Merchants\\nThe Banks\\nReal Estate\\nThe Two Cities\\nSocial Facts\\nThe Press\\nRepresentative Hoitses\\nIndex\\n9\\n17\\n21\\n27\\n28\\n32\\n40\\n42\\n47\\n48\\n52\\n57\\n62\\n71\\n77\\n212\\nPROMINELNX ILaLUSTRATIONS.\\nBird s Eye View of the Sacjinaws\\nThe Sa(jinaw County Court House, Sachnaw City\\nSaginaw City Hamilton Street, South from Court\\nEast Saginaw Genesee Avenue, Looking Toward Bridgk\\nEast Saginaw Gknesee Avenue, Looking from Brii\u00c2\u00bbge\\nSaginaw City Court Street, West prom Hamilton\\nEast Saginaav Academy of Music\\nEast SA(iiNAw Homk for the Friendless\\nEast Saginaw ARUEirEK Hall\\nEast Saginaw Gkk.nlvnia Institutk\\nSaginaav Citv Tfie Baknakd Block\\n2\\n8\\n16\\n34\\n46\\n56\\n64\\n64\\n70\\n70\\n142", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3446", "width": "2171", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "EARLY DAYS.\\nTHE PIONEERS AND FIRST SETTLERS OF THE\\nSAGINAW VALLEY.\\nTHE story of American progress presents a record as unique as it is interest-\\ning. No otlier chapter of bistorj approaches it in the rapidity with which\\nthe wild and waste places have been made to fructify under the hand of indus-\\ntry, and the wilderness to evolve into a populous and civilized community. No\\nother narrative more strongly illustrates the truism that it is events, and not\\nyears, that make histor3^ At the opening of the Nineteenth century Michigan,\\nwith the exception of a sparse settlement at Detroit, and an insignificant post at\\nMackinaw, was useless to humanitj^, except as it afforded hunting grounds for\\nfierce and nomadic Indian tribes. The Saginaw Valley was a dense forest,\\nwhich had as yet been visited by no white man, save an occasional zealous\\nmissionary, who ventured in the cause of Christianity where others, actuated\\nby self-interest, feared to follow.\\nIt is not the purpose of this work to attempt any extended or minute nar-\\nrative of the past, but to present in this introductory chapter only such perti-\\nnent points from the history of the Saginaws as tend to show the steps in their\\nprogress from the original forest to their present advanced position as a center\\nof trade and industry. The review will necessarily be brief, and is designed\\nonly to contain such facts, concisely told, as are necessary to illustrate the\\nstory of the industrial development of the Saginaws from the first beginnings\\nin civilization to the bus} activity of the present.\\nIndian tradition affords the information that the Chippewas, who inhabited\\nthis region as the immediate predecessors of its white inhabitants, obtained it\\nin a battle with a tribe known as the Sauks some time in the sixteenth century;\\nwhile ethnalogical researches even go beyond that event to an Aztec population,\\nantodating the Sauks, and still further to the mound builders. But whatever\\nthe thoughttul or curious may find in investigations among the fossils for the", "height": "3446", "width": "2171", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\ntraces of the primitive inhabitants, or in gathering up the remnants of Chip-\\npewa and Alonquin tradition, the results of the search can have little bearing\\nupon the subject of progress or industry. The history of the Saginaws, there-\\nfore, in so far as it is pertinent to the object of this volume, begins with the\\nearly settlements by white pioneers.\\nFIRST VISITORS AND SETTLERS.\\nThroughout the settlement of the Northwest it was usually the priest who\\ncame first, and he was generally closely followed b} the soldier. In the Sagi-\\nnaw Valley, however, the Jesuit fathers were the first to venture into the wilder-\\nness, Allouez and Dablon visiting the Valley in 1665, and Pere Marquette and\\nJoliet coming three years later and other missionaries made occasional visits\\nfrom time to time. The first trader who ventured into this region was Francois\\nTrombley who visited the Saginaw Indians in 1792. He met with an unfavor-\\nable reception, being attacked by the Indians, and on his return trip he was\\ndrowned in Lake Huron. Other French traders made occasional trips, and in\\n1811 several found their way to the Valley. Louis Campau, a French Cana-\\ndian fur trader, settled in what is now Saginaw City, and built a log house in\\n1816 on Water street, opposite the location now occupied by the Wright Lumber\\nCompany s mill, which was the first house ever built in Saginaw county. Here\\nhe carried on a considerable trade with the Indians, and other tradei s and\\ntrappers came to the Valley prior to the negotiation of the treaty of 1819 be-\\ntween General Cass, Commissioner for the United States, and the Chippewas,\\nby which large tracts of land were ceded to the Government by the Indians in\\nconsideration of an annuit3^ The treaty was followed in 1822 by the establish-\\nment of Fort Saginaw, and the block-house and stockade of the fort were lo-\\ncated at what is now the intersection of C^ourt and Hamilton streets, occupying\\na site almost identical with that upon which the Taylor House now stands. The\\ngarrison^was composed of two companies of the Third United States Infantry,\\nand was in command of Major Baker. In the spring of 1823 a flood from the\\nTittabawassee caused an overflow of the river, and in the summer there was\\nmuch sickness among the troops, two lieutenants and a number of soldiers\\ndying. Major Baker, the commanding officer, in a report to the War Depart-\\nment, stated that Nothing but Indians, muskrats and bull-frogs could possibly\\nexist here, and upon this representation an order came from the War Depart-\\nment for an evacuation of the fort, and the troops left for Detroit late in the fall\\nof 1823. In 1824 the American Fur Company established a post at Saginaw,\\nWilliam McDonald being the trader, and occupying the abandoned fort for his\\nheadquarters. He remained three years, at the end of which time Eleazer\\nJewett, who had arrived in 1826, became the factor for the American Fur Com-\\npany, Patrice Reaume l)eing the trader. In 1827 Ephraim S. Williams and his", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws. 11\\nbrother, Gardner D. Williams, purchased the rights of the American Fur Com-\\npany and the interests of the brothers, Louis and Antoine Campau, and thus,\\ncombining rival interests, became the great fur trading firm of this region.\\nKAKLV PIONEERS.\\nFrom 1826 to 1830 the Saginaw Valley began to attract the attention of\\nthose seeking homes on the frontier, but the settlement of the countrj- was ver}\\nslowl} accomplished, the entire number of white settlers in Saginaw compris-\\ning at that time the entire region between the Flint River and the Straits of\\nMackinaw amounting to but twenty-eight souls, and that of what is now Gene-\\nsee county to seventy, giving to the entire Saginaw Valley a population of\\nabout one hundred whites all told.\\nThese figures, small as they seem, represent the beginning of an occupation\\nof the Valley, which was eventually to transform the untrodden wilderness into\\na fruitful land of plenty and to supplant the murmurings of the winds among\\nthe pine? by the hum of industry and the whirr of impatient machiner}-.\\nSaginaw Count}- had been recognized for a number of j ears, it having been\\noriginally created by the proclamation of General Cass, Governor of Michigan\\nTerritory, in 1822. For judicial and governmental purposes it was attached to\\nOakland county. In 1831 Governor Cass established the city of Saginaw as\\nthe count} seat of Saginaw county, and in the same year the county was or-\\nganized into a separate township. In 1833 the county was organized by vir-\\ntue of an enactment passed by the Territorial Council in the preceding year.\\nTHE FIRST SAW MILL.\\nThe Williams brothers, Ephraim S. and Gardner D., who have before been\\nmentioned in this sketch as pioneer merchants of Saginaw, had a brother in\\nDetroit named Harvey \\\\YilIiams, who was noted as a blacksmith and machinist\\nof a superior order of ability. This gentleman, afterward familiar to the citi-\\nzens of the Saginaw Valley as Uncle Harvey/ had visited Fort Saginaw in\\n1822, bringing supplies for the troops from Detroit. It was not until 1834\\nthat he returned to make his home in the Valley. Upon his arrival Mr.\\nWilliams began the erection of a small steam saw mill, located at the foot of\\nwhat is now Mackinaw street, to which a run of stone was afterward added, for\\nthe purpose of supplying the citizens with corn meal. This mill, long known\\nas the G. D. E. S. Williams mill, was the first steam saw mill erected in\\nthe Saginaw Valley. Great as was the faith of its projectors in the future of\\nthis region, even their views of future possibilities could not have compassed\\nthe wonderful results which have since shown themselves, and which in the\\npresent afford an example of industrial development to which history presents\\nfew parallels and no rivals.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12 The Industries op the SaginaWS.\\nIt was in 1836 that the second mill was built. The first one had proved a\\nsuccessful venture. The land fever which struck the county about that\\ntime brought numbers of people who were looking for homes, and those who\\nsta3 ed needed lumber to build houses. The success of this mill led to the\\nerection of another, known, b} way of distinction, as the big mill. It was\\nlocated at what was afterwards known as Buena Vista, on the east side of the\\nriver, the site of the mill being about identical with that now occupied by the\\nEast Saginaw gas works. This mill was erected for the owners by Mr. Harvey\\nWilliams. It was from this mill that the first cargo of lumber that ever left\\nthe Valley was shipped in 1837.\\nIn 1836 the first steamboat which ever appeared on the waters of the\\nSaginaw river arrived. It was the Grovernor Marcy, which came from Detroit\\nand reached Saginaw Citj July 9 of that year. During the same year another\\nImportant step in material progress was taken in the establishment of the first\\nnewspaper, the Saginaw Journal. In that 3 ear also the land forming the site\\nof the present city of East Saginaw was entered by Dr. Charles Little.\\nIn 1837 Saginaw City was laid out and the streets named. The first plat\\nof the village, under the name of the Town of Sagana, was made as early\\nas 1 822 for S. McCloskey and John Farelly, while the place was still occupied\\nas a frontier fort. The platting of the city in 1837 was upon a more extensive\\nscale, and was made for Norman Little and Messrs. Mackey, Jennison and other\\nsettlers, who had formed a compan} and bought the city plat and a quantity of\\nland adjoining. They went to considerable expense, building a large hotel,\\nthe Webster House, at an outlaj^ of $35,000, and a large four-story ware-\\nhouse cost $25,000. A bank was started, which, after the fashion of those\\ndays, immediately issued bills in large quantities. These bills had a red back,\\nwhile the face was ornamented by pictures of canal boats and steamboats.\\nThe earl} part of 1837 was an era of flush times in Michigan, which was\\nadmitted as the twenty-sixth State in the Union, January 20 of that year. A\\ncensus was taken in the same 3 ear which showed the population of Saginaw\\ncounty to be 920. Speculation ran rife throughout the West, and land in par-\\nticular was held at greatly inflated prices. Everything was in a condition\\nwhich in modern speculative pai lance would be designated as a boom. Two\\nspecial crazes had taken possession of the western country. One developed\\nitself into a desire to start a bank, the principal capital of which consisted of an\\nindustrious printer who could turn out money with sufficient rapidity, and\\nthe other consisted of a desire to buy and sell lots in towns which were princi-\\npally attractive on paper. The excitement was great, but, after the manner of\\nsuch feverish ebullitions, was brief, and following the boom came the panic,\\nbringing with it great distress and bankruptcy to man}-.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saoinaws. 13\\nTlIK PANIC Ob 1837.\\nThose were indeed times of disaster. Failure to observe the cardinal\\nprinciples of banking, and the issuance of bills without capital or assets to\\nback them, were leading causes of the trouble which afflicted the entire western\\ncountry in the last half of 1837 and the early part of 1838. For a time the\\nwild-cat money was freely exchanged for gold. The pioneers were not\\nadepts in the subtleties of finance. Honest themselves and plain and open in\\ntheir dealings, they did not understand that a bill representing itself to be a\\ndollar could be but worthless paper. The abundance of money while the\\nwild-cat bills were regardt i as money made times good, and the people\\ndid not complain of inflation. But when the blow came it was a stunning one.\\nEase, and in some cases wealth, gave way to poverty, and workmen who had\\nbefore been enjoying high wages, lost employment, and industry came to a\\nstandstill.\\nThis slate of affairs was severely felt at Saginaw. Many who had come\\nhere attracted by the high wages then current left the settlement by the Flint\\ntrail\u00e2\u0080\u0094 then the only means of egress and few returned.\\nThe full force of financial disaster had expended itself within a year. The\\nsufferers at that time doubtless thought that the bottom had fallen out of\\neveiything, but they were mistaken. The most marked trait of American\\ncharacter islts power of recuperation from the effects of trouble of this charac.\\nter, and while the effect of the panic of 1837 was doubtless a retarded growth,\\nthe reaction set in the following year and the people cautiously and carefully,\\nheeding the admonitions of their recent experience, set to work to retrieve their\\nshattered fortunes. For two or three years the progress was slow. The\\nSaginaw Journal, the first newspaper, died for want of patronage, and filled the\\nfirst grave in the journalistic cemetery of the Valley. In 1842, however,\\nbusiness had somewhat revived and Mr. R. W. Jenny started another paper,\\nThe Nortir Star, which lived some four or five years. The increase in popula-\\ntion and business in the decade from 1840 to 1850 was slow but steady, and\\nthose who applied themselves to industry found it remunerative.\\nGERMAN SETTLEMENTS.\\nThe year 1845 is important as having been the one in which the German\\nimmigration to Saginaw county began. In an address made by Dr. M, C.\\nT. Plessner at the organization of the German Pioneer Society in 1881 many\\ninteresting facts in regard to the German settlement in the county were given.\\nFrom that address it appears that the first German settlers were three West-\\nphalians, Messrs. Stelgrider, Tuerke and Sittering. These were followed by\\nthe Franconian settlements, the first of which, fifteen in number, under the\\nguidance of Pastor Kraemer, arrived in 1845, and were the first settlers of", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nFrankenmiith. Several other colonies came from the same localities in the\\nfew years following, and in 1849 came another German immigration, composed\\nprincipall} of refugees who lett Germany after the troubles of 1848. The\\nFranconian settlers had been nearly all farmers and mechanics those who\\ncame later represented all professions and occupations. The German element\\nof the Saginaws has ever since been a large one, and it maj be said to its\\ncredit that it has always devoted itself to industry and good citizenship, and\\nhas proven a most valuable aid to the material progress of the cities and ad-\\njacent county.\\nEARLY INDUSTRIES.\\nThe years from 1845 to 1850 were progressive, and with the settlement of\\nthe county the village of Saginaw assumed importance as a market town, and\\nit is stated that in 1849 Saginaw had eleven dealers in dry goods, groceries,\\netc.; one steam saw mill, three hotels, five carpenter shops, three blacksmith\\nshops, one bakery, and three boot and shoe stores.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "YEIARS OF PROQRESS.\\nTHE GROWTH OF THE SAGINAV/S IN TRADE\\nAND INDUSTRY.\\nSAGINAW CITY was a thriving village long before an idea had been enter-\\ntained of founding a city on the east side of the river. Leon Suay, a\\nFrench hunter and trapper, was the first white resident of the site now occupied\\nby East Saginaw. He lived in a log house built by the American Fur Company\\nand which was located where the Bancroft House now stands. He was known\\nas Captain Suay and resided in the house referred to for many years. Curtis\\nEmerson located on the east side of the river just outside of the original plat of\\nEast Saginaw on the tract since known as the Emerson Addition. in 1846.\\nHe named his domain Buena Vista, and his house The Hall of the Monte-\\nzumas. He carried on the mill known as the Emerson mill.\\nThe land upon which the city stands was purchased from the United States\\nGovernment in 1836 by Dr. Little. It passed through several hands prior to\\n1849, when it was bought by Hoyt Co., of New York. In the same year Mr.\\nCharles W. Grant, the first American settler, located here. The original plat\\nof East Saginaw was surveyed in 1850 for Alfred M. Hpyt. The growth of\\nthe town was rapid for those days. The Genesee plank road was built in 1850,\\nthe Blue Mill being that year erected by A. M. Hoyt and C. W. Grant for\\nthe purpose of sawing plank for the road. A school building was put up in\\n1851 at the corner of Genesee and Washington avenues, and the Valley City\\nHotel was completed and opened to the public the same year.\\nThe improvement of the new city was rapid, and by 1853 a number of\\nimportant industries bad taken shape. In that year a steam flouring mill was\\nerected with a capacity of 1,000 bushels per day, and a planing mill was built\\nwith a capacity for dressing 30,000 feet of lumber daily. Another important\\nevent of that year was the publicption of the Saguunc Enterprise, the first\\n3", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "18 The Industries of the Sacunaws\\nnewspaper ever issued in East Saginaw. Man}- other indications of progress\\nshowed themselves, and the town prospered until Julj- 5, 1854. On the morn-\\ning of that da}^ came the first serious visitation of fire. The residences, stores,\\nmills and workshops of the citizens were destroyed, and in a few hours the\\nproducts of five years of patient industrj were swept away. The loss approx-\\nimated $250,000 in the value of property destroyed, and only a few of the\\nlosers had protected themselves b} insurance. In a short time afterward,\\nhowever, the damage had l)een repaired, and the buildings erected after the\\nfire were of a much improved character and included a number of brick blocks.\\nIt would be impossible to narrate, in detail, the items of the industrial\\nprogress of East Saginaw, but it will suflflce to say, for the purpose of this\\nreview, that the progress of the city was both steady and rapid from 1855 to\\n1860. In the former year East Saginaw was incorporated as a village, Norman\\nLittle being chosen its first president, and this incorporation was in force until\\n1859, when it gave place to a city government, and William L. P, Little was\\nchosen as the first Mayor of the city. The census taken the following year\\nshowed the city to have over 8,000 inhabitants.\\nprogress of SAGINAW CITY.\\nWhile the new town on the eastern side of the river was thus giving in-\\ndications of progress, its elder sister on the west bank was also advancing\\nnot so rapidl} but none the less surel^ During the first half of the decade\\nfrom 1850 to 1860 there w^as but little increase in the population, but the last\\nhalf made a better showing. In 1857 the city of Saginaw was incorporated,\\nand at the election held soon afterward Grardner D. Williams was elected as the\\nfirst Mayor of the city. In that year the population of the city proper was\\nonly 563 but it had increased at the taking of the census three years later to\\n1,712.\\nTHE SAGINAWS IN THE WAR.\\nWhen it became apparent that war was necessary for the preservation and\\ndefense of the Union, no State was more prompt in response than Michigan,\\nand immediately following the proclamation of President Lincoln a number of\\ncompanies were organized in the Saginaws. The people were thoroughly\\nenthused with patriotic sentiments and the large number of volunteers and en-\\nlisted men who left the Saginaw Valley for the front attests the loyalty of the\\npeople. During the war the number of men furnisiied to the Union army by\\nSaginaw county footed up 2,039.\\nIt was not alone in furnishing men for the army that the citizens showed\\nthemselves devoted to the cause of the Union. The ladies formed a society to\\nsaid sick and wounded soldiers which gave eflective assistance to the cause, an\\nother citizens who were too old for service or kept at home from other caused", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "TiiK Industkiks of tiik Saoinaws. 19\\ngave generous contributions and in otbor ways cooperated with the State Mili-\\ntary i3()ard in aid of the successful prosecution of tiie war. Of tlie men who\\nwent to tlic front many never returned, and of tliose who came back most liad\\nseen hard service on the most hotly contested battle fields. Manj of these still\\nlive and are members of G. A. 11. Posts, and other organiz itions of veterans.\\nWhile the war was in progress there was no diminution in the efforts of\\nthe citizens to build up and improve the cities, and a number of important en-\\nterprises were inaugurated during that period. Among these was the building\\nof the Genesee avenue and Bristol street bridges tlie lighting of East Saginaw\\nby gas and the building and i)utting into operation of the first street railway.\\nBut the most important was the completion, in 1802, of connection ))etween\\nSaginaw and Flint b} the Flint Pere Marquette Railroad. This was followed,\\nin 1866, l)y the Jackson, Lansing Saginaw, the building of which had the\\nefTect of greatly adding to the population and commercial importance of Sagi-\\nnaw City, which in that year had reached a population of 6,420 people.\\nTHE PAST TWENTY YEARS.\\nFollowing the completion of the railroads came steady accessions to the\\npopulation of the Saginaws. The industries of both cities steadily increased,\\nand from year to year, from that time to the present, accessions have been\\nmade to the productive industries of the two cities, special reference to which\\nin their present state will be found in a separate chapter of this work. There\\nhave been times within this period, especially in 1873, when financial troul)le\\nhas temporarih affected the great lumber and salt industries, but in the aggre-\\ngate the record of the two decades immediately preceding this writing Las been\\none of gratifying prosperity. And it is not only in the production of lumber\\nand salt that growth has been observable. The accessions of population have\\nnot been wholl} or even principally confined to the cities. The excellence of\\nthe soil of the Saginaw Valley for the uses of agriculture has been demon-\\nstrated, and the towns have been surrounded with a back countr} tenanted by\\nan industrious farming community who take the place of the pines which have\\nbeen felled, and who make the land give forth the increments of wealth in the\\nresults of labor, who are supplying to the towns an element of business strength\\nwhich will prove of utmost value and will sustain them and justify their con-\\ntinued expansion even after the last saw log shall have been floated down the\\nwaters of the tributaries of the Saginaw.\\nThe Saginaws in the past have furnished many examples of the success\\nattendant upon persistent industry fortified by the intelligence which impels to\\nthe improvement of opportunities, and to-da} surrounded with all the con-\\nveniences of life and endowed with the insignia of an advanced civilization,\\nbear witness to the wisdom of those hardy pioneers who, in the days when none\\nof these things were, hewed out a home for themselves in the wilderness.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20 The Industries of the Saoinaws.\\nWonderful as has been the advancement of the last half century, there is\\nno indication that the climax has been reached, but the prospect for the future\\nis in ever} wa} favorable to a progress full}- as great as that which in a retro-\\nspective view seems little less than miraculous. The incentives to industry\\nand improvement are as strong now as at any period in the history of the Val-\\nley, while the instrumentalities and means for secuiing prosperity are daily\\nmultiplying. There is every reason to believe that another fift} years will pro-\\nduce results which will make the consolidated Saginaws of that day as far in\\nadvance of the present as the two cities now are of the insignificant settlement\\nof 1837.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "transport: AT?10N.\\nRAIL LINES AJND WATER ROUTES AIDING THE\\nCITY S COMMERCE.\\nNO item is of more importance in promoting tlie growth and securing the\\nstability of the industries of a city than its means of communication with\\nthe outside world, and every line of railroad added brings with it an augmen-\\ntation of the volume of business. In this respect the Saginaws are more\\nfavored than any other of the cities of Northern Michigan, for here more rail-\\nroads center than at any other point in the State, outside ot Detroit.\\nThe early settlers of Saginaw looked forward to the building of a railroad\\nto connect them with the business centers of the country as the one thing need-\\nful to secure the development of the material resources of this region, and in\\n1835 a company was organized for the construction of a railroad from Saginaw\\nCity to Mt. Clemens, via Lapeer, and other railroads were from time to time\\nprojected, on paper. It was not until 1857, however, that any steps extending\\nbeyond theory were taken. January 21 of that year the Flint Pere Mar-\\nquette Kailroad Company was organized, and February 24 following accepted\\nthe provisions of the law donating lands to this company. In the years that\\nhave intervened between that time and the present not only this, but a large\\nnumber of other railroads have been completed, and still others are in course\\nof construction, until the new Saginaw, soon to be formed b}^ the consolidation\\nof the cities, will constitute the great railroad center of Northern Michigan,\\nwith railroad facilities not surpassed by any of the commercial centers of the\\ncountr}\\nFlint Pere Marquette Railroad.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This, the first road built in\\nthe Saginaw Valley, has performed no inconsiderable part in the building up\\nof the industries of tiiis region to the gratifying (^mdition of prosporit}\\nwhich is now apparent. After the organization of the company in 1857 the", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "22 The Indistriks of the Saginaws.\\npreliminary surve3-s were made, and it was not until the fall of 1858 that the\\ngrading was comraenced, and during the following year twenty miles of the\\nline were graded and eight miles of rails were laid. The opening excui sion\\nof the road, from Saginaw to Mt. Morris and return, was given January 20,\\n1862. A heavy snow storm occurred that day, and the train took four hours\\nto make the twenty-six miles to Mt. Morris. To write in detail the history of\\nthe construction of this road would occupy more space than can be spared\\nhere, but it will, perhaps, be sufficient to say that from the beginning of its\\nhistory to the present time additions and improvements have been made until\\nthe Flint I ere Marquette is now justly regarded as one of the most im-\\nportant railroad systems of Michigan. Its main line is 361.13 miles in length,\\nwhile its branches and sidings are 211.41 miles more, in addition to which it\\nhas recently concluded arrangements by which the Port Huron Northwestern\\nwill be added to its system, an arrangement which will greatly increase its\\nfacilities for direct traffic with the Eastern seaboard, by a connection with the\\nGrand Trunk at Port Huron.\\nThis road is an East Saginaw institution, and has its headquarters, general\\noffices and machine shops here. In addition to a through business in freight\\nand passenger traffic, the line is specially important in connection with the\\nlumber industry of the Saginaw Valley. It has excellent terminal facilities\\nin Saginaw, and reaches every yard on the east side of the river, and also has\\nswitches to the west side and a large number of sorting yards all along the\\ntrack in this locality. The track of this road is one of the best in the State,\\nand its car equipment is as complete as any in the country. The road owns its\\nown parlor, sleeping and drawing room cars, and runs a train every day from\\nBay City, Detroit and Toledo with them attached, and also runs a train every\\nnight with a Pullman car from Buy City and Saginaw to Chicago. The Flint\\nPere Marquette road connects the Saginaw Valley with the Northwest by a\\nline of steamers plying between Ludifigton and Manistee to Milwaukee. Dur-\\ning the season one boat leaves Ludington every night except Sunday, connect-\\ning with trains, and one boat leaves Milwaukee every night except Saturday,\\nalso making connection with trains. The line affords a direct connection be-\\ntween the Northwest and the Eastern seaboard, and does a large through busi-\\nness in transporting freight from the Northwest to Eastern markets and for ex-\\nport. The steamboat line was staited in 1876, and now consists of three boats,\\nnamed, respectively, F. P. M. Nos. 1, 2 and 3, and another boat to be called\\nthe F, P. M. No. 4 is now on the Detroit Dry Dock Company s docks and will\\nbegin to run in the spring of 1888. Of these boats two run from Ludington\\nand Manistee to Milwaukee, while another plies between Ludington and Manis-\\ntee and Chicago, and is principally engaged in carrying salt. Outside of the\\nimportance of this road to the Saginaws as forming one of the most convenient", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "TlIK I.NimSTHIKS OK TIIK SA(J1NAWS. 28\\nof its channels of trade, it is also a matter of large local interest to East Sagi-\\nnaw, as being one of the most important of its home industries, the master car\\nbuilder s department employing 170 men, the master mechanic s department\\n170, the round house 50, and other departments employing workmen stationed\\nhere to the number of 110, while the employes in yards and on trains which\\nave short runs number 650. making a total of 1,150 employes of this road\\nwho live in East Saginaw. The passenger depot of this road is one of the most\\ncomplete structures of its kind in the State, and in addition to this building,\\nthe compan}- has its headquarters block on Washington avenue, and extensive\\nworks, including a machine shop 100x300 feet, as well as commodious black-\\nsmith shops, car shops, paint shops, engine houses, freight depots, cow sheds,\\netc. The present officers of this company, are W. W. Crapo, President H. C.\\nPotter, Vice President and General Manager H. C. Potter, Jr., Secretary and\\nTreasurer David Edwards, Assistant General Manager and General Passenger\\nAgent Sanford Keeler, Superintendent W. F. Potter, Assistant Superintend-\\nent Arthur Patriarche, General Freight Agent A. W. Newton, Land Com-\\nmissioner W. L. Webber, Solicitor, and Gilbert W. Ledlie, Auditor.\\nMichigan Central Railroad. One of the most important railway\\nsystems in the country, connecting by the most direct route the great cities of\\nthe Atlantic seaboard with the Northwest, and affording unexcelled facilities\\nboth for freight and passenger traffic, is the Michigan Central, which, in addi-\\ntion to its trunk line from Buffalo to Chicago, has a number of important\\nconnecting lines, two of which form important items in the transportation\\nfacilities of the Saginaws. Of these one. extending from the main line at\\nJackson through Saginaw City to West Bay City, and there connecting with the\\nMackinaw Division for Mackinaw, was the second road built to the Saginaws,\\nhaving been completed to Saginaw Cit} in 18G7. In 1871 this line, known as\\nthe Jackson, Lansing Saginaw, passed into the hands of the Michigan Central\\nRailroad Company, which has ever since operated it as the Jackson, Lansing\\nSaginaw Division. It forms a favorite and expeditious route to Chicago and\\nthe West, to the North traverses a vast timber region I3 ing between Saginaw\\nand the Straits of Mackinaw, and the extension of the Shore Line, which con-\\nnects at Alger, with the Michigan Central to Alpena, forms another important\\naddition to the transportation facilities of the Saginaws, by reason of the con-\\nnection it affords with the Huron shore towns. This line has important con-\\nnections with other systems, including the Lake Shore Road, the Grand Trunk,\\nconnections at Lansing with the Detroit, Lansing Northern, and at Owosso\\nwith the Toledo Ann Arbor, and the Detroit, Grand Haven Milwaukee.\\nAnother important division belonging to the Michigan Central system is the\\nDetroit, Saginaw Bay City Railroad, having a total of 151.S miles, including\\nthe Bay City division, Detroit to Bay City, 108 miles; the Saginaw branch,", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24 TriE Industries of the Saoinaavs.\\nVassal- to Saginaw City, 22.3 Lapeer Northern branch, Lapeer to Five\\nLakes, 8.5, and Caro branch, Vassar to Caro, 13 miles. This division gives\\ndirect communication with Detroit, and also with Lapeer and other important\\npoints, as well as affording an important channel for the receipt and shipment\\nof through freight to and from the great cities of the Atlantic, via the Michigan\\nCentral system.\\nPort Huron Northwestern Railway. This road, which tra-\\nverses one of the most fertile sections of the State, was opened to traffic be-\\ntween Port Huron and East Saginaw February 17, 1882, and since that time a\\nnumber of valuable branches have been added, and the road now covers 218\\nmiles of main line and branches with 12.83 miles of sidings, including the main\\nline from Port Huron to East Saginaw, 91 miles Sand Beach to Saginaw\\nJunction, 58.25 miles Port Austin to Palms, 35 miles and Almont to Port\\nHuron, 33.75 miles. The present gauge of the road is three feet. This road,\\nwhich connects Saginaw with an extensive territory of great importance to it,\\nwill soon, it is said, pass into the hands of the Flint Pere Marquette Railroad\\nCompany, a proposal for its purchase by that company having been accepted-\\nAs a part of the plans in connection with this transfer, it is contemplated to\\nchange the gauge of the road to standard upon its main line from Port Huron\\nto the Saginaws. The importance of this acquisition to the Flint Pere Mar-\\nquette is made manifest by a glance at the map. It will give to the Flint\\nPere Marquette a direct line across Michigan from Ludiugton and Manistee on\\nLake Michigan to Port Huron, where the connection with the Grand Trunk\\nsystem will give the Saginaws the most dirct route to the t astern seaboard,\\nshortening the distance from Minneapolis and other northwestern points to the\\nEast by about 65 miles as against any other road. The value of this connec-\\ntion will be further enhanced upon the completion of the tunnel now being\\nconstructed under the St. Clair River at Port Huron.\\nThe Saginaw, Tuscola Huron Railway.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This is an East\\nSaginaw road, and one which has proved of great value by connecting the\\nSaginaws with a section of country directly tributary to them as a business\\nterritory. It was completed to Sebewaing in 1882, and subsequently was ex-\\ntended to Bay Port, a delightful summer resort on the Saginaw Bay, where is\\nlocated one of the finest hotels in the State with 100 rooms, and which is a\\nfavorite stopping place for pleasure seekers during the heated term. From\\nBay Port the road has recently been extended 18 miles to Bad Axe, the county\\nseat of Huron count}-, where it connects with the Port Huron Northwestern.\\nThe road is a three- foot gauge, and is a valuable auxiliary to the business of\\nEast Saginaw, where its terminus and headquarters are situated. It runs\\nthrough the fertile agricultural regions of Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron coun-\\nties, and is largely engaged in hauling consignments of hay, grain, stone, staves", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "TriE Industries of the Saginaws. 25\\nand other products of the woods and farms of the region through which it\\ntraverses, and brings to this market a large trade wliich it renders accessible.\\nSaginaw Valley St. Louis Railroad. \u00e2\u0080\u0094This road, which is\\noperated b}^ the Detroit, Lansing Northern Railway, is important on account\\nof the directness of its connection between the Saginaws and Western Michi-\\ngan, giving communication with St. Louis, Ithaca, Alma, Edmore, Lake View,\\nHoward Citj and Grand Rapids, a through train running daily between East\\nSaginaw and Grand Rapids, at which city it also affords connection with the\\nrailroads of the Lake Michigan shore, including the Chicago West Michigan.\\nToledo, Saginaw Mackinaw Railroad.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This is the name of a\\nroad now in course of construction, upon which work is now being done be-\\ntween East Saginaw and Durand, where the road will connect with the Toledo,\\nAnn Arbor North Michigan, the Detroit, Grand Haven Milwaukee and\\nthe Chicago Grand Trunk Railways. The road is to be a standard gauge,\\nand the charter^ authorizes the company to run to Mackinaw, and doubtless\\nupon the completion of the division now in hand the other divisions will be\\nrapidly pushed. The company is an East Saginaw concern, of which A. W.\\nWright is President P. H. Ketcham, Vice-President W. R. Burt, Treasurer\\nW. C. McClure, Secretary; J, Edget, Attorney; and, in addition to Messrs.\\nWright, Burt, Ketcham and McClure, Messrs. C. W. Wells, Thomas Merrill\\nand J. M. Ashley, Jr., are Directors. These gentlemen are all well known as\\namong the most successful of the business men of the Saginaws, and the early\\ncompletion of this road is assured. It will form another important feeder to\\nbusiness and outlet for the products of the Saginaw Valley.\\nA number of other raili oads are in contemplation, among which the\\nToledo, Saginaw Muskegon, and the Chicago, Hastings, Kalamazoo Sagi-\\nnaw are projects which are being pushed, and will doubtless end in important\\nadditions to the railwj y connections of the Saginaws. The importance of\\nSaginaw to railroads is no less than that of the railroads to Saginaw, a fact\\nwhich will be appreciated when it said that the freight offered in the sixteen\\nsquare miles known as the Saginaw River District exceeds in tonnage the\\nentire wheat crop of Michigan or of Dakota. Every railroad centering here\\nis doing a prosperous business, and their earnmgs are annually increasing.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION.\\nIN addition to the benefits offered by the existence of a large number of\\nrailroads radiating in every direction, the Saginaws possess the advantage\\nof being located upon a river, giving tliem facilities for transportation all over\\nthe Great Lakes. The Saginaw River is formed by the junction of the Tittaba-\\nwassee, the Cass, the Flint and the Shiawassee Rivers, each of which is useful\\nfor the purpose of floating logs, lumber, timber and other products. The re-\\nport of the Board of Trade for 1886 shows that there had been floated out of\\nthese streams up to the beginning of 1887 more than 9,200,000,000 feet of pine\\nlogs, besides hundreds of millions of feet of pine lumber and other products.\\nThe Saginaw River, which is eighteen miles in length, is navigable for the\\nlargest lake craft, and a considerable amount of the products of the Saginaw\\nValley is shipped by the cargo. An idea of the volume of the business trans-\\nacted by the people of the Saginaws by lake may be formed from the fact that\\nin 1886, a year which fell below the average in lake traffic, 414 steamers and\\n1,088 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 463,895, arrived at Saginaw River\\nports, and 421 steamers and 1,371 vessels, with an aggregate of 493,091 tons\\nburden, cleared from Saginaw River ports during the same 3^ ear.\\nIn an early day, and before the advent of railroads to the Saginaw Val-\\nley, the people largely depended for the procurement of goods to supply their\\nneeds upon the navigation of lake and river, and soon after the settlers came\\nto the Valley occasional vessels came from Detroit and Lake Huron points.\\nThe first steamboat to arrive at Saginaw was the Governor Marcy, which\\nreached Saginaw City July 9, 1836, although even before that time the visits\\nof schooners and other vessels were quite frequent. In 1837 Nelson Smith\\nbuilt the first boat ever put together in the Saginaw Valle3\\\\ It was a schooner\\nof light tonnage, named the Julia Smith, and was afterwards used in the\\ncoasting trade. In 1848 the Buena Vista, a steamboat, was constructed in\\na ship yard which had been built for the purpose at the foot of Bristol street,\\nEast Saginaw. It was successfully launched, and for many years was utilized\\nas a tug and packet boat. In 1851 Daniel Johnson built the Snow at Zil-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "TiiK Industries of theiSaginaws. 27\\nwaukie, and in the same year Curtis Emerson built the Ethan Allen steam\\nbarge, and launched her from the docks near the Emerson mill. Since that\\ntime a large number of vessels, including sailing vessels of all rigs and a\\nnumber of propellers have been built in the Saginaws, and there are now fifty-\\nseven barges, five schooners, nine propellers and fifteen tugs owned in whole\\nor in part by East Saginaw capital, and running regularly in the season to and\\nfrom this port in the lumber, coal and oil trade, in addition to which there is a\\nlarge number of vessels doing business at this port, but which are owned else-\\nwhere.\\nThe regular steamboat lines include the Saginaw River line, carrying\\nfreight and passengers, which was established over twenty 3 ear8 ago and has\\nsince run ever}^ season, and its boats now ply between Bay City and East\\nSaginaw, calling at thirteen points en route, a boat leaving every two hours\\nfrom 6 A. M. to 6:30 p. m. These boats are the W. R. Burt, licensed to\\ncarry 500 people, and the Lucille, allowed to carry 250 people. The Sagi-\\nnaw, Bay City Alpena line makes three trips weekly between East Saginaw\\nand Alpena, making its first landing at Baj City and having seven stopping\\nplaces between Bay City and Alpena. The Saginaw, Detroit Cleveland line\\nis composed of the propellers Sanilac and Don M. Dickinson, and carries\\nfreight between the Saginaws, Detroit, Cleveland and points en route and in\\naddition to these regular lines a large number of vessels are during the year\\nchartered to carr} cargoes of lumber from the Saginaws to difl^ereut lumber\\nmarkets upon the Great Lakes.\\nIt will thus be seen that the Saginaws possess facilities surpassed by no\\nother points for transportation of their products to leading markets, and that\\nthese rail and water routes are convenient to the transaction of the business of\\nthe Valle} The large amount of lumVjer sold and other products made here\\nrender this an important point for transportation lines, and these facilities are\\nincreasing from 3 ear to year in such a manner as to centralize in Saginaw the\\nbusiness of Northern Michigan.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "ORQANIZELD EIFFORTTS.\\nASSOCIATIONS IN AID OF THE COMMERCE OF\\nTHE VALLEY.\\nTHE business men and manufacturers of the Saginaws have not been forget-\\nful of the advantages to be derived from unit}^, and as a consequence\\nthere are here a number of organizations which exert an influence for the benefit\\nof the trade relations of the Saginaws with the outside world and of the mem-\\nbers of these organizations with each other. In 1874 a private enterprise was\\nstarted by the Hon. Charles V. DeLand, known as the Lumber Exchange,\\nwhich was intended to furnish a medium for facilitating trade in lumber and\\nlumber products. This organization, however, onl}^ continued a few 3 ears.\\nSaginaw Board of Trade. lu 1876 a number of the leading manu-\\nfacturers, merchants, etc., of the Saginaws associated themselves together as a\\nBoai d of Trade, under the provisions of the act of March 19, 1863, for the\\nincorporation of Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce, and the acts\\namendatory of and supplementary thereto. The organization took place May\\n9, 1876, when a constitution was adopted declaring the objects of the associa-\\ntion to be to promote just and equitable principles in trade to correct an}-\\nabuses which may exist, and generally to advance the interests of trade and\\ncommerce in the Saginaw Valley. From that time to the present the Board\\nof Trade has exerted an important influence in directing the business of the\\nValley in a manner calculated to secure harmon} of action, and its published\\nreports, issued annually, containing full and complete information as to the\\ntrade of the preceding year, present a faithful exhibit of the volume of the\\nbusiness transactions not only of the Saginaws themselves, but of the entire\\nValley, as well as furnishing useful information to outsiders in regard to the\\nadvantages of the Saginaw Valley. The statistics of the production of lumber", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 29\\nand lumber products and salt gathered under the auspices of this bod\\\\ are in\\nevery respect complete, and are presented in such a manner as to invite tlie\\nattention of all interested in those important branches of industry. The officers\\nof the Board of Trade for 1887-8 are John S. Estal)rook, President C. W.\\nWells, Vice-President J. A. Whittier, Second Vice-President P. A. O Don-\\nuell, Treasurer, and C, W. Grant, Secretary.\\nThe Michigan Salt Association. Prior to 1878 many attempts\\nhad been made to secure a combination of those interested in the production\\nof salt in Michigan, and an organization named the Saginaw Bay Salt Com-\\npany was formed, and later the Saginaw Salt Company. The latter afterward\\nconsolidated with the Michigan Salt Association, which was organized in 1876,\\nand which from that time to this has been steadilj increasing in influence,\\nuntil now it includes in its membership almost all of the salt producers of the\\nStgvte, and in 1886, out of a total of 4,097,943 barrels of salt produced in\\nMichigan, the Association controlled all but about 600,000 barrels. The Asso-\\nciation has a capital stock of $200,000, and its headquarters are located at\\nEast Saginaw. It handles the product of all the manufacturers embraced in\\nits membership, lakes their salt as fast as made, places it on the market and\\npa3-s for it in full when sold. The perfection of its system is such that the\\nAssociation is enabled to distribute the salt product much more efficiently tlian\\nany individual possibly could do. It has agents in all the principal cities, the\\nprincipal ones being at Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Duluth, Louisville, Cin-\\ncinnati, Toledo, Nashville and Sandusky. The original charter of the Associa-\\ntion expired in 1881 b} limitation, and it was at (mce reoi-ganized under the\\nname of the Salt Association of Michigan, and in 1886 was again organ-\\nized under its old name of The Michigan Salt Association. The importance\\nof such an organization is manifest, as it protects the product against competi-\\ntion between dealers and the position held by Michigan as the greatest salt\\nproducing State in the Union, its product equalling about 50 per cent, of the\\nentire domestic product of salt in the United States, makes unity of action\\namong those interested in this branch of production an absolute necessity.\\nThe affairs of the Association have been well and successfully managed from\\nits original organization to the present time, Mr. Wellington R. Burt having\\nbeen its President throughout its history, and the other officers being A. Miller,\\nVice-President D. G. Holland, Secretary; Thomas Cranage, Treasurer and\\nthe Executive Committee being formed of Messrs. W. 11. Burt, Thomas\\nCranage, J. L. Dolson, W. J. Bartow and F. C. Stone.\\nThe Business Men s Association. An important addition to the\\nbusiness organizations affecting in a direct way the commercial prosperity of\\nthe Saginaws was that made by the organization in May, 1886, of the Business\\nMen s Association of East Saginaw, Mich., the objects of which are declared", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "30 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nby the by-laws of the Association to be, the inducinsj of manufacturers to\\nlocate in the city the opening up of good roads and the consideration and\\ndiscussion of all subjects afl ecting the rights and interests of East Saginaw.\\nIn order to better carry out these objects the Association has standing com-\\nmittees on manufactures, trade and commerce, railways, wagon roads,\\nmunicipal affairs, statistics, ways and means, etc. It is the duty of these com-\\nmittees to take up the branches of inquiry connected with their respective com-\\nmittees, and to these bodies are referred all matters relative to the interests\\nthey have in charge. Among mau}^ other things which have been done by the\\nBusiness Men s Association for the benefit of East Saginaw is the publication\\nin convenient form for distribution pamphlets setting forth the advantages of\\nEast Saginaw as a place for business and residence, and showing the details\\nwhich go to make up its prominence as a center .of production and distribu-\\ntion. The membership of the Association embraces about sevent3 -five or\\neighty of the leading merchants, manufacturers, etc., of East Sa,ginaw, and the\\nfollowing prominent and substantial citizens are its officers Max Heaven-\\nrich, President A. M. Marshall, First Vice-President W. C. McClure, Second\\nVice-President A. H. Comstock, Secretary William T. Wickware, Treasurer.\\nThe Board of Trade of the City of Saginaw.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In pursuance\\nof the provisions of the act of March 19, 1863, For the incorporation of\\nBoards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce, sixty-three business men of\\nSaginaw City associated themselves under the above title in October, 1886, for\\nthe purpose, as stated in their constitution, to maintain Board of Trade rooms,\\nto inculcate principles of justice and equity in trade, to acquire and disseminate\\nvaluable commercial and economic information, to advance the interests and\\nforward the growth and prosperity ot trade, commerce and manufactures in\\nthe city of Saginaw. Sines its organization the Board has exerted a beneficial\\ninfluence in promoting the material interests of the city, notably in aid of secur-\\ning the location of the Lutheran Seminary in the city, and in securing the loca-\\ntion at Saginaw of a number of new manufacturing concerns, including a match\\nfactory, a grey iron factory, and a cold storage building now in course of erec-\\ntion. It has also aided materially in securing the new street car line, and the\\nentrance of the Flint Pere Marquette Railroad into the city. The Board, act-\\ning through its several committees, takes an active interest in every movement\\ntending to enhance the facilities or promote the interests of Saginaw City. The\\nofficers of the Board are C. Gr. Fowler, President J. L. Jackson, 1st Vice-\\nPresident J. H. Shackleton, 2d Vice-President; H. V. Hughes, 3d Vice-\\nPresident Charles Moye, Treasurer, and Benjamin Greer, Secretary.\\nIt will therefore be seen that in the aids and instrumentalities for the\\nefficient prosecution of business, the merchants and manufacturers of the Sagi.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "The Industuiks of tiik Saoinaws. 31\\nnaws are fully alive to the advantages of united effort, and that they are,\\nmoreover, actuated by a patriotic devotion to local interests and an abiding\\nfaith in the advantages for growth in prosperity of the twin cities.\\nSaginaw Valley Underwriters Association. This is an organi-\\nzation formed in 1882 and comprising in its membership most of the leading\\nunderwriters in a territory extending south to the Detroit, Grand Haven\\nMilwaukee Railwa^^ and north to Alpena, and having for its object a general\\nsupervision of the companies, regulation of rates and improvement of I isks,\\nand since its organization the Association has exerted a beneficial influence in\\nsecuring a uniformity in usage in insurance matters in this region. It is under\\nthe charge of Mr. George H. House as Manager, who has efficiently attended\\nto this business from the organization of the association to the present time.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "LOQS AND LUMBEIR.\\nTHE TIMBER RESOURCES AND PRODUCTS OF\\nTHE SAGINAWS.\\nWHILE not the only industry the business of the manufacture of lumber\\nand lumber products has for a number of years formed the most im-\\nportant of the productive industries of the Saginaws, and of the Valle}^ in\\ngeneral. In the space permitted to the review of this subject in this work it is\\nnot possible to go into details, but an endeavor will be made to present in a\\ngeneral way the facts going to show the importance of this trade.\\nThe statistics of this industry are presented in a most complete manner\\nby the annual reports of the Board of Trade from 1881 to 1886 inclusive, and\\nthe figures for 1887 will no doubt be given with the. same accuracy, perspicacity\\nand judicious arrangement by which the preceding issues have been marked.\\nIt is not the intention in this volume to invade the realm so well managed by\\nMr. Cowles, whose experience as a compiler of statistics, and facilities for se-\\ncuring accuracy, give such value to these reports. Those therefore who desire\\nto consult the statistics of the lumber product of 1887 will find them in the\\nforthcoming Seventh Annual Report of the Saginaw Board of Trade. The\\nfigures used in this review are for the most part taken from the previous issues\\nof this report, to which the author of this work here acknowledges his indebt-\\nedness for much important information.\\nEARLY MILLING.\\nUpon a prcAaous page of this work reference has been made to the build-\\ning of the first mill in the Saginaw Valley, the mill being located at the foot\\nof Mackinaw street in Saginaw Citj The second mill, afterward known as\\nthe Emerson Mill, was built in 1836, the owners being H. Williams Co.,\\nand Messrs. Mackey, Oakley and Jennison and Norman Little. It was re-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 35\\ngarded as a model mill, and many shook their heads in deprecation of the\\nfolly of building a mill of so large a capacity. At first the mill did well, as it\\nwas kept bnsy in cutting long timbers for the Michigan Central Railroad, and\\nshipped to that road at Detroit, in 1836, the first cargo of lumber that ever\\nleft the Saginaw Valley. After that contract was completed, however, the mill\\nfound the demand for its product insufficient. The effect of the panic of 1837\\nwas to retard progress in the Valley, and the local demand for lumber was in-\\nconsiderable, while orders from the outside were slow and after ten years the\\nmill shut down and the houses surrounding it were deserted. This did not\\nlast long, however, as in 184(5 the mill was purchased by Curtis Emerson and\\nJames Eldridge, who refitted it with new machinery and increased its capacity\\nto 3,000,000 feet per season.\\nThe second mill on the east side of the river was built in 1850 by Charles\\nW. Grant (now the Secretarj^ of the Saginaw Board of Trade) and the late\\nJesse Hoyt, and the next mill to be built was that of Sears Holland, erected\\nin 1855. Soon afterward there was a rapid increase in the number of mills,\\nand at the end of 1855 there were twenty-three mills on the river with an\\naggregate capacity of 60,000,000 feet per season. In 1857 there were 44 mills\\nin operation on the Saginaw River, manufacturing that year 113,700,000 feet\\nof lumber. In 1867 the number of mills had been increased to 82 and the\\nproduct to 423,963,190 feet. In 1870 there were 83 mills operated and the\\ncut was 576,736,600 feet. In 1882 the number of mills had been reduced but\\ntheir capacity greatly increased, the 70 mills then operated cutting 1,011,274,-\\n905 feet, or more than double the amount that had been produced fifteen years\\nbefore by 82 mills. Since 1882, which was the year of the largest cut in the\\nhistory of the Valley, the amount of the cut has been reduced, but it is stilll\\nvery large. Ii\\\\ 1886 the cut of the 64 mills on the Saginaw River aggregated\\n798,826,224 feet, a total only exceeded by that of the five years from 1880 to\\n1884 inclusive.\\nThe Emerson mill, considered as a model in the years from 1836 to 1850,\\nwas when purchased by Messrs. Emerson and Eldridge in 1846, and before\\nthe} increased its productive power, equipped with three upright saws the\\ncapacity of each of which averaged 2,500 feet per day. The slabs and saw-\\ndust were hauled awa}- from the mill at an expense of five dollars per da} and\\nseven cords of mixed wood were daily consumed for fuel, at a cost of two\\ndollars per day. In comparison with this mill, regarded as perfect in its day\\nand generation, a description of a model mill of to-day may prove of interest\\nto many readers of this volume.\\nTHE MODERN MILL.\\nThe mill selected for this description is one to which in addition to the\\nconversion of timber into lumber the manufacture of salt is added. The saw", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "36 The Industries of the Saginaws,\\nmill, salt block, cooperage, barns, offices and piling grounds together cover an\\narea of forty-five acres, and the product of the works amount to 25,000,000 feet\\nof lumber, 1,500,000 staves and 75,000 sets of heading, in addition to which\\nthe firm manufactures 2,000,000 shingles during the summer months. They\\nalso have four salt wells and a very extensive salt block, and make 50,000\\nbarrels of salt per annum. The mill is 80 feet wide by a length of about\\n192 feet, with a large boiler and engine house attached. Included in its equip-\\nment is a 700 horse-power improved Corliss engine, fed by five boilers, 5x16\\nfeet, a pony engine for night work for making salt, and a pumping engine in\\neach of four wells, all fed by two other 5x16 boilers. As a thoroughly repre-\\nsentative mill, a brief description of its operations will doubtless be of interest\\nto the general reader. The logs are taken from the boom by a steam driven\\nendless chain, called a log jacker, which brings them up in rapid succession\\nthrough a door in the center of the mill upon the upper floor, where they land\\nupon the steam log flipper, which rolls them right and left down a slightly in-\\nclined plane, at the end of which each log is caught by a loader, which\\nthrows them upon the circular carriage by the steam nigger. It is placed\\non the arms of the steam-feed carriage, where it is caught by dogs, and by\\nworking a lever is set in required position for the saw, against which the steam\\ncarriage rapidly sends it. Returning, the log turning machine grabs it, turns\\nit rapidly around, and the other side is exposed to the circular saw. Of these\\ncirculars there are two, one on each side, with all the accessory machinery, as\\nif it were two separate mills, and by these circulars the log is either faced for\\nthe gang mill or cut into lumber, as desired. If the former, the logs pass\\nquickly along the cant transfers to the gang mill, where they are sawed into\\nlumber of the desired thickness. The gang mill of this establishment, which is\\none of Wickes Brothers most improved make, is a powerful machine, running 84\\nsaws, and it is placed upon a foundation of solid masonry 16 feet deep and 40\\nfeet at the base. After leaving the gang mill, which is located between and a\\nlittle more than the length of a log behind the circulars, the lumber for it is\\nnow lumber travels along the lumber transfer, a device consisting of revolv-\\ning rollers, to the stock lifter, which turns it over in piles on to the tables of\\nthe edging machines, of which there is one at each side, the stock lifter work-\\ning both ways. Here the edgings from the boards, and the slabs, which are\\nconstantly running along live rollers from the circulars, are run on to the slab\\ntable against small circular saws, which cut them into about four-foot lengths\\nand drop them into a shute leading to the slab transfer, which carries them\\nacross the mill in an elevated position to a spout, whence they are dropped\\ninto wagons below and carted to slab piles, the larger slabs being taken out of\\nthe transfer and made into staves, heading, lath, etc. From the edging\\nmachines the lumber passes to the trimming tables, one situated on each side.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "Thk Industries op the Saoinaws.\\nThe trimming table is an ingenious arrangement of saws protruding from an\\ninclined plane, each protected by a projecting iron arm. The boards traveling\\non chains passing over these springs, press down out of sight all saws except\\nthe one nearest the end of the board, which trims that end, a stationary saw\\ndoing like work at the other end. By this arrangement a board of say ten\\nfeet long will meet the first saw, one of twelve feet the second, and others in\\naccordance with their length. From the trimmer, the lumber, which is now\\nfinished, is run on the tram cars and drawn b} horses along an elevated tram-\\nwa} to the piling grounds. These piling grounds cover a very large space with\\nabout a mile of elevated tramway 18 feet high throughout, and on one side of\\nthe grounds is the river and the boom, which holds 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 feet\\nof logs, and on the other side a large bayou dredged and docked l)y the firm,\\nand from whence they do their shipping. The saw dust is carried by a saw\\ndust transfer direct from the saws automatically into the fires, all surplus pass-\\ning over the furnaces to large store houses, whence they remove it at night to\\nthe furnaces used in running the pon} engine in the salt works. The wheels\\nthroughout the mill are all of iron, the two fly-wheels weighing 30,000 pounds\\neach. The saws are sharpened and gummed by improved machines, which\\nwork automatically. Employment is given in the mill, salt block and cooper\\nshop, etc., to a force of 125 men and 16 horses, in addition to which the firm\\nhas a force of about 250 men employed in lumbering operations in the woods,\\ntaking out about 25,000,000 feet of logs per annum, receiving their logs through\\nthe medium of the Tittabawassee Boom Compan}- and the Flint Pere Mar-\\nquette and Jackson, Lansing Saginaw railroads.\\nSOURCES OF SUPPLY.\\nThe ax of the lumberman has steadily reduced, from year to year, the\\nacreage of standing pine in the district from which the Saginaw River mills\\nreceive their raw material. The Saginaw River District, as it is generally\\ntermed, embraces the counties of Tuscola, Lapeer, Genesee, Saginaw, Gratiot,\\nIsabella, Gladwin, Clare and Midland, and from these counties the main sup-\\nply of timber in the past has been derived by the Flint, Bad, Cass, Fine, Salt,\\nChippewa, Tobacco and Tittabawassee rivers, all of which are tributar}- to\\nthe Saginaw. As shown by reports of the Board of Trade, the Flint, Cass and\\nBad rivers now contribute but little to the log supply of the Saginaw River\\nmills, the timber on these rivers having for the most part been cut, and the\\ntimber on the Chippewa and Pine rivers is now well up on the head waters\\nand small tributaries. A ridge of timber still exists covering the head-\\nwaters of the Pine, CUiippewa, Tobacco and Tittabawassee, and continuing\\nacross to the headwaters of the An Sable and along the headwaters of Thunder\\nBay River, from which the Saginaw mills re eive the greater part of the stock", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "38 The Industries op the Saoinaws.\\nfurnished. Other sources of suppl}^ are the Flint Pare Marquette Railroad\\nand the Saginaw Division of the Michigan Central, while a considerable amount\\nof timber comes from the Saginaw Bay District, drained by the Pine, Rifle,\\nAu Gres and other streams bordering the Saginaw Bay. The reduction of the\\nstock of pine in the district immediately surrounding Saginaw has induced\\nthe Saginaw River lumbermen to invest extensively in tracts of pine in the\\nUpper Peninsula and the Georgian Ba^- District of Canada, and the supply\\nfrom the Upper Peninsula is annuall}^ being increased. That from Georgian\\nBay, however, is hampered by the export duty placed upon the timber by the\\nDominion Government. Many speculations have been made as to the amount\\nof timber still available for the use of the Saginaw manufacture, some of the\\nearlier of which have alread} been exceeded by the amount actually cut, and\\nwhile it is of course inevitable that the time will come when merchantable pine\\nwill be a very scarce commodity, that result will not be reached for a number\\nof years yet, and when it does, it will be to give place to agricultural pursuits,\\nwhich will doubtless prove sufficient to maintain the Saginaws as important\\nbusiness centers and to compensate for the loss of the lumber industries. At\\npresent, however, the manufacture of lumber and lumber products is in a\\nthriving condition. The reduction of the timber supply has, of course, had\\nthe effect of enhancing the price of timbered pine lands and stumpage, and\\ncaused the logging operations to recede, each year, farther and farther from\\nthe manufacturing center. In an early day the Cass River formed a principal\\navenue of receipt for timber, but the present year the output of the stream\\nwas but 3,346,480 feet, and it is practically exhausted as a source of supply\\nEven the Tittabawassee, which up to the end of 1886 had, from the organiza-\\ntion of the Tittabawassee Boom Company in 1864, rafted and delivered 8,068,-\\n119,311 feet of logs, has only rafted and delivered, during the season of 1887.\\nabout 365,000,000 feet, as against 403,988,740 feet in 1886, the output of this\\nriver being this season the smallest, with the exception of 1885, since 1878.\\nlumber products.\\nWhile the greater part of the lumber manufacturing industry of the Sagi-\\nnaw River still consists in the manufacture of rough lumber, there has been\\na commendable tendency, of late years, to increase the value of the products\\nof the Valley by doing much of the planing and finishing and the manufac-\\nturing of articles of which lumber forms the raw material at home, thus giving\\nemployment to a larger number of men and materially adding to the produc-\\ntive resources, and consequently the wealth, of the Saginaws. The number of\\nyards maintained in the Saginaws is steadily increasing, and the ratio of dr}\\nto green lumber shipped is yearly becoming greater. Planing mills, sash, door\\nand blind factories, and other important enterprises are in operation.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "TiiK Tndi stuiks ov the Saoinaws. :!:i\\nThe figures of production of pine lumber of the Saginaw River mills in\\n188(i, furnish a fair idea of the volume of this manufacture. In that year the\\nentire cut of Saginaw Hiver mills amounted to 784,921,224 feet, of which 374,-\\n!*64,!HI9 feet was cut in the Saginaws and vicinity. Tn the same year 18,005,-\\n000 feet of hardwood lumber was manufactured, of which the Saginaws pro-\\nduced 6,280,000 feet. This branch of manufacture presents important oppor-\\ntunities for the future. The Board of Trade review for 1886 pertinently says;\\nNot much attention has been i)aid to the manufacture of hardwood lumber\\non this river as yet. In 1883 the cut more than doubled that of the past year,\\nbut a dull and weak market has checked production. There is a vast quantity\\nof hardwood lumber available in this section, however, and it will become an\\nimportant factor in lumbering operations the coming years in this Valley.\\nOther important branches of manufacture in the Saginaws and vicinity for\\n1886 aggregated as follows Shingles, 166,213,000 lath, 31),665,300 staves,\\n23,053,338 heading, 1,684,022 sets and in addition some 2,000,000 oak\\nslaves were also manufactured in the Saginaws and along the lines of the rail-\\nroads centering here.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "SALTT MAKINQ.\\nAN INDUSTRY IN WHICH THE SAGIN AV/S TAKE\\nTHE LEAD.\\nTHE fact of the existence of important quantities of saline water in Michi-\\ngan surtlcient to encourage manufacture was first demonstrated by Dr.\\nHoughton, then engaged in making the geological survey of the State, in 1840\\nalthough it was not until 1859 that operations looking to the utilization of this\\nimportant supply were adopted in the Saginaw Valley. In that year the East\\nSaginaw Salt Manufacturing Company was ox ganized, and from that time to\\nthe present the manufacture of salt has been carried on with steadil}^ increasing\\nvolume, until in 1886 the product was larger than in any previous year. An im-\\nportant factor in securing a superiority in the quality of the product and\\nhai-mony among those engaged in this department of manufacture is the Michi-\\ngan Salt Association, mentioned elsewhere, and which now handles almost the\\nentire salt product of Michigan, Of the total production of the United States\\nMichigan furnisher nearly half, and the greater part of this product is handled\\nby the Michigan Salt Association, with headquarters located in East Saginaw.\\nThe counties iu which salt is found in Michigan are Saginaw, Bay, Huron, St.\\nClair, Iosco, Midland, Manistee, Mason and Gratiot, and of a total of 3,677,257\\nbarrels manufactured in 1886 in ^lichigan, Saginaw county produced 1,213,764\\nbarrels, a larger amount by ovei- 300,000 barrels than was produced by any\\nother county in the State. Daring that year fifty-two salt companies with\\nfort3 -five steam blocks, twelve pan blocks and 4,000 solar salt covers were in\\noperation, having a manufacturing capacity of 1,400,000 barrels. The increase\\nin salt production has been steady and continuous from 561,288 barrels manu-\\nfactured in 1869 to 3,677,257 in 1886, and the total salt manufactured in the\\nState up to the end of that jear was 37,282,586 barrels. This important", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saoinaws. 41\\nindustry differs from that of the raanufacture of himber, in the fact that it is\\npermanent, and while the present methods usuall3 contemplate the workin{ of\\nthe two industries in conjunction, the manufacture of salt can be carried on in\\nconnection with any other industry b}- which steam is utilized, and the salt\\nworks in connection witii mills are now in many instances operated by the use\\nof exhaust steam from the mills.\\nOwing to the careful system of State inspection, the figures in regard to\\nthe salt production of Michigan are easily obtainable since 1869, in which year\\nthe inspection law took effect. Prior to that time the total amount of salt pro-\\nduced in the State was 3,282,117 barrels. From that time to the close of the\\nfiscal year ending November 30, 1886, a total of 34,100,469 barrels was pro-\\nduced, and in the eleven months of the fiscal year 1887 up to October 31, a\\ntotal of 3,619,132 barrels was produced, making a grand total from the incep-\\ntion of the salt industry to October 31, 1887, of 41,001,718 barrels. While\\nthis part of this work goes to press too early to include the November figures\\nin the total, enough has been shown to make certain that the product of 1887\\nwill exceed that of any previous year in the historj of the industry\\nAn important consideration in regard to this valuable branch of manu-\\nfacture is as to the future of it when, as will inevitably be the case, the timber\\nsupply is no longer available for the manufacture of lumber upon its present\\nscale of magnitude. It is claimed that the manufacture of salt as a separate\\nindustry would not be remunerative. It is manifest, however, that the exist-\\nence of the inexhaustible supplies of brine will prove a great incentive to other\\nmanufactures which can in the Saginaws find a lucrative employment for their\\nexhaust steam in the manufacture of salt, and there is little reason to fear that\\nso bountiful a suppl}- of raw material will be allowed to go to waste, or that so\\nimportant an industry as that of the Michigan salt production will be permitted\\nto fall into desuetude.\\nOf the salt producing counties Saginaw is far in th\u00c2\u00a7 lead in the volume of\\nits output, the record of previous years being steadily maintained, and this\\ncounty having, in the eleven months ending October 31, 1887, produced\\n1,047,113 barrels out of a total of 3,611,832 barrels, distributed as follows\\nDistrict No. 1 Saginaw County 1,047,1 13\\nDistrict No. 2\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bay County 823,827\\nDistrict No. 3\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Huron Countv 165.512\\nDistrict No. 4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 St. Clair County 278,903\\nDistrict No. 5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Iosco County 279,041\\nDistrict No. 6\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Midland County 39,381\\nDistrict No. 7\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Manistee County 798,812\\nDistrict No. 8 Mason County 177,174\\nDistrict No. 9\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gratiot County 2,069\\nTotal 3,611,832\\n6", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "42 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nAs a consequence of the low price at which the product has ruled for the\\npast 3^ear, it is likely that the manufacture will be restricted during the coming\\nwinter, in order to reduce stocks.\\nIn qualit} the salt produced in Michigan is without a superior. The high\\nstandard maintained in the product is largely due to the State inspection law\\nwhich has been in operation since 1869. The office of the State Salt Inspector\\nis located at East Saginaw, with deputy inspectors in the several districts.\\nOTHER MANUFACTURES.\\nIron Industries. The great volume of the manufactures of the Sagi-\\nnaws calls for the use of a vast amount of machinery of various kinds, and\\nto supply this want a large number of prosperous manufacturing establish-\\nments are conducted, devoted to the production of machinery and machinery\\nappliances, and in several departments of the iron manufacturing industry\\nSaginaw holds a prominent place among the leading cities of the Lake Region,\\nspecial prominence being given to the manufacture of boilers, engines and saw\\nmill and salt making machinery of every description. The location of the\\nSaginaws is unsurpassed for the .successful prosecution of these branches of\\nindustry, the supply of iron being accessible, the iron ore from the Lake\\nSuperior region being both unlimited in quantity and unsurpassed in quality,\\nand the means of communication with the centers of production of this raw\\nmaterial being ample. The Saginaws form a superior field for enterprises of\\nthis character, being in the midst of a large and growing population, con-\\nstituting a home market for these products, and there are many branches of\\niron and steel manufacture which have not yet been entered upon, which could\\nwith advantage be inaugurated and conducted in the Saginaws.\\nFurniture. One of the most encouraging signs for the future of the\\nSaginaws is the recent tendency to establish manufactures calculated to utilize\\nthe lumber supply in the manufacture of a large amount of lumber products.\\nAmong the recent steps in that direction may be mentioned the establishment\\nof several furniture factories, a branch of industry for the prosecution of\\nwhich no place affords better facilities than the Saginaws. Both pine and\\nhardwood lumber are in plentiful supply and every means to secure the suc-\\ncess of enterprises of this character is at liand. The furniture factories already\\nestablished are steadily increasing their business and demonstrating the\\navailability of the Saginaws as a center for this important manufacture, and\\nthere is no reason why there may not be built up iiere a number of industries\\nof this character fully equal to that of any other city in the Union. The same\\ncauses which Jiave contributed to make this luisiness successful in Grand\\nRapids and other places exist here in the Saginaws, while the means for dis.\\ntribution of the product to all parts of the country are of the most efficient\\nchai-acter.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws. 43\\nCarriages, Wagons, Etc. A number of shops and factories are\\neniployid in the manufacture of every description of wheeled vehicles, some\\nof which operate upon a large scale and have a trade territor} extending far\\nbeyond local bounds. In heav}- vehicles adapted to the uses of lumber camps\\nthe products of the Saginaw factories are of acknowledged superiority and\\nother establishments are engaged in making lighter vehicles which are of the\\nbest qualit}-, both in workmanship and materials. Proximity to vast sources\\nof supplj- for the raw material gives superior facilities for the successful\\nprosecution of this branch of industry, and in addition to an extensive home\\nmarket vehicles can be produced here at a minimum cost of production which\\nwould justify shipment to all parts of the country.\\nFlouring Mills. In both the cities the manufacture of flour is carried\\non upon an extensive scale, and for home consumption the product of these\\nmills is a favorite. The quality of the flour manufactured here is of unexcelled\\nmerit, and there is no reason why this industr} should not be increased in its\\nproportions. No State in the Union produces a better quality of wheat than\\nMichigan, and it would proAc of advantage to ship more of it in the shape of\\nflour and less in the grain. A leading inducement to the introduction of more\\nmanufactures of this character is the fact that the manufacture of salt can be\\nprofitabl} combined with it without any increase in power, and as the acreage\\nof cultivated lands in Northern Michigan is increasing year by year there is\\never}- reason to predict the growth of this industry.\\nWooden W^are, Eltc. The great success of one of the larger manu-\\nfacturing establishments in Saginaw City, in the manufacture of washboards,\\ncurtain rollers, measures, sugar boxes, barrel covers, etc., is an impressive ex-\\nample of the j)ossibilities in the way of varied industries in the Saginaws, and\\nthere are many other kindred departments of trade for which there is ample\\nroom heie. Ever3 thing of which the principal component is wood can be pro-\\nduced here to the greatest possible advantage. An excelsior manufactory\\ncould be profitablj operated, the basswood of which the best quality of this\\narticle is made being plentiful in the immediate vicinit} A match factory has\\nalready- been started under auspices which give assurance of success, and it\\nwould be difficult to name an industr}- connected witli an} kind of wood work\\nwhich would not prove remunerative to those who might invest in it.\\nOther Industries. There are a large number of important manufac-\\nturing concerns engaged in various lines of industry besides those enumerated,\\nincluding cooper shops, cigar box, soap, broom and other factories, etc. The\\nmanufacture of cigars engages a number of establishments, and the brewing\\nindustry is also an important one. Several job printmg offices are kept busy,\\nbesides which the newspapers, referred to more fully elsewhere, give employ-\\nment to a large number of prin.ters. There are several book binderies, and", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "44 The Industries of the Saoinaws.\\nother trades related to the printing art have their representatives in the Sagi-\\nnaws. There are several firms in each of the cities engaged in the saddler}\\nand harness manufacture, and the manufacture of leather is also well repre-\\nsented b} a large firm in East Saginaw.\\nBut while the number of manufacturing firms and corporations in the two\\ncities is already very large, and much larger than the average of cities of the\\nsame population, the avenues to enterprise in this direction are not yet blocked,\\nand there is room for a much greater~number of productive industries. It is\\nin its manufactures that the prosperity of a city finds its impetus, and American\\nenterprise is not prone to allow opportunities for the profitable investment of\\ncapital and employment of labor to go to waste. No location on the continent\\nexcels that of the Saginaws for Ihe encouragement offered to manufacturing\\nenterprises in supplying the means for their success. With every facility for\\ntransportation possessed by the most favored cities, and possessing abundant\\nsupplies of raw materials for nearly all kinds of productive occupations, with\\nan industry like that of salt manufacture to be utilized as an auxiliary to other\\nimportant productive enterprises and to add to their profits, and with an agri-\\ncultural population steadily increasing, and widening and strengthening the\\nhome market, the incentives to energy and the rewards open to enterprise exist\\nhere to an extent not surpassed b} any locality in the Union, and equalled by\\nfew.\\nExamples of success are not wanting. The Saginaws have in the past\\noflfered many instances of the fact that industr} enterprise and energy, com-\\nbined with the exercise of sound business judgment, find here a fitting arena\\nlor their exercise and bring compensation in prosperity, and in many instances\\nin wealth.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "T HE1 MEIRCHANTTS.\\nTHE SAGINAV/S AS A HOME OF TRADE AND\\nCOMMERCE.\\nIT is not possible, in every instance, to draw tlie line between the transactions\\nof merchants and manufacturers, many of the latter selling their own pro-\\nduct direct to the wholesale or retail trades. There are some lines, however,\\nwhich in the Saginaws are distinctly devoted to the business of the distribution\\nof products manufactured elsewhere, man} of them vast enterprises involving\\na large amount of capital, and exerting an important influence in their con-\\ntribution to the prosperity of the Saginaws. Here is rapidly being centered\\nthe source of suppl} for the large and constantly growing population of\\nNorthern Michigan, while in many lines a much wider territorj- is covered.\\nGrain, Produce and Provisions \u00e2\u0080\u0094The trade in the products of the\\nfarm is steadily increasing. The cutting down of the timber, while reducing\\nthe supply for the manufacture of lumber, has brought and is bringing to the\\nSaginaw Valley large numbers of thrifty farmers to cultivate its productive\\nsoil, and there is a steady annual increase in the acreage and production of the\\ncountry tributary, in a commercial sense, to the Saginaws, which form the best\\nmarket in the State for farm produce, the large manufacturing operations mak-\\ning a home market for the greater part of the production. In provisions also,\\nthere is a large consumption here. The Board of Trade report for 1885 showed\\nreceipts of provisions amounting to 10,695,000 pounds at East Saginaw, and\\nwhile the figures for the present year are not definitely obtainable it is a con-\\nservative estimate to place them at 25 per cent, above the figures of two years\\nago. For flour and all kinds of grain and feed the demand for consumption is\\nvery large, and there is a steadily increasing activity in the business of the city\\nas a point of distribution for the products of agriculture. As the railroad center", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "48 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nof Northern Michigan Saginaw is favorablj- located for becoming, in time, the\\ncenter of the shipping trade for all the cereal products of this region, and will\\ndoubtless in the future handle much of the grain which now goes to Toledo\\nand Detroit for shipment to the Eastern seaboard.\\nGroceries. The wholesale trade of the Saginaws in groceries is an im-\\nportant item in its commerce, a number of large houses being engaged in this\\ndepartment of industr} This is a distributing point for a large area, and is\\nthe chief base of supplies for all the lumbering regions of Northern Michigan\\nand along the lines of the Flint Pere Marquette and the Mackinaw Division\\nof the Michigan Central. The large amount of capital invested in this branch\\nof trade and the steady and active demand for goods of this character, enable\\nthe jobbers of the Saginaws to offer goods at .prices as low as Detroit or other\\nwholesale markets, and the retail trade, I ecognizing the fact that they can save\\nfreight expense and time by buying here, are each year more unanimously\\nlooking to Saginaw as their source of suppl} The volume of transactions of\\nthe jobbing houses of the Saginaws now aggregate over $4,000,000 annuall}-,\\nand the territory covered b} their trade is expanding into the Upper Peninsula,\\nespecially into those lumbering regions in which Saginaw capital is invested.\\nHardware. As a market for hardware Northern Michigan is one of\\nthe most favorable locations in the country, the demands of manufacturers and\\nlumbermen calling for goods of this character in large quantities. An East\\nSaginaw house engaged in this line is the second largest in the country, and a\\nnumber of others do an extensive business. In the classes of goods used in\\nsaw and planing mills and lumbering operations the volume of transactions is\\nparticularly large, and Saginaw houses engaged in this department have a trade\\nterritory not confined by local bounds, but extending to all the lumber pro-\\nducing regions of the country, and particularly of the Northwest, while frequent\\nshipments are made to the Southern States and even to foreign countries. The\\nrevival of the hardware trade, noticed throughout the country- during the past\\n3 ear or two, has been felt in the Saginaws, and the demand for these goods is\\nactive at prices which, while not so high as those ruling several years ago, offer\\na fair margin of profit.\\nClothing, Etc. A number of lai-ge houses, both wholesale and retail,\\nare engaged in the sale of clothing, and in this line there has been greater\\nactivity during 1887 than in several years preceding it. An important branch\\nof this business here is in the suppl3- of clothing, shirts, etc., for lumbermen, for\\nwhich a large trade centers here. There is a ver}- perceptible increase in the\\njobbing trade of this city in this line, the dealers throughout Northern Michigan\\nbeginning to recognize the fact that goods can be bought as cheaply here as at\\nplaces more distant, and the saving effected in freight and in the time con-\\nsumed in filling orders being an important inducement. Prices have ruled low,", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 49\\nbut the marked increase in the volume of business has in a large measure c(Mn-\\npensated for this, and tlie clothing business, with its associated line of men s\\nfurnishing goods, has been fairly prosperous throughout the year.\\nDry Goods. Both of the cities have large establishments engaged in\\nthe dry goods business, and in addition to a thriving retail trade a jobbing\\nbusiness is done which is steadily increasing in volume. The stocks carried\\nare large and varied and the volume of transactions is sutficiently large to\\nenable the merchants here to compete with those in Detroit and other markets\\nin prices, and the number of retailers who transfer their purchases to Saginaw\\nis annually incx easing. In the retail dry goods trade some of the houses in\\neach of the cities compare favorably, in the extent and assortment of their stock,\\nwith those of any of the cities of Michigan and adjoining States, and the same\\nis true of millinery, fancy goods and other kindred lines.\\nOther Merchandisers. It would be difficult to name a branch of\\nmercantile business in which the Saginaws fail of representation, either at\\nwholesale or retail. In horses East Saginaw is the most important market in\\nMichigan, outside of Detroit, and is especially so in regard to heavy draught\\nanimals suitable for use in logging operations and for work around mills and\\nin other live stock an active and steadilj growing business is done.\\nIn agricultural implements the volume of transactions shows a steady\\nincrease, and the rapidly increasing acreage and production of Northern Michi-\\ngan is causing an augmented demand for an improved character of farm\\nmachinery and implements for the supply of which the Saginaws are the recog-\\nnized center. In boots and shoes a large business is done, a number of pros-\\nperous houses being engaged in this branch of business. The drug business\\nhere is also a large one, amounting to about $500,000 annuall}-. The trade in\\nliquors and cigars, which includes in addition to local consumption an exten-\\nsive jobbing business throughout Northern Michigan, is also an important item\\nin the business transacted in the city. Other prominent lines are coal, hides,\\nleather, brick, stone, cement, etc., paper, stationery, jewelr^^ and all the varied\\nlines of merchandise which pertain to the commerce of a thriving business\\ncommunity.\\nAggressiveness is a marked feature of the business operations of the\\nmerchants of the Saginaws. They fully appreciate their al)ility to compete, on\\nfavorable terms, with dealers in Detroit, Toledo and Chicago and other cities\\nfor the trade of Northern Michigan, and their success in this direction is\\nannually becoming more marked. The opportunity is presented for Saginaw\\nto confirm its title as the commercial center of this section of the State, and\\nthat it will be utilized no one who is accpuiinted with the progressiveness of\\nSaginaw merchants will for a moment doubt.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "Ti^HEl BANKS.\\nTHE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE SAGI-\\nNAWS AND THEIR CONDITION.\\nAN important consideration in estimating tlie business of a city is tlie con-\\ndition of its banking institutions, witli reference to tlieir facilities to\\nhandle the business of the place. Tested by this consideration the present\\ntime must be regarded as one favorable to the Saginaws, as the aggregate of\\nbusiness done by the local banks is larger than at any time in the history of\\nthe Valley, and the amounts of capital and surplus, the deposits, loans, bonds\\nand exchange maturing, etc., of the Saginaw banks are now larger than at any\\nprevious period.\\nIn the absence of a clearing house to show the volume of banking trans-\\nactions the information necessary to exhibit the progress of the banks must\\nbe derived from a comparison of official statements at various times, and such\\na comparison will be sufficient to indicate the progress that has been made.\\nFor this pui-pose a comparison of the October statements of the six National\\nBanks of the Saginaws for the years 1886 and 1887, and of the July state-\\nments of the Savings Bank of East Saginaw for the same years, will prove\\ninteresting as showing the progress made by the banking institutions of the\\ntwo cities.\\nDuring the year the comparison of the statements of the First National\\nBank of East Saginaw shows an increase in resources of $49,543.94 in loans\\nand discounts of $65,685.00, and in surplus fund of $10,000.\\nThe Second National Bank of Elast Saginaw increased its resources $65,-\\n221.60; and its loans and discounts_$78,688. 16.\\nThe Home National Bank of East Saginaw showed an increase in resources\\nof Sl45,129.41 in loans and discounts of $222,551.52 and in surplus of\\n$4,000.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "51 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nThe East Saginaw National Bank increased $40,540.21 in resources\\n$25,719.01 in loans and discounts, and $8,000 in surplus.\\nThe First National Bank of Saginaw City increased its resources 399,-\\n086.85 its loans and discounts $35,954.53 and its surplus $15,000.\\nThe Citizens National Bank of Saginaw City increased its resources $52,-\\n487.02, and its surplus $5,000 but showed a slight decrease in loans and dis-\\ncounts, this item being $5,343.07 less in 1887 than in 1886.\\nThe Savings Bank of East Saginaw increased its resources by $107,501.97;\\nits loans and discounts $85,826.98 and its surplus $10,000, in the year from\\nJuly, 1886, to July, 1887.\\nIt will thus be seen that the seven banks above mentioned made an aggre-\\ngate increase of $559,511.00 in resources, $504,082.75 in loans and discounts,\\nand $52,000 in surplus, during the year showing an active banking business,\\nand indicating a busy employment of capital, A gratifying fact shown in the\\nstatement of the Savings Bank of East Saginaw is the increase in its deposits\\nfrom July, 1886, to July, 1887, of $95,421.36, showing that the year was a\\nprosperous one for the people genei-ally.\\nIn addition to the banks above mentioned the People s Savings Bank of\\nEast Saginaw, and the Saginaw County Savings Bank, of Saginaw City, opened\\nfor business during the year, and the substantial and prosperous private bank-\\ning house of George L. Burrows Co., in Saginaw City, and that known as\\nSeligman s Bank of Commerce, in East Saginaw, also do a very large and\\nactive business.\\nThe paid up capital and surplus of the corporate banking institutions of\\nthe Saginaws is as follows\\nBank. Capital. Surplus.\\nFirst National, East Saginaw 100,000 50,000\\nSecond National, East Saginaw 150,000 30,000\\nHome National, East Saginaw 300,000 54,000\\nEast Saginaw National Bank 100,000 15,000\\nFirst National Bank, Saginaw City 200,000 100,000\\nCitizens National Bank, Saginaw City 100,000 25,000\\nSavings Bank of East Saginaw 50,000 35,000\\nPeople s Savings Bank, Ease Saginaw 50,000\\nSaginaw County Savings Bank, Saginaw Cit} 50,000\\nTotal $1,100,000 $309,000", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "RKAL ElSTTAT^El.\\nA SPIRIT OF IMPROVEMENT MANIFEST IN\\nTHE SAGINA\\\\VS.\\nTHE condition of the real estate market in the Saginaws is not what would\\nbe called, in the modern speculative sense, a boom, by which is meant\\nan unhealthy and temporary inflation of values beyond all possibility of main-\\ntenance, but it is, nevertheless, in a healthy state, the demand for good\\nproperties being sti ong and an advance in prices commensurate with the growth\\nand bright prospects of the two cities is well sustained.\\nIn Saginaw City the improvement in the real estate outlook is especiall}\\nmarked. Great progress has been made in the erection of buildings there in\\nthe past few years, and there is not only an augmentation of the number, but\\nalso a decided advance in the character of the buildings which have recently\\nbeen erected. Many of them would do credit, from an architectual standpoint,\\nto the largest cities of the Union, while all are of a substantial and permanent\\ncharacter. A gratifying feature in connection with the improvements in Sagi-\\nnaw City is the fact that they have been effected by residents, are designed for\\npermanent investment, and are a manifestation of the confidence felt in the\\ntown and its future by its own citizens. This confidence is full}- justified by\\nthe situation and prospects of the city. Most advantageously situated for\\npermanent residence, occupying the highest ground in this vicinity, its\\nlocation is unsurpassed, while recent improvements in switching facilities\\nmake it specially attractive for the location of manufactures, for which eligible\\nsites are here numerous. In addition to these advantages, the recent passage\\nof the act to consolidate the two cities has brought about a consideration of\\nthe attractions of the west side for residence purposes, and it is the view of\\nmany that the fashionable quarter of the consolidated Saginaw of the future\\nwill be on the Saginaw City side. These, and other causes, have contributed to", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saqinawr. 53\\ncreate an active demand for property on that side of the river, and to cause to\\nbe placed on the market a large portion of the town tract which has heretofore\\nbeen withheld from sale. A number of notable accessions have lately been\\nmade to the manufacturing concerns in Saginaw Cit} and several others are\\nprojected which will aid in swelling the volume of its productive industries^\\nand add to its wealth and population. The prices of real estate have ad-\\nvanced, but not unreasonably so, and the values of business and residence\\nproperty now maintained are not excessive, and are fairly based upon the ad-\\nvantages and prospects of the cit} The market shows no speculative features\\nmost of the transactions being made with a view to improvement, and those\\nlooking for manufacturing sites or locations for residence or business will find\\nthem obtainal)le at lair figures.\\nIn East Saginaw, also, there is a healthy state of affairs in the real estate\\nmarket, and the cit}- is growing at a rate more rapid than at any previous\\nperiod of its history. A number of important transfers of city property were\\nmade during the past year, most of which were sales made to parties who have\\ninvested for the purpose of improvement. Two subdivisions have been added\\nto the city during the past few years, and the lots in them have met a steady\\ndemand, for residence purposes. A nymber of manufacturing locations have\\nbeen disposed of in various parts of the city. There has been some advance\\nin prices, but not more than is justified by the steady growth of the population\\nand increase in productive industries and it is believed by those best qualified\\nto judge that prices will advance considerably from present figures. The con-\\nsolidation measure has contributed to give an impetus to the real estate mar-\\nket, and the demand for good properties shows a gratifying and increasing\\nactivit}-.\\nThere are no real estate boards or associations in either of the cities to\\ngive figures showing the volume of the transactions in real estate, all the\\ntrading in city property being done through individual agents but those en-\\ngaged in the business report the market as being in a more satisfactory con-\\ndition than for many j ears past.\\nOutside of property in the two cities, there is a large amount of business\\ndone here in pine lands and farms. In timbered lands there has been great\\nactivity during the past 3 ear, the upward tendency of prices for lands of this\\ncharacter being marked, and many transactions in this class of property have\\nbeen consummated in the past few months, involving large amounts. Some of\\nthe heaviest holders of pine lands in the country live in the Saginaws, and\\ntheir holdings not only embrace tracts in Michigan, but also extend to all the\\ntimbered regions of the country, and a vast amount of the pine lands of Wis-\\nconsin, Minnesota, and even of the Southern States and Pacific Coast are", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "54 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nowned here. In farming lands there is a good demand for first-class properties\\nin all parts of the Saginaw Valley, in which the agricultural population is\\nannually increasing. It was thought, in an early da} that the land in the\\nSaginaw Valley was for the most part useless for the purposes of agriculture,\\nthere being, in all parts of the country, a false impression that pine lands were\\nnecessarily sterile. This, however, has long since been disproved b} the test\\nof experience, and no one, at this date, would attempt to stigmatize the land\\nof the Saginaw Valley as pine barrens. On the contrary, the land in this\\nvicinity is, acre for acre, as productive as that of an} region of the country\\nagriculture is as remunerative here as anywhere, and far more so than in many\\nother parts of the west. This fact is now becoming well known, and as a con-\\nsequence, the demand for farming locations in the Valley is annually becoming\\nmore active.\\nIn all its departments the real estate business of the Saginaws is in a\\nhealthy condition, and as the demand for real estate is always a reliable\\nbarometer of the prosperity of a community, this state of affairs may be ac\\ncepted as an indication favorable to the future of the Saginaws.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "TTHEl T:^W0 CITTIEIS.\\nTHEIR LOCATION AND RESOURCES\u00e2\u0080\u0094 HOW\\nTHEY ARE GOVERNED.\\nTHE intimate relations between the two Sagiuaws, separated only by a stream\\nbridged in five places, causes the events of their history to blend into\\neach other, so that it would be difficult to record the doings of the past as to\\none without frequent reference to matters equally affecting the other. One in\\ninterest, it has long been apparent to the foreseeing that it was manifestly the\\ndestiny of the two cities, at some time or other, to become united under one\\nmunicipal organization, and this has already been provided for in the act of\\nthe Legislature for the consolidation of the two cities in 1891. The idea of\\nconsolidation is not a new one, but has been frequently agitated from time to\\ntime during the past quarter of a century, and in 1873 a strong effort was made\\nto secure a union of the two cities, but a popular vote showed that public sen-\\ntiment was not yet ripe for the consummation of the measure and the party of\\nconsolidation was at that time defeated.\\nTHE CITY OP SAGINAW.\\nIncidental to the brief historical chapters beginning this work mention has\\nbeen made of the organization of Saginaw first as a village, and later, in 1857,\\nas a city. At the time of its incorporation its commercial and professional\\ninterests were represented by sixty-five offices, stores and shops, and it had\\nfour churches, two society rooms, the Union and two select schools, and the\\nold-time court house and jail. Following that year, however, the city began\\nrapidly to advance streets were laid out, shade trees were planted, and in\\nthree 3 ears its population had advanced from 536 inhabitants at the time of\\nits incorporation to 1,712 in 1860. It has since seen good times and bad ones,\\nbut its general trend has been in the direction of growth, and the advance of", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "58 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nits population gives evidence of stability, the figures in 1866 having reached\\n5,426 in 1870, 7,460 in 1876, 9,890 in 1880, 10,522 in 1884, 13,767 and\\nin 1887, 16,753. The city is the oldest in the Saginaw Valley, and its location\\nis in every respect favorable to permanent residence and to the establishment\\nof prosperous industries. It is located on the west bank of the Saginaw River,\\neighteen miles from Saginaw Bay and near the junction of the Saginaw, Titta-\\nbawassee and Shiawassee rivers, its city limits inclosing an area of about eight\\nsquare miles. It is well laid out, and contains a large number of handsome\\nresidences and imposing business blocks, which would do credit to any city on\\nthe continent. Its facilities for the manufacture of rough and dressed lumber,\\nshingles, sash, doors and all other lumber products are unsurpassed, and it is\\nthe home of a large number of the most productive of this class of industries.\\nIt is at the head of navigation of the Saginaw River and is connected with the\\noutside world by rail lines in every direction, and is equally well supplied in\\nthis respect with its sister city on the e?st side of the river. It is connected\\nwith East Saginaw by two railroad and three other iron bridges and two street\\nrailway lines. The Court House, one of the handsomest structures of its kind\\nin the country, was erected in 1884-5 at the expense of the city for the county\\nat a cost of over $100,000, and in addition it has the Teutonia Opera House,\\nArmory Hall, Arbeiter Hall and other public halls it has the Holly system of\\nwater works, an efficient fire department, is well supplied with gas for private\\nlighting, and the Jenny electric light plant is now in operation for public illu-\\nmination. It has fourteen church structures, five of which are built of brick,\\nand affords church privileges for people of all faiths.\\nThe water works system of Saginaw City is very complete, and now runs\\none set of Holly quadruplex pumping engines, with a capacity of 2,000,000\\ngallons per day, and one set of new Gaskill horizontal pumping engines with\\n5,000,000 gallons daily capacity. It is contemplated soon to replace the old\\nHolly set by another set of Gaskill engines with a capacity of 8,000,000 gallons\\nper day, which will give to the city a capacity for supplying 13,000,000 gallons\\nof water daily. These Gaskill engines are made by the Holly Manufacturing\\nCompany, of Lockport, N. Y., and are their latest and most highly improved\\npumping apparatus. In connection with the system over twenty miles of pipe\\nare laid and 200 hydrants ai-e used.\\nDuring the past few years the spirit of improvement has taken possession\\nof the people, and man}^ conveniences have been added. A large amount of\\nadditional pavement has been laid, a charter has been given to the new Union\\nstreet railway, affording a competing connection between the two cities, and\\nrecently a very important move has been made in granting a franchise to the\\nF. P. M. Railway to build a belt line around the city, t ^The eTenn} electric\\nlight system of the city runs 73 arc lights for public lighting and has a capacity", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saoinaws. 59\\nfor 78, the stationary engine being an automatic cut-off, tested 78 horse-\\npower, with a steel tubuhxr boiler having a pressure of 125 pounds to the square\\ninch three dynamos, two of which are of 30 lights each, and one 18 lights, run-\\nning 1,200 revolutions per minute, and the plant includes an automatic indi-\\ncator, which shows which lights are running and which are out. The franchise\\nof the Jenny Company expires in 18S8, when there is some prospect of the\\ncity procuring the plant and running it. The following named gentlemen\\nf^ompose the present city government Mayor, John H. Shackleton Recorder,\\nDavid Crowley; Controller, William Binder; Treasurer, John W. Richardson\\nCity Attorney, F. E. Emerick Street Commissioner, Henry F. Allen Cit}\\nMarshal, Zachariah Raskins Chief Engineer of Fire Department, Philip\\nOpfergelt Poundmaster, William Mahlebeu. In addition to these officers\\nthere are six Aldermen, one from each of the wards of the city, and Boards of\\nHealth, of Education and Water Commissioners.\\nTHE CITY OF EAST SAGINAAV.\\nIn a former portion of this work reference has been made to the early\\nhistory of East Saginaw, and it has been shown that the city made rapid\\ngrowth from the beginning. It has sustained, during the later years, the\\nrecord of its earlier growth, and it is annually increasing in population and\\nimportance. The assessed valuation of real and personal property in the city\\nhas increased over thirty per cent, in the past eight years, and the steady in-\\ncrease in the number and volume of the industries of the city is favorable to a\\ncontinuance of prosperity and expansion.\\nThe citj is located on the east side of the Saginaw River, sixteen miles\\nfrom Saginaw Bay, and its facilities for communication with the outside world\\nhave been set forth in a previous chapter. In area the city covers 3,904.82\\nacres, and its present population is about 35,000. It presents every attraction\\nfor permanent residence, is favored with a healthful climate, its people are\\nprogressive and public spirited, and the social advantages embrace everj\\nmodern aid to progress and advancement. A commendable pride is felt by\\nthe citizens in the city and its advantages, and every movement looking to the\\nmaterial advancement of the cit} meets with encouragement.\\nThe city is well built, many of the business blocks and more pretentious\\ni-esidences ranking among the finest in the State. The municipal government\\nof the city has ever been characterized b}- a public spirited liberality in all\\npossible measures to promote the health and comfort of citizens, and the\\npublic expenditures have been judiciously made so as to secure every public\\nimprovement possible to be made with due regard to proper economy of fiscal\\nmanagement. The cit}- has over thirtee miles of paved streets, to wiiich", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "60 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nthree miles additional will be added in 1888, and had at the beginning of 1887\\ntwenty-two miles of sewers, to which important additions, involving an ex-\\npenditure of $100,000, have been made during the year.\\nThe water supply of the city is ample and of good qualit}^, the water be-\\ning brought from a point near the junction of the Saginaw with the Tittalia-\\nwassee and Shiawassee rivers. The Holly water works are supplied with\\nquadruplex compound pumping engines of great power, one of them having a\\npumping capacity of 6,000,000 gallons, and the other of 2,000,000 gallons per\\ndiem. The water supply is managed by the Board of Water Commissioners\\nand the plant of the water works covers over 11 acres of gi ound, with all\\nnecessary buildings.\\nThere are two street railway s, with branches, wholl} within the city limits,\\nin addition to which there are two lines between East Saginaw and Saginaw\\nCity.\\nThe lighting facilities of the city are not surpassed, the street lighting be-\\ning done by means of electric arc lights, and the lighting of stores and\\nresidences being by incandescent lights and an ample supply of gas. Tele-\\ngraph and telephone connections are ample for the needs of business, and the\\ndistrict telegraph system has been in use for more than a year past.\\nIn May last the system of issuing building permits, in vogue in most large\\ncities, was introduced, and during the six months following permits were issued\\nfor the construction of 117 new buildings, and for alterations and repairs to\\n97 buildings.\\nIn the means for procuring the necessities and comforts of life the city is\\namply supplied. In the surrounding country all kinds of vegetables and fruits\\nare raised, and food of every kind is plentiful and cheap. In all mercantile\\nlines the stores of this city are completely stocked, and many of them compare\\nfavorably in any respect with the largest of the retail establishments in Detroit.\\nReference will be found elsewhere to the social and educational institutions of\\nthe city, and much matter in regard to its advantages will be found classified\\nunder proper heads.\\nThe city government is composed of the Mayor, a Common Council and\\nother officers, charged with special duties. The Common Council consists of\\nthe Mayor, Recorder, Clerk, and eighteen Aldermen, two of whom are elected\\nfrom each ward. The following are the city oflScers for 1887-88 Mayor,\\nHenry M. Youmans Recorder, Walter J. Lamson City Clerk, Ferd A.\\nAshley; City Controller, Edwin Aikin City Treasurer, James F. Brown Cit}-\\nAssessor, Frederick Hartmann City Attorney, Robert B. McKnight City\\nEngineer, John J. Granville City Physician, Jonathan S. Rouse Health", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 61\\nOfficer, Titus Duncan Director of the Poor, James S. Kerns, Sr. Street\\nSiiporinlondent, William Grant; Chief of Police, T. Dailcy Mower; (Miief of\\nFire Department, Marshall G. Smith Police Judge, John E. Nolan.\\nTHE VILLAGE OF OARROLLTON.\\nAdjoining the cit} of Saginaw on the north is the village of Carrollton, in\\nwhich a large and steadily increasing number of saw mills, planing mills, box\\nfactories, manufactures of barrels, sash, etc., and salt works are situated. The\\nvillage is favorably located as to transportation and other business facilities,\\nand many sites adapted to the introduction of a still greater number of manu-\\nfactures are located there. The population of the village is annually increas-\\ning, and its prospects are bright to become one of the most prosperous sections\\nof the consolidated city of Saginaw, of which it will form a part.\\nThese three prosperous municipalities are united in many bonds of com-\\nmon interest, and the Legislature of the State has made provision for their\\nconsolidation in one government under the name of Saginaw. This will be,\\nundoubtedly, the second city in the State, and will only be excelled by Detroit\\nin population, wealth, and commercial resources.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "SOaiAL KAQTTS.\\nSAGINAV/ INSTITUTIONS DEVOTED TO CHAR-\\nITY, INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT.\\nIN the foregoing pages an endeavor has been made to present the advantages\\nof the Saginaws from a business view. In the present chapter it is pro-\\nposed to show that the social side of life is here no less attractive, and that\\nin addition to business facilities, all the advantages of modern civilization\\nwhich make up desirability^ for permanent residence can here be found. In\\nall the means for the enjoyment of social existence and the pursuit of happiness\\nin instruction or pleasure, the Saginaws are well provided, and organizations\\nare plentiful for ministering to human wants in religion, education, social in-\\ntercourse, music, the drama, literature and all the various objects which\\nindicate the mtelligence, enlightenment and human s^-rapath}- of the people.\\nChurches. It was once humorously observed by a public speaker in an\\naddress upon early days in the Saginaws, that In the high times of Sagi-\\nnaw City, they had started everything except a church and it is doubtless\\ntrue that the pioneers of the Valley did not bring with them any excessive\\nstock of piety. Yet the earliest white visitor to this region was a raissionar3\\nand from the earliest history of the American settlement endeavors were\\nmade by zealous men and women to build up the cause of religion here. The\\nsuccess of their efforts is well attested by the fact that every shade of religious\\nfaith is represented in the Saginaws, and that many of the ecclesiastical\\nstructures of the two cities are among the most beautiful and elaborate build-\\nings of this character to be found in the State. The clergy of the Saginaws\\nis able and the religious advantages of the cities are such as to commend them\\nto church-going people.\\nSchools. Michigan as a State is justly proud of the advanced position\\nit has ever taken in the cause of public education, and the public school system\\nhas been fostered in the Saginaws by the cheerful aid of citizens, and judicious", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "EAST SAGINAW ACADEMY OP MUSIC.\\nEAST SAUINAW HOME FOR THE I UJENDLESS.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saoinaws. 65\\ndirection of those entrusted with the management of scholastic affairs. The\\nlu-st school district in Saginaw County was organized April 18, 1837, and com-\\nprised the territory now covered by Saginaw, East Saginaw, Carrollton and a\\nradius of about six miles in every direction. This district had one school\\n-house, located in Saginaw City, and the first teacher was Horace Beach, of New\\nYork. Even before this time there had been a private school conducted for\\nabout two years. The history of education in the Saginaws has, from that\\nearly day to the present time, been progressive, and the educational facilities\\nhave kept pace with the municipal and social growth of the two cities. Sagi-\\nnaw City has invested many thousands of dollars in its school buildino-s, of\\nwhich it has eight, with a capacity for the accommodation of three thousand\\npupils. The High School, which is recognized by the faculty of the State\\nUniversity as a preparatory department of that institution, its graduates being\\nadmitted to the University classes without re-examination, is ably managed\\nand under judicious guidance. In addition to the public schools are a num-\\nber of educational institutions under the auspicious of various churches, in-\\ncluding the St. Andrews Academy, connected with the Catholic parish of St.\\nAndrews, conducted by the Sisters of Providence the Lutheran and St. Paul s\\n(German) Church Schools, and a Kindergarten School, conducted under the\\nauspices of the Teutonia Societj\\nEast Saginaw has an efficient school system, and the public educational\\nfjicilities include a high school and thirteen district schools, with an enrollment\\nof 4,537 pupils, and the average attendance during the year ending in Julv,\\n1887, was over 95 percent. Two years ago this citj^ took the initiative in this\\nState in furnishing free text books to all pupils, thus placing all on the same\\nlevel. The school system of the city is in charge of the Board of Education,\\ncomposed of eighteen members, two School Inspectors being elected from each\\nof the wards of the city. Ninety teachers are employed, and the schools are\\nefficiently nganaged and under the general supervision of Mr. C. B. Thomas,\\nSuperintendent of Schools. Outside of this comprehensive and well conducted\\npublic school system there are a number of educational establishments con-\\nnected with various churches and societies, or conducted under private auspices.\\nAmong these are the German Catholic School of the Sacred Heart, the Indus-\\ntrial Mission School, St. Hedwig s School, St. John German Lutheran, St.\\nMary s Academy, the Kindergarten School, controlled by the Germania Society,\\nand two business colleges.\\nLibraries. Well stocked libraries are maintained in connection with\\nthe public schools both in Saginaw City and East Saginaw, the latter being\\nformed l)y the consolidation of the Young Men s and the old East Saginaw\\nlibraries in November, 1873, and containing 7,488 books, in charge of Mrs. Luc}-\\nHoughton as librarian. A munificent provision for the future library facilities", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "66 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nof East Saginaw was made b} the will of the late Jesse Ho^ t. By tlie same\\nthe laud known as Hoyt Park was also devised to the city, but as part of the\\nconsideration of the transfer to the city of the park, such sum as the city might\\nappropriate was to be used in defraying the expenses of the library. The city\\nin 1883 agreed in consideration of the transfer to it of the park to pay the\\ntrustees $1,000 annually, to be used in the care and maintenance of the library\\nproperty, such payment to commence as soon as the library building is ready\\nfor use, and to continue thereafter so long as the library shall be kept up and\\nmaintained, and the city also assumes all taxes and assessments upon the\\nlibrary property. The trustees of the library received from the Michigan\\nexecutor of the estate of Jesse Hoyt, deceased, $100,000 on February 7, 1883,\\nand four lots in Hoyt s plat, and their last annual statement showed the gross\\nearnings of the fund and property for the four years preceding to have been\\n$28,302.06. The library building is now in course of construction and will\\ncost about $50,000, and will in all probability be ready for occupancy in the\\nsummer of 1888. The library will be a free consulting and reference library,\\nand the provision made for its maintenance is sufficient to sustain a large and\\nvaluable collection of literature. The Germfinia Institute also has a large\\nlibrary of books in the German language.\\nAmusements and Recreations.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The means of enjoyment supplied\\nby the Saginaws are numerous and suited to the various tastes of different\\nclasses of people. For the lovers of the drama the Academy of Music, situated\\non the corner of Washington avenue and William street, in P]ast Saginaw, offers\\nsurperior attractions, it being one of the finest theatres in the State, and in the\\nconvenience of its arrangements not surpassed by an}- in the West. It was\\nbuilt in 1884, the first performance taking place December 16, and is owned by_\\nthe Academy of Music Company, of which W. L. Webber is President, W. 11.\\nBurt, Vice-President, and J. B. Peter, Secretary. The building, which cost\\n$70,000, is 70x140 feet in dimensions, has a stage 35 feet deep b^- 68 feet in\\nwidth, and its auditorium, which has a seating capacity of 1,200 people, is ad-\\nmirably adapted for obtaining a good view of the stage from every part of the\\nhouse, is comfortably seated, and has in addition to the orchestra circle, par-\\nquette, dress circle and gallery, four boxes and ten loges. Its appointments\\nand scenery are in every respect firstclass, and the attractions offered include\\nthose of the highest grade, such well-known stars as Booth, Barrett, Salvini,\\nFanny Davenport, etc., having filled engagements at this theatre. It is eligibly\\nlocated in reach of street cars from all parts of East Saginaw, South Saginaw\\nand Saginaw City. In addition to the Academy of Music there are other minor\\ntheatres and halls in each of the cities, and several social and musical societies\\ndevoted to the purpose of securing entertainment for their members and\\nfriends.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the SAniNAws. 67\\nThe East Saginaw Driving f ark is a mile track, and driving and trotting\\nmeetings are held annuall}^, presenting many of the most famous animals on\\nthe turf. This track is admitted by horsemen to be the best in the State, and\\nit has had a national reputation ever since Goldsmith Maid made her best\\ntime on this track.\\nWhile but little work has been done looking toward the improvement of\\nthe park property of the city, East Saginaw is well supplied for the future, the\\nwill of the late Jesse Hoyt having vested in the cit^ title to a tract of twenty-\\neight and one-third acres of land fronting on Washington avenue, south of\\nBrewster street. A provision has been made to excavate lakes and fill the low\\ngrounds adjacent to them with the excavated material, and it is probable that\\nin the course of a few j-ears the park will be put in good shape for the use of\\nthe citizens. The city also owns a tract, 1,000 feet square, at the junction of\\nTuscola, Park and Second streets, known as Park Street Park.\\nCharitable Institutions. Organizations for the relief of suffering\\nand distress are the best evidence that can be given of the benevolence of a\\ncommunity. In East Saginaw there are several societies formed for benevolent\\nobjects, and a prominent institution of this character is the Home for the\\nFriendless, comfortably- housed in an elegant building shown in an illustration\\non another page of this book. The society was organized in 1870 for the\\nbenefit of destitute women, and the Home is located at the southeast corner\\nof Bates and IMcCoskr} streets. The officers in charge of this benificent\\ninstitution are Mrs. A. H. Comstock, President Mrs. C. S. Draper, Vice-\\nPresident Miss Burt, Recording Secretary Mrs. W. F. Potter, Corresponding\\nSecretary, and 3Irs. Adelaide C. Fisher, Matron, There is a Board of Managers\\nconsisting of twenty-four ladies, and a Board of Counsel consisting of six gen-\\ntlemen. The institution has proven of great benefit in the alleviation of suf\\nfering and destitution, and its management has been such as to reflect the\\nhighest credit upon those having its affairs in charge.\\nTwo benevolent institutions maintained by the Catholic Church are St.\\nMary s Hospital and St. Vincent s Orphans Home. The hospital was estab-\\nlished in 1874 under the auspices of the Sisters of Charity, five of whom are\\nin charge of the details of its management, and the institution, which is\\nlocated at 830 South Jefferson street, has an average of twenty-five inmates.\\nThe St. Vincent s Orphans Home is locuted at 206 Bates street, has an average\\nof eighty-five inmates, and is under the management of Sister Cecilia, Superior,\\nassisted by seven Sisters of Charity.\\nSocieties. In the Saginaws there are a number of associations for\\nl)cnevolent and social objects, and the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of\\nPythias, Knights of Honor and all other leading secret and benevolent orders\\nin the United States are represented by lodges, etc., having large memberships.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "68 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nThe German residents of the city have a number of societies similar to those\\nusually conducted where people of this nationality arc numerous, prominent\\namong which is the Germania Society, which was organized September 2, 185fi,\\nhaving at that time onU aliout twenty members. In 1867 the Germania\\nSociet} was incorporated, and in 1877 the} erected the Germania Institute, a\\nsubstantial and artistic structure, which is shown in one of the illustrations of\\nthis book. The gardens surrounding the Institute cover a full block, brilliantl}\\nlighted with lamps of all colors, well shaded and supplied with seats and a\\nmusic pavilion in which a trained orchestra performs on stated occasions.\\nThe objects of the Germania Societ} are benevolent and social, and among\\nits prominent branches is the Maennerchor, or singing branch, with a member-\\nship of over sixty trained voices under the lirection of Prof. Yaeger. The\\nkindergarten branch has from sixt^ -five to seventy-five children and two\\nteachers, and the societ}- is seeking special legislation authorizing them to\\nestablish an insurance department for securing benefits to members in case of\\nsickness or death. In addition to the Institute, the society owns the building\\nin which the city offices are located on Genesee avenue, and which brings them\\na rental of $4,000 per annum. This property was the bequest of the late\\nAnthony- Schmitz, one of the earliest members of the society.\\nThe Arbeiter Untersteutzing Yerein, or the German Working Men s\\nMutual Benefit Association, owns an imposing structure at the corner of Janes\\nand Fourth streets, and is a societ}- for the mutual benefit of its members in\\ncase of sickness or death, and a branch of this societ} is also maintained in\\nSaginaw City and owns the Arbeiter Hall, at the corner of Adams and Oakley\\nstreets and four lots. Both are members of the State Bund.\\nThe Teutonia Society of Saginaw City is a literary and social organiza-\\ntion, and owns the spacious and imposing Teutonia Hall and Opera House.\\nThe society was organized over twenty-five years ago, and now has 120 mem-\\nberg. In connection with the society a kindergarten is conducted under the\\ncontrol of the ladies, and it is soon contemplated to add a gymnasium to other\\ndepartments of the society.\\nWithout the space to further particularize, it may be stated that the people\\nof the Saginaws are in every respect situated for enjoying the comforts, the\\npleasures and the amenities of social existence, and have all the means for\\nmaking life worth living.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "EAST SAGINAW\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ARBEITKR HALL.\\nEAST SAGINAW GEUMANIA INSTITUTE.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "TTHR PREISS.\\nTHE LEADING NEWSPAPERS ISSUED IN THE\\nTWO CITIES.\\nTHE American press is characteristic of the xiracrican people. It is vigorous,\\ntireless, and has a habit of speaking out in meeting. A successful\\nnewspaper is generally representative of the people of the place in which it is\\nlocated, and its value to a communit} is be3-ond estimate. In the Saginaws\\nthere are a number of newspapers, and they have aided, in no small degree, in\\npromoting the interests of the two cities in every useful wa^- and -aiding their\\nprogress to their present prosperous condition. The daily papers of the\\ntwo cities are The Courier, Herald, and News, of East Saginaw, and the Evening\\nJournal, of Saginaw City, each of which also publish weekly editions, and The\\nISaginaw Valley News and Tlie iSaginawian, both of Saginaw City, and The\\nSaturday Telegram, of East Saginaw, are weekl} papers. In addition to these\\nthere are two German weeklies, the Saginaw Post and the Saginawer Zeitung,\\nthe latter of which also publishes a Sunday edition called the Sonntagshlatt.\\nThe Saginaw Courier. George F. Lewis began, in 1859, the publica-\\ntion of The Weekly Courier. He was joined in 1863 by Major E. W. Lyon, and\\nin March, 1868, tlie firm was further augmented by the admission of R. M.\\nThompson and Joseph Seemann to the firm, the Daily Courier being then first\\npublished. Changes were afterward made in the firm, and in 1870 The Courier\\nCompany was incorporated. The oflRcers of the company now are W. L.\\nWebber, President Frank Lawrence, Secretary and Business Manager J.\\nB. Peter, Treasurer Directors, W. L. Webber, Frank Lawrence, J. B. J*eter,\\nT. E. Tarsney and E. D. Cowles. The editorial staff is composed of E. D.\\nCowles, editor F. W. Bushell, city editor C. B. Schaefer, news editor W.\\nE. Gardiner, assistant city editor, and other reporters. The paper is a favorite", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "72\\nThe Industries op the Saoinaws.\\nnot onl} in the Saginaws, but also throughout this section, and it exercises a\\npotent influence in all matters pertaining to this portion of the State. Mr.\\nCowles, its editor, is a forcible and logical writer, and is an able advocate of\\nthe interests of the Saginaws. The paper is supplied with all the means for\\npresenting the news from the world at large in a comprehensive manner, being\\na member of the Associated Press, and in local news its reports are complete\\nand accurate. It gives a dail}- record of the progress of the great lumber and\\nsalt industries, and is in every respect a thoroughly wide-awake and repre-\\nsentative journal. It is a favorite in both cities on account of the prominence\\ngiven to local interests, and has a larger circulation than any other paper in\\nthe Saginaw A^ alley. The Courier occupies a substantial and imposing three-\\nstory brick building, 35x150 feet in dimensions, and runs in connection a well\\nequipped job printing office, bindery, etc.\\nThe Saginaw Evening News.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The oldest and most influential\\nevening paper in the Saginaws is the Saginaw Evening News, which was estab-\\nlished May 2, 1880, by Joseph Seemann and Charles IT. Peters, who are still its\\nproprietors. The paper is a member of the Associated I ress and has every\\nfacility for obtaining the news of the State and the world at large in a complete\\nand accurate manner. Mr. John A. Walsh, a bright and industrious news-\\npaper man, has held the position of editor for the past three j-ears, and Mr. W.\\nF. Goldie has been assistant editor for about the same time. The firm owns", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saoinaws. 73\\nan imposing brick block on Tuscola street, between Franklin and ass streets,\\nand in addition to its newspaper business carries on a successful business as\\njob printers, for which thej- have a complete equipment. Mr. Seemann, of this\\nfirm, was formerly a member of the firm by which the Courier was founded, and\\nwas for thirteen years in charge of the job office of that establishment. Mr.\\nPeters, who has resided in this city for the past thirty-five years, was press-\\nman in the 6b?mer office for fifteen years prior to the formation of this firm.\\nThe enterprise has been a successful one, and the zealous advocacy b} the\\nNf^cs of local interests has made it a favorite with the people of the two cities\\nand the surrounding country. In June last a weekl}^ edition was added, and\\nthis also is building up a large circulation and a valuable influence.\\nSaginaw Herald. This paper was established September 1, 1878,\\nhaving previously bought the plant of the ^Saginaw Republican, and it has\\nsince been successfully conducted and is recognized as an able advocate of\\nlocal interests and Republican principles. The proprietors of the paper are\\nthe firm of Laing Brother, and in addition to a daily paper issued every\\nmorning, a weekly of large and growing circulation is issued. Its principal\\npoint ot excellence is the completeness with which local matters both in East\\nSaginaw and Saginaw City are daily presented, and its devotion to the interests\\nof the Valley has been an important aid to development and progress.\\nThe Saginaw Evening Journal. The only daily paper in Saginaw\\nCity is the Saginaw Evening Journal, which was established in April, 1886,\\nwith Mr. D. Z. Curtis as manager and editor and F. Bruce Smith as city editor.\\nThere had been several former attempts to sustain a daily paper in Saginaw\\nCit} but from various causes all had gone to join the innumerable throng in\\nthe newspaper graveyard. The Journal, however, is healthy and vigorous, is\\nunder good management, is alive to the interests of Saginaw City and has a\\nsubstantial patronage. Mr. Curtis, its editor, was with the Minneapolis press\\nprior to coming to Saginaw City, and Mr. F. Bruce Smith was the Saginaw\\nCity reporter of the Courier. He sustains his reputation as a hustler for\\nnews by his work on the Journal, and the combination is one which possesses\\nevery requisite to newspaper success. A weekly edition has just been added,\\nand this no doubt will also prove a successful venture. The paper deserves\\nthe support of the citizens of Saginaw Cit} and is getting it.\\nThe Saginawian. This paper, which was established nineteen years\\nago in Saginaw City, is under the guidance of that veteran journalist of the\\nSaginaw Valley, Mr. George F. Lewis, who is its proprietor and editor. Mr.\\nLewis was the founder of the Courier, and has long been recognized as an ex-\\nponent of the interests of the Saginaw Valley, possessing both ability and", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "74 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nzeal. The paper is Democratic in politics, has a large circulation throughout\\nthe Valley, and is published by the firm of Lewis Ganschow, who conduct a\\nsuccessful job printing establishment in connection with the paper.\\nThe Saginaw Valley News This newspaper was established in\\n1874 in Saginaw City bj- Mr. Charles H. Lee, who still remains its proprietor\\nand editor, and it has from that time to the present sustained a reputation for\\ndevotion to local interests and Republican principles. Mr. Lee is a old news-\\npaper man, and the paper is a welcome visitor to homes throughout the Sagi-\\nnaw Valley. The publishers of the paper are Messrs. Lee Stoelker, who\\nhave in connection with the newspaper a job office which is noted for^turning\\nout first class work.\\nSaturday Telegram. This bright and newsy weekly is published\\nby Elmer S. Crawford, having an office in the Herald building on Cass street\\nin East Saginaw, and is filled with interesting and entertaining matter, and in\\naddition to the discussion of local topics presents a large amount of miscella-\\nneous reading, and is a popular and successful, journal.\\nGERMAN PAPERS.\\nSaginawer Zeitung. The oldest German paper in the State, outside\\nof Detroit, is the Saginawer Zeitung, which was established in 1868 and has\\nsince been steadily issued. It is published on Wednesday of each week, and\\nsince 1881 has also published a Sunday edition, called the Saginawer Sonntags-\\nhlatt. It is published by the firm of Bierle Buergermeister, and has long\\nenjoj ed a large circulation among the German people of the Saginaw Valley\\nand the State at large.\\nThe Saginaw Post.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Another German weekly, established about a\\nyear ago, which has already built up a large circulation and an important in-\\nfluence among the German people of the Saginaw Valley and Northern Michi-\\ngan, is the Saginaw Post. It is enterprising and vigorous and presents news\\nin an attractive manner with intelligent comments upon affairs interesting to\\nthe people of this section. Its success from the start was so great that in nine\\nmonths from its inauguration it was enabled to enlarge. The proprietors and\\npu])lishers of the ))aper are F. C. Reitter, an enterprising firm of job printers.\\nThe success of these newspapers, and the hearty support they receive\\nfrom the people of the Saginaw Valle} is abundant evidence of the intelligent\\nappreciation by the people of the efforts made by the papers in their behalf.\\nThe} have earned success and support by zealous advocacy of all measures to\\npromote the growth and development of the industries and material interests\\nof the Saginaws and the Valle} at large.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "MORLEY BROTHERS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (8ee opposite page.)", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "RRPRRBRNTATIVR HOUBRS.\\nLEADING MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS AND\\nBUSINESS FIRMS OF THE SAGINAWS.\\nn ^IIE object of this concluding chapter is lo present the history- and existing\\nJL status of the principal mercantile and manufacturing corporations and\\nlirms, whose capiLal, energy and enterprise have been and are the most im-\\nportant factors in the developuient of tlie resources and expansion of the trade\\nof the Sagiuaws. The houses mentioned arc all reliable firms, and whatever\\ntiie list may lack of being coui[)lete is not chargeable to any bias on the pt .rt\\nof the editor oi- i)ublishers.\\nMorley Brothers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hardware 117, 119, 121 and 123 North Washing-\\nton avenue, and 118, 120, 122 and 124 North Water street East Saguiaw.\\nAs a conspicuous example of success in business pursuits in the Saginaws,\\nthe great house of 3Ioiley rothers presents a most notable instance, its\\nbusiness having steadily expanded from year to year from the original\\nformation of tiie firm to the present time, and so grown that the firm now\\noccupies a position as the hardware house having the largest number of lines\\nin America, and in many respects superior to any other in tlie world. The\\nbusiness was originally inaugurated upon a comparatively small scale in a\\nframe building at the corner of Cass street and(Jenesee avenue in 18G3. This\\nbuilding was erected on posts to raise it from the pond beneath, and the sur-\\nroundings were a blacksmith shop on one side, and the pond on the other. In\\n18(i5, more room being demanded by the business, it was removed to Empire\\nblock on Water street, and the continued increase of the business caused the\\nfirm to add store after store, until they occupied seven of them, each in turn\\nproving insufficient for the accommodation of the business, being scattered,\\nand the arrangements for doing business hampered by many disadvantages.\\nOn April 1, 1881, premises were purchased of Jesse Hoyt fronting !\u00c2\u00bbG feet on\\nWashington avenue and running through to Water street, with a depth of 240\\nfeet, and having a frontage of 150 feet on Water street, which had been oc-\\ncupied previously by a summer garden. On April 1, 1882, the business was", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saoinaws.\\nremoved to the new building, which had been erected in the meantime. In\\nthis building, which was purposely designed for the uses of the business, ad-\\nvantage was taken of all the points gleaned in visits b} the members of the\\nfirm to New York, Chicago, St, Louis and Cincinnati. The building was\\ndesigned by Burnham Root, of Chicago, and as completed forms one of the\\nmost massive, substantial and elegant business structures in the country. The\\nclassical proportions and elegant design of the building serve to satisfy the\\nartistic eye, while from a utilitarian standpoint, more gratification will be found\\nin noting the massive strength of the building, its proof against ordinary acci-\\ndent, its stone piers, large enough for a lighthouse, wrought iron beams, heavy\\nenough for the spans of railroad bridges, and masonry which would serve as a\\ndefense against iieavy ordnance. The floors and shelving are the only wood\\nin the building, the ceilings being iron, and as a preventive against fire pipes\\nand hose connect with each floor. The building is a four-stor^- and basement\\nstructure, the basement being devoted to the storage of oils, paints and painters\\nsupplies, long rows and tiers of casks, bau els and kegs filling it completely.\\nEmerging from the basement into the iron room in the rear of the building,\\nand opening on Water street, is a busy scene, iron of all shapes and sizes\\nstanding in vast racks, and chains, cables, anchors and iron in a thousand\\nshapes are found. Here also is room for fifteen teams, and a force of men is\\nkept busy loading and unloading, or transferring goods to the elevators for dis-\\ntribution through the building. Entering the building on the main floor\\nfrom Washington avenue the space is divided into three, each making a large\\nstore. In the center of the building, about fift\\\\ feet back from the Washing-\\nton avenue front, are offices for the book-keepers and proprietors, and spacious\\nvaults lighted by a large skylight. The oflflces are fitted up in a most elaborate\\nmanner, having the appearance of a well equipped bank. The three divisions\\nare for house furnishing hardware, shelf hardware and saddlery and carriage\\nhardw are, each of which departments is presided over by an experienctd man-\\nager. The packing department occupies part of the second floor, in which are\\npiles of packages of all shapes and sizes, coils of rope, rolls of belting, tools of all\\nkinds and for all trades, boxes of glass, kegs of nails, tons of bolts, boxes of\\nglass, pots and kettles in vast supply, lumbermen s tools of ever} description,\\netc. The third floor is devoted to the storage of goods, and here also are\\nfound racks filled with rules, log sticks, board measures, etc. On the fourth\\nfloor is a large supply of horse collars, embracing every conceivable style and\\nmake, heavy collars for draft horses, light collars for smaller animals, fancy col-\\nlars for fine equipages, stacks of saddles, piles of wheels, bent wood for carriage\\nwork, etc. In part of the old headquarters of the house, half a block distant\\non Water street, is carried on the manufacture of Morley Brothers unequalled\\nline of tools for lumbermen, and fine carriage, coach and heav} harness and\\nlumber horse collars. The floor space in their main building aggregates 80,000\\nsquare feet, and without further attempting, within the limited space possible\\nin this article, to describe their stock in detail, it is sufficient to saj that it is\\nunequalled in assortment and unsurpassed in extent, and covers everything in\\nthe line of hardware of every description. In July 1863, Messrs. George W.\\nand i^^dward W. Morley inaugurated this business, and seven months later Mr.\\nCiiarles II. Morley joined the firm. In February, 1883, the present joint stock\\ncompan}- was organized and incorporated, with a paid in capital of .$350,000,\\n.Messrs. George AV. Morley, Edward W. Morley, and their nephews, Albert M.\\n-Marshall, Albert H. Morley and John M. Morley and Mr. Thomas A. Hai-A ey\\nbeing the members of the company. Mr. George W. Morle} is President,\\nEdward W. Morley, Vice-President, and A. H. Morley, Secretary and Treasurer.\\nThe specialties of the firm are lumbering tools, consisting of peavies, cant", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saoinaws. 7f)\\nhooks, hand spikes, pike poles, setting poles, skidding tongs, swiiinp hooks,\\nloading blocks, chain hooks, raft dogs, etc. Their patent Railroad Step Ladder\\nis found in all the leading hardware houses in the country, and its convenience,\\ndurability, safety, and saving in time, labor and expense has been attested by\\nuse in stores, libraries and factories throughout the country and indorsed\\nby hundreds of testimonials. They also manufacture a large amount of\\nharnesses and all descriptions of harness furnishings, and in their various\\ndepartments give emplq^ ment to a force of 200 hands. Their trade covers\\nthe entire country, and is particularly large in all lumber districts. With un-\\nsurpassed facilities for the requisite display and shipment of goods, and with\\npractically limitless resources and systematic business methods, the firm has\\nbuilt up this vast business to the wonderful proportions which now make it\\nthe leading establishment in its line in the world.\\nWells, Stone Co. Pine Lands, Logs and Lumber Water street\\nSaginaw City. This well known and prosperous concern dates its inception\\nfrom 1867, when the firm of Northrop, Wells Co., of which Mr. A. W. Wright\\nwas a membei was formed, and the business was conducted under that st^ le\\nfor a year, when Mr. Northrop retired from the firm, and his place was taken\\nby Mr. Farnam C. Stone, who with Messrs. Charles W. Wells and A. W.\\nWright form the present firm. The original business of tiie firm was as whole-\\nsale grocers and dealers in lumbermen s supplies, to which was added the\\nbusiness of dealers in pine lands, logs and lumber, but in 1885, upon the\\nincorporation of the great Wells-Stone Mercantile Company, with Mr. C. W.\\nWells as President and Mr. F. C. Stone as Vice-President, the lumbermen s\\nsupply and grocery departments were relinquished to the company, the firm of\\nWells, Stone Co. continuing business as lumbermen and dealers in lands,\\nlogs, etc. Upon the firm account the} conduct two lumber camps in Gladwin\\nand Clare counties, employing one hundred and twent}^ men and fifteen teams,\\nand cut some 12,000,000 feet per season, selling their logs in this city and\\nthroughout the Valle3\\\\ As members of the A. W. Wright Lumber Co., of\\nwhich Mr. C. W. Wells is Vice-President and Mr. F. C. Stone Treasurer, they\\nconduct all the logging and lumbering operations of that great compan}-, lum-\\nbering in Clare, Roscommon and Gladwin counties, operating four camps, with\\nthree hundred men and sixt} horses, and running twent}^ miles of railroad,\\nwith three locomotives and sixty cars, cutting from 25,000.000 to 30,000,000\\nfeet eacTi season. As a firm, and through the A^arious companies the} are in-\\nterested in, the\\\\ are owners of large tracts of valuable pine and farming land\\nin this and other States, and the firm occupies in ever\\\\ respect a prominent\\nposition among the leading concerns in this department of industry.\\nJ. Bauman. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Dry Goods and Notions\\nCorner of Court and Washington streets Saginaw City. In the variety- of\\nits stock, the extent of its transactions, and in facilities for supplying the\\nwants of the public in everything in the line of dry goods and notions, the\\nestablishment of Mr. J. Bauman is not surpassed by any similar concern in the\\nState. The business was established upon a comparativel} modest scale\\ntwent} years ago by Mr. Bauman, who from that time to the present has re-\\nmained its sole proprietor, and by his thorough knowledge of all the details of\\nthe business, superior ability in the selection of the stock and constant and un-\\nremitting endeavors to give satisfaction to his customers, the trade has steadily\\nexpanded from 3 ear to year from the inception of the business until the\\npresent time, until now the establishment is one which reflects the highest\\ncredit npon the city, and which furnishes a striking example of the possibilities\\nfor business success in the Saginaws. The business premises occupied em-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "80 The Industries op the Saqinaws.\\nbrace two handsome stores, fronting 45 feet on Court street, and running back\\n125 feet into an extension of tliree stores, built and owned by himself, having\\na frontage of 75 feet on Washington street b} a depth of 75 feet. The build-\\ning is one of the handsomest in the Valley, and is fitted up with every con-\\nvenience and accessor} calculated to facilitate the operations of the business.\\nThe stocks carried are very large and are added to dail} the active business\\nconducted requiring constant accessions of new goods, and the enterprise of\\nMr. Bauman showing itself in the fact that every novelty is landed in the Sagi-\\nnaws as soon as produced. The stock embraces everything in staple dry goods,\\ndress goods, silks, velvets, plushes, flannels, linens, blankets, hosiery, (iotton\\ngoods, corsets, trimmings, underwear, woolen cloths, fancy goods, etc., in\\naddition to which the cloak department is stocked with the richest and most\\nsuperb lines of ladies misses and children s cloaks and wraps, sacques, New-\\nmarkets and jackets, a full line of seal garments and a large stock of shawls\\nwhile the carpet department is complete with everything in the line of velvets,\\nbody Brussels, tapestrj- Brussels, ingrains, rugs, etc., lace curtains and drap-\\neries. Mr. Bauman is also sole agent for Butterick s patterns and the Centemeri\\nkid gloves. Employment is given to a force of fift} competent clerks and\\nassistants, and the house enjoys, in addition to a ver} heavy retail patronage\\nfrom the Saginaws and surrounding country a considerable jobbing trade\\nthroughout Northern Michigan. Mr. Bauman is a thorough business man, and\\nsupervises all the details with a perfect system, and deals with all upon ac-\\ncurate, reliable and honorable methods, and it is due to the propriet}^ of his\\nbusiness conduct that the great success attained by this -leading establishment\\nhas been achieved.\\nO Donnell Spencer Manufacturers of Lumber; Planing Mill and\\nBox Shook Factory, (xenesee avenue and Flint Pere Marquette Railwaj-;\\nalso on the Michigan Central Railroad and Toledo, Mackinaw Saginaw liail-\\nroad East Saginaw. Among the large manufacturing concerns which have\\ncontributed in an important degree to the increase of the fame of the Saginaws\\nas a manufacturing center, that of O Donnell Spencer occupies an important\\nplace. The firm, which is composed of Messrs. P. A. O Donnell and C. K.\\nSpencer, was formed in 1883. The building occupied by the firm, together\\nwith the lumber yards adjoining, cover an area of 17^ acres, eligibly located\\nwith railroad tracks running to the mill doors, and affording every facility for\\nhandling and shipment of material and product. The main building, a two-\\nstory structure, 144x112 feet in dimensions, is equipped with all the most\\nmodern and improved machinery adapted to the manufacture of dressed lumbei\\nbox shooks, etc., propelled by an engine 18x22, fed bj two boilers, 5x16. The\\nfirm is largely engaged in the manufacture of flooring, siding, ceiling, mould-\\ning, etc., and does a specially large business in the manufacture of box shooks,\\nto which they expect to add, during the coming season, the manufacture of\\nsash, doors and blinds, for which the} have a full and complete modern plant.\\nEmployment is given to a force of 130 workmen, and the trade of the firm is\\nver} large, the product being shipped to fifteen States, the principal markets,\\nhowever, being found in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Kentuck}^ Illinois, New\\nYork, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. IMessrs. O Donnell Spencer have long\\nbeen prominently identified with the lumber interests of the Saginaw Valle}\\nMi\\\\ P. A. O Donnell came to the Saginaw Valley in 1855 and Mr. C. B. Spencer\\nin 18()8, and both have been in the lumber business ever since coming here.\\nThey are large owners of timbered pine lands near Manistee, on the Grand\\nRapids Indiana Railroad, and Mr. Spencer, in addition to his interest in this\\nfirm, is also a member of the firm of Seeley Spencer. The close attention", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Sauinaws. 81\\npaid by the members of the firm to the details of the business, their uniform\\naccuracy in filling orders and their reliability in all transactions have com-\\nmendetl them to the favor and patronage of a large and steadily growing trade.\\nSymons Brothers Co. J. W. Symons, President S. E. Symons,\\nVice President (jrcorge H. Glynn, Secretary and Treasurer Wliolesale\\n(li-rocers 126 and 128 North Washington avenue; East Saginaw. This busi-\\nness was established twelve years ago in Bay City, from which it was removed\\nfive years ago to East Saginaw, the original firm being known as Symons,\\nSmart Co., under which name it was incorporated November 5, 1883, and\\ncontinued until September 1, 1886, when the name of the corporation was\\nchanged to its present style. The company now has a capital stock and surplus\\npaid in amounting to $45,000, and occupies a spacious two-story brick building,\\n40x140 feet in dimensions, with an L in the rear. These premises are com-\\npletely equipped with a very large and completely assorted stock, containing\\neverything in the line of staple and fanc3 groceries, grocers sundries and\\ncanned goods, a specially fine line of teas, coftees, tobaccos, cigars, etc. The\\nfirm maintain the most favorable relations with producers and importers, which\\nenable them to keep their stock up to the highest standard of qualit} and to\\ngi\\\\ e to the trade every advantage in prices, and as a consequence of these\\nfacilities, combined with uniformly fair and accurate dealings with the trade,\\nthey have l)uilt up a large business covering all Northern, Eastern and Central\\n^lichigan, in which they are represented by three active and experienced travel-\\ning salesmen. They also have salesmen to represent them to the trade in the\\nSaginaws, and a force of twenty clerks and assistants are employed in the\\nhouse. In teas and coffees their stock embraces all the best goods, and the^\\nsell an aggregate of about 2,000 chests of tea and 125,000 pounds of coflTee\\nper year. In tobaccos and cigars they carry all leading brands, and also .do a\\nver} large trade. The directors of the corporation are Messrs. J. W. Sj mons,\\nS. E. Symons, Seth Davis, George H. Glynn and E. R. McCormick, all business\\nmen of superior attainments, and under the thorough and practical system\\nadopted by these gentlemen in the prosecution of their business, the trade of\\nthe house is thriving and steadily growing from year to year.\\nSaginaw Manufacturing Company, C. H. Davis, President;\\nRichard Brown, Vice-President H. H. Greene, Treasurer and Manager J.\\nG. Dunscomb, Secretary; Manufacturers of Bough and Dressed Lumber, Wash-\\nboards, Barrel Covers, Shade Rollers, Bail and Grease Boxes, Etc.; General Office\\nand Factory, Perry and King streets; Saginaw City. The business now conducted\\nby this large and important corporation was originally established in 1872,\\nwhen it was conducted under the style of the Saginaw Barrel Factory, the business\\nbeing continued under that style until 1882, when the works were destr03 ed\\nLy fire. The present works were erected immediatel} afterward, and the\\nexisting corporation was formed in January, 1883, with a capital stock of\\n$150,000. From that time to the present the business of the corporation has\\nsteadily expanded from year to year, until it now covers not only the entire\\nUnion, all of Canada, South America, Mexico, etc., but also embraces almost\\nthe ent re continent of Europe and Great Britain. The premises occupied by\\nthe firm embrace a saw mill, 50x130 feet in dimensions, with two additions\\n30x50 and 16x50 feet respectively, and a boiler house, 40x60 feet, containing\\na battery of five boilers, each of 50 horse-power, and a Babcock boiler of 250\\nhorse-power. The saw mill engine is a Buckeye of 250 horse-power, driving a\\nsteam feed, circular saw, edgers, trimmers, etc., as well as a complete outfit of\\nspecial machinery for the manufacture of grease boxes, basket rims, etc. The\\nmain building occupied as factory premises has four high stories above ground.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "82 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\neach 70x160 feet in dimensions, and contains a Porter Allen engine of 320\\nhorse-power and a Reedy elevator. On the main floor is the planing mill,\\nhaving two large double surfacers, one planer and matcher, five moulding\\nmachines of various sizes, two re-saws, five rip saws, six cut-off saws, two pony\\nplaners, three turning lathes, two of which are automatic, and about twent}\\nother small machines. In an addition to this floor, whicli is 20x52 feet in\\ndimensions, are lour turning lathes, one sand papering machine, one double cut-\\noff saw, automatic steam tool grinders, etc. A space of about 90x70 feet on\\nthe second floor is devoted to grease box manufacture, making about 30,000\\nboxes per daj and another room, 60x70 feet, is used for the manufacture of\\nwashboards, of which 200 dozen per day are turned out, and in which is located\\nfive crimping machines for zinc, of which they use over a ton per day, and here\\nalso are wood printing pi-esses and all the requisite special machinery. All of\\nthe third floor and the north half ot the fourth floor is devoted to the manufac-\\nture of window-shade rollers, of which the}- make enormous quantities. In the\\nequipment of this department are included eight spring wire winding machines,\\nfive boring machines, six drill presses, seven turning lathes and a large amount\\nof other special machinery The south half of the top floor is used for the\\nmanufacture of grease box stock. The works throughout are equipped in a\\ncomplete manner, not only for the advantageous prosecution of the manufac-\\nturing operations, but also in every other respect, automatic fire extinguishing\\npipes being laid along the ceilings throughout the building, furnished with 500\\nheads, each of which, at a temperature of 150 degrees, will open, throwing a\\nstream within a radius of 100 feet. The force of men employed amounts to\\n300 in the various departments. In addition to the premises al)ove mentioned\\nthere is a warehouse to the west of the factory, 30x160 feet in dimensions,\\nfilled with shade rollers and washboards packed for shipping, and to this\\nbuilding there is an addition of two stories, 6-1x33 feet in dimensions, the lower\\nfloor of which is utilized as a machine and repair shop, where the company has\\nmade all its own small machinery, and which has in its plant four power\\npunches, drills, lathes, printing presses, etc., which are driven by an upright 15\\nhorse-power engine. In this building is a Crane Brothers elevator, and the\\nupper floor is devoted to the storage of small trimming supplies. They also\\nhave a store house, 36x25 feet in dimensions, a salt block, drv kilns, piling\\ngrounds, fine new offices, etc., all covering several acres. The saw mill cuts\\nabout 6,000,000 feet of lumber per annum, most of which is used up in the fac-\\ntory, and the company has one salt well and drill house making 15,000 barrels\\nof salt per annum. This compan}- makes the most of tlie boxes used b} the\\nFrazier Axle Grease Co., and in this liranch, as also in the manufacture of\\nwashboards and shade rollers, ranks among the largest in the world. The\\nmembers of the corporation are prominent and successful business men. Mr. A.\\nW. Wright, who has a large interest in the company and was formerly its Presi-\\ndent, is well known b} reason of his prominent connection with many important\\nbusiness enterprises throughout the Slate. Mr. C. H. Davis, President of the\\ncompany, is a member of the firm of Wright Davis, and largely interested in\\ntimber lands and lumbci-. Mr. H. H. Greene, the Treasurer and Manager of\\nthis company, is;.a business man of superior attainments, to whose practical\\nsupervision of the vast operations of this business and perfect system in its\\nmanagement, is largelj^ due the prosperity it enjoys In order to facilitate the\\nbusiness the company maintains an office at Chicago at 218 and 220 Market\\nstreet, imcharge of Mr. B. E. Bushnell as sales agent, and a New York office\\nat 73 Murray street, with Mr. N. A. Newell as sales agent. It is repri sented\\non the road by a staff of active and experienced traveling salesmen, its product", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "ThecIndustries of the Saginaws. 83\\nbeing sold through jobbers in the cities, and distributed all over the countr}-,\\nthe exporting business of tlie company being conducted from its New Yorl\\noffice.\\nEast Saginaw Steam Laundry. Cook Gray, Proprietors (U) 2\\nJenesee avenue East Saginaw. Tiie tirni of Cook Gray is of recent\\nformation, the business having been established in October of the present year\\nby Messrs. George Cook and Robert Gray, who are the individual members.\\nThe premises occupied b} the firm embrace a two-story building, 25x(i0 feet in\\ndimensions, completely equipped with all the latest and most highly improved\\nlaundry machinery, and the firm has so far met with a marked ancl gratifying\\nsuccess in its undertaking, and by tlie satisfaction given by all work produced\\nat the establishment have laid the foundation for a steady increase in the\\nvolume of their patronage. The force of hands emploj ed amounts to ten in\\nnumber, which will be increased as tlie business demands, and the firm has\\nestablished branch offices at the Star Clothing House, Marlette and at the\\nChapel House, Sebewaing, Mich., and proposes to establish man} more through-\\nout the Saginaw Valley. Mr. Gray, of this firm, prior to the establishment of\\nthis business, had been connected with several of the leading laundries in\\nDetroit for seven 3 ears, and Mr. Cook, who is associated with him in this en-\\nterprise, is a business man of superior attainments. Starting out with all the\\nrequisites to success, the prediction that the career of the firm will be a pros-\\nperous one is amply justified.\\nG. W. Meyer Go. Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Caps,\\nGents Furnishing Goods, Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars, Hardware, Crockery,\\nGlassware, Etc.; 808 and 310 Potter street; East Saginaw. -This firm, of\\nwhich Messrs. Gus W. Meyer and W. H. Miller are the individual members,\\nwas established ten years ago, since which time they have enjoyed a large and\\nsteadih growing trade with the citizens of East Saginaw, as well as a large\\npatronage from farmers and others in the surrounding country. They occup}\\nspacious premises at 308 and 310 Potter street, where the}^ carry large and\\ncomplete stocks, embracing everything in the lines of dry goods, notions, hats,\\ncaps, gents furnishing goods, groceries, tobaccos, cigars, hardware, crockery,\\nglassware, etc., making a careful assortment in all their lines, and carrying\\nnone but the best and most reliable goods in each of their departments. As\\na consequence of the careful assortment of their goods and the uniformly\\nreliable methods of the firm, both of whom are thoroughly practical and ex-\\nperienced men in the business, the trade of the firm has steadily increased from\\nits inception to the present time. A full force of competent clerks and\\nassistants are employed, and the firm enjoys a merited reputation for the\\nprompt and accurate manner in which all orders are filled, the reasonable\\nprices at which goods are sold, and the polite and accommodating methods\\nupon which all its dealings are conducted.\\nCooper Peck Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Staple and Fancy\\nGroceries 107 and 109 South Jefferson street; East Saginaw. This business\\nwas originally estal)lished by Mr. R Boyd in 1865. several changes occurring\\nuntil the formation, in 1874, of the firm of R. Boyd Co., by whom the busi-\\nness was conducted until it was purchaseil by this firm in November, 1886.\\nThe business premises occupied by the firm embrace the main floor and base-\\nment, 50x125 feet, of the building at 107 and 109 South Jefferson street,\\nelegantly fitted up with all the conveniences and accessories for the displaj of\\ngoods in an attractive manner, and for the prosecution of the grocer} l)usiness\\nupon an extensive scale and completely stocked with everything in the line\\nof staple and fancy groceries, including a speciall} fine line of hermetically", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "84 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nsealed goods iii glass and caus, a superior stock of teas and coffees, a com-\\npletely assorted line of cigars and tobaccos and everything kept in a first-class\\ngrocery and provision house, as well as a complete line of brushes and brooms\\nof all kinds. In connection with the store is a well kept market, where is kept on\\nhand at all times a large stock and complete assortment of the choicest meats,\\nboth fresh and salt, fish, poultry and all kinds of game in season. This de-\\npartment is fitted up with an A. J. Chase Cold Blast Refrigerator, which will\\nhold twenty sides of dressed beef, and is the most complete and effective de-\\nvice of its Idnd ever built. The firm also controls the sale of the famous Alma\\ncreamery butter for the Saginaw Valley, and handles a trade which is not ex-\\ncelled in its volume by any store in the Saginaws. In addition to this they do\\na large and steadily growing wholesale trade covering the territory from Jack-\\nson to the Straits, and all between the coast lines, east and west. Fifteen clerks\\nand assistants are employed in the store, and a staff of traveling salesmen\\nrepresent the firm on the road. Great care is taken in the selection of the\\nstock, which is always made up of the freshest and best articles in all lines,\\nbought in large quantities from first hands, fcnabliug the firm to offer the\\nbest inducements both in price and quality. The members of the firm are\\nl)usiness men of superior attainments and accurate principles, and to this fact,\\ncoupled with industry and energy, is due the prosperity by which their enter-\\nprise has been attended.\\nGreen, Ring Co. Manufacturers of Gang Sawed Lumber, Lath,\\nSalt, Staves, Heading, Etc.; Foot of Salt street; Saginaw City.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The vast\\nvolume of the transactions of this firm, the superiority of its equipment and\\nfacilities, and the extent of its product gives it a special prominence among\\nthe large lumber manufacturing concerns of the country. The origin of the\\nbusiness dates back to 18G1, when it was started by the firm of Hale Stinson,\\nwhich firm was bought out by Messrs. W. S. and Charles H. Green, under the\\nfirm style of W. S. Green Son, shortly afterward, and passed through several\\nstyles of firm until the present one was organized about four years ago. Of\\nthis firm Messrs. W. S. Green, D. Hardin, and Clark L. Ring, of Saginaw, and\\nMr. Charles Harter, of Ilion, N. Y., are the members. The works embrace a\\nsaw mill with three engines of 100, 80 and 60 horse-power respectively, with a\\nbattery of four boilers with 5 foot shell by 16 feet, and one boiler of 7 foot\\nshell by 14 feet, driving a powerful steam feed 40-foot cylinder, a large circular\\nsaw, Wickes Brothers gang saws, butting saws, edgers, trimmers, a set of\\nBruno s steam stave machinery, steam saw sharpeners, etc. The logs are taken\\nfrom the river on a steam driven carriage. In addition to the saw mill works\\nthe firm has four salt wells, with an engine in each, a very large steam salt\\nblock, a pan block witli three pans, each 36x18, which are heated by a return\\nflue running from a furnace the length of the buildnig, about 150 feet and\\nback, and making a finer grade of salt than the steam block so much in use.\\nIn the salt equipment is included large settlers and drying vats, storage house,\\nbarns, etc. The firm has spacious piling grounds for lumber, eflfective tram-\\nways and spacious docks, with a capacity for holding 15,000,000 feet, and the\\ngrounds occupied by the firm cover forty acres. The product of the \\\\vorks\\namounts to 20,000,000 feet of lumber, 2,200,000 staves, 110,000 sets of head-\\ning, 4,000,000 laths and 60,000 barrels of salt. The firm employs in the mill\\na force ranging from sixty-five to seventy hands, and job out their salt works,\\nwhich employs twelve men. There are eight men at work in the cooperage,\\nand in the manufacture of barrel stock and laths eighteen men are employed.\\nThese industries, in addition to lumber manufacture, are carried on in their\\nown works and with their machinery and power, but the firm is relieved of the", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws. 85\\ntrouble of keeping track of the men and their pa} roll. The firm employs five\\nteiuns, and is in every way prepared to carry on the business upon an cixtensive\\nscale. As a firm, they own no pine lands, but saw b} the thousand feet for\\nothers. The members of the firm individually, however, are large owners of\\npine hinds on the Tittabawassee, Tobacco and other rivers, wliicli they lumber\\nthrough jobbers. jMr. W. S. Green, of this firm, is also of the firm of W. S.\\nGreen Son, logs and lands Green Noble, lands and logs the Tobacco\\nlliver Lumber Co., dealers in lumber, logs and lands; Green, Hardin\\nand is a director of the Citizens National Bank of Saginaw. Mr. Daniel\\nHardin, of this firm, is Tresident of the Citizens National Bank of Saginaw, a\\nmember of the firm of D. Hardin Co., sash, doors and blinds, of Green,\\nHardin Co., and of the Tobacco River Lumber Co. Mr. Clark L. Ring, in\\naddition to his interest in this business, is of the firm of Bliss, Merrill Co.,\\npine lands, logs and lumber E. J. C. L. Ring, logs and pine lands, and\\notherwise proaiineutly identified with leading business enterprises. The\\nbusiness of the firm is very large, its lumber being shipped to Ohio ports and\\nall Eastern markets^ as well as a large amount being sold to local wholesale\\nyards. The salt product of the firm is sold through the medium of the Michi-\\ngan Salt Association. The business of the firm, vast as it is, is conducted\\nupon a perfect system, and upon methods which commend it to the favor and\\npatronage of the trade. Mr. J. H. Malcolm, who has been identified with\\nthe firm for the past five years and is now general manager, has been a\\nresident of Saginaw for the past fifteen years, and was formerly connected\\nwith the First National Bank of Saginaw.\\nThe Alex. Ferguson Son Insurance Agency.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fiie, Life and\\nAccident Insurance Genesee, near Washington Avenue East Saginaw. The\\nfounder of this business, Mr. Alex. Ferguson, was long a prominent citizen of\\nSaginaw, to which he came in March, 1849, starting in business in a jewelry,\\nbook and stationery store in 1852, which he continued for eight years. He\\nwas afterward the general manager of the Western Union Telegraph office at\\nEast Saginaw, and filled the position of Collector of Customs for twelve years.\\nIn the fall of 1880 he was elected County Treasurer, and on February 27, 1883,\\nhe died. He established the insurance agency in 1870, a few years afterward\\nbeing joined by his son, Mr. Frank A. Ferguson, by whom the business has\\nbeen continued alone since the death of his father. Mr. Frank A. Ferguson is\\na thoroughl} practical and experienced underwriter, having had a thorough\\ntraining in the business, in which he enjoys a large patronage, attracted b} the\\nuniform reliability and system of his business methods, and the superior list\\nof companies which he represents, including in fire insurance the American\\nFire Insurance Co., of Philadelphia the American Insurance Co., of Newark,\\nN. J. the Commercial, of California the Continental, of New York the\\nConnecticut, of Hartford, Conn. the City of London, of London, England\\nthe Commercial Union Assurance Co., of London the Fire Association, of\\nPhiladelphia the German-American, of New York the Hanover, of New\\nYork the Insurance Company of North America, of Philadelphia the North\\nBritish and Mercantile, of London; the Pennsylvania, of Philadelphia; the\\nPhoenix, of Hartford, Conn Traders, of Chicago, and the Washington Fire\\nand Marine, of Boston. In marine insurance he represents the Continental, of\\nNew l^ ork the St. Paul Fire and 3Iaiine, of St. Paul, Minn., and the Louis-\\nville Underwriters, of Kentucky. In life msurance he represents the Equitable,\\nof New York in life and accident insurance he is the representative of the\\nTravelers Life and Accident Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn., the leading\\ncompany in this branch of insurance. Through these well-knowu aud sub-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "86 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nslantial corporations, all firmlj^ established institutions willi a deserved reputa-\\ntion for honorable methods and the prompt payment of losses, Mr. Ferguson\\nis prepared to otter safe insurance at the lowest terms consistent with legitimate\\nbusiness principles. Thoroughly practical and experienced in all the details\\nof the business, and possessing the facilities ofl ered by an unsurpassed list of\\ncompanies represented, this agency enjoys a large business not only in its im-\\nmediate territory of Saginaw county, but also through Northern Michigan and\\nthe Northern Peninsula upon risks owned by citizens of Saginaw. Mr. Frank A.\\nFerguson steadily maintains for the agency the high reputation which it se(;ured\\nunder the management of his father, by rigid adherence to the same principles\\nof business integrity b} which the conduct of this business has been char-\\nacterized from its in(^eption.\\nPioneer Iron and Galvanizing Works.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. T. Bartlett Co.,\\nProprietors Manutacturci S of Steam Engines. Saw Mill and Salt Well\\nMachinery, Etc. 930 South Water street; East Saginaw.=These works were\\noriginally established in 1854 by the tirm of Warner Eastman, from whom\\nthey were purchased by Mr. A. F. Bartlett, the firm afterward becoming\\nBartlett Moore and then Bartlett Spindler. Upon the death of Mi\\nBartlett, whicli occurred some eight ^ears ago, Mrs. Bartlett bought out Mr.\\nSpendler s interest, and the firm a.ssumed its present style, the business being\\nowned by Mrs. A. F. Bartlett, who personally attends to the financial affairs of\\nthe works, while the practical management of the works is in the elHcient and\\nexperienced hands of Mr. Alexander M. Lemke. The works, comprising the\\nfoundry, blacksmith shop, warerooms, machine shops, etc., cover over half a\\nblock. The machine shop is a handsome white brick building, erected in 1881,\\nwith two stories each 20 feet high, and covering an area of 150x60 feet. On\\nthe main floor is a 35 horse power engine a large boring mill that will swing\\nand turn a 10 foot pulley; twenty lathes of all sizes from those with a capacity\\nfor turning an 8-foot diameter down to the smallest five bill presses, one of\\nwhich, recenily put in, is the latest improved drill, with boring attachment;\\nfour planers, one shapcr, one slotting machine, two pipe machines, a new bolt\\ncutter, and other machinery. Up stairs is the pattern shop, well stocked, and\\nhaving a complete outfit of light machines, fine tools, etc.; the whole plant of\\nthe building making a model machine shop. In the blacksmith shop is a\\npowerlul steam hammer for heavy forgings and all the requsite plant, tools,\\netc.; and the other departments are equally well equipped. Large as the facili-\\nties are, however, the expansion of the business has been such that it is pro-\\nposed to increase them by l)uilding a new foundry and galvanizing shops, and\\nenlarging the machine shops. At the works a large business is carried on in\\nin the manufacture of galvanized iron pipes for salt wells, and about 500,000\\nfeet of pipe are galvanized annually; in addition to which the works do a large\\nbusiness in the manufacture of steam engines, saw mill machinery, including\\nthe latest improved gaugand circular mills, mannnoth and medium sized steam\\nfeeds, salt well machinery, etc. They send saw mill engines as far west as\\nDenver, and deck hoistiug engines to all points South, and have an unequaled\\nreputation for slide valve engines. The works are now engaged upon a con-\\ntract from the street railroad for fifty tons of castings, including frogs, switches,\\nfrog plates, etc. Mr. Alexander M. Lemke, the manager, is a mechanical\\ndraugiitsman of ability, and prior to coming here as draughtsman and superin-\\ntendent ol works in January last, was for seven years with E. P. Ellis Co.,\\not Milwaukee, builders of Corliss engines. Smce his arrival the Corliss engine\\nfor the new Feige-Silsbee Furniture Co. was built at these works, and several\\nmore are on hand. Arrangements have also recently been made for the raanu-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saoinaws.\\n87\\nfaeture of C. Heme s patent tubing clamp for saltworks. Mr. Lemke has been\\nmanager for about three months, and carefully supervises all the detail.s of the\\nbusiness. Mrs. Bartlett is a lady of great business ability, and aids greatly in\\nthe success which these works enjoy.\\nH. E Goeschel. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in General Merchan-\\ndise 410 Genesee avenue, East Saginaw. This old esta!)lishe(l and well-known\\nfirm of merchants is composed of Messrs. Herman\\nand Edward Goeschel, by whom this business has\\nbeen successfully conducted from the formation of\\nthe firm in 1864 to the present time. They occupy\\na three-stor} and basement building, 25x150 feet in\\ndimensions, crowded from roof to cellar with a com-\\nplete assortment emi)racing full stocks of drj- goods,\\nboots and shoes, groceries and prox isions, crockery,\\nglassware, hardware, plated ware, house furnishing\\ngoods, sewing machines, etc. A force of eight com-\\npetent clerks is employed by the firm, and they\\nenjoy a large and steady trade with the citizens of\\nthe S\u00c2\u00a3 ginaws and the surrounding country, and a\\nspecially large trade from the farmers of the Saginaw\\nValley. Careful selection is made of the stock, so\\nas to secure at all times the best quality in all lines,\\nand the firm, which has throughout its long and\\nhonorable history conducted its business upon reli-\\nable methods, still maintains intact the high reputa-\\ntion which it has enjoyed throughout its business\\ncareer. The members of the firm are eminently\\npractical and experienced merchants, thoroughly\\nunderstanding the needs of this section.\\nWilliam L. Smith. Photographer Corner Genesee avenue and Cass\\nstreet, East Saginaw Barnard Block, 208 Hamilton street, Saginaw City.\\nMr. Smith has carried on business on his own account as a photographer for\\nthe past four years, prior to which he had been with his brother in Saginaw\\nCity for three years and with Mr. Angell in East Saginaw for one year, and\\nhas altogether had fifteen years experience in the business, coming to the\\nSaginaws from South Bend, Ind. He now conducts two studios, one in East\\nSaginaw and the other in Saginaw City. His gallery in PJast Saginaw occupies\\nthe third floor, 25x125 feet in dimensions, of the building at the corner of\\nGenesee avenue and Cass street, has handsome fittings and elegant appoint-\\nments with all the latest and most highly approved apparatus and accessories\\nbelonging to a strictly first-class photographic establishment. Mr. Smith is a\\ngreat lover of his art and a close student of improvements and inventions in\\npliotography, and keeps to the front in his business. His photographs are\\ntriumphs of the art and are retouched and finished in a style equal to that oi\\nthe most noted galleries of the country. He enjoys also a superior reputation\\nfor the high artistic merit of his li(e-size work, having apparatus for executing\\nnatural size photographs directly from life,, and also executing India ink and\\nwater coUn* portraits in a most skillful manner. His Saginaw City studio is\\nalso handsomely furnished and perfectly equipped and produces efjually good\\nwork. He has six skilled employes in the East Saginaw studio and four in\\nSaginaw City, and at both establishments enjoys a large patronage from citizens\\nand visitors. Basing his claims to success solely upon the merit of his work\\nhe has fairl}^ earned the position he enjoys as a leader in the art of which he\\nis a master.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "88 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nW^illiam Neumann. Dealer in Fancy and Staple Grocei ies, Crockery,\\nGlassware, Etc.; 322 Lapeer street, East Saginaw. By steady industry and\\nthe reliability of his business conduct Mr. Neumann has built up a prosperous\\nand stead ii} growing business, including, in addition to a large patronage from\\nthe citi;:ens of the Saginaws, a very large trade from farmers and others in the\\nsurrounding country. 3Ir. Neumann is a native of German} in which country\\nhe was born in 1845. In 1866 he came to East Saginaw, and for two years\\nworked at the American House and afterward worked for N. Schmelzer for two\\nj-ears, and about the same length of time for H. E. Goeschel. In 1872 he\\nstarted in business for himself at the corner of Webster and Lapeer streets,\\nwhich he conducted nntil 1878, at which time he removed into his new brick\\nbuilding, a two stor^- structure at the corner of Park and Lapeer streets, 24x74\\nfeet in dimensions, with an L, 20x36 feet. Mr. Neumann lormerlv had a\\npartner, ^Ir. Ernest Berger, who died in 1881, since which time Mr. Neumann\\nhas conducted his business alone. He carries large stocks and full lines of\\neverything in staple and fancy groceries, grocers sundries and canned goods,\\nand makes a specialty of flour and feed, and also carries a complete assortment\\nof everything in the line of crockery and glasswai c. He makes careful selec-\\ntions, and his stock ut all times comprises the freshest and best goods obtain-\\nable. As a consequence of the merit of his goods and the accuracy of his\\ndealings, Mr. Neumann has built up for his establishment popularit} and\\nprosperity.\\nD- H- Jerome Go- Dealers in Hardware, Mill and Lumbermen s\\nSupplies Court street Saginaw City. This is the oldest commercial house\\nin the Suginaw Valley, there being no other that has existed so long without\\nchange of name, and the enterprise having been originally inaugurated in 1855\\nby the Hon. David H. Jerome, who still remains at the head of the firm,\\nthe other members being Mr. E. I. Peck, who had been a trusted employe of\\nthe house for ten years prior to becoming a member of the firm in 1880, and\\nMr. Edward A. Moye, who joined the firm in the present year. The business\\npremises occupied embrace a handsome three-stor} and basement brick build-\\ning, 100x100 feet in dimensions, stocked from roof to cellar with vast supplies\\nand complete assortments of everything in mill and lumbermen s supplies,\\nbuilders and all house hardware, painters and plumbers supplies, gas fixtures\\nand globes, all kinds of wngon stock and also bar and other iron, nails and\\ntools, and the firm are Michigan agents for Pi. Hoe Co. s chisel tooth saws,\\nHubbard Co. s solid tooth saws, Tanite emery wheels. Josiah Gates Son s\\nshort lap oak tanned leather belting, salt well tubing, steam pipe and fittings,\\nboiler flues, steam pumps, lubricators, injectors and every description of\\nmachine appliances. The firm has a trade extending all north and west\\nthroughout the State, and in lumber districts all over the country, and em-\\nployment is given in the house to twent}- skilled and competent clerks and\\nassistants, while tliree traveling salesmen of wide acquaintance represent the\\nhouse to the trade. The head of this great house, David Howell Jerome, has\\nlong been recognized as one of the leading and notable citizens of Michigan.\\nHe was born in Detroit, Mich., November 17, 1829, his parents having removed\\nfrom Trumansburg, Thompkins (iounty, N. Y., in 1828 to this State. When he\\nwas less than two years old his father died, and his mother removed to New\\nYork, where she remained for three years, afterward returning to Michigan and\\nlocating on a farm in St. Clair county. Mr. Jerome was given all the educa-\\ntional advantages which Michigan afl[o)-ded in those early days, and in his\\nseventeenth year went to work assisting his brother, Timothy Jerome, in\\nhauling logs in the pine woods. The next summer he rafted logs down the St.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "Teie Industrfes ok tiir Saoinaws. 89\\nClair River to Algonac, and in 1847 lie was appointed Deputy Clerk and\\nKegister of Deeds of St. Clair county, remaining in that position for two years.\\nHe afterward returned again to the woods, and in the spring of 1850 with his\\nbrother chartered the steamer Chatauqua and became her master, and was\\nafterward engaged in navigation until 1885. lu January, 1853, Mr. Jerome\\nwent to California, returning the following year, when he joined his brother\\nTitl who had located in Saginaw and embarked in lumber operations. In 1855\\nthe brothers purchased Blackmer Eaton s hardware establishment at Saginaw,\\n^Ir. David H. Jerome assuming the management of the firm, which has since\\nbeen conducted with so much success and has reached a position of acknowl-\\nedged prominence in this department of industry. Mr. Jerome has been\\nprominent in politics, and was elected Alderman soon after his arrival in\\nSaginaw. He was identified with the birth of the Repuljlican party, and has\\never since been known as a consistent advocate of the principles of that party.\\nIn 1862 he was elected State Senator, in 1865 was appointed by Governor\\nCrapo as a member of the State Military Board, of which he served as President\\nfor eight years, and in 1873 was apponited by Governor Bagley a member of\\nthe convention to prepare a new State Constitution, and was Chairman of the\\nCommittee of Finances of that body. In 1875 he was appointed a member of\\nthe Board of Indian Commissioners and in 1876 was Chairman of the Com-\\nmissioners to visit Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perce tribe, to effect a settlement\\nof the difficulties then existing. In 1880 Mr. Jerome was nominated by the\\nRepublicans for Governor, and was elected and served his term with marked\\nefficiency and characteristic zeal for the welfare of his native State. In all the\\nrelations of life, social, official and commercial, his career has ever been\\nmarked by a high standard of integrity, and the success which has crowned\\nhis well conducted efforts has been earned by the application of honorable\\nprinciples to all his transactions.\\nStone Brothers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Shingle Manufacturers King street, foot of Brady\\nstreet. East Sagin?w. The mill now conducted by the firm of Stone Brothers\\nwas built six years ago by F. Brucker, by whom it was conducted for four\\nyears, at the end of which time he was succeeded by Messrs. Solomon C. and\\nCharles E. Stone, under the present style. Both members of the firm are\\nyoung men of superior business attainments and energetic methods, and by\\nclose attention to the details of their business, and maintaining the quality of\\ntheir product at the highest grade of excellence, the firm has built up a large\\ntrade with the markets of the East and South, finding ready sales for their entire\\nproduct. The rail! is equipped with a 30 horse-power engine, drag and circular\\nsaws and a highly improved shingle machine, and all necessary appliances for\\nthe conduct of the business, and the firm has a boom with a capacity for hold-\\ning 3,000 logs. During the present season they have made 5,000,000 shingles,\\nin the manul acture of which they give steady emplo3 ment to a full force of\\nworkmen. The firm enjoys the confidence and esteem of the trade as a result\\nof the accuracy and reliability upon which its methotls are conducted. Their\\nEagle brand of shingles is recognized as being superior in quality, and is\\nin constant demand, and the firm is doing a thriving business.\\nNational Brewery\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Peter Raquet, Proprietor; Brewer of Pilsener\\nand Lager Beer, and Bottler (Jorner of Genesee avenue and Walnut street.\\nEast Saginaw. Prior to establishing in l)usiness for himself in 1885, Mr.\\nPeter Raquet had been for many years engaged with his brother, Mr. Jacob\\nRaciuet, in a similar business on Jiapeer street. In 1885 he built his present\\npremises, embracing a three-story brick building, 50x125 feet in dimensions,\\nwhich he utilizes for cellar and storage warehouse, a three-story brewery, 80x50", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "00 The Industries of the Saoinaws.\\nfeet in dimensions, and another \u00c2\u00bbuilding, 40x50 feet. These premises are\\nequipped with all the very finest and most highly improved brewing apparatus,\\nincluding a complete outfit of refrigerating machinery for cooling the product\\nof the brewery by the means of ice and salt. The machinery includes a 60-\\nhorse power engine and a highly improved air-pump, the products of the\\nAmei ican IMachine Co., and a kettle with a capacity of eighty barrels. A\\nfoice of eight competent brewers is steadily employed and two teams are en-\\ngaged in the operations of the brewery. The product of the establishment is\\na favorite with consumers and in large demand b}^ the trade not only in the\\ncity, but also in Cheboygan, and all parts of Northern ^lichigan, and the\\nreputation attained by the Pilsener and lager beer made at this establishment\\nhas been fairh earned, only the best and purest materials being used, and\\nthe most approved processes employed in the manufacture. The brewery has\\na capacity for the manufacture of 25,000 barrels per year, and is kept steadily\\nrunning to its fullest capacity, as a consequence of the large demand for the\\nproduct. In connection with his brewery, 3Ir. Raquet conducts a malt house,\\noccupying a four-story building, 35x75 feet in dimensions, and located at the\\ncorner of Grcnesee and Walnut streets, where he carries the malt used in his\\nbrewing operations. Mr. Raquet is a thoroughly practical and experienced\\nbrewer, and his honorable methods of conducting business, and uniform ac-\\ncuracy and fairness in all his dealings have earned for him a steady increase in\\nhis business from its inception to the present time.\\nWells-Stone Mercantile Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles W. Wells, Presi-\\ndent Farnam C. Stone, Vice-President William C. Phipps, Treasurer\\nCharles C. Prindle, Secretary Wholesale Grocers, and Dealers in Lumber-\\nmen s Supplies Water street, Saginaw City. Conspicuous alike for the ex-\\ntent and variety of its stock and the volume of its transactions, the Wells-\\nStone IMercantile Company is one of the most prosperous and extensive of the\\ncommercial establishments of Michigan. The business was originally estab-\\nlished in 1867 by the firm of Northrop, Wells Co., which became Wells,\\nStone Co. in 1869, Messrs. Charles W. Wells, F. C. Stone and A. W. Wright\\nbeing the members of the latter firm and continuing the business until the\\nformation in 1885 of the present corporatit)n, which succeeded to the wholesale\\ngrocery and lumbermen s supply business of the old firm, the latter still con-\\ntinuing, however, as dealers in lands, logs and lumber. The firm has a two-\\nstory warehouse, 200x150 feet in dimensions, which is completely stocked with\\nevery description of staple and fancy groceries and provisions, tobaccos, dry\\ngoods, drugs, lumbermen s tools and wearing apparel and every description of\\ngoods in all lines which can be used in lumber camps. Near the warehouse,\\nthe firm has a spacious elevator, completely equipped with all the machinery\\nand accessories necessar} to its successful operation, and having a storage\\ncapacity for 100,000 bushels of oats, a mill for grinding No. 1 feed and corn\\nmeal and a large storage capacity for grain in bags, and other heav}^ mei\\nchandise. In addition to this large establishment the firm has branch stores\\nat Meredith, Sanford, and Coleman on the F. P. M. Railway and at West\\nBranch on the Jackson, Lansing Saginaw Railway, and they also have a\\nlarge establishment occupying a four-story building, 100x100 feet in dimen-\\nsions, at Duluth, Minn. In the premises at Saginaw Cily employment is given\\nto a force of thirty-five clerks and assistants, while three traveling salesmen\\nrepresent the firm on the road, and at the various branches full staflis of clerks,\\nassistants, etc., are maintained. The business of the firm extends throughout\\nthe entire State, and is especially large in the northern and western portions,\\nand they also enjoy through their Diiluth establishment a large trade through-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saoinaws. 91\\nout Minnesota and the Northwest generally. The company enjoys unsur-\\npassed facilities in every way for the prompt and efficient transaction of busi-\\nness in their line, and possesses the confidence and esteem of the trade as a\\nmerited result of the uniformly fair and honorable methods b}- which every\\ndetail of the business has been characterized from its inception to the present\\ntime. The business is conducted upon perfect and accurate system, and its\\nmanagement is in the hands of successful and substantial business men, to\\nwhose sagacious methods it owes the prominence it has achieved.\\nCharles G. Fowler. Insumnee and Real Estate 21 G North Hamilton\\nstreet, Saginaw Cit}-. This business was established in 1 863 by Mr. H. R.\\nGaylord, whose grandson, Mr. Charles G. Fowler, was trained to the business,\\nentering the office in 1874. He afterward went ont for a time, and in 1879\\nbecame a member of the firm of Gaylord Fowler, afterwards Gaylord, Ba1\\ncock Fowler, to the insurance business of which firm he succeeded three\\nyears ago. He is a practical and experienced imderwriter, and carries a large\\namount of the best risks in the Saginaw Valley. In fire companies he repre-\\nsents the ^tna, of Hartford, Conn., with a capital of $4,000,000, assets of\\n$9,568,840, and a net surjilus of $3,450,221 the Commercial Union Assur-\\nance Co., of London, with assets in the United States of $2,256,314, and a net\\nsurplus of $997,377 the Fire Association, of Philadelphia, capital $500,000,\\nassets $4,445,576, and net surplus of $939,563 the Home Insurance Com-\\npany, of New Tork, capital $3,000,000, assets $7,807,712, net surplus $1,413,-\\n795 the Hanover, of New York, capital $1,000,000, assets $2,546,675, and a\\nnet surplus of $540,904 the Hartford, of Hartford, Conn., capital $1,250,000,\\nassets $5,055,946, and a net surplus of $1,789,987 the Insurance Company\\nof North America, of Philadelphia, capital $3,000,000, assets $8,474,352, and\\nnet surplus of $2,530,329 the Lancashire, of Manchester, England, United\\nStates assets $1,498,187, and net surplus of $619,154; the Lion Fire Insur-\\nance Co., of London, United States assets $803,283 and a net surplus\\nof $554,960 the Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Company, of Detroit,\\ncapital $200,000, assets $366,602, and surplus as to policy holders of $264,074\\nthe Niagara, of New York, capital $500,000, assets $2,260,480, and surplus of\\n$489,340 Northwestern National Insurance Co., of Milwaukee, capital $600,-\\n000, assets $1,355,342, and net surplus of $273,817 the Pennsylvania Fire In-\\nsurance Co., of Philadelphia, capital $400,000, assets $2,710,885, net surplus\\n$1,227,426 the Phoenix x\\\\ssurance Co., of London, United States assets of\\n$1,887,175, and net surplus of $647,534 the Queen, of Liverpool, United States\\nassets of $l,976,093,net surplus $740,910; Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance\\nCompany, of Massachusetts, capital $1,000,000, assets $3,044,915, and a surplus\\nof $679,821 the Union Insurance Company, of California, capital $750,000,\\nassets $1,161,362, and net surplus of $118,990 the Western Assurance Co., of\\nToronto, Ont., United States assets of $972,557, and net surplus of $428,023.\\nIn life insurance Mr. Fowler represents the well known, solid and prosperous\\nNew England Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Boston, one of the most\\nsubstantial and liberal of the life insurance corporations, and in accident in-\\nsurance, he repi esents the Standard Accident Insurance Co., of Deti-oit. In\\naddition to his insurance business, Mr. Fowler is largcl} engaged in the real\\nestate business, and has 5,000 acres of good farming lands in the Saginaw\\nValley, as well as a large amount of city real estate. Mr. Fowler is an active,\\npushing, progressive and representative business man, and in addition to his\\ninterests in this business, is a member of the firm of Fowler Brothers, dealers\\nin lumber and lands, established in 1882, and who lumber in the southwestern\\npart of Saginaw County. They mill in Marian township, and sell their product", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "92 The Industries op the SacxInaws.\\nthroughout the central portion of this State. Mr. Fowler is justly regarded\\nwith confidence and esteem by the business community, and is President of\\nthe Saginaw City Board of Trade, and otherwise prominently identified with\\nthe spirit of progress and the industrial development of the city.\\nBaumgarten Heller. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in General\\nMerchandise Corner of (renesee avenue and Park street. East Saginaw.\\nThis business was established over a quarter of a centuiy ago by Mr. Philip\\nBaumgarten, who continued the business until six years ago, when he was\\nsucceeded by Mr. Frank Baumgarten and Mr. Peter P. Heller, under the present\\nfirm style. The} occupy a spacious and imposing three-story brick corner\\nbuilding, 25x155 feet in dimensions, where they carry a large and completel}\\nassorted stock of everything in the line of staple and fancy groceries, a specially\\nwell assorted stock of flour of every description, woodenware, crockery, glass-\\nware, lamps, lamp goods, yarns, lumbermen s supplies, canned goods, wines\\nand liquors, notions and sundries, the stock filling the building from roof to\\ncellar. Great care is taken in the selection of the stock so as to secure the\\nbest qualit}- of goods in all these lines, and in addition to the members of the\\nfirm two competent clerks are employed and a wagon is utilized in the city\\ndeliver3\\\\ The firm does a large business with the citizens of the Saginaws, and\\nenjoys a specially large patronage from farmers and others in the surrounding\\ncountry. The reputation established by this house in its twenty-five years of\\nhonorable business history has commended it to public favor, and the firm is\\nboth a popular and prosperous one.\\nA. Baumgarten. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Boots and Shoes\\n802 Genesee avenue East Saginaw. Mr. Baumgarten established this busi-\\nness four years ago, and being a gentleman of superior business attainments\\nand experienced in mercantile pursuits, he has adopted methods in his busi-\\nness that commend him to the favor and patronage of the people of the\\nSaginaws and the surrounding country, and to a large trade with lumbermen\\nand others. He occupies a three-story brick building, 25x125 feet in dimen-\\nsions, and carries a very large stock, filling two floors of the building and\\nembracing in its selection every grade and quality of goods for ladies men s,\\nboys and children s wear, farmers and lumbermen s lioots and shoes, leggins,\\nslippers, rubber footwear, etc. Mr. Baumgarten is assisted in his business by\\nthree competent clerks, and is in every way equipped with all the necessary\\nfacilities for the conduct of the business upon an extensive scale, and he is\\nprepared at all times to supply every description of goods in his line at whole-\\nsale or retail, affording to his customers superior inducements in quality and\\nprice, and dealing with all in a prompt and reliable manner,\\nMrs. E. J. Selleck.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Millinery and Fancy Goods 102 South Wash-\\nington avenue, East Saginaw and Court street, near Hamilton street, Sagi-\\nnaw City. 31rs. Selleck established in business four years ago, originally\\nlocating on Court street near Hamilton street, in Saginaw City, and where she\\nhas carried on business with such signal success and with such high apprecia-\\ntion from the ladies of both the cities and their surroundings, that in the\\nspring of the present year, in order to better accommodate her great and grow-\\ning business on the east side of the river, she established the elegant millinery\\nparlors she now occupies at 102 South Washington avenue, the second door\\nfrom Genesee avenue and opposite the Bancroft House, where she is prepared\\nto show a very fine stock of millinery goods, consisting of all the latest novel-\\nties of the season, both in the finest goods and the cheapest grades. The\\ntrimmed goods department is not excelled in its completeness and quality by\\nany in the Valley, and as a consequence her establishments are in high favor", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saqinaws. 93\\nwith the ladies of the Saginaws as well as in the surrounding towns and cities,\\nand she has a large business with patrons in Bay City, St. Charles, St. Louis,\\nFlint and other localities in Northeast Michigan. Mrs. Selleck is thoroughl}-\\npractical and experienced in the business, in which she was engaged for fifteen\\n3 ears in Ohio prior to coming to Saginaw City. Ladies desiring anything in\\nthe wa} of trimmed millinery, plumes, birds, velvets, ribbons, silks and other\\ntrimming will do well to inspect the superior stock contained in Mrs. Selleck s\\nestablishment.\\nA. T. Bliss Brother.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath, Shingles\\nand Salt; Mills at Carrollton, Mich.; Office, corner of Hamilton and Ames\\nstreets Saginaw City. No two citizens of the Saginaws are better entitled to\\nbe regarded as thoroughly representative of its progress and its commercial\\nand manufacturing importance than Col. A. T. Bliss and his brother. Dr. L^ man\\nW. Bliss, each of whom is prominently identitied with many of the most im-\\nportant business enterprises in the Valley. These gentlemen formed the firm\\nof A. T. Bliss Brother twenty years ago, and have since been steadily\\nengaged as manufacturers of lumber, lath, shingles and salt, having large mills\\nand extensive works at Carrollton. Their saw mill, which is one of the largest\\non the river, is equipped with a 500 horse power engine, a batter} of five large\\nboilers, each 5 foot shell by 18 feet, and a smaller one of two boilers for the\\nsalt works. Among other machiner} embraced in the plant is a Wickes new\\nimproved gang, a large circular, steam feed, edgers, trimmers, and all necessary\\nmachinery. The product of the mill amounts to 18,000,000 feet of lumber,\\nfrom 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 staves, 60,000 sets of heading, 3,000.000 laths\\nand 10,000,000 shingles. Adjacent to their mills the}^ have six salt wells, the\\nlast one of which was bored last spring, and each of which is supplied with a\\npumping engine, and they have a very extensive salt block, and make about\\n55,000 barrels of salt annually. The mill and salt works with warehouses,\\nstore houses, barns, docks, piling grounds, etc., cover an area of about twent}\\nfive acres of ground, in addition to which the firm cultivates a fine farm of\\nabout 350 acres. The firm formerl} operated a mill at Zihvaukie, which was\\nburned in 1886, and which was rebuilt. It is now operated b} Messrs. J. W.\\nand E. S. Bliss,, sons of Dr. Lyman W. Bliss, the firm retaining an interest in\\nthe mill. The lumber operations of the firm of A. T. Bliss Brother are\\nchiefly carried on in Gladwin and Clare counties, where they run two camps of\\nabout fifty men each, and also lumber through five or six jobbei-s. The firm\\nalso owns large tracts of pine and farming lands in Isabella, Midland and\\nGladwin counties. In their Carrollton works they give employment to a force\\nranging from 100 to 125 men, and also utilize a number of horses in their\\nbusiness, and the lumber and lumber products of their mill find a read} market\\nat Buffalo, Tonawanda, and in the principal towns in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Con-\\nnecticut and all Eastern States. The salt manufactured by the firm is sold\\nthrough the medium of the Michigan Salt Association. Both members of the\\nfirm are prominent in man} ways. Col. Aaron T. Bliss being President of the\\nWilliams-Perrin Implement and Produce Company, President of the Bliss\\nLumber Company, President and Director of the Saginaw County Savings\\nBank, Director of the Citizens National Bank, Director of The James Stewart\\nCompany, and otherwise concerned in important business enterprises. Dr.\\nLyman W. Bliss, in addition to his interest in this business, is of the firm of\\nL. W. Bliss Co., druggists, Bliss Davis, physicians. President of The\\nJames Stewart Company, and largely interestecl in real estate and farming and\\nother lands throughout tliis section. The operations of the firm are systemat-\\nically conducted, and its reputation with the trade is second to none, its busi-\\nness methods throughout its long and honorable career having ever been\\ncharacterized by uniform accuracy and reliability.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "94 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nThe Allington Curtis Dust Separator Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Well-\\nington R. Burt, President Waldo A. Avery, Vice-President Greorge F. Cross,\\nTreasurer William E. Allington, Seci etary W. H. Curtis, General Agent\\nFranklin and Brady streets. East Saginaw. This company was formed in\\n1886 for the purpose of inanufacturing and selling perfected dust separators\\nand furnace feeders for planing mills and all kinds of wood-working estab-\\nlishments. The excellence of the device is attested by the favor with which\\nit has been received by a large number of manufacturers, the machines hav-\\ning been introduced into nearly all the large mills in the Saginaw Valley, and\\nin a large number of others throughout the country. It is the only perfect\\ndust separator on the market, advantage having been taken in its design of all\\nthe lessons of experience, and every defect attaching to other devices of the\\nkind having bten excluded from the mechanism of these machines. It is\\nadapted for all planing mills and wood-working establishments where fans are\\nused, operates with absolutel} no back pressure on the fan, is constructed\\nwithout the use of canvas, burlaps or an} kind of combustible material, is\\nbuilt entirely of iron and is absolutely fire-proof. It is the only machine which\\nseparates fine dust from the air without producing back pressure on the fan\\nand consequent loss of draught. It is unrivalled in the simplicity and efficiency\\nof its mechanical operations, working automaticall} and requiring no atten-\\ntion, and operates without friction and consequent consumption of power b}\\nrevolving shavings in small circles or against rough surfaces. As a fui-nacc\\nfeeder the dust separating machine has no equal, depositing the dust and shav-\\nings directly into the furnace, with or without air, and without any back\\ndraught from the furnace. The company has recentl} erected new works,\\n60x120 feet in dimensions, completely equipped for carrying on the manufac-\\nture of these machines, and employing a force ranging from thirty to forty\\nmen, and turning out form ten to fifteen complete machines per week. The\\ncompany also designs and constructs galvanized iron piping for use in fac-\\ntories and mills where exhaust fans are used, and is prepared to submit esti-\\nmates and execute contracts for work of this charactei The company is in-\\ncorporated and one of large resources and abundant capital to protect any\\nwho have, or may in the future, purchase their machines, and furnish a bond\\nto all users of their machines, guaranteeing title. The President of the com-\\npany, Mr. Burt, is also President of the Michigan Salt Association, and con-\\nnected with a large number of the leading business and financial enterprises\\nof the State. Mr. Waldo A. Avery, Vice-President, is of the firm of Avery\\nCo., lumber and planing mills, and of McCausJand Co., wholesale\\ngrocers and dealers in lumbermen s supplies. Treasurer Cross, is President of\\nthe Cross, Gordon Randall Lumber Co., Vice-President of the First National\\nBank of East Saginaw, President and Treasurer of the Standard Lumber\\nCompany, and otherwise prominently connected with large business interests\\nand Mr. Allington, the Secretary, is also Secretary and Manager of the\\nStandard Lumber Co. Thus guided by successful business men, enjoying un-\\nsurpassed facilities and producing a machine of positive value and unequalled\\nutility, the success already attained by the company is thoroughly merited, and\\ndoubtless permanent.\\nSchwemer Witt. Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Etc.;\\n601 and 608 Genesee avenue East Saginaw. This firm, of which Messrs. L.\\nSchwemer and J. Witt are the individual members, was formed five years ago,\\nand occupies a two-story building, 50x75 feet in dimensions, with a warehouse\\nin the rear, 24x50 feet. Here with the assistance of eight competent employes,\\nthey carry on a large and steady business as dealers in every description of", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 95\\ndry goods, notions, etc., as well as a full line of Crocker}^, glassware, etc. In\\naddition to these lines, they are agents for the American and Union sewing\\nmachines, in which the} do a large business, these machines being leading\\nfavorites throughout this section as a consequence of their great utility. They\\nenjoy a large trade in the Saginaws, as well as considerable patronage from\\nfarmers throughout the adjoining country, and are justly popular as a result of\\nthe uniform fairness and accuracy of their dealings.\\nThe Stenglein Manufacturing Company. A. W. Anschutz,\\nPresident August Stenglein, Vice-President elohu Stenglein, Treasurer F.\\nW. Sowatsk} Secretar}-, Manufacturers of Furniture Corner of Water and\\nMackinaw streets, Saginaw Citj This prominent and thriving manufacturing\\nenterprise was established in 1881 by the firm of Stenglein, Anschutz Co.,\\nby whom it was conducted until the incorporation in 1886 of the present com-\\npany, which has a paid up capital of $20,000. Their factory is a handsome\\nand well appointed three-stor}- brick structure, 75x60 feet in dimensions, and\\nwith the adjoining office and grounds, their premises cover an area of 100x60\\nfeet. The f actor} is completel} equipped with all the requisite machinery and\\nappliances adapted to the business, propelled b} a 36 horse-power engine, and\\nemployme nt is given to a force ranging from twenty-five to thirt} skilled em-\\nployes in the manufacture of furniture, including bed-room furniture of all\\ngrades, center and fanc} tables, and the Flint patent folding chair, a device\\nwhich has attained a merited celebrity and a trade extending to all parts of\\nthe United States, while in their other lines the firm enjoys a patronage cover-\\ning the Saginaw Valle} in its entiret} and a considerable trade throughout the\\nNorthern Peninsula. All the operations of the factory are conducted upon a\\nperfect S3 stem, which conduces to the maintenance of the high standard for\\nwhich its products are famous, and the business methods of the management\\nof the company s affairs are based upon accuracy and reliability, and as a con-\\nsequence the company enjoys in a high degree the favor of the trade and the\\nvolume of its sales increases from year to year.\\nWilliam Williamson. Established 1863 Machine Shop, Steam\\nFitting, General Blacksmithing and Wagon Making also Dealer in New and\\nSecond Hand ^lachiner}- corner of Saginaw and Mackinaw streets, East\\nSaginaw. Mr. Williamson came to East Saginaw in 1863, and. began his\\napprenticeship with his brother, Henry Williamson, and remained in his em-\\nplo} for six and one-half years, when he bought out his brother and took\\ncharge of the business himself. In 1872 he erected a two-story brick build-\\ning, 32x60 feet, to which he made an addition 30x60 feet. Of the first\\nnamed building the first floor is utilized as a machine shop, and is equipped\\nwith one lathe, 25-foot bed and 38-inch swing, one with 14-foot bed and 22-\\ninch swing, and another with 7-foot bed and 14-inch swing one 10-foot bed\\nb} 24x26-iuch New Haven planer, one pipe-cutting machine, and a complete\\noutfit of tools needed to carry on the business. Here also he carries a com-\\nplete stock of pipe and on the second floor is a complete stock of valves and\\nfittings. In the addition is located the blacksmith shop, with three fires, run\\nby fan olast also, one bolt-cutting machine, shears, punchmg and drilling\\nmachines, and a complete outfit of tools for doing all kinds of mill and salt\\nwell work and general blacksmithing. About twenty-five feet west of the\\nblacksmith shop is a two-story wagon shop, 20x00 feet in dimensions, for which\\nit has a full line of machinery, operated b} power ti-ansmitted by wire cable\\nfrom the machine shop. About thirty feet nortii of the machine shop is a\\nwarehouse, 30x75 feet in dimensions. A specialty is made of mill and salt\\nwell work, and carts, wagons, etc,, are made to order, and all kinds of wagon", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "06 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nwork is done and repairing promptl} attended to. Mr. Williamson is prepared\\nto do every kind of pipe fitting to order in the most skillful and workman-\\nlike manner, and in all lines the work of the establishment is not surpassed by\\nthat of an}- other in the Valley. A force of skilled workmen is emplo3 ed,\\nand all orders are promptly and satisfactorily filled, close attention to all the\\ndetails of the business and leliabilitj in ever} particular having secured for\\nMr. Williamson a merited and steadily growing prosperity.\\nKeeler Hogeboom. Druggists Court street, corner of Washing-\\nton street, Saginaw Cit} The popular and prosperous drug firm of Keeler\\nHogeboom is composed of Messrs. W. H. Keeler and John (i. Hogeboom, and\\nwas formed in 1879. Their handsomely appointed and well equipped store is\\neligibly located at the northeast corner of Court and Washington streets, and\\nis completely stocked with a full assortment of all standard drugs and chemi-\\ncals, all approved proprietory medicines and a specially fine selection of toilet\\narticles, perfnmery, fancy goods, druggists sundries, etc. Both of the mem-\\nbers of ihe firm are educated and practical pharmacists, and their store enjoys\\na superior reputation for the careful and accurate manner in which prescrip-\\ntions are compounded from the best and purest materials, and they do a large\\ntrade in all the branches usualh conducted l)y a firstclass drug establishment.\\nThe business has steadily increased in volume from year to year from its in-\\nception to the present time, and the accurate and reliable business methods of\\nthe members of the firm, and their constant endeavors to give satisfaction to\\ntheir customers have combined to give the establishment a popularity which is\\nnot exceeded by that of any firm in the line in the Valley.\\nR S. Stewart. The Grocer 518 Genesee avenue East Siiginaw.\\nThis business wes established twelve years ago by the firm of Stewart Brothers,\\nby whom it was conducted until two years ago, since which time Mi*. R. S.\\nStewart has carried on the business as sole proprietor. He occupies the entire\\nbuilning, 25x100 feet in dimensions, at 518 Genesee avenue, where he carries\\nfull stocks and completely assorted lines of everything in staple and fancy\\ngroceries, grocers sundries and canned goods of ever} description, and all\\nfruits and vegetables in season. Great care is taken by Mr. Stewart in the\\nselection of his stock so as to secure at all times the best and freshest goods,\\nand by uniform promptness and accuracy in all his dealings he has built up a\\nlarge trade in the Saginaws, as well as a considerable trade from the surround-\\ning country. The close attention paid by him to all the details of the business\\nhas secured for his establishment a merited popularity.\\nRust Brothers Co. Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Salt\\nMills at South Saginaw and Bay City Office, Court street, between Hamilton\\nand Water streets, Saginaw City. One of the oldest and best known of the\\nlumber manufacturing concerns of the Saginaw Valley, is that now conducted\\nunder the name of Rust Brothers Co., and operating mills at South Saginaw\\nand Bay City. The South Saginaw mill began operations in 1863, then being\\nconducted by the firm of Rust Ingeldaw, the firm becoming Rust Brothers\\nCo. in 1881. The Bay City mill was started in 1864 under the proprietor-\\nship of the firm of A. Rust k Co., in 1878 changing to A. Rust Brothers,\\nand in 1883 to Rust Brothers Co. The members of this firm are Mr. John\\nV. Rust, of Cleveland, O., and Messrs. Amasa and Charles A. Rust, of Sagi-\\nnaw City. The South Saginaw mill has three engines of 80, 50 and 30 horse-\\npower respectively, a battery of four boilers of ^}4 foot shell by 16 feet, and\\nanother of three boilers, 5 by 16, from which are run a powerful engine feed,\\ngang and circular, edgers, trimmers and all requisite machinery and appliances,\\nincluding all the latest improvements and most modern and labor saving in-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "The Industriks of the Sacunaws. \u00c2\u00bb7\\nvenLiaiis. This mill cuts from 12,000,000 to 14,000,000 feet of lumljei-, iiuii :cs\\n50,000 sets of heading and from 1,100,000 to 1,200,000 staves and 1,800,000\\nhuh per annum. Adjacent to the mill are located the five salt wells and a\\nlarge salt block belonging to the firm, and producing about 35,000 barrels of\\nsalt annually. Convenient and well located docks, ample tramways and ex-\\ntensive piling grounds make out the remainder of the premises of the firm,\\nembracing an area of about thirty acres. The IJay City mill has three engines\\nof 80, 50 and 40 horse power respectivel} a battery of five boilers, 5x16. a\\npowerful gang steam feed and circular, and all necessary plant and equipment\\nof the most improved character. The cut of this mill will average about 15,-\\n000,000 feet for the season, and about 25,000 laths per day for the same\\nperiod, embracing about 150 days. In connection with this mill the firm have\\nfour salt wells and drill houses, each with pumping engines, and make from\\n35,000 to 40,000 barrels of salt, which the} ship in bulk through the medium\\nof the Michigan Salt Association. In connection with these premises also, the\\nfirm have a large salt block, spacious warehouses, piling grounds, docks, etc.,\\ncovering in all some twenty acres. At the South Saginaw mill a force of 100\\nhands and fourteen horses is employed, and 110 hands and a number of horses\\nare utilized in the works at Bay City. The firm has a large trade, the market\\nfor its product being found principally in Ohio, New York and the Eastern\\nStates, and the salt all being sold through the nledium of the IMichigan Salt\\nAssociation. The great extent of the facilities of the firm, the superior char-\\nacter of the product and the uniformly reliable methods upon which its busi-\\nness is conducted, have secured it a prominence second to none in the country,\\nand the firm has ample resources, and in addition to its lumber and salt busi-\\nness, also has a large farm at Creen Point, while its individual members are\\nlargely interested in other important industries. Mr. Amasa Rust, of this\\nfirm, is of the firm of Rust, Eaton Co., engaged in a similar business of\\nRutman Rust, who have mills and salt works at Bay City, and of Burrows\\nRust, dealers in lands, lumber, etc. The business is conducted upon per-\\nfect and accurate system, and the enterprise forms one of the most gratifying\\nexamples of success among the industries of the Saginaws.\\nA. W. S. Oalderwood Dealer in Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Etc.;\\n2704 South Washington avenue, South Saginaw. Mr. Calderwood has been\\nengaged in this business for the past fifteen years, during which time he has\\nconducted his affairs so as to secure a merited reputation as one of the leading\\nbusiness men of the south end. He occupies premises 30x125 feet in dimen-\\nsions, has two salesmen, and carries large and complete stocks of everything\\nin the line of dry goods, notions, clothing, oil-cloth, table linen, hosiery, gents\\nfurnishing goods, etc. He formerly carried a stock of millinery in this store,\\nbut the demand for more room, caused by the steady increase of his trade, led\\nhim to remove this department to premises opposite at 2705 South Washington\\navenue, 25x125 feet in dimensions, where a thriving millinery business is con-\\nducted by Mrs. Calderwood, carrying a full line of hats and bonnets, trimmed\\nand untrimmed, ribbons, trimming, feathers, ladies underwear, hosiery, etc.,\\nand full lines of silks, velvets and fancy goods of all kinds. The trade of\\neach of these establishments is steadily increasing, as the result of the careful\\nselection of the stock, so as to secure at all times the best and most iwpular\\ngoods, and the uniformly correct and accommodating methods of ^h: and Mrs.\\nCalderwood in their relations with their customers.\\nR J. Birney.=Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Etc. corner of\\nCourt -tind Hamilton streets, Saginaw City. The eligibly located stand at the\\ncorner of Court and Hamilton streets has been conducted as a drug store for", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "98\\nThe Industries op the Saginaws.\\nthe past thirteen j-ears, the business originally having been conducted by Mr.\\nWilliam Moll, who was succeeded by Mr. D. C. Clark, followed by Sumner\\nWisner, then early in 1886 the firm of Birney Wisner, and since Jul} 1886,\\nhaving been conducted by 3Ir. Birney alone. The premises occupied by the\\nbusiness have a 25-foot frontage on Court street by a depth of 125 feet on\\nNorth Hamilton street, with a laboratory at the side, 25x60 feet, and the main\\nfloor and basement are utilized for the purposes of the business. A large\\nwholesale and fresh stock is carried embracing evei ything in the line of drugs,\\nchemicals, a full line of perfumes and toilet goods, a complete stock of the\\nbest makes of trusses and supporters and a speciall} fine and carefull} selected\\nstock of pure wines and liquors for medicinal uses. The services of five com-\\npetent clerks and assistants are engaged in the business, which is very large\\nand embraces in addition to a heavy patronage from- the citizens of the Sagi-\\nnaws and vicinity, a considerable jobbing trade throughout Northern and\\nWestern Michigan. Mr. Birney is a skillful and educated pharmacist, and\\nbrings to the prosecution of the business an accurate knowledge of its details\\nand an active and careful supervision of its transactions which have secured\\nfor the establishment a first-class reputation for the accuracy of the methods\\nupon which the business is conducted. Prescriptions are carefully compounded\\nfrom the best materials, and every department of a first-class drug establish-\\nment is attended to. In addition to this house Mr. Birney has a prosperous\\nbranch store at 415 Genesee avenue at the end of the bridge on the west side\\nof the Saginaw River. He manufactures his own extracts and a number of\\nspecialties of high repute, and his stock is at all times kept well assorted both\\nin quantity and quality. Correct in all his dealings, Mr. Birney has enjoyed a\\nsteady expansion in his business from his first connection with it to the pres-\\nent time.\\nHolzheimer House. C. F. Holzheimer, Proprietor; 508-512 Potter\\nstreet, opposite F. P. M. Passenger Depot, East Saginaw. Mr. Holzheimer\\nestablished himself in this business in 1882,\\nsince which time, b} the superior character\\nof the accommodations afforded by his es-\\ntablishment, he has secured a prominent\\nplace in the favor of the citizens of Saginaw\\nand the traveling public. The hotel com-\\nprises a new brick building, three stories in\\nheight, and contains forty-seven well fur-\\nnished and neatly kept rooms for the accom-\\nmodation of its guests, including bed rooms,\\nparlors, etc The rates ol the hotel are\\n$1.00 per da) and the accommodations\\noffered l)y the establishment are of a char-\\nacter not surpassed, if equalled, by any\\nhouse with the same rates in the State. Mr.\\nHolzheimer careful!)- supervises all the de-\\npartments of his business for the puri)ose of\\nsecuring the satisfaction of his guests, fur-\\nnishes his table with a plentiful supply of\\ngood, well cooked and well served viands, and those who have once patronized\\nthe hotel usually return to it upon a second visit. Mr. Holzheimer is a native\\nof German} but came when a small child to this country, his parents engag-\\ning in farming in Niagara i:county, N. Y., until 1865, when they removed to\\nOttawa county, Mich. Mr. Holzheimer served throughout the entire War of", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 99\\nthe Rebellion in the 28th Regiment of hew York Volunteers and the 2nd New\\nYork Mounted Rifles, and was honorably discharged after good service in 1865.\\nHe is a gentleman of thorough!} accurate and reliable business methods, and\\nenjoys the general respect as a substantial and worthy citizen.\\nButman Rust. Manufacturers of Lumber and Salt Mills at Bay\\nCity Otlice at Saginaw City. One of the oldest, best, known and most pros-\\nperous of the manufacturing firms of the Saginaw Valley, is that of Butman\\nRust, of which Messrs. Myron Butman and Amasa Rust are the individual\\nmembers, and which was formed in 1865. They own and operate a saw mill at\\nBay Cit}-, 120x150 feet in dimensions, with a large and complete equipment of\\nall the latest and most improved machinery and appliances adapted to lumber\\nmanufacture, including a battery of seven large boilers, as well as another\\nl.oiler outside, for the purpose of runningtheir salt block, Sa c powerful engines\\nrunning a Wickes Brothers gang, a large circular, trimmers, edgers, butting\\nsaws, etc. In addition to the mill, the firm has three salt wells and drill houses\\nand a salt block with an extensive boom, docks on three sides, an outside dock,\\ninside dock, slip dock and mill dock, giving pilage for 5,000,000 feet of lum-\\nber, all covering several acres. The annual product of the mill amounts to 12,-\\n000,000 feet of lumber and 3,000,000 laths, in addition to which the firm have\\nfrom 3,000,000 to 3,500,000 shingles made for them. They also produce about\\n25,000 barrels of salt, which they ship in bulk to the association, and therefore\\nmake no barrel stock. Their store-house adjoining their salt block has a ca-\\npacitj for holding 15,000 barrels of salt in bulk, and the firm lumbers in Glad-\\nwin county, running two camps of about forty men each and about twenty\\nteams. In Gladwin county the firm owns a farm of 500 acres, and also owns\\npine and farm lands in large quantities throughout Roscommon, Gladwin, Isa-\\nbella, Midland, Gratiot and Saginaw counties. At the mill and salt works em-\\nployment is given to a force ranging from eight} to one hundred hands, and the\\nproduct of the mill, which is of the best quality, finds a ready market in Ohio\\nand all eastern cities. Mr. Butman, of this firm, is a native of Milan, O.,\\nwhere he was born in 1825, He was educated at Huron Institute, Erie coun-\\nty, O., and came to Saginaw in 1855, having previously entered some 4,000 acres\\nof fine timber lands in this vicinity, and he has been a heavy dealer in timber\\nlands from that time to the present. Mr. Amasa Rust, of the firm, is well\\nknown as a leading operator in lumber, logs and pine lands, and a member of\\nthe firms of Rust, Eaton Co., Burrows Rust and Rust Brothers Co.,\\nand other important business enterprises. Thus managed with perfect system\\nin the conduct of the business, and a reputation surpassed by none, this firm\\nhas achieved a position of distinction among the leading and most prosperous\\nof the great industries of the Saginaw Valley.\\nCharles Lee 3Ianufaoturer of Sash, Poors, Blinds, Flooring, Etc.\\n634 South Water street, corner of Hoyt street. East Saginaw^ Mr. Lee has\\nbeen engaged in the lumber business ever since he established this enterprise\\nin 1803, and is properly regarded as one of the successful manufacturers of\\nthe Saginaw Valley. He has a large saw mill, boom and blocks of lumber six piles\\ndeep on the river bank. His planing mill and sash, door and blind factory\\noccupy a two-story building 150x180 feet in dimensions across the street from\\nthe saw mill, and the mills and lumber yards cover twenty-two lots. The\\nplaning mill and sash, door and blind factory take a large portion of the cut\\nof the saw mill, the lumber being kiln dried, worked up and sold in the manu-\\nfactured state. Both mills are fitted up with all the most modern and improved\\nplant and machinery adapted to the requirements of the business. The saw\\nmill erected in 1882, and the planing mill, which was originally a saw mill,", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "100 The Industries op the Saginaws,\\nwas remodeled and improved in 1876. Employment is given to a force of\\nsixty-five hands, and the mills enjoy unsurpassed shipping and receiving\\nfacilities by rail and river, the railroad tracks passing between the saw mill\\nand the planing mill. The annual cut amounts to about 4,000 000 feet, and a\\nstock of about 3,000,000 feet is carried on hand. He has at all times a com-\\nplete assortment of roughed and dressed lumber of all dimensions, and a very\\nlarge stock of sash, doors, blinds, ceiling, siding and lath. He does a large\\nbusiness, his product being shipped to towns in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania,\\nand all East, as well as a considerable trade with Chicago. His facilities are\\nunsurpassed, and his reputation the highest, all his dealings being character-\\nized by uniform fairness, promptness and accuracy.\\nCharles Rimmele Brother. Dealers in Groceries, Provisions\\nand Produce No. 132 North Hamilton street, Saginaw City telephone No.\\n905. This firm was formed in May, 1886, succeeding Mr. William Moye, who\\nhad been established for sixteen years. The firm occupies the main floor and\\nbasement, 25x100 feet in dimensions, where the}- earr}- large and thoroughly\\ndiversified stocks of everything in the line of staple and fanc} groceries, pro-\\nvisions of every description and all kinds of produce, giving employment to\\nthree competent clerks, and having a large trade with the citizens of the Sagi-\\nnaws, as well as a considerable patronage from farmers and others in the sur-\\nrounling country. The goods carried b}- the firm are selected with great care\\nfrom the freshest and best stock, and the quality of the goods, combined with\\nthe uniformly accurate and prompt methods of the firm, have secured for\\nthem a first-class reputation. The members of the firm are Messrs. Leopold and\\nCharles llimmcle, both of whom are thoroughly practical merchants, and\\nclosel} supervise every detail of the business, basing their claims to success\\nupon the merit of their stock and the uniform reliability of their transactions.\\nSaginaw Beef Company. L. Cornwell, Proprietor Wholesale\\nDealer in Swift s Choice Chicago Dressed Beef, Live Stock, Dressed Hogs,\\nMutton, Smoked Meats, Etc.; Corner of Potter and Third streets. East Sagi-\\nnaw. This business, which represents a large and important industr3% was\\nestablished in 1883, Mr. Cornwell having a half interest in the business, and\\nthe other half being owned by Messrs. G. L., G. F. and E. F. Swift, of Chicago.\\nTwo years ago Mr. Cornwell acquired the entire business, which he still con-\\nducts under the old name. Mr. Cornwell, who has been in the live stock busi-\\nness from his boyhood to the present time, is thoroughly practical and experi-\\nenced in all departments of the business in which he is engaged, and possesses\\nthe best facilities for the supply of ever} description of goods in his line to the\\ntrade throughout the Saginaw Valley and Northern Michigan. The premises\\noccupied 1)}^ him in this citj embrace a building, 35x125 feet iit dimensions,\\nthe front part of which, 30x40 feet, is used as office and sales rooms, with an\\noverhead scale and track. In the rear of this is the cooling room, 35x70 feet\\nin dimensions, with overhead railway, from which hang hooks with wheels.\\nThese railways lead from the cooling room to a room in the rear, 15x35 feet,\\nat the end of which the loaded cars come, and these emptj their loads on to\\nthe hooks, which are then run directly into the cooling room and store room,\\nover which a large supply of ice is deposited. Mr. Cornwell has 1,800 acres\\nat Mt. Morris, Mich., which is his home, and where he has a large stock of\\nabout 3,000 sheep and 300 cattle, and is a large dealer in live stock, doing a\\nconsiderable business, shipping to Buffalo and other eastern points. In addi-\\ntion to this establishment Mr. Cornwell also conducts a similar business at Bay\\nCity, under the name of the Bay City Beef Company, His business is very\\nlarge, and he has agents visiting different points in Northern Michigan taking", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws.\\n101\\norders for goods in his line. Tlie dressed beef bandied at the estal)lishment i.i\\nof the best quality, being the product of the celebrated packing houses of Swift\\nCo., of Chicago, and of this he sells about 300 head per week, as well as an\\naverage of 800 hogs and 125 sheep. Mr. Cornwell is a gentleman of large\\nresources, and the inisurpassed facilities possessed by him for supplying goods\\nin his line, the thorough accuracy of his business methods and his promptness in\\nlining orders have caused the volume of his transactions to steadily increase\\nfrom 3 ear to 3 ear.\\nJames S. Smart, Jr. Co. Manufacturing Confectioners, and Job-\\nbers in Oysters, Fruits and Canned Goods 133 North Franklin street. East\\nMANU F\\nSaginaw. A prominent addition to the larger business houses of the Saginaws\\nwas made in the formation a year ago of the firm of James S. Smart, Jr.\\nCo., of which Mr. James S. Smart is the active member, and Mr. Gilbert W.\\nLee, head of the well-known Detroit firm of the D. D. Mallory Co., is a special\\npartner. Prior to establishing this business Mr. Smart had been for a number\\nof years a member of the prominent wholesale grocery firm of Symons, Smart\\nCo. The firm occupies a handsome and commodious three-story and base-\\nment building, 35x120 feet in dimensions, adapted in ever} wa^ to the pur-\\nposes of the business, and efjuipped witli all the necessary machiner}- and\\nplant for the manufacture of confectionery, and employment is given to a force\\nof twent} skilled and competent workmen and assistants, while three traveling\\nsalesmen represent the firm in its trade terrritor^ embracing the country from\\nFlint to Manistee and Cheboygan, points on the Flint Pere Marquette rail-\\nroad, Alpena, and all along the shore in fact, all the northern portion of Mich-\\nigan. They manufacture all kinds of candies and confections, and in addition\\nare large jobbers in oysters, fruits and canned goods of ever} decription, in", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "102 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nwhich their stock is unsurpassed in quality, and in steadily growing demand\\nby the trade. The inception of the business has been marked by a gratifying-\\nsuccess, and the superior reputation held b} the members of the firm with the\\ntrade, its first-class facilities and the promptness and accuracy of the methods\\nupon which its business is conducted, will doubtless secure for it a still greater\\nincrease in the volume of its business.\\nJ. H. Benjamin. Wholesale Manufacturer of Concord Buggies 318,\\n320 and 322 Hamilton street, Saginaw City. Mr. Benjamin established this\\nbusiness in 1870, since which time his trade has grown, and he has steadily in-\\ncreased his facilities until he now has one of the most completely equipped es-\\ntablishments of the kind in the State. He occupies a two-story brick building,\\n75x100 feet in dimensions, and gives employment to- a force ranging from ten\\nto fifteen men in the manufacture of everything in the carriage-making and\\nblacksmithing line, except horseshoeing, and enjoys an unsurpassed reputation\\nfor the great superioril} of all the work produced at his establisJiment. He\\nmakes a specialty of the manufacture of Concord buggies, in which his trade is\\nnot confined to local bounds, but extends to all parts of the country he having\\nsent his Concord buggies as far west as C/alifornia, south to Florida and east to\\nNew Jersey. In his general line of wagons, carriages, etc., he does a la,rge\\nbusiness with the people of the Saginaw Valley and the Northern Peninsula,\\nand is at all times kept busy, owing to the high reputation which he has built\\nup for uniformly reliable and superior work. He is prepared to fill all orders\\nfor every description of work in his line with accurecy and despatch, and close-\\n1}^ supervises all the details of his business, so as to maintain intact the high\\nrepute which good work and honorable dealings have secured for him.\\nLinton Manufacturing Co. Aaron Linton, President Amasa Rust,\\nVice President W. S. Linton, Treasurer C. E. Linton, Secretary Wholesale\\nDealers in and Manufacturers of Lumber, Salt and Packing Boxes Jefferson\\nstreet, near Washington avenue, East Saginaw. Mr. Aaron l^inton has long\\nbeen identified with the lumber manufacturing industry of the Saginaws, hav-\\ning originally come to this city in 1858, from which time until 1870 he held\\nthe position of foreman in Curtis King s saw mill, and in 1870 started in\\nbusiness for himself, building a large saw mill on the F. P. M. Railroad,\\nwhich he conducted for three years, at the end of which time the mill was\\ndestroyed by fire. He then returned to Saginaw City and built a planing mill,\\nwhich was burned six years afterward, but which was immediately rebuilt, Mr.\\nLinton associating with himself his sons, William S. and Charles E. Linton,\\nunder the firm name of A. Linton Sons. They conducted a prosperous\\nbusiness until May 28, of the present year, when again their property was\\ndestroyed by fire. After this a site was purchased in the Fifth Ward, covering\\nten acres near the old race track, bounded on the east by Jeflferson street,\\nnorth by the St. Clair branch of the F. P. M. R. R., Washington avenue be-\\ning near by on the west, and on the south the Toledo, Saginaw Mackinaw\\nRailroad now in course of construction. The present company was incor-\\nporated in August with a capital stock of $50,000, and the mill and other\\nbuildings erected. The main building is a two-story structure, 58x160 feet in\\ndimensions, with a detached brick building, 22 feet to the east of it and 44x58\\nfeet in area, wh ch is utilized for a boiler and engine room. Just north of the\\nmill is a steam salt block, 48x172 feet in dimensions, and a drill house. The\\nmill is completely equipped with all the most highly improved machiner}- and\\nappliances adapted to the manufacture of rough and dressed lumber and box\\nshooks, including one engine of 175 horse-power two boilers, 5^x17 two of\\nS. A. Wood s 14-iuch fast feed planers two flooring machines one 27-inch", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saqinaws.\\n103\\ndouble surfacer and matcher one 10-inch moulder two pony planers one\\nJoslin segment saw, 50-inch one 36-inch Benjamin Fischer re-saw one\\nWilliamsport gang edger one S. A. Wood power feed rip saw one Wright s\\nautomatic cut-off saw one combination cut off and rip saw four*saw tables,\\nwith 14x16 inch saws for cutting boxes, and two rip saws. The upper floor,\\nwhich is devoted to the manufacture of box shooks, is ecjuipped with all the\\nspecial machinery adapted to that branch of manufacture. The planing\\ncapacity of the mill is 125,000 feet per day, and that for the manufacture of\\nboxes from 60,000 to 70,000 per week. Employment is given throughout the\\n3 ear to a force of 100 workmen and the firm does a large business, appropriate\\nto the extent of its facilities and resources. The great soap manufacturing\\nfirm of Proctor Gamble, of Cincinnati, are stockholders in the company and\\nthe soap boxes used b} the firm are manufactured by this compan} The salt\\nproduct of the company has been all contracted for, and therefore does not go\\non the market. Mr. Aaron Linton, President of the compau}-, is thoroughl}\\nexperienced in all the departments of the business of lumber manufacture, in\\nwhich he has been engaged for over thirt} ^-ears, and Mr. Amasa Rust, Vice-\\nPresident, is well known as one of the most prominent lumber manufacturers\\nand owners of pine lands in the State. Mr. W. S. Jiinton, Treasurer of the\\ncompan} is a prominent and popular citizen, and has served two terms of two\\nyears each as Alderman from the Seventh Ward, and last fall was elected as\\na Representative of the State Legislature from the Second District on the\\nRepublican ticket, and served this conscituency with honor and efficiency.\\nMr. Charles E. Linton, Secretary of the company, has had a complete business\\ntraining, and his attainments are such as to fit him for the duties of the\\nposition which he fills. These gentlemen, with Messrs. C. A. Rust, of Saginaw,\\nand J. W. Donnell}-, of Cmcinnati, form the Board of Directors. The firm\\nhas a substantial standing, starting out with every prerequisite to success, and\\nthe merit of its product and systematic methods upon which its business is\\nconducted will doubtless secure the prosperity of the enterprise.\\nJohn G. Schemm. Brewer and Bottler of Lager Beer and Manufac-\\nturer of Ginger Ale, Etc.; North Hamilton street, Saginaw City. This is an\\nold established and well-known brewery, having been started in 1866 l)y the\\nfirm of Schemm Gruhler. In 1869 Charles Schoenheit bought the interest", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "104 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nof Mr. Grubler, and the firm became Schemm and Schoenheit, and as such was\\nconducted until 1881, since which time Mr. John Gr. Schemm has conducted it\\nas sole proprietor. Great improvements and additions have been made to the\\nbrewer} frftm time to time, and as now conducted it comprises a three-story\\nl uilding, 130x100 feet in dimensions, with bottling works and ollice 30x100\\nfeet, all of white brick. The brewery is completely equipped with all the\\nmodern plant and appliances adapted to the business, and contains three large\\nand well built cellars, large grain storage and malt rooms, di*y kilns, etc.\\nNothing but hops and malt is used in the manufacture of the superior beer\\nproduced at this establishment, and which enjoys the favor of consumers, on\\naccount of its uniform purity and excellence, and the 7,000 barrels of the pro-\\nduct annualh produced at the establishment is all required by the local demand.\\nUp to the present Mr. Schemm has used ice for refrigerating purposes, but as\\nthat takes up too much room, it is his intention to put in a refrigerating\\nmachine, which will give him enlarged space and afford him an opportunit}^ to\\nincrease his capacity. Fifteen hands are employed and eight horses utilized\\nin the business, and Mr. Schemm, who is a thoroughly practical and experi-\\nenced brewer, enjoys the prosperity which comes from a superior qualit} of\\ngoods, and uniform reliability of business conduct.\\nBrand Hardin. Manufacturers of Roller Process Flour also Man-\\nufacturers of Shingles and Salt Corner of Water and Mackinaw Streets, Sag-\\ninaw City. This well known and prosperous firm was originally established in\\n1879, the members being Messrs. J. F. Brand and A. C. Hardin. They occupy\\na spacious and complete flour mill, four stories high, and 80x100 feet in di-\\nmensions, in which the} have all the necessary machinery and appliances for\\nthe manufacture of flour of superior quality b} the roller process, and have re-\\ncently made an addition for a feed mill, into which they are now putting a\\ncomplete outfit of roller process machinery. The flour mill has a capacity for\\nthe manufacture of 200 barrels of flour daily, and the firm have a salt block ad-\\njoining, with a capacity for the manufacture of 13,000 barrels per annum, and\\na shingle mill in the rear of these premises, in which they cut 3,000,000\\nshingles per season. Their whole premises cover an area of 150x225 feet,\\nfronting on the railroad tracks of the Michigan Central Railroad, and running\\nback to complete docks on the river fiont. The firm have four engines, 75,\\n35, 25 and 15 horse power, respectively, using two large boilers, antl piaking\\nsalt from exhaust steam, thereby securing great eoonom}^ in the expense of\\ntheir salt manufacture. In their flour mill a force of eighteen men and three\\nhorses are employed, and they have twent3-five men employed in their shingle\\nmill and salt works. The trade of the firm is very large, and so celebrated are\\ntheir brands of Gold Medal, O. K. Roller Patent, Standard and Pur-\\nitan, that the local demand, and that of the northern portion of Michigan,\\ncalls for their entire product. In shingles their trade is mainly in the States\\nof Ohio and New York, while their salt is sold through the medium of the\\nMichigan Salt Association. Messrs. Brand Ilardin are energetic business\\nmen, thoroughly understanding all the departments of the business in which\\nthe} are engaged, and supervising all its operations with good judgment, deal-\\ning with the trade upon fair and accurate methods, which have secured for\\nthem a high place and a constantly growing trade and prosperity.\\nSinger Manufacturing Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. 0. Charlcbois, Agent 512\\nGenesee avenue, East Saginaw. The uneciualled extent of the operations of\\nthe Singer Sewing Machine Company, the large amount of its output, the great\\nvolume of its sales and the undiminished popularity of its machines render\\nthis corporation the most important of all those engaged in the manufacture", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "TiiK Industries of the Saginaws. 105\\nof sewing machines. The trade of the company extends to all parts of the\\ncivilized world, and agencies are maintained in all the principal cities of the\\nUnited States and Canada, as well as in Europe and Australia. h\\\\ East Sagi-\\nnaw the Singer Manufacturing Company has had an oUice for over twenty\\nyears, and this oMice has, since March last, been in the experienced charge of\\nMr. J. O. Charlebois, who came to this city from Traverse Cit}-, where he had\\nbeen engaged as agent for this company, prior to which he was similarly en-\\ngaged at Muskegon, Mich. The Singer machine has always kept ahead of its\\ncompetitors by being the first to introduce valuable improvements in mechanism,\\nand the new vSinger machine is to-day in the lead, and unsurpassed in its per-\\nfect adaptation to all domestic uses to which a sewing machine can be put.\\nThe East Saginaw business of the company covers some twenty-nine counties\\nalong the Michigan Central and Lake Shore, and also extends in the Upper\\ni euinsula to the Sault and Schoolcraft Count}-. Employment is given in this\\ndistrict to a force of sixty salesmen and assistants, and from 2,500 to 3,000\\nmachines per year are sold from this office. The business of the branch is\\nprospering under the careful and efficient management of Mr. Charlebois,\\nwhose close attention to the interests of his principals and zeal in making\\nknown the merits of these machines has resulted in a largel} accelerated trade\\nin the territory assigned to his charge.\\nKimball Merriam. Lumber Dealers Office and Yard, 1901 South\\nHamilton street, Saginaw City,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This firm, of whcih Messrs. R. Kimball and\\nN. Merriam are the individual members, was established three j-ears ago, since\\nwhich time they have enjoyed a large and steadily growing trade as dealers in\\nevery kind of rough and dressed lumber, which they purchase on the docks\\nfrom local manufactures, and in which they do a large trade, handling about\\n12,000,000 feet per annum, and shipping to all eastern and southern and some\\nwestern markets in car load lots. The firm has conveniently arranged and\\ncommodious yards covering eight blocks, located on both the Michigan Cen-\\ntral and Flint Pere Marquette railroads, with railroad tracks throughout the\\npremises, giving them unsurpassed facilities for the receipt, handling and\\nshipment of lumber of every description. They carry very large stocks of\\nlumber of all lengths and dimensions in their yard, and give employment to a\\nforce ranging from thirty to forty men. Both members of the firm have long\\nbeen connected with the lumber interests of the Valley, and by uniformly cor-\\ni-ect and reliable business methods, have commended themselves to the favor\\nof the trade throughout the country, and have prospered to a gratifying degree\\nin their enterprise.\\nErnst Wilke.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Flint Pere Marquette Meat Market Fresh and Salt\\n-Meats, Sausages, Etc.; 504 Potter street. East Saginaw. This business was\\nestablished six years ago by iNIr. Wilke. The premises occupied by the store\\nembrace a handsome two- story brick building, 35x75 feet in dimensions, in\\nwhich is an ice chest in the rear, 20x20 feet. Here is carried at all times a\\nlarge stock and complete assortment of the best quality of goods in the lines\\nof fresh and salt meats of every description, all kinds of sausages, turkeys,\\nchickens, etc., and the careful selection made of the stock, and the thorough\\ncorrectness and reliability of all the dealings of Mr. Wilke have secured for\\nhis store a prominent place in the confidence of the people of the city, and he\\ndoes a large and steadily growing business. The premises are well equipped,\\nand Mr. Wilke, who is thoroughly acquainted with all the details of the\\nItusiness and supervises them with a steady endeavor to satisfy his customers,\\nis enjoying a thriving trade, which he has fairly earned by close attention to", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "106 The Industries of the Saoinaws.\\nbusiness. He renders his own lard and dresses all meats, etc., that are used\\nto supply his trade, and he contemplates adding in a short time a large power\\nsausage machine with a capacity of over two thousand pounds per da}\\nAvery Co. Manufacturers of and Dealers in Rough and Dressed\\nLumlter, Lath, Shingles, Etc. Hayden street, corner of Franklin street, East\\nSaginaw. This prominent manufacturing establishment was started six years\\nago by the firm of Cooper Avery, by whom it was conducted until two years\\nago, since which time Mr. Waldo 0. Aver} has been the sole proprietor. The\\nmain yard and mill occupies Hayden street from Franklin to Cass street, about\\n220 feet deep. The planing mill and sash, door and blind factory occupies a\\nbrick structure, three stories high, and 120x50 feet in dimensions, with an\\nengine and boiler house extension, 50x60 feet, and (toiiveniently located with\\nrailroad tracks on both sides, facilitating the handling and shipment of raw\\nmaterial and manufactured product. On the premises is a large shed for the\\nstorage of fine dressed lumber, 210x25 feet in dimensions. The works are\\nequipped with all the latest and most highl} improved machinery adapted to\\nthe business, and in them is dressed 10,000,000 feet of lumber per annum.\\nThe firm keeps on hand at all times a large supply and complete assortment,\\nin all dimensions, of rough and dressed lumber, lath, shingles, fiooring, siding,\\nceiling, mouldings, sash, doors, stair work, frames, etc. A force of sixt} hands\\nis employed, and the product of the works is noted for its superior quality,\\nwhich has secured for it a trade covering all points east and south, the product\\nbeing shipped over the Michigan Central and Flint Pere Marquette railroads.\\nPerfect system is maintained in all the operations of the business, the manu-\\nfacturing departments being under the practical and experienced supervision\\nof Mr. W. T. Cooper as general superintendent. Mr. Avery is one of the lead-\\ning business men of the city, and in addition to the proprietorship of this\\nbusiness, is a member of the prominent firm of McCausland Co., wholesale\\ngrocers and proprietors of the Valley Spice Mills. He justl} enjoys the\\napproval and patronage of the trade as a result of uniform accuracy in his\\nbusiness methods, and has earned a gi eat and steadily growing success.\\nWickes Brothers. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Wickes Gang,\\nand All Kinds of Heavy Mill Machinery 512 North Water street, East Sagi-\\nnaw. This prominent and repi-esentative firm was originally established in\\n1860 by Messrs. Henry D. and Edward N. Wickes, who were later joined by\\nMessrs. Harry T. and William J. Wickes, these four gentlemen now composing\\nthe firm. Their machine shop is 130x50 feet in dimensions, with an L 60x70\\nfeet. It is completely outfitted with all the latest and most improved machinery\\nadapted to the business, including twelve lathes, the largest of which will take\\na 28-foot shaft, a lioring mill with a 78-inch wheel, ten large planers, hanging\\nand rotar} drills, swinging tables, stationary and traveling cranes, etc. Their\\nfoundry, which is a continuation of the L, is 60x80 feet in dimensions, and has\\nthe largest cupola in the State, holding eight tons. Their pattern shop, in\\nwhich they carry a large and complete stock of patterns, is a two-story build-\\ning, 50x75 feet, and their ofiices and mill supplv department occupy a two-\\nstoiy building, 65x50 feet, with a large warehouse and shipping department in\\nthe rear. Here they deal in and carry large stocks and full lines of everything\\nin mill supplies, wrought iron pipe fittings for steam, gas and water, belting,\\npacking, steam pumps, governors, inspirators and all steam heating apparatus.\\nTheir works, with a large yard in the center, cover about a block, and the,y\\nhave an extra warehouse for surplus stock further up the street. Employment\\nis given to a force of one hundred hands, and in their works they manufacture\\nall kinds of heavy mill machinery, making a specialty of the Wickes Improved", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "TiiK Industries of the Saoinaws. 107\\nIron 1^ rame Gano; iMill, which is so designed and proportioned as to insure\\ndurable anil continued movement at the highest speed, safely increasing the\\nquantit} and improving the quality of work done, and admitting at the same\\ntime of the use of tliiinier saws and the carrying of heavier feed than is\\npractical in other machines. This mill has ol)tained the approval of lumber\\nmanufacturers in all parts of the Union and Canada where lumber is cut, and\\noccasional orders are also received from foreign countries. Over 300 of these\\nmills are now in use, and the firm enjoys a constantly growing patronage as\\nthe merits of their mills become known over a wider range. All the opera-\\ntions of the works are conducted upon perfect and accurate S3-stem, ami the\\nfirm enjoys the approval of the trade, as a result both of the merit of their\\nwork and the reliable methods upon which their dealings are conducted.\\nEaton, Potter Go, Manufacturers, and Wholesale and Retail\\nDealers in Lumber, Lath and Salt Mill at foot of Center street, South\\nSaginaw Office, Hamilton street, Saginaw City. No names are more prom-\\ninently- connected with the development of the lumber industry of the Saginaw\\nValley than those of the gentlemen composing this firm, including Messrs. I).\\nL. C. Eaton, Fred. H. i*otter, George L. Burrows and L. Burrows. The\\nbusiness now conducted by this firm is an old one, having been originally\\nfounded by Mr. John Gallagher, who built the original mill in 1853, and who\\ncut in that year 1,500,000 feet of lumber. The premises were acquired by\\nthe present firm in 1873, since which time vast additions and great improve-\\nments have been made to the area of the premises, the building and plant, and\\nthey now occupy as a mill building a two-story structure, 100x150 feet in\\ndimensions, completely equipped with all the latest and most highly improved\\nmachinery and appliances adapted to the requirements of the business,\\nincluding two engines, 18x20 and 18x30 respectively, six boilers, 5x16 each,\\nand all the necessary saw mill machinery for the production of lumber upon\\nthe most modern principles each device for expediting the operations, im-\\nproving the product or facilitating the work of manufacture being employed.\\nIn addition to the lumber manufacturing plant, the firm have complete salt\\nworks, salt block, drill house, etc., and have an annual product of 17,000\\nbarrels, while their lumber product will amount to about 15,000.000 feet of\\nlumber, 1,000,000 laths, 800,000 staves, 500,000 sets of heading and a large\\nquantity of pickets, etc. The capacity of the mill is for 90,000 feet of\\nlumljer per day. Employment is given to a force of seventy-five workmen,\\nand the lumber product is sold to all markets of the East and South, while\\nthe salt product is disposed of through the medium of the Michigan Salt\\nAssociation. The members of this firm are prominently identified with other\\nimportant business enterprises of the Saginaw Valley, Mr. D. L. C. Eaton\\nbeing also a member of the firms of Bust, Eaton Co., and George L,\\nBurrows Co.; Mr. Fred. H. Potter also being of the firm of George L.\\nBurrows .t Co., and .Mr. George L. Burrows being of the firms of Burrows\\nBust; Bust, Eaton Co., and the head of the old and substantial banking\\nfirm of George L. Burrows Co. All the operations of the works are con-\\nducted upon a perfect and accurate system, the resources of the firm are in\\nevery respect ample, its facilities without a superior and its success the\\nmerited result of the combination of all these advantages.\\nJ B. TeaL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wholesale and Betail Meat and Vegetable Market 2700\\nSouth Washington avenue. South Saginaw. This is an old established busi-\\nness, having been started fifteen years ago by Mr. J. B. Teal. lie carries a\\nlarge and completely assorted stock of the choicest meats, poultry, butter,\\ncheese, eggs, canned goods, buckwheat flour, oysters, and all vegetables in", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "108 The Industries op the Saoinaws.\\nseason, and not only has a large trade in South Saginaw, but has also secured\\na considerable patronage, which is steadily expanding, in ICast Saginaw and\\nSaginaw Cit}-. He does a large business, supplying other dealers with dressed\\nineats, smoked hams, and every description of sausages, etc. The thoroughly\\naccurate and accommodating business methods upon which he conducts his\\nbusiness, the great care taken by him in the selection of his stock and the\\npromptness of his delivery have secured for his establishment a reputation\\nsecond to none in the Saginaws. Not only is his stock of fresh meats com-\\nposed of the choicest to be found in the markets, but in salt meats, hams, etc.,\\nhis stock is of superior excellence, as Mr. Teal packs sufficient of these goods\\nin the winter to supply his trade throughout the seassn. He employs a com-\\nplete force of assistants, and by thorough reliability and constant endeavor to\\nplease his customers throughout his long and honorable business history, he\\nhas achieved a first-class reputation and a steadily increasing prosperity. In a\\nshoit time he will increase his capacity for jobbing by adding a large power\\nchopper to be devoted exclusively to the sausage department.\\nLou. Gr. Moore. Druggist Washington and Gratiot streets Sagi-\\nnaw. This well known and popular stand has been for fifteen years conducted\\nas a drug establishment, having been originally occupied by Mr. William Moll,\\nwho was bought out by Mr, A. L. Moore, a brother of the present proprietor,\\nin 1880, and was conducted by him until Mr. Lou. Gr. Moore succeeded to the\\nbusiness two years ago. The store is eligibly located at the corner of Wash-\\nington and Gratiot streets, having an entrance on both streets, and Mr. Moore\\ncarries a large and completely diversified stock of everything in the line of\\ndrugs and chemicals, approved proprietary medicines and druggists sundries\\nof every description, in addition to which Mr. Moore makes his own extracts,\\nas well as a number of specialties, which have acquired a merited celebrity for\\ntheir superior quality. The store enjoys a first-class reputation for the ac-\\ncurate and careful manner in which prescriptions are compounded from the\\nbest and purest materials, and Mr Moore has a large business in the city, as\\nwell as a considerable trade from farmers and others in the surrounding\\ncountry. The merit of his stock and the close attention paid by him to all\\nthe details of the business have caused his enterprise to become a successful\\none.\\nBrown Ryan. Dealers in Lumber, Logs and Shingles; Yard at\\nJackson, Lansing Saginaw Railroad crossing Mill, west end of Johnson\\nstreet bridge. Among the firms engaged as dealers in lumber, logs and\\nshingles, that of Brown llyan, formed two years ago, is one of the most\\nactive and prosperous. The members of the firm are Messrs. Addison T.\\nBrown and William Kyan. They own and operate a mill at the west end of\\nthe Johnson street bridge, occupying a building, 80x150 feet in dimensions,\\nand equipped with a 60 horse-power engine and two 5x16 boilers, running a\\ncircular saw and all accessary- machinery, and making aliout 75,000 feet of\\npine lumber per day during the season, which they ship to Chicago and Ohio\\nand eastern ports. In addition to this business of the manufacture of pino\\nlumber, the firm also largely deals in hardwood and Norway pine and have a\\nyard for car shipments located at the Jiickson, Lansing Saginaw Railway\\ncrossing, where they carry a stock of about 7,000,000 feet of lumber, and give\\nemployment to twelve men. In addition to this lousiness they are largely en-\\ngaged in lumbering on the Tobacco River, where Mr. Brown owns extensive\\ntracts of pine and farm lands, and carries on large operations in cutting,\\nrafting and delivering lumber. The saw mill premises are eligibly loc^ated,\\noccupying one of the best sites on the river, and in addition to the main build-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws. 10i\u00c2\u00bb\\ning includes a large barn, offices, docks, piling grounds, etc., the whole plant\\ncovering about thirty- acres, and besides their own shipping business the firm\\ndoes a large local trade, employing altogether about ninety hands, and utilizing\\nabout twenty horses in the various departments of their business. liotli mem-\\nbers are practical men and supervise their affiiirs in a manner conducive to\\nsuccess, the correct S3 stem upon which they conduct their affairs having\\nsecured for them a great and growing prosperity.\\nJ. H. Shackleton.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Roller Mills Manufacturer of Flour, Meal, Feed,\\nEtc. Mills, corner of (Jratiot and Lyon streets, Saginaw City. Mr. Shackle-\\nton inaugurated this enterprise eight years ago, and has since carried it on in\\nsuch a manner as to commend himself to the approbation and patronage of\\nthe people of the Saginaw Valle} and has achieved such a success that an in-\\nerease of his facilities became an imperative necessity, and during the present\\nyear he has remodeled and improved his mill, adding an extra story to the\\nmain building, building an extension, and putting in a full roller process\\nthroughout. The mill as now operated embraces a three-story building, 30xG()\\nfeet in dimensions, with a new extension 30x25 feet, and a boiler house at the\\nside, 20x25 feet, containing a 50 horse-power engine, fed by a boiler with a\\nfour-foot shell and fourteen feet in length. Mr. Shackleton gives steady em-\\nployment to six hands and two teams, and the products of his mills are justly\\ncelebrated for their supeiior quality, his brands Favorite, Golden (lem\\nand White Rose roller floor being standards of excellence in qualit}-. lie\\nalso manufactures fine and coarse meal, rye, graham and buckwheat flour. No.\\n1 and 2 feed bran, middlings, etc., and deals in corn, oats iind screenings. He\\ncarries at all times a large stock, and does a very large business in the city and\\nsurrounding country, dealing with all upon reliable methods, and maintaining\\na standing not excelled by an} firm in its line in the State. Hon. John li.\\nShackleton is a citizen who is highly esteemed and justly regarded as a repre-\\nsentative man who has a deep interest in the welfare of Saginaw City. He is\\nnow serving the people as Mayor and fills that ofBcewith honor to himself and\\ncredit to the cit}-, discharging its duties in a conscientious and efficient manner.\\nE. Schoeneberg. Fire Insurance and Real Estate Agent Taylor\\nHouse Block, Saginaw City. Mr. Schoeneberg has been engaged in his present\\nbusiness for the past four years, prior to which he had been City Treasurer for\\na number of years. Since embarking in his present enterprise he has, In-\\nclose attention to all the details of the business, built up a pronounced and\\ngratifying success in all the departments of a legitimate real estate business,\\nto which he attends with a promptness and fidelity which has commended him\\nto a large patronage among the leading propert} owners of Saginaw county.\\nHe deals largely in real estate on his own account and for his clients, and is\\nalso busily engaged in his insurance agency, representing a number of the\\nleading and most substantial insurance corporations of the countr}-, including\\nin fire insurance the Orient, of Hartford, with a capital of $1,000,000, assets of\\n$1,604,486, and a net surplus of $132,186 the I rovidence-Washington, of\\nRhode Island, one of the oldest and strongest insurance corporations of the\\ncountry, having been founded in 1799, and which has a capital of $400,\\nassets of $1,025,804, and a net surplus of $M3,677 the Teutonia Fire and\\nMarine, of Dayton, capital, $100,000, assets, $374,858, and a net surplus of\\n$208,183 the Ohio, of Dayton, with a capital of $150,000 assets, $244,2(Mi,\\nand surplus as regards polic\\\\- holders of $202,609 the Girard, of Philadel-\\nphia, capital, $300,000, assets, $1,357,468, and a surplus of $883,869 also\\nthe Cincinnati linderwriters one of the strongest and most substantial of the\\ninsurance companies of the country. In life insurance he represents the", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "110 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nNorthwestern Mutual Life, of Milwaukee, Wis., the strongest of the Western\\ncompanies, and one which does the largest life insurance business in Michigan\\nand in accident insurance he represents the American Accident, of New York,\\none of the most substantial of accident companies. Through these first-class\\nand well-known corporations Mr. Schoeneberg is prepared to write safe insur-\\nance at the lowest rates, and as a consequence of the uniform fairness and\\naccurac}- of his dealings, he does a very large business in this department,\\nwhich is steadily growing. Mr. Schoeneberg is agent for the Ro3 al Belgium\\nand Roj al Netherland lines of mail steamers, and is pi epared to issue passage\\ntickets upon these first-class Atlantic steamers at rates as low, and upon terms\\nas favorable as they are issued from the general office. Mr. Schoeneberg is in\\nevery respect a responsible and representative citizen, and enjo3 S in a\\nprominent degree the confidence and respect of the community.\\nGeorge A. Alderton. Wholesale Grocer 315 and 317 North Water\\nStreet, Saginaw City. No merchant in the Saginaws bears a better reputation,\\nor enjoys a more extensive and rapidly growing business than Mr. Alderton,\\nwho for twelve years has been engaged as a wholesale grocer. He occupies a\\ntwo-stor} building, 50x100 feet in dimensions, where he carries ver}- large and\\ncomplete stocks of everything in the line of staple and fancy groceries and\\ngrocers sundries and shelf goods, and makes a specialty of teas, coflees.\\ntobaccos, cigars, spices, etc. These goods he })urchases from first hands, main-\\ntaining the most favorable relations with importers and manufacturers, and\\nbeing enabled to offer to the trade special inducements both in quality and\\nprice, the stock being selected with special reference to quality, and being al-\\nways composed of the freshest and best goods obtainable. Six clerks and\\nassistants are emplo3ed in the house, and Mr. Fitz Harris represents the\\nhouse on the road, Mr. Alderton also making occasional visits to his customers.\\nHe has a large and steadily growing trade covering all points along the lines\\nof the Flint Pere Marquette, Detroit, Lansing Northern and Michigan\\nCentral railroads, and has commended himself to the confidence and patronage\\not dealers by the prompt and satisfaclor} manner in which all orders are filled,\\nand the fair and liberal methods adopted in all his dtalings. Mr. Alderton is\\nan energetic and enterprising luisiness man, and in addition to this business is\\nlargely interested in the Michigan Hoop Company, which has works at St.\\nLouis, Mich., Breckenridge and Merrill, and gives employment to some 300\\nmen, shipping hoops to all parts of the countiy, and which corporation ex-\\npects shortly to add a branch here. Mr. Alderton personally supervises all\\nthe details of his business with the result of a steadily growing prosperity,\\ntrade always being good with this establishment.\\nJ. F. Brown Son. Insurance Bancroft Block, Genesee avenue.\\nEast Saginaw. This firm, which was established three j cars pgo, is composed\\nof Mr. James F. Brown, and his son, Mr. Hugh B. Brown, and is one of the\\nmost prosperous of the underwriting firms of this cit} representing a number\\nof the most substantial insurance corporations of the country, including in fire\\ninsurance the Etna, of Hartford, Conn., with a cash capital of $4,000,000,\\nassets of $9,5K8,839, and a surplus over capital and all other liabilities of\\n$3,450,221 the American, of .Boston, with a capital of $300,000, assets of\\n$008,965, and a net surplus of $157,095 the California, of San Francisco, with\\na capital of $600,000, assets of $1,008,878, and a net surplus of $132,581 the\\nCitizens of New York, with a capital of $300,000, assets of $1,102,460, and a\\nsurplus of $332,427; the Mercantile Fire and Marine, of Boston, with a capital\\n$400,000, assets of $647,887, and a surplus of $117,177; the Michigan Fire\\nand Marine, of Detroit, capital $200,000, as.sets $366,602 the Orient, of Hart-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saoinaws. Ill\\nford, Conn., capital $1,000,000, assets $1,604,486; and in marine insurancrc\\nthey represent tlie Plienix, of Brooklyn, N. Y., with a capital of $1,000,000,\\nassets of $5,383,172, and a net surplus of $557,087. In plate glass insurance\\nthe iirm represents the Lloyd IMatc Glass Insurance (Company, the oldest and\\nmost substantial of the insurance corporations of its character, and which has\\na capital of $100,000 and assets of $242,406. In accident insurance they rep-\\nresent the Standard, of Detroit, with a capital stock of $200,000, assets of\\n$305,781, and a surplus as to policy holders of $21,849. In life insurance they\\nrepresent the Northwestern Mutual, of Milwaukee, with assets of $26,648,074,\\nand a surplus as to policy holders of $6,009,579, wliile in fidelity insurance thciy\\nrepresent the American Surety Company, of New York, a corporation of large\\nresources formed for the purpose of furnishing corporate security for em-\\nployes, etc. Through these reliable comj)anies the firm is prepared to offer\\nsale insurance at the lowest rates consistent with legitimate insurance prin-\\nciples, and b}^ close attention to business has secured a large and steadily\\ngrowing business in the Saginaws and the surrounding country. Mr. James\\nF. Brown, the senior member of the firm, was for many years Piesideut of the\\nMerchants National Bank, now the Home National Bank, and is a prominent\\nand representative citizen, now filling with efficiency the office of City Treasurer,\\nwhile his son, Mr. Hugh B. Brown, is a gentleman of superior business attain-\\nments, who brings to the business energetic and progressive methods, which\\nhave largely aided in its success.\\nJ. D. Meldrum. Blacksmith and Wagon Maker; 317 and 319 South\\nHamilton street, Saginaw City. Mr. Meldrum is a thoroughly practical and\\nexperienced man in every department of his business, having worked at it for\\nnine years for others prior to establishing in business for himself seven years\\nago. His blacksmith shop, which he owns and which was built expressly for\\nthe purposes of the business, comprises a two story brick building, 25x80 feet\\nin dimensions, to which last year he added an adjoining building, which he\\nutilizes as a carriage painting and general workshop, and which is a two story\\nstructure, also 25x80 feet. He carries on every department of a general black-\\nsmithing business, does horseshoing in the most skillful and accurate manner,\\nmaking a specialty of the shoeing of fast and driving horses, and performing\\nwork in this line so as to stop over-reaching, interfering and knee-knocking.\\nIn his wagon and carriage making department Mr. Meldrum has a special celeb-\\nrity for his Concord wagons, in which his trade reac-hes to all parts of the State,\\nand the demand for which taxes his present facilities. He also manufactures\\nheavy wagons, and in the spring of the present 3 ear built two for railway cart-\\nage, one to carry seven and one to carry five tons, and which are not excelled\\nin workmanship by any made anywhere. In his wagon department he makes\\nfor orders principally, but during this winter purposes making some extra Con-\\ncord wagons, as he can sell all he can make. He gives employment to ten\\nhighly skilled workmen, and in addition to the line of manufacture, he does\\ncarriage repairing, painting, and all kinds of wagon and buggy work. His\\npractical knowledge of the business, the close and accurate attention paid by\\nhim to all orders, and the uniform fairness and reliability of his dealings have\\nsecured for Mr. Meldrum a prominent place in the confidence of the communi-\\nty, and a prosperit}- which steadily grows from Near to year.\\nJ. O Hare. Dealer in Fine Boots, Shoes and Rubbers 412 Court street,\\nSaginaw City. Mr. O Hare has had a long and practical experience in every\\ndepartment of this businesss, in which he was engaged for over twenty 3 ears\\nat Fenton, Genesee County, Mich., and established himself in his present busi-\\nness in this city four years ago, since which time his store has become recog-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "112 The Industries ok the Saoinaws.\\nnized headij[uarters for the procurement of the best qualities of goods in the\\nlines of boots, shoes and rubbers. He occupies the main floor, 25x100 feet in\\ndimensions, elegantl} equipped for the purposes of the business with hand-\\nsome show windows, and located in the best business portion of the cit}* on\\nCourt street, between Hamilton and Washington streets. He carries large\\nstocks and complete assortments of the highest class of goods in his line, the\\nl)roduct of the best Eastern manufacturers, including among others, those of\\nHannan Sons, of New York, and Cox, Young (rardner, of Boston, in\\nmen s wear; P. Cox and John Kell^y, of Rochester, and Reillej, of Auburn,\\nN. Y., in ladies misses and children s wear I. Mendell Co., of Philadel-\\nphia, in l)oys shoes, Blacker, Sachs Co., Cincinnati, and other celebrated\\nmakers. In rubbers the assortment is most complete, and the product of the\\nbest makers. The establishment enjoj s a very large family trade in the city\\nas well as a considerable business from citizens of the surrounding country.\\nFour competent clerks are employed in the store, and Mr. O Hare, by keeping\\nthe quality of his goods up to the highest standard of merit and by prompt at-\\ntention to every detail of his business and uniform fairness and reliability, has\\nsecured a merited success in his enterprise.\\nJohn Stolz Son\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wholesale and Retail Butchers, Etc.; 807 Genesee\\navenue. East Saginaw. This business was the pioneer establishment of its kind\\nin the city, having been founded in an early day by Mr. Solomon, who was a\\nbrother-in-law of Mr. John Stolz. Mr. Stolz has been a resident of the city\\nsince 1852, and in 1859, upon the death of Mr. Solomon, the business passed\\ninto the hands of Mr. Stolz, who conducted it alone until four years ago. when\\nhe was joined by his son, Mr. William Stolz, forming the present firm. The\\npremises occupied and owned by them embrace a handsome two-story and\\nbasement brick building, 25x125 feet in dimensions, where they have every\\nconvenience and accessor} calculated to aid or expedite the operations of the\\nbusiness, and give employment to eight men. Three wagons are used in con-\\nnection with the business, and a large stock is carried, embracing everything\\nin the line of fish, salted and smoked meats and sausages of all kinds, as well\\nas poultry of every description in its season. The firm enjoys a large retail\\ntrade in the Saginaws and vicinity and also does a prosperous shipping trade to\\npoints along the railroads centering here. The establishment has throughout\\nits history from pioneer days to the present held a prominent place in public\\nconfidence, having always been conducted upon fair and honorable metnods,\\ndealing in honest goods and being reliable in all its transactions.\\nWilliam McBain. General Insurance; 211 Genesee avenue, East\\nSaginaw. This business was established twenty years ago b} Mr. Robinson,\\nwho had several partners at diflferent times, Mr. McBain succeeding to the\\nbusiness about eight years ago. He represents a number of the leading\\ncompanies of the country, and also writes policies for the Upper Peninsula to\\nLake Superior. He represents the following well-known and substantial fire\\ncompanies, including many of the best in existence The Anglo-Nevada, of\\nSan Francisco, capital, S2, 000, 000 the British-American, of Toronto, with\\nassets in its Tnited States branch of $808,770 the Commerce, of Albany,\\nNew York, capital $200,000 the Cooper, of Dayton, capital of *100,00()\\nthe Franklin of Philadelphia, capital, $400,000 and surplus of $967,8-18 the\\nGuardian, of London, England, with assets in its Tnited States branch of\\n$1,367, 179 the Ilibernia, of New Orleans, capital, $400,000 Imperial, of\\nLondon, England, with assets in its United States branch of $1,620,50(5 the\\nLancashire, of Manchester, England, with $1,498,187 assets in the United\\nStates the Lion, of London, assets in the United States of $803,283 the", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "Thk Industries of thk Saoinaws. 118\\nMercantile, of Cleveland, O., capital, $200,000 and surplus of $112,941 the\\nNoi-tborn, of Aberdeen, Scotland, with United States assets of $1,388,076\\nthe New Hampshire, capital, $500,000 the Norwich Union, of England,\\nUnited States assets of $1,245,466 the People s, of Manchester, N. H.,\\ncapital, $250,000 the Phamix, of London, England, United States assets of\\n$1,887,175 the Springlield. of Massachusetts, capital, $1,000,000 the Union,\\nof California, capital, $750,000 the Union, of Philadelphia, capital, $:{75,000\\nthe Westchester, of New York City, capital, $300,000 and net surplus of\\n$310,511 the Western, of Toronto, Canada, United States assets, $060,821\\nand the Security, of New Haven, Conn., capital, $200,000. In steam boiler,\\nl)late glass, suretyship and accident insurance he represents the Fidelity and\\nCasualty Co., with a cash capital of $250,000, and assets of $578,105. In life\\ninsurance he represents the United States Life Insurance Co., of New York,\\nwith a paid-in capital of $440,000, assets of $5,633,138, and reserve at 4:^- per\\ncent, standard, of $4,594,488, and a surplus as to policy-holders of $1,013,690.\\nThrough these first-class and reliable insurance corporations Mr. McBain is\\nprepared to issue policies upon the most favorable terms consistent with safe\\ninsurance principles. He represents the greatest number of companies of any\\nagent in Michigan, and as a result of the superior character of the companies\\nrepresented by him, and of his own thorough knowledge of all the details of\\nthe insurance business, he has built up a prominent place in the confidence of\\nthe insuring public and in his long connection with the insurance business\\nhe has never disputed a single claim, and losses have been paid promptly and\\nsatisfactorily. Mr. McBain has been a resident of East Saginaw for the past\\ntwenty-one 3 ears, and was in the lumber business until about nine 3 ears ago.\\nHe is a business man of superior attainments, and has secured a prominent\\nplace among the underwriters of the State by energy and close attention to\\nbusiness.\\nO. S. Grant Go. Dealers in Fine Boots and Shoes 121 Genesee\\navenue, opposite Bancroft House, East Saginaw. This well known and popu-\\nlar boot and shoe house was originall}^ established in 1 860 b} the firm of C. H.\\nSmith Co., with whom Mr. Grant was connected as a clerk for eight 3ears\\nprior to purchasing the business ten years ago. He afterward associated with\\nhimself Mr. Thomas M. Hubbell, and these two gentlemen compose the present\\nfirm. They occupy a two-story building, 25x100 feet in dimensions, eligibly\\nlocated, where they carry a large and completely diversified stock of boots and\\nshoes of all kinds, making a specialty of the finest products of the best eastern\\nmakers, and having a display of superior goods which is not excelled in the\\nState. A specialty is made of ladies gents and children s fine shoes, and the\\nfirm enjoys a high class trade, embracing the leading people of the Saginaws\\nand vicinity. As a consequence of the care taken in the selection of the stock,\\nthe house is justly regarded as headquarters for the procurement of desirable\\ngoods in their line, and the firm is both a prosperous and popular one.\\nG. F. Wniiams Brothers- Manufacturers and Wholesale and\\nRetail Dealers in Lumber and Salt Office and Y ard, Water street, between\\nJackson and Lyon streets, Saginaw City. One of the oldest manufacturing\\nconcerns in the Saginaw Valle\\\\- is that now conducted by the firm of G. F.\\nWilliams Brothers, of which Messrs. George F., William A. and Stewart B.\\nWilliams are the individual members. The business was originally established\\nin 1836 by Mr. Gardner D. Williams, who conducted it alone until he was\\njoined by his son, Mr. G. F. Williams, and afterward, upon the death of the\\nfounder in 1857, the present firm, composed of his sons, was formed. The\\npremises occupied by the business cover about nine acies, with large saw mills,", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "114 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nequipped with a 60 liorse-power engine, four boilers, 4x20, and two, 5x1 6, and\\nall the latest and most improved machinery and appliances adapted to the bus-\\niness a salt block with four wells and drill house, each pumped b} a small en-\\ngine, large storage buildings and spacious lumber yards. The premises have\\na large water frontage, extensive booms and railroad tracks throughout, facili-\\ntating the handling of raw material and manufactured product. In the manu-\\nfacturing operations employment is given to a force of 100 men, and in the\\nlumbering season from 150 to 200 men are employed in the woods, as well as\\na large number of horses. The cut of the mills for the present season will\\namount to about 12,000.000 feet of lumber, and the salt production of the\\ntirm to 30,000 barrels. The firm enjo3 S a first-class reputation with the lum-\\nber trade throughout the the country, and their product is shipped East b}- rail\\nand water, while their salt is sold through the medium of the Michigan Salt\\nAssociation, of which the Messrs. Williams are members. The Hon. Gardner\\nJ). Williams, the founder of the house, built one of the first mills erected in\\nthe Valley, near where the present works are situated. The original structure\\nwas burned and was replaced b} another, which also burned. The present\\nmill was ei ected in 1875, and is one of the most completely equipped in the\\nValley. The firm is one of large resources, and its business is conducted upon\\nmethods which commend it to the approbation of the trade.\\nGeorge Stingel. Wholesale and Retail Butcher; 118 and 120 North\\nWashington avenue. East Saginaw. This business was established twenty years\\nago by Mr. George Stingel, who was joined three years later by his brother, Mr.\\nJohn Stingel, forming the firm of Stingel Brothers, by whom the business was\\nconducted until early in October, when the firm was dissolved, Mr. George\\nStingel continuing the business alone. He occupies a three-story and basement\\nbuilding, 50x120 feet in dimensions, which he utilizes as a store, and in addi-\\ntion has a slaughter and packing house on Water street, near Miller street,\\nwhere he does a large business as a packer, putting up some 2,500 barrels of\\npork and 500 barrels of beef per season, and rendering lard, tallow, grease,\\netc. To this packing house he is preparing to make additions, when his facili-\\nties and output will be largely increased. He gives employment to a force\\namounting to twenty hands in winter and twelve in summer, and in addition to\\na large trade at wholesale and retail in the city, has a steady trade from the\\nsurrounding towns, including Bay Port, St. Louis and Cheboygan, Mich., and\\nall the northern part of the State. Throughout his long connection with the\\nbusiness Mr. Stingel has enjoyed the approbation of the community and the\\ntrade, dealing with all upon fair and honorable methods, and being uniformly\\nprompt and reliable in his dealings.\\nMeakin s Steam Laundry.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Meakin, Jr., Proprietor; E. II.\\nDame, Manager; 110 North Jefferson street, East Saginaw. Mr. Meakin\\nestablished this enterprise in March of the present year, and has already built\\nup a large patronage from the citizens of the Saginaws and vicinity, which he\\nhas acquired because of the uniformly superior character of all the work\\nturned out at his laundry. His business is steadily growing, and he is pre-\\nparing to establish a number of branches through the State to facilitate the\\nhandling of the large number of orders constantly being received from out-\\nside points, and those desiring to establish branches would do well to corres-\\npond with Mr. Meakin. The laundry occupies a handsome and spacious two-\\nstory building, and is completely equipped with a modern and improved outfit\\nembracing all the necessary machiner} and plant for the successful conduct of\\nthe business, and which is propelled by a twelve horse-power engine. He\\ngives employment to a force ranging from eleven to eighteen skilled hands,", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaw!:!. 115\\nand has a wagon which he utilizes in calling for and delivering work. The\\nvolume of his business may be estimated from the fact that at the estab-\\nlishment 1,200 shirts per week are laundried, and other articles in proportion.\\nThe practical details of the business are under the experienced care of Manager\\nK. 11. Dame, and by the superior work of the laundry, and the correct and\\nreliable methods of Mr. ^Meakin, the enterprise is rapidly achieving a great and\\ngratifying success.\\nA. W. Wright Lumber Co. Ammi W. Wright, President Charles\\nW. Wells, Vice-President Farnam C. Stone, Treasurer W. T. Knowlton,\\nHecretar} W. H. Wright, Mill Superintendent IManufacturers and Dealers\\nin Lumber, Lath and Shingles Saw ^lill, foot of Throop street Planing Mill,\\ncorner of Farley and Water streets, Saginaw City. No name in Michigan is\\nmore prominently connected with the lumber manufacturing and general\\nbusiness interests of the State than that of Mr. A. W. Wright, b} whom this\\nbusiness was founded in 1882. Ammi Wilfard Wright was born at Grafton,\\nWindham County, Vt., in 1822. He came to Detroit in 1850 and to Saginaw\\nin the following 3 ear, and spent his first year in this section in inspecting\\nlands on the Cass, Tittabawassee and Flint Rivers, securing some of the finest\\npine lands in the State. He began operations on the Cass River, near the\\npresent village of Caro, and soon became prominent among the leading\\noperators in pine lands and lumber. From 1859 to 1865 he was a member of\\nthe firm of Miller. Payne Wright, which was dissolved in the latter year,\\nwhen the firm of A. W. A\\\\ right Co. was formed, consisting of Mr. Wright\\nand J. H. Pearson, of Chicago, in which city they had large j^ards. In 1867\\nthese gentlemen established a wholesale suppl}^ store at Saginaw, associating\\nwith them Messrs. Northrop and Wells. In 1868 Mr. Northrop retired, Mr. F.\\nC. Stone taking his place, and the firm became known as Wells, Stone Co.\\nIn 1871 Mr. Wright bought out Mr. Pearson s interest. The firm of Wells,\\nStone Co. soon became widely known, and having bought 30,000 acres of\\npine land in Roscommon, Gladwin and Clare counties, they established an\\nextensive lumbering plant, and built some thirty miles of railroad, equipped\\nwith three locomotives and sixty cars, in addition to which they cultivated a\\nfarm of 1,000 acres. In 1882 the A. W. Wright Lumber Company was\\norganized, and the lumber, land and railroad interests of Wells, Stone Co.\\nand also the firms of A. W. Wright Co. and Wright Knowlton at\\nSaginaw, embracing the saw mill, salt block, planing mill, lumber yards, etc.\\nwere all merged in this corporation. The saw mill owned and operated by\\nthem is one of the largest on the river and has two Wickes gang mills, one\\nlarge gang being driven l)y a 110 horse-power engine with 16x28 cylinder, and\\na smaller gang driven by a 75 horse-power engine of 16x18 cylinder. The\\nengine which drives the general machinery is of 300 horse power, 28x36\\ncylinder, and counting the smaller engines and cylinders, in all twent} 1,200\\nhorse-power is used in the saw mill establishment. The other machinery\\nabout the mill includes three trimmers, three edgers, a very powerful shot-gun\\nsteam feed, log loaders. Hill s steam niggers, two sets of Hall s shingle\\nmachinery. Hill et Co. s steam drag saw, which is used in the shingle mill and\\nis the onl}- one on the river, two of Hall s jointers, sapper and bolter, two lath\\nmachines, stave jointers, heading machines, folders, etc. The company runs a\\nlocomotive on their elevated tramway, the only one on the river, which the}\\nutilize to haul lumber from the mill to the piling grounds. They have two\\nbatteries of four, and one of two boilers, each 5x16 feet, use Covel s Automatic\\nSaw Sharpeners for the gang and circular saws, and manufacture from 25,000,-\\n000 to 30,000,000 feet oflumber, 12,000,000 shingles, 3,500,000 laths, 13,000,-\\n000 to 15,000,000 staves and 60,000 sets of heading annually. In addition to", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "116 The Industries op the Saoinaws.\\nthe saw and shingle mills, the company has five salt wells and drill houses,\\neach with a 35 horse-power pumping engine, and a salt block of very large\\nproportions, and they manufacture 50,000 barrels of salt per annum. Their\\nplaning mill, which is located at Farley and Water streets, is replete with the\\nmost improved modern machinery, manufactui-ed by the S. A. Woods Maciiine\\nCo., of Boston, the plant including two laige boilers, two engines of 70 and\\n25 horse-power respectively, three planers and matchers, one endless belt single\\nsurfacer, one 30-inch double surfacer with feed rollers, the largest and best\\nmade and a B. F. Sturtevant Patent Lumber Dryer, three kilns, is used in\\nconnection with this mill. In addition^ the compan} has large storage sheds,\\nbarns and offices, piling grounds, sorting yards, slab grounds, etc., all covering\\na river frontage of some 2,000 feet by a varying depth of 400 to 800 feet, witli\\nabout 1 800 feet of boom frontage. The lumbering for the compan} is done\\nb} the firm of Wells, Stone Co., running four camps, employing 300 men\\nand 50 teams and utilizing thirt} miles of railroad, three locomotives and sixty\\ncars in Roscommon, Gladwin and Clare counties. In the saw mill and yards\\nin this city 160 men are employed, while eighty men are engaged in the\\nplaning mill, and thirty-six horses are used in the business. The compan\\\\\\nalso has coal yards further south on Water street and handles about 5,000 tons\\nof coal per year. The trade of the company is very large, its product being\\nprincipally shipped to Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and eastern ports b} rail and\\nwater, and a large car trade also being enjoyed in dressed lumber from tlie\\nplaning mill. Vast as the business is, its operations are conducted upon a\\nperfect and accurate system, which has secured for the establishment the large\\nand steadil}^ growing prosperity which has been a marked characteristic of the\\ncareer of this company. Mr. Wright, in addition to his Presidency of this\\ncorporation, is otherwise prominently connected with leading business enter-\\nprises in the Saginaw Valley and throughout Michigan, being of the firms of\\nWright Ketcham and Wright and Davis, logs, lands and lumber Wells,\\nStone Co., the Wells-Stone Mercantile Co., President of the First National\\nBank of Saginaw, the Commercial Bank of Mt. Pleasant, and was one of tiie\\nincorporators, and for many years President, of the Tittabawassee Boom\\nCompany. He is also connected with many commercial enterprises in Detroit,\\nDuluth, Louisville and other cities, has cattle ranches in Texas, Dakota,\\nMontana, etc., and large real estate interests throughout Michigan and\\nMinnesota. He resides at Alma, Mich., a town which is mainly of his creation\\nand in which he takes a great interest. The steady increase in prosperity\\nwhich he has enjoj^ed has been earned by close attention to business, superior\\nexecutive ability and a keen judgment which has enabled him to improve his\\nopportunities. The gentlemen connected with him in the active management\\nof the business of the company are all fitted by experience and ability for the\\ndischarge of the duties of their several positions, and each has contributed\\nlargely to the great inctrease in facilities, trade and prosperity enjoyed by this\\n(corporation from year to year from its organization to the present time.\\nMichigan Dairy Salt Company. H. A. Batchelor, President\\nJ. Bartow, Secretary and Treasurer Manufacturers of Pure Dairy and Table\\nSalt West end of Genesee street bridge. East Saginaw. The prominence of\\nthe Saginaw Valley as a center of salt production led to the formation of the\\nMichigan Dairy Salt Company, formed for the purpose of manufacturing\\nthe finer grades of dairy and table salt. The original incorporation of\\nthe compan} occurred in 1877, when the} began operations in the Power\\nBlock on South Water street, at that time having a capacity for 50,000 barrels\\nper year. In 1883 the present works were built, having a capacity for 100,000\\nbarrels per annum. The main building, which is a three-story structure, 50", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saqinaws. 1 1\\nfeet high, is 110x65 feet in diinensions, and its machinery is operated by\\nmeans of a 35 horse-power engine fed by a 0x12 boiler. Adjoining the build-\\ning is an addition, 20x70 feet in dimensions, used for packing sacks and\\nbarrels. The company receives coarse salt by car loads on the track at the\\ndoors of their works, and it is then elevated to the top lloor, where it is waslied\\nin purified brine, and after a week or two of draining it is sent down to the\\nlower floor to the drying kilns, consisting of two large revolving iron cylinders\\nthirty feet in length and five feet in diameter, and it is then elevated to screens\\non the top floor and passed down again to the grinding stone, from which it is\\nbrought up again and distributed through a horizontal trough about seventy\\nfeet long, from which it is fed through hoppers to the packing table immedi-\\nately underneath, where two rows of girls pack it into two, three, five and ten\\npound white cotton bags which are packed in barrels of 280 pounds eacli.\\nThe larger bags of 28, 56, 112 and 224 pounds respectively, are of strong\\ndrilling, and are not packed in barrels. The works give employment to fifty\\nhands. The coarse salt is received and the finer salt is sold through the\\nmedium of the Michigan Salt Association, by whom it is distributed through\\ntheir various agencies to all parts of the country, especially throughout the\\n^orth. South and West the product of these works having a merited celebrity\\nfor the great superiority of its quality over any other produced, tlie dairy and\\ntable salt made at this establishment being undoubtedly the best in the world,\\nand as such is largely in favor with consumers, and in steadily increasing de-\\nmand by the trade. Mr H. A. Batchelor, the President of the company, is a\\nprominent business man, well known as a member of the firm of Whitne}\\nBatchelor, manufacturers of lumber and salt, and the other members of the Board\\nof Directors are Mr. W. J. Bartow, Secretary and Treasurer of this company,\\nand in addition a member of the firm of Bartow Enright, proprietors of the\\nKast Saginaw Omnibus Line, and agent of the estate of Jesse Hoyt, and also a\\nlarge dealer in real estate and lumber Mr. J. A. Hamilton, formerly President\\nof this company, was of the firm of Hamilton, McClure Co.; Mr. D. L. C.\\nPiaton, of the firm of Eaton, Potter Co., lumber, and Rust, Eaton Co.,\\nlumber and salt and Mr. Walter S. Eddy, of the firm of Charles K. Eddy\\nSon, manufacturers of lumber and salt, thus oflScered by successful business\\nmen, having vast resources and unexcelled facilities, the company has attained\\nits present prominent position by the superiority of product and business man-\\nagement. The excellence of the quality of salt manufactured by the company-\\nhas received the indorsement of success in competition with the product of other\\nmakers. A premium was offered at the Exposition at St. Louis, Mo., last year,\\nfor butter treated with different brands of salt. The butter taking the prize\\nwas made with salt made by this company. At the Fat Stock and Dairy Show,\\nat Chicago, November 18, 1887, the salt of this company took three prizes,\\nincluding the First Premium, the (xrand Prize, and the Grand Sweepstakes\\nPrize.\\nCrescent Match Factory.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. H. Davis, President John L. Jack-\\nson, Vice-President H. H. Green, Secretary and Treasurer N. H. M.\\nWhitaker, Superintendent; corner of Water and Waller streets, Saginaw\\nCity. It is conceded by all who have investigated the subject that the Sagi-\\nnaws present a favorable opportunity for the establishment of every descrip-\\ntion of industries for which lumber forms the raw material, and every such\\nenterprise inaugurated adds materially to the productive capacity of the twin\\ncities. Prominent among the more recently formed establishments of this\\ncharacter is the corporation known as the Crescent Match Factory, recently\\norganized in Saginaw City and which occupies a two-story building, 40x90 feet\\nin dimensions, equipped with a 45 horse-power engine, Trever shingle machines.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "118 The Industries op the Saoinaws.\\n(the matches being made out of shingle wood), edgers, cutoff saws, together\\nwith filling machines and all the latest and most highly improved machinery\\nand appliances adapted to the business ol match manufacture, and in addition\\nto their factor} premises the company have a dry kiln, 16x24 feet in dimen-\\nsions, a dipping room, 30x40 feet and a store house 26x40 feet, and in addition\\nto the manufacture of matches the company make their own boxes, devoting\\nthe upper floor of their main building to this pappose. Thus equipped, the\\ncompany has a capacity for the manufacture of 1,000 gross of matches dail}\\nand will give employment to about 100 hands in the manufacture of parlor\\nmatches, of which the product of the factory exclusivel}^ consists. The com-\\npany is one of ample financial stability and is composed of business men of\\nsuccessful record and the highest character, including Mr. C. H. Davis, who in\\naddition to being President of this company, is also President of the Saginaw\\nManufacturing Co. Vice-President Jackson is in addition to his interest in\\nthis business the proprietor of the most extensive machine shop in Saginaw\\nCity Mr. H. H. Green, Secretar} and Treasurer of this company, is Treasurer\\nand Manager of the Saginaw Manufacturing Co., and Mr. N. H. M. Whitaker,\\nlate of the Diamond Match Co., the Superintendent, is a gentleman of long and\\npractical experience in the details of match manufacture, and in his hands the\\npractical management of the factory is confided. Thus officered and super-\\nvised, and endowed with all the means for securing success, the prosperity of\\nthis enterprise is assured.\\nFeige-Silsbee Furniture Manufacturing Company\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. C.\\nSilsbee, President Ernst Feige, Vice-President E. T. Judd, Secretary and\\nTreasurer Warren and Brewster streets. East Saginaw. One of the most\\nnotable additions to the manufacturing facilities of the Saginaws is that made\\nin the in(;orporation in 1886 of the Feige-Silsbee Furniture Manufacturing\\nCompan} with a capital stock of $125,000. The factor^ is a new three-story\\nand basement building, 200x65 feet in dimensions, with a brick engine room,\\n80x50 feet, dry kiln, 30x50, and yards and out-buildings covering ten acres of\\nground, eligibly situated with railroad tracks at the door of the factory. The\\npremises are completely equipped with all the latest and mostly highly im-\\nproved machinery and appliances adapted to the requirements of the business,\\nand employment is now given to 120 liands, which will eventuall} be increased\\nto between 200 and 300. The capacity is very large, and every description of\\nbedroom and liall furniture and mantels is manufactured at the works from\\nthe highest priced and most artistic to the medium and cheap grades. The\\nfirm has already built up a business extending nearly throughout the United\\nStates, covering the entire country east to the Atlantic, west to California and\\nsouth to Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Mr. Feige, of this firm, came to\\nEast Saginaw with his father in 1854, his father engaging in the furniture\\nbusiness until 1860, when he turned it over to his sons, George, Ernst and\\nHenry. This firm continued business for a long time, but was finally dis-\\nsolved, Mr. Ernst Feige establishing in business for himself prior to the\\nformation of the present corporation. Mr. Silsbee is from New York, where\\nhe was for twenty-five years engaged in the manufacture of furniture, and Mr.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Judd, Secretary and Treasurer of the company, is also a well known business\\nman, being President of the First National Bank of East Saginaw, and Secre-\\ntary and Treasurer of the Sagmaw, Tuscola Huron Railway. The firm is\\none of vast resources and the best facilities, and composed of men whose\\npractical experience and first-class reputation are important elements contribu-\\nting to success. No enterprise in the Saginaws is of more practical value to\\nits industrial development than that of this compan}-.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws. no\\nJohn L. Jackson. Manufacturer of Steam Engines, Salt Well, Haw\\nand Sliingle Mill 31acliinery, and Castings of all kinds Corner of Water and\\nJelferson streets, Saginaw Cit} Mr. Jackson started in business eight\\nyears ago and conducted it successfully until in August, 1885, bis premises\\nwere destroyed b} fire. With characteristic energ} he at once rebuilt, and has\\nnow a larger business and premises than ever. His works comprise a two-\\nstory brick machine shop, 100x60 feet in dimensions, with an L 30x100 feet,\\nand a large foundry and yards covering half a block. In his machine shops he\\nhas a 50 horse-power engine, seven lathes, one of which is 4i^-feet swing, two\\n42-inch planers, four drills, one of them a 42-inch drill, a shaper, bolt cutter,\\nand all other requisite plant and machinery adapted to the successful prosecu-\\ntion of the business upon a large scale, the whole making up a machine shop\\nequipment which has no superior in the State. In the foundry he has a 10\\nhorse-power engine which run his rattler, blower, etc., and a complete outfit,\\nlie manufactures steam engines and machinery for salt wells, saw mills and\\nshingle mills and all kinds of castings, and makes a specialty of a new auto-\\nmatic cut-off engine, his own recent invention, one of which he has put up in\\n(icrmain s new mill and another in the new Crescent match factory, of which\\nhe is Vice-President. In addition to manufacturing he conducts a completely\\nequipped repairing department and gives close and accurate attention to repaii\\ning machinery, well tubing and jDipe fitting, aud he also builds and refits\\nmachiner}- of all kinds. He gives employment to a force of skilled workmen\\nranging from twenty-five to fifty in number, according to the season, and enjoys\\na large trade extending to all points within a radius of one hundred miles of\\nthe twin cities. Mr. Jackson is a thoroughly practical man in all the depart-\\nments of the business and carefully supervises all its details so as to secure the\\nuniform superiority in materials and workmanship which marks all the pro-\\nducts of his works. His energy and the propriety of his business conduct have\\nearned for him a steadily growing prosperity which is the result of merit.\\nPeter O.Andre. Heal Estate Office, Andre Block, Court street, Sag-\\ninaw Cit3\\\\ Mr. Andre, who was born in Detroit in 1817, is one of the oldest\\nand most prominent of the citizens of Saginaw, to which he came first in 1846,\\npurchasing the stock of goods of the American Fur Compan}-, and continued in\\nthe mercantile business until 1862, when he sold his entire stock of goods, and\\nengaged in the lumbering business for three years, after which he embarked in\\nthe dry goods and boot and shoe trade in Saginaw until 1869. He has been en-\\ngaged in the real estate and lumber business in connection with his other pursuits\\nsince 1848, and has been for many years one of the largest holders of Saginaw\\nCit} propert} which he has been busily engaged in improving for a number of\\nyears. He first erected on Hamilton street a brick block of stores in 1866,\\nand later with Mr. Moll erected the Andre Moll block on Court street, and\\nin addition has built the brick stores at 412 and 414 Court street and the stores\\nadjoining, as well as a considerable amount of business pioperty on Washing-\\nton street. He still owns a number of prominent pieces of property, and has at\\nall times on hand desirable tracts in all parts of the cit} During his long res-\\nidence in Saginaw from earl} days to the present time Mr. Andre has been\\nprominently identified with the development of the material resources of the\\ncity, and has ever been regarded as a progressive and active business man.\\nHe served the city in 1864 as Mayor, was Register of Deeds for Saginaw coun-\\nty as early as 1850, was a member for seven years of the Common Council and\\nSupervisor for nine vears. The great growth of the city during the period of\\nmore than fort}^ years of Mr. Andre s residence in it has fully justified his\\njudgment in making early investments in the city and in the confidence he has\\never felt in its future.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "120 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nG. B. S. L. Wiggins. Manufacturers of Pine and Hard Wood\\nLumber and Salt, and Dealers in Logs, Lumber, Pine and Faming Land Foot\\nof Hess street, East Saginaw. Prominent among the manufacturing estab-\\nlishments located at the south end is that now conducted by the firm composed\\nof Messrs. George B. and Stephen L. Wiggins. The site now occupied by their\\nmill premises has long been utilized by similar industries, the firm of Bundy\\nYoumans having owned a mill on this site many years ago. This mill was\\nburned, and another mill was built and conducted by Messrs. Wiggins, Cooper\\nCo., Mr. James Cooper becoming a partner in the firm. -In Jul} 1883, this mill\\nalso burned, and immediately another mill, the one now in operation, was\\nerected, and was conducted by the firm of Wiggins, Cooper Co. until the\\npresent fall, when 3Ir. Cooper withdrew from the firm, which changed to its\\npresent style. The mill is a two-story structure, 50x120 feet in dimensions,\\nequipped with a circular, steam feed carriage, steam log turner or nigger, run\\nby a 16x30 cylinder engine, with three boilers each 5x16, and all other\\nrequisite machinery, the mill having a capacity for the production of 6,000,000\\nfeet of lumber per year. In addition to this, the firm has a planing mill\\nattached, where they manufacture flooring, siding, etc., and which is equipped\\nwith planers, matchers, \u00c2\u00bbre-saws, siding saws and all accessory machinery, pro-\\npelled by a forty horse-power engine, and in every way adapted to dressing\\nlumber upon a large scale. The firm has two salt wells, with a production of\\nfrom 25,000 to 30,000 barrels annually, and in addition to their lumber and\\nsalt product, the firm makes about 200,000 staves and about 30,000 sets of\\nheading per annum. Gr. B. and S. L. Wiggins also run a large lumbering busi-\\nness, having a camp on Tobacco River with about sevent}^ men employed, and\\nin their mill premises in South Saginaw the} employ- a force ranging from\\nforty to sixt} men, their works including mills, salt works and lumber yai ds,\\ncovering over ten acres of ground. The product of their mills is in large de-\\nmand, and the firm does a considearble trade in Southern Michigan, Ohio,\\nPennsylvania and Seneca Falls via Tonawanda. Their salt is sold through\\nthe medium of the Michigan Salt Association, and the firm are also owners of\\nand have for sale desirable pine and farming lands in various parts of Michi-\\ngan. Mr. S. L. Wiggins attends to the lumbering interests of the firm, which\\nputs in large amounts of logs for themselves and for other parties, while Mr.\\nGr. B. Wiggins attends to the management of the works. The firm has long\\nbeen prominentl}- identified with the lumber interests of the Valley, and is\\nprosperous as a result of the close attention paid to the details of the business.\\nW- G. Smith. Manufacturer of Parlor Furniture and Lounges 302\\nCourt street, Saginaw Cit} A prominent addition to the manufacturing estab-\\nlishments of the Saginaws is that of Mr. Smith, who recently started in this\\nenterprise. Mr. Smith is a gentleman who has long been practically engaged\\nin this business, having learned his trade in Cleveland, 0., and worked in\\nChicago and other cities, and prior to establishing in business for himself, was\\nengaged with the firm of Foster, Charles Co. as an upholsterer. He is a\\nsuperior workman, with educated taste and judgment, and starting in with the\\nintention to excel in the quality of the productions of his establishment he has\\nalread} built up a prosperous trade in the Saginaws and other towns through-\\nout Michigan and Ohio, selling at wholesale only. He occupies a two-story\\nl)uilding, 25x100 feet in dimensions, and in addition has a warehouse on Water\\nstreet. He gives steady employment to a force of highly skilled workmen, and\\nhas a traveling salesman, by whom he is represented on the road. The merit\\nof his products, and the fair and accurate methods upon which he conducts\\nbusiness, cannot fail to procure for his establishment a prosperous career.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "The Inphstriks of thk Sacmnaws.\\n121\\nEdward Germain. Manufacturer of Lumber, 8ash, Doors, Blinds,\\nBox Sliooks, etc Brewster street, near Genesee axenue, East Saginaw. One\\nof the most notable examples of success in productive industry furnished by\\nthe history of Saginaw manufactures, is that of the factory conducted by Mr.\\nEdward Germain, which has enjoyed a steady increase in its facilities and ex-\\npansion of its trade from its original establishment in 1 874 to the present time.\\nThe business was originally located at Park and Millard streets, upon a com-\\nparatively modest scale, the equipment of the mill at that time consisting of\\none planer, one resaw, one edger and a set of sash, door and blind machinery,\\npropelled by a 10x16 engine fed by a 4x12 tubular Iwiler. Additions were\\nafterward made from time to time, but in 1883 the business having outgrown\\nthe capacity of the premises which it occupied, it was removed to its present\\nmore commodious location on Brewster street, a few blocks north of\\nGenesee avenue, where the works, with adjoining yards, now cover twenty-eight\\nacres of ground. The l)uildings include a four-story brick mill, 140x120 feet in\\ndimensions, a three-story brick L, 96x228 feet, a planing mill occupying a\\nframe addition 154x128 feet, iive Sturtevant patent dry kilns, each 20x75 feet\\nin dimensions, an engine and boiler house, a dust collector, etc, the whole af-\\nfording over four acres of floor space. Side tracks of the Flint Pere Mar-\\nquette and Michigan Central railways give unsurpassed facilities for the re-\\nceipt of raw material and shipment of manufactured product. The equipment\\nof the works is in every respect complete and modern, including four boilers\\n5x16, and three engines of 400, 75 and 25 horse power respectively, six large\\nplaners, two pony planers, five moulding raachineSj a complete set of door ma-\\nchinery and wood polishers and a vast amount of other machinery adapted to\\nthe manufacture of doors, sash, l)linds, frames, mouldings, packing boxes, box\\nshooks, cloth boards, stairs, stair railings, balustrades, posts, all kinds of hard and\\nsoft wood interior finish, rough and dressed lumber, lath, shingles, etc., in all\\nof which lines the firm does a very large )usiness, its daily output amounting\\nto two car loads of box shooks, from 400 to 500 doors, from 400 to 500 pairs", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "122 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nof sash, from 150 to 200 pairs each of blinds aud shutters, and other products\\nin proportion. Of screen doors 75,000 are produced ])er season. The force\\nnow emplo3 ed amounts to 200 men, and the trade of Mr. Germain extends t^o\\nall Eastern and Ohio markets in the general lines of manufacture, the box\\nshooks going to the States of Connecticut, Ohio, New York and Illinois. This\\nvast business has been built up by close attention to all the details of the busi-\\nness and by careful supervision of all the manufacturing operations, in order\\nto se(uire for the product tliat uniform excellence for which it is celebrated.\\nMr. Germain is a gentleman of superior executive abil ty, and has conducted\\nhis enterprise upon such methods as have commended him to the confidence\\nand approval of the trade throughout the countr} and has merited the success\\nwhich has attended his enterprise.\\nF. B. Wiggins Co. Wood- Working Machinery and Mill Supplies\\n113 South Jefferson street. East Saginaw. This firm, of which Messrs. V. B.\\nand George B. Wiggins are the individual members, was established in 1885,\\nsince which time their business has steadily grown, as a result of the superior\\nassortment of their goods and the fair and liberal methods adopted b} them\\nin the prosecution of their business. They occupy the main floor and base-\\nment, 25x100 feet in dimensions, of the premises at 113 South Jefferson street,\\nwhere the^ carry full and complete stocks of every description of wood-working\\nmachinery and mill supplies, making a specialty of planing machine knives,\\naud also carrying a complete assortment of Hoyt belting, rubber belting, hose,\\ncircular saws, band saws, emery wheels. Babbitt metal, cotton waste, sand\\npaper, lace leather, files, etc. The firm has recently bought the patent of the\\nGiant Beader, a machine attachment which can be adjusted to making any\\nsize of beading, and in which the} have large sales, and shortly intend to\\nincrease their facilities for manufacture. In addition to the lines above\\nenumerated they carr} full and complete stocks of butchers tools and\\nsupplies. The firm is prepared at any time to furnish full planing mill outfits\\nand all mill supplies, and gives employment to a force of five clerks and\\nassistants, and a staff of traveling salesmen represents the firm throughout the\\nnorthern and western portion of Michigan. Mr. George B. Wiggins, who is\\nan uncle of the other member, is a prominent business man, being a member\\nof the firm of Wiggins, Cooper Co., lumber and salt manufacturers, and of\\nG. B. S. L. Wiggins, also lumber and salt manufacturers and of the firm\\nof Wiggins Howry, dealers in lumber, logs and pine lands. Mr. F. J).\\nWiggins is a thoroughly practical and experienced man of superior business\\nattainments, and by close attention to all the details of the business has built\\nit up to a position of prosperity and stead}- growth.\\nCameron Merrill. Lumber and Salt Manufacturers Works at the\\nfoot of King street, Saginaw City. This firm is one of the well-known manu-\\nfacturing concerns of the Saginaw Valley, the works occupied b} them having\\nbeen originally established in 18G4 by the Forest A^alley Salt and Lumber\\nCompany. The cut of the mill amounts to 15,000,000 feet of lumber annuall}\\nin addition to which the firm manufactures from 800,000 to 1,000,000 staves,\\nand from 45,000 to 50,000 sets of heading. In addition to their mill works,\\nthe firm operate tliree salt wells and a salt block, and make about 35,000\\nbarrels of salt annually. Included in their premises are barrel stock works,\\nwarehouses, booms, docks, piling grounds, etc., covering some fifteen acres of\\nground. The} have evei-y facility for the receipt of raw material and the ship-\\nment of manufactured product by rail or water. Employment is given to a\\nforce of one hundred men, and the lumber product of the firm is shipped to\\nNew York State, Pennsylvania and Ohio, some being sold to local yards and", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "TiiK Tni)i:si Kiks of tiik Saoinaws. 123\\nthroughout the State, and the entire output of their salt works being sold\\nthrough the medium of the ^lichigan Salt Association. The members of the\\nfirm are Messrs. Norman Cameron and Thonias .Merrill. Mr. Thomas Merrill\\nis identified with numerous business enterprises and individually interested in\\nreal estate, owning the Merrill Block, in Saginaw, as well as large amounts of\\npine and farming lands, logs, etc.\\nH. p. Smith. Ileal instate. Etc.; 112 South Washington avenue, East\\nSaginaw. Mr. Smith has been actively engaged in the real estate business for\\nthe past twenty years, and was for a number of years in partnership with Mr.\\nFrank Lawrence, Init since January, 1887, has conducted the business alone\\nlie has on hand at all times desirable residence and business properties in\\nEast Saginaw, as well as farming tracts in Saginaw, Gratiot, Isabella, Mid-\\nland, Gladwin and Bay counties. He also carries on a considerable business\\nin loans, and is prepared to loan money on the most favorable terms on real\\nestate in the twenty-five counties surrounding Saginaw, in addition to which\\nhe does a large business in city mortgages. Mr. Smith, from his long\\nexperience in the city, has acquired a thorough and accurate knowledge of\\nvalues of real estate in Saginaw and the surrounding counties, and is regarded\\nas an authority upon the subject and by the close attention paid by him to\\nall commissions placed in his hands, and the uniform accuracy and reliability\\nof his business methods, has earned a merited reputation and prominence in\\nthis department of business. In addition to this business Mr Smith is also\\nengaged in business as a manufacturer of and dealer in carriages, buggies, etc.,\\nhis premises being located at the corner of Franklin and German streets.\\nThis business which is an old established one, he bought last spring, from F.\\nJ. Knapp, and it is now managed for Mr. Smith by Mr. George Scolien, a man\\nof close and practical knowledge of all the details of the business. The\\npremises occupied include a show room, 25x75 feet in dimensions, with a\\nworkshop in the rear, 20x80 feet and the adjoining lot, 25x150 ieet for the\\nstorage of materials, etc. Employment is given to a force of fifteen highly\\nskilled workmen, a specialty being made of Concord wagons, although all\\nkinds of light business vehicles are manufactured. All the productions of the\\nestablishment are of the highest standard of quality, and it does a large\\nbusiness in the Saginaws and throughout Northern Michigan. In connection\\nwith this business a well equipped repairing department is conducted and a\\nspecialty is made of carriage painting in the highest style of the art. Mr.\\nSmith is an old resident of East Saginaw and one of its representative citizens,\\nand has always taken a great interest in its growth and development. He\\nowns a farm of four hundred acres, two-thirds cleared, about four miles south-\\neast of East Saginaw, which he is stocking with Clydesdale horses, Poland-\\nChina swine, and Holstein-Friesian cattle. Of the latter he iias now forty\\nhead, nine of which he imported. The Holstein-Friesian are the greatest milk\\nproducers of any breed of cattle in the world. They are of large frame,\\nI ound, plump liody, short legs, and white and black in color, the latter pre-\\ndominating. They are docile in disposition and keep in good condition on\\nshort allowance of food. The farm is managed by Mr. George W. Brown,\\nwho is experienced in the business and thoroughly efficient.\\nKoehler Brothers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Steam Forge, Bolt Works and Machine Shops\\n208 South Water street. East Saginaw.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Attention has been called, in an earlier\\npart of this work, to the great and growing importance of the iron industries\\nof the Saginaws. There are fifteen large and well equipped establishments,\\ninvolving an outlay of over $1,000,000 in machinery, buildings and plant, and\\nhaving iin annual production of over $2,000,00(1. In fact the Saginaws are", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "124 The Industries ot the SagiNAWs\\nmore largel} engaged in this industry than any other city in Michigan, out-\\nside of Detroit. Among the important and successful concerns in this line is\\nthat now conducted by the firm of Koehler Brothers. This business was\\nestablished in 1852, thus ranking as one of tlie oldest manufacturing concerns\\nof the Saginaw Valley. It was founded by Mr. Frederick A. Koehler, who came\\nfrom New Jerse} and settled in Saginaw City. Shortly after his arrival Mr.\\nAlfred Hoyt and others induced him to remove to East Saginaw, and he started\\nin business by building a blacksmith shop and residence at the corner of\\nWashington and Tuscola streets, and did a steadily growing business, having all\\nthe work on Host s vessels and most of the mill work, until succeeded bj* his sons,\\nMessrs. James A. and Fred. H. Koehler, in 1878. The business having out-\\ngrown the facilities of the old location, the Messrs. Koehler, who carried on\\nthe business under the name of Koehler Brothers, bought, built on and removed\\nthe business to the premises now occupied by the works, having a frontage of\\n100 feet by a depth of 120. In 1880 Mr. Fred. H. Koehler died, and the\\nbusiness has since been carried on by Messrs. James A. Koehler and Clarkson\\nA. Koehler. The works have all the requisite plant and mo,chinery for doing all\\nthe heaviest blacksmithing and mill work, and their trade reaches not only all\\nover the State of Michigan, but also throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin,\\nand as far away as Texas. Colorado and Los Angeles, Cal. The works have\\nspecial facilities for manufacturing salt and artesian well tools of all kinds, as\\nwell as conveyer chains for saw dust, slabs, etc., bolts, pole joints, and all\\nthe requisites for saw and lumber mills. {Employment is given to a force of\\ntwenty skilled workmen, and the thoroughness with which all the details of\\nthe business are conducted, the superior workmanship and the unsurpassed\\nquality of the materials used have secured for the products of this establish-\\nment a widespread reputation and the promptness and accuracy with which\\nall orders are filled, and the uniformly I eliable methods upon which the busi-\\nness is conducted give the firm a high place in the confidence of mill men and\\nowners of machinery in all parts of the country Both Mr. James A. Koehler,\\nand Mr. Clarkson A. Koehler, are thoroughly practical and experienced men in\\nthe business, and all its details are conducted undei their personal supervision.\\nJoseph Stringham. Insurance and Adjuster of Fire Losses Ban-\\ncroft Block, Genesee and Washington avenues, East Saginaw. Mr. Stringham\\nis one of the best known and most prosperous underwriters in the State. He\\nwas born in Detroit and located in East Saginaw in 1867, forming a partnership\\nwith M. H. Gallager in the insurance business. Soon afterward the firm was\\nchanged to Ten Eyck, Stringham Wheeler and later to Stringham Wheeler.\\nThis business was afterward disposed of and Mr. Stringham was for two years\\nAssistant State Agent of the Home of New York, and four years State Agent\\nof the New York Underwriters Agency. In 1878 he returned to East Sagi-\\nnaw and entered into partnership with E. J. McClintock, and in ^881 went into\\nbusiness in his present individual venture. His experience has made him an\\nauthorit} upon all insurance subjects. He represents a number of the leading\\ninsurance corporations of the country, and is prepared to issue policies for fire,\\nlife, accident and plate glass insurance upon the most reasonable terms con-\\nsistent with the secui it} of the investment. He represents in fire insurance\\nthe J^^tna, of Hartford, capital $4,000,000 and net surplus $3,450,221 the\\nDetroit Fire and Marine, of Michigan, capital $300,000 and net surplus of\\n$405,543 the Germania Fire Insurance Company, of New York, capital\\n$1,000,000, net surplus, $638,084 the Hartford, of Connecticut, capital\\n$1,250,000 and net surplus of $1,789,987 the Liverpool and London and\\nGlobe, of Liverpool, England, with tot?l assets in its United States liranch of", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws.\\n125\\n*(;,639,781, and a net surplus of $3,077,539 the Phenix, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,\\ncapital $1,000,000 and net surplius of $557,087 the libode Island Under-\\nwriters Association of Providence, capital $500,000 and surplus of $222,960\\nthe St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, of Minnesota, capital $500,-\\n000 and surplus of $348,675 and the Underwriters Agency of New York, also\\nof large capital and resources. In life insurance he represents the well-known\\nand reliable Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, which at the beginning of\\nthe present year had assets amounting to a total of $1,586,493.55, against\\ntotal liabilities of $375,700, leaving a net surplus of $1,210,793.55. He also\\nrepresents the Pacific Mutual Life and Accident Insurance Co., of San\\nFrancisco, with a capital of $100,000, assets of $1,498,621 and a reserve at 4^\\nper cent, of *1, 269,727. lie also represents Lloyd s Plate Glass Insurance\\nCo., of New York, the oldest, largest and most substantial of the plate glass\\ninsurance companies. IMr. Stringham devotes his entire attention to the insur-\\nance business, and is an expert adjuster of fire losses and special correspondent.\\nHe is frequently called away to adjust fire losses in other cities, and his\\naccurate knowledge of insurance matters and the unsurpassed solidity and\\nreputation of the companies he represents as well as his own accurate and\\nreliable business methods have secured for him a prosperity which is the result\\nof merit.\\nWilliam Roeser Sons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dealers in Farming Tools and Implements,\\nWagons, Carriages, Harness, P]tc.; 416 and 418 Franklin street, Saginaw City.\\nMr. Koeser, who is a pioneer resident of Saginaw county, established himself\\nin business as a general store keeper in Freeland in 1849. In 1870 ho established\\nthis business on North Hamilton street in the location where Martin s new-\\nlivery barn is now- in course of erection. He continued the business with signal\\nsuccess, each year showing an increase in the volume of his trade, and in 1883", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "126 The Industries of the Saoinaws.\\nbis sons, William Roeser, Jr., and Charles L. Ftoeser, who had received a prac-\\ntical training in the business under the experienced supervision of their father,\\nwere admitted to the firm, which then assumed its present style. The premises\\noccupied by the firm embrace a fine new two-story double building, 00x120\\nfeet in dimensions, with the upper floor of the postoffice next door, also 00x120\\nfeet, and in addition occupy for storage purposes a lai ge barn and wagon shop\\non Monroe street, and the} also have a warehouse for storage at Freeland.\\nThe stock of the firm, which is very large, embraces everything in the line of\\nfarming tools and machinerj wagons, carriages, harness, etc., and the firm has\\nthe agency for the world-renowned McCormick binders, reapers and mowers,\\nwhich have attested their superiority as the best machines of the kind ever\\ninvented. They are sole agents for the Nichols Shepard Co. s and Advance\\nengines and threshers, the Three Rivers vibrator and Empire clover huller,\\nJohn Deere s all steel plows, and many others, the best made, and carry large\\nstocks of farm wagons, including the Flint, Studebaker and Milburn makes,\\nStudebaker, Milburn and Rogers platform spring wagons, buggies and carriages,\\nPortland and swell-bod} cutters, John Deere, Trump, Bonanza, Albion and\\nBoss cultivators, Empire and Crown drills, Crown and Red, White and Blue\\nmowers, and a large number of other first-class agricultural machines and\\nvehicles. They also carry a complete stock of harness. A large force of\\nclerks and assistants is employed in the house, and several travelers represent\\nthe firm throughout the Saginaw Valley and Northern Michigan. The details\\nof the business are supervised in an intelligent manner by the members of the\\nfirm, and a large increase in its trade has been earned by close attention to all\\nthe details of the business, great care in the selection of the stock and uniform\\nfairness and reliability in the methods upon which the business is conducted.\\nHeavenrich Brothers Co. Max Heavenrich, President Carl\\nHeavenrich, Vice-President; Louis Mautner, Secretary and Treasurer; Wholesale\\nand Retail Clothiers, and Dealers in Lumbermen s Furnishing Goods 301-309\\nGenesee avenue, and 102-114 North Franklin street. East Saginaw. Among\\nthe larger commercial establishments which have contributed in an important\\ndegree to the business development of the Saginaws this firm occupies a nota-\\nble and prominent place. The business was established in 1876 by the firm of\\nHeavenrich Brothers, and was conducted by them until 1886, when the present\\ncompany was incorporated with a capital stock of $150,000. The history of the\\nenterprise from its inception to the present time has been one of annual and\\nsteady growth, extensive additions being made to the facilities of the firm from\\ntime to time, and its retail and wholesale patronage steadily increasing from\\nyear to j ear. The premises occupied by the firm are the largest devoted to\\nthis branch of commerce in the Saginaws, four stores on Genesee avenue being\\ndevoted to the retail trade of the house, the clothing department and gents\\nfurnishing goods department being each 25x100 feet in dimensions, the custom\\ntailoring department, 22x80 feet, and the boot and shoe department adjoining,\\n22x100 feet. On North Franklin street the firm has one store 22x80 feet and\\ntwo 22x40 feet in dimensions, and in the rear of these are two others 40x44\\nand 25x30, the North Franklin street stores comprising the wholesale depart-\\nment. The stock embraces everything in the line of clothing, from the finest\\ngoods made, the productions of the most noted English, French and German\\nlooms, to heavier articles suited for rough wear while in lumbermen s fur-\\nnishing goods the assortment contains everything pertaining to the line of\\nunsurpassed variety and in txtent of stock not excelled by that of any estab-\\nlishment in the State. The furnishing goods department is also complete in\\nevery particular, and the stock of hats and caps embraces every style of men s", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. ]2 1\\nand youths headwear. The boot and shoe departnient is perfectly equipped,\\nembracing- not only the products of the best eastern manufacturers in ladies\\nmen s, misses youths and children s wear, but also a speciall} superior stock\\nof lumbermen s camp and drive boots, boot pacs and other heavy goods suited\\nfor the woods and river. The boot and shoe department is conducted by the\\nfirm of Heavenrich Co., of which Messrs. Max and Carl Ileavenrich, Louis\\nSeifert and Ed. F. Fleury are the members, and which was established in April,\\n1884. The steady development of this business is one of the most gratifying\\ninstances of commei cial success afforded by the business histor} of tiie A^alle^\\nThe present prosperous condition has been built up b} a combination of the\\nhighest order of executive ability with an intelligent comprehension of the\\nneeds of the citizens of the Saginaws in this branch of industry. As a conse-\\nquence the business includes not onl} the largest retail trade in this line in\\nNorthern Michigan, but also a large and steadily expanding jobbing trade\\nthroughout the northern counties of the State and the Upper Peninsula, the\\nlinn by the vast volume of its business and its favorable relations with the\\nleading manufacturers being enabled to offer superior inducements, both in\\nquality and price, and in this respect enabled to compete with any house in the\\ncountry. Employment is given in the clothing and furnishing goods depart-\\nments to a force of twenty-five clerks and assistants, while six more are em-\\nployed in the shoe department, and from thirty-five to forty experienced cutters\\nand tailors are employed in the custom tailoring department, which latter is\\none of the most completely equipped in the State, and turns out goods which\\nin fit and workmanship have no superiors. The head of this vast establish-\\nment, Mr. Max Heavenrich, occupies a deserved prominence among the leading\\ncitizens of the Saginaws, and is noted no less for his public spirit than for his\\nsuperior business attainments. In addition to his position as President of this\\ncorporation he is Treasurer of the large wholesale grocery firm of The James\\nStewart Company, is a director of the East Saginaw National Bank and Presi-\\ndent of the Business Men s Association of East Saginaw, an organization which\\ncontributes more largely than any other to the growth and development of the\\nindustries and material interests of the city. No establishment is more truly\\nrepresentative, and none is more worthy, b} the extent of its resources, the\\nsuj)erior character of its facilities and the A olume of its trade, of prominent\\nmention in a work detailing the results of commercial and productive energy\\nin the Saginaws.\\nDaudt, W^atson Oo. Importers and Jobbers of Earthenware, China\\nand Glassware Lamps, Chandeliers, Silver Plated Ware and Table Cutleiy\\n420 and 422 Genesee avenue. East Saginaw.^The largest and\\nfinest establishment in the china and glassware trade in North-\\nern Michigan is that of Daudt, Watson Co., dealers in china,\\nearthenware, glassware, lamps, gas and oil chandeliers, fancy\\ngoods, table cutlery and silver plated ware. The business was\\nfirst established b} Daudt Klauser, and the present firm suc-\\nceeded February 1, 1887. The partners are Ferd. Daudt,\\nHamilton Watson and C. Daudt, the latter gentleman being the\\nPresident of the Daudt Glass Crockery Co. at Toledo, O.\\nThe premises occupied by the firm embrace a handsome three-\\nstory and basement brick building, 50x100 feet in dimensions,\\nand finely appointed throughout. The stock of goods here dis-\\nplayed is one of the finest to been seen anywhere in this line of\\ntrade. It embraces artistic pottery, porcelain and glassware\\nbrought -from nearly every prominent establishment and glass\\nfactory in the world. Among the richly decorated goods are", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "128 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\ndinner sets, breakfast and tea sets, toilet sets of the Limoges ware of Haviland\\nCo., and tiie rich and popular Carlsbad ware. In ornamental pieces they\\nhave a large variety of the latest novelties of the European manufactories,\\nspecial sets for fish, game, soup and icecream, etc., artistic pottery in placques,\\nfigures, vases and many difi erent designs of the new Belleek china, a rare shell\\nlike procelainof exquisite shading and glazing hard as the best Japanese ware.\\nIn glassware they carry full lines of the richest French and Belgian as well as\\nthe fine American cut flint and the new and rich Bohemian satin glass in deli-\\ncate shades and decorations. The stock also embraces a great variety of gas\\nand oil chandeliers and lamps of all kinds, -including the renowned Rochester\\nlamps in electro plate, bronze and brass, and handsome hand painted shades\\nand globes of all colors and etchings. Here are also heavy china, stone and\\nearthenware and glass for hotel and steamboat use, finer goods and ornamental\\nware for family use, cutler}^ and silver plated ware. The immense show rooms\\nare marvels of elegance, taste and beaut}-. The firm employs a large staff of\\nclerks and salesmen, and the trade, both wholesale and retail, is very large and\\nactive, extending throughout the State. The members of the firm are gentle-\\nmen well known in this communitj-, and the house has retained its old cus-\\ntomers as a result of the great superiority of the selection of the goods, the\\nreasonableness of the prices, and the fairness of all its dealings.\\nRemer Brothers. Manufacturers of Kelley Island Stone Lime and\\nDealers in Coal, Calcined Plaster, Cement, Hair, Brick, Fire Brick and Clay\\nYard, Water street, foot of Madison street, Saginaw City. This business was\\nestablished seventeen years ago by Mr. J. Remer, the firm afterward changing\\nto J. Eemer Son, and in 1882 assuming its present style, the members of\\nthe firm now being Messrs. Charles C. and Henry C. Remer. They occupy\\nspacious premises covering an area of about 250x120 feet with railyoad\\ntracks in front, and spacious and convenient docks in the rear, and have large\\nlime kilns with tramways on which stone is elevated by steam, making litne ot\\na superior quality in large quantities. Thej carry very large and completely\\nassorted stocks of coal, chiefly dealing in anthracite, and have large and lofty\\ncoal sheds and other buildings, with full lines of calcined plaster, cement, hair,\\nbrick, fire ln-ick and clay. They give emplo3^ment to a force ranging accord-\\ning to the season from fifteen to twenty-five hands, and utilize nine horses in\\nthe operations of their business. In coal they have a large trade in the Sagi-\\nnaws and surrounding country, while in lime and other lines they do a large\\ntrade all over the northern portion of Michigan. Thoroughly acquainted with\\nevery detail of the business, and conducting all their transactions with fair-\\nness and accuracy, the firm enjoys a high place in the confidence of the trade\\nand community, and has earned a prosperity which steadily increases from\\nseason to season.\\nNational Tea Company. (Cyrus D. Jones, Scran ton, Pa., Frank\\nC. Jones, New York, Charles Jones, Brooklyn;) Dealers in Teas, Coffees,\\nSpices, Etc.; F. C. Knapp, Saginaw Manager; 317 Genesee avenue, East\\nSaginaw. This well-known and prosperous tea house is a branch of the\\nNational Tea Company, having headquarters at 79 Front street, New York,\\nand having fifty-five prosperous branches in different cities throughout the\\nUnited States. The company has maintained a branch in East Saginaw lor\\nthe past thirteen years, and another branch at 3 Court street, Saginaw City.\\nAt each of these branches is carried a large and complete stock of every\\ndescription of Chinese, Japanese and Asam teas, all approved grades of\\ncoffees, spices of every description and the unrivalled National baking powder.\\nThe vast business done by the company and its direct importations from the", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "Thk Industries op the Saoinaws. 129\\ntea and coffee districts, where it has experienced bu3 ers, render its goods at\\nall times reliable, and the favorable relations it holds with producers enables\\nit to otfer unsurpassed inducements in qualit} and price to consumers. At\\nthe East Saginaw establishment a force of eight clerks and assistants is\\nemployed and two wagons utilized in the city delivery, and a similar force is\\nkept at the establishment in Saginaw City. The business here is under the\\nmanagement of Mr. F. C. Knapp, who came from Hudson, Mich., four years\\nago to engage in this business as an employe, Mr. Charles Jones having\\ncharge of the store, and at that time residing here. For the past three years\\nthe business here has been in the hands of Mr. Knapp, whose close attention\\nto its details, fair and honorable methods of dealing and thorough efficienc}\\nhave contributed largely to the steady increase in the business of the company\\nfrom the time he took charge to the present,\\nAngell, the Photographer. Franklin street and Genesee avenue,\\nEast Saginaw. The great excellence of the products of the studio of Mr. D.\\nAngell has long been recognized by the people of the Saginaws, and his studio\\nis justh regai ded as headquarters for the procurement of the best work in this\\nlipe. Mr. Angell has been connected with this business twenty -five years, and\\nwas in Chicago and Wisconsin prior to coming to East Saginaw sixteen years\\nago. He attends to photographing in all its branches, including in addition to\\ncabinet photographs, commercial work, life size work, oil and water color and\\ncrayon work, etc. He is the owner of a process wherebj^ a steel engraving\\neffect is given to photographs. This process does not effect the high lights,\\nbut relieves the shadows, and gives an individuality to each picture, which\\ncannot be secured by an} other means. He occupies as a studio the second\\nfloor of the building at the corner of Franklin street and Genesee avenue, 25x\\n125 feet in dimensions, where he has an elegantly fitted reception room, an\\noperating room with excellent lights, and printing and retouching rooms in the\\nrear. He gives employment to five skilled artists, and all the products of his\\nestablishment are executed and finished in the highest style of the photographic\\nart. Throughout his long connection with this business Mr. Angell has ever\\ndepended upon the character of his work for success, and the prosperity he has\\nachieved is entirely due to this excellence. His trade is not confined by local\\nbounds, but he has patrons throughout Michigan, and has a very large and\\nestablished family trade, embracing the leading people of the Saginaw Valley.\\nMichigan Saw Company. W. H. Presser, Proprietor Manufac-\\nturers of Mill Saws, and Dealers in Emery Wheels, Etc.; 117 South Water\\nstreet, East Saginaw. This business was originally established in 1881 by an\\nincorporated company, of which Mr. W. H. Presser was manager. Twice the\\nestablishment was visited by fire, and after the last of these conflagrations Mr.\\nPresser bought the remaining stock and plant, retaining the old style and asso-\\nciating with himself Mr. Martin Marshall under the style of Presser Marshall,\\nof which firm Mr E. J. McClintock became a member later. in the spring of\\nthe present year Mr. Presser bought out the two partners, and is now sole pro-\\nprietor of the business. He occupies a three-story building, 25x80 feet,\\nequipped with all the requisite machinery for the successful prosecution of the\\nbusiness, and giving steady employment to ten highly skilled workmen, the\\nproduct of the works being sold throughout Michigan, Wisconsin and south as\\nfar as Alabama, in all districts where saw and planing mills and wood-working\\nenterprises are conducted. At the works are manufactured circular saws,\\nshingle saws, heading saws, jointer saws, band saws, etc., and the company are\\ndealers in emery wheels, etc, a specialty being made of saws, which are manu-\\nfactured in all sizes, from five inches to six feet in diameter. Tn addition to", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "130 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nthe manufacturing department, saw repairing and regrinding is done at the\\nworks in the most workmanlike and complete manner, and in all the dejjart-\\nments of the business the establishment, which is under the experienced and\\npractical supervision of Mr. Presser, in all its details, enjoys a prominent place\\nin the confidence of lumber manufacturers in all parts of the country-.\\nJohn H. Beese Co. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in (!oal,\\nSewer Pipe, Cement, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Etc. 235 South Water street,\\nEast Saginaw.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Beese established this business four years ago, since\\nwhich time he has carried it on with a steadily growing success, and now\\nenjoys a large trade with the manufacturers and citizens of the Saginaws and\\nthe surrounding countr} He has large coal sheds fronting 50 feet and\\nrunning back 80 feet, two docks and a spacious yard, and carries very large\\nstocks of assorted qualities of anthracite, bituminous, cannel and smithing\\ncoal, which he is prepared to deliver on order, or to have shipped direct from\\nthe mines. In addition to this business, he carries large and completely\\nassorted stocks of sewer pipes, bends, elbows, traps, etc., and all dimensions\\nof drain tile, foreign and domestic cements, hair, fire brick and fire clay, etc.,\\nand is agent for Bridgeport brick. The firm employs in its yard seven hands\\nand has four teams which are utilized for the purpose of delivery. As a\\nconsequence of the accuracy of all its dealings, and the prompt and satis-\\nfactory manner in which all orders are filled, the firm is doing a thriving business.\\nMayflower Mills. P^anil Moores, Manager Pioller Flour Manufac-\\nturers 424 South Water street. East Saginaw. This is one ot the oldest mill\\nconcerns in Michigan, the first Mayflower Mills having been erected in 1851, a\\nyear after the city of East Saginaw was laid out. They were built by the late\\nJesse Hoyt, of New York city, and continued in operation until destroyed by\\nfire in 1860, when a new and larger mill was built on the same site by Mr.\\nHoyt. In 1866 Mr. Emil Moores was admitted to the firm, and in the same\\nyear the mills were considerabl} enlarged. Since that time Mi*. Moores has\\nbeen the manager of the business, which after after his advent to the firm in-\\ncreased so largely that the facilities of the mill became too contracted for the\\neflicient prosecution of the business, and in 1882 a complete roller mill of 500\\nbarrels daily capacity was put vip upon the order of Mr. Moores by the JohnT.\\nNoyes jNIanufacturing Company, of Buffalo. In their present condition these\\nmills are now the largest mill establishments in Michigan, and consist of five\\nlarge buildings, including an elevator with a storage capacit} of 85,000 bushels\\nof wheat, and a warehouse used for storing bian and fine feed, with a capacity\\nof 45,000 bushels, the old Mayflower Mills, now used for packing and storing-\\nflour and offal, with a capacity- for the storage of 5,000 barrels of flour and\\n300 tons of offal and engine and boiler house, containing a 400 horse-power\\nSteeple compound engine, with high and low pressure c^ linders, fed b} two\\nsteel tubular boilers 16 feet long and 6(5 inches in diameter, while the main\\nbuilding, the new IMayflower Mills, is a four-story and basement structure,\\n50x80 feet in dimensions. In addition to a full roller process for the manu-\\nfacture of flonr, the mills are equipped with a roller process plant for the\\nmanufacture of a fine quality of meal. All the cooperage for the mills is\\nmade on the premises and employment is given to a force of twenty hands in\\nthe mill and ten in cooperage department. The IMayflower Patent and May-\\nflower Roller flour has a just celebrity for its superiority, being made from\\nMichigan amber and white winter wheat, and the meal made in these mills is\\nalso equally popular. The business has largely increased under the practical\\nand experienced management of Mr. Moores, to whose reliable business\\nmethods, combined with the merit of the product of the mills, is due the\\nprosperous business enjo^ ^ed l)} this establishment.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saqinaws. 181\\nWilliam F. Weber.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 East Saginaw Trunk Factory; Manufacturer of\\nand Dealer in I runks, Traveling Bags, Etc.; 120 North Cass street, East Sagi-\\nnaw. Mr. Weber is a tliorouglily practical and experienced man in the business\\nof trunk manufacture, in which he has been engaged for the past twenty vears.\\nHe was for nine years with Martin Maier, of Detroit, and worked in this city\\nwith another party for two years prior to establishing in business for himself\\nin 1885. His factory is now the only one engaged in this branch of industry\\nin the Saginaws, and occupies a building 35x125 feet in dimensions, completely\\nequipped with all the necessary plant and appliances for the successful carry-\\ning on of the business, employment being given to a force of highly skilled\\nworkmen, and all the operations of the business being personally supervised by\\nMr. Wel)er. in order to secure for the product of the establishment the excel-\\nlence for which it is cele])rated. He makes and deals in every description of\\ntrunks, traveling bags, etc., makes trunks and samjjle cases to order, and in\\nconnection with his business conducts an efficient repairing department, in\\nwhich orders for every kind of repairs to traveling goods are filled in a prompt\\nand satisfactory manner. The trade has steadily grown from its inception to\\nthe present time, and IMr. Weber enjoys a thriving business as a result of close\\nattention to all its details.\\nD, McLeod. Manufacturer of Shingles North Water street, between\\nMadison and Monroe streets. Saginaw Citj^ ^Mr. jNIcLeod has long been\\nprominentU identiQed with the shingle manufacturing industry of the Valle}\\nhaving established himself in business in Saginaw Cit} fourteen years ago,\\nand steadily carried it on from that time to the present. Six years ago his\\nmill was destroyed by fire, but Mr. McLeod started at once to repair\\nthe loss he had sustained, and built his present mill, which, with the ad-\\njoining grounds, covers an area of 100x100 feet. It is convenientl} located\\nwith railroad tracks in front and the river in the rear, affording every facility\\nfor the handling of raw material and shipment of the manufactured product.\\nThe mill is completely equipped with modern and improved machinery, and\\nmakes 6,000,000 shingles annually, giving employment to a force ranging from\\nfifteen to twenty men, and the product of the mill is of unexcelled quality and\\nin large demand by the trade. In addition to the shingle industry Mr. McLeod\\ncarries large stocks of wood, which he sells at wholesale and retail. He is a\\nthoroughly practical man, conducting his business on accurate and reliable\\nmethods, and having an unsurpassed reputation for the promptness and\\nstraightforwardness of his business conduct. He is a native of Scotland, from\\nwhich country he came to Quebec, Canada, in 1852, and after traveling through\\nCanada and New York settled in Toronto for five 3 ears. He afterward con-\\nducted a saw and shingle mill on the Ottawa river for a number of years, and\\nin 1865 came to Saginaw and worked at mills up to the time of establishing\\nhis present industry. His enterprise has been rewarded with success, and his\\ntrade is large and steadily growing.\\nVictor Slesinger. Dealer in Hides, Pelts, Wool, Furs, Cracklings and\\nTallow 130-132 North Jefferson street, East Saginaw. Mr. Slesinger has been\\nin this business in this cit} for the past nineteen years, and was a pioneer in\\nthis branch of industry. He was for fifteen years on (lenesee avenue, later\\nremoving to the quarters now occupied on North JefiTerson street. In the rear\\nof the lot there occupied he has a new two-story brick building 40x75 feet in\\ndimensions, and has an office fronting on the street 20x25 feet. He carries on\\na large business as a dealer in clipped wool, which he bu^ s from farmers\\nthl-oughout the Saginaw Valley. In this business the volume of his trade has\\nsteadil} grown. Seventeen years ago all he could obtain through the country", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "132 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nwas 3,200 pounds. Last summer he handled 200,000 pounds of wool. In\\naddition to this branch of his business Mr. Slesinger also handled an average\\nof about 500 sheep skins per week, or 25,000 per year, which he secured from\\nfarmers, butchers, etc. In all branches of his business Mr. Slesinger reports\\na steadj increase, except in hides, in which the production in the Valle} has\\ngreatly decreased, owing to the largely increased use of dressed beef shipped\\nin refrigerator cars from Chicago and other points. He also handles furs, which\\nhe ships largely to New York for export.\\nIn addition to this business Mr. Slesinger conducts a personal security\\nbank, and loans money on diamonds, watches and valuables that can be put in\\na, safe. He is prepared to offer superior inducements to those needing accom-\\nmodation of this character, and in all his lines he conducts business on honor-\\nable and reliable methods which have secured for him a first-class reputation\\nand a merited success.\\nT. 0. L. Zander.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The New York Tailor; 120 North Hamilton street,\\nSaginaw Cit5^ Mr. Zander, who came from New York two years ago and\\nestablished this business, has built up a large patronage not onlj in the Sagi-\\nnaws, but also throughout the State, as a result of the thoroughly practical and\\nartistic manner in jvhich garments are produced at his establishment from the\\nfinest and most desirable patterns and fabrics. He occupies a well located and\\nequipped store, 25x30 feet in dimensions, where he carries a carefully selected\\nand large stock, embracing the finest imported and American goods, and Mr.\\nZander is prepared to give to his customers garments in exact accordance with\\nthe prevailing mode, of intrinsic value in material, workmanship and perfection\\nof fit, and made in a style which is unsurpassed by any merchant tailor in the\\nNorthwest. Mr. Zander is always on the lookout for the finest goods produced\\nby the most noted looms of Europe and America, and as a consequence his\\nstock always embraces the latest and the best, his present supply for fall and\\nwinter wear being as fine a display of fine goods as was ever brought to the\\nWest. He gives steady employment to fifteen highly skilled workmen, and\\nhas three travelers taking measures and orders throughout this State, Illinois,\\nWisconsin, and as far west as Montana. His business has steadily grown\\nfrom its inception and is still increasing, the products of his establishment\\nalways giving satisfaction and his place being justly regarded as headquarters\\nfor superior gai ments.\\nBuehler Deibel. Dealers in Boots, Shoes and Rubbers; Court street,\\nnear Washington street, Saginaw City. This firm, of which Messrs. J. J.\\nBuehler and Philip Deibel are the individual members, was formed two years\\nago, and b} selling superior goods at the lowest prices have pecured a liberal\\nshare of the patronage of the citizens of and visitors to the Saginaws. Their\\nstore is eligibly located on Court street, near Washington, and their stock of\\nboots and shoes embraces everything in the line of ladies gentlemen s,\\nmisses youths and children s wear, the productions of the most famous\\nEastern manufactories, including in ladies fine shoes such goods as those of A.\\nS. Elderkin, Taylor Co., and Smith Herrick, all prominent manufacturers\\nof Rochester, N. Y., and in gentlemen s shoes the fine goods of Lilly, Bracket\\nCo., of Brockton, Mass., and the famous Emery shoe, while in children s\\nshoes and rubber goods their stock is of an equally superior quality. The\\nfirm has secured a prosperous and thriving business by selling the best goods\\nat the lowest prices, marking its stock in plain figures and charging strictly\\none price to all their customers. In addition to the members of the firm, who\\ndevote all their time and attention to the details of the business, two cofli-\\npetent clerks are employed, and the great merit of their goods and the satis-\\nfactory character of their dealings have made the house popular and prosperous.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saoinaws. 1;W\\nJohn A. Price. Personal Security Bank, 418 Tuscola street, East\\nSaginaw. Mr. Price lias been engaged in this pursuit since 1884 and does a\\nlarge business as a consequence of the uniform fairness and liberalit} of his\\nmethods. He is prepared at all times to loan money in any desired amount on\\ndiamonds, watches, jewelry and other articles of value, or upon chattel\\nmortgages upon ever} class of personal property without removal, and upon\\nhorses, cattle, etc. He has constantly on hand a large and select stock of the\\nfinest diamonds, watches and jewelry which he sells at a price much below\\ntheir value. He is a gentleman of ample resources and a thorough knowledge\\nof all the details of the business in which he is engaged, and those having\\ngood collateral and desiring financial accommodation will find his terms\\nreasonable. To those desiring to purchase watciies, gems and jewelry his\\nestablishment offers superior inducements, his stock embracing a number of\\nundoubted bargains, and Mr. Price being thoroughly reliable and accurate in\\nall his representations and dealings.\\nAnderson Brothers. Fine Drj Goods, Silks, Dress Goods and Laces\\n218 Genesee avenue. East Saginaw. This firm, of which Messrs. Peter and\\nCharles A. Anderson are the individual members, came to East Saginaw early in\\n1886 from Toledo, where they had been for eight years engaged in a similar\\nbusiness, and bought out the old house in this stand of J. W. Howr} They\\noccupy a handsome and convenient three-story building fronting 25 feet on\\nGenesee avenue and running back 100 feet, with an L running west to Franklin\\nstreet^ 40x50 feet in dimensions, which the}^ utilize for their cloak department.\\nThe} carry ver} large and complete stocks of everything in the line of dry\\ngoods, especially assorted so as to include the finest qualities of goods and the\\nlatest novelties in patterns and fabrics, their stock of silks, dress goods and\\nlaces being especially complete. As a consequence of the great care taken in\\nthe selection of the stock as to make its qualitj unsurpassed, the house is\\naccurately regarded as headquarters for fine dry goods of every description,\\nand enjoys a large patronage from the ladies of the Saginaws, as well as an\\nextensive and steadily increasing transient trade. A force of twenty clerks\\nand assistants is employed in the house, and the firm enjoys unsurpassed\\nfacilities for supplying goods of the finest quality in all departments of a high\\nclass drj goods establishment.\\nW. S. Mitts Co. Personal and Exchange Bank 109 South Cass\\nstreet, East Saginaw. This firm, which is composed of Messrs. W. S. S. W.\\nMitts, was established two years ago, since which time they have enjoyed a\\nlarge and steadily increasing business as brokers in stocks, bonds and all\\nkinds of securities, dealers in farm and timber lands, logs and lumber, and\\nalso conduct a very large loan business on chattel mortgages and collateral of\\nall kinds, and buy and sell fine jewelry and watches and other arti ;les of\\nvalue, and, in fact, buy ever^ thing in the line of jewehy. They are prepared\\nto loan money in any amount and on reasonable terras to those who are\\nprepared to oflfer good security, and those desiring accommodation of this\\ncharacter will find this firm a first-class medium through which their business\\ncan be transacted in a reliable manner. The Messrs. Mitts are business men\\nof superior attainments, thoroughly fair and accurate in their dealings, and\\nconduct their business upon methods which have secured for them the respect\\nand confidence of the community.\\nSaginaw Valley Paper Co. F. S. Sears, Proprietor Dealer in All\\nKinds of Blank Books, Stationery, Paper Boxes, Twine, Flour Sacks, Etc.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "134 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\n221 South Hamilton street, Saginaw City. Mr. Sears is an experienced man\\nin tliis department of commerce, having been engaged in a similar business\\nfor twelve years in Detroit prior to establishing himself in this city three years\\nago. He occupies as office and warerooms a building 25x100 feet in dimen-\\nsions, and carries a very large and completely assorted stock of everything in\\nthe line of blank books, stationer} twines of all kinds and flour sacks ^of ^a\\nsuperior quality, as well as all other goods pertaining to this line. He has a\\nvery large business in the Saginaws and surrounding country, and has a hand-\\nsome double wagon and a single one which he utilizes in delivering goods to\\nhis customers throughout this section. The goods carried by him are of a\\nsuperior qualit}-, and the favorable relations which he enjoys with leading manu-\\nfacturers enables him to oifer superior inducements both in qualit}- and price\\nto the trade and large consumers, and he is prepared to fill all orders for every\\ndescrtiption of goods in his line in a prompt and satisfactory manner, and his\\nbusiness has increased in volume annually from the inception of his enterprise\\nto the present time.\\nSelle Jasper. Fine Tailoring 112 South Washington avenue,\\nopposite Bancroft House, East Saginaw. This firm, of which Messrs. M. A.\\nSelle and C. F. Jasper are the individual members, was established in\\nFebruary of the present 3 ear, when they bought out part of the stock of Werno\\nLuetke, by whom the business was established in 1885. They occupy an\\neligibly located and completely equipped store with large plate glass show\\nwindows, and carry a large stock of fine goods, buying their English, French\\nand German goods in London, Kngland, and having a special line of fine\\ngoods made directly to their order. They enjoy facilities unsurpassed for\\nproducing gentlemen s garments of intrinsic value, in accordance with the\\nprevailing mode and with special adaptation and fitness to the wearer,\\nemploying a force of fifteen highly skilled workmen, and enjoying a\\nlarge trade in the Saginaws and their surroundings, as well as a considerable\\norder trade thi oughout the State, and some customers in the West and South.\\nMr. Selle, of this firm, is a highly skilled artist in this business, and came to\\nthe citj from Chicago, where he had previously been engaged, some three\\nyears ago, and was employed as cutter for Werno Luetke until he bought\\nthem out with Mr. Jasper at the beginning of the present year. Since that\\ntime the business has been doubled, and the firm is one of the most prosperous\\nin its line in the State. Mr. Jasper is also a practical man in the business,\\nand the combination is one containing the elements of success. As a\\nconsequence of the superior character of the garments produced at this\\nestablishment, their trade is steadily growing, and they enjoy the patronage of\\nthe leading people of the Saginaws.\\nE. S. Newton Go. Foundry and Machine Shop Corner of Water\\nand McCoskry streets, East Saginaw. The works conducted by the firm of E.\\nS. Newton Co. were originally established in 1871 by Merrill Bacon, by\\nwhom they were conducted until June of the present year, when the business\\nwas purchased by Messrs. E. S. Newton and C. H. Rademecher, who compose\\nthe present firm. Prior to the formation of this firm Mr. Newton was with\\nWickes Brothers of this city for twenty years, and was for four 3^ears foreman\\nand sixteen years superintendent of the works. He is well and favorably\\nknown all along the river and throughout the northern portion of Michigan.\\nMr. Rademecher was also with Wickes Brothers for over twenty-two years, and\\nlike Mr. Newton is a thoroughly practical man in all the details of the foundry\\nand machine shop business. The several shops cover an area of about 200x200\\nfeet, but they propose pulling down a portion and rebuilding so as to have the", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "The Industries ok the Sacinaws. 135\\nwhole concern under one roof, and when their contemplated changes arc made\\ntheir works will be the most convenient of the kind in this section of Michigan.\\nTheir present large machine shop is crowded with all the finest tools and ma-\\nchinery adapted to the purposes of their business, including nine lathes from\\nsix feet down to smaller sizes, two large planers, drill presses, etc., to which,\\nwhen they get their works fully organized, they will add others, and increase\\ntheir force of hands and push their trade into a wider territory. At i)resent\\nthey give employment to a force of twent} hands, and carr^ on a large business\\nas builders of steam engines, saw mill and salt well machinery, salt pumps,\\nvalves, etc., and as dealers in steam pumps, injectors, governors, tubing, pipe\\nfittings, etc., and make a specialty of steam heating. Bringing to the prosecu-\\ntion of the business practical knowledge of a superior character, and supervis-\\ning all the details in a careful and accurate manner, the}^ enjoy a trade covering\\nthe Saginaw Valley, and which is steadil} growing and expanding.\\nWilliam Gemmill. Hardware, Stoves, Oilcloth, Etc.; 715 Warren\\nstreet, Near Flint Pere Marquette Railroad. East Saginaw. Mr. Gemmill is\\na thoroughly practical and experienced man in the hardware business, and for\\ntwo years prior to establishing in business for himself was a partner of M. S.\\nCouse in his store on Potter street. He embarked in his present enterprise\\nMarch 1, 1887, and now occupies a two-story brick building, 30x125 feet in\\ndimensions, lighted by two large show windows, and in every wa\\\\ adapted to\\nthe purposes of the business. He carries large and complete stocks of ever^\\nthing in the lines of shelf and heavy hardware, Golden Star base burner stoves\\nand ranges, tinware, pocket and table cutlery, bird cages, etc., and the largest\\nstock of oilcloths in the city. He gives employment to three competent clerks\\nand assistants, and enjoys a large and steadily growing patronage from the\\ncitizens of the Saginaws and the surrounding country. He sustains a first-\\nclass reputation for the fairness and accuracy of his dealings and for correctly\\nand promptl}^ filling all orders for every description of goods in his line. Since\\nStarting in business for himself his trade has steadil} increased in a manner\\nwhich gives certain indications of a prosperous career for the enterprise.\\nCoiinelly Brothers. Brokers and Furniture Dealers 131, 133, 135\\nand 136 South Washington avenue. East Saginaw. This firm is composed of\\nMessrs. John E. and Thomas Connelly, who have successfully conducted the\\nbusiness for the past seven years, and who occupy the main floor of three\\nstores, 75x100 feet in dimensions, with an extension 25x60 feet, and a branch\\nstore across the street, occup3ing the main floor, 25x100 feet. In these\\nextensive premises they carry a large and complete stock of new and second-\\nhand furniture, carpets, stoves, crockery, etc., and are always prepared to\\nsupply every description of goods in their line with promptness and at the\\nlowest prices. Mr. John E. Connelly came to this cit} from Ontario, Canada,\\nwhen a boy twenty-two years ago, and fifteen years ago embarked in the\\ngrocer} business, later going into the fruit business, and seven j-ears ago\\nassociating with himself his younger brother, started in his present line. Up\\nto last year he had been interested in the lumber business, but finding that the\\nconstantly growing business of his store needed his undivided attention he\\nsold out his lumber manufacturing interests. The Connell}- Brothers\\npersonally supervise all the operations- of their business, in which the} are\\nassisted by four clerks and employ two wagons for deliverv, and are doing a\\nthriving trade as a consequence of the fairness of their dealings, and the\\nbargains which they at all time have on hand.\\nMiss M. E. Hayden, Fashionable Millinery Establishment 122 South\\nWashington avenue, East Saginaw. An establishment, which has in a short", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "136 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\ntime built up a large trade which is steadily growing, is that of Miss M. E.\\nHayden, who came to this city from Detroit early in 1886, and has since\\nacquired a merited celebrity for the superior character of all the productions of\\nher establishment, the careful selection of her stock and tbe thoroughly satis-\\nfactory manner in which orders are filled. She occupies an elegantlj appointed\\nstore room, 30x80 feet in dimensions, where she carries a large assortment and\\nattractive display, embracing all the latest novelties in millinery, and a superior\\nline of trimmed and untrimmed hats and bonnets. She also carries a large\\nstock and complete assortment of all kinds of hair goods, wigs, puffs, frizzes and\\ntoilet necessaries. She is also agent for the Universal Fashion Co. s Perfect\\nFitting Patterns, and in every respect the stock is of a character to invite\\ninspection of the ladies of the Saginaws. Miss Hayden, who is thoroughly\\npractical and experienced and of excellent taste and judgment, gives employ-\\nment to five competent milliners, and is doing a thriving business which is\\nfully merited by the superior quality of her goods, and her prompt and ac-\\ncommodating methods.\\nJames McGregor Sons. Manufacturers of Steam Boilers and\\nSheet Iron Work Corner of Water and Williams streets, Saginaw City. Mr.\\nJames McGregor, by whom this business was founded, is a member of a family\\nwhich contains a number of prominent manufacturers of steam boilers, he hav-\\ning two brothers in Detroit, each of whom conducts an establishment of this\\nnature. The business conducted by James McGregor Sons, in Saginaw City,\\nwas established in 1862 by Mr. James McGregor, by whom it was continued\\nalone until six years ago, when his sons, Messrs. John McGregor and James\\nMcGregor, Jr., who had been carefully and thoroughly instructed in all the de-\\ntails of the trade under the capable and experienced supervision of their father,\\nwere admitted to the firm, which then assumed its present style. They occupy\\na building 80x100 feet in dimensions, completely equipped with all the latest\\nand most highly improved machinery and appliances adapted to the require-\\nments of the business, and give employment in summer to ten and in winter\\nto twenty-five hands in the manufacture of steam boilers of every description,\\nand all kinds of sheet iron work, making a specialty of mill, marine and house\\nboilers. During the past summer the firm built two 5-foot shell by 16-foot\\nboilers for the Union School at Saginaw City, eleven boilers for house heating\\nfor Wickes Brothers, as well as filling a large number of other orders. The\\nfirm has at all times a stock of new and second-hand boilers on hand and for\\nsale, and gives prompt attention to repairing boilers of every description. It\\nenjoys a large trade from all parts of the Saginaw Valley, which it has earned\\nby the superior character of the workmanship of all the productions of its es-\\ntablishment, the promptness with which orders are filled, and its uniform reli-\\nability in every particular.\\nMittermier Rohde. Dealers in Groceries, Vegetables, Fruits,\\nPoultry, Oysters, Etc., 421 Genesee avenue, East Saginaw. This business was\\nestablished in 1875 by Mr. Charles Pendell, who conducted it for about eight\\nyears, when Mr. Hamilton became the proprietor for a short time, and was\\nsucceeded three years ago by the present firm, composed of Messrs. John\\nMittermier and August llohde, both of whom had previously been engaged in\\nthe house, Mr. Mittermier for seven, and Mr. llohde for five years. The\\npremises occupied by the firm embrace a two-stor}^ brick structure, eligibly^\\nlocated at 421 Giiuesee avenue, and heavily stocked with full and complete\\nassortments of everything in the line of staple and fancy groceries, a specially\\nfine assortment of canned goods, eggs, all fruits and vegetables in season, teas\\nand coffees, jjoultry, oysters and grocers sundries. The complete knowledge", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 137\\nof the business possessed by both members of the firm is shown in the great\\ncare taken in the selection of their stock, by which they have commended,\\nthemselves to the favor and patronage of the citizens of the Saginaws and\\nvicinity and the} are prepared at all times to fill orders in a prompt and\\naccurate manner, being aided in their business by five competent clerks and\\nassistants, and utilizing two wagons in their city delivery. The establishment\\nis a favorite one with the people of the Saginaws, and the energy and enter-\\nprise of the firm has secured for it a steady and gi owing success.\\nM. L. Herley Co. Depot rug Store 514 Potter street. East Sagi-\\nnaw. This business was established fifteen years ago by Mr. M. L. Herley,\\nwho conducted it alone for six years, when he was ioined by Mr. F. L. Kisten-\\nmacher, forming the present firm. They have a well kept and completely\\nequipped drug establishment, eligibly located at 514 Potter street, where they\\ncarr} large stocks and complete assortments of everything in the line of drugs\\nand chemicals, full supplies of all approved proprietory medicines and drug-\\ngists sundries of every description. They also manufactui e a number of spe-\\ncialties which by reason of their superior efficacy, are in large demand, includ-\\ning Herle^- s Liverwort Kidnej^ Cure, Herlej^ s White Pine Balsam and Herley s\\nImproved Liver Pills. Emploj ment is given to a force of three competent\\nclerks and assistants, and prescriptions are carefully compounded from the\\npurest materials by skilled pharmacists. As a consequence of the excellence\\nof their stock and the close and accurate attention paid by the members of the\\nfirm to every detail of the business, they have built up a first class reputation,\\nand a trade which steadily expands, the store being a popular one with the\\npeople of the city and surroundings, the firm constantly endeavoring to give\\nsatisfaction to its customers.\\nBenson King. Manufacturers of Picture Backing, Thin Box Lum-\\nber and Box Shooks Atwater street, corner of Cass street, East Saginaw. A\\nprominent addition to the manufacturing concerns of the Saginaws was made\\nin the spring of the present year, when Messrs. N. S. Benson and Louis King,\\nwho had previously conducted a similar business at Owosso, came to this city\\nand built a completely equipped mill upon a piece of land which the} pur-\\nchased from Mr. Lewis C. Slade. The mill covers an area of about 70x100\\nfeet and is completely equipped with all the latest and most improved machin-\\nery adapted to their business, including a very fine standard automatic engine\\nof 50 horse power and boiler with a five-foot shell by sixteen feet in length,\\nfour new planers, as well as resaws, rippers, and all other plant and appliances\\nrequired in their manufacturing operations. Although the main business of\\nthe firm is the manufacture of picture backing, thin box lumber and box\\nshooks, for the quality of which they have secured a reputation which is un-\\nsurpassed, they also do a general planing business chiefly on orders, and deal\\nextensively in lumber, lath and shingles, which they are prepared to supply in\\nan} desired quantity. Both members of the firm are energetic and enterprising\\nbusiness men and supervise the details of their business with an intelligent\\nknowledge of all its departments and accurate methods whichj^have secured for\\ntheir enterprise a steadily increasing prosperity. A force ranging from fifteen\\nto twenty workmen is employed in the mill and their trade in their specialty^ of\\npicture backing extends to all parts of the country, orders having been received\\nby the firm as far away as Calif oinia. The thriving business enjoyed^by them\\nso far gives promise of a successful career for the establishment.\\nJ. J. Winsor. Planing Mill and Salt Works First street. Near Rail-\\nway Bridge, East Saginaw. This well-known planing mill was built over six\\nyears ago, at first being run by the firm of Within Anderson, and later by", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "138 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nWithin Bowen, who were succeeded b} Mr. J. J. Winsor. The mill is lOOx\\n100 feet in dimensions, and is fitted up with all the latest and most improved\\nmachinery and appliances, including one 26-inch surfacer, a No. 5 planer, an\\n18-inch resaw, an 8-inch moulder, three saw tables with 14-inch saws, a self-\\noperating emery planer sharpener and other necessary appliances, propelled by\\na 100 horse-power engine fed by two boilers. In these premises, which have a\\ncapacit} for dressing from 25,000 to 30,000 feet of lumber per da} a force\\nranging from twelve to fifteen hands is employed, the mill being kept steadily\\nbusy throughout the season, dressing lumber chiefly on Detroit orders. In ad-\\ndition to this business Mr. Winsor is engaged in the manufacture of salt, having\\na spacious drill house and salt works, and manufacturing salt in large quanti-\\nties, the output of the works in 1886 amounting to 8,650 barrels. The salt is\\nmanufactured by the use of exhaust steam from the planing mill, and the pro-\\nduct is sold through the medium of the Michigan Salt Association. Mr.\\nWinsor, the proprietor of the business, is a thoroughly practical and experi-\\nenced man, who understands every detail of this department of industry, and\\ncarefull} supervises his afiTairs in a manner which has secured for him the con-\\nfidence of the trade and a large and constantly pi ospering business.\\nRichard Khuen. Insurance Office adjoining the Saginaw County\\nSavings Bank, Hamilton street, Saginaw City. No insurance agency in the\\nSaginaws enjoj s a better reputation or does a more extensive business than\\nthat of Mr. Richard Khuen, who is well known as an accurate and reliable\\nunderwrite r, and as such holds a high place in the confidence of the insuring\\npublic. He represents a number of the leading companies, all of them sub-\\nstantial and noted for the promptness with which they pay all losses, including\\nthe New York Underwriters Agency, composed of the Citizens and Hanover\\nInsurance Companies, of New York, the Citizens, having a capital of $300,000,\\nassets of $1,102,460, and a net surplus of $332,427, and the Hanover, having\\na cash capital of $1,000,000, assets of $2,546,675, and a net surplus of $540,-\\n904. Mr. Khuen also represents the German American, ot New York, cash\\ncapital of $1,000,000, assets of l!5,150,899, and net surplus of $2,344,273 the\\nContinental, of New York, cash capital, $1,000,000, assets, $5,239,981 and net\\nsurplus of $1,374,857 the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company, capital,\\n$1,000,000, assets, $2,129,742, and surplus of $424,871 the American, of\\nPhiladelphia, capital, $500,000, assets, $2,301,858, and surplus of $552,874\\nthe St. Paul Fire and Marine, of Minnesota, capital, $500,000, assets, $1,448,-\\n026, and surplus $348,675 the Liverpool and London and Globe, of Eng-\\nland, the largest fire insurance corporation in the world, and having in its\\nUnited States branch $6,639,781 assets, and a surplus of $3,077,539 the\\nRoyal, of Liverpool, England, assets in the United Stales, $4,830,132, and\\nsurplus of $2,329,552 the London and Lancashire, of England, assets in the\\nUnited States of $1,430,064, and surplus of $622,041 North British and\\nMercantile, of London, United States assets of $3,378,754, and surplus of\\n$2,013,106 the Fire Insurance Association, of England, capital $500,000,\\nassets of $4,445,576, and net surplus of $939,569 the Franklin, of Phila;-\\ndelphia, cash capital of $400,000, assets of $3,177,106, and surplus of $967,-\\n848 the California, ot San Francisco, capital $600,000, assets of $1,068,878,\\nand surplus of $132,581 the Buffalo-German, capital, $200,000, assets $1,186,-\\n455, and surplus of $()81,401 the Guardian, of London, England, United\\nStates assets of $1,367,479, and surplus of $795,317 the Sun Fire Office, of\\nLondon, the oldest insurance corporation in the world, with United States as\\nsets of $1,666,681, and a net surplus of $549,206 tbe Washington Fire and\\nMarine, of Boston, capital $1,000,000, assets $1,949,467. He also represents", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "The Tnmistkies op the Saginaws. 13fl\\nthe Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Co., capital $250,000, assets $693 070,\\nand a net surplus of $111,882. Through these prominent and substantial\\ncorporations IMr. Khuen is prepared to write insurance at the lowest rates con-\\nsistent with the absolute security offered by these first class companies. Mr.\\nKhuen, who has been a resident of Saginaw since 1854, has been engaged in\\nbusiness pursuits ever since that time, and is a substantial citizen. In addi-\\ntion to his business of insurance, he is the secretary and treasurer and a di-\\nrector of the Saginaw County Savings Bank. He is a business man of supe-\\nrior attainments, and is justly regarded with the greatest confidence b} the\\ncommunity.\\nP. Opfergelt. Manufacturer and of and Dealer in Harness, Saddles,\\nCollars, AVhips, Etc.; Hamilton and Cass streets, Saginaw City. Mr. Opfergelt\\nis one of the oldest citizens of the Saginaws, he having come to this city when\\na boy with his father in 1857, and continuously resided here with the exception\\nof a few years, from that time to the present. In 18(i4 he established himself\\nin his present business, in which he has built up a large and constantl} grow-\\ning trade, as a consequence of the superior qualit} of materials and workman-\\nship of all the products of his establishment, and the careful selection of his\\nstock, which is at all times completely assorted. He owns and occupies atwo-\\nstor} building, 25x70 feet in dimensions. In his store he carries a complete\\nslock, embracing everything in the line of light and heavy harness, robes, sad-\\ndles, blankets, collars, whips and saddlers goods of every description, and has\\na glass room in his store running the full length, for keeping the stock clean.\\nHe gives employment to a force of six skilled workmen, and makes a fine light\\nharness as well as heavy luml)er harness, and his trade extends to every part of\\nthe Saginaw Valley, all the products of his establishment being of unsur-\\npassed qualit} made of the best materials and by skilled workmen. The re-\\nliable methods which have characterized the dealings of Mr. Opfergelt through-\\nout his long business history have been rewarded by a substantial and merited\\nprosperity.\\nCharles H. Plummer. Manufacturer of and Healer in Lumber, Lath,\\nShingles, and All Kinds of Hard Wood also Manufacturer of Flour and\\nDealer in Pine Lands Bliss Block, Genesee and Washington avenues. East\\nSaginaw. The name of Mr. Plummer has been identified with the lumber man-\\nufacturing industries of the Saginaw Valley tor the past twenty years, and he has\\nbeen in the lumber business for thirty-one years. By steady industry and\\nclose attention to all the details of his business he has achieved a gratif3 ing\\nsuccess and a well-earned competence. He now owns some 35,000 acres of\\nland in this State, and is largely engaged in lumbering and lumber manufac-\\nturing, having a mill at Ogemaw, Mich., built in 1883, and nine miles of rail-\\nway in the woods, with locomotives and a full equipment, employment being-\\ngiven in the lumbering and manufacturing operations to a force of 125 men.\\nThe mill has a capacit}- for the manufacture of 50,000 feet per day, and its\\nproduct is in demand in all the principal lumber mai*kets, Mr. Plummer having\\nsupplied the Government works at Cleveland, Buffalo and Fairport, and enjoy-\\ning a large shipping trade to Buffalo, Tonawanda and New York. He has a\\nplaning mill connected with his saw mill, and makes a specialty of dressed\\nlumber and of superior bill stuff for government and railroad work. He has a\\nlarge yard at Jackson, Mich., with a capacity for 10,000,000 feet of lumber,\\nand is now busii} engaged in filling a large order for bill stuff for the Michigan\\nentral depot at Battle Creek from his mill at Ogemaw. Mr. Plummer also\\nhas a flour mill in Saginaw City, 50x100 feet in dimensions, and completely\\nequipped with the full roller process, giving emplo^ uient to six men, producing\\nforty l)arrels of flour dail}- and selling its product throughout Michigan. Mr.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "140 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nPlummei- is justly regarded as one of the most substantial and representative\\nof the citizens of the Saginaws, and always exhibits a deep interest in their\\nwelfare and advancement. He is in every respect a self-made man, and has\\nearned prosperit} by deserving it. That he is also a thoroughly patriotic\\nAmerican is shown by his recent generous offer of forty acres of as good\\nbeech and maple land as there is in Michigan to the families of each of the\\npolicemen murdered at the Haymarket at Chicago, together with enough lum-\\nber to erect a house for each family on the land, conditioned only on their\\noccupying the same.\\nSaginaw Lumber and Salt Company. James Maclaren, Presi-\\nsident R. A. Loveland, Vice-President R. H. Roys, Secretary D. L-\\nWhite, Jr., Treasurer Manufacturers of Lumber and Salt Mills at Crow\\nIsland Office, Bancroft block, Grenesee avenue, East Saginaw. The mill now\\noperated by the Saginaw Lumber and Salt Company has been conducted for\\nover twenty years, its first proprietors being known as the Oneida Company-,\\nand the mill afterward being reconstructed by the firm of Sibley Bearinger,\\nwho operated it for four years prior to 1882, when the present corporation\\nwas organized. The company now has a paid-in capital of $100,000 and a\\nsurplus of $100,000, and is one of the most substantial corporations of this\\ncharacter in Michigan. The mill premises embrace a two-stor}- building,\\n175x225 feet in dimensions, surrounded by five acres covered with buildings\\nused for manufacturing purposes. It is completel}^ equipped with modern and\\nimproved machinery and appliances adapted to the business of the manufac-\\nture of lumber, including a gang of thirty-two saws, one band saw, one circular\\nsaw, and one 300 horse-power and one 140 horse power engine, and to this\\nequipment a number of improvements and additions are to be made, and the\\nmill is to be remodeled this winter, among the new machines to be introduced\\nbeing new trimmers, slab slashers, edgers, etc. The present capacity of the\\nmill amounts to about 20,000,000 feet per year. In connection with the mill\\nlarge salt works are operated, the company havmg six salt wells with a full\\nequipment of machiner}^ for salt manufacture, including six grainers, each\\n130 feet long and six settlers each 110 feet long. The entire grounds\\noccupied by the company embrace 700 acres, including large piling grounds\\nwhere are stored from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 feet of lumber, in addition to\\nwhich the compan} usually has an equal amount piled upon their commodious\\ndock. An important item in the facilities of the company is its boom, which\\nis the finest on the river, and holds from 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 feet of logs\\nwithout going out of the territory owned by the company. In addition to\\nthese water facilities, the conveniences for handling and shipment by rail are\\nunsurpassed, the tracks of the Flint Pere Marquette Railway running into\\ntheir premises. Employment is given to a force ranging from 125 to 150\\nhands and the comi)any has a very large business, including in addition to an\\nextensive trade in Michigan, constant orders from Ohio, Pennsylvania and all\\nEastern points. The company has a very large yard trade amounting to about\\n10,000,000 feet and they ship over a thousand cars of lumber annually. Mr.\\nMaclaren, the president of this company, resides at Buckingham, Canada,\\nand has mills on the Ottawa River, and is very largely engaged in the lumber\\nbusiness on the upper Canadian rivers, cutting last year 50,000,000 feet which\\nhe sold in Canada, and he is also president of the Ottawa Bank, with a capital\\nof $3,000,000 and otherwise prominently identified with important business\\nenterprises. Mr. Loveland, the vice-president of this company, is general\\nmanager of the company. Thus having large resources and unsurpassed\\nfacilities the company occupies a position high among the leading enterprises\\nof this character in the Saginaw Valley.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "TnE Industries of the Saqinaws. 143\\nThe N. A. Barnard Oorapany. Arthur Barnard, President\\nLevi H. Goodwin, Secretary and Treasurer Alexander W. Chapman, Mana-\\nger Lumber, Salt, Pine and Farming Lands foot of Emerson street, Sagi-\\nnaw Citj-. Tliis establishment, comprising one of the largest and most com-\\npletely equipped mill and salt manufacturing plants in the Saginaws, dates its\\ninception back to 1860, when the business was established by the Michigan\\nSalt Manufacturing Company. About twenty three years ago the firm of\\nBarnard Binder bought up all the stock of that company, and this firm was\\nin turn succeeded by that of N. A. Barnard. Upon the death of the father,\\nMr. Newell Barnard, three years ago, the present company was incorporated,\\nMr. Arthur Barnard remaining at the head of company as its President, The\\noutput of their mill in lumber and lumber products amounts to 20,000,000 feet\\nof lumber, 15,000,000 shingles, 4,000,000 laths, 1,500,000 staves and 60,000\\nsets of heading. In addition to the lumber manufacturing premises, the com-\\npany has six salt wells with a production of 60,000 barrels of salt annually.\\nOne of these wells was the second bored in the Valley, having been drilled in\\n1860, and the company has one of the best equipped salt works in the district.\\nAmong other buildings is a warehouse with storage capacity for 40,000 barrels\\nof salt and the companj^ has also a large and handsome barn, accommodating\\nthe thirtj^ horses used in connection with their manufacturing operations, and\\nalso has very extensive piling grounds the entire works and premises cover-\\ning an area of thirty-five acres, with over a mile of elevated tramway, a large\\nwater frontage, railroad tracks throughout and every convenience and facility\\ncalculated to aid or expedite the business of manufacture, handling and ship-\\nment. In the works employment is giving to a force averaging 200 hands, and\\nthe lumber product finds a market in Ohio and eastern ports. A notable new\\ndeparture inaugurated by this company is the manufacture of hemlock build-\\ning lumber. Through this region there has existed a prejudice against hemlock\\nlumber, notwithstanding the fact that it has been used extensively for building\\npurposes throughout the eastern States for man}- years and proved its utility in\\nevery instance. In the lumbering operations in the territory tributary to Sagi-\\nnaw manufactures, the hemlock has been passed by, and a large amount of this\\ntimber is left standing on tracts from which the pine has been cut off. To Mr.\\nArthur Barnard is due the credit of inaugurating upon a large scale measures\\nto utilize this valuable raw material, and the company is now making a\\nspecialty of hemlock lumber, the output from their mills this season being over\\n10,000,000 feet, and the capacity of the mill is now being increased in order to\\nkeep up with the demand. The company is prepared to fill orders for hemlock\\nin carload lots, and the success which has so far attended the experiment of\\nits introduction encourages them to still greater activity in this branch of man-\\nufacturing industry. The company lumbers in the Southern Peninsula, and\\nhas large tracts of pine and farming lands in Saginaw, Isabella, Clare, Midland\\nand Grladwin counties, and the management of the business of this vast con-\\ncern evinces a combination of experience and fitness which naturally results in\\nsuccess. Mr. Arthur Barnard, the President of the company,, who has been\\ntrained to the business and is thoroughly and practically experienced in all its\\ndetails, is notable as one of the most enterprising of the citizens of Saginaw\\nand a public spirited man. No one citizen of Saginaw has been more promi-\\nnent than he in adding to the architectural beauty and attractiveness of the\\ncity, and he is the owner of a number of handsome business blocks and other\\nimportant property, representing many of the most prominent additions to the\\narchitectural features of the city. He owns all the business blocks on the\\nsquare bounded by Hamilton, Water, Franklin and Ames streets, all new build-\\nings, substantially built and completely equipped, and in great demand by", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "144 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\ntenants, which buildings are shown in the accompanying illustration. The\\nlarge amount of his investments in property of this character forms a strong\\ntestimony of his confidence in the future of Saginaw. The gentlemen asso-\\nciated with Ml Barnard in the management fill their respective positions with\\nmarked ability, Mr. Levi H. Goodwin, the Secretary and Treasurer, attending\\nto the oflSce affairs of the corporation with a degree of eflSciency showing the\\nhighest standard of business attainments, and Mr. Alexander W. Chapman, the\\nManager, being a thoroughl}- practical lumber manufacturer, to whose supei vi-\\nsion of the details is largely due the acknowledged superiority of the product,\\nand the systematic methods upon which the manufacturing operations are con-\\nducted.\\nL. W. Voepel. Dealer in Books, Stationery, Wall Paper, Etc. Barnard\\nBlock, 218 North Hamilton street, Saginaw City. A prominent and important\\naddition to the commercial establishments of Saginaw City is that of Mr.\\nVoepel, who has had long experience as a practical paper hanger, interior\\ndecorator and artistic sign writer. In the spring of the present year he estab-\\nlished this business, and carries a large and complete stock of the finest pat-\\nterns of wall papers from the leading manufactories, and also has on hand a\\nfull line of blank books, school books and supplies and ofl3ce stationery, and\\nin addition he carries on a large business in paper hanging, house painting and\\ninterior decorating, giving employment to a force of skilled and experienced\\nworkmen. The store is eligibly located in the Barnard Block, and is atti-ac-\\ntively and neatl} fitted up, and his stock, in careful selection and quality, is\\nnot surpassed by any in the Valley. Mr. Voepel has so far enjoyed a satisfac-\\ntory and steadily growing trade, giving every promise for the success of his\\nnew enterprise.\\nJ. S. Martin.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Livery and Sales Stables 306, 308 and 310 North Ham-\\nilton street, Saginaw City.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Martin has long held the foremost position in\\nthis department of industry in Saginaw City, originally establishing his busi-\\nness in 1871, when he purchased from J. J. Harvey the stables located at the\\ncorner of Water and Cass streets, afterward removing the business in the same\\nyear to 409 and 411 Adams street, and again removing in 1881 to the north\\nend of the Barnard Block, where he is now at this writing located, and has a\\nhandsome and commodious establishment but the steady advance in his busi-\\nness has made even these premises too contracted for his i)urposes, and he has\\nhad fitted up at 306-310 JNorth Hamilton street the handsomest stables in the\\nSaginaw Valley, the main building being 140x60 feet in dimensions and two\\nstories high, and sheds in the rear extending through to Water street, a dis-\\ntance of 220 feet. The structure, which is an elegant and imposing one, was\\nerected by Mr. Arthur Barnard expressly for the purpose of this business, and\\nthe equipment of the building contains everything calculated to aid or expe-\\ndite the operations of the business, accommodation being afforded for eighty\\nhead of horses. Mr. Martin has forty horses for light livery, hack and bag-\\ngage service, and in his new premises has forty stalls devoted to boarding and\\nsale horses. He has the finest hearse in the State, being manufactured by the\\ncelebrated carriage building firm of The James Cunningham, Son Co., and\\nhe has four of the finest coaches, the product of the same makers a number\\nof handsome double and single family carriages, and a great variety of buggies,\\nlight road wagons, etc. Mr. Martin does the hotel, baggage and transfer busi-\\nness of Saginaw City, running four hotel busses anl one extra large one for\\nfour or six horses, eight express wagons and a number of hacks. He gives\\nemployment to a force ranging from ten to fifteen men, and in every depart-\\nment of the business is thoroughly practical and experienced, and conducts all", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws. 145\\nthe operations in such a manner as to secure for his establishment the good\\nopinion and patronage of the citizens of and visitors to tlie Saginaws. As a\\nconsequence of this close and accurate knowledge and attention, Mr. Martin .s\\nbusiness has steadily increased from its inception to the present time.\\nA- D- Bechtel. Dealer in Furniture and Household Goods 206\\nNorth Hamilton street, and 304 and 306 Franklin street, Saginaw City. Mr.\\nBechtel has carried on business for the past fourteen 3^ears at 304 Franklin\\nstreet, to which he has added other premises in the Barnard block on North\\nHamilton street, where he carries a large and complete stock of every descrip-\\ntion of bazaar goods, including the finer qualities of furniture, and a large\\nstock of crockery and glassware, embracing the productions of the leading\\nforeign and domestic makers, a speciallj fine assortment being shown\\nof decorated dinner and toilet sets, bar goods, etc. He has a large stock\\nof feather pillows, blankets, fine quilts and robes, musical instruments,\\njewehy, celluloid toilet articles, albums, frames and eveiy description of goods\\nsuitable for holiday, birthday and other presents, while at his premises on\\nFranklin street, which consist of the main floor and basement of two stores,\\n50x60 feet, he carries a large stock of stoves of the best makes, mattresses of\\nall kinds and new and second-hand furniture. These goods he sell for cash or\\non installments, and has a large and steadily growing trade both in Saginaw\\nCity and East Saginaw and throughout the surrounding farming country, and\\nso large is his business, and so complete his stock that even his present\\npremises are insutficient to properly accommodate the volume of his business,\\nand he proposes making an addition to his premises at 306 Franklin street,\\n40x80 feet in dimensions. He gives employment to three experienced clerks\\nand assistants and has two wagons to aid in the work of deliver}*, and by the\\nthoroughly accurate and reliable methods of his conduct throughout his long\\nand honorable business histoi-y, he has earned for his enterprise the pros-\\nl)erity which has attended it, and a reputation as one of the leading and most\\nsubstantial. merchants of the city.\\nJ. K. Stevens. Real Estate, Abstract and Loan Office 214 North\\nHamilton street, Saginaw City. One of the most extensive and best known\\ndealers in real estate in Northern Michigan is Mr. Jerome K. Stevens, who\\nfirst came to Saginaw City forty years ago. In 1855 he went to Chicago,\\nwhere he remained until 1861, after which he engaged in the dry goods\\nbusiness in East Saginaw for ten 3 ears as a member of the firm of Stevens,\\nPoole Co., then the largest store in its line in the Valley. In 1870 he\\nremoved to Saginaw (.ity and filled the office of Registrar of Deeds for six\\nyears, since which time he has been engaged in the real estate business. He\\nhas a complete and accurate abstract of titles to all the lands in Saginaw\\ncounty, all the minor details of each conveyance being noted, and he makes a\\nspecialty of perfecting titles. He has at all times on hand and for sale and\\nexchange good cit} property, as well as a large list of improved and unim-\\nproved farming properties in Saginaw, Isabella, Midland and other counties.\\nHe also is prepared to loan money on long time and at the lowest rates of\\ninterest on good real estate security, and in all lines he does a large business,\\nhis practical knowledge of all the details in regard to the present and prospec-\\ntive values of land in this section affording him superior facilities for carrying\\non the business, and he is in every respect a popular and prosperous citizen.\\nCharles B. Burton. Caterer and Confectioner 210 Hamilton street,\\nSaginaw Citj Mr. Burton started this enterwise eight 3 ears ago, originally\\nlocating at 411 Genesee avenue. East Saginaw, from which he removed to his\\npresent location about two months ago. In his enterprise he .started out with", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "146 The Industries of the Saginaws,\\nthe intention to secure success by deserving it, and by close and accurate at-\\ntention to all the details of his business, and filling orders in a uniformly satis-\\nfactor} manner, he has acquired a merited reputation as a leader in this line of\\nindustr} in this section of the State, and has built up a large connection, en-\\njojang the patronage of the leading citizens of the twin cities. He has an\\nelegantly equipped establishment in the Barnard Block, embracing the main\\nfloor and basement, 25x100 feet in dimensions, including a handsome and\\nartistically furnished refreshment parlor, all the appointments of which are in\\nthe best possible taste, and every accessory for setting a table in an attractive\\nmanner with fine silver and other proper furnishings. Mr. Burton makes all\\nhis own finer confections, cakes, etc., and the products of his establishment are\\nof unequalled excellence. He has a very large business as a caterer, giving\\nspecial attention to weddings, parties and banquets, which he is prepared to\\nsupply upon the shortest notice and in the most efficient manner. He is pre-\\npared to furnish creams and ices of the best quality on short notice, and the\\nstock of confections, cakes, etc., carried by him is not excelled by that of an}\\nestablishment in the State. Mr.. Burton gives employment to a force ranging\\nfrom six to eighteen hands, according to the season, and by uniform prompt-\\nness and reliability has built up his trade to a prosperous and prominent\\nposition.\\nHoyt Planing Mill. Operated by W. L. Webber, Executor and Trus-\\ntee W.J. Bartow, Manager Manufacturers of and Dealers in Lumber, Lath\\nand Pickets Washington street, near North Cit}^ Limits, East Saginaw. No\\nother name is so prominently connected with the history of East Saginaw as that\\nof Jesse Hoyt. The land on which the city now stands was purchased from the\\nGovernment in 1836 by Dr. Charles Little, of Avon, N. Y., and in 1849 and\\n1850 was purchased by Alfred M. Hoyt, of New York, and the original plat ot\\nEast Saginaw was surveyed by A. Alberti for him in December, 1850. In 1854\\nMr. Alfred M. Hoyt disposed of his interest in the new citj to his brother,\\nJesse Hoyt, who, from the time of his purchase, devoted his entire energies to\\nthe development of the city, and to his enterprise and public spirit is due,\\nmore than to any other one cause, the rapidity of its growth to a commanding\\nposition as a manufacturing and commercial center. Among the many enter-\\nprises with which his name is connected, that of the Hoyt planing mill is\\nprominent. Upon the site now occupied by the mill there was formerlj^ a\\ndairy salt works, built in 1865, and which afterward became a box factory.\\nThis structure was burned in 1871, and a new building was put up by Mr.\\nHoyt in 1874, which was 100x140 feet in dimensions, gave employment to\\nforty-five men and dressed about 10,000,000 feet of lumber annually. This\\nbuilding was burned May 16, 1881, and the present building was erected in\\n1882, in which year, on August 14, occurred the death of Mr. Jesse Hoyt.\\nFiom that time the business has been conducted by Mr. W. L. Webber, exec-\\nutor and trustee of the Ho^^t estate, the management of all the details of the\\nmanufacturing operations being in the hands of Mr. W. J. Bartow, as manager.\\nThe present building is 205x140 feet in dimensions, with an engine room 40x60\\nfeet, and six dry kilns, covering an area of 60x120 feet. The entire premises,\\nincluding piling grounds, etc., cover an area of fifty acres, and the works are\\ncompletely equipped with all the most h:ghly improved machinery adapted to\\nthe manufacture of dressed and surfaced lumber, including one 250 horse-\\npower engine and one of 25 horse-power, four S. A. Woods surfacers and\\nmatchers, one S. A.^Woods moulder, one Houston moulder, one Joslyn resaw,\\none Wetherbee, Rugg Richardson siding saw and two Williamsport gang\\nedgers. Employment is given to a force of 100 men, and the production ot\\nthe mill amounts to from 23,000,000 to 24,000,000 feet of lumber annually.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saqinaws. 147\\nThe salt works in connection are important, the first well having been drilled\\nin 1859 and 18G0 on tliese peemises by tlie East Saginaw Salt Manufacturing\\nCompany to the depth of 745 feet, the second in 1873 to a depth of 700 feet,\\nand the third in 1874 was sunk 764 feet. Its production amounts to from\\n30,000 to 35,000 barrels of salt per annum, and in addition a solar field about\\nfive acres in extent. The drill houses and salt works generally are completely\\nequipped with all the most approved appliances for salt manufacture, and in\\nconnection with the mills barrels are manufactured as packages for its salt\\nproduct. The trade of the mill consists of rail shipments to all the New\\nEngland States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland also to\\nOhio, Indiana, Illmois and Wisconsin, and its product, which is of the best\\nquality, owing to the superior character of the plant, finds a ready market. 3Ir.\\nW. L. Webber is executor and trustee of the Hoyt estate, and has resided in\\nEast Saginaw since March, 1853, when he opened an office and entered upon\\nthe practice of law. He afterward became connected with the Flint Pere\\nMarquette Railroad as its solicitor and land commissioner, which position he\\nheld from that time until June 1, 1885, when he resigned the office of land\\ncommissioner, but still is the general solicitor of the company. Since the death\\nof Jesse Hoyt he has had charge of his large interests in the Saginaw Valley\\nas trustee and executor. His great executive ability and close attention to\\nthe interests of the estate have demonstrated the wisdom of his appointment\\nto the charge of its affairs, and in every relation in life Mr. Webbe)- occupies a\\nprominent position as one of the representative citizens of the Saginaw Valley.\\nMr. Bartow, the manager of the planing mill, has been a resident of East Sagi-\\nnaw since 1854, is one of its ex-Mayors, and has been at the head of this busi-\\nness from the time of its establishment by the late Mr. Hoyt, and by his\\nthorough and practical knowledge of all the details of the business has exerted\\na leading influence in securing for the business the prosperity and steady in-\\ncrease which it has enjoyed from its inception to the present time.\\nHoyt Saw Mill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Operated by W. L. Webber, Executor and Trustee\\nRobert Staples, Foreman Manufacturers of Gang Sawed White Pine Lumber;\\nNorth of City Limits, East Saginaw.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This mill was built in September, 1866,\\nby Wickes Brothers, at a cost of $20,000, and was purchased by Jesse Hoyt\\nin 1870, and has since his death been operated by Mr. W. L. Webber,\\nexecutor and trustee of his estate. The mill was enlarged about five years\\nago, and now has a capacity for the manufacture of 100,000 feet of lumber,\\n16,000 lath, 9,000 staves and 500 sets of heading per day. The outfit of ma-\\nchinery embraces all the most highly improved and effectual devices known to\\nthis department of industry, the plant including five boilers, 5x16, and one extra\\nboiler, 4x16, one engine, 10x12, with an 8-foot drive wheel, and another, 20x30,\\nwith a 10-foot drive wheel a Wickes gang of fifteen saws, large cylinder and\\nall accessory machinery. Employment is given to a force of seventy-five men,\\nand the greater part of the product goes to the Hoyt Planing Mill, where it is\\nmade into dressed lumber and other lumber products. Mr. Robert Staples\\nhas been in charge of the practical operations of the mill since 1870, and by\\nthe thorough system adopted by him in the management of the business has\\nlargely contributed to its effectiveness and success.\\nJ. J. Harvey.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Livery, Sale and Boarding Stable Corner of German\\nand Franklin streets. East Saginaw.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Harvey established this business\\ntwenty years ago, and by the completeness of his facilities and his close atten-\\ntion to all the details of the business, enjoys a prominent position in the line of\\nindustry in which he is engaged. He owns and utilizes a handsome two-story\\nwhite brick building, 100x100 feet in dimensions, which he had built expressly", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "148 The Industries oj- the Saginaws.\\nfor the purposes of the business, and which has a spacious and completely\\nequipped carriage room in the front half, and a well arranged and well ven-\\ntilated stable with fifty stalls in the rear, all on the ground floor, and unsur-\\npassed facilities lor getting out stock, vehicles, etc., in case of fire, having thret\\nlarge double doors at each end of the building. He keeps on hand a great\\nvariety of handsome buggies, phaetons, coupes, coaches, etc., and is prepared\\nto supply on short notice turnouts of unsurpassed elegcince. In addition to\\nhis livery business he conducts a large boarding stable business, and has a\\ncommodious carriage repository, and the upper floor of his premises is devoted\\nto various departments and the storage of surplus summer or winter vehicles,\\npaint and tiring shops, etc. Mr. Harvey keeps his own carriage painters\\nand blacksmith shops, etc., and large as his premises are he contemplates\\nadding to them by the erection of a building in the rear, as the stead} increase\\nof his business has made his present premises too contracted for his purposes.\\nHe gives employment to a force of ten hands and has from thirty to sixty\\nhorses constantly in his stable and the careful attention paid to all animals,\\nthe superior quality and condition of his vehicles and the propriety of his\\nbusiness conduct have commended Mr. Harvey in an eminent degree to the\\nfavor of the citizens of the Saginaws and vicinity.\\nR. Gottschalk. Manufacturer of Cigars and Dealer in Pipes, Tobacco\\nand Smokers Articles 4.09 Lapeer street. East Saginaw. Mr. Gottschalk es-\\ntablished this business three years ago, since which time he has enjoyed a large\\nand steadily increasing trade, as a result of the superior merit of the goods\\nproduced at his establishment, in which he has a large trade not only in the\\nSaginaws and vicinity, but also a heavy business with dealers in Manistee,\\nCheboygan and Northern Michigan generally. Among the brands of fine ci-\\ngars produced at his establishment may be prominently mentioned the Bride\\nand Henry Clay, excellent and highly approved ten-cent cigars, and the\\nFavorite No. 1, K. 0. T. M, K G. and Five Beauties, all of which\\nare five-cent cigars of unsurpassed quality. Great care is taken in the selec-\\ntion of the materials from which all these cigars are made, and a large force\\nof highly skilled workmen is given employment. In addition to the manufac-\\nturing department, Mr. Gottschalk carries a large and complete stock of pipes,\\ntobaccos and smokers articles \u00c2\u00abf every description, in which he floes a large\\ntrade in the Saginaws and vicinity. Mr. Gottschalk is a thoroughly practical\\nand experienced cigarmaker, and has earned a merited prosperity, as a result\\nof the quality of his goods and reliable methods.\\nO- E. Ten Eyck. Manufacturers of and Dealers in Shingles, Pail\\nStaves and Heading, and Salt Water street, Near Flint Pere Marquette\\nRailway, East Saginaw. This business was established twenty years ago by\\nMessrs. C. and E. Ten Eyck, both of whom are now deceased, and for the past\\neight years has been owned by Mrs. I. D. Ten E3 ck as a special partner, and\\nMr. Trevette B. McCormick as the active member of the firm. The shingle\\nmill of the firm is a two-story structure, 100x50 feet in dimensions, with com-\\nmodious and convenient docks in the rear, and railroad tracks in front. Ad-\\njoining the shingle mill is a large salt drill house, and on the other side of the\\nstreet is their salt block, 260x65 feet in dimensions, with a large shingle shed\\nadjoining, the whole covering a space equal to about an entire block of ground.\\nThe mill and works are completely equipped with all the latest machinery and\\nappliances, including a 100 hoi-se-power engine, and ever^ thing in the way of\\nplant necessary- to the successful conducting of the business, the mill having a\\ncapacity for the manufacture of 120,000 standard shingles per day, and the\\nsalt works having 90 bax-rels daily capacity. Employment is given to a force", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saqinaws. 140\\nof seventy-five hands, and the shingles manufactured by the firm are noted for\\ntheir excellence of quality, and the trade of tiie firm extends to all parts of the\\nUnion. Mr. McCormick, in whose hands the practical management of the\\nbusiness is placed, is thoroughly experienced in all its details, and attends to\\nthe operations of the mill in a manner which secures the maintenance of the\\nhigh standard of qualit}- for which the firm is celebrated, while his reliable\\nl)usiness methods have secured for the firm a high place in the confidence of\\nthe trade throughout the country.\\nD. Hardin Company. Manufacturers of and Dealei-s in Sash,\\nBlinds, Doors, Mouldings, Siding, Flooring, Etc., Steam Salt Block in Connec-\\ntion corner of Water and Lyons streets. Saginaw City. This business, which\\nhold a merited prominence among the industries of the Saginaws, was original-\\nly established in 1869 by Mr. Daniel Hardin, the firm afterward changing to\\nits present st3le, and Messrs. Horace P. Denison and Chester Biown being the\\nother members of the firm. The premises occupied by the business embrace a\\nthree-story white brick mill, 75x80 feet in dimensions, large storage sheds, a\\nlarge salt block, etc., covering nearlj two blocks, and in the manufacturing\\noperations a 60-horse power engine is utilized, as well as the latest and most im-\\nproved plant and machinery adapted to the business, including the only ma-\\nchine for making rafting pins in the Valley. The firm manufactures in large\\nquantities every description of sash, blinds, doors, siding, flooring, moulding,\\netc., and in their salt block turn out an average of about 12,000 barrels of salt\\nper annum. J]raplo3fment is given to a force ranging from fort}- to sixty work-\\nmen, and the firm enjoys a trade extending to all points north and west, ship-\\nping their product by rail, and as a consequence of the superior character of all\\ntheir productions, enjo} a trade in which the orders constantly tax their pro-\\nductive capacity. Mr. Daniel Hardin, the founder of the house, in addition to\\nhis interest in this business, is a member of the firm of Green, Ring Co., and\\nis President of the Citizens National Bank, and otherwise prominently identi-\\nfied with the leading business and financial enterprises of the Valley. Among\\nthe productions of the firm a specialty is made of church and fine residence in-\\nterior work, and the firm enjoys unsurpassed facilities for the prompt supply\\nof every description of goods in this line, all the members of the firm being\\nthorough and practical business men, who conduct their affairs upon reliable\\nand accurate methods.\\nIngalls Oil Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Headquarters at 46 Jefferson avenue,\\nDetroit W. H. Wallin, Manager at East Saginaw North Eighth street, foot\\nof Sears street. This business was established fifteen 3-ears ago b}- the firm of\\nSquire Newman, b} whom it was conducted for some three years, when tlie\\nbusiness was acquired by Ingalls Co., and a year later b\\\\- the Ingalls\\nOil Compan} a well-known corporation having its headquarters at 46 Jefferson\\navenue, Detroit, and works at the Grand Trunk Junction in that cit}-, and of\\nwhich Mr. C. C. Bloomfield is President, and Mr. George A. Foster, Treasurer.\\nThe business here was located at Sixth street and the Flint Pere Marquette\\nRailway crossing until six years ago, when removal was made to the present\\npremises. The building occupied by the company here is 40x100 feet in\\ndimensions, outside of which are two iron tanks, each of 500 barrels capacity,\\ninto which oil is pumped by an engine out of the tank cars. From these\\ntanks pipes lead into the building where barrels are filled. The trade of the\\ncompany is very large, amounting to an average in winter of about 2,000\\nbarrels per month, and employment being given to six hands. The company\\nhas branches at Flint, Owosso, Jackson and West Bay Cit}-, as well as the\\nestablishment in P]ast Saginaw, and does business all over the State, the trade", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "150 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nfrom this branch, however, being principally located in the Saginaws, Caro,\\nVassar and other portions of the Saginaw Valley. The business of this branch\\nhas steadily prospered under the efficient and careful management of Mr. W. H.\\nWallin, whose close attention to all the details of the business has secured for\\nthe company a prosperous trade in the territory assigned to his charge.\\nH. Coleman. Furnishing Undertaker and Complete Livery Stable\\ncorner of Washington avenue and Tuscola street, East Saginaw. Mr. Coleman,\\nwho has been a resident of the city for the past twenty years, established this\\n])usiness fourteen years ago, and was for several years in partnership with J.\\nJ. Harvey. This firm dissolved many years ago, since which time Mr. Cole-\\nman has conducted the business alone. Three years ago he bought the hand-\\nsome two-story brick barn, 60x120 feet in dimensions, which now forms part\\nof his premises and later bought two lots north and west, and built his two-\\nstory brick stable, 60x66 feet in dimensions, having ten fine boxed stalls and\\nforty open stalls. This gives him the whole floor of the main building, 60x120\\nfeet, for carriage space, harness and wash rooms, offices, etc. To the north of\\nthe main building and adjoining, fronting on North Washington avenue, is his\\nundertaking office, and part of the upper floor of the main building is also de-\\nvoted to the storage and display of undertakers good and supplies, of which he\\ncarries the largest and most complete stock in the city. On the next lot north,\\nstanding in its own grounds, is his handsome private residence, which he built\\nand owns. He does the larger part of the undertaking business of the city,\\nhis facilities being of the best character, and the careful and complete manner\\nin which he conducts funerals, and the skillful way in which he does embalm-\\ning by the latest improved process, commending him to the approval of the\\npublic. He carries in stock a superior assortment of caskets, marble vaults,\\netc., and has elegant hearses, coaches, coupes, etc., which he utilizes for\\nfunerals. The undertaking establishment is in charge of Mr. W. Frazer, as\\nmanager, who is thoroughly practical and efficient. In livery Mr. Coleman has\\na great variety of light vehicles, as well as coaches and coupes, has thirt}^ good\\niiorses and the finest harness and trappings. He keeps his own carriage paint-\\ning shop and painters, and also does a large boarding business for the horses\\nof the leading citizens, for which he has the most ample accommodations. He\\nhas the Bancroft Hotel liver} business, and gives employment to twelve ex-\\nperienced hands, and thoroughly supervises all the details of his business, so\\nas to secure at all times satisfactory results. His business has steadily grown\\nfrom its inception to the present time, and his establishment, is one of the best\\nequipped and conducted of its character in the State.\\nThe Savings Bank of East Saginaw \u00e2\u0080\u0094H. C. Potter, President\\nFidwin Eddy, Vice-President A. Schupp, Treasurer East Saginaw. Prom-\\ninent among the financial institutions of the Saginaws is the Savings Bank of\\nEast Saginaw, which was incorporated in 1872, and from that time to the\\npresent has held a prominent place in the esteem of the community, jts\\nmethods having always been safe and conservative, and its business active and\\nextensive. The showing made b} its last report, dated July 4, 1887, is a\\ngratifying one, it being shown by the statement then made that the bank had,\\nin addition to its paid-in capital of $50,000, a surplus fund of $35,000, and\\nundivided profits of $3,578.64, while its deposits at the same time amounted\\nto $670,846.26, its total resources being $759,424.90. By the same report it\\nwas shown that the bank had loaned out on real estate and other sound\\nsecurit}^, $568,203.59, and that it had bonds of the city of East Saginaw and\\nschool districts of this State, amounting to $31,900. The bank pays 4 per\\ncent, interest on time deposits, and accepts amounts from savings depositors", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "UJ\\nh-\\nUJ\\nX\\nI-\\no\\nCO\\no\\nX\\nH-\\nO\\na.\\nen", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saqinaws. 153\\nfrom $1 up. The Board of Trustees of the bank consists of the following\\nwell-known and successful business men Messrs. H. C. Potter, William L.\\nWebber, Edwin Eddy, W. J. Bartow, George C. Warner, Emil Moores, II. C.\\nPotter, Jr., James B. Peter, Charles Lee and Henry Melchers.\\nThe Saginaw, Tuscola Huron Railroad Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In a\\nchapter upon the transportation facilities ot tlie Saginaws in an early portion\\nof this work reference has been made to the Saginaw, Tuscola Huron Rail-\\nroad as an important factor in contributing to the business facilities of the\\nSaginaws. In the necessarily brief reference to the road in that connection\\nmany interesting particulars in regard to the road and the territory reached bj\\nit were omitted. It extends from the Saginaws in a northe asterl} direction\\nthrough to the villages of Reese, Fairgrove, Akron and Unionville, in Tuscola\\ncount} and Sebewaing and Bay Port to Bad Axe, the count} seat of Huron\\ncounty, sixty-seven miles of as fine farming land as can be found in the State.\\nMr. M. B. Wilkinson is Superintendent and C. M. Rice Auditor. Its general\\noffices are in East Saginaw. As a means of reaching summer resorts present-\\ning superior attractions this road occupies an important place. There is an\\nannually growing interest among the people of the entire country in Michigan\\nas a summer resort. The motto of the State seal, aSY quceris peninsulam\\namcenam, circumspice,^ If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you,\\ncontains advice of which advantage is annually being taken by an increasing\\nnumber of seekers of health and pleasure. The situation of the State, almost\\nsurrounded as it is by the Great Lakes, blessed with a healthful and invigor-\\nating climate and with its shores dotted with islands and resorts of unsurpassed\\nbeauty, are elements which naturally attract a large and steadily growing num-\\nber of visitors to the State. Several of the most beautiful of these are reached\\nby the line of the Saginaw, Tuscola Huron Railroad, prominent among which\\nis Wild Fowl Bay, a beautiful sheet of water some five miles in length and\\nfour miles in width, upon the eastern side of Saginaw Bay and forming a part\\nof it, and bounded on the east by the main land of the Huron peninsul a on\\nthe north by Sand Point, a narrow strip of land four miles in length, and pro-\\ntected by North Island on the west and Heisterman Island on the southwest.\\nAlmost surrounded by the waters of the Great Lakes, and yet shut in from\\ntheir tumultuous winds and waves, it is a natural harbor which presents the\\ngreatest attractions for sailing, rowing, hunting and fishing. Near the shore\\nthe water is shallow and the bottom has a covering of soft white sand, giving\\nto the bay superior attractions as a bathing ground. All lake fish are found here\\nin abundance, and in the autumn season large numbers of wild fowl afford fine\\nsport for the hunter. On the high south shore of Wild Fowl Bay, beautifully\\nsituated in an evergreen grove, is the Bay Port Hotel. There had long been a\\npostoffice and a few houses near the site of the hotel, and the place had been\\nknown as Bay Port fifteen years prior to 1884, in which year the Saginaw,\\nTuscola Huron Railroad was extended to Wild Fowl Bay. Hon. William L.\\nWebber, of East Saginaw, President of the Saginaw, Tuscola Huron Railroad\\nCompany, bought a tract of land on the shore, divided a portion of it into vil-\\nlage lots, and in 1885 began the erection of the hotel, which was completed,\\nfurnished and opened to the public in June, 1886. It is a handsome and sub-\\nstantial structure, with foundation walls of stone resting upon solid rock about\\nfour feet below the surface of the ground. The remainder of the building,\\nthree stories in height above the basement, is wood, supplied with good brick\\nchimneys, and is lathed and plastered throughout. The inside finish is of red\\noak, and all the furnishings and appointments of the house are those of an\\nattractive resort. In the basement are the laundry, refrigerator and furnace\\n20", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "154 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nrooms, in the latter of which are located two large Smead warm air furnaces\\nfor use in chilly weather. Upon the first floor are a number of rooms and\\noffices, including the ladies parlor, with the dining room in the rear, both com-\\nmanding a view of the bay, and upon the other side of the hall is the waiting\\nroom, and beyond that the gentlemen s smoking room and billiard room. The\\nsecond and third stories are divided into large, well furnished and thoroughl}^\\nventilated chambers, most of which have connecting doors, enabling two or\\nmore df them to be thrown together en suite. A wide veranda, built on thi-ee\\nsides of the building, and commanding views of the waters of the bay and the\\nislands in the distance on one side and open groves on the other, forms an\\nattractive refuge from the heat of the summer sun. Sail boats, properly\\nmanned, and row boats are to be found at all times at the boat houses near b}\\nand upon the shore near the hotel is a bath house well supplied with bathing\\nsuits and bath house appointments. A well built bowling alley is another of\\nthe attractions of the hotel. The management of the hotel is in the hands of\\nMr. D. H. Webster, who has had a long and practical experience in hotel man-\\nagement, and who, with the itssistance of his wife, pays every attention to the\\ncomfort and accommodation of guests. The many and varied outdoor attrac-\\ntions of the neighborhood, are supplemented b} efficient arrangements for in-\\ndoor recreation or amusement in stormy or chilly weather, and the hotel, which\\nis shown in the accompanying illustration, is one of the most desirable places in\\nthe country at which to spend a summer vacation. Three miles from the hotel\\nare situated the Bay Port quarries and lime kilns, the opening of which has\\nproved a great benefit to the cities of the Saginaw Valley, to which its prox-\\nimity has proved the means for securing supplies of stone and lime at a cost\\nabout 50 per cent, less than before these quarries were opened. Three and a\\nhalf miles west of Bay Port, is Heisterman Island, so called from its ha^Mng\\nbeen the residence of Hon. Carl Heisterman until 1883, at which time it was\\npurchased by an association organized for that purpose and known as the\\nIsland Club. The club has between one and two hundred members, and the\\nisland has been improved by the laying out of walks, lawns, etc., and the\\nbuilding of the Club House, furnishing sleeping accommodation for seventy-\\nfive guests, with large dining room capacity. Fourteen cottages ha^^e already\\nbeen built upon the island, and it is rapidly increasing in favor as a summer\\nresort, offering unsurpassed facilities for bathing, sailing and fishing. A branch\\ntrack of the Saginaw, Tuscola Huron Railroad extends north to the shore\\nwest of the dock at Bay Port, where grounds have been set apart exclusively\\nfor the use of picnic parties. The grounds have a shore line of 1,600 feet,\\nwith shady groves immediateh adjoining the beach, and as a provision against\\nthe discomforts arising from storms, a building 100x18 feet in dimensions,\\nwith open sides and provided with tables, benches and other conveniences, has\\nbeen erected. These grounds afford an attractive resort for parties who wish\\nto enjoy a day at the beach, a two-hours run taking parties from East Saginaw\\nto the grounds, and the return being made in the same time. The efforts made\\nby the company and its officials to make available the natural attractions of\\nBay Port and its vicinity, have opened to the tourist and the pleasure seeker\\na place in which rest, health and recreation can be found not surpassed by an^^\\non the Lakes.\\nMichigan Paper Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Swinton Reynolds, Proprietors\\nWholesale Paper, Stationery and Books; 406 Genesee avenue and 119 and\\n121 South Franklin street. East Saginaw. This firm, which is composed of\\nDavid Swinton, George A. Reynolds and William T. Cooper, was established\\nfive years ago, and its members are probably the youngest men in the whole-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws. 155\\nsale paper trade in the country, the oldest not being twenty five and the\\n3 oungest twenty-one years old when they started in business. Their premises\\nwere formerh located at 111 Genesee avenue, from which the} removed in the\\nspring of the present 3 ear to cheir establishment at 119 and 121 South Frank-\\nlin street, embracing a two-story l uilding, 40x100 feet in dimensions, with a\\none-story warehouse of like dimensions in the rear. They carry full lines of\\nstationery of all kinds, printers supplies, blank books, office supplies and\\neverything usually found in a first-class paper and stationery house, and the}-\\nalso have a large warehouse for surplus stock at the Michigan Central Railroad\\nyard, and the finest and best stocked retail book and stationery store in the\\nSaginaw Valley at 406 Genesee avenue. The business has been a success from\\nthe first and is steadily increasing, now giving employment to a force of fifteen\\nclerks and assistants, while three traveling salesmen represent the house in all\\nparts of the State of Michigan, their business being especially large in the\\nnorthern portion of the State. Their stocks are very large and carefully\\nassorted, and the firm has built up a solid business and a first-class reputation\\nby close attention to all the details and earnest efforts to secure the favor of\\ntheir patrons by their thorough and reliable business methods.\\nBruno Martin. Patentee and Manager of the Martin Excelsior Tobacco\\nResweater Tin, Copper and Iron Worses Corner of Genesee avenue and\\nChestnut street, East Saginaw. Mr. Martin has been a resident of East Sagi-\\nnaw for the past nineteen years, and established his present business in 1871.\\nHe was formerly located on Franklin street, where he was burned out two\\nyears ago, and afterward removed to his present premises, where he occupies a\\nbuilding 50x125 feet in dimensions, in which his shop and store are situated.\\nHere with the assistance of three workmen he carries on a steadily prosperous\\nbusiness in the manufacture of everything in the line of tin, copper and iron\\nware, a large portion of the time making all kinds of tin house furnishing\\ngoods, and he also does roofing and plumbing to order in the most complete\\nand workmanlike manner. He carries a large and complete stock of tinware,\\nall well made, and in this line the product of his establishment is not excelled\\nby that of any in the Saginaws. Mr. Martin is the patentee and manager of\\nthe Martin Excelsior Tobacco Resweater, a device of the highest merit, and\\nwhich is not excelled for the purpose for which it is designed, and is largely\\nin demand by tobacco and cigar manufacturers in all parts of the country.\\nMr. Martin is thoroughly reliable and prompt in all his dealings, and his busi-\\nness is prosperous as a result of close attention to all its details.\\nMikado Tea Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. P. Zerbe, Manager Importers, Jobbers\\nand Retailers of Fine Teas, Coffees, Spices, Etc. 315 Genesee avenue, East Sag-\\ninaw.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Among the recent additions to the business establishments of the Sagi-\\nnaws, that of the Mikado Tea Company is one of the most notable. They oc-\\ncupy a handsome and commodious store, 35x120 feet in dimensions, at 315\\nGenesee avenue, where they carry large and complete stocks embracing the\\nfinest goods in teas, coffees, spices, etc., devoting themselves exclusively to this\\nline, and being equipped with every convenience and facility calculated to aid\\nthe operations of the business, paying special attention to the assortment of the\\nstock, so as to secure at all times the freshest and the best goods to be found\\nanywhere. The firm has already, by the merit of its goods, its low prices and\\naccommodating methods, commended itself to a large trade from the citizens of\\nthe Saginaws and surrounding country, both German and English speaking\\nsalesmen being employed in the store, and the company being prepared to de-\\nliver goods to any part of the city. The proprietor of the business is Mr. Ed-\\nward Bullock, of Detroit, Mr. E. 1*. Zer])e being the resident manager. Mr.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "156 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nZerbe is a thoroughly practical and experienced man, understanding every de-\\npartment of the business, and by his efficiency is rapidly building up for the\\nhouse a prosperity commensurate with the merit of its goods and the superior\\nfacilities it enjoys.\\nMiss E. Beechler. Fashionable Dressmaker G-age Block, corner of\\nLapeer and Jefferson streets, East Saginaw. Since establishing her business in\\n1886, Miss Emma Beechler has enjoyed a large patronage from the ladies of\\nthe Saginaws, which is steadily increasing, as a meri ed result of the superior\\nwork turned out at her establishments She occupies spacious and elegantly\\nfitted quarters in the G-age block, 30x100 feet in dimensions, and gives employ-\\nment to a force of highly skilled dressmakers, ranging from six to ten in num-\\nber, according to the season, and is prepared at all times to execute orders for\\ndresses, suites, cloaks, wraps, etc., in the latest and most fashional le st3 les, and\\nmakes a specialty of the proper draping of dresses so as to secure perfect fit,\\nelegance and special adaptation to the wearer. As a consequence of her supe-\\nrior work Miss Beechler has built up her business to a gratifying condition\\nof growth and prosperity, and has already secured a valuable connection, em-\\nbracing man}^ of the most prominent ladies of the Saginaws and vicinity. Miss\\nBeechler is a thoroughly skilled and experienced modiste, and has earned the\\nconfidence with which her establishment is regarded, by close attention to every\\ndetail of the business.\\nAug. Eggert- Manufacturer and Dealer in Fine Upholsterered Goods\\nand General Furniture 514 and 516 Genesee avenue, East Saginaw. This\\nbusiness was established eighteen years ago by the firm of Eggert Heine-\\nman, the former being Mr. E. Eggert. About thirteen years ago Mr. Aug.\\nEggert became a member of the firm, the style of which was afterward changed\\nto E. A. Eggert, and the business was so continued until 1885, since which\\ntime Mr. Aug. Eggert has conducted it as sole proprietor. The premises occu-\\npied by the business embrace a three-story building, 40x100 feet in dimensions,\\nwhere is carried in large supply and complete assortment every description of\\nfine parlor, dining-room, bed-room, library, hall, vestibule and office furniture,\\nthe product of the best makers in the country, and of the latest and most ar-\\ntistic designs, the choicest woods and the best workmanship. A full line is\\ncarried of silk, tapestry and other furniture coverings and all upholstery\\ngoods, and Mi Eggert does all his upholstering, in which line the workmanship\\nproduced at his establishment is not excelled by that of any similar concern in\\nthe country. A force of ten skilled hands is employed, and Mr. Eggert enjoys\\na large trade in the Saginaws and surrounding country, and also a considerable\\ntrade through all the northern part of Michigan. Thoroughly understanding\\nall the details of the business and conducting his affairs upon the basis of uni-\\nform reliabilit}-, his trade steadily grows and his establishment is one of the\\nmost prosperous business houses in the Saginaw Valle}\\nH. Friedlein. Watchmaker and Jeweler Hamilton street, opposite\\nAmerican House, Saginaw City. Mr. Friedlein established this business upon\\na comparatively modest scale nine years ago, but by close attention to all its\\ndetails, and a practical knowledge of the business, has built up a large and\\nsteadily- growing trade. He occupies a handsome and centrall}^ located store,\\n25x100 feet in dimensions, elegantly finished in ebony, where he carries a\\nlarge and select stock of gold, silver and filled case watches, gold jewelry,\\nclocks, ornaments, etc. Specialties handled by Mr. Friedlein are the celebrated\\nJames Boss gold watches, and the Keystone and Leader coined silver watch\\ncases, which are greatly approved as a consequence of the perfection of their\\nmake, and the combination of strength and beauty, which is their marked", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "The Indusi^ries of the Saginaws. 157\\ncharacteristic. In addition to his business as a dealer, Mr. Friedlein has a\\nvery large patronage in bis repairing department, the excellent manner in\\nwhich all work in this line is performed at this establishment having procured\\nfor him a large railroad custom, in addition to that of citizens generally. Mr.\\nFriedlein has earned the prosperity which he enjoys, as a consequence of the\\nuniformly prompt and satisfactory manner in which he fills all orders for every\\ndescription of work in his line.\\nStevens Deveaux. Real Estate, Loans, Abstracts, Land and Tax\\nAgency; Seligman s Jiuilding, Corner of Genesee avenue and Franklin street.\\nEast Saginaw.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This business was established ten years ago, and since that\\ntime has been conducted with a careful attention to all its details which has\\nsecured for the firm, of which Messrs. J. K. Stevens and P. Deveaux are the\\nindividual members, a prominent place in the favor of the leading real estate\\nowners, and a large trade in every department of its business. The members\\nof the firm are thoroughly acquainted with the details of the history of land\\ntitles in Saginaw county, Mr. Stevens having been Register of Deeds, and Mr.\\nDeveaux his deputy, and the firm having full abstracts of titles of all lands in\\nSaginaw county. They have on hand at all times and in large quaniities good\\ncity property both in Saginaw City and East Saginaw, as well as large amounts\\nof farming lands in Saginaw, Isabella and Midland counties and a number of\\nimproved farms. They are prepared to loan money in any desired amount on\\nlong time and at the lowest rates on good security, and to act as land and tax\\nagents for non-resident and other owners of lands throughout this section. A\\nspecialty is made of perfecting titles and the redemption of lands from back\\ntaxes and other clouds and encumbrances. The careful attention paid b} the\\nfirm to all the details of the business has given them special prominence jxmong\\nthe real estate firms of the Saginaw Valley, and they conduct a large business\\non both sides of the river, maintaining an office at 214 North Hamilton street,\\nBarnard Block, Saginaw City. They are prepared to execute all commissions\\nin their line in a faithful and satisfactory manner.\\nH. W. Heim. Dealers in Drugs and Medicines, Fancy and Toilet\\nArticles 201 Janes street. East Saginaw. This well known firm of phar-\\nmacists was established three years ago, and now occupies a handsome two-\\nstory brick buildmg, and has one of the most attractive and neatly kept\\npharmacies in the Saginaw Valley. Their location is in every respect eligible,\\nand their stock embraces all the best and purest articles in drugs and\\nmedicines and standard pharmaceutical preparations, as well as a full line of\\nevery description of fancy and toilet articles, and the members of the firm\\nare thoroughly educated and practical chemists, and make a specialty of\\nanalytical work. In addition to their general line of business, they manufac-\\nture a number of special and highly approved pharmaceutical preparations,\\nincluding Helm s Pectoral Balsam, Tooth-Ache Drops, German Salve, Corn\\nCure, etc., for all of which the demand is very large and steadily growing.\\nThe stock of fancy goods and toilet articles carried by the firm is especially\\nwell selected and assorted, containing all the best and most approved goods in\\nthe line, including a number of specially elegant articles suitable for holiday,\\nbirthday and other presents. The Messrs. Heim closeh attend to all the\\ndetails of their business, and make every endeavor to give satisfaction to their\\ncustomers, and as a consequence of their promptness and reliability are build-\\ning up their trade to a gratifying and continued prosperity.\\nF. Greve. Dealer in Picture Frames, Mouldings, etc.; 524 Genesee\\navenue, East Saginaw. Mr. Greve had been for ten years working for othei-\\nparties engaged in a similar line of business prior to establishing in business", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "158 The IndustribIs o1p the SaginaWs.\\nfor himself five years ago. He began upon a comparatively modest scale in a\\nsmall place at the corner of German and Jefferson streets, from which he re-\\nmoved in the spring Of the present year to the more commodious location now\\noccupied by him at 524 Genesee avenue, where he carries a large, complete and\\ncarefully assorted stock of engravings, mouldings, etchings, etc., embracing a\\nnumber of the most artistic articles of this character ever brought to the Saginaw\\nValley. He is prepared to make all kinds of frames to order, and the productions\\nof his establishment have a high reputation for superior quality, which has se-\\ncured for Mr. Greve a large trade in the Saginaws and vicinity. He occupies\\npremises 25x100 feet in dimensions, the store being upon the main floor and\\nthe wareroom upstairs. He enjoys superior facilities for supplying every de-\\nscription of goods in his line upon upon short notice, and the accurate manner\\nin which he fills orders has resulted in a steady increase in his trade from the\\ninception of the business to the present time.\\nH. Heinlein. Merchant Tailor 313 Lapeer street, East Saginaw.\\nMr. Heinlein has long been known to the gentlemen of the Saginaws and\\nvicinity as a first-class tailor, he having been engaged in the business in this\\ncity ever since his arrival in 1856 from Germany, where he learned his trade.\\nHe has occupied his present location since 1874, and for a while was assisted\\nby his son, who now, however, is established for himself in business at West\\nBay City. Mr. Heinlein carries a well assorted and complete stock of foreign\\nand domestic woolens of the best quality, and is at all times prepared to cut,\\nmake and fit garments in accoi dance with the prevailing styles, and of the\\nbest materials and workmanship. He employs none but highly skilled work-\\nmen, and as a consequence, all the productions of his establishment are satis-\\nfactory, and he enjoys a first-class reputation and a steady trade, as a result of\\nthe merit of his work, and the promptness and accuracy with which he fills all\\norders,\\nMorley, Ewen Oo- Wholesale and Ketail Dealers in Coal, Lime,\\nCement, Sewer Pipe, Etc.; 321 North Water Street, East Saginaw. This is\\nthe oldest established coal business in East Saginaw, having been founded\\nabout thirty years ago by Mr. Joshua Tuthill, who was succeeded by the drm\\nof C. W. White Co., of which Messrs. G. W. Morley and G. B. Morley were\\nmembers. Upon the retirement from the business of Mr. White in 1880, Mr.\\nF. D. Ewen became a partner, and the firm assumed its present style, the\\nbusiness steadily growing from that time to the present, and including in its\\ntrade territory the entire Saginaw Valley and all northern Michigan. The\\nfirm occupies premises covering 300x150 feet, with unsurpassed shipping and\\nreceiving facilities, railroad tracks in front and the Saginaw River in the rear.\\nUpon these premises the firm has a convenient and commodious new coal shed,\\n150x120 feet in dimensions and about 50 feet high, and also large cement and\\ntile sheds, brick stable, etc., fine docks with about 300 feet river frontage, and\\na full equipment of hoisting cranes and every convenience and accessory cal-\\nculated to aid or expedite the operations of the business. A large force of\\nmen is employed, amounting in winter to as high as fifty hands, and a large\\nnumber of teams are utilized in the business of delivery. The firm carries\\nlarge and completel} assorted stocks of all kinds and sizes of anthracite and\\nbituminous coal, lime, foreign and domestic cements, sewer pipes in all sizes\\nand styles, etc., and the firm is prepared to supply every description of goods\\nin its line upon the shortest notice and of the best quality. The business is\\nconducted in a systematic and accurate manner, and the firm is justly regarded\\nas one of the most reliable in the Valley. In addition to their interests in\\nthis business, the Messrs. Morley are prominently connected with other\\nimportant enterprises, Mr. G. W. Morley being President, and. Mr. G. B.\\nMorley Cashier, of the Second National Bank.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saoinaws. 150\\nFred Bamford Co. Painters and Decorators, and Dealers in Artis-\\ntic Wall Papers, Room Mouldings, Art Glass, P]tc.; 123 South Franklin street,\\nEast Saginaw. Tlie firm of Fred Bamford Co. is composed of Messrs. Fred\\nBamford and Will 11. Thayer, both of Detroit, where they conduct a ver}- large\\nestablishment, having their store and warehouse at 255 and 257 Jeflferson\\navenue. The business was originally established in Detroit by Joseph Godfrey,\\nthe firm later becoming Bamford Humphrey, the present firm being formed\\nin 1881. In February, 1886, the East Saginaw house was established, and\\nplaced in charge of Mr. Thomas D. Bamford, a nephew of Mr. Fred Bamford,\\nand a thoroughh experienced man in the business, under whose supervision a\\nlarge patronage has been built up in the Saginaw Valley, and giving employ-\\nment to a force of twenty skilled workmen. The firm are extensive dealers in\\nwall papers, Lincrusta Walton and room mouldings, and do all kinds of paint-\\ning, paper hanging and tinting, making a specialty of the highest class of\\ninterior decoration, frescoing and plastic ornamentation. Among the fine resi-\\ndences decorated by this firm may be mentioned those of Messrs. C. W. Wells,\\nF. C. Stone, Arthur Hill, W. C. McClure, W. Gilbert, J. W. Howry and others.\\nThe excellence of the workmanship in the decorating done bv this firm has\\nsecured for it a prominent place as the leader in its line, and as a consequence\\nthey do a very large business, never failing to give satisfaction to those for\\nwhom the}^ execute work, and the business is steadily growing as a conse-\\nquence of their reliable work.\\nBanner Steam Laundry. Rossiter IMcClintock, Proprietors\\nNorth Hamilton street, Saginaw City. This firm, of which Messrs. Richard C\\nRossiter and Elias J. McClintock are the individual members, was established\\nthree years ago, starting in the laundry business, and the steady increase in\\ntheir patronage rendered their facilities insufficient, and during the present\\nyear the}^ had built for them their present commodious premises, which the}-\\nhave equipped with all the latest and most improved machiner}^ adapted to\\nlaundry business, the outfit being from the celebrated Troy Steam Laundry\\nManufacturing Co., including washing machines, which can be used for boiling,\\nblueing, hot or cold washing centrifugal wringers, which will dry the most\\ndelicate laces without friction or wear starching, ironing, collar and cufi ma-\\nchines, a large filter of 250 gallons per day capacity, a 12-horse power upright\\nengine and 15-horse power boiler. The premises occupied by the firm embrace\\na new brick building with perfect light and ventilation, two stories in height\\n25x80 feet in dimensions. All the operations of the laundry are conductei upon\\nthe best known processes for securing the best results in this branch of indus-\\ntry, and only filtered water is used in all washing, and condensed water for\\nflannels. Employment is given to a force of twelve hands, which the firm ex-\\npects to double by spring, and the uniformly satisfactory work turned out at this\\nestablishment, the great care taken with all goods and the promptness and ac-\\ncuracy of the firm in every respect have secured for them a large and steadily\\ngi owing trade, and the favor and patronage of the citizens of and visitors to\\nthe Saginaws.\\nA. Wegst Co. Carriage Manufactory and Repository; 116 and 118\\nJanes street. East Saginaw. One of the most prominent recent additions to\\nthe business institutions of the Saginaws is that furnished by the establishment\\nof the firm of A. Wegst Co., of which Messrs. A. Wegst and J. P. Beck are\\nthe individual members. The premises occupied by them at present comprise\\na two-story new brick building, 50x125 feet in dimensions, in addition to which\\nthey have another building on German street, which they temporarily occupy,\\nand expect to build during the coming spring another building, 25x125 feet,", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "160 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nwith an elevator. The} own a large vacant lot adi oining their premises, and\\nin the future expect to add still other premises than those mentioned. The}-\\ncarrj on the manufacture of everj^ description of buggies, wagons, cutters, etc.,\\nmaking a specialty of Concord wagons and top buggies, which they manufac-\\nture and sell at wholesale and retail. They give employment at present to a\\nforce of eight highly skilled workmen, which they expect to duplicate as soon\\nas the contemplated addition is made to their premises. They are prepared to\\nmake carriages, wagons and sleighs to oi der, and make a specialty of carriage\\npainting and trimming. Their establishment is equipped with all the neces-\\nsary plant and appliances adapted to the successful conducting of this depart-\\nment of industry, and the work produced from their establishment is of a high\\nquality and is rapidly commending itself to a large and steadily growing trade\\nnot only in the Saginaw Valley, but throughout Northern Michigan. The\\nsenior member of the firm, Mr. A. Wegst, is well known as one of the most\\nsolid and substantial citizens of the Saginaws, and his partner and son-in-law,\\nMr. Beck, is a thoroughly practical and expei ienced carriage and wagon maker,\\nunder whose personal supervision the manufacturing department is conducted,\\nwith the result of securing a steady uniformity of excellence in the product of\\nthe establishment. It is the intention of the firm to push their trade, and en-\\njoying ample resources and the best facilities, combined with an already estab-\\nlished reputation for unexcelled work, there is no room to doubt the success of\\nthe enterprise.\\nYawkey Corbyn. Hardware^ Stoves, Etc.; 508 and 510 Genesee\\navenue, East Saginaw. This prominent and prosperous firm, of which Messrs.\\nCy. C. Yawkey and Ralph F. Corbyn are the individual members, was estab-\\nlished four years ago, the business having been originall} located at 520 Grene-\\nesee avenue until early in 1886, when in order to better accommodate the\\ngreatly expanded proportions of the business, the firm removed to the more\\ncommodious quarters the} now occupy, embracing a two-story and basement\\nbuilding, 50x100. feet in dimensions and eligibly located at 508 and 510 Gene-\\nsee avenue. Here they carry a large and completely diversified stock embrac-\\ning everything in the line of heavy and shelf hardware, builders materials,\\nstoves, tin ware, house furnishing goods, bicycles, tricycles, velocipedes, etc.\\nIn stoves, f ui naces and heaters thej^ carrj especially superior stocks, embracing\\nstoves of all kinds. Peninsular ranges and cooking stoves, Peninsular llegal\\nand Radiant heaters, McGee s Boston heating furnaces and many other va-\\nrieties, and in building materials carry a specially large assortment and com-\\nplete stock of locks, knobs, butts, etc., and all sizes of nails, glass, and, in fact,\\neverything used by builders. Employment is given to a force of six competent\\nclerks and assistants, and the firm enjoys a trade which embraces in addition\\nto a heavy patronage in the Saginaws, a considerable jobbing trade with all the\\nnorthern section of the State. The firm maintains the most favorable relations\\nwith the leading manufacturers, and is prepared to ofi[er special inducements\\nboth in quality and price to its customers, and by promptness in filling orders\\nand accurac} in carrying out all the details of the business, it has built up a\\nfirst-class reputation and a trade which steadily increases from year to year.\\nAlio BirsS- Manufacturer of Carriages, Wagons, Steighs, Etc. Frank-\\nlin, Between Tuscola and Johnson streets. East Saginaw. The prominent\\nposition among the important industries of the Saginaws attained by this estab-\\nlishment is due to the enterprise and energ}^ of Mr. Birss, who has steadily\\nconducted the business for the past thirteen years, and throughout that time\\nhas paid special attention to maintaining in the quality of its product the high\\nreputation which it just!} holds not onl}- in the immediate vicniit}- of this city,", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "The Industries op ttte Saqinaws. Ifil\\nbut throughout the State at large. He occupies a three-story brick building.\\n50x100 feet in dimensions, with high ceilings, the rear portion of which is used\\nfor wood work and wagon building, the upper floors for painting, finishing,\\nstoring, etc., and the front part of the first floor, which has six fires, is used tor\\nhorse shoeing, carriage trimming and repairing, in which business Mr. Birss\\nestablishment is not exceeded in volume by any concern in the Valley. In\\naddition to these premises Mr. Birss is now building an addition, 20x45 feet in\\ndimensions and three stories high, adjoining his present premises, and which\\nhe will utilize for storage, etc. He manufactures every description of car-\\nriages, wagons, sleighs, etc., and in all lines the work turned out at this estal\\nlishment is strictly first class. He makes about seventy-five wagons per year,\\nbesides a large number of Concords and buggies. The large and elegant furni-\\nture van, which is used by Mr. Harry Bates, and which is the only one of its\\nkind in the city, was built at this establishment, and is a superior piece of\\nworkmanship in this class of vehicles. In addition to the manufacturing de-\\npartment a large business is done not only in horse shoeing, but also in every\\ndescription of jobbing pertaining to this line of industry, and Mr. Birss gives\\nsteady employment to a force ranging from seventeen to eighteen highly skilled\\nworkmen, carefully supervising all the operations of his establishment and\\nusing only the best materials in all departments of his work. The establish-\\nment is the largest one in the State covering such a general business, and the\\nlarge trade it enjoys is the merited reward of close attention to orders and\\nuniform reliability in all the dealings of Mr. Birss.\\nFirst National Bank.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Erastus T. Judd, President George F. Cross,\\nVice-President Clarence L. Judd, Cashier corner of Genesee avenue and\\nCass street, East Saginaw.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This prominent and substantial institution was\\noriginally organized in 1864 mainly through the efforts of Mr. Erastus T.\\nJudd, who since that time has been its executive head, devoting his attention\\nto the business of the^bank, and directing it in the successful career which it\\nhas ever since enjoyed. In 1884, upon the expiration of the original charter,\\nthe bank was re-organized, and is now in a highly prosperous condition, as\\nshown by the latest published report of its condition, dated July l, 1887. At\\nthat time the bank had, in addition to its paid in capital stock of $100,000, a\\nsurplus fund of $50,000, undivided profits of $6,339.88 and resources of $473,-\\n078.25. The bank does an active business as a general bank of loan and\\ndiscount, issuing exchange upon the leading domestic and foreign cities,\\ndiscounting approved paper, loaning money upon good security, attending\\npromptly to collections of all kinds, and carrying on all the departments\\nusually conducted by a national bank. The Board of Directors is composed\\nol prominent and substantial business men, included among whom, in\\naddition to President Judd, are Mr. (George F. Cross, Vice-President of the\\nbank, who is a prominent mill owner, a member of the lumber firm of Judd\\nCross, President of the Cross, Gordon Randall LumberjCo., PresidentJ and\\nTreasurer of the Standard Lumber Co and otherwise prominently identified\\nH. Ediret, of Kdget Brooks, attorneys, and Henry S. Wilson, pine lands.\\nThe cashier of the bank is Mr. Clarence L. Judd, son of the President, and a\\ngentleman who bv training and education, as well as by; experience, is\\nthoroughly qualified for the responsible duties, which he performs with marked\\nefficiency. Under the systematic methods and conservative course adopted\\nby its management, the bank has accjuired a prominent place in the confidence\\nof the public, by whom it is justly regarded as one of the soundest and most\\nsubstantial banking institutions of the State.\\n21", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "162 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nH. F. Honsberger. Dealer in Dry Goods, Notions, Etc.; 116 North\\nWashington avenue, East Saginaw. This business was established in 1883 by\\nMr. E. Trump, who was succeeded in the spring of the present year by Mr. H.\\nF. Honsberger, a gentleman of long and practical experience in this business,\\nand who had been engaged as a drj- goods merchant at Springfield, Canada,\\nfor five years prior to coming to East Saginaw. He occupies a four-story build-\\ning, 30x125 feet in dimensions, in which he carries a large and complete stock\\nof everything in the line of staple and fancy dry goods and notions, including\\nall kinds of cotton goods, silks, velvets, embroideries, laces, white goods, dress\\ngoods, oil cloths, hosiery and fancy goods of every description. He gives em-\\nployment to a full force of clerks, and his store, which is eligibly located, is\\nfitted up with every convenience and accessory calculated to aid or expedite\\nthe operations of the business, including a cash railwa}^ and all modern im-\\nprovements. The stock carried is very large, occupying the entire building,\\nand Mr. Honsberger is rapidly increasing his trade, as a result of the superior\\nselection of his stock, the leasonableuess of his prices and the fairness and ac-\\ncuracy of his transactions.\\nWilliam W. Johnson. Architect Room 21, Hoyt Block, East Sag-\\ninaw. Mr. Johnson began his business career by learning the trades of pat-\\ntern maker and carpenter, afterward becoming a draftsman, and carefully\\nstudying the principles of architecture, in which he soon found his vocation.\\nFour years ago he came to this city, and since that time has acquired a\\nrecognized position as a skillful and accomplished architect, thoroughly under-\\nstanding all the details of the profession, and designing and superintending\\nbuildings in a thoroughly accurate manner. A number of the most prominent\\nstructures built in the city since his arrival here were designed and erected un-\\nder his supervision, he having made the designs for, and superintended the\\nHoyt School, Home for the Friendless, Mr. Gilbert s dwelling on Jefferson street\\nopposite the Methodist church, Mr. Brooks dwelling on Jefferson street, Mr.\\nHanchett s in Saginaw City, a dwelling for Mr. Sanford Keeler, Superintendent\\nof the F. P. M. R. R.; All Saints church and the Polish Catholic church\\nof East Saginaw, a school at Jackson, Mich.; a school at Manton, Mich.; a\\nstore block at Owosso for Weisner Sharpstein, as well as a number of other\\nbusiness and residence structures. All the buildings erected under the super-\\nvision of Mr. Johnson combine artistic elegance with practical adaptation to\\nthe purposes for which they are designed, and the entii-e satisfaction given by\\nhis professional services is attested by a large and steadily growing patronage\\nwhich keeps him constantl} busy.\\nHenry Passolt Manufacturer of Laundry and Toilet Soaps 422\\nMcCoskr} street. East Saginaw. Mr. Passolt has been established in busi-\\nness ever since 1863, and throughout his long career has b} close attention to\\nbusiness built up his trade to a position of prosperity, as a consequence of the\\nexcellence of his produce and the prompt and accurate manner in which he\\nfills all orders. He occupies as office and stock room a two-story brick build-\\ning, 25x60 feet in dimensions, adjoining which he has his works, 25x140 feet.\\nHe manufactures a full line of laundry and toilet soaps, including in laundry\\nsoaps, the Diamond, Chinese, Domestic, Victor, Michigan,\\nSuperior, Savon, etc., and in toilet soaps, White Glycerine, Honey,\\nBrown Windsor, Rose, Mottled, Fine Toilet, Transparent\\nGlycerine, White and Mottled Castile, Oval Assorted and Ladies Toilet\\nsoaps, and also makes shaving soaps, round and in tin foil. The output of\\nthe factory is very large, steady employment being to a force ranging from\\neight to ten hands, an(l in addition to the manufacture of soaps, Mr. Passolt", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saqinaws. Ifi3\\nalso makes potash and pearlash, which he ships to New York, Boston,\\nCincinnati and oilier points. He is prepared at all times to pay the highest\\nprices for tallow and grease, and to supply any of the goods manufactured by\\nhim to any points on order. He has built up a thriving business as a result\\nof nearly a quarter of a centur} of honorable methods.\\nEugene Ringler Son.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Druggists and Chemists 118 South Ham-\\nilton street, Saginaw City. Mr. Eugene Ringler, by whom this business was\\nfounded twenty-one years ago, is a native of WurtemVierg, Germany, where he\\nwas educated, and from which he came to America in 1847. In 1852 he gradu-\\nated in the medical department of the University of Michigan, and after prac-\\nticing medicine at Fostoria and Tiffin, O., enlisted as assistant surgeon in the\\nUnion army, and served to the end of the war. Then, after another two years\\nat Tiffin, 0., he came to Saginaw and engaged in business, having a pai tnerfor\\none year, and then removing to his present premises, where he conducted busi-\\nness alone until the past summer, when his son, Mr. E. A. Ringler, who had\\nbeen for thirteen years engaged in the same line in New York, joined him in\\nthe formation of the present firm. The store occupies premises 25x100 feet in\\ndimensions, and is completely stocked with a full line of drugs and medicines\\nof all kinds, the firm making all their own tinctures and extracts, and in addi-\\ntion, also making a number of special preparations, including Fragrant Pearl\\nDentine for the teeth, Carbolated Glycerine Chili for the skin, chapped hands,\\netc., a cough mixture, blood purifier, liver pills, sarsaparilla, cod liver oil\\nemulsion, etc., which preparations command a large and steadily growing sale,\\nas a consequence of their proved excellence. The firm is a substantial and pros-\\nperous one, backed by experience and knowledge, and enjoys in a merited de-\\ngree the confidence and approval of the citizens of the Saginaws.\\nT. J. Norris. Groceries and Provisions West Side of Genesee Bridge,\\nEast Saginaw. Mr. Norris established this business eleven years ago, and has\\nsince carried it on with steady and growing success, as a consequence of the\\ncareful selection of his stock, and the fair and accurate methods upon which he\\nhas conducted it. He l)uilt and owns the building occupied by him, and the\\nadjoining one which he rents out, both of these buildings being two-story brick\\nstructures, each 25x80 feet in dimensions. He carries a large and completely\\nassorted stock of every description of staple and fancy groceries and provisions\\nof all kinds, and enjoys a large trade from the citizens of East Saginaw and\\nSaginaw City, as well as CarroUton and the surrounding country The loca-\\ntion of the store is a favorable one, being central, and Mr. Norris has built up\\nhis business to its present proportions by careful attention to all its details,\\nand thoroughness in all his transactions.\\nBlumberg W^einberg, Dealers in Clothing and Gents Furnish-\\ning Goods, Hats, Caps, Etc.; 419 Genesee avenue. East Saginaw. Mr.\\nSolomon Blumberg of this firm established himself in business early in 1886\\non Genesee avenue, near Washington avenue. In September of the present\\nyear he formed a partnership with Mr, Emil Weinberg, who had previously\\nbeen with Rich Brothers, and the firm removed to their present eligibly\\nlocated and handsome premises, 25x125 feet in dimensions, where the}- carr^\\nver} large and complete stocks, embracing everything in the line of clothing,\\ngents furnishing goods of every description, hats and caps of the latest st5 les,\\nand a specially well assorted line of lumbermen s clothing, of which they make\\na specialty. The stock is carefully assorted and bought from first hands, and\\nthe firm maintains the most favorable relations with manufacturers which\\nenable them to purchase at the closest margins and give their customers the\\nbenefit of the lowest prices. As a consequence, their store is justly regarded", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "164 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nas headquarters for obtaining good goods at tlie lowest rates, and tliey liave a\\nvery large trade, including not only the residents of the Saginaws, but also a\\nlarge trade from farmers and others in the surrounding countr} Both members\\nof the firm are first class business men, and they have a thriving trade, which\\nthey maintain by uniformly fair treatment of their customers.\\nHenry Goldsmith. Successor to T. Goldsmith Son Dealer in No-\\ntions, Fancy Goods, Etc.; 124 South Hamilton street, Saginaw City. This bus-\\niness was established eleven years ago b}- Mr. T. Goldsmith and his son Mr.\\nHenry Goldsmith, under the firm name of T. Goldsmith Son, and was con-\\ntinued under that style until September of the present year, since which lime\\nMr. Henr} Goldsmith has conducted it as sole proprietor. The premises occu-\\npied by the store embrace the main floor, 25x120 feet in dimensions, of the build-\\ning at 124 South Hamilton street, with the basement and a large room in the rear.\\nHere are carried large stocks of everj thiug in the line of notions, fancy goods,\\nsilverware, china, crockery, glassware, toys, baby carriages, books, stationery,\\nalbums, photograpliic supplies, vases, ornaments, rubber goods, etc., carefully\\nselected so as to comprise the best goods in the line. Employment is given to\\nthree clerks, and the establishment enjoys a large trade from the people of the\\nSaginaws and surrounding country, in addition to which it is doing a consider-\\nable amount of jobbing throughout this section. Mr. Goldsmith, the proprie-\\ntor of the store, is a business man of superior attainments, who has commended\\nhimself to the favor and patronage of the community as a result of the fairness\\nand reliabilit}^ of his methods, and the close attention paid by him to ever} de-\\ntail of the business.\\nKirby Blakely. Insurance and Ileal Estate, and Manufacturers\\nAgent for Agricultural Machinery and Implements corner of Warren and\\nGerman streets, East Saginaw. Mr. Blakely, who had previously been in the\\nemploy of Mr. D. A. Pettibone, started in the insurance business five years ago,\\nlocating his office at the corner of Genesee avenue and German street, where he\\nstill h?s his insurance office. Later he added to his business that of agent for\\nMcCormick s Harvesting machines and supplies, and dealer in all kinds of\\nfarm implements, in which he is now largely engaged, occupying for this busi-\\nness a lot 100x125 feet in dimensions, with a building 20x100 feet, in the cen-\\nter, and sheds around the sides. He carries a large and complete stock of farm\\nimplements and agricultural machines, buggies, etc., the sheds being utilized\\nfor the storage of heav} machinery and farm wagons, in which line he is agent\\nfor the celebrated Coquillard wagons. In this line his stock is complete in\\nevery particular, embracing all that is latest and best in the way of farm ma-\\nchinery and implements, and he enjoys a large business covering not only the\\nentire Saginaw Valley but also extending to all parts of northern Michigan,\\nthree traveling salesmen representing him in this trade territory for the sale of\\nthese goods. In insurance he is the representative of a number of the leading\\nand most prosperous companies, including the Hamburg-Bremen, of Ham-\\nburg, Germany, having in its United States branch assets of $1,119,692, and\\na surplus over all liabilities of $509,894 the Newark, of New Jersey, capital\\n$250,000, and surplus of $319,303 the Providence-Washington of Providence,\\nR. I., capital $400,000, and assets ^1,025,824 and the Clinton, of New York,\\ncapital $250,000 through which companies he is prepared to offer safe insur-\\nance at the lowest rates consistent with the absolute safety of the investment.\\nMr. Blakely also deals in real estate and handles it as agent is a Notary Pub-\\nlic, and is prepared to attend to all business in the line. He is a business man\\nof superior attainments, and in all the branches in which he is engaged is en-\\njoying a stead}^ increase in the vol u are of his transactions, as a result of close\\nattention to all the details and uniform fairness of dealing.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. K!.\\nW B. Moore. Wholesale and Retail Druggist 201 and 203 Grenesee\\navenue, and 1U2 Washington avenue Laboratory and Warehouse, 215, 217\\nand 219 North Water street. East Saginaw. This establishment is the out-\\ngrowth of the drug business founded in 1865 by Mr. A. A. Dunk, who died in\\nDecember, 1879, and was succeeded in January, 1880, by Mr. W. B. Moore,\\nwho had been connected with the business under the proprietership of Mr.\\nDunk from 1873. Since acquiring the business Mr. Mooie has had a steadily\\ngrowing trade, and lias greatly extended the premises occupied, and the\\nfacilities possessed by the business. His elegantly fitted and perfectly\\nappointed store at the corner of Genesee and Washington avenues is 80x100\\nfeet in dimensions, having two entrances and four show windows, and being\\ncompletely fitted up with shelving and show cases arranged for the tasteful\\nand attractive display of the stock, and having an ottice in the rear of the\\nstore, back of which is a storeroom for keeping surplus stock. In addition to\\nthese premises Mr. Moore has a laboratory and warehouse at 215, 217 and 219\\nNorth Water street, and is fitting up a new branch store at the corner of\\n(lenesee avenue and William street, which will be made attractive with all\\nthe appliances pertaining to a first-class drug establishment, and will be under\\nthe management of Mr. W. W. Sheldon, a druggist of twenty years experience,\\nwho has been with Mr. Moore for the past year. Mr. Moore is the proprietor\\nof a number of first-class proprietary articles, many of which have a celebrity\\nand trade extending all over the country, including Dunk s Camphorated\\nArnica, William s Camp Liniment, William s Pine Balsam. Beebee s King of\\nPain, Rough on Corns, Moore s Cincho Myrrh tooth powder, Moore s Sarsap-\\narllla, sticky fly paper, etc., in the manufacture of which he gives employment\\nto a force of fifteen hands. In the store he has a staff of five competent clerks\\nand assistants, and in the new store will giA -e tmployment to four more. He\\ncarries a large and complete stock embracing everything in the line of staple\\ndrugs, as well as a large stock and attractive display of fancy goods and toilet\\narticles, handkerchief extracts, including Lundborg s, Lubin s and Rimmel s\\nunequalled goods, making an assortment of extracts, colognes and toilet waters\\nof unequalled merit. His line of purses, card cases, hand mirrors, hair\\nbrushes and other fancy goods is in every way complete, while in cigars, which\\nhe sells at wholesale and retail, his goods are of the finest quality and his trade\\nvery large. As a consequence of the great merit of his goods, and the uniform\\npromptness and accuracy with which he fills all orders, he enjoys a large trade\\nwith the citizens of the Saginaws and with lumber camps throughout the\\nSaginaw Valley region, as well as a large outside trade in his proprietary arti-\\ncles. The success which has attended Mr. Moore s business career has been\\nbuilt up by close attention to his business, and a steadfast endeavor to give\\nsatisfaction to his customers.\\nJ. P. Derby. Wholesale Grocer; Produce Commission Merchant; Derby\\nBlock, North Water street Retail Store, 718 and 720 Genesee avenue. East\\nSaginaw. Mr. Derby has continuously conducted this business since he estab-\\nlished it in 1857, and during the thirty years of his business history has en-\\njoyed a steady and constant growth in the volume of his trade, and has built\\nup a reputation second to none in his line in the State. He owns the hand-\\nsome white brick building on North Water street, known as the Derby Block,\\nand comprising five three-story stores, of which he occupies two, covering an\\narea of 70x100 feet, with a dock in the rear of the premises. He carries very\\nlarge stocks and full lines of everything in staple and fancy groceries, grocers\\nsundries and shelf goods, mill and camp supplies, etc., in which he enjoys a large\\nwholesale trade covering not only the Saginaw Valley, but also all the northern", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "166 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\npart of Michigan. In addition to this business he has the finest retail grocery\\nstore in the Saginaws at 718 and 720 Genesee avenue, occupjing a two-story\\nbuilding, 60x80 feet in dimensions, completely equipped with everything in the\\nline of groceries, delicacies, etc., and from this store enjoys the patronage of\\nthe citizens of the Saginaws and their surrounings. He also deals largely in\\nproduce and does an extensive business as a general commission merchant,\\nholding the coofidence of shippers and producers by the careful and accurate\\nmanner in which commission services are performed by him. The excellent\\nstanding which has been maintained by this house throughout its long and\\nprosperous business history, has resulted from careful attention to all the de-\\ntails of the business, and uniform fairness and reliability in the business\\nmethods of Mr. Derby.\\nSecond National Bank.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Morley, President Sewell Avery,\\nVice-President G. B. Morley, Cashier East Saginaw. Holding- a deserved\\nprominence among the most solid and substantial corporations ot the Saginaw\\nValley is tlie Second National Bank of East Saginaw, with a paid-in capital of\\n$150,000, and which was incorporated under the National Banking Act in De-\\ncember, 1871. It enjoys a large and active business in general banking,\\nreceiving the accounts of banks, bankers, corporations, firms and individuals,\\ndiscounting approved commercial paper, loaning money on good security,\\nand also makes collections and draws exchange on the leading domestic and\\nforeign cities. A gratifying exhibit is made by the latest published report of\\nthe condition of the bank, dated August 1, 1887, in which it is shown that the\\nbank has resources of $715,725.23, and in addition to its paid-in capital stock\\nhas a surplus fund of $30,000 and undivided profits of $16,937.83. The busi-\\nness of the bank is conducted on safe and conservative methods, its Board of\\nDirectors being composed of Messrs. George W. Morley, Sewell Avery, Waldo\\nA. Avery, Edward W. Morley and H. C. Potter, Jr.\\nGeorge Spatz. Steam Baker and Wholesale Cracker Dealer; Corner\\nof Hamilton and Cass streets. Saginaw City. Mr. Spatz has been engaged in\\nthis business for the past sixteen years, throughout which time he has main-\\ntained for his establishment a high place in the favor of the citizens of the\\nSaginaws, and a trade throughout the northern portion of Michigan, as a con-\\nsequence of the superior quality of all the productions of his establishment.\\nHe does a large local business in bread of every description, and in crackers\\nhis trade also extends all over the northern portion of the State, Mr. Spatz\\nbeing well known to the trade, and visiting his customers personally. The\\npremises occupied by the business comprise a two-story building, 60x75 feet in\\ndimensions, and employment is given to a force of ten skilled workmen, the\\nbakery being equipped with all the latest and most improved machinery and\\nappliances adapted to this department of industry. Mr. Spatz is prepared to\\ntill all orders with accuracy and despatch, and the thriving business he enjoys\\nwas acquired by close attention to all its details.\\nHenry Feige. Manufacturer and Dealer in Fine Furniture, Upholstery,\\nCarpets, Curtains, Draperies, Etc.; 318 and 320 Genesee avenue, and 113-117\\nCass street, East Saginaw. This business was originally established in 1863 by\\nthe firm of Feige Brothers, of which Messrs. George and Henry Feige were the\\nindividual members. The firm became George Feige alone in 1880, by whom it\\nwas conducted until recently, when upon Mr. George Feige engaging in the Feige\\nSilsbee Furniture Manufacturing Co., he was bought out by his brother, Mr.\\nHenry Feige, b} whom this business is now conducted as sole proprietor. He\\noccupies a three-story and basement building, 25x100 feet in dimensions, front-\\ning at 318 Genesee avenue and has the two upper floors of No. 320, a building", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saoinaws. 167\\nof the same size. A passage-way cionnects this store with the rear of the other\\npremises occupied b} Mr. Fcige, which is a three-story buih^ing with 75 feet\\nfront on Cass street by 60 feet in depth. The two stores combined form the\\nlargest furniture and furnishing store in the Saginaw Valley, and they are com-\\npletely stocked with everything in the line of fine and medium furniture, the\\nfinest carpets of foreign and domestic manufacture, antique curtains, Swiss\\ncurtains, shades, shade cloth, King s Scotch Holland, patent shade rolls, shade\\ntrimmings, curtain loops, jute curtains, cross stripes and curtain goods of all\\nkinds, and latest styles, as well as full lines of oil cloths, rugs, matting, etc.\\nEmbraced in the stock also is a full line of the celebrated John Rogers terra\\ncotta groups of statuary. In all these goods Mr. Feige maintains the most fa-\\nvorable relations with the largest manufacturers, b}^ which he is enabled to\\noffer unsurpassed inducements both in quality and price, and he enjoys a large\\ntrade including, in addition to a heavy business in the Saginaws and the Sagi-\\nnaw Valle} generally, a large order trade, orders having been received from as\\nfar west as Omaha and Denver, and as far east as New York City and a num-\\nber of residences in Detroit have been completely furnished from this store.\\nThe house from its inception to the present time has always enjoyed a superior\\nreputation, its business having been uniforml} conducted upon honorable and\\nreliable methods.\\nJohn Otto, Jr., Co. Gentlemen s Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps,.\\nEtc.; 207 Genesee avenue. East Saginaw. This firm, which is composed of\\nMr. John Otto, Jr., of this city, and Mr. Alexander Jacobi, of Mt. Clemens,\\nMich., began business in this city in May of the present year, and occupies\\nDoughty s old stand at 207 Genesee avenue, where they have a spacious and\\nattractive store located in a fire proof building completely stocked with hats,\\ncaps, neck-wear, hosiery, shirts and every description of gentlemen s furnish-\\ning goods, the stock embracing the latest styles and novelties, and being\\nselected with special care to till the demands of the best class of customers.\\nThe business in this city is under the management of Mr. John Otto. Jr., Mr.\\nJacobi conducting a similar establishment at Mt. Clemens, Mich. The firm\\nalso carries a complete stock of fine silk umbrellas in gold and other heads\\nand is at all times prepared to supply the gentlemen of the Saginaws with the\\nmost attractive and desirable goods in the lines in which they deal. Com-\\npetent and accommodating clerks are employed in the store, and every\\nfacility- is used to assist customers to make proper selections. Mr. Otto is a\\nbusiness man of superior attainments, who thoroughly understands all the\\ndetails of the business, and brings to the management energetic and enter-\\nprising methods which have secured for the house a large and steadily grow-\\ning trade, and made it popular with the gentlemen of the twin cities.\\nSeyffardt Walz. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Hardware,\\nBuilding Material, House Furnishing Goods, Agricultural Implements, Etc.;\\n618-622 Genesee avenue. East Saginaw. This house, which is j ustly regarded\\nas one of the most substantial and prosperous in the Saginaw Valley, was\\nfounded in 1869, the firm being composed of Messrs. William Seyffardt and\\nGeorge Walz. They occupy a two-story and basement brick building with 80\\nfeet front by a depth of 100 feet, equipped with every facility and convenience\\ncalculated to aid or expedite the operations of the business, employment being\\ngiven to force of fifteen competent clerks and assistants. They carry very\\nlarge and thoroughly diversified stocks of everything in the line of heavy and\\nshelf hardware, building material, stoves, house furnishing goods, agricultural\\nimplements, paints, oils and brushes, etc. The firm are agents for the cele-\\nbrated Columbia bicycles and tricycles, of which they carry a complete", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "168 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nstock, and in stoves they handle full lines of the celebrated Jewel stoves,\\nmanufactured b} the Detroit Stove Works in ranges, heaters, base burners, etc.\\nIn paints, oils and brushes their stock is especially complete, the firm being\\nagents for Harrison s celebrated Town and Countr} ready mixed paints,\\nand the} also carry a full line of artists supplies of every description, while in\\nhousehold and builders hardware, agricultural implements, etc., their stock is\\ncompletely assorted and of the best quality As a result of the merit of their\\ngoods and the uniformly reliable methods adopted by the firm in all its deal-\\nings with the trade and the public, they enjoy in addition to a heavy business\\nwith the people of the Saginaws, a large trade to the north and west through-\\nout the State of Michigan.\\nCornell Stafford. City Bottling Works Manufacturers ot Ginger\\nAle, Root Beer, Birch Beer, Cream Soda, Sherbet, Diamond Rock Seltzer and\\nPops of All Kinds Factory, corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets Office,\\n115 Genesee avenue, East Saginaw. The City Bottling W^orks were estab-\\nlished sixteen years ago by Mr. L. Quinnin on Genesee avenue, and conducted\\nby him until five years ago, when he was succeeded by the firm of Cornell\\nStafford, of which Messrs. S. Cornell and J. Stafford are the individual\\nmembers. Since coming into the possession of the business the firm has made\\nvast improvements, and greatly added to the facilities for manufacture, as well\\nas extending the trade over a largel} expanded territory. They now occupy\\nfor their factory a spacious building at the corner of Fourth and Chestnut\\nstreets, where they have a complete plant and all necessary machinery for the\\nmanufacture upon a large scale of ginger ale, and everything in the line of\\npops and aerated waters giving steady employment to six hands, and closely\\nsupervising the operations of the factory, so as to secure at all times that\\nuniformitj of excellence by which the product has obtained a foremost reputa-\\ntion, and a trade extending throughout Northern Michigan. In their specialty\\nof ginger ale this firm is not surpassed by any in the State, and of this product\\nthey make from 100 to 500 dozen bottles per day. They also manufacture\\nroot beer, birch beer, cream soda, sherbet, diamond rock seltzer and pops of\\nall kinds, of which they produce from 100 to 500 dozen bottles daily. The\\nfirm utilizes five wagons in its business, and by promptness in filling orders,\\nand accuracy in all its transactions, has built up its enterprise to the success\\nwhich it now enjoys,\\nA- Schupp. Insurance Home National Bank Building, East Saginaw.\\nMr. Schupp, who has been established in business ever since 1878, is recog-\\nnized as one of the best informed and most successful underwriters in the State.\\nHe represents a list of companies embracing the most solid and substantial cor-\\nporations, including the Home Insurance Company, of New York, which at the\\nbeginning of the present year had a cash capital of $3,000,000, assets of $7,-\\n80lJ,711, and a surplus over all liabilities and capital of $3,388,916 also the\\nQueen Insurance Company of Liverpool, England, which had in its American\\nbranch at the beginning of the present year assets of $1,976,093 and a surplus\\nof $2,329,552 also the Niagara, of New York, capital $500,000, assets $2,-\\n260.480, and net surplus of $489,340 the Fireman s Fund, of San Francisco,\\ncapital $1,000,000, assets $2,052,263 the Fire Insurance Association, of Lon-\\ndon, England, with assets in its United States branch of $921,475, and a net\\nsurplus of $385,832 the Rochester-German, of Rochester, N. Y., capital $200,-\\n000, assets $658,481, and a surplus over all liabilities and capital of $172,625\\nalso the Sun Fire Office, of London, England, the oldest insurance corporation\\nin existence, having been organized in 1710, and which had at the beginning of\\nthe present year in its United States branch assets of $1.6()6,681 and a net", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Sacjinaws. Ifi!)\\nsurplus of $549,206. Through these standard and unsurpassed insurance com-\\npanies Mr. Schupp is prepared to place insurance at the lowest rates consistent\\nwith the absolute safet} of the investment, and attends promptly to all busi-\\nness in the line. He makes a specialty of the insurance of saw mills, lumber,\\nbrick blocks, merchandise, manufacturing establishments, dwellings and furni-\\nture, and possesses unusual facilities for carrying large lines of insurance. He\\nis a gentleman of long business experience, and in addition to this business,\\noccupies the position of Treasurer of the Savings Bank of East Saginaw. He\\nis ably assisted in his insurance business by his son, Mr. Otto Schupp, and the\\nagency enjoys the confidence of the citizens, its transactions always having\\nbeen characterized by accuracy and reliability.\\nA. A Schott Co. Pharmacists, and Dealers in Pure Drugs, Medi-\\ncines, Chemicals, Etc.; 131 North Cass street. Next to Postoffice, East Saginaw-\\nThis firm, of which Messrs. A. A. Schott and T. Duncan are the individual\\nmembers, was formed two years ago, and from that time to the present have\\nenjoyed a successful and growing business with the citizens of the Saginaws\\nand surroundings by the merit of their stock and the careful and accurate man-\\nner in which they compound prescriptions and fill all orders for every descrif)-\\ntion of goods in their line. They carr} at all times large stocks and complete\\nassortments of every description of pure drugs, medicines and chemicals, all\\napproved proprietary preparations, toilet and fancy articles, fine perfumes of\\nforeign and domestic make, and druggists sundries of every kind. They have\\na full line of wines and liquors for medicinal uses, and a fine selection from the\\nbest brands of imported and domestic cigars. Their store, which comprises\\nthe main floor of a three-story brick building, is eligibly located at 131 North\\nCass street, next to the postoffice. and is neatly kept, the goods being dis-\\nplayed in an attractive manner. The firm has earned the prosperity and in-\\ncreasing trade it enjoys by thorough knowledge of and close attention to ever}\\ndetail of the business.\\nBurdick Moore- Dealers in Meats, Groceries, Vegetables, Etc.;\\n130 and 132 Jefferson street, East Saginaw. This firm, of which Messrs.\\nD. D. Burdick and James Moore are the members, was formed fourteen years\\nago, and conducted a market on Franklin street until June 29 of the present\\nyear, when they were burned out. Jul} 11 they opened their present estab-\\nlishment, which they now own, occupying two stores, embracing a two-story\\nnew brick building, 30x150 in dimensions, eligibly located and in eveiy way\\nadapted to the needs of the business. One of these is used as the market,\\nwhere they carry at all times a large and fresh stock of meats of unsurpassed\\nquality, and all vegetables in season, and in the back part of which they have\\na large cooling room, 20x30 feet in dimensions, to facilitate the preservation\\nof the stock in first-class condition. The other store comprises the grocery\\ndepartment, where is kept, in large stock and complete assortment, everything\\nin the line of staple and fancy groceries, grocers sundries, shelf goods, etc.\\nThe firm has every facility for the business, and gives employment to a force\\nof twelve competent and accommodating clerks and assistants. Throughout\\nthe history of the firm it has ever been noted for the great care taken in the\\nselection of its stock, and the uniform accuracy and reliability by which its\\ndealings are characterized and in this way has built up a large trade with the\\ncitizens of the Saginaws and surrounding country. They do an extensive\\njobbing business in barreled beef and pork, and have recently added a new\\nengine and boiler, with which they heat their buildings, and operate a sausage\\nmachine with a capacity of 3,000 pounds per day.\\n23", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "170 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nD. K. AUington Architect, Mechanical Engineer, Etc.; Office,\\nKoom 24, Hoyt Block, East Saginaw. Mr. AUington, who is a thoroughly\\npractical architect and mechanical engineer, carae to Saginaw in 1862, and for\\ntwo years followed building, after thtit engaging for eight years as superin-\\ntendent of salt works and in 1874 established himself in his present business,\\nin which he enjoj S a large patronage, the thoroughness of his knowledge of all\\nthe details having secured for him a superior reputation and first class patron-\\nage. He makes a specialty of the planning of saw and planing mills and other\\nmanufacturing establishments. Prominent among the structures built and\\nequipped under his supervision is the Van Winkle and Montague Mill, at Gar-\\nden Bay, the William Peters Mill at Bay City, and the mill of J. W. E. S.\\nBliss, near Zilwaukee, Mich. In his specialty of mill building he has no supe-\\nrior in the State, his thorough knowledge of mechanical engineering enabling\\nhim to plan structures of this character, and to place machinery in them in such\\na way as to produce the most satisfactorj^ results. In addition to this business\\nMr. AUington has invented a patent machine for band saw mills, which is man-\\nufactured in this city, and which has been adopted generally by the mills\\nthroughout the Saginaw Valley and Canada. Mr. AUington is also agent for\\nthe Taper Sleeve Pulley Works of Erie, Pa., and is prepared to furnish the full\\nline of pulleys manufactured by that company, and which are of unsurpassed\\nquality, and is also prepared to furnish every description of machines and ma-\\nchinery to order. Closely attending to all the details of his business, and con-\\nductmg his affairs upon honorable and reliable methods. Mr. AUington enjoys\\na merited prosperity, which is steadil}^ growing from year to year.\\nSheyer Brothers Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, and Ladies and\\nGents Furnishing Goods Central House Block, 2620 South Washington\\navenue, South Saginaw. This firm, of which Messrs. Simon and Hej raan\\nSheyer are the individual members, was established four 3-ears ago, and since\\nthat time has commended itself to the favor and patronage of the citizens of\\nthe Saginaws and vicinity by the close and accurate attention paid by them to\\nevery detail of their business, the earnestness of their endeavors to give satis-\\nfaction to their customers, and the superior quality and low prices of the goods\\nin which they deal. Their stock, which is large, is well displayed in their\\nstore, which is 35x150 feet in dimensions, and includes everything in the line\\nof staple and fancy dry goods, clothing, ladies and gents furnishing goods,\\nhosiery, hats, caps, blankets, oilcloths, etc., carefully selected with especial\\nreference to the needs of the people of the Saginaws. The members of the\\nfirm are both experienced and practical merchants, who conduct their business\\nupon fair and honorable methods, which have commended them to a large and\\nsteadily increasing trade among the residents of the cit} as well as a consid-\\nerable trade from farmers and others in the surrounding country.\\nNelson Holland. Manufacturer and Dealer in Gang Sawed Lumber\\nand Salt Mill and Salt Block, Corner of Atwater an i Water streets. East\\nSaginaw. Mr. Holland s present works were erected in 1878 ou the site of one\\nof the first mills that was built on the east side of the river. As now operated\\nthe premises comprise a mill, 60x160 feet in dimensions, with an engine house,\\n40x50 feet, and a wing 20x60 feet. The plant comprises all the latest and\\nmost highly improved machinery and appliances adapted to the business, in-\\ncluding a 200-horse-power engine. On the premises also are four salt wells,\\nwith a salt block 160x150 feet in dimensions, a railroad shed, 30x25 feet, with\\na capacity for holding 7,000 barrels, large cooperage warehouses, sheds, and\\nother buildings, covering over one solid block, besides which Mr. Holland has\\ntwent3 -six lots of water frontage around the mill. Steady employment is", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saoinaws. 171\\ngiven through the season to a force ranging from seventy-five to one hundred\\nmen. and the annual product of the works amounts to from 16,000,000 to 18,-\\n000,000 feet ot lumber, 1,500,000 laths, 750,000 staves, and 40,000 sets of\\nheading. Of salt the product is about 35,000 barrels per annum. The mill,\\npiling grounds, etc., are located on the river bank, the salt block and other\\nbuildings being immediately opposite, across Water street. Mr. Holland has a\\nvery large business, his product all going to his own extensive yards at Buffalo,\\nN. Y., from whence it is distributed to the trade. The salt product is dis-\\nposed of through the medium of the Michigan Salt Association.\\nLouis Quinnin.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Real Estate Municipal Court Block, Cass street,\\nbetween Genesee avenue and Tuscola street. East Saginaw. Mr. Quinnin, who\\nis recognized as one of the most successful and substantial of the citizens of\\nthe Saginaws, is a native of Sandusky, O., from which place he removed with\\nhis father to Detroit in 1845. He served in the regular arm}- during the War\\nof the Kebellion in Horse Battery M of the Second United States Artillery, and\\nparticipated in some fifty battles prior to Lee s surrender, at which he was\\npresent, and was wounded three times. After the war his regiment went to\\nCalifornia, and Mr. Quinnin remained there until March 13, 1867, when he was\\nhonorably discharged at Presidio Barracks, San Francisco. In 1870 he came\\nto East Saginaw and engaged in the manufacture of pop and mineral water at\\nthe corner of Genesee avenue and Chestnut street, which business he continued\\nfor nine years. A few years after coming here Mr. Quinnin, forseeing the\\ngrowth of East Saginaw, made a number ot judicious investments in real\\nestate, and in 1874-5-6 bought, among other property, the three lots on Cass,\\nbetween Genesee avenue and Tuscola street, on which he has smce built the\\nMunicipal Court Block. In the block is a drug store of which Mr. Quinnin is\\nnow the owner, and where he keeps on hand a large stock and complete\\nassortment of drugs, chemicals, surgical appliances and druggists sundries of\\never}^ description. He also owns the post office block at the corner of Cass\\nand Tuscola streets, as well as a number of business structures and dwelling\\nhouses throughout the city. His financial ability has been demonstrated by\\nthe rapid increase in the value of the property in which he has invested with\\nthe result that he is now iustly regarded as one of the most successful men of\\nthe city.\\nRose Brothers. Wholesale and Retail Butchers 2612 South Wash-\\nington avenue. South Saginaw. This firm, of which Messrs. William A. and\\nJohn T. Rose are the individual member, has been in existence for ten years.\\nTheir experience in this business covers a period of twenty-eight years, during\\nwhich time they have commended themselves to the favor and patronage of\\nthe citizens of the Saginaws b}^ the uniform fairness and accuracy of their bus-\\niness methods, the superior character of their stock and the close attention paid\\nby them to every detail of their business. The} occupy a brick building, 30x\\n125 feet in dimensions, with a slaughter house in the rear, and carry at all\\ntimes large and well selected stocks of every description of fresh, salt and\\nsmoked meats, canned goods, etc., and makeaspecialty of supplying fresh but-\\nter and eggs of the best qualit} The store, which is especially adapted to the\\npurposes of the business, is kept neat, with its stock properly displayed, and\\nthe firm do a large business not only in their immediate neighborhood, but also\\nin East Saginaw and Saginaw City, employment being given to four hands,\\nand their delivery wagon being constantly bus} supplying their customers. In\\naddition to this wagon they have two others for hauling stock. By constant\\nendeavors to secure the satisfaction of their customers, and uniform reliability\\nin all their dealings they have secured prosperity in their enterprise, and a rep-\\nutation second to none eneaged in this line of business.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "172 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nWilliam Mueller. Contractor for Brick and Stone Work Sixth and\\nLapeer streets, East Saginaw. Mr. Mueller, who is a German by nativity-,\\ncame to tbis country in 1867, locating in East Saginaw, and later establishing\\nhimself in his present business, taking his first contract in 1872. He is a\\nthoroughly practical and experienced man in the business in which he is en-\\ngaged and as a consequence of tlie faithful manner in which he fills all con-\\ntracts, the careful supervision given by him to all the details and his uniform\\nfairness and reliability has secured a large patronage, and he has built a num-\\nber of the leading and most prominent buildings in the city, including Arbeiter\\nHall, the Strasburg Restam-ant, the Sherman House, the Courier building, the\\nnew News building, erected in 1884, the Emerson school and the Home for the\\nFriendless, both built in 1886, and did the mason work on the Bearinger build-\\ning, on Franklin, near Tuscola street, and is now working on the Ho3 t Library,\\nbuilt of Bay Port blue stone and Lake Superior red stone trimmings, and brick\\ntrom the Tittabawassee. Mr. Mueller, by close attention to business, has built\\nup a superior reputation and a high place in the regard and confidence of the\\ncitizens, and he is now serving the second year of his term as Alderman from\\nthe Third Ward. He is a prominent member of the Germania and Arbeiter\\nsocieties, and owns a large amount of valuable propertj in diflferent parts of\\nthe city, and is in every respect a substantial and prosperous citizen. He gives\\nemployment to a force ranging from twenty to forty hands, and the success he\\nhas achieved is the merited result of fair dealing and superior workmanship.\\nF. E- Tallmadge. The Franklin Livery, Sale and Boarding Stables\\nNorth Franklin, between Tuscola and Johnson streets. East Saginaw. This\\nwell known and popular livery establishment began business about four years\\nago, being originally conducted bj Mr. C. M. Hill, who owns the building,\\nthen passing into the hands of other parties, by whom it was conducted until\\ntwo years ago, when Mr. Tallmadge acquired the business and has since\\ncarried it on upon methods which have commended the establishment to the\\nfavor and patronage of the citizens of the Saginaws and vicinity. The build-\\ning is a two-story brick structure, specially designed and erected for the\\npurposes of the business, having ample capacity for the proper accommodation\\nof thirty-five horses. The livery equipment includes fifteen horses and a full\\noutfit of carriages, coupes and light vehicles of first-class make and handsome\\nappearance and in addition a large boarding business is done, six trained\\nattendants being employed to give proper care to animals in the stables. Mr.\\nTallmadge is a thoroughly practical and experienced man in all the depart-\\nments of this business, by close attention to all the details of which he has\\nachieved a merited popularity and pi osperity. No establishment of its kind in\\nthe Saginaws has better facilities, and at none is better care and attention\\ngiven to horses than at the Franklin.\\nFarmers Hotel.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Louis Miller, Proprietor 804 Genesee avenue.\\nEast Saginaw. This business was established nineteen years ago by Messrs.\\nGeorge Boehm and Louis Miller, under the firm style of Boehm Miller, and\\ncontinued by them in the original structure up to 1881, when the present build-\\ning was put up to replace the old one. Early in 1885 Mr. Boehm died, since\\nwhich time Mr. Miller has conducted the business as sole proprietor. The ho-\\ntel is a three story brick structure with 47 feet front, and runs back 110 feet to\\nWilliam street, and opposite the William street front Mr. Miller has a barn\\nwith ample accommodations for thirty-four teams. The hotel has thirty neatly\\nfurnished and properly kept rooms, the table is supplied with the best the mar-\\nket affords and the hotel has a large patronage from farmers, lumbermen and\\nothers from all parts of the Saginaw Valley. The rates of the hotel are $1.00\\na day, and Mr. Miller has made it popular by close attention to the comfort\\nand convenience of his guests.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws. 17/1\\nEast Saginaw National Bank \u00e2\u0080\u0094John G. Owen, President Edwin\\nEddy, Vice-President; 8. 8. Willielm, Cashier; 108 South Washington street,\\nEast Saginaw. This bank, which is justly regarded as one of the most solid\\nand substantial financial institutions in the city, was incorporated in 1884, since\\nwhich time it has conducted a successful business. By tlie latest puldished re-\\nport of its condition dated at the close of business August 1, 1887, it was shown\\nthat the bank had resources amounting to $349,077.95, and in addition to its\\npaid-in capital stock of $100,000, had a surplus fund of $15,000, and undi-\\nvided profits of $7,253.21. A general banking business is transacted, loaning\\nmoney on first class security, discounting approved paper, issuing exchange on\\nthe principal domestic and foreign cities, carrying the accounts of banks, cor-\\nporations, merchants and individuals and attending to commercial collections,\\netc. The management of the bank is in experienced hands, and it is conducted\\non safe and conservative methods which have commended it to the confidence\\nof the business community and citizens generally. The Board of Directors is\\ncomposed of business men of the highest standing, including Mr. John G.\\nOwen, President of the bank, a prominent lumber and salt manufacturer and\\nmanufacturer of sash, doors and blinds, and otherwise largelj identified with\\nimportant business enterprises Max Heavenrich, of Heavenrich Brothers\\nCo., President of the Citizens Association, Treasurer and Manager of the James\\nStewart Company, lumbermen s supplies, etc.; J). B. Freeman, dry goods;\\nLouis Quinnin, a prominent real estate owner Edwin Eddy, of Eddy, Avery\\nEddy, lumber, salt, pine lands, etc.; William B. Baum, of W. B. Baum\\nBrother, proprietor of the Sherman House and director of the People s Savings\\nBank and Mr. S. S. Wilhelm, a banker of thorough and practical experience,\\nto whose efficiency as cashier of the bank is largely due the prosperous position\\nit enjoys. The bank sells drafts on England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany,\\nFrance, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy anil\\nthe other European countries, and in everv respect is prepared to transact all\\nkinds of legitimate banking business.\\nMoeller DeLand. Druggists Dealers in Wall Paper, Stationery,\\nEtc.; junction of Mackinaw street and South Washington avenue. South\\nSaginaw. This popular and prosperous drug establishment was originally\\nstarted by the firm of Hubbard Randall, several changes afterward occurring\\nuntil the business was acquired by Mr. D. E. Prall, who was succeeded by the\\nfirm of Moeller Youmans, which firm carried on the luismess for nine years,\\nuntil the spring of the present year, when the firm of Moeller DeLand, con-\\nsisting of Messrs. A. R. Moeller and M. L. DeLand succeeded to the business.\\nThey occupy a twostory brick triangular shaped building, attractively\\nfurnished and completely equipped with all conveniences for the successful\\nconduct of the business, and they carry large and complete stocks of every\\ndescription of drugs, medicines and chemicals, all approved proprietar}\\narticles, as well as complete lines of stationer}^, wall paper, window shades,\\nperiodicals, blank books, lamps and lamp goods, and a well selected stock of\\nthe best brands of tobacco and cigars. The prescription department bears a\\nspecial celebrity for the careful and accurate manner in which prescriptions\\nare compounded from the best materials. In connection with their wall paper\\ndepartment they carry a large and complete stock of ready mixed and other\\npaints, oils, brushes, and all painters supplies. In a part of their premises is\\nlocated the post office of South Saginaw. Both members of the firm are skill-\\nful pharmacists and thoroughly accurate and reliable business men, and the\\nsteady increase in their business is the merited result of close attention to all\\nits details.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "174 The Indttstries of the Saoinaws.\\nRust, Eaton Co. Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Salt Works\\nat Zilwaukie; OflSce over Burrows Bank, Saginaw City.^Th:s is one of tlie prom-\\ninent lumber manufacturing concerns of the Saginaw Valle} The company\\nwas formed in 1865, the only changes being the death of two members, whose\\nwidows still retain an interest. Mrs. Emiline E. Bradley was the wife of A.\\nS. Gaylord, a member of this firm, and has since remarried. Mrs. Martha A.\\nHay is the widow of James Hay, who was also of the firm. Tlie other mem-\\nbers of the firm who have beea connected with it from its inception are Messrs.\\nEzra and Amasa Rust, D. L. C. Eaton and George L. Burrows. The mill, salt\\nblock and other works are located at Zilwaukie, on the Saginaw River, about\\nfive miles north of Saginaw. They have ample dock frontage and a large\\nboom. Their saw mill was built by Daniel Johnson and others in 1848, and\\npassed through several hands prior to its acquisition by the present firm in\\n1865, since which time it has been rebuilt and remodeled, new machiner} being\\nput in throughout, including one of Wickes Brothers improved gangs, a large\\ncircular, two butting saws, two edgers, one trimmer, a lath mill and all neces-\\nsary machinery. All modern devices and improvements calculated to increase\\nthe output, improve the product and economize time and labor are found in the\\nmill. In addition to the manufacture of lumber and lumber products, the firm\\nis engaged in the manufacture of salt, and has two salt wells and a salt block.\\nThe capacity of the mill is about 15,000,000 feet of lumber, 3,000,000 laths,\\nand from 30,000 to 35,000 barrels of salt. The lumber product is shipped to\\nToledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, Tonawanda, Albany and other Eastern ports and\\nmarkets, and the salt is delivered in bulk to the Michigan Salt Associatii-n, and\\nas a consequence the firm does not make barrel stock. In the operations of\\nthe works employment is given to a force ranging from eighty to ninety men\\nand ten horses, and in addition to the manufacturing business the firm is\\nengaged in lumbering in Grladwin county, where it has a camp giving employ-\\nment to a force of from forty to fifty men, and it also lumbers through jobbers\\nin Midland and Isabella counties, bringing the logs by rail to the Tittabawassee\\nRiver, whence they are floated to the mill. The firm are large owners of pine\\nand farming lands in the Saginaw Valley, aad the members of the firm are\\nlargely interested in other similar enterprises. Mr. Ezra Rust, of this firm, is\\nalso a member of the firm of Rust Wheeler, pine and farming lands, logs\\nand lumber Mr. Affasa Rust is of Burrows Rust, Butman Rust and Rust\\nBrothers Co., and otherwise prominently identified with the lumber interests\\nof the Valley. Mr. Eaton is a member of the firm of Eaton, Potter Co.,\\nwho have a mill, salt works, etc., at South Saginaw, also of Burrows Eaton,\\nlands and logs. He is prominent as a substantial citizen, having a large farm\\nin Gratiot county, and many private investments. Mr. George L. Burrows, of\\nthis firm, is the oldest banker in Saginaw City, being head of the firm of G. L.\\nBurrows Co., and he is also a member of the firms of Burrows Eaton,\\nBurrows Rust, and individually the owner of large tracts of pine and farm-\\ning lands. Mi s. Bradley and Mrs. Hay are also large owners of pine tracts\\nand farming lands and interested in investments in other important business\\nenterprises. Thus made up of solid and substantial citizens the company\\noccupies a leading position, is well managed, and has been maintained by a\\ncombination of large capital and accurate methods.\\nC M. Norris. Dealer in Pianos, Organs, Musical Merchandise, Etc.;\\n314 Genesee avenue, East Saginaw. This well-known house was founded in\\n1866 by J. C. V. Wheat, with whom Mr. Norris was associated as clerk. In\\n1869 Mr, Wheat sold out to Mr. J. B. Jackson, who retained Mr. Norris as\\nprincipal salesman, until he, in turn, sold out to Mr. A. W, Wheat, brother of", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 175\\nthe founder of the business. This was in 1872 and in 1873 Mr. Norris, who\\nhad remained with Mr. Wheat, became a partner in the business, the interests\\nof which he had done so much to promote, and it was then carried on under the\\nfirm name of Wheat Co. which became a household word in every part of\\nNorthern Michigan, In 1875 Mr. Wlieat died, and in 1879 Mr. Norris bought\\nout the interest of his widow, and has ever since been sole proprietor. Up to\\nDecember, 1881, the business was located on Washington avenue, but was\\nthen removed to the building known as the Music Block, where it attained, if\\npossible, a still greater celebrity, and was continued up to January 1, 1888,\\nwhen, a favorable chance presenting itself, it was removed to the building\\nwhich it now occupies. This is a handsome three-story brick structure on\\nGenesee avenue, in the very best business quarter of the city. Here an\\nexceedingly prosperous wholesale and retail trade is conducted on square\\nbusiness principles, and a large stock carried in pianos, organs and every\\ndescription of musical instruments, such as violins, guitars, banjos, harps,\\nacGordeons, etc., as well as a full line of sheet music, and musical instruction\\nbooks. This stock includes all the latest productions of the leading home and\\nforeign composers and publishers, and will be found very complete and com-\\nprehensive. In addition to these various lines Mr. Norris handles the famous\\nDomestic Sewing machine, for which he has the sole agency in the Saginaws\\nand surrounding district. As this machine is known by experts to be the\\nbest in the world, any furiher mention would be superfluous. Ladies or\\ngentlemen who wish to have music in their houses, and yet do not want to\\nbu)^ instruments, will find at this house a large number of pianos and organs\\nto rent on reasonable terms. Here, also, anyone who wants a piano or organ\\ntuned, repaired, moved, set up, or shipped, can have the work done promptl}\\nand in the best possible manner. We have shown that this music house has\\ncarried on a successful business in East Saginaw for ver}^ nearly a quarter of\\na century and is to-day upon a stronger and firmer foundation than ever,\\nwhile numbers of would-be competitors have come and gone. This fact should\\nappeal strongly to the citizens of Northern Michigan for a continuance of the\\nfavors which the}^ have hitherto so liberally bestowed. All patrons may be\\nassured that every exertion will be made by Mr. Norris to retain and increase\\ntheir good will, and to give perfect satisfaction in every transaction. His\\nlong experience in, and practical knowledge of his business peculiarl} qualifies\\nhim to do this and he has no doubt that he will not only keep all his old\\nfriends, but gain man}- new ones in his present location.\\nO. K. Eddy Son.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Manufacturers of Lumber and Salt; West End of\\nGenesee Avenue Bridge, East Saginaw. Among the leading firms engaged in\\nthe lumber and salt industries that of C. K. Eddy Son has a special promi-\\nnence attaching to it, as a consequence of the vast extent of their trade, the su-\\nperior character of their facilities and the volume of their output. The\\nfounder of the business, Mr. Charles K. Eddy, was born in Penobscot County,\\nMaine, in 1820, where his earlier days were passed. xVfter receiving an aca-\\ndemical education he became a surveyor and civil engineer, and as such was\\nemployed by the State of Maine on its public surveys for eighteen years. In\\n1858 he went to Ottawa, Canada, where he engaged in lumbering for seven\\nyears, and came to Michigan in 1865 and followed the same business until 1880,\\nwhen he purchased the Chicago Mill, the oldest in the Valley, erected in 1853\\nby Mr. Fred Babcock, which he greatly improved, and which he and his son\\nhave since operated under the firm name of C. K. Eddy Son. Their saw mill\\nis a two-story structure, 200x100 feet in dimensions, with seven large boilers,\\n5x10 feet, feeding two powerful engines of 300 and 100-horse power respec-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "176 The IndiTStries op the Saqinaws,\\nlively, four small pumping engines in their salt wells, and a Wickes Brothers\\nnew improved gang mill, one large circular and other machinery. The perfect\\nmechanism of their plant makes it one of the most complete in the country.\\nThe logs are taken from the booms by an endless chain of (.broad blinks, with\\n]Mcks, or teeth, every few feet, the lower pulley of this chain being under the\\nwater in the booms. The logs are pushed over the chain and caught by the\\nteeth, and a steady stream of logs goes up the incline at a rapid rate^to a large\\ncircular saw where they are faced and sent rapidly to the gang mill, near by,\\nwhich saws four logs into two-inch planks at once, and can reduce^to lumber\\n1,200 loo s per day. The lumber is run along revolving rollers to trimming tables,\\nfrom which the slabs are run on rollers against three small circular saws and cut\\ninto equal lengths, dropped into an automatic shoot and are whirled away to stor-\\nage bins. There they are dropped into large wagons and carted to slab piles.\\nThe sawdust, which is the sole fuel used in the house, is carried automatically\\nfrom the saws to the fire in a similar manner. The lumber runs along revolving\\nrollers to the sizing tables, where it runs against saws cutting equal lengths,\\nand then drops on to trucks and is carried away along a tramway to the piling\\ngrounds. Railroad tracks run throughout the premises, and the piling grounds\\nhave first class water frontage, and the firm thus enjoys unexcelled facilities for\\nshipping their product, which amounts to about 15,000,000 feet of lumber,\\n1 ,500,000 laths, 1,500,000 staves and 75,000 sets of heading per season. On the\\npremises are four salt wells and a salt block, 260x60 feet in dimensions, and\\nthe salt product of the firm amounts to about 50,000 barrels per year. In ad-\\ndition to these premises are large store houses, barns, oflSces, etc., piling ground\\nwith a capacity of about 12,000,000 feet, the entire premises occupied by the\\nfirm covering some eight acres. In addition to this business the firm are large-\\nly interested in other valuable properties and business enterprises. They own\\nand have for sale large tracts of farming lands in Isabella, Clare and Ogemaw\\ncounties, and both Messrs. C. K. Eddy and Walter S. Eddy are members of the\\nfirm of D. Eddy Co., dealers in lands, logs, lumber, etc., of Eddy-Glynn\\nLumber Co., Turin, Upper Pininsula, Mich., operating a saw mill and dealing\\nin lumber, lands, logs, etc., also of the C. K. Eddy Lumber Co., this last being\\na concern lately established upon the premises recently occupied by T. Jerome\\nCo., as a saw mill and salt block, which was burned in the summer of 1886,\\nwhere a lumber yard is in operation, through which in a short time C. K. Eddy\\nSon expect to handle in the car trade the entire product of their mill each\\nyear. To their already extensive premises they will add a planing mill, which\\nwill be built in time for the coming season. They take an especial pride in, and\\nare both fond of good horses, and in a small way are breeders and in their sta-\\nbles are to be found as fine specimens of both draft and driving horses as are\\nto be found in Michigan and enjoy the fact that from a stock of which they\\nowned four generations, a colt, Chimes E.,) has been brought out by them\\nwho by his performances on the turf at Cleveland, places them at the head of\\nSaginaw County as producers of speed. The business of the firm gives em-\\nployment to 110 hands and eight teams and their product of lumber goes to\\nOhio, New York, Pennsylvania and all eastern points, while their salt product\\ngoes to the Michigan Salt Association, by whom it is distributed through their\\nbranches all over the country. Perfect system is maintained in all the opera-\\ntions of the business, and the firm is one of the highest reputation and de-\\nservedly great prosperity.\\nJay Smith Son. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Drugs, Chem-\\nicals, Patent Medicines, Druggists Sundries, Etc.; 417 Court street, Saginaw\\nCity. In 1852 Mr. Jay Smith, who had arrived in Michigan from his native", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 177\\nState of New York a year previous, bought the store of L. Wesson, then the\\nonly drug store in the Saginaw Valley, and from that time to the present has\\nremained at the head of the business, which he conducted alone until four\\nyears ago, when he was joined by his son, Mr. Fletcher S. Smith, in the forma-\\ntion of the present firm. In 1874 Mr. Smith erected the Smith Block, one of\\nhandsomest and most imposing structures in Saginaw City, containing three\\nwell equipped and convenient stores, one of which he occupies, and which is a\\nthree-story and basement building, 22x100 feet in dimensions. The firm\\ncarries very large and completely assorted stocks, the most extensive and\\ncomplete in the Valley, of every description of drugs, chemicals, patent medi-\\ncines, druggists sundries, etc., and in addition manufactures a number of first-\\nclass and highly approved pharmaceutical preparations, among which may be\\nprominently mentioned Smith s Sarsaparilla, Dixon s Pectoral Cough Syrup,\\nCanada Liniment, Hazel Cream, Healing Ointment, etc. The firm gives em-\\nployment to three competent clerks and assistants, and in addition to a very\\nlarge trade in the city and surrounding country, has an extensive and con-\\nstantly growing jobbing trade with all points in Northern Michigan. In\\ntheir retail department the firm enjo3 S a special celebrity for the careful and\\nascurate manner in which prescriptions are compounded from the best and\\nmost reliable drugs, and a very large patronage from the people of the\\nSaginaws. The uniformly reliable and accurate methods upon w hich the\\nbusiness has been conducted throughout the long and honorable history of the\\nhouse has given it a special distinction among the leading business houses of\\nthe Valley, and made its name a synonym for propriety of business conduct.\\nWilliams-Perrin Implement and Produce Company. A. T.\\nBliss, President William A. Williams, Vice-President J. W. Perrin, Secre-\\ntar} Frank S. Peet, Treasurer Wholesale and Retail Dealers in All Kinds of\\nCarriages, Cutters, Sleighs, Farm Implements, Machinery, Wagons, Engines,\\nWind Mills and Produce; Warerooms, 515, 517 and 519 South Washington,\\nand 515, 517 and 519 Gratiot streets Office, 507 South Washington street,\\nSaginaw City. Although of comparativeh recent establishment, this corpora-\\ntion has already made its mark and taken a place among the most prominent\\nof the business concerns of the Saginaws. The inception of the business dates\\nback to two years ago, when it was founded by Messrs. Williams and Perrin,\\nwho continued the business as a private firm until February of the present\\nyear, when the existing corporation was organized with a capital stock of $25,-\\n000. B}^ this incorporation the firm has been enabled to better accommodate\\nits vastly increased patronage, and the fact that this house in two years has\\nbeen developed from a comparatively small beginning to a business handling\\nover $100,000 per annum, is one of the most gratifying indications of the pro-\\ngress of agricultural development in Saginaw county. The company s ware-\\nrooms form a large establishment covering the greater part of a block. The\\ncarriage room, which is crowded with vehicles from the best Eastern manufac-\\nturers, runs through from Washington to Gratiot street, and is 25x260 feet in\\ndimensions. The agricultural implement room also runs through from Washing-\\nton to Gratiot, and is 75x200 feet, and the office and saddlery room is 20x80 feet,\\nfronting on both streets. The company carries very large lines of everything\\nin carriages, cutters, sleighs, farm implements, machiner} wagons, engines,\\nwind mills and produce, and they are agents for the ^Minneapolis and Walter\\nA. Wood mowers and binders, Brj^an s all steel plow, the celebrated Pet Disc\\nharrow, which retails at $25, Haliday s wind mills, Upton thresher and traction\\nand plain engines and separators, Buckeye spring tooth cultivators, mounted\\ncultivators with seeding attachment, Iron Age cultivator, Eccd harrow of", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "178\\nThe Industries of the Saoinaws.\\nKalamazoo, New Whipple harrow, Farmer s Favorite drill, 9, 11 and 13 hoe\\nThomas hand and self dump rake, the Dutton scythe grinder, Hocking Valley\\ncorn sheller, Flint cabinet creameries for the farm and dairy, the Moses wagon\\nof Lapeer, Capitol wagon of Lansing, Jackson wagon of Jackson, and the well-\\nknown line of driving and pleasure carriages made by H. A. Moyer, of S^ ra-\\ncuse, N. Y., and F. A. Babcock Co., Amesberry, Mass. In addition to this\\nline of agricultural implements, their stock of carriages, wagons, sleighs, robes,\\nwhips, harness, bells, blankets, and every description of stable furniture, is\\ncomplete in every particular. Employment is given to a force of eight clerks\\nand assistants, and three traveling salesmen are constantly on the road, which\\nnumber is increased in the summer, and the firm does a large trade all north\\nand west through the State and along the D. M. Railroad. The company\\nare transfer agents for Central and Northern Michigan for the several manu-\\nfacturing concerns above mentioned, and are prepared to fill orders from the\\ntrade for the superior agricultural machinery at factory prices. The manage-\\nment of the business is in the hands of business men of successful record and\\nlong experience, the stockholders being the following well known and promi-\\nnent business men of the Saginaw Valley: A. T. Bliss, Amasa Rust, F. C.\\nStone, William A. Williams, E. G. Rust, James W. Perrin, Henry A. Smith,\\nW. N. Guider and F. S. Peet, the officers of the corporation being the gentle-\\nmen named in the head lines of this article.\\nHarry Bates. Dealer in Horses, Wagons and Carriages, and Manufac-\\nturer of Harness, Etc.; 208, 210 and 212 Franklin street, East Saginaw. Mr.\\nBates has been exten-\\nsively engaged in this\\nbusiness in East Sagi-\\nnaw for the past 20\\nyears. The premises\\noccupied by him em-\\nbrace a handsome new\\ntwo story brick struc-\\nture, atfording floor\\nspace for office, har-\\nness rooms and stable,\\n50xU0 feet. The sta-\\nble is provided with a\\ntelephone, lit b} gas,\\nheated by steam radia-\\ntors and is kept scru-\\npulously^ clean and\\nneat, and here is to be\\nfound as fine a selec-\\ntion of first class\\nhorses as was ever\\nbrought to the State, a car load of which Mr. Bates receives every two weeks,\\nand occasionally oftener. Mr. Bates does a very large business in the dispos-\\ning of horses at private sale, selling an average of from 500 to 600 per year.\\nHe makes a specialty of fine Clydesdale and other first-class stock, and his\\nestablishment is justly regarded as the headquarters for the purchase of the\\nfinest draft horses to be procured. Connected with the business is a well-\\nequipped harness shop, in which every description of harness of the best\\nquality is made to order. A recent addition to the business is the storage of\\nfurniture, and Mr. Bates is prepared to fill all orders for moving either furni-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saqinaws. 179\\nture or merchandise in the most efficient manner, he having recently had huilt\\nthe finest furniture van in the city. Mr. Bates is justly regarded as an\\nauthority on horses, and is a practical veterinary surgeon, having attended\\ncollege in Toronto, and being thoroughly practical and informed upon all the\\ndetails of the care of horses.\\nGeorge F. Stevens. Merchandise Broker corner of Genesee and\\nWashington avenues, East Saginaw. Mr. Stevens, who is the son of Mr.\\nGeorge W. Stevens of the firm of Stevens LaDue, has been for the past\\nthree years successfully engaged in business as a merchandise broker, in which\\nline he has built up a large connection with the wholesale trade of Saginaw\\nCity, East Saginaw and Bay City, with whom he does a large car trade in pork,\\nprovisions, grain, sugar, syrups, meal, canned goods and staple groceries gen-\\nerally in all of which lines he represents a number of the leading houses in the\\ncountry, with whom he has constant communication by wire. The superior fa-\\ncilities possessed by Mr. Stevens for filling orders in this line, and the close at-\\ntention paid by him to business have secured for him a large and steadily\\ngrowing connection and a heavy business for the houses he represents, among\\nwhich are Douglas Stuart, Chicago, the oat meal men Wolff Reessing,\\nNew York, importers and canners of all kinds of fish Hills Bros., New York,\\nforeign fruits and nuts De Grauw, Aymar Co., New York, cordage Chica-\\ngo domestic dried fruit dealers, and fifty-six other first-class firms who deal in\\nnearly everything handled by the wholesale grocery trade. Mr. Stevens has\\nalso bought and shipped a great many cars of second quality salt to western\\ndealers.\\nB. Herrig. Wholesale Dealer in Tobacco, Groceries, Provisions, Flour,\\nFeed, Hay, Etc.; Ill and 113 South Water street, opposite the Michigan Cen-\\ntral Railroad Passenger Depot, Saginaw City. Mr. Herrig, who has been a\\nresident of Saginaw City for the past thirty -eight years, established this busi-\\nness in 1860 and has since conducted it with steady success, enjoying a high\\nplace in the confidence of the trade and the community as a result of honora-\\nble business conduct. He occupies two stores of three stories each, and 50x\\n100 leet in dimensions, heavily stocked with complete assortments of fine cut,\\nplug and smoking tobaccos of all the most approved brands, staple and fancy\\ngroceries, provisions, flour, feed, pork, hay, straw and seeds in bulk. All of\\nthese goods are of the best quality, bought from first hands, and are sold at the\\nlowest prices. A force of eight clerks and assistants is employed and three\\nteams are utilized by the business. Mr. Herrig does a very large business with\\nthe citizens of the Saginaws and also enjoys a considerable jobbing trade with\\nlocal dealers and those in other towns of the Saginaw Valley. His two sons,\\nMessrs. Bernhard Herrig, Jr., and Louis M. Herrig render him efficient aid in\\nthe details of the business, and the honorable methods upon which the transac-\\ntions of this house have been conducted throughout its extended business ca-\\nreer have secured for it a great and merited prosperity.\\nRust Wheeler.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pine and Farming Lands, Logs, Lumber, Etc.; Of-\\nfice over Burrows Bank, Saginaw City.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This firm, of which Messrs. Ezra\\nRust and Charles E. Wheeler are the individual members, was formed two\\nyears ago. They own large tracts of pine and farming lands in Midland, Glad-\\nwin, Clair, Osceola and Ogemaw counties, from which they cut from four to five\\nmillion feet of logs per annum through jobbers, which they have sawed by\\nthe mills of Rust, Eaton Co. and others, and ship to Toledo, Cleveland, Buf-\\nfalo, Tonawanda and interior and eastern ports in round lots and cargos. Mr.\\nRust of this firm is also of the firm of Rust, Eaton Co., manufacturers of\\nlumber, lath and salt, and otherwise prominent in important business enter-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "180 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nprises. The firm is one of large resources, and its facilities for supplying lum-\\nber in any desired quantity to any of the lumber markets are not excelled by\\nthose of any lumber firm in the country. Close attention is paid to all the de-\\ntails of the business, and the firm is prepared, in addition to its lumber lousi-\\nness, to sell choice farming lands to all those seeking home in the Garden Spot\\nof the Peninsulpr State.\\nA. Byrne. Dealer in Grroceries, Provisions, Etc., and Wholesale and\\nRetafl Wines and Liquors Saginaw City. Mr. Byrne established himself in\\nbusiness fifteen years ago at the corner of Porter and Clinton streets, where he\\nstill carries on the grocery business upon a prosperous scale, and where also\\nhis dwelling is situated. He also has a lara:e wholesale liquor establishment at\\n125 Hamilton street, where he carries a complete stock of wines and liquors,\\nincluding the best brands of rye and Bourbon whiskies, imported goods, em-\\nbracing the finest brandies, gins, Irish and Scotch whiskies, wines, cordials,\\nliqueurs, etc. At his grocer}^ he carries a large and complete stock of staple\\nand fancy groceries, provisions, teas, cofl ees, fruits, vegetables, etc., as well as\\na full line of grocers sundries and canned goods. As a consequence of the\\ncareful manner in which his stock is selected Mr. Byrne s stores are head-\\nquarters for the family trade of the citizens of the Saginaws and vicinity, and\\nthe business steadily increases from year to year.\\nJohn Gaensbauer. Dealer in Boots, Shoes, Slippers and Rubbers\\nNorth Hamilton street, Saginaw City. Mr. John Graensbauer is one of the\\noldest of the residents of the Saginaws, he having started thirty-six j^ears ago\\nto this place from Detroit, in order to see what Saginaw City was like.\\nArriving, he found a great forest with a few shanties along the river, and\\nasked some one whom he met, Where is Saginaw City? To quote Mr.\\nGaensbauer s own words, when he was told that he was in the heart of it, he\\ngot tired, and wanted to go home, but hadn t money enough, and so he\\ninvested what he had in forty acres of land near the city at $4 an acre, and\\nengaged in farming for four years, when he sold out his forty acres for $2,000,\\nwith which capital he started again at his old trade of shoe making. Up to\\nthe last year or two he did custom work, keeping a number of men but has\\nabandoned that line, and now sells the products of the leading eastern manu-\\nfactories, embracing the finest goods in the line ever brought to Saginaw City,\\nincluding a complete assortment of boots, shoes, slippers and rubbers for\\nladies misses men s and children s wear. He gives employment to two\\nclerks and two workmen, and occupies the main floor, 25x100 feet in dimen-\\nsions, carrying at all times a complete and well assorted stock. Mr. Gaens-\\nbauer is a gentleman of means, who has earned prosperity as the merited\\nresult of close attention to business and uniform correctness in all his dealings\\nwith the citizens of the Saginaws and its vicinity.\\nE. O- S. L. Eastman Co- Manufacturers of and Dealers in As-\\nsorted Lumber Yard, corner of Mason and Franklin streets. East Saginaw.\\nThis firm, of which Messrs. E. 0. and S. L. Eastman, of this city, and Fred\\nHempy, of Cleveland, 0., are the individual members, was formed two years\\nago. They are largely engaged as lumbermen, owning log interests on the\\nTittabawassee, in Gladwin and Midland counties, and they have their logs cut\\nat the mill of Warner Eastman, of which firm the Messrs. Eastman are mem-\\nbers. They have yards covering two blocks at the corner of Mason and Frank-\\nlin streets, and sell about 12,000,000 feet of lumber per annum. They are in\\nevery way equipped lor shipment by rail or water. The firm has enjoyed a\\nsteadily increasing business from its inception, and has a large trade, shipping\\nlumber in car lots to Ohio and eastern markets.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "The iNDtJsTiiiEs op the RAniNAWS.\\n181\\nExcelsior Steam Boiler Works, Wildman Brothers, Proprietors\\nManufacturers of Stationary, Marine and Locomotive Boilers, Etc.; Corner of\\nWilliam and Water streets, East Saginaw.\\nThese works comprise one of the most\\nimportant of the manufacturing establish-\\nments of the Saginaws. enjoying a merited\\ncelebrity for the superiority of all their\\nproducts, and a large trade throughout the\\nSaginaw Valley, while in some special lines\\nj orders are filled from all parts of the West,\\nand from as far south as Florida. The\\nbusiness was established twenty years ago\\nby Mr. Robert Wildman, by whom it was\\nconducted alone until two 3 ears ago, when\\nhe was joined by his brother, Mr. Andrew\\nWildman, forming the present firm. The\\nworks occup} a building 50x100 feet in\\ndimensions, with a spacious j-ard adjoining,\\ndocks at their rear, and railroad tracks at their front doors. These works are\\ncompletely equipped with one of the best and most extensive outfits of\\nmachinery and appliances adapted to the business to be found in the State, and\\ngive employment to a force of sixty hands. The firm are largely engaged in\\nthe manufacture of stationary, marine and locomotive boilers of every descrip-\\ntion, pumps for testing, washing out and filling steamboat boilers, and every\\nkind of sheet iron work, in addition to which the firm make a specialty of\\nboiler steel linings lor cellars, and have just finished a large one for the cellar\\nof the First National Bank in East Saginaw. In connection with the works a\\nwell equipped repairing department is conducted, where every description of\\nrepairs to boilers and other sheet iron work are attended to in a i)rompt and\\nworkmanlike manner. All the manufacturing operations are carefully super-\\nvised in order to secure a uniformity of excellence in the productions of the\\nestablishment, and it is to this merit that the firm owes the thriving trade which\\nit enjoys.\\nBliss Parsons. Dealers in Pine Lands, Logs and Lumber 1 Mer-\\nrill Block, Saginaw City. The great growth of the lumber industry of the Sag-\\ninaw Valley has led to a steady appreciation in the price of pine lands, and\\ndealing in property of this character has for the past few years been conducted\\nwith steadilj^ augmenting activity. A firm engaged in this department of bus-\\niness is that of Bliss Parsons, of which Messrs. Aaron P. Bliss and Isaac\\nParsons are the individual members, having an office in the Merrill block in\\nSaginaw City. This firm has about 150,000,000 feet of standing timber in Wis-\\nconsin, as well as a large amount in Michigan, which they work through job-\\nbers, having lumber cut b} contract and shipping the same to leading eastern\\nmarkets. The}^ also own extensive tracts of redwood and fir timber in Cali-\\nfornia and Washington Territory. The firm has superior facilities for conduct-\\ning this business, and is steadil} extending its operations and increasing its\\nholdings from year to year. Mr. Aaron P. Bliss, of this firm, is a nephew ot\\nDr. Lyman W. and Col, A. T. Bliss, both of whom have for many years been\\nprominent lumber manufacturers of the Saginaw Valley and both Mr. Aaron\\nP. Bliss and Mr. Parsons are experienced lumbermen, possessing an accuiate\\nknowledge of values of pine lands. In addition to this business Mr. Bliss is a\\ndirector of the First National Bank of Saginaw, and also a director of the Sag-\\ninaw County Savings Bank, and is the proprietor of the Swancreek Stock Farm,", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "182 The Industries ot* the Saginaws.\\ncontaining 640 acres, situated on Swan Creek, in Saginaw County, eight miles\\nsouth of Saginaw. This farm has all the necessary appointments for the suc-\\ncessful prosecution of the stock-raising business that experience has approved\\nor money can procure. The stable facilities are complete, and Mr. Bliss has\\nstarted into the enterprise with the intention of making it the model institution\\nof its kind in this State. At this farm he carries on a large business as a\\nbreeder of shorthorns. He is also developing pacing qualities in horses, own-\\ning the celebrated pacing stallion, Clear Grit, and is now making arrange-\\nments to engage extensively in the breeding of fine draft horses. In shorthorns\\nhis herd has no superior in the country, representing the well-known families\\nMrs. Flathers, Kose of Sharon, Josephine, Phyllis, and others, with\\nthe 15th Duke of Woodford at the head of the herd. Mr. Bliss has at all\\ntimes on hand superior horned stock and horses, and is one of the most exten-\\nsive dealers in the Valley.\\nSaginaw Dry Goods and Carpet Company. L. Penoyer, Pres-\\nident D. Burnham, Vice-President W. E. Bamsey, Treasurer G. M.\\nStarke, Secretary; M. W. Tanner, Manager; 413 and 415 Court street, Sag-\\ninaw City. Among the large mercantile establishments of the Saginaws, none\\nholds a more prominent place than that now conducted by the corporation\\nknown as the Saginaw Dry Goods and Carpet Co. The business was estab-\\nlished a number of years ago by the firm of J. B. Wolfenden Co., composed\\nof Messrs. J. B. Wolfenden and A. W. Wright. This firm removed to Detroit\\nin 1880, selling out the establishment to Burnham, Spaulding Co., which\\nafterward became Burnham Co., to which the present corporation succeeded\\nin 1885. The premises occupied by the company embrace two handsome\\nthree-story and basement brick buildings, 50x120 feet in dimensions, elegantly\\nequipped and fitted up with a modern passenger elevator and all the latest and\\nmost improved conveniences and appliances calculated to aid or expedite the\\nprosecution of the business. A very large stock is carried, covering every-\\nthing in the line of staple and fancy dry goods, including in addition to all\\nstandard goods, the latest novelties in designs and fabrics, and a particularly\\nfine assortment of carpets, curtains, draperies, etc. The store is centrally\\nlocated, and enjoys a large patronage from the leading people of the twin\\ncities, and in addition does a considerable jobbing business throughout the\\nValley and the northern part of the State. A force of thirt} competent clerks\\nand assistants is employed, and the details of the business are conducted upon\\na perfect and accurate system, under the skillful and experienced management\\nof Mr. M. W. Tanner, who personally supervises the business, and to whose\\nefficiency is due in a large measure the foremost position held by this house in\\nthe confidence of the people of the Saginaws and the surrounding country.\\nThe stock is selected with especial care from the best goods to be found in the\\nEastern markets. Mr. Penoyer, the President of the company, in addition to\\nhis interest in this house, is largely identified with other business and financial\\nenterprises, and is Vice-President and a director of the Citizens National Bank\\nand of the Saginaw Savings Bank. With ample resources and unexcelled\\nfacilities, this house enjoys a prosperity unexcelled by any other business\\nestablishment in the Valley.\\nWarner Eastman. Manufacturers of Lumber and Salt 840 South\\nWater street. East Saginaw. The firm name of Warner Eastman has long\\nbeen identified with prominent industries in the Saginaws, Messrs. W. H.\\nWarner and Loton H. Eastman having formed a co-partnership as early as\\n1854, and established the Pioneer Foundry (now Bartlett). In 1859 they went\\ninto the lumber business, constructing a saw mill near the Pioneer Foundry,", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 1R3\\nand later added a shingle mill, and in 1876 also added the manufacture of salt\\nto their business. In 1880 Mr. Eastman died, but his interest is represented\\nby his heirs, and the firm as now constituted is composed of W. 11. Warner,\\nE. 0. and S, L. Eastman and Myra F. Cornwall. The mill is a two-story\\nstructure, 80x120 feet in dimensions, run by a battery of four 5-foot shell by\\n18-foot boilers, and one marine boiler of 5^ -foot shell by 12 feet, feeding a 200\\nhorse-power, 24x30 cylinder double engine, driving a powerful steam feed, a\\nlarge circular and improved gang mill, and edgers, trimmers, barrel stock\\nmachines, etc. The equipment of the mill is in every respect complete, and\\nthe firm has also three salt wells and a salt block, 130x150 feet in dimensions,\\nin which they run an engine to take the salt out of the gi ainers. They also\\nhave a cooperage shop, 160x30 feet in dimensions, and have excellent dockage\\nfacilities and ever} advantage for shipping b}- rail or water, railroad tracks\\nrunning between the mill and salt works, and they also have extensive piling\\ngrounds, barns, etc., their entire works and yards covering over sixty lots.\\nThe works give employment to a force ranging from ninety to one hundred\\nmen, and the product of the mills, in addition to a large business with local\\n3 ards which do a car lot trade, is shipped to Buffalo, Tonawanda and Ohio\\nports, while the salt produced by the firm is disposed of through the medium\\nof the Michigan Salt Association. The product of the works amount to about\\n10,000,000 feet of lumber annually, the capacity of the mill, however, being\\n12,000,000 feet, 700,000 staves, 50,000 sets of heading and 25,000 barrels of\\nsalt. The firm lumber in Gladwin and Midland counties, where in their own\\ncamps they give employment in the season to fifty men and twenty horses, be-\\nsides giving out work largely to jobbers.\\nA W. Achard Son. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Heav} and\\nShelf Haidware, Mill Supplies, Stoves, Etc.; 200, 202 and 204 South Washing-\\nton street, Saginaw City. This old established and prosperous house was\\nfounded in 1864 by William Seyffardt and A. W. Achard, changing in 1873 to\\nA. W. Achard, to Achard Schoenberg in 1878, and in 1884 back to A. W.\\nAchard, who was joined by his son, Mr. Emil F. Achard. The firm owns and\\noccupies a spacious and imposing two-story and basement white brick building,\\nhqated by steam and 60^80 feet in dimensions, which they erected three years\\nago, and to which last year they added thirty feet to the rear making the\\npremises now 60x110 feet in dimensions. In ISos. 200, 202 and 204 South\\nAA ashington street, on the main floor, is carried a heavy stock and full assort-\\nment of every description of goods in the lines of tools, cutlery, builders and\\ngeneral shelf hardware, mill supplies, etc., and they have a large elevator,\\nshipping room and bar iron room in the rear. In No. 204 they carry full\\nstocks of stoves of all kinds, including Jewel and Garland stoves and\\nranges, and a full line of tinware and house furnishing goods, with a spacious\\nroom in the rear, where they carry a complete assortment of mantels, grates,\\ntiles, chandeliers, etc., which they have in great variety. Their spacious and\\nlofty water-proof basement and upper floors are devoted to surplus stock, and\\nthey have a large warehouse in the rear, fronting on Water street, for agricul-\\ntural implements, wagon stock, sewer pipe, drain tiles, etc. In addition to the\\nlines above enumerated they carry very large stocks of paints, oils, glass,\\nbrushes and painters supplies, one side of the store at No. 200 and 202 being\\ndevoted to the display of samples in this department of their business. In\\nconnection with their business they conduct a manufacturing department,\\nwhere they make every description of tin-ware, and in addition to this, they do\\nall kinds of plumbing and gas fitting work. The firm gives employment to a\\nforce of fifteen hands, and is represented in its trade territory, embracing the", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "184\\nThe Industries of the Saginaws.\\nwhole of Northern Michigan, by a staff of traveling salesmen. Tn the retail\\ndepartment the firm enjoys a large trade with the citizens of the Saginaws and\\nvicinity, which the} have built up by close attention to all the details of the\\nbusiness, by care in the selection of their stock, and by thorough and accurate\\nmethods in all their transactions.\\nCrowley House. D. Crowley, Proprietor Corner of Hamilton and\\nAmes streets, Saginaw City The site of the Crowley House has long been\\noccupied for hotel purposes, the\\noriginal establishment of this char-\\nacter having been the Brockway\\nHouse, which was opened twelve\\nyears ago, and which was a small\\nplace which afterward became the\\nBenson House. In 1879 the premi-\\nses were purchased by Mr. Crowley,\\nwho built two additions, each three\\nstories in height, and 50x22 feet\\nand 40x20 feet respectively in di-\\nmensions. The building as it now\\nstands is a handsome white brick\\nstructure of three stories and base-\\nment, with a frontage of 65 feet on\\nHamilton street and 90 feet on Ames street, contains forty well-furnished and\\ncompletely outfitted bed-rooms, comfortable dining room and parlors on the\\nmain floor, and first-class sample room for the use of commercial travelers.\\nMr. Crowley, the proprietor of the hotel, makes every effort to secure the com-\\nfort and convenience of his guests, and furnishes the table of the hotel with\\nthe best obtainable articles, which arc served in a proper manner. Employ-\\nment is given to a force of fifteen trained assistants, and everything is done to\\nmake the house popular with the traveling public, the rates being reasonable\\nand the house being eligibly located on the line of the street railway. The\\nhotel has had a prosperous business from the time Mr. Crowley acquired it to\\nthe present, and maintains the superior reputation it has built up by the close\\nattention paid by Mr. Crowley to all the details of the business. Mr. Crowley\\nis in every respect a representative citizen and now fills with efficienc}- the\\noffice of City Recorder.\\nA. D. Spangler Co. General Commission Merchants Wholesale\\nDealers in Fruits, Produce, Nuts, Berries, Etc.; 200 and 202 North Washington\\navenue, East Saginaw. A firm of comparatively recent establshment, and one\\nwhich has already built up the largest business in its line in the Saginaw\\nValley, is that of A. D. Spangler Co., of which Messrs. A. D. Spangler and\\nC. J. Chambers are the individual members. This firm was formed about a\\nyear ago, prior to which Mr. Spangler had been for three years with Mr. J. T.\\nBell in the same business. The present firm occupies two stores in the three\\nstory brick building at the corner of Tuscola street, 50x60 feet in dimensions,\\nwhere they have on hand at all times a large and complete stock of foreign\\nand domestic fruits, produce of all kinds, nuts, berries, etc. The firm have\\nestablished the most favorable relations with producers and shippers by the\\nuniformly satisfactory character of their commission services, and the close\\nattention paid by them to the interests of those sending them consignments.\\nThey handle in their seasons every description of fruits, being the largest\\nhandlers in the Valley of watermelons in their season, berries, bananas,\\npeaches, and in the spring are very large handlers of early southern potatoes", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws. 185\\nin addition to which they have a large business in foreign fruits and nuts and\\ndo a general commission business in butter, eggs, poultry and all kinds of\\ncountr} produce, and in the winter season do a jobbing trade in fresh oysters,\\nbeing agents for the celebrated Manoken brand. Closely attending to all\\nthe details of the business, the enterprise of the firm is scoring a gratifying\\nsuccess.\\nFlatt, Bradley Co. Exporters of Square Oak, Black Walnut, Hewn\\nand Sawed Oak and Pine Timber, West India Pipe and Barrel Staves and\\nWhite Pine Masts 6 Seligman Block, East Saginaw. The firm of Flatt\\nBradley, of which Messrs. J. I. Flatt and John Bradley are the individual\\nmembers, was formed twenty years ago at Hamilton, Ont., where they still\\nconduct business, and six years ago these gentlemen, with Mr. M. F. Van\\nSickle of East Saginaw, formed the firm of Flatt, Bradley Co., for the pur-\\npose of carrying on business in this city as dealers in and exporters of square\\noak, black walnut and other timber. They have mills at Castleman, Canada,\\nand have from 4,000 to 5,000 acres of timber lands. They do a large\\nbusiness in this market as buyers of pipe and barrel staves and headings and\\nof square oak. black walnut, hewn and sawed oak and pine timber and white\\npine masts. They have handled this year up to the present writing 150,000\\nstaves, 50,000 cubic feet of square oak, 18,000 cubic feet of black walnut, 80\\nmasts, 15,000 Canada pipes and 500,000 feet board measure of sawed pine lum-\\nber. The staves go to New York for export to Great Britain, while the Canada\\npipes are taken to Cuba, South America and all countries where molasses is pro-\\nduced, and to Italy and France for wine. The oak timber is purchased in the\\nSaginaw Valley and the black walnut from the West. The firm is the largest\\nin its line in this region, and is one of the best known and most successful ex-\\nporting firms of the country.\\nEverett House. Wash. Salisbury, Proprietor Northwest corner of\\nGenesee avenue and Franklin street. East Saginaw. The Everett House was\\nopened in 1864 by Mr. Marshall G. Smith, and afterward passed through a\\nnumber of hands. Nine years ago, when Mr. Salisbury became its pro-\\nprietor, the hotel had been badly run down, but since then he has conducted it\\nin a manner which has steadily increased its popularity and prosperity, and\\nhas made its name known all over the country as a first class hotel in every\\nrespect. The hotel is eligibly located in the very heart of the business center\\nof East Saginaw, on the corner of Genesee avenue and Franklin street, and is a\\nthree story building, 175x320 feet in dimensions, with oflSce, billiard rooms,\\nbarber shop, bar and other public rooms on the first floor, and seventj\\nelegantly furnished and neatly kept rooms up stairs. The house is equipped\\nwith all the modern conveniences and appliances usually found m a first-class\\nhotel, and its appointments are strictly in keeping with the high character of\\nthe house, while its table is deservedly celebrated for the excellent quality\\nand judicious variet} of its fare and the efficiency of its service. A force of\\nthirty trained attendants is given employment, and the office afl^airs of the\\nhouse are under the skillful supervision of Mr. Eugent W. Farmer as chief\\nclerk. He was with the Bancroft House for four years prior to coming to the\\nEverett a year ago, and is popular with the traveling public and attentive to\\nall the wants of the guests. Mr. Fred. H. Simonton, the night clerk, formerly\\nof the Kirkwood and Michigan Exchange at Detroit, and other leading hotels,\\nis also very popular. Mr. Salisbury, the proprietor, has furnished the house\\nthroughout with due regard to the conveniences required by guests, and\\nmanages the affairs of the house with experience and good judgment. He is\\nan old hotel man, and well known to the traveling public as one of the most", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "1 86 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nsuccessful caterers iu Micliigan. The rates of the house are $2 per da} and\\nthe accommodations are such that those registering at the Everett once are\\nsure to return, no pains being spared to provide for the comfort and con-\\nvenience of travelers.\\nA. Hobson. Steam Stone and Marble Works Office and Yard Next\\nDoor to 3Iaytlower Mills, North Water street, East Saginaw. Mr. Hobson,\\nwho established himself in business in 1869, has continued it with close atten-\\ntion to all its details, and has secured a trade which places his establishment\\namong the leaders in its line in the State. His yard and works have a front-\\nage 120 feet, running back 100 feet to spacious and well located docks. They\\nare completely equipped with everything in the wa^^ of plant and machinery\\nadapted to the preparation of stone for use, including a ten-foot rubbhig bed,\\nthe largest piece of casting ever made in the Saginaws, two gang saws, a power-\\nful steam derrick with a capacity of. lifting twenty tons, and all other equip-\\nments appropriate to the business. Mr. Hobson deals largely in all kinds of\\nrough, sawed and cut stone, Scotch and American granite, foreign and domes-\\ntic marble, plumbing and furniture marble, ornaments and gravestones from\\nthe latest designs. He enjoys a large trade in all departments of the business,\\ntaking contracts for all kinds of building stone work, and now having in his\\nemploy a force of one hundred men, of whom forty-tive are in East Saginaw,\\nfifteen in Saginaw City and forty at Grand Ledge, where he is now engaged\\nupon a large contract putting in the stone work of the bridge for the D., L.\\nN. Railroad. He is now erecting St. Paul s church, all of stone, on North\\nWashington avenue in this city, the guild house and rectory for St. John s\\nEpiscopal church in Saginaw City, and is furnishing the cut stone for the new\\nSixth Ward Roman Catholic church in Saginaw City, as well as for a number\\nof private residences, etc. He furnished the stone for a large block in Mid-\\nland for the First National Bank at Ludington the Clare County Bank at\\nClare, Mich., and for many other leading structures in this section. He has a\\nmarble 3 ard for the display and sale of ornamental work at 821 Genesee\\navence, where he carries a large and complete stock of the finest designs in\\nmortuary stone work. He enjoys unsurpassed facilities for the supply of\\ngoodb in his line, and is prepared to furnish estimates and execute contracts\\nfor all kinds of stone work. The complete and workmanlike manner in which\\nhe fills all orders has secured for him an unsurpassed reputation, and he enjoys\\na thriving business as a result of his skill and close attention to business.\\nCitizens National Bank of Saginaw. D. Hardin, President L.\\nPenoyer. Vice-Pi esident D. W. Briggs, Cashier 406 Court street, Saginaw\\nCity. Holding a prominent position among the most solid and substantial of\\nthe banking houses in the State is the Citizens National Bank of Saginaw, or-\\nganized in 1880, and which has since conducted an active and prosperous busi-\\nness, its safe and conservative methods commending it to the confidence and\\napproval of the citizens of the Saginaws and vicinity. The bank does a gen-\\neral banking business, loaning money on approved security, discounting ac-\\nceptable commercial paper, paying careful and accurate attention to collections,\\nissuing exchange upon the leading cities of this and other countries and doing\\nall regular business. The condition of the bank is highly satisfactory, and\\nby the last report of its condition, published October 5, 1887, it was shown\\nthat the bank, in addition to its paid-in capital stock of $100,000, had a\\nsurplus fund of $25,000, undivided profits of $34,292.52 and resources of\\n$655,669 96. The Board of Directors of the bank is composed of a number of\\nthe most prominent and substantial of the business men of Saginaw, the Presi-\\ndent, Daniel Hardin, being, in addition to his position at the head of this cor_", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws. 187\\nporation, a member of tlie firms of Green, Ring Co. and D. Hardin Co.,\\nand of the Tobacco River Lumber Company. The Vice President, Mr. I enoyer,\\nis well known as the President of the Saginaw Dry Goods and Carpet Co.,\\nand director of the Saginaw County Savings Bank. The other directors are\\nW. S. Green, of Green, Ring Co., W. S. Green Son, Green Noble, Green,\\nHardin Co., and the Tobacco River Lumber Co.; P. Bauer, the well-known\\nclothier G. K. Grout, an attorney of twent}^ years practice. Mr. D. W.\\nBriggs, the Cashier, is a banker of thorough experience, who. by the efficiency\\nwith which he attends to the affairs of the bank, has aided in a marked degree\\nin securing the gratifying condition it now enjoys, and the high place it holds\\nin the confidence and respect of the community.\\nTaylor House Fred B. Sweet, Proprietor corner of Hamilton and\\nCourt streets, Saginaw City. This hotel, which is the largest and most coni-\\npletely equipped in Saginaw City, occupies the site upon which Fort Saginaw\\nwas erected in 1822. The present structure was built in 1866 by William H.\\nTaylor, and is a four-story and basement building, Ironting 75 feet on Court\\nstreet by 120 feet on Hamilton street. The hotel was closed for some months\\nin 1879, and was reopened in January, 1880, by L. Burrows, Jr., Co., and\\nwas continued by that firm until 1884, when tlie house again closed until Jan-\\nuary. 1885, when it was reopened, renovated and refitted by the firm ot Burrows\\nSweet, b}- whom it was conducted for six months, since which time Mr. Sweet\\nhas carried on the business as sole proprietor. Mr. Sweet is a prominent and\\nrepresentative citizen, and had been engaged for fourteen years as County Clerk\\nprior to engaging in his present business in 1885. The numerous alterations\\nand great improvements made in the house since he has had chai ge of its af-\\nfairs have made it in every respect a first-class hotel, fitted up with all modern\\nconveniences and improvements and in a most desirable location, being at the\\ncorner of the two most prominent thoroughfares of the city and the center of\\nits business quarter. The office, reading room, billiard room, etc., are on the\\nground floor, the parlor, dining room and other public rooms on the second\\nfloor, while the other floors contain ninety completely furnished, comfortable\\nand convenient bedrooms. The aflfairs of the house are closely supervised by\\nMr. Sweet, and the office affairs are conducted bv Mr. Charles F. Elbert, who,\\nprior to taking his present position three years ago, had six years experience\\nin the Bancroft House at East Saginaw. He is well known to the traveling\\npublic, thoroughly efficient in his duties and his acquaintance with traveling\\nmen has been an important factor in building up the large patronage of the ho-\\ntel. Mr. Sweet, the proprietor, is also popular with the traveling public, as\\nwell as with the citizens of Saginaw, and the steady endeavor made by him to\\nsecure the comfort and convenience of the guests by providing comfortable\\nquarters and supplying his table with all seasonable delicacies and first-class\\nfare in every particular has secured for the house the rank it holds as one of\\nthe best conducted in the State. Thirty trained and experienced attendants are\\nemployed and*the patronage of the house comes from all parts of the country,\\nembracing all prominent visitors to Saginaw City.\\nStevens La Due. Manufacturers of Lumber, Shingles and Salt;\\nMills at CarroUton Office, Corner of Genesee and Washington avenues, East\\nSaginaw. This firm, composed of Messrs. George W. Stevens and John La\\nDue, was formed about six years ago, since which time they have held a promi-\\nnent position among the prosperous and progressive lumber manufacturers of\\nthe Saginaw Valley. They operate works at CarroUton for the great New\\nYork importing and exporting firm of De Grauw, Ay mar Co., covering some\\ntwenty acres, including a large and completely equipped lumber and shingle", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "188\\nThe Industries op the Saginaws.\\nmill and extensive salt works, located on high ground, the site being one of\\nthe best on the river for manufacturing purposes, and having ample railroad\\ntracks and switches on both the Michigan Central and Flint Pere Marquette\\nrailroads, facilitating receipt of raw material and shipment of manufactured\\nproduct. The works are completely equipped, and the product, which is of the\\nbest quality, amounts to 10,000,000 feet of lumber, 10,000,000 shingles, 500,000\\nstaves, 50,000 sets of heading and about 50,000 barrels of salt per year. The\\ntrade of the firm is principally with large dealers in the East in all their pro-\\nducts except salt, which is sold through the medium of the Michigan Salt Asso-\\nciation. Employment is given to a force of 125 men, and all the departments\\nof the business are systematically conducted, while the relations of the firm\\nwith the trade are of the most satisfactory character. In addition to this busi-\\nness Messrs. Stevens La Due are interested in the Corning Lumber Com-\\npany, dealers in pine lands and logs. They lumber on the Whitefish River,\\nwhere they put in logs which they sell to numerous firms, and they also deal\\nin logs cut by others. They are interested in some 200,000,000 feet of stand-\\ning pine in Wisconsin, and 20,000,000 feet in the Upper Peninsula.\\nEast Saginaw Conservatory of Music. Corner of Genesee ave-\\nnue and Park street, East Saginaw. Of all human accomplishments none hold\\na higher place in popular esteem\\nthan that of music, and in none is\\nthe eflfect of training more observ-\\nable. The advantages of East Sag-\\ninaw for securing a first-class edu-\\ncation in music, both vocal and in-\\nstrumental, have been rendered\\ncomplete by the recent establish-\\nment in this cit} of a conservator}^\\nof music, an institution with a full\\nstaff of teachers, and devoting it-\\nself to instruction in all the\\nbranches of a finished musical edu-\\ncation. The staff of the conserva-\\ntory is of the highest order of\\nmusical ability, including Anton Strelezki, piano, whose fame as an instrumen-\\ntalist and composer is world wide and unsurpassed Mr. B. L. Faeder, a grad-\\nuate of the Leipsic Conservatory of Music, who has charge of the violin depart-\\nment, and who has a widespread fame as a concert artist Prof. Boardman,\\npiano, acknowledged as a leader among instrumentalists and teachers, and Mr.\\nFelix Jaeger, former conductor of the German Opera and Thalia Theatre, New\\nYork, who has charge of the department for teaching voice culture for oi3era and\\nen semble playing Mesdames Nellis, Brush and Godfrey, vocal, and a large staff\\nof other professors and instructors in all instruments, all branches of music,\\nvoice culture, languages, etc. The Secretary of the association is Mr. C. J.\\nSparks, who has charge of the business department, and who is prepai ed to\\nfurnish information on application in regard to terms, etc. In connection with\\nthe Conserv^atory a musical bureau is conducted, designed to furnish music for\\nconcerts, receptions, etc., and which is in correspondence with various bureaus\\nin all parts of the United States, thus being enabled to furnish students becom-\\ning capable with positions. The Conservatory is meeting with great success\\nand is steadily improving, and many have received the benefits of its training,\\nand testify to its excellence. Mr. C. E. Bresler, who has the principal pro-\\nprietary- interest in the Conservatory, is prominent in the financial circles of the\\nState.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saqinaws. 189\\nThe Standard .Lumber Company, George F. Cross, President\\nand Treasurer Robert M. Kandall. Vice-President William K. Allington,\\nSecretary and Manager Gavin Telfer, General Agent Yard and Works,\\nFranklin, Brady, Cass and McCoskry streets, Kast Saginaw. One of the\\nlargest, most completely equipped and most prosperous of the planing mills of\\nthe Saginaw Valle}- is that owned and operated by this company, which was\\nincorporated in August 1885. The works of the company are 80x100 feet in\\ndimensions, with a storage shed attached of the same size. The mill is com-\\npletely equipped with all the latest and most improved machinery and\\nappliances adapted to dressing and finishing lumber, the equipment including\\na 60 horsepower engine made by Owens, Lane, Dyer Co., of Hamilton, 0., a\\n16-foot boiler with a 5-foot shell, four large planers and a full outfit of resaws,\\nrippers and all appliances pertaining to this branch of manufacture. A special\\nfeature of the equipment of this mill is the excellence of its facilities for\\nhandling stock. Railroad switches are located along both sides of the works,\\nand rough lumber is taken from a car on one side and from thence run along\\nsteam automatic carriers to the planers, and from thence by similar carriers\\ntaken right into the shipping car, by this means saving much handling ani\\nenabling the company to rush through an order with great rapidit3^ I^^\\nmill is in active operation the excellent Dust Separator and Furnace Feed\\nmade by the Allington Curtis Dust Separator Co. This machine carries the\\nshavings, sawdust, etc. directly into the furnace but as a much larger amount\\nof shavings, etc., is made than is needed for fuel, the company utilizes the\\nmachinery in the manufacture of real estate, by running a transfer under the\\nrailroad track to a block of swamp land owned by the company on the other\\nside of the track, which the}^ are rapidly filling up with shavings and sawdust\\nto a depth of five or six feet. Everything connected with the operation of the\\nworks is suggestive of perfect sj stem and the utilization of every possible\\nmeans to secure the highest standard of merit in the product of the mill and\\nto save unnecessary labor and waste. From 80,000 to 90,000 feet of lumber\\nare daily dressed in the mill, and employment is given to a force ranging from\\nthirt} to forty men. A large amount of the work done* by the mill is on\\norders from local firms, who ship the product direct from the works to all\\nEastern States, Ohio, etc. On account of the superior facilities enjoyed by\\nthe firm the works are kept constantly busy during the season, and the com-\\npany is regarded as a leader m this branch of industry. Mr. Cross, the Presi-\\ndent of the company, is also President of the Cross, Gordon Randall\\nLumber Co., Vice-President of the First National Bank of East Saginaw,\\nTreasurer of the Allington Curtis Dust Separator Co., and otherwise prom-\\ninentl} identified with leading and important industries. Mr. Randall, Vice-\\nPresident of the company, is also Treasurer of the Cross, Gordon Randall\\nLumber Co. and a prominent business man and Mr. Allington, Secretary and\\nManager, is also Secretary of the Allington Curtis Dust Separator Co. and\\npractically supervises the operations of the works, and to his thorough\\nknowledge of the details of the business is largely due the prosperity which\\nhas attended this enterprise from its inception to the present time.\\nFred W. Hollister. Architect and Superintendent Barnard Block,\\nSaginaw City. Mr. Hollister has for twenty-three years pursued the practice\\nof his profession in this city, and he is justly regarded as an architect of supe-\\nrior ability. As a result ot this reputation, his services are largely in demand,\\nnot only locally, but all over this and other States. Among the buildings\\nwhich attest to the great skill of Mr. Hollister may be mentioned the Saginaw\\nCounty Court House, the finest building of this class in the State and in the", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "190 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nWest, the furniture and furnishings being designee^ by Mr. Hollister, and\\nnothing in the State being able to compare with the same. The Mt. Pleasant\\nCourt House, Isabella County, Ogemaw County, Gladwin County and Huron\\nCounty Court Houses are all of his designs and also the jails for the same.\\nThe Michigan Soldiers Home at Grand Rapids, the largest and finest of the\\nState buildings, was designed and constructed under his personal supervision,\\nwithin his estimate, and completed inside of a year. The Iowa Soldiers\\nHome at Marshalltown, la., was designed by Mr. Hollister, and built in accord-\\nance with his plans. The First Presbyterian Church of this city, a beautitul\\nstructure, seating 700 people, was built under his supervision at a cost of $45,-\\n000, and is a model church. The Methodist Episcopal Church of this city,\\nseating 500 people, and costing $18,000, is one of his designs, and is a hand-\\nsome building. The Sixth ward Catholic Church of this city, seating 600 peo-\\nple, is now being built according to his plans at a cost of about $15,000, and is\\na fine building. Mr. Hollister was the architect of the Alma Normal School\\nbuildings, costing $30,000, and the High School building at Alma, costing\\n$20,000. In school house buildings Mr. Hollister has no superiors, as the fol-\\nlowing buildings exemplify The Central School building, Mt. Pleasant,\\nMich., seating 500 scholars, and costing $18,000 the Ludington Central High\\nSchool building, a very beautiful and substantial edifice, which will seat 700\\nscholars and will cost $35,000 the large sixteen room school building at Man-\\nistee, Mich., seating 1,000 scholars, and costing complete $40,000 the Second,\\nFourth, Fifth and Sixth ward school houses of Saginaw City, costing from $9,-\\n000 to $18,000 the Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Ward school houses of East\\nSaginaw, and school buildings ai Flint, Jackson, Cheboygan, Clio, Scottville,\\nFarwell, St. Ignace, etc. Mr. Hollister designed the German Evangelical\\nLutheran Seminary of Saginaw, the Germania Institute of East Saginaw, the\\nArbeiter Hall of East Saginaw, the Teutonia Hall of Saginaw, the Cheboygan\\nCity Hall, the Caro Village Hall, the Heed City Hall, supervising the construc-\\ntion of the same, and all doing him honor. In residences he has designed a\\ngreat many of the finest, including Mr. Merrill s, Mr. Hill s, Mr. Stone s, Mr.\\nTillottson s, Mr. Well s, Mr. Vincent s, the Keho houses and a great many\\nothers, and is now completing a beautiful residence for Mrs. James Hay. Mr.\\nHeavenrich, Mr. Wickes, Mr. Rupp, Mr. Hill and Mr. Nathan also had Mr.\\nHollister furnish the designs and plans for their residences. Of the work of\\nMr. Hollister, illustrated in this book, the Saginaw County Court House and\\nBarnard Block in Saginaw City, and the Germania Institute and Arbeiter Hall\\nin East Saginaw, are fair specimens.\\nF. C Reitter. English and German Job Printers Publishers of\\nthe Saginaw Post 118 South Franklin street, East Saginaw. A well-known\\nfirm of job printers, and one that has a deserved reputation for producing first-\\nclass work, is that of F. C. Reitter, composed of Frederic J. and Christian\\nReitter. Job printing is executed in English and German, the firm having the\\nmost complete German printing ofllce in Central and Northern Michigan, and a\\nbook bindeiy with complete facilities is operated in connection with the\\nprinting office. Reference has been made elsewhere, in the article on the\\npress of the city, to the Saginaw Post, a German weekly newspaper, the publi-\\ncation of which was commenced January 1, 1887. It has achieved a great\\nsuccess, has already outstripped its competitors in circulation in the Saginaw\\nValley and Northern Michigan, and has a large circulation among farmers as\\nwell as among the residents of the Saginaws. Its subscription price is $1 per\\nyear in advance. The firm also publishes Loefflerin Kochbuch (German\\nCook Book) and although a young firm, they are hard working and enter-\\nprising, and rapidly coming to the front among the prominent firms of the\\nSaginaws.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws.\\n191\\nLewis O. Slade. Wholesale Dealer in Rough and Dressed White Pine\\nLumber Otlice and Yard, Atwater street, between Jefferson and Franklin\\nstreets, East Saginaw. This business was established three years ago by the\\nfirm of Stephens Slade, by whom it was conducted until April, 1887, when\\nMr. Slade purchased the interest of his partner, since which time he has carried\\non the business as sole proprietor. He has yards in connection with the F.\\nP. M. K R. Co. with a capacity for holding between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000\\nfeet of lumber, and is a heavy wholesale dealer in rough and dressed white pine\\nlumber of all descriptions, which he sells in carload lots, handling from 5,000-\\n000 feet per annum. Mr. Slade recently sold a piece of ground near his office\\nto Benson King, who have erected a planing mill upon it, and that firm, being\\nnear by, do most of his dressing. Mr. Slade has oa hand at all limes a large\\nstock of assorted lumber, and is prepared to fill orders in carload lots in a sat-\\nisfactory and prompt manner. He enjoys a large business, shipping lumber to\\npoints in New York, all through New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New\\nJersey, Virginia, Ohio, etc., and has built up a large and profitable trade, by\\nclose attention to every detail of his business. He gives employment to a large\\nforce of men, and conducts his aflJairs upon strictly accurate and reliable\\nmethods. Mr. Slade is an old and highly esteemed citizen of East Saginaw,\\nhaving come to this cit} in 1867 as a boy, and received his education here.\\nHe is a pushing, enterprising and representative man, and is highly esteemed\\nby his fellow citizens. He is now filling the office of Alderman, representing\\nthe Fourth ward, and in that, as in every other pursuit in which he engages, his\\ncourse is marked by earnestness and industry. Correspondence solicited.\\nV. Kindler. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Fire Arms, Ammunition,\\nSporting and Athletic Goods 418 Genesee avenue. East Saginaw. The oldest\\nand largest sporting goods establishment in the State of Michigan is that of Mr.\\nKindler, by whom it has been conducted with steadily increasing success from\\n1867 to the present time. Twenty years of experience in the business has given to\\nMr. Kindler a thorough knowledge of all its details, which, coupled with the fact\\nthat he is himself an ardent sportsman, enables him to so assort his stock as\\nto adapt it t-o the needs of sportsmen of all kinds. He carries a large stock,\\ncompletely filling the two-story and basement building, 25x100 feet in dimen-\\nsions, occupied by the business. The stock comprises specially fine lines of\\nguns and ammunition and an immense variety of shooting goods and fishing\\ntackle, outdoor and indoor sporting goods, including base-ball, lawn tennis,\\ncroquet, gymnasium supplies, hammocks, camping outfits, and a most complete", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "192 The Industries of the Saqinaws,\\nline of pocket cutlery, razors and shears. Mr. Kindler has the agency of the\\nleading American manufacturers of fire arms and sporting goods, such as\\nWinchester Repeating Arms Co., Marlin Fire Arms Co., Colt s Patent Fire\\nArms Co Union Metallic Cartridge Co., American and United States Cartridge\\nCo., L. C. Smith Arms Co., A. G. Spalding Bros. sporting goods, etc.\\nDealers and sportsmen, b} applying for same, can procure illustrated cata-\\nlogue and other valuable information. Competent workmen and the latest\\nimproved machinery are employed in the repairing department, where ever}\\nkind of work is executed in an artistic manner. The firm has established a\\nreputation for supplying at all times the best and most reliable goods at the\\nlowest prices, which has made it popular not only with Michigan sportsmen,\\nbut with those of adioining and other States as well.\\nGeorge W- Dailey. Expert Sign Writer; 413 South Water street,\\nSaginaw Cit} Mr. Daile} started this business seven years ago, and has\\nestablished a first-class reputation for the superior character of his work, all\\norders being filled promptly and in a highly satisfactory and artistic manner.\\nHe is in every respect a skillful artist in his department of industrv, and makes\\na specialty of pictorial advertising signs and artistic window shades. He does\\nevery description of rapid sketch view and figure work for pictorial signs, and\\nhas done all the best work in that line in the city, including a large figure\\ngroup on the side wall of P. Bauer Sons clothing house, all of Bechtel s\\npictorial signs, etc. His gold sign work is considered the best in the State,\\nand he also does a great deal of political portrait and cartoon sketching during\\nelection campaigns. He occupies a two-story building, 25x100 feet in dimen-\\nsions, properly equipped for carrying on the business in an efficient manner,\\nand does all the designing and outlining himself, being aided in the business\\notherwise by four employes. He has a prosperous trade, and those employing\\nhis skillful services ma} be sure of satisfactory results.\\nA- H- Camp. Watchmaker and Jeweler Dealer in Watches, Clocks,\\nJewelry, Silverware, Etc.; 106 North Hamilton street, Saginaw City. Mr.\\nCamp, who is a thoroughly skilled and expert workman, seven years ago\\nbought an interest in the business which had previously been conducted by\\nMr. D. W. Kinney, and the firm became Kinney Camp. Two years ago\\nMr. Camp bought out the entire business which he has since conducted as sole\\nproprietor. His store, which is 25x80 feet in dimensions, is elegantly fitted\\nup in ebony and walnut, and he carries a valuable and well-assorted stock of\\nwatches, clocks, jewelry, silverware, etc., spectacles, eye-glasses and optical\\ngoods of all kinds, a specialty being made of correctly fitting spectacles to\\nthe eye. He executes repairing and engraving in the most skillful and\\nartistic manner. Mr. Camp, by reliable dealings, has secured a high place in\\npublic confidence and approval.\\nJohn F. Oosendai. French Steam Dye House 129 North Jefferson\\nstreet. East Saginaw. Mr. Cosendai has carried on this industry for ten years,\\nand for the last five has occupied his present premises, 30x125 feet in dimen-\\nsions. He gives employment to four hands, and has a trade covering East\\nSaginaw, Saginaw City, Bay City and the Saginaw Valley generally. His\\nfacilities are unsurpassed, and this house has a wide spread celebrity for the\\nuniformly superior work and the prompt and accurate filling of orders. A\\nspecialty is made of cleaning, d}eing and curling plumes, in which this house\\nhas no superior, and all kinds of clothing are also cleaned, dyed, etc., in a\\nskillful manner. Mr. Cosendai is a thoroughly practical and experienced man,\\nand orders sent to him by mail or express will receive prompt attention.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 193\\nThe West Side Club.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benton Hancliett, President Dr. 0. P. Bar-\\nber, A^ ioe PrcsK cnt Thomas 11. Rusling. Secretary and Treasurer Ptoonis in\\nBarnard Block, Saginaw City. A book designed to present the attractions of\\nthe Saginaws would be incomplete, if reference was not made to the West Side\\nClub, an organization incorporated under the State laws to promote social in-\\ntercourse among the members and to provide and arrange suitable club rooms\\nfor wholesome mental and physical recreation, etc. The club has already 118\\nmembers, composed of the leading people of Saginaw, who are each owners of\\none share of the stock, at $25 per share, the shares being certificates of mem-\\nbership, and transferable only through the books of the club and with the ap-\\nprobation of the Boai d of Directors. The rooms of the club are commodious\\nand Qtted up with excellent taste, and the personnel of the club is such as to\\ngive it practical control of social events, and a leadership among social organi-\\nzations. Its affairs are managed by a Board of Directors, nine in number, who\\nhold office for one year, the pi-esent directors, elected in November, 1887. being\\nDr. 0. P. Barber, Arthur Hill, T. H. Rusling, F. C. Stone, Col. A. T. Bliss, C.\\nJ. Reynick, J. K. Stevens, Benton Hanchett and Rev. B. F. Matrau.\\nOppenheimer s Complete Cigar Store.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wholesale and Retail\\nCigars, Domestic and Imported, Tobaccos, Pipes and Smokers Articles of all\\nkinds Imported Cigars a Specialty 210 Genesee avenue, East Saginaw. It\\nmay be said, right here, that space will not permit to do this house justice.\\nThe head lines to this article speak the facts. In our experience we have seen\\nnothing like it it is absolutely the most complete concern of its kind in the\\ncountry. While making no pretense at jobbing only canvassing the Valley\\nit carries the biggest variety of cigars and smokers articles of any house in\\nthis great country of ours. Particularly is this so in Havana cigars, as each\\nand every one of the standard factories brands, including cigars manufactured\\nin New York, Kej West and Tampa, Florida, and imported Havanas, are kept\\nin stock, each in the various sizes and large consignments arrive daily. All\\nthe varieties of smokers articles, in the most unique and complete form, are\\nshown in sixteen elegant 6-foot metal show cases, in departments. For in-\\nstance, one case contains only fine meerschaum pipes, all bend styles another\\nthe same in straight st3des another imitation meerschaum in the bend\\nanother imitation straight. Another case contains fine genuine straight briar\\nanother fine bend briar another bend and straight, assorted, of the second\\nquality another onl}- tobacco pouches another only snuff boxes another\\nonh fine plain amber and meerschaum cigar holders another fancy carved\\nmeerschaum cigar holders another nothing but amber and meerschaum\\ncigarette holders another only cigar cases another only cigarette cases, etc.\\nWe repeat, it is a wonderful selection, and there is no city in the Union but\\nwould be proud of a similar concern. Mr. Samuel Oppenheimer is its manager,\\nCharles F. Marskey. General Agency Michigan Mutual Life In-\\nsurance Company Office, No. 1 Seligman Block, over Heavenrich Brothers\\nStore. No name is more prominently identified with life insurance interests\\nin the Saginaw Valley and Michigan than that of Mr. Marskey, who for eight-\\nteen years has been closely connected as special business representative in\\nthis and other States, and aided in establishing this solid and largest financial\\ninstitution in Michigan The Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Detroit.\\nUnder the management of Mr. Jacob S. Farrand, President, Oscar R. Looker,\\nSecretary, and a board of prominent business men as directors, the compan3\\nhas gained a national reputation in seventeen States as to integrity and fair\\ndealing with its policy holders, in issuing its plain and indisputable policies\\nwith cash indorsements on all its plans of insurance. By retaining the", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "194 The Industries of the Saoinaw8.\\nmillion of dollars annually at home, to be loaned and used in developing\\nwestern resources, it is favorably located for realizing higher rates of interest\\non absolutely- safe real estate investments, enabling this company to offer to its\\npolicy holders more profitable insurance investments than anywhere else can\\nbe obtained.\\nCharles De Shaw. Cooper 942 North Fourth street, East Saginaw.\\nMr. De Shaw established this business twelve years [ago, since which; time\\nhe has conducted it with steadily growing success. He has all the necessary\\nplant and equipment for the successful conduct of the business, and gives\\nemplo^-ment to a force of ten hands in the manufacture of flour, pork and lard\\nbarrels, and large underground cisterns, in all of which^lines he has a large\\npatronage, the barrels produced by him being without a superior in quality,\\nonly the best materials being used and the most skilled labor employed. As\\na consequence Mr. De Shaw enjoys a large patronage in the city and surround-\\ning country, and an established reputation which has secured for his enterprise\\na merited popularity and prosperity.\\nWilliam G. Dalke General Dealer in Groceries and Provisions;\\nCorner of Washington avenue and Hoyt street. East Saginaw. Mr. Dalke\\nestablished himself in business nine years ago, originally locating opposite his\\npresent premises, where he carried on the business for seven years, at the end\\nof that time building two handsome two-story brick buildings, one of which he\\nnow occupies, and renting out the adjoining premises. He occupies the main\\nfloor and basement, where he carries a large and complete stock of the freshest\\nand best goods in staple and fancy groceries and grocers sundries, teas and\\ncoffees, tobacco and imported and domestic cigars, as well as all kinds of fruits\\nand vegetables in season. He enjoys a large and steadily growing trade in the\\nSaginaws and vicinity, fills all orders in a prompt and accurate manner, and is\\njustly regarded as one of the most prosperous of the retailers of the city.\\nThe Eagle Drug Store. W. H. Foot, Proprietor 524 Potter street,\\nEast Saginaw. Mr. Foot, who is a thoroughly skilled pharmacisf^of long ex-\\nperience in the business, established his present enterprise early in 1887, and\\nhas secured a large patronage in the city and surrounding country. He occu-\\npies a building. SOxlDO feet in dimensions, elegantly equipped and lighted by\\nincandescent electric lights. He carries a complete stock of standard drugs\\nand chemicals, approved patent medicines, toilet articles, a carefully selected\\nassortment of wines and liquors for medicinal uses, the finest brands of im-\\nported and domestic cigars and every description of druggists sundries. The\\nproprietor, Mr. Foote, personally supervises every detail of the business, pay-\\ning special attention to the prescription department, in consequence of which\\nthe Eagle Drug Store stands high in public confidence.\\nS. Davis Co. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions\\nand Millinery; 804 Genesee avenue and 106 and 108 Franklin street. East\\nSaginaw. This firm, composed of Messrs. Seigfried Davis and Samuel Gold-\\nstone, was established eighteen years ago, and is popular with citizens of the\\nSaginaws and the trade throughout the State of Michigan. The retail store is\\n25x100 feet in dimensions, with a two-story and basement L, 50x75 feet, run-\\nning west to Franklin street for the wholesale department. The firm carries very\\nlarge and complete stocks of staple and fancy dr}^ goods, foreign and domestic\\nsilks, satins, velvets, etc., as well as all kinds of dress fabrics, white goods, linen\\ngoods, cotton goods, laces and embroideries, ribbons and furnishing goods,\\nhosiery and notions, and millinery goods, and also manufacturers of hat and\\nbonnet trimmings, etc. The cloak department is on the ground floor, with", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saoinaws. 195\\nample space and convenient rooms. The stock is assorted with great care, and\\nis of the best quality. The firm is well known to the dry goods trade of the\\nState, in which it is represented by a staff of etBcient traveling salesmen, in ad-\\ndition to which a large force of help is employed in the house. The business\\nis conducted upon modern and progressive methods.\\nO. J. Demars Co. Dealers in Clothing, Hats, Caps, Furnishing\\nGoods, Trunks, Valises, Etc., 317 Court street, Saginaw City. Mr. Demars,\\nwho is of French descent and a native of Montreal, Canada, came to the Sao--\\ninaws in 18G5. At that time he could speak no English, but notwithstandiuo-\\nthis disadvantage he persevered, and in 1872 he inaugurated his present\\nenterprise, which he has built up to a great and gratifying success. lie\\noccupies premises 25x100 feet in dimensions, eligibly located at 319 Court\\nstreet, where he carries a large and completely diversified stock of read} made\\nclothing, hats, caps, furnishing goods, trunks, valises and all kinds of travelino-\\ngoods. He sells at low prices, and his establishment enjoys a steadily grow-\\ning trade with the citizens of the Saginaws and vicinity.\\nFriedman Hynan, Practical Book and Job Printers 119 North\\nFranklin street. East Saginaw. This firm, composed of Messrs. Kalma Fried-\\nman and Thomas Hynan, was formed in August, 1885, when they established\\nthemselves at 319 Genesee avenue, removing later to the premises now occu-\\npied by them at 119 North Franklin street, in the Everett House Block, bein\\n30x125 feet in dimensions, where they have a complete plant for the pi -ecu-\\ntion of the business of book and job printing, having three presses, an engine\\nand boiler, and all the necessary plant and equipment. Prior to eno-agino- in\\nthis business both members of the firm were for seven years employed in the\\nCourier office, and both are thoroughly practical and experienced printers,\\nunderstanding every detail of the business, and take a pride in turning out\\nwork of uniform merit in all lines of book and job printing. Employment is\\ngiven to a force of six skilled workmen, and the firm is prepared to do work\\nin the best manner and upon the most favorable terms.\\nDr. Engelbert Frenz. Druggist 701 Lapeer street. East Saginaw.\\nDr. Frenz, who is an educated physician, as well as a highlv skilled pharma-\\ncist, established this business twelve years ago, and has earned the favor and\\npatronage of citizens and a stead} and constantly growing business. His neat\\nand attractive store is completely fitted up with all the conveniences and ac-\\ncessories appropriate to the business, and stocked with a full and complete lipe\\nof fresh drugs and chemicals, toilet articles and perfumery, and druggists sun-\\ndries of every description. The thorough and practical knowledge and edu-\\ncated skill of Dr. Frenz has secured for him special prominence for the careful\\nand accurate manner in which prescriptions are compounded from the best ma-\\nterials. Dr. Frenz has a first class reputation resulting from correct methods\\nand constant endeavor to give entire satisfaction to his customers.\\nE. St. John Co. News Dealers, Book Sellers and Stationers\\nDealers in AVall Paper, Window Shades, Etc.; Court street, between Washing-\\nton and Hamilton streets, Saginaw City. One of the oldest and best known of\\nthe business establishments in the Saginaws is that of E. St. John Co., which\\nwas established nineteen years ago by Messrs. E. St. John and J. N. Penoyer,\\nunder the name of Penoyer St. John, who successfully conducted the busi-\\nness for fourteen years, when Mr. Penoyer died, and Mr. W. T. Palmer became\\na member, forming the present firm. The premises occupied by the business\\nembrace the main floor and basement, 25x150 feet, with a workshop in the\\nrear. The stock comprises very large supplies and full lines of all the leadino-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "196 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nnewspapers and periodicals, a large stock of standard books and the latest pub-\\nlications, full and complete assortments of every description of stationery,\\nblank books, office supplies, stationers sundries and fanc} goods of all kinds,\\nand a stock of wall papers, window shades, etc., not surpassed by that of an^\\nestablishment in the Saginaw Valley. In school books and school supplies of\\nall kinds, the stock is well assorted, all standard educational works being kept\\non hand. In addition to this business, the firm is a leader in the line of paper\\nhanging and decoration, giving employment to from five to ten skilled hands, and\\nenjo3 ing in this department of industry the patronage of the leading people of\\nthe Saginaws and vicinity, and having a reputation which is not surpassed for\\nthe thoroughly skillful manner in which all work in the line is done by them.\\nIn the store a staflf of five clerks is employed, and the trade 6t the house em-\\nbraces, in addition to a large patronage from the people of the Saginaws and\\nvicinity, a considerable jobbing trade through the Valley. The house has held\\na high place in the confidence and approbation of the public throughout its\\nlong and honorable business histoiy by a steady adherence to correct business\\nprinciples, by being prompt and reliable in every particular and by conducting\\nits business upon accurate business methods.\\nThe Jaraes Stewart Gorapany, Limited. Dr. Lyman Bliss,\\nPresident Max Heavenrich, Treasurer and Manager 0. F. Wisner, Secre-\\ntary Wholesale Grocers, Importers of Teas and Dealers in Lumbermen s\\nSupplies, Etc. North Water street and Genesee avenue. East Saginaw. \u00e2\u0080\u0094This\\nbusiness was originally started in 1872 by Mr. James Stewart, bj^ whom it was\\ncontinued until 1882, when the present corporation was formed, Mr. Stewart\\nstill retaining a large interest in the business. The office and salesrooms of\\nthe company embrace a two-story building, 200x100 feet in dimensions, with\\nfirst-class dockage and shipping facilities, in addition to which the firm has a\\nfeed mill, 160x25 feet, on North Water street at the railroad crossing, and\\nwhich has a capacity for 50,000 pounds per day, and they also have a feed\\nwarehouse, 200x20 feet, and two other warehouses for pork, fiour, tobacco and\\ngeneral merchandise, covering 60x100 and 60x75 feet respectively. They\\ncarry enormous stocks and full lines of staple and fancy groceries, tobaccos,\\nteas, pork and pork products, flour, feed and lumbermen s supplies of every de-\\nscription. The company directly imports its own teas, which comprise the finest\\nstock and largest variety ever brought to the Valley, and enjoys a heavy busi-\\nness in the Saginaw Valley and throughout Northern and Western Michigan,\\nTwenty-five competent clerks and assistants, are employed in the store and\\nthree traveling salesmen represent the firm on the road. Dr. Bliss, President\\nof the company, is also of the well known firm of Bliss Davis, of L. W.\\nBliss Co., druggists, of A. T. Bliss Bro., lumber, logs, pine, salt, shingles,\\netc., and is manager of the Saginaw Stave Milling Co. Mr. Max Heavenrich,\\nTreasurer and Manager of this company, is also a prominent and leading busi-\\nness man, being President of the firm of Heavenrich Brothers Co., director\\nof the Saginaw National and other banks, and President of the Citizens Assoc-\\niation. Hon. O. F. Wisner, who is the Secretary of the company, is also of\\nthe firm of Wisner Draper, Attorneys. The company also deals extensively\\nin salt and shingles. Its vast business is conducted upon perfect and accurate\\nsystem, and its standing is of the highest character.\\nBullock Music House Miss J. M. Bacon, Proprietor W. S. Thom-\\nson, Manager Pianos, Organs, Music and Musical Merchandise 109 and 111\\nNorth Washington avenue. East Saginaw. This house was established fifteen\\nyears ago by Mr. R. D. Bullock, who died in September, 1884, after which\\nevent Miss Bacon, who had been engaged in the house as a book-keeper, pur-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "The 1ndustiii15s op the Saoinaws. 197\\nchased the business, including this establishment and another store at 126\\nMain street, Jackson, Mich. Miss Bacon is at Jackson, and the l)usiness liere\\nis in charge of Mr. W. S. Thomson, who has been connected with the house\\nsince 1873. The stock carried is very large, the house being State agent for\\nHazelton Bros. A. B. Chase, Ernest Gabler Brother, Sterling, C. Kurtzman,\\nand Haden Son pianos, and the Smith American, A. B. Chase, Sterling, and\\nUnited States organs. The stock also embraces all kinds of musical instru-\\nments, sheet and book music and musical merchandise of ever} description.\\nThe premises comprise two stores covering an area of 60x80 feet, and five\\nclerks and assistants are employed, including Messrs. Cr. W. Mills and G. W.\\nGuiley, who have been with the house for the past ten 3 ears as salesmen.\\nFrom the two houses the business covers the entire State, a force of traveling\\nsalesmen representing it on the road. The business is large and steadily\\ngrowing and the house a popular one.\\nL. M. Lyon. Market Gardener, Etc.; 425 East street. East Saginaw.\\nMr. Lyon, who is of Puritan stock, was born in New York State, from which\\nhe removed to Michigan in 1845, locating in Saginaw twenty-five years ago.\\nWhen he first came here he bought ten acres of ground, to which he added\\nfrom time to time, until he now has fift}^ acres under cultivation, upon which\\nhe produces every description of vegetables and summer fruits, in which he\\ndoes a large trade, selling to merchants in Saginaw City and East Saginaw, and\\nshipping to Lansing, Jackson and other State points. He employs from thirty\\nto eighty hands, and his garden is kept in the highest state of cultivation, his\\nproduction of strawberries having amounted two years ago to 500 bushels.\\nLast year Mr. Lyon put in eight acres of horse-radish, the product of which he\\nput up in the best vinegar and sold to Chicago, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Rochester,\\nIndianapolis, Toledo, Cleveland and Michigan jobbers, shipping to Chicago\\n1,000 dozen. He also put up 250 barrels of sauerkraut last year. Mr. Lyon\\nhas raised as many as 6,000 bushels of tomatoes in one season. Next season\\nhe will have an acre each of grapes, currants and raspberries and two acres of\\ncherries. His hot house, which is 125x25 feet in dimensions, with a boiler\\nroom attached, gives him every facility for the rassing of early vegetables,\\nplants, etc. The great demand for his product is such that Mr. Lyon proposes\\nto add greatly to his facilities, and next year will open a canning factory,\\ngiving employment to 125 hands. Mr. Lyon has earned the prosperity he\\nenjoys by close attention to all the details of the business, and by uniform\\nfairness and accuracy.\\nGossel Brothers. Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, Flour and Feed,\\nCrockery, Glassware, Tobaccos, Cigars, Wines, Liquors, Etc.; 900 Lapeer\\nstreet, corner of Sixth street, East Saginaw. This business was founded in\\n1879 by Mr. Peter P. Heller, to whom the present firm, composed of Messrs.\\nJoseph and Frederick Gossel, succeeded three years ago. They occupy a two-\\nstory building, 25x150 feet in dimensions, and carry large and complete stocks\\nof staple and fancy groceries, provisions, flour of the most approved brands,\\nfeed and grain, of crockery and glassware, and a superior assortment of tobac-\\ncos, cigars, wines, liquors, etc. In addition to the members of the firm, who\\npersonally attend to the details of the business, three clerks are employed, and\\na wagon is utilized in the city delivery. The firm enjoys a large trade in the\\ncity and vicinity, and also with farmers from the surrounding country, from\\nwhom they buy produce. The Messrs. Gossel are practical and experienced\\nmerchants who have earned a gratifying and steadily increasing success.\\nLambie Brothers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Merchant Tailors, 121 North Jefferson street.\\nEast Saginaw. This well known and popular tailoring firm is composed of", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "198 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nMessrs. John J. and A. Lambie, and was formed four years ago, prior to\\nwhich time both members had worked in the same line for nine years for\\nothers. They first located at 232 Warren street, removing to their present\\nquarters about a year ago. They carry a well assorted stock embracing fine\\ngoods of foreign and domestic manufacture, and enjoy a first class reputation\\nfor the fit and workmanship of all garments produced at their establishment.\\nThey employ eight skilled workmen, and fill orders for every description of\\nwork in their line in a prompt and satisfactory manner. Their practical\\nexperience in the business and their careful supervision of its details have\\nprocured for them a thriving trade.\\nGeorge Froelich. Manufacturer of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Work,\\nRoofing, Etc.; 822 Lapeer street. East Saginaw. This business was established\\na number of years ago by Messrs. V. Spindler and George Froelich, by whom\\nit was conducted until 1885, when Mr. Spindler bought out the business and\\nconducted it until September 15, 1887, when he in turn was bought out by Mr.\\nFroelich. The premises occupied by him are 25x100 feet in dimensions, and\\nhe has a large and steadily growing business in the manufacture of tin, copper\\nand sheet iron work, including house furnishing goods, guttering, spouting, roof-\\ning, etc., which he executes in the most workmanlike and efficient manner.\\nHe is thoroughly practical and experienced in all the details of the business,\\nand executes all orders promptly and accurately. He also carries a stock of\\nstoves, carefully selected from the best makes, and which he sells at the most\\nmoderate prices.\\nE. A- Gyde. Manufacturer of Staves, Heading and Hoops King and\\nYoumans streets. South Saginaw. This mill is completely equipped for the\\nmanufacture of hoops, staves and heading, and the building, which is 85x60\\nfeet in dimensions, contains in its equipment a 12x20 engine, fed by a new\\nsteel boiler, 5x16, specially manufactured for the purposes of this establish-\\nment by Gray Wildman, a circular saw for cutting planks and green wood,\\na hoop cutter weighing over five tons, two hoop planers, a Ward pointer and\\nlapper, which finishes both ends of the hoop at one operation and turns out\\nsixty a minute, two coilers and a complete set of stave and heading machinery.\\nThe product of the works of Mr. Gyde for the present year amounts to 5,000,-\\n000 hoops, 2,000,000 staves and 225,000 sets of heading. About sixty hands\\nare emplo3 ed, and the trade of the establishment, with the exception of about\\n1,000,000 hoops sold to local trade, reaches all leading business centers from\\nthe Atlantic coast west to Kansas and Iowa. This is the only hoop factory in\\nthe Saginaws, and Mr. Gyde is a thoroughly competent and experienced man\\nwho has earned the success by reliable dealings and sagacious management.\\nA. L. Moeller. Dealer in Choice Groceries 2614 South Washington\\navenue. South Saginaw. This business was established fifteen 3-ears ago by\\nMr. Anthony Blankerts, for whom Mr. Moeller worked as clerk for over six\\nyears, becoming proprietor of the business in 1884. He has a thriving and\\nsteadily growing trade with the citizens of the south end and farmers in the\\nsurrounding country. His stock comprises the freshest and best goods obtain-\\nable, embracing staple and fancy groceries, grocers sundries, canned goods,\\ntea, coffee, sugar, flour, all vegetables in season, soap and other laundry requi-\\nsites, wooden ware, etc. He makes a specialty of teas, especially of a 50-cent\\narticle which has no superior in the Valley. His store is a neat two-story brick\\nbuilding, which he has recently purchased. He delivers goods to an} part of\\nthe city in liis own delivery wagon, and is in every respect prompt and reliable.\\nCornick Meyers. Dealers in Boots, Shoes, Rubber Goods, Etc.;\\n318 Genesee avenue, East Saginaw. This business was established twelve", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saqinaws.\\n199\\nyears ago by Mr. J. W. Howry, who was succeeded by Mr. C. L. Kittredge,\\nthe firm l?ter becoming Cornick Kittredge, and afterward assuming its\\npresent style, Mr. Coi uick having been a member of tlie house from the first.\\nTlie} occupy the main floor and basement, 25x100 feet in dimensions, of the\\nbuilding at 318 Genesee avenue, perfectly lighted by handsome plate glass\\nwindows, eligibly located, and completely stocked with every description of boots\\nand shoes for ladies misses gentlemen s, boys and infants wear, as well as\\na large and complete assortment of rubber goods. A specialty is made of fine\\nEastern goods, and the} keep at all times a complete assortment of goods of\\nthe best quality. The business is supervised by the members of the firm and\\nfour competent clerks are employed. The firm enjoys a large trade, which\\nsteadily increases as the result o| uniformly fair and liberal methods.\\nSt. John Manufacturing Company. Manufacturers of the Cooling\\nPoultice and Protection Boot 409 Court street, Saginaw City. This is a\\ncom pan} organ-\\nized for the pur-\\npose of engaging\\nin the manufac-\\nture of a device\\npatented Septem-\\nber, 1886, and\\nwhich is of the\\nhighest utility for\\nthe treatment of\\nfoot diseases in\\nhorses. It keeps\\nin place for an}\\ndesired period of\\ntime, bandages,\\npoultices, wet sponges or moss, medicines, etc., which may be necessary in the\\ntreatment of any injury to or ailment of the foot. It can be worn by a horse\\nin box stall, in pasture, and even on the road in case of a lost shoe. The in-\\nvention has met the approval of leading horsemen all over the country, and is\\nwithout doubt one of the most important inventions in connection with\\nveterinary treatment. The top of the boot is made of heavy canvas, and the\\nbottom of rubber, with a light adjustable malleable iron shoe as a support.\\nIt is cheap, durable and desirable, and solves the difficuly long felt in applying\\ntreatment to the feet of horses. The oflSce of the company is at 409 Court\\nstreet. Saginaw City, from which these appliances can be ordered in any de-\\nsired quantity, and the factory is in the Temperance Hall Block on South\\nHamilton street.\\nC L. Benjamin. Complete Livery and Undertaking Establishment\\nHamilton street, Saginaw City. Mr. Benjamin, who is an old resident and\\nprominent citizen, established his present enterprise in 1880, and in 1882\\nbuilt his present premises comprising a handsome two-story brick building,\\nwith a coach house upon the front of the main floor, and a stable in the rear.\\nHe has elegantly appointed offices, and an undertaking department, euObracing\\nthe finest hearses in the Valley, together with full and complete stocks of the\\nfinest goods in caskets, coverings, trimmings, etc. In his livery department\\nhe has an unsurpassed stock of coaches, coupes, buggies, horses, harness\\ntrappings, etc. He employs ten men, and has thirty horses, all fine animals,\\nconstantly on hand. Mr. Benjamin does a large business in his livery depart-\\nment, and in undertaking he has secured the best custom by the appropriate", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "200 The Industries of the Saginaws.\\nand able manner in which he conducts funerals, and has a merited celebrity\\nfor the completeness with which he executes embalming by the latest improved\\nprocess. In addition to his membership in this firm, Mr. Benjamin is a\\nmember of the firm of Foster, Charles Co., dealers in furniture, upholstered\\ngoods, etc., and is otherwise identified with prominent business concerns.\\nW. J. MofiBt- Insurance Room 3, Music Block, Junction of Genesee\\navenue and ijapeer street, East Saginaw. Mr. Moffit established this business\\nnine years ago, and is an experienced and popular underwriter. He represents\\nthe (icrman Insurance Co., of Freeport, 111., the largest in resources and busi-\\niness of any company of this character having its home in the West. During\\nthe ten years ending at the beginning of 1887 its assets had steadily advanced\\nfrom $416,371.15 January 1, 1877, to $2,044,704 January 1, 1887, an un-\\nequalled record of increase in the value of its assets. At the beginning of\\n1887 the company had, in addition to its capital of $200,000, a net surplus of\\n$255,850, and had policies in force insuring $150,302,378. The Ohio Farmers\\nInsurance Co., of LeRoy, 0., at the close of business in 1886 had assets of\\n$1,347,398.89, and a cash surplus by Michigan standard of $370 809.47. This\\ncompany insures only private residences, churches and school houses, unex-\\nposed by business risks against loss or damage by fire or lightning. Its\\npolicy is in plain and simple terms, and it has adjusted and pays its losses\\nfairly and promptly, and from the restricted character of its risks is not liable\\nto very large losses. Ever since its organization in 1848 its income has ex-\\nceeded its expenditures, and the company is justly regarded with confidence\\nby those who wish to insure their homes. Through these companies Mr.\\nMoffit is prepaied to offer insurance at the lowest rates consistent with the ad^\\nvantages offered by these companies, and he does a large business, which is\\nsteadil} increasing from year to year.\\nH. H. Shaler.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Groceries, Flour, Feed. Etc.; 2702 South Washington\\navenue. East Saginaw. Mr, Shaler started this business six years ago and h|s\\ntrade has steadily grown, and now embraces a large patronage from the citizens\\nof the Saginaws and vicinity, earned by his promptness and reliability and the\\nuniform excellence of his stock. He carries a complete assortment of all kinds\\nof staple and fancy groceries and grocers sundries, and a specially fine line of\\nflour and feed. In flour his stock comprises the celebrated Mayflower,\\nGold IMedal and Favorite brands, all of superior quality and in great\\ndemand by consumers. Mr. Shaler, who is a native of Canada, is a thoroughly\\npractical and experienced business man, and carried on business at Milford,\\nInd., prior to coming to this city. He gives employment to two competent\\nclerks, and is prepared to promptly fill orders for every description of goods in\\nhis line.\\nM. 0. Conley. Manufacturing Jeweler Dealer in Watches, Clocks\\nand Silver Plated Ware 512 Genesee avenue. East Saginaw. Mr. Conley be-\\ngan business as a manufacturing jeweler eight years ago, and in 1886 he\\nadded to this business that of a dealer in watches, clocks and silver plated\\nware, of which he carries a very large stock of superior assortment embracing\\nthe prodiicts of the most noted makers. He is thoroughly practical and ex-\\nperienced, and does all kinds of diamond setting in a most skillful and artistic\\nmanner, repairs watches and clocks, and attends to all the details of the busi-\\nness. His jewelry is noted for beauty and superior workmanship, and he has not\\nonly a^large trade in the Saginaws but throughout the Valley and Northern Michi-\\ngan. The premises occupied by him embrace the main floor, 25x100 feet in\\ndimensions, and five clerks and assistants are em[)loyed. He enjoys a thriv-\\ning trade as a result of the accuracy and promptness with which all orders are\\nfilled, and the uniformlj- reliable chanicter of his dealings.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Raoinaws. 201\\nCharles J. Sparks. General Insurance and Real Estate Agent and\\nNotary Pul lic Cross Block, corner of Genesee avenue and Park street, East\\nSaginaw. Mr. Sparks, who has resided here for the past twelve years, has been\\nengaged in his present business for three years, and b} close attention to its\\ndetails has built up a prosperous and steadily expanding business, especially\\namong the German citizens. He represents the Union, of Buffalo, and the\\nOhio, of Da^^ton, O., both substantial and reputable fire companies, and in life\\ninsurance he represents the well known and first class Michigan Mutual, of\\nDetroit. In real estate he has on hand good farms of from 40 to 160 acres in\\nall parts of Saginaw County, which he will sell on reasonable terms, as well as\\ndesirable city properties ranging from $500 to $10,000 in value. He promptly\\nattends tO collections and to the drawing of contracts and conve^ ancing in all\\nits branches, and through European correspondents enjo\\\\ s facilities for the\\nclosing of estates in any part of Europe for heirs who live in this country.\\nNewell Robinson. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in School Books,\\nBlank Books, Stationery, News, Wall Papers, Shades, Etc. 214 South\\nHamilton street, Saginaw City. This business was established in 18B1 b)i Mr.\\nE. C. Newell, who in January, 1887, was joined by Messrs. E. 0. Newell, F.\\nG. Newell and W. R. Robinson, and the firm of E. C. Newell Co. was\\nformed. In May 1887, Mr. E. C. Newell sold out to his partners in order to\\nengage in a manufacturing business, and the name of the firm was again\\nchanged to its present style. The premises occupied by the firm are 25x100\\nfeet in dimensions where they carry large and complete stocks of school books,\\nblank books, stationery, news papers, periodicals, wall papers, window shades,\\netc., as well as fire works in the proper season and other goods. Four hands\\nare steadily employed and in the spring of the year, when the firm does wall\\npapering, employment is given to a force of from six to ten others. The firm\\nhas a prosperous business in the Saginaws and surrounding country, and a\\nconsiderable jobbing business throughout the Saginaw Valley and the\\nNorthern part of Michigan, The members of the firm are business men of\\nsuperior attainments and accurate methods, and enjoy a first-class reputation.\\nCharles E. Ring. Manufacturer of Shingles West End Genesee\\navenue bridge, East Saginaw. Mr. Ring has been engaged in this business for\\nthe past five years, although the mill now conducted by him had been known\\nas the Hosmer mill for six or seven 3 ears previously. It has since been vastly\\nimproved and enlarged and occupies a two-story structure, 75x120 feet in di-\\nmensions, having a fifty hoi se-power engine and 4x14 foot boiler, two sets of\\nHall shingle machines and all other necessary plant and equipment. Employ-\\nment is given to from twenty-five to thirty workmen, and the product amounts\\nto 1^000,000 shingles per season. The mill, with storage grounds, etc., cover\\nover an acre, and has a convenient dock, 50x100 feet in dimensions, facilitating\\nshipment by water, while railroad tracks in close proximity give superior\\nfacilities for handling by rail. The shingles manufactured in this mill are well\\nknown to the trade for their superior quality, being XXX and six-inch clear\\nbutt shingles, and largely in demand by the trade, the product being principally\\nshipped to Rochester, Buffalo and New York State generally, Massachusetts,\\nConnecticut and all Eastern markets.\\nCharles Straw.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dealer in Groceries, Etc.; 124 North Washington\\navenue. East Saginaw. Mr. Straw has for the past twelve years carried on\\nbusiness in East Saginaw, for the last two of which he has been located in his\\npresent store, 30x125 feet in dimensions. He buys his goods from first hands\\nand selects them with care so as to keep his stock up to the highest standard\\nof qnality and carries a complete stock of staple and fancy groceries, grocers", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "202 The Industries op the Saginaws,\\nsundries, farm produce of all kinds, foreign and domestic fruits, and ever} va-\\nriety of vegetables in their season. He employs a number of clerks, sells goods\\nat the lowest prices and delivers them promptly to his customers, keeping\\na wagon constantly busy. He has established a large connection of steady\\ncustomers in the Saginaws, and also has a large patronage from the farmers\\nof the surrounding country.\\nSmith s Art Store. William Smith, Proprietor Manufacturer and\\nDealer in Oil and Water Color Paintings, Etchings, Engravings, and all kinds\\nof Art Goods; 120 South Washington avenue, East Saginaw. IMr. Smith\\nestablished this business nineteen years ago, and now has a complete stock of\\npictures of all kinds, including valuable oil paintings, water colors, pastels,\\netchings, engavings, chromos, prints, etc.; a superior line of mouldings, includ-\\ning gold and metals, bronzes and natural woods, and also has a large stock of\\nmade frames, gold and fancy cabinet frames, statuary, stands, easels, fire\\nscreens and fancy goods usually found in a first-class art store, while the line\\nof art materials is very complete, and includes AVinsor Newton s oil and\\nwateii colors, DeVoe s American oil colors, pastel colors, LeCroux china paints,\\nmetallic and mineral paints, brushes in red and black sables, Russian bristles,\\nBright s celebrated brushes, papers, canvas, academy board plaques, panels,\\nground glass, etc. Mr. Smith has a lull staff of clerks and assistants, and\\ntraveling men represent him in all parts of the State, and he also has branch\\nstores at Mt. Pleasant and Alma. His premises in this city occupy atwo-storj\\nbuilding, 25x100 feet in dimensions, and he is prepared to fill orders for all\\nkinds of goods in his line in a prompt and satisfactory manner.\\nJ. Gr- Schaefer. Meat Market 321 Lapeer street, East Saginaw. --One\\nof the oldest and most popular meat markets of the cit} is that of Mr. J. Gr.\\nSchaefer, who has conducted it for fourteen years in a manner which has\\nearned the approval and patronage of the citizens of the Saginaws. His place\\nis equipped with all necessary conveniences and accessories, is neatly kept and\\nwell stocked. The premises occupied embrace a two-story and basement\\nbrick building, and the stock includes all kinds of meats, of the best quality,\\nwhich he sells at the most reasonable prices, and delivers to customers on\\norder, having two wagons for that purpose. Mr. Schaefer himself packs the\\nhams, sides, etc., sold at his establishment, and they are of unsurpassed\\nquality. He also is noted for the superior quality of his sausages, in which he\\ndoes a large trade. He has four competent assistants, and has maintained a\\nfirst-class reputation throughout his long business career, by close attention to\\nbusiness, and constant endeavors to give satisfaction to his customers.\\nWilliam J. Cook. Manufacturer of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware,\\nGutters, Etc.; and Dealer in Furnaces and Tin Ware; corner of Adams^and\\nWashington streets, Saginaw City. Mr. Cook established this business ten\\nyears ago, and formerly made a specialty of the manufacture of tin ware, but\\nhas now limited his product, owing to large factory competition, and devoted\\nhimself more especially to the manufacture of galvanized iron cornices and pipe\\nwork, in which he has no superior in the quality of his work or facilities for\\nmanufacture in the Valley. He gives close and accurate attention to all kinds\\nof job work, and carries on at all times a large and complete stock of furnaces,\\nwhich he is prepared to put in to order, and also ot gasoline stoves, gasoline,\\netc., and tin ware of every description. He occupies a two-story building, 25x\\n100 feet in dimensions, and employs from three to five men, according to the\\nseason. Mr. Cook is thoroughly prompt and reliable in all his dealings, and is\\nenjoying a large trade, which steadily grows from year to year.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "The Industries op the Saginaws.\\n20?,\\nFoster, Charles Co. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in All Kinds\\nof Furniture Barnard Block, North Hamilton street, Saginaw City. This\\nfirm, which was formed several years ago,\\nis composed of Messrs. James H. Foster,\\nAlbert T. Charles and Charles L. Benja-\\nmin. They occupy a handsome three-stor}\\nand basement building, 50x100 feet in di-\\nmensions, and contemplate further increas-\\ning its facilities by erecting in the rear a\\nbuilding 60 feet deep by 100 feet wide,\\nwhich will afford them still greater advan-\\ntages for the display of their superior ^tock\\nof goods, and which will have an entrance\\nfrom the side street. The firm carries\\nlarge stocks and full lines of fine parlor,\\nbed-room, dining-room, hall, vestibule,\\nlibrary and office furniture, rattan goods,\\nchairs of every description and everything\\npertaining to the line. The store is one of the largest of its kind in the Sagi-\\nnaw Valley, and has built up a first-class reputations for the great bargains it\\noffers, and enjoys a large trade in the Saginaws and from all the surrounding\\ncountrj Every effort is made to give satisfaction to the customers of the\\nhouse, and the uniformly reliable methods of dealing adopted in its manage-\\nment have secured for the establishment the high place it now holds in the\\npopular esteem.\\nEberhard Vollmer. Meat Market; 319 Lapeer street. Mr. Yollmer\\nis thoroughly practical and experienced in this business having been employed\\nin another establishment prior to starting for himself in April, 1887. lie oc-\\ncupies a neatly kept and attractive store on Lapeer street, between Webster\\nand Park streets, where with the aid of four employees he closeh attends to all\\nthe details of his business, and a constant endeavor to give satisfaction, which\\nhas secured to him a thriving and growing trade with families in the city and\\nits vicinity. He carries a large and well assorted stock of fresh and salt meats,\\nsausages, etc., and has a wagon which is kept busy delivering goods to his cus-\\ntomers. His enterprise is meeting with success and daily increasing in popu-\\nlarity as a consequence of promptness and fair dealing.\\nR. Weston.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sanitary Plumbing, Gas Fitting and Steam Heating 207\\nSouth Washington avenue, East Saginaw. Mr. Weston has been steadily\\nengaged in this business since he was fourteen years old, when he began to\\nlearn the trade in Detroit, and has been located in Saginaw for the past five\\nyears. He has a large and completely assorted stock, embracing all the latest\\nand most improved devices in sanitary plumbing, gas fitting and steam heat-\\ning appliances, and as a consequence of the superior character of all the work\\nproduced, enjoys the favor and patronage of the leading citizens of the Sag-\\ninaws and adjacent country, having fitted up houses for C. H. Davis, Dr. Fuer-\\nbringer and Dr. Lancashire in Saginaw City, and the residences of Messrs.\\nKetcham, Caskey, W. R. Burt and Ed. Morley, of East Saginaw, and other\\nleading citizens. He occupies eligible premises 25x100 feet in dimensions,\\nemploys five highly skilled workmen, and has every facility for carrying on the\\nbusiness upon a lai-ge scale.\\nS. McKenzie.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Blacksmith, Wagon Maker, Etc.; 412 South Hamilton\\nstreet, Saginaw City. Mr. McKenzie, who has been a resident of Saginaw for\\nthe past twenty years, established himself in his present business in 1873. He", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "204 The Industries op the Saqinaws.\\noccupies a two-story structure, 25x75 feet in dimensions, built in 1887,\\nespecially adapted to the purposes of the business, and equipped with a com-\\nplete plant. He does a general blacksmithing business, does horse-shoeing in\\na skillful manner, and wagon and carriage repairing of all kinds. He also\\nmanufactures wagons, and will build light and heavy wagons. Concord bug-\\no-ies, etc., to order. Only the best materials are used and the most skilled\\nworkmen employed in the business, four hands being constantly engaged, and\\nthe operations of the factory being conducted under the practical and experi-\\nenced supervision of Mr. McKenzie. Work may be entrusted to Mr. McKenzie\\nwith the assurance of satisfactory results.\\nFrederick Wolpert. Dealer in Groceries and Provisions, Flour,\\nFeed, Etc.; 901 Lapeer Street, East Saginaw. Mr. Wolpert, who came to\\nSaginaw in 1864, established himself in business in 1874, at CarroUton, where\\nhe conducted a general store. That establishment was burned out, and Mr.\\nWolpert removed to his present location, a handsome two-story building, com-\\npletely stocked with staple and fancy groceries, provisions of all kinds, flour,\\nfeed, etc., canned and dried fruits, grocers sundries and shelf goods, all good\\ngoods and sold at low prices. Mr. Wolpert, who is a thoroughly practical bus-\\niness man, closely attends to all the details of his business, enjoys a large patron-\\nage from the citizens of the Saginaws and farmers and others in the surrounding\\ncountry. He is assisted in the management of the business by his son, and is\\nprepared to fill all orders in a prompt and satisfactory manner, and to deliver\\ngoods to any part ol the city.\\nG. C. Warner. Manufacturer of All Kinds of Harness and Turf\\nGoods; Dealer in Whips, Blankets, Brushes, Etc. 112 South Franklin street.\\nEast Saginaw. This business was established twelve years ago by Warner\\nGould, who conducted it until two years ago, when Mr. Warner succeeded to\\nthe business as sole proprietor. He occupies a two-story building, 25x100 feet\\nin dimensions, and carries a large and completely assorted stock of whips,\\nturf goods, harness, blankets, brushes and everything pertaining to the stock\\nof a first-class harness and saddlery establishment. He manufactures the\\nfinest harness and saddlery made in the State, and has received about twenty\\ndiplomas for the excellence of his manufacture, which has never failed to take\\nthe lead wherever exhibited in competition. Mr. Warner, who is a thoroughly\\npractical and experienced man, does a very large business, principally in the\\nSaginaw Valley, but also including a considft-able order trade from surround-\\ning States from people who desire the best goods in this department of industry.\\nJ. C Welch. Watch Maker and Jeweler 523 Genesee avenue,\\nnorthwest corner of Warren street, East Saginaw. Mr. Welch, who had\\npreviously been engaged for eight years in the business elsewhere, established\\nhimself in this city a year ago, and has already built up a thriving trade, as\\na result of close attention to business, and thorough and accurate knowledge\\nof all its details. He carries a well-assorted stock of clocks, watches,\\njewelry, diamonds, etc., and pays particular attention to repairing, making a\\nspecialty of repairing fine watches, which is attended to by expert workmen.\\nMr. Welch is an experienced and practical optician, and makes a specialty of\\nsupplying spectales and eye-glasses to fit all eyes, for which business he has\\nfacilities not surpassed by any establishment in the Valley. The superior\\ncharacter of all the work turned out at the establishment has earned for Mr.\\nWelch a steady increase in his business from its inception to the present time.\\nWilliam Rapp. Meat Market South Fourth and Walnut streets,\\nEast Saginaw. Mr. Rapp, who is a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, came", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "The Industries ov the Saginaws. 205\\nfrom that country direct to Saginaw county in 1866. He is a thoroughly\\npractical and experienced butcher, and formerly had a shop and residence at\\nLee and Wadsworth streets, removing to his present premises three years ago.\\nHe runs a neat and well appointed meat market, stocked with a well-selected\\nassortment of the finest beef, pork and mutton, as well as all kinds of\\nsausages, etc. Mr. Rapp has a thriving trade in all parts of the city, goods\\nbeing promptly delivered to customers by a wagon which he keeps for that\\npurpose. He is a thriving and substantial citizen, and has earned prosperity\\nby close attention to business and uniformly honorable conduct.\\nJames Stinson. Dealer in Crockery, China, Glass Ware, Etc.; 402\\nGenesee avenue, East Saginaw. Mr. Stinson, who has been for twenty years\\nengaged in business, h as built up a large trade with the citizens of the Sagi-\\nnaws and transient customers by careful selection of his stock and prompt and\\naccurate attention to all orders. He occupies the main floor of the building at\\n402 Genesee avenue, where he carries a complete and well selected stock of the\\nfinest goods in crockery, china, glass ware, gas and oil chandeliers, etc. In\\nchina his stock embraces some of the finest importations of French and\\nEnglish goods, and his stock of Belgian, Bohemian and American glass ware\\nis especially complete. He has a full line of English and American porcelain\\ndinner services, fine lamps, chandeliers, etc. His store, which is fitted up with\\nelegant plate glass windows and all conveniences for the proper display of the\\nstock, is a center of attraction to those who desire good goods, and his reliable\\nmethods have secured for him the approbation of the community.\\nJohn Stein and Fred. Eckert. Wagon Makers, Horse Shoers and\\nGeneral Blacksmiths Second street, between Janes and German streets.\\nEast Saginaw. The shop occupied by these gentlemen is 30x150 feet in\\ndimensions, and completely equipped for the purposes of the business which\\nthey have conducted for six years, for which it is used. Two blacksmiths\\nand two wood-workers are employed, and others are added in the busy\\nseason. This firm manufactures wagons and buggies to order, and enjoys a\\nfirstclass reputation for the superior qualit}^ of all the vehicles turned out at\\ntheir establishment, and is especialh noted for the excellence of the lumber\\nwagons produced. They carry on hand at all times a stock of wagons,\\nbuggies, etc., and make store delivery and truck wagons to order. The} do\\nhorse shoeing in the best style of the farriers art, and being thoroughly\\npractical and experienced, enjoy a thriving trade.\\nB. A. Searls. Dealer in Choice Family Grocei ies and Provisions, Dried\\nand Canned Fruits, Etc. 516 Potter street. East Saginaw. Mr. Searls has\\nbeen established in business since 1879, and has a large patronage in the city\\nand surrounding country earned by close attention to every detail, and prompt-\\nness and accuracy in filling orders. He carries a very large and complete\\nstock of staple and fancy groceries and provisions, dried and canned fruits,\\ngrocers sundries and shelf goods. Great care is taken in the selection of his\\nstock, which embraces the freshest and best goods to be found in the market,\\nsold at reasonable prices and promptly delivered to any part of the city, two\\nwagons being kept constantly busy. He has four competent clerks and\\nassistants, and himself is a mei chant of long experience, and thoroughly\\naccurate and reliable. He does a large trade, his custom including many of the\\nleading families of the Saginaws.\\nPowe Howell. Photographers 305 Genesee avenue, East Sagi-\\nnaw. This business vvjis established three years ago by Messrs. T. H. I*owe\\nand C. M. Howell, Mr. Powe taking charge of his gallery at Muskegon, and", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "206 The Industries op the Saginaws.\\nMr. Howell of the studio in this city. Mr. Howell is a highly skilled photo-\\ngrapher of sixteen years experience, and was several 3 ears with Howland, of\\nCincinnati, as head operator. The studio here is eligibly located on the second\\nfloor, handsomely furnished and equipped with the most improved apparatus,\\nappliances and ai cessories. The work produced is of the highest standard of\\nexcellence, and perfect in finish. In addition to cabinets, life-size and\\ncommercial work is done in the highest style of the art. Skilled assistants are\\nemplo3ed, and superior work has earned for the establishment a steadily in-\\ncreasing patronage and popularity.\\nJohn Burdett. Grocer, News Dealer and Confectioner; 125 North\\nJeflferson street. East Saginaw. Mr. Burdett has resided in East Saginaw for\\nabout nineteen years, and worked at his trade as a machinist until he went\\ninto the news and confectionery business, occupying premises one square dis-\\ntant from his present quarters for about a year, at the end of which time he\\nbought out his partner, and removed to his present premises. He added a\\nfull line of groceries to his stock. He has three competent clerks and assis-\\ntants, and a wagon for city deliver}-. He carries a well assorted and superior\\nstock, selected with special care, and fills orders in a prompt and satisfactory\\nmanner. His constant endeavors to give satisfaction to his customers, and\\nfair and accurate dealings have earned a steady increase in his patronage and\\nhis establishment is fast taking a prominent place in popular esteem.\\nA. T. Ward. Banker and Broker, and Dealer in Diamonds, Watches,\\nEtc.; 105 South Jetferson avenue, corner of Genesee avenue. East Saginaw.\\nMr. Ward established this business four 3 ears ago, prior to which he was a\\nmember of the firm of Brown Ward, now Brown Grant, jewelers, etc.\\nSince that time he has carried on a personal security bank, buviug and selling\\nstocks and bonds, lumber, land, logs, etc., and advancing money on personal\\npropert}^ or good security, cashing notes, drafts, checks, etc., and carries a\\nselect stock of fine diamonds and gold watches and chains, having some of the\\nmost favorable bargains in watches and diamonds to be found in an3 part of\\nthe countr3 In this line he handles nothing but the finest goods, offering a\\nspecial chance for selection. He does a large business with the citizens of the\\nSaginaws and the surrounding countr3-, and occupies an elegantl3- equipped\\noffice. He is a gentlemen of long business experience and thoroughly reliable\\nmethods, with whom it is satisfactor3 to have dealings.\\nJ. L. Smith. Baker and Confectioner 2,716 South Washington\\navenue, South Saginaw. Mr. Smith, who was born in New York State, went\\nto Canada as a boy and settled near Chatham, Ont. He has been in the\\nbakery business for the past fort3 -seven years, and lor three 3*ears in confec-\\ntionery manufacture. Mr. Smith does his own baking, having an oven with a\\ncapacit3 for 200 loaves, and is the only baker in South Saginaw who has an\\noven in operation, his competitors purchasing their bread from others. Mr.\\nSmith, who is thoroughl} practical and experienced, carries a complete stock\\nof bread of the best quality and confections of ever3^ description, and is doing\\na large and steadily growing trade as a result of the great merit of his product,\\nthe promptness of his deliver3-, and the uniformly fair and accurate methods\\nupon which his business is conducted.\\nR. H. Wniiams. Grocery and Market corner of Sixth and Johnson\\nstreets, J^ast Saginaw. Mr. R. H. Williams was formerl3 engaged in this line\\nof business at Denver, Col., and at Juniata, Mich., and this year purchased the\\nstock, fixtures and business of Trowbridge White. He lias a large trade in\\nthe Saginaws and vicinit}*, and occupies a two stor}- corner store, the grocery", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "Thk Inpustrtrs op thk Saoinaws. 207\\ndepartment facing on Sixth street, and being 30x100 feet in dimensions, and\\nthe meat market facing on Johnson street and being 25x40 feet. He carries a\\nhirge and complete stock of staple and fancy groceries, grocers sundries, her-\\nmetically sealed goods in glass and tin, teas, coflfees, cigars, tobaccos, etc., and\\na large and select stock of the best meats, the freshest vegetables, and all fruits\\nin season. Five hands are employed, a wagon is kept constantly busy in call-\\ning lor orders and delivering goods, and the business is constantly prospernig.\\nH. H. Brix. Manufacturer and Dealer in Hats, Caps, Furs and Gentle-\\nmen s Furnishing Goods 323 Genesee avenue. East Saginaw. This business\\nwas established nine years ago by Meyer Brix, and was con-\\nducted by that firm until the death of Mr. Meyer four years\\nago, since which time Mr. Brix has carrried on the business\\nas sole proprietor. He carries a large and complete stock of\\nhats, caps and gents furnishing goods, but his prime\\nspecialty is furs, in which line in the winter months he does\\na ver} large trade, being the only furrier in the city, and\\ncarrying in these goods Shetland, South Sea and Alaska\\nSeals, Sea Otters, Mink, Beaver, North American Otter, etc.,\\nfrom which he manufactures coats, caps, mutts, collars,\\nguantlets, boas, trimming, etc., to order. He also carries a\\ncomplete stock of bear, wolf, lynx, buffalo, raccoon, tiger\\nand leopard skins which he makes into robes and parlor\\nvugs, and also repairs furs in a workmanlike manner. These\\ngoods he receives from London, England, and New York,\\ncarries a large stock and employs a force ranging from five to ten hands. He\\nhas a large trade not only in the Saginaws but also throughout the State, and\\nin addition, frequently receives individual orders from other cities, and from\\ndealers in New York and elsewhere.\\nJames Mack. Dealer in Hats, Gents Furnishings, Etc. 300 Genesee\\navenue, East Scginaw. Mr. Mack has carried on this business for twenty-five\\nyears, and by carefully selecting his stock, and reliable business methods, has\\nmade the establishment of Mack, the Hatter, recognized headquarters for\\nthe gentlemen of the Saginaws. He occupies an elegant corner store, 25x100\\nfeet in dimensions, with fine show windows, and completely stocked with the\\nbest goods. He is agent for and carries a full line of Dunlap Co. s hats, the\\nrecognized standards of gentlemanly headgear, as well as full stocks of products\\nof other well known hatters, W. A. Drown Co. s fine silk umbrellas, and the\\nlatest and finest qualities of shirts, gloves, ties, underwear, hose and other\\ngents furnishings. The stock is not excelled in completeness and assortment\\nby an}^ in the State, and Mr. Mack, with the assistance of a full staff of com-\\npetent clerks is kept busy with a large patronage from the gentlemen of the\\nSaginaws and surrounding country.\\nEmil Jochen.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hardware^ Stoves, Tin Ware, Etc.; 2618 South Wash-\\nington avenue, South Saginaw. Mr. Jochen for the past fourteen years has\\ncarried on t)usiness as an extensive dealer in hardware, etc., and has built up a\\nlarge trade not only in the city, but also including a considerable patronage\\nfrom the farming community of Saginaw and adjacent counties, lie carries a\\nlarge and complete stock of shelf and heavy hardware, full assortment of Pen-\\ninsular and Jewel stoves and ranges, tinware, tools, paints, glass, putty, oil\\ncloth, agricultural implements, etc. The premises occupied by him are 25x150\\nfeet in dimensions, and two competent clerks are employed. Mr. Jochen holds\\na prominent place in this branch of trade, earned by adherence to correct busi-\\nness principles.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "208 The Industries op the Saoinaws.\\nCharles Roseland. Grocer 900 Cherry street, corner of Seventh\\nstreet, East Saginaw. Mr. Roseland established this business three years ago.\\nHe has a prosperous trade as a dealer in staple and fancy groceries, teas,\\ncoffees, tobaccos, cigars, fruits and vegetables and a full line of canned goods\\nand grocers sundries. He occupies a handsome building, 25x100 feet in\\ndimensions, and Mr. Roseland, with two assistants, is kept busy in supplying\\nthe large trade enjoj ed by him, the promptness and reliability of his methods\\nand close attention to business having commended hina to public favor. His\\nincreasing trade taxes the capacity of his premises and it is his intention to\\nenlarge them in the coming spring.\\nA- S. Jjivermore. Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats, Fine (Iroceries,\\nCrockery, etc.; 620 Potter Street; East Saginaw. Mr. Livermore came, when\\na boy four years of age, with his father to Bay county in 1852, the following\\nyear removing to East Saginaw. When sixteen years old he enlisted at\\nFlint in Company E of the 7th Michigan Cavalry, under Capt. McCormick,\\nand served during the war, and was subsequently for one year with\\nGeneral Custer in his campaign against the Indians. Returning to East\\nSaginaw he engaged in various kinds of business prior to 1875, when he\\nestablished his present business. He carries a stock of fresh and salt meats,\\nstaple and fancy groceries, grocers sundries, canned goods, and a full line of\\ncrockery, glassware etc. He employs four competent clerks, and delivers\\ngoods to all parts of the city.\\nWilliam H. McPhee.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Merchant Tailor; 420 Franklin street, Sagi-\\nnaw City. Mr. McPhee has long been well and favorably known and largely\\npatronized b} the gentlemen of the Saginaws, b} whom his house is justly\\nregarded as headquai ters for the correct styles, good materials, first-class fit\\nand perfect workmanship in gentlemen s attire. He established this business\\nfifteen years ago, and now occupies a well equipped and elegantly arranged\\nstore, fitted in ash, with glass cases all around to preserve the stock from\\ndust, etc., and carries complete and carefully assorted stocks, embracing the\\nlatest styles and finest products of leading foreign and American looms,\\noffering unsurpassed opportunities for selection. His store is 25x70 feet in\\ndimensions, with an L, 25x25, used as a work shop. He gives employment to\\nten highly skilled workmen in the house, and in the busy seasons also employs\\nothers outside. All the details are personally supervised by Mr. McPhee,\\nwho has by this means maintained throughout his long business history the\\nhigh standard of workmanship for which his establishment is noted.\\nBudge Prince. Manufacturing Confectioners 414 Potter street,\\nEast Saginaw. This firm, composed of Messrs. John Budge and F. W. Prince,\\nwas formed in August, 1887, prior to which Mr. Prince had been a member of\\nthe firm of Jas. S. Smart, Jr., Co., in the same line. The firm has every requisite\\nfor success, and is largely engaged in the manufacture of candies and fine con-\\nfections, including, in addition to the general line, a number of novelties,\\nprominent among which are their Fruit Tablets and Prince s Cough Drops.\\nThey give employment to a force of six highly skilled workmen, and per-\\nsonally supervise all the operations of the factory. Their valuable experience\\nand accurate knowledge enable them to guarantee the excellence of their\\nproduct, only the best and purest materials being used and skilled workmen\\nemployed in the business. The business is both of wholesale and retail, and\\nthe trade has steadil} grown from the start.\\nMichigan Curtain Roller Co\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. C. Newell, Secretary and Treas-\\nurer corner of Watci- and William streets, Saginaw Citv. Mr. eweU has", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Sacjinaws. 209\\nresided in Micbigan since 1838, at which time he came here from Wayne\\nCounty, New York. lie was engaged in law practice prior to IBHl, when he\\nestablished the house of E. C. Newell Co., which he controlled until the\\npresent year, when he sold out that business to Newell Robinson in order to\\ndevote his attention more fully to the business of this company, which was es-\\ntablished ten years ago, and now has an extensive patronage in all parts of\\nthe Union. His lactory comprises a two-story building, 50x80 feet in dimen-\\nsions, with grounds adjoining, covering -about a block. Employment is given\\ntothirty hands in the manufacture of patent curtain rollers, step ladders, ex-\\ntension ladders, spring fixtures, etc., and in addition to this special line a regu-\\nlar planing mill business is done, including planing, matching, flooring, siding,\\netc., of every description.\\nRichard Luster.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dealer in Fine Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables,\\nOysters, Etc. corner of Cass street and Genesee avenue, East Saginaw. The\\noldest establishment in the city dealing in fine groceries is that of Mr. Richard\\nLuster, who has for tweut3 -eight years continuously conducted the business,\\nand commanded confidence by the superior selection of his stock and fair and\\nliberal methods. He has for twenty-lour years occupied his present store at\\nthe corner of Cass and Genesee avenue, comprising the first floor and base-\\nment, each 30x125 feet in dimensions. Here he carries a large and complete\\nstock of choice fruits and vegetables, oysters, celery, sugar, teas, coffees, wood-\\nware, brooms, hermetically sealed goods in cans and bottles, and an especially fine\\nline of tobaccos and cigars. In oysters his stock is not excelled in selection\\nor quality, and in all lines is the best obtainable. He has three clerks, utilizes\\nhis own wagons in city delivery, and fills orders in a prompt and accurate\\nmanner, which never fails to give satisfaction.\\nThomas Willis. Dealer in Boots, Shoes, Slippers and Rubber Goods\\n2714 South Washington avenue, East Saginaw. Mr. Willis has resided in Sag-\\ninaw for twenty years, and has conducted this business for the past ten years, the\\nfi.rst six of which he was located in the postoffice block, from which he lemoved\\nfour years ago to his present premises. He carries a large and complete stock\\nof ladies gents misses youths and children s foot wear, including boots,\\nshoes, slippers and rubber goods of every description, and he has a large trade\\nin the city and surrounding country, enjoying a merited reputation for the su-\\nperior quality of his stock. In connection with his business he has an order\\nand repair department, and is prepared to furnish custom made boots and shoes\\nof the best quality- to order, and to do all kinds of repairing.\\nE. J. Marshall. Manufacturer of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Work\\nAgent for the Celebrated Richardson Boynton Co. s Furnaces and Heaters\\n112 South Water street, East Saginaw. Mr. Marshall established this business\\nthree years ago, prior to which he had for several years been with C. B. Choate,\\ndealer in hardware and mill supplies. He employs five hands in the manufac-\\nture of all kinds of tin, copper and sheet iron work, roofing, eave-troughs, etc.,\\nand also pays special attention to heating and ventilating, being agent for the\\ncelebrated Richardson Boynton Co. s furnaces and heaters, which have no su-\\nperiors for their general utility for the purposes for which the} are designed.\\nThis superior line of furnaces, etc., includes the Perfect Portable Gas Tight\\nfurnaces, the Salamander Heating furnaces, Yorkshire Wrought Iron\\nfurnaces, Calorific Wood Burning furnaces, Steel Bodj Heating furnaces,\\nW^estern Champion Ventilating Room Heaters, New Giant Heating fur-\\nnaces, etc. These superior furnaces and heaters Mr. Marshall has supplied to\\na number of the best houses in the Saginaw Valle} He occupies a two-story\\nbuilding, 25x60 feet in dimensions, and is prepared to fill all orders in a prompt\\nand satisfactory manner.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "210 The Industries of the Saoinaws.\\nR. Asbeck. Grocer Lapeer and North Seventh streets, East Saginaw.\\nLocated for the past twentj years in his present premises, Mr. Asbeck is well\\nknown to the citizens of East Saginaw as a thoroughly responsible and\\nreliable business man, and has a large and steadily increasing trade, not only\\nfrom the residents of the city, but also a considerable patronage from the\\nfarmers of the surrounding country. He occupies a two-story building,\\n25x100 feet in dimensions, and another building adjoining, 25x40 feet. He\\ncarries a large and complete stock of staple and fancy groceries, provisions,\\ngrocers sundries, shelf goods, etc., and with the efficient assistance of his\\nson, is kept busy, the careful selection of his stock, and the constant\\nendeavors made by Mr. Asbeck to please his customers having made his\\nestablishment a popular one.\\nSchmidt Brothers. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Fresh and Salt\\nMeats corner of Hamilton and Franklin streets, Saginaw City. This firm two\\nyears ago, bought out Mr. William Moye, who had long been established in a\\nsimilar business, and from that time to the present has enjoyed a large and\\nsteadily increasing trade in the Saginaws and throughout the lumber camps of\\nNorthern Michigan. Their stock always includes the freshest and the best in\\nfresh meats and the products of the best packing houses in salt meats. Em-\\nployment is given to eight clerks and assistants and two wagons are utilized in\\ndelivering goods to their many customers. The premises occupied by the firm\\ncomprise the main floor and basement. 25x100 feet in dimensions, completely\\nequipped for the business and they have two-story buildings in the rear,\\n20x120 feet, for the purpose of ^dressing meat and storage, and they use en-\\ngines and other power machinery to facilitate their business. They also have\\ncommodious cellars and the finest refrigerator facilities. The Messrs. Schmidt\\nare thorough business men, who have fairly earned the prosperity which they\\nenjoy in this enterprise.\\nJ. W^. Gibson. Dealer in Groceries and Provisions corner of Warren\\nand Johnson streets, East Saginaw. Mr, Gibson established this business six\\nyears ago on the corner opposite his present premises, and has earned the favor\\nand patronage of the citizens of East Saginaw by the thorough and careful as-\\nsortment of his stock, close and accurate attention to filling orders, fair prices\\nand entire reliability. He occupies a two-story corner building, 25x100 feet\\nin dimensions, where he carries a large and complete stock of staple and fancy\\ngroceries, grocers sundries and shelf goods, teas, coffees, tobaccos and all kinds\\nof provisions. He has recently removed into his new premises, which he owns\\nand which afford him better facilities for the display of his stock than those\\nformerly occupied, and his trade has steadily increased from its inception to\\nthe present time.\\nD. F. Humphrey. Dealer in Furniture; 117 Lapeer street, East Sag-\\ninaw. Mr. Humphrey established himself in this business twelve years ago,\\nand has occupied for the last seven years his present premises, embracing a\\ntwo-story building, 35x125 feet in dimensions. He carries a complete stock of\\nmedium and common furniture, including chamber suites, lounges, chairs, ta-\\nbles, bedsteads, mattresses, springs, pillows, etc.; and a superior line of baby\\ncarriages. ^Mr. Humphre} is a thoroughly practical man, and maintains unex-\\ncelled relations with the leading manufacturers by which he is enabled to oflfer\\ngoods of the highest merit at the lowest prices. He conducts his business with\\npromptness and upon accurate methods, has a large and steadily growing trade.\\nWilliara Knippel Groceries and Provisions Wines, Liquors, No-\\nions, Etc.; 925 Janes street, East Saginaw. Mr. Knippel has be enlocated", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws. 211\\nupon the same spot he now occupies for thirty-one years, and for tlie last nine\\nyears has carried on his present business. He occupigs a new two-story build-\\ning, well. adapted for the purposes for which it is applied, and carries a large\\nand complete stock ot the freshest and best goods in staple and fancy groceries,\\nprovisions of every description, a select stock of wines and liquors and a full\\nline of notions and grocers sundries, and has a large trade with the people of\\nthe city and with farmers in the surrounding country, enioying a first-class\\nreputation for uniformly fair and accurate dealings. He has achieved a merited\\nsuccess by close attention to every detail of his business.\\nJ. W^. Richardson. Manufacturer of Harness, Saddlery, Etc.; South\\nHamilton street, next to Taylor House, Saginaw City. Mr. Richardson has\\nconducted this business from 18G4, and throughout his 4ong business history\\nhas maintained a first-class reputation for superior workmanship in the line in\\nwhich be is engaged, and has secured a steady and extensive patronage. The\\npremises occupied by the business embrace the main tloor and basement, 25x\\n120 feet, of the building immediately south of the Taylor House, in addition\\nto which there is a work-shop in the rear. Mr. Richardson manufactures all\\nkinds of fine and light bugg} and carriage harness, as well as heavy luml)ering\\nharness, ot which he makes a specialty, and in which his trade is not confined\\nto local bounds, but extends over the lumber districts of the country, orders\\nbeing received by him from as far west as Washington Territory, and east\\nfrom New York and Maine. He also manufactures collars, bridles, saddles,\\netc., and deals upon a very large scale in whips, blankets, robes, all kinds of\\nsaddlers goods and saddlery supplies of every description. His stock is not\\nsurpassed in quality or quantity by any in the Valley and he gives steady em-\\nployment to a full force of hands, and enjoys a very large trade in all his\\nlines. His facilities for the display of his superior stock of goods are of the\\nbest character, and the promptness and accuracy with which he fills all orders\\nfor goods in his line, and the uniformly fair and liberal methods adopted in\\nthe transactions of his business, have made his establishment both popular and\\nprosperous.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "OENEIRAL INDE,X.\\nPAGE.\\nAf hard, A. W. Son, wholesale and i-etail\\ndealer in heavy and shelf hardware, mill\\nsupplies, si oves, etc 183\\nAllin^toii Curtis Dust Separator Co., The. 94\\nAlderton, Geo. A., wholesale grocer 110\\nAiling-ton, D. K., architect, mechanical en-\\ng-ineer, ete 170\\nAndre, Peter C, real estate 119\\nAng:ell, The Photographer 129\\nAnderson Brothers, tine dry goods, silks,\\ndress g-oods and laces 1:^3\\nAsbeck. R., grocer 310\\nAvery to., manufacturers of and dealers\\nin rough and dressed lumber, lath, shin-\\ng-les,etc 106\\nBarnard\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The N A. Barnard Co.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lum-\\nber, salt, pine and farming- lands. 143\\nBauman, J., wholesale and retail dealer in\\ndry g-oods and notions, (See also inside\\npag-e, front cover) 79\\nBartlett, A. F. Co., proprietors of the\\nPioneer iron and galvanizing- works. 86\\nBaumgarten Heller, wholesale and retail\\ndealers in general merchandise. 92\\nBaumg-arten, A. .wholesale and retail dealer\\nin boots and shoes 92\\nBates, Harry, dealer in horses, wagons and\\ncarriages, and manufacturer of harness,\\netc 178\\nBamford, Fred Co., painters and dacora-\\ntors, and dealers in artistic wall papers,\\nroom mouldings, art g^ass, etc l.W\\nBanner Steam Laundry, Rosslter McClin-\\ntock, proprietors 159\\nBenjamin, C L., complete livery and under-\\ntaking establishment 199\\nBenjamin, J. H., wholesale manufacturer\\nof Concorri buggies. (See also page 217). 102\\nBeese, John H. Co., wholesale and retail\\ndealers^in coal, sewer pipe, cement, hair,\\nfire l^rick, tire clay, etc 130\\nBenson King, manufacturers of picture\\nbacking, thin box lumber and box shocks. 13\\nBechtel, A D. dealer in furniture and\\nhousehold goods 145\\nBeechler, Miss Emma, fashionable dress-\\nmaker 156\\nBirnej% R. J., dealer in drugs, medicines,\\nchemicals, etc 97\\nBirss, Alic, manufacturer of wagons, car-\\nriages, sleighs, etc 160\\nBlakely, Kirby, insurance and real estate,\\nand manufacturers agent for agj-icul-\\ntural laachinery and implements 164\\nBlumberg Weinberg, dealers in clothing\\nand gents furnishing goods, hats, caps,\\netc.7 163\\nBliss, A. T. Brother, manufacturers of\\nlumber, lath, shingles and salt 93\\nBliss ,Parsons, dealers in pine lands, logs\\nana lumber 181\\nBliss Aai-OQ P., Swancreek Stock Farm 181\\nBrand Hardin, manufacturers of roller\\nprocess flour; also manufacturers of\\nshingles and salt 104\\nBrown Ryan, dealers in lumber, logs and\\nshingles 108\\nBrown, J. F. Son, insurance 110\\nBrix, H. H., manufacturer and dealer in\\nhats, caps, furs and gentlemen s furnish-\\ning goods 207\\nBuehlcr Deibel, dealers in boots, shoes and\\nrubbers 132\\nBurdick Moore, dealers in meats, grocer-\\nies, vegetables, etc 169\\nButman Kust, manufacturers of lumber\\nandsalt 99\\nPAGE.\\nBudge Prince, manufacturing confec-\\ntioners 208\\nBurton, Charles B., caterer and confec-\\ntioner 145\\nBurdett, John, grocer, news dealer and con-\\nfectioner 206\\nBullock Music House, pianos, organs, mu-\\nsic and musical merchandise 196\\nByrne, A., dealer in groceries, provisions,\\netc., and wholesale and retail wines and\\nliquors 180\\nCalderwoOd, A. W S dealer in dry goods,\\nnotions, clothing, etc 97\\nCameron Merrill, lumber and salt manu-\\nfacturers 122\\nCamp, A. H., watchmaker and jeweler;\\ndealer in watches, clocks jewelry, silver-\\nware, etc 192\\nCitizens National Bank of Saginaw 186\\nCook, William J manufacturer of tin, cop-\\nper and sheet iron ware, gutters, etc.;\\nand dealer in furnaces and tinware 202\\nCook Gray, proprietors East Saginaw\\nSteam Laundry 83\\nCooper Peck, wholesale and retail dealers\\nin staple and fancy groceries 83\\nColeman, H furnishing undertaker, and\\ncomplete livery stable 150\\nConnelly Bros., brokers and furniture\\ndealers 135\\nConley, M. C, manufacturing jeweler;\\ndealer in watches, clocksland silver plated\\nware 300\\nCornell Stattord. city bottling works;\\nmanufacturers of ginger ale, root beer,\\nbirch beer, cream soda, sherbet, diamond\\nrock seltzer and pops of all kinds 168\\nCornick Meyers, dealei-s in boots, shoes,\\nrubber goods, etc 198\\nCosendai, John F., French steam dye house 192\\nCrescent Match Factory. 117\\nCrowley House, D. Crowley, proprietor. 184\\nDailey. George w expert sign writer. 192\\nDalke, William G., general aealer in gro-\\nceries and provisions 194\\nDaudt, Watson Co., importers and job-\\nbers of earthenware, china and glass-\\nware, lamps, chandeliers, silver plated\\nware and table cutlery J27\\nDavis, S. Co wholesale and retail dealers\\nin dry goods, notions and millinery 194\\nDemars, O. J. Co., dealers in clothing\\nhats, caps, furnishing goods, trunks, va-\\nlises, etc 195\\nDerby, J. P., wholesale grocer; produce\\ncommission merchant 1H5\\nDeShaw, Charles, cooper 194\\nEast Saginaw Conservatory of Music 188\\nEast Saginaw Sieam Laundry, Cook\\nGray, proprietors 83\\nEast Saginaw National Bank 173\\nEastman, E. O. S. L. Co.. manufac-\\nturers of and dealers in assorted lumber 180\\nEagle Drug Store, The, W. H. Foot, pro-\\nprietor 194\\nEaton, Potter Co., manufacturers and\\nwholesale and retail dealers in lumber,\\nlath and salt 107\\nEddy, C. K. Son, manufacturers of lum-\\nber and salt 175\\nEggert, Aug., manufacturer and dealer in\\nline upholstered goods and general furni-\\nture 156\\nEverett House, Wash Salisbury, proprie-\\ntor 185\\nExcelsior Steam Boiler Works, Wildman\\nBros., proprietors Wl", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws.\\n213\\nI AOK.\\nFarmers Hotel, Louis Miller, ))roi)rietor. 17:i\\nFeifje, Henry, inaiiufiicturor anil dealer in\\nfine furniture, upholstery, earprts, eur-\\ntains. draperies, etc lti(i\\nFeige Silsbee Furniture Manulaeturing-\\nCompany 118\\nFerg-uson\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Alex. Ferguson Son Insur-\\nance Agency, Are, life and accident insur-\\nance 8\\nFirst National Hank lijl\\nFlatt, Bradley Co, exporters of hardwood\\nlumber, etc ISf)\\nFoster, Charles Co., wholesale and retail\\ndealers in all kinds of furniture 0!5\\nFowler, Charles (i., insurance and real es-\\ntate !t]\\nFriedlein, H watchmaker and jeweler I,i6\\nFrenz, Dr. Engelbert, druggist 19.5\\nFriedman Hynan, practical book and job\\nprinters lii.\\nFroelich, George, manufacturer of tin,\\ncopper and sheet iron work, roofing, etc. 198\\ntJaensbauer, .lohn, dealer In boots, shoes,\\nslippers and rubbers 180\\nGermain, hdward, manufacturer of lum-\\nber, sash, doors, blinds, box shocks, etc 1:.M\\nGemmill, William, hardware, stoves, oil-\\ncloth, etc 135\\nGibson, .J. W., dealer in groceries and pro-\\nvisions 210\\nGossel Brothers, dealers in groceries, pro-\\nvisions, Hour, etc 197\\nGoldsmith, Henry, dealer in notions, fan-\\nej goods, etc I(i4\\nGottschalk, K., manufacturer of cigai S\\nand dealer in pipes, tobaccos and\\nsmokers articles 148\\nGoeschel, H. E., wholesale and retail\\ndealers in general merchandise 87\\nGrant, C. S. Co., dealers in tine boots and\\nshoes 113\\nGreen, King Co., manufacturers of gang\\nsawed lumber, lath, salt, staves, heading,\\netc 84\\nGreve, F, dealer in picture frames, mould-\\nings, etc 1.57\\nGyde, B. A manufacturer of staves, head-\\ning and hoops 198\\nHardin, D Co., manufacturers of and\\ndealers in sash, blinds, doors, mouldings,\\nsiding, flooring, etc 149\\nHarvey, J. J., livery, sale and boarding\\nstable 147\\nHaydcn, Miss M. E., fashionable millinery\\nestablishment., 135\\nHeavenrich Brothers Co., wholesale and\\nretail clothiers and dealers in lumber-\\nmen s supplies 136\\nHerley, M L. Co., Depot Drtig Store 137\\nHeim, H. W., dealers in drugs and medi-\\ncines, fancy and toilet articles 1.57\\nHeinlein, H., merchant tailor 158\\nHerrig, B wholesale dealer in tobacco,\\ngroceries, provisions, tiour, feed, hay,\\netc 179\\nHolzheimer House, C. F. Hol/.heimer, pro-\\nprietor 98\\nHobson, A., steam stone and marble\\nworks 18t)\\nHolland, Nelson, manufacturer and dealer\\nin gang sawed lumber and salt. 170\\nHonsberger, H. F., dry troods. notions, etc. 162\\nHollister, Fred W., architect and superin-\\ntendent 189\\nHoyt Saw Mill, manufacturers of gang\\nsawed white i)ine lumber 147\\nHoyt Planing Mill, manufacturers of and\\ndealers in lumber, lath and pickets 146\\nHumphrey, D. F., dealer in furniture 310\\nIngalls Oil Company 149\\nJackson, John L., manufacturer of steam\\nengines, salt well, saw and shingle ma-\\nchinery and castings of all kinds 119\\nPAGE.\\n.Jerome, D, H. Co., dealers in hardware,\\nmill and lumbermen s supijlies 88\\n.loehen, Kmil, hardware, stoves, tinware,\\netc 207\\noh nson. Wiliiain W architect. ..[.V..\\\\\\\\.\\\\. 163\\nKeeler Hogeboom, druggists\\nKliuen. Richard, insurance\\nKiml)all iV Merriam, lumber dealers\\nKindler, V., wholesale and retail dealer in\\nfirearms, sporting goods, etc\\nKnippel, William, grocoi iesand provisions,\\nwines, li(iu( rs, notions, etc\\nKoehler Brothers, steam forge; bolt works\\nand machine shop\\nliambie Brothers, merchant tailors\\nLee. Charles, nuinulacturer of sash, doors,\\nt)linds, llooiing, etc.\\nLinton Manufacturing Co., wholesale\\ndealers in and manufacturers of lumber,\\nsalt and packing boxes\\nLivermore, A. 8., dealer in fresh and salt\\nmeats, fine groceries, crockery, etc\\nLuster, Richard, dealer in tine groceries,\\nfruits, vegetables, oysters, etc\\nLyon, L. M, market gardener, etc\\nlUack, .Tames, dealer in hats, gents fur-\\nnishings, etc\\nMarshall, E. J., manufacturer of tin, cop-\\nper and sheet iron work, etc\\nMartin, J. S., livery and sales stable\\nMarskey, Chas. F., special representative\\nMichigan Mutual Life Insurance Com-\\npany\\nMayflower Mills, Emil Mdores, manager;\\nroller flour manufacturers\\nMartin, Bruno, patentee and manager of\\nthe Martin Excelsior Tobacco Resweater;\\ntin, copper and iron works\\nMcLeod, D., manufacturer of shingles\\nMe Bain, Wm., general insurance\\nMcGregor, James Sons, manufacturers\\nof steam boilers and sheet iron works.\\nMcPhee, William H., merchant tailor\\nMcKenzie, S., blacksmith, wagon maker,\\netc.\\nMeakin s Steam Laundry, James Meakln,\\nJr., propi ietor\\nMeldrum, J. D., blacksmith and wagon\\nmaker\\nMeyer, G. W. Co., dealers in dry goods,\\nnotions, hats, caps, gents furnishing\\ngoods, groceries, tobaccos, cigars, hard-\\nware, crockery, glassware, etc\\nMichigan Curtain Roller Co\\nMichigan Paper ompanj Swinton Rey-\\nnolds, proprietors; wholesale paper, sta-\\ntionery and books\\nMichigan Dairy Salt Company, manufac-\\ntui-ers of pure table and dairy salt.\\nMichigan Saw Company, manufacturers of\\nmill saws and dealers in emery wheels,\\netc\\nMitts, W. S. Co., Personal and Exchange\\nBank\\nMitterinier Rohde, dealers in groceries,\\nvegetables, fruits, poultry, oysters, etc..\\nMikado Tea Company, importers, jobbers\\nand retailers of fine teas, cofl ees, spices.\\n9\\n138\\n105\\n191\\n310\\n123\\n197\\n102\\n208\\n309\\n197\\n307\\n209\\n144\\n193\\n130\\n1.55\\n131\\n113\\n136\\n208\\n203\\n114\\n111\\n83\\n208\\n154\\n116\\n129\\ni;{3\\n136\\netc.\\n155\\nMoore, Lou G., druggist 108\\nMoore. W. B., wholesale and retail druggist 165\\nMollit, W. J insurance 300\\nMorley Brothers, hardware 77\\nMorley, Kwen Co., wholesale and retail\\n^oal, lime, cement, sewer pipe, etc 158\\nMoeller DeLand, druggists; dealers in\\nwall paper, stationery, etc 173\\nMoeller, A. L., dealer in choice groceries.. 198\\nMueller, William, contractor lor brick and\\nstonework 173\\nIVational Brewery, Peter Raquet, proprie-\\ntor 8V", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "214\\nThe Industries of the Saginaws.\\nPAGE.\\nNational Tea Company, dealers in teas,\\ncotfees, spices, etc 128\\nNeumann, William, dealer in fancy and\\nstaple groceries, crockery, glassware,\\netc 88\\nNewell Robinson, school books, blank\\nbooks, stationery, news, wall paper,\\nshades, etc 201\\nNewton, E. S. Co., foundry and machine\\nshop 134\\nNorris, C. M., dealer in pianos, organs,\\nmusical merchandise, etc 174\\nNorris, T. J., groceries and provisions 163\\nO Donnel! Spencer, manui acturers of\\nlumber; planing mill and box shook fac-\\ntory 80\\nO Hare. J., dealer in flue boots, shoes and\\nrubbers Ill\\nOppenheimer s Complete Cigar Store 193\\nOpfergelt, P., manufacturer of and dealer\\nin harness, saddles, collars, whips, etc.. 139\\nOtto, John Jr. Co., gentlemen s furnish-\\ning goods, hats, caps, etc 167\\nPassolt, Henry, manufacturer of laundry\\nand toilet soaps 163\\nPioneer Iron and Galvanizing Works, A.\\nF. Bartlett Co., proprietors; manufac-\\nturer of steam engines, saw mill and salt\\nwell machinery 86\\nPlummer, Charles H., manufacturer and\\ndealer in lumber, lath, shingles and all\\nkinds of hardwood; also manufacturer\\nof flour and dealer in pine lands 139\\nPowe Howell, photographers 305\\nPrice, John A. personal security bank 133\\nQuinnin, Louis, real estate. 171\\nKapp, William, meat market 304\\nKaquet, Peter, proprietor National Brew-\\nery; brewer of Pilsener and lager beer,\\nand bottler, 89\\nKemer Brothers, manufacturers of Valley\\nIsland stone liine, and dealers in coal,\\ncalcined plaster, cement, hair, brick, Are\\nbrick and clay 138\\nReitter, F. C English and German job\\nprinters; publishersof the Saginaw Post. 190\\nRichardson, J. W., manufacturer of hai\\nness, saddlery, etc 311\\nRimmele, Charles, Brother, dealers in\\ngroceries, provisions and produce 100\\nRing, Charles E., manufacturer of shin-\\ngles 201\\nRingler, Eugene Son, druggists- and\\nchemists 163\\nBoseland, Charles, grocer 308\\nRossiter McClintock, proprietors of Ban-\\nner steam laundry 159\\nRose Brothers, wholesale and retail butch-\\ners 171\\nRoeser, William Sons, dealers in farm-\\ning tools and implements, wagons, car-\\nriages, harness, etc 135\\nRust Brothers Co., manufacturers of\\nlumber 96\\nRust, Eaton Co., manufacturers of lum-\\nber, lath and salt 174\\nRust .Sl Wheeler, pine and farming lands,\\nlogs, lumber, etc 179\\nSaginaw Manufacturing Company, manu-\\nfacturers of rough and dressed lumber,\\nwashboards, barrel covers, shade rollers,\\nbail and grease boxes, etc 81\\nSaginaw Beef Co., L. Cornwell, proprietor;\\nwholesale dealers in Swift s Chicago\\ndressed beef, live stock, dressed hogs,\\nmutton, smoked meats, etc 100\\nSaginaw Lumber and Salt Company 140\\nSaginaw Valley Paper o., F. S. Sears,\\nproprietor; dealer in all kinds of blank\\nbooks, stationery, paper boxes, twine,\\nflour sacks, etc 133\\nSaginaw Dry Goods and Carpet Co 183\\nSaginaw, Tuscola Huron Railroad Com-\\npany, The, (see also inside back cover). 158\\nPAGE.\\nSavings Bank of East Saginaw, The 150\\nSt. John, E. Co., news dealei-s, book-\\nsellers and stationers; dealers in wall\\npaper, window shades, etc 195\\nSt. John Manufacturing Co., manufao-\\nfacturers of the cooling, poultice and\\nprotection boot 199\\nSchwemer Witt, dealers in dry goods,\\ngroceries, crockei-y, etc 94\\nSchoeneberg, E., flre insurance and real\\nestate agent 109\\nSchott, A. A. Co., pharmacists and\\ndealers in pure drugs, medicines, chemi-\\ncals, etc 169\\nSchupp, A., insurance 168\\nSchemm, John G., brewer and bottler of\\nlager beer, and manufacturer of ginger\\nale, etc 103\\nSchaefer, J. G., meat market 303\\nSchmidt Bros., wholesale and retail dealers\\nin fresh and salt meats 310\\nSelleck, Mrs. E. J., millinery and fancy\\ngoods 93\\nSellc Jasper, fine tailoring 134\\nSecond National Bank 166\\nSeyft ardt Walz, wholesale and retail\\ndealers in hardware, building material,\\nhouse furnishing goods, agricultural im-\\nplements, etc 167\\nSears, F S., proprietor Saginaw Valley\\nPaper Co 133\\nSearls, B. A., dealer in choice family gro-\\nceries, etc 305\\nShackleton, J. H., roller mills; manufac-\\nturer of flour, meal, feed, etc 109\\nSheyer Bros., dealers in dry goods, clothing\\nand ladies and gents furnishing goods. 170\\nShaler, H. H., groceries, flour, feed, etc 300\\nSinger Manufacturing Co., J. O. Charlebois,\\nagent 104\\nSlesinger, Victor, dealer in hides, pelts,\\nwool, furs, cracklings and tallow 131\\nSlade, Lewis C, wholesale dealer in rough\\nand dressed white pine lumber 191\\nSmith, William L photographer 87\\nSmith. W. G., manufacturer of parlor fur-\\nniture and lounges 130\\nSmith, H. P., real estate, etc 133\\nSmith, Jay, Son, wholesale and retail\\ndealers in drugs, chemicals, patent medi-\\ncines, druggists sundries, etc 176\\nSmitk s Art Store, William Smith, proprie-\\ntor 303\\nSmith, J. L baker and confectioner 30H\\nSmart, James S., Jr., Co., manufactur-\\ning confectioners and jobbers in oysters,\\nfruits and canned goods 101\\nSpangler, A. D. Co., genei-al commission\\nmerchants; wholesale dealers in fruits,\\nproduce, nuts, berries, etc 184\\nSparks, Charles J., general insurance and\\nreal estate agent, etc 301\\nSpatz, George, steam baker and wholesale\\ncracker dealer 166\\nStandardLumber Co.,The 189\\nStevens LaDue, manufacturers of lum-\\nber, shingles and salt 187\\nStevens, George F., merchandise broker.. 179\\nStevens Deveaux, real estate, loans, ab-\\nstracts, land and tax agency 0*1\\nStevens, J. K., real estate, abstract and\\nloan office 145\\nStein, John, and Fred Eckert, wagon mak-\\ners, horse shoers and general black-\\nsmiths 205\\nStewart\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The James, Stewart Co., whole--\\nsale grocers, etc 196\\nStewart, R. S., The Grocer 90\\nStenglein Manufacturing Co., The, Manu-\\nfacturers of furniture 95\\nStinson, James, dealer in crockery, china,\\nglassware, etc 305\\nStraw, Charles, dealer in groceries, etc 301\\nStone Brothers, sbintfle manufacturers. 80", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "The Industries of the Saginaws.\\n215\\nPAGE.\\nStlngel, Geo., wholesale and retiiil butcher 114\\nStolz, John Son, whoicsiile and i-etail\\nbutchers, etc 11~\\nStringham, Joseph, insurance, and ad-\\njuster of flie losses 1^\\nSwinton Reynolds, proprietors oT Michi-\\ng an Paper Co In4\\nSyinons Urothers Co., wholesale g-rocers. 81\\nTallniadge, F. E.. the Franklin livery, sale\\nand boarding- stables 17:J\\nTaylor House. F red U. Sweet, proprietor.. IsT\\nTeal, J. B., wholesale and retail meat and\\nvegetable market lOV\\nTen Eyck, C. E., numuracturers of and\\ndealers in shingles, pail staves and head-\\ning-, and salt US\\nVoepei, L. \\\\V., dealer in books, stationery,\\nwall paper, etc 144\\nV oUmer, Eberhard, meat market. 308\\nWard, A. T., banker and broker; and\\ndealer in diamonds, watches, etc ~06\\nWarner Eastman, manufacturers of lum-\\nber and salt 183\\narner, G. C, manufacturer of all kinds\\nof harness and turf a:oods; dealer in\\nwhips, blankets, brushes, etc 304\\nWeber, William F East Saginaw Trunk\\nFactory; manufacturer of and dealer in\\ntrunks, traveling bags, etc.. 131\\nWegst, A., Co., carriage manufactory\\nand repository 159\\nWelch, J C. watch maker and jeweler 304\\nWells, Stone Co pine lands, logs and\\nlumber T9\\nWells-Stone Mercantile Company, whole-\\nsale grocers and dealers in iumbeTmen s\\nsupplies 90\\nWeston, R sanitary plumbing, gas fitting\\nand steam heating- 203\\nHAOE.\\nWest Side Club. T\\\\w 1H3\\nWickes Urothers, manufacturers of lliecel-\\nebratcd Wickes gang and all kinds of\\nheavy mill machinery lOfi\\nWiggins, F. 15 Co., word working ma-\\nchinery and mill supplies ISJ\\nWiggins, (J. R. A: S. L manufacturers of\\npine and hardwood lumber and salt, and\\ndealers in logs, lumber, puie and farming\\nlands 13(1\\nWilke, Ernst, F. P. M. meat market,\\nfresh and salt meats 10.5\\nWildn an Brothers, proprietors Excelsior\\nSteam Boiler Works IHl\\nWilliamson, William, machine shop, steam\\nfitting, general blacksmithing and wagon\\nmaking; also dealer in new and second\\nband inaeliinery 5\\nWilliams, G. F., Brotheis, manufacturers\\nof and wholesale and retail dealers in\\nlumber and salt 113\\nWilliams-Perrin Implement and Produce\\nCompany, wholesale and retail dealers in\\nall kinds of carriages, cutters, sleighs,\\nfarm implements, machinery, wagons,\\nengines, wind mills and produce 177\\nWilliams, R. H., grocery and market 306\\nWillis, Thomas, dealer in boots, shoes,\\nslippers and rubber goods 209\\nWinsor, J i)laning mill and salt works. 1.37\\nWolpert, Frederick, groceries, provisions,\\nHour, feed, etc 304\\nWright, A. W., Lumber Co.. manufac-\\nturers and dealers in lumber, lath and\\nshingles 115\\nYawkey Corby n, hardware, stoves, etc. ItiO\\nZander, T. C. L., The New York Tailor.... 133\\nADVERTISERS INDEX.\\nPAGE.\\nBauman, J., dry goods, carpets, cloaks,\\netc. (See also page 79) Inside front cover\\nBenjamin, J. H., wholesale manufactur-\\ners of Concord buggies. (See also page\\n103) 317\\nElstner, J. M Co., publishers 316\\nFlint Pere Marquette Railroad\\nOutside back cover\\nPAGE.\\nCiiooch Freezer Co., manufacturers of pat-\\nent ice cream freezers 316\\nMichigan Central Railroad 218\\nSaginaw, Tuscola Huron Railroad. (See\\nalso page 1.53i Inside back cover", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "216\\nThe Industries op the Saginaws.\\nThe Gooch Patent Ice Cream Freezers.\\nThese freezers are entirely different\\nfrom an}^ other make in the market. By\\ntheir simplicity of construction and per-\\nfect adaptability to the process of making\\nall kinds of Ice Cream, Sherbets, Frozen\\nFruits, Etc., they have taken the front\\nrank in the market and are universally\\nacknowledged THE BEST FREEZERS\\nMADE.\\nDealers are constantly taking up the\\nsale of them, and are discarding inferior\\nFreezers heretofore thought good ones.\\nOur increase of sales has been NINE\\nHUNDRED PER CENT. SINCE 1879,\\nthus showing their great popularity.\\nThe PEERLESS are made 3-quart to 10-quart for family use the\\nGIANT, with fl^ -wheel, 14-quart to 42-quart for confectioners and hotels.\\nFor Sale by the Learting- Saginaw and East Saginaw Hardware and\\nQueensware Trade.\\nTHE COOCH FREEZER CO.,\\nci:srci2srniT-^Ti, o.\\nJ. M. ELSTNER CO.,\\nX XJIOXjTSXZSSft.S\\nThe\\nThe\\nJ he\\nThe\\nThe\\nThe\\nThe\\nThe\\nThe\\nThe\\nIndustries of\\nIndustries of\\nIndustries of\\nIndustries of\\nIndustries of\\nIndustries of\\nIndustries of\\nIndustries of\\nIndustries of\\nIndustries of\\nSan Francisco, Cal.\\nCincinnati, O.\\nSt. Louis, Mo. (1885.\\nNew Orleans, La.\\nMinneapolis, Minn.\\nSt. Paul, Minn.\\nGrand Kapids, Mich.\\nAtlanta, Ga.\\nSavannah, (ia.\\nHouston, Tex.\\nThe Industries of St. Louis, Mo. (1887.)\\nThe Industries of Chattanooga, Tenn.\\nThe Industries of Montgomery, Ala.\\nThe Industries of Detroit, Mich.\\nThe Industries of Dubuque, la.\\nThe Industries of the Saginaws, Mich.\\nThe Industries of Kansas City, Mo.\\n(In Preparation.)\\nThe Centennial Review of Cincinnati, O.\\n(In Preparation.)\\nIJ^ J list Office Block, Corner Cass and Tuscola jStreets,\\nEAST SAOINAW. MICH.", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "The Industri es op thk Saginaws.\\n217\\nO\\nO\\no\\npq\\noo\\nCO\\noo\\nCO\\ntq", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "218\\nThe Industries op the Sawinaws.\\nJV \\\\ICHIGAN\\nCENTRAL\\nf _J\\nHe^) tn^l\u00c2\u00a3^t)^ PoiDts }r\\nW.R.BUSENBARK,^^^^^^ PassT. Ag t Chicago. G erVl. Passer Tkt J^gt^\\nFour Express Trains with Parlor and Sleeping Oars Attached, between\\nEAST SAGINAW, SAGINAW CITY t DETROIT\\nOonnecting with Thronerh Oars to\\nNEW YORK, BOSTON, BUFFALO, TORONTO,\\nNIAGARA FALLS AND CINCINNATL\\nWAGNER PALACE SLEEPING CARS FROM THE\\nSAGINAW VALLEY TO CHICAGO\\n-^TTTTHO-CTT CH^lNTa-E.\\nPARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS TO MACKINAW,\\nFoot of Court St Southeast Cor, Genesee and Washington Aves.,\\nSaginaw (SimY, CQigh. Gasii Saginaw, CQigh-", "height": "3441", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "industriesofsagi00leon_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Railroad,\\nTHE\\nSHORT LINE between WESTERN MICHIGAN\\nAnd Points on the\\nHURON PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN,\\nAND THE\\nOnly Direct Line\\nBetween the\\nSAGINAW VALLEY\\nPORT AUSTIN,\\nGRiND STONE CITY,\\nPORT HOPE,\\nHURON CITY,\\nSAND BEACH,\\nCASEVILLE,\\nGACETOWN,\\nc., c., c.\\nW, L, Webber, Presiden/. M, B, Wilkinson, supennhmkni.\\nBay Port Hotel, at Bay Port,\\nwii^ri fow:L bat.\\nOperated by the S., T H. R. R. CO.,\\nIs being- enlaro-ed, and for Season of 1888 will have capacity\\nfor three hundred Guests.\\nT II E\\nGROUNDS BEACH are km Improyei aul will mate BAY FORT e^iial to auy\\nSUMMER RESORT on the GREAT LAKES.\\nD. H. WEBSTER. 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