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PREIFACEI. 


I^HE  object  of  this  book  is  to  present  a  view  of  the  Saginaws  which  will 
conve}'  a  fair  idea  of  their  progress,  their  present  status,  and  their  future 
prospects.  There  has  been  no  effort  made  to  exaggerate  or  color  an}-  of  the 
features  of  the  situation,  and  it  has  been  the  endeavor  of  the  compiler  to  make 
every  statement  accurate.  In  order  to  accomplish  this  end  recourse  has  been 
had,  in  every  instance,  to  the  best  available  sources  of  information. 

So  far  as  the  historical  portion  of  the  work  is  concerned,  there  has  been 
no  attempt  to  go  into  details  further  than  to  present  such  facts  as  tend  to  show 
the  steps  in  the  progress  of  the  Saginaws  to  their  present  position  of  importance 
as  centers  of  production  and  distribution. 

Without  making  any  pretensions  to  a  high  order  of  literary  merit  for  this 
book,  the  author  ventures  to  hope  that  the  information  it  contains  ma}'  be 
found  useful  to  the  people  of  the  Saginaws  and  interesting  to  the  general 
reader. 

J.  W.  LEONARD. 

East  Saginaw,  Decembrr,  1887. 


CONTELNTS, 


Early  Days   . 
Years  of  Procjrkss     . 
Transportation 
Navigation 
Ur(janized  Efforts 

LO(JS    AND    LlTMBKR 

Salt  Making  .        . 
Other  Manufactures 
The  Merchants      .         >. 
The  Banks  . 
Real  Estate 
The  Two  Cities 
Social  Facts 
The  Press    . 
Representative   Hoitses 
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PROMINELNX  ILaLUSTRATIONS. 


Bird's  Eye  View  of  the  Sacjinaws         .         .         .    '     . 
The  Sa(jinaw  County  Court  House,  Sachnaw  City    . 
Saginaw  City — Hamilton  Street,  South  from  Court     . 
East  Saginaw — Genesee  Avenue,  Looking  Toward  Bridgk 
East  Saginaw — Gknesee  Avenue,  Looking  from  Brii»ge     . 
Saginaw  City — Court  Street,  West  prom  Hamilton 
East  Saginaav — Academy  of  Music         .         .         .         .         . 

East  SA(iiNAw — Homk  for  the  Friendless 

East  Saginaw — ARUEirEK  Hall     ...... 

East  Saginaw — Gkk.nlvnia  Institutk         .... 

Saginaav  Citv — Tfie  Baknakd  Block     .         .         .         .         . 


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EARLY    DAYS. 


THE  PIONEERS  AND   FIRST   SETTLERS  OF  THE 
SAGINAW    VALLEY. 


THE  story  of  American  progress  presents  a  record  as  unique  as  it  is  interest- 
ing. No  otlier  chapter  of  bistorj'  approaches  it  in  the  rapidity  with  which 
the  wild  and  waste  places  have  been  made  to  fructify  under  the  hand  of  indus- 
try, and  the  wilderness  to  evolve  into  a  populous  and  civilized  community.  No 
other  narrative  more  strongly  illustrates  the  truism  that  it  is  events,  and  not 
years,  that  make  histor3^  At  the  opening  of  the  Nineteenth  century'  Michigan, 
with  the  exception  of  a  sparse  settlement  at  Detroit,  and  an  insignificant  post  at 
Mackinaw,  was  useless  to  humanitj^,  except  as  it  afforded  hunting  grounds  for 
fierce  and  nomadic  Indian  tribes.  The  Saginaw  Valley  was  a  dense  forest, 
which  had  as  yet  been  visited  by  no  white  man,  save  an  occasional  zealous 
missionary,  who  ventured  in  the  cause  of  Christianity  where  others,  actuated 
by  self-interest,  feared  to  follow. 

It  is  not  the  purpose  of  this  work  to  attempt  any  extended  or  minute  nar- 
rative of  the  past,  but  to  present  in  this  introductory  chapter  only  such  perti- 
nent points  from  the  history  of  the  Saginaws  as  tend  to  show  the  steps  in  their 
progress  from  the  original  forest  to  their  present  advanced  position  as  a  center 
of  trade  and  industry.  The'  review  will  necessarily  be  brief,  and  is  designed 
only  to  contain  such  facts,  concisely  told,  as  are  necessary  to  illustrate  the 
story  of  the  industrial  development  of  the  Saginaws  from  the  first  beginnings 
in  civilization  to  the  bus}'  activity  of  the  present. 

Indian  tradition  affords  the  information  that  the  Chippewas,  who  inhabited 
this  region  as  the  immediate  predecessors  of  its  white  inhabitants,  obtained  it 
in  a  battle  with  a  tribe  known  as  the  Sauks  some  time  in  the  sixteenth  century; 
while  ethnalogical  researches  even  go  beyond  that  event  to  an  Aztec  population, 
antodating  the  Sauks,  and  still  further  to  the  mound  builders.  But  whatever 
the  thoughttul  or  curious  may  find  in  investigations  among  the  fossils  for  the 


10  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

traces  of  the  primitive  inhabitants,  or  in  gathering  up  the  remnants  of  Chip- 
pewa and  Alonquin  tradition,  the  results  of  the  search  can  have  little  bearing 
upon  the  subject  of  progress  or  industry.  The  history  of  the  Saginaws,  there- 
fore, in  so  far  as  it  is'pertinent  to  the  object  of  this  volume,  begins  with  the 
early  settlements  by  white  pioneers. 

FIRST    VISITORS    AND    SETTLERS. 

Throughout  the  settlement  of  the  Northwest  it  was  usually  the  priest  who 
came  first,  and  he  was  generally  closely  followed  b}'  the  soldier.  In  the  Sagi- 
naw Valley,  however,  the  Jesuit  fathers  were  the  first  to  venture  into  the  wilder- 
ness, Allouez  and  Dablon  visiting  the  Valley  in  1665,  and  Pere  Marquette  and 
Joliet  coming  three  years  later  ;  and  other  missionaries  made  occasional  visits 
from  time  to  time.  The  first  trader  who  ventured  into  this  region  was  Francois 
Trombley  who  visited  the  Saginaw  Indians  in  1792.  He  met  with  an  unfavor- 
able reception,  being  attacked  by  the  Indians,  and  on  his  return  trip  he  was 
drowned  in  Lake  Huron.  Other  French  traders  made  occasional  trips,  and  in 
1811  several  found  their  way  to  the  Valley.  Louis  Campau,  a  French  Cana- 
dian fur  trader,  settled  in  what  is  now  Saginaw  City,  and  built  a  log  house  in 
1816  on  Water  street,  opposite  the  location  now  occupied  by  the  Wright  Lumber 
Company's  mill,  which  was  the  first  house  ever  built  in  Saginaw  county.  Here 
he  carried  on  a  considerable  trade  with  the  Indians,  and  other  tradei's  and 
trappers  came  to  the  Valley  prior  to  the  negotiation  of  the  treaty  of  1819  be- 
tween General  Cass,  Commissioner  for  the  United  States,  and  the  Chippewas, 
by  which  large  tracts  of  land  were  ceded  to  the  Government  by  the  Indians  in 
consideration  of  an  annuit3^  The  treaty  was  followed  in  1822  by  the  establish- 
ment of  Fort  Saginaw,  and  the  block-house  and  stockade  of  the  fort  were  lo- 
cated at  what  is  now  the  intersection  of  C^ourt  and  Hamilton  streets,  occupying 
a  site  almost  identical  with  that  upon  which  the  Taylor  House  now  stands.  The 
garrison^was  composed  of  two  companies  of  the  Third  United  States  Infantry, 
and  was  in  command  of  Major  Baker.  In  the  spring  of  1823  a  flood  from  the 
Tittabawassee  caused  an  overflow  of  the  river,  and  in  the  summer  there  was 
much  sickness  among  the  troops,  two  lieutenants  and  a  number  of  soldiers 
dying.  Major  Baker,  the  commanding  officer,  in  a  report  to  the  War  Depart- 
ment, stated  that  "  Nothing  but  Indians,  muskrats  and  bull-frogs  could  possibly 
exist  here,"  and  upon  this  representation  an  order  came  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment for  an  evacuation  of  the  fort,  and  the  troops  left  for  Detroit  late  in  the  fall 
of  1823.  In  1824  the  American  Fur  Company  established  a  post  at  Saginaw, 
William  McDonald  being  the  trader,  and  occupying  the  abandoned  fort  for  his 
headquarters.  He  remained  three  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  Eleazer 
Jewett,  who  had  arrived  in  1826,  became  the  factor  for  the  American  Fur  Com- 
pany, Patrice  Reaume  l)eing  the  trader.     In  1827  Ephraim  S.  Williams  and  his 


The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws.  11 

brother,  Gardner  D.  "Williams,  purchased  the  rights  of  the  American  Fur  Com- 
pany and  the  interests  of  the  brothers,  Louis  and  Antoine  Campau,  and  thus, 
combining  rival  interests,  became  the  great  fur  trading  firm  of  this  region. 

KAKLV    PIONEERS. 

From  1826  to  1830  the  Saginaw  Valley  began  to  attract  the  attention  of 
those  seeking  homes  on  the  frontier,  but  the  settlement  of  the  countrj-  was  ver}' 
slowl}'  accomplished,  the  entire  number  of  white  settlers  in  Saginaw — compris- 
ing at  that  time  the  entire  region  between  the  Flint  River  and  the  Straits  of 
Mackinaw — amounting  to  but  twenty-eight  souls,  and  that  of  what  is  now  Gene- 
see county  to  seventy,  giving  to  the  entire  Saginaw  Valley  a  population  of 
about  one  hundred  whites  all  told. 

These  figures,  small  as  they  seem,  represent  the  beginning  of  an  occupation 
of  the  Valley,  which  was  eventually  to  transform  the  untrodden  wilderness  into 
a  fruitful  land  of  plenty  and  to  supplant  the  murmurings  of  the  winds  among 
the  pine?  by  the  hum  of  industry  and  the  whirr  of  impatient  machiner}-. 

Saginaw  Count}-  had  been  recognized  for  a  number  of  j'ears,  it  having  been 
originally  created  by  the  proclamation  of  General  Cass,  Governor  of  Michigan 
Territory,  in  1822.  For  judicial  and  governmental  purposes  it  was  attached  to 
Oakland  county.  In  1831  Governor  Cass  established  the  city  of  Saginaw  as 
the  count}'  seat  of  Saginaw  county,  and  in  the  same  year  the  county  was  or- 
ganized into  a  separate  township.  In  1833  the  county  was  organized  by  vir- 
tue of  an  enactment  passed  by  the  Territorial  Council  in  the  preceding  year. 

THE    FIRST    SAW    MILL. 

The  Williams  brothers,  Ephraim  S.  and  Gardner  D.,  who  have  before  been 
mentioned  in  this  sketch  as  pioneer  merchants  of  Saginaw,  had  a  brother  in 
Detroit  named  Harvey  \YilIiams,  who  was  noted  as  a  blacksmith  and  machinist 
of  a  superior  order  of  ability.  This  gentleman,  afterward  familiar  to  the  citi- 
zens of  the  Saginaw  Valley  as  "  Uncle  Harvey/'  had  visited  Fort  Saginaw  in 
1822,  bringing  supplies  for  the  troops  from  Detroit.  It  was  not  until  1834 
that  he  returned  to  make  his  home  in  the  Valley.  Upon  his  arrival  Mr. 
Williams  began  the  erection  of  a  small  steam  saw  mill,  located  at  the  foot  of 
what  is  now  Mackinaw  street,  to  which  a  run  of  stone  was  afterward  added,  for 
the  purpose  of  supplying  the  citizens  with  corn  meal.  This  mill,  long  known 
as  the  "  G.  D.  &  E.  S.  Williams  mill,"  was  the  first  steam  saw  mill  erected  in 
the  Saginaw  Valley.  Great  as  was  the  faith  of  its  projectors  in  the  future  of 
this  region,  even  their  views  of  future  possibilities  could  not  have  compassed 
the  wonderful  results  which  have  since  shown  themselves,  and  which  in  the 
present  afford  an  example  of  industrial  development  to  which  history  presents 
few  parallels  and  no  rivals. 


12  The  Industries  op  the  SaginaWS. 

It  was  in  1836  that  the  second  mill  was  built.  The  first  one  had  proved  a 
successful  venture.  The  "  land  fever "  which  struck  the  county  about  that 
time  brought  numbers  of  people  who  were  looking  for  homes,  and  those  who 
sta3'ed  needed  lumber  to  build  houses.  The  success  of  this  mill  led  to  the 
erection  of  another,  known,  b}'  way  of  distinction,  as  "the  big  mill."  It  was 
located  at  what  was  afterwards  known  as  Buena  Vista,  on  the  east  side  of  the 
river,  the  site  of  the  mill  being  about  identical  with  that  now  occupied  by  the 
East  Saginaw  gas  works.  This  mill  was  erected  for  the  owners  by  Mr.  Harvey 
Williams.  It  was  from  this  mill  that  the  first  cargo  of  lumber  that  ever  left 
the  Valley  was  shipped  in  1837. 

In  1836  the  first  steamboat  which  ever  appeared  on  the  waters  of  the 
Saginaw  river  arrived.  It  was  the  Grovernor  Marcy,  which  came  from  Detroit 
and  reached  Saginaw  Citj"^  July  9  of  that  year.  During  the  same  year  another 
Important  step  in  material  progress  was  taken  in  the  establishment  of  the  first 
newspaper,  the  Saginaw  Journal.  In  that  3'ear  also  the  land  forming  the  site 
of  the  present  city  of  East  Saginaw  was  entered  by  Dr.  Charles  Little. 

In  1837  Saginaw  City  was  laid  out  and  the  streets  named.  The  first  plat 
of  the  village,  under  the  name  of  the  "  Town  of  Sagana,"  was  made  as  early 
as  1 822  for  S.  McCloskey  and  John  Farelly,  while  the  place  was  still  occupied 
as  a  frontier  fort.  The  platting  of  the  city  in  1837  was  upon  a  more  extensive 
scale,  and  was  made  for  Norman  Little  and  Messrs.  Mackey,  Jennison  and  other 
settlers,  who  had  formed  a  compan}'  and  bought  the  city  plat  and  a  quantity  of 
land  adjoining.  They  went  to  considerable  expense,  building  a  large  hotel, 
the  "  Webster  House,"  at  an  outlaj^  of  $35,000,  and  a  large  four-story  ware- 
house cost  $25,000.  A  bank  was  started,  which,  after  the  fashion  of  those 
days,  immediately  issued  bills  in  large  quantities.  These  bills  had  a  red  back, 
while  the  face  was  ornamented  by  pictures  of  canal  boats  and  steamboats. 

The  earl}'  part  of  1837  was  an  era  of  flush  times  in  Michigan,  which  was 
admitted  as  the  twenty-sixth  State  in  the  Union,  January  20  of  that  year.  A 
census  was  taken  in  the  same  3'ear  which  showed  the  population  of  Saginaw 
county  to  be  920.  Speculation  ran  rife  throughout  the  West,  and  land  in  par- 
ticular was  held  at  greatly  inflated  prices.  Everything  was  in  a  condition 
which  in  modern  speculative  pai'lance  would  be  designated  as  "  a  boom."  Two 
special  crazes  had  taken  possession  of  the  western  country.  One  developed 
itself  into  a  desire  to  start  a  bank,  the  principal  capital  of  which  consisted  of  an 
industrious  printer  who  could  turn  out  "  money  "  with  sufficient  rapidity,  and 
the  other  consisted  of  a  desire  to  buy  and  sell  lots  in  towns  which  were  princi- 
pally attractive  on  paper.  The  excitement  was  great,  but,  after  the  manner  of 
such  feverish  ebullitions,  was  brief,  and  following  the  boom  came  the  panic, 
bringing  with  it  great  distress  and  bankruptcy  to  man}-. 


The  Industries  op  the  Saoinaws.  13 

TlIK    PANIC   Ob'    1837. 

Those  were  indeed  times  of  disaster.  Failure  to  observe  the  cardinal 
principles  of  banking,  and  the  issuance  of  bills  without  capital  or  assets  to 
back  them,  were  leading  causes  of  the  trouble  which  afflicted  the  entire  western 
country  in  the  last  half  of  1837  and  the  early  part  of  1838.  For  a  time  the 
"wild-cat"  money  was  freely  exchanged  for  gold.  The  pioneers  were  not 
adepts  in  the  subtleties  of  finance.  Honest  themselves  and  plain  and  open  in 
their  dealings,  they  did  not  understand  that  a  bill  representing  itself  to  be  a 
dollar  could  be  but  worthless  paper.  The  abundance  of  money — while  the 
"wild-cat"  bills  were  regardt  i  as  money — made  times  good,  and  the  people 
did  not  complain  of  inflation.  But  when  the  blow  came  it  was  a  stunning  one. 
Ease,  and  in  some  cases  wealth,  gave  way  to  poverty,  and  workmen  who  had 
before  been  enjoying  high  wages,  lost  employment,  and  industry  came  to  a 
standstill. 

This  slate  of  affairs  was  severely  felt  at  Saginaw.  Many  who  had  come 
here  attracted  by  the  high  wages  then  current  left  the  settlement  by  the  Flint 
trail— then  the  only  means  of  egress — and  few  returned. 

The  full  force  of  financial  disaster  had  expended  itself  within  a  year.  The 
sufferers  at  that  time  doubtless  thought  that  the  bottom  had  fallen  out  of 
eveiything,  but  they  were  mistaken.  The  most  marked  trait  of  American 
character  islts  power  of  recuperation  from  the  effects  of  trouble  of  this  charac. 
ter,  and  while  the  effect  of  the  panic  of  1837  was  doubtless  a  retarded  growth, 
the  reaction  set  in  the  following  year  and  the  people  cautiously  and  carefully, 
heeding  the  admonitions  of  their  recent  experience,  set  to  work  to  retrieve  their 
shattered  fortunes.  For  two  or  three  years  the  progress  was  slow.  The 
Saginaw  Journal,  the  first  newspaper,  died  for  want  of  patronage,  and  filled  the 
first  grave  in  the  journalistic  cemetery  of  the  Valley.  In  1842,  however, 
business  had  somewhat  revived  and  Mr.  R.  W.  Jenny  started  another  paper, 
The  Nortir  Star,  which  lived  some  four  or  five  years.  The  increase  in  popula- 
tion and  business  in  the  decade  from  1840  to  1850  was  slow  but  steady,  and 
those  who  applied  themselves  to  industry  found  it  remunerative. 

GERMAN    SETTLEMENTS. 

The  year  1845  is  important  as  having  been  the  one  in  which  the  German 
immigration  to  Saginaw  county  began.  In  an  address  made  by  Dr.  M,  C. 
T.  Plessner  at  the  organization  of  the  German  Pioneer  Society  in  1881  many 
interesting  facts  in  regard  to  the  German  settlement  in  the  county  were  given. 
From  that  address  it  appears  that  the  first  German  settlers  were  three  West- 
phalians,  Messrs.  Stelgrider,  Tuerke  and  Sittering.  These  were  followed  by 
the  Franconian  settlements,  the  first  of  which,  fifteen  in  number,  under  the 
guidance  of  Pastor  Kraemer,  arrived  in  1845,  and  were  the  first  settlers  of 


14  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

Frankenmiith.  Several  other  colonies  came  from  the  same  localities  in  the 
few  years  following,  and  in  1849  came  another  German  immigration,  composed 
principall}'  of  refugees  who  lett  Germany  after  the  troubles  of  1848.  The 
Franconian  settlers  had  been  nearly  all  farmers  and  mechanics — those  who 
came  later  represented  all  professions  and  occupations.  The  German  element 
of  the  Saginaws  has  ever  since  been  a  large  one,  and  it  maj'  be  said  to  its 
credit  that  it  has  always  devoted  itself  to  industry  and  good  citizenship,  and 
has  proven  a  most  valuable  aid  to  the  material  progress  of  the  cities  and  ad- 
jacent county. 

EARLY    INDUSTRIES. 

The  years  from  1845  to  1850  were  progressive,  and  with  the  settlement  of 
the  county  the  village  of  Saginaw  assumed  importance  as  a  market  town,  and 
it  is  stated  that  in  1849  Saginaw  had  eleven  dealers  in  dry  goods,  groceries, 
etc.;  one  steam  saw  mill,  three  hotels,  five  carpenter  shops,  three  blacksmith 
shops,  one  bakery,  and  three  boot  and  shoe  stores. 


YEIARS  OF  PROQRESS. 


THE  GROWTH    OF  THE   SAGINAV/S    IN    TRADE 
AND  INDUSTRY. 


SAGINAW  CITY  was  a  thriving  village  long  before  an  idea  had  been  enter- 
tained of  founding  a  city  on  the  east  side  of  the  river.  Leon  Suay,  a 
French  hunter  and  trapper,  was  the  first  white  resident  of  the  site  now  occupied 
by  East  Saginaw.  He  lived  in  a  log  house  built  by  the  American  Fur  Company 
and  which  was  located  where  the  Bancroft  House  now  stands.  He  was  known 
as  Captain  Suay  and  resided  in  the  house  referred  to  for  many  years.  Curtis 
Emerson  located  on  the  east  side  of  the  river  just  outside  of  the  original  plat  of 
East  Saginaw  on  the  tract  since  known  as  the  "  Emerson  Addition."  in  1846. 
He  named  his  domain  "  Buena  Vista,"  and  his  house  "  The  Hall  of  the  Monte- 
zumas."     He  carried  on  the  mill  known  as  the  Emerson  mill. 

The  land  upon  which  the  city  stands  was  purchased  from  the  United  States 
Government  in  1836  by  Dr.  Little.  It  passed  through  several  hands  prior  to 
1849,  when  it  was  bought  by  Hoyt  &  Co.,  of  New  York.  In  the  same  year  Mr. 
Charles  W.  Grant,  the  first  American  settler,  located  here.  The  original  plat 
of  East  Saginaw  was  surveyed  in  1850  for  Alfred  M.  Hpyt.  The  growth  of 
the  town  was  rapid  for  those  days.  The  Genesee  plank  road  was  built  in  1850, 
the  "  Blue  Mill  "  being  that  year  erected  by  A.  M.  Hoyt  and  C.  W.  Grant  for 
the  purpose  of  sawing  plank  for  the  road.  A  school  building  was  put  up  in 
1851  at  the  corner  of  Genesee  and  Washington  avenues,  and  the  Valley  City 
Hotel  was  completed  and  opened  to  the  public  the  same  year. 

The  improvement  of  the  new  city  was  rapid,  and  by  1853  a  number  of 
important  industries  bad  taken  shape.  In  that  year  a  steam  flouring  mill  was 
erected  with  a  capacity  of  1,000  bushels  per  day,  and  a  planing  mill  was  built 
with  a  capacity  for  dressing  30,000  feet  of  lumber  daily.  Another  important 
event  of  that  year  was  the  publicption  of  the  Saguunc   Enterprise,  the  first 

3 


18  The  Industries  of  the  Sacunaws 

newspaper  ever  issued  in  East  Saginaw.  Man}-  other  indications  of  progress 
showed  themselves,  and  the  town  prospered  until  Julj-  5,  1854.  On  the  morn- 
ing of  that  da}^  came  the  first  serious  visitation  of  fire.  The  residences,  stores, 
mills  and  workshops  of  the  citizens  were  destroyed,  and  in  a  few  hours  the 
products  of  five  years  of  patient  industrj'  were  swept  away.  The  loss  approx- 
imated $250,000  in  the  value  of  property  destroyed,  and  only  a  few  of  the 
losers  had  protected  themselves  b}'  insurance.  In  a  short  time  afterward, 
however,  the  damage  had  l)een  repaired,  and  the  buildings  erected  after  the 
fire  were  of  a  much  improved  character  and  included  a  number  of  brick  blocks. 
It  would  be  impossible  to  narrate,  in  detail,  the  items  of  the  industrial 
progress  of  East  Saginaw,  but  it  will  suflflce  to  say,  for  the  purpose  of  this 
review,  that  the  progress  of  the  city  was  both  steady  and  rapid  from  1855  to 
1860.  In  the  former  year  East  Saginaw  was  incorporated  as  a  village,  Norman 
Little  being  chosen  its  first  president,  and  this  incorporation  was  in  force  until 
1859,  when  it  gave  place  to  a  city  government,  and  William  L.  P,  Little  was 
chosen  as  the  first  Mayor  of  the  city.  The  census  taken  the  following  year 
showed  the  city  to  have  over  8,000  inhabitants. 

progress    of     SAGINAW    CITY. 

While  the  new  town  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  river  was  thus  giving  in- 
dications of  progress,  its  elder  sister  on  the  west  bank  was  also  advancing — • 
not  so  rapidl}",  but  none  the  less  surel^'.  During  the  first  half  of  the  decade 
from  1850  to  1860  there  w^as  but  little  increase  in  the  population,  but  the  last 
half  made  a  better  showing.  In  1857  the  city  of  Saginaw  was  incorporated, 
and  at  the  election  held  soon  afterward  Grardner  D.  Williams  was  elected  as  the 
first  Mayor  of  the  city.  In  that  year  the  population  of  the  city  proper  was 
only  563  ;  but  it  had  increased  at  the  taking  of  the  census  three  years  later  to 
1,712. 

THE    SAGINAWS    IN    THE    WAR. 

When  it  became  apparent  that  war  was  necessary  for  the  preservation  and 
defense  of  the  Union,  no  State  was  more  prompt  in  response  than  Michigan, 
and  immediately  following  the  proclamation  of  President  Lincoln  a  number  of 
companies  were  organized  in  the  Saginaws.  The  people  were  thoroughly 
enthused  with  patriotic  sentiments  and  the  large  number  of  volunteers  and  en- 
listed men  who  left  the  Saginaw  Valley  for  the  front  attests  the  loyalty  of  the 
people.  During  the  war  the  number  of  men  furnisiied  to  the  Union  army  by 
Saginaw  county  footed  up  2,039. 

It  was  not  alone  in  furnishing  men  for  the  army  that  the  citizens  showed 
themselves  devoted  to  the  cause  of  the  Union.  The  ladies  formed  a  society  to 
said  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  which  gave  eflective  assistance  to  the  cause,  an 
other  citizens  who  were  too  old  for  service  or  kept  at  home  from  other  caused 


TiiK  Industkiks  of  tiik  Saoinaws.  19 


gave  generous  contributions  and  in  otbor  ways  cooperated  with  the  State  Mili- 
tary i3()ard  in  aid  of  the  successful  prosecution  of  tiie  war.  Of  tlie  men  who 
went  to  tlic  front  many  never  returned,  and  of  tliose  who  came  back  most  liad 
seen  hard  service  on  the  most  hotly  contested  battle  fields.  Manj' of  these  still 
live  and  are  members  of  G.  A.  11.  Posts,  and  other  organiz<itions  of  veterans. 

While  the  war  was  in  progress  there  was  no  diminution  in  the  efforts  of 
the  citizens  to  build  up  and  improve  the  cities,  and  a  number  of  important  en- 
terprises were  inaugurated  during  that  period.  Among  these  was  the  building 
of  the  Genesee  avenue  and  Bristol  street  bridges  ;  tlie  lighting  of  East  Saginaw 
by  gas  ;  and  the  building  and  i)utting  into  operation  of  the  first  street  railway. 
But  the  most  important  was  the  completion,  in  1802,  of  connection  ))etween 
Saginaw  and  Flint  b}'  the  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  Railroad.  This  was  followed, 
in  1866,  l)y  the  Jackson,  Lansing  &  Saginaw,  the  building  of  which  had  the 
efTect  of  greatly  adding  to  the  population  and  commercial  importance  of  Sagi- 
naw City,  which  in  that  year  had  reached  a  population  of  6,420  people. 

THE     PAST    TWENTY    YEARS. 

Following  the  completion  of  the  railroads  came  steady  accessions  to  the 
population  of  the  Saginaws.  The  industries  of  both  cities  steadily  increased, 
and  from  year  to  year,  from  that  time  to  the  present,  accessions  have  been 
made  to  the  productive  industries  of  the  two  cities,  special  reference  to  which 
in  their  present  state  will  be  found  in  a  separate  chapter  of  this  work.  There 
have  been  times  within  this  period,  especially  in  1873,  when  financial  troul)le 
has  temporarih'  affected  the  great  lumber  and  salt  industries,  but  in  the  aggre- 
gate the  record  of  the  two  decades  immediately  preceding  this  writing  Las  been 
one  of  gratifying  prosperity.  And  it  is  not  only  in  the  production  of  lumber 
and  salt  that  growth  has  been  observable.  The  accessions  of  population  have 
not  been  wholl}',  or  even  principally  confined  to  the  cities.  The  excellence  of 
the  soil  of  the  Saginaw  Valley  for  the  uses  of  agriculture  has  been  demon- 
strated, and  the  towns  have  been  surrounded  with  a  back  countr}'  tenanted  by 
an  industrious  farming  community  who  take  the  place  of  the  pines  which  have 
been  felled,  and  who  make  the  land  give  forth  the  increments  of  wealth  in  the 
results  of  labor,  who  are  supplying  to  the  towns  an  element  of  business  strength 
which  will  prove  of  utmost  value  and  will  sustain  them  and  justify  their  con- 
tinued expansion  even  after  the  last  saw  log  shall  have  been  floated  down  the 
waters  of  the  tributaries  of  the  Saginaw. 

The  Saginaws  in  the  past  have  furnished  many  examples  of  the  success 
attendant  upon  persistent  industry'  fortified  by  the  intelligence  which  impels  to 
the  improvement  of  opportunities,  and  to-da}',  surrounded  with  all  the  con- 
veniences of  life  and  endowed  with  the  insignia  of  an  advanced  civilization, 
bear  witness  to  the  wisdom  of  those  hardy  pioneers  who,  in  the  days  when  none 
of  these  things  were,  hewed  out  a  home  for  themselves  in  the  wilderness. 


20  The  Industries  of  the  Saoinaws. 

Wonderful  as  has  been  the  advancement  of  the  last  half  century,  there  is 
no  indication  that  the  climax  has  been  reached,  but  the  prospect  for  the  future 
is  in  ever}'  wa}'  favorable  to  a  progress  full}-  as  great  as  that  which  in  a  retro- 
spective view  seems  little  less  than  miraculous.  The  incentives  to  industry 
and  improvement  are  as  strong  now  as  at  any  period  in  the  history  of  the  Val- 
ley, while  the  instrumentalities  and  means  for  secuiing  prosperity  are  daily 
multiplying.  There  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  another  fift}'  years  will  pro- 
duce results  which  will  make  the  consolidated  Saginaws  of  that  day  as  far  in 
advance  of  the  present  as  the  two  cities  now  are  of  the  insignificant  settlement 
of  1837. 


transport:"  AT?10N. 


RAIL  LINES  AJND  WATER  ROUTES  AIDING  THE 
CITY'S    COMMERCE. 


NO  item  is  of  more  importance  in  promoting  tlie  growth  and  securing  the 
stability  of  the  industries  of  a  city  than  its  means  of  communication  with 
the  outside  world,  and  every  line  of  railroad  added  brings  with  it  an  augmen- 
tation of  the  volume  of  business.  In  this  respect  the  Saginaws  are  more 
favored  than  any  other  of  the  cities  of  Northern  Michigan,  for  here  more  rail- 
roads center  than  at  any  other  point  in  the  State,  outside  ot  Detroit. 

■  The  early  settlers  of  Saginaw  looked  forward  to  the  building  of  a  railroad 
to  connect  them  with  the  business  centers  of  the  country  as  the  one  thing  need- 
ful to  secure  the  development  of  the  material  resources  of  this  region,  and  in 
1835  a  company  was  organized  for  the  construction  of  a  railroad  from  Saginaw 
City  to  Mt.  Clemens,  via  Lapeer,  and  other  railroads  were  from  time  to  time 
projected,  on  paper.  It  was  not  until  1857,  however,  that  any  steps  extending 
beyond  theory  were  taken.  January  21  of  that  year  the  Flint  &  Pere  Mar- 
quette Kailroad  Company  was  organized,  and  February  24  following  accepted 
the  provisions  of  the  law  donating  lands  to  this  company.  In  the  years  that 
have  intervened  between  that  time  and  the  present  not  only  this,  but  a  large 
number  of  other  railroads  have  been  completed,  and  still  others  are  in  course 
of  construction,  until  the  new  Saginaw,  soon  to  be  formed  b}^  the  consolidation 
of  the  cities,  will  constitute  the  great  railroad  center  of  Northern  Michigan, 
with  railroad  facilities  not  surpassed  by  any  of  the  commercial  centers  of  the 
countr}'. 

Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  Railroad.— This,  the  first  road  built  in 
the  Saginaw  Valley,  has  performed  no  inconsiderable  part  in  the  building  up 
of  the  industries  of  tiiis  region  to  the  gratifying  (^mdition  of  prosporit}" 
which  is  now  apparent.       After  the  organization  of  the  company  in    1857  the 


22  The  Indistriks  of  the  Saginaws. 


preliminary  surve3-s  were  made,  and  it  was  not  until  the  fall  of  1858  that  the 
grading  was  comraenced,  and  during  the  following  year  twenty  miles  of  the 
line  were  graded  and  eight  miles  of  rails  were  laid.  The  opening  excui'sion 
of  the  road,  from  Saginaw  to  Mt.  Morris  and  return,  was  given  January  20, 
1862.  A  heavy  snow  storm  occurred  that  day,  and  the  train  took  four  hours 
to  make  the  twenty-six  miles  to  Mt.  Morris.  To  write  in  detail  the  history  of 
the  construction  of  this  road  would  occupy  more  space  than  can  be  spared 
here,  but  it  will,  perhaps,  be  sufficient  to  say  that  from  the  beginning  of  its 
history  to  the  present  time  additions  and  improvements  have  been  made  until 
the  Flint  &  I'ere  Marquette  is  now  justly  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant railroad  systems  of  Michigan.  Its  main  line  is  361.13  miles  in  length, 
while  its  branches  and  sidings  are  211.41  miles  more,  in  addition  to  which  it 
has  recently  concluded  arrangements  by  which  the  Port  Huron  &  Northwestern 
will  be  added  to  its  system,  an  arrangement  which  will  greatly  increase  its 
facilities  for  direct  traffic  with  the  Eastern  seaboard,  by  a  connection  with  the 
Grand  Trunk  at  Port  Huron. 

This  road  is  an  East  Saginaw  institution,  and  has  its  headquarters,  general 
offices  and  machine  shops  here.  In  addition  to  a  through  business  in  freight 
and  passenger  traffic,  the  line  is  specially  important  in  connection  with  the 
lumber  industry  of  the  Saginaw  Valley.  It  has  excellent  terminal  facilities 
in  Saginaw,  and  reaches  every  yard  on  the  east  side  of  the  river,  and  also  has 
switches  to  the  west  side  and  a  large  number  of  sorting  yards  all  along  the 
track  in  this  locality.  The  track  of  this  road  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  State, 
and  its  car  equipment  is  as  complete  as  any  in  the  country.  The  road  owns  its 
own  parlor,  sleeping  and  drawing  room  cars,  and  runs  a  train  every  day  from 

Bay  City,  Detroit  and  Toledo  with  them  attached,  and  also  runs  a  train  every 
night  with  a  Pullman  car  from  Buy  City  and  Saginaw  to  Chicago.  The  Flint 
&  Pere  Marquette  road  connects  the  Saginaw  Valley  with  the  Northwest  by  a 
line  of  steamers  plying  between  Ludifigton  and  Manistee  to  Milwaukee.  Dur- 
ing the  season  one  boat  leaves  Ludington  every  night  except  Sunday,  connect- 
ing with  trains,  and  one  boat  leaves  Milwaukee  every  night  except  Saturday, 
also  making  connection  with  trains.  The  line  affords  a  direct  connection  be- 
tween the  Northwest  and  the  Eastern  seaboard,  and  does  a  large  through  busi- 
ness in  transporting  freight  from  the  Northwest  to  Eastern  markets  and  for  ex- 
port. The  steamboat  line  was  staited  in  1876,  and  now  consists  of  three  boats, 
named,  respectively,  F.  &  P.  M.  Nos.  1,  2  and  3,  and  another  boat  to  be  called 
the  F,  &  P.  M.  No.  4  is  now  on  the  Detroit  Dry  Dock  Company's  docks  and  will 
begin  to  run  in  the  spring  of  1888.  Of  these  boats  two  run  from  Ludington 
and  Manistee  to  Milwaukee,  while  another  plies  between  Ludington  and  Manis- 
tee and  Chicago,  and  is  principally  engaged  in  carrying  salt.  Outside  of  the 
importance  of  this  road  to  the  Saginaws  as  forming  one  of  the  most  convenient 


TlIK     I.NimSTHIKS    OK    TIIK    SA(J1NAWS.  28 

of  its  channels  of  trade,  it  is  also  a  matter  of  large  local  interest  to  East  Sagi- 
naw, as  being  one  of  the  most  important  of  its  home  industries,  the  master  car 
builder's  department  employing  170  men,  the  master  mechanic's  department 
170,  the  round  house  50,  and  other  departments  employing  workmen  stationed 
here  to  the  number  of  110,  while  the  employes  in  yards  and  on  trains  which 
ave  short  runs  number  650.  making  a  total  of  1,150  employes  of  this  road 
who  live  in  East  Saginaw.  The  passenger  depot  of  this  road  is  one  of  the  most 
complete  structures  of  its  kind  in  the  State,  and  in  addition  to  this  building, 
the  compan}-  has  its  headquarters  block  on  Washington  avenue,  and  extensive 
works,  including  a  machine  shop  100x300  feet,  as  well  as  commodious  black- 
smith shops,  car  shops,  paint  shops,  engine  houses,  freight  depots,  cow  sheds, 
etc.  The  present  officers  of  this  company,  are  W.  W.  Crapo,  President ;  H.  C. 
Potter,  Vice  President  and  General  Manager  ;  H.  C.  Potter,  Jr.,  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  ;  David  Edwards,  Assistant  General  Manager  and  General  Passenger 
Agent  ;  Sanford  Keeler,  Superintendent  ;  W.  F.  Potter,  Assistant  Superintend- 
ent ;  Arthur  Patriarche,  General  Freight  Agent ;  A.  W.  Newton,  Land  Com- 
missioner ;  W.  L.  Webber,  Solicitor,  and  Gilbert  W.  Ledlie,  Auditor. 

Michigan  Central  Railroad. — One  of  the  most  important  railway 
systems  in  the  country,  connecting  by  the  most  direct  route  the  great  cities  of 
the  Atlantic  seaboard  with  the  Northwest,  and  affording  unexcelled  facilities 
both  for  freight  and  passenger  traffic,  is  the  Michigan  Central,  which,  in  addi- 
tion to  its  trunk  line  from  Buffalo  to  Chicago,  has  a  number  of  important 
connecting  lines,  two  of  which  form  important  items  in  the  transportation 
facilities  of  the  Saginaws.  Of  these  one.  extending  from  the  main  line  at 
Jackson  through  Saginaw  City  to  West  Bay  City,  and  there  connecting  with  the 
Mackinaw  Division  for  Mackinaw,  was  the  second  road  built  to  the  Saginaws, 
having  been  completed  to  Saginaw  Cit}'  in  18G7.  In  1871  this  line,  known  as 
the  Jackson,  Lansing  &  Saginaw,  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Michigan  Central 
Railroad  Company,  which  has  ever  since  operated  it  as  the  Jackson,  Lansing 
&  Saginaw  Division.  It  forms  a  favorite  and  expeditious  route  to  Chicago  and 
the  West,  to  the  North  traverses  a  vast  timber  region  I3  ing  between  Saginaw 
and  the  Straits  of  Mackinaw,  and  the  extension  of  the  Shore  Line,  which  con- 
nects at  Alger,  with  the  Michigan  Central  to  Alpena,  forms  another  important 
addition  to  the  transportation  facilities  of  the  Saginaws,  by  reason  of  the  con- 
nection it  affords  with  the  Huron  shore  towns.  This  line  has  important  con- 
nections with  other  systems,  including  the  Lake  Shore  Road,  the  Grand  Trunk, 
connections  at  Lansing  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  &  Northern,  and  at  Owosso 
with  the  Toledo  &  Ann  Arbor,  and  the  Detroit,  Grand  Haven  &  Milwaukee. 
Another  important  division  belonging  to  the  Michigan  Central  system  is  the 
Detroit,  Saginaw  &  Bay  City  Railroad,  having  a  total  of  151.S  miles,  including 
the  Bay  City  division,  Detroit  to  Bay  City,  108  miles;  the  Saginaw  branch, 


24  TriE  Industries  of  the  Saoinaavs. 

Vassal-  to  Saginaw  City,  22.3  ;  Lapeer  &  Northern  branch,  Lapeer  to  Five 
Lakes,  8.5,  and  Caro  branch,  Vassar  to  Caro,  13  miles.  This  division  gives 
direct  communication  with  Detroit,  and  also  with  Lapeer  and  other  important 
points,  as  well  as  affording  an  important  channel  for  the  receipt  and  shipment 
of  through  freight  to  and  from  the  great  cities  of  the  Atlantic,  via  the  Michigan 
Central  system. 

Port  Huron  &  Northwestern  Railway. — This  road,  which  tra- 
verses one  of  the  most  fertile  sections  of  the  State,  was  opened  to  traffic  be- 
tween Port  Huron  and  East  Saginaw  February  17,  1882,  and  since  that  time  a 
number  of  valuable  branches  have  been  added,  and  the  road  now  covers  218 
miles  of  main  line  and  branches  with  12.83  miles  of  sidings,  including  the  main 
line  from  Port  Huron  to  East  Saginaw,  91  miles  ;  Sand  Beach  to  Saginaw 
Junction,  58.25  miles  ;  Port  Austin  to  Palms,  35  miles  ;  and  Almont  to  Port 
Huron,  33.75  miles.  The  present  gauge  of  the  road  is  three  feet.  This  road, 
which  connects  Saginaw  with  an  extensive  territory  of  great  importance  to  it, 
will  soon,  it  is  said,  pass  into  the  hands  of  the  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  Railroad 
Company,  a  proposal  for  its  purchase  by  that  company  having  been  accepted- 
As  a  part  of  the  plans  in  connection  with  this  transfer,  it  is  contemplated  to 
change  the  gauge  of  the  road  to  standard  upon  its  main  line  from  Port  Huron 
to  the  Saginaws.  The  importance  of  this  acquisition  to  the  Flint  &  Pere  Mar- 
quette is  made  manifest  by  a  glance  at  the  map.  It  will  give  to  the  Flint  & 
Pere  Marquette  a  direct  line  across  Michigan  from  Ludiugton  and  Manistee  on 
Lake  Michigan  to  Port  Huron,  where  the  connection  with  the  Grand  Trunk 
system  will  give  the  Saginaws  the  most  dirct  route  to  the  t astern  seaboard, 
shortening  the  distance  from  Minneapolis  and  other  northwestern  points  to  the 
East  by  about  65  miles  as  against  any  other  road.  The  value  of  this  connec- 
tion will  be  further  enhanced  upon  the  completion  of  the  tunnel  now  being 
constructed  under  the  St.  Clair  River  at  Port  Huron. 

The  Saginaw,  Tuscola  &  Huron  Railway.— This  is  an  East 
Saginaw  road,  and  one  which  has  proved  of  great  value  by  connecting  the 
Saginaws  with  a  section  of  country  directly  tributary  to  them  as  a  business 
territory.  It  was  completed  to  Sebewaing  in  1882,  and  subsequently  was  ex- 
tended to  Bay  Port,  a  delightful  summer  resort  on  the  Saginaw  Bay,  where  is 
located  one  of  the  finest  hotels  in  the  State  with  100  rooms,  and  which  is  a 
favorite  stopping  place  for  pleasure  seekers  during  the  heated  term.  From 
Bay  Port  the  road  has  recently  been  extended  18  miles  to  Bad  Axe,  the  county 
seat  of  Huron  count}-,  where  it  connects  with  the  Port  Huron  &  Northwestern. 
The  road  is  a  three- foot  gauge,  and  is  a  valuable  auxiliary  to  the  business  of 
East  Saginaw,  where  its  terminus  and  headquarters  are  situated.  It  runs 
through  the  fertile  agricultural  regions  of  Saginaw,  Tuscola  and  Huron  coun- 
ties, and  is  largely  engaged  in  hauling  consignments  of  hay,  grain,  stone,  staves 


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and  other  products  of  the  woods  and  farms  of  the  region  through  which  it 
traverses,  and  brings  to  this  market  a  large  trade  wliich  it  renders  accessible. 
Saginaw  Valley  &  St.  Louis  Railroad. —This  road,  which  is 
operated  b}^  the  Detroit,  Lansing  &  Northern  Railway,  is  important  on  account 
of  the  directness  of  its  connection  between  the  Saginaws  and  Western  Michi- 
gan, giving  communication  with  St.  Louis,  Ithaca,  Alma,  Edmore,  Lake  View, 
Howard  Citj'  and  Grand  Rapids,  a  through  train  running  daily  between  East 
Saginaw  and  Grand  Rapids,  at  which  city  it  also  affords  connection  with  the 
railroads  of  the  Lake  Michigan  shore,  including  the  Chicago  &  West  Michigan. 
Toledo,  Saginaw  &  Mackinaw  Railroad.— This  is  the  name  of  a 
road  now  in  course  of  construction,  upon  which  work  is  now  being  done  be- 
tween East  Saginaw  and  Durand,  where  the  road  will  connect  with  the  Toledo, 
Ann  Arbor  &  North  Michigan,  the  Detroit,  Grand  Haven  &  Milwaukee  and 
the  Chicago  &  Grand  Trunk  Railways.  The  road  is  to  be  a  standard  gauge, 
and  the  charter^' authorizes  the  company  to  run  to  Mackinaw,  and  doubtless 
upon  the  completion  of  the  division  now  in  hand  the  other  divisions  will  be 
rapidly  pushed.  The  company  is  an  East  Saginaw  concern,  of  which  A.  W. 
Wright  is  President ;  P.  H.  Ketcham,  Vice-President ;  W.  R.  Burt,  Treasurer  ; 
W.  C.  McClure,  Secretary;  J,  Edget,  Attorney;  and,  in  addition  to  Messrs. 
Wright,  Burt,  Ketcham  and  McClure,  Messrs.  C.  W.  Wells,  Thomas  Merrill 
and  J.  M.  Ashley,  Jr.,  are  Directors.  These  gentlemen  are  all  well  known  as 
among  the  most  successful  of  the  business  men  of  the  Saginaws,  and  the  early 
completion  of  this  road  is  assured.  It  will  form  another  important  feeder  to 
business  and  outlet  for  the  products  of  the  Saginaw  Valley. 

A  number  of  other  raili'oads  are  in  contemplation,  among  which  the 
Toledo,  Saginaw  &  Muskegon,  and  the  Chicago,  Hastings,  Kalamazoo  &  Sagi- 
naw are  projects  which  are  being  pushed,  and  will  doubtless  end  in  important 
additions  to  the  railwj'y  connections  of  the  Saginaws.  The  importance  of 
Saginaw  to  railroads  is  no  less  than  that  of  the  railroads  to  Saginaw,  a  fact 
which  will  be  appreciated  when  it  said  that  the  freight  offered  in  the  sixteen 
square  miles  known  as  the  Saginaw  River  District  exceeds  in  tonnage  the 
entire  wheat  crop  of  Michigan  or  of  Dakota.  Every  railroad  centering  here 
is  doing  a  prosperous  business,  and  their  earnmgs  are  annually  increasing. 


NAVIGATION. 


IN  addition  to  the  benefits  offered  by  the  existence  of  a  large  number  of 
railroads  radiating  in  every  direction,  the  Saginaws  possess  the  advantage 
of  being  located  upon  a  river,  giving  tliem  facilities  for  transportation  all  over 
the  Great  Lakes.  The  Saginaw  River  is  formed  by  the  junction  of  the  Tittaba- 
wassee,  the  Cass,  the  Flint  and  the  Shiawassee  Rivers,  each  of  which  is  useful 
for  the  purpose  of  floating  logs,  lumber,  timber  and  other  products.  The  re- 
port of  the  Board  of  Trade  for  1886  shows  that  there  had  been  floated  out  of 
these  streams  up' to  the  beginning  of  1887  more  than  9,200,000,000  feet  of  pine 
logs,  besides  hundreds  of  millions  of  feet  of  pine  lumber  and  other  products. 
The  Saginaw  River,  which  is  eighteen  miles  in  length,  is  navigable  for  the 
largest  lake  craft,  and  a  considerable  amount  of  the  products  of  the  Saginaw 
Valley  is  shipped  by  the  cargo.  An  idea  of  the  volume  of  the  business  trans- 
acted by  the  people  of  the  Saginaws  by  lake  may  be  formed  from  the  fact  that 
in  1886,  a  year  which  fell  below  the  average  in  lake  traffic,  414  steamers  and 
1,088  vessels,  with  an  aggregate  tonnage  of  463,895,  arrived  at  Saginaw  River 
ports,  and  421  steamers  and  1,371  vessels,  with  an  aggregate  of  493,091  tons 
burden,  cleared  from  Saginaw  River  ports  during  the  same  3^ ear. 

In  an  early  day,  and  before  the  advent  of  railroads  to  the  Saginaw  Val- 
ley, the  people  largely  depended  for  the  procurement  of  goods  to  supply  their 
needs  upon  the  navigation  of  lake  and  river,  and  soon  after  the  settlers  came 
to  the  Valley  occasional  vessels  came  from  Detroit  and  Lake  Huron  points. 
The  first  steamboat  to  arrive  at  Saginaw  was  the  "Governor  Marcy,"  which 
reached  Saginaw  City  July  9,  1836,  although  even  before  that  time  the  visits 
of  schooners  and  other  vessels  were  quite  frequent.  In  1837  Nelson  Smith 
built  the  first  boat  ever  put  together  in  the  Saginaw  Valle3\  It  was  a  schooner 
of  light  tonnage,  named  the  •'  Julia  Smith,"  and  was  afterwards  used  in  the 
coasting  trade.  In  1848  the  "  Buena  Vista,"  a  steamboat,  was  constructed  in 
a  ship  yard  which  had  been  built  for  the  purpose  at  the  foot  of  Bristol  street, 
East  Saginaw.  It  was  successfully  launched,  and  for  many  years  was  utilized 
as  a  tug  and  packet  boat.     In  1851  Daniel  Johnson  built  the  "  Snow  "  at  Zil- 


TiiK  Industries  of  theiSaginaws.  27 

waukie,  and  in  the  same  year  Curtis  Emerson  built  the  "  Ethan  Allen  "  steam 
barge,  and  launched  her  from  the  docks  near  the  Emerson  mill.  Since  that 
time  a  large  number  of  vessels,  including  sailing  vessels  of  all  rigs  and  a 
number  of  propellers  have  been  built  in  the  Saginaws,  and  there  are  now  fifty- 
seven  barges,  five  schooners,  nine  propellers  and  fifteen  tugs  owned  in  whole 
or  in  part  by  East  Saginaw  capital,  and  running  regularly  in  the  season  to  and 
from  this  port  in  the  lumber,  coal  and  oil  trade,  in  addition  to  which  there  is  a 
large  number  of  vessels  doing  business  at  this  port,  but  which  are  owned  else- 
where. 

The  regular  steamboat  lines  include  the  Saginaw  River  line,  carrying 
freight  and  passengers,  which  was  established  over  twenty  3'ear8  ago  and  has 
since  run  ever}^  season,  and  its  boats  now  ply  between  Bay  City  and  East 
Saginaw,  calling  at  thirteen  points  en  route,  a  boat  leaving  every  two  hours 
from  6  A.  M.  to  6:30  p.  m.  These  boats  are  the  "  W.  R.  Burt,"  licensed  to 
carry  500  people,  and  the  "  Lucille,"  allowed  to  carry  250  people.  The  Sagi- 
naw, Bay  City  &  Alpena  line  makes  three  trips  weekly  between  East  Saginaw 
and  Alpena,  making  its  first  landing  at  Baj'  City  and  having  seven  stopping 
places  between  Bay  City  and  Alpena.  The  Saginaw,  Detroit  &  Cleveland  line 
is  composed  of  the  propellers  "  Sanilac  "  and  "  Don  M.  Dickinson,"  and  carries 
freight  between  the  Saginaws,  Detroit,  Cleveland  and  points  en  route  ;  and  in 
addition  to  these  regular  lines  a  large  number  of  vessels  are  during  the  year 
chartered  to  carr}'  cargoes  of  lumber  from  the  Saginaws  to  difl^ereut  lumber 
markets  upon  the  Great  Lakes. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  Saginaws  possess  facilities  surpassed  by  no 
other  points  for  transportation  of  their  products  to  leading  markets,  and  that 
these  rail  and  water  routes  are  convenient  to  the  transaction  of  the  business  of 
the  Valle}'.  The  large  amount  of  lumVjer  sold  and  other  products  made  here 
render  this  an  important  point  for  transportation  lines,  and  these  facilities  are 
increasing  from  3'ear  to  year  in  such  a  manner  as  to  centralize  in  Saginaw  the 
business  of  Northern  Michigan. 


ORQANIZELD   EIFFORTTS. 


ASSOCIATIONS    IN   AID    OF  THE  COMMERCE  OF 

THE  VALLEY. 


THE  business  men  and  manufacturers  of  the  Saginaws  have  not  been  forget- 
ful of  the  advantages  to  be  derived  from  unit}^,  and  as  a  consequence 
there  are  here  a  number  of  organizations  which  exert  an  influence  for  the  benefit 
of  the  trade  relations  of  the  Saginaws  with  the  outside  world  and  of  the  mem- 
bers of  these  organizations  with  each  other.  In  1874  a  private  enterprise  was 
started  by  the  Hon.  Charles  V.  DeLand,  known  as  the  Lumber  Exchange, 
which  was  intended  to  furnish  a  medium  for  facilitating  trade  in  lumber  and 
lumber  products.     This  organization,  however,  onl}^  continued  a  few  3'ears. 

Saginaw  Board  of  Trade. — lu  1876  a  number  of  the  leading  manu- 
facturers, merchants,  etc.,  of  the  Saginaws  associated  themselves  together  as  a 
Boai'd  of  Trade,  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  March  19,  1863,  for  the 
incorporation  of  Boards  of  Trade  and  Chambers  of  Commerce,  and  the  acts 
amendatory  of  and  supplementary  thereto.  The  organization  took  place  May 
9, 1876,  when  a  constitution  was  adopted  declaring  the  objects  of  the  associa- 
tion to  be  "  to  promote  just  and  equitable  principles  in  trade  ;  to  correct  an}- 
abuses  which  may  exist,  and  generally'  to  advance  the  interests  of  trade  and 
commerce  in  the  Saginaw  Valley."  From  that  time  to  the  present  the  Board 
of  Trade  has  exerted  an  important  influence  in  directing  the  business  of  the 
Valley  in  a  manner  calculated  to  secure  harmon}'  of  action,  and  its  published 
reports,  issued  annually,  containing  full  and  complete  information  as  to  the 
trade  of  the  preceding  year,  present  a  faithful  exhibit  of  the  volume  of  the 
business  transactions  not  only  of  the  Saginaws  themselves,  but  of  the  entire 
Valley,  as  well  as  furnishing  useful  information  to  outsiders  in  regard  to  the 
advantages  of  the  Saginaw  Valley.     The  statistics  of  the  production  of  lumber 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws.  29 

and  lumber  products  and  salt  gathered  under  the  auspices  of  this  bod\'  are  in 
every  respect  complete,  and  are  presented  in  such  a  manner  as  to  invite  tlie 
attention  of  all  interested  in  those  important  branches  of  industry.  The  officers 
of  the  Board  of  Trade  for  1887-8  are  John  S.  Estal)rook,  President ;  C.  W. 
Wells,  Vice-President ;  J.  A.  Whittier,  Second  Vice-President ;  P.  A.  O'Don- 
uell,  Treasurer,  and  C,  W.  Grant,  Secretary. 

The  Michigan  Salt  Association. — Prior  to  1878  many  attempts 
had  been  made  to  secure  a  combination  of  those  interested  in  the  production 
of  salt  in  Michigan,  and  an  organization  named  the  Saginaw  &  Bay  Salt  Com- 
pany was  formed,  and  later  the  Saginaw  Salt  Company.  The  latter  afterward 
consolidated  with  the  Michigan  Salt  Association,  which  was  organized  in  1876, 
and  which  from  that  time  to  this  has  been  steadilj''  increasing  in  influence, 
until  now  it  includes  in  its  membership  almost  all  of  the  salt  producers  of  the 
Stgvte,  and  in  1886,  out  of  a  total  of  4,097,943  barrels  of  salt  produced  in 
Michigan,  the  Association  controlled  all  but  about  600,000  barrels.  The  Asso- 
ciation has  a  capital  stock  of  $200,000,  and  its  headquarters  are  located  at 
East  Saginaw.  It  handles  the  product  of  all  the  manufacturers  embraced  in 
its  membership,  lakes  their  salt  as  fast  as  made,  places  it  on  the  market  and 
pa3-s  for  it  in  full  when  sold.'  The  perfection  of  its  system  is  such  that  the 
Association  is  enabled  to  distribute  the  salt  product  much  more  efficiently  tlian 
any  individual  possibly  could  do.  It  has  agents  in  all  the  principal  cities,  the 
principal  ones  being  at  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Milwaukee,  Duluth,  Louisville,  Cin- 
cinnati, Toledo,  Nashville  and  Sandusky.  The  original  charter  of  the  Associa- 
tion expired  in  1881  b}'  limitation,  and  it  was  at  (mce  reoi-ganized  under  the 
name  of  the  Salt  Association  of  Michigan,  and  in  1886  was  again  organ- 
ized under  its  old  name  of  The  Michigan  Salt  Association.  The  importance 
of  such  an  organization  is  manifest,  as  it  protects  the  product  against  competi- 
tion between  dealers  ;  and  the  position  held  by  Michigan  as  the  greatest  salt 
producing  State  in  the  Union,  its  product  equalling  about  50  per  cent,  of  the 
entire  domestic  product  of  salt  in  the  United  States,  makes  unity  of  action 
among  those  interested  in  this  branch  of  production  an  absolute  necessity. 
The  affairs  of  the  Association  have  been  well  and  successfully  managed  from 
its  original  organization  to  the  present  time,  Mr.  Wellington  R.  Burt  having 
been  its  President  throughout  its  history,  and  the  other  officers  being  A.  Miller, 
Vice-President ;  D.  G.  Holland,  Secretary;  Thomas  Cranage,  Treasurer  ;  and 
the  Executive  Committee  being  formed  of  Messrs.  W.  11.  Burt,  Thomas 
Cranage,  J.  L.  Dolson,  W.  J.  Bartow  and  F.  C.  Stone. 

The  Business  Men's  Association. — An  important  addition  to  the 
business  organizations  affecting  in  a  direct  way  the  commercial  prosperity  of 
the  Saginaws  was  that  made  by  the  organization  in  May,  1886,  of  the  Business 
Men's  Association  of  East  Saginaw,  Mich.,  the  objects  of  which  are  declared 


30  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

by  the  by-laws  of  the  Association  to  be,  "  the  inducinsj  of  manufacturers  to 
locate  in  the  city  ;  the  opening  up  of  good  roads  and  the  consideration  and 
discussion  of  all  subjects  afl'ecting  the  rights  and  interests  of  East  Saginaw." 
In  order  to  better  carry  out  these  objects  the  Association  has  standing  com- 
mittees on  manufactures,  trade  and  commerce,  railways,  wagon  roads, 
municipal  affairs,  statistics,  ways  and  means,  etc.  It  is  the  duty  of  these  com- 
mittees to  take  up  the  branches  of  inquiry  connected  with  their  respective  com- 
mittees, and  to  these  bodies  are  referred  all  matters  relative  to  the  interests 
they  have  in  charge.  Among  mau}^  other  things  which  have  been  done  by  the 
Business  Men's  Association  for  the  benefit  of  East  Saginaw  is  the  publication 
in  convenient  form  for  distribution  pamphlets  setting  forth  the  advantages  of 
East  Saginaw  as  a  place  for  business  and  residence,  and  showing  the  details 
which  go  to  make  up  its  prominence  as  a  center  .of  production  and  distribu- 
tion. The  membership  of  the  Association  embraces  about  sevent3'-five  or 
eighty  of  the  leading  merchants,  manufacturers,  etc.,  of  East  Sa,ginaw,  and  the 
following  prominent  and  substantial  citizens  are  its  officers  :  Max  Heaven- 
rich,  President ;  A.  M.  Marshall,  First  Vice-President ;  W.  C.  McClure,  Second 
Vice-President ;  A.  H.  Comstock,  Secretary  ;  William  T.  Wickware,  Treasurer. 

The  Board  of  Trade  of  the  City  of  Saginaw.— In  pursuance 
of  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  March  19,  1863,  "  For  the  incorporation  of 
Boards  of  Trade  and  Chambers  of  Commerce,"  sixty-three  business  men  of 
Saginaw  City  associated  themselves  under  the  above  title  in  October,  1886,  for 
the  purpose,  as  stated  in  their  constitution,  "  to  maintain  Board  of  Trade  rooms, 
to  inculcate  principles  of  justice  and  equity  in  trade,  to  acquire  and  disseminate 
valuable  commercial  and  economic  information,  to  advance  the  interests  and 
forward  the  growth  and  prosperity  ot  trade,  commerce  and  manufactures  in 
the  city  of  Saginaw."  Sines  its  organization  the  Board  has  exerted  a  beneficial 
influence  in  promoting  the  material  interests  of  the  city,  notably  in  aid  of  secur- 
ing the  location  of  the  Lutheran  Seminary  in  the  city,  and  in  securing  the  loca- 
tion at  Saginaw  of  a  number  of  new  manufacturing  concerns,  including  a  match 
factory,  a  grey  iron  factory,  and  a  cold  storage  building  now  in  course  of  erec- 
tion. It  has  also  aided  materially  in  securing  the  new  street  car  line,  and  the 
entrance  of  the  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  Railroad  into  the  city.  The  Board,  act- 
ing through  its  several  committees,  takes  an  active  interest  in  every  movement 
tending  to  enhance  the  facilities  or  promote  the  interests  of  Saginaw  City.  The 
officers  of  the  Board  are  C.  Gr.  Fowler,  President  ;  J.  L.  Jackson,  1st  Vice- 
President ;  J.  H.  Shackleton,  2d  Vice-President;  H.  V.  Hughes,  3d  Vice- 
President  ;    Charles  Moye,  Treasurer,  and  Benjamin  Greer,  Secretary. 

It  will  therefore  be  seen  that  in  the  aids  and  instrumentalities  for  the 
efficient  prosecution  of  business,  the  merchants  and  manufacturers  of  the  Sagi. 


The  Industuiks  of  tiik  Saoinaws.  31 

naws  are  fully  alive  to  the  advantages  of  united  effort,  and  that  they  are, 
moreover,  actuated  by  a  patriotic  devotion  to  local  interests  and  an  abiding 
faith  in  the  advantages  for  growth  in  prosperity  of  the  twin  cities. 

Saginaw  Valley  Underwriters'  Association. — This  is  an  organi- 
zation formed  in  1882  and  comprising  in  its  membership  most  of  the  leading 
underwriters  in  a  territory  extending  south  to  the  Detroit,  Grand  Haven  & 
Milwaukee  Railwa^^  and  north  to  Alpena,  and  having  for  its  object  a  general 
supervision  of  the  companies,  regulation  of  rates  and  improvement  of  I'isks, 
and  since  its  organization  the  Association  has  exerted  a  beneficial  influence  in 
securing  a  uniformity  in  usage  in  insurance  matters  in  this  region.  It  is  under 
the  charge  of  Mr.  George  H.  House  as  Manager,  who  has  efficiently  attended 
to  this  business  from  the  organization  of  the  association   to  the  present  time. 


LOQS    AND    LUMBEIR. 


THE    TIMBER   RESOURCES    AND  PRODUCTS  OF 
THE  SAGINAWS. 


WHILE  not  the  only  industry',  the  business  of  the  manufacture  of  lumber 
and  lumber  products  has  for  a  number  of  years  formed  the  most  im- 
portant of  the  productive  industries  of  the  Saginaws,  and  of  the  Valle}^  in 
general.  In  the  space  permitted  to  the  review  of  this  subject  in  this  work  it  is 
not  possible  to  go  into  details,  but  an  endeavor  will  be  made  to  present  in  a 
general  way  the  facts  going  to  show  the  importance  of  this  trade. 

The  statistics  of  this  industry  are  presented  in  a  most  complete  manner 
by  the  annual  reports  of  the  Board  of  Trade  from  1881  to  1886  inclusive,  and 
the  figures  for  1887  will  no  doubt  be  given  with  the.  same  accuracy,  perspicacity 
and  judicious  arrangement  by  which  the  preceding  issues  have  been  marked. 
It  is  not  the  intention  in  this  volume  to  invade  the  realm  so  well  managed  by 
Mr.  Cowles,  whose  experience  as  a  compiler  of  statistics,  and  facilities  for  se- 
curing accuracy,  give  such  value  to  these  reports.  Those  therefore  who  desire 
to  consult  the  statistics  of  the  lumber  product  of  1887  will  find  them  in  the 
forthcoming  Seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Saginaw  Board  of  Trade.  The 
figures  used  in  this  review  are  for  the  most  part  taken  from  the  previous  issues 
of  this  report,  to  which  the  author  of  this  work  here  acknowledges  his  indebt- 
edness for  much  important  information. 

EARLY   MILLING. 

Upon  a  prcAaous  page  of  this  work  reference  has  been  made  to  the  build- 
ing of  the  first  mill  in  the  Saginaw  Valley,  the  mill  being  located  at  the  foot 
of  Mackinaw  street  in  Saginaw  Citj'.  The  second  mill,  afterward  known  as 
the  "  Emerson  Mill,"  was  built  in  1836,  the  owners  being  H.  Williams  &  Co., 
and  Messrs.  Mackey,  Oakley  and  Jennison  and  Norman  Little.      It  was  re- 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws.  35 

garded  as  a  model  mill,  and  many  shook  their  heads  in  deprecation  of  the 
folly  of  building  a  mill  of  so  large  a  capacity.  At  first  the  mill  did  well,  as  it 
was  kept  bnsy  in  cutting  long  timbers  for  the  Michigan  Central  Railroad,  and 
shipped  to  that  road  at  Detroit,  in  1836,  the  first  cargo  of  lumber  that  ever 
left  the  Saginaw  Valley.  After  that  contract  was  completed,  however,  the  mill 
found  the  demand  for  its  product  insufficient.  The  effect  of  the  panic  of  1837 
was  to  retard  progress  in  the  Valley,  and  the  local  demand  for  lumber  was  in- 
considerable, while  orders  from  the  outside  were  slow  and  after  ten  years  the 
mill  shut  down  and  the  houses  surrounding  it  were  deserted.  This  did  not 
last  long,  however,  as  in  184(5  the  mill  was  purchased  by  Curtis  Emerson  and 
James  Eldridge,  who  refitted  it  with  new  machinery  and  increased  its  capacity 
to  3,000,000  feet  per  season. 

The  second  mill  on  the  east  side  of  the  river  was  built  in  1850  by  Charles 
W.  Grant  (now  the  Secretarj^  of  the  Saginaw  Board  of  Trade)  and  the  late 
Jesse  Hoyt,  and  the  next  mill  to  be  built  was  that  of  Sears  &  Holland,  erected 
in  1855.  Soon  afterward  there  was  a  rapid  increase  in  the  number  of  mills, 
and  at  the  end  of  1855  there  were  twenty-three  mills  on  the  river  with  an 
aggregate  capacity  of  60,000,000  feet  per  season.  In  1857  there  were  44  mills 
in  operation  on  the  Saginaw  River,  manufacturing  that  year  113,700,000  feet 
of  lumber.  In  1867  the  number  of  mills  had  been  increased  to  82  and  the 
product  to  423,963,190  feet.  In  1870  there  were  83  mills  operated  and  the 
cut  was  576,736,600  feet.  In  1882  the  number  of  mills  had  been  reduced  but 
their  capacity  greatly  increased,  the  70  mills  then  operated  cutting  1,011,274,- 
905  feet,  or  more  than  double  the  amount  that  had  been  produced  fifteen  years 
before  by  82  mills.  Since  1882,  which  was  the  year  of  the  largest  cut  in  the 
history  of  the  Valley,  the  amount  of  the  cut  has  been  reduced,  but  it  is  stilll 
very  large.  Ii\  1886  the  cut  of  the  64  mills  on  the  Saginaw  River  aggregated 
798,826,224  feet,  a  total  only  exceeded  by  that  of  the  five  years  from  1880  to 
1884  inclusive. 

The  Emerson  mill,  considered  as  a  model  in  the  years  from  1836  to  1850, 
was  when  purchased  by  Messrs.  Emerson  and  Eldridge  in  1846,  and  before 
the}'  increased  its  productive  power,  equipped  with  three  upright  saws  the 
capacity  of  each  of  which  averaged  2,500  feet  per  day.  The  slabs  and  saw- 
dust were  hauled  awa}-  from  the  mill  at  an  expense  of  five  dollars  per  da}'  and 
seven  cords  of  mixed  wood  were  daily  consumed  for  fuel,  at  a  cost  of  two 
dollars  per  day.  In  comparison  with  this  mill,  regarded  as  perfect  in  its  day 
and  generation,  a  description  of  a  model  mill  of  to-day  may  prove  of  interest 
to  many  readers  of  this  volume. 

THE    MODERN    MILL. 

The  mill  selected  for  this  description  is  one  to  which  in  addition  to  the 
conversion  of  timber  into  lumber  the  manufacture  of  salt  is  added.       The  saw 


36  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws, 


mill,  salt  block,  cooperage,  barns,  offices  and  piling  grounds  together  cover  an 
area  of  forty-five  acres,  and  the  product  of  the  works  amount  to  25,000,000  feet 
of  lumber,  1,500,000  staves  and  75,000  sets  of  heading,  in  addition  to  which 
the  firm  manufactures  2,000,000  shingles  during  the  summer  months.  They 
also  have  four  salt  wells  and  a  very  extensive  salt  block,  and  make  50,000 
barrels  of  salt  per  annum.  The  mill  is  80  feet  wide  by  a  length  of  about 
192  feet,  with  a  large  boiler  and  engine  house  attached.  Included  in  its  equip- 
ment is  a  700  horse-power  improved  Corliss  engine,  fed  by  five  boilers,  5x16 
feet,  a  pony  engine  for  night  work  for  making  salt,  and  a  pumping  engine  in 
each  of  four  wells,  all  fed  by  two  other  5x16  boilers.  As  a  thoroughly  repre- 
sentative mill,  a  brief  description  of  its  operations  will  doubtless  be  of  interest 
to  the  general  reader.  The  logs  are  taken  from  the  boom  by  a  steam  driven 
endless  chain,  called  a  "  log  jacker,"  which  brings  them  up  in  rapid  succession 
through  a  door  in  the  center  of  the  mill  upon  the  upper  floor,  where  they  land 
upon  the  steam  log  flipper,  which  rolls  them  right  and  left  down  a  slightly  in- 
clined plane,  at  the  end  of  which  each  log  is  caught  by  a  "loader,"  which 
throws  them  upon  the  circular  carriage  by  the  "  steam  nigger."  It  is  placed 
on  the  arms  of  the  steam-feed  carriage,  where  it  is  caught  by  "dogs,"  and  by 
working  a  lever  is  set  in  required  position  for  the  saw,  against  which  the  steam 
carriage  rapidly  sends  it.  Returning,  the  log  turning  machine  grabs  it,  turns 
it  rapidly  around,  and  the  other  side  is  exposed  to  the  circular  saw.  Of  these 
circulars  there  are  two,  one  on  each  side,  with  all  the  accessory  machinery,  as 
if  it  were  two  separate  mills,  and  by  these  circulars  the  log  is  either  faced  for 
the  gang  mill  or  cut  into  lumber,  as  desired.  If  the  former,  the  logs  pass 
quickly  along  the  cant  transfers  to  the  gang  mill,  where  they  are  sawed  into 
lumber  of  the  desired  thickness.  The  gang  mill  of  this  establishment,  which  is 
one  of  Wickes  Brothers'  most  improved  make,  is  a  powerful  machine,  running  84 
saws,  and  it  is  placed  upon  a  foundation  of  solid  masonry  16  feet  deep  and  40 
feet  at  the  base.  After  leaving  the  gang  mill,  which  is  located  between  and  a 
little  more  than  the  length  of  a  log  behind  the  circulars,  the  lumber — for  it  is 
now  lumber — travels  along  the  lumber  transfer,  a  device  consisting  of  revolv- 
ing rollers,  to  the  stock  lifter,  which  turns  it  over  in  piles  on  to  the  tables  of 
the  edging  machines,  of  which  there  is  one  at  each  side,  the  stock  lifter  work- 
ing both  ways.  Here  the  edgings  from  the  boards,  and  the  slabs,  which  are 
constantly  running  along  live  rollers  from  the  circulars,  are  run  on  to  the  slab 
table  against  small  circular  saws,  which  cut  them  into  about  four-foot  lengths 
and  drop  them  into  a  shute  leading  to  the  slab  transfer,  which  carries  them 
across  the  mill  in  an  elevated  position  to  a  spout,  whence  they  are  dropped 
into  wagons  below  and  carted  to  slab  piles,  the  larger  slabs  being  taken  out  of 
the  transfer  and  made  into  staves,  heading,  lath,  etc.  From  the  edging 
machines  the  lumber  passes  to  the  trimming  tables,  one  situated  on  each  side. 


Thk  Industries  op  the  Saoinaws. 


The  trimming  table  is  an  ingenious  arrangement  of  saws  protruding  from  an 
inclined  plane,  each  protected  by  a  projecting  iron  arm.  The  boards  traveling 
on  chains  passing  over  these  springs,  press  down  out  of  sight  all  saws  except 
the  one  nearest  the  end  of  the  board,  which  trims  that  end,  a  stationary'  saw 
doing  like  work  at  the  other  end.  By  this  arrangement  a  board  of  say  ten 
feet  long  will  meet  the  first  saw,  one  of  twelve  feet  the  second,  and  others  in 
accordance  with  their  length.  From  the  trimmer,  the  lumber,  which  is  now 
finished,  is  run  on  the  tram  cars  and  drawn  b}'  horses  along  an  elevated  tram- 
wa}'  to  the  piling  grounds.  These  piling  grounds  cover  a  very  large  space  with 
about  a  mile  of  elevated  tramway  18  feet  high  throughout,  and  on  one  side  of 
the  grounds  is  the  river  and  the  boom,  which  holds  4,000,000  to  5,000,000  feet 
of  logs,  and  on  the  other  side  a  large  bayou  dredged  and  docked  l)y  the  firm, 
and  from  whence  they  do  their  shipping.  The  saw  dust  is  carried  by  a  saw 
dust  transfer  direct  from  the  saws  automatically  into  the  fires,  all  surplus  pass- 
ing over  the  furnaces  to  large  store  houses,  whence  they  remove  it  at  night  to 
the  furnaces  used  in  running  the  pon}'  engine  in  the  salt  works.  The  wheels 
throughout  the  mill  are  all  of  iron,  the  two  fly-wheels  weighing  30,000  pounds 
each.  The  saws  are  sharpened  and  gummed  by  improved  machines,  which 
work  automatically.  Employment  is  given  in  the  mill,  salt  block  and  cooper 
shop,  etc.,  to  a  force  of  125  men  and  16  horses,  in  addition  to  which  the  firm 
has  a  force  of  about  250  men  employed  in  lumbering  operations  in  the  woods, 
taking  out  about  25,000,000  feet  of  logs  per  annum,  receiving  their  logs  through 
the  medium  of  the  Tittabawassee  Boom  Compan}-  and  the  Flint  &  Pere  Mar- 
quette and  Jackson,  Lansing  &  Saginaw  railroads. 

SOURCES    OF    SUPPLY. 

The  ax  of  the  lumberman  has  steadily  reduced,  from  year  to  year,  the 
acreage  of  standing  pine  in  the  district  from  which  the  Saginaw  River  mills 
receive  their  raw  material.  The  Saginaw  River  District,  as  it  is  generally 
termed,  embraces  the  counties  of  Tuscola,  Lapeer,  Genesee,  Saginaw,  Gratiot, 
Isabella,  Gladwin,  Clare  and  Midland,  and  from  these  counties  the  main  sup- 
ply of  timber  in  the  past  has  been  derived  by  the  Flint,  Bad,  Cass,  Fine,  Salt, 
Chippewa,  Tobacco  and  Tittabawassee  rivers,  all  of  which  are  tributar}-  to 
the  Saginaw.  As  shown  by  reports  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  the  Flint,  Cass  and 
Bad  rivers  now  contribute  but  little  to  the  log  supply  of  the  Saginaw  River 
mills,  the  timber  on  these  rivers  having  for  the  most  part  been  cut,  and  the 
timber  on  the  Chippewa  and  Pine  rivers  is  now  well  up  on  the  head  waters 
and  small  tributaries.  A  ridge  of  timber  still  exists  covering  the  head- 
waters of  the  Pine,  CUiippewa,  Tobacco  and  Tittabawassee,  and  continuing 
across  to  the  headwaters  of  the  An  Sable  and  along  the  headwaters  of  Thunder 
Bay  River,  from  which  the  Saginaw  mills  re<'eive  the  greater  part  of  the  stock 


38  The  Industries  op  the  Saoinaws. 

furnished.  Other  sources  of  suppl}^  are  the  Flint  &  Pare  Marquette  Railroad 
and  the  Saginaw  Division  of  the  Michigan  Central,  while  a  considerable  amount 
of  timber  comes  from  the  Saginaw  Bay  District,  drained  by  the  Pine,  Rifle, 
Au  Gres  and  other  streams  bordering  the  Saginaw  Bay.  The  reduction  of  the 
stock  of  pine  in  the  district  immediately  surrounding  Saginaw  has  induced 
the  Saginaw  River  lumbermen  to  invest  extensively  in  tracts  of  pine  in  the 
Upper  Peninsula  and  the  Georgian  Ba^-  District  of  Canada,  and  the  supply 
from  the  Upper  Peninsula  is  annuall}^  being  increased.  That  from  Georgian 
Bay,  however,  is  hampered  by  the  export  duty  placed  upon  the  timber  by  the 
Dominion  Government.  Many  speculations  have  been  made  as  to  the  amount 
of  timber  still  available  for  the  use  of  the  Saginaw  manufacture,  some  of  the 
earlier  of  which  have  alread}'  been  exceeded  by  the  amount  actually  cut,  and 
while  it  is  of  course  inevitable  that  the  time  will  come  when  merchantable  pine 
will  be  a  very  scarce  commodity,  that  result  will  not  be  reached  for  a  number 
of  years  yet,  and  when  it  does,  it  will  be  to  give  place  to  agricultural  pursuits, 
which  will  doubtless  prove  sufficient  to  maintain  the  Saginaws  as  important 
business  centers  and  to  compensate  for  the  loss  of  the  lumber  industries.  At 
present,  however,  the  manufacture  of  lumber  and  lumber  products  is  in  a 
thriving  condition.  The  reduction  of  the  timber  supply  has,  of  course,  had 
the  effect  of  enhancing  the  price  of  timbered  pine  lands  and  stumpage,  and 
caused  the  logging  operations  to  recede,  each  year,  farther  and  farther  from 
the  manufacturing  center.  In  an  early  day  the  Cass  River  formed  a  principal 
avenue  of  receipt  for  timber,  but  the  present  year  the  output  of  the  stream 
was  but  3,346,480  feet,  and  it  is  practically  exhausted  as  a  source  of  supply 
Even  the  Tittabawassee,  which  up  to  the  end  of  1886  had,  from  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Tittabawassee  Boom  Company  in  1864,  rafted  and  delivered  8,068,- 
119,311  feet  of  logs,  has  only  rafted  and  delivered,  during  the  season  of  1887. 
about  365,000,000  feet,  as  against  403,988,740  feet  in  1886,  the  output  of  this 
river  being  this  season  the  smallest,  with  the  exception  of  1885,  since  1878. 

lumber  products. 

While  the  greater  part  of  the  lumber  manufacturing  industry  of  the  Sagi- 
naw River  still  consists  in  the  manufacture  of  rough  lumber,  there  has  been 
a  commendable  tendency,  of  late  years,  to  increase  the  value  of  the  products 
of  the  Valley  by  doing  much  of  the  planing  and  finishing  and  the  manufac- 
turing of  articles  of  which  lumber  forms  the  raw  material  at  home,  thus  giving 
employment  to  a  larger  number  of  men  and  materially  adding  to  the  produc- 
tive resources,  and  consequently  the  wealth,  of  the  Saginaws.  The  number  of 
yards  maintained  in  the  Saginaws  is  steadily  increasing,  and  the  ratio  of  dr}' 
to  green  lumber  shipped  is  yearly  becoming  greater.  Planing  mills,  sash,  door 
and  blind  factories,  and  other  important  enterprises  are  in  operation. 


TiiK  Tndi'stuiks  ov  the  Saoinaws.  :!:i 

The  figures  of  production  of  pine  lumber  of  the  Saginaw  River  mills  in 
188(i,  furnish  a  fair  idea  of  the  volume  of  this  manufacture.  In  that  year  the 
entire  cut  of  Saginaw  Hiver  mills  amounted  to  784,921,224  feet,  of  which  374,- 
!*64,!HI9  feet  was  cut  in  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity.  Tn  the  same  year  18,005,- 
000  feet  of  hardwood  lumber  was  manufactured,  of  which  the  Saginaws  pro- 
duced 6,280,000  feet.  This  branch  of  manufacture  presents  important  oppor- 
tunities for  the  future.  The  Board  of  Trade  review  for  1886  pertinently  says; 
'•  Not  much  attention  has  been  i)aid  to  the  manufacture  of  hardwood  lumber 
on  this  river  as  yet.  In  1883  the  cut  more  than  doubled  that  of  the  past  year, 
but  a  dull  and  weak  market  has  checked  production.  There  is  a  vast  quantity 
of  hardwood  lumber  available  in  this  section,  however,  and  it  will  become  an 
important  factor  in  lumbering  operations  the  coming  years  in  this  Valley." 

Other  important  branches  of  manufacture  in  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity  for 
1886  aggregated  as  follows  :  Shingles,  166,213,000  ;  lath,  31),665,300  ;  staves, 
23,053,338 ;  heading,  1,684,022  sets  ;  and  in  addition  some  2,000,000  oak 
slaves  were  also  manufactured  in  the  Saginaws  and  along  the  lines  of  the  rail- 
roads centering  here. 


SALTT  MAKINQ. 


AN  INDUSTRY  IN  WHICH  THE  SAGIN  AV/S  TAKE 

THE  LEAD. 


THE  fact  of  the  existence  of  important  quantities  of  saline  water  in  Michi- 
gan surtlcient  to  encourage  manufacture  was  first  demonstrated  by  Dr. 
Houghton,  then  engaged  in  making  the  geological  survey  of  the  State,  in  1840 
although  it  was  not  until  1859  that  operations  looking  to  the  utilization  of  this 
important  supply  were  adopted  in  the  Saginaw  Valley.  In  that  year  the  East 
Saginaw  Salt  Manufacturing  Company  was  ox'ganized,  and  from  that  time  to 
the  present  the  manufacture  of  salt  has  been  carried  on  with  steadil}^  increasing 
volume,  until  in  1886  the  product  was  larger  than  in  any  previous  year.  An  im- 
portant factor  in  securing  a  superiority  in  the  quality  of  the  product  and 
hai-mony  among  those  engaged  in  this  department  of  manufacture  is  the  Michi- 
gan Salt  Association,  mentioned  elsewhere,  and  which  now  handles  almost  the 
entire  salt  product  of  Michigan,  Of  the  total  production  of  the  United  States 
Michigan  furnisher  nearly  half,  and  the  greater  part  of  this  product  is  handled 
by  the  Michigan  Salt  Association,  with  headquarters  located  in  East  Saginaw. 
The  counties  iu  which  salt  is  found  in  Michigan  are  Saginaw,  Bay,  Huron,  St. 
Clair,  Iosco,  Midland,  Manistee,  Mason  and  Gratiot,  and  of  a  total  of  3,677,257 
barrels  manufactured  in  1886  in  ^lichigan,  Saginaw  county  produced  1,213,764 
barrels,  a  larger  amount  by  ovei-  300,000  barrels  than  was  produced  by  any 
other  county  in  the  State.  Daring  that  year  fifty-two  salt  companies  with 
fort3'-five  steam  blocks,  twelve  pan  blocks  and  4,000  solar  salt  covers  were  in 
operation,  having  a  manufacturing  capacity  of  1,400,000  barrels.  The  increase 
in  salt  production  has  been  steady  and  continuous  from  561,288  barrels  manu- 
factured in  1869  to  3,677,257  in  1886,  and  the  total  salt  manufactured  in  the 
State  up  to  the  end  of    that  jear  was  37,282,586  barrels.      This   important 


The  Industries  op  the  Saoinaws.  41 


industry  differs  from  that  of  the  raanufacture  of  himber,  in  the  fact  that  it  is 
permanent,  and  while  the  present  methods  usuall3'  contemplate  the  workin{<  of 
the  two  industries  in  conjunction,  the  manufacture  of  salt  can  be  carried  on  in 
connection  with  any  other  industry  b}-  which  steam  is  utilized,  and  the  salt 
works  in  connection  witii  mills  are  now  in  many  instances  operated  by  the  use 
of  exhaust  steam  from  the  mills. 

Owing  to  the  careful  system  of  State  inspection,  the  figures  in  regard  to 
the  salt  production  of  Michigan  are  easily  obtainable  since  1869,  in  which  year 
the  inspection  law  took  effect.  Prior  to  that  time  the  total  amount  of  salt  pro- 
duced in  the  State  was  3,282,117  barrels.  From  that  time  to  the  close  of  the 
fiscal  year  ending  November  30,  1886,  a  total  of  34,100,469  barrels  was  pro- 
duced, and  in  the  eleven  months  of  the  fiscal  year  1887  up  to  October  31,  a 
total  of  3,619,132  barrels  was  produced,  making  a  grand  total  from  the  incep- 
tion of  the  salt  industry  to  October  31,  1887,  of  41,001,718  barrels.  While 
this  part  of  this  work  goes  to  press  too  early  to  include  the  November  figures 
in  the  total,  enough  has  been  shown  to  make  certain  that  the  product  of  1887 
will  exceed  that  of  any  previous  year  in  the  historj'  of  the  industry'. 

An  important  consideration  in  regard  to  this  valuable  branch  of  manu- 
facture is  as  to  the  future  of  it  when,  as  will  inevitably'  be  the  case,  the  timber 
supply  is  no  longer  available  for  the  manufacture  of  lumber  upon  its  present 
scale  of  magnitude.  It  is  claimed  that  the  manufacture  of  salt  as  a  separate 
industry  would  not  be  remunerative.  It  is  manifest,  however,  that  the  exist- 
ence of  the  inexhaustible  supplies  of  brine  will  prove  a  great  incentive  to  other 
manufactures  which  can  in  the  Saginaws  find  a  lucrative  employment  for  their 
exhaust  steam  in  the  manufacture  of  salt,  and  there  is  little  reason  to  fear  that 
so  bountiful  a  suppl}-  of  raw  material  will  be  allowed  to  go  to  waste,  or  that  so 
important  an  industry  as  that  of  the  Michigan  salt  production  will  be  permitted 
to  fall  into  desuetude. 

Of  the  salt  producing  counties  Saginaw  is  far  in  th§  lead  in  the  volume  of 
its  output,  the  record  of  previous  years  being  steadily  maintained,  and  this 
county  having,  in  the  eleven  months  ending  October  31,  1887,  produced 
1,047,113  barrels  out  of  a  total  of  3,611,832  barrels,  distributed  as  follows  : 

District  No.  1 — Saginaw  County 1,047,1 13 

District  No.  2— Bay  County 823,827 

District  No.  3— Huron  Countv 165.512 

District  No.  4— St.  Clair  County 278,903 

District  No.  5— Iosco  County 279,041 

District  No.  6— Midland  County 39,381 

District  No.  7— Manistee  County 798,812 

District  No.  8 — Mason  County 177,174 

District  No.  9— Gratiot  County 2,069 

Total 3,611,832 

6 


42  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

As  a  consequence  of  the  low  price  at  which  the  product  has  ruled  for  the 
past  3^ear,  it  is  likely  that  the  manufacture  will  be  restricted  during  the  coming 
winter,  in  order  to  reduce  stocks. 

In  qualit}',  the  salt  produced  in  Michigan  is  without  a  superior.     The  high 
standard  maintained  in  the  product  is  largely  due  to  the  State  inspection  law 
which  has  been  in  operation  since  1869.     The  office  of  the  State  Salt  Inspector 
is  located  at  East  Saginaw,  with  deputy  inspectors  in  the  several  districts. 
OTHER  MANUFACTURES. 

Iron  Industries. — The  great  volume  of  the  manufactures  of  the  Sagi- 
naws calls  for  the  use  of  a  vast  amount  of  machinery  of  various  kinds,  and 
to  supply  this  want  a  large  number  of  prosperous  manufacturing  establish- 
ments are  conducted,  devoted  to  the  production  of  machinery  and  machinery 
appliances,  and  in  several  departments  of  the  iron  manufacturing  industry 
Saginaw  holds  a  prominent  place  among  the  leading  cities  of  the  Lake  Region, 
special  prominence  being  given  to  the  manufacture  of  boilers,  engines  and  saw 
mill  and  salt  making  machinery  of  every  description.  The  location  of  the 
Saginaws  is  unsurpassed  for  the  .successful  prosecution  of  these  branches  of 
industry,  the  supply  of  iron  being  accessible,  the  iron  ore  from  the  Lake 
Superior  region  being  both  unlimited  in  quantity  and  unsurpassed  in  quality, 
and  the  means  of  communication  with  the  centers  of  production  of  this  raw 
material  being  ample.  The  Saginaws  form  a  superior  field  for  enterprises  of 
this  character,  being  in  the  midst  of  a  large  and  growing  population,  con- 
stituting a  home  market  for  these  products,  and  there  are  many  branches  of 
iron  and  steel  manufacture  which  have  not  yet  been  entered  upon,  which  could 
with  advantage  be  inaugurated  and  conducted  in  the  Saginaws. 

Furniture. — One  of  the  most  encouraging  signs  for  the  future  of  the 
Saginaws  is  the  recent  tendency  to  establish  manufactures  calculated  to  utilize 
the  lumber  supply  in  the  manufacture  of  a  large  amount  of  lumber  products. 
Among  the  recent  steps  in  that  direction  may  be  mentioned  the  establishment 
of  several  furniture  factories,  a  branch  of  industry  for  the  prosecution  of 
which  no  place  affords  better  facilities  than  the  Saginaws.  Both  pine  and 
hardwood  lumber  are  in  plentiful  supply  and  every  means  to  secure  the  suc- 
cess of  enterprises  of  this  character  is  at  liand.  The  furniture  factories  already 
established  are  steadily  increasing  their  business  and  demonstrating  the 
availability  of  the  Saginaws  as  a  center  for  this  important  manufacture,  and 
there  is  no  reason  why  there  may  not  be  built  up  iiere  a  number  of  industries 
of  this  character  fully  equal  to  that  of  any  other  city  in  the  Union.  The  same 
causes  which  Jiave  contributed  to  make  this  luisiness  successful  in  Grand 
Rapids  and  other  places  exist  here  in  the  Saginaws,  while  the  means  for  dis. 
tribution  of  the  product  to  all  parts  of  the  country  are  of  the  most  efficient 
chai-acter. 


The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws.  43 

Carriages,  Wagons,  Etc. — A  number  of  shops  and  factories  are 
eniployid  in  the  manufacture  of  every  description  of  wheeled  vehicles,  some 
of  which  operate  upon  a  large  scale  and  have  a  trade  territor}'  extending  far 
beyond  local  bounds.  In  heav}-  vehicles  adapted  to  the  uses  of  lumber  camps 
the  products  of  the  Saginaw  factories  are  of  acknowledged  superiority  and 
other  establishments  are  engaged  in  making  lighter  vehicles  which  are  of  the 
best  qualit}-,  both  in  workmanship  and  materials.  Proximity  to  vast  sources 
of  supplj-  for  the  raw  material  gives  superior  facilities  for  the  successful 
prosecution  of  this  branch  of  industry,  and  in  addition  to  an  extensive  home 
market  vehicles  can  be  produced  here  at  a  minimum  cost  of  production  which 
would  justify  shipment  to  all  parts  of  the  country. 

Flouring  Mills. — In  both  the  cities  the  manufacture  of  flour  is  carried 
on  upon  an  extensive  scale,  and  for  home  consumption  the  product  of  these 
mills  is  a  favorite.  The  quality  of  the  flour  manufactured  here  is  of  unexcelled 
merit,  and  there  is  no  reason  why  this  industr}'  should  not  be  increased  in  its 
proportions.  No  State  in  the  Union  produces  a  better  quality  of  wheat  than 
Michigan,  and  it  would  proAc  of  advantage  to  ship  more  of  it  in  the  shape  of 
flour  and  less  in  the  grain.  A  leading  inducement  to  the  introduction  of  more 
manufactures  of  this  character  is  the  fact  that  the  manufacture  of  salt  can  be 
profitabl}'  combined  with  it  without  any  increase  in  power,  and  as  the  acreage 
of  cultivated  lands  in  Northern  Michigan  is  increasing  year  by  year  there  is 
ever}-  reason  to  predict  the  growth  of  this  industry. 

Wooden  W^are,  Eltc. — The  great  success  of  one  of  the  larger  manu- 
facturing establishments  in  Saginaw  City,  in  the  manufacture  of  washboards, 
curtain  rollers,  measures,  sugar  boxes,  barrel  covers,  etc.,  is  an  impressive  ex- 
ample of  the  j)ossibilities  in  the  way  of  varied  industries  in  the  Saginaws,  and 
there  are  many  other  kindred  departments  of  trade  for  which  there  is  ample 
room  heie.  Ever3'thing  of  which  the  principal  component  is  wood  can  be  pro- 
duced here  to  the  greatest  possible  advantage.  An  excelsior  manufactory' 
could  be  profitablj'  operated,  the  basswood  of  which  the  best  quality  of  this 
article  is  made  being  plentiful  in  the  immediate  vicinit}'.  A  match  factory  has 
already-  been  started  under  auspices  which  give  assurance  of  success,  and  it 
would  be  difficult  to  name  an  industr}-  connected  witli  an}'  kind  of  wood  work 
which  would  not  prove  remunerative  to  those  who  might  invest  in  it. 

Other  Industries. — There  are  a  large  number  of  important  manufac- 
turing concerns  engaged  in  various  lines  of  industry  besides  those  enumerated, 
including  cooper  shops,  cigar  box,  soap,  broom  and  other  factories,  etc.  The 
manufacture  of  cigars  engages  a  number  of  establishments,  and  the  brewing 
industry  is  also  an  important  one.  Several  job  printmg  offices  are  kept  busy, 
besides  which  the  newspapers,  referred  to  more  fully  elsewhere,  give  employ- 
ment to  a  large  number  of  prin.ters.      There  are  several  book  binderies,  and 


44  '  The  Industries  of  the  Saoinaws. 


other  trades  related  to  the  printing  art  have  their  representatives  in  the  Sagi- 
naws.  There  are  several  firms  in  each  of  the  cities  engaged  in  the  saddler}' 
and  harness  manufacture,  and  the  manufacture  of  leather  is  also  well  repre- 
sented b}'  a  large  firm  in  East  Saginaw. 

But  while  the  number  of  manufacturing  firms  and  corporations  in  the  two 
cities  is  already  very  large,  and  much  larger  than  the  average  of  cities  of  the 
same  population,  the  avenues  to  enterprise  in  this  direction  are  not  yet  blocked, 
and  there  is  room  for  a  much  greater~number  of  productive  industries.  It  is 
in  its  manufactures  that  the  prosperity  of  a  city  finds  its  impetus,  and  American 
enterprise  is  not  prone  to  allow  opportunities  for  the  profitable  investment  of 
capital  and  employment  of  labor  to  go  to  waste.  No  location  on  the  continent 
excels  that  of  the  Saginaws  for  Ihe  encouragement  offered  to  manufacturing 
enterprises  in  supplying  the  means  for  their  success.  With  every  facility  for 
transportation  possessed  by  the  most  favored  cities,  and  possessing  abundant 
supplies  of  raw  materials  for  nearly  all  kinds  of  productive  occupations,  with 
an  industry  like  that  of  salt  manufacture  to  be  utilized  as  an  auxiliary  to  other 
important  productive  enterprises  and  to  add  to  their  profits,  and  with  an  agri- 
cultural population  steadily  increasing,  and  widening  and  strengthening  the 
home  market,  the  incentives  to  energy  and  the  rewards  open  to  enterprise  exist 
here  to  an  extent  not  surpassed  b}'  any  locality  in  the  Union,  and  equalled  by 
few. 

Examples  of  success  are  not  wanting.  The  Saginaws  have  in  the  past 
oflfered  many  instances  of  the  fact  that  industr}',  enterprise  and  energy,  com- 
bined with  the  exercise  of  sound  business  judgment,  find  here  a  fitting  arena 
lor  their  exercise  and  bring  compensation  in  prosperity, 'and  in  many  instances 
in  wealth. 


T"HE1    MEIRCHANTTS. 


THE    SAGINAV/S    AS    A   HOME   OF   TRADE    AND 

COMMERCE. 


IT  is  not  possible,  in  every  instance,  to  draw  tlie  line  between  the  transactions 
of  merchants  and  manufacturers,  many  of  the  latter  selling  their  own  pro- 
duct direct  to  the  wholesale  or  retail  trades.  There  are  some  lines,  however, 
which  in  the  Saginaws  are  distinctly  devoted  to  the  business  of  the  distribution 
of  products  manufactured  elsewhere,  man}'  of  them  vast  enterprises  involving 
a  large  amount  of  capital,  and  exerting  an  important  influence  in  their  con- 
tribution to  the  prosperity  of  the  Saginaws.  Here  is  rapidly  being  centered 
the  source  of  suppl}'  for  the  large  and  constantly  growing  population  of 
Northern  Michigan,  while  in  many  lines  a  much  wider  territorj-  is  covered. 

Grain,  Produce  and  Provisions —The  trade  in  the  products  of  the 
farm  is  steadily  increasing.  The  cutting  down  of  the  timber,  while  reducing 
the  supply  for  the  manufacture  of  lumber,  has  brought  and  is  bringing  to  the 
Saginaw  Valley  large  numbers  of  thrifty  farmers  to  cultivate  its  productive 
soil,  and  there  is  a  steady  annual  increase  in  the  acreage  and  production  of  the 
country  tributary,  in  a  commercial  sense,  to  the  Saginaws,  which  form  the  best 
market  in  the  State  for  farm  produce,  the  large  manufacturing  operations  mak- 
ing a  home  market  for  the  greater  part  of  the  production.  In  provisions  also, 
there  is  a  large  consumption  here.  The  Board  of  Trade  report  for  1885  showed 
receipts  of  provisions  amounting  to  10,695,000  pounds  at  East  Saginaw,  and 
while  the  figures  for  the  present  year  are  not  definitely  obtainable  it  is  a  con- 
servative estimate  to  place  them  at  25  per  cent,  above  the  figures  of  two  years 
ago.  For  flour  and  all  kinds  of  grain  and  feed  the  demand  for  consumption  is 
very  large,  and  there  is  a  steadily  increasing  activity  in  the  business  of  the  city 
as  a  point  of  distribution  for  the  products  of  agriculture.     As  the  railroad  center 


48  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

of  Northern  Michigan  Saginaw  is  favorablj-  located  for  becoming,  in  time,  the 
center  of  the  shipping  trade  for  all  the  cereal  products  of  this  region,  and  will 
doubtless  in  the  future  handle  much  of  the  grain  which  now  goes  to  Toledo 
and  Detroit  for  shipment  to  the  Eastern  seaboard. 

Groceries. — The  wholesale  trade  of  the  Saginaws  in  groceries  is  an  im- 
portant item  in  its  commerce,  a  number  of  large  houses  being  engaged  in  this 
department  of  industr}'.  This  is  a  distributing  point  for  a  large  area,  and  is 
the  chief  base  of  supplies  for  all  the  lumbering  regions  of  Northern  Michigan 
and  along  the  lines  of  the  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  and  the  Mackinaw  Division 
of  the  Michigan  Central.  The  large  amount  of  capital  invested  in  this  branch 
of  trade  and  the  steady  and  active  demand  for  goods  of  this  character,  enable 
the  jobbers  of  the  Saginaws  to  offer  goods  at  .prices  as  low  as  Detroit  or  other 
wholesale  markets,  and  the  retail  trade,  I'ecognizing  the  fact  that  they  can  save 
freight  expense  and  time  by  buying  here,  are  each  year  more  unanimously 
looking  to  Saginaw  as  their  source  of  suppl}'.  The  volume  of  transactions  of 
the  jobbing  houses  of  the  Saginaws  now  aggregate  over  $4,000,000  annuall}-, 
and  the  territory  covered  b}'  their  trade  is  expanding  into  the  Upper  Peninsula, 
especially  into  those  lumbering  regions  in  which  Saginaw  capital  is  invested. 

Hardware. — As  a  market  for  hardware  Northern  Michigan  is  one  of 
the  most  favorable  locations  in  the  country,  the  demands  of  manufacturers  and 
lumbermen  calling  for  goods  of  this  character  in  large  quantities.  An  East 
Saginaw  house  engaged  in  this  line  is  the  second  largest  in  the  country,  and  a 
number  of  others  do  an  extensive  business.  In  the  classes  of  goods  used  in 
saw  and  planing  mills  and  lumbering  operations  the  volume  of  transactions  is 
particularly  large,  and  Saginaw  houses  engaged  in  this  department  have  a  trade 
territory  not  confined  by  local  bounds,  but  extending  to  all  the  lumber  pro- 
ducing regions  of  the  country,  and  particularly  of  the  Northwest,  while  frequent 
shipments  are  made  to  the  Southern  States  and  even  to  foreign  countries.  The 
revival  of  the  hardware  trade,  noticed  throughout  the  country-  during  the  past 
3'ear  or  two,  has  been  felt  in  the  Saginaws,  and  the  demand  for  these  goods  is 
active  at  prices  which,  while  not  so  high  as  those  ruling  several  years  ago,  offer 
a  fair  margin  of  profit. 

Clothing,  Etc. — A  number  of  lai-ge  houses,  both  wholesale  and  retail, 
are  engaged  in  the  sale  of  clothing,  and  in  this  line  there  has  been  greater 
activity  during  1887  than  in  several  years  preceding  it.  An  important  branch 
of  this  business  here  is  in  the  suppl3-  of  clothing,  shirts,  etc.,  for  lumbermen,  for 
which  a  large  trade  centers  here.  There  is  a  ver}-  perceptible  increase  in  the 
jobbing  trade  of  this  city  in  this  line,  the  dealers  throughout  Northern  Michigan 
beginning  to  recognize  the  fact  that  goods  can  be  bought  as  cheaply  here  as  at 
places  more  distant,  and  the  saving  effected  in  freight  and  in  the  time  con- 
sumed in  filling  orders  being  an  important  inducement.     Prices  have  ruled  low, 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws.  49 

but  the  marked  increase  in  the  volume  of  business  has  in  a  large  measure  c(Mn- 
pensated  for  this,  and  tlie  clothing  business,  with  its  associated  line  of  men's 
furnishing  goods,  has  been  fairly  prosperous  throughout  the  year. 

Dry  Goods. — Both  of  the  cities  have  large  establishments  engaged  in 
the  dry  goods  business,  and  in  addition  to  a  thriving  retail  trade  a  jobbing 
business  is  done  which  is  steadily  increasing  in  volume.  The  stocks  carried 
are  large  and  varied  and  the  volume  of  transactions  is  sutficiently  large  to 
enable  the  merchants  here  to  compete  with  those  in  Detroit  and  other  markets 
in  prices,  and  the  number  of  retailers  who  transfer  their  purchases  to  Saginaw 
is  annually  incx'easing.  In  the  retail  dry  goods  trade  some  of  the  houses  in 
each  of  the  cities  compare  favorably,  in  the  extent  and  assortment  of  their  stock, 
with  those  of  any  of  the  cities  of  Michigan  and  adjoining  States,  and  the  same 
is  true  of  millinery,  fancy  goods  and  other  kindred  lines. 

Other  Merchandisers. — It  would  be  difficult  to  name  a  branch  of 
mercantile  business  in  which  the  Saginaws  fail  of  representation,  either  at 
wholesale  or  retail.  In  horses  East  Saginaw  is  the  most  important  market  in 
Michigan,  outside  of  Detroit,  and  is  especially  so  in  regard  to  heavy  draught 
animals  suitable  for  use  in  logging  operations  and  for  work  around  mills ;  and 
in  other  live  stock  an  active  and  steadilj'  growing  business  is  done. 

In  agricultural  implements  the  volume  of  transactions  shows  a  steady 
increase,  and  the  rapidly  increasing  acreage  and  production  of  Northern  Michi- 
gan is  causing  an  augmented  demand  for  an  improved  character  of  farm 
machinery  and  implements  for  the  supply  of  which  the  Saginaws  are  the  recog- 
nized center.  In  boots  and  shoes  a  large  business  is  done,  a  number  of  pros- 
perous houses  being  engaged  in  this  branch  of  business.  The  drug  business 
here  is  also  a  large  one,  amounting  to  about  $500,000  annuall}-.  The  trade  in 
liquors  and  cigars,  which  includes  in  addition  to  local  consumption  an  exten- 
sive jobbing  business  throughout  Northern  Michigan,  is  also  an  important  item 
in  the  business  transacted  in  the  city.  Other  prominent  lines  are  coal,  hides, 
leather,  brick,  stone,  cement,  etc.,  paper,  stationery,  jewelr^^  and  all  the  varied 
lines  of  merchandise  which  pertain  to  the  commerce  of  a  thriving  business 
community. 

Aggressiveness  is  a  marked  feature  of  the  business  operations  of  the 
merchants  of  the  Saginaws.  They  fully  appreciate  their  al)ility  to  compete,  on 
favorable  terms,  with  dealers  in  Detroit,  Toledo  and  Chicago  and  other  cities 
for  the  trade  of  Northern  Michigan,  and  their  success  in  this  direction  is 
annually  becoming  more  marked.  The  opportunity  is  presented  for  Saginaw 
to  confirm  its  title  as  the  commercial  center  of  this  section  of  the  State,  and 
that  it  will  be  utilized  no  one  who  is  accpuiinted  with  the  progressiveness  of 
Saginaw  merchants  will  for  a  moment  doubt. 


Ti^HEl    BANKS. 


THE   FINANCIAL   INSTITUTIONS    OF  THE  SAGI- 
NAWS   AND  THEIR    CONDITION. 


AN  important  consideration  in  estimating  tlie  business  of  a  city  is  tlie  con- 
dition of  its  banking  institutions,  witli  reference  to  tlieir  facilities  to 
handle  the  business  of  the  place.  Tested  by  this  consideration  the  present 
time  must  be  regarded  as  one  favorable  to  the  Saginaws,  as  the  aggregate  of 
business  done  by  the  local  banks  is  larger  than  at  any  time  in  the  history  of 
the  Valley,  and  the  amounts  of  capital  and  surplus,  the  deposits,  loans,  bonds 
and  exchange  maturing,  etc.,  of  the  Saginaw  banks  are  now  larger  than  at  any 
previous  period. 

In  the  absence  of  a  clearing  house  to  show  the  volume  of  banking  trans- 
actions the  information  necessary  to  exhibit  the  progress  of  the  banks  must 
be  derived  from  a  comparison  of  official  statements  at  various  times,  and  such 
a  comparison  will  be  sufficient  to  indicate  the  progress  that  has  been  made. 
For  this  pui-pose  a  comparison  of  the  October  statements  of  the  six  National 
Banks  of  the  Saginaws  for  the  years  1886  and  1887,  and  of  the  July  state- 
ments of  the  Savings  Bank  of  East  Saginaw  for  the  same  years,  will  prove 
interesting  as  showing  the  progress  made  by  the  banking  institutions  of  the 
two  cities. 

During  the  year  the  comparison  of  the  statements  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  East  Saginaw  shows  an  increase  in  resources  of  $49,543.94  ;  in  loans 
and  discounts  of  $65,685.00,  and  in  surplus  fund  of  $10,000. 

The  Second  National  Bank  of  Elast  Saginaw  increased  its  resources  $65,- 
221.60;  and  its  loans  and  discounts_$78,688. 16. 

The  Home  National  Bank  of  East  Saginaw  showed  an  increase  in  resources 
of  Sl45,129.41  ;  in  loans  and  discounts  of  $222,551.52  ;  and  in  surplus  of 
$4,000. 


51  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 

The  East  Saginaw  National  Bank  increased  $40,540.21  in  resources ; 
$25,719.01  in  loans  and  discounts,  and  $8,000  in  surplus. 

The  First  National  Bank  of  Saginaw  City  increased  its  resources  399,- 
086.85  ;  its  loans  and  discounts  $35,954.53  ;  and  its  surplus  $15,000. 

The  Citizens'  National  Bank  of  Saginaw  City  increased  its  resources  $52,- 
487.02,  and  its  surplus  $5,000  ;  but  showed  a  slight  decrease  in  loans  and  dis- 
counts, this  item  being  $5,343.07  less  in  1887  than  in  1886. 

The  Savings  Bank  of  East  Saginaw  increased  its  resources  by  $107,501.97; 
its  loans  and  discounts  $85,826.98  ;  and  its  surplus  $10,000,  in  the  year  from 
July,  1886,  to  July,  1887. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  seven  banks  above  mentioned  made  an  aggre- 
gate increase  of  $559,511.00  in  resources,  $504,082.75  in  loans  and  discounts, 
and  $52,000  in  surplus,  during  the  year ;  showing  an  active  banking  business, 
and  indicating  a  busy  employment  of  capital,  A  gratifying  fact  shown  in  the 
statement  of  the  Savings  Bank  of  East  Saginaw  is  the  increase  in  its  deposits 
from  July,  1886,  to  July,  1887,  of  $95,421.36,  showing  that  the  year  was  a 
prosperous  one  for  the  people  genei-ally. 

In  addition  to  the  banks  above  mentioned  the  People's  Savings  Bank  of 
East  Saginaw,  and  the  Saginaw  County  Savings  Bank,  of  Saginaw  City,  opened 
for  business  during  the  year,  and  the  substantial  and  prosperous  private  bank- 
ing house  of  George  L.  Burrows  &  Co.,  in  Saginaw  City,  and  that  known  as 
Seligman's  Bank  of  Commerce,  in  East  Saginaw,  also  do  a  very  large  and 
active  business. 

The  paid  up  capital  and  surplus  of  the  corporate  banking  institutions  of 
the  Saginaws  is  as  follows  : 

Bank.  Capital.  Surplus. 

First  National,  East  Saginaw $    100,000  $  50,000 

Second  National,  East  Saginaw 150,000  30,000 

Home  National,  East  Saginaw ,...      300,000  54,000 

East  Saginaw  National  Bank 100,000  15,000 

First  National  Bank,  Saginaw  City 200,000  100,000 

Citizens'  National  Bank,  Saginaw  City 100,000  25,000 

Savings  Bank  of  East  Saginaw '. 50,000  35,000 

People's  Savings  Bank,  Ease  Saginaw 50,000 

Saginaw  County  Savings  Bank,  Saginaw  Cit}'.        50,000 

Total $1,100,000  $309,000 


RKAL   ElSTTAT^El. 


A     SPIRIT    OF     IMPROVEMENT     MANIFEST     IN 
THE   SAGINA\VS. 


THE  condition  of  the  real  estate  market  in  the  Saginaws  is  not  what  would 
be  called,  in  the  modern  speculative  sense,  a  "  boom,"  by  which  is  meant 
an  unhealthy  and  temporary  inflation  of  values  beyond  all  possibility  of  main- 
tenance, but  it  is,  nevertheless,  in  a  healthy  state,  the  demand  for  good 
properties  being  sti'ong  and  an  advance  in  prices  commensurate  with  the  growth 
and  bright  prospects  of  the  two  cities  is  well  sustained. 

In  Saginaw  City  the  improvement  in  the  real  estate  outlook  is  especiall}' 
marked.  Great  progress  has  been  made  in  the  erection  of  buildings  there  in 
the  past  few  years,  and  there  is  not  only  an  augmentation  of  the  number,  but 
also  a  decided  advance  in  the  character  of  the  buildings  which  have  recently 
been  erected.  Many  of  them  would  do  credit,  from  an  architectual  standpoint, 
to  the  largest  cities  of  the  Union,  while  all  are  of  a  substantial  and  permanent 
character.  A  gratifying  feature  in  connection  with  the  improvements  in  Sagi- 
naw City  is  the  fact  that  they  have  been  effected  by  residents,  are  designed  for 
permanent  investment,  and  are  a  manifestation  of  the  confidence  felt  in  the 
town  and  its  future  by  its  own  citizens.  This  confidence  is  full}-  justified  by 
the  situation  and  prospects  of  the  city.  Most  advantageously  situated  for 
permanent  residence,  occupying  the  highest  ground  in  this  vicinity,  its 
location  is  unsurpassed,  while  recent  improvements  in  switching  facilities 
make  it  specially  attractive  for  the  location  of  manufactures,  for  which  eligible 
sites  are  here  numerous.  In  addition  to  these  advantages,  the  recent  passage 
of  the  act  to  consolidate  the  two  cities  has  brought  about  a  consideration  of 
the  attractions  of  the  west  side  for  residence  purposes,  and  it  is  the  view  of 
many  that  the  fashionable  quarter  of  the  consolidated  Saginaw  of  the  future 
will  be  on  the  Saginaw  City  side.     These,  and  other  causes,  have  contributed  to 


The  Industries  op' the  Saqinawr.  53 

create  an  active  demand  for  property  on  that  side  of  the  river,  and  to  cause  to 
be  placed  on  the  market  a  large  portion  of  the  town  tract  which  has  heretofore  , 
been  withheld  from  sale.  A  number  of  notable  accessions  have  lately  been 
made  to  the  manufacturing  concerns  in  Saginaw  Cit}',  and  several  others  are 
projected  which  will  aid  in  swelling  the  volume  of  its  productive  industries^ 
and  add  to  its  wealth  and  population.  The  prices  of  real  estate  have  ad- 
vanced, but  not  unreasonably  so,  and  the  values  of  business  and  residence 
property  now  maintained  are  not  excessive,  and  are  fairly  based  upon  the  ad- 
vantages and  prospects  of  the  cit}'.  The  market  shows  no  speculative  features  ; 
most  of  the  transactions  being  made  with  a  view  to  improvement,  and  those 
looking  for  manufacturing  sites  or  locations  for  residence  or  business  will  find 
them  obtainal)le  at  lair  figures. 

In  East  Saginaw,  also,  there  is  a  healthy  state  of  affairs  in  the  real  estate 
market,  and  the  cit}-  is  growing  at  a  rate  more  rapid  than  at  any  previous 
period  of  its  history.  A  number  of  important  transfers  of  city  property  were 
made  during  the  past  year,  most  of  which  were  sales  made  to  parties  who  have 
invested  for  the  purpose  of  improvement.  Two  subdivisions  have  been  added 
to  the  city  during  the  past  few  years,  and  the  lots  in  them  have  met  a  steady 
demand,  for  residence  purposes.  A  nymber  of  manufacturing  locations  have 
been  disposed  of  in  various  parts  of  the  city.  There  has  been  some  advance 
in  prices,  but  not  more  than  is  justified  by  the  steady  growth  of  the  population 
and  increase  in  productive  industries  ;  and  it  is  believed  by  those  best  qualified 
to  judge  that  prices  will  advance  considerably  from  present  figures.  The  con- 
solidation measure  has  contributed  to  give  an  impetus  to  the  real  estate  mar- 
ket, and  the  demand  for  good  properties  shows  a  gratifying  and  increasing 
activit}-. 

There  are  no  real  estate  boards  or  associations  in  either  of  the  cities  to 
give  figures  showing  the  volume  of  the  transactions  in  real  estate,  all  the 
trading  in  city  property  being  done  through  individual  agents  ;  but  those  en- 
gaged in  the  business  report  the  market  as  being  in  a  more  satisfactory'  con- 
dition than  for  many  j'ears  past. 

Outside  of  property  in  the  two  cities,  there  is  a  large  amount  of  business 
done  here  in  pine  lands  and  farms.  In  timbered  lands  there  has  been  great 
activity'  during  the  past  3'ear,  the  upward  tendency  of  prices  for  lands  of  this 
character  being  marked,  and  many  transactions  in  this  class  of  property  have 
been  consummated  in  the  past  few  months,  involving  large  amounts.  Some  of 
the  heaviest  holders  of  pine  lands  in  the  country  live  in  the  Saginaws,  and 
their  holdings  not  only  embrace  tracts  in  Michigan,  but  also  extend  to  all  the 
timbered  regions  of  the  country,  and  a  vast  amount  of  the  pine  lands  of  Wis- 
consin,   Minnesota,    and   even  of  the    Southern  States  and  Pacific  Coast  are 


54  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

owned  here.  In  farming  lands  there  is  a  good  demand  for  first-class  properties 
in  all  parts  of  the  Saginaw  Valley,  in  which  the  agricultural  population  is 
annually  increasing.  It  was  thought,  in  an  early  da}',  that  the  land  in  the 
Saginaw  Valley  was  for  the  most  part  useless  for  the  purposes  of  agriculture, 
there  being,  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  a  false  impression  that  pine  lands  were 
necessarily  sterile.  This,  however,  has  long  since  been  disproved  b}'  the  test 
of  experience,  and  no  one,  at  this  date,  would  attempt  to  stigmatize  the  land 
of  the  Saginaw  Valley  as  "pine  barrens."  On  the  contrary,  the  land  in  this 
vicinity  is,  acre  for  acre,  as  productive  as  that  of  an}'  region  of  the  country  ; 
agriculture  is  as  remunerative  here  as  anywhere,  and  far  more  so  than  in  many 
other  parts  of  the  west.  This  fact  is  now  becoming  well  known,  and  as  a  con- 
sequence, the  demand  for  farming  locations  in  the  Valley  is  annually  becoming 
more  active. 

In  all  its  departments  the  real  estate  business  of  the  Saginaws  is  in  a 
healthy  condition,  and  as  the  demand  for  real  estate  is  always  a  reliable 
barometer  of  the  prosperity  of  a  community,  this  state  of  affairs  may  be  ac 
cepted  as  an  indication  favorable  to  the  future  of  the  Saginaws. 


TTHEl    T:^W0    CITTIEIS. 


THEIR       LOCATION      AND       RESOURCES— HOW 
THEY     ARE    GOVERNED. 


THE  intimate  relations  between  the  two  Sagiuaws,  separated  only  by  a  stream 
bridged  in  five  places,  causes  the  events  of  their  history  to  blend  into 
each  other,  so  that  it  would  be  difficult  to  record  the  doings  of  the  past  as  to 
one  without  frequent  reference  to  matters  equally  affecting  the  other.  One  in 
interest,  it  has  long  been  apparent  to  the  foreseeing  that  it  was  manifestly  the 
destiny  of  the  two  cities,  at  some  time  or  other,  to  become  united  under  one 
municipal  organization,  and  this  has  already  been  provided  for  in  the  act  of 
the  Legislature  for  the  consolidation  of  the  two  cities  in  1891.  The  idea  of 
consolidation  is  not  a  new  one,  but  has  been  frequently  agitated  from  time  to 
time  during  the  past  quarter  of  a  century,  and  in  1873  a  strong  effort  was  made 
to  secure  a  union  of  the  two  cities,  but  a  popular  vote  showed  that  public  sen- 
timent was  not  yet  ripe  for  the  consummation  of  the  measure  and  the  party  of 
consolidation  was  at  that  time  defeated. 

THE    CITY   OP    SAGINAW. 

Incidental  to  the  brief  historical  chapters  beginning  this  work  mention  has 
been  made  of  the  organization  of  Saginaw  first  as  a  village,  and  later,  in  1857, 
as  a  city.  At  the  time  of  its  incorporation  its  commercial  and  professional 
interests  were  represented  by  sixty-five  offices,  stores  and  shops,  and  it  had 
four  churches,  two  society  rooms,  the  Union  and  two  select  schools,  and  the 
old-time  court  house  and  jail.  Following  that  year,  however,  the  city  began 
rapidly  to  advance  ;  streets  were  laid  out,  shade  trees  were  planted,  and  in 
three  3'ears  its  population  had  advanced  from  536  inhabitants  at  the  time  of 
its  incorporation  to  1,712  in  1860.  It  has  since  seen  good  times  and  bad  ones, 
but  its  general  trend  has  been  in  the  direction  of  growth,  and  the  advance  of 


58  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 

its  population  gives  evidence  of  stability,  the  figures  in  1866  having  reached 
5,426  ;  in  1870,  7,460  ;  in  1876,  9,890  ;  in  1880, 10,522  ;  in  1884, 13,767  ;  and 
in  1887,  16,753.  The  city  is  the  oldest  in  the  Saginaw  Valley,  and  its  location 
is  in  every  respect  favorable  to  permanent  residence  and  to  the  establishment 
of  prosperous  industries.  It  is  located  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Saginaw  River, 
eighteen  miles  from  Saginaw  Bay  and  near  the  junction  of  the  Saginaw,  Titta- 
bawassee  and  Shiawassee  rivers,  its  city  limits  inclosing  an  area  of  about  eight 
square  miles.  It  is  well  laid  out,  and  contains  a  large  number  of  handsome 
residences  and  imposing  business  blocks,  which  would  do  credit  to  any  city  on 
the  continent.  Its  facilities  for  the  manufacture  of  rough  and  dressed  lumber, 
shingles,  sash,  doors  and  all  other  lumber  products  are  unsurpassed,  and  it  is 
the  home  of  a  large  number  of  the  most  productive  of  this  class  of  industries. 
It  is  at  the  head  of  navigation  of  the  Saginaw  River  and  is  connected  with  the 
outside  world  by  rail  lines  in  every  direction,  and  is  equally  well  supplied  in 
this  respect  with  its  sister  city  on  the  e?st  side  of  the  river.  It  is  connected 
with  East  Saginaw  by  two  railroad  and  three  other  iron  bridges  and  two  street 
railway  lines.  The  Court  House,  one  of  the  handsomest  structures  of  its  kind 
in  the  country,  was  erected  in  1884-5  at  the  expense  of  the  city  for  the  county 
at  a  cost  of  over  $100,000,  and  in  addition  it  has  the  Teutonia  Opera  House, 
Armory  Hall,  Arbeiter  Hall  and  other  public  halls  ;  it  has  the  Holly  system  of 
water  works,  an  efficient  fire  department,  is  well  supplied  with  gas  for  private 
lighting,  and  the  Jenny  electric  light  plant  is  now  in  operation  for  public  illu- 
mination. It  has  fourteen  church  structures,  five  of  which  are  built  of  brick, 
and  affords  church  privileges  for  people  of  all  faiths. 

The  water  works  system  of  Saginaw  City  is  very  complete,  and  now  runs 
one  set  of  Holly  quadruplex  pumping  engines,  with  a  capacity  of  2,000,000 
gallons  per  day,  and  one  set  of  new  Gaskill  horizontal  pumping  engines  with 
5,000,000  gallons  daily  capacity.  It  is  contemplated  soon  to  replace  the  old 
Holly  set  by  another  set  of  Gaskill  engines  with  a  capacity  of  8,000,000  gallons 
per  day,  which  will  give  to  the  city  a  capacity  for  supplying  13,000,000  gallons 
of  water  daily.  These  Gaskill  engines  are  made  by  the  Holly  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  and  are  their  latest  and  most  highly  improved 
pumping  apparatus.  In  connection  with  the  system  over  twenty  miles  of  pipe 
are  laid  and  200  hydrants  ai-e  used. 

During  the  past  few  years  the  spirit  of  improvement  has  taken  possession 
of  the  people,  and  man}^  conveniences  have  been  added.  A  large  amount  of 
additional  pavement  has  been  laid,  a  charter  has  been  given  to  the  new  Union 
street  railway,  affording  a  competing  connection  between  the  two  cities,  and 
recently  a  very  important  move  has  been  made  in  granting  a  franchise  to  the 
F.  &  P.  M.  Railway  to  build  a  belt  line  around  the  city,  t  ^The  eTenn}'  electric 
light  system  of  the  city  runs  73  arc  lights  for  public  lighting  and  has  a  capacity 


The  Industries  of  the  Saoinaws.  59 

for  78,  the  stationary  engine  being  an  automatic  cut-off,  tested  78  horse- 
power, with  a  steel  tubuhxr  boiler  having  a  pressure  of  125  pounds  to  the  square 
inch ;  three  dynamos,  two  of  which  are  of  30  lights  each,  and  one  18  lights,  run- 
ning 1,200  revolutions  per  minute,  and  the  plant  includes  an  automatic  indi- 
cator, which  shows  which  lights  are  running  and  which  are  out.  The  franchise 
of  the  Jenny  Company  expires  in  18S8,  when  there  is  some  prospect  of  the 
city  procuring  the  plant  and  running  it.  The  following  named  gentlemen 
f^ompose  the  present  city  government :  Mayor,  John  H.  Shackleton  ;  Recorder, 
David  Crowley;  Controller,  William  Binder;  Treasurer,  John  W.  Richardson  ; 
City  Attorney,  F.  E.  Emerick  ;  Street  Commissioner,  Henry  F.  Allen ;  Cit}' 
Marshal,  Zachariah  Raskins  ;  Chief  Engineer  of  Fire  Department,  Philip 
Opfergelt ;  Poundmaster,  William  Mahlebeu.  In  addition  to  these  officers 
there  are  six  Aldermen,  one  from  each  of  the  wards  of  the  city,  and  Boards  of 
Health,  of  Education  and  Water  Commissioners. 

THE    CITY   OF    EAST   SAGINAAV. 

In  a  former  portion  of  this  work  reference  has  been  made  to  the  early 
history  of  East  Saginaw,  and  it  has  been  shown  that  the  city  made  rapid 
growth  from  the  beginning.  It  has  sustained,  during  the  later  years,  the 
record  of  its  earlier  growth,  and  it  is  annually  increasing  in  population  and 
importance.  The  assessed  valuation  of  real  and  personal  property  in  the  city 
has  increased  over  thirty  per  cent,  in  the  past  eight  years,  and  the  steady  in- 
crease in  the  number  and  volume  of  the  industries  of  the  city  is  favorable  to  a 
continuance  of  prosperity  and  expansion. 

The  citj'  is  located  on  the  east  side  of  the  Saginaw  River,  sixteen  miles 
from  Saginaw  Bay,  and  its  facilities  for  communication  with  the  outside  world 
have  been  set  forth  in  a  previous  chapter.  In  area  the  city  covers  3,904.82 
acres,  and  its  present  population  is  about  35,000.  It  presents  every  attraction 
for  permanent  residence,  is  favored  with  a  healthful  climate,  its  people  are 
progressive  and  public  spirited,  and  the  social  advantages  embrace  everj' 
modern  aid  to  progress  and  advancement.  A  commendable  pride  is  felt  by 
the  citizens  in  the  city  and  its  advantages,  and  every  movement  looking  to  the 
material  advancement  of  the  cit}'  meets  with  encouragement. 

The  city  is  well  built,  many  of  the  business  blocks  and  more  pretentious 
i-esidences  ranking  among  the  finest  in  the  State.  The  municipal  government 
of  the  city  has  ever  been  characterized  b}-  a  public  spirited  liberality  in  all 
possible  measures  to  promote  the  health  and  comfort  of  citizens,  and  the 
public  expenditures  have  been  judiciously  made  so  as  to  secure  every  public 
improvement  possible  to  be  made  with  due  regard  to  proper  economy  of  fiscal 
management.      The  cit}-   has  over  thirtee"!!  miles  of  paved  streets,  to  wiiich 


60  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

three  miles  additional  will  be  added  in  1888,  and  had  at  the  beginning  of  1887 
twenty-two  miles  of  sewers,  to  which  important  additions,  involving  an  ex- 
penditure of  $100,000,  have  been  made  during  the  year. 

The  water  supply  of  the  city  is  ample  and  of  good  qualit}^,  the  water  be- 
ing brought  from  a  point  near  the  junction  of  the  Saginaw  with  the  Tittalia- 
wassee  and  Shiawassee  rivers.  The  Holly  water  works  are  supplied  with 
quadruplex  compound  pumping  engines  of  great  power,  one  of  them  having  a 
pumping  capacity  of  6,000,000  gallons,  and  the  other  of  2,000,000  gallons  per 
diem.  The  water  supply  is  managed  by  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
and  the  plant  of  the  water  works  covers  over  11  acres  of  gi"ound,  with  all 
necessary  buildings. 

There  are  two  street  railway's,  with  branches,  wholl}'  within  the  city  limits, 
in  addition  to  which  there  are  two  lines  between  East  Saginaw  and  Saginaw 
City. 

The  lighting  facilities  of  the  city  are  not  surpassed,  the  street  lighting  be- 
ing done  by  means  of  electric  arc  lights,  and  the  lighting  of  stores  and 
residences  being  by  incandescent  lights  and  an  ample  supply  of  gas.  Tele- 
graph and  telephone  connections  are  ample  for  the  needs  of  business,  and  the 
district  telegraph  system  has  been  in  use  for  more  than  a  year  past. 

In  May  last  the  system  of  issuing  building  permits,  in  vogue  in  most  large 
cities,  was  introduced,  and  during  the  six  months  following  permits  were  issued 
for  the  construction  of  117  new  buildings,  and  for  alterations  and  repairs  to 
97  buildings. 

In  the  means  for  procuring  the  necessities  and  comforts  of  life  the  city  is 
amply  supplied.  In  the  surrounding  country  all  kinds  of  vegetables  and  fruits 
are  raised,  and  food  of  every  kind  is  plentiful  and  cheap.  In  all  mercantile 
lines  the  stores  of  this  city  are  completely  stocked,  and  many  of  them  compare 
favorably  in  any  respect  with  the  largest  of  the  retail  establishments  in  Detroit. 
Reference  will  be  found  elsewhere  to  the  social  and  educational  institutions  of 
the  city,  and  much  matter  in  regard  to  its  advantages  will  be  found  classified 
under  proper  heads. 

The  city  government  is  composed  of  the  Mayor,  a  Common  Council  and 
other  officers,  charged  with  special  duties.  The  Common  Council  consists  of 
the  Mayor,  Recorder,  Clerk,  and  eighteen  Aldermen,  two  of  whom  are  elected 
from  each  ward.  The  following  are  the  city  oflScers  for  1887-88  :  Mayor, 
Henry  M.  Youmans  ;  Recorder,  Walter  J.  Lamson  ;  City  Clerk,  Ferd  A. 
Ashley;  City  Controller,  Edwin  Aikin  ;  City  Treasurer,  James  F.  Brown  ;  Cit}- 
Assessor,  Frederick  Hartmann  ;  City  Attorney,  Robert  B.  McKnight ;  City 
Engineer,  John  J.  Granville ;    City  Physician,  Jonathan  S.  Rouse  ;    Health 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws.  61 

Officer,  Titus  Duncan  ;  Director  of  the  Poor,  James  S.  Kerns,  Sr. ;  Street 
Siiporinlondent,  William  Grant;  Chief  of  Police,  T.  Dailcy  Mower;  (Miief  of 
Fire  Department,  Marshall  G.  Smith  ;  Police  Judge,  John  E.  Nolan. 

THE    VILLAGE    OF    OARROLLTON. 

Adjoining  the  cit}'  of  Saginaw  on  the  north  is  the  village  of  Carrollton,  in 
which  a  large  and  steadily  increasing  number  of  saw  mills,  planing  mills,  box 
factories,  manufactures  of  barrels,  sash,  etc.,  and  salt  works  are  situated.  The 
village  is  favorably'  located  as  to  transportation  and  other  business  facilities, 
and  many  sites  adapted  to  the  introduction  of  a  still  greater  number  of  manu- 
factures are  located  there.  The  population  of  the  village  is  annually  increas- 
ing, and  its  prospects  are  bright  to  become  one  of  the  most  prosperous  sections 
of  the  consolidated  city  of  Saginaw,  of  which  it  will  form  a  part. 

These  three  prosperous  municipalities  are  united  in  many  bonds  of  com- 
mon interest,  and  the  Legislature  of  the  State  has  made  provision  for  their 
consolidation  in  one  government  under  the  name  of  "  Saginaw."  This  will  be, 
undoubtedly,  the  second  city  in  the  State,  and  will  only  be  excelled  by  Detroit 
in  population,  wealth,  and  commercial  resources. 


SOaiAL    KAQTTS. 


SAGINAV/    INSTITUTIONS   DEVOTED  TO   CHAR- 
ITY, INSTRUCTION  AND  AMUSEMENT. 


IN  the  foregoing  pages  an  endeavor  has  been  made  to  present  the  advantages 
of  the  Saginaws  from  a  business  view.  In  the  present  chapter  it  is  pro- 
posed to  show  that  the  social  side  of  life  is  here  no  less  attractive,  and  that 
in  addition  to  business  facilities,  all  the  advantages  of  modern  civilization 
which  make  up  desirability^  for  permanent  residence  can  here  be  found.  In 
all  the  means  for  the  enjoyment  of  social  existence  and  the  pursuit  of  happiness 
in  instruction  or  pleasure,  the  Saginaws  are  well  provided,  and  organizations 
are  plentiful  for  ministering  to  human  wants  in  religion,  education,  social  in- 
tercourse, music,  the  drama,  literature  and  all  the  various  objects  which 
indicate  the  mtelligence,  enlightenment  and  human  s^-rapath}-  of  the  people. 

Churches. — It  was  once  humorously'  observed  by  a  public  speaker  in  an 
address  upon  early  days  in  the  Saginaws,  that  "  In  the  '  high  times '  of  Sagi- 
naw City,  they  had  started  everything  except  a  church  ;"  and  it  is  doubtless 
true  that  the  pioneers  of  the  Valley  did  not  bring  with  them  any  excessive 
stock  of  piety.  Yet  the  earliest  white  visitor  to  this  region  was  a  raissionar3', 
and  from  the  earliest  history  of  the  American  settlement  endeavors  were 
made  by  zealous  men  and  women  to  build  up  the  cause  of  religion  here.  The 
success  of  their  efforts  is  well  attested  by  the  fact  that  every  shade  of  religious 
faith  is  represented  in  the  Saginaws,  and  that  many  of  the  ecclesiastical 
structures  of  the  two  cities  are  among  the  most  beautiful  and  elaborate  build- 
ings of  this  character  to  be  found  in  the  State.  The  clergy  of  the  Saginaws 
is  able  and  the  religious  advantages  of  the  cities  are  such  as  to  commend  them 
to  church-going  people. 

Schools. — Michigan  as  a  State  is  justly  proud  of  the  advanced  position 
it  has  ever  taken  in  the  cause  of  public  education,  and  the  public  school  system 
has  been  fostered  in  the  Saginaws  by  the  cheerful  aid  of  citizens,  and  judicious 


EAST    SAGINAW — ACADEMY   OP    MUSIC. 


EAST    SAUINAW — HOME    FOR    THE    I'UJENDLESS. 


The  Industries  of  the  Saoinaws.  65 


direction  of  those  entrusted  with  the  management  of  scholastic  affairs.  The 
lu-st  school  district  in  Saginaw  County  was  organized  April  18,  1837,  and  com- 
prised the  territory  now  covered  by  Saginaw,  East  Saginaw,  Carrollton  and  a 
radius  of  about  six  miles  in  every  direction.  This  district  had  one  school 
-house,  located  in  Saginaw  City,  and  the  first  teacher  was  Horace  Beach,  of  New 
York.  Even  before  this  time  there  had  been  a  private  school  conducted  for 
about  two  years.  The  history  of  education  in  the  Saginaws  has,  from  that 
early  day  to  the  present  time,  been  progressive,  and  the  educational  facilities 
have  kept  pace  with  the  municipal  and  social  growth  of  the  two  cities.  Sagi- 
naw City  has  invested  many  thousands  of  dollars  in  its  school  buildino-s,  of 
which  it  has  eight,  with  a  capacity  for  the  accommodation  of  three  thousand 
pupils.  The  High  School,  which  is  recognized  by  the  faculty  of  the  State 
University  as  a  preparatory  department  of  that  institution,  its  graduates  being 
admitted  to  the  University  classes  without  re-examination,  is  ably  managed 
and  under  judicious  guidance.  In  addition  to  the  public  schools  are  a  num- 
ber of  educational  institutions  under  the  auspicious  of  various  churches,  in- 
cluding the  St.  Andrews  Academy,  connected  with  the  Catholic  parish  of  St. 
Andrews,  conducted  by  the  Sisters  of  Providence  ;  the  Lutheran  and  St.  Paul's 
(German)  Church  Schools,  and  a  Kindergarten  School,  conducted  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Teutonia  Societj'. 

East  Saginaw  has  an  efficient  school  system,  and  the  public  educational 
fjicilities  include  a  high  school  and  thirteen  district  schools,  with  an  enrollment 
of  4,537  pupils,  and  the  average  attendance  during  the  year  ending  in  Julv, 
1887,  was  over  95  percent.  Two  years  ago  this  citj^  took  the  initiative  in  this 
State  in  furnishing  free  text  books  to  all  pupils,  thus  placing  all  on  the  same 
level.  The  school  system  of  the  city  is  in  charge  of  the  Board  of  Education, 
composed  of  eighteen  members,  two  School  Inspectors  being  elected  from  each 
of  the  wards  of  the  city.  Ninety  teachers  are  employed,  and  the  schools  are 
efficiently  nganaged  and  under  the  general  supervision  of  Mr.  C.  B.  Thomas, 
Superintendent  of  Schools.  Outside  of  this  comprehensive  and  well  conducted 
public  school  system  there  are  a  number  of  educational  establishments  con- 
nected with  various  churches  and  societies,  or  conducted  under  private  auspices. 
Among  these  are  the  German  Catholic  School  of  the  Sacred  Heart,  the  Indus- 
trial Mission  School,  St.  Hedwig's  School,  St.  John  German  Lutheran,  St. 
Mary's  Academy,  the  Kindergarten  School,  controlled  by  the  Germania  Society, 
and  two  business  colleges. 

Libraries. — Well  stocked  libraries  are  maintained  in  connection  with 
the  public  schools  both  in  Saginaw  City  and  East  Saginaw,  the  latter  being 
formed  l)y  the  consolidation  of  the  Young  Men's  and  the  old  East  Saginaw 
libraries  in  November,  1873,  and  containing  7,488  books,  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Luc}- 
Houghton  as  librarian.     A  munificent  provision  for  the  future  library'  facilities 


66  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


of  East  Saginaw  was  made  b}'  the  will  of  the  late  Jesse  Ho^'t.  By  tlie  same 
the  laud  known  as  Hoyt  Park  was  also  devised  to  the  city,  but  as  part  of  the 
consideration  of  the  transfer  to  the  city  of  the  park,  such  sum  as  the  city  might 
appropriate  was  to  be  used  in  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  library.  The  city 
in  1883  agreed  in  consideration  of  the  transfer  to  it  of  the  park  to  pay  the 
trustees  $1,000  annually,  to  be  used  in  the  care  and  maintenance  of  the  library 
property,  such  payment  to  commence  as  soon  as  the  library  building  is  ready 
for  use,  and  to  continue  thereafter  so  long  as  the  library  shall  be  kept  up  and 
maintained,  and  the  city  also  assumes  all  taxes  and  assessments  upon  the 
library  property.  The  trustees  of  the  library  received  from  the  Michigan 
executor  of  the  estate  of  Jesse  Hoyt,  deceased,  $100,000  on  February  7,  1883, 
and  four  lots  in  Hoyt's  plat,  and  their  last  annual  statement  showed  the  gross 
earnings  of  the  fund  and  property  for  the  four  years  preceding  to  have  been 
$28,302.06.  The  library  building  is  now  in  course  of  construction  and  will 
cost  about  $50,000,  and  will  in  all  probability  be  ready  for  occupancy  in  the 
summer  of  1888.  The  library  will  be  a  free  consulting  and  reference  library, 
and  the  provision  made  for  its  maintenance  is  sufficient  to  sustain  a  large  and 
valuable  collection  of  literature.  The  Germfinia  Institute  also  has  a  large 
library  of  books  in  the  German  language. 

Amusements  and  Recreations.— The  means  of  enjoyment  supplied 
by  the  Saginaws  are  numerous  and  suited  to  the  various  tastes  of  different 
classes  of  people.  For  the  lovers  of  the  drama  the  Academy  of  Music,  situated 
on  the  corner  of  Washington  avenue  and  William  street,  in  P]ast  Saginaw,  offers 
surperior  attractions,  it  being  one  of  the  finest  theatres  in  the  State,  and  in  the 
convenience  of  its  arrangements  not  surpassed  by  an}-  in  the  West.  It  was 
built  in  1884,  the  first  performance  taking  place  December  16,  and  is  owned  by_ 
the  Academy  of  Music  Company,  of  which  W.  L.  Webber  is  President,  W.  11. 
Burt,  Vice-President,  and  J.  B.  Peter,  Secretary.  The  building,  which  cost 
$70,000,  is  70x140  feet  in  dimensions,  has  a  stage  35  feet  deep  b^-  68  feet  in 
width,  and  its  auditorium,  which  has  a  seating  capacity  of  1,200  people,  is  ad- 
mirably adapted  for  obtaining  a  good  view  of  the  stage  from  every  part  of  the 
house,  is  comfortably  seated,  and  has  in  addition  to  the  orchestra  circle,  par- 
quette,  dress  circle  and  gallery,  four  boxes  and  ten  loges.  Its  appointments 
and  scenery  are  in  every  respect  firstclass,  and  the  attractions  offered  include 
those  of  the  highest  grade,  such  well-known  stars  as  Booth,  Barrett,  Salvini, 
Fanny  Davenport,  etc.,  having  filled  engagements  at  this  theatre.  It  is  eligibly 
located  in  reach  of  street  cars  from  all  parts  of  East  Saginaw,  South  Saginaw 
and  Saginaw  City.  In  addition  to  the  Academy  of  Music  there  are  other  minor 
theatres  and  halls  in  each  of  the  cities,  and  several  social  and  musical  societies 
devoted  to  the  purpose  of  securing  entertainment  for  their  members  and 
friends. 


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The  East  Saginaw  Driving  f'ark  is  a  mile  track,  and  driving  and  trotting 
meetings  are  held  annuall}^,  presenting  many  of  the  most  famous  animals  on 
the  turf.  This  track  is  admitted  by  horsemen  to  be  the  best  in  the  State,  and 
it  has  had  a  national  reputation  ever  since  "  Goldsmith  Maid  "  made  her  best 
time  on  this  track. 

While  but  little  work  has  been  done  looking  toward  the  improvement  of 
the  park  property  of  the  city,  East  Saginaw  is  well  supplied  for  the  future,  the 
will  of  the  late  Jesse  Hoyt  having  vested  in  the  cit^'  title  to  a  tract  of  twenty- 
eight  and  one-third  acres  of  land  fronting  on  Washington  avenue,  south  of 
Brewster  street.  A  provision  has  been  made  to  excavate  lakes  and  fill  the  low 
grounds  adjacent  to  them  with  the  excavated  material,  and  it  is  probable  that 
in  the  course  of  a  few  j-ears  the  park  will  be  put  in  good  shape  for  the  use  of 
the  citizens.  The  city  also  owns  a  tract,  1,000  feet  square,  at  the  junction  of 
Tuscola,  Park  and  Second  streets,  known  as  Park  Street  Park. 

Charitable  Institutions. — Organizations  for  the  relief  of  suffering 
and  distress  are  the  best  evidence  that  can  be  given  of  the  benevolence  of  a 
community.  In  East  Saginaw  there  are  several  societies  formed  for  benevolent 
objects,  and  a  prominent  institution  of  this  character  is  the  Home  for  the 
Friendless,  comfortably-  housed  in  an  elegant  building  shown  in  an  illustration 
on  another  page  of  this  book.  The  society  was  organized  in  1870  for  the 
benefit  of  destitute  women,  and  the  Home  is  located  at  the  southeast  corner 
of  Bates  and  IMcCoskr}'  streets.  The  officers  in  charge  of  this  benificent 
institution  are  Mrs.  A.  H.  Comstock,  President ;  Mrs.  C.  S.  Draper,  Vice- 
President  ;  Miss  Burt,  Recording  Secretary ;  Mrs.  W.  F.  Potter,  Corresponding 
Secretary,  and  3Irs.  Adelaide  C.  Fisher,  Matron,  There  is  a  Board  of  Managers 
consisting  of  twenty-four  ladies,  and  a  Board  of  Counsel  consisting  of  six  gen- 
tlemen. The  institution  has  proven  of  great  benefit  in  the  alleviation  of  suf 
fering  and  destitution,  and  its  management  has  been  such  as  to  reflect  the 
highest  credit  upon  those  having  its  affairs  in  charge. 

Two  benevolent  institutions  maintained  by  the  Catholic  Church  are  St. 
Mary's  Hospital  and  St.  Vincent's  Orphans'  Home.  The  hospital  was  estab- 
lished in  1874  under  the  auspices  of  the  Sisters  of  Charity,  five  of  whom  are 
in  charge  of  the  details  of  its  management,  and  the  institution,  which  is 
located  at  830  South  Jefferson  street,  has  an  average  of  twenty-five  inmates. 
The  St.  Vincent's  Orphans'  Home  is  locuted  at  206  Bates  street,  has  an  average 
of  eighty-five  inmates,  and  is  under  the  management  of  Sister  Cecilia,  Superior, 
assisted  by  seven  Sisters  of  Charity. 

Societies. — In  the  Saginaws  there  are  a  number  of  associations  for 
l)cnevolent  and  social  objects,  and  the  Masons,  Odd  Fellows,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Knights  of  Honor  and  all  other  leading  secret  and  benevolent  orders 
in  the  United  States  are  represented  by  lodges,  etc.,  having  large  memberships. 


68  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

-  .  ^ 

The  German  residents  of  the  city  have  a  number  of  societies  similar  to  those 
usually  conducted  where  people  of  this  nationality  arc  numerous,  prominent 
among  which  is  the  Germania  Society,  which  was  organized  September  2, 185fi, 
having  at  that  time  onU'  aliout  twenty  members.  In  1867  the  Germania 
Societ}'  was  incorporated,  and  in  1877  the}'  erected  the  Germania  Institute,  a 
substantial  and  artistic  structure,  which  is  shown  in  one  of  the  illustrations  of 
this  book.  The  gardens  surrounding  the  Institute  cover  a  full  block,  brilliantl}' 
lighted  with  lamps  of  all  colors,  well  shaded  and  supplied  with  seats  and  a 
music  pavilion  in  which  a  trained  orchestra  performs  on  stated  occasions. 
The  objects  of  the  Germania  Societ}'  are  benevolent  and  social,  and  among 
its  prominent  branches  is  the  Maennerchor,  or  singing  branch,  with  a  member- 
ship of  over  sixty  trained  voices  under  the  <lirection  of  Prof.  Yaeger.  The 
kindergarten  branch  has  from  sixt^'-five  to  seventy-five  children  and  two 
teachers,  and  the  societ}-  is  seeking  special  legislation  authorizing  them  to 
establish  an  insurance  department  for  securing  benefits  to  members  in  case  of 
sickness  or  death.  In  addition  to  the  Institute,  the  society  owns  the  building 
in  which  the  city  offices  are  located  on  Genesee  avenue,  and  which  brings  them 
a  rental  of  $4,000  per  annum.  This  property  was  the  bequest  of  the  late 
Anthony-  Schmitz,  one  of  the  earliest  members  of  the  society. 

The  Arbeiter  Untersteutzing  Yerein,  or  the  German  Working  Men's 
Mutual  Benefit  Association,  owns  an  imposing  structure  at  the  corner  of  Janes 
and  Fourth  streets,  and  is  a  societ}-  for  the  mutual  benefit  of  its  members  in 
case  of  sickness  or  death,  and  a  branch  of  this  societ}'  is  also  maintained  in 
Saginaw  City  and  owns  the  Arbeiter  Hall,  at  the  corner  of  Adams  and  Oakley 
streets  and  four  lots.     Both  are  members  of  the  State  Bund. 

The  Teutonia  Society  of  Saginaw  City  is  a  literary  and  social  organiza- 
tion, and  owns  the  spacious  and  imposing  Teutonia  Hall  and  Opera  House. 
The  society  was  organized  over  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  now  has  120  mem- 
berg.  In  connection  with  the  society  a  kindergarten  is  conducted  under  the 
control  of  the  ladies,  and  it  is  soon  contemplated  to  add  a  gymnasium  to  other 
departments  of  the  society. 

Without  the  space  to  further  particularize,  it  may  be  stated  that  the  people 
of  the  Saginaws  are  in  every  respect  situated  for  enjoying  the  comforts,  the 
pleasures  and  the  amenities  of  social  existence,  and  have  all  the  means  for 
making  life  worth  living. 


EAST    SAGINAW— ARBEITKR    HALL. 


EAST    SAGINAW — GEUMANIA    INSTITUTE. 


TTHR    PREISS. 


THE    LEADING    NEWSPAPERS     ISSUED    IN    THE 

TWO    CITIES. 


THE  American  press  is  characteristic  of  the  xiracrican  people.  It  is  vigorous, 
tireless,  and  has  a  habit  of  "speaking  out  in  meeting."  A  successful 
newspaper  is  generally  representative  of  the  people  of  the  place  in  which  it  is 
located,  and  its  value  to  a  communit}'  is  be3-ond  estimate.  In  the  Saginaws 
there  are  a  number  of  newspapers,  and  they  have  aided,  in  no  small  degree,  in 
promoting  the  interests  of  the  two  cities  in  every  useful  wa^-  and -aiding  their 
progress  to  their  present  prosperous  condition.  The  daily  papers  of  the 
two  cities  are  The  Courier,  Herald,  and  News,  of  East  Saginaw,  and  the  Evening 
Journal,  of  Saginaw  City,  each  of  which  also  publish  weekly  editions,  and  The 
ISaginaw  Valley  News  and  Tlie  iSaginawian,  both  of  Saginaw  City,  and  The 
Saturday  Telegram,  of  East  Saginaw,  are  weekl}"  papers.  In  addition  to  these 
there  are  two  German  weeklies,  the  Saginaw  Post  and  the  Saginawer  Zeitung, 
the  latter  of  which  also  publishes  a  Sunday  edition  called  the  Sonntagshlatt. 

The  Saginaw  Courier. — George  F.  Lewis  began,  in  1859,  the  publica- 
tion of  The  Weekly  Courier.  He  was  joined  in  1863  by  Major  E.  W.  Lyon,  and 
in  March,  1868,  tlie  firm  was  further  augmented  by  the  admission  of  R.  M. 
Thompson  and  Joseph  Seemann  to  the  firm,  the  Daily  Courier  being  then  first 
published.  Changes  were  afterward  made  in  the  firm,  and  in  1870  The  Courier 
Company  was  incorporated.  The  oflRcers  of  the  company  now  are  :  W.  L. 
Webber,  President ;  Frank  Lawrence,  Secretary  and  Business  Manager ;  J. 
B.  Peter,  Treasurer ;  Directors,  W.  L.  Webber,  Frank  Lawrence,  J.  B.  J*eter, 
T.  E.  Tarsney  and  E.  D.  Cowles.  The  editorial  staff  is  composed  of  E.  D. 
Cowles,  editor ;  F.  W.  Bushell,  city  editor  ;  C.  B.  Schaefer,  news  editor  ;  W. 
E.  Gardiner,  assistant  city  editor,  and  other  reporters.     The  paper  is  a  favorite 


72 


The  Industries  op  the  Saoinaws. 


not  onl}'  in  the  Saginaws,  but  also  throughout  this  section,  and  it  exercises  a 
potent  influence  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  this  portion  of  the  State.  Mr. 
Cowles,  its  editor,  is  a  forcible  and  logical  writer,  and  is  an  able  advocate  of 
the  interests  of  the  Saginaws.  The  paper  is  supplied  with  all  the  means  for 
presenting  the  news  from  the  world  at  large  in  a  comprehensive  manner,  being 


a  member  of  the  Associated  Press,  and  in  local  news  its  reports  are  complete 
and  accurate.  It  gives  a  dail}-  record  of  the  progress  of  the  great  lumber  and 
salt  industries,  and  is  in  every  respect  a  thoroughly  wide-awake  and  repre- 
sentative journal.  It  is  a  favorite  in  both  cities  on  account  of  the  prominence 
given  to  local  interests,  and  has  a  larger  circulation  than  any  other  paper  in 
the  Saginaw  A^'alley.  The  Courier  occupies  a  substantial  and  imposing  three- 
story  brick  building,  35x150  feet  in  dimensions,  and  runs  in  connection  a  well 
equipped  job  printing  office,  bindery,  etc. 

The  Saginaw  Evening  News.— The  oldest  and  most  influential 
evening  paper  in  the  Saginaws  is  the  Saginaw  Evening  News,  which  was  estab- 
lished May  2,  1880,  by  Joseph  Seemann  and  Charles  IT.  Peters,  who  are  still  its 
proprietors.  The  paper  is  a  member  of  the  Associated  I'ress  and  has  every 
facility  for  obtaining  the  news  of  the  State  and  the  world  at  large  in  a  complete 
and  accurate  manner.  Mr.  John  A.  Walsh,  a  bright  and  industrious  news- 
paper man,  has  held  the  position  of  editor  for  the  past  three  j-ears,  and  Mr.  W. 
F.  Goldie  has  been  assistant  editor  for  about  the  same  time.     The  firm  owns 


The  Industries  of  the  Saoinaws.  73 


an  imposing  brick  block  on  Tuscola  street,  between  Franklin  and  (.'ass  streets, 
and  in  addition  to  its  newspaper  business  carries  on  a  successful  business  as 
job  printers,  for  which  thej-  have  a  complete  equipment.  Mr.  Seemann,  of  this 
firm,  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  firm  by  which  the  Courier  was  founded,  and 
was  for  thirteen  years  in  charge  of  the  job  office  of  that  establishment.  Mr. 
Peters,  who  has  resided  in  this  city  for  the  past  thirty-five  years,  was  press- 
man in  the  6b?mer  office  for  fifteen  years  prior  to  the  formation  of  this  firm. 
The  enterprise  has  been  a  successful  one,  and  the  zealous  advocacy  b}'  the 
Nf^cs  of  local  interests  has  made  it  a  favorite  with  the  people  of  the  two  cities 
and  the  surrounding  country.  In  June  last  a  weekl}^  edition  was  added,  and 
this  also  is  building  up  a  large  circulation  and  a  valuable  influence. 

Saginaw  Herald. — This  paper  was  established  September  1,  1878, 
having  previously  bought  the  plant  of  the  ^Saginaw  Republican,  and  it  has 
since  been  successfully  conducted  and  is  recognized  as  an  able  advocate  of 
local  interests  and  Republican  principles.  The  proprietors  of  the  paper  are 
the  firm  of  Laing  &  Brother,  and  in  addition  to  a  daily  paper  issued  every 
morning,  a  weekly  of  large  and  growing  circulation  is  issued.  Its  principal 
point  ot  excellence  is  the  completeness  with  which  local  matters  both  in  East 
Saginaw  and  Saginaw  City  are  daily  presented,  and  its  devotion  to  the  interests 
of  the  Valley  has  been  an  important  aid  to  development  and  progress. 

The  Saginaw  Evening  Journal. — The  only  daily  paper  in  Saginaw 
City  is  the  Saginaw  Evening  Journal,  which  was  established  in  April,  1886, 
with  Mr.  D.  Z.  Curtis  as  manager  and  editor  and  F.  Bruce  Smith  as  city  editor. 
There  had  been  several  former  attempts  to  sustain  a  daily  paper  in  Saginaw 
Cit}',  but  from  various  causes  all  had  gone  to  join  the  innumerable  throng  in 
the  newspaper  graveyard.  The  Journal,  however,  is  healthy  and  vigorous,  is 
under  good  management,  is  alive  to  the  interests  of  Saginaw  City  and  has  a 
substantial  patronage.  Mr.  Curtis,  its  editor,  was  with  the  Minneapolis  press 
prior  to  coming  to  Saginaw  City,  and  Mr.  F.  Bruce  Smith  was  the  Saginaw 
City  reporter  of  the  Courier.  He  sustains  his  reputation  as  a  "hustler"  for 
news  by  his  work  on  the  Journal,  and  the  combination  is  one  which  possesses 
every  requisite  to  newspaper  success.  A  weekly  edition  has  just  been  added, 
and  this  no  doubt  will  also  prove  a  successful  venture.  The  paper  deserves 
the  support  of  the  citizens  of  Saginaw  Cit}',  and  is  getting  it. 

The  Saginawian. — This  paper,  which  was  established  nineteen  years 
ago  in  Saginaw  City,  is  under  the  guidance  of  that  veteran  journalist  of  the 
Saginaw  Valley,  Mr.  George  F.  Lewis,  who  is  its  proprietor  and  editor.  Mr. 
Lewis  was  the  founder  of  the  Courier,  and  has  long  been  recognized  as  an  ex- 
ponent of  the  interests  of  the  Saginaw  Valley,   possessing  both  ability  and 


74  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 

zeal.  The  paper  is  Democratic  in  politics,  has  a  large  circulation  throughout 
the  Valley,  and  is  published  by  the  firm  of  Lewis  &  Ganschow,  who  conduct  a 
successful  job  printing  establishment  in  connection  with  the  paper. 

The  Saginaw  Valley  News  — This  newspaper  was  established  in 
1874  in  Saginaw  City  bj-  Mr.  Charles  H.  Lee,  who  still  remains  its  proprietor 
and  editor,  and  it  has  from  that  time  to  the  present  sustained  a  reputation  for 
devotion  to  local  interests  and  Republican  principles.  Mr.  Lee  is  a  old  news- 
paper man,  and  the  paper  is  a  welcome  visitor  to  homes  throughout  the  Sagi- 
naw Valley.  The  publishers  of  the  paper  are  Messrs.  Lee  &  Stoelker,  who 
have  in  connection  with  the  newspaper  a  job  office  which  is  noted  for^turning 
out  first  class  work. 

Saturday  Telegram. — This  bright  and  newsy  weekly  is  published 
by  Elmer  S.  Crawford,  having  an  office  in  the  Herald  building  on  Cass  street 
in  East  Saginaw,  and  is  filled  with  interesting  and  entertaining  matter,  and  in 
addition  to  the  discussion  of  local  topics  presents  a  large  amount  of  miscella- 
neous reading,  and  is  a  popular  and  successful,  journal. 

GERMAN   PAPERS. 

Saginawer  Zeitung. — The  oldest  German  paper  in  the  State,  outside 
of  Detroit,  is  the  Saginawer  Zeitung,  which  was  established  in  1868  and  has 
since  been  steadily  issued.  It  is  published  on  Wednesday  of  each  week,  and 
since  1881  has  also  published  a  Sunday  edition,  called  the  Saginawer  Sonntags- 
hlatt.  It  is  published  by  the  firm  of  Bierle  &  Buergermeister,  and  has  long 
enjoj'ed  a  large  circulation  among  the  German  people  of  the  Saginaw  Valley' 
and  the  State  at  large. 

The  Saginaw  Post.— Another  German  weekly,  established  about  a 
year  ago,  which  has  already  built  up  a  large  circulation  and  an  important  in- 
fluence among  the  German  people  of  the  Saginaw  Valley  and  Northern  Michi- 
gan, is  the  Saginaw  Post.  It  is  enterprising  and  vigorous  and  presents  news 
in  an  attractive  manner  with  intelligent  comments  upon  affairs  interesting  to 
the  people  of  this  section.  Its  success  from  the  start  was  so  great  that  in  nine 
months  from  its  inauguration  it  was  enabled  to  enlarge.  The  proprietors  and 
pu])lishers  of  the  ))aper  are  F.  &  C.  Reitter,  an  enterprising  firm  of  job  printers. 
The  success  of  these  newspapers,  and  the  hearty  support  they  receive 
from  the  people  of  the  Saginaw  Valle}'.  is  abundant  evidence  of  the  intelligent 
appreciation  by  the  people  of  the  efforts  made  by  the  papers  in  their  behalf. 
The}'  have  earned  success  and  support  by  zealous  advocacy  of  all  measures  to 
promote  the  growth  and  development  of  the  industries  and  material  interests 
of  the  Saginaws  and  the  Valle}'  at  large. 


MORLEY  BROTHERS.— (8ee  opposite  page.) 


RRPRRBRNTATIVR   HOUBRS. 


LEADING  MERCHANTS,  MANUFACTURERS  AND 
BUSINESS  FIRMS  OF  THE  SAGINAWS. 


n'^IIE  object  of  this  concluding  chapter  is  lo  present  the  history-  and  existing 
JL  status  of  the  principal  mercantile  and  manufacturing  corporations  and 
lirms,  whose  capiLal,  energy  and  enterprise  have  been  and  are  the  most  im- 
portant factors  in  the  developuient  of  tlie  resources  and  expansion  of  the  trade 
of  the  Sagiuaws.  The  houses  mentioned  arc  all  reliable  firms,  and  whatever 
tiie  list  may  lack  of  being  coui[)lete  is  not  chargeable  to  any  bias  on  the  pt'.rt 
of  the  editor  oi-  i)ublishers. 


Morley  Brothers.— Hardware ;  117, 119,  121  and  123  North  Washing- 
ton avenue,  and  118,  120,  122  and  124  North  Water  street  ,  East  Saguiaw. — 
As  a  conspicuous  example  of  success  in  business  pursuits  in  the  Saginaws, 
the  great  house  of  3Ioiley  ]>rothers  presents  a  most  notable  instance,  its 
business  having  steadily  expanded  from  year  to  year  from  the  original 
formation  of  tiie  firm  to  the  present  time,  and  so  grown  that  the  firm  now 
occupies  a  position  as  the  hardware  house  having  the  largest  number  of  lines 
in  America,  and  in  many  respects  superior  to  any  other  in  tlie  world.  The 
business  was  originally  inaugurated  upon  a  comparatively  small  scale  in  a 
frame  building  at  the  corner  of  Cass  street  and(Jenesee  avenue  in  18G3.  '  This 
building  was  erected  on  posts  to  raise  it  from  the  pond  beneath,  and  the  sur- 
roundings were  a  blacksmith  shop  on  one  side,  and  the  pond  on  the  other.  In 
18(i5,  more  room  being  demanded  by  the  business,  it  was  removed  to  Empire 
block  on  Water  street,  and  the  continued  increase  of  the  business  caused  the 
firm  to  add  store  after  store,  until  they  occupied  seven  of  them,  each  in  turn 
proving  insufficient  for  the  accommodation  of  the  business,  being  scattered, 
and  the  arrangements  for  doing  business  hampered  by  many  disadvantages. 
On  April  1,  1881,  premises  were  purchased  of  Jesse  Hoyt  fronting  !»G  feet  on 
Washington  avenue  and  running  through  to  Water  street,  with  a  depth  of  240 
feet,  and  having  a  frontage  of  150  feet  on  Water  street,  which  had  been  oc- 
cupied previously  by  a  summer  garden.     On  April  1,  1882,  the  business  was 


The  Industries  op  the  Saoinaws. 


removed  to  the  new  building,  which  had  been  erected  in  the  meantime.     In 
this  building,  which  was  purposely  designed  for  the  uses  of  the  business,  ad- 
vantage was  taken  of  all  the  points  gleaned  in  visits  b}'  the  members  of  the 
firm  to    New  York,  Chicago,  St,  Louis  and    Cincinnati.       The    building  was 
designed  by  Burnham  &  Root,  of  Chicago,  and  as  completed  forms  one  of  the 
most  massive,  substantial  and  elegant  business  structures  in  the  country.     The 
classical  proportions  and  elegant  design  of  the  building  serve  to  satisfy  the 
artistic  eye,  while  from  a  utilitarian  standpoint,  more  gratification  will  be  found 
in  noting  the  massive  strength  of  the  building,  its  proof  against  ordinary  acci- 
dent, its  stone  piers,  large  enough  for  a  lighthouse,  wrought  iron  beams,  heavy 
enough  for  the  spans  of  railroad  bridges,  and  masonry  which  would  serve  as  a 
defense  against  iieavy  ordnance.     The  floors  and  shelving  are  the  only  wood 
in  the  building,  the  ceilings  being  iron,  and  as  a  preventive  against  fire  pipes 
and  hose  connect  with  each  floor.     The  building  is  a  four-stor^-  and  basement 
structure,  the  basement  being  devoted  to  the  storage  of  oils,  paints  and  painters' 
supplies,  long  rows  and  tiers  of  casks,  bau'els  and  kegs  filling  it  completely. 
Emerging  from  the  basement  into  the  iron  room  in  the  rear  of  the  building, 
and  opening  on  Water  street,  is  a  busy  scene,  iron  of  all  shapes  and  sizes 
standing  in  vast  racks,  and  chains,  cables,  anchors  and  iron  in  a  thousand 
shapes  are  found.     Here  also  is  room  for  fifteen  teams,  and  a  force  of  men  is 
kept  busy  loading  and  unloading,  or  transferring  goods  to  the  elevators  for  dis- 
tribution  through   the  building.       Entering   the   building  on  the  main  floor 
from  Washington  avenue  the  space  is  divided  into  three,  each  making  a  large 
store.     In  the  center  of  the  building,  about  fift\'  feet  back  from  the  Washing- 
ton avenue  front,  are  offices  for  the  book-keepers  and  proprietors,  and  spacious 
vaults  lighted  by  a  large  skylight.     The  oflflces  are  fitted  up  in  a  most  elaborate 
manner,  having  the  appearance  of  a  well  equipped  bank.     The  three  divisions 
are  for  house  furnishing  hardware,  shelf  hardware  and  saddlery  and  carriage 
hardw'are,  each  of  which  departments  is  presided  over  by  an  experienctd  man- 
ager.    The  packing  department  occupies  part  of  the  second  floor,  in  which  are 
piles  of  packages  of  all  shapes  and  sizes,  coils  of  rope,  rolls  of  belting,  tools  of  all 
kinds  and  for  all  trades,  boxes  of  glass,  kegs  of  nails,  tons  of  bolts,  boxes  of 
glass,  pots  and  kettles  in  vast  supply,  lumbermen's  tools  of  ever}'  description, 
etc.      The  third  floor  is  devoted  to  the  storage  of  goods,  and  here  also  are 
found   racks  filled  with  rules,  log  sticks,  board  measures,  etc.     On  the  fourth 
floor  is  a  large  supply  of  horse  collars,  embracing  every  conceivable  style  and 
make,  heavy  collars  for  draft  horses,  light  collars  for  smaller  animals,  fancy  col- 
lars for  fine  equipages,  stacks  of  saddles,  piles  of  wheels,  bent  wood  for  carriage 
work,  etc.     In  part  of  the  old  headquarters  of  the  house,  half  a  block  distant 
on  Water  street,  is  carried  on  the  manufacture  of  Morley  Brothers'  unequalled 
line  of  tools  for  lumbermen,  and  fine  carriage,  coach  and  heav}'  harness  and 
lumber  horse  collars.     The  floor  space  in  their  main  building  aggregates  80,000 
square  feet,  and  without  further  attempting,  within  the  limited  space  possible 
in  this  article,  to  describe  their  stock  in  detail,  it  is  sufficient  to  saj'  that  it  is 
unequalled  in  assortment  and  unsurpassed  in  extent,  and  covers  everything  in 
the  line  of  hardware  of  every  description.       In  July  1863,  Messrs.  George  W. 
and   i^^dward  W.  Morley  inaugurated  this  business,  and  seven  months  later  Mr. 
Ciiarles  II.  Morley  joined  the  firm.     In  February,  1883,  the  present  joint  stock 
compan}-  was  organized  and  incorporated,  with  a  paid  in  capital  of  .$350,000, — 
.Messrs.  George  AV.  Morley,  Edward  W.  Morley,  and  their  nephews,  Albert  M. 
-Marshall,  Albert  H.  Morley  and  John  M.  Morley  and  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Hai-A'ey 
being  the  members  of  the  company.      Mr.  George  W.  Morle}'  is  President, 
Edward  W.  Morley,  Vice-President,  and  A.  H.  Morley,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 
The   specialties  of  the  firm   are  lumbering   tools,  consisting  of  peavies,  cant 


The  Industries  of  the  Saoinaws.  7f) 

hooks,  hand  spikes,  pike  poles,  setting  poles,  skidding  tongs,  swiiinp  hooks, 
loading  blocks,  chain  hooks,  raft  dogs,  etc.  Their  patent  Railroad  Step  Ladder 
is  found  in  all  the  leading  hardware  houses  in  the  country,  and  its  convenience, 
durability,  safety,  and  saving  in  time,  labor  and  expense  has  been  attested  by 
use  in  stores, 'libraries  and  factories  throughout  the  country  and  indorsed 
by  hundreds  of  testimonials.  They  also  manufacture  a  large  amount  of 
harnesses  and  all  descriptions  of  harness  furnishings,  and  in  their  various 
departments  give  emplq^'ment  to  a  force  of  200  hands.  Their  trade  covers 
the  entire  country,  and  is  particularly  large  in  all  lumber  districts.  With  un- 
surpassed facilities  for  the  requisite  display  and  shipment  of  goods,  and  with 
practically  limitless  resources  and  systematic  business  methods,  the  firm  has 
built  up  this  vast  business  to  the  wonderful  proportions  which  now  make  it 
the  leading  establishment  in  its  line  in  the  world. 

Wells,  Stone  &  Co. — Pine  Lands,  Logs  and  Lumber  ;  Water  street ; 
Saginaw  City. — This  well  known  and  prosperous  concern  dates  its  inception 
from  1867,  when  the  firm  of  Northrop,  Wells  &  Co.,  of  which  Mr.  A.  W.  Wright 
was  a  membei",  was  formed,  and  the  business  was  conducted  under  that  st^'le 
for  a  year,  when  Mr.  Northrop  retired  from  the  firm,  and  his  place  was  taken 
by  Mr.  Farnam  C.  Stone,  who  with  Messrs.  Charles  W.  Wells  and  A.  W. 
Wright  form  the  present  firm.  The  original  business  of  tiie  firm  was  as  whole- 
sale grocers  and  dealers  in  lumbermen's  supplies,  to  which  was  added  the 
business  of  dealers  in  pine  lands,  logs  and  lumber,  but  in  1885,  upon  the 
incorporation  of  the  great  Wells-Stone  Mercantile  Company,  with  Mr.  C.  W. 
Wells  as  President  and  Mr.  F.  C.  Stone  as  Vice-President,  the  lumbermen's 
supply  and  grocery  departments  were  relinquished  to  the  company,  the  firm  of 
Wells,  Stone  &  Co.  continuing  business  as  lumbermen  and  dealers  in  lands, 
logs,  etc.  Upon  the  firm  account  the}'  conduct  two  lumber  camps  in  Gladwin 
and  Clare  counties,  employing  one  hundred  and  twent}^  men  and  fifteen  teams, 
and  cut  some  12,000,000  feet  per  season,  selling  their  logs  in  this  city  and 
throughout  the  Valle3\  As  members  of  the  A.  W.  Wright  Lumber  Co.,  of 
which  Mr.  C.  W.  Wells  is  Vice-President  and  Mr.  F.  C.  Stone  Treasurer,  they 
conduct  all  the  logging  and  lumbering  operations  of  that  great  compan}-,  lum- 
bering in  Clare,  Roscommon  and  Gladwin  counties,  operating  four  camps,  with 
three  hundred  men  and  sixt}'  horses,  and  running  twent}^  miles  of  railroad, 
with  three  locomotives  and  sixty  cars,  cutting  from  25,000.000  to  30,000,000 
feet  eacTi  season.  As  a  firm,  and  through  the  A^arious  companies  the}'  are  in- 
terested in,  the\'  are  owners  of  large  tracts  of  valuable  pine  and  farming  land 
in  this  and  other  States,  and  the  firm  occupies  in  ever\'  respect  a  prominent 
position  among  the  leading  concerns  in  this  department  of  industry. 

J.  Bauman. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Dry  Goods  and  Notions  ; 
Corner  of  Court  and  Washington  streets ;  Saginaw  City. — In  the  variety-  of 
its  stock,  the  extent  of  its  transactions,  and  in  facilities  for  supplying  the 
wants  of  the  public  in  everything  in  the  line  of  dry  goods  and  notions,  the 
establishment  of  Mr.  J.  Bauman  is  not  surpassed  by  any  similar  concern  in  the 
State.  The  business  was  established  upon  a  comparativel}'  modest  scale 
twent}'  years  ago  by  Mr.  Bauman,  who  from  that  time  to  the  present  has  re- 
mained its  sole  proprietor,  and  by  his  thorough  knowledge  of  all  the  details  of 
the  business,  superior  ability  in  the  selection  of  the  stock  and  constant  and  un- 
remitting endeavors  to  give  satisfaction  to  his  customers,  the  trade  has  steadily 
expanded  from  3'ear  to  year  from  the  inception  of  the  business  until  the 
present  time,  until  now  the  establishment  is  one  which  reflects  the  highest 
credit  npon  the  city,  and  which  furnishes  a  striking  example  of  the  possibilities 
for  business  success  in  the   Saginaws.      The  business  premises  occupied  em- 


80  The  Industries  op  the  Saqinaws. 


brace  two  handsome  stores,  fronting  45  feet  on  Court  street,  and  running  back 
125  feet  into  an  extension  of  tliree  stores,  built  and  owned  by  himself,  having 
a  frontage  of  75  feet  on  Washington  street  b}'  a  depth  of  75  feet.  The  build- 
ing is  one  of  the  handsomest  in  the  Valley,  and  is  fitted  up  with  every  con- 
venience and  accessor}'  calculated  to  facilitate  the  operations  of  the  business. 
The  stocks  carried  are  very  large  and  are  added  to  dail}',  the  active  business 
conducted  requiring  constant  accessions  of  new  goods,  and  the  enterprise  of 
Mr.  Bauman  showing  itself  in  the  fact  that  every  novelty  is  landed  in  the  Sagi- 
naws  as  soon  as  produced.  The  stock  embraces  everything  in  staple  dry  goods, 
dress  goods,  silks,  velvets,  plushes,  flannels,  linens,  blankets,  hosiery,  (iotton 
goods,  corsets,  trimmings,  underwear,  woolen  cloths,  fancy  goods,  etc.,  in 
addition  to  which  the  cloak  department  is  stocked  with  the  richest  and  most 
superb  lines  of  ladies',  misses'  and  children's  cloaks  and  wraps,  sacques,  New- 
markets and  jackets,  a  full  line  of  seal  garments  and  a  large  stock  of  shawls ; 
while  the  carpet  department  is  complete  with  everything  in  the  line  of  velvets, 
body  Brussels,  tapestrj-  Brussels,  ingrains,  rugs,  etc.,  lace  curtains  and  drap- 
eries. Mr.  Bauman  is  also  sole  agent  for  Butterick's  patterns  and  the  Centemeri 
kid  gloves.  Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  fift}'  competent  clerks  and 
assistants,  and  the  house  enjoys,  in  addition  to  a  ver}'  heavy  retail  patronage 
from  the  Saginaws  and  surrounding  country',  a  considerable  jobbing  trade 
throughout  Northern  Michigan.  Mr.  Bauman  is  a  thorough  business  man,  and 
supervises  all  the  details  with  a  perfect  system,  and  deals  with  all  upon  ac- 
curate, reliable  and  honorable  methods,  and  it  is  due  to  the  propriet}^  of  his 
business  conduct  that  the  great  success  attained  by  this -leading  establishment 
has  been  achieved. 

O'Donnell  &  Spencer".— Manufacturers  of  Lumber;  Planing  Mill  and 
Box  Shook  Factory,  (xenesee  avenue  and  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  Railwaj-; 
also  on  the  Michigan  Central  Railroad  and  Toledo,  Mackinaw  &  Saginaw  liail- 
road  ;  East  Saginaw. — Among  the  large  manufacturing  concerns  which  have 
contributed  in  an  important  degree  to  the  increase  of  the  fame  of  the  Saginaws 
as  a  manufacturing  center,  that  of  O'Donnell  &  Spencer  occupies  an  important 
place.  The  firm,  which  is  composed  of  Messrs.  P.  A.  O'Donnell  and  C.  K. 
Spencer,  was  formed  in  1883.  The  building  occupied  by  the  firm,  together 
with  the  lumber  yards  adjoining,  cover  an  area  of  17^  acres,  eligibly  located 
with  railroad  tracks  running  to  the  mill  doors,  and  affording  every  facility  for 
handling  and  shipment  of  material  and  product.  The  main  building,  a  two- 
story  structure,  144x112  feet  in  dimensions,  is  equipped  with  all  the  most 
modern  and  improved  machinery  adapted  to  the  manufacture  of  dressed  lumbei', 
box  shooks,  etc.,  propelled  by  an  engine  18x22,  fed  bj'  two  boilers,  5x16.  The 
firm  is  largely  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  flooring,  siding,  ceiling,  mould- 
ing, etc.,  and  does  a  specially  large  business  in  the  manufacture  of  box  shooks, 
to  which  they  expect  to  add,  during  the  coming  season,  the  manufacture  of 
sash,  doors  and  blinds,  for  which  the}'  have  a  full  and  complete  modern  plant. 
Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  130  workmen,  and  the  trade  of  the  firm  is 
ver}'  large,  the  product  being  shipped  to  fifteen  States,  the  principal  markets, 
however,  being  found  in  the  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Kentuck}^  Illinois,  New 
York,  Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey.  IMessrs.  O'Donnell  &  Spencer  have  long 
been  prominently  identified  with  the  lumber  interests  of  the  Saginaw  Valle}'. 
Mi\  P.  A.  O'Donnell  came  to  the  Saginaw  Valley  in  1855  and  Mr.  C.  B.  Spencer 
in  18()8,  and  both  have  been  in  the  lumber  business  ever  since  coming  here. 
They  are  large  owners  of  timbered  pine  lands  near  Manistee,  on  the  Grand 
Rapids  &  Indiana  Railroad,  and  Mr.  Spencer,  in  addition  to  his  interest  in  this 
firm,  is  also  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Seeley  &  Spencer.      The  close  attention 


The  Industries  of  the  Sauinaws.  81 

paid  by  the  members  of  the  firm  to  the  details  of  the  business,  their  uniform 
accuracy'  in  filling  orders  and  their  reliability  in  all  transactions  have  com- 
mendetl  them  to  the  favor  and  patronage  of  a  large  and  steadily  growing  trade. 

Symons  Brothers  &  Co. — J.  W.  Symons,  President ;  S.  E.  Symons, 
Vice  President ;  (jrcorge  H.  Glynn,  Secretary  and  Treasurer ;  Wliolesale 
(li-rocers  ;  126  and  128  North  Washington  avenue;  East  Saginaw. — This  busi- 
ness was  established  twelve  years  ago  in  Bay  City,  from  which  it  was  removed 
five  years  ago  to  East  Saginaw,  the  original  firm  being  known  as  Symons, 
Smart  &  Co.,  under  which  name  it  was  incorporated  November  5,  1883,  and 
continued  until  September  1,  1886,  when  the  name  of  the  corporation  was 
changed  to  its  present  style.  The  company  now  has  a  capital  stock  and  surplus 
paid  in  amounting  to  $45,000,  and  occupies  a  spacious  two-story  brick  building, 
40x140  feet  in  dimensions,  with  an  L  in  the  rear.  These  premises  are  com- 
pletely equipped  with  a  very  large  and  completely  assorted  stock,  containing 
everything  in  the  line  of  staple  and  fanc3'  groceries,  grocers'  sundries  and 
canned  goods,  a  specially  fine  line  of  teas,  coftees,  tobaccos,  cigars,  etc.  The 
firm  maintain  the  most  favorable  relations  with  producers  and  importers,  which 
enable  them  to  keep  their  stock  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  qualit}',  and  to 
gi\'e  to  the  trade  every  advantage  in  prices,  and  as  a  consequence  of  these 
facilities,  combined  with  uniformly  fair  and  accurate  dealings  with  the  trade, 
they  have  l)uilt  up  a  large  business  covering  all  Northern,  Eastern  and  Central 
^lichigan,  in  which  they  are  represented  by  three  active  and  experienced  travel- 
ing salesmen.  They  also  have  salesmen  to  represent  them  to  the  trade  in  the 
Saginaws,  and  a  force  of  twenty  clerks  and  assistants  are  employed  in  the 
house.  In  teas  and  coffees  their  stock  embraces  all  the  best  goods,  and  the^'^ 
sell  an  aggregate  of  about  2,000  chests  of  tea  and  125,000  pounds  of  coflTee 
per  year.  In  tobaccos  and  cigars  they  carry  all  leading  brands,  and  also  .do  a 
ver}'^  large  trade.  The  directors  of  the  corporation  are  Messrs.  J.  W.  Sj'mons, 
S.  E.  Symons,  Seth  Davis,  George  H.  Glynn  and  E.  R.  McCormick,  all  business 
men  of  superior  attainments,  and  under  the  thorough  and  practical  system 
adopted  by  these  gentlemen  in  the  prosecution  of  their  business,  the  trade  of 
the  house  is  thriving  and  steadily  growing  from  year  to  year. 

Saginaw  Manufacturing  Company, — C.  H.  Davis,  President; 
Richard  Brown,  Vice-President ;  H.  H.  Greene,  Treasurer  and  Manager  ;  J. 
G.  Dunscomb,  Secretary;  Manufacturers  of  Bough  and  Dressed  Lumber, Wash- 
boards, Barrel  Covers,  Shade  Rollers,  Bail  and  Grease  Boxes,  Etc.;  General  Office 
and  Factory, Perry  and  King  streets;  Saginaw  City. — The  business  now  conducted 
by  this  large  and  important  corporation  was  originally  established  in  1872, 
when  it  was  conducted  under  the  style  of  the  Saginaw  Barrel  Factory,  the  business 
being  continued  under  that  style  until  1882,  when  the  works  were  destr03'ed 
Ly  fire.  The  present  works  were  erected  immediatel}'  afterward,  and  the 
existing  corporation  was  formed  in  January,  1883,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$150,000.  From  that  time  to  the  present  the  business  of  the  corporation  has 
steadily  expanded  from  year  to  year,  until  it  now  covers  not  only  the  entire 
Union,  all  of  Canada,  South  America,  Mexico,  etc.,  but  also  embraces  almost 
the  ent're  continent  of  Europe  and  Great  Britain.  The  premises  occupied  by 
the  firm  embrace  a  saw  mill,  50x130  feet  in  dimensions,  with  two  additions 
30x50  and  16x50  feet  respectively,  and  a  boiler  house,  40x60  feet,  containing 
a  battery  of  five  boilers,  each  of  50  horse-power,  and  a  Babcock  boiler  of  250 
horse-power.  The  saw  mill  engine  is  a  Buckeye  of  250  horse-power,  driving  a 
steam  feed,  circular  saw,  edgers,  trimmers,  etc.,  as  well  as  a  complete  outfit  of 
special  machinery  for  the  manufacture  of  grease  boxes,  basket  rims,  etc.  The 
main  building  occupied  as  factory  premises  has  four  high  stories  above  ground. 


82  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


each  70x160  feet  in  dimensions,  and  contains  a  Porter  &  Allen  engine  of  320 
horse-power  and  a  Reedy  elevator.  On  the  main  floor  is  the  planing  mill, 
having  two  large  double  surfacers,  one  planer  and  matcher,  five  moulding 
machines  of  various  sizes,  two  re-saws,  five  rip  saws,  six  cut-off  saws,  two  pony 
planers,  three  turning  lathes,  two  of  which  are  automatic,  and  about  twent}' 
other  small  machines.  In  an  addition  to  this  floor,  whicli  is  20x52  feet  in 
dimensions,  are  lour  turning  lathes,  one  sand  papering  machine,  one  double  cut- 
off saw,  automatic  steam  tool  grinders,  etc.  A  space  of  about  90x70  feet  on 
the  second  floor  is  devoted  to  grease  box  manufacture,  making  about  30,000 
boxes  per  daj',  and  another  room,  60x70  feet,  is  used  for  the  manufacture  of 
washboards,  of  which  200  dozen  per  day  are  turned  out,  and  in  which  is  located 
five  crimping  machines  for  zinc,  of  which  they  use  over  a  ton  per  day,  and  here 
also  are  wood  printing  pi-esses  and  all  the  requisite  special  machinery.  All  of 
the  third  floor  and  the  north  half  ot  the  fourth  floor  is  devoted  to  the  manufac- 
ture of  window-shade  rollers,  of  which  the}-  make  enormous  quantities.  In  the 
equipment  of  this  department  are  included  eight  spring  wire  winding  machines, 
five  boring  machines,  six  drill  presses,  seven  turning  lathes  and  a  large  amount 
of  other  special  machinery'.  The  south  half  of  the  top  floor  is  used  for  the 
manufacture  of  grease  box  stock.  The  works  throughout  are  equipped  in  a 
complete  manner,  not  only  for  the  advantageous  prosecution  of  the  manufac- 
turing operations,  but  also  in  every  other  respect,  automatic  fire  extinguishing 
pipes  being  laid  along  the  ceilings  throughout  the  building,  furnished  with  500 
heads,  each  of  which,  at  a  temperature  of  150  degrees,  will  open,  throwing  a 
stream  within  a  radius  of  100  feet.  The  force  of  men  employed  amounts  to 
300  in  the  various  departments.  In  addition  to  the  premises  al)ove  mentioned 
there  is  a  warehouse  to  the  west  of  the  factory,  30x160  feet  in  dimensions, 
filled  with  shade  rollers  and  washboards  packed  for  shipping,  and  to  this 
building  there  is  an  addition  of  two  stories,  6-1x33  feet  in  dimensions,  the  lower 
floor  of  which  is  utilized  as  a  machine  and  repair  shop,  where  the  company  has 
made  all  its  own  small  machinery,  and  which  has  in  its  plant  four  power 
punches,  drills,  lathes,  printing  presses,  etc.,  which  are  driven  by  an  upright  15 
horse-power  engine.  In  this  building  is  a  Crane  Brothers'  elevator,  and  the 
upper  floor  is  devoted  to  the  storage  of  small  trimming  supplies.  They  also 
have  a  store  house,  36x25  feet  in  dimensions,  a  salt  block,  drv  kilns,  piling 
grounds,  fine  new  offices,  etc.,  all  covering  several  acres.  The  saw  mill  cuts 
about  6,000,000  feet  of  lumber  per  annum,  most  of  which  is  used  up  in  the  fac- 
tory, and  the  company  has  one  salt  well  and  drill  house  making  15,000  barrels 
of  salt  per  annum.  This  compan}-  makes  the  most  of  tlie  boxes  used  b}'  the 
Frazier  Axle  Grease  Co.,  and  in  this  liranch,  as  also  in  the  manufacture  of 
washboards  and  shade  rollers,  ranks  among  the  largest  in  the  world.  The 
members  of  the  corporation  are  prominent  and  successful  business  men.  Mr.  A. 
W.  Wright,  who'has  a  large  interest  in  the  company  and  was  formerly  its  Presi- 
dent, is  well  known  b}' reason  of  his  prominent  connection  with  many  important 
business  enterprises  throughout  the  Slate.  Mr.  C.  H.  Davis,  President  of  the 
company,  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Wright  &  Davis,  and  largely  interested  in 
timber  lands  and  lumbci-.  Mr.  H.  H.  Greene,  the  Treasurer  and  Manager  of 
this  company,'" is;.a  business  man  of  superior  attainments,  to  whose  practical 
supervision  of  the  vast  operations  of  this  business  and  perfect  system  in  its 
management,  is  largelj^  due  the  prosperity  it  enjoys  In  order  to  facilitate  the 
business  the  company  maintains  an  office  at  Chicago  at  218  and  220  Market 
street,  imcharge  of  Mr.  B.  E.  Bushnell  as  sales  agent,  and  a  New  York  office 
at  73  Murray  street,  with  Mr.  N.  A.  Newell  as  sales  agent.  It  is  repri'sented 
on  the  road  by  a  staff"  of  active  and  experienced  traveling  salesmen,  its  product 


ThecIndustries  of  the  Saginaws.  83 


being  sold  through  jobbers  in  the  cities,  and  distributed  all  over  the  countr}-, 
the  exporting  business  of  tlie  company  being  conducted  from  its  New  Yorl< 
office. 

East  Saginaw  Steam  Laundry. — Cook  &  Gray,  Proprietors  ;  (U)'2 
( Jenesee  avenue  ;  East  Saginaw. — Tiie  tirni  of  Cook  &  Gray  is  of  recent 
formation,  the  business  having  been  established  in  October  of  the  present  year 
by  Messrs.  George  Cook  and  Robert  Gray,  who  are  the  individual  members. 
The  premises  occupied  b}'  the  firm  embrace  a  two-story  building,  25x(i0  feet  in 
dimensions,  completely  equipped  with  all  the  latest  and  most  highly  improved 
laundry  machinery,  and  the  firm  has  so  far  met  with  a  marked  ancl  gratifying 
success  in  its  undertaking,  and  by  tlie  satisfaction  given  by  all  work  produced 
at  the  establishment  have  laid  the  foundation  for  a  steady  increase  in  the 
volume  of  their  patronage.  The  force  of  hands  emploj'ed  amounts  to  ten  in 
number,  which  will  be  increased  as  tlie  business  demands,  and  the  firm  has 
established  branch  offices  at  the  Star  Clothing  House,  Marlette  and  at  the 
Chapel  House,  Sebewaing,  Mich.,  and  proposes  to  establish  man}'  more  through- 
out the  Saginaw  Valley.  Mr.  Gray,  of  this  firm,  prior  to  the  establishment  of 
this  business,  had  been  connected  with  several  of  the  leading  laundries  in 
Detroit  for  seven  3'ears,  and  Mr.  Cook,  who  is  associated  with  him  in  this  en- 
terprise, is  a  business  man  of  superior  attainments.  Starting  out  with  all  the 
requisites  to  success,  the  prediction  that  the  career  of  the  firm  will  be  a  pros- 
perous one  is  amply  justified. 

G.  W.  Meyer  &  Go. — Dealers  in  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  Hats,  Caps, 
Gents'  Furnishing  Goods,  Groceries,  Tobaccos,  Cigars,  Hardware,  Crockery, 
Glassware,  Etc.;  808  and  310  Potter  street;  East  Saginaw. — -This  firm,  of 
which  Messrs.  Gus  W.  Meyer  and  W.  H.  Miller  are  the  individual  members, 
was  established  ten  years  ago,  since  which  time  they  have  enjoyed  a  large  and 
steadih'  growing  trade  with  the  citizens  of  East  Saginaw,  as  well  as  a  large 
patronage  from  farmers  and  others  in  the  surrounding  country.  They  occup}' 
spacious  premises  at  308  and  310  Potter  street,  where  the}^  carry  large  and 
complete  stocks,  embracing  everything  in  the  lines  of  dry  goods,  notions,  hats, 
caps,  gents'  furnishing  goods,  groceries,  tobaccos,  cigars,  hardware,  crockery, 
glassware,  etc.,  making  a  careful  assortment  in  all  their  lines,  and  carrying 
none  but  the  best  and  most  reliable  goods  in  each  of  their  departments.  As 
a  consequence  of  the  careful  assortment  of  their  goods  and  the  uniformly 
reliable  methods  of  the  firm,  both  of  whom  are  thoroughly'  practical  and  ex- 
perienced men  in  the  business,  the  trade  of  the  firm  has  steadily  increased  from 
its  inception  to  the  present  time.  A  full  force  of  competent  clerks  and 
assistants  are  employed,  and  the  firm  enjoys  a  merited  reputation  for  the 
prompt  and  accurate  manner  in  which  all  orders  are  filled,  the  reasonable 
prices  at  which  goods  are  sold,  and  the  polite  and  accommodating  methods 
upon  which  all  its  dealings  are  conducted. 

Cooper  &  Peck  — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Staple  and  Fancy 
Groceries  ;  107  and  109  South  Jefferson  street;  East  Saginaw. — This  business 
was  originally  estal)lished  by  Mr.  R  Boyd  in  1865.  several  changes  occurring 
until  the  formation,  in  1874,  of  the  firm  of  R.  Boyd  &  Co.,  by  whom  the  busi- 
ness was  conducted  until  it  was  purchaseil  by  this  firm  in  November,  1886. 
The  business  premises  occupied  by  the  firm  embrace  the  main  floor  and  base- 
ment, 50x125  feet,  of  the  building  at  107  and  109  South  Jefferson  street, 
elegantly  fitted  up  with  all  the  conveniences  and  accessories  for  the  displaj'  of 
goods  in  an  attractive  manner,  and  for  the  prosecution  of  the  grocer}'  l)usiness 
upon  an  extensive  scale  ;  and  completely  stocked  with  everything  in  the  line 
of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  including  a  speciall}'  fine  line  of  hermetically 


84  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


sealed  goods  iii  glass  and  caus,  a  superior  stock  of  teas  and  coffees,  a  com- 
pletely assorted  line  of  cigars  and  tobaccos  and  everything  kept  in  a  first-class 
grocery  and  provision  house,  as  well  as  a  complete  line  of  brushes  and  brooms 
of  all  kinds.  In  connection  with  the  store  is  a  well  kept  market,  where  is  kept  on 
hand  at  all  times  a  large  stock  and  complete  assortment  of  the  choicest  meats, 
both  fresh  and  salt,  fish,  poultry  and  all  kinds  of  game  in  season.  This  de- 
partment is  fitted  up  with  an  A.  J.  Chase  Cold  Blast  Refrigerator,  which  will 
hold  twenty  sides  of  dressed  beef,  and  is  the  most  complete  and  effective  de- 
vice of  its  Idnd  ever  built.  The  firm  also  controls  the  sale  of  the  famous  Alma 
creamery  butter  for  the  Saginaw  Valley,  and  handles  a  trade  which  is  not  ex- 
celled in  its  volume  by  any  store  in  the  Saginaws.  In  addition  to  this  they  do 
a  large  and  steadily  growing  wholesale  trade  covering  the  territory  from  Jack- 
son to  the  Straits,  and  all  between  the  coast  lines,  east  and  west.  Fifteen  clerks 
and  assistants  are  employed  in  the  store,  and  a  staff  of  traveling  salesmen 
represent  the  firm  on  the  road.  Great  care  is  taken  in  the  selection  of  the 
stock,  which  is  always  made  up  of  the  freshest  and  best  articles  in  all  lines, 
bought  in  large  quantities  from  first  hands,  fcnabliug  the  firm  to  offer  the 
best  inducements  both  in  price  and  quality.  The  members  of  the  firm  are 
l)usiness  men  of  superior  attainments  and  accurate  principles,  and  to  this  fact, 
coupled  with  industry  and  energy,  is  due  the  prosperity  by  which  their  enter- 
prise has  been  attended. 

Green,  Ring  &  Co. — Manufacturers  of  Gang  Sawed  Lumber,  Lath, 
Salt,  Staves,'  Heading,  Etc.;  Foot  of  Salt  street;  Saginaw  City.— The  vast 
volume  of  the  transactions  of  this  firm,  the  superiority  of  its  equipment  and 
facilities,  and  the  extent  of  its  product  gives  it  a  special  prominence  among 
the  large  lumber  manufacturing  concerns  of  the  country.  The  origin  of  the 
business  dates  back  to  18G1,  when  it  was  started  by  the  firm  of  Hale  &  Stinson, 
which  firm  was  bought  out  by  Messrs.  W.  S.  and  Charles  H.  Green,  under  the 
firm  style  of  W.  S.  Green  &  Son,  shortly  afterward,  and  passed  through  several 
styles  of  firm  until  the  present  one  was  organized  about  four  years  ago.  Of 
this  firm  Messrs.  W.  S.  Green,  D.  Hardin,  and  Clark  L.  Ring,  of  Saginaw,  and 
Mr.  Charles  Harter,  of  Ilion,  N.  Y.,  are  the  members.  The  works  embrace  a 
saw  mill  with  three  engines  of  100,  80  and  60  horse-power  respectively,  with  a 
battery  of  four  boilers  with  5  foot  shell  by  16  feet,  and  one  boiler  of  7  foot 
shell  by  14  feet,  driving  a  powerful  steam  feed  40-foot  cylinder,  a  large  circular 
saw,  Wickes  Brothers'  gang  saws,  butting  saws,  edgers,  trimmers,  a  set  of 
Bruno's  steam  stave  machinery,  steam  saw  sharpeners,  etc.  The  logs  are  taken 
from  the  river  on  a  'steam  driven  carriage.  In  addition  to  the  saw  mill  works 
the  firm  has  four  salt  wells,  with  an  engine  in  each,  a  very  large  steam  salt 
block,  a  pan  block  witli  three  pans,  each  36x18,  which  are  heated  by  a  return 
flue  running  from  a  furnace  the  length  of  the  buildnig,  about  150  feet  and 
back,  and  making  a  finer  grade  of  salt  than  the  steam  block  so  much  in  use. 
In  the  salt  equipment  is  included  large  settlers  and  drying  vats,  storage  house, 
barns,  etc.  The  firm  has  spacious  piling  grounds  for  lumber,  eflfective  tram- 
ways and  spacious  docks,  with  a  capacity  for  holding  15,000,000  feet,  and  the 
grounds  occupied  by  the  firm  cover  forty  acres.  The  product  of  the  \vorks 
amounts  to  20,000,000  feet  of  lumber,  2,200,000  staves,  110,000  sets  of  head- 
ing, 4,000,000  laths  and  60,000  barrels  of  salt.  The  firm  employs  in  the  mill 
a  force  ranging  from  sixty-five  to  seventy  hands,  and  job  out  their  salt  works, 
which  employs  twelve  men.  There  are  eight  men  at  work  in  the  cooperage, 
and  in  the  manufacture  of  barrel  stock  and  laths  eighteen  men  are  employed. 
These  industries,  in  addition  to  lumber  manufacture,  are  carried  on  in  their 
own  works  and  with  their  machinery  and  power,  but  the  firm  is  relieved  of  the 


The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws.  85 

trouble  of  keeping  track  of  the  men  and  their  pa}'^  roll.  The  firm  employs  five 
teiuns,  and  is  in  every  way  prepared  to  carry  on  the  business  upon  an  cixtensive 
scale.  As  a  firm,  they  own  no  pine  lands,  but  saw  b}'  the  thousand  feet  for 
others.  The  members  of  the  firm  individually,  however,  are  large  owners  of 
pine  hinds  on  the  Tittabawassee,  Tobacco  and  other  rivers,  wliicli  they  lumber 
through  jobbers.  jMr.  W.  S.  Green,  of  this  firm,  is  also  of  the  firm  of  W.  S. 
Green  &  Son,  logs  and  lands  ;  Green  &  Noble,  lands  and  logs  ;  the  Tobacco 
lliver  Lumber  Co.,  dealers  in  lumber,  logs  and  lands;  Green,  Hardin  &  (■<)., 
and  is  a  director  of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank  of  Saginaw.  Mr.  Daniel 
Hardin,  of  this  firm,  is  Tresident  of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank  of  Saginaw,  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  D.  Hardin  &  Co.,  sash,  doors  and  blinds,  of  Green, 
Hardin  &  Co.,  and  of  the  Tobacco  River  Lumber  Co.  Mr.  Clark  L.  Ring,  in 
addition  to  his  interest  in  this  business,  is  of  the  firm  of  Bliss,  Merrill  &  Co., 
pine  lands,  logs  and  lumber  ;  E.  J.  &  C.  L.  Ring,  logs  and  pine  lands,  and 
otherwise  proaiineutly  identified  with  leading  business  enterprises.  The 
business  of  the  firm  is  very  large,  its  lumber  being  shipped  to  Ohio  ports  and 
all  Eastern  markets^  as  well  as  a  large  amount  being  sold  to  local  wholesale 
yards.  The  salt  product  of  the  firm  is  sold  through  the  medium  of  the  Michi- 
gan Salt  Association.  The  business  of  the  firm,  vast  as  it  is,  is  conducted 
upon  a  perfect  system,  and  upon  methods  which  commend  it  to  the  favor  and 
patronage  of  the  trade.  Mr.  J.  H.  Malcolm,  who  has  been  identified  with 
the  firm  for  the  past  five  years  and  is  now  general  manager,  has  been  a 
resident  of  Saginaw  for  the  past  fifteen  years,  and  was  formerly  connected 
with  the  First  National  Bank  of  Saginaw. 

The  Alex.  Ferguson  &  Son  Insurance  Agency.— Fiie,  Life  and 
Accident  Insurance  ;  Genesee,  near  Washington  Avenue  ;  East  Saginaw. — The 
founder  of  this  business,  Mr.  Alex.  Ferguson,  was  long  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Saginaw,  to  which  he  came  in  March,  1849,  starting  in  business  in  a  jewelry, 
book  and  stationery  store  in  1852,  which  he  continued  for  eight  years.  He 
was  afterward  the  general  manager  of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  office  at 
East  Saginaw,  and  filled  the  position  of  Collector  of  Customs  for  twelve  years. 
In  the  fall  of  1880  he  was  elected  County  Treasurer,  and  on  February  27,  1883, 
he  died.  He  established  the  insurance  agency  in  1870,  a  few  years  afterward 
being  joined  by  his  son,  Mr.  Frank  A.  Ferguson,  by  whom  the  business  has 
been  continued  alone  since  the  death  of  his  father.  Mr.  Frank  A.  Ferguson  is 
a  thoroughl}'  practical  and  experienced  underwriter,  having  had  a  thorough 
training  in  the  business,  in  which  he  enjoys  a  large  patronage,  attracted  b}'  the 
uniform  reliability  and  system  of  his  business  methods,  and  the  superior  list 
of  companies  which  he  represents,  including  in  fire  insurance  the  American 
Fire  Insurance  Co.,  of  Philadelphia  ;  the  American  Insurance  Co.,  of  Newark, 
N.  J.  ;  the  Commercial,  of  California  ;  the  Continental,  of  New  York  ;  the 
Connecticut,  of  Hartford,  Conn.  ;  the  City  of  London,  of  London,  England  ; 
the  Commercial  Union  Assurance  Co.,  of  London  ;  the  Fire  Association,  of 
Philadelphia ;  the  German-American,  of  New  York ;  the  Hanover,  of  New 
York  ;  the  Insurance  Company  of  North  America,  of  Philadelphia  ;  the  North 
British  and  Mercantile,  of  London;  the  Pennsylvania,  of  Philadelphia;  the 
Phoenix,  of  Hartford,  Conn  ;  Traders,  of  Chicago,  and  the  Washington  Fire 
and  Marine,  of  Boston.  In  marine  insurance  he  represents  the  Continental,  of 
New  l^'ork  ;  the  St.  Paul  Fire  and  3Iaiine,  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  the  Louis- 
ville Underwriters,  of  Kentucky.  In  life  msurance  he  represents  the  Equitable, 
of  New  York  ;  in  life  and  accident  insurance  he  is  the  representative  of  the 
Travelers'  Life  and  Accident  Insurance  Co.,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  leading 
company  in    this   branch  of  insurance.      Through  these  well-knowu  aud  sub- 


86  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 


slantial  corporations,  all  firmlj^  established  institutions  willi  a  deserved  reputa- 
tion for  honorable  methods  and  the  prompt  payment  of  losses,  Mr.  Ferguson 
is  prepared  to  otter  safe  insurance  at  the  lowest  terms  consistent  with  legitimate 
business  principles.  Thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  in  all  the  details 
of  the  business,  and  possessing  the  facilities  ofl'ered  by  an  unsurpassed  list  of 
companies  represented,  this  agency  enjoys  a  large  business  not  only  in  its  im- 
mediate territory  of  Saginaw  county,  but  also  through  Northern  Michigan  and 
the  Northern  Peninsula  upon  risks  owned  by  citizens  of  Saginaw.  Mr.  Frank  A. 
Ferguson  steadily  maintains  for  the  agency  the  high  reputation  which  it  se(;ured 
under  the  management  of  his  father,  by  rigid  adherence  to  the  same  principles 
of  business  integrity  b}'  which  the  conduct  of  this  business  has  been  char- 
acterized from  its  in(^eption. 

Pioneer  Iron  and  Galvanizing  Works.— A.  T.  Bartlett  &  Co., 
Proprietors  ;  Manutacturci'S  of  Steam  Engines.  Saw  Mill  and  Salt  Well 
Machinery,  Etc.  ;  930  South  Water  street;  East  Saginaw.=These  works  were 
originally  established  in  1854  by  the  tirm  of  Warner  &  Eastman,  from  whom 
they  were  purchased  by  Mr.  A.  F.  Bartlett,  the  firm  afterward  becoming 
Bartlett  &  Moore  and  then  Bartlett  &  Spindler.  Upon  the  death  of  Mi'. 
Bartlett,  whicli  occurred  some  eight  ^ears  ago,  Mrs.  Bartlett  bought  out  Mr. 
Spendler's  interest,  and  the  firm  a.ssumed  its  present  style,  the  business  being 
owned  by  Mrs.  A.  F.  Bartlett,  who  personally  attends  to  the  financial  affairs  of 
the  works,  while  the  practical  management  of  the  works  is  in  the  elHcient  and 
experienced  hands  of  Mr.  Alexander  M.  Lemke.  The  works,  comprising  the 
foundry,  blacksmith  shop,  warerooms,  machine  shops,  etc.,  cover  over  half  a 
block.  The  machine  shop  is  a  handsome  white  brick  building,  erected  in  1881, 
with  two  stories  each  20  feet  high,  and  covering  an  area  of  150x60  feet.  On 
the  main  floor  is  a  35  horse  power  engine  ;  a  large  boring  mill  that  will  swing 
and  turn  a  10  foot  pulley;  twenty  lathes  of  all  sizes  from  those  with  a  capacity 
for  turning  an  8-foot  diameter  down  to  the  smallest ;  five  'bill  presses,  one  of 
which,  recenily  put  in,  is  the  latest  improved  drill,  with  boring  attachment; 
four  planers,  one  shapcr,  one  slotting  machine,  two  pipe  machines,  a  new  bolt 
cutter,  and  other  machinery.  Up  stairs  is  the  pattern  shop,  well  stocked,  and 
having  a  complete  outfit  of  light  machines,  fine  tools,  etc.;  the  whole  plant  of 
the  building  making  a  model  machine  shop.  In  the  blacksmith  shop  is  a 
powerlul  steam  hammer  for  heavy  forgings  and  all  the  requsite  plant,  tools, 
etc.;  and  the  other  departments  are  equally  well  equipped.  Large  as  the  facili- 
ties are,  however,  the  expansion  of  the  business  has  been  such  that  it  is  pro- 
posed to  increase  them  by  l)uilding  a  new  foundry  and  galvanizing  shops,  and 
enlarging  the  machine  shops.  At  the  works  a  large  business  is  carried  on  in 
in  the  manufacture  of  galvanized  iron  pipes  for  salt  wells,  and  about  500,000 
feet  of  pipe  are  galvanized  annually;  in  addition  to  which  the  works  do  a  large 
business  in  the  manufacture  of  steam  engines,  saw  mill  machinery,  including 
the  latest  improved  gaugand  circular  mills,  mannnoth  and  medium  sized  steam 
feeds,  salt  well  machinery,  etc.  They  send  saw  mill  engines  as  far  west  as 
Denver,  and  deck  hoistiug  engines  to  all  points  South,  and  have  an  unequaled 
reputation  for  slide  valve  engines.  The  works  are  now  engaged  upon  a  con- 
tract from  the  street  railroad  for  fifty  tons  of  castings,  including  frogs,  switches, 
frog  plates,  etc.  Mr.  Alexander  M.  Lemke,  the  manager,  is  a  mechanical 
draugiitsman  of  ability,  and  prior  to  coming  here  as  draughtsman  and  superin- 
tendent ol  works  in  January  last,  was  for  seven  years  with  E.  P.  Ellis  &  Co., 
ot  Milwaukee,  builders  of  Corliss  engines.  Smce  his  arrival  the  Corliss  engine 
for  the  new  Feige-Silsbee  Furniture  Co.  was  built  at  these  works,  and  several 
more  are  on  hand.     Arrangements  have  also  recently  been  made  for  the  raanu- 


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87 


faeture  of  C.  Heme's  patent  tubing  clamp  for  saltworks.  Mr.  Lemke  has  been 
manager  for  about  three  months,  and  carefully  supervises  all  the  detail.s  of  the 
business.  Mrs.  Bartlett  is  a  lady  of  great  business  ability,  and  aids  greatly  in 
the  success  which  these  works  enjoy. 

H.  &  E  Goeschel. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  General  Merchan- 
dise ;  "410  Genesee  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — This  old  esta!)lishe(l  and  well-known 

firm  of  merchants  is  composed  of  Messrs.  Herman 
and  Edward  Goeschel,  by  whom  this  business  has 
been  successfully  conducted  from  the  formation  of 
the  firm  in  1864  to  the  present  time.  They  occupy 
a  three-stor}'  and  basement  building,  25x150  feet  in 
dimensions,  crowded  from  roof  to  cellar  with  a  com- 
plete assortment  emi)racing  full  stocks  of  drj- goods, 
boots  and  shoes,  groceries  and  prox'isions,  crockery, 
glassware,  hardware,  plated  ware,  house  furnishing 
goods,  sewing  machines,  etc.  A  force  of  eight  com- 
petent clerks  is  employed  by  the  firm,  and  they 
enjoy  a  large  and  steady  trade  with  the  citizens  of 
the  S£<ginaws  and  the  surrounding  country,  and  a 
specially  large  trade  from  the  farmers  of  the  Saginaw 
Valley.  Careful  selection  is  made  of  the  stock,  so 
as  to  secure  at  all  times  the  best  quality  in  all  lines, 
and  the  firm,  which  has  throughout  its  long  and 
honorable  history  conducted  its  business  upon  reli- 
able methods,  still  maintains  intact  the  high  reputa- 
tion which  it  has  enjoyed  throughout  its  business 
career.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  eminently 
practical  and  experienced  merchants,  thoroughly 
understanding  the  needs  of  this  section. 

William  L.  Smith. — Photographer  ;  Corner  Genesee  avenue  and  Cass 
street,  East  Saginaw  ;  Barnard  Block,  208  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — 
Mr.  Smith  has  carried  on  business  on  his  own  account  as  a  photographer  for 
the  past  four  years,  prior  to  which  he  had  been  with  his  brother  in  Saginaw 
City  for  three  years  and  with  Mr.  Angell  in  East  Saginaw  for  one  year,  and 
has  altogether  had  fifteen  years'  experience  in  the  business,  coming  to  the 
Saginaws  from  South  Bend,  Ind.  He  now  conducts  two  studios,  one  in  East 
Saginaw  and  the  other  in  Saginaw  City.  His  gallery  in  PJast  Saginaw  occupies 
the  third  floor,  25x125  feet  in  dimensions,  of  the  building  at  the  corner  of 
Genesee  avenue  and  Cass  street,  has  handsome  fittings  and  elegant  appoint- 
ments with  all  the  latest  and  most  highly  approved  apparatus  and  accessories 
belonging  to  a  strictly  first-class  photographic  establishment.  Mr.  Smith  is  a 
great  lover  of  his  art  and  a  close  student  of  improvements  and  inventions  in 
pliotography,  and  keeps  to  the  front  in  his  business.  His  photographs  are 
triumphs  of  the  art  and  are  retouched  and  finished  in  a  style  equal  to  that  oi 
the  most  noted  galleries  of  the  country.  He  enjoys  also  a  superior  reputation 
for  the  high  artistic  merit  of  his  li(e-size  work,  having  apparatus  for  executing 
natural  size  photographs  directly  from  life,,  and  also  executing  India  ink  and 
water  coUn*  portraits  in  a  most  skillful  manner.  His  Saginaw  City  studio  is 
also  handsomely  furnished  and  perfectly  equipped  and  produces  efjually  good 
work.  He  has  six  skilled  employes  in  the  East  Saginaw  studio  and  four  in 
Saginaw  City,  and  at  both  establishments  enjoys  a  large  patronage  from  citizens 
and  visitors.  Basing  his  claims  to  success  solely  upon  the  merit  of  his  work 
he  has  fairl}^  earned  the  position  he  enjoys  as  a  leader  in  the  art  of  which  he 
is  a  master. 


88  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


W^illiam  Neumann. — Dealer  in  Fancy  and  Staple  Grocei'ies,  Crockery, 
Glassware,  Etc.;  322  Lapeer  street,  East  Saginaw. — By  steady  industry  and 
the  reliability'  of  his  business  conduct  Mr.  Neumann  has  built  up  a  prosperous 
and  stead ii}' growing  business,  including,  in  addition  to  a  large  patronage  from 
the  citi;:ens  of  the  Saginaws,  a  very  large  trade  from  farmers  and  others  in  the 
surrounding  country.  3Ir.  Neumann  is  a  native  of  German}',  in  which  country 
he  was  born  in  1845.  In  1866  he  came  to  East  Saginaw,  and  for  two  years 
worked  at  the  American  House  and  afterward  worked  for  N.  Schmelzer  for  two 
j-ears,  and  about  the  same  length  of  time  for  H.  &  E.  Goeschel.  In  1872  he 
started  in  business  for  himself  at  the  corner  of  Webster  and  Lapeer  streets, 
which  he  conducted  nntil  1878,  at  which  time  he  removed  into  his  new  brick 
building,  a  two  stor^- structure  at  the  corner  of  Park  and  Lapeer  streets,  24x74 
feet  in  dimensions,  with  an  L,  20x36  feet.  Mr.  Neumann  lormerlv  had  a 
partner,  ^Ir.  Ernest  Berger,  who  died  in  1881,  since  which  time  Mr.  Neumann 
has  conducted  his  business  alone.  He  carries  large  stocks  and  full  lines  of 
everything  in  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  grocers'  sundries  and  canned  goods, 
and  makes  a  specialty  of  flour  and  feed,  and  also  carries  a  complete  assortment 
of  everything  in  the  line  of  crockery  and  glasswai'c.  He  makes  careful  selec- 
tions, and  his  stock  ut  all  times  comprises  the  freshest  and  best  goods  obtain- 
able. As  a  consequence  of  the  merit  of  his  goods  and  the  accuracy  of  his 
dealings,  Mr.  Neumann  has  built  up  for  his  establishment  popularit}'  and 
prosperity. 

D-  H-  Jerome  &  Go- — Dealers  in  Hardware,  Mill  and  Lumbermen's 
Supplies  ;  Court  street ;  Saginaw  City. — This  is  the  oldest  commercial  house 
in  the  Suginaw  Valley,  there  being  no  other  that  has  existed  so  long  without 
change  of  name,  and  the  enterprise  having  been  originally  inaugurated  in  1855 
by  the  Hon.  David  H.  Jerome,  who  still  remains  at  the  head  of  the  firm, 
the  other  members  being  Mr.  E.  I.  Peck,  who  had  been  a  trusted  employe  of 
the  house  for  ten  years  prior  to  becoming  a  member  of  the  firm  in  1880,  and 
Mr.  Edward  A.  Moye,  who  joined  the  firm  in  the  present  year.  The  business 
premises  occupied  embrace  a  handsome  three-stor}'  and  basement  brick  build- 
ing, 100x100  feet  in  dimensions,  stocked  from  roof  to  cellar  with  vast  supplies 
and  complete  assortments  of  everything  in  mill  and  lumbermen's  supplies, 
builders'  and  all  house  hardware,  painters'  and  plumbers'  supplies,  gas  fixtures 
and  globes,  all  kinds  of  wngon  stock  and  also  bar  and  other  iron,  nails  and 
tools,  and  the  firm  are  Michigan  agents  for  Pi.  Hoe  &  Co.'s  chisel  tooth  saws, 
Hubbard  &  Co.'s  solid  tooth  saws,  Tanite  emery  wheels.  Josiah  Gates  &  Son's 
short  lap  oak  tanned  leather  belting,  salt  well  tubing,  steam  pipe  and  fittings, 
boiler  flues,  steam  pumps,  lubricators,  injectors  and  every  description  of 
machine  appliances.  The  firm  has  a  trade  extending  all  north  and  west 
throughout  the  State,  and  in  lumber  districts  all  over  the  country,  and  em- 
ployment is  given  in  the  house  to  twent}-  skilled  and  competent  clerks  and 
assistants,  while  tliree  traveling  salesmen  of  wide  acquaintance  represent  the 
house  to  the  trade.  The  head  of  this  great  house,  David  Howell  Jerome,  has 
long  been  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  and  notable  citizens  of  Michigan. 
He  was  born  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  November  17,  1829,  his  parents  having  removed 
from  Trumansburg,  Thompkins  (iounty,  N.  Y.,  in  1828  to  this  State.  When  he 
was  less  than  two  years  old  his  father  died,  and  his  mother  removed  to  New 
York,  where  she  remained  for  three  years,  afterward  returning  to  Michigan  and 
locating  on  a  farm  in  St.  Clair  county.  Mr.  Jerome  was  given  all  the  educa- 
tional advantages  which  Michigan  afl[o)-ded  in  those  early  days,  and  in  his 
seventeenth  year  went  to  work  assisting  his  brother,  Timothy  Jerome,  in 
hauling  logs  in  the  pine  woods.    The  next  summer  he  rafted  logs  down  the  St. 


Teie  Industrfes  ok  tiir  Saoinaws.  89 


Clair  River  to  Algonac,  and  in  1847  lie  was  appointed  Deputy  Clerk  and 
Kegister  of  Deeds  of  St.  Clair  county,  remaining  in  that  position  for  two  years. 
He  afterward  returned  again  to  the  woods,  and  in  the  spring  of  1850  with  his 
brother  chartered  the  steamer  -'Chatauqua"  and  became  her  master,  and  was 
afterward  engaged  in  navigation  until  1885.  lu  January,  1853,  Mr.  Jerome 
went  to  California,  returning  the  following  year,  when  he  joined  his  brother 
Titl"  who  had  located  in  Saginaw  and  embarked  in  lumber  operations.  In  1855 
the  brothers  purchased  Blackmer  &  Eaton's  hardware  establishment  at  Saginaw, 
^Ir.  David  H.  Jerome  assuming  the  management  of  the  firm,  which  has  since 
been  conducted  with  so  much  success  and  has  reached  a  position  of  acknowl- 
edged prominence  in  this  department  of  industry.  Mr.  Jerome  has  been 
prominent  in  politics,  and  was  elected  Alderman  soon  after  his  arrival  in 
Saginaw.  He  was  identified  with  the  birth  of  the  Repuljlican  party,  and  has 
ever  since  been  known  as  a  consistent  advocate  of  the  principles  of  that  party. 
In  1862  he  was  elected  State  Senator,  in  1865  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Crapo  as  a  member  of  the  State  Military  Board,  of  which  he  served  as  President 
for  eight  years,  and  in  1873  was  apponited  by  Governor  Bagley  a  member  of 
the  convention  to  prepare  a  new  State  Constitution,  and  was  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  of  Finances  of  that  body.  In  1875  he  was  appointed  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Indian  Commissioners  and  in  1876  was  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
missioners to  visit  Chief  Joseph,  of  the  Nez  Perce  tribe,  to  effect  a  settlement 
of  the  difficulties  then  existing.  In  1880  Mr.  Jerome  was  nominated  by  the 
Republicans  for  Governor,  and  was  elected  and  served  his  term  with  marked 
efficiency  and  characteristic  zeal  for  the  welfare  of  his  native  State.  In  all  the 
relations  of  life,  social,  official  and  commercial,  his  career  has  ever  been 
marked  by  a  high  standard  of  integrity,  and  the  success  which  has  crowned 
his  well  conducted  efforts  has  been  earned  by  the  application  of  honorable 
principles  to  all  his  transactions. 

Stone  Brothers.— Shingle  Manufacturers  ;  King  street,  foot  of  Brady 
street.  East  Sagin?w. — The  mill  now  conducted  by  the  firm  of  Stone  Brothers 
was  built  six  years  ago  by  F.  Brucker,  by  whom  it  was  conducted  for  four 
years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he  was  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Solomon  C.  and 
Charles  E.  Stone,  under  the  present  style.  Both  members  of  the  firm  are 
young  men  of  superior  business  attainments  and  energetic  methods,  and  by 
close  attention  to  the  details  of  their  business,  and  maintaining  the  quality  of 
their  product  at  the  highest  grade  of  excellence,  the  firm  has  built  up  a  large 
trade  with  the  markets  of  the  East  and  South,  finding  ready  sales  for  their  entire 
product.  The  rail!  is  equipped  with  a  30  horse-power  engine,  drag  and  circular 
saws  and  a  highly  improved  shingle  machine,  and  all  necessary  appliances  for 
the  conduct  of  the  business,  and  the  firm  has  a  boom  with  a  capacity  for  hold- 
ing 3,000  logs.  During  the  present  season  they  have  made  5,000,000  shingles, 
in  the  manul'acture  of  which  they  give  steady  emplo3'ment  to  a  full  force  of 
workmen.  The  firm  enjoys  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  trade  as  a  result 
of  the  accuracy  and  reliability  upon  which  its  methotls  are  conducted.  Their 
"Eagle"  brand  of  shingles  is  recognized  as  being  superior  in  quality,  and  is 
in  constant  demand,  and  the  firm  is  doing  a  thriving  business. 

National  Brewery— Peter  Raquet,  Proprietor;  Brewer  of  Pilsener 
and  Lager  Beer,  and  Bottler  ;  (Jorner  of  Genesee  avenue  and  Walnut  street. 
East  Saginaw. — Prior  to  establishing  in  l)usiness  for  himself  in  1885,  Mr. 
Peter  Raquet  had  been  for  many  years  engaged  with  his  brother,  Mr.  Jacob 
Raciuet,  in  a  similar  business  on  Jiapeer  street.  In  1885  he  built  his  present 
premises,  embracing  a  three-story  brick  building,  50x125  feet  in  dimensions, 
which  he  utilizes  for  cellar  and  storage  warehouse,  a  three-story  brewery,  80x50 


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feet  in  dimensions,  and  another  >»uilding,  40x50  feet.  These  premises  are 
equipped  with  all  the  very  finest  and  most  highly  improved  brewing  apparatus, 
including  a  complete  outfit  of  refrigerating  machinery  for  cooling  the  product 
of  the  brewery  by  the  means  of  ice  and  salt.  The  machinery  includes  a  60- 
horse  power  engine  and  a  highly  improved  air-pump,  the  products  of  the 
Amei'ican  IMachine  Co.,  and  a  kettle  with  a  capacity  of  eighty  barrels.  A 
foice  of  eight  competent  brewers  is  steadily  employed  and  two  teams  are  en- 
gaged in  the  operations  of  the  brewery.  The  product  of  the  establishment  is 
a  favorite  with  consumers  and  in  large  demand  b}^  the  trade  not  only  in  the 
city,  but  also  in  Cheboygan,  and  all  parts  of  Northern  ^lichigan,  and  the 
reputation  attained  by  the  Pilsener  and  lager  beer  made  at  this  establishment 
has  been  fairh'  earned,  only  the  best  and  purest  materials  being  used,  and 
the  most  approved  processes  employed  in  the  manufacture.  The  brewery  has 
a  capacity  for  the  manufacture  of  25,000  barrels  per  year,  and  is  kept  steadily 
running  to  its  fullest  capacity,  as  a  consequence  of  the  large  demand  for  the 
product.  In  connection  with  his  brewery,  3Ir.  Raquet  conducts  a  malt  house, 
occupying  a  four-story  building,  35x75  feet  in  dimensions,  and  located  at  the 
corner  of  Grcnesee  and  Walnut  streets,  where  he  carries  the  malt  used  in  his 
brewing  operations.  Mr.  Raquet  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced 
brewer,  and  his  honorable  methods  of  conducting  business,  and  uniform  ac- 
curacy and  fairness  in  all  his  dealings  have  earned  for  him  a  steady  increase  in 
his  business  from  its  inception  to  the  present  time. 

Wells-Stone  Mercantile  Company.— Charles  W.  Wells,  Presi- 
dent ;  Farnam  C.  Stone,  Vice-President ;  William  C.  Phipps,  Treasurer ; 
Charles  C.  Prindle,  Secretary  ;  Wholesale  Grocers,  and  Dealers  in  Lumber- 
men's Supplies  ;  Water  street,  Saginaw  City. — Conspicuous  alike  for  the  ex- 
tent and  variety  of  its  stock  and  the  volume  of  its  transactions,  the  Wells- 
Stone  IMercantile  Company  is  one  of  the  most  prosperous  and  extensive  of  the 
commercial  establishments  of  Michigan.  The  business  was  originally  estab- 
lished in  1867  by  the  firm  of  Northrop,  Wells  &  Co.,  which  became  Wells, 
Stone  &  Co.  in  1869,  Messrs.  Charles  W.  Wells,  F.  C.  Stone  and  A.  W.  Wright 
being  the  members  of  the  latter  firm  and  continuing  the  business  until  the 
formation  in  1885  of  the  present  corporatit)n,  which  succeeded  to  the  wholesale 
grocery  and  lumbermen's  supply  business  of  the  old  firm,  the  latter  still  con- 
tinuing, however,  as  dealers  in  lands,  logs  and  lumber.  The  firm  has  a  two- 
story  warehouse,  200x150  feet  in  dimensions,  which  is  completely  stocked  with 
every  description  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries  and  provisions,  tobaccos,  dry 
goods,  drugs,  lumbermen's  tools  and  wearing  apparel  and  every  description  of 
goods  in  all  lines  which  can  be  used  in  lumber  camps.  Near  the  warehouse, 
the  firm  has  a  spacious  elevator,  completely  equipped  with  all  the  machinery 
and  accessories  necessar}'  to  its  successful  operation,  and  having  a  storage 
capacity  for  100,000  bushels  of  oats,  a  mill  for  grinding  No.  1  feed  and  corn 
meal  and  a  large  storage  capacity  for  grain  in  bags,  and  other  heav}^  mei'- 
chandise.  In  addition  to  this  large  establishment  the  firm  has  branch  stores 
at  Meredith,  Sanford,  and  Coleman  on  the  F.  &  P.  M.  Railway  and  at  West 
Branch  on  the  Jackson,  Lansing  &  Saginaw  Railway,  and  they  also  have  a 
large  establishment  occupying  a  four-story  building,  100x100  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, at  Duluth,  Minn.  In  the  premises  at  Saginaw  Cily  employment  is  given 
to  a  force  of  thirty-five  clerks  and  assistants,  while  three  traveling  salesmen 
represent  the  firm  on  the  road,  and  at  the  various  branches  full  staflis  of  clerks, 
assistants,  etc.,  are  maintained.  The  business  of  the  firm  extends  throughout 
the  entire  State,  and  is  especially  large  in  the  northern  and  western  portions, 
and  they  also  enjoy  through  their  Diiluth  establishment  a  large  trade  through- 


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out  Minnesota  and  the  Northwest  generally.  The  company  enjoys  unsur- 
passed facilities  in  every  way  for  the  prompt  and  efficient  transaction  of  busi- 
ness in  their  line,  and  possesses  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  trade  as  a 
merited  result  of  the  uniformly  fair  and  honorable  methods  b}-  which  every 
detail  of  the  business  has  been  characterized  from  its  inception  to  the  present 
time.  The  business  is  conducted  upon  perfect  and  accurate  system,  and  its 
management  is  in  the  hands  of  successful  and  substantial  business  men,  to 
whose  sagacious  methods  it  owes  the  prominence  it  has  achieved. 

Charles  G.  Fowler. — Insumnee  and  Real  Estate  ;  21 G  North  Hamilton 
street,  Saginaw  Cit}-.  -  This  business  was  established  in  1 863  by  Mr.  H.  R. 
Gaylord,  whose  grandson,  Mr.  Charles  G.  Fowler,  was  trained  to  the  business, 
entering  the  office  in  1874.  He  afterward  went  ont  for  a  time,  and  in  1879 
became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Gaylord  &  Fowler,  afterwards  Gaylord,  Ba1> 
cock  &  Fowler,  to  the  insurance  business  of  which  firm  he  succeeded  three 
years  ago.  He  is  a  practical  and  experienced  imderwriter,  and  carries  a  large 
amount  of  the  best  risks  in  the  Saginaw  Valley.  In  fire  companies  he  repre- 
sents the  ^tna,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  with  a  capital  of  $4,000,000,  assets  of 
$9,568,840,  and  a  net  surjilus  of  $3,450,221  ;  the  Commercial  Union  Assur- 
ance Co.,  of  London,  with  assets  in  the  United  States  of  $2,256,314,  and  a  net 
surplus  of  $997,377  ;  the  Fire  Association,  of  Philadelphia,  capital  $500,000, 
assets  $4,445,576,  and  net  surplus  of  $939,563  ;  the  Home  Insurance  Com- 
pany, of  New  Tork,  capital  $3,000,000,  assets  $7,807,712,  net  surplus  $1,413,- 
795  ;  the  Hanover,  of  New  York,  capital  $1,000,000,  assets  $2,546,675,  and  a 
net  surplus  of  $540,904  ;  the  Hartford,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  capital  $1,250,000, 
assets  $5,055,946,  and  a  net  surplus  of  $1,789,987  ;  the  Insurance  Company 
of  North  America,  of  Philadelphia,  capital  $3,000,000,  assets  $8,474,352,  and 
net  surplus  of  $2,530,329  ;  the  Lancashire,  of  Manchester,  England,  United 
States  assets  $1,498,187,  and  net  surplus  of  $619,154;  the  Lion  Fire  Insur- 
ance Co.,  of  London,  United  States  assets  $803,283  and  a  net  surplus 
of  $554,960  ;  the  Michigan  Fire  and  Marine  Insurance  Company,  of  Detroit, 
capital  $200,000,  assets  $366,602,  and  surplus  as  to  policy  holders  of  $264,074  ; 
the  Niagara,  of  New  York,  capital  $500,000,  assets  $2,260,480,  and  surplus  of 
$489,340  ;  Northwestern  National  Insurance  Co.,  of  Milwaukee,  capital  $600,- 
000,  assets  $1,355,342,  and  net  surplus  of  $273,817  ;  the  Pennsylvania  Fire  In- 
surance Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  capital  $400,000,  assets  $2,710,885,  net  surplus 
$1,227,426  ;  the  Phoenix  x\ssurance  Co.,  of  London,  United  States  assets  of 
$1,887,175,  and  net  surplus  of  $647,534  ;  the  Queen,  of  Liverpool,  United  States 
assets  of  $l,976,093,net  surplus  $740,910;  Springfield  Fire  and  Marine  Insurance 
Company,  of  Massachusetts,  capital  $1,000,000,  assets  $3,044,915,  and  a  surplus 
of  $679,821  ;  the  Union  Insurance  Company,  of  California,  capital  $750,000, 
assets  $1,161,362,  and  net  surplus  of  $118,990  ;  the  Western  Assurance  Co.,  of 
Toronto,  Ont.,  United  States  assets  of  $972,557,  and  net  surplus  of  $428,023. 
In  life  insurance  Mr.  Fowler  represents  the  well  known,  solid  and  prosperous 
New  England  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Boston,  one  of  the  most 
substantial  and  liberal  of  the  life  insurance  corporations,  and  in  accident  in- 
surance, he  repi'esents  the  Standard  Accident  Insurance  Co.,  of  Deti-oit.  In 
addition  to  his  insurance  business,  Mr.  Fowler  is  largcl}'  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business,  and  has  5,000  acres  of  good  farming  lands  in  the  Saginaw 
Valley,  as  well  as  a  large  amount  of  city  real  estate.  Mr.  Fowler  is  an  active, 
pushing,  progressive  and  representative  business  man,  and  in  addition  to  his 
interests  in  this  business,  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Fowler  Brothers,  dealers 
in  lumber  and  lands,  established  in  1882,  and  who  lumber  in  the  southwestern 
part  of  Saginaw  County.     They  mill  in  Marian  township,  and  sell  their  product 


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throughout  the  central  portion  of  this  State.  Mr.  Fowler  is  justly  regarded 
with  confidence  and  esteem  by  the  business  community,  and  is  President  of 
the  Saginaw  City  Board  of  Trade,  and  otherwise  prominently  identified  with 
the  spirit  of  progress  and  the  industrial  development  of  the  city. 

Baumgarten  &  Heller. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  General 
Merchandise  ;  Corner  of  (renesee  avenue  and  Park  street.  East  Saginaw. — 
This  business  was  established  over  a  quarter  of  a  centuiy  ago  by  Mr.  Philip 
Baumgarten,  who  continued  the  business  until  six  years  ago,  when  he  was 
succeeded  by  Mr.  Frank  Baumgarten  and  Mr.  Peter  P.  Heller,  under  the  present 
firm  style.  The}'  occupy  a  spacious  and  imposing  three-story  brick  corner 
building,  25x155  feet  in  dimensions,  where  they  carry  a  large  and  completel}' 
assorted  stock  of  everything  in  the  line  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  a  specially 
well  assorted  stock  of  flour  of  every  description,  woodenware,  crockery,  glass- 
ware, lamps,  lamp  goods,  yarns,  lumbermen's  supplies,  canned  goods,  wines 
and  liquors,  notions  and  sundries,  the  stock  filling  the  building  from  roof  to 
cellar.  Great  care  is  taken  in  the  selection  of  the  stock  so  as  to  secure  the 
best  qualit}-  of  goods  in  all  these  lines,  and  in  addition  to  the  members  of  the 
firm  two  competent  clerks  are  employed  and  a  wagon  is  utilized  in  the  city 
deliver3\  The  firm  does  a  large  business  with  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws,  and 
enjoys  a  specially  large  patronage  from  farmers  and  others  in  the  surrounding 
country.  The  reputation  established  by  this  house  in  its  twenty-five  years  of 
honorable  business  history  has  commended  it  to  public  favor,  and  the  firm  is 
both  a  popular  and  prosperous  one. 

A.  Baumgarten. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Boots  and  Shoes  ; 
802  Genesee  avenue  ;  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Baumgarten  established  this  busi- 
ness four  years  ago,  and  being  a  gentleman  of  superior  business  attainments 
and  experienced  in  mercantile  pursuits,  he  has  adopted  methods  in  his  busi- 
ness that  commend  him  to  the  favor  and  patronage  of  the  people  of  the 
Saginaws  and  the  surrounding  country,  and  to  a  large  trade  with  lumbermen 
and  others.  He  occupies  a  three-story  brick  building,  25x125  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, and  carries  a  very  large  stock,  filling  two  floors  of  the  building  and 
embracing  in  its  selection  every  grade  and  quality  of  goods  for  ladies',  men's, 
boys'  and  children's  wear,  farmers'  and  lumbermen's  lioots  and  shoes,  leggins, 
slippers,  rubber  footwear,  etc.  Mr.  Baumgarten  is  assisted  in  his  business  by 
three  competent  clerks,  and  is  in  every  way  equipped  with  all  the  necessary 
facilities  for  the  conduct  of  the  business  upon  an  extensive  scale,  and  he  is 
prepared  at  all  times  to  supply  every  description  of  goods  in  his  line  at  whole- 
sale or  retail,  affording  to  his  customers  superior  inducements  in  quality  and 
price,  and  dealing  with  all  in  a  prompt  and  reliable  manner, 

Mrs.  E.  J.  Selleck.— Millinery  and  Fancy  Goods  ;  102  South  Wash- 
ington avenue,  East  Saginaw  ;  and  Court  street,  near  Hamilton  street,  Sagi- 
naw City. — 31rs.  Selleck  established  in  business  four  years  ago,  originally 
locating  on  Court  street  near  Hamilton  street,  in  Saginaw  City,  and  where  she 
has  carried  on  business  with  such  signal  success  and  with  such  high  apprecia- 
tion from  the  ladies  of  both  the  cities  and  their  surroundings,  that  in  the 
spring  of  the  present  year,  in  order  to  better  accommodate  her  great  and  grow- 
ing business  on  the  east  side  of  the  river,  she  established  the  elegant  millinery 
parlors  she  now  occupies  at  102  South  Washington  avenue,  the  second  door 
from  Genesee  avenue  and  opposite  the  Bancroft  House,  where  she  is  prepared 
to  show  a  very  fine  stock  of  millinery  goods,  consisting  of  all  the  latest  novel- 
ties of  the  season,  both  in  the  finest  goods  and  the  cheapest  grades.  The 
trimmed  goods  department  is  not  excelled  in  its  completeness  and  quality  by 
any  in  the  Valley,  and  as  a  consequence  her  establishments  are  in  high  favor 


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with  the  ladies  of  the  Saginaws  as  well  as  in  the  surrounding  towns  and  cities, 
and  she  has  a  large  business  with  patrons  in  Bay  City,  St.  Charles,  St.  Louis, 
Flint  and  other  localities  in  Northeast  Michigan.  Mrs.  Selleck  is  thoroughl}- 
practical  and  experienced  in  the  business,  in  which  she  was  engaged  for  fifteen 
3'ears  in  Ohio  prior  to  coming  to  Saginaw  City.  Ladies  desiring  anything  in 
the  wa}'  of  trimmed  millinery,  plumes,  birds,  velvets,  ribbons,  silks  and  other 
trimming  will  do  well  to  inspect  the  superior  stock  contained  in  Mrs.  Selleck's 
establishment. 

A.  T.  Bliss  &  Brother.— Manufacturers  of  Lumber,  Lath,  Shingles 
and  Salt;  Mills  at  Carrollton,  Mich.;  Office,  corner  of  Hamilton  and  Ames 
streets  ;  Saginaw  City. — No  two  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  are  better  entitled  to 
be  regarded  as  thoroughly  representative  of  its  progress  and  its  commercial 
and  manufacturing  importance  than  Col.  A.  T.  Bliss  and  his  brother.  Dr.  L^'man 
W.  Bliss,  each  of  whom  is  prominently  identitied  with  many  of  the  most  im- 
portant business  enterprises  in  the  Valley.  These  gentlemen  formed  the  firm 
of  A.  T.  Bliss  &  Brother  twenty  years  ago,  and  have  since  been  steadily 
engaged  as  manufacturers  of  lumber,  lath,  shingles  and  salt,  having  large  mills 
and  extensive  works  at  Carrollton.  Their  saw  mill,  which  is  one  of  the  largest 
on  the  river,  is  equipped  with  a  500  horse  power  engine,  a  batter}'  of  five  large 
boilers,  each  5  foot  shell  by  18  feet,  and  a  smaller  one  of  two  boilers  for  the 
salt  works.  Among  other  machiner}'  embraced  in  the  plant  is  a  Wickes  new 
improved  gang,  a  large  circular,  steam  feed,  edgers,  trimmers,  and  all  necessary 
machinery.  The  product  of  the  mill  amounts  to  18,000,000  feet  of  lumber, 
from  10,000,000  to  20,000,000  staves,  60,000  sets  of  heading,  3,000.000  laths 
and  10,000,000  shingles.  Adjacent  to  their  mills  the}^  have  six  salt  wells,  the 
last  one  of  which  was  bored  last  spring,  and  each  of  which  is  supplied  with  a 
pumping  engine,  and  they  have  a  very  extensive  salt  block,  and  make  about 
55,000  barrels  of  salt  annually.  The  mill  and  salt  works  with  warehouses, 
store  houses,  barns,  docks,  piling  grounds,  etc.,  cover  an  area  of  about  twent}'- 
five  acres  of  ground,  in  addition  to  which  the  firm  cultivates  a  fine  farm  of 
about  350  acres.  The  firm  formerl}'  operated  a  mill  at  Zihvaukie,  which  was 
burned  in  1886,  and  which  was  rebuilt.  It  is  now  operated  b}'  Messrs.  J.  W. 
and  E.  S.  Bliss,,  sons  of  Dr.  Lyman  W.  Bliss,  the  firm  retaining  an  interest  in 
the  mill.  The  lumber  operations  of  the  firm  of  A.  T.  Bliss  &  Brother  are 
chiefly  carried  on  in  Gladwin  and  Clare  counties,  where  they  run  two  camps  of 
about  fifty  men  each,  and  also  lumber  through  five  or  six  jobbei-s.  The  firm 
also  owns  large  tracts  of  pine  and  farming  lands  in  Isabella,  Midland  and 
Gladwin  counties.  In  their  Carrollton  works  they  give  employment  to  a  force 
ranging  from  100  to  125  men,  and  also  utilize  a  number  of  horses  in  their 
business,  and  the  lumber  and  lumber  products  of  their  mill  find  a  read}'  market 
at  Buffalo,  Tonawanda,  and  in  the  principal  towns  in  Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  Con- 
necticut and  all  Eastern  States.  The  salt  manufactured  by  the  firm  is  sold 
through  the  medium  of  the  Michigan  Salt  Association.  Both  members  of  the 
firm  are  prominent  in  man}'  ways.  Col.  Aaron  T.  Bliss  being  President  of  the 
Williams-Perrin  Implement  and  Produce  Company,  President  of  the  Bliss 
Lumber  Company,  President  and  Director  of  the  Saginaw  County  Savings 
Bank,  Director  of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank,  Director  of  The  James  Stewart 
Company,  and  otherwise  concerned  in  important  business  enterprises.  Dr. 
Lyman  W.  Bliss,  in  addition  to  his  interest  in  this  business,  is  of  the  firm  of 
L.  W.  Bliss  &  Co.,  druggists,  Bliss  &  Davis,  physicians.  President  of  The 
James  Stewart  Company,  and  largely  interestecl  in  real  estate  and  farming  and 
other  lands  throughout  tliis  section.  The  operations  of  the  firm  are  systemat- 
ically conducted,  and  its  reputation  with  the  trade  is  second  to  none,  its  busi- 
ness methods  throughout  its  long  and  honorable  career  having  ever  been 
characterized  by  uniform  accuracy  and  reliability. 


94  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


The  Allington  &  Curtis  Dust  Separator  Company.— Well- 
ington R.  Burt,  President ;  Waldo  A.  Avery,  Vice-President ;  Greorge  F.  Cross, 
Treasurer  ;  William  E.  Allington,  Seci'etary  ;  W.  H.  Curtis,  General  Agent ; 
Franklin  and  Brady  streets.  East  Saginaw. — This  company  was  formed  in 
1886  for  the  purpose  of  inanufacturing  and  selling  perfected  dust  separators 
and  furnace  feeders  for  planing  mills  and  all  kinds  of  wood-working  estab- 
lishments. The  excellence  of  the  device  is  attested  by  the  favor  with  which 
it  has  been  received  by  a  large  number  of  manufacturers,  the  machines  hav- 
ing been  introduced  into  nearly  all  the  large  mills  in  the  Saginaw  Valley,  and 
in  a  large  number  of  others  throughout  the  country.  It  is  the  only  perfect 
dust  separator  on  the  market,  advantage  having  been  taken  in  its  design  of  all 
the  lessons  of  experience,  and  every  defect  attaching  to  other  devices  of  the 
kind  having  bten  excluded  from  the  mechanism  of  these  machines.  It  is 
adapted  for  all  planing  mills  and  wood-working  establishments  where  fans  are 
used,  operates  with  absolutel}'  no  back  pressure  on  the  fan,  is  constructed 
without  the  use  of  canvas,  burlaps  or  an}'-  kind  of  combustible  material,  is 
built  entirely  of  iron  and  is  absolutely  fire-proof.  It  is  the  only  machine  which 
separates  fine  dust  from  the  air  without  producing  back  pressure  on  the  fan 
and  consequent  loss  of  draught.  It  is  unrivalled  in  the  simplicity  and  efficiency 
of  its  mechanical  operations,  working  automaticall}'^  and  requiring  no  atten- 
tion, and  operates  without  friction  and  consequent  consumption  of  power  b}' 
revolving  shavings  in  small  circles  or  against  rough  surfaces.  As  a  fui-nacc 
feeder  the  dust  separating  machine  has  no  equal,  depositing  the  dust  and  shav- 
ings directly  into  the  furnace,  with  or  without  air,  and  without  any  back 
draught  from  the  furnace.  The  company  has  recentl}'  erected  new  works, 
60x120  feet  in  dimensions,  completely  equipped  for  carrying  on  the  manufac- 
ture of  these  machines,  and  employing  a  force  ranging  from  thirty  to  forty 
men,  and  turning  out  form  ten  to  fifteen  complete  machines  per  week.  The 
company  also  designs  and  constructs  galvanized  iron  piping  for  use  in  fac- 
tories and  mills  where  exhaust  fans  are  used,  and  is  prepared  to  submit  esti- 
mates and  execute  contracts  for  work  of  this  charactei'.  The  company  is  in- 
corporated and  one  of  large  resources  and  abundant  capital  to  protect  any 
who  have,  or  may  in  the  future,  purchase  their  machines,  and  furnish  a  bond 
to  all  users  of  their  machines,  guaranteeing  title.  The  President  of  the  com- 
pany, Mr.  Burt,  is  also  President  of  the  Michigan  Salt  Association,  and  con- 
nected with  a  large  number  of  the  leading  business  and  financial  enterprises 
of  the  State.  Mr.  Waldo  A.  Avery,  Vice-President,  is  of  the  firm  of  Avery 
&  Co.,  lumber  and  planing  mills,  and  of  McCausJand  &  Co.,  wholesale 
grocers  and  dealers  in  lumbermen's  supplies.  Treasurer  Cross,  is  President  of 
the  Cross,  Gordon  &  Randall  Lumber  Co.,  Vice-President  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  East  Saginaw,  President  and  Treasurer  of  the  Standard  Lumber 
Company,  and  otherwise  prominently  connected  with  large  business  interests  ; 
and  Mr.  Allington,  the  Secretary,  is  also  Secretary  and  Manager  of  the 
Standard  Lumber  Co.  Thus  guided  by  successful  business  men,  enjoying  un- 
surpassed facilities  and  producing  a  machine  of  positive  value  and  unequalled 
utility,  the  success  already  attained  by  the  company  is  thoroughly  merited,  and 
doubtless  permanent. 

Schwemer  &  Witt. — Dealers  in  Dry  Goods,  Groceries,  Crockery,  Etc.; 
601  and  608  Genesee  avenue  ;  East  Saginaw. — This  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  L. 
Schwemer  and  J.  Witt  are  the  individual  members,  was  formed  five  years  ago, 
and  occupies  a  two-story  building,  50x75  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  warehouse 
in  the  rear,  24x50  feet.  Here  with  the  assistance  of  eight  competent  employes, 
they  carry  on  a  large  and  steady  business  as  dealers  in  every  description  of 


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dry  goods,  notions,  etc.,  as  well  as  a  full  line  of  Crocker}^,  glassware,  etc.  In 
addition  to  these  lines,  they  are  agents  for  the  American  and  Union  sewing 
machines,  in  which  the}'  do  a  large  business,  these  machines  being  leading 
favorites  throughout  this  section  as  a  consequence  of  their  great  utility.  They 
enjoy  a  large  trade  in  the  Saginaws,  as  well  as  considerable  patronage  from 
farmers  throughout  the  adjoining  country,  and  are  justly  popular  as  a  result  of 
the  uniform  fairness  and  accuracy  of  their  dealings. 

The  Stenglein  Manufacturing  Company. — A.  W.  Anschutz, 
President ,  August  Stenglein,  Vice-President ;  elohu  Stenglein,  Treasurer  :  F. 
W.  Sowatsk}',  Secretar}-,  Manufacturers  of  Furniture  ;  Corner  of  Water  and 
Mackinaw  streets,  Saginaw  Citj'.— This  prominent  and  thriving  manufacturing 
enterprise  was  established  in  1881  by  the  firm  of  Stenglein,  Anschutz  &  Co., 
by  whom  it  was  conducted  until  the  incorporation  in  1886  of  the  present  com- 
pany, which  has  a  paid  up  capital  of  $20,000.  Their  factory  is  a  handsome 
and  well  appointed  three-stor}-  brick  structure,  75x60  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
with  the  adjoining  office  and  grounds,  their  premises  cover  an  area  of  100x60 
feet.  The  f actor}'  is  completel}'  equipped  with  all  the  requisite  machinery  and 
appliances  adapted  to  the  business,  propelled  b}'  a  36  horse-power  engine,  and 
employme'nt  is  given  to  a  force  ranging  from  twenty-five  to  thirt}'  skilled  em- 
ployes in  the  manufacture  of  furniture,  including  bed-room  furniture  of  all 
grades,  center  and  fanc}'  tables,  and  the  Flint  patent  folding  chair,  a  device 
which  has  attained  a  merited  celebrity  and  a  trade  extending  to  all  parts  of 
the  United  States,  while  in  their  other  lines  the  firm  enjoys  a  patronage  cover- 
ing the  Saginaw  Valle}'  in  its  entiret}',  and  a  considerable  trade  throughout  the 
Northern  Peninsula.  All  the  operations  of  the  factory  are  conducted  upon  a 
perfect  S3'stem,  which  conduces  to  the  maintenance  of  the  high  standard  for 
which  its  products  are  famous,  and  the  business  methods  of  the  management 
of  the  company's  affairs  are  based  upon  accuracy  and  reliability,  and  as  a  con- 
sequence the  company  enjoys  in  a  high  degree  the  favor  of  the  trade  and  the 
volume  of  its  sales  increases  from  year  to  year. 

William  Williamson. — Established  1863  ;  Machine  Shop,  Steam 
Fitting,  General  Blacksmithing  and  Wagon  Making  ;  also  Dealer  in  New  and 
Second  Hand  ^lachiner}- ;  corner  of  Saginaw  and  Mackinaw  streets,  East 
Saginaw. — Mr.  Williamson  came  to  East  Saginaw  in  1863,  and.  began  his 
apprenticeship  with  his  brother,  Henry  Williamson,  and  remained  in  his  em- 
plo}'  for  six  and  one-half  years,  when  he  bought  out  his  brother  and  took 
charge  of  the  business  himself.  In  1872  he  erected  a  two-story  brick  build- 
ing, 32x60  feet,  to  which  he  made  an  addition  30x60  feet.  Of  the  first 
named  building  the  first  floor  is  utilized  as  a  machine  shop,  and  is  equipped 
with  one  lathe,  25-foot  bed  and  38-inch  swing,  one  with  14-foot  bed  and  22- 
inch  swing,  and  another  with  7-foot  bed  and  14-inch  swing ;  one  10-foot  bed 
b}'  24x26-iuch  New  Haven  planer,  one  pipe-cutting  machine,  and  a  complete 
outfit  of  tools  needed  to  carry  on  the  business.  Here  also  he  carries  a  com- 
plete stock  of  pipe  ;  and  on  the  second  floor  is  a  complete  stock  of  valves  and 
fittings.  In  the  addition  is  located  the  blacksmith  shop,  with  three  fires,  run 
by  fan  olast ;  also,  one  bolt-cutting  machine,  shears,  punchmg  and  drilling 
machines,  and  a  complete  outfit  of  tools  for  doing  all  kinds  of  mill  and  salt 
well  work  and  general  blacksmithing.  About  twenty-five  feet  west  of  the 
blacksmith  shop  is  a  two-story  wagon  shop,  20x00  feet  in  dimensions,  for  which 
it  has  a  full  line  of  machinery,  operated  b}'  power  ti-ansmitted  by  wire  cable 
from  the  machine  shop.  About  thirty  feet  nortii  of  the  machine  shop  is  a 
warehouse,  30x75  feet  in  dimensions.  A  specialty  is  made  of  mill  and  salt 
well  work,  and  carts,  wagons,  etc,,  are  made  to  order,  and  all  kinds  of  wagon 


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work  is  done  and  repairing  promptl}'  attended  to.  Mr.  Williamson  is  prepared 
to  do  every  kind  of  pipe  fitting  to  order  in  the  most  skillful  and  workman- 
like manner,  and  in  all  lines  the  work  of  the  establishment  is  not  surpassed  by 
that  of  an}-  other  in  the  Valley.  A  force  of  skilled  workmen  is  emplo3'ed, 
and  all  orders  are  promptly  and  satisfactorily  filled,  close  attention  to  all  the 
details  of  the  business  and  leliabilitj'  in  ever}'  particular  having  secured  for 
Mr.  Williamson  a  merited  and  steadily  growing  prosperity. 

Keeler  &  Hogeboom. — Druggists  ;  Court  street,  corner  of  Washing- 
ton street,  Saginaw  Cit}'. — The  popular  and  prosperous  drug  firm  of  Keeler  & 
Hogeboom  is  composed  of  Messrs.  W.  H.  Keeler  and  John  (i.  Hogeboom,  and 
was  formed  in  1879.  Their  handsomely  appointed  and  well  equipped  store  is 
eligibly  located  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Court  and  Washington  streets,  and 
is  completely  stocked  with  a  full  assortment  of  all  standard  drugs  and  chemi- 
cals, all  approved  proprietory  medicines  and  a  specially  fine  selection  of  toilet 
articles,  perfnmery,  fancy  goods,  druggists'  sundries,  etc.  Both  of  the  mem- 
bers of  ihe  firm  are  educated  and  practical  pharmacists,  and  their  store  enjoys 
a  superior  reputation  for  the  careful  and  accurate  manner  in  which  prescrip- 
tions are  compounded  from  the  best  and  purest  materials,  and  they  do  a  large 
trade  in  all  the  branches  usualh'  conducted  l)y  a  firstclass  drug  establishment. 
The  business  has  steadily  increased  in  volume  from  year  to  year  from  its  in- 
ception to  the  present  time,  and  the  accurate  and  reliable  business  methods  of 
the  members  of  the  firm,  and  their  constant  endeavors  to  give  satisfaction  to 
their  customers  have  combined  to  give  the  establishment  a  popularity  which  is 
not  exceeded  by  that  of  any  firm  in  the  line  in  the  Valley. 

R  S.  Stewart. — The  Grocer  ;  518  Genesee  avenue  ;  East  Siiginaw. — 
This  business  wes  established  twelve  years  ago  by  the  firm  of  Stewart  Brothers, 
by  whom  it  was  conducted  until  two  years  ago,  since  which  time  Mi*.  R.  S. 
Stewart  has  carried  on  the  business  as  sole  proprietor.  He  occupies  the  entire 
builning,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  at  518  Genesee  avenue,  where  he  carries 
full  stocks  and  completely  assorted  lines  of  everything  in  staple  and  fancy 
groceries,  grocers'  sundries  and  canned  goods  of  ever}'  description,  and  all 
fruits  and  vegetables  in  season.  Great  care  is  taken  by  Mr.  Stewart  in  the 
selection  of  his  stock  so  as  to  secure  at  all  times  the  best  and  freshest  goods, 
and  by  uniform  promptness  and  accuracy  in  all  his  dealings  he  has  built  up  a 
large  trade  in  the  Saginaws,  as  well  as  a  considerable  trade  from  the  surround- 
ing country.  The  close  attention  paid  by  him  to  all  the  details  of  the  business 
has  secured  for  his  establishment  a  merited  popularity. 

Rust  Brothers  &  Co. — Manufacturers  of  Lumber,  Lath  and  Salt ; 
Mills  at  South  Saginaw  and  Bay  City  ;  Office,  Court  street,  between  Hamilton 
and  Water  streets,  Saginaw  City. — One  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  of  the 
lumber  manufacturing  concerns  of  the  Saginaw  Valley,  is  that  now  conducted 
under  the  name  of  Rust  Brothers  &  Co.,  and  operating  mills  at  South  Saginaw 
and  Bay  City.  The  South  Saginaw  mill  began  operations  in  1863,  then  being 
conducted  by  the  firm  of  Rust  &  Ingeldaw,  the  firm  becoming  Rust  Brothers 
&  Co.  in  1881.  The  Bay  City  mill  was  started  in  1864  under  the  proprietor- 
ship of  the  firm  of  A.  Rust  k  Co.,  in  1878  changing  to  A.  Rust  &  Brothers, 
and  in  1883  to  Rust  Brothers  &  Co.  The  members  of  this  firm  are  Mr.  John 
V.  Rust,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  and  Messrs.  Amasa  and  Charles  A.  Rust,  of  Sagi- 
naw City.  The  South  Saginaw  mill  has  three  engines  of  80,  50  and  30  horse- 
power respectively,  a  battery  of  four  boilers  of  ^}4  foot  shell  by  16  feet,  and 
another  of  three  boilers,  5  by  16,  from  which  are  run  a  powerful  engine  feed, 
gang  and  circular,  edgers,  trimmers  and  all  requisite  machinery  and  appliances, 
including  all  the  latest  improvements  and  most  modern  and  labor  saving  in- 


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venLiaiis.  This  mill  cuts  from  12,000,000  to  14,000,000  feet  of  lumljei-,  iiuii<:cs 
50,000  sets  of  heading  and  from  1,100,000  to  1,200,000  staves  and  1,800,000 
huh  per  annum.  Adjacent  to  the  mill  are  located  the  five  salt  wells  and  a 
large  salt  block  belonging  to  the  firm,  and  producing  about  35,000  barrels  of 
salt  annually.  Convenient  and  well  located  docks,  ample  tramways  and  ex- 
tensive piling  grounds  make  out  the  remainder  of  the  premises  of  the  firm, 
embracing  an  area  of  about  thirty  acres.  The  IJay  City  mill  has  three  engines 
of  80,  50  and  40  horse  power  respectivel}',  a  battery  of  five  boilers,  5x16.  a 
powerful  gang  steam  feed  and  circular,  and  all  necessary  plant  and  equipment 
of  the  most  improved  character.  The  cut  of  this  mill  will  average  about  15,- 
000,000  feet  for  the  season,  and  about  25,000  laths  per  day  for  the  same 
period,  embracing  about  150  days.  In  connection  with  this  mill  the  firm  have 
four  salt  wells  and  drill  houses,  each  with  pumping  engines,  and  make  from 
35,000  to  40,000  barrels  of  salt,  which  the}'  ship  in  bulk  through  the  medium 
of  the  Michigan  Salt  Association.  In  connection  with  these  premises  also,  the 
firm  have  a  large  salt  block,  spacious  warehouses,  piling  grounds,  docks,  etc., 
covering  in  all  some  twenty  acres.  At  the  South  Saginaw  mill  a  force  of  100 
hands  and  fourteen  horses  is  employed,  and  110  hands  and  a  number  of  horses 
are  utilized  in  the  works  at  Bay  City.  The  firm  has  a  large  trade,  the  market 
for  its  product  being  found  principally  in  Ohio,  New  York  and  the  Eastern 
States,  and  the  salt  all  being  sold  through  the  nledium  of  the  IMichigan  Salt 
Association.  The  great  extent  of  the  facilities  of  the  firm,  the  superior  char- 
acter of  the  product  and  the  uniformly  reliable  methods  upon  which  its  busi- 
ness is  conducted,  have  secured  it  a  prominence  second  to  none  in  the  country, 
and  the  firm  has  ample  resources,  and  in  addition  to  its  lumber  and  salt  busi- 
ness, also  has  a  large  farm  at  Creen  Point,  while  its  individual  members  are 
largely  interested  in  other  important  industries.  Mr.  Amasa  Rust,  of  this 
firm,  is  of  the  firm  of  Rust,  Eaton  &  Co.,  engaged  in  a  similar  business ;  of 
Rutman  &  Rust,  who  have  mills  and  salt  works  at  Bay  City,  and  of  Burrows 
&  Rust,  dealers  in  lands,  lumber,  etc.  The  business  is  conducted  upon  per- 
fect and  accurate  system,  and  the  enterprise  forms  one  of  the  most  gratifying 
examples  of  success  among  the  industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

A.  W.  S.  Oalderwood — Dealer  in  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  Clothing,  Etc.; 
2704  South  Washington  avenue,  South  Saginaw. — Mr.  Calderwood  has  been 
engaged  in  this  business  for  the  past  fifteen  years,  during  which  time  he  has 
conducted  his  affairs  so  as  to  secure  a  merited  reputation  as  one  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  the  south  end.  He  occupies  premises  30x125  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, has  two  salesmen,  and  carries  large  and  complete  stocks  of  everything 
in  the  line  of  dry  goods,  notions,  clothing,  oil-cloth,  table  linen,  hosiery,  gents' 
furnishing  goods,  etc.  He  formerly  carried  a  stock  of  millinery  in  this  store, 
but  the  demand  for  more  room,  caused  by  the  steady  increase  of  his  trade,  led 
him  to  remove  this  department  to  premises  opposite  at  2705  South  Washington 
avenue,  25x125  feet  in  dimensions,  where  a  thriving  millinery  business  is  con- 
ducted by  Mrs.  Calderwood,  carrying  a  full  line  of  hats  and  bonnets,  trimmed 
and  untrimmed,  ribbons,  trimming,  feathers,  ladies'  underwear,  hosiery,  etc., 
and  full  lines  of  silks,  velvets  and  fancy  goods  of  all  kinds.  The  trade  of 
each  of  these  establishments  is  steadily  increasing,  as  the  result  of  the  careful 
selection  of  the  stock,  so  as  to  secure  at  all  times  the  best  and  most  iwpular 
goods,  and  the  uniformly  correct  and  accommodating  methods  of  ^h:  and  Mrs. 
Calderwood  in  their  relations  with  their  customers. 

R  J.  Birney.=Dealer  in  Drugs,  Medicines,  Chemicals,  Etc.  ;  corner  of 
Court  -tind  Hamilton  streets,  Saginaw  City. — The  eligibly  located  stand  at  the 
corner  of  Court  and  Hamilton  streets  has  been  conducted  as  a  drug  store  for 


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The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 


the  past  thirteen  j-ears,  the  business  originally  having  been  conducted  by  Mr. 
William  Moll,  who  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  D.  C.  Clark,  followed  by  Sumner  & 
Wisner,  then  early  in  1886  the  firm  of  Birney  &  Wisner,  and  since  Jul}',  1886, 
having  been  conducted  by  3Ir.  Birney  alone.  The  premises  occupied  by  the 
business  have  a  25-foot  frontage  on  Court  street  by  a  depth  of  125  feet  on 
North  Hamilton  street,  with  a  laboratory  at  the  side,  25x60  feet,  and  the  main 
floor  and  basement  are  utilized  for  the  purposes  of  the  business.  A  large 
wholesale  and  fresh  stock  is  carried  embracing  evei'ything  in  the  line  of  drugs, 
chemicals,  a  full  line  of  perfumes  and  toilet  goods,  a  complete  stock  of  the 
best  makes  of  trusses  and  supporters  and  a  speciall}' fine  and  carefull}'  selected 
stock  of  pure  wines  and  liquors  for  medicinal  uses.  The  services  of  five  com- 
petent clerks  and  assistants  are  engaged  in  the  business,  which  is  very  large 
and  embraces  in  addition  to  a  heavy  patronage  from-  the  citizens  of  the  Sagi- 
naws and  vicinity,  a  considerable  jobbing  trade  throughout  Northern  and 
Western  Michigan.  Mr.  Birney  is  a  skillful  and  educated  pharmacist,  and 
brings  to  the  prosecution  of  the  business  an  accurate  knowledge  of  its  details 
and  an  active  and  careful  supervision  of  its  transactions  which  have  secured 
for  the  establishment  a  first-class  reputation  for  the  accuracy  of  the  methods 
upon  which  the  business  is  conducted.  Prescriptions  are  carefully  compounded 
from  the  best  materials,  and  every  department  of  a  first-class  drug  establish- 
ment is  attended  to.  In  addition  to  this  house  Mr.  Birney  has  a  prosperous 
branch  store  at  415  Genesee  avenue  at  the  end  of  the  bridge  on  the  west  side 
of  the  Saginaw  River.  He  manufactures  his  own  extracts  and  a  number  of 
specialties  of  high  repute,  and  his  stock  is  at  all  times  kept  well  assorted  both 
in  quantity  and  quality.  Correct  in  all  his  dealings,  Mr.  Birney  has  enjoyed  a 
steady  expansion  in  his  business  from  his  first  connection  with  it  to  the  pres- 
ent time. 

Holzheimer  House. — C.  F.  Holzheimer,  Proprietor;     508-512  Potter 
street,  opposite  F.  &  P.  M.  Passenger  Depot,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Holzheimer 

established  himself  in  this  business  in  1882, 
since  which  time,  b}'  the  superior  character 
of  the  accommodations  afforded  by  his  es- 
tablishment, he  has  secured  a  prominent 
place  in  the  favor  of  the  citizens  of  Saginaw 
and  the  traveling  public.  The  hotel  com- 
prises a  new  brick  building,  three  stories  in 
height,  and  contains  forty-seven  well  fur- 
nished and  neatly  kept  rooms  for  the  accom- 
modation of  its  guests,  including  bed  rooms, 
parlors,  etc  The  rates  ol  the  hotel  are 
$1.00  per  da)',  and  the  accommodations 
offered  l)y  the  establishment  are  of  a  char- 
acter not  surpassed,  if  equalled,  by  any 
house  with  the  same  rates  in  the  State.  Mr. 
Holzheimer  careful!)- supervises  all  the  de- 
partments of  his  business  for  the  puri)ose  of 
securing  the  satisfaction  of  his  guests,  fur- 
nishes his  table  with  a  plentiful  supply  of 
good,  well  cooked  and  well  served  viands,  and  those  who  have  once  patronized 
the  hotel  usually  return  to  it  upon  a  second  visit.  Mr.  Holzheimer  is  a  native 
of  German}',  but  came  when  a  small  child  to  this  country,  his  parents  engag- 
ing in  farming  in  Niagara i:county,  N.  Y.,  until  1865,  when  they  removed  to 
Ottawa  county,  Mich.     Mr.  Holzheimer  served  throughout  the  entire  War  of 


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the  Rebellion  in  the  28th  Regiment  of  hew  York  Volunteers  and  the  2nd  New 
York  Mounted  Rifles,  and  was  honorably  discharged  after  good  service  in  1865. 
He  is  a  gentleman  of  thorough!}'  accurate  and  reliable  business  methods,  and 
enjoys  the  general  respect  as  a  substantial  and  worthy  citizen. 

Butman  &  Rust. — Manufacturers  of  Lumber  and  Salt  ;  Mills  at  Bay 
City  ;  Otlice  at  Saginaw  City. — One  of  the  oldest,  best,  known  and  most  pros- 
perous of  the  manufacturing  firms  of  the  Saginaw  Valley,  is  that  of  Butman 
&  Rust,  of  which  Messrs.  Myron  Butman  and  Amasa  Rust  are  the  individual 
members,  and  which  was  formed  in  1865.  They  own  and  operate  a  saw  mill  at 
Bay  Cit}-,  120x150  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  large  and  complete  equipment  of 
all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery  and  appliances  adapted  to  lumber 
manufacture,  including  a  battery  of  seven  large  boilers,  as  well  as  another 
l.oiler  outside,  for  the  purpose  of  runningtheir  salt  block,  Sa'c  powerful  engines 
running  a  Wickes  Brothers'  gang,  a  large  circular,  trimmers,  edgers,  butting 
saws,  etc.  In  addition  to  the  mill,  the  firm  has  three  salt  wells  and  drill  houses 
and  a  salt  block  with  an  extensive  boom,  docks  on  three  sides,  an  outside  dock, 
inside  dock,  slip  dock  and  mill  dock,  giving  pilage  for  5,000,000  feet  of  lum- 
ber, all  covering  several  acres.  The  annual  product  of  the  mill  amounts  to  12,- 
000,000  feet  of  lumber  and  3,000,000  laths,  in  addition  to  which  the  firm  have 
from  3,000,000  to  3,500,000  shingles  made  for  them.  They  also  produce  about 
25,000  barrels  of  salt,  which  they  ship  in  bulk  to  the  association,  and  therefore 
make  no  barrel  stock.  Their  store-house  adjoining  their  salt  block  has  a  ca- 
pacitj'  for  holding  15,000  barrels  of  salt  in  bulk,  and  the  firm  lumbers  in  Glad- 
win county,  running  two  camps  of  about  forty  men  each  and  about  twenty 
teams.  In  Gladwin  county  the  firm  owns  a  farm  of  500  acres,  and  also  owns 
pine  and  farm  lands  in  large  quantities  throughout  Roscommon,  Gladwin,  Isa- 
bella, Midland,  Gratiot  and  Saginaw  counties.  At  the  mill  and  salt  works  em- 
ployment is  given  to  a  force  ranging  from  eight}'  to  one  hundred  hands,  and  the 
product  of  the  mill,  which  is  of  the  best  quality,  finds  a  ready  market  in  Ohio 
and  all  eastern  cities.  Mr.  Butman,  of  this  firm,  is  a  native  of  Milan,  O., 
where  he  was  born  in  1825,  He  was  educated  at  Huron  Institute,  Erie  coun- 
ty,O.,  and  came  to  Saginaw  in  1855,  having  previously  entered  some  4,000  acres 
of  fine  timber  lands  in  this  vicinity,  and  he  has  been  a  heavy  dealer  in  timber 
lands  from  that  time  to  the  present.  Mr.  Amasa  Rust,  of  the  firm,  is  well 
known  as  a  leading  operator  in  lumber,  logs  and  pine  lands,  and  a  member  of 
the  firms  of  Rust,  Eaton  &  Co.,  Burrows  &  Rust  and  Rust  Brothers  &  Co., 
and  other  important  business  enterprises.  Thus  managed  with  perfect  system 
in  the  conduct  of  the  business,  and  a  reputation  surpassed  by  none,  this  firm 
has  achieved  a  position  of  distinction  among  the  leading  and  most  prosperous 
of  the  great  industries  of  the  Saginaw  Valley. 

Charles  Lee  — 3Ianufaoturer  of  Sash,  Poors,  Blinds,  Flooring,  Etc.  ; 
634  South  Water  street,  corner  of  Hoyt  street.  East  Saginaw^ — Mr.  Lee  has 
been  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  ever  since  he  established  this  enterprise 
in  1803,  and  is  properly  regarded  as  one  of  the  successful  manufacturers  of 
the  Saginaw  Valley.  He  has  a  large  saw  mill,  boom  and  blocks  of  lumber  six  piles 
deep  on  the  river  bank.  His  planing  mill  and  sash,  door  and  blind  factory 
occupy  a  two-story  building  150x180  feet  in  dimensions  across  the  street  from 
the  saw  mill,  and  the  mills  and  lumber  yards  cover  twenty-two  lots.  The 
planing  mill  and  sash,  door  and  blind  factory  take  a  large  portion  of  the  cut 
of  the  saw  mill,  the  lumber  being  kiln  dried,  worked  up  and  sold  in  the  manu- 
factured state.  Both  mills  are  fitted  up  with  all  the  most  modern  and  improved 
plant  and  machinery  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  the  business.  The  saw 
mill  erected  in  1882,  and  the  planing  mill,  which  was  originally  a  saw  mill, 


100  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws, 

was  remodeled  and  improved  in  1876.  Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of 
sixty-five  hands,  and  the  mills  enjoy  unsurpassed  shipping  and  receiving 
facilities  by  rail  and  river,  the  railroad  tracks  passing  between  the  saw  mill 
and  the  planing  mill.  The  annual  cut  amounts  to  about  4,000'000  feet,  and  a 
stock  of  about  3,000,000  feet  is  carried  on  hand.  He  has  at  all  times  a  com- 
plete assortment  of  roughed  and  dressed  lumber  of  all  dimensions,  and  a  very 
large  stock  of  sash,  doors,  blinds,  ceiling,  siding  and  lath.  He  does  a  large 
business,  his  product  being  shipped  to  towns  in  Ohio,  New  York,  Pennsylvania, 
and  all  East,  as  well  as  a  considerable  trade  with  Chicago.  His  facilities  are 
unsurpassed,  and  his  reputation  the  highest,  all  his  dealings  being  character- 
ized by  uniform  fairness,  promptness  and  accuracy. 

Charles  Rimmele  &  Brother. — Dealers  in  Groceries,  Provisions 
and  Produce  ;  No.  132  North  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City  ;  telephone  No. 
905. — This  firm  was  formed  in  May,  1886,  succeeding  Mr.  William  Moye,  who 
had  been  established  for  sixteen  years.  The  firm  occupies  the  main  floor  and 
basement,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  where  the}-  earr}-  large  and  thoroughly 
diversified  stocks  of  everything  in  the  line  of  staple  and  fanc}'  groceries,  pro- 
visions of  every  description  and  all  kinds  of  produce,  giving  employment  to 
three  competent  clerks,  and  having  a  large  trade  with  the  citizens  of  the  Sagi- 
naws, as  well  as  a  considerable  patronage  from  farmers  and  others  in  the  sur- 
rounling  country.  The  goods  carried  b}-  the  firm  are  selected  with  great  care 
from  the  freshest  and  best  stock,  and  the  quality  of  the  goods,  combined  with 
the  uniformly  accurate  and  prompt  methods  of  the  firm,  have  secured  for 
them  a  first-class  reputation.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Leopold  and 
Charles  llimmcle,  both  of  whom  are  thoroughly  practical  merchants,  and 
closel}'  supervise  every  detail  of  the  business,  basing  their  claims  to  success 
upon  the  merit  of  their  stock  and  the  uniform  reliability  of  their  transactions. 

Saginaw  Beef  Company. — L.  Cornwell,  Proprietor ;  Wholesale 
Dealer  in  Swift's  Choice  Chicago  Dressed  Beef,  Live  Stock,  Dressed  Hogs, 
Mutton,  Smoked  Meats,  Etc.;  Corner  of  Potter  and  Third  streets.  East  Sagi- 
naw.— This  business,  which  represents  a  large  and  important  industr3%  was 
established  in  1883,  Mr.  Cornwell  having  a  half  interest  in  the  business,  and 
the  other  half  being  owned  by  Messrs.  G.  L.,  G.  F.  and  E.  F.  Swift,  of  Chicago. 
Two  years  ago  Mr.  Cornwell  acquired  the  entire  business,  which  he  still  con- 
ducts under  the  old  name.  Mr.  Cornwell,  who  has  been  in  the  live  stock  busi- 
ness from  his  boyhood  to  the  present  time,  is  thoroughly  practical  and  experi- 
enced in  all  departments  of  the  business  in  which  he  is  engaged,  and  possesses 
the  best  facilities  for  the  supply  of  ever}'  description  of  goods  in  his  line  to  the 
trade  throughout  the  Saginaw  Valley  and  Northern  Michigan.  The  premises 
occupied  1)}^  him  in  this  citj'^  embrace  a  building,  35x125  feet  iit  dimensions, 
the  front  part  of  which,  30x40  feet,  is  used  as  office  and  sales  rooms,  with  an 
overhead  scale  and  track.  In  the  rear  of  this  is  the  cooling  room,  35x70  feet 
in  dimensions,  with  overhead  railway,  from  which  hang  hooks  with  wheels. 
These  railways  lead  from  the  cooling  room  to  a  room  in  the  rear,  15x35  feet, 
at  the  end  of  which  the  loaded  cars  come,  and  these  emptj'  their  loads  on  to 
the  hooks,  which  are  then  run  directly  into  the  cooling  room  and  store  room, 
over  which  a  large  supply  of  ice  is  deposited.  Mr.  Cornwell  has  1,800  acres 
at  Mt.  Morris,  Mich.,  which  is  his  home,  and  where  he  has  a  large  stock  of 
about  3,000  sheep  and  300  cattle,  and  is  a  large  dealer  in  live  stock,  doing  a 
considerable  business,  shipping  to  Buffalo  and  other  eastern  points.  In  addi- 
tion to  this  establishment  Mr.  Cornwell  also  conducts  a  similar  business  at  Bay 
City,  under  the  name  of  the  Bay  City  Beef  Company,  His  business  is  very 
large,  and  he  has  agents  visiting  different  points  in  Northern  Michigan  taking 


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orders  for  goods  in  his  line.  Tlie  dressed  beef  bandied  at  the  estal)lishment  i.i 
of  the  best  quality,  being  the  product  of  the  celebrated  packing  houses  of  Swift 
&  Co.,  of  Chicago,  and  of  this  he  sells  about  300  head  per  week,  as  well  as  an 
average  of  800  hogs  and  125  sheep.  Mr.  Cornwell  is  a  gentleman  of  large 
resources,  and  the  inisurpassed  facilities  possessed  by  him  for  supplying  goods 
in  his  line,  the  thorough  accuracy  of  his  business  methods  and  his  promptness  in 
lining  orders  have  caused  the  volume  of  his  transactions  to  steadily  increase 
from  3'ear  to  3'ear. 

James  S.  Smart,  Jr.  &  Co. — Manufacturing  Confectioners,  and  Job- 
bers in  Oysters,  Fruits  and  Canned  Goods  ;  133  North  Franklin  street.  East 


MANU  F  ^      • 


Saginaw. — A  prominent  addition  to  the  larger  business  houses  of  the  Saginaws 
was  made  in  the  formation  a  year  ago  of  the  firm  of  James  S.  Smart,  Jr.  & 
Co.,  of  which  Mr.  James  S.  Smart  is  the  active  member,  and  Mr.  Gilbert  W. 
Lee,  head  of  the  well-known  Detroit  firm  of  the  D.  D.  Mallory  Co.,  is  a  special 
partner.  Prior  to  establishing  this  business  Mr.  Smart  had  been  for  a  number 
of  years  a  member  of  the  prominent  wholesale  grocery  firm  of  Symons,  Smart 
&  Co.  The  firm  occupies  a  handsome  and  commodious  three-story  and  base- 
ment building,  35x120  feet  in  dimensions,  adapted  in  ever}'  wa^'  to  the  pur- 
poses of  the  business,  and  efjuipped  witli  all  the  necessary  machiner}-  and 
plant  for  the  manufacture  of  confectionery,  and  employment  is  given  to  a  force 
of  twent}'  skilled  and  competent  workmen  and  assistants,  while  three  traveling 
salesmen  represent  the  firm  in  its  trade  terrritor^",  embracing  the  country  from 
Flint  to  Manistee  and  Cheboygan,  points  on  the  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  rail- 
road, Alpena,  and  all  along  the  shore  ;  in  fact,  all  the  northern  portion  of  Mich- 
igan. They  manufacture  all  kinds  of  candies  and  confections,  and  in  addition 
are  large  jobbers  in  oysters,  fruits  and  canned  goods  of  ever}'  decription,  in 


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which  their  stock  is  unsurpassed  in  quality,  and  in  steadily  growing  demand 
by  the  trade.  The  inception  of  the  business  has  been  marked  by  a  gratifying- 
success,  and  the  superior  reputation  held  b}'  the  members  of  the  firm  with  the 
trade,  its  first-class  facilities  and  the  promptness  and  accuracy  of  the  methods 
upon  which  its  business  is  conducted,  will  doubtless  secure  for  it  a  still  greater 
increase  in  the  volume  of  its  business. 

J.  H.  Benjamin. — Wholesale  Manufacturer  of  Concord  Buggies  ;  318, 
320  and  322  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Benjamin  established  this 
business  in  1870,  since  which  time  his  trade  has  grown,  and  he  has  steadily  in- 
creased his  facilities  until  he  now  has  one  of  the  most  completely  equipped  es- 
tablishments of  the  kind  in  the  State.  He  occupies  a  two-story  brick  building, 
75x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  gives  employment  to-  a  force  ranging  from  ten 
to  fifteen  men  in  the  manufacture  of  everything  in  the  carriage-making  and 
blacksmithing  line,  except  horseshoeing,  and  enjoys  an  unsurpassed  reputation 
for  the  great  superioril}'  of  all  the  work  produced  at  his  establisJiment.  He 
makes  a  specialty  of  the  manufacture  of  Concord  buggies,  in  which  his  trade  is 
not  confined  to  local  bounds,  but  extends  to  all  parts  of  the  country  ;  he  having 
sent  his  Concord  buggies  as  far  west  as  C/alifornia,  south  to  Florida  and  east  to 
New  Jersey.  In  his  general  line  of  wagons,  carriages,  etc.,  he  does  a  la,rge 
business  with  the  people  of  the  Saginaw  Valley  and  the  Northern  Peninsula, 
and  is  at  all  times  kept  busy,  owing  to  the  high  reputation  which  he  has  built 
up  for  uniformly  reliable  and  superior  work.  He  is  prepared  to  fill  all  orders 
for  every  description  of  work  in  his  line  with  accurecy  and  despatch,  and  close- 
1}^  supervises  all  the  details  of  his  business,  so  as  to  maintain  intact  the  high 
repute  which  good  work  and  honorable  dealings  have  secured  for  him. 

Linton  Manufacturing  Co. — Aaron  Linton,  President ;  Amasa  Rust, 
Vice  President ;  W.  S.  Linton,  Treasurer  ;  C.  E.  Linton,  Secretary  ;  Wholesale 
Dealers  in  and  Manufacturers  of  Lumber,  Salt  and  Packing  Boxes  ;  Jefferson 
street,  near  Washington  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Aaron  l^inton  has  long 
been  identified  with  the  lumber  manufacturing  industry  of  the  Saginaws,  hav- 
ing originally  come  to  this  city  in  1858,  from  which  time  until  1870  he  held 
the  position  of  foreman  in  Curtis  &  King's  saw  mill,  and  in  1870  started  in 
business  for  himself,  building  a  large  saw  mill  on  the  F.  &  P.  M.  Railroad, 
which  he  conducted  for  three  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  the  mill  was 
destroyed  by  fire.  He  then  returned  to  Saginaw  City  and  built  a  planing  mill, 
which  was  burned  six  years  afterward,  but  which  was  immediately  rebuilt,  Mr. 
Linton  associating  with  himself  his  sons,  William  S.  and  Charles  E.  Linton, 
under  the  firm  name  of  A.  Linton  &  Sons.  They  conducted  a  prosperous 
business  until  May  28,  of  the  present  year,  when  again  their  property  was 
destroyed  by  fire.  After  this  a  site  was  purchased  in  the  Fifth  Ward,  covering 
ten  acres  near  the  old  race  track,  bounded  on  the  east  by  Jeflferson  street, 
north  by  the  St.  Clair  branch  of  the  F.  &  P.  M.  R.  R.,  Washington  avenue  be- 
ing near  by  on  the  west,  and  on  the  south  the  Toledo,  Saginaw  &  Mackinaw 
Railroad  now  in  course  of  construction.  The  present  company  was  incor- 
porated in  August  with  a  capital  stock  of  $50,000,  and  the  mill  and  other 
buildings  erected.  The  main  building  is  a  two-story  structure,  58x160  feet  in 
dimensions,  with  a  detached  brick  building,  22  feet  to  the  east  of  it  and  44x58 
feet  in  area,  wh'ch  is  utilized  for  a  boiler  and  engine  room.  Just  north  of  the 
mill  is  a  steam  salt  block,  48x172  feet  in  dimensions,  and  a  drill  house.  The 
mill  is  completely  equipped  with  all  the  most  highly  improved  machiner}-  and 
appliances  adapted  to  the  manufacture  of  rough  and  dressed  lumber  and  box 
shooks,  including  one  engine  of  175  horse-power ;  two  boilers,  5^x17  ;  two  of 
S.  A.  Wood's  14-iuch   fast  feed  planers  ;  two  flooring  machines  ;  one  27-inch 


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double  surfacer  and  matcher ;  one  10-inch  moulder  ;  two  pony  planers  ;  one 
Joslin  segment  saw,  50-inch  ;  one  36-inch  Benjamin  &  Fischer  re-saw  ;  one 
Williamsport  gang  edger  ;  one  S.  A.  Wood  power  feed  rip  saw  ;  one  Wright's 
automatic  cut-off  saw  ;  one  combination  cut  off  and  rip  saw  ;  four*saw  tables, 
with  14x16  inch  saws  for  cutting  boxes,  and  two  rip  saws.  The  upper  floor, 
which  is  devoted  to  the  manufacture  of  box  shooks,  is  ecjuipped  with  all  the 
special  machinery  adapted  to  that  branch  of  manufacture.  The  planing 
capacity  of  the  mill  is  125,000  feet  per  day,  and  that  for  the  manufacture  of 
boxes  from  60,000  to  70,000  per  week.  Employment  is  given  throughout  the 
3'ear  to  a  force  of  100  workmen  and  the  firm  does  a  large  business,  appropriate 
"to  the  extent  of  its  facilities  and  resources.  The  great  soap  manufacturing 
firm  of  Proctor  &  Gamble,  of  Cincinnati,  are  stockholders  in  the  company',  and 
the  soap  boxes  used  b}'  the  firm  are  manufactured  by  this  compan}'.  The  salt 
product  of  the  company  has  been  all  contracted  for,  and  therefore  does  not  go 
on  the  market.  Mr.  Aaron  Linton,  President  of  the  compau}-,  is  thoroughl}"^ 
experienced  in  all  the  departments  of  the  business  of  lumber  manufacture,  in 
which  he  has  been  engaged  for  over  thirt}'  ^-ears,  and  Mr.  Amasa  Rust,  Vice- 
President,  is  well  known  as  one  of  the  most  prominent  lumber  manufacturers 
and  owners  of  pine  lands  in  the  State.  Mr.  W.  S.  Jiinton,  Treasurer  of  the 
compan}',  is  a  prominent  and  popular  citizen,  and  has  served  two  terms  of  two 
years  each  as  Alderman  from  the  Seventh  Ward,  and  last  fall  was  elected  as 
a  Representative  of  the  State  Legislature  from  the  Second  District  on  the 
Republican  ticket,  and  served  this  conscituency  with  honor  and  efficiency. 
Mr.  Charles  E.  Linton,  Secretary  of  the  company,  has  had  a  complete  business 
training,  and  his  attainments  are  such  as  to  fit  him  for  the  duties  of  the 
position  which  he  fills.  These  gentlemen,  with  Messrs.  C.  A.  Rust,  of  Saginaw, 
and  J.  W.  Donnell}-,  of  Cmcinnati,  form  the  Board  of  Directors.  The  firm 
has  a  substantial  standing,  starting  out  with  every  prerequisite  to  success,  and 
the  merit  of  its  product  and  systematic  methods  upon  which  its  business  is 
conducted  will  doubtless  secure  the  prosperity  of  the  enterprise. 

John  G.  Schemm. — Brewer  and  Bottler  of  Lager  Beer  and  Manufac- 
turer of  Ginger  Ale,  Etc.;    North  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — This  is  an 


old  established  and  well-known  brewery,  having  been  started  in    1866  l)y  the 
firm  of  Schemm  &  Gruhler.      In  1869  Charles  Schoenheit  bought  the  interest 


104  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


of  Mr.  Grubler,  and  the  firm  became  Schemm  and  Schoenheit,  and  as  such  was 
conducted  until  1881,  since  which  time  Mr.  John  Gr.  Schemm  has  conducted  it 
as  sole  proprietor.  Great  improvements  and  additions  have  been  made  to  the 
brewer}'  frftm  time  to  time,  and  as  now  conducted  it  comprises  a  three-story 
l>uilding,  130x100  feet  in  dimensions,  with  bottling  works  and  ollice  30x100 
feet,  all  of  white  brick.  The  brewery  is  completely  equipped  with  all  the 
modern'  plant  and  appliances  adapted  to  the  business,  and  contains  three  large 
and  well  built  cellars,  large  grain  storage  and  malt  rooms,  di*y  kilns,  etc. 
Nothing  but  hops  and  malt  is  used  in  the  manufacture  of  the  superior  beer 
produced  at  this  establishment,  and  which  enjoys  the  favor  of  consumers,  on 
account  of  its  uniform  purity  and  excellence,  and  the  7,000  barrels  of  the  pro- 
duct annualh' produced  at  the  establishment  is  all  required  by  the  local  demand. 
Up  to  the  present  Mr.  Schemm  has  used  ice  for  refrigerating  purposes,  but  as 
that  takes  up  too  much  room,  it  is  his  intention  to  put  in  a  refrigerating 
machine,  which  will  give  him  enlarged  space  and  afford  him  an  opportunit}^  to 
increase  his  capacity.  Fifteen  hands  are  employed  and  eight  horses  utilized 
in  the  business,  and  Mr.  Schemm,  who  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  experi- 
enced brewer,  enjoys  the  prosperity  which  comes  from  a  superior  qualit}'  of 
goods,  and  uniform  reliability  of  business  conduct. 

Brand  &  Hardin. — Manufacturers  of  Roller  Process  Flour  ;  also  Man- 
ufacturers of  Shingles  and  Salt  ;  Corner  of  Water  and  Mackinaw  Streets,  Sag- 
inaw City. — This  well  known  and  prosperous  firm  was  originally  established  in 
1879,  the  members  being  Messrs.  J.  F.  Brand  and  A.  C.  Hardin.  They  occupy 
a  spacious  and  complete  flour  mill,  four  stories  high,  and  80x100  feet  in  di- 
mensions, in  which  the}''  have  all  the  necessary  machinery  and  appliances  for 
the  manufacture  of  flour  of  superior  quality  b}'^  the  roller  process,  and  have  re- 
cently made  an  addition  for  a  feed  mill,  into  which  they  are  now  putting  a 
complete  outfit  of  roller  process  machinery.  The  flour  mill  has  a  capacity  for 
the  manufacture  of  200  barrels  of  flour  daily,  and  the  firm  have  a  salt  block  ad- 
joining, with  a  capacity  for  the  manufacture  of  13,000  barrels  per  annum,  and 
a  shingle  mill  in  the  rear  of  these  premises,  in  which  they  cut  3,000,000 
shingles  per  season.  Their  whole  premises  cover  an  area  of  150x225  feet, 
fronting  on  the  railroad  tracks  of  the  Michigan  Central  Railroad,  and  running 
back  to  complete  docks  on  the  river  fiont.  The  firm  have  four  engines,  75, 
35,  25  and  15  horse  power,  respectively,  using  two  large  boilers,  antl  piaking 
salt  from  exhaust  steam,  thereby  securing  great  eoonom}^  in  the  expense  of 
their  salt  manufacture.  In  their  flour  mill  a  force  of  eighteen  men  and  three 
horses  are  employed,  and  they  have  twent3-five  men  employed  in  their  shingle 
mill  and  salt  works.  The  trade  of  the  firm  is  very  large,  and  so  celebrated  are 
their  brands  of  '•  Gold  Medal,"  "  O.  K.  Roller  Patent,"  "  Standard  "  and  '*  Pur- 
itan," that  the  local  demand,  and  that  of  the  northern  portion  of  Michigan, 
calls  for  their  entire  product.  In  shingles  their  trade  is  mainly  in  the  States 
of  Ohio  and  New  York,  while  their  salt  is  sold  through  the  medium  of  the 
Michigan  Salt  Association.  Messrs.  Brand  &  Ilardin  are  energetic  business 
men,  thoroughly  understanding  all  the  departments  of  the  business  in  which 
the}'  are  engaged,  and  supervising  all  its  operations  with  good  judgment,  deal- 
ing with  the  trade  upon  fair  and  accurate  methods,  which  have  secured  for 
them  a  high  place  and  a  constantly  growing  trade  and  prosperity. 

Singer  Manufacturing  Company.— J.  0.  Charlcbois,  Agent ;  512 
Genesee  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — The  uneciualled  extent  of  the  operations  of 
the  Singer  Sewing  Machine  Company,  the  large  amount  of  its  output,  the  great 
volume  of  its  sales  and  the  undiminished  popularity  of  its  machines  render 
this  corporation  the  most  important  of  all  those  engaged  in  the  manufacture 


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of  sewing  machines.  The  trade  of  the  company  extends  to  all  parts'  of  the 
civilized  world,  and  agencies  are  maintained  in  all  the  principal  cities  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada,  as  well  as  in  Europe  and  Australia.  h\  East  Sagi- 
naw the  Singer  Manufacturing  Company  has  had  an  oUice  for  over  twenty 
years,  and  this  oMice  has,  since  March  last,  been  in  the  experienced  charge  of 
Mr.  J.  O.  Charlebois,  who  came  to  this  city  from  Traverse  Cit}-,  where  he  had 
been  engaged  as  agent  for  this  company,  prior  to  which  he  was  similarly  en- 
gaged at  Muskegon,  Mich.  The  Singer  machine  has  always  kept  ahead  of  its 
competitors  by  being  the  first  to  introduce  valuable  improvements  in  mechanism, 
and  the  new  vSinger  machine  is  to-day  in  the  lead,  and  unsurpassed  in  its  per- 
fect adaptation  to  all  domestic  uses  to  which  a  sewing  machine  can  be  put. 
The  East  Saginaw  business  of  the  company  covers  some  twenty-nine  counties 
along  the  Michigan  Central  and  Lake  Shore,  and  also  extends  in  the  Upper 
i'euinsula  to  the  Sault  and  Schoolcraft  Count}-.  Employment  is  given  in  this 
district  to  a  force  of  sixty  salesmen  and  assistants,  and  from  2,500  to  3,000 
machines  per  year  are  sold  from  this  office.  The  business  of  the  branch  is 
prospering  under  the  careful  and  efficient  management  of  Mr.  Charlebois, 
whose  close  attention  to  the  interests  of  his  principals  and  zeal  in  making 
known  the  merits  of  these  machines  has  resulted  in  a  largel}'  accelerated  trade 
in  the  territory  assigned  to  his  charge. 

Kimball  &  Merriam. — Lumber  Dealers  ;  Office  and  Yard,  1901  South 
Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City,— This  firm,  of  whcih  Messrs.  R.  Kimball  and 
N.  Merriam  are  the  individual  members,  was  established  three  j-ears  ago,  since 
which  time  they  have  enjoyed  a  large  and  steadily  growing  trade  as  dealers  in 
every  kind  of  rough  and  dressed  lumber,  which  they  purchase  on  the  docks 
from  local  manufactures,  and  in  which  they  do  a  large  trade,  handling  about 
12,000,000  feet  per  annum,  and  shipping  to  all  eastern  and  southern  and  some 
western  markets  in  car  load  lots.  The  firm  has  conveniently  arranged  and 
commodious  yards  covering  eight  blocks,  located  on  both  the  Michigan  Cen- 
tral and  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  railroads,  with  railroad  tracks  throughout  the 
premises,  giving  them  unsurpassed  facilities  for  the  receipt,  handling  and 
shipment  of  lumber  of  every  description.  They  'carry  very  large  stocks  of 
lumber  of  all  lengths  and  dimensions  in  their  yard,  and  give  employment  to  a 
force  ranging  from  thirty  to  forty  men.  Both  members  of  the  firm  have  long 
been  connected  with  the  lumber  interests  of  the  Valley,  and  by  uniformly  cor- 
i-ect  and  reliable  business  methods,  have  commended  themselves  to  the  favor 
of  the  trade  throughout  the  country,  and  have  prospered  to  a  gratifying  degree 
in  their  enterprise. 

Ernst  Wilke.— Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  Meat  Market ;  Fresh  and  Salt 
-Meats,  Sausages,  Etc.;  504  Potter  street.  East  Saginaw. — This  business  was 
established  six  years  ago  by  iNIr.  Wilke.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  store 
embrace  a  handsome  two- story  brick  building,  35x75  feet  in  dimensions,  in 
which  is  an  ice  chest  in  the  rear,  20x20  feet.  Here  is  carried  at  all  times  a 
large  stock  and  complete  assortment  of  the  best  quality  of  goods  in  the  lines 
of  fresh  and  salt  meats  of  every  description,  all  kinds  of  sausages,  turkeys, 
chickens,  etc.,  and  the  careful  selection  made  of  the  stock,  and  the  thorough 
correctness  and  reliability  of  all  the  dealings  of  Mr.  Wilke  have  secured  for 
his  store  a  prominent  place  in  the  confidence  of  the  people  of  the  city,  and  he 
does  a  large  and  steadily  growing  business.  The  premises  are  well  equipped, 
and  Mr.  Wilke,  who  is  thoroughly  acquainted  with  all  the  details  of  the 
Itusiness  and  supervises  them  with  a  steady  endeavor  to  satisfy  his  customers, 
is  enjoying  a  thriving  trade,  which  he  has  fairly  earned  by  close  attention  to 


106  The  Industries  of  the  Saoinaws. 

business.  He  renders  his  own  lard  and  dresses  all  meats,  etc.,  that  are  used 
to  supply  his  trade,  and  he  contemplates  adding  in  a  short  time  a  large  power 
sausage  machine  with  a  capacity  of  over  two  thousand  pounds  per  da}'. 

Avery  &  Co. — Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Rough  and  Dressed 
Lumlter,  Lath,  Shingles,  Etc. ;  Hayden  street,  corner  of  Franklin  street,  East 
Saginaw. — This  prominent  manufacturing  establishment  was  started  six  years 
ago  by  the  firm  of  Cooper  &  Avery,  by  whom  it  was  conducted  until  two  years 
ago,  since  which  time  Mr.  Waldo  0.  Aver}'  has  been  the  sole  proprietor.  The 
main  yard  and  mill  occupies  Hayden  street  from  Franklin  to  Cass  street,  about 
220  feet  deep.  The  planing  mill  and  sash,  door  and  blind  factory  occupies  a 
brick  structure,  three  stories  high,  and  120x50  feet  in  dimensions,  with  an 
engine  and  boiler  house  extension,  50x60  feet,  and  (toiiveniently  located  with 
railroad  tracks  on  both  sides,  facilitating  the  handling  and  shipment  of  raw 
material  and  manufactured  product.  On  the  premises  is  a  large  shed  for  the 
storage  of  fine  dressed  lumber,  210x25  feet  in  dimensions.  The  works  are 
equipped  with  all  the  latest  and  most  highl}'  improved  machinery  adapted  to 
the  business,  and  in  them  is  dressed  10,000,000  feet  of  lumber  per  annum. 
The  firm  keeps  on  hand  at  all  times  a  large  supply  and  complete  assortment, 
in  all  dimensions,  of  rough  and  dressed  lumber,  lath,  shingles,  fiooring,  siding, 
ceiling,  mouldings,  sash,  doors,  stair  work,  frames,  etc.  A  force  of  sixt}'  hands 
is  employed,  and  the  product  of  the  works  is  noted  for  its  superior  quality, 
which  has  secured  for  it  a  trade  covering  all  points  east  and  south,  the  product 
being  shipped  over  the  Michigan  Central  and  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  railroads. 
Perfect  system  is  maintained  in  all  the  operations  of  the  business,  the  manu- 
facturing departments  being  under  the  practical  and  experienced  supervision 
of  Mr.  W.  T.  Cooper  as  general  superintendent.  Mr.  Avery  is  one  of  the  lead- 
ing business  men  of  the  city,  and  in  addition  to  the  proprietorship  of  this 
business,  is  a  member  of  the  prominent  firm  of  McCausland  &  Co.,  wholesale 
grocers  and  proprietors  of  the  Valley  Spice  Mills.  He  justl}'  enjoys  the 
approval  and  patronage  of  the  trade  as  a  result  of  uniform  accuracy  in  his 
business  methods,  and  has  earned  a  gi'eat  and  steadily  growing  success. 

Wickes  Brothers. — Manufacturers  of  the  Celebrated  Wickes  Gang, 
and  All  Kinds  of  Heavy  Mill  Machinery ;  512  North  Water  street,  East  Sagi- 
naw.— This  prominent  and  repi-esentative  firm  was  originally  established  in 
1860  by  Messrs.  Henry  D.  and  Edward  N.  Wickes,  who  were  later  joined  by 
Messrs.  Harry  T.  and  William  J.  Wickes,  these  four  gentlemen  now  composing 
the  firm.  Their  machine  shop  is  130x50  feet  in  dimensions,  with  an  L  60x70 
feet.  It  is  completely  outfitted  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery 
adapted  to  the  business,  including  twelve  lathes,  the  largest  of  which  will  take 
a  28-foot  shaft,  a  lioring  mill  with  a  78-inch  wheel,  ten  large  planers,  hanging 
and  rotar}'  drills,  swinging  tables,  stationary  and  traveling  cranes,  etc.  Their 
foundry,  which  is  a  continuation  of  the  L,  is  60x80  feet  in  dimensions,  and  has 
the  largest  cupola  in  the  State,  holding  eight  tons.  Their  pattern  shop,  in 
which  they  carry  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  patterns,  is  a  two-story  build- 
ing, 50x75  feet,  and  their  ofiices  and  mill  supplv  department  occupy  a  two- 
stoiy  building,  65x50  feet,  with  a  large  warehouse  and  shipping  department  in 
the  rear.  Here  they  deal  in  and  carry  large  stocks  and  full  lines  of  everything 
in  mill  supplies,  wrought  iron  pipe  fittings  for  steam,  gas  and  water,  belting, 
packing,  steam  pumps,  governors,  inspirators  and  all  steam  heating  apparatus. 
Their  works,  with  a  large  yard  in  the  center,  cover  about  a  block,  and  the,y 
have  an  extra  warehouse  for  surplus  stock  further  up  the  street.  Employment 
is  given  to  a  force  of  one  hundred  hands,  and  in  their  works  they  manufacture 
all  kinds  of  heavy  mill  machinery,  making  a  specialty  of  the  Wickes'  Improved 


TiiK  Industries  of  the  Saoinaws.  107 

Iron  1^'rame  Gano;  iMill,  which  is  so  designed  and  proportioned  as  to  insure 
durable  anil  continued  movement  at  the  highest  speed,  safely  increasing  the 
quantit}'  and  improving  the  quality  of  work  done,  and  admitting  at  the  same 
time  of  the  use  of  tliiinier  saws  and  the  carrying  of  heavier  feed  than  is 
practical  in  other  machines.  This  mill  has  ol)tained  the  approval  of  lumber 
manufacturers  in  all  parts  of  the  Union  and  Canada  where  lumber  is  cut,  and 
occasional  orders  are  also  received  from  foreign  countries.  Over  300  of  these 
mills  are  now  in  use,  and  the  firm  enjoys  a  constantly  growing  patronage  as 
the  merits  of  their  mills  become  known  over  a  wider  range.  All  the  opera- 
tions of  the  works  are  conducted  upon  perfect  and  accurate  S3-stem,  ami  the 
firm  enjoys  the  approval  of  the  trade,  as  a  result  both  of  the  merit  of  their 
work  and  the  reliable  methods  upon  which  their  dealings  are  conducted. 

Eaton,  Potter  &  Go, — Manufacturers,  and  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Dealers  in  Lumber,  Lath  and  Salt  ;  Mill  at  foot  of  Center  street,  South 
Saginaw  ;  Office,  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — No  names  are  more  prom- 
inently- connected  with  the  development  of  the  lumber  industry  of  the  Saginaw 
Valley  than  those  of  the  gentlemen  composing  this  firm,  including  Messrs.  I). 
L.  C.  Eaton,  Fred.  H.  i*otter,  George  L.  Burrows  and  L.  Burrows.  The 
business  now  conducted  by  this  firm  is  an  old  one,  having  been  originally 
founded  by  Mr.  John  Gallagher,  who  built  the  original  mill  in  1853,  and  who 
cut  in  that  year  1,500,000  feet  of  lumber.  The  premises  were  acquired  by 
the  present  firm  in  1873,  since  which  time  vast  additions  and  great  improve- 
ments have  been  made  to  the  area  of  the  premises,  the  building  and  plant,  and 
they  now  occupy  as  a  mill  building  a  two-story  structure,  100x150  feet  in 
dimensions,  completely  equipped  with  all  the  latest  and  most  highly  improved 
machinery  and  appliances  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  the  business, 
including  two  engines,  18x20  and  18x30  respectively,  six  boilers,  5x16  each, 
and  all  the  necessary  saw  mill  machinery  for  the  production  of  lumber  upon 
the  most  modern  principles  ;  each  device  for  expediting  the  operations,  im- 
proving the  product  or  facilitating  the  work  of  manufacture  being  employed. 
In  addition  to  the  lumber  manufacturing  plant,  the  firm  have  complete  salt 
works,  salt  block,  drill  house,  etc.,  and  have  an  annual  product  of  17,000 
barrels,  while  their  lumber  product  will  amount  to  about  15,000.000  feet  of 
lumber,  1,000,000  laths,  800,000  staves,  500,000  sets  of  heading  and  a  large 
quantity  of  pickets,  etc.  The  capacity  of  the  mill  is  for  90,000  feet  of 
lumljer  per  day.  Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  seventy-five  workmen, 
and  the  lumber  product  is  sold  to  all  markets  of  the  East  and  South,  while 
the  salt  product  is  disposed  of  through  the  medium  of  the  Michigan  Salt 
Association.  The  members  of  this  firm  are  prominently  identified  with  other 
important  business  enterprises  of  the  Saginaw  Valley,  Mr.  D.  L.  C.  Eaton 
being  also  a  member  of  the  firms  of  Bust,  Eaton  &  Co.,  and  George  L, 
Burrows  &  Co.;  Mr.  Fred.  H.  Potter  also  being  of  the  firm  of  George  L. 
Burrows  .t  Co.,  and  .Mr.  George  L.  Burrows  being  of  the  firms  of  Burrows  & 
Bust;  Bust,  Eaton  &  Co.,  and  the  head  of  the  old  and  substantial  banking 
firm  of  George  L.  Burrows  &  Co.  All  the  operations  of  the  works  are  con- 
ducted upon  a  perfect  and  accurate  system,  the  resources  of  the  firm  are  in 
every  respect  ample,  its  facilities  without  a  superior  and  its  success  the 
merited  result  of  the  combination  of  all  these  advantages. 

J  B.  TeaL— Wholesale  and  Betail  Meat  and  Vegetable  Market ;  2700 
South  Washington  avenue.  South  Saginaw. — This  is  an  old  established  busi- 
ness, having  been  started  fifteen  years  ago  by  Mr.  J.  B.  Teal.  lie  carries  a 
large  and  completely  assorted  stock  of  the  choicest  meats,  poultry,  butter, 
cheese,  eggs,  canned    goods,  buckwheat  flour,  oysters,  and  all  vegetables  in 


108  The  Industries  op  the  Saoinaws. 

season,  and  not  only  has  a  large  trade  in  South  Saginaw,  but  has  also  secured 
a  considerable  patronage,  which  is  steadily  expanding,  in  ICast  Saginaw  and 
Saginaw  Cit}-.  He  does  a  large  business,  supplying  other  dealers  with  dressed 
ineats,  smoked  hams,  and  every  description  of  sausages,  etc.  The  thoroughly 
accurate  and  accommodating  business  methods  upon  which  he  conducts  his 
business,  the  great  care  taken  by  him  in  the  selection  of  his  stock  and  the 
promptness  of  his  delivery  have  secured  for  his  establishment  a  reputation 
second  to  none  in  the  Saginaws.  Not  only  is  his  stock  of  fresh  meats  com- 
posed of  the  choicest  to  be  found  in  the  markets,  but  in  salt  meats,  hams,  etc., 
his  stock  is  of  superior  excellence,  as  Mr.  Teal  packs  sufficient  of  these  goods 
in  the  winter  to  supply  his  trade  throughout  the  seassn.  He  employs  a  com- 
plete force  of  assistants,  and  by  thorough  reliability  and  constant  endeavor  to 
please  his  customers  throughout  his  long  and  honorable  business  history,  he 
has  achieved  a  first-class  reputation  and  a  steadily  increasing  prosperity.  In  a 
shoit  time  he  will  increase  his  capacity  for  jobbing  by  adding  a  large  power 
chopper  to  be  devoted  exclusively  to  the  sausage  department. 

Lou.   Gr.  Moore. — Druggist ;  Washington    and   Gratiot  streets  ;  Sagi- 
naw.  This  well  known  and  popular  stand  has  been  for  fifteen  years  conducted 

as  a  drug  establishment,  having  been  originally  occupied  by  Mr.  William  Moll, 
who  was  bought  out  by  Mr,  A.  L.  Moore,  a  brother  of  the  present  proprietor, 
in  1880,  and  was  conducted  by  him  until  Mr.  Lou.  Gr.  Moore  succeeded  to  the 
business  two  years  ago.  The  store  is  eligibly  located  at  the  corner  of  Wash- 
ington and  Gratiot  streets,  having  an  entrance  on  both  streets,  and  Mr.  Moore 
carries  a  large  and  completely  diversified  stock  of  everything  in  the  line  of 
drugs  and  chemicals,  approved  proprietary  medicines  and  druggists'  sundries 
of  every  description,  in  addition  to  which  Mr.  Moore  makes  his  own  extracts, 
as  well  as  a  number  of  specialties,  which  have  acquired  a  merited  celebrity  for 
their  superior  quality.  The  store  enjoys  a  first-class  reputation  for  the  ac- 
curate and  careful  manner  in  which  prescriptions  are  compounded  from  the 
best  and  purest  materials,  and  Mr  Moore  has  a  large  business  in  the  city,  as 
well  as  a  considerable  trade  from  farmers  and  others  in  the  surrounding 
country.  The  merit  of  his  stock  and  the  close  attention  paid  by  him  to  all 
the  details  of  the  business  have  caused  his  enterprise  to  become  a  successful 
one. 

Brown  &  Ryan. — Dealers  in  Lumber,  Logs  and  Shingles;  Yard  at 
Jackson,  Lansing  &  Saginaw  Railroad  crossing ;  Mill,  west  end  of  Johnson 
street  bridge. — Among  the  firms  engaged  as  dealers  in  lumber,  logs  and 
shingles,  that  of  Brown  &  llyan,  formed  two  years  ago,  is  one  of  the  most 
active  and  prosperous.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Addison  T. 
Brown  and  William  Kyan.  They  own  and  operate  a  mill  at  the  west  end  of 
the  Johnson  street  bridge,  occupying  a  building,  80x150  feet  in  dimensions, 
and  equipped  with  a  60  horse-power  engine  and  two  5x16  boilers,  running  a 
circular  saw  and  all  accessary-  machinery,  and  making  aliout  75,000  feet  of 
pine  lumber  per  day  during  the  season,  which  they  ship  to  Chicago  and  Ohio 
and  eastern  ports.  In  addition  to  this  business  of  the  manufacture  of  pino 
lumber,  the  firm  also  largely  deals  in  hardwood  and  Norway  pine  and  have  a 
yard  for  car  shipments  located  at  the  Jiickson,  Lansing  &  Saginaw  Railway 
crossing,  where  they  carry  a  stock  of  about  7,000,000  feet  of  lumber,  and  give 
employment  to  twelve  men.  In  addition  to  this  lousiness  they  are  largely  en- 
gaged in  lumbering  on  the  Tobacco  River,  where  Mr.  Brown  owns  extensive 
tracts  of  pine  and  farm  lands,  and  carries  on  large  operations  in  cutting, 
rafting  and  delivering  lumber.  The  saw  mill  premises  are  eligibly  loc^ated, 
occupying  one  of  the  best  sites  on  the  river,  and  in  addition  to  the  main  build- 


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ing  includes  a  large  barn,  offices,  docks,  piling  grounds,  etc.,  the  whole  plant 
covering  about  thirty-  acres,  and  besides  their  own  shipping  business  the  firm 
does  a  large  local  trade,  employing  altogether  about  ninety  hands,  and  utilizing 
about  twenty  horses  in  the  various  departments  of  their  business.  liotli  mem- 
bers are  practical  men  and  supervise  their  affiiirs  in  a  manner  conducive  to 
success,  the  correct  S3'stem  upon  which  they  conduct  their  affairs  having 
secured  for  them  a  great  and  growing  prosperity. 

J.  H.  Shackleton.— Roller  Mills  ;  Manufacturer  of  Flour,  Meal,  Feed, 
Etc. ;  Mills,  corner  of  (Jratiot  and  Lyon  streets,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Shackle- 
ton  inaugurated  this  enterprise  eight  years  ago,  and  has  since  carried  it  on  in 
such  a  manner  as  to  commend  himself  to  the  approbation  and  patronage  of 
the  people  of  the  Saginaw  Valle}',  and  has  achieved  such  a  success  that  an  in- 
erease  of  his  facilities  became  an  imperative  necessity,  and  during  the  present 
year  he  has  remodeled  and  improved  his  mill,  adding  an  extra  story  to  the 
main  building,  building  an  extension,  and  putting  in  a  full  roller  process 
throughout.  The  mill  as  now  operated  embraces  a  three-story  building,  30xG() 
feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  new  extension  30x25  feet,  and  a  boiler  house  at  the 
side,  20x25  feet,  containing  a  50  horse-power  engine,  fed  by  a  boiler  with  a 
four-foot  shell  and  fourteen  feet  in  length.  Mr.  Shackleton  gives  steady  em- 
ployment to  six  hands  and  two  teams,  and  the  products  of  his  mills  are  justly 
celebrated  for  their  supeiior  quality,  his  brands  "Favorite,"  "  Golden  (lem  ' 
and  "  White  Rose"  roller  floor  being  standards  of  excellence  in  qualit}-.  lie 
also  manufactures  fine  and  coarse  meal,  rye,  graham  and  buckwheat  flour.  No. 
1  and  2  feed  bran,  middlings,  etc.,  and  deals  in  corn,  oats  iind  screenings.  He 
carries  at  all  times  a  large  stock,  and  does  a  very  large  business  in  the  city  and 
surrounding  country,  dealing  with  all  upon  reliable  methods,  and  maintaining 
a  standing  not  excelled  by  an}'  firm  in  its  line  in  the  State.  Hon.  John  li. 
Shackleton  is  a  citizen  who  is  highly  esteemed  and  justly  regarded  as  a  repre- 
sentative man  who  has  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  Saginaw  City.  He  is 
now  serving  the  people  as  Mayor  and  fills  that  ofBcewith  honor  to  himself  and 
credit  to  the  cit}-,  discharging  its  duties  in  a  conscientious  and  efficient  manner. 

E.  Schoeneberg. — Fire  Insurance  and  Real  Estate  Agent ;  Taylor 
House  Block,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Schoeneberg  has  been  engaged  in  his  present 
business  for  the  past  four  years,  prior  to  which  he  had  been  City  Treasurer  for 
a  number  of  years.  Since  embarking  in  his  present  enterprise  he  has,  In- 
close attention  to  all  the  details  of  the  business,  built  up  a  pronounced  and 
gratifying  success  in  all  the  departments  of  a  legitimate  real  estate  business, 
to  which  he  attends  with  a  promptness  and  fidelity  which  has  commended  him 
to  a  large  patronage  among  the  leading  propert}'  owners  of  Saginaw  county. 
He  deals  largely  in  real  estate  on  his  own  account  and  for  his  clients,  and  is 
also  busily  engaged  in  his  insurance  agency,  representing  a  number  of  the 
leading  and  most  substantial  insurance  corporations  of  the  countr}-,  including 
in  fire  insurance  the  Orient,  of  Hartford,  with  a  capital  of  $1,000,000,  assets  of 
$1,604,486,  and  a  net  surplus  of  $132,186  ;  the  I'rovidence-Washington,  of 
Rhode  Island,  one  of  the  oldest  and  strongest  insurance  corporations  of  the 
country,  having  been  founded  in  1799,  and  which  has  a  capital  of  $400, ()(»(•, 
assets  of  $1,025,804,  and  a  net  surplus  of  $M3,677  ;  the  Teutonia  Fire  and 
Marine,  of  Dayton,  ().,  capital,  $100,000,  assets,  $374,858,  and  a  net  surplus  of 
$208,183  ;  the  Ohio,  of  Dayton,  with  a  capital  of  $150,000  assets,  $244,2(Mi, 
and  surplus  as  regards  polic\-  holders  of  $202,609  :  the  Girard,  of  Philadel- 
phia, capital,  $300,000,  assets,  $1,357,468,  and  a  surplus  of  $883,869  ;  also 
the  Cincinnati  linderwriters',  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  substantial  of  the 
insurance  companies   of  the  country.     In   life   insurance    he    represents    the 


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Northwestern  Mutual  Life,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  the  strongest  of  the  Western 
companies,  and  one  which  does  the  largest  life  insurance  business  in  Michigan  ; 
and  in  accident  insurance  he  represents  the  American  Accident,  of  New  York, 
one  of  the  most  substantial  of  accident  companies.  Through  these  first-class 
and  well-known  corporations  Mr.  Schoeneberg  is  prepared  to  write  safe  insur- 
ance at  the  lowest  rates,  and  as  a  consequence  of  the  uniform  fairness  and 
accurac}-  of  his  dealings,  he  does  a  very  large  business  in  this  department, 
which  is  steadily  growing.  Mr.  Schoeneberg  is  agent  for  the  Ro3'al  Belgium 
and  Roj'al  Netherland  lines  of  mail  steamers,  and  is  pi'epared  to  issue  passage 
tickets  upon  these  first-class  Atlantic  steamers  at  rates  as  low,  and  upon  terms 
as  favorable  as  they  are  issued  from  the  general  office.  Mr.  Schoeneberg  is  in 
every  respect  a  responsible  and  representative  citizen,  and  enjo3'S  in  a 
prominent  degree  the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  community. 

George  A.  Alderton. — Wholesale  Grocer ;  315  and  317  North  Water 
Street,  Saginaw  City. — No  merchant  in  the  Saginaws  bears  a  better  reputation, 
or  enjoys  a  more  extensive  and  rapidly  growing  business  than  Mr.  Alderton, 
who  for  twelve  years  has  been  engaged  as  a  wholesale  grocer.  He  occupies  a 
two-stor}'  building,  50x100  feet  in  dimensions,  where  he  carries  ver}-  large  and 
complete  stocks  of  everything  in  the  line  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries  and 
grocers'  sundries  and  shelf  goods,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  teas,  coflees. 
tobaccos,  cigars,  spices,  etc.  These  goods  he  })urchases  from  first  hands,  main- 
taining the  most  favorable  relations  with  importers  and  manufacturers,  and 
being  enabled  to  offer  to  the  trade  special  inducements  both  in  quality  and 
price,  the  stock  being  selected  with  special  reference  to  quality,  and  being  al- 
ways composed  of  the  freshest  and  best  goods  obtainable.  Six  clerks  and 
assistants  are  emplo3ed  in  the  house,  and  Mr.  Fitz  Harris  represents  the 
house  on  the  road,  Mr.  Alderton  also  making  occasional  visits  to  his  customers. 
He  has  a  large  and  steadily  growing  trade  covering  all  points  along  the  lines 
of  the  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette,  Detroit,  Lansing  &  Northern  and  Michigan 
Central  railroads,  and  has  commended  himself  to  the  confidence  and  patronage 
ot  dealers  by  the  prompt  and  satisfaclor}'  manner  in  which  all  orders  are  filled, 
and  the  fair  and  liberal  methods  adopted  in  all  his  dtalings.  Mr.  Alderton  is 
an  energetic  and  enterprising  luisiness  man,  and  in  addition  to  this  business  is 
largely'  interested  in  the  Michigan  Hoop  Company,  which  has  works  at  St. 
Louis,  Mich.,  Breckenridge  and  Merrill,  and  gives  employment  to  some  300 
men,  shipping  hoops  to  all  parts  of  the  countiy,  and  which  corporation  ex- 
pects shortly  to  add  a  branch  here.  Mr.  Alderton  personally  supervises  all 
the  details  of  his  business  with  the  result  of  a  steadily  growing  prosperity, 
trade  always  being  good  with  this  establishment. 

J.  F.  Brown  &  Son. — Insurance  ;  Bancroft  Block,  Genesee  avenue. 
East  Saginaw. — This  firm,  which  was  established  three  j'cars  pgo,  is  composed 
of  Mr.  James  F.  Brown,  and  his  son,  Mr.  Hugh  B.  Brown,  and  is  one  of  the 
most  prosperous  of  the  underwriting  firms  of  this  cit}',  representing  a  number 
of  the  most  substantial  insurance  corporations  of  the  country,  including  in  fire 
insurance  the  ./'Etna,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  with  a  cash  capital  of  $4,000,000, 
assets  of  $9,5K8,839,  and  a  surplus  over  capital  and  all  other  liabilities  of 
$3,450,221  ;  the  American,  of  .Boston,  with  a  capital  of  $300,000,  assets  of 
$008,965,  and  a  net  surplus  of  $157,095  ;  the  California,  of  San  Francisco,  with 
a  capital  of  $600,000,  assets  of  $1,008,878,  and  a  net  surplus  of  $132,581  ;  the 
Citizens',  of  New  York,  with  a  capital  of  $300,000,  assets  of  $1,102,460,  and  a 
surplus  of  $332,427;  the  Mercantile  Fire  and  Marine,  of  Boston,  with  a  capital 
$400,000,  assets  of  $647,887,  and  a  surplus  of  $117,177;  the  Michigan  Fire 
and  Marine,  of  Detroit,  capital  $200,000,  as.sets  $366,602  ;  the  Orient,  of  Hart- 


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ford,  Conn.,  capital  $1,000,000,  assets  $1,604,486;  and  in  marine  insurancrc 
they  represent  tlie  Plienix,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  with  a  capital  of  $1,000,000, 
assets  of  $5,383,172,  and  a  net  surplus  of  $557,087.  In  plate  glass  insurance 
the  iirm  represents  the  Lloyd  IMatc  Glass  Insurance  (Company,  the  oldest  and 
most  substantial  of  the  insurance  corporations  of  its  character,  and  which  has 
a  capital  of  $100,000  and  assets  of  $242,406.  In  accident  insurance  they  rep- 
resent the  Standard,  of  Detroit,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $200,000,  assets  of 
$305,781,  and  a  surplus  as  to  policy  holders  of  $21,849.  In  life  insurance  they 
represent  the  Northwestern  Mutual,  of  Milwaukee,  with  assets  of  $26,648,074, 
and  a  surplus  as  to  policy  holders  of  $6,009,579,  wliile  in  fidelity  insurance  thciy 
represent  the  American  Surety  Company,  of  New  York,  a  corporation  of  large 
resources  formed  for  the  purpose  of  furnishing  corporate  security  for  em- 
ployes, etc.  Through  these  reliable  comj)anies  the  firm  is  prepared  to  offer 
sale  insurance  at  the  lowest  rates  consistent  with  legitimate  insurance  prin- 
ciples, and  b}^  close  attention  to  business  has  secured  a  large  and  steadily 
growing  business  in  the  Saginaws  and  the  surrounding  country.  Mr.  James 
F.  Brown,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  was  for  many  years  Piesideut  of  the 
Merchants'  National  Bank,  now  the  Home  National  Bank,  and  is  a  prominent 
and  representative  citizen,  now  filling  with  efficiency  the  office  of  City  Treasurer, 
while  his  son,  Mr.  Hugh  B.  Brown,  is  a  gentleman  of  superior  business  attain- 
ments, who  brings  to  the  business  energetic  and  progressive  methods,  which 
have  largely  aided  in  its  success. 

J.  D.  Meldrum. — Blacksmith  and  Wagon  Maker;  317  and  319  South 
Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Meldrum  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and 
experienced  man  in  every  department  of  his  business,  having  worked  at  it  for 
nine  years  for  others  prior  to  establishing  in  business  for  himself  seven  years 
ago.  His  blacksmith  shop,  which  he  owns  and  which  was  built  expressly  for 
the  purposes  of  the  business,  comprises  a  two  story  brick  building,  25x80  feet 
in  dimensions,  to  which  last  year  he  added  an  adjoining  building,  which  he 
utilizes  as  a  carriage  painting  and  general  workshop,  and  which  is  a  two  story 
structure,  also  25x80  feet.  He  carries  on  every  department  of  a  general  black- 
smithing  business,  does  horseshoing  in  the  most  skillful  and  accurate  manner, 
making  a  specialty'  of  the  shoeing  of  fast  and  driving  horses,  and  performing 
work  in  this  line  so  as  to  stop  over-reaching,  interfering  and  knee-knocking. 
In  his  wagon  and  carriage  making  department  Mr.  Meldrum  has  a  special  celeb- 
rity' for  his  Concord  wagons,  in  which  his  trade  reac-hes  to  all  parts  of  the  State, 
and  the  demand  for  which  taxes  his  present  facilities.  He  also  manufactures 
heavy  wagons,  and  in  the  spring  of  the  present  3'ear  built  two  for  railway  cart- 
age, one  to  carry  seven  and  one  to  carry  five  tons,  and  which  are  not  excelled 
in  workmanship  by  any  made  anywhere.  In  his  wagon  department  he  makes 
for  orders  principally,  but  during  this  winter  purposes  making  some  extra  Con- 
cord wagons,  as  he  can  sell  all  he  can  make.  He  gives  employment  to  ten 
highly  skilled  workmen,  and  in  addition  to  the  line  of  manufacture,  he  does 
carriage  repairing,  painting,  and  all  kinds  of  wagon  and  buggy  work.  His 
practical  knowledge  of  the  business,  the  close  and  accurate  attention  paid  by 
him  to  all  orders,  and  the  uniform  fairness  and  reliability  of  his  dealings  have 
secured  for  Mr.  Meldrum  a  prominent  place  in  the  confidence  of  the  communi- 
ty, and  a  prosperit}-  which  steadily  grows  from  Near  to  year. 

J.  O'Hare. —  Dealer  in  Fine  Boots,  Shoes  and  Rubbers  ;  412  Court  street, 
Saginaw  City. — Mr.  O'Hare  has  had  a  long  and  practical  experience  in  every 
department  of  this  businesss,  in  which  he  was  engaged  for  over  twenty  3'ears 
at  Fenton,  Genesee  County,  Mich.,  and  established  himself  in  his  present  busi- 
ness in  this  city  four  years  ago,  since  which  time  his  store  has  become  recog- 


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nized  headij[uarters  for  the  procurement  of  the  best  qualities  of  goods  in  the 
lines  of  boots,  shoes  and  rubbers.  He  occupies  the  main  floor,  25x100  feet  in 
dimensions,  elegantl}'  equipped  for  the  purposes  of  the  business  with  hand- 
some show  windows,  and  located  in  the  best  business  portion  of  the  cit}*  on 
Court  street,  between  Hamilton  and  Washington  streets.  He  carries  large 
stocks  and  complete  assortments  of  the  highest  class  of  goods  in  his  line,  the 
l)roduct  of  the  best  Eastern  manufacturers,  including  among  others,  those  of 
Hannan  &  Sons,  of  New  York,  and  Cox,  Young  &  (rardner,  of  Boston,  in 
men's  wear;  P.  Cox  and  John  Kell^y,  of  Rochester,  and  Reillej,  of  Auburn, 
N.  Y.,  in  ladies',  misses' and  children's  wear  ;  I.  Mendell  &  Co.,  of  Philadel- 
phia, in  l)oys'  shoes,  Blacker,  Sachs  &  Co.,  Cincinnati,  and  other  celebrated 
makers.  In  rubbers  the  assortment  is  most  complete,  and  the  product  of  the 
best  makers.  The  establishment  enjoj's  a  very  large  family  trade  in  the  city 
as  well  as  a  considerable  business  from  citizens  of  the  surrounding  country. 
Four  competent  clerks  are  employed  in  the  store,  and  Mr.  O'Hare,  by  keeping 
the  quality  of  his  goods  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  merit  and  by  prompt  at- 
tention to  every  detail  of  his  business  and  uniform  fairness  and  reliability,  has 
secured  a  merited  success  in  his  enterprise. 

John  Stolz  &  Son— Wholesale  and  Retail  Butchers,  Etc.;  807  Genesee 
avenue.  East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  the  pioneer  establishment  of  its  kind 
in  the  city,  having  been  founded  in  an  early  day  by  Mr.  Solomon,  who  was  a 
brother-in-law  of  Mr.  John  Stolz.  Mr.  Stolz  has  been  a  resident  of  the  city 
since  1852,  and  in  1859,  upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Solomon,  the  business  passed 
into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Stolz,  who  conducted  it  alone  until  four  years  ago.  when 
he  was  joined  by  his  son,  Mr.  William  Stolz,  forming  the  present  firm.  The 
premises  occupied  and  owned  by  them  embrace  a  handsome  two-story  and 
basement  brick  building,  25x125  feet  in  dimensions,  where  they  have  every 
convenience  and  accessor}'  calculated  to  aid  or  expedite  the  operations  of  the 
business,  and  give  employment  to  eight  men.  Three  wagons  are  used  in  con- 
nection with  the  business,  and  a  large  stock  is  carried,  embracing  everything 
in  the  line  of  fish,  salted  and  smoked  meats  and  sausages  of  all  kinds,  as  well 
as  poultry  of  every  description  in  its  season.  The  firm  enjoys  a  large  retail 
trade  in  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity  and  also  does  a  prosperous  shipping  trade  to 
points  along  the  railroads  centering  here.  The  establishment  has  throughout 
its  history  from  pioneer  days  to  the  present  held  a  prominent  place  in  public 
confidence,  having  always  been  conducted  upon  fair  and  honorable  metnods, 
dealing  in  honest  goods  and  being  reliable  in  all  its  transactions. 

William  McBain. — General  Insurance;  211  Genesee  avenue,  East 
Saginaw. — This  business  was  established  twenty  years  ago  b}'  Mr.  Robinson, 
who  had  several  partners  at  diflferent  times,  Mr.  McBain  succeeding  to  the 
business  about  eight  years  ago.  He  represents  a  number  of  the  leading 
companies  of  the  country,  and  also  writes  policies  for  the  Upper  Peninsula  to 
Lake  Superior.  He  represents  the  following  well-known  and  substantial  fire 
companies,  including  many  of  the  best  in  existence  :  The  Anglo-Nevada,  of 
San  Francisco,  capital,  S2, 000, 000  ;  the  British-American,  of  Toronto,  with 
assets  in  its  Tnited  States  branch  of  $808,770  ;  the  Commerce,  of  Albany, 
New  York,  capital  $200,000  ;  the  Cooper,  of  Dayton,  (.).,  capital  of  *100,00() ; 
the  Franklin  of  Philadelphia,  capital,  $400,000  and  surplus  of  $967,8-18  ;  the 
Guardian,  of  London,  England,  with  assets  in  its  Tnited  States  branch  of 
$1,367, 179  ;  the  Ilibernia,  of  New  Orleans,  capital,  $400,000  ;  Imperial,  of 
London,  England,  with  assets  in  its  United  States  branch  of  $1,620,50(5  ;  the 
Lancashire,  of  Manchester,  England,  with  $1,498,187  assets  in  the  United 
States  ;  the  Lion,  of  London,  assets  in  the  United  States  of   $803,283  ;  the 


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Mercantile,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  capital,  $200,000  and  surplus  of  $112,941  ;  the 

Noi-tborn,  of  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  with  United  States  assets  of  $1,388,076  ; 
the  New  Hampshire,  capital,  $500,000  ;  the  Norwich  Union,  of  England, 
United  States  assets  of  $1,245,466  ;  the  People's,  of  Manchester,  N.  H., 
capital,  $250,000  ;  the  Phamix,  of  London,  England,  United  States  assets  of 
$1,887,175  ;  the  Springlield.  of  Massachusetts,  capital,  $1,000,000  ;  the  Union, 
of  California,  capital,  $750,000  ;  the  Union,  of  Philadelphia,  capital,  $:{75,000  ; 
the  Westchester,  of  New  York  City,  capital,  $300,000  and  net  surplus  of 
$310,511  ;  the  Western,  of  Toronto,  Canada,  United  States  assets,  $060,821  ; 
and  the  Security,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  capital,  $200,000.  In  steam  boiler, 
l)late  glass,  suretyship  and  accident  insurance  he  represents  the  Fidelity  and 
Casualty  Co.,  with  a  cash  capital  of  $250,000,  and  assets  of  $578,105.  In  life 
insurance  he  represents  the  United  States  Life  Insurance  Co.,  of  New  York, 
with  a  paid-in  capital  of  $440,000,  assets  of  $5,633,138,  and  reserve  at  4:^-  per 
cent,  standard,  of  $4,594,488,  and  a  surplus  as  to  policy-holders  of  $1,013,690. 
Through  these  first-class  and  reliable  insurance  corporations  Mr.  McBain  is 
prepared  to  issue  policies  upon  the  most  favorable  terms  consistent  with  safe 
insurance  principles.  He  represents  the  greatest  number  of  companies  of  any 
agent  in  Michigan,  and  as  a  result  of  the  superior  character  of  the  companies 
represented  by  him,  and  of  his  own  thorough  knowledge  of  all  the  details  of 
the  insurance  business,  he  has  built  up  a  prominent  place  in  the  confidence  of 
the  insuring  public  ;  and  in  his  long  connection  with  the  insurance  business 
he  has  never  disputed  a  single  claim,  and  losses  have  been  paid  promptly  and 
satisfactorily.  Mr.  McBain  has  been  a  resident  of  East  Saginaw  for  the  past 
twenty-one  3'ears,  and  was  in  the  lumber  business  until  about  nine  3'ears  ago. 
He  is  a  business  man  of  superior  attainments,  and  has  secured  a  prominent 
place  among  the  underwriters  of  the  State  by  energy  and  close  attention  to 
business. 

O.  S.  Grant  &  Go. — Dealers  in  Fine  Boots  and  Shoes ;  121  Genesee 
avenue,  opposite  Bancroft  House,  East  Saginaw. — This  well  known  and  popu- 
lar boot  and  shoe  house  was  originall}^  established  in  1 860  b}'  the  firm  of  C.  H. 
Smith  &  Co.,  with  whom  Mr. 'Grant  was  connected  as  a  clerk  for  eight  3ears 
prior  to  purchasing  the  business  ten  years  ago.  He  afterward  associated  with 
himself  Mr.  Thomas  M.  Hubbell,  and  these  two  gentlemen  compose  the  present 
firm.  They  occupy  a  two-story  building,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  eligibly 
located,  where  they  carry  a  large  and  completely  diversified  stock  of  boots  and 
shoes  of  all  kinds,  making  a  specialty  of  the  finest  products  of  the  best  eastern 
makers,  and  having  a  display  of  superior  goods  which  is  not  excelled  in  the 
State.  A  specialty  is  made  of  ladies',  gents'  and  children's  fine  shoes,  and  the 
firm  enjoys  a  high  class  trade,  embracing  the  leading  people  of  the  Saginaws 
and  vicinity.  As  a  consequence  of  the  care  taken  in  the  selection  of  the  stock, 
the  house  is  justly  regarded  as  headquarters  for  the  procurement  of  desirable 
goods  in  their  line,  and  the  firm  is  both  a  prosperous  and  popular  one. 

G.  F.  Wniiams  &  Brothers- — Manufacturers  and  Wholesale  and 
Retail  Dealers  in  Lumber  and  Salt  ;  Office  and  Y''ard,  Water  street,  between 
Jackson  and  Lyon  streets,  Saginaw  City. — One  of  the  oldest  manufacturing 
concerns  in  the  Saginaw  Valle\-  is  that  now  conducted  by  the  firm  of  G.  F. 
Williams  &  Brothers,  of  which  Messrs.  George  F.,  William  A.  and  Stewart  B. 
Williams  are  the  individual  members.  The  business  was  originally  established 
in  1836  by  Mr.  Gardner  D.  Williams,  who  conducted  it  alone  until  he  was 
joined  by  his  son,  Mr.  G.  F.  Williams,  and  afterward,  upon  the  death  of  the 
founder  in  1857,  the  present  firm,  composed  of  his  sons,  was  formed.  The 
premises  occupied  by  the  business  cover  about  nine  acies,  with  large  saw  mills, 


114  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


equipped  with  a  60  liorse-power  engine,  four  boilers,  4x20,  and  two,  5x1 6,  and 
all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery  and  appliances  adapted  to  the  bus- 
iness ;  a  salt  block  with  four  wells  and  drill  house,  each  pumped  b}'  a  small  en- 
gine, large  storage  buildings  and  spacious  lumber  yards.  The  premises  have 
a  large  water  frontage,  extensive  booms  and  railroad  tracks  throughout,  facili- 
tating the  handling  of  raw  material  and  manufactured  product.  In  the  manu- 
facturing operations  employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  100  men,  and  in  the 
lumbering  season  from  150  to  200  men  are  employed  in  the  woods,  as  well  as 
a  large  number  of  horses.  The  cut  of  the  mills  for  the  present  season  will 
amount  to  about  12,000.000  feet  of  lumber,  and  the  salt  production  of  the 
tirm  to  30,000  barrels.  The  firm  enjo3'S  a  first-class  reputation  with  the  lum- 
ber trade  throughout  the  the  country,  and  their  product  is  shipped  East  b}-  rail 
and  water,  while  their  salt  is  sold  through  the  medium  of  the  Michigan  Salt 
Association,  of  which  the  Messrs.  Williams  are  members.  The  Hon.  Gardner 
J).  Williams,  the  founder  of  the  house,  built  one  of  the  first  mills  erected  in 
the  Valley,  near  where  the  present  works  are  situated.  The  original  structure 
was  burned  and  was  replaced  b}'  another,  which  also  burned.  The  present 
mill  was  ei'ected  in  1875,  and  is  one  of  the  most  completely'  equipped  in  the 
Valley.  The  firm  is  one  of  large  resources,  and  its  business  is  conducted  upon 
methods  which  commend  it  to  the  approbation  of  the  trade. 

George  Stingel. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Butcher;  118  and  120  North 
Washington  avenue.  East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  established  twenty  years 
ago  by  Mr.  George  Stingel,  who  was  joined  three  years  later  by  his  brother,  Mr. 
John  Stingel,  forming  the  firm  of  Stingel  Brothers,  by  whom  the  business  was 
conducted  until  early  in  October,  when  the  firm  was  dissolved,  Mr.  George 
Stingel  continuing  the  business  alone.  He  occupies  a  three-story  and  basement 
building,  50x120  feet  in  dimensions,  which  he  utilizes  as  a  store,  and  in  addi- 
tion has  a  slaughter  and  packing  house  on  Water  street,  near  Miller  street, 
where  he  does  a  large  business  as  a  packer,  putting  up  some  2,500  barrels  of 
pork  and  500  barrels  of  beef  per  season,  and  rendering  lard,  tallow,  grease, 
etc.  To  this  packing  house  he  is  preparing  to  make  additions,  when  his  facili- 
ties and  output  will  be  largely  increased.  He  gives  employment  to  a  force 
amounting  to  twenty  hands  in  winter  and  twelve  in  summer,  and  in  addition  to 
a  large  trade  at  wholesale  and  retail  in  the  city,  has  a  steady  trade  from  the 
surrounding  towns,  including  Bay  Port,  St.  Louis  and  Cheboygan,  Mich.,  and 
all  the  northern  part  of  the  State.  Throughout  his  long  connection  with  the 
business  Mr.  Stingel  has  enjoyed  the  approbation  of  the  community  and  the 
trade,  dealing  with  all  upon  fair  and  honorable  methods,  and  being  uniformly 
prompt  and  reliable  in  his  dealings. 

Meakin's  Steam  Laundry.— James  Meakin,  Jr.,  Proprietor;  E.  II. 
Dame,  Manager;  110  North  Jefferson  street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Meakin 
established  this  enterprise  in  March  of  the  present  year,  and  has  already  built 
up  a  large  patronage  from  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity,  which  he 
has  acquired  because  of  the  uniformly  superior  character  of  all  the  work 
turned  out  at  his  laundry.  His  business  is  steadily  growing,  and  he  is  pre- 
paring to  establish  a  number  of  branches  through  the  State  to  facilitate  the 
handling  of  the  large  number  of  orders  constantly  being  received  from  out- 
side points,  and  those  desiring  to  establish  branches  would  do  well  to  corres- 
pond with  Mr.  Meakin.  The  laundry  occupies  a  handsome  and  spacious  two- 
story  building,  and  is  completely  equipped  with  a  modern  and  improved  outfit 
embracing  all  the  necessary  machiner}'  and  plant  for  the  successful  conduct  of 
the  business,  and  which  is  propelled  by  a  twelve  horse-power  engine.  He 
gives  employment  to  a  force  ranging  from  eleven  to  eighteen  skilled  hands, 


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and  has  a  wagon  which  he  utilizes  in  calling  for  and  delivering  work.  The 
volume  of  his  business  may  be  estimated  from  the  fact  that  at  the  estab- 
lishment 1,200  shirts  per  week  are  laundried,  and  other  articles  in  proportion. 
The  practical  details  of  the  business  are  under  the  experienced  care  of  Manager 
K.  11.  Dame,  and  by  the  superior  work  of  the  laundry,  and  the  correct  and 
reliable  methods  of  Mr.  ^Meakin,  the  enterprise  is  rapidly  achieving  a  great  and 
gratifying  success. 

A.  W.  Wright  Lumber  Co. — Ammi  W.  Wright,  President ;  Charles 
W.  Wells,  Vice-President ;  Farnam  C.  Stone,  Treasurer  ;  W.  T.  Knowlton, 
Hecretar}'  ;  W.  H.  Wright,  Mill  Superintendent  ;  IManufacturers  and  Dealers 
in  Lumber,  Lath  and  Shingles  ;  Saw  ^lill,  foot  of  Throop  street ;  Planing  Mill, 
corner  of  Farley  and  Water  streets,  Saginaw  City. — No  name  in  Michigan  is 
more  prominently  connected  with  the  lumber  manufacturing  and  general 
business  interests  of  the  State  than  that  of  Mr.  A.  W.  Wright,  b}'  whom  this 
business  was  founded  in  1882.  Ammi  Wilfard  Wright  was  born  at  Grafton, 
Windham  County,  Vt.,  in  1822.  He  came  to  Detroit  in  1850  and  to  Saginaw 
in  the  following  3'ear,  and  spent  his  first  year  in  this  section  in  inspecting 
lands  on  the  Cass,  Tittabawassee  and  Flint  Rivers,  securing  some  of  the  finest 
pine  lands  in  the  State.  He  began  operations  on  the  Cass  River,  near  the 
present  village  of  Caro,  and  soon  became  prominent  among  the  leading 
operators  in  pine  lands  and  lumber.  From  1859  to  1865  he  was  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Miller.  Payne  &  Wright,  which  was  dissolved  in  the  latter  year, 
when  the  firm  of  A.  W.  A\'right  &  Co.  was  formed,  consisting  of  Mr.  Wright 
and  J.  H.  Pearson,  of  Chicago,  in  which  city  they  had  large  j^ards.  In  1867 
these  gentlemen  established  a  wholesale  suppl}^  store  at  Saginaw,  associating 
with  them  Messrs.  Northrop  and  Wells.  In  1868  Mr.  Northrop  retired,  Mr.  F. 
C.  Stone  taking  his  place,  and  the  firm  became  known  as  Wells,  Stone  &  Co. 
In  1871  Mr.  Wright  bought  out  Mr.  Pearson's  interest.  The  firm  of  Wells, 
Stone  &  Co.  soon  became  widely  known,  and  having  bought  30,000  acres  of 
pine  land  in  Roscommon,  Gladwin  and  Clare  counties,  they  established  an 
extensive  lumbering  plant,  and  built  some  thirty  miles  of  railroad,  equipped 
with  three  locomotives  and  sixty  cars,  in  addition  to  which  they  cultivated  a 
farm  of  1,000  acres.  In  1882  the  A.  W.  Wright  Lumber  Company  was 
organized,  and  the  lumber,  land  and  railroad  interests  of  Wells,  Stone  &  Co. 
and  also  the  firms  of  A.  W.  Wright  &  Co.  and  Wright  &  Knowlton  at 
Saginaw,  embracing  the  saw  mill,  salt  block,  planing  mill,  lumber  yards,  etc. 
were  all  merged  in  this  corporation.  The  saw  mill  owned  and  operated  by 
them  is  one  of  the  largest  on  the  river  and  has  two  Wickes'  gang  mills,  one 
large  gang  being  driven  l)y  a  110  horse-power  engine  with  16x28  cylinder,  and 
a  smaller  gang  driven  by  a  75  horse-power  engine  of  16x18  cylinder.  The 
engine  which  drives  the  general  machinery  is  of  300  horse  power,  28x36 
cylinder,  and  counting  the  smaller  engines  and  cylinders,  in  all  twent}',  1,200 
horse-power  is  used  in  the  saw  mill  establishment.  The  other  machinery 
about  the  mill  includes  three  trimmers,  three  edgers,  a  very  powerful  shot-gun 
steam  feed,  log  loaders.  Hill's  steam  niggers,  two  sets  of  Hall's  shingle 
machinery.  Hill  et  Co.'s  steam  drag  saw,  which  is  used  in  the  shingle  mill  and 
is  the  onl}-  one  on  the  river,  two  of  Hall's  jointers,  sapper  and  bolter,  two  lath 
machines,  stave  jointers,  heading  machines,  folders,  etc.  The  company  runs  a 
locomotive  on  their  elevated  tramway,  the  only  one  on  the  river,  which  the}' 
utilize  to  haul  lumber  from  the  mill  to  the  piling  grounds.  They  have  two 
batteries  of  four,  and  one  of  two  boilers,  each  5x16  feet,  use  Covel's  Automatic 
Saw  Sharpeners  for  the  gang  and  circular  saws,  and  manufacture  from  25,000,- 
000  to  30,000,000  feet  oflumber,  12,000,000  shingles,  3,500,000  laths,  13,000,- 
000  to  15,000,000  staves  and  60,000  sets  of  heading  annually.     In  addition  to 


116  The  Industries  op  the  Saoinaws. 


the  saw  and  shingle  mills,  the  company'  has  five  salt  wells  and  drill  houses, 
each  with  a  35  horse-power  pumping  engine,  and  a  salt  block  of  very  large 
proportions,  and  they  manufacture  50,000  barrels  of  salt  per  annum.  Their 
planing  mill,  which  is  located  at  Farley  and  Water  streets,  is  replete  with  the 
most  improved  modern  machinery,  manufactui-ed  by  the  S.  A.  Woods  Maciiine 
Co.,  of  Boston,  the  plant  including  two  laige  boilers,  two  engines  of  70  and 
25  horse-power  respectively,  three  planers  and  matchers,  one  endless  belt  single 
surfacer,  one  30-inch  double  surfacer  with  feed  rollers,  the  largest  and  best 
made  ;  and  a  B.  F.  Sturtevant  Patent  Lumber  Dryer,  three  kilns,  is  used  in 
connection  with  this  mill.  In  addition^  the  compan}'  has  large  storage  sheds, 
barns  and  offices,  piling  grounds,  sorting  yards,  slab  grounds,  etc.,  all  covering 
a  river  frontage  of  some  2,000  feet  by  a  varying  depth  of  400  to  800  feet,  witli 
about  1  800  feet  of  boom  frontage.  The  lumbering  for  the  compan}'  is  done 
b}'  the  firm  of  Wells,  Stone  &  Co.,  running  four  camps,  employing  300  men 
and  50  teams  and  utilizing  thirt}' miles  of  railroad,  three  locomotives  and  sixty 
cars  in  Roscommon,  Gladwin  and  Clare  counties.  In  the  saw  mill  and  yards 
in  this  city  160  men  are  employed,  while  eighty  men  are  engaged  in  the 
planing  mill,  and  thirty-six  horses  are  used  in  the  business.  The  compan\' 
also  has  coal  yards  further  south  on  Water  street  and  handles  about  5,000  tons 
of  coal  per  year.  The  trade  of  the  company  is  very  large,  its  product  being 
principally  shipped  to  Ohio,  Indiana,  Michigan  and  eastern  ports  b}'  rail  and 
water,  and  a  large  car  trade  also  being  enjoyed  in  dressed  lumber  from  tlie 
planing  mill.  Vast  as  the  business  is,  its  operations  are  conducted  upon  a 
perfect  and  accurate  system,  which  has  secured  for  the  establishment  the  large 
and  steadil}^  growing  prosperity  which  has  been  a  marked  characteristic  of  the 
career  of  this  company.  Mr.  Wright,  in  addition  to  his  Presidency  of  this 
corporation,  is  otherwise  prominently  connected  with  leading  business  enter- 
prises in  the  Saginaw  Valley  and  throughout  Michigan,  being  of  the  firms  of 
Wright  &  Ketcham  and  Wright  and  Davis,  logs,  lands  and  lumber  ;  Wells, 
Stone  &  Co.,  the  Wells-Stone  Mercantile  Co.,  President  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Saginaw,  the  Commercial  Bank  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  and  was  one  of  tiie 
incorporators,  and  for  many  years  President,  of  the  Tittabawassee  Boom 
Company.  He  is  also  connected  with  many  commercial  enterprises  in  Detroit, 
Duluth,  Louisville  and  other  cities,  has  cattle  ranches  in  Texas,  Dakota, 
Montana,  etc.,  and  large  real  estate  interests  throughout  Michigan  and 
Minnesota.  He  resides  at  Alma,  Mich.,  a  town  which  is  mainly  of  his  creation 
and  in  which  he  takes  a  great  interest.  The  steady  increase  in  prosperity 
which  he  has  enjoj^ed  has  been  earned  by  close  attention  to  business,  superior 
executive  ability'  and  a  keen  judgment  which  has  enabled  him  to  improve  his 
opportunities.  The  gentlemen  connected  with  him  in  the  active  management 
of  the  business  of  the  company  are  all  fitted  by  experience  and  ability  for  the 
discharge  of  the  duties  of  their  several  positions,  and  each  has  contributed 
largely  to  the  great  inctrease  in  facilities,  trade  and  prosperity  enjoyed  by  this 
(corporation  from  year  to  year  from  its  organization  to  the  present  time. 

Michigan  Dairy  Salt  Company. — H.  A.  Batchelor,  President ;  ^\. 
J.  Bartow,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  ;  Manufacturers  of  Pure  Dairy  and  Table 
Salt ;  West  end  of  Genesee  street  bridge.  East  Saginaw. — The  prominence  of 
the  Saginaw  Valley  as  a  center  of  salt  production  led  to  the  formation  of  the 
Michigan  Dairy  Salt  Company,  formed  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing 
the  finer  grades  of  dairy  and  table  salt.  The  original  incorporation  of 
the  compan}'  occurred  in  1877,  when  the}'  began  operations  in  the  Power 
Block  on  South  Water  street,  at  that  time  having  a  capacity  for  50,000  barrels 
per  year.  In  1883  the  present  works  were  built,  having  a  capacity  for  100,000 
barrels  per  annum.     The  main  building,  which  is  a  three-story  structure,  50 


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feet  high,  is  110x65  feet  in  diinensions,  and  its  machinery  is  operated  by 
means  of  a  35  horse-power  engine  fed  by  a  0x12  boiler.      Adjoining  the  build- 
ing is  an  addition,  20x70  feet  in  dimensions,  used  for  packing   sacks  and 
barrels.      The  company  receives  coarse  salt  by  car  loads  on  the  track  at  the 
doors  of  their  works,  and  it  is  then  elevated  to  the  top  lloor,  where  it  is  waslied 
in  purified  brine,  and  after  a  week  or  two  of  draining  it  is  sent  down  to  the 
lower  floor  to  the  drying  kilns,  consisting  of  two  large  revolving  iron  cylinders 
thirty  feet  in  length  and  five  feet  in  diameter,  and  it  is  then  elevated  to  screens 
on  the  top  floor  and  passed  down  again  to  the  grinding  stone,  from  which  it  is 
brought  up  again  and  distributed  through  a  horizontal  trough  about  seventy 
feet  long,  from  which  it  is  fed  through  hoppers  to  the  packing  table  immedi- 
ately underneath,  where  two  rows  of  girls  pack  it  into  two,  three,  five  and  ten 
pound  white  cotton  bags  which  are  packed  in  barrels  of  280  pounds  eacli. 
The  larger  bags  of  28,  56,  112  and  224  pounds  respectively,  are  of  strong 
drilling,  and  are  not  packed  in  barrels.      The  works  give  employment  to  fifty 
hands.     The  coarse  salt  is  received  and  the  finer  salt  is  sold  through  the 
medium  of  the  Michigan  Salt  Association,  by  whom  it  is  distributed  through 
their  various  agencies  to  all  parts  of  the  country,  especially  throughout  the 
^orth.  South  and  West ;  the  product  of  these  works  having  a  merited  celebrity 
for  the  great  superiority  of  its  quality  over  any  other  produced,  tlie  dairy  and 
table  salt  made  at  this  establishment  being  undoubtedly  the  best  in  the  world, 
and  as  such  is  largely  in  favor  with  consumers,  and  in  steadily  increasing  de- 
mand by  the  trade.       Mr  H.  A.  Batchelor,  the  President  of  the  company,  is  a 
prominent  business  man,  well  known  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Whitne}'  & 
Batchelor,  manufacturers  of  lumber  and  salt,  and  the  other  members  of  the  Board 
of  Directors  are  Mr.  W.  J.  Bartow,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  this  company, 
and  in  addition  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Bartow  &  Enright,  proprietors  of  the 
Kast  Saginaw  Omnibus  Line,  and  agent  of  the  estate  of  Jesse  Hoyt,  and  also  a 
large  dealer  in  real  estate  and  lumber  ;  Mr.  J.  A.  Hamilton,  formerly  President 
of  this  company,  was  of  the  firm  of  Hamilton,  McClure  &  Co.;    Mr.  D.  L.  C. 
Piaton,  of  the  firm  of  Eaton,  Potter  &  Co.,  lumber,  and  Rust,  Eaton  &  Co., 
lumber  and  salt ;  and  Mr.  Walter  S.  Eddy,  of  the  firm  of  Charles  K.  Eddy  & 
Son,  manufacturers  of  lumber  and  salt,     thus  oflScered  by  successful  business 
men,  having  vast  resources  and  unexcelled  facilities,  the  company  has  attained 
its  present  prominent  position  by  the  superiority  of  product  and  business  man- 
agement.    The  excellence  of  the  quality  of  salt  manufactured  by  the  company- 
has  received  the  indorsement  of  success  in  competition  with  the  product  of  other 
makers.     A  premium  was  offered  at  the  Exposition  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  last  year, 
for  butter  treated  with  different  brands  of  salt.      The  butter  taking  the  prize 
was  made  with  salt  made  by  this  company.     At  the  Fat  Stock  and  Dairy  Show, 
at  Chicago,  November  18,  1887,  the  salt  of  this  company  took  three  prizes, 
including  the  First  Premium,  the  (xrand  Prize,  and  the  Grand  Sweepstakes 
Prize. 

Crescent  Match  Factory.— C.  H.  Davis,  President ;  John  L.  Jack- 
son, Vice-President ;  H.  H.  Green,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  ;  N.  H.  M. 
Whitaker,  Superintendent;  corner  of  Water  and  Waller  streets,  Saginaw 
City. — It  is  conceded  by  all  who  have  investigated  the  subject  that  the  Sagi- 
naws  present  a  favorable  opportunity  for  the  establishment  of  every  descrip- 
tion of  industries  for  which  lumber  forms  the  raw  material,  and  every  such 
enterprise  inaugurated  adds  materially  to  the  productive  capacity  of  the  twin 
cities.  Prominent  among  the  more  recently  formed  establishments  of  this 
character  is  the  corporation  known  as  the  Crescent  Match  Factory,  recently 
organized  in  Saginaw  City  and  which  occupies  a  two-story  building,  40x90  feet 
in  dimensions,  equipped  with  a  45  horse-power  engine,  Trever  shingle  machines. 


118  The  Industries  op  the  Saoinaws. 


(the  matches  being  made  out  of  shingle  wood),  edgers,  cutoff  saws,  together 
with  filling  machines  and  all  the  latest  and  most  highly  improved  machinery 
and  appliances  adapted  to  the  business  ol  match  manufacture,  and  in  addition 
to  their  factor}'  premises  the  company  have  a  dry  kiln,  16x24  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, a  dipping  room,  30x40  feet  and  a  store  house  26x40  feet,  and  in  addition 
to  the  manufacture  of  matches  the  company  make  their  own  boxes,  devoting 
the  upper  floor  of  their  main  building  to  this  pappose.  Thus  equipped,  the 
company  has  a  capacity  for  the  manufacture  of  1,000  gross  of  matches  dail}', 
and  will  give  employment  to  about  100  hands  in  the  manufacture  of  parlor 
matches,  of  which  the  product  of  the  factory  exclusivel}^  consists.  The  com- 
pany' is  one  of  ample  financial  stability  and  is  composed  of  business  men  of 
successful  record  and  the  highest  character,  including  Mr.  C.  H.  Davis,  who  in 
addition  to  being  President  of  this  company,  is  also  President  of  the  Saginaw 
Manufacturing  Co.  Vice-President  Jackson  is  in  addition  to  his  interest  in 
this  business  the  proprietor  of  the  most  extensive  machine  shop  in  Saginaw 
City  ;  Mr.  H.  H.  Green,  Secretar}'  and  Treasurer  of  this  company,  is  Treasurer 
and  Manager  of  the  Saginaw  Manufacturing  Co.,  and  Mr.  N.  H.  M.  Whitaker, 
late  of  the  Diamond  Match  Co.,  the  Superintendent,  is  a  gentleman  of  long  and 
practical  experience  in  the  details  of  match  manufacture,  and  in  his  hands  the 
practical  management  of  the  factory  is  confided.  Thus  officered  and  super- 
vised, and  endowed  with  all  the  means  for  securing  success,  the  prosperity  of 
this  enterprise  is  assured. 

Feige-Silsbee    Furniture  Manufacturing  Company— H.   C. 

Silsbee,  President  ;  Ernst  Feige,  Vice-President ;  E.  T.  Judd,  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  ;  Warren  and  Brewster  streets.  East  Saginaw. — One  of  the  most 
notable  additions  to  the  manufacturing  facilities  of  the  Saginaws  is  that  made 
in  the  in(;orporation  in  1886  of  the  Feige-Silsbee  Furniture  Manufacturing 
Compan}'  with  a  capital  stock  of  $125,000.  The  factor^'  is  a  new  three-story 
and  basement  building,  200x65  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  brick  engine  room, 
80x50  feet,  dry  kiln,  30x50,  and  yards  and  out-buildings  covering  ten  acres  of 
ground,  eligibly  situated  with  railroad  tracks  at  the  door  of  the  factory.  The 
premises  are  completely  equipped  with  all  the  latest  and  mostly  highly  im- 
proved machinery  and  appliances  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  the  business, 
and  employment  is  now  given  to  120  liands,  which  will  eventuall}'  be  increased 
to  between  200  and  300.  The  capacity  is  very  large,  and  every  description  of 
bedroom  and  liall  furniture  and  mantels  is  manufactured  at  the  works  from 
the  highest  priced  and  most  artistic  to  the  medium  and  cheap  grades.  The 
firm  has  already  built  up  a  business  extending  nearly  throughout  the  United 
States,  covering  the  entire  country  east  to  the  Atlantic,  west  to  California  and 
south  to  Alabama,  Georgia  and  Mississippi.  Mr.  Feige,  of  this  firm,  came  to 
East  Saginaw  with  his  father  in  1854,  his  father  engaging  in  the  furniture 
business  until  1860,  when  he  turned  it  over  to  his  sons,  George,  Ernst  and 
Henry.  This  firm  continued  business  for  a  long  time,  but  was  finally  dis- 
solved, Mr.  Ernst  Feige  establishing  in  business  for  himself  prior  to  the 
formation  of  the  present  corporation.  Mr.  Silsbee  is  from  New  York,  where 
he  was  for  twenty-five  years  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  furniture,  and  Mr. 
•Judd,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  company,  is  also  a  well  known  business 
man,  being  President  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  East  Saginaw,  and  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer  of  the  Sagmaw,  Tuscola  &  Huron  Railway.  The  firm  is 
one  of  vast  resources  and  the  best  facilities,  and  composed  of  men  whose 
practical  experience  and  first-class  reputation  are  important  elements  contribu- 
ting to  success.  No  enterprise  in  the  Saginaws  is  of  more  practical  value  to 
its  industrial  development  than  that  of  this  compan}-. 


The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws.  no 


John  L.  Jackson. — Manufacturer  of  Steam  Engines,  Salt  Well,  Haw 
and  Sliingle  Mill  31acliinery,  and  Castings  of  all  kinds  ;  Corner  of  Water  and 
Jelferson  streets,  Saginaw  Cit}'. — Mr.  Jackson  started  in  business  eight 
years  ago  and  conducted  it  successfully  until  in  August,  1885,  bis  premises 
were  destroyed  b}'  fire.  With  characteristic  energ}'  he  at  once  rebuilt,  and  has 
now  a  larger  business  and  premises  than  ever.  His  works  comprise  a  two- 
story  brick  machine  shop,  100x60  feet  in  dimensions,  with  an  L  30x100  feet, 
and  a  large  foundry  and  yards  covering  half  a  block.  In  his  machine  shops  he 
has  a  50  horse-power  engine,  seven  lathes,  one  of  which  is  4i^-feet  swing,  two 
42-inch  planers,  four  drills,  one  of  them  a  42-inch  drill,  a  shaper,  bolt  cutter, 
and  all  other  requisite  plant  and  machinery  adapted  to  the  successful  prosecu- 
tion of  the  business  upon  a  large  scale,  the  whole  making  up  a  machine  shop 
equipment  which  has  no  superior  in  the  State.  In  the  foundry  he  has  a  10 
horse-power  engine  which  run  his  rattler,  blower,  etc.,  and  a  complete  outfit, 
lie  manufactures  steam  engines  and  machinery  for  salt  wells,  saw  mills  and 
shingle  mills  and  all  kinds  of  castings,  and  makes  a  specialty'  of  a  new  auto- 
matic cut-off  engine,  his  own  recent  invention,  one  of  which  he  has  put  up  in 
(icrmain's  new  mill  and  another  in  the  new  Crescent  match  factory,  of  which 
he  is  Vice-President.  In  addition  to  manufacturing  he  conducts  a  completely 
equipped  repairing  department  and  gives  close  and  accurate  attention  to  repaii'- 
ing  machinery,  well  tubing  and  jDipe  fitting,  aud  he  also  builds  and  refits 
machiner}-  of  all  kinds.  He  gives  employment  to  a  force  of  skilled  workmen 
ranging  from  twenty-five  to  fifty  in  number,  according  to  the  season,  and  enjoys 
a  large  trade  extending  to  all  points  within  a  radius  of  one  hundred  miles  of 
the  twin  cities.  Mr.  Jackson  is  a  thoroughly  practical  man  in  all  the  depart- 
ments of  the  business  and  carefully  supervises  all  its  details  so  as  to  secure  the 
uniform  superiority  in  materials  and  workmanship  which  marks  all  the  pro- 
ducts of  his  works.  His  energy  and  the  propriety  of  his  business  conduct  have 
earned  for  him  a  steadily  growing  prosperity  which  is  the  result  of  merit. 

Peter  O.Andre. — Heal  Estate  ;  Office,  Andre  Block,  Court  street,  Sag- 
inaw Cit3\ — Mr.  Andre,  who  was  born  in  Detroit  in  1817,  is  one  of  the  oldest 
and  most  prominent  of  the  citizens  of  Saginaw,  to  which  he  came  first  in  1846, 
purchasing  the  stock  of  goods  of  the  American  Fur  Compan}-,  and  continued  in 
the  mercantile  business  until  1862,  when  he  sold  his  entire  stock  of  goods,  and 
engaged  in  the  lumbering  business  for  three  years,  after  which  he  embarked  in 
the  dry  goods  and  boot  and  shoe  trade  in  Saginaw  until  1869.  He  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  and  lumber  business  in  connection  with  his  other  pursuits 
since  1848,  and  has  been  for  many  years  one  of  the  largest  holders  of  Saginaw 
Cit}'  propert}',  which  he  has  been  busily  engaged  in  improving  for  a  number  of 
years.  He  first  erected  on  Hamilton  street  a  brick  block  of  stores  in  1866, 
and  later  with  Mr.  Moll  erected  the  Andre  &  Moll  block  on  Court  street,  and 
in  addition  has  built  the  brick  stores  at  412  and  414  Court  street  and  the  stores 
adjoining,  as  well  as  a  considerable  amount  of  business  pioperty  on  Washing- 
ton street.  He  still  owns  a  number  of  prominent  pieces  of  property,  and  has  at 
all  times  on  hand  desirable  tracts  in  all  parts  of  the  cit}'.  During  his  long  res- 
idence in  Saginaw  from  earl}'  days  to  the  present  time  Mr.  Andre  has  been 
prominently'  identified  with  the  development  of  the  material  resources  of  the 
city,  and  has  ever  been  regarded  as  a  progressive  and  active  business  man. 
He  served  the  city  in  1864  as  Mayor,  was  Register  of  Deeds  for  Saginaw  coun- 
ty as  early  as  1850,  was  a  member  for  seven  years  of  the  Common  Council  and 
Supervisor  for  nine  vears.  The  great  growth  of  the  city  during  the  period  of 
more  than  fort}^  years  of  Mr.  Andre's  residence  in  it  has  fully  justified  his 
judgment  in  making  early  investments  in  the  city  and  in  the  confidence  he  has 
ever  felt  in  its  future. 


120  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 


G.  B.  &  S.  L.  Wiggins. — Manufacturers  of  Pine  and  Hard  Wood 
Lumber  and  Salt,  and  Dealers  in  Logs,  Lumber,  Pine  and  Faming  Land  ;  Foot 
of  Hess  street,  East  Saginaw. — Prominent  among  the  manufacturing  estab- 
lishments located  at  the  south  end  is  that  now  conducted  by  the  firm  composed 
of  Messrs.  George  B.  and  Stephen  L.  Wiggins.  The  site  now  occupied  by  their 
mill  premises  has  long  been  utilized  by  similar  industries,  the  firm  of  Bundy 
&  Youmans  having  owned  a  mill  on  this  site  many  years  ago.  This  mill  was 
burned,  and  another  mill  was  built  and  conducted  by  Messrs.  Wiggins,  Cooper  & 
Co.,  Mr.  James  Cooper  becoming  a  partner  in  the  firm.  -In  Jul}',  1883,  this  mill 
also  burned,  and  immediately  another  mill,  the  one  now  in  operation,  was 
erected,  and  was  conducted  by  the  firm  of  Wiggins,  Cooper  &  Co.  until  the 
present  fall,  when  3Ir.  Cooper  withdrew  from  the  firm,  which  changed  to  its 
present  style.  The  mill  is  a  two-story  structure,  50x120  feet  in  dimensions, 
equipped  with  a  circular,  steam  feed  carriage,  steam  log  turner  or  nigger,  run 
by  a  16x30  cylinder  engine,  with  three  boilers  each  5x16,  and  all  other 
requisite  machinery,  the  mill  having  a  capacity  for  the  production  of  6,000,000 
feet  of  lumber  per  year.  In  addition  to  this,  the  firm  has  a  planing  mill 
attached,  where  they  manufacture  flooring,  siding,  etc.,  and  which  is  equipped 
with  planers,  matchers,  »re-saws,  siding  saws  and  all  accessory  machinery,  pro- 
pelled by  a  forty  horse-power  engine,  and  in  every  way  adapted  to  dressing 
lumber  upon  a  large  scale.  The  firm  has  two  salt  wells,  with  a  production  of 
from  25,000  to  30,000  barrels  annually,  and  in  addition  to  their  lumber  and 
salt  product,  the  firm  makes  about  200,000  staves  and  about  30,000  sets  of 
heading  per  annum.  Gr.  B.  and  S.  L.  Wiggins  also  run  a  large  lumbering  busi- 
ness, having  a  camp  on  Tobacco  River  with  about  sevent}^  men  employed,  and 
in  their  mill  premises  in  South  Saginaw  the}'  employ-  a  force  ranging  from 
forty  to  sixt}'  men,  their  works  including  mills,  salt  works  and  lumber  yai'ds, 
covering  over  ten  acres  of  ground.  The  product  of  their  mills  is  in  large  de- 
mand, and  the  firm  does  a  considearble  trade  in  Southern  Michigan,  Ohio, 
Pennsylvania  and  Seneca  Falls  via  Tonawanda.  Their  salt  is  sold  through 
the  medium  of  the  Michigan  Salt  Association,  and  the  firm  are  also  owners  of 
and  have  for  sale  desirable  pine  and  farming  lands  in  various  parts  of  Michi- 
gan. Mr.  S.  L.  Wiggins  attends  to  the  lumbering  interests  of  the  firm,  which 
puts  in  large  amounts  of  logs  for  themselves  and  for  other  parties,  while  Mr. 
Gr.  B.  Wiggins  attends  to  the  management  of  the  works.  The  firm  has  long 
been  prominentl}-  identified  with  the  lumber  interests  of  the  Valley,  and  is 
prosperous  as  a  result  of  the  close  attention  paid  to  the  details  of  the  business. 

W-  G.  Smith. — Manufacturer  of  Parlor  Furniture  and  Lounges  ;  302 
Court  street,  Saginaw  Cit}'. — A  prominent  addition  to  the  manufacturing  estab- 
lishments of  the  Saginaws  is  that  of  Mr.  Smith,  who  recently  started  in  this 
enterprise.  Mr.  Smith  is  a  gentleman  who  has  long  been  practically  engaged 
in  this  business,  having  learned  his  trade  in  Cleveland,  0.,  and  worked  in 
Chicago  and  other  cities,  and  prior  to  establishing  in  business  for  himself,  was 
engaged  with  the  firm  of  Foster,  Charles  &  Co.  as  an  upholsterer.  He  is  a 
superior  workman,  with  educated  taste  and  judgment,  and  starting  in  with  the 
intention  to  excel  in  the  quality  of  the  productions  of  his  establishment  he  has 
alread}'  built  up  a  prosperous  trade  in  the  Saginaws  and  other  towns  through- 
out Michigan  and  Ohio,  selling  at  wholesale  only.  He  occupies  a  two-story 
l)uilding,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  in  addition  has  a  warehouse' on  Water 
street.  He  gives  steady  employment  to  a  force  of  highly  skilled  workmen,  and 
has  a  traveling  salesman,  by  whom  he  is  represented  on  the  road.  The  merit 
of  his  products,  and  the  fair  and  accurate  methods  upon  which  he  conducts 
business,  cannot  fail  to  procure  for  his  establishment  a  prosperous  career. 


The  Inphstriks  of  thk  Sacmnaws. 


121 


Edward  Germain. — Manufacturer  of   Lumber,  8ash,  Doors,   Blinds, 
Box  Sliooks,  etc  ;  Brewster  street,  near  Genesee  axenue,  East  Saginaw. — One 


of  the  most  notable  examples  of  success  in  productive  industry  furnished  by 
the  history  of  Saginaw  manufactures,  is  that  of  the  factory  conducted  by  Mr. 
Edward  Germain,  which  has  enjoyed  a  steady  increase  in  its  facilities  and  ex- 
pansion of  its  trade  from  its  original  establishment  in  1 874  to  the  present  time. 
The  business  was  originally  located  at  Park  and  Millard  streets,  upon  a  com- 
paratively modest  scale,  the  equipment  of  the  mill  at  that  time  consisting  of 
one  planer,  one  resaw,  one  edger  and  a  set  of  sash,  door  and  blind  machinery, 
propelled  by  a  10x16  engine  fed  by  a  4x12  tubular  Iwiler.  Additions  were 
afterward  made  from  time  to  time,  but  in  1883  the  business  having  outgrown 
the  capacity  of  the  premises  which  it  occupied,  it  was  removed  to  its  present 
more  commodious  location  on  Brewster  street,  a  few  blocks  north  of 
Genesee  avenue,  where  the  works,  with  adjoining  yards,  now  cover  twenty-eight 
acres  of  ground.  The  l)uildings  include  a  four-story  brick  mill,  140x120  feet  in 
dimensions,  a  three-story  brick  L,  96x228  feet,  a  planing  mill  occupying  a 
frame  addition  154x128  feet,  iive  Sturtevant  patent  dry  kilns,  each  20x75  feet 
in  dimensions,  an  engine  and  boiler  house,  a  dust  collector,  etc,  the  whole  af- 
fording over  four  acres  of  floor  space.  Side  tracks  of  the  Flint  &  Pere  Mar- 
quette and  Michigan  Central  railways  give  unsurpassed  facilities  for  the  re- 
ceipt of  raw  material  and  shipment  of  manufactured  product.  The  equipment 
of  the  works  is  in  every  respect  complete  and  modern,  including  four  boilers 
5x16,  and  three  engines  of  400,  75  and  25  horse  power  respectively,  six  large 
planers,  two  pony  planers,  five  moulding  raachineSj  a  complete  set  of  door  ma- 
chinery and  wood  polishers  and  a  vast  amount  of  other  machinery  adapted  to 
the  manufacture  of  doors,  sash,  l)linds,  frames,  mouldings,  packing  boxes,  box 
shooks,  cloth  boards,  stairs,  stair  railings,  balustrades,  posts,  all  kinds  of  hard  and 
soft  wood  interior  finish,  rough  and  dressed  lumber,  lath,  shingles,  etc.,  in  all 
of  which  lines  the  firm  does  a  very  large  >)usiness,  its  daily  output  amounting 
to  two  car  loads  of  box  shooks,  from  400  to  500  doors,  from  400  to  500  pairs 


122  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 

of  sash,  from  150  to  200  pairs  each  of  blinds  aud  shutters,  and  other  products 
in  proportion.  Of  screen  doors  75,000  are  produced  ])er  season.  The  force 
now  emplo3'ed  amounts  to  200  men,  and  the  trade  of  Mr.  Germain  extends  t^o 
all  Eastern  and  Ohio  markets  in  the  general  lines  of  manufacture,  the  box 
shooks  going  to  the  States  of  Connecticut,  Ohio,  New  York  and  Illinois.  This 
vast  business  has  been  built  up  by  close  attention  to  all  the  details  of  the  busi- 
ness and  by  careful  supervision  of  all  the  manufacturing  operations,  in  order 
to  se(uire  for  the  product  tliat  uniform  excellence  for  which  it  is  celebrated. 
Mr.  Germain  is  a  gentleman  of  superior  executive  abil'ty,  and  has  conducted 
his  enterprise  upon  such  methods  as  have  commended  him  to  the  confidence 
and  approval  of  the  trade  throughout  the  countr}',  and  has  merited  the  success 
which  has  attended  his  enterprise. 

F.  B.  Wiggins  &  Co. — Wood- Working  Machinery  and  Mill  Supplies  ; 
113  South  Jefferson  street.  East  Saginaw. — This  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  V.  B. 
and  George  B.  Wiggins  are  the  individual  members,  was  established  in  1885, 
since  which  time  their  business  has  steadily  grown,  as  a  result  of  the  superior 
assortment  of  their  goods  and  the  fair  and  liberal  methods  adopted  b}'  them 
in  the  prosecution  of  their  business.  They  occupy  the  main  floor  and  base- 
ment, 25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  of  the  premises  at  113  South  Jefferson  street, 
where  the^'  carry  full  and  complete  stocks  of  every  description  of  wood-working 
machinery  and  mill  supplies,  making  a  specialty  of  planing  machine  knives, 
aud  also  carrying  a  complete  assortment  of  Hoyt  belting,  rubber  belting,  hose, 
circular  saws,  band  saws,  emery  wheels.  Babbitt  metal,  cotton  waste,  sand 
paper,  lace  leather,  files,  etc.  The  firm  has  recently  bought  the  patent  of  the 
Giant  Beader,  a  machine  attachment  which  can  be  adjusted  to  making  any 
size  of  beading,  and  in  which  the}'  have  large  sales,  and  shortly  intend  to 
increase  their  facilities  for  manufacture.  In  addition  to  the  lines  above 
enumerated  they  carr}'  full  and  complete  stocks  of  butchers'  tools  and 
supplies.  The  firm  is  prepared  at  any  time  to  furnish  full  planing  mill  outfits 
and  all  mill  supplies,  and  gives  employment  to  a  force  of  five  clerks  and 
assistants,  and  a  staff"  of  traveling  salesmen  represents  the  firm  throughout  the 
northern  and  western  portion  of  Michigan.  Mr.  George  B.  Wiggins,  who  is 
an  uncle  of  the  other  member,  is  a  prominent  business  man,  being  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Wiggins,  Cooper  &  Co.,  lumber  and  salt  manufacturers,  and  of 
G.  B.  &  S.  L.  Wiggins,  also  lumber  and  salt  manufacturers  ;  and  of  the  firm 
of  Wiggins  &  Howry,  dealers  in  lumber,  logs  and  pine  lands.  Mr.  F.  J). 
Wiggins  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  man  of  superior  business 
attainments,  and  by  close  attention  to  all  the  details  of  the  business  has  built 
it  up  to  a  position  of  prosperity  and  stead}-  growth. 

Cameron  &  Merrill. — Lumber  and  Salt  Manufacturers  ;  Works  at  the 
foot  of  King  street,  Saginaw  City. — This  firm  is  one  of  the  well-known  manu- 
facturing concerns  of  the  Saginaw  Valley,  the  works  occupied  b}'  them  having 
been  originally  established  in  18G4  by  the  Forest  A^alley  Salt  and  Lumber 
Company.  The  cut  of  the  mill  amounts  to  15,000,000  feet  of  lumber  annuall}', 
in  addition  to  which  the  firm  manufactures  from  800,000  to  1,000,000  staves, 
and  from  45,000  to  50,000  sets  of  heading.  In  addition  to  their  mill  works, 
the  firm  operate  tliree  salt  wells  and  a  salt  block,  and  make  about  35,000 
barrels  of  salt  annually.  Included  in  their  premises  are  barrel  stock  works, 
warehouses,  booms,  docks,  piling  grounds,  etc.,  covering  some  fifteen  acres  of 
ground.  The}'  have  evei-y  facility  for  the  receipt  of  raw  material  and  the  ship- 
ment of  manufactured  product  by  rail  or  water.  Employment  is  given  to  a 
force  of  one  hundred  men,  and  the  lumber  product  of  the  firm  is  shipped  to 
New  York  State,  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio,  some  being  sold  to  local  yards  and 


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throughout  the  State,  and  the  entire  output  of  their  salt  works  being  sold 
through  the  medium  of  the  ^lichigan  Salt  Association.  The  members  of  the 
firm  are  Messrs.  Norman  Cameron  and  Thonias  .Merrill.  Mr.  Thomas  Merrill 
is  identified  with  numerous  business  enterprises  and  individually  interested  in 
real  estate,  owning  the  Merrill  Block,  in  Saginaw,  as  well  as  large  amounts  of 
pine  and  farming  lands,  logs,  etc. 

H.  p.  Smith. — Ileal  instate.  Etc.;  112  South  Washington  avenue,  East 
Saginaw. — Mr.  Smith  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  for 
the  past  twenty  years,  and  was  for  a  number  of  years  in  partnership  with  Mr. 
Frank  Lawrence,  Init  since  January,  1887,  has  conducted  the  business  alone 
lie  has  on  hand  at  all  times  desirable  residence  and  business  properties  in 
East  Saginaw,  as  well  as  farming  tracts  in  Saginaw,  Gratiot,  Isabella,  Mid- 
land, Gladwin  and  Bay  counties.  He  also  carries  on  a  considerable  business 
in  loans,  and  is  prepared  to  loan  money  on  the  most  favorable  terms  on  real 
estate  in  the  twenty-five  counties  surrounding  Saginaw,  in  addition  to  which 
he  does  a  large  business  in  city  mortgages.  Mr.  Smith,  from  his  long 
experience  in  the  city,  has  acquired  a  thorough  and  accurate  knowledge  of 
values  of  real  estate  in  Saginaw  and  the  surrounding  counties,  and  is  regarded 
as  an  authority  upon  the  subject ;  and  by  the  close  attention  paid  by  him  to 
all  commissions  placed  in  his  hands,  and  the  uniform  accuracy  and  reliability 
of  his  business  methods,  has  earned  a  merited  reputation  and  prominence  in 
this  department  of  business.  In  addition  to  this  business  Mr  Smith  is  also 
engaged  in  business  as  a  manufacturer  of  and  dealer  in  carriages,  buggies,  etc., 
his  premises  being  located  at  the  corner  of  Franklin  and  German  streets. 
This  business  which  is  an  old  established  one,  he  bought  last  spring,  from  F. 
J.  Knapp,  and  it  is  now  managed  for  Mr.  Smith  by  Mr.  George  Scolien,  a  man 
of  close  and  practical  knowledge  of  all  the  details  of  the  business.  The 
premises  occupied  include  a  show  room,  25x75  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a 
workshop  in  the  rear,  20x80  feet  and  the  adjoining  lot,  25x150  ieet  for  the 
storage  of  materials,  etc.  Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  fifteen  highly 
skilled  workmen,  a  specialty  being  made  of  Concord  wagons,  although  all 
kinds  of  light  business  vehicles  are  manufactured.  All  the  productions  of  the 
establishment  are  of  the  highest  standard  of  quality,  and  it  does  a  large 
business  in  the  Saginaws  and  throughout  Northern  Michigan.  In  connection 
with  this  business  a  well  equipped  repairing  department  is  conducted  and  a 
specialty  is  made  of  carriage  painting  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art.  Mr. 
Smith  is  an  old  resident  of  East  Saginaw  and  one  of  its  representative  citizens, 
and  has  always  taken  a  great  interest  in  its  growth  and  development.  He 
owns  a  farm  of  four  hundred  acres,  two-thirds  cleared,  about  four  miles  south- 
east of  East  Saginaw,  which  he  is  stocking  with  Clydesdale  horses,  Poland- 
China  swine,  and  Holstein-Friesian  cattle.  Of  the  latter  he  iias  now  forty 
head,  nine  of  which  he  imported.  The  Holstein-Friesian  are  the  greatest  milk 
producers  of  any  breed  of  cattle  in  the  world.  They  are  of  large  frame, 
I'ound,  plump  liody,  short  legs,  and  white  and  black  in  color,  the  latter  pre- 
dominating. They  are  docile  in  disposition  and  keep  in  good  condition  on 
short  allowance  of  food.  The  farm  is  managed  by  Mr.  George  W.  Brown, 
who  is  experienced  in  the  business  and  thoroughly  efficient. 

Koehler  Brothers.— Steam  Forge,  Bolt  Works  and  Machine  Shops ; 
208  South  Water  street.  East  Saginaw.— Attention  has  been  called,  in  an  earlier 
part  of  this  work,  to  the  great  and  growing  importance  of  the  iron  industries 
of  the  Saginaws.  There  are  fifteen  large  and  well  equipped  establishments, 
involving  an  outlay  of  over  $1,000,000  in  machinery,  buildings  and  plant,  and 
having  iin  annual  production  of  over  $2,000,00(1.       In  fact  the  Saginaws  are 


124  The  Industries  ot  the  SagiNAWs 


more  largel}'  engaged  in  this  industry  than  any  other  city  in  Michigan,  out- 
side of  Detroit.  Among  the  important  and  successful  concerns  in  this  line  is 
that  now  conducted  by  the  firm  of  Koehler  Brothers.  This  business  was 
established  in  1852,  thus  ranking  as  one  of  tlie  oldest  manufacturing  concerns 
of  the  Saginaw  Valley.  It  was  founded  by  Mr.  Frederick  A.  Koehler,  who  came 
from  New  Jerse}'  and  settled  in  Saginaw  City.  Shortly  after  his  arrival  Mr. 
Alfred  Hoyt  and  others  induced  him  to  remove  to  East  Saginaw,  and  he  started 
in  business  by  building  a  blacksmith  shop  and  residence  at  the  corner  of 
Washington  and  Tuscola  streets,  and  did  a  steadily  growing  business,  having  all 
the  work  on  Host's  vessels  and  most  of  the  mill  work,  until  succeeded  bj*  his  sons, 
Messrs.  James  A.  and  Fred.  H.  Koehler,  in  1878.  The  business  having  out- 
grown the  facilities  of  the  old  location,  the  Messrs.  Koehler,  who  carried  on 
the  business  under  the  name  of  Koehler  Brothers,  bought,  built  on  and  removed 
the  business  to  the  premises  now  occupied  by  the  works,  having  a  frontage  of 
100  feet  by  a  depth  of  120.  In  1880  Mr.  Fred.  H.  Koehler  died,  and  the 
business  has  since  been  carried  on  by  Messrs.  James  A.  Koehler  and  Clarkson 
A.  Koehler.  The  works  have  all  the  requisite  plant  and  mo,chinery  for  doing  all 
the  heaviest  blacksmithing  and  mill  work,  and  their  trade  reaches  not  only  all 
over  the  State  of  Michigan,  but  also  throughout  Minnesota  and  Wisconsin, 
and  as  far  away  as  Texas.  Colorado  and  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  The  works  have 
special  facilities  for  manufacturing  salt  and  artesian  well  tools  of  all  kinds,  as 
well  as  conveyer  chains  for  saw  dust,  slabs,  etc.,  bolts,  pole  joints,  and  all 
the  requisites  for  saw  and  lumber  mills.  {Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of 
twenty  skilled  workmen,  and  the  thoroughness  with  which  all  the  details  of 
the  business  are  conducted,  the  superior  workmanship  and  the  unsurpassed 
quality  of  the  materials  used  have  secured  for  the  products  of  this  establish- 
ment a  widespread  reputation  ;  and  the  promptness  and  accuracy  with  which 
all  orders  are  filled,  and  the  uniformly  I'eliable  methods  upon  which  the  busi- 
ness is  conducted  give  the  firm  a  high  place  in  the  confidence  of  mill  men  and 
owners  of  machinery  in  all  parts  of  the  country'.  Both  Mr.  James  A.  Koehler, 
and  Mr.  Clarkson  A.  Koehler,  are  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  men  in 
the  business,  and  all  its  details  are  conducted  undei  their  personal  supervision. 

Joseph  Stringham. — Insurance  and  Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses  ;  Ban- 
croft Block,  Genesee  and  Washington  avenues,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Stringham 
is  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  prosperous  underwriters  in  the  State.  He 
was  born  in  Detroit  and  located  in  East  Saginaw  in  1867,  forming  a  partnership 
with  M.  H.  Gallager  in  the  insurance  business.  Soon  afterward  the  firm  was 
changed  to  Ten  Eyck,  Stringham  &  Wheeler  and  later  to  Stringham  &  Wheeler. 
This  business  was  afterward  disposed  of  and  Mr.  Stringham  was  for  two  years 
Assistant  State  Agent  of  the  Home  of  New  York,  and  four  years  State  Agent 
of  the  New  York  Underwriters'  Agency.  In  1878  he  returned  to  East  Sagi- 
naw and  entered  into  partnership  with  E.  J.  McClintock,  and  in  ^881  went  into 
business  in  his  present  individual  venture.  His  experience  has  made  him  an 
authorit}'  upon  all  insurance  subjects.  He  represents  a  number  of  the  leading 
insurance  corporations  of  the  country,  and  is  prepared  to  issue  policies  for  fire, 
life,  accident  and  plate  glass  insurance  upon  the  most  reasonable  terms  con- 
sistent with  the  secui'it}'  of  the  investment.  He  represents  in  fire  insurance 
the  J^^tna,  of  Hartford,  capital  $4,000,000  and  net  surplus  $3,450,221  ;  the 
Detroit  Fire  and  Marine,  of  Michigan,  capital  $300,000  and  net  surplus  of 
$405,543  ;  the  Germania  Fire  Insurance  Company,  of  New  York,  capital 
$1,000,000,  net  surplus,  $638,084  ;  the  Hartford,  of  Connecticut,  capital 
$1,250,000  and  net  surplus  of  $1,789,987  ;  the  Liverpool  and  London  and 
Globe,  of  Liverpool,  England,  with  tot?l  assets  in  its  United  States  liranch  of 


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125 


*(;,639,781,  and  a  net  surplus  of  $3,077,539  ;  the  Phenix,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
capital  $1,000,000  and  net  surplius  of  $557,087  ;  the  libode  Island  Under- 
writers' Association  of  Providence,  capital  $500,000  and  surplus  of  $222,960  ; 
the  St.  Paul  Fire  and  Marine  Insurance  Company,  of  Minnesota,  capital  $500,- 
000  and  surplus  of  $348,675  and  the  Underwriters'  Agency  of  New  York,  also 
of  large  capital  and  resources.  In  life  insurance  he  represents  the  well-known 
and  reliable  Mutual  Reserve  Fund  Life  Association,  which  at  the  beginning  of 
the  present  year  had  assets  amounting  to  a  total  of  $1,586,493.55,  against 
total  liabilities  of  $375,700,  leaving  a  net  surplus  of  $1,210,793.55.  He  also 
represents  the  Pacific  Mutual  Life  and  Accident  Insurance  Co.,  of  San 
Francisco,  with  a  capital  of  $100,000,  assets  of  $1,498,621  and  a  reserve  at  4^ 
per  cent,  of  *1, 269,727.  lie  also  represents  Lloyd's  Plate  Glass  Insurance 
Co.,  of  New  York,  the  oldest,  largest  and  most  substantial  of  the  plate  glass 
insurance  companies.  IMr.  Stringham  devotes  his  entire  attention  to  the  insur- 
ance business,  and  is  an  expert  adjuster  of  fire  losses  and  special  correspondent. 
He  is  frequently  called  away  to  adjust  fire  losses  in  other  cities,  and  his 
accurate  knowledge  of  insurance  matters  and  the  unsurpassed  solidity  and 
reputation  of  the  companies  he  represents  as  well  as  his  own  accurate  and 
reliable  business  methods  have  secured  for  him  a  prosperity  which  is  the  result 
of  merit. 

William  Roeser  &  Sons.— Dealers  in  Farming  Tools  and  Implements, 
Wagons,  Carriages,  Harness,  P]tc.;  416  and  418  Franklin  street,  Saginaw  City. 


— Mr.  Koeser,  who  is  a  pioneer  resident  of  Saginaw  county,  established  himself 
in  business  as  a  general  store  keeper  in  Freeland  in  1849.  In  1870  ho  established 
this  business  on  North  Hamilton  street  in  the  location  where  Martin's  new- 
livery  barn  is  now-  in  course  of  erection.  He  continued  the  business  with  signal 
success,  each  year  showing  an  increase  in  the  volume  of  his  trade,  and  in  1883 


126  The  Industries  of  the  Saoinaws. 


bis  sons,  William  Roeser,  Jr.,  and  Charles  L.  Ftoeser,  who  had  received  a  prac- 
tical training  in  the  business  under  the  experienced  supervision  of  their  father, 
were  admitted  to  the  firm,  which  then  assumed  its  present  style.  The  premises 
occupied  by  the  firm  embrace  a  fine  new  two-story  double  building,  00x120 
feet  in  dimensions,  with  the  upper  floor  of  the  postoffice  next  door,  also  00x120 
feet,  and  in  addition  occupy  for  storage  purposes  a  lai'ge  barn  and  wagon  shop 
on  Monroe  street,  and  the}'  also  have  a  warehouse  for  storage  at  Freeland. 
The  stock  of  the  firm,  which  is  very  large,  embraces  everything  in  the  line  of 
farming  tools  and  machinerj',  wagons,  carriages,  harness,  etc.,  and  the  firm  has 
the  agency  for  the  world-renowned  McCormick  binders,  reapers  and  mowers, 
which  have  attested  their  superiority  as  the  best  machines  of  the  kind  ever 
invented.  They  are  sole  agents  for  the  Nichols  &  Shepard  Co.'s  and  Advance 
engines  and  threshers,  the  Three  Rivers  vibrator  and  Empire  clover  huller, 
John  Deere's  all  steel  plows,  and  many  others,  the  best  made,  and  carry  large 
stocks  of  farm  wagons,  including  the  Flint,  Studebaker  and  Milburn  makes, 
Studebaker,  Milburn  and  Rogers  platform  spring  wagons,  buggies  and  carriages, 
Portland  and  swell-bod}'  cutters,  John  Deere,  Trump,  Bonanza,  Albion  and 
Boss  cultivators,  Empire  and  Crown  drills,  Crown  and  Red,  White  and  Blue 
mowers,  and  a  large  number  of  other  first-class  agricultural  machines  and 
vehicles.  They  also  carry  a  complete  stock  of  harness.  A  large  force  of 
clerks  and  assistants  is  employed  in  the  house,  and  several  travelers  represent 
the  firm  throughout  the  Saginaw  Valley  and  Northern  Michigan.  The  details 
of  the  business  are  supervised  in  an  intelligent  manner  by  the  members  of  the 
firm,  and  a  large  increase  in  its  trade  has  been  earned  by  close  attention  to  all 
the  details  of  the  business,  great  care  in  the  selection  of  the  stock  and  uniform 
fairness  and  reliability  in  the  methods  upon  which  the  business  is  conducted. 

Heavenrich  Brothers  &  Co. — Max  Heavenrich,  President ;  Carl 
Heavenrich,  Vice-President;  Louis  Mautner,  Secretary  and  Treasurer;  Wholesale 
and  Retail  Clothiers,  and  Dealers  in  Lumbermen's  Furnishing  Goods  ;  301-309 
Genesee  avenue,  and  102-114  North  Franklin  street.  East  Saginaw. — Among 
the  larger  commercial  establishments  which  have  contributed  in  an  important 
degree  to  the  business  development  of  the  Saginaws  this  firm  occupies  a  nota- 
ble and  prominent  place.  The  business  was  established  in  1876  by  the  firm  of 
Heavenrich  Brothers,  and  was  conducted  by  them  until  1886,  when  the  present 
company  was  incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $150,000.  The  history  of  the 
enterprise  from  its  inception  to  the  present  time  has  been  one  of  annual  and 
steady  growth,  extensive  additions  being  made  to  the  facilities  of  the  firm  from 
time  to  time,  and  its  retail  and  wholesale  patronage  steadily  increasing  from 
year  to  j'ear.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  firm  are  the  largest  devoted  to 
this  branch  of  commerce  in  the  Saginaws,  four  stores  on  Genesee  avenue  being 
devoted  to  the  retail  trade  of  the  house,  the  clothing  department  and  gents' 
furnishing  goods  department  being  each  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  the  custom 
tailoring  department,  22x80  feet,  and  the  boot  and  shoe  department  adjoining, 
22x100  feet.  On  North  Franklin  street  the  firm  has  one  store  22x80  feet  and 
two  22x40  feet  in  dimensions,  and  in  the  rear  of  these  are  two  others  40x44 
and  25x30,  the  North  Franklin  street  stores  comprising  the  wholesale  depart- 
ment. The  stock  embraces  everything  in  the  line  of  clothing,  from  the  finest 
goods  made,  the  productions  of  the  most  noted  English,  French  and  German 
looms,  to  heavier  articles  suited  for  rough  wear  ;  while  in  lumbermen's  fur- 
nishing goods  the  assortment  contains  everything  pertaining  to  the  line  of 
unsurpassed  variety  and  in  txtent  of  stock  not  excelled  by  that  of  any  estab- 
lishment in  the  State.  The  furnishing  goods  department  is  also  complete  in 
every  particular,  and  the  stock  of  hats  and  caps  embraces  every  style  of  men's 


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and  youths'  headwear.  The  boot  and  shoe  departnient  is  perfectly  equipped, 
embracing-  not  only  the  products  of  the  best  eastern  manufacturers  in  ladies', 
men's,  misses',  youths'  and  children's  wear,  but  also  a  speciall}'  superior  stock 
of  lumbermen's  camp  and  drive  boots,  boot  pacs  and  other  heavy  goods  suited 
for  the  woods  and  river.  The  boot  and  shoe  department  is  conducted  by  the 
firm  of  Heavenrich  &  Co.,  of  which  Messrs.  Max  and  Carl  Ileavenrich,  Louis 
Seifert  and  Ed.  F.  Fleury  are  the  members,  and  which  was  established  in  April, 
1884.  The  steady  development  of  this  business  is  one  of  the  most  gratifying 
instances  of  commei'cial  success  afforded  by  the  business  histor}'  of  tiie  A^alle^'. 
The  present  prosperous  condition  has  been  built  up  b}'  a  combination  of  the 
highest  order  of  executive  ability  with  an  intelligent  comprehension  of  the 
needs  of  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  in  this  branch  of  industry.  As  a  conse- 
quence the  business  includes  not  onl}'  the  largest  retail  trade  in  this  line  in 
Northern  Michigan,  but  also  a  large  and  steadily  expanding  jobbing  trade 
throughout  the  northern  counties  of  the  State  and  the  Upper  Peninsula,  the 
linn  by  the  vast  volume  of  its  business  and  its  favorable  relations  with  the 
leading  manufacturers  being  enabled  to  offer  superior  inducements,  both  in 
quality  and  price,  and  in  this  respect  enabled  to  compete  with  any  house  in  the 
country.  Employment  is  given  in  the  clothing  and  furnishing  goods  depart- 
ments to  a  force  of  twenty-five  clerks  and  assistants,  while  six  more  are  em- 
ployed in  the  shoe  department,  and  from  thirty-five  to  forty  experienced  cutters 
and  tailors  are  employed  in  the  custom  tailoring  department,  which  latter  is 
one  of  the  most  completely'  equipped  in  the  State,  and  turns  out  goods  which 
in  fit  and  workmanship  have  no  superiors.  The  head  of  this  vast  establish- 
ment, Mr.  Max  Heavenrich,  occupies  a  deserved  prominence  among  the  leading 
citizens  of  the  Saginaws,  and  is  noted  no  less  for  his  public  spirit  than  for  his 
superior  business  attainments.  In  addition  to  his  position  as  President  of  this 
corporation  he  is  Treasurer  of  the  large  wholesale  grocery  firm  of  The  James 
Stewart  Company,  is  a  director  of  the  East  Saginaw  National  Bank  and  Presi- 
dent of  the  Business  Men's  Association  of  East  Saginaw,  an  organization  which 
contributes  more  largely  than  any  other  to  the  growth  and  development  of  the 
industries  and  material  interests  of  the  city.  No  establishment  is  more  truly 
representative,  and  none  is  more  worthy,  b}'  the  extent  of  its  resources,  the 
suj)erior  character  of  its  facilities  and  the  A'olume  of  its  trade,  of  prominent 
mention  in  a  work  detailing  the  results  of  commercial  and  productive  energy 
in  the  Saginaws. 

Daudt,  W^atson&Oo. — Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Earthenware,  China 
and  Glassware  ;  Lamps,  Chandeliers,  Silver  Plated  Ware  and  Table  Cutleiy  ; 
420  and  422  Genesee  avenue.  East  Saginaw.^The  largest  and 
finest  establishment  in  the  china  and  glassware  trade  in  North- 
ern Michigan  is  that  of  Daudt,  Watson  &  Co.,  dealers  in  china, 
earthenware,  glassware,  lamps,  gas  and  oil  chandeliers,  fancy 
goods,  table  cutlery  and  silver  plated  ware.  The  business  was 
first  established  b}'  Daudt  &  Klauser,  and  the  present  firm  suc- 
ceeded February  1,  1887.  The  partners  are  Ferd.  Daudt, 
Hamilton  Watson  and  C.  Daudt,  the  latter  gentleman  being  the 
President  of  the  Daudt  Glass  &  Crockery  Co.  at  Toledo,  O. 
The  premises  occupied  by  the  firm  embrace  a  handsome  three- 
story  and  basement  brick  building,  50x100  feet  in  dimensions, 
and  finely  appointed  throughout.  The  stock  of  goods  here  dis- 
played is  one  of  the  finest  to  been  seen  anywhere  in  this  line  of 
trade.  It  embraces  artistic  pottery,  porcelain  and  glassware 
brought -from  nearly  every  prominent  establishment  and  glass 
factory  in  the  world.      Among  the  richly  decorated  goods  are 


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dinner  sets,  breakfast  and  tea  sets,  toilet  sets  of  the  Limoges  ware  of  Haviland 
&  Co.,  and  tiie  rich  and  popular  Carlsbad  ware.  In  ornamental  pieces  they 
have  a  large  variety  of  the  latest  novelties  of  the  European  manufactories, 
special  sets  for  fish,  game,  soup  and  icecream,  etc.,  artistic  pottery  in  placques, 
figures,  vases  and  many  difi'erent  designs  of  the  new  Belleek  china,  a  rare  shell 
like  procelainof  exquisite  shading  and  glazing  hard  as  the  best  Japanese  ware. 
In  glassware  they  carry  full  lines  of  the  richest  French  and  Belgian  as  well  as 
the  fine  American  cut  flint  and  the  new  and  rich  Bohemian  satin  glass  in  deli- 
cate shades  and  decorations.  The  stock  also  embraces  a  great  variety  of  gas 
and  oil  chandeliers  and  lamps  of  all  kinds, -including  the  renowned  Rochester 
lamps  in  electro  plate,  bronze  and  brass,  and  handsome  hand  painted  shades 
and  globes  of  all  colors  and  etchings.  Here  are  also  heavy  china,  stone  and 
earthenware  and  glass  for  hotel  and  steamboat  use,  finer  goods  and  ornamental 
ware  for  family  use,  cutler}^  and  silver  plated  ware.  The  immense  show  rooms 
are  marvels  of  elegance,  taste  and  beaut}-.  The  firm  employs  a  large  staff"  of 
clerks  and  salesmen,  and  the  trade,  both  wholesale  and  retail,  is  very  large  and 
active,  extending  throughout  the  State.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  gentle- 
men well  known  in  this  communitj-,  and  the  house  has  retained  its  old  cus- 
tomers as  a  result  of  the  great  superiority  of  the  selection  of  the  goods,  the 
reasonableness  of  the  prices,  and  the  fairness  of  all  its  dealings. 

Remer  Brothers. — Manufacturers  of  Kelley  Island  Stone  Lime  ;  and 
Dealers  in  Coal,  Calcined  Plaster,  Cement,  Hair,  Brick,  Fire  Brick  and  Clay  ; 
Yard,  Water  street,  foot  of  Madison  street,  Saginaw  City. — This  business  was 
established  seventeen  years  ago  by  Mr.  J.  Remer,  the  firm  afterward  changing 
to  J.  Eemer  &  Son,  and  in  1882  assuming  its  present  style,  the  members  of 
the  firm  now  being  Messrs.  Charles  C.  and  Henry  C.  Remer.  They  occupy 
spacious  premises  covering  an  area  of  about  250x120  feet  with  railyoad 
tracks  in  front,  and  spacious  and  convenient  docks  in  the  rear,  and  have  large 
lime  kilns  with  tramways  on  which  stone  is  elevated  by  steam,  making  litne  ot 
a  superior  quality  in  large  quantities.  Thej'  carry  very  large  and  completely 
assorted  stocks  of  coal,  chiefly  dealing  in  anthracite,  and  have  large  and  lofty 
coal  sheds  and  other  buildings,  with  full  lines  of  calcined  plaster,  cement,  hair, 
brick,  fire  ln-ick  and  clay.  They  give  emplo3^ment  to  a  force  ranging  accord- 
ing to  the  season  from  fifteen  to  twenty-five  hands,  and  utilize  nine  horses  in 
the  operations  of  their  business.  In  coal  they  have  a  large  trade  in  the  Sagi- 
naws and  surrounding  country,  while  in  lime  and  other  lines  they  do  a  large 
trade  all  over  the  northern  portion  of  Michigan.  Thoroughly  acquainted  with 
every  detail  of  the  business,  and  conducting  all  their  transactions  with  fair- 
ness and  accuracy,  the  firm  enjoys  a  high  place  in  the  confidence  of  the  trade 
and  community,  and  has  earned  a  prosperity  which  steadily  increases  from 
season  to  season. 

National  Tea  Company. — (Cyrus  D.  Jones,  Scran  ton,  Pa.,  Frank 
C.  Jones,  New  York,  Charles  Jones,  Brooklyn;)  Dealers  in  Teas,  Coffees, 
Spices,  Etc.;  F.  C.  Knapp,  Saginaw  Manager;  317  Genesee  avenue,  East 
Saginaw. — This  well-known  and  prosperous  tea  house  is  a  branch  of  the 
National  Tea  Company,  having  headquarters  at  79  Front  street,  New  York, 
and  having  fifty-five  prosperous  branches  in  different  cities  throughout  the 
United  States.  The  company  has  maintained  a  branch  in  East  Saginaw  lor 
the  past  thirteen  years,  and  another  branch  at  3  Court  street,  Saginaw  City. 
At  each  of  these  branches  is  carried  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  every 
description  of  Chinese,  Japanese  and  Asam  teas,  all  approved  grades  of 
coffees,  spices  of  every  description  and  the  unrivalled  National  baking  powder. 
The  vast  business  done  by  the  company  and  its  direct  importations  from  the 


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tea  and  coffee  districts,  where  it  has  experienced  bu3'ers,  render  its  goods  at 
all  times  reliable,  and  the  favorable  relations  it  holds  with  producers  enables 
it  to  otfer  unsurpassed  inducements  in  qualit}'  and  price  to  consumers.  At 
the  East  Saginaw  establishment  a  force  of  eight  clerks  and  assistants  is 
employed  and  two  wagons  utilized  in  the  city  delivery,  and  a  similar  force  is 
kept  at  the  establishment  in  Saginaw  City.  The  business  here  is  under  the 
management  of  Mr.  F.  C.  Knapp,  who  came  from  Hudson,  Mich.,  four  years 
ago  to  engage  in  this  business  as  an  employe,  Mr.  Charles  Jones  having 
charge  of  the  store,  and  at  that  time  residing  here.  For  the  past  three  years 
the  business  here  has  been  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Knapp,  whose  close  attention 
to  its  details,  fair  and  honorable  methods  of  dealing  and  thorough  efficienc}' 
have  contributed  largely  to  the  steady  increase  in  the  business  of  the  company 
from  the  time  he  took  charge  to  the  present, 

Angell,  the  Photographer. — Franklin  street  and  Genesee  avenue, 
East  Saginaw. — The  great  excellence  of  the  products  of  the  studio  of  Mr.  D. 
Angell  has  long  been  recognized  by  the  people  of  the  Saginaws,  and  his  studio 
is  justh'  regai'ded  as  headquarters  for  the  procurement  of  the  best  work  in  this 
lipe.  Mr.  Angell  has  been  connected  with  this  business  twenty -five  years,  and 
was  in  Chicago  and  Wisconsin  prior  to  coming  to  East  Saginaw  sixteen  years 
ago.  He  attends  to  photographing  in  all  its  branches,  including  in  addition  to 
cabinet  photographs,  commercial  work,  life  size  work,  oil  and  water  color  and 
crayon  work,  etc.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  process  wherebj^  a  steel  engraving 
effect  is  given  to  photographs.  This  process  does  not  effect  the  high  lights, 
but  relieves  the  shadows,  and  gives  an  individuality  to  each  picture,  which 
cannot  be  secured  by  an}'  other  means.  He  occupies  as  a  studio  the  second 
floor  of  the  building  at  the  corner  of  Franklin  street  and  Genesee  avenue,  25x 
125  feet  in  dimensions,  where  he  has  an  elegantly  fitted  reception  room,  an 
operating  room  with  excellent  lights,  and  printing  and  retouching  rooms  in  the 
rear.  He  gives  employment  to  five  skilled  artists,  and  all  the  products  of  his 
establishment  are  executed  and  finished  in  the  highest  style  of  the  photographic 
art.  Throughout  his  long  connection  with  this  business  Mr.  Angell  has  ever 
depended  upon  the  character  of  his  work  for  success,  and  the  prosperity  he  has 
achieved  is  entirely  due  to  this  excellence.  His  trade  is  not  confined  by  local 
bounds,  but  he  has  patrons  throughout  Michigan,  and  has  a  very  large  and 
established  family  trade,  embracing  the  leading  people  of  the  Saginaw  Valley. 

Michigan  Saw  Company. — W.  H.  Presser,  Proprietor ;  Manufac- 
turers of  Mill  Saws,  and  Dealers  in  Emery  Wheels,  Etc.;  117  South  Water 
street,  East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  originally  established  in  1881  by  an 
incorporated  company,  of  which  Mr.  W.  H.  Presser  was  manager.  Twice  the 
establishment  was  visited  by  fire,  and  after  the  last  of  these  conflagrations  Mr. 
Presser  bought  the  remaining  stock  and  plant,  retaining  the  old  style  and  asso- 
ciating with  himself  Mr.  Martin  Marshall  under  the  style  of  Presser  &  Marshall, 
of  which  firm  Mr  E.  J.  McClintock  became  a  member  later.  in  the  spring  of 
the  present  year  Mr.  Presser  bought  out  the  two  partners,  and  is  now  sole  pro- 
prietor of  the  business.  He  occupies  a  three-story  building,  25x80  feet, 
equipped  with  all  the  requisite  machinery  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  the 
business,  and  giving  steady  employment  to  ten  highly  skilled  workmen,  the 
product  of  the  works  being  sold  throughout  Michigan,  Wisconsin  and  south  as 
far  as  Alabama,  in  all  districts  where  saw  and  planing  mills  and  wood-working 
enterprises  are  conducted.  At  the  works  are  manufactured  circular  saws, 
shingle  saws,  heading  saws,  jointer  saws,  band  saws,  etc.,  and  the  company  are 
dealers  in  emery  wheels,  etc,  a  specialty  being  made  of  saws,  which  are  manu- 
factured in  all  sizes,  from  five  inches  to  six  feet  in  diameter.      Tn  addition  to 


130  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

the  manufacturing  department,  saw  repairing  and  regrinding  is  done  at  the 
works  in  the  most  workmanlike  and  complete  manner,  and  in  all  the  dejjart- 
ments  of  the  business  the  establishment,  which  is  under  the  experienced  and 
practical  supervision  of  Mr.  Presser,  in  all  its  details,  enjoys  a  prominent  place 
in  the  confidence  of  lumber  manufacturers  in  all  parts  of  the  country-. 

John  H.  Beese  &  Co. —  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  (!oal, 
Sewer  Pipe,  Cement,  Hair,  Fire  Brick,  Fire  Clay,  Etc. ;  235  South  Water  street, 
East  Saginaw.— Mr.  Beese  established  this  business  four  years  ago,  since 
which  time  he  has  carried  it  on  with  a  steadily  growing  success,  and  now 
enjoys  a  large  trade  with  the  manufacturers  and  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and 
the  surrounding  countr}'.  He  has  large  coal  sheds  fronting  50  feet  and 
running  back  80  feet,  two  docks  and  a  spacious  yard,  and  carries  very  large 
stocks  of  assorted  qualities  of  anthracite,  bituminous,  cannel  and  smithing 
coal,  which  he  is  prepared  to  deliver  on  order,  or  to  have  shipped  direct  from 
the  mines.  In  addition  to  this  business,  he  carries  large  and  completely 
assorted  stocks  of  sewer  pipes,  bends,  elbows,  traps,  etc.,  and  all  dimensions 
of  drain  tile,  foreign  and  domestic  cements,  hair,  fire  brick  and  fire  clay,  etc., 
and  is  agent  for  Bridgeport  brick.  The  firm  employs  in  its  yard  seven  hands 
and  has  four  teams  which  are  utilized  for  the  purpose  of  delivery.  As  a 
consequence  of  the  accuracy  of  all  its  dealings,  and  the  prompt  and  satis- 
factory manner  in  which  all  orders  are  filled,  the  firm  is  doing  a  thriving  business. 

Mayflower  Mills. — P^anil  Moores,  Manager ;  Pioller  Flour  Manufac- 
turers ;  424  South  Water  street.  East  Saginaw. — This  is  one  ot  the  oldest  mill 
concerns  in  Michigan,  the  first  Mayflower  Mills  having  been  erected  in  1851,  a 
year  after  the  city  of  East  Saginaw  was  laid  out.  They  were  built  by  the  late 
Jesse  Hoyt,  of  New  York  city,  and  continued  in  operation  until  destroyed  by 
fire  in  1860,  when  a  new  and  larger  mill  was  built  on  the  same  site  by  Mr. 
Hoyt.  In  1866  Mr.  Emil  Moores  was  admitted  to  the  firm,  and  in  the  same 
year  the  mills  were  considerabl}'  enlarged.  Since  that  time  Mi*.  Moores  has 
been  the  manager  of  the  business,  which  after  after  his  advent  to  the  firm  in- 
creased so  largely  that  the  facilities  of  the  mill  became  too  contracted  for  the 
eflicient  prosecution  of  the  business,  and  in  1882  a  complete  roller  mill  of  500 
barrels  daily  capacity  was  put  vip  upon  the  order  of  Mr.  Moores  by  the  JohnT. 
Noyes  jNIanufacturing  Company,  of  Buffalo.  In  their  present  condition  these 
mills  are  now  the  largest  mill  establishments  in  Michigan,  and  consist  of  five 
large  buildings,  including  an  elevator  with  a  storage  capacit}'  of  85,000  bushels 
of  wheat,  and  a  warehouse  used  for  storing  bian  and  fine  feed,  with  a  capacity 
of  45,000  bushels,  the  old  Mayflower  Mills,  now  used  for  packing  and  storing- 
flour  and  offal,  with  a  capacity-  for  the  storage  of  5,000  barrels  of  flour  and 
300  tons  of  offal ;  and  engine  and  boiler  house,  containing  a  400  horse-power 
Steeple  compound  engine,  with  high  and  low  pressure  c^'linders,  fed  b}'  two 
steel  tubular  boilers  16  feet  long  and  6(5  inches  in  diameter,  while  the  main 
building,  the  new  IMayflower  Mills,  is  a  four-story  and  basement  structure, 
50x80  feet  in  dimensions.  In  addition  to  a  full  roller  process  for  the  manu- 
facture of  flonr,  the  mills  are  equipped  with  a  roller  process  plant  for  the 
manufacture  of  a  fine  quality  of  meal.  All  the  cooperage  for  the  mills  is 
made  on  the  premises  and  employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  twenty  hands  in 
the  mill  and  ten  in  cooperage  department.  The  IMayflower  Patent  and  May- 
flower Roller  flour  has  a  just  celebrity  for  its  superiority,  being  made  from 
Michigan  amber  and  white  winter  wheat,  and  the  meal  made  in  these  mills  is 
also  equally  popular.  The  business  has  largely  increased  under  the  practical 
and  experienced  management  of  Mr.  Moores,  to  whose  reliable  business 
methods,  combined  with  the  merit  of  the  product  of  the  mills,  is  due  the 
prosperous  business  enjo^'^ed  l)}'^  this  establishment. 


The  Industries  of  the  Saqinaws.  181 


William  F.  "Weber.— East  Saginaw  Trunk  Factory;  Manufacturer  of 
and  Dealer  in  'I'runks,  Traveling  Bags,  Etc.;  120  North  Cass  street,  East  Sagi- 
naw.— Mr.  Weber  is  a  tliorouglily  practical  and  experienced  man  in  the  business 
of  trunk  manufacture,  in  which  he  has  been  engaged  for  the  past  twenty  vears. 
He  was  for  nine  years  with  Martin  Maier,  of  Detroit,  and  worked  in  this  city 
with  another  party  for  two  years  prior  to  establishing  in  business  for  himself 
in  1885.  His  factory  is  now  the  only  one  engaged  in  this  branch  of  industry 
in  the  Saginaws,  and  occupies  a  building  35x125  feet  in  dimensions,  completely 
equipped  with  all  the  necessary  plant  and  appliances  for  the  successful  carry- 
ing on  of  the  business,  employment  being  given  to  a  force  of  highly  skilled 
workmen,  and  all  the  operations  of  the  business  being  personally  supervised  by 
Mr.  Wel)er.  in  order  to  secure  for  the  product  of  the  establishment  the  excel- 
lence for  which  it  is  cele])rated.  He  makes  and  deals  in  every  description  of 
trunks,  traveling  bags,  etc.,  makes  trunks  and  samjjle  cases  to  order,  and  in 
connection  with  his  business  conducts  an  efficient  repairing  department,  in 
which  orders  for  every  kind  of  repairs  to  traveling  goods  are  filled  in  a  prompt 
and  satisfactory  manner.  The  trade  has  steadily  grown  from  its  inception  to 
the  present  time,  and  IMr.  Weber  enjoys  a  thriving  business  as  a  result  of  close 
attention  to  all  its  details. 

D,  McLeod. — Manufacturer  of  Shingles  ;  North  Water  street,  between 
Madison  and  Monroe  streets.  Saginaw  Citj^ — ^Mr.  jNIcLeod  has  long  been 
prominentU"  identiQed  with  the  shingle  manufacturing  industry  of  the  Valle}', 
having  established  himself  in  business  in  Saginaw  Cit}'  fourteen  years  ago, 
and  steadily  carried  it  on  from  that  time  to  the  present.  Six  years  ago  his 
mill  was  destroyed  by  fire,  but  Mr.  McLeod  started  at  once  to  repair 
the  loss  he  had  sustained,  and  built  his  present  mill,  which,  with  the  ad- 
joining grounds,  covers  an  area  of  100x100  feet.  It  is  convenientl}' located 
with  railroad  tracks  in  front  and  the  river  in  the  rear,  affording  every  facility 
for  the  handling  of  raw  material  and  shipment  of  the  manufactured  product. 
The  mill  is  completely  equipped  with  modern  and  improved  machinery,  and 
makes  6,000,000  shingles  annually,  giving  employment  to  a  force  ranging  from 
fifteen  to  twenty  men,  and  the  product  of  the  mill  is  of  unexcelled  quality  and 
in  large  demand  by  the  trade.  In  addition  to  the  shingle  industry  Mr.  McLeod 
carries  large  stocks  of  wood,  which  he  sells  at  wholesale  and  retail.  He  is  a 
thoroughly  practical  man,  conducting  his  business  on  accurate  and  reliable 
methods,  and  having  an  unsurpassed  reputation  for  the  promptness  and 
straightforwardness  of  his  business  conduct.  He  is  a  native  of  Scotland,  from 
which  country  he  came  to  Quebec,  Canada,  in  1852,  and  after  traveling  through 
Canada  and  New  York  settled  in  Toronto  for  five  3'ears.  He  afterward  con- 
ducted a  saw  and  shingle  mill  on  the  Ottawa  river  for  a  number  of  years,  and 
in  1865  came  to  Saginaw  and  worked  at  mills  up  to  the  time  of  establishing 
his  present  industry.  His  enterprise  has  been  rewarded  with  success,  and  his 
trade  is  large  and  steadily  growing. 

Victor  Slesinger. — Dealer  in  Hides,  Pelts,  Wool,  Furs,  Cracklings  and 
Tallow  ;  130-132  North  Jefferson  street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Slesinger  has  been 
in  this  business  in  this  cit}'  for  the  past  nineteen  years,  and  was  a  pioneer  in 
this  branch  of  industry.  He  was  for  fifteen  years  on  (lenesee  avenue,  later 
removing  to  the  quarters  now  occupied  on  North  JefiTerson  street.  In  the  rear 
of  the  lot  there  occupied  he  has  a  new  two-story  brick  building  40x75  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  has  an  office  fronting  on  the  street  20x25  feet.  He  carries  on 
a  large  business  as  a  dealer  in  clipped  wool,  which  he  bu^'s  from  farmers 
thl-oughout  the  Saginaw  Valley.  In  this  business  the  volume  of  his  trade  has 
steadil}'  grown.     Seventeen  years  ago  all  he  could  obtain  through  the  country 


132  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


was  3,200  pounds.  Last  summer  he  handled  200,000  pounds  of  wool.  In 
addition  to  this  branch  of  his  business  Mr.  Slesinger  also  handled  an  average 
of  about  500  sheep  skins  per  week,  or  25,000  per  year,  which  he  secured  from 
farmers,  butchers,  etc.  In  all  branches  of  his  business  Mr.  Slesinger  reports 
a  steadj'  increase,  except  in  hides,  in  which  the  production  in  the  Valle}'  has 
greatly  decreased,  owing  to  the  largely  increased  use  of  dressed  beef  shipped 
in  refrigerator  cars  from  Chicago  and  other  points.  He  also  handles  furs,  which 
he  ships  largely  to  New  York  for  export. 

In  addition  to  this  business  Mr.  Slesinger  conducts  a  personal  security 
bank,  and  loans  money  on  diamonds,  watches  and  valuables  that  can  be  put  in 
a,  safe.  He  is  prepared  to  offer  superior  inducements  to  those  needing  accom- 
modation of  this  character,  and  in  all  his  lines  he  conducts  business  on  honor- 
able and  reliable  methods  which  have  secured  for  him  a  first-class  reputation 
and  a  merited  success. 

T.  0.  L.  Zander.— The  New  York  Tailor;  120  North  Hamilton  street, 
Saginaw  Cit5^ — Mr.  Zander,  who  came  from  New  York  two  years  ago  and 
established  this  business,  has  built  up  a  large  patronage  not  onlj'  in  the  Sagi- 
naws, but  also  throughout  the  State,  as  a  result  of  the  thoroughly  practical  and 
artistic  manner  in  jvhich  garments  are  produced  at  his  establishment  from  the 
finest  and  most  desirable  patterns  and  fabrics.  He  occupies  a  well  located  and 
equipped  store,  25x30  feet  in  dimensions,  where  he  carries  a  carefully  selected 
and  large  stock,  embracing  the  finest  imported  and  American  goods,  and  Mr. 
Zander  is  prepared  to  give  to  his  customers  garments  in  exact  accordance  with 
the  prevailing  mode,  of  intrinsic  value  in  material,  workmanship  and  perfection 
of  fit,  and  made  in  a  style  which  is  unsurpassed  by  any  merchant  tailor  in  the 
Northwest.  Mr.  Zander  is  always  on  the  lookout  for  the  finest  goods  produced 
by  the  most  noted  looms  of  Europe  and  America,  and  as  a  consequence  his 
stock  always  embraces  the  latest  and  the  best,  his  present  supply  for  fall  and 
winter  wear  being  as  fine  a  display  of  fine  goods  as  was  ever  brought  to  the 
West.  He  gives  steady  employment  to  fifteen  highly  skilled  workmen,  and 
has  three  travelers  taking  measures  and  orders  throughout  this  State,  Illinois, 
Wisconsin,  and  as  far  west  as  Montana.  His  business  has  steadily  grown 
from  its  inception  and  is  still  increasing,  the  products  of  his  establishment 
always  giving  satisfaction  and  his  place  being  justly  regarded  as  headquarters 
for  superior  gai'ments. 

Buehler  &  Deibel. — Dealers  in  Boots,  Shoes  and  Rubbers;  Court  street, 
near  Washington  street,  Saginaw  City. — This  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  J.  J. 
Buehler  and  Philip  Deibel  are  the  individual  members,  was  formed  two  years 
ago,  and  b}'  selling  superior  goods  at  the  lowest  prices  have  pecured  a  liberal 
share  of  the  patronage  of  the  citizens  of  and  visitors  to  the  Saginaws.  Their 
store  is  eligibly  located  on  Court  street,  near  Washington,  and  their  stock  of 
boots  and  shoes  embraces  everything  in  the  line  of  ladies',  gentlemen's, 
misses',  youths'  and  children's  wear,  the  productions  of  the  most  famous 
Eastern  manufactories,  including  in  ladies'  fine  shoes  such  goods  as  those  of  A. 
S.  Elderkin,  Taylor  &  Co.,  and  Smith  &  Herrick,  all  prominent  manufacturers 
of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  in  gentlemen's  shoes  the  fine  goods  of  Lilly,  Bracket 
&  Co.,  of  Brockton,  Mass.,  and  the  famous  Emery  shoe,  while  in  children's 
shoes  and  rubber  goods  their  stock  is  of  an  equally  superior  quality.  The 
firm  has  secured  a  prosperous  and  thriving  business  by  selling  the  best  goods 
at  the  lowest  prices,  marking  its  stock  in  plain  figures  and  charging  strictly 
one  price  to  all  their  customers.  In  addition  to  the  members  of  the  firm,  who 
devote  all  their  time  and  attention  to  the  details  of  the  business,  two  cofli- 
petent  clerks  are  employed,  and  the  great  merit  of  their  goods  and  the  satis- 
factory character  of  their  dealings  have  made  the  house  popular  and  prosperous. 


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John  A.  Price. — Personal  Security  Bank,  418  Tuscola  street,  East 
Saginaw. — Mr.  Price  lias  been  engaged  in  this  pursuit  since  1884  and  does  a 
large  business  as  a  consequence  of  the  uniform  fairness  and  liberalit}'  of  his 
methods.  He  is  prepared  at  all  times  to  loan  money  in  any  desired  amount  on 
diamonds,  watches,  jewelry  and  other  articles  of  value,  or  upon  chattel 
mortgages  upon  ever}'  class  of  personal  property  without  removal,  and  upon 
horses,  cattle,  etc.  He  has  constantly  on  hand  a  large  and  select  stock  of  the 
finest  diamonds,  watches  and  jewelry  which  he  sells  at  a  price  much  below 
their  value.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  ample  resources  and  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  all  the  details  of  the  business  in  which  he  is  engaged,  and  those  having 
good  collateral  and  desiring  financial  accommodation  will  find  his  terms 
reasonable.  To  those  desiring  to  purchase  watciies,  gems  and  jewelry  his 
establishment  offers  superior  inducements,  his  stock  embracing  a  number  of 
undoubted  bargains,  and  Mr.  Price  being  thoroughly  reliable  and  accurate  in 
all  his  representations  and  dealings. 

Anderson  Brothers. — Fine  Drj' Goods,  Silks,  Dress  Goods  and  Laces  ; 
218  Genesee  avenue.  East  Saginaw. — This  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  Peter  and 
Charles  A.  Anderson  are  the  individual  members,  came  to  East  Saginaw  early  in 
1886  from  Toledo,  where  they  had  been  for  eight  years  engaged  in  a  similar 
business,  and  bought  out  the  old  house  in  this  stand  of  J.  W.  Howr}'.  They 
occupy  a  handsome  and  convenient  three-story  building  fronting  25  feet  on 
Genesee  avenue  and  running  back  100  feet,  with  an  L  running  west  to  Franklin 
street^  40x50  feet  in  dimensions,  which  the}^  utilize  for  their  cloak  department. 
The}'  carry  ver}'  large  and  complete  stocks  of  everything  in  the  line  of  dry 
goods,  especially  assorted  so  as  to  include  the  finest  qualities  of  goods  and  the 
latest  novelties  in  patterns  and  fabrics,  their  stock  of  silks,  dress  goods  and 
laces  being  especially  complete.  As  a  consequence  of  the  great  care  taken  in 
the  selection  of  the  stock  as  to  make  its  qualitj'  unsurpassed,  the  house  is 
accurately  regarded  as  headquarters  for  fine  dry  goods  of  every  description, 
and  enjoys  a  large  patronage  from  the  ladies  of  the  Saginaws,  as  well  as  an 
extensive  and  steadily  increasing  transient  trade.  A  force  of  twenty  clerks 
and  assistants  is  employed  in  the  house,  and  the  firm  enjoys  unsurpassed 
facilities  for  supplying  goods  of  the  finest  quality  in  all  departments  of  a  high 
class  drj'  goods  establishment. 

W.  S.  Mitts  &  Co. — Personal  and  Exchange  Bank  ;  109  South  Cass 
street,  East  Saginaw. — This  firm,  which  is  composed  of  Messrs.  W.  S.  &  S.  W. 
Mitts,  was  established  two  years  ago,  since  which  time  they  have  enjoyed  a 
large  and  steadily  increasing  business  as  brokers  in  stocks,  bonds  and  all 
kinds  of  securities,  dealers  in  farm  and  timber  lands,  logs  and  lumber,  and 
also  conduct  a  very  large  loan  business  on  chattel  mortgages  and  collateral  of 
all  kinds,  and  buy  and  sell  fine  jewelry  and  watches  and  other  arti<;les  of 
value,  and,  in  fact,  buy  ever^'thing  in  the  line  of  jewehy.  They  are  prepared 
to  loan  money  in  any  amount  and  on  reasonable  terras  to  those  who  are 
prepared  to  oflfer  good  security,  and  those  desiring  accommodation  of  this 
character  will  find  this  firm  a  first-class  medium  through  which  their  business 
can  be  transacted  in  a  reliable  manner.  The  Messrs.  Mitts  are  business  men 
of  superior  attainments,  thoroughly  fair  and  accurate  in  their  dealings,  and 
conduct  their  business  upon  methods  which  have  secured  for  them  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  the  community. 

Saginaw  Valley  Paper  Co. — F.  S.  Sears,  Proprietor  ;  Dealer  in  All 
Kinds  of  Blank  Books,  Stationery,  Paper  Boxes,  Twine,  Flour  Sacks,  Etc.  ; 


134  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 


221  South  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Sears  is  an  experienced  man 
in  tliis  department  of  commerce,  having  been  engaged  in  a  similar  business 
for  twelve  years  in  Detroit  prior  to  establishing  himself  in  this  city  three  years 
ago.  He  occupies  as  office  and  warerooms  a  building  25x100  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, and  carries  a  very  large  and  completely  assorted  stock  of  everything  in 
the  line  of  blank  books,  stationer}',  twines  of  all  kinds  and  flour  sacks  ^of  ^a 
superior  quality,  as  well  as  all  other  goods  pertaining  to  this  line.  He  has  a 
very  large  business  in  the  Saginaws  and  surrounding  country,  and  has  a  hand- 
some double  wagon  and  a  single  one  which  he  utilizes  in  delivering  goods  to 
his  customers  throughout  this  section.  The  goods  carried  by  him  are  of  a 
superior  qualit}-,  and  the  favorable  relations  which  he  enjoys  with  leading  manu- 
facturers enables  him  to  oifer  superior  inducements  both  in  qualit}-  and  price 
to  the  trade  and  large  consumers,  and  he  is  prepared  to  fill  all  orders  for  every 
descrtiption  of  goods  in  his  line  in  a  prompt  and  satisfactory  manner,  and  his 
business  has  increased  in  volume  annually  from  the  inception  of  his  enterprise 
to  the  present  time. 

Selle  &  Jasper. — Fine  Tailoring  ;  112  South  Washington  avenue, 
opposite  Bancroft  House,  East  Saginaw. — This  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  M.  A. 
Selle  and  C.  F.  Jasper  are  the  individual  members,  was  established  in 
February  of  the  present  3'ear,  when  they  bought  out  part  of  the  stock  of  Werno 
&  Luetke,  by  whom  the  business  was  established  in  1885.  They  occupy  an 
eligibly  located  and  completely  equipped  store  with  large  plate  glass  show 
windows,  and  carry  a  large  stock  of  fine  goods,  buying  their  English,  French 
and  German  goods  in  London,  Kngland,  and  having  a  special  line  of  fine 
goods  made  directly  to  their  order.  They  enjoy  facilities  unsurpassed  for 
producing  gentlemen's  garments  of  intrinsic  value,  in  accordance  with  the 
prevailing  mode  and  with  special  adaptation  and  fitness  to  the  wearer, 
employing  a  force  of  fifteen  highly  skilled  workmen,  and  enjoying  a 
large  trade  in  the  Saginaws  and  their  surroundings,  as  well  as  a  considerable 
order  trade  thi'oughout  the  State,  and  some  customers  in  the  West  and  South. 
Mr.  Selle,  of  this  firm,  is  a  highly  skilled  artist  in  this  business,  and  came  to 
the  citj'  from  Chicago,  where  he  had  previously  been  engaged,  some  three 
years  ago,  and  was  employed  as  cutter  for  Werno  &  Luetke  until  he  bought 
them  out  with  Mr.  Jasper  at  the  beginning  of  the  present  year.  Since  that 
time  the  business  has  been  doubled,  and  the  firm  is  one  of  the  most  prosperous 
in  its  line  in  the  State.  Mr.  Jasper  is  also  a  practical  man  in  the  business, 
and  the  combination  is  one  containing  the  elements  of  success.  As  a 
consequence  of  the  superior  character  of  the  garments  produced  at  this 
establishment,  their  trade  is  steadily  growing,  and  they  enjoy  the  patronage  of 
the  leading  people  of  the  Saginaws. 

E.  S.  Newton  &  Go. — Foundry  and  Machine  Shop  ;  Corner  of  Water 
and  McCoskry  streets,  East  Saginaw. — The  works  conducted  by  the  firm  of  E. 
S.  Newton  &  Co.  were  originally  established  in  1871  by  Merrill  &  Bacon,  by 
whom  they  were  conducted  until  June  of  the  present  year,  when  the  business 
was  purchased  by  Messrs.  E.  S.  Newton  and  C.  H.  Rademecher,  who  compose 
the  present  firm.  Prior  to  the  formation  of  this  firm  Mr.  Newton  was  with 
Wickes  Brothers  of  this  city  for  twenty  years,  and  was  for  four  3^ears  foreman 
and  sixteen  years  superintendent  of  the  works.  He  is  well  and  favorably 
known  all  along  the  river  and  throughout  the  northern  portion  of  Michigan. 
Mr.  Rademecher  was  also  with  Wickes  Brothers  for  over  twenty-two  years,  and 
like  Mr.  Newton  is  a  thoroughly  practical  man  in  all  the  details  of  the  foundry 
and  machine  shop  business.  The  several  shops  cover  an  area  of  about  200x200 
feet,  but  they  propose  pulling  down  a  portion  and  rebuilding  so  as  to  have  the 


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whole  concern  under  one  roof,  and  when  their  contemplated  changes  arc  made 
their  works  will  be  the  most  convenient  of  the  kind  in  this  section  of  Michigan. 
Their  present  large  machine  shop  is  crowded  with  all  the  finest  tools  and  ma- 
chinery adapted  to  the  purposes  of  their  business,  including  nine  lathes  from 
six  feet  down  to  smaller  sizes,  two  large  planers,  drill  presses,  etc.,  to  which, 
when  they  get  their  works  fully  organized,  they  will  add  others,  and  increase 
their  force  of  hands  and  push  their  trade  into  a  wider  territory.  At  i)resent 
they  give  employment  to  a  force  of  twent}'  hands,  and  carr^'  on  a  large  business 
as  builders  of  steam  engines,  saw  mill  and  salt  well  machinery,  salt  pumps, 
valves,  etc.,  and  as  dealers  in  steam  pumps,  injectors,  governors,  tubing,  pipe 
fittings,  etc.,  and  make  a  specialty  of  steam  heating.  Bringing  to  the  prosecu- 
tion of  the  business  practical  knowledge  of  a  superior  character,  and  supervis- 
ing all  the  details  in  a  careful  and  accurate  manner,  the}^  enjoy  a  trade  covering 
the  Saginaw  Valley,  and  which  is  steadil}'  growing  and  expanding. 

William  Gemmill. — Hardware,  Stoves,  Oilcloth,  Etc.;  715  Warren 
street,  Near  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  Railroad.  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Gemmill  is 
a  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  man  in  the  hardware  business,  and  for 
two  years  prior  to  establishing  in  business  for  himself  was  a  partner  of  M.  S. 
Couse  in  his  store  on  Potter  street.  He  embarked  in  his  present  enterprise 
March  1,  1887,  and  now  occupies  a  two-story  brick  building,  30x125  feet  in 
dimensions,  lighted  by  two  large  show  windows,  and  in  every  wa\'  adapted  to 
the  purposes  of  the  business.  He  carries  large  and  complete  stocks  of  ever^'- 
thing  in  the  lines  of  shelf  and  heavy  hardware,  Golden  Star  base  burner  stoves 
and  ranges,  tinware,  pocket  and  table  cutlery,  bird  cages,  etc.,  and  the  largest 
stock  of  oilcloths  in  the  city.  He  gives  employment  to  three  competent  clerks 
and  assistants,  and  enjoys  a  large  and  steadily  growing  patronage  from  the 
citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  the  surrounding  country.  He  sustains  a  first- 
class  reputation  for  the  fairness  and  accuracy  of  his  dealings  and  for  correctly 
and  promptl}^  filling  all  orders  for  every  description  of  goods  in  his  line.  Since 
Starting  in  business  for  himself  his  trade  has  steadil}'  increased  in  a  manner 
which  gives  certain  indications  of  a  prosperous  career  for  the  enterprise. 

Coiinelly  Brothers. — Brokers  and  Furniture  Dealers  ;  131,  133,  135 
and  136  South  Washington  avenue.  East  Saginaw. — This  firm  is  composed  of 
Messrs.  John  E.  and  Thomas  Connelly,  who  have  successfully  conducted  the 
business  for  the  past  seven  years,  and  who  occupy  the  main  floor  of  three 
stores,  75x100  feet  in  dimensions,  with  an  extension  25x60  feet,  and  a  branch 
store  across  the  street,  occup3ing  the  main  floor,  25x100  feet.  In  these 
extensive  premises  they  carry  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  new  and  second- 
hand furniture,  carpets,  stoves,  crockery,  etc.,  and  are  always  prepared  to 
supply  every  description  of  goods  in  their  line  with  promptness  and  at  the 
lowest  prices.  Mr.  John  E.  Connelly  came  to  this  cit}'  from  Ontario,  Canada, 
when  a  boy  twenty-two  years  ago,  and  fifteen  years  ago  embarked  in  the 
grocer}'  business,  later  going  into  the  fruit  business,  and  seven  j-ears  ago 
associating  with  himself  his  younger  brother,  started  in  his  present  line.  Up 
to  last  year  he  had  been  interested  in  the  lumber  business,  but  finding  that  the 
constantly  growing  business  of  his  store  needed  his  undivided  attention  he 
sold  out  his  lumber  manufacturing  interests.  The  Connell}-  Brothers 
personally  supervise  all  the  operations- of  their  business,  in  which  the}'  are 
assisted  by  four  clerks  and  employ  two  wagons  for  deliverv,  and  are  doing  a 
thriving  trade  as  a  consequence  of  the  fairness  of  their  dealings,  and  the 
bargains  which  they  at  all  time  have  on  hand. 

Miss  M.  E.  Hayden, — Fashionable  Millinery  Establishment ;  122  South 
Washington  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — An  establishment,  which  has  in  a  short 


136  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

time  built  up  a  large  trade  which  is  steadily  growing,  is  that  of  Miss  M.  E. 
Hayden,  who  came  to  this  city  from  Detroit  early  in  1886,  and  has  since 
acquired  a  merited  celebrity  for  the  superior  character  of  all  the  productions  of 
her  establishment,  the  careful  selection  of  her  stock  and  tbe  thoroughly  satis- 
factory manner  in  which  orders  are  filled.  She  occupies  an  elegantlj'  appointed 
store  room,  30x80  feet  in  dimensions,  where  she  carries  a  large  assortment  and 
attractive  display,  embracing  all  the  latest  novelties  in  millinery,  and  a  superior 
line  of  trimmed  and  untrimmed  hats  and  bonnets.  She  also  carries  a  large 
stock  and  complete  assortment  of  all  kinds  of  hair  goods,  wigs,  puffs,  frizzes  and 
toilet  necessaries.  She  is  also  agent  for  the  Universal  Fashion  Co.'s  Perfect 
Fitting  Patterns,  and  in  every  respect  the  stock  is  of  a  character  to  invite 
inspection  of  the  ladies  of  the  Saginaws.  Miss  Hayden,  who  is  thoroughly 
practical  and  experienced  and  of  excellent  taste  and  judgment,  gives  employ- 
ment to  five  competent  milliners,  and  is  doing  a  thriving  business  which  is 
fully  merited  by  the  superior  quality  of  her  goods,  and  her  prompt  and  ac- 
commodating methods. 

James  McGregor  &  Sons. — Manufacturers  of  Steam  Boilers  and 
Sheet  Iron  Work  ,  Corner  of  Water  and  Williams  streets,  Saginaw  City. — Mr. 
James  McGregor,  by  whom  this  business  was  founded,  is  a  member  of  a  family 
which  contains  a  number  of  prominent  manufacturers  of  steam  boilers,  he  hav- 
ing two  brothers  in  Detroit,  each  of  whom  conducts  an  establishment  of  this 
nature.  The  business  conducted  by  James  McGregor  &  Sons,  in  Saginaw  City, 
was  established  in  1862  by  Mr.  James  McGregor,  by  whom  it  was  continued 
alone  until  six  years  ago,  when  his  sons,  Messrs.  John  McGregor  and  James 
McGregor,  Jr.,  who  had  been  carefully  and  thoroughly  instructed  in  all  the  de- 
tails of  the  trade  under  the  capable  and  experienced  supervision  of  their  father, 
were  admitted  to  the  firm,  which  then  assumed  its  present  style.  They  occupy 
a  building  80x100  feet  in  dimensions,  completely  equipped  with  all  the  latest 
and  most  highly  improved  machinery  and  appliances  adapted  to  the  require- 
ments of  the  business,  and  give  employment  in  summer  to  ten  and  in  winter 
to  twenty-five  hands  in  the  manufacture  of  steam  boilers  of  every  description, 
and  all  kinds  of  sheet  iron  work,  making  a  specialty  of  mill,  marine  and  house 
boilers.  During  the  past  summer  the  firm  built  two  5-foot  shell  by  16-foot 
boilers  for  the  Union  School  at  Saginaw  City,  eleven  boilers  for  house  heating 
for  Wickes  Brothers,  as  well  as  filling  a  large  number  of  other  orders.  The 
firm  has  at  all  times  a  stock  of  new  and  second-hand  boilers  on  hand  and  for 
sale,  and  gives  prompt  attention  to  repairing  boilers  of  every  description.  It 
enjoys  a  large  trade  from  all  parts  of  the  Saginaw  Valley,  which  it  has  earned 
by  the  superior  character  of  the  workmanship  of  all  the  productions  of  its  es- 
tablishment, the  promptness  with  which  orders  are  filled,  and  its  uniform  reli- 
ability in  every  particular. 

Mittermier  &  Rohde. — Dealers  in  Groceries,  Vegetables,  Fruits, 
Poultry,  Oysters,  Etc.,  421  Genesee  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — This  business  was 
established  in  1875  by  Mr.  Charles  Pendell,  who  conducted  it  for  about  eight 
years,  when  Mr.  Hamilton  became  the  proprietor  for  a  short  time,  and  was 
succeeded  three  years  ago  by  the  present  firm,  composed  of  Messrs.  John 
Mittermier  and  August  llohde,  both  of  whom  had  previously  been  engaged  in 
the  house,  Mr.  Mittermier  for  seven,  and  Mr.  llohde  for  five  years.  The 
premises  occupied  by  the  firm  embrace  a  two-stor}^  brick  structure,  eligibly^ 
located  at  421  Giiuesee  avenue,  and  heavily  stocked  with  full  and  complete 
assortments  of  everything  in  the  line  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  a  specially 
fine  assortment  of  canned  goods,  eggs,  all  fruits  and  vegetables  in  season,  teas 
and  coffees,  jjoultry,  oysters  and  grocers'  sundries.     The  complete  knowledge 


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of  the  business  possessed  by  both  members  of  the  firm  is  shown  in  the  great 
care  taken  in  the  selection  of  their  stock,  by  which  they  have  commended, 
themselves  to  the  favor  and  patronage  of  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and 
vicinity  ;  and  the}'  are  prepared  at  all  times  to  fill  orders  in  a  prompt  and 
accurate  manner,  being  aided  in  their  business  by  five  competent  clerks  and 
assistants,  and  utilizing  two  wagons  in  their  city  delivery.  The  establishment 
is  a  favorite  one  with  the  people  of  the  Saginaws,  and  the  energy  and  enter- 
prise of  the  firm  has  secured  for  it  a  steady  and  gi'owing  success. 

M.  L.  Herley  &  Co. — Depot  ]>rug  Store  ;  514  Potter  street.  East  Sagi- 
naw.— This  business  was  established  fifteen  years  ago  by  Mr.  M.  L.  Herley, 
who  conducted  it  alone  for  six  years,  when  he  was  ioined  by  Mr.  F.  L.  Kisten- 
macher,  forming  the  present  firm.  They  have  a  well  kept  and  completely 
equipped  drug  establishment,  eligibly  located  at  514  Potter  street,  where  they 
carr}'  large  stocks  and  complete  assortments  of  everything  in  the  line  of  drugs 
and  chemicals,  full  supplies  of  all  approved  proprietory  medicines  and  drug- 
gists' sundries  of  every  description.  They  also  manufactui'e  a  number  of  spe- 
cialties which  by  reason  of  their  superior  efficacy,  are  in  large  demand,  includ- 
ing Herle^-'s  Liverwort  Kidnej^  Cure,  Herlej^'s  White  Pine  Balsam  and  Herley's 
Improved  Liver  Pills.  Emploj'ment  is  given  to  a  force  of  three  competent 
clerks  and  assistants,  and  prescriptions  are  carefully  compounded  from  the 
purest  materials  by  skilled  pharmacists.  As  a  consequence  of  the  excellence 
of  their  stock  and  the  close  and  accurate  attention  paid  by  the  members  of  the 
firm  to  every  detail  of  the  business,  they  have  built  up  a  first  class  reputation, 
and  a  trade  which  steadily  expands,  the  store  being  a  popular  one  with  the 
people  of  the  city  and  surroundings,  the  firm  constantly  endeavoring  to  give 
satisfaction  to  its  customers. 

Benson  &  King. — Manufacturers  of  Picture  Backing,  Thin  Box  Lum- 
ber and  Box  Shooks  ;  Atwater  street,  corner  of  Cass  street,  East  Saginaw. — A 
prominent  addition  to  the  manufacturing  concerns  of  the  Saginaws  was  made 
in  the  spring  of  the  present  year,  when  Messrs.  N.  S.  Benson  and  Louis  King, 
who  had  previously  conducted  a  similar  business  at  Owosso,  came  to  this  city 
and  built  a  completely  equipped  mill  upon  a  piece  of  land  which  the}'  pur- 
chased from  Mr.  Lewis  C.  Slade.  The  mill  covers  an  area  of  about  70x100 
feet  and  is  completely  equipped  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machin- 
ery adapted  to  their  business,  including  a  very  fine  standard  automatic  engine 
of  50  horse  power  and  boiler  with  a  five-foot  shell  by  sixteen  feet  in  length, 
four  new  planers,  as  well  as  resaws,  rippers,  and  all  other  plant  and  appliances 
required  in  their  manufacturing  operations.  Although  the  main  business  of 
the  firm  is  the  manufacture  of  picture  backing,  thin  box  lumber  and  box 
shooks,  for  the  quality  of  which  they  have  secured  a  reputation  which  is  un- 
surpassed, they  also  do  a  general  planing  business  chiefly  on  orders,  and  deal 
extensively  in  lumber,  lath  and  shingles,  which  they  are  prepared  to  supply  in 
an}'  desired  quantity.  Both  members  of  the  firm  are  energetic  and  enterprising 
business  men  and  supervise  the  details  of  their  business  with  an  intelligent 
knowledge  of  all  its  departments  and  accurate  methods  whichj^have  secured  for 
their  enterprise  a  steadily  increasing  prosperity.  A  force  ranging  from  fifteen 
to  twenty  workmen  is  employed  in  the  mill  and  their  trade  in  their  specialty^ of 
picture  backing  extends  to  all  parts  of  the  country,  orders  having  been  received 
by  the  firm  as  far  away  as  Calif oinia.  The  thriving  business  enjoyed^by  them 
so  far  gives  promise  of  a  successful  career  for  the  establishment. 

J.  J.  Winsor. — Planing  Mill  and  Salt  Works  ;  First  street.  Near  Rail- 
way Bridge,  East  Saginaw. — This  well-known  planing  mill  was  built  over  six 
years  ago,  at  first  being  run  by  the  firm  of  Within  &  Anderson,  and  later  by 


138  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


Within  &  Bowen,  who  were  succeeded  b}"  Mr.  J.  J.  Winsor.  The  mill  is  lOOx 
100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  is  fitted  up  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved 
machinery  and  appliances,  including  one  26-inch  surfacer,  a  No.  5  planer,  an 
18-inch  resaw,  an  8-inch  moulder,  three  saw  tables  with  14-inch  saws,  a  self- 
operating  emery  planer  sharpener  and  other  necessary  appliances,  propelled  by 
a  100  horse-power  engine  fed  by  two  boilers.  In  these  premises,  which  have  a 
capacit}'  for  dressing  from  25,000  to  30,000  feet  of  lumber  per  da}',  a  force 
ranging  from  twelve  to  fifteen  hands  is  employed,  the  mill  being  kept  steadily 
busy  throughout  the  season,  dressing  lumber  chiefly  on  Detroit  orders.  In  ad- 
dition to  this  business  Mr.  Winsor  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  salt,  having 
a  spacious  drill  house  and  salt  works,  and  manufacturing  salt  in  large  quanti- 
ties, the  output  of  the  works  in  1886  amounting  to  8,650  barrels.  The  salt  is 
manufactured  by  the  use  of  exhaust  steam  from  the  planing  mill,  and  the  pro- 
duct is  sold  through  the  medium  of  the  Michigan  Salt  Association.  Mr. 
Winsor,  the  proprietor  of  the  business,  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  experi- 
enced man,  who  understands  every  detail  of  this  department  of  industry,  and 
carefull}'  supervises  his  afiTairs  in  a  manner  which  has  secured  for  him  the  con- 
fidence of  the  trade  and  a  large  and  constantly  pi'ospering  business. 

Richard  Khuen. — Insurance  ;  Office  adjoining  the  Saginaw  County 
Savings  Bank,  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — No  insurance  agency  in  the 
Saginaws  enjoj's  a  better  reputation  or  does  a  more  extensive  business  than 
that  of  Mr.  Richard  Khuen,  who  is  well  known  as  an  accurate  and  reliable 
underwrite'r,  and  as  such  holds  a  high  place  in  the  confidence  of  the  insuring 
public.  He  represents  a  number  of  the  leading  companies,  all  of  them  sub- 
stantial and  noted  for  the  promptness  with  which  they  pay  all  losses,  including 
the  New  York  Underwriters'  Agency,  composed  of  the  Citizens  and  Hanover 
Insurance  Companies,  of  New  York,  the  Citizens,  having  a  capital  of  $300,000, 
assets  of  $1,102,460,  and  a  net  surplus  of  $332,427,  and  the  Hanover,  having 
a  cash  capital  of  $1,000,000,  assets  of  $2,546,675,  and  a  net  surplus  of  $540,- 
904.  Mr.  Khuen  also  represents  the  German  American,  ot  New  York,  cash 
capital  of  $1,000,000,  assets  of  l!5,150,899,  and  net  surplus  of  $2,344,273  ;  the 
Continental,  of  New  York,  cash  capital,  $1,000,000,  assets,  $5,239,981  and  net 
surplus  of  $1,374,857  ;  the  Connecticut  Fire  Insurance  Company,  capital, 
$1,000,000,  assets,  $2,129,742,  and  surplus  of  $424,871  ;  the  American,  of 
Philadelphia,  capital,  $500,000,  assets,  $2,301,858,  and  surplus  of  $552,874  ; 
the  St.  Paul  Fire  and  Marine,  of  Minnesota,  capital,  $500,000,  assets,  $1,448,- 
026,  and  surplus  $348,675  ;  the  Liverpool  and  London  and  Globe,  of  Eng- 
land, the  largest  fire  insurance  corporation  in  the  world,  and  having  in  its 
United  States  branch  $6,639,781  assets,  and  a  surplus  of  $3,077,539  ;  the 
Royal,  of  Liverpool,  England,  assets  in  the  United  Stales,  $4,830,132,  and 
surplus  of  $2,329,552  ;  the  London  and  Lancashire,  of  England,  assets  in  the 
United  States  of  $1,430,064,  and  surplus  of  $622,041  ;  North  British  and 
Mercantile,  of  London,  United  States  assets  of  $3,378,754,  and  surplus  of 
$2,013,106  ;  the  Fire  Insurance  Association,  of  England,  capital  $500,000, 
assets  of  $4,445,576,  and  net  surplus  of  $939,569  ;  the  Franklin,  of  Phila;- 
delphia,  cash  capital  of  $400,000,  assets  of  $3,177,106,  and  surplus  of  $967,- 
848  ;  the  California,  ot  San  Francisco,  capital  $600,000,  assets  of  $1,068,878, 
and  surplus  of  $132,581  ;  the  Buffalo-German,  capital,  $200,000,  assets  $1,186,- 
455,  and  surplus  of  $()81,401  ;  the  Guardian,  of  London,  England,  United 
States  assets  of  $1,367,479,  and  surplus  of  $795,317  ;  the  Sun  Fire  Office,  of 
London,  the  oldest  insurance  corporation  in  the  world,  with  United  States  as 
sets  of  $1,666,681,  and  a  net  surplus  of  $549,206  ;  tbe  Washington  Fire  and 
Marine,  of  Boston,  capital  $1,000,000,  assets  $1,949,467.     He  also  represents 


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the  Hartford  Steam  Boiler  Insurance  Co.,  capital  $250,000,  assets  $693  070, 
and  a  net  surplus  of  $111,882.  Through  these  prominent  and  substantial 
corporations  IMr.  Khuen  is  prepared  to  write  insurance  at  the  lowest  rates  con- 
sistent with  the  absolute  security  offered  by  these  first  class  companies.  Mr. 
Khuen,  who  has  been  a  resident' of  Saginaw  since  1854,  has  been  engaged  in 
business  pursuits  ever  since  that  time,  and  is  a  substantial  citizen.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  business  of  insurance,  he  is  the  secretary  and  treasurer  and  a  di- 
rector of  the  Saginaw  County  Savings  Bank.  He  is  a  business  man  of  supe- 
rior attainments,  and  is  justly  regarded  with  the  greatest  confidence  b}'  the 
community. 

P.  Opfergelt. — Manufacturer  and  of  and  Dealer  in  Harness,  Saddles, 
Collars,  AVhips,  Etc.;  Hamilton  and  Cass  streets,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Opfergelt 
is  one  of  the  oldest  citizens  of  the  Saginaws,  he  having  come  to  this  city  when 
a  boy  with  his  father  in  1857,  and  continuously  resided  here  with  the  exception 
of  a  few  years,  from  that  time  to  the  present.  In  18(i4  he  established  himself 
in  his  present  business,  in  which  he  has  built  up  a  large  and  constantl}'  grow- 
ing trade,  as  a  consequence  of  the  superior  qualit}'  of  materials  and  workman- 
ship of  all  the  products  of  his  establishment,  and  the  careful  selection  of  his 
stock,  which  is  at  all  times  completely  assorted.  He  owns  and  occupies  atwo- 
stor}'  building,  25x70  feet  in  dimensions.  In  his  store  he  carries  a  complete 
slock,  embracing  everything  in  the  line  of  light  and  heavy  harness,  robes,  sad- 
dles, blankets,  collars,  whips  and  saddlers'  goods  of  every  description,  and  has 
a  glass  room  in  his  store  running  the  full  length,  for  keeping  the  stock  clean. 
He  gives  employment  to  a  force  of  six  skilled  workmen,  and  makes  a  fine  light 
harness  as  well  as  heavy  luml)er  harness,  and  his  trade  extends  to  every  part  of 
the  Saginaw  Valley,  all  the  products  of  his  establishment  being  of  unsur- 
passed qualit}',  made  of  "the  best  materials  and  by  skilled  workmen.  The  re- 
liable methods  which  have  characterized  the  dealings  of  Mr.  Opfergelt  through- 
out his  long  business  history  have  been  rewarded  by  a  substantial  and  merited 
prosperity. 

Charles  H.  Plummer. — Manufacturer  of  and  Healer  in  Lumber,  Lath, 
Shingles,  and  All  Kinds  of  Hard  Wood  ;  also  Manufacturer  of  Flour  and 
Dealer  in  Pine  Lands  •,  Bliss  Block,  Genesee  and  Washington  avenues.  East 
Saginaw. — The  name  of  Mr.  Plummer  has  been  identified  with  the  lumber  man- 
ufacturing industries  of  the  Saginaw  Valley  tor  the  past  twenty  years,  and  he  has 
been  in  the  lumber  business  for  thirty-one  years.  By  steady  industry  and 
close  attention  to  all  the  details  of  his  business  he  has  achieved  a  gratif3'ing 
success  and  a  well-earned  competence.  He  now  owns  some  35,000  acres  of 
land  in  this  State,  and  is  largely  engaged  in  lumbering  and  lumber  manufac- 
turing, having  a  mill  at  Ogemaw,  Mich.,  built  in  1883,  and  nine  miles  of  rail- 
way in  the  woods,  with  locomotives  and  a  full  equipment,  employment  being- 
given  in  the  lumbering  and  manufacturing  operations  to  a  force  of  125  men. 
The  mill  has  a  capacit}-  for  the  manufacture  of  50,000  feet  per  day,  and  its 
product  is  in  demand  in  all  the  principal  lumber  mai*kets,  Mr.  Plummer  having 
supplied  the  Government  works  at  Cleveland,  Buffalo  and  Fairport,  and  enjoy- 
ing a  large  shipping  trade  to  Buffalo,  Tonawanda  and  New  York.  He  has  a 
planing  mill  connected  with  his  saw  mill,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  dressed 
lumber  and  of  superior  bill  stuff' for  government  and  railroad  work.  He  has  a 
large  yard  at  Jackson,  Mich.,  with  a  capacity  for  10,000,000  feet  of  lumber, 
and  is  now  busii}' engaged  in  filling  a  large  order  for  bill  stuff'  for  the  Michigan 
(,'entral  depot  at  Battle  Creek  from  his  mill  at  Ogemaw.  Mr.  Plummer  also 
has  a  flour  mill  in  Saginaw  City,  50x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  completely 
equipped  with  the  full  roller  process,  giving  emplo^'uient  to  six  men,  producing 
forty  l)arrels  of  flour  dail}-  and  selling  its  product  throughout  Michigan.       Mr. 


140  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 

Plummei-  is  justly  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  substantial  and  representative 
of  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws,  and  always  exhibits  a  deep  interest  in  their 
welfare  and  advancement.  He  is  in  every  respect  a  self-made  man,  and  has 
earned  prosperit}'  by  deserving  it.  That  he  is  also  a  thoroughly  patriotic 
American  is  shown  by  his  recent  generous  offer  of  "  forty  acres  of  as  good 
beech  and  maple  land  as  there  is  in  Michigan  "  to  the  families  of  each  of  the 
policemen  murdered  at  the  Haymarket  at  Chicago,  together  with  enough  lum- 
ber to  erect  a  house  for  each  family  on  the  land,  conditioned  only  on  their 
occupying  the  same. 

Saginaw  Lumber  and  Salt  Company. — James  Maclaren,  Presi- 
sident ;  R.  A.  Loveland,  Vice-President ;  R.  H.  Roys,  Secretary  ;  D.  L- 
White,  Jr.,  Treasurer  ;  Manufacturers  of  Lumber  and  Salt ;  Mills  at  Crow 
Island  ;  Office,  Bancroft  block,  Grenesee  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — The  mill  now 
operated  by  the  Saginaw  Lumber  and  Salt  Company  has  been  conducted  for 
over  twenty  years,  its  first  proprietors  being  known  as  the  Oneida  Company-, 
and  the  mill  afterward  being  reconstructed  by  the  firm  of  Sibley  &  Bearinger, 
who  operated  it  for  four  years  prior  to  1882,  when  the  present  corporation 
was  organized.  The  company  now  has  a  paid-in  capital  of  $100,000  and  a 
surplus  of  $100,000,  and  is  one  of  the  most  substantial  corporations  of  this 
character  in  Michigan.  The  mill  premises  embrace  a  two-stor}-  building, 
175x225  feet  in  dimensions,  surrounded  by  five  acres  covered  with  buildings 
used  for  manufacturing  purposes.  It  is  completel}^  equipped  with  modern  and 
improved  machinery  and  appliances  adapted  to  the  business  of  the  manufac- 
ture of  lumber,  including  a  gang  of  thirty-two  saws,  one  band  saw,  one  circular 
saw,  and  one  300  horse-power  and  one  140  horse  power  engine,  and  to  this 
equipment  a  number  of  improvements  and  additions  are  to  be  made,  and  the 
mill  is  to  be  remodeled  this  winter,  among  the  new  machines  to  be  introduced 
being  new  trimmers,  slab  slashers,  edgers,  etc.  The  present  capacity  of  the 
mill  amounts  to  about  20,000,000  feet  per  year.  In  connection  with  the  mill 
large  salt  works  are  operated,  the  company  havmg  six  salt  wells  with  a  full 
equipment  of  machiner}^  for  salt  manufacture,  including  six  grainers,  each 
130  feet  long  and  six  settlers  each  110  feet  long.  The  entire  grounds 
occupied  by  the  company  embrace  700  acres,  including  large  piling  grounds 
where  are  stored  from  8,000,000  to  10,000,000  feet  of  lumber,  in  addition  to 
which  the  compan}'^  usually  has  an  equal  amount  piled  upon  their  commodious 
dock.  An  important  item  in  the  facilities  of  the  company  is  its  boom,  which 
is  the  finest  on  the  river,  and  holds  from  12,000,000  to  15,000,000  feet  of  logs 
without  going  out  of  the  territory  owned  by  the  company.  In  addition  to 
these  water  facilities,  the  conveniences  for  handling  and  shipment  by  rail  are 
unsurpassed,  the  tracks  of  the  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  Railway  running  into 
their  premises.  Employment  is  given  to  a  force  ranging  from  125  to  150 
hands  and  the  comi)any  has  a  very  large  business,  including  in  addition  to  an 
extensive  trade  in  Michigan,  constant  orders  from  Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and  all 
Eastern  points.  The  company  has  a  very  large  yard  trade  amounting  to  about 
10,000,000  feet  and  they  ship  over  a  thousand  cars  of  lumber  annually.  Mr. 
Maclaren,  the  president  of  this  company,  resides  at  Buckingham,  Canada, 
and  has  mills  on  the  Ottawa  River,  and  is  very  largely  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  on  the  upper  Canadian  rivers,  cutting  last  year  50,000,000  feet  which 
he  sold  in  Canada,  and  he  is  also  president  of  the  Ottawa  Bank,  with  a  capital 
of  $3,000,000  and  otherwise  prominently  identified  with  important  business 
enterprises.  Mr.  Loveland,  the  vice-president  of  this  company,  is  general 
manager  of  the  company.  Thus  having  large  resources  and  unsurpassed 
facilities  the  company  occupies  a  position  high  among  the  leading  enterprises 
of  this  character  in  the  Saginaw  Valley. 


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The  N.  &  A.  Barnard  Oorapany. — Arthur  Barnard,  President ; 
Levi  H.  Goodwin,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  ;  Alexander  W.  Chapman,  Mana- 
ger ;  Lumber,  Salt,  Pine  and  Farming  Lands  ;  foot  of  Emerson  street,  Sagi- 
naw Citj-. — Tliis  establishment,  comprising  one  of  the  largest  and  most  com- 
pletely' equipped  mill  and  salt  manufacturing  plants  in  the  Saginaws,  dates  its 
inception  back  to  1860,  when  the  business  was  established  by  the  Michigan 
Salt  Manufacturing  Company.  About  twenty  three  years  ago  the  firm  of 
Barnard  &  Binder  bought  up  all  the  stock  of  that  company,  and  this  firm  was 
in  turn  succeeded  by  that  of  N.  &  A.  Barnard.  Upon  the  death  of  the  father, 
Mr.  Newell  Barnard,  three  years  ago,  the  present  company  was  incorporated, 
Mr.  Arthur  Barnard  remaining  at  the  head  of  company  as  its  President,  The 
output  of  their  mill  in  lumber  and  lumber  products  amounts  to  20,000,000  feet 
of  lumber,  15,000,000  shingles,  4,000,000  laths,  1,500,000  staves  and  60,000 
sets  of  heading.  In  addition  to  the  lumber  manufacturing  premises,  the  com- 
pany has  six  salt  wells  with  a  production  of  60,000  barrels  of  salt  annually. 
One  of  these  wells  was  the  second  bored  in  the  Valley,  having  been  drilled  in 
1860,  and  the  company  has  one  of  the  best  equipped  salt  works  in  the  district. 
Among  other  buildings  is  a  warehouse  with  storage  capacity  for  40,000  barrels 
of  salt  and  the  companj^  has  also  a  large  and  handsome  barn,  accommodating 
the  thirtj^  horses  used  in  connection  with  their  manufacturing  operations,  and 
also  has  very  extensive  piling  grounds  ;  the  entire  works  and  premises  cover- 
ing an  area  of  thirty-five  acres,  with  over  a  mile  of  elevated  tramway,  a  large 
water  frontage,  railroad  tracks  throughout  and  every  convenience  and  facility 
calculated  to  aid  or  expedite  the  business  of  manufacture,  handling  and  ship- 
ment. In  the  works  employment  is  giving  to  a  force  averaging  200  hands,  and 
the  lumber  product  finds  a  market  in  Ohio  and  eastern  ports.  A  notable  new 
departure  inaugurated  by  this  company  is  the  manufacture  of  hemlock  build- 
ing lumber.  Through  this  region  there  has  existed  a  prejudice  against  hemlock 
lumber,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  it  has  been  used  extensively  for  building 
purposes  throughout  the  eastern  States  for  man}-  years  and  proved  its  utility  in 
every  instance.  In  the  lumbering  operations  in  the  territory  tributary  to  Sagi- 
naw manufactures,  the  hemlock  has  been  passed  by,  and  a  large  amount  of  this 
timber  is  left  standing  on  tracts  from  which  the  pine  has  been  cut  off.  To  Mr. 
Arthur  Barnard  is  due  the  credit  of  inaugurating  upon  a  large  scale  measures 
to  utilize  this  valuable  raw  material,  and  the  company  is  now  making  a 
specialty  of  hemlock  lumber,  the  output  from  their  mills  this  season  being  over 
10,000,000  feet,  and  the  capacity  of  the  mill  is  now  being  increased  in  order  to 
keep  up  with  the  demand.  The  company  is  prepared  to  fill  orders  for  hemlock 
in  carload  lots,  and  the  success  which  has  so  far  attended  the  experiment  of 
its  introduction  encourages  them  to  still  greater  activity  in  this  branch  of  man- 
ufacturing industry.  The  company  lumbers  in  the  Southern  Peninsula,  and 
has  large  tracts  of  pine  and  farming  lands  in  Saginaw,  Isabella,  Clare,  Midland 
and  Grladwin  counties,  and  the  management  of  the  business  of  this  vast  con- 
cern evinces  a  combination  of  experience  and  fitness  which  naturally  results  in 
success.  Mr.  Arthur  Barnard,  the  President  of  the  company,,  who  has  been 
trained  to  the  business  and  is  thoroughly  and  practically  experienced  in  all  its 
details,  is  notable  as  one  of  the  most  enterprising  of  the  citizens  of  Saginaw 
and  a  public  spirited  man.  No  one  citizen  of  Saginaw  has  been  more  promi- 
nent than  he  in  adding  to  the  architectural  beauty  and  attractiveness  of  the 
city,  and  he  is  the  owner  of  a  number  of  handsome  business  blocks  and  other 
important  property,  representing  many  of  the  most  prominent  additions  to  the 
architectural  features  of  the  city.  He  owns  all  the  business  blocks  on  the 
square  bounded  by  Hamilton,  Water,  Franklin  and  Ames  streets,  all  new  build- 
ings, substantially  built  and  completely  equipped,  and  in  great  demand  by 


144  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


tenants,  which  buildings  are  shown  in  the  accompanying  illustration.  The 
large  amount  of  his  investments  in  property  of  this  character  forms  a  strong 
testimony  of  his  confidence  in  the  future  of  Saginaw.  The  gentlemen  asso- 
ciated with  Ml'.  Barnard  in  the  management  fill  their  respective  positions  with 
marked  ability,  Mr.  Levi  H.  Goodwin,  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  attending 
to  the  oflSce  affairs  of  the  corporation  with  a  degree  of  eflSciency  showing  the 
highest  standard  of  business  attainments,  and  Mr.  Alexander  W.  Chapman,  the 
Manager,  being  a  thoroughl}-  practical  lumber  manufacturer,  to  whose  supei'vi- 
sion  of  the  details  is  largely  due  the  acknowledged  superiority  of  the  product, 
and  the  systematic  methods  upon  which  the  manufacturing  operations  are  con- 
ducted. 

L.  W.  Voepel. — Dealer  in  Books,  Stationery,  Wall  Paper,  Etc. ;  Barnard 
Block,  218  North  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — A  prominent  and  important 
addition  to  the  commercial  establishments  of  Saginaw  City  is  that  of  Mr. 
Voepel,  who  has  had  long  experience  as  a  practical  paper  hanger,  interior 
decorator  and  artistic  sign  writer.  In  the  spring  of  the  present  year  he  estab- 
lished this  business,  and  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  the  finest  pat- 
terns of  wall  papers  from  the  leading  manufactories,  and  also  has  on  hand  a 
full  line  of  blank  books,  school  books  and  supplies  and  ofl3ce  stationery,  and 
in  addition  he  carries  on  a  large  business  in  paper  hanging,  house  painting  and 
interior  decorating,  giving  employment  to  a  force  of  skilled  and  experienced 
workmen.  The  store  is  eligibly  located  in  the  Barnard  Block,  and  is  atti-ac- 
tively  and  neatl}'  fitted  up,  and  his  stock,  in  careful  selection  and  quality,  is 
not  surpassed  by  any  in  the  Valley.  Mr.  Voepel  has  so  far  enjoyed  a  satisfac- 
tory and  steadily  growing  trade,  giving  every  promise  for  the  success  of  his 
new  enterprise. 

J.  S.  Martin.— Livery  and  Sales  Stables  ;  306,  308  and  310  North  Ham- 
ilton street,  Saginaw  City.— Mr.  Martin  has  long  held  the  foremost  position  in 
this  department  of  industry  in  Saginaw  City,  originally  establishing  his  busi- 
ness in  1871,  when  he  purchased  from  J.  J.  Harvey  the  stables  located  at  the 
corner  of  Water  and  Cass  streets,  afterward  removing  the  business  in  the  same 
year  to  409  and  411  Adams  street,  and  again  removing  in  1881  to  the  north 
end  of  the  Barnard  Block,  where  he  is  now  at  this  writing  located,  and  has  a 
handsome  and  commodious  establishment  ;  but  the  steady  advance  in  his  busi- 
ness has  made  even  these  premises  too  contracted  for  his  i)urposes,  and  he  has 
had  fitted  up  at  306-310  JNorth  Hamilton  street  the  handsomest  stables  in  the 
Saginaw  Valley,  the  main  building  being  140x60  feet  in  dimensions  and  two 
stories  high,  and  sheds  in  the  rear  extending  through  to  Water  street,  a  dis- 
tance of  220  feet.  The  structure,  which  is  an  elegant  and  imposing  one,  was 
erected  by  Mr.  Arthur  Barnard  expressly  for  the  purpose  of  this  business,  and 
the  equipment  of  the  building  contains  everything  calculated  to  aid  or  expe- 
dite the  operations  of  the  business,  accommodation  being  afforded  for  eighty 
head  of  horses.  Mr.  Martin  has  forty  horses  for  light  livery,  hack  and  bag- 
gage service,  and  in  his  new  premises  has  forty  stalls  devoted  to  boarding  and 
sale  horses.  He  has  the  finest  hearse  in  the  State,  being  manufactured  by  the 
celebrated  carriage  building  firm  of  The  James  Cunningham,  Son  &  Co.,  and 
he  has  four  of  the  finest  coaches,  the  product  of  the  same  makers  ;  a  number 
of  handsome  double  and  single  family  carriages,  and  a  great  variety  of  buggies, 
light  road  wagons,  etc.  Mr.  Martin  does  the  hotel,  baggage  and  transfer  busi- 
ness of  Saginaw  City,  running  four  hotel  busses  anl  one  extra  large  one  for 
four  or  six  horses,  eight  express  wagons  and  a  number  of  hacks.  He  gives 
employment  to  a  force  ranging  from  ten  to  fifteen  men,  and  in  every  depart- 
ment of  the  business  is  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced,  and  conducts  all 


The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws.  145 

the  operations  in  such  a  manner  as  to  secure  for  his  establishment  the  good 
opinion  and  patronage  of  the  citizens  of  and  visitors  to  tlie  Saginaws.  As  a 
consequence  of  this  close  and  accurate  knowledge  and  attention,  Mr.  Martin'.s 
business  has  steadily  increased  from  its  inception  to  the  present  time. 

A-  D-  Bechtel. — Dealer  in  Furniture  and  Household  Goods ;  206 
North  Hamilton  street,  and  304  and  306  Franklin  street,  Saginaw  City. — Mr. 
Bechtel  has  carried  on  business  for  the  past  fourteen  3^ears  at  304  Franklin 
street,  to  which  he  has  added  other  premises  in  the  Barnard  block  on  North 
Hamilton  street,  where  he  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  every  descrip- 
tion of  bazaar  goods,  including  the  finer  qualities  of  furniture,  and  a  large 
stock  of  crockery  and  glassware,  embracing  the  productions  of  the  leading 
foreign  and  domestic  makers,  a  speciallj'  fine  assortment  being ,  shown 
of  decorated  dinner  and  toilet  sets,  bar  goods,  etc.  He  has  a  large  stock 
of  feather  pillows,  blankets,  fine  quilts  and  robes,  musical  instruments, 
jewehy,  celluloid  toilet  articles,  albums,  frames  and  eveiy  description  of  goods 
suitable  for  holiday,  birthday  and  other  presents,  while  at  his  premises  on 
Franklin  street,  which  consist  of  the  main  floor  and  basement  of  two  stores, 
50x60  feet,  he  carries  a  large  stock  of  stoves  of  the  best  makes,  mattresses  of 
all  kinds  and  new  and  second-hand  furniture.  These  goods  he  sell  for  cash  or 
on  installments,  and  has  a  large  and  steadily  growing  trade  both  in  Saginaw 
City  and  East  Saginaw  and  throughout  the  surrounding  farming  country,  and 
so  large  is  his  business,  and  so  complete  his  stock  that  even  his  present 
premises  are  insutficient  to  properly  accommodate  the  volume  of  his  business, 
and  he  proposes  making  an  addition  to  his  premises  at  306  Franklin  street, 
40x80  feet  in  dimensions.  He  gives  employment  to  three  experienced  clerks 
and  assistants  and  has  two  wagons  to  aid  in  the  work  of  deliver}*,  and  by  the 
thoroughly  accurate  and  reliable  methods  of  his  conduct  throughout  his  long 
and  honorable  business  histoi-y,  he  has  earned  for  his  enterprise  the  pros- 
l)erity  which  has  attended  it,  and  a  reputation  as  one  of  the  leading  and  most 
substantial. merchants  of  the  city. 

J.  K.  Stevens. — Real  Estate,  Abstract  and  Loan  Office  ;  214  North 
Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — One  of  the  most  extensive  and  best  known 
dealers  in  real  estate  in  Northern  Michigan  is  Mr.  Jerome  K.  Stevens,  who 
first  came  to  Saginaw  City  forty  years  ago.  In  1855  he  went  to  Chicago, 
where  he  remained  until  1861,  after  which  he  engaged  in  the  dry  goods 
business  in  East  Saginaw  for  ten  3'ears  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Stevens, 
Poole  &  Co.,  then  the  largest  store  in  its  line  in  the  Valley.  In  1870  he 
removed  to  Saginaw  (.ity  and  filled  the  office  of  Registrar  of  Deeds  for  six 
years,  since  which  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business.  He 
has  a  complete  and  accurate  abstract  of  titles  to  all  the  lands  in  Saginaw 
county,  all  the  minor  details  of  each  conveyance  being  noted,  and  he  makes  a 
specialty  of  perfecting  titles.  He  has  at  all  times  on  hand  and  for  sale  and 
exchange  good  cit}'  property,  as  well  as  a  large  list  of  improved  and  unim- 
proved farming  properties  in  Saginaw,  Isabella,  Midland  and  other  counties. 
He  also  is  prepared  to  loan  money  on  long  time  and  at  the  lowest  rates  of 
interest  on  good  real  estate  security,  and  in  all  lines  he  does  a  large  business, 
his  practical  knowledge  of  all  the  details  in  regard  to  the  present  and  prospec- 
tive values  of  land  in  this  section  affording  him  superior  facilities  for  carrying 
on  the  business,  and  he  is  in  every  respect  a  popular  and  prosperous  citizen. 

Charles  B.  Burton. — Caterer  and  Confectioner  ;  210  Hamilton  street, 
Saginaw  Citj'. — Mr.  Burton  started  this  enterwise  eight  3'ears  ago,  originally 
locating  at  411  Genesee  avenue.  East  Saginaw,  from  which  he  removed  to  his 
present  location  about  two  months  ago.     In  his  enterprise  he  .started  out  with 


146  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws, 


the  intention  to  secure  success  by  deserving  it,  and  by  close  and  accurate  at- 
tention to  all  the  details  of  his  business,  and  filling  orders  in  a  uniformly  satis- 
factor}'^  manner,  he  has  acquired  a  merited  reputation  as  a  leader  in  this  line  of 
industr}'  in  this  section  of  the  State,  and  has  built  up  a  large  connection,  en- 
jojang  the  patronage  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  twin  cities.  He  has  an 
elegantly  equipped  establishment  in  the  Barnard  Block,  embracing  the  main 
floor  and  basement,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  including  a  handsome  and 
artistically  furnished  refreshment  parlor,  all  the  appointments  of  which  are  in 
the  best  possible  taste,  and  every  accessory  for  setting  a  table  in  an  attractive 
manner  with  fine  silver  and  other  proper  furnishings.  Mr.  Burton  makes  all 
his  own  finer  confections,  cakes,  etc.,  and  the  products  of  his  establishment  are 
of  unequalled  excellence.  He  has  a  very  large  business  as  a  caterer,  giving 
special  attention  to  weddings,  parties  and  banquets,  which  he  is  prepared  to 
supply  upon  the  shortest  notice  and  in  the  most  efficient  manner.  He  is  pre- 
pared to  furnish  creams  and  ices  of  the  best  quality  on  short  notice,  and  the 
stock  of  confections,  cakes,  etc.,  carried  by  him  is  not  excelled  by  that  of  an}'^ 
establishment  in  the  State.  Mr..  Burton  gives  employment  to  a  force  ranging 
from  six  to  eighteen  hands,  according  to  the  season,  and  by  uniform  prompt- 
ness and  reliability  has  built  up  his  trade  to  a  prosperous  and  prominent 
position. 

Hoyt  Planing  Mill. — Operated  by  W.  L.  Webber,  Executor  and  Trus- 
tee ;  W.J.  Bartow,  Manager  ;  Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Lumber,  Lath 
and  Pickets  ;  Washington  street,  near  North  Cit}^  Limits,  East  Saginaw. — No 
other  name  is  so  prominently  connected  with  the  history  of  East  Saginaw  as  that 
of  Jesse  Hoyt.  The  land  on  which  the  city  now  stands  was  purchased  from  the 
Government  in  1836  by  Dr.  Charles  Little,  of  Avon,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1849  and 
1850  was  purchased  by  Alfred  M.  Hoyt,  of  New  York,  and  the  original  plat  ot 
East  Saginaw  was  surveyed  by  A.  Alberti  for  him  in  December,  1850.  In  1854 
Mr.  Alfred  M.  Hoyt  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  new  citj'  to  his  brother, 
Jesse  Hoyt,  who,  from  the  time  of  his  purchase,  devoted  his  entire  energies  to 
the  development  of  the  city,  and  to  his  enterprise  and  public  spirit  is  due, 
more  than  to  any  other  one  cause,  the  rapidity  of  its  growth  to  a  commanding 
position  as  a  manufacturing  and  commercial  center.  Among  the  many  enter- 
prises with  which  his  name  is  connected,  that  of  the  Hoyt  planing  mill  is 
prominent.  Upon  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  mill  there  was  formerlj^  a 
dairy  salt  works,  built  in  1865,  and  which  afterward  became  a  box  factory. 
This  structure  was  burned  in  1871,  and  a  new  building  was  put  up  by  Mr. 
Hoyt  in  1874,  which  was  100x140  feet  in  dimensions,  gave  employment  to 
forty-five  men  and  dressed  about  10,000,000  feet  of  lumber  annually.  This 
building  was  burned  May  16,  1881,  and  the  present  building  was  erected  in 
1882,  in  which  year,  on  August  14,  occurred  the  death  of  Mr.  Jesse  Hoyt. 
Fiom  that  time  the  business  has  been  conducted  by  Mr.  W.  L.  Webber,  exec- 
utor and  trustee  of  the  Ho^^t  estate,  the  management  of  all  the  details  of  the 
manufacturing  operations  being  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  W.  J.  Bartow,  as  manager. 
The  present  building  is  205x140  feet  in  dimensions,  with  an  engine  room  40x60 
feet,  and  six  dry  kilns,  covering  an  area  of  60x120  feet.  The  entire  premises, 
including  piling  grounds,  etc.,  cover  an  area  of  fifty  acres,  and  the  works  are 
completely  equipped  with  all  the  most  h:ghly  improved  machinery  adapted  to 
the  manufacture  of  dressed  and  surfaced  lumber,  including  one  250  horse- 
power engine  and  one  of  25  horse-power,  four  S.  A.  Woods  surfacers  and 
matchers,  one  S.  A.^Woods  moulder,  one  Houston  moulder,  one  Joslyn  resaw, 
one  Wetherbee,  Rugg  &  Richardson  siding  saw  and  two  Williamsport  gang 
edgers.  Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  100  men,  and  the  production  ot 
the  mill  amounts'  to  from  23,000,000  to  24,000,000  feet  of  lumber  annually. 


The  Industries  of  the  Saqinaws.  147 

The  salt  works  in  connection  are  important,  the  first  well  having  been  drilled 
in  1859  and  18G0  on  tliese  peemises  by  tlie  East  Saginaw  Salt  Manufacturing 
Company  to  the  depth  of  745  feet,  the  second  in  1873  to  a  depth  of  700  feet, 
and  the  third  in  1874  was  sunk  764  feet.  Its  production  amounts  to  from 
30,000  to  35,000  barrels  of  salt  per  annum,  and  in  addition  a  solar  field  about 
five  acres  in  extent.  The  drill  houses  and  salt  works  generally  are  completely 
equipped  with  all  the  most  approved  appliances  for  salt  manufacture,  and  in 
connection  with  the  mills  barrels  are  manufactured  as  packages  for  its  salt 
product.  The  trade  of  the  mill  consists  of  rail  shipments  to  all  the  New 
England  States,  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania  and  Maryland  ;  also  to 
Ohio,  Indiana,  Illmois  and  Wisconsin,  and  its  product,  which  is  of  the  best 
quality,  owing  to  the  superior  character  of  the  plant,  finds  a  ready  market.  3Ir. 
W.  L.  Webber  is  executor  and  trustee  of  the  Hoyt  estate,  and  has  resided  in 
East  Saginaw  since  March,  1853,  when  he  opened  an  office  and  entered  upon 
the  practice  of  law.  He  afterward  became  connected  with  the  Flint  &  Pere 
Marquette  Railroad  as  its  solicitor  and  land  commissioner,  which  position  he 
held  from  that  time  until  June  1,  1885,  when  he  resigned  the  office  of  land 
commissioner,  but  still  is  the  general  solicitor  of  the  company.  Since  the  death 
of  Jesse  Hoyt  he  has  had  charge  of  his  large  interests  in  the  Saginaw  Valley 
as  trustee  and  executor.  His  great  executive  ability  and  close  attention  to 
the  interests  of  the  estate  have  demonstrated  the  wisdom  of  his  appointment 
to  the  charge  of  its  affairs,  and  in  every  relation  in  life  Mr.  Webbe)-  occupies  a 
prominent  position  as  one  of  the  representative  citizens  of  the  Saginaw  Valley. 
Mr.  Bartow,  the  manager  of  the  planing  mill,  has  been  a  resident  of  East  Sagi- 
naw since  1854,  is  one  of  its  ex-Mayors,  and  has  been  at  the  head  of  this  busi- 
ness from  the  time  of  its  establishment  by  the  late  Mr.  Hoyt,  and  by  his 
thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  all  the  details  of  the  business  has  exerted 
a  leading  influence  in  securing  for  the  business  the  prosperity  and  steady  in- 
crease which  it  has  enjoyed  from  its  inception  to  the  present  time. 

Hoyt  Saw  Mill— Operated  by  W.  L.  Webber,  Executor  and  Trustee  ; 
Robert  Staples,  Foreman  ;  Manufacturers  of  Gang  Sawed  White  Pine  Lumber; 
North  of  City  Limits,  East  Saginaw.— This  mill  was  built  in  September,  1866, 
by  Wickes  Brothers,  at  a  cost  of  $20,000,  and  was  purchased  by  Jesse  Hoyt 
in  1870,  and  has  since  his  death  been  operated  by  Mr.  W.  L.  Webber, 
executor  and  trustee  of  his  estate.  The  mill  was  enlarged  about  five  years 
ago,  and  now  has  a  capacity  for  the  manufacture  of  100,000  feet  of  lumber, 
16,000  lath,  9,000  staves  and  500  sets  of  heading  per  day.  The  outfit  of  ma- 
chinery embraces  all  the  most  highly  improved  and  effectual  devices  known  to 
this  department  of  industry,  the  plant  including  five  boilers,  5x16,  and  one  extra 
boiler,  4x16,  one  engine,  10x12,  with  an  8-foot  drive  wheel,  and  another,  20x30, 
with  a  10-foot  drive  wheel  ;  a  Wickes  gang  of  fifteen  saws,  large  cylinder  and 
all  accessory  machinery.  Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  seventy-five  men, 
and  the  greater  part  of  the  product  goes  to  the  Hoyt  Planing  Mill,  where  it  is 
made  into  dressed  lumber  and  other  lumber  products.  Mr.  Robert  Staples 
has  been  in  charge  of  the  practical  operations  of  the  mill  since  1870,  and  by 
the  thorough  system  adopted  by  him  in  the  management  of  the  business  has 
largely  contributed  to  its  effectiveness  and  success. 

J.  J.  Harvey.— Livery,  Sale  and  Boarding  Stable  ;  Corner  of  German 
and  Franklin  streets.  East  Saginaw.— Mr.  Harvey  established  this  business 
twenty  years  ago,  and  by  the  completeness  of  his  facilities  and  his  close  atten- 
tion to  all  the  details  of  the  business,  enjoys  a  prominent  position  in  the  line  of 
industry  in  which  he  is  engaged.  He  owns  and  utilizes  a  handsome  two-story 
white  brick  building,  100x100  feet  in  dimensions,  which  he  had  built  expressly 


148  The  Industries  oj-  the  Saginaws. 


for  the  purposes  of  the  business,  and  which  has  a  spacious  and  completely 
equipped  carriage  room  in  the  front  half,  and  a  well  arranged  and  well  ven- 
tilated stable  with  fifty  stalls  in  the  rear,  all  on  the  ground  floor,  and  unsur- 
passed facilities  lor  getting  out  stock,  vehicles,  etc.,  in  case  of  fire,  having  thret 
large  double  doors  at  each  end  of  the  building.  He  keeps  on  hand  a  great 
variety  of  handsome  buggies,  phaetons,  coupes,  coaches,  etc.,  and  is  prepared 
to  supply  on  short  notice  turnouts  of  unsurpassed  elegcince.  In  addition  to 
his  livery  business  he  conducts  a  large  boarding  stable  business,  and  has  a 
commodious  carriage  repository,  and  the  upper  floor  of  his  premises  is  devoted 
to  various  departments  and  the  storage  of  surplus  summer  or  winter  vehicles, 
paint  and  tiring  shops,  etc.  Mr.  Harvey  keeps  his  own  carriage  painters' 
and  blacksmith  shops,  etc.,  and  large  as  his  premises  are  he  contemplates 
adding  to  them  by  the  erection  of  a  building  in  the  rear,  as  the  stead}'  increase 
of  his  business  has  made  his  present  premises  too  contracted  for  his  purposes. 
He  gives  employment  to  a  force  of  ten  hands  and  has  from  thirty  to  sixty 
horses  constantly  in  his  stable ;  and  the  careful  attention  paid  to  all  animals, 
the  superior  quality  and  condition  of  his  vehicles  and  the  propriety'  of  his 
business  conduct  have  commended  Mr.  Harvey  in  an  eminent  degree  to  the 
favor  of  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity. 

R.  Gottschalk. — Manufacturer  of  Cigars  and  Dealer  in  Pipes,  Tobacco 
and  Smokers'  Articles  ;  4.09  Lapeer  street.  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Gottschalk  es- 
tablished this  business  three  years  ago,  since  which  time  he  has  enjoyed  a  large 
and  steadily  increasing  trade,  as  a  result  of  the  superior  merit  of  the  goods 
produced  at  his  establishment,  in  which  he  has  a  large  trade  not  only  in  the 
Saginaws  and  vicinity,  but  also  a  heavy  business  with  dealers  in  Manistee, 
Cheboygan  and  Northern  Michigan  generally.  Among  the  brands  of  fine  ci- 
gars produced  at  his  establishment  may  be  prominently  mentioned  the  "Bride  " 
and  "  Henry  Clay,"  excellent  and  highly  approved  ten-cent  cigars,  and  the 
"Favorite  No.  1,"'  "  K.  0.  T.  M,"  "K  G."  and  "Five  Beauties,"  all  of  which 
are  five-cent  cigars  of  unsurpassed  quality.  Great  care  is  taken  in  the  selec- 
tion of  the  materials  from  which  all  these  cigars  are  made,  and  a  large  force 
of  highly  skilled  workmen  is  given  employment.  In  addition  to  the  manufac- 
turing department,  Mr.  Gottschalk  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  pipes, 
tobaccos  and  smokers'  articles  «f  every  description,  in  which  he  floes  a  large 
trade  in  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity.  Mr.  Gottschalk  is  a  thoroughly  practical 
and  experienced  cigarmaker,  and  has  earned  a  merited  prosperity,  as  a  result 
of  the  quality  of  his  goods  and  reliable  methods. 

O-  &  E.  Ten  Eyck. — Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Shingles,  Pail 
Staves  and  Heading,  and  Salt ;  Water  street,  Near  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette 
Railway,  East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  established  twenty  years  ago  by 
Messrs.  C.  and  E.  Ten  Eyck,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased,  and  for  the  past 
eight  years  has  been  owned  by  Mrs.  I.  D.  Ten  E3'ck  as  a  special  partner,  and 
Mr.  Trevette  B.  McCormick  as  the  active  member  of  the  firm.  The  shingle 
mill  of  the  firm  is  a  two-story  structure,  100x50  feet  in  dimensions,  with  com- 
modious and  convenient  docks  in  the  rear,  and  railroad  tracks  in  front.  Ad- 
joining the  shingle  mill  is  a  large  salt  drill  house,  and  on  the  other  side  of  the 
street  is  their  salt  block,  260x65  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  large  shingle  shed 
adjoining,  the  whole  covering  a  space  equal  to  about  an  entire  block  of  ground. 
The  mill  and  works  are  completely  equipped  with  all  the  latest  machinery  and 
appliances,  including  a  100  hoi-se-power  engine,  and  ever^'thing  in  the  way  of 
plant  necessary-  to  the  successful  conducting  of  the  business,  the  mill  having  a 
capacity  for  the  manufacture  of  120,000  standard  shingles  per  day,  and  the 
salt  works  having  90  bax-rels  daily  capacity.      Employment  is  given  to  a  force 


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of  seventy-five  hands,  and  the  shingles  manufactured  by  the  firm  are  noted  for 
their  excellence  of  quality,  and  the  trade  of  tiie  firm  extends  to  all  parts  of  the 
Union.  Mr.  McCormick,  in  whose  hands  the  practical  management  of  the 
business  is  placed,  is  thoroughly  experienced  in  all  its  details,  and  attends  to 
the  operations  of  the  mill  in  a  manner  which  secures  the  maintenance  of  the 
high  standard  of  qualit}-  for  which  the  firm  is  celebrated,  while  his  reliable 
l)usiness  methods  have  secured  for  the  firm  a  high  place  in  the  confidence  of 
the  trade  throughout  the  country. 

D.  Hardin  &  Company. — Manufacturers  of  and  Dealei-s  in  Sash, 
Blinds,  Doors,  Mouldings,  Siding,  Flooring,  Etc.,  Steam  Salt  Block  in  Connec- 
tion ;  corner  of  Water  and  Lyons  streets.  Saginaw  City. — This  business,  which 
hold  a  merited  prominence  among  the  industries  of  the  Saginaws,  was  original- 
ly established  in  1869  by  Mr.  Daniel  Hardin,  the  firm  afterward  changing  to 
its  present  st3le,  and  Messrs.  Horace  P.  Denison  and  Chester  Biown  being  the 
other  members  of  the  firm.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  business  embrace  a 
three-story  white  brick  mill,  75x80  feet  in  dimensions,  large  storage  sheds,  a 
large  salt  block,  etc.,  covering  nearlj'  two  blocks,  and  in  the  manufacturing 
operations  a  60-horse  power  engine  is  utilized,  as  well  as  the  latest  and  most  im- 
proved'plant  and  machinery  adapted  to  the  business,  including  the  only  ma- 
chine for  making  rafting  pins  in  the  Valley.  The  firm  manufactures  in  large 
quantities  every  description  of  sash,  blinds,  doors,  siding,  flooring,  moulding, 
etc.,  and  in  their  salt  block  turn  out  an  average  of  about  12,000  barrels  of  salt 
per  annum.  J]raplo3fment  is  given  to  a  force  ranging  from  fort}-  to  sixty  work- 
men, and  the  firm  enjoys  a  trade  extending  to  all  points  north  and  west,  ship- 
ping their  product  by  rail,  and  as  a  consequence  of  the  superior  character  of  all 
their  productions,  enjo}'  a  trade  in  which  the  orders  constantly  tax  their  pro- 
ductive capacity.  Mr.  Daniel  Hardin,  the  founder  of  the  house,  in  addition  to 
his  interest  in  this  business,  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Green,  Ring  &  Co.,  and 
is  President  of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank,  and  otherwise  prominently  identi- 
fied with  the  leading  business  and  financial  enterprises  of  the  Valley.  Among 
the  productions  of  the  firm  a  specialty  is  made  of  church  and  fine  residence  in- 
terior work,  and  the  firm  enjoys  unsurpassed  facilities  for  the  prompt  supply 
of  every  description  of  goods  in  this  line,  all  the  members  of  the  firm  being 
thorough  and  practical  business  men,  who  conduct  their  affairs  upon  reliable 
and  accurate  methods. 

Ingalls  Oil  Company.— Headquarters  at  46  Jefferson  avenue, 
Detroit ;  W.  H.  Wallin,  Manager  at  East  Saginaw  ;  North  Eighth  street,  foot 
of  Sears  street. — This  business  was  established  fifteen  3-ears  ago  b}-  the  firm  of 
Squire  &  Newman,  b}'  whom  it  was  conducted  for  some  three  years,  when  tlie 
business  was  acquired  by  Ingalls  &  Co.,  and  a  year  later  b\-  the  Ingalls 
Oil  Compan}',  a  well-known  corporation  having  its  headquarters  at  46  Jefferson 
avenue,  Detroit,  and  works  at  the  Grand  Trunk  Junction  in  that  cit}-,  and  of 
which  Mr.  C.  C.  Bloomfield  is  President,  and  Mr.  George  A.  Foster,  Treasurer. 
The  business  here  was  located  at  Sixth  street  and  the  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette 
Railway  crossing  until  six  years  ago,  when  removal  was  made  to  the  present 
premises.  The  building  occupied  by  the  company  here  is  40x100  feet  in 
dimensions,  outside  of  which  are  two  iron  tanks,  each  of  500  barrels  capacity, 
into  which  oil  is  pumped  by  an  engine  out  of  the  tank  cars.  From  these 
tanks  pipes  lead  into  the  building  where  barrels  are  filled.  The  trade  of  the 
company  is  very  large,  amounting  to  an  average  in  winter  of  about  2,000 
barrels  per  month,  and  employment  being  given  to  six  hands.  The  company 
has  branches  at  Flint,  Owosso,  Jackson  and  West  Bay  Cit}-,  as  well  as  the 
establishment  in  P]ast  Saginaw,  and  does  business  all  over  the  State,  the  trade 


150  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 

from  this  branch,  however,  being  principally  located  in  the  Saginaws,  Caro, 
Vassar  and  other  portions  of  the  Saginaw  Valley.  The  business  of  this  branch 
has  steadily  prospered  under  the  efficient  and  careful  management  of  Mr.  W.  H. 
Wallin,  whose  close  attention  to  all  the  details  of  the  business  has  secured  for 
the  company  a  prosperous  trade  in  the  territory  assigned  to  his  charge. 

H.  Coleman. — Furnishing  Undertaker  and  Complete  Livery  Stable  ; 
corner  of  Washington  avenue  and  Tuscola  street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Coleman, 
who  has  been  a  resident  of  the  city  for  the  past  twenty  years,  established  this 
])usiness  fourteen  years  ago,  and  was  for  several  years  in  partnership  with  J. 
J.  Harvey.  This  firm  dissolved  many  years  ago,  since  which  time  Mr.  Cole- 
man has  conducted  the  business  alone.  Three  years  ago  he  bought  the  hand- 
some two-story  brick  barn,  60x120  feet  in  dimensions,  which  now  forms  part 
of  his  premises  and  later  bought  two  lots  north  and  west,  and  built  his  two- 
story  brick  stable,  60x66  feet  in  dimensions,  having  ten  fine  boxed  stalls  and 
forty  open  stalls.  This  gives  him  the  whole  floor  of  the  main  building,  60x120 
feet,  for  carriage  space,  harness  and  wash  rooms,  offices,  etc.  To  the  north  of 
the  main  building  and  adjoining,  fronting  on  North  Washington  avenue,  is  his 
undertaking  office,  and  part  of  the  upper  floor  of  the  main  building  is  also  de- 
voted to  the  storage  and  display  of  undertakers'  good  and  supplies,  of  which  he 
carries  the  largest  and  most  complete  stock  in  the  city.  On  the  next  lot  north, 
standing  in  its  own  grounds,  is  his  handsome  private  residence,  which  he  built 
and  owns.  He  does  the  larger  part  of  the  undertaking  business  of  the  city, 
his  facilities  being  of  the  best  character,  and  the  careful  and  complete  manner 
in  which  he  conducts  funerals,  and  the  skillful  way  in  which  he  does  embalm- 
ing by  the  latest  improved  process,  commending  him  to  the  approval  of  the 
public.  He  carries  in  stock  a  superior  assortment  of  caskets,  marble  vaults, 
etc.,  and  has  elegant  hearses,  coaches,  coupes,  etc.,  which  he  utilizes  for 
funerals.  The  undertaking  establishment  is  in  charge  of  Mr.  W.  Frazer,  as 
manager,  who  is  thoroughly  practical  and  efficient.  In  livery  Mr.  Coleman  has 
a  great  variety  of  light  vehicles,  as  well  as  coaches  and  coupes,  has  thirt}^  good 
iiorses  and  the  finest  harness  and  trappings.  He  keeps  his  own  carriage  paint- 
ing shop  and  painters,  and  also  does  a  large  boarding  business  for  the  horses 
of  the  leading  citizens,  for  which  he  has  the  most  ample  accommodations.  He 
has  the  Bancroft  Hotel  liver}'  business,  and  gives  employment  to  twelve  ex- 
perienced hands,  and  thoroughly  supervises  all  the  details  of  his  business,  so 
as  to  secure  at  all  times  satisfactory  results.  His  business  has  steadily  grown 
from  its  inception  to  the  present  time,  and  his  establishment,  is  one  of  the  best 
equipped  and  conducted  of  its  character  in  the  State. 

The  Savings  Bank  of  East  Saginaw —H.  C.  Potter,  President ; 
Fidwin  Eddy,  Vice-President ;  A.  Schupp,  Treasurer  ;  East  Saginaw. — Prom- 
inent among  the  financial  institutions  of  the  Saginaws  is  the  Savings  Bank  of 
East  Saginaw,  which  was  incorporated  in  1872,  and  from  that  time  to  the 
present  has  held  a  prominent  place  in  the  esteem  of  the  community,  jts 
methods  having  always  been  safe  and  conservative,  and  its  business  active  and 
extensive.  The  showing  made  b}'  its  last  report,  dated  July  4,  1887,  is  a 
gratifying  one,  it  being  shown  by  the  statement  then  made  that  the  bank  had, 
in  addition  to  its  paid-in  capital  of  $50,000,  a  surplus  fund  of  $35,000,  and 
undivided  profits  of  $3,578.64,  while  its  deposits  at  the  same  time  amounted 
to  $670,846.26,  its  total  resources  being  $759,424.90.  By  the  same  report  it 
was  shown  that  the  bank  had  loaned  out  on  real  estate  and  other  sound 
securit}^,  $568,203.59,  and  that  it  had  bonds  of  the  city  of  East  Saginaw  and 
school  districts  of  this  State,  amounting  to  $31,900.  The  bank  pays  4  per 
cent,  interest  on  time  deposits,  and  accepts  amounts  from  savings  depositors 


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from  $1  up.  The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  bank  consists  of  the  following 
well-known  and  successful  business  men  : — Messrs.  H.  C.  Potter,  William  L. 
Webber,  Edwin  Eddy,  W.  J.  Bartow,  George  C.  Warner,  Emil  Moores,  II.  C. 
Potter,  Jr.,  James  B.  Peter,  Charles  Lee  and  Henry  Melchers. 

The  Saginaw,  Tuscola  &  Huron  Railroad  Company.— In  a 
chapter  upon  the  transportation  facilities  ot  tlie  Saginaws  in  an  early  portion 
of  this  work  reference  has  been  made  to  the  Saginaw,  Tuscola  &  Huron  Rail- 
road as  an  important  factor  in  contributing  to  the  business  facilities  of  the 
Saginaws.  In  the  necessarily  brief  reference  to  the  road  in  that  connection 
many  interesting  particulars  in  regard  to  the  road  and  the  territory  reached  bj' 
it  were  omitted.  It  extends  from  the  Saginaws  in  a  northe'asterl}'  direction 
through  to  the  villages  of  Reese,' Fairgrove,  Akron  and  Unionville,  in  Tuscola 
count}',  and  Sebewaing  and  Bay  Port  to  Bad  Axe,  the  count}'  seat  of  Huron 
county, — sixty-seven  miles  of  as  fine  farming  land  as  can  be  found  in  the  State. 
Mr.  M.  B.  Wilkinson  is  Superintendent  and  C.  M.  Rice  Auditor.  Its  general 
offices  are  in  East  Saginaw.  As  a  means  of  reaching  summer  resorts  present- 
ing superior  attractions  this  road  occupies  an  important  place.  There  is  an 
annually  growing  interest  among  the  people  of  the  entire  country  in  Michigan 
as  a  summer  resort.  The  motto  of  the  State  seal,  "aSY  quceris  peninsulam 
amcenam,  circumspice,^'  ("If  you  seek  a  pleasant  peninsula,  look  around  you,") 
contains  advice  of  which  advantage  is  annually  being  taken  by  an  increasing 
number  of  seekers  of  health  and  pleasure.  The  situation  of  the  State,  almost 
surrounded  as  it  is  by  the  Great  Lakes,  blessed  with  a  healthful  and  invigor- 
ating climate  and  with  its  shores  dotted  with  islands  and  resorts  of  unsurpassed 
beauty,  are  elements  which  naturally  attract  a  large  and  steadily  growing  num- 
ber of  visitors  to  the  State.  Several  of  the  most  beautiful  of  these  are  reached 
by  the  line  of  the  Saginaw,  Tuscola  &  Huron  Railroad,  prominent  among  which 
is  Wild  Fowl  Bay,  a  beautiful  sheet  of  water  some  five  miles  in  length  and 
four  miles  in  width,  upon  the  eastern  side  of  Saginaw  Bay  and  forming  a  part 
of  it,  and  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  main  land  of  the  Huron  peninsul  a ,  on 
the  north  by  Sand  Point,  a  narrow  strip  of  land  four  miles  in  length,  and  pro- 
tected by  North  Island  on  the  west  and  Heisterman  Island  on  the  southwest. 
Almost  surrounded  by  the  waters  of  the  Great  Lakes,  and  yet  shut  in  from 
their  tumultuous  winds  and  waves,  it  is  a  natural  harbor  which  presents  the 
greatest  attractions  for  sailing,  rowing,  hunting  and  fishing.  Near  the  shore 
the  water  is  shallow  and  the  bottom  has  a  covering  of  soft  white  sand,  giving 
to  the  bay  superior  attractions  as  a  bathing  ground.  All  lake  fish  are  found  here 
in  abundance,  and  in  the  autumn  season  large  numbers  of  wild  fowl  afford  fine 
sport  for  the  hunter.  On  the  high  south  shore  of  Wild  Fowl  Bay,  beautifully 
situated  in  an  evergreen  grove,  is  the  Bay  Port  Hotel.  There  had  long  been  a 
postoffice  and  a  few  houses  near  the  site  of  the  hotel,  and  the  place  had  been 
known  as  Bay  Port  fifteen  years  prior  to  1884,  in  which  year  the  Saginaw, 
Tuscola  &,  Huron  Railroad  was  extended  to  Wild  Fowl  Bay.  Hon.  William  L. 
Webber,  of  East  Saginaw,  President  of  the  Saginaw,  Tuscola  &,  Huron  Railroad 
Company,  bought  a  tract  of  land  on  the  shore,  divided  a  portion  of  it  into  vil- 
lage lots,  and  in  1885  began  the  erection  of  the  hotel,  which  was  completed, 
furnished  and  opened  to  the  public  in  June,  1886.  It  is  a  handsome  and  sub- 
stantial structure,  with  foundation  walls  of  stone  resting  upon  solid  rock  about 
four  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  ground.  The  remainder  of  the  building, 
three  stories  in  height  above  the  basement,  is  wood,  supplied  with  good  brick 
chimneys,  and  is  lathed  and  plastered  throughout.  The  inside  finish  is  of  red 
oak,  and  all  the  furnishings  and  appointments  of  the  house  are  those  of  an 
attractive  resort.       In   the  basement  are  the  laundry,  refrigerator  and  furnace 

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154  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


rooms,  in  the  latter  of  which  are  located  two  large  Smead  warm  air  furnaces 
for  use  in  chilly  weather.  Upon  the  first  floor  are  a  number  of  rooms  and 
offices,  including  the  ladies'  parlor,  with  the  dining  room  in  the  rear,  both  com- 
manding a  view  of  the  bay,  and  upon  the  other  side  of  the  hall  is  the  waiting 
room,  and  beyond  that  the  gentlemen's  smoking  room  and  billiard  room.  The 
second  and  third  stories  are  divided  into  large,  well  furnished  and  thoroughl}^ 
ventilated  chambers,  most  of  which  have  connecting  doors,  enabling  two  or 
more  df  them  to  be  thrown  together  en  suite.  A  wide  veranda,  built  on  thi-ee 
sides  of  the  building,  and  commanding  views  of  the  waters  of  the  bay  and  the 
islands  in  the  distance  on  one  side  and  open  groves  on  the  other,  forms  an 
attractive  refuge  from  the  heat  of  the  summer  sun.  Sail  boats,  properly 
manned,  and  row  boats  are  to  be  found  at  all  times  at  the  boat  houses  near  b}', 
and  upon  the  shore  near  the  hotel  is  a  bath  house  well  supplied  with  bathing 
suits  and  bath  house  appointments.  A  well  built  bowling  alley  is  another  of 
the  attractions  of  the  hotel.  The  management  of  the  hotel  is  in  the  hands  of 
Mr.  D.  H.  Webster,  who  has  had  a  long  and  practical  experience  in  hotel  man- 
agement, and  who,  with  the  itssistance  of  his  wife,  pays  every  attention  to  the 
comfort  and  accommodation  of  guests.  The  many  and  varied  outdoor  attrac- 
tions of  the  neighborhood,  are  supplemented  b}'  efficient  arrangements  for  in- 
door recreation  or  amusement  in  stormy  or  chilly  weather,  and  the  hotel,  which 
is  shown  in  the  accompanying  illustration,  is  one  of  the  most  desirable  places  in 
the  country  at  which  to  spend  a  summer  vacation.  Three  miles  from  the  hotel 
are  situated  the  Bay  Port  quarries  and  lime  kilns,  the  opening  of  which  has 
proved  a  great  benefit  to  the  cities  of  the  Saginaw  Valley,  to  which  its  prox- 
imity has  proved  the  means  for  securing  supplies  of  stone  and  lime  at  a  cost 
about  50  per  cent,  less  than  before  these  quarries  were  opened.  Three  and  a 
half  miles  west  of  Bay  Port,  is  Heisterman  Island,  so  called  from  its  ha^Mng 
been  the  residence  of  Hon.  Carl  Heisterman  until  1883,  at  which  time  it  was 
purchased  by  an  association  organized  for  that  purpose  and  known  as  the 
Island  Club.  The  club  has  between  one  and  two  hundred  members,  and  the 
island  has  been  improved  by  the  laying  out  of  walks,  lawns,  etc.,  and  the 
building  of  the  Club  House,  furnishing  sleeping  accommodation  for  seventy- 
five  guests,  with  large  dining  room  capacity.  Fourteen  cottages  ha^^e  already 
been  built  upon  the  island,  and  it  is  rapidly  increasing  in  favor  as  a  summer 
resort,  offering  unsurpassed  facilities  for  bathing,  sailing  and  fishing.  A  branch 
track  of  the  Saginaw,  Tuscola  &  Huron  Railroad  extends  north  to  the  shore 
west  of  the  dock  at  Bay  Port,  where  grounds  have  been  set  apart  exclusively 
for  the  use  of  picnic  parties.  The  grounds  have  a  shore  line  of  1,600  feet, 
with  shady  groves  immediateh'  adjoining  the  beach,  and  as  a  provision  against 
the  discomforts  arising  from  storms,  a  building  100x18  feet  in  dimensions, 
with  open  sides  and  provided  with  tables,  benches  and  other  conveniences,  has 
been  erected.  These  grounds  afford  an  attractive  resort  for  parties  who  wish 
to  enjoy  a  day  at  the  beach,  a  two-hours'  run  taking  parties  from  East  Saginaw 
to  the  grounds,  and  the  return  being  made  in  the  same  time.  The  efforts  made 
by  the  company  and  its  officials  to  make  available  the  natural  attractions  of 
Bay  Port  and  its  vicinity,  have  opened  to  the  tourist  and  the  pleasure  seeker 
a  place  in  which  rest,  health  and  recreation  can  be  found  not  surpassed  by  an^^ 
on  the  Lakes. 

*  Michigan  Paper  Company.— Swinton  &  Reynolds,  Proprietors  ; 
Wholesale  Paper,  Stationery  and  Books;  406  Genesee  avenue  and  119  and 
121  South  Franklin  street.  East  Saginaw. — This  firm,  which  is  composed  of 
David  Swinton,  George  A.  Reynolds  and  William  T.  Cooper,  was  established 
five  years  ago,  and  its  members  are  probably  the  youngest  men  in  the  whole- 


The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws.  155 


sale  paper  trade  in  the  country,  the  oldest  not  being  twenty  five  and  the 
3'oungest  twenty-one  years  old  when  they  started  in  business.  Their  premises 
were  formerh'  located  at  111  Genesee  avenue,  from  which  the}'  removed  in  the 
spring  of  the  present  3'ear  to  cheir  establishment  at  119  and  121  South  Frank- 
lin street,  embracing  a  two-story  l>uilding,  40x100  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a 
one-story  warehouse  of  like  dimensions  in  the  rear.  They  carry  full  lines  of 
stationery  of  all  kinds,  printers'  supplies,  blank  books,  office  supplies  and 
everything  usually  found  in  a  first-class  paper  and  stationery  house,  and  the}- 
also  have  a  large  warehouse  for  surplus  stock  at  the  Michigan  Central  Railroad 
yard,  and  the  finest  and  best  stocked  retail  book  and  stationery  store  in  the 
Saginaw  Valley  at 406  Genesee  avenue.  The  business  has  been  a  success  from 
the  first  and  is  steadily  increasing,  now  giving  employment  to  a  force  of  fifteen 
clerks  and  assistants,  while  three  traveling  salesmen  represent  the  house  in  all 
parts  of  the  State  of  Michigan,  their  business  being  especially  large  in  the 
northern  portion  of  the  State.  Their  stocks  are  very  large  and  carefully 
assorted,  and  the  firm  has  built  up  a  solid  business  and  a  first-class  reputation 
by  close  attention  to  all  the  details  and  earnest  efforts  to  secure  the  favor  of 
their  patrons  by  their  thorough  and  reliable  business  methods. 

Bruno  Martin. — Patentee  and  Manager  of  the  Martin  Excelsior  Tobacco 
Resweater  ;  Tin,  Copper  and  Iron  Worses  ;  Corner  of  Genesee  avenue  and 
Chestnut  street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Martin  has  been  a  resident  of  East  Sagi- 
naw for  the  past  nineteen  years,  and  established  his  present  business  in  1871. 
He  was  formerly  located  on  Franklin  street,  where  he  was  burned  out  two 
years  ago,  and  afterward  removed  to  his  present  premises,  where  he  occupies  a 
building  50x125  feet  in  dimensions,  in  which  his  shop  and  store  are  situated. 
Here  with  the  assistance  of  three  workmen  he  carries  on  a  steadily  prosperous 
business  in  the  manufacture  of  everything  in  the  line  of  tin,  copper  and  iron 
ware,  a  large  portion  of  the  time  making  all  kinds  of  tin  house  furnishing 
goods,  and  he  also  does  roofing  and  plumbing  to  order  in  the  most  complete 
and  workmanlike  manner.  He  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  tinware, 
all  well  made,  and  in  this  line  the  product  of  his  establishment  is  not  excelled 
by  that  of  any  in  the  Saginaws.  Mr.  Martin  is  the  patentee  and  manager  of 
the  Martin  Excelsior  Tobacco  Resweater,  a  device  of  the  highest  merit,  and 
which  is  not  excelled  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  designed,  and  is  largely 
in  demand  by  tobacco  and  cigar  manufacturers  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Mr.  Martin  is  thoroughly  reliable  and  prompt  in  all  his  dealings,  and  his  busi- 
ness is  prosperous  as  a  result  of  close  attention  to  all  its  details. 

'  Mikado  Tea  Company.— E.  P.  Zerbe,  Manager ;  Importers,  Jobbers 
and  Retailers  of  Fine  Teas,  Coffees,  Spices,  Etc. ;  315  Genesee  avenue,  East  Sag- 
inaw.—Among  the  recent  additions  to  the  business  establishments  of  the  Sagi- 
naws, that  of  the  Mikado  Tea  Company  is  one  of  the  most  notable.  They  oc- 
cupy a  handsome  and  commodious  store,  35x120  feet  in  dimensions,  at  315 
Genesee  avenue,  where  they  carry  large  and  complete  stocks  embracing  the 
finest  goods  in  teas,  coffees,  spices,  etc.,  devoting  themselves  exclusively  to  this 
line,  and  being  equipped  with  every  convenience  and  facility  calculated  to  aid 
the  operations  of  the  business,  paying  special  attention  to  the  assortment  of  the 
stock,  so  as  to  secure  at  all  times  the  freshest  and  the  best  goods  to  be  found 
anywhere.  The  firm  has  already,  by  the  merit  of  its  goods,  its  low  prices  and 
accommodating  methods,  commended  itself  to  a  large  trade  from  the  citizens  of 
the  Saginaws  and  surrounding  country,  both  German  and  English  speaking 
salesmen  being  employed  in  the  store,  and  the  company  being  prepared  to  de- 
liver goods  to  any  part  of  the  city.  The  proprietor  of  the  business  is  Mr.  Ed- 
ward Bullock,  of  Detroit,  Mr.  E.  1*.  Zer])e  being  the  resident  manager.     Mr. 


156  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

Zerbe  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  man,  understanding  every  de- 
partment of  the  business,  and  by  his  efficiency  is  rapidly  building  up  for  the 
house  a  prosperity  commensurate  with  the  merit  of  its  goods  and  the  superior 
facilities  it  enjoys. 

Miss  E.  Beechler. — Fashionable  Dressmaker  ;  G-age  Block,  corner  of 
Lapeer  and  Jefferson  streets,  East  Saginaw. — Since  establishing  her  business  in 
1886,  Miss  Emma  Beechler  has  enjoyed  a  large  patronage  from  the  ladies  of 
the  Saginaws,  which  is  steadily  increasing,  as  a  meri  ed  result  of  the  superior 
work  turned  out  at  her  establishments  She  occupies  spacious  and  elegantly 
fitted  quarters  in  the  G-age  block,  30x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  gives  employ- 
ment to  a  force  of  highly  skilled  dressmakers,  ranging  from  six  to  ten  in  num- 
ber, according  to  the  season,  and  is  prepared  at  all  times  to  execute  orders  for 
dresses,  suites,  cloaks,  wraps,  etc.,  in  the  latest  and  most  fashional>le  st3'les,  and 
makes  a  specialty  of  the  proper  draping  of  dresses  so  as  to  secure  perfect  fit, 
elegance  and  special  adaptation  to  the  wearer.  As  a  consequence  of  her  supe- 
rior work  Miss  Beechler  has  built  up  her  business  to  a  gratifying  condition 
of  growth  and  prosperity,  and  has  already  secured  a  valuable  connection,  em- 
bracing man}^  of  the  most  prominent  ladies  of  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity.  Miss 
Beechler  is  a  thoroughly  skilled  and  experienced  modiste,  and  has  earned  the 
confidence  with  which  her  establishment  is  regarded,  by  close  attention  to  every 
detail  of  the  business. 

Aug.  Eggert- — Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Fine  Upholsterered  Goods 
and  General  Furniture  ;  514  and  516  Genesee  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — This 
business  was  established  eighteen  years  ago  by  the  firm  of  Eggert  &  Heine- 
man,  the  former  being  Mr.  E.  Eggert.  About  thirteen  years  ago  Mr.  Aug. 
Eggert  became  a  member  of  the  firm,  the  style  of  which  was  afterward  changed 
to  E.  &  A.  Eggert,  and  the  business  was  so  continued  until  1885,  since  which 
time  Mr.  Aug.  Eggert  has  conducted  it  as  sole  proprietor.  The  premises  occu- 
pied by  the  business  embrace  a  three-story  building,  40x100  feet  in  dimensions, 
where  is  carried  in  large  supply  and  complete  assortment  every  description  of 
fine  parlor,  dining-room,  bed-room,  library,  hall,  vestibule  and  office  furniture, 
the  product  of  the  best  makers  in  the  country,  and  of  the  latest  and  most  ar- 
tistic designs,  the  choicest  woods  and  the  best  workmanship.  A  full  line  is 
carried  of  silk,  tapestry  and  other  furniture  coverings  and  all  upholstery 
goods,  and  Mi'.  Eggert  does  all  his  upholstering,  in  which  line  the  workmanship 
produced  at  his  establishment  is  not  excelled  by  that  of  any  similar  concern  in 
the  country.  A  force  of  ten  skilled  hands  is  employed,  and  Mr.  Eggert  enjoys 
a  large  trade  in  the  Saginaws  and  surrounding  country,  and  also  a  considerable 
trade  through  all  the  northern  part  of  Michigan.  Thoroughly  understanding 
all  the  details  of  the  business  and  conducting  his  affairs  upon  the  basis  of  uni- 
form reliabilit}-,  his  trade  steadily  grows  and  his  establishment  is  one  of  the 
most  prosperous  business  houses  in  the  Saginaw  Valle}'. 

H.  Friedlein. — Watchmaker  and  Jeweler ;  Hamilton  street,  opposite 
American  House,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Friedlein  established  this  business  upon 
a  comparatively  modest  scale  nine  years  ago,  but  by  close  attention  to  all  its 
details,  and  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  business,  has  built  up  a  large  and 
steadily-  growing  trade.  He  occupies  a  handsome  and  centrall}^  located  store, 
25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  elegantly  finished  in  ebony,  where  he  carries  a 
large  and  select  stock  of  gold,  silver  and  filled  case  watches,  gold  jewelry, 
clocks,  ornaments,  etc.  Specialties  handled  by  Mr.  Friedlein  are  the  celebrated 
James  Boss  gold  watches,  and  the  Keystone  and  Leader  coined  silver  watch 
cases,  which  are  greatly  approved  as  a  consequence  of  the  perfection  of  their 
make,  and  the  combination  of  strength  and  beauty,  which   is  their   marked 


The  Indusi^ries  of  the  Saginaws.  157 


characteristic.  In  addition  to  his  business  as  a  dealer,  Mr.  Friedlein  has  a 
very  large  patronage  in  bis  repairing  department,  the  excellent  manner  in 
which  all  work  in  this  line  is  performed  at  this  establishment  having  procured 
for  him  a  large  railroad  custom,  in  addition  to  that  of  citizens  generally.  Mr. 
Friedlein  has  earned  the  prosperity  which  he  enjoys,  as  a  consequence  of  the 
uniformly  prompt  and  satisfactory  manner  in  which  he  fills  all  orders  for  every 
description  of  work  in  his  line. 

Stevens  &  Deveaux. — Real  Estate,  Loans,  Abstracts,  Land  and  Tax 
Agency;  Seligman's  Jiuilding,  Corner  of  Genesee  avenue  and  Franklin  street. 
East  Saginaw.— This  business  was  established  ten  years  ago,  and  since  that 
time  has  been  conducted  with  a  careful  attention  to  all  its  details  which  has 
secured  for  the  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  J.  K.  Stevens  and  P.  ¥.  Deveaux  are  the 
individual  members,  a  prominent  place  in  the  favor  of  the  leading  real  estate 
owners,  and  a  large  trade  in  every  department  of  its  business.  The  members 
of  the  firm  are  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  details  of  the  history  of  land 
titles  in  Saginaw  county,  Mr.  Stevens  having  been  Register  of  Deeds,  and  Mr. 
Deveaux  his  deputy,  and  the  firm  having  full  abstracts  of  titles  of  all  lands  in 
Saginaw  county.  They  have  on  hand  at  all  times  and  in  large  quaniities  good 
city  property  both  in  Saginaw  City  and  East  Saginaw,  as  well  as  large  amounts 
of  farming  lands  in  Saginaw,  Isabella  and  Midland  counties  and  a  number  of 
improved  farms.  They  are  prepared  to  loan  money  in  any  desired  amount  on 
long  time  and  at  the  lowest  rates  on  good  security,  and  to  act  as  land  and  tax 
agents  for  non-resident  and  other  owners  of  lands  throughout  this  section.  A 
specialty  is  made  of  perfecting  titles  and  the  redemption  of  lands  from  back 
taxes  and  other  clouds  and  encumbrances.  The  careful  attention  paid  b}'  the 
firm  to  all  the  details  of  the  business  has  given  them  special  prominence  jxmong 
the  real  estate  firms  of  the  Saginaw  Valley,  and  they  conduct  a  large  business 
on  both  sides  of  the  river,  maintaining  an  office  at  214  North  Hamilton  street, 
Barnard  Block,  Saginaw  City.  They  are  prepared  to  execute  all  commissions 
in  their  line  in  a  faithful  and  satisfactory  manner. 

H.  &  W.  Heim. — Dealers  in  Drugs  and  Medicines,  Fancy  and  Toilet 
Articles  ;  201  Janes  street.  East  Saginaw. — This  well  known  firm  of  phar- 
macists was  established  three  years  ago,  and  now  occupies  a  handsome  two- 
story  brick  buildmg,  and  has  one  of  the  most  attractive  and  neatly  kept 
pharmacies  in  the  Saginaw  Valley.  Their  location  is  in  every  respect  eligible, 
and  their  stock  embraces  all  the  best  and  purest  articles  in  drugs  and 
medicines  and  standard  pharmaceutical  preparations,  as  well  as  a  full  line  of 
every  description  of  fancy  and  toilet  articles,  and  the  members  of  the  firm 
are  thoroughly  educated  and  practical  chemists,  and  make  a  specialty  of 
analytical  work.  In  addition  to  their  general  line  of  business,  they  manufac- 
ture a  number  of  special  and  highly  approved  pharmaceutical  preparations, 
including  Helm's  Pectoral  Balsam,  Tooth-Ache  Drops,  German  Salve,  Corn 
Cure,  etc.,  for  all  of  which  the  demand  is  very  large  and  steadily  growing. 
The  stock  of  fancy  goods  and  toilet  articles  carried  by  the  firm  is  especially 
well  selected  and  assorted,  containing  all  the  best  and  most  approved  goods  in 
the  line,  including  a  number  of  specially  elegant  articles  suitable  for  holiday, 
birthday  and  other  presents.  The  Messrs.  Heim  closeh'  attend  to  all  the 
details  of  their  business,  and  make  every  endeavor  to  give  satisfaction  to  their 
customers,  and  as  a  consequence  of  their  promptness  and  reliability  are  build- 
ing up  their  trade  to  a  gratifying  and  continued  prosperity. 

F.  Greve. — Dealer  in  Picture  Frames,  Mouldings,  etc.;  524  Genesee 
avenue,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Greve  had  been  for  ten  years  working  for  othei- 
parties  engaged  in  a  similar  line  of  business  prior  to  establishing  in  business 


158  The  IndustribIs  o1p  the  SaginaWs. 


for  himself  five  years  ago.  He  began  upon  a  comparatively  modest  scale  in  a 
small  place  at  the  corner  of  German  and  Jefferson  streets,  from  which  he  re- 
moved in  the  spring  Of  the  present  year  to  the  more  commodious  location  now 
occupied  by  him  at  524  Genesee  avenue,  where  he  carries  a  large,  complete  and 
carefully  assorted  stock  of  engravings,  mouldings,  etchings,  etc.,  embracing  a 
number  of  the  most  artistic  articles  of  this  character  ever  brought  to  the  Saginaw 
Valley.  He  is  prepared  to  make  all  kinds  of  frames  to  order,  and  the  productions 
of  his  establishment  have  a  high  reputation  for  superior  quality,  which  has  se- 
cured for  Mr.  Greve  a  large  trade  in  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity.  He  occupies 
premises  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  the  store  being  upon  the  main  floor  and 
the  wareroom  upstairs.  He  enjoys  superior  facilities  for  supplying  every  de- 
scription of  goods  in  his  line  upon  upon  short  notice,  and  the  accurate  manner 
in  which  he  fills  orders  has  resulted  in  a  steady  increase  in  his  trade  from  the 
inception  of  the  business  to  the  present  time. 

H.  Heinlein. — Merchant  Tailor  ;  313  Lapeer  street,  East  Saginaw. — 
Mr.  Heinlein  has  long  been  known  to  the  gentlemen  of  the  Saginaws  and 
vicinity  as  a  first-class  tailor,  he  having  been  engaged  in  the  business  in  this 
city  ever  since  his  arrival  in  1856  from  Germany,  where  he  learned  his  trade. 
He  has  occupied  his  present  location  since  1874,  and  for  a  while  was  assisted 
by  his  son,  who  now,  however,  is  established  for  himself  in  business  at  West 
Bay  City.  Mr.  Heinlein  carries  a  well  assorted  and  complete  stock  of  foreign 
and  domestic  woolens  of  the  best  quality,  and  is  at  all  times  prepared  to  cut, 
make  and  fit  garments  in  accoi'dance  with  the  prevailing  styles,  and  of  the 
best  materials  and  workmanship.  He  employs  none  but  highly  skilled  work- 
men, and  as  a  consequence,  all  the  productions  of  his  establishment  are  satis- 
factory, and  he  enjoys  a  first-class  reputation  and  a  steady  trade,  as  a  result  of 
the  merit  of  his  work,  and  the  promptness  and  accuracy  with  which  he  fills  all 
orders, 

Morley,  Ewen  &  Oo- — Wholesale  and  Ketail  Dealers  in  Coal,  Lime, 
Cement,  Sewer  Pipe,  Etc.;  321  North  Water  Street,  East  Saginaw. — This  is 
the  oldest  established  coal  business  in  East  Saginaw,  having  been  founded 
about  thirty  years  ago  by  Mr.  Joshua  Tuthill,  who  was  succeeded  by  the  drm 
of  C.  'W.  White  &  Co.,  of  which  Messrs.  G.  W.  Morley  and  G.  B.  Morley  were 
members.  Upon  the  retirement  from  the  business  of  Mr.  White  in  1880,  Mr. 
F.  D.  Ewen  became  a  partner,  and  the  firm  assumed  its  present  style,  the 
business  steadily  growing  from  that  time  to  the  present,  and  including  in  its 
trade  territory  the  entire  Saginaw  Valley  and  all  northern  Michigan.  The 
firm  occupies  premises  covering  300x150  feet,  with  unsurpassed  shipping  and 
receiving  facilities,  railroad  tracks  in  front  and  the  Saginaw  River  in  the  rear. 
Upon  these  premises  the  firm  has  a  convenient  and  commodious  new  coal  shed, 
150x120  feet  in  dimensions  and  about  50  feet  high,  and  also  large  cement  and 
tile  sheds,  brick  stable,  etc.,  fine  docks  with  about  300  feet  river  frontage,  and 
a  full  equipment  of  hoisting  cranes  and  every  convenience  and  accessory  cal- 
culated to  aid  or  expedite  the  operations  of  the  business.  A  large  force  of 
men  is  employed,  amounting  in  winter  to  as  high  as  fifty  hands,  and  a  large 
number  of  teams  are  utilized  in  the  business  of  delivery.  The  firm  carries 
large  and  completel}' assorted  stocks  of  all  kinds  and  sizes  of  anthracite  and 
bituminous  coal,  lime,  foreign  and  domestic  cements,  sewer  pipes  in  all  sizes 
and  styles,  etc.,  and  the  firm  is  prepared  to  supply  every  description  of  goods 
in  its  line  upon  the  shortest  notice  and  of  the  best  quality.  The  business  is 
conducted  in  a  systematic  and  accurate  manner,  and  the  firm  is  justly  regarded 
as  one  of  the  most  reliable  in  the  Valley.  In  addition  to  their  interests  in 
this  business,  the  Messrs.  Morley  are  prominently  connected  with  other 
important  enterprises,  Mr.  G.  W.  Morley  being  President,  and.  Mr.  G.  B. 
Morley  Cashier,  of  the  Second  National  Bank. 


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Fred  Bamford  &  Co. — Painters  and  Decorators,  and  Dealers  in  Artis- 
tic Wall  Papers,  Room  Mouldings,  Art  Glass,  P]tc.;  123  South  Franklin  street, 
East  Saginaw. — Tlie  firm  of  Fred  Bamford  <&  Co.  is  composed  of  Messrs.  Fred 
Bamford  and  Will  11.  Thayer,  both  of  Detroit,  where  they  conduct  a  ver}-  large 
establishment,  having  their  store  and  warehouse  at  255  and  257  Jeflferson 
avenue.  The  business  was  originally  established  in  Detroit  by  Joseph  Godfrey, 
the  firm  later  becoming  Bamford  &  Humphrey,  the  present  firm  being  formed 
in  1881.  In  February,  1886,  the  East  Saginaw  house  was  established,  and 
placed  in  charge  of  Mr.  Thomas  D.  Bamford,  a  nephew  of  Mr.  Fred  Bamford, 
and  a  thoroughh'  experienced  man  in  the  business,  under  whose  supervision  a 
large  patronage  has  been  built  up  in  the  Saginaw  Valley,  and  giving  employ- 
ment to  a  force  of  twenty  skilled  workmen.  The  firm  are  extensive  dealers  in 
wall  papers,  Lincrusta  Walton  and  room  mouldings,  and  do  all  kinds  of  paint- 
ing, paper  hanging  and  tinting,  making  a  specialty  of  the  highest  class  of 
interior  decoration,  frescoing  and  plastic  ornamentation.  Among  the  fine  resi- 
dences decorated  by  this  firm  may  be  mentioned  those  of  Messrs.  C.  W.  Wells, 
F.  C.  Stone,  Arthur  Hill,  W.  C.  McClure,  W.  Gilbert,  J.  W.  Howry  and  others. 
The  excellence  of  the  workmanship  in  the  decorating  done  bv  this  firm  has 
secured  for  it  a  prominent  place  as  the  leader  in  its  line,  and  as  a  consequence 
they  do  a  very  large  business,  never  failing  to  give  satisfaction  to  those  for 
whom  the}^  execute  work,  and  the  business  is  steadily  growing  as  a  conse- 
quence of  their  reliable  work. 

Banner  Steam  Laundry. — Rossiter  &  IMcClintock,  Proprietors  ; 
North  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — This  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  Richard  C 
Rossiter  and  Elias  J.  McClintock  are  the  individual  members,  was  established 
three  years  ago,  starting  in  the  laundry  business,  and  the  steady  increase  in 
their  patronage  rendered  their  facilities  insufficient,  and  during  the  present 
year  the}^  had  built  for  them  their  present  commodious  premises,  which  the}- 
have  equipped  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machiner}^  adapted  to 
laundry  business,  the  outfit  being  from  the  celebrated  Troy  Steam  Laundry 
Manufacturing  Co.,  including  washing  machines,  which  can  be  used  for  boiling, 
blueing,  hot  or  cold  washing  ;  centrifugal  wringers,  which  will  dry  the  most 
delicate  laces  without  friction  or  wear  ;  starching,  ironing,  collar  and  cufi"  ma- 
chines, a  large  filter  of  250  gallons  per  day  capacity,  a  12-horse  power  upright 
engine  and  15-horse  power  boiler.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  firm  embrace 
a  new  brick  building  with  perfect  light  and  ventilation,  two  stories  in  height 
25x80  feet  in  dimensions.  All  the  operations  of  the  laundry  are  conductei  upon 
the  best  known  processes  for  securing  the  best  results  in  this  branch  of  indus- 
try, and  only  filtered  water  is  used  in  all  washing,  and  condensed  water  for 
flannels.  Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  twelve  hands,  which  the  firm  ex- 
pects to  double  by  spring,  and  the  uniformly  satisfactory  work  turned  out  at  this 
establishment,  the  great  care  taken  with  all  goods  and  the  promptness  and  ac- 
curacy of  the  firm  in  every  respect  have  secured  for  them  a  large  and  steadily 
gi'owing  trade,  and  the  favor  and  patronage  of  the  citizens  of  and  visitors  to 
the  Saginaws. 

A.  Wegst  &  Co. — Carriage  Manufactory  and  Repository;  116  and  118 
Janes  street.  East  Saginaw. — One  of  the  most  prominent  recent  additions  to 
the  business  institutions  of  the  Saginaws  is  that  furnished  by  the  establishment 
of  the  firm  of  A.  Wegst  &  Co.,  of  which  Messrs.  A.  Wegst  and  J.  P.  Beck  are 
the  individual  members.  The  premises  occupied  by  them  at  present  comprise 
a  two-story  new  brick  building,  50x125  feet  in  dimensions,  in  addition  to  which 
they  have  another  building  on  German  street,  which  they  temporarily  occupy, 
and  expect  to  build  during  the  coming  spring  another  building,  25x125  feet, 


160  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 

with  an  elevator.  The}'  own  a  large  vacant  lot  adi'oining  their  premises,  and 
in  the  future  expect  to  add  still  other  premises  than  those  mentioned.  The}- 
carrj'  on  the  manufacture  of  everj^  description  of  buggies,  wagons,  cutters,  etc., 
making  a  specialty  of  Concord  wagons  and  top  buggies,  which  they  manufac- 
ture and  sell  at  wholesale  and  retail.  They  give  employment  at  present'  to  a 
force  of  eight  highly  skilled  workmen,  which  they  expect  to  duplicate  as  soon 
as  the  contemplated  addition  is  made  to  their  premises.  They  are  prepared  to 
make  carriages,  wagons  and  sleighs  to  oi'der,  and  make  a  specialty  of  carriage 
painting  and  trimming.  Their  establishment  is  equipped  with  all  the  neces- 
sary plant  and  appliances  adapted  to  the  successful  conducting  of  this  depart- 
ment of  industry,  and  the  work  produced  from  their  establishment  is  of  a  high 
quality  and  is  rapidly  commending  itself  to  a  large  and  steadily  growing  trade 
not  only  in  the  Saginaw  Valley,  but  throughout  Northern  Michigan.  The 
senior  member  of  the  firm,  Mr.  A.  Wegst,  is  well  known  as  one  of  the  most 
solid  and  substantial  citizens  of  the  Saginaws,  and  his  partner  and  son-in-law, 
Mr.  Beck,  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  expei'ienced  carriage  and  wagon  maker, 
under  whose  personal  supervision  the  manufacturing  department  is  conducted, 
with  the  result  of  securing  a  steady  uniformity  of  excellence  in  the  product  of 
the  establishment.  It  is  the  intention  of  the  firm  to  push  their  trade,  and  en- 
joying ample  resources  and  the  best  facilities,  combined  with  an  already  estab- 
lished reputation  for  unexcelled  work,  there  is  no  room  to  doubt  the  success  of 
the  enterprise. 

Yawkey  &  Corbyn. — Hardware^  Stoves,  Etc.;  508  and  510  Genesee 
avenue,  East  Saginaw. — This  prominent  and  prosperous  firm,  of  which  Messrs. 
Cy.  C.  Yawkey  and  Ralph  F.  Corbyn  are  the  individual  members,  was  estab- 
lished four  years  ago,  the  business  having  been  originall}'  located  at  520  Grene- 
esee  avenue  until  early  in  1886,  when  in  order  to  better  accommodate  the 
greatly  expanded  proportions  of  the  business,  the  firm  removed  to  the  more 
commodious  quarters  the}'  now  occupy,  embracing  a  two-story  and  basement 
building,  50x100.  feet  in  dimensions  and  eligibly  located  at  508  and  510  Gene- 
see avenue.  Here  they  carry  a  large  and  completely  diversified  stock  embrac- 
ing everything  in  the  line  of  heavy  and  shelf  hardware,  builders'  materials, 
stoves,  tin  ware,  house  furnishing  goods,  bicycles,  tricycles,  velocipedes,  etc. 
In  stoves,  f  ui'naces  and  heaters  thej^  carrj'  especially  superior  stocks,  embracing 
stoves  of  all  kinds.  Peninsular  ranges  and  cooking  stoves,  Peninsular  "  llegal  " 
and  "  Radiant "  heaters,  McGee's  Boston  heating  furnaces  and  many  other  va- 
rieties, and  in  building  materials  carry  a  specially  large  assortment  and  com- 
plete stock  of  locks,  knobs,  butts,  etc.,  and  all  sizes  of  nails,  glass,  and,  in  fact, 
everything  used  by  builders.  Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  six  competent 
clerks  and  assistants,  and  the  firm  enjoys  a  trade  which  embraces  in  "addition 
to  a  heavy  patronage  in  the  Saginaws,  a  considerable  jobbing  trade  with  all  the 
northern  section  of  the  State.  The  firm  maintains  the  most  favorable  relations 
with  the  leading  manufacturers,  and  is  prepared  to  ofi[er  special  inducements 
both  in  quality  and  price  to  its  customers,  and  by  promptness  in  filling  orders 
and  accurac}'  in  carrying  out  all  the  details  of  the  business,  it  has  built  up  a 
first-class  reputation  and  a  trade  which  steadily  increases  from  year  to  year. 

Alio  BirsS- — Manufacturer  of  Carriages,  Wagons,  Steighs,  Etc. ;  Frank- 
lin, Between  Tuscola  and  Johnson  streets.  East  Saginaw. — The  prominent 
position  among  the  important  industries  of  the  Saginaws  attained  by  this  estab- 
lishment is  due  to  the  enterprise  and  energ}^  of  Mr.  Birss,  who  has  steadily 
conducted  the  business  for  the  past  thirteen  years,  and  throughout  that  time 
has  paid  special  attention  to  maintaining  in  the  quality  of  its  product  the  high 
reputation  which  it  just!}  holds  not  onl}-  in  the  immediate  vicniit}-  of  this  city, 


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but  throughout  the  State  at  large.  He  occupies  a  three-story  brick  building. 
50x100  feet  in  dimensions,  with  high  ceilings,  the  rear  portion  of  which  is  used 
for  wood  work  and  wagon  building,  the  upper  floors  for  painting,  finishing, 
storing,  etc.,  and  the  front  part  of  the  first  floor,  which  has  six  fires,  is  used  tor 
horse  shoeing,  carriage  trimming  and  repairing,  in  which  business  Mr.  Birss' 
establishment  is  not  exceeded  in  volume  by  any  concern  in  the  Valley.  In 
addition  to  these  premises  Mr.  Birss  is  now  building  an  addition,  20x45  feet  in 
dimensions  and  three  stories  high,  adjoining  his  present  premises,  and  which 
he  will  utilize  for  storage,  etc.  He  manufactures  every  description  of  car- 
riages, wagons,  sleighs,  etc.,  and  in  all  lines  the  work  turned  out  at  this  estal> 
lishment  is  strictly  first  class.  He  makes  about  seventy-five  wagons  per  year, 
besides  a  large  number  of  Concords  and  buggies.  The  large  and  elegant  furni- 
ture van,  which  is  used  by  Mr.  Harry  Bates,  and  which  is  the  only  one  of  its 
kind  in  the  city,  was  built  at  this  establishment,  and  is  a  superior  piece  of 
workmanship  in  this  class  of  vehicles.  In  addition  to  the  manufacturing  de- 
partment a  large  business  is  done  not  only  in  horse  shoeing,  but  also  in  every 
description  of  jobbing  pertaining  to  this  line  of  industry,  and  Mr.  Birss  gives 
steady  employment  to  a  force  ranging  from  seventeen  to  eighteen  highly  skilled 
workmen,  carefully  supervising  all  the  operations  of  his 'establishment  and 
using  only  the  best  materials  in  all  departments  of  his  work.  The  establish- 
ment is  the  largest  one  in  the  State  covering  such  a  general  business,  and  the 
large  trade  it  enjoys  is  the  merited  reward  of  close  attention  to  orders  and 
uniform  reliability  in  all  the  dealings  of  Mr.  Birss. 

First  National  Bank.— Erastus  T.  Judd,  President ;  George  F.  Cross, 
Vice-President  ;  Clarence  L.  Judd,  Cashier  ;  corner  of  Genesee  avenue  and 
Cass  street,  East  Saginaw.— This  prominent  and  substantial  institution  was 
originally  organized  in  1864  mainly  through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Erastus  T. 
Judd,  who  since  that  time  has  been  its  executive  head,  devoting  his  attention 
to  the  business  of  the^bank,  and  directing  it  in  the  successful  career  which  it 
has  ever  since  enjoyed.  In  1884,  upon  the  expiration  of  the  original  charter, 
the  bank  was  re-organized,  and  is  now  in  a  highly  prosperous  condition,  as 
shown  by  the  latest  published  report  of  its  condition,  dated  July'l,  1887.  At 
that  time  the  bank  had,  in  addition  to  its  paid  in  capital  stock  of  $100,000,  a 
surplus  fund  of  $50,000,  undivided  profits  of  $6,339.88  and  resources  of  $473,- 
078.25.  The  bank  does  an  active  business  as  a  general  bank  of  loan  and 
discount,  issuing  exchange  upon  the  leading  domestic  and  foreign  cities, 
discounting  approved  paper,  loaning  money  upon  good  security,  attending 
promptly  to  collections  of .;  all 'kinds,  and  carrying  on  all  the  departments 
usually  conducted  by  a  national  bank.  The  Board  of  Directors  is  composed 
ol  prominent  and  substantial  business  men,  included  among  whom,  in 
addition  to  President  Judd,  are  Mr.  (George  F.  Cross,  Vice-President  of  the 
bank,  who  is  a  prominent  mill  owner,  a  member  of  the  lumber  firm  of  Judd  & 
Cross,  President  of  the  Cross,  Gordon  &  Randall  LumberjCo.,  PresidentJ  and 
Treasurer  of  the  Standard  Lumber   Co  and   otherwise  prominently  identified 


H.  Ediret,  of  Kdget  &  Brooks,  attorneys,  and  Henry  S.  Wilson,  pine  lands. 
The  cashier  of  the  bank  is  Mr.  Clarence  L.  Judd,  son  of  the  President,  and  a 
gentleman  who  bv  training  and  education,  as  well  as  by;  experience,  is 
thoroughly  qualified  for  the  responsible  duties,  which  he  performs  with  marked 
efficiency.  Under  the  systematic  methods  and  conservative  course  adopted 
by  its  management,  the  bank  has  accjuired  a  prominent  place  in  the  confidence 
of  the  public,  by  whom  it  is  justly  regarded  as  one  of  the  soundest  and  most 
substantial  banking  institutions  of  the  State. 


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162  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


H.  F.  Honsberger. — Dealer  in  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  Etc.;  116  North 
Washington  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  established  in  1883  by 
Mr.  E.  Trump,  who  was  succeeded  in  the  spring  of  the  present  year  by  Mr.  H. 
F.  Honsberger,  a  gentleman  of  long  and  practical  experience  in  this  business, 
and  who  had  been  engaged  as  a  drj-  goods  merchant  at  Springfield,  Canada, 
for  five  years  prior  to  coming  to  East  Saginaw.  He  occupies  a  four-story  build- 
ing, 30x125  feet  in  dimensions,  in  which  he  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock 
of  everything  in  the  line  of  staple  and  fancy  dry  goods  and  notions,  including 
all  kinds  of  cotton  goods,  silks,  velvets,  embroideries,  laces,  white  goods,  dress 
goods,  oil  cloths,  hosiery  and  fancy  goods  of  every  description.  He  gives  em- 
ployment to  a  full  force  of  clerks,  and  his  store,  which  is  eligibly  located,  is 
fitted  up  with  every  convenience  and  accessory  calculated  to  aid  or  expedite 
the  operations  of  the  business,  including  a  cash  railwa}^  and  all  modern  im- 
provements. The  stock  carried  is  very  large,  occupying  the  entire  building, 
and  Mr.  Honsberger  is  rapidly  increasing  his  trade,  as  a  result  of  the  superior 
selection  of  his  stock,  the  leasonableuess  of  his  prices  and  the  fairness  and  ac- 
curacy of  his  transactions. 

William  W.  Johnson. — Architect ;  Room  21,  Hoyt  Block,  East  Sag- 
inaw.— Mr.  Johnson  began  his  business  career  by  learning  the  trades  of  pat- 
tern maker  and  carpenter,  afterward  becoming  a  draftsman,  and  carefully 
studying  the  principles  of  architecture,  in  which  he  soon  found  his  vocation. 
Four  years  ago  he  came  to  this  city,  and  since  that  time  has  acquired  a 
recognized  position  as  a  skillful  and  accomplished  architect,  thoroughly  under- 
standing all  the  details  of  the  profession,  and  designing  and  superintending 
buildings  in  a  thoroughly'  accurate  manner.  A  number  of  the  most  prominent 
structures  built  in  the  city  since  his  arrival  here  were  designed  and  erected  un- 
der his  supervision,  he  having  made  the  designs  for,  and  superintended  the 
Hoyt  School,  Home  for  the  Friendless,  Mr.  Gilbert's  dwelling  on  Jefferson  street 
opposite  the  Methodist  church,  Mr.  Brooks'  dwelling  on  Jefferson  street,  Mr. 
Hanchett's  in  Saginaw  City,  a  dwelling  for  Mr.  Sanford  Keeler,  Superintendent 
of  the  F.  &  P.  M.  R.  R.;  'All  Saints'"  church  and  the  Polish  Catholic  church 
of  East  Saginaw,  a  school  at  Jackson,  Mich.;  a  school  at  Manton,  Mich.;  a 
store  block  at  Owosso  for  Weisner  &  Sharpstein,  as  well  as  a  number  of  other 
business  and  residence  structures.  All  the  buildings  erected  under  the  super- 
vision of  Mr.  Johnson  combine  artistic  elegance  with  practical  adaptation  to 
the  purposes  for  which  they  are  designed,  and  the  entii-e  satisfaction  given  by 
his  professional  services  is  attested  by  a  large  and  steadily  growing  patronage 
which  keeps  him  constantl}'  busy. 

Henry  Passolt — Manufacturer  of  Laundry  and  Toilet  Soaps  ;  422 
McCoskr}'  street.  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Passolt  has  been  established  in  busi- 
ness ever  since  1863,  and  throughout  his  long  career  has  b}'  close  attention  to 
business  built  up  his  trade  to  a  position  of  prosperity,  as  a  consequence  of  the 
excellence  of  his  produce  and  the  prompt  and  accurate  manner  in  which  he 
fills  all  orders.  He  occupies  as  office  and  stock  room  a  two-story  brick  build- 
ing, 25x60  feet  in  dimensions,  adjoining  which  he  has  his  works,  25x140  feet. 
He  manufactures  a  full  line  of  laundry  and  toilet  soaps,  including  in  laundry 
soaps,  the  "Diamond,"  "Chinese,"  "Domestic,"  "Victor,"  "Michigan," 
"Superior,"  -'Savon,"  etc.,  and  in  toilet  soaps,  "  White  Glycerine,"  "  Honey," 
"  Brown  Windsor,"  "  Rose,"  "  Mottled,"  "  Fine  Toilet,"  "  Transparent 
Glycerine,"  White  and  Mottled  Castile,  Oval  Assorted  and  Ladies'  Toilet 
soaps,  and  also  makes  shaving  soaps,  round  and  in  tin  foil.  The  output  of 
the  factory  is  very  large,  steady  employment  being  to  a  force  ranging  from 
eight  to  ten  hands,  an(l  in  addition  to  the   manufacture  of  soaps,  Mr.  Passolt 


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also  makes  potash  and  pearlash,  which  he  ships  to  New  York,  Boston, 
Cincinnati  and  oilier  points.  He  is  prepared  at  all  times  to  pay  the  highest 
prices  for  tallow  and  grease,  and  to  supply  any  of  the  goods  manufactured  by 
him  to  any  points  on  order.  He  has  built  up  a  thriving  business  as  a  result 
of  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  centur}'  of  honorable  methods. 

Eugene  Ringler  &  Son.— Druggists  and  Chemists  ;  118  South  Ham- 
ilton street,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Eugene  Ringler,  by  whom  this  business  was 
founded  twenty-one  years  ago,  is  a  native  of  WurtemVierg,  Germany,  where  he 
was  educated,  and  from  which  he  came  to  America  in  1847.  In  1852  he  gradu- 
ated in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  and  after  prac- 
ticing medicine  at  Fostoria  and  Tiffin,  O.,  enlisted  as  assistant  surgeon  in  the 
Union  army,  and  served  to  the  end  of  the  war.  Then,  after  another  two  years 
at  Tiffin,  0.,  he  came  to  Saginaw  and  engaged  in  business,  having  a  pai'tnerfor 
one  year,  and  then  removing  to  his  present  premises,  where  he  conducted  busi- 
ness alone  until  the  past  summer,  when  his  son,  Mr.  E.  A.  Ringler,  who  had 
been  for  thirteen  years  engaged  in  the  same  line  in  New  York,  joined  him  in 
the  formation  of  the  present  firm.  The  store  occupies  premises  25x100  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  is  completely  stocked  with  a  full  line  of  drugs  and  medicines 
of  all  kinds,  the  firm  making  all  their  own  tinctures  and  extracts,  and  in  addi- 
tion, also  making  a  number  of  special  preparations,  including  Fragrant  Pearl 
Dentine  for  the  teeth,  Carbolated  Glycerine  Chili  for  the  skin,  chapped  hands, 
etc.,  a  cough  mixture,  blood  purifier,  liver  pills,  sarsaparilla,  cod  liver  oil 
emulsion,  etc.,  which  preparations  command  a  large  and  steadily  growing  sale, 
as  a  consequence  of  their  proved  excellence.  The  firm  is  a  substantial  and  pros- 
perous one,  backed  by  experience  and  knowledge,  and  enjoys  in  a  merited  de- 
gree the  confidence  and  approval  of  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws. 

T.  J.  Norris. — Groceries  and  Provisions ;  West  Side  of  Genesee  Bridge, 
East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Norris  established  this  business  eleven  years  ago,  and  has 
since  carried  it  on  with  steady  and  growing  success,  as  a  consequence  of  the 
careful  selection  of  his  stock,  and  the  fair  and  accurate  methods  upon  which  he 
has  conducted  it.  He  l)uilt  and  owns  the  building  occupied  by  him,  and  the 
adjoining  one  which  he  rents  out,  both  of  these  buildings  being  two-story  brick 
structures,  each  25x80  feet  in  dimensions.  He  carries  a  large  and  completely 
assorted  stock  of  every  description  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries  and  provisions 
of  all  kinds,  and  enjoys  a  large  trade  from  the  citizens  of  East  Saginaw  and 
Saginaw  City,  as  well  as  CarroUton  and  the  surrounding  country'.  The  loca- 
tion of  the  store  is  a  favorable  one,  being  central,  and  Mr.  Norris  has  built  up 
his  business  to  its  present  proportions  by  careful  attention  to  all  its  details, 
and  thoroughness  in  all  his  transactions. 

Blumberg  &  W^einberg, — Dealers  in  Clothing  and  Gents'  Furnish- 
ing Goods,  Hats,  Caps,  Etc.;  419  Genesee  avenue.  East  Saginaw. — Mr. 
Solomon  Blumberg  of  this  firm  established  himself  in  business  early  in  1886 
on  Genesee  avenue,  near  Washington  avenue.  In  September  of  the  present 
year  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr,  Emil  Weinberg,  who  had  previously 
been  with  Rich  Brothers,  and  the  firm  removed  to  their  present  eligibly 
located  and  handsome  premises,  25x125  feet  in  dimensions,  where  the}-  carr^' 
ver}'  large  and  complete  stocks,  embracing  everything  in  the  line  of  clothing, 
gents'  furnishing  goods  of  every  description,  hats  and  caps  of  the  latest  st5'les, 
and  a  specially  well  assorted  line  of  lumbermen's  clothing,  of  which  they  make 
a  specialty.  The  stock  is  carefully  assorted  and  bought  from  first  hands,  and 
the  firm  maintains  the  most  favorable  relations  with  manufacturers  which 
enable  them  to  purchase  at  the  closest  margins  and  give  their  customers  the 
benefit  of  the  lowest  prices.       As  a  consequence,  their  store  is  justly  regarded 


164  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 


as  headquarters  for  obtaining  good  goods  at  tlie  lowest  rates,  and  tliey  liave  a 
very  large  trade,  including  not  only  the  residents  of  the  Saginaws,  but  also  a 
large  trade  from  farmers  and  others  in  the  surrounding  countr}'.  Both  members 
of  the  firm  are  first  class  business  men,  and  they  have  a  thriving  trade,  which 
they  maintain  by  uniformly  fair  treatment  of  their  customers. 

Henry  Goldsmith. — Successor  to  T.  Goldsmith  &  Son  ;  Dealer  in  No- 
tions, Fancy  Goods,  Etc.;  124  South  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — This  bus- 
iness was  established  eleven  years  ago  b}-  Mr.  T.  Goldsmith  and  his  son  Mr. 
Henry  Goldsmith,  under  the  firm  name  of  T.  Goldsmith  &  Son,  and  was  con- 
tinued under  that  style  until  September  of  the  present  year,  since  which  lime 
Mr.  Henr}'  Goldsmith  has  conducted  it  as  sole  proprietor.  The  premises  occu- 
pied by  the  store  embrace  the  main  floor,  25x120  feet  in  dimensions,  of  the  build- 
ing at  124  South  Hamilton  street,  with  the  basement  and  a  large  room  in  the  rear. 
Here  are  carried  large  stocks  of  everj'thiug  in  the  line  of  notions,  fancy  goods, 
silverware,  china,  crockery,  glassware,  toys,  baby  carriages,  books,  stationery, 
albums,  photograpliic  supplies,  vases,  ornaments,  rubber  goods,  etc.,  carefully 
selected  so  as  to  comprise  the  best  goods  in  the  line.  Employment  is  given  to 
three  clerks,  and  the  establishment  enjoys  a  large  trade  from  the  people  of  the 
Saginaws  and  surrounding  country,  in  addition  to  which  it  is  doing  a  consider- 
able amount  of  jobbing  throughout  this  section.  Mr.  Goldsmith,  the  proprie- 
tor of  the  store,  is  a  business  man  of  superior  attainments,  who  has  commended 
himself  to  the  favor  and  patronage  of  the  community  as  a  result  of  the  fairness 
and  reliabilit}^  of  his  methods,  and  the  close  attention  paid  by  him  to  ever}'  de- 
tail of  the  business. 

Kirby  Blakely. — Insurance  and  Ileal  Estate,  and  Manufacturers' 
Agent  for  Agricultural  Machinery'  and  Implements  ;  corner  of  Warren  and 
German  streets,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Blakely,  who  had  previously  been  in  the 
employ  of  Mr.  D.  A.  Pettibone,  started  in  the  insurance  business  five  years  ago, 
locating  his  office  at  the  corner  of  Genesee  avenue  and  German  street,  where  he 
still  h?s  his  insurance  office.  Later  he  added  to  his  business  that  of  agent  for 
McCormick's  Harvesting  machines  and  supplies,  and  dealer  in  all  kinds  of 
farm  implements,  in  which  he  is  now  largely  engaged,  occupying  for  this  busi- 
ness a  lot  100x125  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  building  20x100  feet,  in  the  cen- 
ter, and  sheds  around  the  sides.  He  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  farm 
implements  and  agricultural  machines,  buggies,  etc.,  the  sheds  being  utilized 
for  the  storage  of  heav}'  machinery  and  farm  wagons,  in  which  line  he  is  agent 
for  the  celebrated  Coquillard  wagons.  In  this  line  his  stock  is  complete  in 
every  particular,  embracing  all  that  is  latest  and  best  in  the  way  of  farm  ma- 
chinery and  implements,  and  he  enjoys  a  large  business  covering  not  only  the 
entire  Saginaw  Valley  but  also  extending  to  all  parts  of  northern  Michigan, 
three  traveling  salesmen  representing  him  in  this  trade  territory  for  the  sale  of 
these  goods.  In  insurance  he  is  the  representative  of  a  number  of  the  leading 
and  most  prosperous  companies,  including  the  Hamburg-Bremen,  of  Ham- 
burg, Germany,  having  in  its  United  States  branch  assets  of  $1,119,692,  and 
a  surplus  over  all  liabilities  of  $509,894  ;  the  Newark,  of  New  Jersey,  capital 
$250,000,  and  surplus  of  $319,303  ;  the  Providence-Washington  of  Providence, 
R.  I.,  capital  $400,000,  and  assets  ^1,025,824 ;  and  the  Clinton,  of  New  York, 
capital  $250,000  ;  through  which  companies  he  is  prepared  to  offer  safe  insur- 
ance at  the  lowest  rates  consistent  with  the  absolute  safety  of  the  investment. 
Mr.  Blakely  also  deals  in  real  estate  and  handles  it  as  agent ;  is  a  Notary  Pub- 
lic, and  is  prepared  to  attend  to  all  business  in  the  line.  He  is  a  business  man 
of  superior  attainments,  and  in  all  the  branches  in  which  he  is  engaged  is  en- 
joying a  stead}^  increase  in  the  vol u  are  of  his  transactions,  as  a  result  of  close 
attention  to  all  the  details  and  uniform  fairness  of  dealing. 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws.  K!.') 

W".  B.  Moore. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Druggist ;  201  and  203  Grenesee 
avenue,  and  1U2  Washington  avenue  ;  Laboratory  and  Warehouse,  215,  217 
and  219  North  Water  street.  East  Saginaw. — This  establishment  is  the  out- 
growth of  the  drug  business  founded  in  1865  by  Mr.  A.  A.  Dunk,  who  died  in 
December,  1879,  and  was  succeeded  in  January,  1880,  by  Mr.  W.  B.  Moore, 
who  had  been  connected  with  the  business  under  the  proprietership  of  Mr. 
Dunk  from  1873.  Since  acquiring  the  business  Mr.  Mooie  has  had  a  steadily 
growing  trade,  and  lias  greatly  extended  the  premises  occupied,  and  the 
facilities  possessed  by  the  business.  His  elegantly  fitted  and  perfectly 
appointed  store  at  the  corner  of  Genesee  and  Washington  avenues  is  80x100 
feet  in  dimensions,  having  two  entrances  and  four  show  windows,  and  being 
completely  fitted  up  with  shelving  and  show  cases  arranged  for  the  tasteful 
and  attractive  display  of  the  stock,  and  having  an  ottice  in  the  rear  of  the 
store,  back  of  which  is  a  storeroom  for  keeping  surplus  stock.  In  addition  to 
these  premises  Mr.  Moore  has  a  laboratory  and  warehouse  at  215,  217  and  219 
North  Water  street,  and  is  fitting  up  a  new  branch  store  at  the  corner  of 
(lenesee  avenue  and  William  street,  which  will  be  made  attractive  with  all 
the  appliances  pertaining  to  a  first-class  drug  establishment,  and  will  be  under 
the  management  of  Mr.  W.  W.  Sheldon,  a  druggist  of  twenty  years'  experience, 
who  has  been  with  Mr.  Moore  for  the  past  year.  Mr.  Moore  is  the  proprietor 
of  a  number  of  first-class  proprietary  articles,  many  of  which  have  a  celebrity 
and  trade  extending  all  over  the  country,  including  Dunk's  Camphorated 
Arnica,  William's  Camp  Liniment,  William's  Pine  Balsam.  Beebee's  King  of 
Pain,  Rough  on  Corns,  Moore's  Cincho  Myrrh  tooth  powder,  Moore's  Sarsap- 
arllla,  sticky  fly  paper,  etc.,  in  the  manufacture  of  which  he  gives  employment 
to  a  force  of  fifteen  hands.  In  the  store  he  has  a  staff  of  five  competent  clerks 
and  assistants,  and  in  the  new  store  will  giA'-e  tmployment  to  four  more.  He 
carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  embracing  everything  in  the  line  of  staple 
drugs,  as  well  as  a  large  stock  and  attractive  display  of  fancy  goods  and  toilet 
articles,  handkerchief  extracts,  including  Lundborg's,  Lubin's  and  Rimmel's 
unequalled  goods,  making  an  assortment  of  extracts,  colognes  and  toilet  waters 
of  unequalled  merit.  His  line  of  purses,  card  cases,  hand  mirrors,  hair 
brushes  and  other  fancy  goods  is  in  every  way  complete,  while  in  cigars,  which 
he  sells  at  wholesale  and  retail,  his  goods  are  of  the  finest  quality  and  his  trade 
very  large.  As  a  consequence  of  the  great  merit  of  his  goods,  and  the  uniform 
promptness  and  accuracy  with  which  he  fills  all  orders,  he  enjoys  a  large  trade 
with  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  with  lumber  camps  throughout  the 
Saginaw  Valley  region,  as  well  as  a  large  outside  trade  in  his  proprietary  arti- 
cles. The  success  which  has  attended  Mr.  Moore's  business  career  has  been 
built  up  by  close  attention  to  his  business,  and  a  steadfast  endeavor  to  give 
satisfaction  to  his  customers. 

J.  P.  Derby. — Wholesale  Grocer;  Produce  Commission  Merchant;  Derby 
Block,"  North  Water  street ;  Retail  Store,  718  and  720  Genesee  avenue.  East 
Saginaw. — Mr.  Derby  has  continuously  conducted  this  business  since  he  estab- 
lished it  in  1857,  and  during  the  thirty  years  of  his  business  history  has  en- 
joyed a  steady  and  constant  growth  in  the  volume  of  his  trade,  and  has  built 
up  a  reputation  second  to  none  in  his  line  in  the  State.  He  owns  the  hand- 
some white  brick  building  on  North  Water  street,  known  as  the  Derby  Block, 
and  comprising  five  three-story  stores,  of  which  he  occupies  two,  covering  an 
area  of  70x100  feet,  with  a  dock  in  the  rear  of  the  premises.  He  carries  very 
large  stocks  and  full  lines  of  everything  in  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  grocers' 
sundries  and  shelf  goods,  mill  and  camp  supplies,  etc.,  in  which  he  enjoys  a  large 
wholesale  trade  covering  not  only  the  Saginaw  Valley,  but  also  all  the  northern 


166  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 

part  of  Michigan.  In  addition  to  this  business  he  has  the  finest  retail  grocery 
store  in  the  Saginaws  at  718  and  720  Genesee  avenue,  occupjing  a  two-story 
building,  60x80  feet  in  dimensions,  completely  equipped  with  everything  in  the 
line  of  groceries,  delicacies,  etc.,  and  from  this  store  enjoys  the  patronage  of 
the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  their  surrounings.  He  also  deals  largely  in 
produce  and  does  an  extensive  business  as  a  general  commission  merchant, 
holding  the  coofidence  of  shippers  and  producers  by  the  careful  and  accurate 
manner  in  which  commission  services  are  performed  by  him.  The  excellent 
standing  which  has  been  maintained  by  this  house  throughout  its  long  and 
prosperous  business  history,  has  resulted  from  careful  attention  to  all  the  de- 
tails of  the  business,  and  uniform  fairness  and  reliability  in  the  business 
methods  of  Mr.  Derby. 

Second  National  Bank.— (>.  W.  Morley,  President ;  Sewell  Avery, 
Vice-President ;  G.  B.  Morley,  Cashier ;  East  Saginaw. — Holding-  a  deserved 
prominence  among  the  most  solid  and  substantial  corporations  ot  the  Saginaw 
Valley  is  tlie  Second  National  Bank  of  East  Saginaw,  with  a  paid-in  capital  of 
$150,000,  and  which  was  incorporated  under  the  National  Banking  Act  in  De- 
cember, 1871.  It  enjoys  a  large  and  active  business  in  general  banking, 
receiving  the  accounts  of  banks,  bankers,  corporations,  firms  and  individuals, 
discounting  approved  commercial  paper,  loaning  money  on  good  security, 
and  also  makes  collections  and  draws  exchange  on  the  leading  domestic  and 
foreign  cities.  A  gratifying  exhibit  is  made  by  the  latest  published  report  of 
the  condition  of  the  bank,  dated  August  1,  1887,  in  which  it  is  shown  that  the 
bank  has  resources  of  $715,725.23,  and  in  addition  to  its  paid-in  capital  stock 
has  a  surplus  fund  of  $30,000  and  undivided  profits  of  $16,937.83.  The  busi- 
ness of  the  bank  is  conducted  on  safe  and  conservative  methods,  its  Board  of 
Directors  being  composed  of  Messrs.  George  W.  Morley,  Sewell  Avery,  Waldo 
A.  Avery,  Edward  W.  Morley  and  H.  C.  Potter,  Jr. 

George  Spatz. —  Steam  Baker  and  Wholesale  Cracker  Dealer;  Corner 
of  Hamilton  and  Cass  streets.  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Spatz  has  been  engaged  in 
this  business  for  the  past  sixteen  years,  throughout  which  time  he  has  main- 
tained for  his  establishment  a  high  place  in  the  favor  of  the  citizens  of  the 
Saginaws,  and  a  trade  throughout  the  northern  portion  of  Michigan,  as  a  con- 
sequence of  the  superior  quality  of  all  the  productions  of  his  establishment. 
He  does  a  large  local  business  in  bread  of  every  description,  and  in  crackers 
his  trade  also  extends  all  over  the  northern  portion  of  the  State,  Mr.  Spatz 
being  well  known  to  the  trade,  and  visiting  his  customers  personally.  The 
premises  occupied  by  the  business  comprise  a  two-story  building,  60x75  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  ten  skilled  workmen,  the 
bakery  being  equipped  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery  and 
appliances  adapted  to  this  department  of  industry.  Mr.  Spatz  is  prepared  to 
till  all  orders  with  accuracy  and  despatch,  and  the  thriving  business  he  enjoys 
was  acquired  by  close  attention  to  all  its  details. 

Henry  Feige. — Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Fine  Furniture,  Upholstery, 
Carpets,  Curtains,  Draperies,  Etc.;  318  and  320  Genesee  avenue,  and  113-117 
Cass  street,  East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  originally  established  in  1863  by 
the  firm  of  Feige  Brothers,  of  which  Messrs.  George  and  Henry  Feige  were  the 
individual  members.  The  firm  became  George  Feige  alone  in  1880,  by  whom  it 
was  conducted  until  recently,  when  upon  Mr.  George  Feige  engaging  in  the  Feige 
&  Silsbee  Furniture  Manufacturing  Co.,  he  was  bought  out  by  his  brother,  Mr. 
Henry  Feige,  b}'  whom  this  business  is  now  conducted  as  sole  proprietor.  He 
occupies  a  three-story  and  basement  building,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  front- 
ing at  318  Genesee  avenue  and  has  the  two  upper  floors  of  No.  320,  a  building 


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of  the  same  size.  A  passage-way  cionnects  this  store  with  the  rear  of  the  other 
premises  occupied  b}'  Mr.  Fcige,  which  is  a  three-story  buih^ing  with  75  feet 
front  on  Cass  street  by  60  feet  in  depth.  The  two  stores  combined  form  the 
largest  furniture  and  furnishing  store  in  the  Saginaw  Valley,  and  they  are  com- 
pletely stocked  with  everything  in  the  line  of  fine  and  medium  furniture,  the 
finest  carpets  of  foreign  and  domestic  manufacture,  antique  curtains,  Swiss 
curtains,  shades,  shade  cloth,  King's  Scotch  Holland,  patent  shade  rolls,  shade 
trimmings,  curtain  loops,  jute  curtains,  cross  stripes  and  curtain  goods  of  all 
kinds,  and  latest  styles,  as  well  as  full  lines  of  oil  cloths,  rugs,  matting,  etc. 
Embraced  in  the  stock  also  is  a  full  line  of  the  celebrated  John  Rogers  terra 
cotta  groups  of  statuary.  In  all  these  goods  Mr.  Feige  maintains  the  most  fa- 
vorable relations  with  the  largest  manufacturers,  b}^  which  he  is  enabled  to 
offer  unsurpassed  inducements  both  in  quality'  and  price,  and  he  enjoys  a  large 
trade  including,  in  addition  to  a  heavy  business  in  the  Saginaws  and  the  Sagi- 
naw Valle}'  generally,  a  large  order  trade,  orders  having  been  received  from  as 
far  west  as  Omaha  and  Denver,  and  as  far  east  as  New  York  City  ;  and  a  num- 
ber of  residences  in  Detroit  have  been  completely  furnished  from  this  store. 
The  house  from  its  inception  to  the  present  time  has  always  enjoyed  a  superior 
reputation,  its  business  having  been  uniforml}'  conducted  upon  honorable  and 
reliable  methods. 

John  Otto,  Jr.,  &  Co. — Gentlemen's  Furnishing  Goods,  Hats,  Caps,. 
Etc.;  207  Genesee  avenue.  East  Saginaw. — This  firm,  which  is  composed  of 
Mr.  John  Otto,  Jr.,  of  this  city,  and  Mr.  Alexander  Jacobi,  of  Mt.  Clemens, 
Mich.,  began  business  in  this  city  in  May  of  the  present  year,  and  occupies 
Doughty's  old  stand  at  207  Genesee  avenue,  where  they  have  a  spacious  and 
attractive  store  located  in  a  fire  proof  building  completely  stocked  with  hats, 
caps,  neck-wear,  hosiery,  shirts  and  every  description  of  gentlemen's  furnish- 
ing goods,  the  stock  embracing  the  latest  styles  and  novelties,  and  being 
selected  with  special  care  to  till  the  demands  of  the  best  class  of  customers. 
The  business  in  this  city  is  under  the  management  of  Mr.  John  Otto.  Jr.,  Mr. 
Jacobi  conducting  a  similar  establishment  at  Mt.  Clemens,  Mich.  The  firm 
also  carries  a  complete  stock  of  fine  silk  umbrellas  in  gold  and  other  heads 
and  is  at  all  times  prepared  to  supply  the  gentlemen  of  the  Saginaws  with  the 
most  attractive  and  desirable  goods  in  the  lines  in  which  they  deal.  Com- 
petent and  accommodating  clerks  are  employed  in  the  store,  and  every 
facility-  is  used  to  assist  customers  to  make  proper  selections.  Mr.  Otto  is  a 
business  man  of  superior  attainments,  who  thoroughly  understands  all  the 
details  of  the  business,  and  brings  to  the  management  energetic  and  enter- 
prising methods  which  have  secured  for  the  house  a  large  and  steadily  grow- 
ing trade,  and  made  it  popular  with  the  gentlemen  of  the  twin  cities. 

Seyffardt  &  Walz. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Hardware, 
Building  Material,  House  Furnishing  Goods,  Agricultural  Implements,  Etc.; 
618-622  Genesee  avenue.  East  Saginaw. — This  house,  which  is  j ustly  regarded 
as  one  of  the  most  substantial  and  prosperous  in  the  Saginaw  Valley,  was 
founded  in  1869,  the  firm  being  composed  of  Messrs.  William  Seyffardt  and 
George  Walz.  They  occupy  a  two-story  and  basement  brick  building  with  80 
feet  front  by  a  depth  of  100  feet,  equipped  with  every  facility  and  convenience 
calculated  to  aid  or  expedite  the  operations  of  the  business,  employment  being 
given  to  force  of  fifteen  competent  clerks  and  assistants.  They  carry  very 
large  and  thoroughly  diversified  stocks  of  everything  in  the  line  of  heavy  and 
shelf  hardware,  building  material,  stoves,  house  furnishing  goods,  agricultural 
implements,  paints,  oils  and  brushes,  etc.  The  firm  are  agents  for  the  cele- 
brated "Columbia"  bicycles  and  tricycles,  of  which  they  carry  a  complete 


168  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 


stock,  and  in  stoves  they  handle  full  lines  of  the  celebrated  "Jewel "  stoves, 
manufactured  b}'  the  Detroit  Stove  Works  in  ranges,  heaters,  base  burners,  etc. 
In  paints,  oils  and  brushes  their  stock  is  especially  complete,  the  firm  being 
agents  for  Harrison's  celebrated  "Town  and  Countr}' "  ready  mixed  paints, 
and  the}'  also  carry  a  full  line  of  artists'  supplies  of  every  description,  while  in 
household  and  builders'  hardware,  agricultural  implements,  etc.,  their  stock  is 
completely  assorted  and  of  the  best  quality'.  As  a  result  of  the  merit  of  their 
goods  and  the  uniformly  reliable  methods  adopted  by  the  firm  in  all  its  deal- 
ings with  the  trade  and  the  public,  they  enjoy  in  addition  to  a  heavy  business 
with  the  people  of  the  Saginaws,  a  large  trade  to  the  north  and  west  through- 
out the  State  of  Michigan. 

Cornell  &  Stafford. — City  Bottling  Works  ;  Manufacturers  ot  Ginger 
Ale,  Root  Beer,  Birch  Beer,  Cream  Soda,  Sherbet,  Diamond  Rock  Seltzer  and 
Pops  of  All  Kinds ;  Factory,  corner  of  Fourth  and  Chestnut  streets  ;  Office, 
115  Genesee  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — The  City  Bottling  W^orks  were  estab- 
lished sixteen  years  ago  by  Mr.  L.  Quinnin  on  Genesee  avenue,  and  conducted 
by  him  until  five  years  ago,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the  firm  of  Cornell  & 
Stafford,  of  which  Messrs.  S.  Cornell  and  J.  Stafford  are  the  individual 
members.  Since  coming  into  the  possession  of  the  business  the  firm  has  made 
vast  improvements,  and  greatly  added  to  the  facilities  for  manufacture,  as  well 
as  extending  the  trade  over  a  largel}'  expanded  territory.  They  now  occupy 
for  their  factory  a  spacious  building  at  the  corner  of  Fourth  and  Chestnut 
streets,  where  they  have  a  complete  plant  and  all  necessary  machinery  for  the 
manufacture  upon  a  large  scale  of  ginger  ale,  and  everything  in  the  line  of 
pops  and  aerated  waters  ;  giving  steady  employment  to  six  hands,  and  closely 
supervising  the  operations  of  the  factory,  so  as  to  secure  at  all  times  that 
uniformitj'  of  excellence  by  which  the  product  has  obtained  a  foremost  reputa- 
tion, and  a  trade  extending  throughout  Northern  Michigan.  In  their  specialty 
of  ginger  ale  this  firm  is  not  surpassed  by  any  in  the  State,  and  of  this  product 
they  make  from  100  to  500  dozen  bottles  per  day.  They  also  manufacture 
root  beer,  birch  beer,  cream  soda,  sherbet,  diamond  rock  seltzer  and  pops  of 
all  kinds,  of  which  they  produce  from  100  to  500  dozen  bottles  daily.  The 
firm  utilizes  five  wagons  in  its  business,  and  by  promptness  in  filling  orders, 
and  accuracy  in  all  its  transactions,  has  built  up  its  enterprise  to  the  success 
which  it  now  enjoys, 

A-  Schupp. — Insurance  ;  Home  National  Bank  Building,  East  Saginaw. 
— Mr.  Schupp,  who  has  been  established  in  business  ever  since  1878,  is  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  best  informed  and  most  successful  underwriters  in  the  State. 
He  represents  a  list  of  companies  embracing  the  most  solid  and  substantial  cor- 
porations, including  the  Home  Insurance  Company,  of  New  York,  which  at  the 
beginning  of  the  present  year  had  a  cash  capital  of  $3,000,000,  assets  of  $7,- 
80lJ,711,  and  a  surplus  over  all  liabilities  and  capital  of  $3,388,916  ;  also  the 
Queen  Insurance  Company  of  Liverpool,  England,  which  had  in  its  American 
branch  at  the  beginning  of  the  present  year  assets  of  $1,976,093  and  a  surplus 
of  $2,329,552  ;  also  the  Niagara,  of  New  York,  capital  $500,000,  assets  $2,- 
260.480,  and  net  surplus  of  $489,340  ;  the  Fireman's  Fund,  of  San  Francisco, 
capital  $1,000,000,  assets  $2,052,263  ;  the  Fire  Insurance  Association,  of  Lon- 
don, England,  with  assets  in  its  United  States  branch  of  $921,475,  and  a  net 
surplus  of  $385,832  ;  the  Rochester-German,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  capital  $200,- 
000,  assets  $658,481,  and  a  surplus  over  all  liabilities  and  capital  of  $172,625  ; 
also  the  Sun  Fire  Office,  of  London,  England,  the  oldest  insurance  corporation 
in  existence,  having  been  organized  in  1710,  and  which  had  at  the  beginning  of 
the  present  year  in  its  United  States  branch  assets  of  $1.6()6,681   and  a  net 


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surplus  of  $549,206.  Through  these  standard  and  unsurpassed  insurance  com- 
panies Mr.  Schupp  is  prepared  to  place  insurance  at  the  lowest  rates  consistent 
with  the  absolute  safet}'  of  the  investment,  and  attends  promptly  to  all  busi- 
ness in  the  line.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  the  insurance  of  saw  mills,  lumber, 
brick  blocks,  merchandise,  manufacturing  establishments,  dwellings  and  furni- 
ture, and  possesses  unusual  facilities  for  carrying  large  lines  of  insurance.  He 
is  a  gentleman  of  long  business  experience,  and  in  addition  to  this  business, 
occupies  the  position  of  Treasurer  of  the  Savings  Bank  of  East  Saginaw.  He 
is  ably  assisted  in  his  insurance  business  by  his  son,  Mr.  Otto  Schupp,  and  the 
agency  enjoys  the  confidence  of  the  citizens,  its  transactions  always  having 
been  characterized  by  accuracy  and  reliability. 

A.  A  Schott  &  Co. — Pharmacists,  and  Dealers  in  Pure  Drugs,  Medi- 
cines, Chemicals,  Etc.;  131  North  Cass  street.  Next  to  Postoffice,  East  Saginaw- 
— This  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  A.  A.  Schott  and  T.  Duncan  are  the  individual 
members,  was  formed  two  years  ago,  and  from  that  time  to  the  present  have 
enjoyed  a  successful  and  growing  business  with  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws 
and  surroundings  by  the  merit  of  their  stock  and  the  careful  and  accurate  man- 
ner in  which  they  compound  prescriptions  and  fill  all  orders  for  every  descrif)- 
tion  of  goods  in  their  line.  They  carr}'  at  all  times  large  stocks  and  complete 
assortments  of  every  description  of  pure  drugs,  medicines  and  chemicals,  all 
approved  proprietary  preparations,  toilet  and  fancy  articles,  fine  perfumes  of 
foreign  and  domestic  make,  and  druggists'  sundries  of  every  kind.  They  have 
a  full  line  of  wines  and  liquors  for  medicinal  uses,  and  a  fine  selection  from  the 
best  brands  of  imported  and  domestic  cigars.  Their  store,  which  comprises 
the  main  floor  of  a  three-story  brick  building,  is  eligibly  located  at  131  North 
Cass  street,  next  to  the  postoffice.  and  is  neatly  kept,  the  goods  being  dis- 
played in  an  attractive  manner.  The  firm  has  earned  the  prosperity  and  in- 
creasing trade  it  enjoys  by  thorough  knowledge  of  and  close  attention  to  ever}' 
detail  of  the  business. 

Burdick  &  Moore- — Dealers  in  Meats,  Groceries,  Vegetables,  Etc.; 
130  and  132  Jefferson  street,  East  Saginaw. — This  firm,  of  which  Messrs. 
D.  D.  Burdick  and  James  Moore  are  the  members,  was  formed  fourteen  years 
ago,  and  conducted  a  market  on  Franklin  street  until  June  29  of  the  present 
year,  when  they  were  burned  out.  Jul}'  11  they  opened  their  present  estab- 
lishment, which  they  now  own,  occupying  two  stores,  embracing  a  two-story 
new  brick  building,  30x150  in  dimensions,  eligibly  located  and  in  eveiy  way 
adapted  to  the  needs  of  the  business.  One  of  these  is  used  as  the  market, 
where  they  carry  at  all  times  a  large  and  fresh  stock  of  meats  of  unsurpassed 
quality,  and  all  vegetables  in  season,  and  in  the  back  part  of  which  they  have 
a  large  cooling  room,  20x30  feet  in  dimensions,  to  facilitate  the  preservation 
of  the  stock  in  first-class  condition.  The  other  store  comprises  the  grocery 
department,  where  is  kept,  in  large  stock  and  complete  assortment,  everything 
in  the  line  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  grocers'  sundries,  shelf  goods,  etc. 
The  firm  has  every  facility  for  the  business,  and  gives  employment  to  a  force 
of  twelve  competent  and  accommodating  clerks  and  assistants.  Throughout 
the  history  of  the  firm  it  has  ever  been  noted  for  the  great  care  taken  in  the 
selection  of  its  stock,  and  the  uniform  accuracy  and  reliability  by  which  its 
dealings  are  characterized  and  in  this  way  has  built  up  a  large  trade  with  the 
citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  surrounding  country.  They  do  an  extensive 
jobbing  business  in  barreled  beef  and  pork,  and  have  recently  added  a  new 
engine  and  boiler,  with  which  they  heat  their  buildings,  and  operate  a  sausage 
machine  with  a  capacity  of  3,000  pounds  per  day. 

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170  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


D.  K.  AUington — Architect,  Mechanical  Engineer,  Etc.;  Office, 
Koom  24,  Hoyt  Block,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  AUington,  who  is  a  thoroughly 
practical  architect  and  mechanical  engineer,  carae  to  Saginaw  in  1862,  and  for 
two  years  followed  building,  after  thtit  engaging  for  eight  years  as  superin- 
tendent of  salt  works  and  in  1874  established  himself  in  his  present  business, 
in  which  he  enjoj'S  a  large  patronage,  the  thoroughness  of  his  knowledge  of  all 
the  details  having  secured  for  him  a  superior  reputation  and  first  class  patron- 
age. He  makes  a  specialty  of  the  planning  of  saw  and  planing  mills  and  other 
manufacturing  establishments.  Prominent  among  the  structures  built  and 
equipped  under  his  supervision  is  the  Van  Winkle  and  Montague  Mill,  at  Gar- 
den Bay,  the  William  Peters  Mill  at  Bay  City,  and  the  mill  of  J.  W.  &  E.  S. 
Bliss,  near  Zilwaukee,  Mich.  In  his  specialty  of  mill  building  he  has  no  supe- 
rior in  the  State,  his  thorough  knowledge  of  mechanical  engineering  enabling 
him  to  plan  structures  of  this  character,  and  to  place  machinery  in  them  in  such 
a  way  as  to  produce  the  most  satisfactorj^  results.  In  addition  to  this  business 
Mr.  AUington  has  invented  a  patent  machine  for  band  saw  mills,  which  is  man- 
ufactured in  this  city,  and  which  has  been  adopted  generally  by  the  mills 
throughout  the  Saginaw  Valley  and  Canada.  Mr.  AUington  is  also  agent  for 
the  Taper  Sleeve  Pulley  Works  of  Erie,  Pa.,  and  is  prepared  to  furnish  the  full 
line  of  pulleys  manufactured  by  that  company,  and  which  are  of  unsurpassed 
quality,  and  is  also  prepared  to  furnish  every  description  of  machines  and  ma- 
chinery to  order.  Closely  attending  to  all  the  details  of  his  business,  and  con- 
ductmg  his  affairs  upon  honorable  and  reliable  methods.  Mr.  AUington  enjoys 
a  merited  prosperity,  which  is  steadil}^  growing  from  year  to  year. 

Sheyer  Brothers — Dealers  in  Dry  Goods,  Clothing,  and  Ladies'  and 
Gents'  Furnishing  Goods ;  Central  House  Block,  2620  South  Washington 
avenue,  South  Saginaw. — This  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  Simon  and  Hej'raan 
Sheyer  are  the  individual  members,  was  established  four  3-ears  ago,  and  since 
that  time  has  commended  itself  to  the  favor  and  patronage  of  the  citizens  of 
the  Saginaws  and  vicinity  by  the  close  and  accurate  attention  paid  by  them  to 
every  detail  of  their  business,  the  earnestness  of  their  endeavors  to  give  satis- 
faction to  their  customers,  and  the  superior  quality  and  low  prices  of  the  goods 
in  which  they  deal.  Their  stock,  which  is  large,  is  well  displayed  in  their 
store,  which  is  35x150  feet  in  dimensions,  and  includes  everything  in  the  line 
of  staple  and  fancy  dry  goods,  clothing,  ladies'  and  gents'  furnishing  goods, 
hosiery,  hats,  caps,  blankets,  oilcloths,  etc.,  carefully  selected  with  especial 
reference  to  the  needs  of  the  people  of  the  Saginaws.  The  members  of  the 
firm  are  both  experienced  and  practical  merchants,  who  conduct  their  business 
upon  fair  and  honorable  methods,  which  have  commended  them  to  a  large  and 
steadily  increasing  trade  among  the  residents  of  the  cit}',  as  well  as  a  consid- 
erable trade  from  farmers  and  others  in  the  surrounding  country. 

Nelson  Holland. — Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Gang  Sawed  Lumber 
and  Salt ;  Mill  and  Salt  Block,  Corner  of  Atwater  an  i  Water  streets.  East 
Saginaw. — Mr.  Holland's  present  works  were  erected  in  1878  ou  the  site  of  one 
of  the  first  mills  that  was  built  on  the  east  side  of  the  river.  As  now  operated 
the  premises  comprise  a  mill,  60x160  feet  in  dimensions,  with  an  engine  house, 
40x50  feet,  and  a  wing  20x60  feet.  The  plant  comprises  all  the  latest  and 
most  highly  improved  machinery  and  appliances  adapted  'to  the  business,  in- 
cluding a  200-horse-power  engine.  On  the  premises  also  are  four  salt  wells, 
with  a  salt  block  160x150  feet  in  dimensions,  a  railroad  shed,  30x25  feet,  with 
a  capacity  for  holding  7,000  barrels,  large  cooperage  warehouses,  sheds,  and 
other  buildings,  covering  over  one  solid  block,  besides  which  Mr.  Holland  has 
twent3'-six   lots   of   water   frontage  around  the  mill.     Steady  employment  is 


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given  through  the  season  to  a  force  ranging  from  seventy-five  to  one  hundred 
men.  and  the  annual  product  of  the  works  amounts  to  from  16,000,000  to  18,- 
000,000  feet  ot  lumber,  1,500,000  laths,  750,000  staves,  and  40,000  sets  of 
heading.  Of  salt  the  product  is  about  35,000  barrels  per  annum.  The  mill, 
piling  grounds,  etc.,  are  located  on  the  river  bank,  the  salt  block  and  other 
buildings  being  immediately  opposite,  across  Water  street.  Mr.  Holland  has  a 
very  large  business,  his  product  all  going  to  his  own  extensive  yards  at  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  from  whence  it  is  distributed  to  the  trade.  The  salt  product  is  dis- 
posed of  through  the  medium  of  the  Michigan  Salt  Association. 

Louis  Quinnin.— Real  Estate  ;  Municipal  Court  Block,  Cass  street, 
between  Genesee  avenue  and  Tuscola  street.  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Quinnin,  who 
is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  successful  and  substantial  of  the  citizens  of 
the  Saginaws,  is  a  native  of  Sandusky,  O.,  from  which  place  he  removed  with 
his  father  to  Detroit  in  1845.  He  served  in  the  regular  arm}-  during  the  War 
of  the  Kebellion  in  Horse  Battery  M  of  the  Second  United  States  Artillery,  and 
participated  in  some  fifty  battles  prior  to  Lee's  surrender,  at  which  he  was 
present,  and  was  wounded  three  times.  After  the  war  his  regiment  went  to 
California,  and  Mr.  Quinnin  remained  there  until  March  13,  1867,  when  he  was 
honorably  discharged  at  Presidio  Barracks,  San  Francisco.  In  1870  he  came 
to  East  Saginaw  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  pop  and  mineral  water  at 
the  corner  of  Genesee  avenue  and  Chestnut  street,  which  business  he  continued 
for  nine  years.  A  few  years  after  coming  here  Mr.  Quinnin,  forseeing  the 
growth  of  East  Saginaw,  made  a  number  ot  judicious  investments  in  real 
estate,  and  in  1874-5-6  bought,  among  other  property,  the  three  lots  on  Cass, 
between  Genesee  avenue  and  Tuscola  street,  on  which  he  has  smce  built  the 
Municipal  Court  Block.  In  the  block  is  a  drug  store  of  which  Mr.  Quinnin  is 
now  the  owner,  and  where  he  keeps  on  hand  a  large  stock  and  complete 
assortment  of  drugs,  chemicals,  surgical  appliances  and  druggists'  sundries  of 
ever}^  description.  He  also  owns  the  post  office  block  at  the  corner  of  Cass 
and  Tuscola  streets,  as  well  as  a  number  of  business  structures  and  dwelling 
houses  throughout  the  city.  His  financial  ability  has  been  demonstrated  by 
the  rapid  increase  in  the  value  of  the  property  in  which  he  has  invested  with 
the  result  that  he  is  now  iustly  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  successful  men  of 
the  city. 

Rose  Brothers. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Butchers  ;  2612  South  Wash- 
ington avenue.  South  Saginaw. — This  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  William  A.  and 
John  T.  Rose  are  the  individual  member,  has  been  in  existence  for  ten  years. 
Their  experience  in  this  business  covers  a  period  of  twenty-eight  years,  during 
which  time  they  have  commended  themselves  to  the  favor  and  patronage  of 
the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  b}^  the  uniform  fairness  and  accuracy'  of  their  bus- 
iness methods,  the  superior  character  of  their  stock  and  the  close  attention  paid 
by  them  to  every  detail  of  their  business.  The}'  occupy  a  brick  building,  30x 
125  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  slaughter  house  in  the  rear,  and  carry  at  all 
times  large  and  well  selected  stocks  of  every  description  of  fresh,  salt  and 
smoked  meats,  canned  goods,  etc.,  and  makeaspecialty  of  supplying  fresh  but- 
ter and  eggs  of  the  best  qualit}'.  The  store,  which  is  especially  adapted  to  the 
purposes  of  the  business,  is  kept  neat,  with  its  stock  properly  displayed,  and 
the  firm  do  a  large  business  not  only  in  their  immediate  neighborhood,  but  also 
in  East  Saginaw  and  Saginaw  City,  employment  being  given  to  four  hands, 
and  their  delivery  wagon  being  constantly  bus}'  supplying  their  customers.  In 
addition  to  this  wagon  they  have  two  others  for  hauling  stock.  By  constant 
endeavors  to  secure  the  satisfaction  of  their  customers,  and  uniform  reliability 
in  all  their  dealings  they  have  secured  prosperity  in  their  enterprise,  and  a  rep- 
utation second  to  none  eneaged  in  this  line  of  business. 


172  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 

William  Mueller. — Contractor  for  Brick  and  Stone  Work  ;  Sixth  and 
Lapeer  streets,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Mueller,  who  is  a  German  by  nativity-, 
came  to  tbis  country  in  1867,  locating  in  East  Saginaw,  and  later  establishing 
himself  in  his  present  business,  taking  his  first  contract  in  1872.  He  is  a 
thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  man  in  the  business  in  which  he  is  en- 
gaged and  as  a  consequence  of  tlie  faithful  manner  in  which  he  fills  all  con- 
tracts, the  careful  supervision  given  by  him  to  all  the  details  and  his  uniform 
fairness  and  reliability  has  secured  a  large  patronage,  and  he  has  built  a  num- 
ber of  the  leading  and  most  prominent  buildings  in  the  city,  including  Arbeiter 
Hall,  the  Strasburg  Restam-ant,  the  Sherman  House,  the  Courier  building,  the 
new  News  building,  erected  in  1884,  the  Emerson  school  and  the  Home  for  the 
Friendless,  both  built  in  1886,  and  did  the  mason  work  on  the  Bearinger  build- 
ing, on  Franklin,  near  Tuscola  street,  and  is  now  working  on  the  Ho3't  Library, 
built  of  Bay  Port  blue  stone  and  Lake  Superior  red  stone  trimmings,  and  brick 
trom  the  Tittabawassee.  Mr.  Mueller,  by  close  attention  to  business,  has  built 
up  a  superior  reputation  and  a  high  place  in  the  regard  and  confidence  of  the 
citizens,  and  he  is  now  serving  the  second  year  of  his  term  as  Alderman  from 
the  Third  Ward.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Germania  and  Arbeiter 
societies,  and  owns  a  large  amount  of  valuable  propertj'  in  diflferent  parts  of 
the  city,  and  is  in  every  respect  a  substantial  and  prosperous  citizen.  He  gives 
employment  to  a  force  ranging  from  twenty  to  forty  hands,  and  the  success  he 
has  achieved  is  the  merited  result  of  fair  dealing  and  superior  workmanship. 

F.  E-  Tallmadge. — The  Franklin  Livery,  Sale  and  Boarding  Stables  ; 
North  Franklin,  between  Tuscola  and  Johnson  streets.  East  Saginaw. — This 
well  known  and  popular  livery  establishment  began  business  about  four  years 
ago,  being  originally  conducted  bj'  Mr.  C.  M.  Hill,  who  owns  the  building, 
then  passing  into  the  hands  of  other  parties,  by  whom  it  was  conducted  until 
two  years  ago,  when  Mr.  Tallmadge  acquired  the  business  and  has  since 
carried  it  on  upon  methods  which  have  commended  the  establishment  to  the 
favor  and  patronage  of  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity.  The  build- 
ing is  a  two-story  brick  structure,  specially  designed  and  erected  for  the 
purposes  of  the  business,  having  ample  capacity'  for  the  proper  accommodation 
of  thirty-five  horses.  The  livery  equipment  includes  fifteen  horses  and  a  full 
outfit  of  carriages,  coupes  and  light  vehicles  of  first-class  make  and  handsome 
appearance  and  in  addition  a  large  boarding  business  is  done,  six  trained 
attendants  being  employed  to  give  proper  care  to  animals  in  the  stables.  Mr. 
Tallmadge  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  man  in  all  the  depart- 
ments of  this  business,  by  close  attention  to  all  the  details  of  which  he  has 
achieved  a  merited  popularity  and  pi'osperity.  No  establishment  of  its  kind  in 
the  Saginaws  has  better  facilities,  and  at  none  is  better  care  and  attention 
given  to  horses  than  at  the  Franklin. 

Farmers'  Hotel.— Louis  Miller,  Proprietor ;  804  Genesee  avenue. 
East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  established  nineteen  years  ago  by  Messrs. 
George  Boehm  and  Louis  Miller,  under  the  firm  style  of  Boehm  &  Miller,  and 
continued  by  them  in  the  original  structure  up  to  1881,  when  the  present  build- 
ing was  put  up  to  replace  the  old  one.  Early  in  1885  Mr.  Boehm  died,  since 
which  time  Mr.  Miller  has  conducted  the  business  as  sole  proprietor.  The  ho- 
tel is  a  three  story  brick  structure  with  47  feet  front,  and  runs  back  110  feet  to 
William  street,  and  opposite  the  William  street  front  Mr.  Miller  has  a  barn 
with  ample  accommodations  for  thirty-four  teams.  The  hotel  has  thirty  neatly 
furnished  and  properly  kept  rooms,  the  table  is  supplied  with  the  best  the  mar- 
ket affords  and  the  hotel  has  a  large  patronage  from  farmers,  lumbermen  and 
others  from  all  parts  of  the  Saginaw  Valley.  The  rates  of  the  hotel  are  $1.00 
a  day,  and  Mr.  Miller  has  made  it  popular  by  close  attention  to  the  comfort 
and  convenience  of  his  guests. 


The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws.  17/1 


East  Saginaw  National  Bank —John  G.  Owen,  President ;  Edwin 
Eddy,  Vice-President;  8.  8.  Willielm,  Cashier;  108  South  Washington  street, 
East  Saginaw. — This  bank,  which  is  justly  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  solid 
and  substantial  financial  institutions  in  the  city,  was  incorporated  in  1884,  since 
which  time  it  has  conducted  a  successful  business.  By  tlie  latest  puldished  re- 
port of  its  condition  dated  at  the  close  of  business  August  1,  1887,  it  was  shown 
that  the  bank  had  resources  amounting  to  $349,077.95,  and  in  addition  to  its 
paid-in  capital  stock  of  $100,000,  had  a  surplus  fund  of  $15,000,  and  undi- 
vided profits  of  $7,253.21.  A  general  banking  business  is  transacted,  loaning 
money  on  first  class  security,  discounting  approved  paper,  issuing  exchange  on 
the  principal  domestic  and  foreign  cities,  carrying  the  accounts  of  banks,  cor- 
porations, merchants  and  individuals  and  attending  to  commercial  collections, 
etc.  The  management  of  the  bank  is  in  experienced  hands,  and  it  is  conducted 
on  safe  and  conservative  methods  which  have  commended  it  to  the  confidence 
of  the  business  community  and  citizens  generally.  The  Board  of  Directors  is 
composed  of  business  men  of  the  highest  standing,  including  Mr.  John  G. 
Owen,  President  of  the  bank,  a  prominent  lumber  and  salt  manufacturer  and 
manufacturer  of  sash,  doors  and  blinds,  and  otherwise  largelj'  identified  with 
important  business  enterprises  ;  Max  Heavenrich,  of  Heavenrich  Brothers  & 
Co.,  President  of  the  Citizens'  Association,  Treasurer  and  Manager  of  the  James 
Stewart  Company,  lumbermen's  supplies,  etc.;  J).  B.  Freeman,  dry  goods; 
Louis  Quinnin,  a  prominent  real  estate  owner  ;  Edwin  Eddy,  of  Eddy,  Avery 
&  Eddy,  lumber,  salt,  pine  lands,  etc.;  William  B.  Baum,  of  W.  B.  Baum  & 
Brother,  proprietor  of  the  Sherman  House  and  director  of  the  People's  Savings 
Bank  ;  and  Mr.  S.  S.  Wilhelm,  a  banker  of  thorough  and  practical  experience, 
to  whose  efficiency  as  cashier  of  the  bank  is  largely  due  the  prosperous  position 
it  enjoys.  The  bank  sells  drafts  on  England,  Ireland,  Scotland,  Germany, 
France,  Holland,  Norway,  Sweden,  Belgium,  Switzerland,  Denmark,  Italy  anil 
the  other  European  countries,  and  in  everv  respect  is  prepared  to  transact  all 
kinds  of  legitimate  banking  business. 

Moeller  &  DeLand. — Druggists  ;  Dealers  in  Wall  Paper,  Stationery, 
Etc.;  junction  of  Mackinaw  street  and  South  Washington  avenue.  South 
Saginaw. — This  popular  and  prosperous  drug  establishment  was  originally 
started  by  the  firm  of  Hubbard  &  Randall,  several  changes  afterward  occurring 
until  the  business  was  acquired  by  Mr.  D.  E.  Prall,  who  was  succeeded  by  the 
firm  of  Moeller  &  Youmans,  which  firm  carried  on  the  luismess  for  nine  years, 
until  the  spring  of  the  present  year,  when  the  firm  of  Moeller  &  DeLand,  con- 
sisting of  Messrs.  A.  R.  Moeller  and  M.  L.  DeLand  succeeded  to  the  business. 
They  occupy  a  twostory  brick  triangular  shaped  building,  attractively 
furnished  and  completely  equipped  with  all  conveniences  for  the  successful 
conduct  of  the  business,  and  they  carry  large  and  complete  stocks  of  every 
description  of  drugs,  medicines  and  chemicals,  all  approved  proprietar}' 
articles,  as  well  as  complete  lines  of  stationer}^,  wall  paper,  window  shades, 
periodicals,  blank  books,  lamps  and  lamp  goods,  and  a  well  selected  stock  of 
the  best  brands  of  tobacco  and  cigars.  The  prescription  department  bears  a 
special  celebrity  for  the  careful  and  accurate  manner  in  which  prescriptions 
are  compounded  from  the  best  materials.  In  connection  with  their  wall  paper 
department  they  carry  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  ready  mixed  and  other 
paints,  oils,  brushes,  and  all  painters'  supplies.  In  a  part  of  their  premises  is 
located  the  post  office  of  South  Saginaw.  Both  members  of  the  firm  are  skill- 
ful pharmacists  and  thoroughly  accurate  and  reliable  business  men,  and  the 
steady  increase  in  their  business  is  the  merited  result  of  close  attention  to  all 
its  details. 


174  The  Indttstries  of  the  Saoinaws. 


Rust,  Eaton  &  Co. — Manufacturers  of  Lumber,  Lath  and  Salt ;  Works 
at  Zilwaukie;  OflSce  over  Burrows'  Bank,  Saginaw  City.^Th:s  is  one  of  tlie  prom- 
inent lumber  manufacturing  concerns  of  the  Saginaw  Valle}'.  The  company 
was  formed  in  1865,  the  only  changes  being  the  death  of  two  members,  whose 
widows  still  retain  an  interest.  Mrs.  Emiline  E.  Bradley  was  the  wife  of  A. 
S.  Gaylord,  a  member  of  this  firm,  and  has  since  remarried.  Mrs.  Martha  A. 
Hay  is  the  widow  of  James  Hay,  who  was  also  of  the  firm.  Tlie  other  mem- 
bers of  the  firm  who  have  beea  connected  with  it  from  its  inception  are  Messrs. 
Ezra  and  Amasa  Rust,  D.  L.  C.  Eaton  and  George  L.  Burrows.  The  mill,  salt 
block  and  other  works  are  located  at  Zilwaukie,  on  the  Saginaw  River,  about 
five  miles  north  of  Saginaw.  They  have  ample  dock  frontage  and  a  large 
boom.  Their  saw  mill  was  built  by  Daniel  Johnson  and  others  in  1848,  and 
passed  through  several  hands  prior  to  its  acquisition  by  the  present  firm  in 
1865,  since  which  time  it  has  been  rebuilt  and  remodeled,  new  machiner}'  being 
put  in  throughout,  including  one  of  Wickes  Brothers'  improved  gangs,  a  large 
circular,  two  butting  saws,  two  edgers,  one  trimmer,  a  lath  mill  and  all  neces- 
sary machinery.  All  modern  devices  and  improvements  calculated  to  increase 
the  output,  improve  the  product  and  economize  time  and  labor  are  found  in  the 
mill.  In  addition  to  the  manufacture  of  lumber  and  lumber  products,  the  firm 
is  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  salt,  and  has  two  salt  wells  and  a  salt  block. 
The  capacity  of  the  mill  is  about  15,000,000  feet  of  lumber,  3,000,000  laths, 
and  from  30,000  to  35,000  barrels  of  salt.  The  lumber  product  is  shipped  to 
Toledo,  Cleveland,  Buffalo,  Tonawanda,  Albany  and  other  Eastern  ports  and 
markets,  and  the  salt  is  delivered  in  bulk  to  the  Michigan  Salt  Associatii-n,  and 
as  a  consequence  the  firm  does  not  make  barrel  stock.  In  the  operations  of 
the  works  employment  is  given  to  a  force  ranging  from  eighty  to  ninety  men 
and  ten  horses,  and  in  addition  to  the  manufacturing  business  the  firm  is 
engaged  in  lumbering  in  Grladwin  county,  where  it  has  a  camp  giving  employ- 
ment to  a  force  of  from  forty  to  fifty  men,  and  it  also  lumbers  through  jobbers 
in  Midland  and  Isabella  counties,  bringing  the  logs  by  rail  to  the  Tittabawassee 
River,  whence  they  are  floated  to  the  mill.  The  firm  are  large  owners  of  pine 
and  farming  lands  in  the  Saginaw  Valley,  aad  the  members  of  the  firm  are 
largely  interested  in  other  similar  enterprises.  Mr.  Ezra  Rust,  of  this  firm,  is 
also  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Rust  &  Wheeler,  pine  and  farming  lands,  logs 
and  lumber  ;  Mr.  Affasa  Rust  is  of  Burrows  &  Rust,  Butman  &  Rust  and  Rust 
Brothers  &  Co.,  and  otherwise  prominently  identified  with  the  lumber  interests 
of  the  Valley.  Mr.  Eaton  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Eaton,  Potter  &  Co., 
who  have  a  mill,  salt  works,  etc.,  at  South  Saginaw,  also  of  Burrows  &  Eaton, 
lands  and  logs.  He  is  prominent  as  a  substantial  citizen,  having  a  large  farm 
in  Gratiot  county,  and  many  private  investments.  Mr.  George  L.  Burrows,  of 
this  firm,  is  the  oldest  banker  in  Saginaw  City,  being  head  of  the  firm  of  G.  L. 
Burrows  &  Co.,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  firms  of  Burrows  &  Eaton, 
Burrows  &  Rust,  and  individually  the  owner  of  large  tracts  of  pine  and  farm- 
ing lands.  Mi's.  Bradley  and  Mrs.  Hay  are  also  large  owners  of  pine  tracts 
and  farming  lands  and  interested  in  investments  in  other  important  business 
enterprises.  Thus  made  up  of  solid  and  substantial  citizens  the  company 
occupies  a  leading  position,  is  well  managed,  and  has  been  maintained  by  a 
combination  of  large  capital  and  accurate  methods. 

C  M.  Norris. — Dealer  in  Pianos,  Organs,  Musical  Merchandise,  Etc.; 
314  Genesee  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — This  well-known  house  was  founded  in 
1866  by  J.  C.  V.  Wheat,  with  whom  Mr.  Norris  was  associated  as  clerk.  In 
1869  Mr,  Wheat  sold  out  to  Mr.  J.  B.  Jackson,  who  retained  Mr.  Norris  as 
principal  salesman,  until  he,  in  turn,  sold  out  to  Mr.  A.  W,  Wheat,  brother  of 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws.  175 


the  founder  of  the"  business.  This  was  in  1872  ;  and  in  1873  Mr.  Norris,  who 
had  remained  with  Mr.  Wheat,  became  a  partner  in  the  business,  the  interests 
of  which  he  had  done  so  much  to  promote,  and  it  was  then  carried  on  under  the 
firm  name  of  Wheat  &  Co.  which  became  a  household  word  in  every  part  of 
Northern  Michigan,  In  1875  Mr.  Wlieat  died,  and  in  1879  Mr.  Norris  bought 
out  the  interest  of  his  widow,  and  has  ever  since  been  sole  proprietor.  Up  to 
December,  1881,  the  business  was  located  on  Washington  avenue,  but  was 
then  removed  to  the  building  known  as  the  Music  Block,  where  it  attained,  if 
possible,  a  still  greater  celebrity,  and  was  continued  up  to  January  1,  1888, 
when,  a  favorable  chance  presenting  itself,  it  was  removed  to  the  building 
which  it  now  occupies.  This  is  a  handsome  three-story  brick  structure  on 
Genesee  avenue,  in  the  very  best  business  quarter  of  the  city.  Here  an 
exceedingly  prosperous  wholesale  and  retail  trade  is  conducted  on  square 
business  principles,  and  a  large  stock  carried  in  pianos,  organs  and  every 
description  of  musical  instruments,  such  as  violins,  guitars,  banjos,  harps, 
acGordeons,  etc.,  as  well  as  a  full  line  of  sheet  music,  and  musical  instruction 
books.  This  stock  includes  all  the  latest  productions  of  the  leading  home  and 
foreign  composers  and  publishers,  and  will  be  found  very  complete  and  com- 
prehensive. In  addition  to  these  various  lines  Mr.  Norris  handles  the  famous 
Domestic  Sewing  machine,  for  which  he  has  the  sole  agency  in  the  Saginaws 
and  surrounding  district.  As  this  machine  is  known  by  experts  to  be  the 
best  in  the  world,  any  furiher  mention  would  be  superfluous.  Ladies  or 
gentlemen  who  wish  to  have  music  in  their  houses,  and  yet  do  not  want  to 
bu)^  instruments,  will  find  at  this  house  a  large  number  of  pianos  and  organs 
to  rent  on  reasonable  terms.  Here,  also,  anyone  who  wants  a  piano  or  organ 
tuned,  repaired,  moved,  set  up,  or  shipped,  can  have  the  work  done  promptl}' 
and  in  the  best  possible  manner.  We  have  shown  that  this  music  house  has 
carried  on  a  successful  business  in  East  Saginaw  for  ver}^  nearly  a  quarter  of 
a  century  and  is  to-day  upon  a  stronger  and  firmer  foundation  than  ever, 
while  numbers  of  would-be  competitors  have  come  and  gone.  This  fact  should 
appeal  strongly  to  the  citizens  of  Northern  Michigan  for  a  continuance  of  the 
favors  which  the}^  have  hitherto  so  liberally  bestowed.  All  patrons  may  be 
assured  that  every  exertion  will  be  made  by  Mr.  Norris  to  retain  and  increase 
their  good  will,  and  to  give  perfect  satisfaction  in  every  transaction.  His 
long  experience  in,  and  practical  knowledge  of  his  business  peculiarl}'  qualifies 
him  to  do  this  ;  and  he  has  no  doubt  that  he  will  not  only  keep  all  his  old 
friends,  but  gain  man}-  new  ones  in  his  present  location. 

O.  K.  Eddy  &  Son.— Manufacturers  of  Lumber  and  Salt;  West  End  of 
Genesee  Avenue  Bridge,  East  Saginaw. — Among  the  leading  firms  engaged  in 
the  lumber  and  salt  industries  that  of  C.  K.  Eddy  &  Son  has  a  special  promi- 
nence attaching  to  it,  as  a  consequence  of  the  vast  extent  of  their  trade,  the  su- 
perior character  of  their  facilities  and  the  volume  of  their  output.  The 
founder  of  the  business,  Mr.  Charles  K.  Eddy,  was  born  in  Penobscot  County, 
Maine,  in  1820,  where  his  earlier  days  were  passed.  xVfter  receiving  an  aca- 
demical education  he  became  a  surveyor  and  civil  engineer,  and  as  such  was 
employed  by  the  State  of  Maine  on  its  public  surveys  for  eighteen  years.  In 
1858  he  went  to  Ottawa,  Canada,  where  he  engaged  in  lumbering  for  seven 
years,  and  came  to  Michigan  in  1865  and  followed  the  same  business  until  1880, 
when  he  purchased  the  Chicago  Mill,  the  oldest  in  the  Valley,  erected  in  1853 
by  Mr.  Fred  Babcock,  which  he  greatly  improved,  and  which  he  and  his  son 
have  since  operated  under  the  firm  name  of  C.  K.  Eddy  &  Son.  Their  saw  mill 
is  a  two-story  structure,  200x100  feet  in  dimensions,  with  seven  large  boilers, 
5x10  feet,  feeding  two  powerful  engines  of  300  and  100-horse  power  respec- 


176  The  IndiTStries  op  the  Saqinaws, 

lively,  four  small  pumping  engines  in  their  salt  wells,  and  a  Wickes  Brothers' 
new  improved  gang  mill,  one  large  circular  and  other  machinery.  The  perfect 
mechanism  of  their  plant  makes  it  one  of  the  most  complete  in  the  country. 
The  logs  are  taken  from  the  booms  by  an  endless  chain  of  (.broad  blinks,  with 
]Mcks,  or  teeth,  every  few  feet,  the  lower  pulley  of  this  chain  being  under  the 
water  in  the  booms.  The  logs  are  pushed  over  the  chain  and  caught  by  the 
teeth,  and  a  steady  stream  of  logs  goes  up  the  incline  at  a  rapid  rate^to  a  large 
circular  saw  where  they  are  faced  and  sent  rapidly  to  the  gang  mill,  near  by, 
which  saws  four  logs  into  two-inch  planks  at  once,  and  can  reduce^to  lumber 
1,200  loo's  per  day.  The  lumber  is  run  along  revolving  rollers  to  trimming  tables, 
from  which  the  slabs  are  run  on  rollers  against  three  small  circular  saws  and  cut 
into  equal  lengths,  dropped  into  an  automatic  shoot  and  are  whirled  away  to  stor- 
age bins.  There  they  are  dropped  into  large  wagons  and  carted  to  slab  piles. 
The  sawdust,  which  is  the  sole  fuel  used  in  the  house,  is  carried  automatically 
from  the  saws  to  the  fire  in  a  similar  manner.  The  lumber  runs  along  revolving 
rollers  to  the  sizing  tables,  where  it  runs  against  saws  cutting  equal  lengths, 
and  then  drops  on  to  trucks  and  is  carried  away  along  a  tramway  to  the  piling 
grounds.  Railroad  tracks  run  throughout  the  premises,  and  the  piling  grounds 
have  first  class  water  frontage,  and  the  firm  thus  enjoys  unexcelled  facilities  for 
shipping  their  product,  which  amounts  to  about  15,000,000  feet  of  lumber, 
1 ,500,000  laths,  1,500,000  staves  and  75,000  sets  of  heading  per  season.  On  the 
premises  are  four  salt  wells  and  a  salt  block,  260x60  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
the  salt  product  of  the  firm  amounts  to  about  50,000  barrels  per  year.  In  ad- 
dition to  these  premises  are  large  store  houses,  barns,  oflSces,  etc.,  piling  ground 
with  a  capacity  of  about  12,000,000  feet,  the  entire  premises  occupied  by  the 
firm  covering  some  eight  acres.  In  addition  to  this  business  the  firm  are  large- 
ly interested  in  other  valuable  properties  and  business  enterprises.  They  own 
and  have  for  sale  large  tracts  of  farming  lands  in  Isabella,  Clare  and  Ogemaw 
counties,  and  both  Messrs.  C.  K.  Eddy  and  Walter  S.  Eddy  are  members  of  the 
firm  of  D.  Eddy  &  Co.,  dealers  in  lands,  logs,  lumber,  etc.,  of  Eddy-Glynn 
Lumber  Co.,  Turin,  Upper  Pininsula,  Mich.,  operating  a  saw  mill  and  dealing 
in  lumber,  lands,  logs,  etc.,  also  of  the  C.  K.  Eddy  Lumber  Co.,  this  last  being 
a  concern  lately  established  upon  the  premises  recently  occupied  by  T.  Jerome 
&  Co.,  as  a  saw  mill  and  salt  block,  which  was  burned  in  the  summer  of  1886, 
where  a  lumber  yard  is  in  operation,  through  which  in  a  short  time  C.  K.  Eddy 
&  Son  expect  to  handle  in  the  car  trade  the  entire  product  of  their  mill  each 
year.  To  their  already  extensive  premises  they  will  add  a  planing  mill,  which 
will  be  built  in  time  for  the  coming  season.  They  take  an  especial  pride  in,  and 
are  both  fond  of  good  horses,  and  in  a  small  way  are  breeders  and  in  their  sta- 
bles are  to  be  found  as  fine  specimens  of  both  draft  and  driving  horses  as  are 
to  be  found  in  Michigan  and  enjoy  the  fact  that  from  a  stock  of  which  they 
owned  four  generations,  a  colt,  ("  Chimes  E.,)  has  been  brought  out  by  them 
who  by  his  performances  on  the  turf  at  Cleveland,  places  them  at  the  head  of 
Saginaw  County  as  producers  of  speed.  The  business  of  the  firm  gives  em- 
ployment to  110  hands  and  eight  teams  and  their  product  of  lumber  goes  to 
Ohio,  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  all  eastern  points,  while  their  salt  product 
goes  to  the  Michigan  Salt  Association,  by  whom  it  is  distributed  through  their 
branches  all  over  the  country.  Perfect  system  is  maintained  in  all  the  opera- 
tions of  the  business,  and  the  firm  is  one  of  the  highest  reputation  and  de- 
servedly great  prosperity. 

Jay  Smith  &  Son. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Drugs,  Chem- 
icals, Patent  Medicines,  Druggists'  Sundries,  Etc.;  417  Court  street,  Saginaw 
City. — In  1852  Mr.  Jay  Smith,  who  had  arrived  in  Michigan  from  his  native 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws.  177 

State  of  New  York  a  year  previous,  bought  the  store  of  L.  Wesson,  then  the 
only  drug  store  in  the  Saginaw  Valley,  and  from  that  time  to  the  present  has 
remained  at  the  head  of  the  business,  which  he  conducted  alone  until  four 
years  ago,  when  he  was  joined  by  his  son,  Mr.  Fletcher  S.  Smith,  in  the  forma- 
tion of  the  present  firm.  In  1874  Mr.  Smith  erected  the  Smith  Block,  one  of 
handsomest  and  most  imposing  structures  in  Saginaw  City,  containing  three 
well  equipped  and  convenient  stores,  one  of  which  he  occupies,  and  which  is  a 
three-story  and  basement  building,  22x100  feet  in  dimensions.  The  firm 
carries  very  large  and  completely  assorted  stocks,  the  most  extensive  and 
complete  in  the  Valley,  of  every  description  of  drugs,  chemicals,  patent  medi- 
cines, druggists'  sundries,  etc.,  and  in  addition  manufactures  a  number  of  first- 
class  and  highly  approved  pharmaceutical  preparations,  among  which  may  be 
prominently  mentioned  Smith's  Sarsaparilla,  Dixon's  Pectoral  Cough  Syrup, 
Canada  Liniment,  Hazel  Cream,  Healing  Ointment,  etc.  The  firm  gives  em- 
ployment to  three  competent  clerks  and  assistants,  and  in  addition  to  a  very 
large  trade  in  the  city  and  surrounding  country,  has  an  extensive  and  con- 
stantly growing  jobbing  trade  with  all  points  in  Northern  Michigan.  In 
their  retail  department  the  firm  enjo3'S  a  special  celebrity  for  the  careful  and 
ascurate  manner  in  which  prescriptions  are  compounded  from  the  best  and 
most  reliable  drugs,  and  a  very  large  patronage  from  the  people  of  the 
Saginaws.  The  uniformly  reliable  and  accurate  methods  upon  w'hich  the 
business  has  been  conducted  throughout  the  long  and  honorable  history  of  the 
house  has  given  it  a  special  distinction  among  the  leading  business  houses  of 
the  Valley,  and  made  its  name  a  synonym   for  propriety  of  business  conduct. 

Williams-Perrin  Implement  and  Produce  Company. — A.  T. 
Bliss,  President ;  William  A.  Williams,  Vice-President ;  J.  W.  Perrin,  Secre- 
tar}';  Frank  S.  Peet,  Treasurer  ;  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  All  Kinds  of 
Carriages,  Cutters,  Sleighs,  Farm  Implements,  Machinery,  Wagons,  Engines, 
Wind  Mills  and  Produce;  Warerooms,  515,  517  and  519  South  Washington, 
and  515,  517  and  519  Gratiot  streets  ;  Office,  507  South  Washington  street, 
Saginaw  City. — Although  of  comparativeh'^  recent  establishment,  this  corpora- 
tion has  already  made  its  mark  and  taken  a  place  among  the  most  prominent 
of  the  business  concerns  of  the  Saginaws.  The  inception  of  the  business  dates 
back  to  two  years  ago,  when  it  was  founded  by  Messrs.  Williams  and  Perrin, 
who  continued  the  business  as  a  private  firm  until  February  of  the  present 
year,  when  the  existing  corporation  was  organized  with  a  capital  stock  of  $25,- 
000.  B}^  this  incorporation  the  firm  has  been  enabled  to  better  accommodate 
its  vastly  increased  patronage,  and  the  fact  that  this  house  in  two  years  has 
been  developed  from  a  comparatively  small  beginning  to  a  business  handling 
over  $100,000  per  annum,  is  one  of  the  most  gratifying  indications  of  the  pro- 
gress of  agricultural  development  in  Saginaw  county.  The  company's  ware- 
rooms  form  a  large  establishment  covering  the  greater  part  of  a  block.  The 
carriage  room,  which  is  crowded  with  vehicles  from  the  best  Eastern  manufac- 
turers, runs  through  from  Washington  to  Gratiot  street,  and  is  25x260  feet  in 
dimensions.  The  agricultural  implement  room  also  runs  through  from  Washing- 
ton to  Gratiot,  and  is  75x200  feet,  and  the  office  and  saddlery  room  is  20x80  feet, 
fronting  on  both  streets.  The  company  carries  very  large  lines  of  everything 
in  carriages,  cutters,  sleighs,  farm  implements,  machiner}',  wagons,  engines, 
wind  mills  and  produce,  and  they  are  agents  for  the  ^Minneapolis  and  Walter 
A.  Wood  mowers  and  binders,  Brj^an's  all  steel  plow,  the  celebrated  Pet  Disc 
harrow,  which  retails  at  $25,  Haliday's  wind  mills,  Upton  thresher  and  traction 
and  plain  engines  and  separators,  Buckeye  spring  tooth  cultivators,  mounted 
cultivators  with    seeding   attachment,  Iron   Age  cultivator,    Eccd   harrow  of 


178 


The  Industries  of  the  Saoinaws. 


Kalamazoo,  New  Whipple  harrow,  Farmer's  Favorite  drill,  9,  11  and  13  hoe  ; 
Thomas'  hand  and  self  dump  rake,  the  Dutton  scythe  grinder,  Hocking  Valley 
corn  sheller,  Flint  cabinet  creameries  for  the  farm  and  dairy,  the  Moses  wagon 
of  Lapeer,  Capitol  wagon  of  Lansing,  Jackson  wagon  of  Jackson,  and  the  well- 
known  line  of  driving  and  pleasure  carriages  made  by  H.  A.  Moyer,  of  S^'ra- 
cuse,  N.  Y.,  and  F.  A.  Babcock  &  Co.,  Amesberry,  Mass.  In  addition  to  this 
line  of  agricultural  implements,  their  stock  of  carriages,  wagons,  sleighs,  robes, 
whips,  harness,  bells,  blankets,  and  every  description  of  stable  furniture,  is 
complete  in  every  particular.  Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  eight  clerks 
and  assistants,  and  three  traveling  salesmen  are  constantly  on  the  road,  which 
number  is  increased  in  the  summer,  and  the  firm  does  a  large  trade  all  north 
and  west  through  the  State  and  along  the  D.  &  M.  Railroad.  The  company 
are  transfer  agents  for  Central  and  Northern  Michigan  for  the  several  manu- 
facturing concerns  above  mentioned,  and  are  prepared  to  fill  orders  from  the 
trade  for  the  superior  agricultural  machinery  at  factory  prices.  The  manage- 
ment of  the  business  is  in  the  hands  of  business  men  of  successful  record  and 
long  experience,  the  stockholders  being  the  following  well  known  and  promi- 
nent business  men  of  the  Saginaw  Valley:  A.  T.  Bliss,  Amasa  Rust,  F.  C. 
Stone,  William  A.  Williams,  E.  G.  Rust,  James  W.  Perrin,  Henry  A.  Smith, 
W.  N.  Guider  and  F.  S.  Peet,  the  officers  of  the  corporation  being  the  gentle- 
men named  in  the  head  lines  of  this  article. 

Harry  Bates. — Dealer  in  Horses,  Wagons  and  Carriages,  and  Manufac- 
turer of  Harness,  Etc.;  208,  210  and  212  Franklin  street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr. 

Bates  has  been  exten- 
sively engaged  in  this 
business  in  East  Sagi- 
naw for  the  past  20 
years.  The  premises 
occupied  by  him  em- 
brace a  handsome  new 
two  story  brick  struc- 
ture, atfording  floor 
space  for  office,  har- 
ness rooms  and  stable, 
50xU0  feet.  The  sta- 
ble is  provided  with  a 
telephone,  lit  b}'  gas, 
heated  by  steam  radia- 
tors and  is  kept  scru- 
pulously^ clean  and 
neat,  and  here  is  to  be 
found  as  fine  a  selec- 
tion of  first  -  class 
horses  as  was  ever 
brought  to  the  State,  a  car  load  of  which  Mr.  Bates  receives  every  two  weeks, 
and  occasionally  oftener.  Mr.  Bates  does  a  very  large  business  in  the  dispos- 
ing of  horses  at  private  sale,  selling  an  average  of  from  500  to  600  per  year. 
He  makes  a  specialty  of  fine  Clydesdale  and  other  first-class  stock,  and  his 
establishment  is  justly  regarded  as  the  headquarters  for  the  purchase  of  the 
finest  draft  horses  to  be  procured.  Connected  with  the  business  is  a  well- 
equipped  harness  shop,  in  which  every  description  of  harness  of  the  best 
quality  is  made  to  order.  A  recent  addition  to  the  business  is  the  storage  of 
furniture,  and  Mr.  Bates  is  prepared  to  fill  all  orders  for  moving  either  furni- 


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ture  or  merchandise  in  the  most  efficient  manner,  he  having  recently  had  huilt 
the  finest  furniture  van  in  the  city.  Mr.  Bates  is  justly  regarded  as  an 
authority'  on  horses,  and  is  a  practical  veterinary  surgeon,  having  attended 
college  in  Toronto,  and  being  thoroughly  practical  and  informed  upon  all  the 
details  of  the  care  of  horses. 

George  F.  Stevens. — Merchandise  Broker ;  corner  of  Genesee  and 
Washington  avenues,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Stevens,  who  is  the  son  of  Mr. 
George  W.  Stevens  of  the  firm  of  Stevens  &  LaDue,  has  been  for  the  past 
three  years  successfully  engaged  in  business  as  a  merchandise  broker,  in  which 
line  he  has  built  up  a  large  connection  with  the  wholesale  trade  of  Saginaw 
City,  East  Saginaw  and  Bay  City,  with  whom  he  does  a  large  car  trade  in  pork, 
provisions,  grain,  sugar,  syrups,  meal,  canned  goods  and  staple  groceries  gen- 
erally', in  all  of  which  lines  he  represents  a  number  of  the  leading  houses  in  the 
country,  with  whom  he  has  constant  communication  by  wire.  The  superior  fa- 
cilities possessed  by  Mr.  Stevens  for  filling  orders  in  this  line,  and  the  close  at- 
tention paid  by  him  to  business  have  secured  for  him  a  large  and  steadily 
growing  connection  and  a  heavy  business  for  the  houses  he  represents,  among 
which  are  Douglas  &  Stuart,  Chicago,  the  oat  meal  men  ;  Wolff  &  Reessing, 
New  York,  importers  and  canners  of  all  kinds  of  fish  ;  Hills  Bros.,  New  York, 
foreign  fruits  and  nuts  ;  De  Grauw,  Aymar  &  Co.,  New  York,  cordage  ;  Chica- 
go domestic  dried  fruit  dealers,  and  fifty-six  other  first-class  firms  who  deal  in 
nearly  everything  handled  by  the  wholesale  grocery  trade.  Mr.  Stevens  has 
also  bought  and  shipped  a  great  many  cars  of  second  quality  salt  to  western 
dealers. 

B.  Herrig. — Wholesale  Dealer  in  Tobacco,  Groceries,  Provisions,  Flour, 
Feed,  Hay,  Etc.;  Ill  and  113  South  Water  street,  opposite  the  Michigan  Cen- 
tral Railroad  Passenger  Depot,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Herrig,  who  has  been  a 
resident  of  Saginaw  City  for  the  past  thirty -eight  years,  established  this  busi- 
ness in  1860  and  has  since  conducted  it  with  steady  success,  enjoying  a  high 
place  in  the  confidence  of  the  trade  and  the  community  as  a  result  of  honora- 
ble business  conduct.  He  occupies  two  stores  of  three  stories  each,  and  50x 
100  leet  in  dimensions,  heavily  stocked  with  complete  assortments  of  fine  cut, 
plug  and  smoking  tobaccos  of  all  the  most  approved  brands,  staple  and  fancy 
groceries,  provisions,  flour,  feed,  pork,  hay,  straw  and  seeds  in  bulk.  All  of 
these  goods  are  of  the  best  quality,  bought  from  first  hands,  and  are  sold  at  the 
lowest  prices.  A  force  of  eight  clerks  and  assistants  is  employed  and  three 
teams  are  utilized  by  the  business.  Mr.  Herrig  does  a  very  large  business  with 
the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  also  enjoys  a  considerable  jobbing  trade  with 
local  dealers  and  those  in  other  towns  of  the  Saginaw  Valley.  His  two  sons, 
Messrs.  Bernhard  Herrig,  Jr.,  and  Louis  M.  Herrig  render  him  efficient  aid  in 
the  details  of  the  business,  and  the  honorable  methods  upon  which  the  transac- 
tions of  this  house  have  been  conducted  throughout  its  extended  business  ca- 
reer have  secured  for  it  a  great  and  merited  prosperity. 

Rust  &  Wheeler.— Pine  and  Farming  Lands,  Logs,  Lumber,  Etc.;  Of- 
fice over  Burrows'  Bank,  Saginaw  City.— This  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  Ezra 
Rust  and  Charles  E.  Wheeler  are  the  individual  members,  was  formed  two 
years  ago.  They  own  large  tracts  of  pine  and  farming  lands  in  Midland,  Glad- 
win, Clair,  Osceola  and  Ogemaw  counties,  from  which  they  cut  from  four  to  five 
million  feet  of  logs  per  annum  through  jobbers,  which  they  have  sawed  by 
the  mills  of  Rust,  Eaton  &  Co.  and  others,  and  ship  to  Toledo,  Cleveland,  Buf- 
falo, Tonawanda  and  interior  and  eastern  ports  in  round  lots  and  cargos.  Mr. 
Rust  of  this  firm  is  also  of  the  firm  of  Rust,  Eaton  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of 
lumber,  lath  and   salt,  and  otherwise  prominent  in  important  business  enter- 


180  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 

prises.  The  firm  is  one  of  large  resources,  and  its  facilities  for  supplying  lum- 
ber in  any  desired  quantity  to  any  of  the  lumber  markets  are  not  excelled  by 
those  of  any  lumber  firm  in  the  country.  Close  attention  is  paid  to  all  the  de- 
tails of  the  business,  and  the  firm  is  prepared,  in  addition  to  its  lumber  lousi- 
ness, to  sell  choice  farming  lands  to  all  those  seeking  home  in  the  Garden  Spot 
of  the  Peninsulpr  State. 

A.  Byrne. — Dealer  in  Grroceries,  Provisions,  Etc.,  and  Wholesale  and 
Retafl  Wines  and  Liquors  ;  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Byrne  established  himself  in 
business  fifteen  years  ago  at  the  corner  of  Porter  and  Clinton  streets,  where  he 
still  carries  on  the  grocery  business  upon  a  prosperous  scale,  and  where  also 
his  dwelling  is  situated.  He  also  has  a  lara:e  wholesale  liquor  establishment  at 
125  Hamilton  street,  where  he  carries  a  complete  stock  of  wines  and  liquors, 
including  the  best  brands  of  rye  and  Bourbon  whiskies,  imported  goods,  em- 
bracing the  finest  brandies,  gins,  Irish  and  Scotch  whiskies,  wines,  cordials, 
liqueurs,  etc.  At  his  grocer}^  he  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  staple 
and  fancy  groceries,  provisions,  teas,  cofl'ees,  fruits,  vegetables,  etc.,  as  well  as 
a  full  line  of  grocers'  sundries  and  canned  goods.  As  a  consequence  of  the 
careful  manner  in  which  his  stock  is  selected  Mr.  Byrne's  stores  are  head- 
quarters for  the  family  trade  of  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity,  and 
the  business  steadily  increases  from  year  to  year. 

John  Gaensbauer. — Dealer  in  Boots,  Shoes,  Slippers  and  Rubbers  ; 
North  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  John  Graensbauer  is  one  of  the 
oldest  of  the  residents  of  the  Saginaws,  he  having  started  thirty-six  j^ears  ago 
to  this  place  from  Detroit,  in  order  to  see  what  Saginaw  City  was  like. 
Arriving,  he  found  a  great  forest  with  a  few  shanties  along  the  river,  and 
asked  some  one  whom  he  met,  "  Where  is  Saginaw  City?  "  To  quote  Mr. 
Gaensbauer's  own  words,  when  he  was  told  that  he  was  in  the  heart  of  it,  he 
got  tired,  and  wanted  to  go  home,  but  hadn't  money  enough,  and  so  he 
invested  what  he  had  in  forty  acres  of  land  near  the  city  at  $4  an  acre,  and 
engaged  in  farming  for  four  years,  when  he  sold  out  his  forty  acres  for  $2,000, 
with  which  capital  he  started  again  at  his  old  trade  of  shoe  making.  Up  to 
the  last  year  or  two  he  did  custom  work,  keeping  a  number  of  men  ;  but  has 
abandoned  that  line,  and  now  sells  the  products  of  the  leading  eastern  manu- 
factories, embracing  the  finest  goods  in  the  line  ever  brought  to  Saginaw  City, 
including  a  complete  assortment  of  boots,  shoes,  slippers  and  rubbers  for 
ladies',  misses',  men's  and  children's  wear.  He  gives  employment  to  two 
clerks  and  two  workmen,  and  occupies  the  main  floor,  25x100  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, carrying  at  all  times  a  complete  and  well  assorted  stock.  Mr.  Gaens- 
bauer is  a  gentleman  of  means,  who  has  earned  prosperity  as  the  merited 
result  of  close  attention  to  business  and  uniform  correctness  in  all  his  dealings 
with  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  its  vicinity. 

E.  O-  &  S.  L.  Eastman  &  Co- — Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  As- 
sorted Lumber  ;  Yard,  corner  of  Mason  and  Franklin  streets.  East  Saginaw. — 
This  firm,  of  which  Messrs.  E.  0.  and  S.  L.  Eastman,  of  this  city,  and  Fred 
Hempy,  of  Cleveland,  0.,  are  the  individual  members,  was  formed  two  years 
ago.  They  are  largely  engaged  as  lumbermen,  owning  log  interests  on  the 
Tittabawassee,  in  Gladwin  and  Midland  counties,  and  they  have  their  logs  cut 
at  the  mill  of  Warner  &  Eastman,  of  which  firm  the  Messrs.  Eastman  are  mem- 
bers. They  have  yards  covering  two  blocks  at  the  corner  of  Mason  and  Frank- 
lin streets,  and  sell  about  12,000,000  feet  of  lumber  per  annum.  They  are  in 
every  way  equipped  lor  shipment  by  rail  or  water.  The  firm  has  enjoyed  a 
steadily  increasing  business  from  its  inception,  and  has  a  large  trade,  shipping 
lumber  in  car  lots  to  Ohio  and  eastern  markets. 


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181 


Excelsior  Steam  Boiler  Works, — Wildman  Brothers,  Proprietors  ; 
Manufacturers  of  Stationary,  Marine  and  Locomotive  Boilers,  Etc.;  Corner  of 

William  and  Water  streets,  East  Saginaw. 
— These  works  comprise  one  of  the  most 
important  of  the  manufacturing  establish- 
ments of  the  Saginaws.  enjoying  a  merited 
celebrity  for  the  superiority  of  all  their 
products,  and  a  large  trade  throughout  the 
Saginaw  Valley,  while  in  some  special  lines 
j  orders  are  filled  from  all  parts  of  the  West, 
and  from  as  far  south  as  Florida.  The 
business  was  established  twenty  years  ago 
by  Mr.  Robert  Wildman,  by  whom  it  was 
conducted  alone  until  two  3'ears  ago,  when 
he  was  joined  by  his  brother,  Mr.  Andrew 
Wildman,  forming  the  present  firm.  The 
works  occup}'  a  building  50x100  feet  in 
dimensions,  with  a  spacious  j-ard  adjoining, 
docks  at  their  rear,  and  railroad  tracks  at  their  front  doors.  These  works  are 
completely  equipped  with  one  of  the  best  and  most  extensive  outfits  of 
machinery  and  appliances  adapted  to  the  business  to  be  found  in  the  State,  and 
give  employment  to  a  force  of  sixty  hands.  The  firm  are  largely  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  stationary,  marine  and  locomotive  boilers  of  every  descrip- 
tion, pumps  for  testing,  washing  out  and  filling  steamboat  boilers,  and  every 
kind  of  sheet  iron  work,  in  addition  to  which  the  firm  make  a  specialty  of 
boiler  steel  linings  lor  cellars,  and  have  just  finished  a  large  one  for  the  cellar 
of  the  First  National  Bank  in  East  Saginaw.  In  connection  with  the  works  a 
well  equipped  repairing  department  is  conducted,  where  every  description  of 
repairs  to  boilers  and  other  sheet  iron  work  are  attended  to  in  a  i)rompt  and 
workmanlike  manner.  All  the  manufacturing  operations  are  carefully  super- 
vised in  order  to  secure  a  uniformity  of  excellence  in  the  productions  of  the 
establishment,  and  it  is  to  this  merit  that  the  firm  owes  the  thriving  trade  which 
it  enjoys. 

Bliss  &  Parsons. — Dealers  in  Pine  Lands,  Logs  and  Lumber  ;  1  Mer- 
rill Block,  Saginaw  City. — The  great  growth  of  the  lumber  industry  of  the  Sag- 
inaw Valley  has  led  to  a  steady  appreciation  in  the  price  of  pine  lands,  and 
dealing  in  property  of  this  character  has  for  the  past  few  years  been  conducted 
with  steadilj^  augmenting  activity.  A  firm  engaged  in  this  department  of  bus- 
iness is  that  of  Bliss  &  Parsons,  of  which  Messrs.  Aaron  P.  Bliss  and  Isaac 
Parsons  are  the  individual  members,  having  an  office  in  the  Merrill  block  in 
Saginaw  City.  This  firm  has  about  150,000,000  feet  of  standing  timber  in  Wis- 
consin, as  well  as  a  large  amount  in  Michigan,  which  they  work  through  job- 
bers, having  lumber  cut  b}'  contract  and  shipping  the  same  to  leading  eastern 
markets.  The}^  also  own  extensive  tracts  of  redwood  and  fir  timber  in  Cali- 
fornia and  Washington  Territory.  The  firm  has  superior  facilities  for  conduct- 
ing this  business,  and  is  steadil}'  extending  its  operations  and  increasing  its 
holdings  from  year  to  year.  Mr.  Aaron  P.  Bliss,  of  this  firm,  is  a  nephew  ot 
Dr.  Lyman  W.  and  Col,  A.  T.  Bliss,  both  of  whom  have  for  many  years  been 
prominent  lumber  manufacturers  of  the  Saginaw  Valley  ;  and  both  Mr.  Aaron 
P.  Bliss  and  Mr.  Parsons  are  experienced  lumbermen,  possessing  an  accuiate 
knowledge  of  values  of  pine  lands.  In  addition  to  this  business  Mr.  Bliss  is  a 
director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Saginaw,  and  also  a  director  of  the  Sag- 
inaw County  Savings  Bank,  and  is  the  proprietor  of  the  Swancreek  Stock  Farm, 


182  The  Industries  ot*  the  Saginaws. 


containing  640  acres,  situated  on  Swan  Creek,  in  Saginaw  County,  eight  miles 
south  of  Saginaw.  This  farm  has  all  the  necessary  appointments  for  the  suc- 
cessful prosecution  of  the  stock-raising  business  that  experience  has  approved 
or  money  can  procure.  The  stable  facilities  are  complete,  and  Mr.  Bliss  has 
started  into  the  enterprise  with  the  intention  of  making  it  the  model  institution 
of  its  kind  in  this  State.  At  this  farm  he  carries  on  a  large  business  as  a 
breeder  of  shorthorns.  He  is  also  developing  pacing  qualities  in  horses,  own- 
ing the  celebrated  pacing  stallion,  "Clear  Grit,"  and  is  now  making  arrange- 
ments to  engage  extensively  in  the  breeding  of  fine  draft  horses.  In  shorthorns 
his  herd  has  no  superior  in  the  country,  representing  the  well-known  families 
"  Mrs.  Flathers,"  "  Kose  of  Sharon,"  "  Josephine,"  "  Phyllis,"  and  others,  with 
the  "  15th  Duke  of  Woodford  "  at  the  head  of  the  herd.  Mr.  Bliss  has  at  all 
times  on  hand  superior  horned  stock  and  horses,  and  is  one  of  the  most  exten- 
sive dealers  in  the  Valley. 

Saginaw  Dry  Goods  and  Carpet  Company. — L.  Penoyer,  Pres- 
ident ;  D.  Burnham,  Vice-President ;  W.  E.  Bamsey,  Treasurer  ;  G.  M. 
Starke,  Secretary;  M.  W.  Tanner,  Manager;  413  and  415  Court  street,  Sag- 
inaw City. — Among  the  large  mercantile  establishments  of  the  Saginaws,  none 
holds  a  more  prominent  place  than  that  now  conducted  by  the  corporation 
known  as  the  Saginaw  Dry  Goods  and  Carpet  Co.  The  business  was  estab- 
lished a  number  of  years  ago  by  the  firm  of  J.  B.  Wolfenden  &  Co.,  composed 
of  Messrs.  J.  B.  Wolfenden  and  A.  W.  Wright.  This  firm  removed  to  Detroit 
in  1880,  selling  out  the  establishment  to  Burnham,  Spaulding  &  Co.,  which 
afterward  became  Burnham  &  Co.,  to  which  the  present  corporation  succeeded 
in  1885.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  company  embrace  two  handsome 
three-story  and  basement  brick  buildings,  50x120  feet  in  dimensions,  elegantly 
equipped  and  fitted  up  with  a  modern  passenger  elevator  and  all  the  latest  and 
most  improved  conveniences  and  appliances  calculated  to  aid  or  expedite  the 
prosecution  of  the  business.  A  very  large  stock  is  carried,  covering  every- 
thing in  the  line  of  staple  and  fancy  dry  goods,  including  in  addition  to  all 
standard  goods,  the  latest  novelties  in  designs  and  fabrics,  and  a  particularly 
fine  assortment  of  carpets,  curtains,  draperies,  etc.  The  store  is  centrally 
located,  and  enjoys  a  large  patronage  from  the  leading  people  of  the  twin 
cities,  and  in  addition  does  a  considerable  jobbing  business  throughout  the 
Valley  and  the  northern  part  of  the  State.  A  force  of  thirt}'  competent  clerks 
and  assistants  is  employed,  and  the  details  of  the  business  are  conducted  upon 
a  perfect  and  accurate  system,  under  the  skillful  and  experienced  management 
of  Mr.  M.  W.  Tanner,  who  personally  supervises  the  business,  and  to  whose 
efficiency  is  due  in  a  large  measure  the  foremost  position  held  by  this  house  in 
the  confidence  of  the  people  of  the  Saginaws  and  the  surrounding  country. 
The  stock  is  selected  with  especial  care  from  the  best  goods  to  be  found  in  the 
Eastern  markets.  Mr.  Penoyer,  the  President  of  the  company,  in  addition  to 
his  interest  in  this  house,  is  largely  identified  with  other  business  and  financial 
enterprises,  and  is  Vice-President  and  a  director  of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank 
and  of  the  Saginaw  Savings  Bank.  With  ample  resources  and  unexcelled 
facilities,  this  house  enjoys  a  prosperity  unexcelled  by  any  other  business 
establishment  in  the  Valley. 

Warner  &  Eastman. — Manufacturers  of  Lumber  and  Salt ;  840  South 
Water  street.  East  Saginaw. — The  firm  name  of  Warner  &  Eastman  has  long 
been  identified  with  prominent  industries  in  the  Saginaws,  Messrs.  W.  H. 
Warner  and  Loton  H.  Eastman  having  formed  a  co-partnership  as  early  as 
1854,  and  established  the  Pioneer  Foundry  (now  Bartlett).  In  1859  they  went 
into  the  lumber  business,  constructing  a  saw  mill  near  the  Pioneer  Foundry, 


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and  later  added  a  shingle  mill,  and  in  1876  also  added  the  manufacture  of  salt 
to  their  business.  In  1880  Mr.  Eastman  died,  but  his  interest  is  represented 
by  his  heirs,  and  the  firm  as  now  constituted  is  composed  of  W.  11.  Warner, 
E.  0.  and  S,  L.  Eastman  and  Myra  F.  Cornwall.  The  mill  is  a  two-story 
structure,  80x120  feet  in  dimensions,  run  by  a  battery  of  four  5-foot  shell  by 
18-foot  boilers,  and  one  marine  boiler  of  5^ -foot  shell  by  12  feet,  feeding  a  200 
horse-power,  24x30  cylinder  double  engine,  driving  a  powerful  steam  feed,  a 
large  circular  and  improved  gang  mill,  and  edgers,  trimmers,  barrel  stock 
machines,  etc.  The  equipment  of  the  mill  is  in  every  respect  complete,  and 
the  firm  has  also  three  salt  wells  and  a  salt  block,  130x150  feet  in  dimensions, 
in  which  they  run  an  engine  to  take  the  salt  out  of  the  gi'ainers.  They  also 
have  a  cooperage  shop,  160x30  feet  in  dimensions,  and  have  excellent  dockage 
facilities  and  ever}'  advantage  for  shipping  b}-  rail  or  water,  railroad  tracks 
running  between  the  mill  and  salt  works,  and  they  also  have  extensive  piling 
grounds,  barns,  etc.,  their  entire  works  and  yards  covering  over  sixty  lots. 
The  works  give  employment  to  a  force  ranging  from  ninety  to  one  hundred 
men,  and  the  product  of  the  mills,  in  addition  to  a  large  business  with  local 
3'ards  which  do  a  car  lot  trade,  is  shipped  to  Buffalo,  Tonawanda  and  Ohio 
ports,  while  the  salt  produced  by  the  firm  is  disposed  of  through  the  medium 
of  the  Michigan  Salt  Association.  The  product  of  the  works  amount  to  about 
10,000,000  feet  of  lumber  annually,  the  capacity  of  the  mill,  however,  being 
12,000,000  feet,  700,000  staves,  50,000  sets  of  heading  and  25,000  barrels  of 
salt.  The  firm  lumber  in  Gladwin  and  Midland  counties,  where  in  their  own 
camps  they  give  employment  in  the  season  to  fifty  men  and  twenty  horses,  be- 
sides giving  out  work  largely  to  jobbers. 

A  "W.  Achard  &  Son. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Heav}'  and 
Shelf  Haidware,  Mill  Supplies,  Stoves,  Etc.;  200,  202  and  204  South  Washing- 
ton street,  Saginaw  City. — This  old  established  and  prosperous  house  was 
founded  in  1864  by  William  Seyffardt  and  A.  W.  Achard,  changing  in  1873  to 
A.  W.  Achard,  to  Achard  &  Schoenberg  in  1878,  and  in  1884  back  to  A.  W. 
Achard,  who  was  joined  by  his  son,  Mr.  Emil  F.  Achard.  The  firm  owns  and 
occupies  a  spacious  and  imposing  two-story  and  basement  white  brick  building, 
hqated  by  steam  and  60^80  feet  in  dimensions,  which  they  erected  three  years 
ago,  and  to  which  last  year  they  added  thirty  feet  to  the  rear  making  the 
premises  now  60x110  feet  in  dimensions.  In  ISos.  200,  202  and  204  South 
AA'ashington  street,  on  the  main  floor,  is  carried  a  heavy  stock  and  full  assort- 
ment of  every  description  of  goods  in  the  lines  of  tools,  cutlery,  builders'  and 
general  shelf  hardware,  mill  supplies,  etc.,  and  they  have  a  large  elevator, 
»  shipping  room  and  bar  iron  room  in  the  rear.  In  No.  204  they  carry  full 
stocks  of  stoves  of  all  kinds,  including  "  Jewel  "  and  "Garland  "  stoves  and 
ranges,  and  a  full  line  of  tinware  and  house  furnishing  goods,  with  a  spacious 
room  in  the  rear,  where  they  carry  a  complete  assortment  of  mantels,  grates, 
tiles,  chandeliers,  etc.,  which  they  have  in  great  variety.  Their  spacious  and 
lofty  water-proof  basement  and  upper  floors  are  devoted  to  surplus  stock,  and 
they  have  a  large  warehouse  in  the  rear,  fronting  on  Water  street,  for  agricul- 
tural implements,  wagon  stock,  sewer  pipe,  drain  tiles,  etc.  In  addition  to  the 
lines  above  enumerated  they  carry  very  large  stocks  of  paints,  oils,  glass, 
brushes  and  painters'  supplies,  one  side  of  the  store  at  No.  200  and  202  being 
devoted  to  the  display  of  samples  in  this  department  of  their  business.  In 
connection  with  their  business  they  conduct  a  manufacturing  department, 
where  they  make  every  description  of  tin-ware,  and  in  addition  to  this,  they  do 
all  kinds  of  plumbing  and  gas  fitting  work.  The  firm  gives  employment  to  a 
force  of  fifteen  hands,  and  is  represented  in  its  trade  territory,  embracing  the 


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The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


whole  of  Northern  Michigan,  by  a  staff  of  traveling  salesmen.  Tn  the  retail 
department  the  firm  enjoys  a  large  trade  with  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and 
vicinity,  which  the}'  have  built  up  by  close  attention  to  all  the  details  of  the 
business,  by  care  in  the  selection  of  their  stock,  and  by  thorough  and  accurate 
methods  in  all  their  transactions. 

Crowley  House. — D.  Crowley,  Proprietor  ;    Corner  of  Hamilton  and 
Ames  streets,  Saginaw  City — The  site  of  the  Crowley  House  has  long  been 
,,.^,,.,:.:-^  occupied   for    hotel    purposes,    the 

original  establishment  of  this  char- 
acter having  been  the  Brockway 
House,  which  was  opened  twelve 
years  ago,  and  which  was  a  small 
place  which  afterward  became  the 
Benson  House.  In  1879  the  premi- 
ses were  purchased  by  Mr.  Crowley, 
who  built  two  additions,  each  three 
stories  in  height,  and  50x22  feet 
and  40x20  feet  respectively  in  di- 
mensions. The  building  as  it  now 
stands  is  a  handsome  white  brick 
structure  of  three  stories  and  base- 
ment, with  a  frontage  of  65  feet  on 
Hamilton  street  and  90  feet  on  Ames  street,  contains  forty  well-furnished  and 
completely  outfitted  bed-rooms,  comfortable  dining  room  and  parlors  on  the 
main  floor,  and  first-class  sample  room  for  the  use  of  commercial  travelers. 
Mr.  Crowley,  the  proprietor  of  the  hotel,  makes  every  effort  to  secure  the  com- 
fort and  convenience  of  his  guests,  and  furnishes  the  table  of  the  hotel  with 
the  best  obtainable  articles,  which  arc  served  in  a  proper  manner.  Employ- 
ment is  given  to  a  force  of  fifteen  trained  assistants,  and  everything  is  done  to 
make  the  house  popular  with  the  traveling  public,  the  rates  being  reasonable 
and  the  house  being  eligibly  located  on  the  line  of  the  street  railway.  The 
hotel  has  had  a  prosperous  business  from  the  time  Mr.  Crowley  acquired  it  to 
the  present,  and  maintains  the  superior  reputation  it  has  built  up  by  the  close 
attention  paid  by  Mr.  Crowley  to  all  the  details  of  the  business.  Mr.  Crowley 
is  in  every  respect  a  representative  citizen  and  now  fills  with  efficienc}-  the 
office  of  City  Recorder. 

A.  D.  Spangler  &  Co. — General  Commission  Merchants  ;  Wholesale 
Dealers  in  Fruits,  Produce,  Nuts,  Berries,  Etc.;  200  and  202  North  Washington 
avenue,  East  Saginaw. — A  firm  of  comparatively  recent  establshment,  and  one 
which  has  already  built  up  the  largest  business  in  its  line  in  the  Saginaw 
Valley,  is  that  of  A.  D.  Spangler  &  Co.,  of  which  Messrs.  A.  D.  Spangler  and 
C.  J.  Chambers  are  the  individual  members.  This  firm  was  formed  about  a 
year  ago,  prior  to  which  Mr.  Spangler  had  been  for  three  years  with  Mr.  J.  T. 
Bell  in  the  same  business.  The  present  firm  occupies  two  stores  in  the  three - 
story  brick  building  at  the  corner  of  Tuscola  street,  50x60  feet  in  dimensions, 
where  they  have  on  hand  at  all  times  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  foreign 
and  domestic  fruits,  produce  of  all  kinds,  nuts,  berries,  etc.  The  firm  have 
established  the  most  favorable  relations  with  producers  and  shippers  by  the 
uniformly  satisfactory  character  of  their  commission  services,  and  the  close 
attention  paid  by  them  to  the  interests  of  those  sending  them  consignments. 
They  handle  in  their  seasons  every  description  of  fruits,  being  the  largest 
handlers  in  the  Valley  of  watermelons  in  their  season,  berries,  bananas, 
peaches,  and  in  the  spring  are  very  large  handlers  of  early  southern  potatoes  ; 


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in  addition  to  which  they  have  a  large  business  in  foreign  fruits  and  nuts  and 
do  a  general  commission  business  in  butter,  eggs,  poultry  and  all  kinds  of 
countr}'  produce,  and  in  the  winter  season  do  a  jobbing  trade  in  fresh  oysters, 
being  agents  for  the  celebrated  "  Manoken  "  brand.  Closely  attending  to  all 
the  details  of  the  business,  the  enterprise  of  the  firm  is  scoring  a  gratifying 
success. 

Flatt,  Bradley  &  Co. — Exporters  of  Square  Oak,  Black  Walnut,  Hewn 
and  Sawed  Oak  and  Pine  Timber,  West  India  Pipe  and  Barrel  Staves  and 
White  Pine  Masts  ;  6  Seligman  Block,  East  Saginaw. — The  firm  of  Flatt  & 
Bradley,  of  which  Messrs.  J.  I.  Flatt  and  John  Bradley  are  the  individual 
members,  was  formed  twenty  years  ago  at  Hamilton,  Ont.,  where  they  still 
conduct  business,  and  six  years  ago  these  gentlemen,  with  Mr.  M.  F.  Van 
Sickle  of  East  Saginaw,  formed  the  firm  of  Flatt,  Bradley  &  Co.,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  carrying  on  business  in  this  city  as  dealers  in  and  exporters  of  square 
oak,  black  walnut  and  other  timber.  They  have  mills  at  Castleman,  Canada, 
and  have  from  4,000  to  5,000  acres  of  timber  lands.  They  do  a  large 
business  in  this  market  as  buyers  of  pipe  and  barrel  staves  and  headings  and 
of  square  oak.  black  walnut,  hewn  and  sawed  oak  and  pine  timber  and  white 
pine  masts.  They  have  handled  this  year  up  to  the  present  writing  150,000 
staves,  50,000  cubic  feet  of  square  oak,  18,000  cubic  feet  of  black  walnut,  80 
masts,  15,000  Canada  pipes  and  500,000  feet  board  measure  of  sawed  pine  lum- 
ber. The  staves  go  to  New  York  for  export  to  Great  Britain,  while  the  Canada 
pipes  are  taken  to  Cuba,  South  America  and  all  countries  where  molasses  is  pro- 
duced, and  to  Italy  and  France  for  wine.  The  oak  timber  is  purchased  in  the 
Saginaw  Valley  and  the  black  walnut  from  the  West.  The  firm  is  the  largest 
in  its  line  in  this  region,  and  is  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  successful  ex- 
porting firms  of  the  country. 

Everett  House. — Wash.  Salisbury,  Proprietor  ;  Northwest  corner  of 
Genesee  avenue  and  Franklin  street.  East  Saginaw. — The  Everett  House  was 
opened  in  1864  by  Mr.  Marshall  G.  Smith,  and  afterward  passed  through  a 
number  of  hands.  Nine  years  ago,  when  Mr.  Salisbury  became  its  pro- 
prietor, the  hotel  had  been  badly  run  down,  but  since  then  he  has  conducted  it 
in  a  manner  which  has  steadily  increased  its  popularity  and  prosperity,  and 
has  made  its  name  known  all  over  the  country  as  a  first  class  hotel  in  every 
respect.  The  hotel  is  eligibly  located  in  the  very  heart  of  the  business  center 
of  East  Saginaw,  on  the  corner  of  Genesee  avenue  and  Franklin  street,  and  is  a 
three  story  building,  175x320  feet  in  dimensions,  with  oflSce,  billiard  rooms, 
barber  shop,  bar  and  other  public  rooms  on  the  first  floor,  and  seventj' 
elegantly  furnished  and  neatly  kept  rooms  up  stairs.  The  house  is  equipped 
with  all  the  modern  conveniences  and  appliances  usually  found  m  a  first-class 
hotel,  and  its  appointments  are  strictly  in  keeping  with  the  high  character  of 
the  house,  while  its  table  is  deservedly  celebrated  for  the  excellent  quality 
and  judicious  variet}'  of  its  fare  and  the  efficiency  of  its  service.  A  force  of 
thirty  trained  attendants  is  given  employment,  and  the  office  afl^airs  of  the 
house  are  under  the  skillful  supervision  of  Mr.  Eugent  W.  Farmer  as  chief 
clerk.  He  was  with  the  Bancroft  House  for  four  years  prior  to  coming  to  the 
Everett  a  year  ago,  and  is  popular  with  the  traveling  public  and  attentive  to 
all  the  wants  of  the  guests.  Mr.  Fred.  H.  Simonton,  the  night  clerk,  formerly 
of  the  Kirkwood  and  Michigan  Exchange  at  Detroit,  and  other  leading  hotels, 
is  also  very  popular.  Mr.  Salisbury,  the  proprietor,  has  furnished  the  house 
throughout  with  due  regard  to  the  conveniences  required  by  guests,  and 
manages  the  affairs  of  the  house  with  experience  and  good  judgment.  He  is 
an  old  hotel  man,  and  well  known  to  the  traveling  public  as  one  of  the  most 


1'86  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 

successful  caterers  iu  Micliigan.  The  rates  of  the  house  are  $2  per  da}',  and 
the  accommodations  are  such  that  those  registering  at  the  Everett  once  are 
sure  to  return,  no  pains  being  spared  to  provide  for  the  comfort  and  con- 
venience of  travelers. 

A.  Hobson. — Steam  Stone  and  Marble  Works  ;  Office  and  Yard  Next 
Door  to  3Iaytlower  Mills,  North  Water  street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Hobson, 
who  established  himself  in  business  in  1869,  has  continued  it  with  close  atten- 
tion to  all  its  details,  and  has  secured  a  trade  which  places  his  establishment 
among  the  leaders  in  its  line  in  the  State.  His  yard  and  works  have  a  front- 
age 120  feet,  running  back  100  feet  to  spacious  and  well  located  docks.  They 
are  completely  equipped  with  everything  in  the  wa^^  of  plant  and  machinery 
adapted  to  the  preparation  of  stone  for  use,  including  a  ten-foot  rubbhig  bed, 
the  largest  piece  of  casting  ever  made  in  the  Saginaws,  two  gang  saws,  a  power- 
ful steam  derrick  with  a  capacity  of.  lifting  twenty  tons,  and  all  other  equip- 
ments appropriate  to  the  business.  Mr.  Hobson  deals  largely  in  all  kinds  of 
rough,  sawed  and  cut  stone,  Scotch  and  American  granite,  foreign  and  domes- 
tic marble,  plumbing  and  furniture  marble,  ornaments  and  gravestones  from 
the  latest  designs.  He  enjoys  a  large  trade  in  all  departments  of  the  business, 
taking  contracts  for  all  kinds  of  building  stone  work,  and  now  having  in  his 
employ  a  force  of  one  hundred  men,  of  whom  forty-tive  are  in  East  Saginaw, 
fifteen  in  Saginaw  City  and  forty  at  Grand  Ledge,  where  he  is  now  engaged 
upon  a  large  contract  putting  in  the  stone  work  of  the  bridge  for  the  D.,  L.  & 
N.  Railroad.  He  is  now  erecting  St.  Paul's  church,  all  of  stone,  on  North 
Washington  avenue  in  this  city,  the  guild  house  and  rectory  for  St.  John  s 
Episcopal  church  in  Saginaw  City,  and  is  furnishing  the  cut  stone  for  the  new 
Sixth  Ward  Roman  Catholic  church  in  Saginaw  City,  as  well  as  for  a  number 
of  private  residences,  etc.  He  furnished  the  stone  for  a  large  block  in  Mid- 
land ;  for  the  First  National  Bank  at  Ludington  ;  the  Clare  County  Bank  at 
Clare,  Mich.,  and  for  many  other  leading  structures  in  this  section.  He  has  a 
marble  3'ard  for  the  display  and  sale  of  ornamental  work  at  821  Genesee 
avence,  where  he  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  the  finest  designs  in 
mortuary  stone  work.  He  enjoys  unsurpassed  facilities  for  the  supply  of 
goodb  in  his  line,  and  is  prepared  to  furnish  estimates  and  execute  contracts 
for  all  kinds  of  stone  work.  The  complete  and  workmanlike  manner  in  which 
he  fills  all  orders  has  secured  for  him  an  unsurpassed  reputation,  and  he  enjoys 
a  thriving  business  as  a  result  of  his  skill  and  close  attention  to  business. 

Citizens'  National  Bank  of  Saginaw. — D.  Hardin,  President ;  L. 
Penoyer.  Vice-Pi'esident  ;  D.  W.  Briggs,  Cashier  ;  406  Court  street,  Saginaw 
City. — Holding  a  prominent  position  among  the  most  solid  and  substantial  of 
the  banking  houses  in  the  State  is  the  Citizens'  National  Bank  of  Saginaw,  or- 
ganized in  1880,  and  which  has  since  conducted  an  active  and  prosperous  busi- 
ness, its  safe  and  conservative  methods  commending  it  to  the  confidence  and 
approval  of  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity.  The  bank  does  a  gen- 
eral banking  business,  loaning  money  on  approved  security,  discounting  ac- 
ceptable commercial  paper,  paying  careful  and  accurate  attention  to  collections, 
issuing  exchange  upon  the  leading  cities  of  this  and  other  countries  and  doing 
all  regular  business.  The  condition  of  the  bank  is  highly  satisfactory,  and 
by  the  last  report  of  its  condition,  published  October  5,  1887,  it  was  shown 
that  the  bank,  in  addition  to  its  paid-in  capital  stock  of  $100,000,  had  a 
surplus  fund  of  $25,000,  undivided  profits  of  $34,292.52  and  resources  of 
$655,669  96.  The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  bank  is  composed  of  a  number  of 
the  most  prominent  and  substantial  of  the  business  men  of  Saginaw,  the  Presi- 
dent, Daniel  Hardin,  being,  in  addition  to  his  position  at  the  head  of  this  cor_ 


The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws.  187 

poration,  a  member  of  tlie  firms  of  Green,  Ring  &  Co.  and  D.  Hardin  &  Co., 
and  of  the  Tobacco  River  Lumber  Company.  The  Vice  President,  Mr.  I'enoyer, 
is  well  known  as  the  President  of  the  Saginaw  Dry  Goods  and  Carpet  Co., 
and  director  of  the  Saginaw  County  Savings  Bank.  The  other  directors  are 
W.  S.  Green,  of  Green,  Ring  &  Co.,  W.  S.  Green  &  Son,  Green  &  Noble,  Green, 
Hardin  &  Co.,  and  the  Tobacco  River  Lumber  Co.;  P.  Bauer,  the  well-known 
clothier  ;  G.  K.  Grout,  an  attorney  of  twent}^  years'  practice.  Mr.  D.  W. 
Briggs,  the  Cashier,  is  a  banker  of  thorough  experience,  who.  by  the  efficiency 
with  which  he  attends  to  the  affairs  of  the  bank,  has  aided  in  a  marked  degree 
in  securing  the  gratifying  condition  it  now  enjoys,  and  the  high  place  it  holds 
in  the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  community. 

Taylor  House — Fred  B.  Sweet,  Proprietor ;  corner  of  Hamilton  and 
Court  streets,  Saginaw  City. — This  hotel,  which  is  the  largest  and  most  coni- 
pletely  equipped  in  Saginaw  City,  occupies  the  site  upon  which  Fort  Saginaw 
was  erected  in  1822.  The  present  structure  was  built  in  1866  by  William  H. 
Taylor,  and  is  a  four-story  and  basement  building,  Ironting  75  feet  on  Court 
street  by  120  feet  on  Hamilton  street.  The  hotel  was  closed  for  some  months 
in  1879,  and  was  reopened  in  January,  1880,  by  L.  Burrows,  Jr.,  &  Co.,  and 
was  continued  by  that  firm  until  1884,  when  tlie  house  again  closed  until  Jan- 
uary. 1885,  when  it  was  reopened,  renovated  and  refitted  by  the  firm  ot  Burrows 
&  Sweet,  b}-  whom  it  was  conducted  for  six  months,  since  which  time  Mr.  Sweet 
has  carried  on  the  business  as  sole  proprietor.  Mr.  Sweet  is  a  prominent  and 
representative  citizen,  and  had  been  engaged  for  fourteen  years  as  County  Clerk 
prior  to  engaging  in  his  present  business  in  1885.  The  numerous  alterations 
and  great  improvements  made  in  the  house  since  he  has  had  chai'ge  of  its  af- 
fairs have  made  it  in  every  respect  a  first-class  hotel,  fitted  up  with  all  modern 
conveniences  and  improvements  and  in  a  most  desirable  location,  being  at  the 
corner  of  the  two  most  prominent  thoroughfares  of  the  city  and  the  center  of 
its  business  quarter.  The  office,  reading  room,  billiard  room,  etc.,  are  on  the 
ground  floor,  the  parlor,  dining  room  and  other  public  rooms  on  the  second 
floor,  while  the  other  floors  contain  ninety  completely  furnished,  comfortable 
and  convenient  bedrooms.  The  aflfairs  of  the  house  are  closely  supervised  by 
Mr.  Sweet,  and  the  office  affairs  are  conducted  bv  Mr.  Charles  F.  Elbert,  who, 
prior  to  taking  his  present  position  three  years  ago,  had  six  years'  experience 
in  the  Bancroft  House  at  East  Saginaw.  He  is  well  known  to  the  traveling 
public,  thoroughly  efficient  in  his  duties  and  his  acquaintance  with  traveling 
men  has  been  an  important  factor  in  building  up  the  large  patronage  of  the  ho- 
tel. Mr.  Sweet,  the  proprietor,  is  also  popular  with  the  traveling  public,  as 
well  as  with  the  citizens  of  Saginaw,  and  the  steady  endeavor  made  by  him  to 
secure  the  comfort  and  convenience  of  the  guests  by  providing  comfortable 
quarters  and  supplying  his  table  with  all  seasonable  delicacies  and  first-class 
fare  in  every  particular  has  secured  for  the  house  the  rank  it  holds  as  one  of 
the  best  conducted  in  the  State.  Thirty  trained  and  experienced  attendants  are 
employed  and*the  patronage  of  the  house  comes  from  all  parts  of  the  country, 
embracing  all  prominent  visitors  to  Saginaw  City. 

Stevens  &  La  Due. — Manufacturers  of  Lumber,  Shingles  and  Salt; 
Mills  at  CarroUton  ;  Office,  Corner  of  Genesee  and  Washington  avenues,  East 
Saginaw. — This  firm,  composed  of  Messrs.  George  W.  Stevens  and  John  La 
Due,  was  formed  about  six  years  ago,  since  which  time  they  have  held  a  promi- 
nent position  among  the  prosperous  and  progressive  lumber  manufacturers  of 
the  Saginaw  Valley.  They  operate  works  at  CarroUton  for  the  great  New 
York  importing  and  exporting  firm  of  De  Grauw,  Ay  mar  &  Co.,  covering  some 
twenty  acres,  including  a  large  and  completely  equipped  lumber  and  shingle 


188 


The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 


mill  and  extensive  salt  works,  located  on  high  ground,  the  site  being  one  of 
the  best  on  the  river  for  manufacturing  purposes,  and  having  ample  railroad 
tracks  and  switches  on  both  the  Michigan  Central  and  Flint  &  Pere  Marquette 
railroads,  facilitating  receipt  of  raw  material  and  shipment  of  manufactured 
product.  The  works  are  completely  equipped,  and  the  product,  which  is  of  the 
best  quality,  amounts  to  10,000,000  feet  of  lumber,  10,000,000  shingles,  500,000 
staves,  50,000  sets  of  heading  and  about  50,000  barrels  of  salt  per  year.  The 
trade  of  the  firm  is  principally  with  large  dealers  in  the  East  in  all  their  pro- 
ducts except  salt,  which  is  sold  through  the  medium  of  the  Michigan  Salt  Asso- 
ciation. Employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  125  men,  and  all  the  departments 
of  the  business  are  systematically  conducted,  while  the  relations  of  the  firm 
with  the  trade  are  of  the  most  satisfactory  character.  In  addition  to  this  busi- 
ness Messrs.  Stevens  &  La  Due  are  interested  in  the  Corning  Lumber  Com- 
pany, dealers  in  pine  lands  and  logs.  They  lumber  on  the  Whitefish  River, 
where  they  put  in  logs  which  they  sell  to  numerous  firms,  and  they  also  deal 
in  logs  cut  by  others.  They  are  interested  in  some  200,000,000  feet  of  stand- 
ing pine  in  Wisconsin,  and  20,000,000  feet  in  the  Upper  Peninsula. 

East  Saginaw  Conservatory  of  Music. — Corner  of  Genesee  ave- 
nue and  Park  street,  East  Saginaw. — Of  all  human  accomplishments  none  hold 

a  higher  place  in  popular  esteem 
than  that  of  music,  and  in  none  is 
the  eflfect  of  training  more  observ- 
able. The  advantages  of  East  Sag- 
inaw for  securing  a  first-class  edu- 
cation in  music,  both  vocal  and  in- 
strumental, have  been  rendered 
complete  by  the  recent  establish- 
ment in  this  cit}'  of  a  conservator}^ 
of  music,  an  institution  with  a  full 
staff  of  teachers,  and  devoting  it- 
self to  instruction  in  all  the 
branches  of  a  finished  musical  edu- 
cation. The  staff  of  the  conserva- 
tory is  of  the  highest  order  of 
musical  ability,  including  Anton  Strelezki,  piano,  whose  fame  as  an  instrumen- 
talist and  composer  is  world  wide  and  unsurpassed  ;  Mr.  B.  L.  Faeder,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Leipsic  Conservatory  of  Music,  who  has  charge  of  the  violin  depart- 
ment, and  who  has  a  widespread  fame  as  a  concert  artist ;  Prof.  Boardman, 
piano,  acknowledged  as  a  leader  among  instrumentalists  and  teachers,  and  Mr. 
Felix  Jaeger,  former  conductor  of  the  German  Opera  and  Thalia  Theatre,  New 
York,  who  has  charge  of  the  department  for  teaching  voice  culture  for  oi3era  and 
en  semble  playing ;  Mesdames  Nellis,  Brush  and  Godfrey,  vocal,  and  a  large  staff 
of  other  professors  and  instructors  in  all  instruments,  all  branches  of  music, 
voice  culture,  languages,  etc.  The  Secretary  of  the  association  is  Mr.  C.  J. 
Sparks,  who  has  charge  of  the  business  department,  and  who  is  prepai'ed  to 
furnish  information  on  application  in  regard  to  terms,  etc.  In  connection  with 
the  Conserv^atory  a  musical  bureau  is  conducted,  designed  to  furnish  music  for 
concerts,  receptions,  etc.,  and  which  is  in  correspondence  with  various  bureaus 
in  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  thus  being  enabled  to  furnish  students  becom- 
ing capable  with  positions.  The  Conservatory  is  meeting  with  great  success 
and  is  steadily  improving,  and  many  have  received  the  benefits  of  its  training, 
and  testify  to  its  excellence.  Mr.  C.  E.  Bresler,  who  has  the  principal  pro- 
prietary- interest  in  the  Conservatory,  is  prominent  in  the  financial  circles  of  the 
State. 


The  Industries  of  the  Saqinaws.  189 


The  Standard  .Lumber  Company, — George  F.  Cross,  President 
and  Treasurer ;  Robert  M.  Kandall.  Vice-President ;  William  K.  Allington, 
Secretary  and  Manager ;  Gavin  Telfer,  General  Agent ;  Yard  and  Works, 
Franklin,  Brady,  Cass  and  McCoskry  streets,  Kast  Saginaw. — One  of  the 
largest,  most  completely  equipped  and  most  prosperous  of  the  planing  mills  of 
the  Saginaw  Valle}-  is  that  owned  and  operated  by  this  company,  which  was 
incorporated  in  August  1885.  The  works  of  the  company  are  80x100  feet  in 
dimensions,  with  a  storage  shed  attached  of  the  same  size.  The  mill  is  com- 
pletely equipped  with  all  the  latest  and  most  improved  machinery  and 
appliances  adapted  to  dressing  and  finishing  lumber,  the  equipment  including 
a  60  horsepower  engine  made  by  Owens,  Lane,  Dyer  &  Co.,  of  Hamilton,  0.,  a 
16-foot  boiler  with  a  5-foot  shell,  four  large  planers  and  a  full  outfit  of  resaws, 
rippers  and  all  appliances  pertaining  to  this  branch  of  manufacture.  A  special 
feature  of  the  equipment  of  this  mill  is  the  excellence  of  its  facilities  for 
handling  stock.  Railroad  switches  are  located  along  both  sides  of  the  works, 
and  rough  lumber  is  taken  from  a  car  on  one  side  and  from  thence  run  along 
steam  automatic  carriers  to  the  planers,  and  from  thence  by  similar  carriers 
taken  right  into  the  shipping  car,  by  this  means  saving  much  handling  ani 
enabling  the  company  to  rush  through  an  order  with  great  rapidit3^  I^^  ^'^^ 
mill  is  in  active  operation  the  excellent  Dust  Separator  and  Furnace  Feed 
made  by  the  Allington  &  Curtis  Dust  Separator  Co.  This  machine  carries  the 
shavings,  sawdust,  etc.  directly  into  the  furnace  ;  but  as  a  much  larger  amount 
of  shavings,  etc.,  is  made  than  is  needed  for  fuel,  the  company  utilizes  the 
machinery  in  the  manufacture  of  real  estate,  by  running  a  transfer  under  the 
railroad  track  to  a  block  of  swamp  land  owned  by  the  company  on  the  other 
side  of  the  track,  which  the}^  are  rapidly  filling  up  with  shavings  and  sawdust 
to  a  depth  of  five  or  six  feet.  Everything  connected  with  the  operation  of  the 
works  is  suggestive  of  perfect  sj'stem  and  the  utilization  of  every  possible 
means  to  secure  the  highest  standard  of  merit  in  the  product  of  the  mill  and 
to  save  unnecessary  labor  and  waste.  From  80,000  to  90,000  feet  of  lumber 
are  daily  dressed  in  the  mill,  and  employment  is  given  to  a  force  ranging  from 
thirt}'  to  forty  men.  A  large  amount  of  the  work  done*  by  the  mill  is  on 
orders  from  local  firms,  who  ship  the  product  direct  from  the  works  to  all 
Eastern  States,  Ohio,  etc.  On  account  of  the  superior  facilities  enjoyed  by 
the  firm  the  works  are  kept  constantly  busy  during  the  season,  and  the  com- 
pany is  regarded  as  a  leader  m  this  branch  of  industry.  Mr.  Cross,  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  company,  is  also  President  of  the  Cross,  Gordon  &  Randall 
Lumber  Co.,  Vice-President  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  East  Saginaw, 
Treasurer  of  the  Allington  &  Curtis  Dust  Separator  Co.,  and  otherwise  prom- 
inentl}'  identified  with  leading  and  important  industries.  Mr.  Randall,  Vice- 
President  of  the  company,  is  also  Treasurer  of  the  Cross,  Gordon  &  Randall 
Lumber  Co.  and  a  prominent  business  man  ;  and  Mr.  Allington,  Secretary  and 
Manager,  is  also  Secretary  of  the  Allington  &  Curtis  Dust  Separator  Co.  and 
practically  supervises  the  operations  of  the  works,  and  to  his  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  details  of  the  business  is  largely  due  the  prosperity  which 
has  attended  this  enterprise  from  its  inception  to  the  present  time. 

Fred  W.  Hollister. — Architect  and  Superintendent ;  Barnard  Block, 
Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Hollister  has  for  twenty-three  years  pursued  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  this  city,  and  he  is  justly  regarded  as  an  architect  of  supe- 
rior ability.  As  a  result  ot  this  reputation,  his  services  are  largely  in  demand, 
not  only  locally,  but  all  over  this  and  other  States.  Among  the  buildings 
which  attest  to  the  great  skill  of  Mr.  Hollister  may  be  mentioned  the  Saginaw 
County  Court  House,  the  finest  building  of  this  class  in  the  State  and  in  the 


190  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 


"West,  the  furniture  and  furnishings  being  designee^  by  Mr.  Hollister,  and 
nothing  in  the  State  being  able  to  compare  with  the  same.  The  Mt.  Pleasant 
Court  House,  Isabella  County,  Ogemaw  County,  Gladwin  County  and  Huron 
County  Court  Houses  are  all  of  his  designs  and  also  the  jails  for  the  same. 
The  Michigan  Soldiers'  Home  at  Grand  Rapids,  the  largest  and  finest  of  the 
State  buildings,  was  designed  and  constructed  under  his  personal  supervision, 
within  his  estimate,  and  completed  inside  of  a  year.  The  Iowa  Soldiers' 
Home  at  Marshalltown,  la.,  was  designed  by  Mr.  Hollister,  and  built  in  accord- 
ance with  his  plans.  The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  this  city,  a  beautitul 
structure,  seating  700  people,  was  built  under  his  supervision  at  a  cost  of  $45,- 
000,  and  is  a  model  church.  The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  this  city, 
seating  500  people,  and  costing  $18,000,  is  one  of  his  designs,  and  is  a  hand- 
some building.  The  Sixth  ward  Catholic  Church  of  this  city,  seating  600  peo- 
ple, is  now  being  built  according  to  his  plans  at  a  cost  of  about  $15,000,  and  is 
a  fine  building.  Mr.  Hollister  was  the  architect  of  the  Alma  Normal  School 
buildings,  costing  $30,000,  and  the  High  School  building  at  Alma,  costing 
$20,000.  In  school  house  buildings  Mr.  Hollister  has  no  superiors,  as  the  fol- 
lowing buildings  exemplify :  The  Central  School  building,  Mt.  Pleasant, 
Mich.,  seating  500  scholars,  and  costing  $18,000  ;  the  Ludington  Central  High 
School  building,  a  very  beautiful  and  substantial  edifice,  which  will  seat  700 
scholars  and  will  cost  $35,000  ;  the  large  sixteen  room  school  building  at  Man- 
istee, Mich.,  seating  1,000  scholars,  and  costing  complete  $40,000  ;  the  Second, 
Fourth,  Fifth  and  Sixth  ward  school  houses  of  Saginaw  City,  costing  from  $9,- 
000  to  $18,000  ;  the  Fourth,  Fifth  and  Seventh  Ward  school  houses  of  East 
Saginaw,  and  school  buildings  ai  Flint,  Jackson,  Cheboygan,  Clio,  Scottville, 
Farwell,  St.  Ignace,  etc.  Mr.  Hollister  designed  the  German  Evangelical 
Lutheran  Seminary  of  Saginaw,  the  Germania  Institute  of  East  Saginaw,  the 
Arbeiter  Hall  of  East  Saginaw,  the  Teutonia  Hall  of  Saginaw,  the  Cheboygan 
City  Hall,  the  Caro  Village  Hall,  the  Heed  City  Hall,  supervising  the  construc- 
tion of  the  same,  and  all  doing  him  honor.  In  residences  he  has  designed  a 
great  many  of  the  finest,  including  Mr.  Merrill's,  Mr.  Hill's,  Mr.  Stone's,  Mr. 
Tillottson's,  Mr.  Well's,  Mr.  Vincent's,  the  Keho  houses  and  a  great  many 
others,  and  is  now  completing  a  beautiful  residence  for  Mrs.  James  Hay.  Mr. 
Heavenrich,  Mr.  Wickes,  Mr.  Rupp,  Mr.  Hill  and  Mr.  Nathan  also  had  Mr. 
Hollister  furnish  the  designs  and  plans  for  their  residences.  Of  the  work  of 
Mr.  Hollister,  illustrated  in  this  book,  the  Saginaw  County  Court  House  and 
Barnard  Block  in  Saginaw  City,  and  the  Germania  Institute  and  Arbeiter  Hall 
in  East  Saginaw,  are  fair  specimens. 

F.  &  C  Reitter. — English  and  German  Job  Printers  ;  Publishers  of 
the  Saginaw  Post  ;  118  South  Franklin  street,  East  Saginaw. — A  well-known 
firm  of  job  printers,  and  one  that  has  a  deserved  reputation  for  producing  first- 
class  work,  is  that  of  F.  &  C.  Reitter,  composed  of  Frederic  J.  and  Christian 
Reitter.  Job  printing  is  executed  in  English  and  German,  the  firm  having  the 
most  complete  German  printing  ofllce  in  Central  and  Northern  Michigan,  and  a 
book  bindeiy  with  complete  facilities  is  operated  in  connection  with  the 
printing  office.  Reference  has  been  made  elsewhere,  in  the  article  on  the 
press  of  the  city,  to  the  Saginaw  Post,  a  German  weekly  newspaper,  the  publi- 
cation of  which  was  commenced  January  1,  1887.  It  has  achieved  a  great 
success,  has  already  outstripped  its  competitors  in  circulation  in  the  Saginaw 
Valley  and  Northern  Michigan,  and  has  a  large  circulation  among  farmers  as 
well  as  among  the  residents  of  the  Saginaws.  Its  subscription  price  is  $1  per 
year  in  advance.  The  firm  also  publishes  "  Loefflerin  Kochbuch  "  (German 
Cook  Book)  and  although  a  young  firm,  they  are  hard  working  and  enter- 
prising, and  rapidly  coming  to  the  front  among  the  prominent  firms  of  the 
Saginaws. 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


191 


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Lewis  O.  Slade. — Wholesale  Dealer  in  Rough  and  Dressed  White  Pine 
Lumber  ;  Otlice  and  Yard,  Atwater  street,  between  Jefferson  and  Franklin 
streets,  East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  established  three  years  ago  by  the 
firm  of  Stephens  &  Slade,  by  whom  it  was  conducted  until  April,  1887,  when 
Mr.  Slade  purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner,  since  which  time  he  has  carried 
on  the  business  as  sole  proprietor.  He  has  yards  in  connection  with  the  F.  & 
P.  M.  K  R.  Co.  with  a  capacity  for  holding  between  5,000,000  and  6,000,000 
feet  of  lumber,  and  is  a  heavy  wholesale  dealer  in  rough  and  dressed  white  pine 
lumber  of  all  descriptions,  which  he  sells  in  carload  lots,  handling  from  5,000- 
000  feet  per  annum.  Mr.  Slade  recently  sold  a  piece  of  ground  near  his  office 
to  Benson  &  King,  who  have  erected  a  planing  mill  upon  it,  and  that  firm,  being 
near  by,  do  most  of  his  dressing.  Mr.  Slade  has  oa  hand  at  all  limes  a  large 
stock  of  assorted  lumber,  and  is  prepared  to  fill  orders  in  carload  lots  in  a  sat- 
isfactory and  prompt  manner.  He  enjoys  a  large  business,  shipping  lumber  to 
points  in  New  York,  all  through  New  England,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  New 
Jersey,  Virginia,  Ohio,  etc.,  and  has  built  up  a  large  and  profitable  trade,  by 
close  attention  to  every  detail  of  his  business.  He  gives  employment  to  a  large 
force  of  men,  and  conducts  his  aflJairs  upon  strictly  accurate  and  reliable 
methods.  Mr.  Slade  is  an  old  and  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  East  Saginaw, 
having  come  to  this  cit}'  in  1867  as  a  boy,  and  received  his  education  here. 
He  is  a  pushing,  enterprising  and  representative  man,  and  is  highly  esteemed 
by  his  fellow  citizens.  He  is  now  filling  the  office  of  Alderman,  representing 
the  Fourth  ward,  and  in  that,  as  in  every  other  pursuit  in  which  he  engages,  his 
course  is  marked  by  earnestness  and  industry.     Correspondence  solicited. 

V.  Kindler. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Fire  Arms,  Ammunition, 
Sporting  and  Athletic  Goods  ;  418  Genesee  avenue.  East  Saginaw. — The  oldest 
and  largest  sporting  goods  establishment  in  the  State  of  Michigan  is  that  of  Mr. 
Kindler,  by  whom  it  has  been  conducted  with  steadily  increasing  success  from 
1867  to  the  present  time.  Twenty  years  of  experience  in  the  business  has  given  to 
Mr.  Kindler  a  thorough  knowledge  of  all  its  details,  which,  coupled  with  the  fact 
that  he  is  himself  an  ardent  sportsman,  enables  him  to  so  assort  his  stock  as 
to  adapt  it  t-o  the  needs  of  sportsmen  of  all  kinds.  He  carries  a  large  stock, 
completely  filling  the  two-story  and  basement  building,  25x100  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, occupied  by  the  business.  The  stock  comprises  specially  fine  lines  of 
guns  and  ammunition  and  an  immense  variety  of  shooting  goods  and  fishing 
tackle,  outdoor  and  indoor  sporting  goods,  including  base-ball,  lawn  tennis, 
croquet,  gymnasium  supplies,  hammocks,  camping  outfits,  and  a  most  complete 


192  The  Industries  of  the  Saqinaws, 

line  of  pocket  cutlery,  razors  and  shears.  Mr.  Kindler  has  the  agency  of  the 
leading  American  manufacturers  of  fire  arms  and  sporting  goods,  such  as 
Winchester  Repeating  Arms  Co.,  Marlin  Fire  Arms  Co.,  Colt's  Patent  Fire 
Arms  Co  ,  Union  Metallic  Cartridge  Co.,  American  and  United  States  Cartridge 
Co.,  L.  C.  Smith  Arms  Co.,  A.  G.  Spalding  &  Bros.'  sporting  goods,  etc. 
Dealers  and  sportsmen,  b}'  applying  for  same,  can  procure  illustrated  cata- 
logue and  other  valuable  information.  Competent  workmen  and  the  latest 
improved  machinery  are  employed  in  the  repairing  department,  where  ever}' 
kind  of  work  is  executed  in  an  artistic  manner.  The  firm  has  established  a 
reputation  for  supplying  at  all  times  the  best  and  most  reliable  goods  at  the 
lowest  prices,  which  has  made  it  popular  not  only  with  Michigan  sportsmen, 
but  with  those  of  adioining  and  other  States  as  well. 

George  W-  Dailey. — Expert  Sign  Writer;  413  South  Water  street, 
Saginaw  Cit}'. — Mr.  Daile}'  started  this  business  seven  years  ago,  and  has 
established  a  first-class  reputation  for  the  superior  character  of  his  work,  all 
orders  being  filled  promptly  and  in  a  highly  satisfactory  and  artistic  manner. 
He  is  in  every  respect  a  skillful  artist  in  his  department  of  industrv,  and  makes 
a  specialty  of  pictorial  advertising  signs  and  artistic  window  shades.  He  does 
every  description  of  rapid  sketch  view  and  figure  work  for  pictorial  signs,  and 
has  done  all  the  best  work  in  that  line  in  the  city,  including  a  large  figure 
group  on  the  side  wall  of  P.  Bauer  &  Sons'  clothing  house,  all  of  Bechtel's 
pictorial  signs,  etc.  His  gold  sign  work  is  considered  the  best  in  the  State, 
and  he  also  does  a  great  deal  of  political  portrait  and  cartoon  sketching  during 
election  campaigns.  He  occupies  a  two-story  building,  25x100  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, properly  equipped  for  carrying  on  the  business  in  an  efficient  manner, 
and  does  all  the  designing  and  outlining  himself,  being  aided  in  the  business 
otherwise  by  four  employes.  He  has  a  prosperous  trade,  and  those  employing 
his  skillful  services  ma}'  be  sure  of  satisfactory  results. 

A-  H-  Camp. — Watchmaker  and  Jeweler ;  Dealer  in  Watches,  Clocks, 
Jewelry,  Silverware,  Etc.;  106  North  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — Mr. 
Camp,  who  is  a  thoroughly  skilled  and  expert  workman,  seven  years  ago 
bought  an  interest  in  the  business  which  had  previously  been  conducted  by 
Mr.  D.  W.  Kinney,  and  the  firm  became  Kinney  &  Camp.  Two  years  ago 
Mr.  Camp  bought  out  the  entire  business  which  he  has  since  conducted  as  sole 
proprietor.  His  store,  which  is  25x80  feet  in  dimensions,  is  elegantly  fitted 
up  in  ebony  and  walnut,  and  he  carries  a  valuable  and  well-assorted  stock  of 
watches,  clocks,  jewelry,  silverware,  etc.,  spectacles,  eye-glasses  and  optical 
goods  of  all  kinds,  a  specialty  being  made  of  correctly  fitting  spectacles  to 
the  eye.  He  executes  repairing  and  engraving  in  the  most  skillful  and 
artistic  manner.  Mr.  Camp,  by  reliable  dealings,  has  secured  a  high  place  in 
public  confidence  and  approval. 

John  F.  Oosendai. — French  Steam  Dye  House  ;  129  North  Jefferson 
street.  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Cosendai  has  carried  on  this  industry  for  ten  years, 
and  for  the  last  five  has  occupied  his  present  premises,  30x125  feet  in  dimen- 
sions. He  gives  employment  to  four  hands,  and  has  a  trade  covering  East 
Saginaw,  Saginaw  City,  Bay  City  and  the  Saginaw  Valley  generally.  His 
facilities  are  unsurpassed,  and  this  house  has  a  wide  spread  celebrity  for  the 
uniformly  superior  work  and  the  prompt  and  accurate  filling  of  orders.  A 
specialty  is  made  of  cleaning,  d}eing  and  curling  plumes,  in  which  this  house 
has  no  superior,  and  all  kinds  of  clothing  are  also  cleaned,  dyed,  etc.,  in  a 
skillful  manner.  Mr.  Cosendai  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  man, 
and  orders  sent  to  him  by  mail  or  express  will  receive  prompt  attention. 


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The  West  Side  Club.— Benton  Hancliett,  President ;  Dr.  0.  P.  Bar- 
ber, A^'ioe  PrcsK'cnt ;  Thomas  11.  Rusling.  Secretary  and  Treasurer  ;  Ptoonis  in 
Barnard  Block,  Saginaw  City. — A  book  designed  to  present  the  attractions  of 
the  Saginaws  would  be  incomplete,  if  reference  was  not  made  to  the  West  Side 
Club,  an  organization  incorporated  under  the  State  laws  to  promote  social  in- 
tercourse among  the  members  and  to  provide  and  arrange  suitable  club  rooms' 
for  wholesome  mental  and  physical  recreation,  etc.  The  club  has  already  118 
members,  composed  of  the  leading  people  of  Saginaw,  who  are  each  owners  of 
one  share  of  the  stock,  at  $25  per  share,  the  shares  being  certificates  of  mem- 
bership, and  transferable  only  through  the  books  of  the  club  and  with  the  ap- 
probation of  the  Boai'd  of  Directors.  The  rooms  of  the  club  are  commodious 
and  Qtted  up  with  excellent  taste,  and  the  personnel  of  the  club  is  such  as  to 
give  it  practical  control  of  social  events,  and  a  leadership  among  social  organi- 
zations. Its  affairs  are  managed  by  a  Board  of  Directors,  nine  in  number,  who 
hold  office  for  one  year,  the  pi-esent  directors,  elected  in  November,  1887.  being 
Dr.  0.  P.  Barber,  Arthur  Hill,  T.  H.  Rusling,  F.  C.  Stone,  Col.  A.  T.  Bliss,  C. 
J.  Reynick,  J.  K.  Stevens,  Benton  Hanchett  and  Rev.  B.  F.  Matrau. 

Oppenheimer's  Complete  Cigar  Store.— Wholesale  and  Retail 
Cigars,  Domestic  and  Imported,  Tobaccos,  Pipes  and  Smokers'  Articles  of  all 
kinds  ;  Imported  Cigars  a  Specialty  ;  210  Genesee  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — It 
may  be  said,  right  here,  that  space  will  not  permit  to  do  this  house  justice. 
The  head  lines  to  this  article  speak  the  facts.  In  our  experience  we  have  seen 
nothing  like  it ;  it  is  absolutely  the  most  complete  concern  of  its  kind  in  the 
country.  While  making  no  pretense  at  jobbing — "only  canvassing  the  Valley" 
— it  carries  the  biggest  variety  of  cigars  and  smokers'  articles  of  any  house  in 
this  great  country  of  ours.  Particularly  is  this  so  in  Havana  cigars,  as  each 
and  every  one  of  the  standard  factories'  brands,  including  cigars  manufactured 
in  New  York,  Kej'  West  and  Tampa,  Florida,  and  imported  Havanas,  are  kept 
in  stock,  each  in  the  various  sizes  and  large  consignments  arrive  daily.  All 
the  varieties  of  smokers'  articles,  in  the  most  unique  and  complete  form,  are 
shown  in  sixteen  elegant  6-foot  metal  show  cases,  in  departments.  For  in- 
stance, one  case  contains  only  fine  meerschaum  pipes,  all  bend  styles  ;  another 
the  same  in  straight  st3des  ;  another  imitation  meerschaum  in  the  bend  ; 
another  imitation  straight.  Another  case  contains  fine  genuine  straight  briar  ; 
another  fine  bend  briar ;  another  bend  and  straight,  assorted,  of  the  second 
quality  ;  another  onl}-  tobacco  pouches  ;  another  only  snuff  boxes  ;  another 
onh'  fine  plain  amber  and  meerschaum  cigar  holders ;  another  fancy  carved 
meerschaum  cigar  holders ;  another  nothing  but  amber  and  meerschaum 
cigarette  holders  ;  another  only  cigar  cases  ;  another  only  cigarette  cases,  etc. 
We  repeat,  it  is  a  wonderful  selection,  and  there  is  no  city  in  the  Union  but 
would  be  proud  of  a  similar  concern.     Mr.  Samuel  Oppenheimer  is  its  manager, 

Charles  F.  Marskey. — General  Agency  Michigan  Mutual  Life  In- 
surance Company  ;  Office,  No.  1  Seligman  Block,  over  Heavenrich  Brothers' 
Store. — No  name  is  more  prominently  identified  with  life  insurance  interests 
in  the  Saginaw  Valley  and  Michigan  than  that  of  Mr.  Marskey,  who  for  eight- 
teen  years  has  been  closely  connected  as  special  business  representative  in 
this  and  other  States,  and  aided  in  establishing  this  solid  and  largest  financial 
institution  in  Michigan — The  Michigan  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.,  of  Detroit. 
Under  the  management  of  Mr.  Jacob  S.  Farrand,  President,  Oscar  R.  Looker, 
Secretary,  and  a  board  of  prominent  business  men  as  directors,  the  compan3' 
has  gained  a  national  reputation  in  seventeen  States  as  to  integrity  and  fair 
dealing  with  its  policy  holders,  in  issuing  its  plain  and  indisputable  policies 
with  cash   indorsements   on   all    its   plans   of  insurance.     By  retaining   the 


194  The  Industries  of  the  Saoinaw8. 


million  of  dollars  annually  at  home,  to  be  loaned  and  used  in  developing 
western  resources,  it  is  favorably  located  for  realizing  higher  rates  of  interest 
on  absolutely-  safe  real  estate  investments,  enabling  this  company  to  offer  to  its 
policy  holders  more  profitable  insurance  investments  than  anywhere  else  can 
be  obtained. 

0 

Charles  De  Shaw. — Cooper ;  942  North  Fourth  street,  East  Saginaw. 
— Mr.  De  Shaw  established  this  business  twelve  years  [ago,  since  which;  time 
he  has  conducted  it  with  steadily  growing  success.  He  has  all  the  necessary 
plant  and  equipment  for  the  successful  conduct  of  the  business,  and  gives 
emplo^-ment  to  a  force  of  ten  hands  in  the  manufacture  of  flour,  pork  and  lard 
barrels, and  large  underground  cisterns,  in  all  of  which^lines  he  has  a  large 
patronage,  the  barrels  produced  by  him  being  without  a  superior  in  quality, 
only  the  best  materials  being  used  and  the  most  skilled  labor  employed.  As 
a  consequence  Mr.  De  Shaw  enjoys  a  large  patronage  in  the  city  and  surround- 
ing country,  and  an  established  reputation  which  has  secured  for  his  enterprise 
a  merited  popularity  and  prosperity. 

William  G.  Dalke — General  Dealer  in  Groceries  and  Provisions; 
Corner  of  Washington  avenue  and  Hoyt  street.  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Dalke 
established  himself  in  business  nine  years  ago,  originally  locating  opposite  his 
present  premises,  where  he  carried  on  the  business  for  seven  years,  at  the  end 
of  that  time  building  two  handsome  two-story  brick  buildings,  one  of  which  he 
now  occupies,  and  renting  out  the  adjoining  premises.  He  occupies  the  main 
floor  and  basement,  where  he  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  the  freshest 
and  best  goods  in  staple  and  fancy  groceries  and  grocers'  sundries,  teas  and 
coffees,  tobacco  and  imported  and  domestic  cigars,  as  well  as  all  kinds  of  fruits 
and  vegetables  in  season.  He  enjoys  a  large  and  steadily  growing  trade  in  the 
Saginaws  and  vicinity,  fills  all  orders  in  a  prompt  and  accurate  manner,  and  is 
justly  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  prosperous  of  the  retailers  of  the  city. 

The  Eagle  Drug  Store. — W.  H.  Foot,  Proprietor  ;  524  Potter  street, 
East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Foot,  who  is  a  thoroughly  skilled  pharmacisf^of  long  ex- 
perience in  the  business,  established  his  present  enterprise  early  in  1887,  and 
has  secured  a  large  patronage  in  the  city  and  surrounding  country.  He  occu- 
pies a  building.  SOxlDO  feet  in  dimensions,  elegantly  equipped  and  lighted  by 
incandescent  electric  lights.  He  carries  a  complete  stock  of  standard  drugs 
and  chemicals,  approved  patent  medicines,  toilet  articles,  a  carefully  selected 
assortment  of  wines  and  liquors  for  medicinal  uses,  the  finest  brands  of  im- 
ported and  domestic  cigars  and  every  description  of  druggists'  sundries.  The 
proprietor,  Mr.  Foote,  personally  supervises  every  detail  of  the  business,  pay- 
ing special  attention  to  the  prescription  department,  in  consequence  of  which 
the  Eagle  Drug  Store  stands  high  in  public  confidence. 

S.  Davis  &  Co. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Dry  Goods,  Notions 
and  Millinery;  804  Genesee  avenue  and  106  and  108  Franklin  street.  East 
Saginaw. — This  firm,  composed  of  Messrs.  Seigfried  Davis  and  Samuel  Gold- 
stone,  was  established  eighteen  years  ago,  and  is  popular  with  citizens  of  the 
Saginaws  and  the  trade  throughout  the  State  of  Michigan.  The  retail  store  is 
25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  two-story  and  basement  L,  50x75  feet,  run- 
ning west  to  Franklin  street  for  the  wholesale  department.  The  firm  carries  very 
large  and  complete  stocks  of  staple  and  fancy  dr}^  goods,  foreign  and  domestic 
silks,  satins,  velvets,  etc.,  as  well  as  all  kinds  of  dress  fabrics,  white  goods,  linen 
goods,  cotton  goods,  laces  and  embroideries,  ribbons  and  furnishing  goods, 
hosiery  and  notions,  and  millinery  goods,  and  also  manufacturers  of  hat  and 
bonnet  trimmings,  etc.      The  cloak   department  is  on  the  ground  floor,  with 


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ample  space  and  convenient  rooms.  The  stock  is  assorted  with  great  care,  and 
is  of  the  best  quality.  The  firm  is  well  known  to  the  dry  goods  trade  of  the 
State,  in  which  it  is  represented  by  a  staff  of  etBcient  traveling  salesmen,  in  ad- 
dition to  which  a  large  force  of  help  is  employed  in  the  house.  The  business 
is  conducted  upon  modern  and  progressive  methods. 

O.  J.  Demars  &  Co. — Dealers  in  Clothing,  Hats,  Caps,  Furnishing 
Goods,  Trunks,  Valises,  Etc.,  317  Court  street,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Demars, 
who  is  of  French  descent  and  a  native  of  Montreal,  Canada,  came  to  the  Sao-- 
inaws  in  18G5.  At  that  time  he  could  speak  no  English,  but  notwithstandiuo- 
this  disadvantage  he  persevered,  and  in  1872  he  inaugurated  his  present 
enterprise,  which  he  has  built  up  to  a  great  and  gratifying  success.  lie 
occupies  premises  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  eligibly  located  at  319  Court 
street,  where  he  carries  a  large  and  completely  diversified  stock  of  read}'  made 
clothing,  hats,  caps,  furnishing  goods,  trunks,  valises  and  all  kinds  of  travelino- 
goods.  He  sells  at  low  prices,  and  his  establishment  enjoys  a  steadily  grow- 
ing trade  with  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity. 

Friedman  &  Hynan, — Practical  Book  and  Job  Printers  ,  119  North 
Franklin  street.  East  Saginaw. — This  firm,  composed  of  Messrs.  Kalma  Fried- 
man and  Thomas  Hynan,  was  formed  in  August,  1885,  when  they  established 
themselves  at  319  Genesee  avenue,  removing  later  to  the  premises  now  occu- 
pied by  them  at  119  North  Franklin  street,  in  the  Everett  House  Block,  bein<>- 
30x125  feet  in  dimensions,  where  they  have  a  complete  plant  for  the  pi'<>-ecu- 
tion  of  the  business  of  book  and  job  printing,  having  three  presses,  an  engine 
and  boiler,  and  all  the  necessary  plant  and  equipment.  Prior  to  eno-agino-  in 
this  business  both  members  of  the  firm  were  for  seven  years  employed  in  the 
Courier  office,  and  both  are  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  printers, 
understanding  every  detail  of  the  business,  and  take  a  pride  in  turning  out 
work  of  uniform  merit  in  all  lines  of  book  and  job  printing.  Employment  is 
given  to  a  force  of  six  skilled  workmen,  and  the  firm  is  prepared  to  do  work 
in  the  best  manner  and  upon  the  most  favorable  terms. 

Dr.  Engelbert  Frenz. — Druggist ;  701  Lapeer  street.  East  Saginaw. 
— Dr.  Frenz,  who  is  an  educated  physician,  as  well  as  a  highlv  skilled  pharma- 
cist, established  this  business  twelve  years  ago,  and  has  earned  the  favor  and 
patronage  of  citizens  and  a  stead}'  and  constantly  growing  business.  His  neat 
and  attractive  store  is  completely  fitted  up  with  all  the  conveniences  and  ac- 
cessories appropriate  to  the  business,  and  stocked  with  a  full  and  complete  lipe 
of  fresh  drugs  and  chemicals,  toilet  articles  and  perfumery,  and  druggists'  sun- 
dries of  every  description.  The  thorough  and  practical  knowledge  and  edu- 
cated skill  of  Dr.  Frenz  has  secured  for  him  special  prominence  for  the  careful 
and  accurate  manner  in  which  prescriptions  are  compounded  from  the  best  ma- 
terials. Dr.  Frenz  has  a  first  class  reputation  resulting  from  correct  methods 
and  constant  endeavor  to  give  entire  satisfaction  to  his  customers. 

E.  St.  John  &  Co. — News  Dealers,  Book  Sellers  and  Stationers  ; 
Dealers  in  AVall  Paper,  Window  Shades,  Etc.;  Court  street,  between  Washing- 
ton and  Hamilton  streets,  Saginaw  City. — One  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  of 
the  business  establishments  in  the  Saginaws  is  that  of  E.  St.  John  &  Co.,  which 
was  established  nineteen  years  ago  by  Messrs.  E.  St.  John  and  J.  N.  Penoyer, 
under  the  name  of  Penoyer  &  St.  John,  who  successfully  conducted  the  busi- 
ness for  fourteen  years,  when  Mr.  Penoyer  died,  and  Mr.  W.  T.  Palmer  became 
a  member,  forming  the  present  firm.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  business 
embrace  the  main  floor  and  basement,  25x150  feet,  with  a  workshop  in  the 
rear.     The  stock  comprises  very  large  supplies  and  full  lines  of  all  the  leadino- 


196  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 


newspapers  and  periodicals,  a  large  stock  of  standard  books  and  the  latest  pub- 
lications, full  and  complete  assortments  of  every  description  of  stationery, 
blank  books,  office  supplies,  stationers'  sundries  and  fanc}'  goods  of  all  kinds, 
and  a  stock  of  wall  papers,  window  shades,  etc.,  not  surpassed  by  that  of  an^' 
establishment  in  the  Saginaw  Valley.  In  school  books  and  school  supplies  of 
all  kinds,  the  stock  is  well  assorted,  all  standard  educational  works  being  kept 
on  hand.  In  addition  to  this  business,  the  firm  is  a  leader  in  the  line  of  paper 
hanging  and  decoration,  giving  employment  to  from  five  to  ten  skilled  hands,  and 
enjo3'ing  in  this  department  of  industry  the  patronage  of  the  leading  people  of 
the  Saginaws  and  vicinity,  and  having  a  reputation  which  is  not  surpassed  for 
the  thoroughly  skillful  manner  in  which  all  work  in  the  line  is  done  by  them. 
In  the  store  a  staflf  of  five  clerks  is  employed,  and  the  trade  6t  the  house  em- 
braces, in  addition  to  a  large  patronage  from  the  people  of  the  Saginaws  and 
vicinity,  a  considerable  jobbing  trade  through  the  Valley.  The  house  has  held 
a  high  place  in  the  confidence  and  approbation  of  the  public  throughout  its 
long  and  honorable  business  histoiy  by  a  steady  adherence  to  correct  business 
principles,  by  being  prompt  and  reliable  in  every  particular  and  by  conducting 
its  business  upon  accurate  business  methods. 

The  Jaraes  Stewart  Gorapany,  Limited. — Dr.  Lyman  Bliss, 
President ;  Max  Heavenrich,  Treasurer  and  Manager  ;  0.  F.  Wisner,  Secre- 
tary ;  Wholesale  Grocers,  Importers  of  Teas  and  Dealers  in  Lumbermen's 
Supplies,  Etc. ;  North  Water  street  and  Genesee  avenue.  East  Saginaw.  —This 
business  was  originally  started  in  1872  by  Mr.  James  Stewart,  bj^  whom  it  was 
continued  until  1882,  when  the  present  corporation  was  formed,  Mr.  Stewart 
still  retaining  a  large  interest  in  the  business.  The  office  and  salesrooms  of 
the  company  embrace  a  two-story  building,  200x100  feet  in  dimensions,  with 
first-class  dockage  and  shipping  facilities,  in  addition  to  which  the  firm  has  a 
feed  mill,  160x25  feet,  on  North  Water  street  at  the  railroad  crossing,  and 
which  has  a  capacity  for  50,000  pounds  per  day,  and  they  also  have  a  feed 
warehouse,  200x20  feet,  and  two  other  warehouses  for  pork,  fiour,  tobacco  and 
general  merchandise,  covering  60x100  and  60x75  feet  respectively.  They 
carry  enormous  stocks  and  full  lines  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  tobaccos, 
teas,  pork  and  pork  products,  flour,  feed  and  lumbermen's  supplies  of  every  de- 
scription. The  company  directly  imports  its  own  teas,  which  comprise  the  finest 
stock  and  largest  variety  ever  brought  to  the  Valley,  and  enjoys  a  heavy  busi- 
ness in  the  Saginaw  Valley  and  throughout  Northern  and  Western  Michigan, 
Twenty-five  competent  clerks  and  assistants,  are  employed  in  the  store  and 
three  traveling  salesmen  represent  the  firm  on  the  road.  Dr.  Bliss,  President 
of  the  company,  is  also  of  the  well  known  firm  of  Bliss  &  Davis,  of  L.  W. 
Bliss  &  Co.,  druggists,  of  A.  T.  Bliss  &  Bro.,  lumber,  logs,  pine,  salt,  shingles, 
etc.,  and  is  manager  of  the  Saginaw  Stave  Milling  Co.  Mr.  Max  Heavenrich, 
Treasurer  and  Manager  of  this  company,  is  also  a  prominent  and  leading  busi- 
ness man,  being  President  of  the  firm  of  Heavenrich  Brothers  &  Co.,  director 
of  the  Saginaw  National  and  other  banks,  and  President  of  the  Citizens  Assoc- 
iation. Hon.  O.  F.  Wisner,  who  is  the  Secretary  of  the  company,  is  also  of 
the  firm  of  Wisner  &  Draper,  Attorneys.  The  company  also  deals  extensively 
in  salt  and  shingles.  Its  vast  business  is  conducted  upon  perfect  and  accurate 
system,  and  its  standing  is  of  the  highest  character. 

Bullock  Music  House  — Miss  J.  M.  Bacon,  Proprietor  ;  W.  S.  Thom- 
son, Manager  ;  Pianos,  Organs,  Music  and  Musical  Merchandise  ;  109  and  111 
North  Washington  avenue.  East  Saginaw. — This  house  was  established  fifteen 
years  ago  by  Mr.  R.  D.  Bullock,  who  died  in  September,  1884,  after  which 
event  Miss  Bacon,  who  had  been  engaged  in  the  house  as  a  book-keeper,  pur- 


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chased  the  business,  including  this  establishment  and  another  store  at  126 
Main  street,  Jackson,  Mich.  Miss  Bacon  is  at  Jackson,  and  the  l)usiness  liere 
is  in  charge  of  Mr.  W.  S.  Thomson,  who  has  been  connected  with  the  house 
since  1873.  The  stock  carried  is  very  large,  the  house  being  State  agent  for 
Hazelton  Bros.',  A.  B.  Chase,  Ernest  Gabler  &  Brother,  Sterling,  C.  Kurtzman, 
and  Haden  &  Son  pianos,  and  the  Smith  American,  A.  B.  Chase,  Sterling,  and 
United  States  organs.  The  stock  also  embraces  all  kinds  of  musical  instru- 
ments, sheet  and  book  music  and  musical  merchandise  of  ever}'  description. 
The  premises  comprise  two  stores  covering  an  area  of  60x80  feet,  and  five 
clerks  and  assistants  are  employed,  including  Messrs.  Cr.  W.  Mills  and  G.  W. 
Guiley,  who  have  been  with  the  house  for  the  past  ten  3'ears  as  salesmen. 
From  the  two  houses  the  business  covers  the  entire  State,  a  force  of  traveling 
salesmen  representing  it  on  the  road.  The  business  is  large  and  steadily 
growing  and  the  house  a  popular  one. 

L.  M.  Lyon. — Market  Gardener,  Etc.;  425  East  street.  East  Saginaw. — 
Mr.  Lyon,  who  is  of  Puritan  stock,  was  born  in  New  York  State,  from  which 
he  removed  to  Michigan  in  1845,  locating  in  Saginaw  twenty-five  years  ago. 
When  he  first  came  here  he  bought  ten  acres  of  ground,  to  which  he  added 
from  time  to  time,  until  he  now  has  fift}^  acres  under  cultivation,  upon  which 
he  produces  every  description  of  vegetables  and  summer  fruits,  in  which  he 
does  a  large  trade,  selling  to  merchants  in  Saginaw  City  and  East  Saginaw,  and 
shipping  to  Lansing,  Jackson  and  other  State  points.  He  employs  from  thirty 
to  eighty  hands,  and  his  garden  is  kept  in  the  highest  state  of  cultivation,  his 
production  of  strawberries  having  amounted  two  years  ago  to  500  bushels. 
Last  year  Mr.  Lyon  put  in  eight  acres  of  horse-radish,  the  product  of  which  he 
put  up  in  the  best  vinegar  and  sold  to  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Buffalo,  Rochester, 
Indianapolis,  Toledo,  Cleveland  and  Michigan  jobbers,  shipping  to  Chicago 
1,000  dozen.  He  also  put  up  250  barrels  of  sauerkraut  last  year.  Mr.  Lyon 
has  raised  as  many  as  6,000  bushels  of  tomatoes  in  one  season.  Next  season 
he  will  have  an  acre  each  of  grapes,  currants  and  raspberries  and  two  acres  of 
cherries.  His  hot  house,  which  is  125x25  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  boiler 
room  attached,  gives  him  every  facility  for  the  rassing  of  early  vegetables, 
plants,  etc.  The  great  demand  for  his  product  is  such  that  Mr.  Lyon  proposes 
to  add  greatly  to  his  facilities,  and  next  year  will  open  a  canning  factory, 
giving  employment  to  125  hands.  Mr.  Lyon  has  earned  the  prosperity  he 
enjoys  by  close  attention  to  all  the  details  of  the  business,  and  by  uniform 
fairness  and  accuracy. 

Gossel  Brothers. — Dealers  in  Groceries,  Provisions,  Flour  and  Feed, 
Crockery,  Glassware,  Tobaccos,  Cigars,  Wines,  Liquors,  Etc.;  900  Lapeer 
street,  corner  of  Sixth  street,  East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  founded  in 
1879  by  Mr.  Peter  P.  Heller,  to  whom  the  present  firm,  composed  of  Messrs. 
Joseph  and  Frederick  Gossel,  succeeded  three  years  ago.  They  occupy  a  two- 
story  building,  25x150  feet  in  dimensions,  and  carry  large  and  complete  stocks 
of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  provisions,  flour  of  the  most  approved  brands, 
feed  and  grain,  of  crockery  and  glassware,  and  a  superior  assortment  of  tobac- 
cos, cigars,  wines,  liquors,  etc.  In  addition  to  the  members  of  the  firm,  who 
personally  attend  to  the  details  of  the  business,  three  clerks  are  employed,  and 
a  wagon  is  utilized  in  the  city  delivery.  The  firm  enjoys  a  large  trade  in  the 
city  and  vicinity,  and  also  with  farmers  from  the  surrounding  country,  from 
whom  they  buy  produce.  The  Messrs.  Gossel  are  practical  and  experienced 
merchants  who  have  earned  a  gratifying  and  steadily  increasing  success. 

Lambie  Brothers.— Merchant  Tailors,  121  North  Jefferson  street. 
East  Saginaw. — This  well  known  and  popular  tailoring  firm  is  composed   of 


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Messrs.  John  J.  and  A.  Lambie,  and  was  formed  four  years  ago,  prior  to 
which  time  both  members  had  worked  in  the  same  line  for  nine  years  for 
others.  They  first  located  at  232  Warren  street,  removing  to  their  present 
quarters  about  a  year  ago.  They  carry  a  well  assorted  stock  embracing  fine 
goods  of  foreign  and  domestic  manufacture,  and  enjoy  a  first  class  reputation 
for  the  fit  and  workmanship  of  all  garments  produced  at  their  establishment. 
They  employ  eight  skilled  workmen,  and  fill  orders  for  every  description  of 
work  in  their  line  in  a  prompt  and  satisfactory  manner.  Their  practical 
experience  in  the  business  and  their  careful  supervision  of  its  details  have 
procured  for  them  a  thriving  trade. 

George  Froelich. — Manufacturer  of  Tin,  Copper  and  Sheet  Iron  Work, 
Roofing,  Etc.;  822  Lapeer  street.  East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  established 
a  number  of  years  ago  by  Messrs.  V.  Spindler  and  George  Froelich,  by  whom 
it  was  conducted  until  1885,  when  Mr.  Spindler  bought  out  the  business  and 
conducted  it  until  September  15,  1887,  when  he  in  turn  was  bought  out  by  Mr. 
Froelich.  The  premises  occupied  by  him  are  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
he  has  a  large  and  steadily  growing  business  in  the  manufacture  of  tin,  copper 
and  sheet  iron  work,  including  house  furnishing  goods,  guttering,  spouting,  roof- 
ing, etc.,  which  he  executes  in  the  most  workmanlike  and  efficient  manner. 
He  is  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  in  all  the  details  of  the  business, 
and  executes  all  orders  promptly  and  accurately.  He  also  carries  a  stock  of 
stoves,  carefully  selected  from  the  best  makes,  and  which  he  sells  at  the  most 
moderate  prices. 

E.  A-  Gyde. — Manufacturer  of  Staves,  Heading  and  Hoops  ;  King  and 
Youmans  streets.  South  Saginaw. — This  mill  is  completely  equipped  for  the 
manufacture  of  hoops,  staves  and  heading,  and  the  building,  which  is  85x60 
feet  in  dimensions,  contains  in  its  equipment  a  12x20  engine,  fed  by  a  new 
steel  boiler,  5x16,  specially  manufactured  for  the  purposes  of  this  establish- 
ment by  Gray  &  Wildman,  a  circular  saw  for  cutting  planks  and  green  wood, 
a  hoop  cutter  weighing  over  five  tons,  two  hoop  planers,  a  Ward  pointer  and 
lapper,  which  finishes  both  ends  of  the  hoop  at  one  operation  and  turns  out 
sixty  a  minute,  two  coilers  and  a  complete  set  of  stave  and  heading  machinery. 
The  product  of  the  works  of  Mr.  Gyde  for  the  present  year  amounts  to  5,000,- 
000  hoops,  2,000,000  staves  and  225,000  sets  of  heading.  About  sixty  hands 
are  emplo3'ed,  and  the  trade  of  the  establishment,  with  the  exception  of  about 
1,000,000  hoops  sold  to  local  trade,  reaches  all  leading  business  centers  from 
the  Atlantic  coast  west  to  Kansas  and  Iowa.  This  is  the  only  hoop  factory  in 
the  Saginaws,  and  Mr.  Gyde  is  a  thoroughly  competent  and  experienced  man 
who  has  earned  the  success  by  reliable  dealings  and  sagacious  management. 

A.  L.  Moeller. — Dealer  in  Choice  Groceries  ;  2614  South  Washington 
avenue.  South  Saginaw. — This  business  was  established  fifteen  3-ears  ago  by 
Mr.  Anthony  Blankerts,  for  whom  Mr.  Moeller  worked  as  clerk  for  over  six 
years,  becoming  proprietor  of  the  business  in  1884.  He  has  a  thriving  and 
steadily  growing  trade  with  the  citizens  of  the  south  end  and  farmers  in  the 
surrounding  country.  His  stock  comprises  the  freshest  and  best  goods  obtain- 
able, embracing  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  grocers'  sundries,  canned  goods, 
tea,  coffee,  sugar,  flour,  all  vegetables  in  season,  soap  and  other  laundry  requi- 
sites, wooden  ware,  etc.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  teas,  especially  of  a  50-cent 
article  which  has  no  superior  in  the  Valley.  His  store  is  a  neat  two-story  brick 
building,  which  he  has  recently  purchased.  He  delivers  goods  to  an}'  part  of 
the  city  in  liis  own  delivery  wagon,  and  is  in  every  respect  prompt  and  reliable. 

Cornick  &  Meyers. — Dealers  in  Boots,  Shoes,  Rubber  Goods,  Etc.; 
318  Genesee  avenue,   East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  established  twelve 


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199 


years  ago  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Howry,  who  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  C.  L.  Kittredge, 
the  firm  l?ter  becoming  Cornick  &  Kittredge,  and  afterward  assuming  its 
present  style,  Mr.  Coi'uick  having  been  a  member  of  tlie  house  from  the  first. 
Tlie}'  occupy  the  main  floor  and  basement,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  of  the 
building  at  318  Genesee  avenue,  perfectly  lighted  by  handsome  plate  glass 
windows,  eligibly  located,  and  completely'  stocked  with  every  description  of  boots 
and  shoes  for  ladies',  misses',  gentlemen's,  boys'  and  infants'  wear,  as  well  as 
a  large  and  complete  assortment  of  rubber  goods.  A  specialty  is  made  of  fine 
Eastern  goods,  and  the}'  keep  at  all  times  a  complete  assortment  of  goods  of 
the  best  quality.  The  business  is  supervised  by  the  members  of  the  firm  and 
four  competent  clerks  are  employed.  The  firm  enjoys  a  large  trade,  which 
steadily  increases  as  the  result  o|  uniformly  fair  and  liberal  methods. 

St.  John  Manufacturing  Company. — Manufacturers  of  the  Cooling 
Poultice  and  Protection   Boot ;  409   Court  street,  Saginaw   City. — This  is  a 

com  pan}'  organ- 
ized for  the  pur- 
pose of  engaging 
in  the  manufac- 
ture of  a  device 
patented  Septem- 
ber, 1886,  and 
which  is  of  the 
highest  utility  for 
the  treatment  of 
foot  diseases  in 
horses.  It  keeps 
in  place  for  an}' 
desired  period  of 
time,      bandages, 

poultices,  wet  sponges  or  moss,  medicines,  etc.,  which  may  be  necessary  in  the 
treatment  of  any  injury  to  or  ailment  of  the  foot.  It  can  be  worn  by  a  horse 
in  box  stall,  in  pasture,  and  even  on  the  road  in  case  of  a  lost  shoe.  The  in- 
vention has  met  the  approval  of  leading  horsemen  all  over  the  country,  and  is 
without  doubt  one  of  the  most  important  inventions  in  connection  with 
veterinary  treatment.  The  top  of  the  boot  is  made  of  heavy  canvas,  and  the 
bottom  of  rubber,  with  a  light  adjustable  malleable  iron  shoe  as  a  support. 
It  is  cheap,  durable  and  desirable,  and  solves  the  difficuly  long  felt  in  applying 
treatment  to  the  feet  of  horses.  The  oflSce  of  the  company  is  at  409  Court 
street.  Saginaw  City,  from  which  these  appliances  can  be  ordered  in  any  de- 
sired quantity,  and  the  factory  is  in  the  Temperance  Hall  Block  on  South 
Hamilton  street. 

C  L.  Benjamin. — Complete  Livery  and  Undertaking  Establishment  ; 
Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Benjamin,  who  is  an  old  resident  and 
prominent  citizen,  established  his  present  enterprise  in  1880,  and  in  1882 
built  his  present  premises  comprising  a  handsome  two-story  brick  building, 
with  a  coach  house  upon  the  front  of  the  main  floor,  and  a  stable  in  the  rear. 
He  has  elegantly  appointed  offices,  and  an  undertaking  department,  euObracing 
the  finest  hearses  in  the  Valley,  together  with  full  and  complete  stocks  of  the 
finest  goods  in  caskets,  coverings,  trimmings,  etc.  In  his  livery  department 
he  has  an  unsurpassed  stock  of  coaches,  coupes,  buggies,  horses,  harness 
trappings,  etc.  He  employs  ten  men,  and  has  thirty  horses,  all  fine  animals, 
constantly  on  hand.  Mr.  Benjamin  does  a  large  business  in  his  livery  depart- 
ment, and  in  undertaking  he  has  secured  the  best  custom  by  the  appropriate 


200  The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


and  able  manner  in  which  he  conducts  funerals,  and  has  a  merited  celebrity 
for  the  completeness  with  which  he  executes  embalming  by  the  latest  improved 
process.  In  addition  to  his  membership  in  this  firm,  Mr.  Benjamin  is  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Foster,  Charles  &  Co.,  dealers  in  furniture,  upholstered 
goods,  etc.,  and  is  otherwise  identified  with  prominent  business  concerns. 

"W.  J.  MofiBt- — Insurance  ;  Room  3,  Music  Block,  Junction  of  Genesee 
avenue  and  ijapeer  street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Moffit  established  this  business 
nine  years  ago,  and  is  an  experienced  and  popular  underwriter.  He  represents 
the  (icrman  Insurance  Co.,  of  Freeport,  111.,  the  largest  in  resources  and  busi- 
iness  of  any  company  of  this  character  having  its  home  in  the  West.  During 
the  ten  years  ending  at  the  beginning  of  1887  its  assets  had  steadily  advanced 
from  $416,371.15  January  1,  1877,  to  $2,044,704  January  1,  1887,  an  un- 
equalled record  of  increase  in  the  value  of  its  assets.  At  the  beginning  of 
1887  the  company  had,  in  addition  to  its  capital  of  $200,000,  a  net  surplus  of 
$255,850,  and  had  policies  in  force  insuring  $150,302,378.  The  Ohio  Farmers' 
Insurance  Co.,  of  LeRoy,  0.,  at  the  close  of  business  in  1886  had  assets  of 
$1,347,398.89,  and  a  cash  surplus  by  Michigan  standard  of  $370  809.47.  This 
company  insures  only  private  residences,  churches  and  school  houses,  unex- 
posed by  business  risks  against  loss  or  damage  by  fire  or  lightning.  Its 
policy  is  in  plain  and  simple  terms,  and  it  has  adjusted  and  pays  its  losses 
fairly  and  promptly,  and  from  the  restricted  character  of  its  risks  is  not  liable 
to  very  large  losses.  Ever  since  its  organization  in  1848  its  income  has  ex- 
ceeded its  expenditures,  and  the  company  is  justly  regarded  with  confidence 
by  those  who  wish  to  insure  their  homes.  Through  these  companies  Mr. 
Moffit  is  prepaied  to  offer  insurance  at  the  lowest  rates  consistent  with  the  ad^ 
vantages  offered  by  these  companies,  and  he  does  a  large  business,  which  is 
steadil}'  increasing  from  year  to  year. 

H.  H.  Shaler.— Groceries,  Flour,  Feed.  Etc.;  2702  South  Washington 
avenue.  East  Saginaw. — Mr,  Shaler  started  this  business  six  years  ago  and  h|s 
trade  has  steadily  grown,  and  now  embraces  a  large  patronage  from  the  citizens 
of  the  Saginaws  and  vicinity,  earned  by  his  promptness  and  reliability  and  the 
uniform  excellence  of  his  stock.  He  carries  a  complete  assortment  of  all  kinds 
of  staple  and  fancy  groceries  and  grocers'  sundries,  and  a  specially  fine  line  of 
flour  and  feed.  In  flour  his  stock  comprises  the  celebrated  "Mayflower," 
"  Gold  IMedal  "  and  "  Favorite  "  brands,  all  of  superior  quality  and  in  great 
demand  by  consumers.  Mr.  Shaler,  who  is  a  native  of  Canada,  is  a  thoroughly 
practical  and  experienced  business  man,  and  carried  on  business  at  Milford, 
Ind.,  prior  to  coming  to  this  city.  He  gives  employment  to  two  competent 
clerks,  and  is  prepared  to  promptly  fill  orders  for  every  description  of  goods  in 
his  line. 

M.  0.  Conley. — Manufacturing  Jeweler  ;  Dealer  in  Watches,  Clocks 
and  Silver  Plated  Ware  ;  512  Genesee  avenue.  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Conley  be- 
gan business  as  a  manufacturing  jeweler  eight  years  ago,  and  in  1886  he 
added  to  this  business  that  of  a  dealer  in  watches,  clocks  and  silver  plated 
ware,  of  which  he  carries  a  very  large  stock  of  superior  assortment  embracing 
the  prodiicts  of  the  most  noted  makers.  He  is  thoroughly  practical  and  ex- 
perienced, and  does  all  kinds  of  diamond  setting  in  a  most  skillful  and  artistic 
manner,  repairs  watches  and  clocks,  and  attends  to  all  the  details  of  the  busi- 
ness. His  jewelry  is  noted  for  beauty  and  superior  workmanship,  and  he  has  not 
only  a^large  trade  in  the  Saginaws  but  throughout  the  Valley  and  Northern  Michi- 
gan. The  premises  occupied  by  him  embrace  the  main  floor,  25x100  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  five  clerks  and  assistants  are  em[)loyed.  He  enjoys  a  thriv- 
ing trade  as  a  result  of  the  accuracy  and  promptness  with  which  all  orders  are 
filled,  and  the  uniformlj-  reliable  chanicter  of  his  dealings. 


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Charles  J.  Sparks. — General  Insurance  and  Real  Estate  Agent  and 
Notary  Pul>lic  ;  Cross  Block,  corner  of  Genesee  avenue  and  Park  street,  East 
Saginaw. — Mr.  Sparks,  who  has  resided  here  for  the  past  twelve  years,  has  been 
engaged  in  his  present  business  for  three  years,  and  b}'  close  attention  to  its 
details  has  built  up  a  prosperous  and  steadily  expanding  business,  especially 
among  the  German  citizens.  He  represents  the  Union,  of  Buffalo,  and  the 
Ohio,  of  Da^^ton,  O.,  both  substantial  and  reputable  fire  companies,  and  in  life 
insurance  he  represents  the  well  known  and  first  class  Michigan  Mutual,  of 
Detroit.  In  real  estate  he  has  on  hand  good  farms  of  from  40  to  160  acres  in 
all  parts  of  Saginaw  County,  which  he  will  sell  on  reasonable  terms,  as  well  as 
desirable  city  properties  ranging  from  $500  to  $10,000  in  value.  He  promptly 
attends  tO  collections  and  to  the  drawing  of  contracts  and  conve^'ancing  in  all 
its  branches,  and  through  European  correspondents  enjo\'s  facilities  for  the 
closing  of  estates  in  any  part  of  Europe  for  heirs  who  live  in  this  country. 

Newell  &  Robinson. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  School  Books, 
Blank  Books,  Stationery,  News,  Wall  Papers,  Shades,  Etc. ;  214  South 
Hamilton  street,  Saginaw  City. — This  business  was  established  in  18B1  b)i  Mr. 
E.  C.  Newell,  who  in  January,  1887,  was  joined  by  Messrs.  E.  0.  Newell,  F. 
G.  Newell  and  W.  R.  Robinson,  and  the  firm  of  E.  C.  Newell  &  Co.  was 
formed.  In  May  1887,  Mr.  E.  C.  Newell  sold  out  to  his  partners  in  order  to 
engage  in  a  manufacturing  business,  and  the  name  of  the  firm  was  again 
changed  to  its  present  style.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  firm  are  25x100 
feet  in  dimensions  where  they  carry  large  and  complete  stocks  of  school  books, 
blank  books,  stationery,  news  papers,  periodicals,  wall  papers,  window  shades, 
etc.,  as  well  as  fire  works  in  the  proper  season  and  other  goods.  Four  hands 
are  steadily  employed  and  in  the  spring  of  the  year,  when  the  firm  does  wall 
papering,  employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  from  six  to  ten  others.  The  firm 
has  a  prosperous  business  in  the  Saginaws  and  surrounding  country,  and  a 
considerable  jobbing  business  throughout  the  Saginaw  Valley  and  the 
Northern  part  of  Michigan,  The  members  of  the  firm  are  business  men  of 
superior  attainments  and  accurate  methods,  and  enjoy  a  first-class  reputation. 

Charles  E.  Ring. — Manufacturer  of  Shingles ;  West  End  Genesee 
avenue  bridge,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Ring  has  been  engaged  in  this  business  for 
the  past  five  years,  although  the  mill  now  conducted  by  him  had  been  known 
as  the  Hosmer  mill  for  six  or  seven  3'ears  previously.  It  has  since  been  vastly 
improved  and  enlarged  and  occupies  a  two-story  structure,  75x120  feet  in  di- 
mensions, having  a  fifty  hoi'se-power  engine  and  4x14  foot  boiler,  two  sets  of 
Hall  shingle  machines  and  all  other  necessary  plant  and  equipment.  Employ- 
ment is  given  to  from  twenty-five  to  thirty  workmen,  and  the  product  amounts 
to  1^000,000  shingles  per  season.  The  mill,  with  storage  grounds,  etc.,  cover 
over  an  acre,  and  has  a  convenient  dock,  50x100  feet  in  dimensions,  facilitating 
shipment  by  water,  while  railroad  tracks  in  close  proximity  give  superior 
facilities  for  handling  by  rail.  The  shingles  manufactured  in  this  mill  are  well 
known  to  the  trade  for  their  superior  quality,  being  XXX  and  six-inch  clear 
butt  shingles,  and  largely  in  demand  by  the  trade,  the  product  being  principally 
shipped  to  Rochester,  Buffalo  and  New  York  State  generally,  Massachusetts, 
Connecticut  and  all  Eastern  markets. 

Charles  Straw.— Dealer  in  Groceries,  Etc.;  124  North  Washington 
avenue.  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Straw  has  for  the  past  twelve  years  carried  on 
business  in  East  Saginaw,  for  the  last  two  of  which  he  has  been  located  in  his 
present  store,  30x125  feet  in  dimensions.  He  buys  his  goods  from  first  hands 
and  selects  them  with  care  so  as  to  keep  his  stock  up  to  the  highest  standard 
of  qnality  and  carries  a  complete  stock  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  grocers' 


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sundries,  farm  produce  of  all  kinds,  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  and  ever}'^  va- 
riety of  vegetables  in  their  season.  He  employs  a  number  of  clerks,  sells  goods 
at  the  lowest  prices  and  delivers  them  promptly  to  his  customers,  keeping 
a  wagon  constantly  busy.  He  has  established  a  large  connection  of  steady 
customers  in  the  Saginaws,  and  also  has  a  large  patronage  from  the  farmers 
of  the  surrounding  country. 

Smith's  Art  Store. — William  Smith,  Proprietor  ;  Manufacturer  and 
Dealer  in  Oil  and  Water  Color  Paintings,  Etchings,  Engravings,  and  all  kinds 
of  Art  Goods;  120  South  Washington  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — IMr.  Smith 
established  this  business  nineteen  years  ago,  and  now  has  a  complete  stock  of 
pictures  of  all  kinds,  including  valuable  oil  paintings,  water  colors,  pastels, 
etchings,  engavings,  chromos,  prints,  etc.;  a  superior  line  of  mouldings,  includ- 
ing gold  and  metals,  bronzes  and  natural  woods,  and  also  has  a  large  stock  of 
made  frames,  gold  and  fancy  cabinet  frames,  statuary,  stands,  easels,  fire 
screens  and  fancy  goods  usually  found  in  a  first-class  art  store,  while  the  line 
of  art  materials  is  very  complete,  and  includes  AVinsor  &  Newton's  oil  and 
wateii  colors,  DeVoe's  American  oil  colors,  pastel  colors,  LeCroux  china  paints, 
metallic  and  mineral  paints,  brushes  in  red  and  black  sables,  Russian  bristles, 
Bright's  celebrated  brushes,  papers,  canvas,  academy  board  plaques,  panels, 
ground  glass,  etc.  Mr.  Smith  has  a  lull  staff  of  clerks  and  assistants,  and 
traveling  men  represent  him  in  all  parts  of  the  State,  and  he  also  has  branch 
stores  at  Mt.  Pleasant  and  Alma.  His  premises  in  this  city  occupy  atwo-storj' 
building,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  he  is  prepared  to  fill  orders  for  all 
kinds  of  goods  in  his  line  in  a  prompt  and  satisfactory  manner. 

J.  Gr-  Schaefer. — Meat  Market ;  321  Lapeer  street,  East  Saginaw.  --One 
of  the  oldest  and  most  popular  meat  markets  of  the  cit}'  is  that  of  Mr.  J.  Gr. 
Schaefer,  who  has  conducted  it  for  fourteen  years  in  a  manner  which  has 
earned  the  approval  and  patronage  of  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws.  His  place 
is  equipped  with  all  necessary  conveniences  and  accessories,  is  neatly  kept  and 
well  stocked.  The  premises  occupied  embrace  a  two-story  and  basement 
brick  building,  and  the  stock  includes  all  kinds  of  meats,  of  the  best  quality, 
which  he  sells  at  the  most  reasonable  prices,  and  delivers  to  customers  on 
order,  having  two  wagons  for  that  purpose.  Mr.  Schaefer  himself  packs  the 
hams,  sides,  etc.,  sold  at  his  establishment,  and  they  are  of  unsurpassed 
quality.  He  also  is  noted  for  the  superior  quality  of  his  sausages,  in  which  he 
does  a  large  trade.  He  has  four  competent  assistants,  and  has  maintained  a 
first-class  reputation  throughout  his  long  business  career,  by  close  attention  to 
business,  and  constant  endeavors  to  give  satisfaction  to  his  customers. 

William  J.  Cook. — Manufacturer  of  Tin,  Copper  and  Sheet  Iron  Ware, 
Gutters,  Etc.;  and  Dealer  in  Furnaces  and  Tin  Ware;  corner  of  Adams^and 
Washington  streets,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Cook  established  this  business  ten 
years  ago,  and  formerly  made  a  specialty  of  the  manufacture  of  tin  ware,  but 
has  now  limited  his  product,  owing  to  large  factory  competition,  and  devoted 
himself  more  especially  to  the  manufacture  of  galvanized  iron  cornices  and  pipe 
work,  in  which  he  has  no  superior  in  the  quality  of  his  work  or  facilities  for 
manufacture  in  the  Valley.  He  gives  close  and  accurate  attention  to  all  kinds 
of  job  work,  and  carries  on  at  all  times  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  furnaces, 
which  he  is  prepared  to  put  in  to  order,  and  also  ot  gasoline  stoves,  gasoline, 
etc.,  and  tin  ware  of  every  description.  He  occupies  a  two-story  building,  25x 
100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  employs  from  three  to  five  men,  according  to  the 
season.  Mr.  Cook  is  thoroughly  prompt  and  reliable  in  all  his  dealings,  and  is 
enjoying  a  large  trade,  which  steadily  grows  from  year  to  year. 


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Foster,  Charles  &  Co. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  All  Kinds 
of  Furniture  ;  Barnard  Block,   North  Hamilton  street,  Saginaw    City. — This 

firm,  which  was  formed  several  years  ago, 
is  composed  of  Messrs.  James  H.  Foster, 
Albert  T.  Charles  and  Charles  L.  Benja- 
min. They  occupy  a  handsome  three-stor}' 
and  basement  building,  50x100  feet  in  di- 
mensions, and  contemplate  further  increas- 
ing its  facilities  by  erecting  in  the  rear  a 
building  60  feet  deep  by  100  feet  wide, 
which  will  afford  them  still  greater  advan- 
tages for  the  display  of  their  superior  ^tock 
of  goods,  and  which  will  have  an  entrance 
from  the  side  street.  The  firm  carries 
large  stocks  and  full  lines  of  fine  parlor, 
bed-room,  dining-room,  hall,  vestibule, 
library  and  office  furniture,  rattan  goods, 
chairs  of  every  description  and  everything 
pertaining  to  the  line.  The  store  is  one  of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  Sagi- 
naw Valley,  and  has  built  up  a  first-class  reputations  for  the  great  bargains  it 
offers,  and  enjoys  a  large  trade  in  the  Saginaws  and  from  all  the  surrounding 
countrj".  Every  effort  is  made  to  give  satisfaction  to  the  customers  of  the 
house,  and  the  uniformly  reliable  methods  of  dealing  adopted  in  its  manage- 
ment have  secured  for  the  establishment  the  high  place  it  now  holds  in  the 
popular  esteem. 

Eberhard  Vollmer. — Meat  Market;  319  Lapeer  street. — Mr.  Yollmer 
is  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  in  this  business  having  been  employed 
in  another  establishment  prior  to  starting  for  himself  in  April,  1887.  lie  oc- 
cupies a  neatly  kept  and  attractive  store  on  Lapeer  street,  between  Webster 
and  Park  streets,  where  with  the  aid  of  four  employees  he  closeh'  attends  to  all 
the  details  of  his  business,  and  a  constant  endeavor  to  give  satisfaction,  which 
has  secured  to  him  a  thriving  and  growing  trade  with  families  in  the  city  and 
its  vicinity.  He  carries  a  large  and  well  assorted  stock  of  fresh  and  salt  meats, 
sausages,  etc.,  and  has  a  wagon  which  is  kept  busy  delivering  goods  to  his  cus- 
tomers. His  enterprise  is  meeting  with  success  and  daily  increasing  in  popu- 
larity as  a  consequence  of  promptness  and  fair  dealing. 

R.  Weston.— Sanitary  Plumbing,  Gas  Fitting  and  Steam  Heating  ;  207 
South  Washington  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Weston  has  been  steadily 
engaged  in  this  business  since  he  was  fourteen  years  old,  when  he  began  to 
learn  the  trade  in  Detroit,  and  has  been  located  in  Saginaw  for  the  past  five 
years.  He  has  a  large  and  completely  assorted  stock,  embracing  all  the  latest 
and  most  improved  devices  in  sanitary  plumbing,  gas  fitting  and  steam  heat- 
ing appliances,  and  as  a  consequence  of  the  superior  character  of  all  the  work 
produced,  enjoys  the  favor  and  patronage  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  Sag- 
inaws and  adjacent  country,  having  fitted  up  houses  for  C.  H.  Davis,  Dr.  Fuer- 
bringer  and  Dr.  Lancashire  in  Saginaw  City,  and  the  residences  of  Messrs. 
Ketcham,  Caskey,  W.  R.  Burt  and  Ed.  Morley,  of  East  Saginaw,  and  other 
leading  citizens.  He  occupies  eligible  premises  25x100  feet  in  dimensions, 
employs  five  highly  skilled  workmen,  and  has  every  facility  for  carrying  on  the 
business  upon  a  lai-ge  scale. 

S.  McKenzie.— Blacksmith,  Wagon  Maker,  Etc.;  412  South  Hamilton 
street,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  McKenzie,  who  has  been  a  resident  of  Saginaw  for 
the  past  twenty  years,  established  himself  in  his  present  business  in  1873.     He 


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occupies  a  two-story  structure,  25x75  feet  in  dimensions,  built  in  1887, 
especially  adapted  to  the  purposes  of  the  business,  and  equipped  with  a  com- 
plete plant.  He  does  a  general  blacksmithing  business,  does  horse-shoeing  in 
a  skillful  manner,  and  wagon  and  carriage  repairing  of  all  kinds.  He  also 
manufactures  wagons,  and  will  build  light  and  heavy  wagons.  Concord  bug- 
o-ies,  etc.,  to  order.  Only  the  best  materials  are  used  and  the  most  skilled 
workmen  employed  in  the  business,  four  hands  being  constantly  engaged,  and 
the  operations  of  the  factory  being  conducted  under  the  practical  and  experi- 
enced supervision  of  Mr.  McKenzie.  Work  may  be  entrusted  to  Mr.  McKenzie 
with  the  assurance  of  satisfactory  results. 

Frederick  Wolpert. — Dealer  in  Groceries  and  Provisions,  Flour, 
Feed,  Etc.;  901  Lapeer  Street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Wolpert,  who  came  to " 
Saginaw  in  1864,  established  himself  in  business  in  1874,  at  CarroUton,  where 
he  conducted  a  general  store.  That  establishment  was  burned  out,  and  Mr. 
Wolpert  removed  to  his  present  location,  a  handsome  two-story  building,  com- 
pletely stocked  with  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  provisions  of  all  kinds,  flour, 
feed,  etc.,  canned  and  dried  fruits,  grocers'  sundries  and  shelf  goods,  all  good 
goods  and  sold  at  low  prices.  Mr.  Wolpert,  who  is  a  thoroughly  practical  bus- 
iness man,  closely  attends  to  all  the  details  of  his  business,  enjoys  a  large  patron- 
age from  the  citizens  of  the  Saginaws  and  farmers  and  others  in  the  surrounding 
country.  He  is  assisted  in  the  management  of  the  business  by  his  son,  and  is 
prepared  to  fill  all  orders  in  a  prompt  and  satisfactory  manner,  and  to  deliver 
goods  to  any  part  ol  the  city. 

G.  C.  Warner. — Manufacturer  of  All  Kinds  of  Harness  and  Turf 
Goods;  Dealer  in  Whips,  Blankets,  Brushes,  Etc.  ;  112  South  Franklin  street. 
East  Saginaw. — This  business  was  established  twelve  years  ago  by  Warner  & 
Gould,  who  conducted  it  until  two  years  ago,  when  Mr.  Warner  succeeded  to 
the  business  as  sole  proprietor.  He  occupies  a  two-story  building,  25x100  feet 
in  dimensions,  and  carries  a  large  and  completely  assorted  stock  of  whips, 
turf  goods,  harness,  blankets,  brushes  and  everything  pertaining  to  the  stock 
of  a  first-class  harness  and  saddlery  establishment.  He  manufactures  the 
finest  harness  and  saddlery  made  in  the  State,  and  has  received  about  twenty 
diplomas  for  the  excellence  of  his  manufacture,  which  has  never  failed  to  take 
the  lead  wherever  exhibited  in  competition.  Mr.  Warner,  who  is  a  thoroughly 
practical  and  experienced  man,  does  a  very  large  business,  principally  in  the 
Saginaw  Valley,  but  also  including  a  considft-able  order  trade  from  surround- 
ing States  from  people  who  desire  the  best  goods  in  this  department  of  industry. 

J.  C  Welch. — Watch  Maker  and  Jeweler ;  523  Genesee  avenue, 
northwest  corner  of  Warren  street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Welch,  who  had 
previously  been  engaged  for  eight  years  in  the  business  elsewhere,  established 
himself  in  this  city  a  year  ago,  and  has  already  built  up  a  thriving  trade,  as 
a  result  of  close  attention  to  business,  and  thorough  and  accurate  knowledge 
of  all  its  details.  He  carries  a  well-assorted  stock  of  clocks,  watches, 
jewelry,  diamonds,  etc.,  and  pays  particular  attention  to  repairing,  making  a 
specialty  of  repairing  fine  watches,  which  is  attended  to  by  expert  workmen. 
Mr.  Welch  is  an  experienced  and  practical  optician,  and  makes  a  specialty  of 
supplying  spectales  and  eye-glasses  to  fit  all  eyes,  for  which  business  he  has 
facilities  not  surpassed  by  any  establishment  in  the  Valley.  The  superior 
character  of  all  the  work  turned  out  at  the  establishment  has  earned  for  Mr. 
Welch  a  steady  increase  in  his  business  from  its  inception  to  the  present  time. 

William  Rapp. — Meat  Market ;  South  Fourth  and  Walnut  streets, 
East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Rapp,  who  is  a  native  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  came 


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from  that  country  direct  to  Saginaw  county  in  1866.  He  is  a  thoroughly 
practical  and  experienced  butcher,  and  formerly  had  a  shop  and  residence  at 
Lee  and  Wadsworth  streets,  removing  to  his  present  premises  three  years  ago. 
He  runs  a  neat  and  well  appointed  meat  market,  stocked  with  a  well-selected 
assortment  of  the  finest  beef,  pork  and  mutton,  as  well  as  all  kinds  of 
sausages,  etc.  Mr.  Rapp  has  a  thriving  trade  in  all  parts  of  the  city,  goods 
being  promptly  delivered  to  customers  by  a  wagon  which  he  keeps  for  that 
purpose.  He  is  a  thriving  and  substantial  citizen,  and  has  earned  prosperity 
by  close  attention  to  business  and  uniformly  honorable  conduct. 

James  Stinson. — Dealer  in  Crockery,  China,  Glass  Ware,  Etc.;  402 
Genesee  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Stinson,  who  has  been  for  twenty  years 
engaged  in  business,  h'as  built  up  a  large  trade  with  the  citizens  of  the  Sagi- 
naws and  transient  customers  by  careful  selection  of  his  stock  and  prompt  and 
accurate  attention  to  all  orders.  He  occupies  the  main  floor  of  the  building  at 
402  Genesee  avenue,  where  he  carries  a  complete  and  well  selected  stock  of  the 
finest  goods  in  crockery,  china,  glass  ware,  gas  and  oil  chandeliers,  etc.  In 
china  his  stock  embraces  some  of  the  finest  importations  of  French  and 
English  goods,  and  his  stock  of  Belgian,  Bohemian  and  American  glass  ware 
is  especially  complete.  He  has  a  full  line  of  English  and  American  porcelain 
dinner  services,  fine  lamps,  chandeliers,  etc.  His  store,  which  is  fitted  up  with 
elegant  plate  glass  windows  and  all  conveniences  for  the  proper  display  of  the 
stock,  is  a  center  of  attraction  to  those  who  desire  good  goods,  and  his  reliable 
methods  have  secured  for  him  the  approbation  of  the  community. 

John  Stein  and  Fred.  Eckert. — Wagon  Makers,  Horse  Shoers  and 
General  Blacksmiths  ;  Second  street,  between  Janes  and  German  streets. 
East  Saginaw. — The  shop  occupied  by  these  gentlemen  is  30x150  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  completely  equipped  for  the  purposes  of  the  business  which 
they  have  conducted  for  six  years,  for  which  it  is  used.  Two  blacksmiths 
and  two  wood-workers  are  employed,  and  others  are  added  in  the  busy 
season.  This  firm  manufactures  wagons  and  buggies  to  order,  and  enjoys  a 
firstclass  reputation  for  the  superior  qualit}^  of  all  the  vehicles  turned  out  at 
their  establishment,  and  is  especialh'  noted  for  the  excellence  of  the  lumber 
wagons  produced.  They  carry  on  hand  at  all  times  a  stock  of  wagons, 
buggies,  etc.,  and  make  store  delivery  and  truck  wagons  to  order.  The}'  do 
horse  shoeing  in  the  best  style  of  the  farriers  art,  and  being  thoroughly 
practical  and  experienced,  enjoy  a  thriving  trade. 

B.  A.  Searls. — Dealer  in  Choice  Family  Grocei'ies  and  Provisions,  Dried 
and  Canned  Fruits,  Etc.  ;  516  Potter  street.  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Searls  has 
been  established  in  business  since  1879,  and  has  a  large  patronage  in  the  city 
and  surrounding  country  earned  by  close  attention  to  every  detail,  and  prompt- 
ness and  accuracy  in  filling  orders.  He  carries  a  very  large  and  complete 
stock  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries  and  provisions,  dried  and  canned  fruits, 
grocers'  sundries  and  shelf  goods.  Great  care  is  taken  in  the  selection  of  his 
stock,  which  embraces  the  freshest  and  best  goods  to  be  found  in  the  market, 
sold  at  reasonable  prices  and  promptly  delivered  to  any  part  of  the  city,  two 
wagons  being  kept  constantly  busy.  He  has  four  competent  clerks  and 
assistants,  and  himself  is  a  mei'chant  of  long  experience,  and  thoroughly 
accurate  and  reliable.  He  does  a  large  trade,  his  custom  including  many  of  the 
leading  families  of  the  Saginaws. 

Powe  &  Howell. — Photographers ;  305  Genesee  avenue,  East  Sagi- 
naw.— This  business  vvjis  established  three  years  ago  by  Messrs.  T.  H.  I*owe 
and  C.  M.  Howell,  Mr.  Powe  taking  charge  of  his  gallery  at  Muskegon,  and 


206  The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 


Mr.  Howell  of  the  studio  in  this  city.  Mr.  Howell  is  a  highly  skilled  photo- 
grapher of  sixteen  years'  experience,  and  was  several  3'ears  with  Howland,  of 
Cincinnati,  as  head  operator.  The  studio  here  is  eligibly  located  on  the  second 
floor,  handsomely  furnished  and  equipped  with  the  most  improved  apparatus, 
appliances  and  ai'cessories.  The  work  produced  is  of  the  highest  standard  of 
excellence,  and  perfect  in  finish.  In  addition  to  cabinets,  life-size  and 
commercial  work  is  done  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art.  Skilled  assistants  are 
emplo3ed,  and  superior  work  has  earned  for  the  establishment  a  steadily  in- 
creasing patronage  and  popularity. 

John  Burdett. — Grocer,  News  Dealer  and  Confectioner;  125  North 
Jeflferson  street.  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Burdett  has  resided  in  East  Saginaw  for 
about  nineteen  years,  and  worked  at  his  trade  as  a  machinist  until  he  went 
into  the  news  and  confectionery  business,  occupying  premises  one  square  dis- 
tant from  his  present  quarters  for  about  a  year,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he 
bought  out  his  partner,  and  removed  to  his  present  premises.  He  added  a 
full  line  of  groceries  to  his  stock.  He  has  three  competent  clerks  and  assis- 
tants, and  a  wagon  for  city  deliver}-.  He  carries  a  well  assorted  and  superior 
stock,  selected  with  special  care,  and  fills  orders  in  a  prompt  and  satisfactory 
manner.  His  constant  endeavors  to  give  satisfaction  to  his  customers,  and 
fair  and  accurate  dealings  have  earned  a  steady  increase  in  his  patronage  and 
his  establishment  is  fast  taking  a  prominent  place  in  popular  esteem. 

A.  T.  Ward. — Banker  and  Broker,  and  Dealer  in  Diamonds,  Watches, 
Etc.;  105  South  Jetferson  avenue,  corner  of  Genesee  avenue.  East  Saginaw. — 
Mr.  Ward  established  this  business  four  3'ears  ago,  prior  to  which  he  was  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Brown  &  Ward,  now  Brown  &  Grant,  jewelers,  etc. 
Since  that  time  he  has  carried  on  a  personal  security  bank,  buviug  and  selling 
stocks  and  bonds,  lumber,  land,  logs,  etc.,  and  advancing  money  on  personal 
propert}^  or  good  security,  cashing  notes,  drafts,  checks,  etc.,  and  carries  a 
select  stock  of  fine  diamonds  and  gold  watches  and  chains,  having  some  of  the 
most  favorable  bargains  in  watches  and  diamonds  to  be  found  in  an3'  part  of 
the  countr3'.  In  this  line  he  handles  nothing  but  the  finest  goods,  offering  a 
special  chance  for  selection.  He  does  a  large  business  with  the  citizens  of  the 
Saginaws  and  the  surrounding  countr3-,  and  occupies  an  elegantl3-  equipped 
office.  He  is  a  gentlemen  of  long  business  experience  and  thoroughly  reliable 
methods,  with  whom  it  is  satisfactor3'  to  have  dealings. 

J.  L.  Smith. — Baker  and  Confectioner ;  2,716  South  Washington 
avenue,  South  Saginaw. — Mr.  Smith,  who  was  born  in  New  York  State,  went 
to  Canada  as  a  boy  and  settled  near  Chatham,  Ont.  He  has  been  in  the 
bakery  business  for  the  past  fort3'-seven  years,  and  lor  three  3*ears  in  confec- 
tionery manufacture.  Mr.  Smith  does  his  own  baking,  having  an  oven  with  a 
capacit3'  for  200  loaves,  and  is  the  only  baker  in  South  Saginaw  who  has  an 
oven  in  operation,  his  competitors  purchasing  their  bread  from  others.  Mr. 
Smith,  who  is  thoroughl}'  practical  and  experienced,  carries  a  complete  stock 
of  bread  of  the  best  quality  and  confections  of  ever3^  description,  and  is  doing 
a  large  and  steadily  growing  trade  as  a  result  of  the  great  merit  of  his  product, 
the  promptness  of  his  deliver3-,  and  the  uniformly  fair  and  accurate  methods 
upon  which  his  business  is  conducted. 

R.  H.  Wniiams. — Grocery  and  Market ;  corner  of  Sixth  and  Johnson 
streets,  J^ast  Saginaw. — Mr.  R.  H.  Williams  was  formerl3'  engaged  in  this  line 
of  business  at  Denver,  Col.,  and  at  Juniata,  Mich.,  and  this  year  purchased  the 
stock,  fixtures  and  business  of  Trowbridge  &  White.  He  lias  a  large  trade  in 
the  Saginaws  and  vicinit}*,  and  occupies  a  two  stor}-  corner  store,  the  grocery 


Thk  Inpustrtrs  op  thk  Saoinaws.  207 


department  facing  on  Sixth  street,  and  being  30x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
the  meat  market  facing  on  Johnson  street  and  being  25x40  feet.  He  carries  a 
hirge  and  complete  stock  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  grocers'  sundries,  her- 
metically sealed  goods  in  glass  and  tin,  teas,  coflfees,  cigars,  tobaccos,  etc.,  and 
a  large  and  select  stock  of  the  best  meats,  the  freshest  vegetables,  and  all  fruits 
in  season.  Five  hands  are  employed,  a  wagon  is  kept  constantly  busy  in  call- 
ing lor  orders  and  delivering  goods,  and  the  business  is  constantly  prospernig. 

H.  H.  Brix. — Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Hats,  Caps,  Furs  and  Gentle- 
men's Furnishing  Goods  ;  323  Genesee  avenue.  East  Saginaw. — This  business 
was  established  nine  years  ago  by  Meyer  &  Brix,  and  was  con- 
ducted by  that  firm  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Meyer  four  years 
ago,  since  which  time  Mr.  Brix  has  carrried  on  the  business 
as  sole  proprietor.  He  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  of 
hats,  caps  and  gents'  furnishing  goods,  but  his  prime 
specialty  is  furs,  in  which  line  in  the  winter  months  he  does 
a  ver}'  large  trade,  being  the  only  furrier  in  the  city,  and 
carrying  in  these  goods  Shetland,  South  Sea  and  Alaska 
Seals,  Sea  Otters,  Mink,  Beaver,  North  American  Otter,  etc., 
from  which  he  manufactures  coats,  caps,  mutts,  collars, 
guantlets,  boas,  trimming,  etc.,  to  order.  He  also  carries  a 
complete  stock  of  bear,  wolf,  lynx,  buffalo,  raccoon,  tiger 
and  leopard  skins  which  he  makes  into  robes  and  parlor 
^^  vugs,  and  also  repairs  furs  in  a  workmanlike  manner.  These 
goods  he  receives  from  London,  England,  and  New  York, 
carries  a  large  stock  and  employs  a  force  ranging  from  five  to  ten  hands.  He 
has  a  large  trade  not  only  in  the  Saginaws  but  also  throughout  the  State,  and 
in  addition,  frequently'  receives  individual  orders  from  other  cities,  and  from 
dealers  in  New  York  and  elsewhere. 

James  Mack. — Dealer  in  Hats,  Gents'  Furnishings,  Etc.  :  300  Genesee 
avenue,  East  Scginaw. — Mr.  Mack  has  carried  on  this  business  for  twenty-five 
years,  and  by  carefully  selecting  his  stock,  and  reliable  business  methods,  has 
made  the  establishment  of  "  Mack,  the  Hatter,"  recognized  headquarters  for 
the  gentlemen  of  the  Saginaws.  He  occupies  an  elegant  corner  store,  25x100 
feet  in  dimensions,  with  fine  show  windows,  and  completely  stocked  with  the 
best  goods.  He  is  agent  for  and  carries  a  full  line  of  Dunlap  &  Co.'s  hats,  the 
recognized  standards  of  gentlemanly  headgear,  as  well  as  full  stocks  of  products 
of  other  well  known  hatters,  W.  A.  Drown  &  Co.'s  fine  silk  umbrellas,  and  the 
latest  and  finest  qualities  of  shirts,  gloves,  ties,  underwear,  hose  and  other 
gents'  furnishings.  The  stock  is  not  excelled  in  completeness  and  assortment 
by  an}^  in  the  State,  and  Mr.  Mack,  with  the  assistance  of  a  full  staff  of  com- 
petent clerks  is  kept  busy  with  a  large  patronage  from  the  gentlemen  of  the 
Saginaws  and  surrounding  country. 

Emil  Jochen.— Hardware^  Stoves,  Tin  Ware,  Etc.;  2618  South  Wash- 
ington avenue,  South  Saginaw. — Mr.  Jochen  for  the  past  fourteen  years  has 
carried  on  t)usiness  as  an  extensive  dealer  in  hardware,  etc.,  and  has  built  up  a 
large  trade  not  only  in  the  city,  but  also  including  a  considerable  patronage 
from  the  farming  community  of  Saginaw  and  adjacent  counties,  lie  carries  a 
large  and  complete  stock  of  shelf  and  heavy  hardware,  full  assortment  of  Pen- 
insular and  Jewel  stoves  and  ranges,  tinware,  tools,  paints,  glass,  putty,  oil 
cloth,  agricultural  implements,  etc.  The  premises  occupied  by  him  are  25x150 
feet  in  dimensions,  and  two  competent  clerks  are  employed.  Mr.  Jochen  holds 
a  prominent  place  in  this  branch  of  trade,  earned  by  adherence  to  correct  busi- 
ness principles. 


208  The  Industries  op  the  Saoinaws. 


Charles  Roseland. — Grocer  ;  900  Cherry  street,  corner  of  Seventh 
street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Roseland  established  this  business  three  years  ago. 
He  has  a  prosperous  trade  as  a  dealer  in  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  teas, 
coffees,  tobaccos,  cigars,  fruits  and  vegetables  and  a  full  line  of  canned  goods 
and  grocers'  sundries.  He  occupies  a  handsome  building,  25x100  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  Mr.  Roseland,  with  two  assistants,  is  kept  busy  in  supplying 
the  large  trade  enjoj'ed  by  him,  the  promptness  and  reliability  of  his  methods 
and  close  attention  to  business  having  commended  hina  to  public  favor.  His 
increasing  trade  taxes  the  capacity  of  his  premises  and  it  is  his  intention  to 
enlarge  them  in  the  coming  spring. 

A-  S.  Jjivermore. — Dealer  in  Fresh  and  Salt  Meats,  Fine  (Iroceries, 
Crockery,  etc.;  620  Potter  Street;  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Livermore  came,  when 
a  boy  four  years  of  age,  with  his  father  to  Bay  county  in  1852,  the  following 
year  removing  to  East  Saginaw.  When  sixteen  years  old  he  enlisted  at 
Flint  in  Company  E  of  the  7th  Michigan  Cavalry,  under  Capt.  McCormick, 
and  served  during  the  war,  and  was  subsequently  for  one  year  with 
General  Custer  in  his  campaign  against  the  Indians.  Returning  to  East 
Saginaw  he  engaged  in  various  kinds  of  business  prior  to  1875,  when  he 
established  his  present  business.  He  carries  a  stock  of  fresh  and  salt  meats, 
staple  and  fancy  groceries,  grocers'  sundries,  canned  goods,  and  a  full  line  of 
crockery,  glassware  etc.  He  employs  four  competent  clerks,  and  delivers 
goods  to  all  parts  of  the  city. 

William  H.  McPhee.— Merchant  Tailor;  420  Franklin  street,  Sagi- 
naw City. — Mr.  McPhee  has  long  been  well  and  favorably  known  and  largely 
patronized  b}'  the  gentlemen  of  the  Saginaws,  b}'  whom  his  house  is  justly 
regarded  as  headquai'ters  for  the  correct  styles,  good  materials,  first-class  fit 
and  perfect  workmanship  in  gentlemen's  attire.  He  established  this  business 
fifteen  years  ago,  and  now  occupies  a  well  equipped  and  elegantly  arranged 
store,  fitted  in  ash,  with  glass  cases  all  around  to  preserve  the  stock  from 
dust,  etc.,  and  carries  complete  and  carefully  assorted  stocks,  embracing  the 
latest  styles  and  finest  products  of  leading  foreign  and  American  looms, 
offering  unsurpassed  opportunities  for  selection.  His  store  is  25x70  feet  in 
dimensions,  with  an  L,  25x25,  used  as  a  work  shop.  He  gives  employment  to 
ten  highly  skilled  workmen  in  the  house,  and  in  the  busy  seasons  also  employs 
others  outside.  All  the  details  are  personally  supervised  by  Mr.  McPhee, 
who  has  by  this  means  maintained  throughout  his  long  business  history  the 
high  standard  of  workmanship  for  which  his  establishment  is  noted. 

Budge  &  Prince. — Manufacturing  Confectioners  ;  414  Potter  street, 
East  Saginaw. — This  firm,  composed  of  Messrs.  John  Budge  and  F.  W.  Prince, 
was  formed  in  August,  1887,  prior  to  which  Mr.  Prince  had  been  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Jas.  S.  Smart,  Jr.,  &  Co.,  in  the  same  line.  The  firm  has  every  requisite 
for  success,  and  is  largely  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  candies  and  fine  con- 
fections, including,  in  addition  to  the  general  line,  a  number  of  novelties, 
prominent  among  which  are  their  Fruit  Tablets  and  Prince's  Cough  Drops. 
They  give  employment  to  a  force  of  six  highly  skilled  workmen,  and  per- 
sonally supervise  all  the  operations  of  the  factory.  Their  valuable  experience 
and  accurate  knowledge  enable  them  to  guarantee  the  excellence  of  their 
product,  only  the  best  and  purest  materials  being  used  and  skilled  workmen 
employed  in  the  business.  The  business  is  both  of  wholesale  and  retail,  and 
the  trade  has  steadil}'  grown  from  the  start. 

Michigan  Curtain  Roller  Co— E.  C.  Newell,  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer ;  corner  of  Watci-  and   William   streets,  Saginaw  Citv. — Mr.  ^'eweU  has 


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resided  in  Micbigan  since  1838,  at  which  time  he  came  here  from  Wayne 
County,  New  York.  lie  was  engaged  in  law  practice  prior  to  IBHl,  when  he 
established  the  house  of  E.  C.  Newell  &  Co.,  which  he  controlled  until  the 
present  year,  when  he  sold  out  that  business  to  Newell  &  Robinson  in  order  to 
devote  his  attention  more  fully  to  the  business  of  this  company,  which  was  es- 
tablished ten  years  ago,  and  now  has  an  extensive  patronage  in  all  parts  of 
the  Union.  His  lactory  comprises  a  two-story  building,  50x80  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, with  grounds  adjoining,  covering  -about  a  block.  Employment  is  given 
tothirty  hands  in  the  manufacture  of  patent  curtain  rollers,  step  ladders,  ex- 
tension ladders,  spring  fixtures,  etc.,  and  in  addition  to  this  special  line  a  regu- 
lar planing  mill  business  is  done,  including  planing,  matching,  flooring,  siding, 
etc.,  of  every  description. 

Richard  Luster.— Dealer  in  Fine  Groceries,  Fruits,  Vegetables, 
Oysters,  Etc.  ;  corner  of  Cass  street  and  Genesee  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — The 
oldest  establishment  in  the  city  dealing  in  fine  groceries  is  that  of  Mr.  Richard 
Luster,  who  has  for  tweut3'-eight  years  continuously  conducted  the  business, 
and  commanded  confidence  by  the  superior  selection  of  his  stock  and  fair  and 
liberal  methods.  He  has  for  twenty-lour  years  occupied  his  present  store  at 
the  corner  of  Cass  and  Genesee  avenue,  comprising  the  first  floor  and  base- 
ment, each  30x125  feet  in  dimensions.  Here  he  carries  a  large  and  complete 
stock  of  choice  fruits  and  vegetables,  oysters,  celery,  sugar,  teas,  coffees,  wood- 
ware,  brooms,  hermetically  sealed  goods  in  cans  and  bottles,  and  an  especially  fine 
line  of  tobaccos  and  cigars.  In  oysters  his  stock  is  not  excelled  in  selection 
or  quality,  and  in  all  lines  is  the  best  obtainable.  He  has  three  clerks,  utilizes 
his  own  wagons  in  city  delivery,  and  fills  orders  in  a  prompt  and  accurate 
manner,  which  never  fails  to  give  satisfaction. 

Thomas  Willis. — Dealer  in  Boots,  Shoes,  Slippers  and  Rubber  Goods  : 
2714  South  Washington  avenue,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Willis  has  resided  in  Sag- 
inaw for  twenty  years,  and  has  conducted  this  business  for  the  past  ten  years,  the 
fi.rst  six  of  which  he  was  located  in  the  postoffice  block,  from  which  he  lemoved 
four  years  ago  to  his  present  premises.  He  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock 
of  ladies',  gents',  misses',  youths'  and  children's  foot  wear,  including  boots, 
shoes,  slippers  and  rubber  goods  of  every  description,  and  he  has  a  large  trade 
in  the  city  and  surrounding  country,  enjoying  a  merited  reputation  for  the  su- 
perior quality  of  his  stock.  In  connection  with  his  business  he  has  an  order 
and  repair  department,  and  is  prepared  to  furnish  custom  made  boots  and  shoes 
of  the  best  quality-  to  order,  and  to  do  all  kinds  of  repairing. 

E.  J.  Marshall. — Manufacturer  of  Tin,  Copper  and  Sheet  Iron  Work  ; 
Agent  for  the  Celebrated  Richardson  &  Boynton  Co.'s  Furnaces  and  Heaters  ; 
112  South  Water  street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.  Marshall  established  this  business 
three  years  ago,  prior  to  which  he  had  for  several  years  been  with  C.  B.  Choate, 
dealer  in  hardware  and  mill  supplies.  He  employs  five  hands  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  all  kinds  of  tin,  copper  and  sheet  iron  work,  roofing,  eave-troughs,  etc., 
and  also  pays  special  attention  to  heating  and  ventilating,  being  agent  for  the 
celebrated  Richardson  &  Boynton  Co.'s  furnaces  and  heaters,  which  have  no  su- 
periors for  their  general  utility  for  the  purposes  for  which  the}'  are  designed. 
This  superior  line  of  furnaces,  etc.,  includes  the  "Perfect"  Portable  Gas  Tight 
furnaces,  the  "  Salamander  "  Heating  furnaces,  "  Yorkshire  "  Wrought  Iron 
furnaces,  "  Calorific"  Wood  Burning  furnaces,  "  Steel  Bodj' "  Heating  furnaces, 
*' W^estern  Champion  "  Ventilating  Room  Heaters,  "New  Giant"  Heating  fur- 
naces, etc.  These  superior  furnaces  and  heaters  Mr.  Marshall  has  supplied  to 
a  number  of  the  best  houses  in  the  Saginaw  Valle}'.  He  occupies  a  two-story 
building,  25x60  feet  in  dimensions,  and  is  prepared  to  fill  all  orders  in  a  prompt 
and  satisfactory  manner. 


210  The  Industries  of  the  Saoinaws. 

R.  Asbeck. — Grocer  ;  Lapeer  and  North  Seventh  streets,  East  Saginaw. — 
Located  for  the  past  twentj'  years  in  his  present  premises,  Mr.  Asbeck  is  well 
known  to  the  citizens  of  East  Saginaw  as  a  thoroughly  responsible  and 
reliable  business  man,  and  has  a  large  and  steadily  increasing  trade,  not  only 
from  the  residents  of  the  city,  but  also  a  considerable  patronage  from  the 
farmers  of  the  surrounding  country.  He  occupies  a  two-story  building, 
25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  another  building  adjoining,  25x40  feet.  He 
carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  provisions, 
grocers'  sundries,  shelf  goods,  etc.,  and  with  the  efficient  assistance  of  his 
son,  is  kept  busy,  the  careful  selection  of  his  stock,  and  the  constant 
endeavors  made  by  Mr.  Asbeck  to  please  his  customers  having  made  his 
establishment  a  popular  one. 

Schmidt  Brothers. — Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Fresh  and  Salt 
Meats  ;  corner  of  Hamilton  and  Franklin  streets,  Saginaw  City. — This  firm  two 
years  ago,  bought  out  Mr.  William  Moye,  who  had  long  been  established  in  a 
similar  business,  and  from  that  time  to  the  present  has  enjoyed  a  large  and 
steadily  increasing  trade  in  the  Saginaws  and  throughout  the  lumber  camps  of 
Northern  Michigan.  Their  stock  always  includes  the  freshest  and  the  best  in 
fresh  meats  and  the  products  of  the  best  packing  houses  in  salt  meats.  Em- 
ployment is  given  to  eight  clerks  and  assistants  and  two  wagons  are  utilized  in 
delivering  goods  to  their  many  customers.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  firm 
comprise  the  main  floor  and  basement.  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  completely 
equipped  for  the  business  and  they  have  two-story  buildings  in  the  rear, 
20x120  feet,  for  the  purpose  of  ^dressing  meat  and  storage,  and  they  use  en- 
gines and  other  power  machinery  to  facilitate  their  business.  They  also  have 
commodious  cellars  and  the  finest  refrigerator  facilities.  The  Messrs.  Schmidt 
are  thorough  business  men,  who  have  fairly  earned  the  prosperity  which  they 
enjoy  in  this  enterprise. 

J.  W^.  Gibson. — Dealer  in  Groceries  and  Provisions  ;  corner  of  Warren 
and  Johnson  streets,  East  Saginaw. — Mr,  Gibson  established  this  business  six 
years  ago  on  the  corner  opposite  his  present  premises,  and  has  earned  the  favor 
and  patronage  of  the  citizens  of  East  Saginaw  by  the  thorough  and  careful  as- 
sortment of  his  stock,  close  and  accurate  attention  to  filling  orders,  fair  prices 
and  entire  reliability.  He  occupies  a  two-story  corner  building,  25x100  feet 
in  dimensions,  where  he  carries  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  staple  and  fancy 
groceries,  grocers'  sundries  and  shelf  goods,  teas,  coffees,  tobaccos  and  all  kinds 
of  provisions.  He  has  recently  removed  into  his  new  premises,  which  he  owns 
and  which  afford  him  better  facilities  for  the  display  of  his  stock  than  those 
formerly  occupied,  and  his  trade  has  steadily  increased  from  its  inception  to 
the  present  time. 

D.  F.  Humphrey. — Dealer  in  Furniture;  117  Lapeer  street,  East  Sag- 
inaw.— Mr.  Humphrey  established  himself  in  this  business  twelve  years  ago, 
and  has  occupied  for  the  last  seven  years  his  present  premises,  embracing  a 
two-story  building,  35x125  feet  in  dimensions.  He  carries  a  complete  stock  of 
medium  and  common  furniture,  including  chamber  suites,  lounges,  chairs,  ta- 
bles, bedsteads,  mattresses,  springs,  pillows,  etc.;  and  a  superior  line  of  baby 
carriages.  ^Mr.  Humphre}'  is  a  thoroughly'  practical  man,  and  maintains  unex- 
celled relations  with  the  leading  manufacturers  by  which  he  is  enabled  to  oflfer 
goods  of  the  highest  merit  at  the  lowest  prices.  He  conducts  his  business  with 
promptness  and  upon  accurate  methods,  has  a  large  and  steadily  growing  trade. 

Williara  Knippel  — Groceries  and  Provisions  ;    Wines,  Liquors,  No- 
ions,  Etc.;   925  Janes  street,  East  Saginaw. — Mr.   Knippel  has  be  enlocated 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws.  211 


upon  the  same  spot  he  now  occupies  for  thirty-one  years,  and  for  tlie  last  nine 
years  has  carried  on  his  present  business.  He  occupigs  a  new  two-story  build- 
ing, well. adapted  for  the  purposes  for  which  it  is  applied,  and  carries  a  large 
and  complete  stock  ot  the  freshest  and  best  goods  in  staple  and  fancy  groceries, 
provisions  of  every  description,  a  select  stock  of  wines  and  liquors  and  a  full 
line  of  notions  and  grocers'  sundries,  and  has  a  large  trade  with  the  people  of 
the  city  and  with  farmers  in  the  surrounding  country,  enioying  a  first-class 
reputation  for  uniformly  fair  and  accurate  dealings.  He  has  achieved  a  merited 
success  by  close  attention  to  every  detail  of  his  business. 

J.  W^.  Richardson. — Manufacturer  of  Harness,  Saddlery,  Etc.;  South 
Hamilton  street,  next  to  Taylor  House,  Saginaw  City. — Mr.  Richardson  has 
conducted  this  business  from  18G4,  and  throughout  his  4ong  business  history 
has  maintained  a  first-class  reputation  for  superior  workmanship  in  the  line  in 
which  be  is  engaged,  and  has  secured  a  steady  and  extensive  patronage.  The 
premises  occupied  by  the  business  embrace  the  main  tloor  and  basement,  25x 
120  feet,  of  the  building  immediately  south  of  the  Taylor  House,  in  addition 
to  which  there  is  a  work-shop  in  the  rear.  Mr.  Richardson  manufactures  all 
kinds  of  fine  and  light  bugg}'  and  carriage  harness,  as  well  as  heavy  luml)ering 
harness,  ot  which  he  makes  a  specialty,  and  in  which  his  trade  is  not  confined 
to  local  bounds,  but  extends  over  the  lumber  districts  of  the  country,  orders 
being  received  by  him  from  as  far  west  as  Washington  Territory,  and  east 
from  New  York  and  Maine.  He  also  manufactures  collars,  bridles,  saddles, 
etc.,  and  deals  upon  a  very  large  scale  in  whips,  blankets,  robes,  all  kinds  of 
saddlers'  goods  and  saddlery  supplies  of  every  description.  His  stock  is  not 
surpassed  in  quality  or  quantity  by  any  in  the  Valley  and  he  gives  steady  em- 
ployment to  a  full  force  of  hands,  and  enjoys  a  very  large  trade  in  all  his 
lines.  His  facilities  for  the  display  of  his  superior  stock  of  goods  are  of  the 
best  character,  and  the  promptness  and  accuracy  with  which  he  fills  all  orders 
for  goods  in  his  line,  and  the  uniformly  fair  and  liberal  methods  adopted  in 
the  transactions  of  his  business,  have  made  his  establishment  both  popular  and 
prosperous. 


OENEIRAL    INDE,X. 


PAGE. 

Af  hard,  A.  W.  &  Son,  wholesale  and  i-etail 
dealer  in  heavy  and  shelf  hardware,  mill 
supplies,  si oves,  etc    —  183 

Allin^toii  &  Curtis  Dust  Separator  Co.,  The.    94 

Alderton,  Geo.  A.,  wholesale  grocer  110 

Ailing-ton,  D.  K.,  architect,  mechanical  en- 
g-ineer,  ete 170 

Andre,  Peter  C,  real  estate 119 

Ang:ell,  The  Photographer 129 

Anderson  Brothers,  tine  dry  goods,  silks, 
dress  g-oods  and  laces : 1:^3 

Asbeck.  R.,  grocer  310 

Avery  &  to.,  manufacturers  of  and  dealers 
in  rough  and  dressed  lumber,  lath,  shin- 
g-les,etc 106 

Barnard— The  N  &  A.  Barnard  Co.— Lum- 
ber, salt,  pine  and  farming-  lands. . .» 143 

Bauman,  J.,  wholesale  and  retail  dealer  in 
dry  g-oods  and  notions,  (See  also  inside 
pag-e,  front  cover)    79 

Bartlett,  A.  F.  &  Co.,  proprietors  of  the 
Pioneer  iron  and  galvanizing-  works. . 86 

Baumgarten  &  Heller,  wholesale  and  retail 
dealers  in  general  merchandise. .   92 

Baumg-arten,  A. .wholesale  and  retail  dealer 
in  boots  and  shoes 92 

Bates,  Harry,  dealer  in  horses,  wagons  and 
carriages,  and  manufacturer  of  harness, 
etc 178 

Bamford,  Fred  &  Co.,  painters  and  dacora- 
tors,  and  dealers  in  artistic  wall  papers, 
room  mouldings,  art  g^ass,  etc l.W 

Banner  Steam  Laundry,  Rosslter  &  McClin- 
tock,  proprietors , 159 

Benjamin,  C  L.,  complete  livery  and  under- 
taking establishment 199 

Benjamin,  J.  H.,  wholesale  manufacturer 
of  Concorri  buggies.  (See  also  page  217). .  102 

Beese,  John  H.  &  Co.,  wholesale  and  retail 
dealers^in  coal,  sewer  pipe,  cement,  hair, 
fire  l^rick,  tire  clay,  etc 130 

Benson  &  King,  manufacturers  of  picture 
backing,  thin  box  lumber  and  box  shocks.  13" 

Bechtel,  A  D.  dealer  in  furniture  and 
household  goods 145 

Beechler,  Miss  Emma,  fashionable  dress- 
maker  * 156 

Birnej%  R.  J.,  dealer  in  drugs,  medicines, 
chemicals,  etc 97 

Birss,"Alic,  manufacturer  of  wagons,  car- 
riages,'sleighs,  etc 160 

Blakely,  Kirby,  insurance  and  real  estate, 
and  manufacturers'  agent  for  agj-icul- 
tural  laachinery'and  implements 164 

Blumberg  &  Weinberg,  dealers  in  clothing 
and  gents'  furnishing  goods,  hats,  caps, 
etc.7 163 

Bliss,  A.  T.  &  Brother,  manufacturers  of 
lumber,  lath,  shingles  and  salt 93 

Bliss  &,Parsons,  dealers  in  pine  lands,  logs 
ana  lumber 181 

Bliss  Aai-OQ  P.,  Swancreek  Stock  Farm 181 

Brand  &  Hardin,  manufacturers  of  roller 
process  flour;  also  manufacturers  of 
shingles  and  salt 104 

Brown  &  Ryan,  dealers  in  lumber,  logs  and 
shingles 108 

Brown,  J.  F.  &  Son,  insurance 110 

Brix,  H.  H.,"  manufacturer  and  dealer  in 
hats,  caps,  furs  and  gentlemen's  furnish- 
ing>goods 207 

Buehlcr  &  Deibel,  dealers  in  boots,  shoes  and 
rubbers 132 

Burdick  &'Moore,  dealers  in  meats, "grocer- 
ies, vegetables,  etc 169 

Butman  &  Kust,  manufacturers  of  lumber 
andsalt 99 


PAGE. 

Budge  &  Prince,  manufacturing  confec- 
tioners    208 

Burton,  Charles  B.,  caterer  and  confec- 
tioner   145 

Burdett,  John,  grocer,  news  dealer  and  con- 
fectioner   206 

Bullock  Music  House,  pianos,  organs,  mu- 
sic and  musical  merchandise  196 

Byrne,  A.,  dealer  in  groceries,  provisions, 
etc.,  and  wholesale  and  retail  wines  and 
liquors 180 

CalderwoOd,  A.  W .  S  ,  dealer  in  dry  goods, 
notions,  clothing,  etc 97 

Cameron  &  Merrill,  lumber  and  salt  manu- 
facturers   122 

Camp,  A.  H.,  watchmaker  and  jeweler; 
dealer  in  watches,  clocks  jewelry,  silver- 
ware, etc 192 

Citizens' National  Bank  of  Saginaw 186 

Cook,  William  J . ,  manufacturer  of  tin,  cop- 
per and  sheet  iron  ware,  gutters,  etc.; 
and  dealer  in  furnaces  and  tinware 202 

Cook  &  Gray,  proprietors  East  Saginaw 
Steam  Laundry 83 

Cooper  &  Peck,  wholesale  and  retail  dealers 
in  staple  and  fancy  groceries  83 

Coleman,  H  ,  furnishing  undertaker,  and 
complete  livery  stable 150 

Connelly  Bros.,  brokers  and  furniture 
dealers 135 

Conley,  M.  C,  manufacturing  jeweler; 
dealer  in  watches,  clocksland  silver  plated 
ware  300 

Cornell  &  Stattord.  city  bottling  works; 
manufacturers  of  ginger  ale,  root  beer, 
birch  beer,  cream  soda,  sherbet,  diamond 
rock  seltzer  and  pops  of  all  kinds 168 

Cornick  &  Meyers,  dealei-s  in  boots,  shoes, 
rubber'  goods,  etc 198 

Cosendai,  John  F.,  French  steam  dye  house  192 

Crescent  Match  Factory. . . .'.  117 

Crowley  House,  D.  Crowley,  proprietor. . .    184 

Dailey.  George  w  , ,  expert  sign  writer.   . . .  192 

Dalke,  William  G.,  general  aealer  in  gro- 
ceries and  provisions .  194 

Daudt,  Watson  &  Co.,  importers  and  job- 
bers of  earthenware,  china  and  glass- 
ware, lamps,  chandeliers,  silver  plated 
ware  and  table  cutlery J27 

Davis,  S.  &  Co  ,  wholesale  and  retail  dealers 
in  dry  goods,  notions  and  millinery  194 

Demars,  O.  J.  &  Co.,  dealers  in  clothing 
hats,  caps,  furnishing  goods,  trunks,  va- 
lises, etc 195 

Derby,  J.  P.,  wholesale  grocer;  produce 
commission  merchant 1H5 

DeShaw,  Charles,  cooper 194 

East  Saginaw  Conservatory  of  Music 188 

East  Saginaw  Sieam  Laundry,  Cook  & 
Gray,  proprietors 83 

East  Saginaw  National  Bank 173 

Eastman,  E.  O.  &  S.  L.  &  Co..  manufac- 
turers of  and  dealers  in  assorted  lumber  180 

Eagle  Drug  Store,  The,  W.  H.  Foot,  pro- 
prietor      194 

Eaton,  Potter  &  Co.,  manufacturers  and 
wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  lumber, 
lath  and  salt 107 

Eddy,  C.  K.  &  Son,  manufacturers  of  lum- 
ber and  salt 175 

Eggert,  Aug.,  manufacturer  and  dealer  in 
line  upholstered  goods  and  general  furni- 
ture  156 

Everett  House,  Wash  Salisbury,  proprie- 
tor   185 

Excelsior  Steam  Boiler  Works,  Wildman 
Bros.,  proprietors Wl 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


213 


I'AOK. 

Farmers'  Hotel,  Louis  Miller,  ))roi)rietor. . .   17:i 

Feifje,  Henry,  inaiiufiicturor  anil  dealer  in 
fine  furniture,  upholstery,  earprts,  eur- 
tains.  draperies,  etc  lti(i 

Feige  -  Silsbee  Furniture  Manulaeturing- 
Company 118 

Ferg-uson— The  Alex. Ferguson  &  Son  Insur- 
ance Agency,  Are,  life  and  accident  insur- 
ance      8") 

First  National  Hank lijl 

Flatt,  Bradley  &  Co,  exporters  of  hardwood 
lumber,  etc ISf) 

Foster,  Charles  &  Co.,  wholesale  and  retail 
dealers  in  all  kinds  of  furniture ~'0!5 

Fowler,  Charles  (i.,  insurance  and  real  es- 
tate     !t] 

Friedlein,  H  ,  watchmaker  and  jeweler I,i6 

Frenz,  Dr.  Engelbert,  druggist 19.5 

Friedman  &  Hynan,  practical  book  and  job 
printers lii.') 

Froelich,  George,  manufacturer  of  tin, 
copper  and  sheet  iron  work,  roofing,  etc.  198 

tJaensbauer,  .lohn,  dealer  In  boots,  shoes, 
slippers  and  rubbers        — 180 

Germain,  hdward,  manufacturer  of  lum- 
ber, sash,  doors,  blinds,  box  shocks,  etc    1:.M 

Gemmill,  William,  hardware,  stoves,  oil- 
cloth, etc     135 

Gibson,  .J.  W.,  dealer  in  groceries  and  pro- 
visions   210 

Gossel  Brothers,  dealers  in  groceries,  pro- 
visions, Hour,  etc 197 

Goldsmith,  Henry,  dealer  in  notions,  fan- 
ej' goods,  etc I(i4 

Gottschalk,  K.,  manufacturer  of  cigai'S 
and  dealer  in  pipes,  tobaccos  and 
smokers'  articles 148 

Goeschel,  H.  &  E.,  wholesale  and  retail 
dealers  in  general  merchandise 87 

Grant,  C.  S.  &Co.,  dealers  in  tine  boots  and 
shoes 113 

Green,  King  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  gang 
sawed  lumber,  lath,  salt,  staves,  heading, 
etc 84 

Greve,  F,  dealer  in  picture  frames,  mould- 
ings, etc 1.57 

Gyde,  B.  A ..  manufacturer  of  staves,  head- 
ing and  hoops 198 

Hardin,  D  &Co.,  manufacturers  of  and 
dealers  in  sash,  blinds,  doors,  mouldings, 
siding,  flooring,  etc  149 

Harvey,  J.  J.,  livery,  sale  and  boarding 
stable 147 

Haydcn,  Miss  M.  E.,  fashionable  millinery 
establishment., 135 

Heavenrich  Brothers  &  Co.,  wholesale  and 
retail  clothiers  and  dealers  in  lumber- 
men's supplies 136 

Herley,  M    L.  &  Co.,  Depot  Drtig  Store 137 

Heim,  H.  &  W.,  dealers  in  drugs  and  medi- 
cines, fancy  and  toilet  articles 1.57 

Heinlein,  H.,  merchant  tailor 158 

Herrig,  B  ,  wholesale  dealer  in  tobacco, 
groceries,  provisions,  tiour,  feed,  hay, 
etc " 179 

Holzheimer  House,  C.  F.  Hol/.heimer,  pro- 
prietor     98 

Hobson,  A.,  steam  stone  and  marble 
works 18t) 

Holland,  Nelson,  manufacturer  and  dealer 
in  gang  sawed  lumber  and  salt.     170 

Honsberger,  H.  F.,  dry  troods.  notions,  etc.  162 

Hollister,  Fred  W.,  architect  and  superin- 
tendent   189 

Hoyt  Saw  Mill,  manufacturers  of  gang 
sawed  white  i)ine  lumber 147 

Hoyt  Planing  Mill,  manufacturers  of  and 
dealers  in  lumber,  lath  and  pickets 146 

Humphrey,  D.  F.,  dealer  in  furniture 310 

Ingalls  Oil  Company 149 

Jackson,  John  L.,  manufacturer  of  steam 
engines,  salt  well,  saw  and  shingle  ma- 
chinery and  castings  of  all  kinds 119 


PAGE. 

.Jerome,  D,  H.  &  Co.,  dealers  in  hardware, 
mill  and  lumbermen's  supijlies 88 

.loehen,  Kmil,  hardware,  stoves,  tinware, 
etc     . . ,  207 

.] oh nson.  Wiliiain  W . ,  architect. ..[.V..\\.\.  163 


Keeler  &  Hogeboom,  druggists 

Kliuen.  Richard,  insurance 

Kiml)all  iV  Merriam,  lumber  dealers 

Kindler,  V.,  wholesale  and  retail  dealer  in 
firearms,  sporting  goods,  etc 

Knippel,  William,  grocoi'iesand  provisions, 
wines,  li(iu(>rs,  notions,  etc 

Koehler  Brothers,  steam  forge;  bolt  works 
and  machine  shop 

liambie  Brothers,  merchant  tailors 

Lee.  Charles,  nuinulacturer  of  sash,  doors, 
t)linds,  llooiing,  etc. ..   

Linton  Manufacturing  Co.,  wholesale 
dealers  in  and  manufacturers  of  lumber, 
salt  and  packing  boxes 

Livermore,  A.  8.,  dealer  in  fresh  and  salt 
meats,  fine  groceries,  crockery,  etc  

Luster,  Richard,  dealer  in  tine  groceries, 
fruits,  vegetables,  oysters,  etc 

Lyon,  L.  M,  market  gardener,  etc 

lUack,  .Tames,  dealer  in  hats,  gents'  fur- 
nishings, etc 

Marshall,  E.  J.,  manufacturer  of  tin,  cop- 
per and  sheet  iron  work,  etc  

Martin,  J.  S.,  livery  and  sales  stable 

Marskey,  Chas.  F.,  special  representative 
Michigan  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany  

Mayflower  Mills,  Emil  Mdores,  manager; 
roller  flour  manufacturers 

Martin,  Bruno,  patentee  and  manager  of 
the  Martin  Excelsior  Tobacco  Resweater; 
tin,  copper  and  iron  works 

McLeod,  D.,  manufacturer  of  shingles 

Me  Bain,  Wm.,  general  insurance 

McGregor,  James  &  Sons,  manufacturers 
of  steam  boilers  and  sheet  iron  works.     . 

McPhee,  William  H.,  merchant  tailor 

McKenzie,  S.,  blacksmith,  wagon  maker, 


etc. 


Meakin's  Steam  Laundry,  James  Meakln, 
Jr.,  propi'ietor 

Meldrum,  J.  D.,  blacksmith  and  wagon 
maker 

Meyer,  G.  W.  &  Co.,  dealers  in  dry  goods, 
notions,  hats,  caps,  gents'  furnishing 
goods,  groceries,  tobaccos,  cigars,  hard- 
ware, crockery,  glassware,  etc 

Michigan  Curtain  Roller  Co [ 

Michigan  Paper  ('ompanj',  Swinton  &  Rey- 
nolds, proprietors;  wholesale  paper,  sta- 
tionery and  books 

Michigan  Dairy  Salt  Company,  manufac- 
tui-ers  of  pure  table  and  dairy  salt.   

Michigan  Saw  Company,  manufacturers  of 
mill  saws  and  dealers  in  emery  wheels, 
etc 

Mitts,  W.  S.  &  Co.,  Personal  and  Exchange 
Bank 

Mitterinier  &  Rohde,  dealers  in  groceries, 
vegetables,  fruits,  poultry,  oysters,  etc.. 

Mikado  Tea  Company,  importers,  jobbers 
and  retailers  of  fine  teas,  cofl'ees,  spices. 


9<; 
138 
105 

191 

310 

123 
197 


102 

208 


309 
197 


307 


209 
144 


193 
130 

1.55 
131 
113 

136 

208 

203 
114 
111 


83 
208 


154 
116 

129 
i;{3 
136 


etc. 


155 

Moore,  Lou  G.,  druggist 108 

Moore.  W.  B.,  wholesale  and  retail  druggist  165 

Mollit,  W.  J  ,  insurance 300 

Morley  Brothers,  hardware 77 

Morley,  Kwen  &  Co.,  wholesale  and  retail 

^oal,  lime,  cement,  sewer  pipe,  etc 158 

Moeller  &  DeLand,  druggists;  dealers  in 

wall  paper,  stationery,  etc 173 

Moeller,  A.  L.,  dealer  in  choice  groceries..  198 
Mueller,  William,  contractor  lor  brick  and 

stonework 173 

IVational  Brewery,  Peter  Raquet,  proprie- 
tor     8V 


214 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


PAGE. 

National  Tea  Company,  dealers  in  teas, 
cotfees,  spices,  etc 128 

Neumann,  William,  dealer  in  fancy  and 
staple  groceries,  crockery,  glassware, 
etc 88 

Newell  &  Robinson,  school  books,  blank 
books,  stationery,  news,  wall  paper, 
shades,  etc  201 

Newton,  E.  S.  &  Co.,  foundry  and  machine 
shop 134 

Norris,  C.  M.,  dealer  in  pianos,  organs, 
musical  merchandise,  etc 174 

Norris,  T.  J.,  groceries  and  provisions 163 

O'Donnel!  &  Spencer,  manui'acturers  of 
lumber;  planing  mill  and  box  shook  fac- 
tory        80 

O'Hare.  J.,  dealer  in  flue  boots,  shoes  and 
rubbers Ill 

Oppenheimer's  Complete  Cigar  Store 193 

Opfergelt,  P.,  manufacturer  of  and  dealer 
in  harness,  saddles,  collars,  whips,  etc.. .  139 

Otto,  John  Jr.  &  Co.,  gentlemen's  furnish- 
ing goods,  hats,  caps,  etc 167 

Passolt,  Henry,  manufacturer  of  laundry 
and  toilet  soaps 163 

Pioneer  Iron  and  Galvanizing  Works,  A. 
F.  Bartlett  &  Co.,  proprietors;  manufac- 
turer of  steam  engines,  saw  mill  and  salt 
well  machinery 86 

Plummer,  Charles  H.,  manufacturer  and 
dealer  in  lumber,  lath,  shingles  and  all 
kinds  of  hardwood;  also  manufacturer 
of  flour  and  dealer  in  pine  lands 139 

Powe  &  Howell,  photographers 305 

Price,  John  A. ,  personal  security  bank 133 

Quinnin,  Louis,  real  estate. 171 

Kapp,  William,  meat  market 304 

Kaquet,  Peter,  proprietor  National  Brew- 
ery; brewer  of  Pilsener  and  lager  beer, 
and  bottler, 89 

Kemer  Brothers,  manufacturers  of  Valley 
Island  stone  liine,  and  dealers  in  coal, 
calcined  plaster,  cement,  hair,  brick,  Are 
brick  and  clay 138 

Reitter,  F.  &  C  ,  English  and  German  job 
printers;  publishersof  the  Saginaw  Post.  190 

Richardson,  J.  W.,  manufacturer  of  hai'- 
ness,  saddlery,  etc 311 

Rimmele,  Charles,  &  Brother,  dealers  in 
groceries,  provisions  and  produce 100 

Ring,  Charles  E.,  manufacturer  of  shin- 
gles   201 

Ringler,  Eugene  &  Son,  druggists-  and 
chemists 163 

Boseland,  Charles,  grocer 308 

Rossiter  &  McClintock,  proprietors  of  Ban- 
ner steam  laundry 159 

Rose  Brothers,  wholesale  and  retail  butch- 
ers   171 

Roeser,  William  &  Sons,  dealers  in  farm- 
ing tools  and  implements,  wagons,  car- 
riages, harness,  etc 135 

Rust   Brothers  &  Co.,  manufacturers   of 

lumber 96 

Rust,  Eaton  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  lum- 
ber, lath  and  salt 174 

Rust  <.Sl  Wheeler,  pine  and  farming  lands, 

logs,  lumber,  etc 179 

Saginaw  Manufacturing  Company,  manu- 
facturers of  rough  and  dressed  lumber, 
washboards,  barrel  covers,  shade  rollers, 

bail  and  grease  boxes,  etc 81 

Saginaw  Beef  Co.,  L.  Cornwell,  proprietor; 
wholesale  dealers  in  Swift's  Chicago 
dressed  beef,  live  stock,  dressed  hogs, 

mutton,  smoked  meats,  etc 100 

Saginaw  Lumber  and  Salt  Company 140 

Saginaw  Valley  Paper  <'o.,  F.  S.  Sears, 
proprietor;  dealer  in  all  kinds  of  blank 
books,    stationery,  paper  boxes,  twine, 

flour  sacks,  etc 133 

Saginaw  Dry  Goods  and  Carpet  Co 183 

Saginaw,  Tuscola  &  Huron  Railroad  Com- 
pany, The,  (see  also  inside  back  cover). ..  158 


PAGE. 

Savings  Bank  of  East  Saginaw,  The  —  150 
St.  John,   E.  &  Co.,   news  dealei-s,  book- 
sellers and  stationers;    dealers   in  wall 

paper,  window  shades,  etc 195 

St.  John  Manufacturing  Co.,  manufao- 
facturers  of  the  cooling,  poultice    and 

protection  boot 199 

Schwemer  &  Witt,  dealers  in  dry  goods, 

groceries,  crockei-y,  etc 94 

Schoeneberg,  E.,  flre  insurance  and  real 

estate  agent 109 

Schott,  A.  A.  &  Co.,  pharmacists  and 
dealers  in  pure  drugs,  medicines,  chemi- 
cals, etc 169 

Schupp,  A.,  insurance 168 

Schemm,  John  G.,  brewer  and  bottler  of 
lager  beer,  and  manufacturer  of  ginger 

ale,  etc 103 

Schaefer,  J.  G.,  meat  market 303 

Schmidt  Bros.,  wholesale  and  retail  dealers 

in  fresh  and  salt  meats —   310 

Selleck,  Mrs.   E.  J.,    millinery   and  fancy 

goods 93 

Sellc  &  Jasper,  fine  tailoring 134 

Second  National  Bank 166 

Seyft'ardt  &  Walz,  wholesale  and  retail 
dealers  in  hardware,  building  material, 
house  furnishing  goods,  agricultural  im- 
plements, etc 167 

Sears,    F     S.,  proprietor  Saginaw   Valley 

Paper  Co : 133 

Searls,  B.  A.,  dealer  in  choice  family  gro- 
ceries, etc 305 

Shackleton,  J.  H.,  roller  mills;  manufac- 
turer of  flour,  meal,  feed,  etc .   109 

Sheyer  Bros.,  dealers  in  dry  goods,  clothing 

and  ladies'  and  gents'  furnishing  goods.  170 
Shaler,  H.  H.,  groceries,  flour,  feed,  etc —  300 
Singer  Manufacturing  Co.,  J.  O.  Charlebois, 

agent 104 

Slesinger,  Victor,  dealer  in   hides,  pelts, 

wool,  furs,  cracklings  and  tallow 131 

Slade,  Lewis  C,  wholesale  dealer  in  rough 

and  dressed  white  pine  lumber 191 

Smith,  William  L  ,  photographer   87 

Smith.  W.  G.,  manufacturer  of  parlor  fur- 
niture and  lounges ;.  130 

Smith,  H.  P.,  real  estate,  etc 133 

Smith,  Jay,  &  Son,  wholesale  and  retail 
dealers  in  drugs,  chemicals,  patent  medi- 
cines, druggists'  sundries,  etc 176 

Smitk's  Art  Store,  William  Smith,  proprie- 
tor      303 

Smith,  J.  L  ,  baker  and  confectioner 30H 

Smart,  James  S.,  Jr.,  &  Co.,  manufactur- 
ing confectioners  and  jobbers  in  oysters, 

fruits  and  canned  goods 101 

Spangler,  A.  D.  &  Co.,  genei-al  commission 
merchants;  wholesale  dealers  in  fruits, 

produce,  nuts,  berries,  etc 184 

Sparks,  Charles'  J.,  general  insurance  and 

real  estate  agent,  etc 301 

Spatz,  George,  steam  baker  and  wholesale 

cracker  dealer 166 

StandardLumber  Co.,The 189 

Stevens  &  LaDue,  manufacturers  of  lum- 
ber, shingles  and  salt 187 

Stevens,  George  F.,  merchandise  broker..  179 
Stevens  &  Deveaux,  real  estate,  loans,  ab- 
stracts, land  and  tax  agency .  0*1 

Stevens,  J.  K.,  real  estate,  abstract  and 

loan  office 145 

Stein,  John,  and  Fred  Eckert,  wagon  mak- 
ers, horse  shoers  and  general  black- 
smiths  205 

Stewart— The  James,  Stewart  Co.,  whole-- 

sale  grocers,  etc 196 

Stewart,  R.  S.,  The  Grocer 90 

Stenglein  Manufacturing  Co.,  The,  Manu- 
facturers of  furniture 95 

Stinson,  James,  dealer  in  crockery,  china, 

glassware,  etc    305 

Straw,  Charles,  dealer  in  groceries,  etc 301 

Stone  Brothers,  sbintfle  manufacturers. . .    80 


The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws. 


215 


PAGE. 

Stlngel,  Geo.,  wholesale  and  retiiil  butcher   114 

Stolz,  John  &  Son,  whoicsiile  and  i-etail 
butchers,  etc 11~ 

Stringham,  Joseph,  insurance,  and  ad- 
juster of  flie  losses 1^ 

Swinton  &  Reynolds,  proprietors  oT  Michi- 
g'an  Paper  Co        In4 

Syinons  Urothers  &  Co.,  wholesale  g-rocers.    81 

Tallniadge,  F.  E..  the  Franklin  livery,  sale 
and  boarding- stables 17:J 

Taylor  House.  F'red  U.  Sweet,  proprietor..  IsT 

Teal,  J.  B.,  wholesale  and  retail  meat  and 
vegetable  market lOV 

Ten  Eyck,  C.  &  E.,  numuracturers  of  and 
dealers  in  shingles,  pail  staves  and  head- 
ing-, and  salt US 

Voepei,  L.  \V.,  dealer  in  books,  stationery, 
wall  paper,  etc 144 

V'oUmer,  Eberhard,  meat  market.    .   308 

Ward,  A.  T.,  banker  and  broker;  and 
dealer  in  diamonds,  watches,  etc ~06 

Warner&  Eastman, manufacturers  of  lum- 
ber and  salt 183 

"'arner,  G.  C,  manufacturer  of  all  kinds 
of  harness  and  turf  a:oods;  dealer  in 
whips,  blankets,  brushes,  etc 304 

Weber,  William  F  ,  East  Saginaw  Trunk 
Factory;  manufacturer  of  and  dealer  in 
trunks,  traveling  bags,  etc..  131 

Wegst,  A.,  &  Co.,  carriage  manufactory 
and  repository 159 

Welch,  J .  C. ,  watch  maker  and  jeweler —  304 

Wells,  Stone  &  Co  ,  pine  lands,  logs  and 
lumber , T9 

Wells-Stone  Mercantile  Company,  whole- 
sale grocers  and  dealers  in  iumbeTmen's 
supplies 90 

Weston,  R  ,  sanitary  plumbing,  gas  fitting 
and  steam  heating-  203 


HAOE. 

West  Side  Club.  T\w 1H3 

Wickes  Urothers,  manufacturers  of  lliecel- 
ebratcd  Wickes  gang  and  all  kinds  of 
heavy  mill  machinery  lOfi 

Wiggins,  F.  15 ,  &  Co.,  word  working  ma- 
chinery and  mill  supplies ISJ 

Wiggins,  (J.  R.  A:  S.  L  ,  manufacturers  of 
pine  and  hardwood  lumber  and  salt,  and 
dealers  in  logs,  lumber,  puie  and  farming 
lands 13(1 

Wilke,  Ernst,  F.  &  P.  M.  meat  market, 
fresh  and  salt  meats 10.5 

Wildn  an  Brothers,  proprietors  Excelsior 
Steam  Boiler  Works IHl 

Williamson,  William,  machine  shop,  steam 
fitting,  general  blacksmithing  and  wagon 
making;  also  dealer  in  new  and  second 
band  inaeliinery !'5 

Williams,  G.  F.,  &  Brotheis,  manufacturers 
of  and  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in 
lumber  and  salt ■ ..  113 

Williams-Perrin  Implement  and  Produce 
Company,  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in 
all  kinds  of  carriages,  cutters,  sleighs, 
farm  implements,  machinery,  wagons, 
engines,  wind  mills  and  produce 177 

Williams,  R.  H.,  grocery  and  market        ..  306 

Willis,  Thomas,  dealer  in  boots,  shoes, 
slippers  and  rubber  goods 209 

Winsor,  J .  .!.,  i)laning  mill  and  salt  works.  1.37 

Wolpert,  Frederick,  groceries,  provisions, 

Hour,  feed,  etc 304 

Wright,  A.  W.,  Lumber  Co..  manufac- 
turers and  dealers  in  lumber,  lath  and 
shingles  115 

Yawkey  &  Corby  n,  hardware,  stoves,  etc. .  ItiO 
Zander,  T.  C.  L.,  The  New  York  Tailor....  133 


ADVERTISERS  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Bauman,  J.,  dry  goods,  carpets,  cloaks, 
etc.    (See  also  page  79)  ..  Inside  front  cover 

Benjamin,  J.  H.,  wholesale  manufactur- 
ers of  Concord  buggies.  (See  also  page 
103) 317 

Elstner,  J.  M    &  Co.,  publishers  316 

Flint  &  Pere  Marquette  Railroad 

Outside  back  cover 


PAGE. 

Ciiooch  Freezer  Co.,  manufacturers  of  pat- 
ent ice  cream  freezers 316 

Michigan  Central  Railroad 218 

Saginaw,  Tuscola  &  Huron  Railroad.    (See 
also  page  1.53i Inside  back  cover 


216 


The  Industries  op  the  Saginaws. 


The  Gooch  Patent  Ice  Cream  Freezers. 

These  freezers  are  entirely  different 
from  an}^  other  make  in  the  market.  By 
their  simplicity  of  construction  and  per- 
fect adaptability  to  the  process  of  making 
all  kinds  of  Ice  Cream,  Sherbets,  Frozen 
Fruits,  Etc.,  they  have  taken  the  front 
rank  in  the  market  and  are  universally 
acknowledged  THE  BEST  FREEZERS 
MADE. 

Dealers  are  constantly  taking  up  the 
sale  of  them,  and  are  discarding  inferior 
Freezers  heretofore  thought  good  ones. 
Our  increase  of  sales  has  been  NINE 
HUNDRED  PER  CENT.  SINCE  1879, 
thus  showing  their  great  popularity. 
The  "  PEERLESS  "  are  made  3-quart  to  10-quart  for  family  use  ;  the 
"  GIANT,"  with  fl^'-wheel,  14-quart  to  42-quart  for  confectioners  and  hotels. 


For  Sale  by  the  Learting-  Saginaw  and  East  Saginaw  Hardware  and 

Queensware  Trade. 


THE  COOCH   FREEZER  CO., 


ci:srci2srniT-^Ti,  o. 


J.  M.  ELSTNER  &  CO., 


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Cincinnati,  O. 
St.  Louis,  Mo.  (1885. 
New  Orleans,  La. 
Minneapolis,  Minn. 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Grand  Kapids,  Mich. 
Atlanta,  Ga. 
Savannah,  (ia. 
Houston,  Tex. 


The  Industries  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  (1887.) 
The  Industries  of  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
The  Industries  of  Montgomery,  Ala. 
The  Industries  of  Detroit,  Mich. 
The  Industries  of  Dubuque,  la. 
The  Industries  of  the  Saginaws,  Mich. 
The  Industries  of  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

(In  Preparation.) 
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Four  Express  Trains  with  Parlor  and  Sleeping  Oars  Attached,  between 

EAST  SAGINAW,  SAGINAW  CITY  t  DETROIT 

Oonnecting  with  Thronerh  Oars  to 

,  NEW   YORK,   BOSTON,  BUFFALO,  TORONTO, 
NIAGARA  FALLS  AND  CINCINNATL 


WAGNER   PALACE   SLEEPING   CARS    FROM   THE 

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Foot  of  Court  St  ,  Southeast  Cor,  Genesee  and  Washington  Aves., 

Saginaw  (SimY,  CQigh.  Gasii  Saginaw,  CQigh- 


Saginaw,  Tuscola  and  Huron  Railroad, 

THE 

SHORT  LINE  between  WESTERN  MICHIGAN 

And  Points  on   the 

HURON    PENINSULA   OF   MICHIGAN, 

AND   THE 

Only  Direct  Line 

Between  the 

SAGINAW  VALLEY 

PORT  AUSTIN, 

GRiND  STONE  CITY, 
PORT  HOPE, 

HURON  CITY, 

SAND   BEACH, 

CASEVILLE, 

GACETOWN, 
&c.,  &c.,  &c. 

W,  L,  Webber,  Presiden/.  M,  B,  Wilkinson,  supennhmkni. 

Bay  Port  Hotel,  at  Bay  Port, 

wii^ri  fow:L'  bat. 

Operated    by    the    S.,    T    &    H.    R.    R.    CO., 

Is  being-  enlaro-ed,  and  for  Season  of   1888  will  have  capacity 

for  three  hundred  Guests. 

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GROUNDS  &  BEACH  are  km  Improyei  aul  will  mate  BAY  FORT  e^iial  to  auy 

SUMMER  RESORT  on  the  GREAT  LAKES. 

D.  H.  WEBSTER.  Manager  of  Hotel. 


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