Pt W Muskegon, Mich. Board of Trade, Muskegon and its resources. Sketches of Muskegon county; its soil, climate and agricultural productions--city of Muskegon; its material growth and resources, manufacturing and commercial interests,... Z4 14. &Ok it,, ~.. it~ 4. 44 444, it44 44 I:i )i;?;i~~..jir~-le~a:~~i~:lf It:;ic' i ii ~.1 E:' t~J, hi i~i "I I '' ~II I Ok, ~~ Vf. M USKEGON AND, ASKIAT (WES OF rS E-ON COVNTY; ITS SOIL, (LIMATE, AND AGRICULULtAL P1ODTCTONS--CITY 01F MU4KEO ON; ITS MATERIAL G1OWTJH AND EESOURC(ES, 3ANU1 A TUING AND COMME;iIA L TNTERESTS, ITS SCENE1s Y, AN]) ADA.ANTAES AS A PLACEIF R J1ty4 -JDENCA-E ANI) BUSINESS: SUPPLEMENTED W1ITif.SORT S SICHET(S OF LEAYIN(k lBTINESM I-lOUSES ANI) FTIl iSSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES ii USK0EGON BOARD OFR TRAD IF. ---AP RIILo, 1884.w WA MH HARFORD, EDITOR, '~ i.~i I~ I -i Fh~ I'i 'Irl i:~' ~"TS~~ L i.:il; ui~r,;~'~i I..LLUSTR!tED' a I I 1 I 1 I' I ~.j I "-'----- ~_______~~~ _ K WORDEN'S, CORNER OF TYESTERN AVENUE AND JEFFERSON ST. You will See the Largest and Best Stock of Z 1"Z CI x 10( ( IDI'SLOWEST CASH PRICES. WTHEN WE BUY GOODS, WE PAY CASH FOR THEM AND WE SELL FOR C'AHII ONLY; HENCE OU1R3 ADVANTAGES OVER OTHER DEALERS Before You Purchase any Dry Coods, Visit OUR STORE AND GET OUR PRICES. ERNEST A. WORDEN, Corner Western Avenue and Jefferson St., us EG ON, - - - MICIG. \MUSKEGON AND its RESOURCES. SKETChES OF MUSKEGON COUNTY; ITS SOIL, CLIMATE, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS-. CITY OF MUSKEG ON; ITS MATERIAL GROWTH AND RESOURCES, MANUFACTURING AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS, ITS SCENERY, AND ADVANTAGES AS A PLACE FOR RESIDENCE AND BUSINESS SUPPLEMENTED WITH SHORT SKETCIlES OF LEADING BUSINESS 1HOUSES AND FIRMS. ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE IUSKEGON BOARD OF TRADE. W, M HARFORD, EDITOR, ILLUSTRATED. UUSKEGON, MICIH. ITARMEORD & 1ATIjl ER, PUBLISHERS. Pned 0t thit CuVNICLE LSlait Job.Oliug House. 1884. OFFICERS OF MUSKEGON BOARD OF TRADE. PRESIDENT.............................................LOUIS KANITZ FIs:rST VICE-PRESIDENT........................ \V. F. WAOOD SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT..............EDWARD HILL THiRDn VICE-PIRESIDENT................................T. D. STIMSON TREASURER.....................................THOMAS MUNROE SECRETARY..........................................R. P. EASTON BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CIIIAUNCEY DAVIS. JOHN TORRENT. F. H. HOLBROOK. C. H. HACKLEY. W. F. TWISELOGEL, JOHIN A. MILLER. E. C. MISNER. AV. G. TVATPSONT. P. A. DUILCEY.. H. I). BAKER. G. NINNEAAN. TW. R. JONES. J. H-. MIvTu. AV. AV. 3ARCIJ.S JQOIN W. MOONi U N. KA-P Showing Voting Precincts, o01 SperviIisoI' Districts, CITY OF MUSKEGON,. PlCHIIGAN 1884, SCuTE OF FEET. S1,000 2,000 3,000 J1.D.Sm cimy, = =DifiS ct J3ou darwo ) C jfty surveyor, DlT-ard B tloundari.s, RAND,Me NALLY 80CO., ENGRAVERSOCHICAGO, F J _4K; ee-- Gr We:-rn t Ae ISouth Qj I ArLI I C M,000 Oee A S 0 111, 11 D t 111F BY-LAWS MUSKEGON BOARD OF TRADE. PREAMBLE. We the tnicersignecl citizens of Muskep'on, Miichigan, desiring to advance, promote, ul protect tlie mannelhtarinf' inlustrial interests (f 0111 city and vicinity, to mclllcoate just 0and equitable principles of trade, establish and maintain uniftbrm itYin comnmercial usages, acquire, preerve and disseminate valual)le information, do 0hereby flor'ni an. associ6ationi to Ibe known as the Board of Trade, of the ('ity of Mnsukeg(on, Michigiran, and to be governed by the following lrules and rvgulations: SI EM B ERS--IP. Any person may become a leml)erl of this association whose l1name siall be proposled by any mlember in good standing, at any 1)regular n10etinl of the asotciatioln, by the affirmative vote of three-foutrths of a'll meinbers present at sHllch meceting, by signing the irules and regulations0 governingo the association and paying to theTreasurerr his members hip fee. EXPLIlsION AND SUSPENSION. The nam10 of any 11lým J)elr' of this aSSociationll may be suspended or stricken frloml the ioll olf ilemlbership for cause stated, by a niiJority vote ()t the memlbers presenut at any regular meeting of the association. - ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The. election of officers sihall hereafter take place at the annual MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. meeting to be held on the second Monday in January of each year. Should the election for any cause not be held on that da.y, or, if tihe balloting should not result in the election of officers of the association on said day, such election shall be held on a subsequent day, such day to be determined by the Board of Directors, and notice given by publication for one week in one or more of the daily papers published in the city of Muskegon. A ma.jority of all votes cast at such election shall be necessary to a choice. TERM OF OFFICE. The term of office of all officers of the association shall begin with the first regular meeting after their election, and continue until the first regular meeting after the first annual meeting after their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified. ELECTIONS. All elections for officers and memnjers and all votes upon expulsion or suspension of melmbers shall be by ballot, unless otherwise ordered by unanimous consent. VACANCIES. Vacancies in office or in committees, shall be filled 1v the Board of Directors, subject to the approval of the association at the next regular meeting. OFFICERS. The officers of the association shall consist of a president, 1st, 2nd and 3dt vice president, treasurer, secreta-ry and a board of directors, which board shall consist of the president, vice presidents and fifteen other members of the, association. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. The president,, vice presidents, treasurer and secrotary shall performn the duties usually appertaining to their respective offices. The president and secretary shall be ex-officio memblers or all committees, and the president shall appirove all bills or order. that have been endorsed by the secretary, before they shall be paid by, the treasurer. MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 5 DUTIES OF THE TREASURER. The treasurer shall receive and account for all money received by the association, shall pay all bills, orders and vouchers drawn on him which have been approved by the president and countersigned by the secretary, shall collect all membership fees, and quarterly or other dues, receipting therefor, shall make a full report at the end of each quarter of all money received by him, and from what account, the amount paid out and for what purpose, the balance now on hand, and if any of the members are delinquent, and the length of time such payment has been due, and shall report fully the financial condition of the association. DUTIES OF SECRETARY. In addition to the ordinary daties of the Secretary, he shall gather and compile statistics of trade and manufacturing in the city, and of its business, annually, of the wants and needs of the association, and the city; shall prepare and dlistribute advertising matter descriptive of the city and its surroundings, of its advantages as a manufacturing and railroad center; open and continue correspondence with Boards of Trade and Commerce in other cities, and with manufacturing houses and companies; and do all that may be honorably done to direct and hold the attention of those looking for a location for manufacturing, mercantile or other business, and secure such location to the city if possible; shall carefully investigate the railroad and shipping lines leading into and through the city, and( watch closely the freight and passenger rates as compared with competing points, and if any discrimination is found to exist, or any irregularity, shall report the same to the Board of Directors, and shall investigate any complaint in this or other railroad and shipping business, and take active means to secure and protect the interests of the city; shall investigate and watch closely all legislation, both city, state and nation, directly affecting the interests of the city, and take sh st, me such sps, d ake such s estions and recommendations as may to him seem best; shall call the attention of the Board of Directors to any public improvement necessary to beautify, and render desirable this city as a place of residence, or to add to its facilities for the transaction of business, with the probable cost and benefit of such improve SMUIsSKEGON AND ITS RESOU1CI S. met and shall make a full report of the work done by the associa tion at each annual mieeting. DUTIES OOF DIRECTORS. The board of directors shall hold regular meetings on Saturday of each week. A majority of the board shall constitute a quor1rn. They shall have general charge and management of the affairs of the association, except as otherwise provided, and shall make a full written report to the association at their annual meeting of all their doings. They shall appoint such commnittees as they may think necessary to further the interests of the association, subject to the approval of the association at their next regular meeting. Committees so appointed shall make a written report to the board of directors of their acts at each regular meeting after their appointment, and diring the time they act as such committee, and until they are discharged. Such report may be referred by the board of directors to the association at any regular meeting, or special meeting called for this purpose. The board of directors shall fix the compensation of' the secre: tary, and of any employee of the association. BOOKS OF THE ASSOCIATION. All books, papers and records ot the association and of committees shall at all times bhe subject to the order of the board of directors for their inform'ation or inspection. DUES. An annual fee of $20 shall be paid by each member. Five dollars shall be paid at the time of becouming a mnember of the association for the current quarter and five dollars at the beginning of each three months thereafter as regular quarterly dues. No further asses.ment shall be made without the written recommendation of the board of directors and approved by the association. NON-PAYMENT OF DUES. Any member failing to pay his dues for the period of one month after the same has bocame ldue, shall thereby forfeit the privilege of membership until such time as he shall be reinstated by the board of directors. MUSKEGO\N AND ITS RESOURCES. MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the association shall be held on the first Monday of each month, and special meetings may be called at any time by the president or board of directors, and when the written request signed by ten members of the association is presented to the board of directors, stating fully the object, a special meeting shall be called, for the transaction only of such busines, as shall be set out in the call for such meeting. ORDER OF BUSINESS. 1. Reading of the minutes. 9. Report of committees and officers. 3,. Unfinished business. 4. New business. 5. Election of members. 6. Election of officers. T. Adjournment. AMEN DMENTS. Proposed amendments to these rules shall be submitted in writing aud referred to a committee, or to the board of directors, who shall report their conclusions to the next regulaxr meeting of the association, and if a majority ot the members present vote for the amendment proposed, it shall be adopted and become a part of these rules. MEMBERSHIP. The board, however, may admit one representative of each newspaper published in the city to membership without the pay m ent of the regular membership fee, by unanimous vote at any regular meeting. INTRODUCTION. The demand for some publication setting forth the advantages of Muskegon county, and especially of the city of Muskegon in an appropriate manner, has long been recognized, and several efforts have been made to meet this demand, but heretofore nothing has been presented to the public that has made a showing commensurate with the deserts of the locality. The recent awakening on the question of the growth and future prospects of the city, and the very generally expressed desire on the part of the business men to have something done that would advertise extensively throughout the country the wonderful resources of thic section, and the unprecedented opportunities offered here for the location of almbst all kinds of manufacturing enterprises, have called forth this publication. The aim has been to make a fair and candid statement of the condition and resources of the county and city, and we think that personal inspection will convince the most skeptical that the actual facts have oftener been underestimated than transcended, and that much more may truthfully be said of the advantages of this part of Michigan. It is hoped that our publication may make more generally known and appreciated the merits of a section that is worthy of a wider fame than it has heretofore enjoyed. W. M. HARFOMRD, Publishe rs E. S. LATIMER, P MUSKEGON COUNTY. A glance at the map of Michigan will furnish the inquirer with many reasons for the marvelous prosperity of this section of the country. He will observe that Muskegon county borders on Lake Michigan, the second in size of the great chain of inland lakes, and whose shores are dotted everywhere with prosperous cities and villages; he will see that she lies near the outlet into this great lake of three of the longest and largest rivers of Michigan, two of which flow directly through the county; and that she contains within her borders one of the largest and several of the most beautiful inland lakes in a state that is especially noted for the number and beauty of her inland waters; added to this, her position almost midway between the northern and southern extremes of Lake Michigan, and he will see that her natural position and surroundings are eminently conducive to prosperity, and that nature destined her to become one of the most important counties in the great,nd prosperous state of which she forms a part. To her favored geographical location and her geological formation are due both the birth and life of the two great industries that have made Muskego'n county one of the wealthiest portions of the state-the lumber interest and fruit growing; and the one that is destined in the near future to largely increase her present prosperity-salt making. The Muskegon and. White rivers, extending as they do so far into the interior of the state, draining thousands of square miles of territory anid forming cheap and ample transportation, have laid at the feet of the people of Muskegon county'the products of the grandest forests of Michigan, and have added millions to their wealth, and will continue to do so for years to come. The recently demonstrated fact that the county forms a part of the great salt deposit of the state is now opening-up a new era of prosperity, and before io MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. Jong salt,making will )e one of the chief industries of the people. In the eastern partl of the county the soil is generally a rich loam or clay, and is admiral dy aldapted to the various branches of general agriculture, while the sandy coast district, with its warmn light soil and protected b( y Lake Michigan from frosts and the rigors of winter, is one of the grandest fruit (districts in the world, and is rapidl-y assuming the importance it deserves- as its ad vantages become more fully known from actual experimeat. POMOLOGICAL AND HORTICULTURAL. Muskegon county has acquired a wide reputatioi in the last few years as a successful fruit district, and the extent of the territory devoted to the production of fruits has rapidly increased, and those engaged in the business have generally found their effirts well rewarded. Of course in this section, as well as all others, there are some draw!backs that the pomologist must encounter, but we venture to say that there are very few sections of' the United States, where they are so few or so easily overcome. This county iN located near the middle of the faomous fruit belt of Michigan and, owinog to its peculiar geographical position with referTjnce to Lake Michi'an, itc gonerally has a higher temporature in winter and lower in summer than points both far Wher north an"d firther south. Apples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes, and almost all kinds of small fruits and berries are grown successfully and in great abundance in this county. It is estimated that there are at least 400 acres of strawberrles, alone, under cultivation within a radius of five miles abotut the city of Muskegon. The annual shipment of' berries froml the county runs rom ten to fifteen thousand bushels. In 1881 the apple crop was 20,972 bushels, while the peach crop is annually from three to eight thousand bushels and the grape crop aggregates hundtl eds of tons. Some of the fruit,farms and vineyards of the county are, worth traveling miles to see during the summer season. The following extracts from an article by the late S. B. Peck, who was one of our best authorities on horticulture, will give the readoer a good idea of the adaptability of our soils and climate to fruit raising. He says: "Now it is understood that what makes Michigan such a noted MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES, ii fruit state, and that which makes our lake shore the noted peach belt of the north, is simply 'the ftact of the different capacities of land and water to receive an(l retain the heat supplied I)y the sun, coupled with the fict that our prevailiing west winds brino these advantages (lirectly to our (doors1: and it is now also known that such a country as our frehth'tCli lo)ng ed for-a snmooth, level plain of vast extent-- would in the salne latitude be rig'orous beyond endurance." GRAPES. I wish it to be here understood that I speak specially of the six towns of Norton. Lakeside, Muskegon, Laketon, Fruitland and Dalton. I know little of the rest ol ()Muskegon county, except what some one tells me, We have here in the towns mentioned all the soils that can be desscriIe(l, except a barren one. No soils -are best a(lapted to all plants. Our sandy soils are well adapted to the production of perfect g'rapes, as is shown most conclusively by the Moulton thrm, Matlitt & Dawes' and R. P. Easton's vineyards, and many others here, b)esides several in the vicinity of Lake Harbor and points further north. Gra,-pes require for their greatest perfection a, dry, leep soil, an(l they do best in the hottest and dryest, seasons; and I think they have never shown symnptoms of disease that could not be accounted for by overcrowding of vines, excessive fruiting, drippings from trees or buildings, too much shade or a confined atmosphere-all of which mishaps we can avoid. There is additional evidence in favor of the adaptability of out soil and clim-ate to the production of the grape in the fiact fhat at the meeting of the American Pomnological Society in 1,881, at Boston, where were represented all the northern states and a portion of Canadta, the ten varieties of grapes from Muskegon county, which our president Lyon says were the best of their kinds on exhibition, were grown on the dry sandy soil of the city of Muskegon. Further significance is added by the fact that eight of these ten varieties originated in Salem, some fifteen miles -from Boston, where these kinds iniglht naturally be expected to be in their element. The lona grape, everywhere admitted to be of a superior flavor as well as extremely tender and fickle, though amenable here to the latter charges unless winter 1 ~ MUSKEGON AND ITS RElSOURCES. protected, often gives splendid crops without it, and is never a total failure. This grape, which we are certainly able to tolerate here, has in many popular grape growing districts been dug up and burned on account of its tenderness andl lit.bility to disease. THE STRAWBERRY. Among the truits raised with success within the territory here mentioned the strawberry is perhaps the most prominent. And here on our light sandy soil, with proper treatment, I venture to say, it cannot be beaten in the money returns it will give iper acre. The Wilson still remains the most prominent variety. Other larger, more showy and sweeter kinds may yet succeed in superceding it, and I would not throw an obstacle in the way of their success, but would give them all the encouragement in my power. The Wilson seems peculiarly adapted to our sandy soils; the finest patches I ever saw had simply clean culture without manure. An amateur fruit man coining here from the celebrated Knox strawberry farm at Pittsburgl, a few years since, said on viewing an acre here in the city, "I never saw its equal there." This patch yielded that season over three hundredt dollars, sold at wholesale to dealers here, friom a trifle over 'one acre, notwithstanding many bushels rotted on the vines, caused by excessive rains. At the second picking one plant without going five steps to make a selection, yieldedl over 150 ripe berries. A citizen of this township says in answer to my questions: "I have. four acres in strawberries, mostly Wlilsons; they give me an average of over one hundred dollars net per acre!" His experience dates back several years. PEACHIES.. Perhaps no fruit is at this time attracting more attention in this state than the peach, and none offers greater ine ucement for its culture where the topography of the country is such as to warrant success. No fruit, barring the apricot and neCtarine (which are comparatively of little account) is so susceptible to its immediate surroundings. Geographically we are here near enough to the center of the peach belt, arnd tliere can hardly be a question, but we have in MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 13 the territory mentioned somei as fine points for this fruit as there are on this shore; and it is not the fitult of our soil or climate that attempts have been made to force this fruit at points not congenial to it. M'any of the best points here have been thius fll' untouclied, but still remain in allithe hideous deformity in Which the lumlberman left them; but any well chosen localities that have been tried here with proper skill have done as well here, so fiar as I can see and learn, as at any other point. PLUMS AND CHERRIES. Plums (do as well here as anywhere if judicious means are used to destroy the curculio; they do well on any dry soil, biut the trees seem to be longer lived where there is some clay. Cherries are at home here and so are the birds that eat them, and the only reason why cherries are not more'plentiful is that we have not trees enough to supply the birds and ourselves, but have too many birds to a cherry. The only remedly is more cherry trees. Blackberries and Raspberrijes have generally paid well; they require, lhowever, for maximum crops more moisture in the soil than grapes and peaches. APPLES AND PEARS. Lastly apiples and pears; they perhaps depend more on soil ingredients for full success than any other fruits we raise. They both seem to (1o best where there is some clay or other hardpan within reach of their roots. I ami not aware that the peatr has ever suffered much here from the devastating diseases to which it seems to b( especially liable in so many places. The great scourge of the apple,, the larvam of the coddling moth, is in our cities and villages dtlhnost a bar to any attempt to raise this most important fruit in our gardens or their immediate neighborhood. Outside, the insect is not so bad, for the very plain reason that whoever has any apples for market employs one ot the best means to rid himself of this pest by carrying them in his fall apples to market, where the larvce finds abundant means and places to spend, his larwvehood and be realy, full plumed, in Jun:e to infest every village or city tree; thus we are made the recipients of the scapegoat, bearing to us the sins of our country friends; but for all that we don't wish to banish you, for we can't gIet along without you." 14 MIUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. We, Will mention the following as iamolng the leading fruit growers'of the county: 1-I. S. Tyler, C. H. Cook, J. O. Antisdale, W. L. Bartholomew, NV m. Churchill, Mark Rousell, D. Upton & Son, John Van Pelt, James Dean, Gco. Cobb & onl, H. N.' Rowe, S. Porter, Wim. Wilson, Fred lowles, R. Davis, J. H-. Whitne'y, P. Evert, R. Ellis & Sons, Wirll. Wright, C. M. Rowley, Mi. O'HIara. R. Cockburn, Maffitt & -Dawes, W. Collier, R. P. Easton and Ormand,iBaxter. Parties wishing to know more about the fruit interests of Muskegon county can lprobably get tvhe intiformnation they cdesire by correspondling with an)y of the Ibove parties or with the Secretary of tue Board of Trdce. ACGRICULTURAL. The question is very often1 asked b y strangers coming to the city of IMuskegcon andl finding it loated ot on tkhe sand +L-tve you no agriculnuraill lainds?" The intellioent Muskeagonite then proceeds to explain the great iprodulctiveness of our sandll y lIds when properly cultivated, hut -he t inds that his fluiesticioner is inquirmng for lands wheret the soil is clay or loam. W e reply tchat there is plenty of such land in the county but it is lotcated chiefly in the eastern and northern portionu, thouMgh there is ia small outcrop of clay near th c-ity. The great productiveness of rmch of our sand Inlan however, under proper cultivation, and the lar e profits ricli(ized fromn the fruits and other products of this lanil, together w\ith lie e usse of cultivation, have attracted much attention to it, 1n1 1s its po.sibilities become still Ibetter known it will Ihocme mnore vlubI There is but little doubt that in addition to the ptresent produnets of the sand); soils maty yet b( dtlted the, sogtr coain and sogar beet, both of which seem to bIe especildly adapted b0oth toI 'tthe soil and climate in this section of Micrhioan. i The \vheat lprod-et of Muskegon county in 18 1 as 105,21 bushels ctrtn 114,643 bushels, oats 25,135 hushels, potatoes -,489 1 bus he. In com: paring theC alove fi ures with otherI lotalitits the riCder should remember that only a limited portion of the county is uncler cnultivation, and that a large areta of the cultivated portion is devoted to horticulture and pomology. The average of whecat poer acre in the county in 1880) was nearly eighteen bushels, thoughc sonme fields yielded fiom 25 to -40 bt[ushels per acrte. MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 15 To those who may think of buying lands for settlement in this county, we say there are thousands of acres of Yood farining and fruit lands rivaling in fertility those of any other seetion of the State and convenient to the bIest markets in the west, that'can be pIurcha.sed, aIt low prices, especially if not now under cultivation. We think that sonme of the best fruit locations in the county are yet unoccupied, and they may be purchased now at a very reasonable figcure. Mr. IH. S. Tyler in a recent article on the subject says: "There are thousiands of acres of arable lands within a ranlge of f'rom uiftteen to twenty miles of, and adjtacent to, the city of MuLskgon (a city of" 1S,00ou inhabitants) that in fertility and productiveness would, in the hands of intelligent and industrious farners, bear no insignificant comparison for profitable returns, by goodt cultivation, with the average of lands east, or in the fiarmling districts of the great wvest, that can be purchasciod on reasonable terms from the dcifferent owners thereof. There rre no goverlnment lands within the distance referred to, but many acres in the hands of the luinbert manufactn.rers of Muskegon and surrounding vldlages, who purchased them from the governiment for the timber they held. The. timber that was profitable for the maniuficturers' use has been exhausted, although much remains of value to the tarmer. These lands have already created much wealth for their owners. Their productions have built up a city that to-day stands unrivaled in the world as a lumber manutacfturing town, and unsurpassed in prosperity and enterprise, providing one of the best of markets for all and every production of the market garden and of the farm. These lands unquestionably can b)e purchased, or very many of them, at low prices; their owners have enterprise, they realize tile fact that the farmer is primarily the grand motive power thtat moves the indulstries of the world, that to destroy the agricultural interest is to cause all other industries to fall, for it is the base of the whole, and they will encourage the hardworking and incdustrious.fiarmer-they will lend a helping hand to develop the agricultural resources of their country. After a residence of twenty-one years within eight miles of the city of Muskegon, it is needless to say that I have gained a considerable knowledge of the character of the men who have contributed mainly to the prosperity of that city, and the country 16 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCESsurrounding, and i may therefore be permnitted to say that they have always, and will il the future, encourage te heonest, faithful and industrious lahorer in all of the industries that go to supply the wants and necessities of an intelligent and progressive people." THE COURET HOUSE. SZcese & Co., (ap BEog., Chicago. I _\_\\\_ _ _I I I. I I I. L1.. 1 I I_ I I _ Map showing the City of Muskegon and Suburban Towns, and Muskegon and Bear Lakes and their connection with Lake Michigan, showing one of the finest Harbors on the great Chain of Inland Lakes. MUSTTKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 1I The Muskegon county cuirtt hous0e, of which the accomnpanying out is a good representation, was 1built at the expelnse of the county in 1869. It occupies a whole block of ground between Pine and rrace streets, and is a substaintial structure of stone and brick. It contains a jail and juilier" i(residence, the county ofhices, three of which are furnished with fire-Iproof vaults for public records, couit rooni and a suite of rooms for the use of juries and witnesses. It has laroge halls on eich floor and is surmounted by a tower ifrom which t fine view is had of the city andi the country for several miles around. The jail has been found imnperfectly ad Apted to its intended use and a proposition is to bCe subnittCd to the voters of the county authorizing the erection of a scparate building for county offices, so that the jail acconimmno0dations may be improved. Fred Dou'lass used to say in one of his lectures that he had often observedi that 1arge rivers were generally made alongside of large cities. While the graceful, swift gliding river Muskegon was probably1 not made for the express purpose of accommodating a large city (posibly becatuse the best site for a city wias just beyond her reach), yet it is, nevertheless, true that upon the beautiful Lake MtuskeYgon-her sister-is located the energetic, prosperous, wide-awake CITY OF MUTSKEGON, With her minultitude of humming manufactories and offering opportunities for the acquisition of wealth and comfort offered by no other city or section of Michigan. Only a little more than a- generation ago the territory now occupied by the city was a dense wilderness (probably one of the howling kind) and as late as 1860 only a little hamlet composed of a few cheap houses, nestling among the sands and brush, and a few small saw mills---miniatures of those of to-dcay --constitutedl the sum total ofA Muskegyon. HeIr growth from that time to the 0present, though it has not been phenomenal, has been rapid aid substantial, and to-dcay the place of the wilderness is occupied by churchb tovwers, and schools, And busy manufactories; the howlings- of the wolf and panther are forever silencCd anld in their place are heard the steam whistle and 18 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. the thousand sounds of an earnest civilization. What more there will be in the future we must judge from the past and pr( sent. POPULATION. According to the census of 1860 Muskegon then had a population of 1,438. From that time onward for several years her growth was rapid, and in 1867 the population was estimated at about 5,000. In 1870 the census showed that she had 6,002 inhabitants. In 1874 occurred the great fire which laid one-fourth of the city in ashes and destroved about seventy business houses and two hundred residences, involving a loss of perhaps half a million dollars andi putting a decided check upon the growth of the city. Her progress, however, could not long be retarded, and soon from the ashes of the old tow'n grew up a new city more vigorous than the old, and the census of 1880 showed her population to be 11.,262, an increase in ten years of about 88 per cent. During the last three years the city has had a genuine business "boom" and the grrowth has been very rapid. Though an immense amount of building has been clone and new houses have been built, yearly, by the hundreds, and new business blocks have arisen by the score, yet the cry is more housels! more houses! and almost every place, at all fit for a human habitation, "is occupied. Judgihig l by the numI)er of names in the last business directory of the city and by the number of school children, the present p)opulation is about eighteen thousand, and with her immediate suburbs of North Muskegon, Lakeside, Port Sherman and Bluffton, which are connected with the city by street railway and ferry lines, she is the center of a population of at least twenty-two thousand. In 1860 Muskegon rankedl seven - teenth in population among the cities and towns of Michigan, in 1870 she ranked tenth and in 1880 she was seventh, while at present she is the sixth city in the State in population. BUILDING STATISTICS. During the past two years contractors and build ers have had all they could conveniently do to keep pace with the. demands for their services, and a very large number of new buildings have been erected. The tendency has been toward a more orna MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. mental, as well as a more substantial style of architecture than has heretofore prevailed, and more fine residences and lbsiness houses have been built during this time than during any per.od of equal extent in the history of the city. This period has also been remarkable for the very large amount of money expended throughout the city in minor improvements to the homes, such as additions and re0 & Co., bottling works; McCracken, HIovey & Co., saw mill; A. S. Montgomery, saw mill; A. V. Mann & Co., saw mill; L. G. Mason, planing mill; Michigan Shingle Co., saw and shingle mill; Thos. Miller & Co., machinists; Munroe Man'f. Co., planing mill; Muskegon Building Stone Co.; Muskegon Bottling Works; Muskegon Brewing Co.; Muskegon Car and Engine Co.; Muskegon City Mills Co.; Muskegon Gas Works; Muskegon Shingle and Lumber Co., Muskegon Valley Furniture Co.; Muskegon Furniture Co.; Novelty Iron Works; C. D. Nelson & Co., saw mill; Chas. Prebe & Co., brick manufacturers; F. B. Peck & Co., shingle manufacturers, Pembroke Knitting Works; Petrie Lumoer Co., saw mill; Piano Stool Mn'f. Co.; Joseph Simonds, kindling manufacturer; Thayer Lumber Co., saw mill; Tillotson & Blodgett, saw mill; Torrent & Arms Lumber Co., saw mill; Truesdell, Lange & Co., furniture; Walworth & Reed, saw mill; Walworth, Reed & Co., planing mill; W. G. Watson, planing mill and box manufactory; West Michigan Lumber Co., saw mill; M. Wilson & Co., saw mill; Woodard Manufacturing Co., patent kindling and box manufacturers; Geo. E. Woods, saw mill; Muskegon Package and Basket Co.; Rodgers Iron Mn'f. Co.; Rodgers & LeBoeuf, saw mill; Ryerson, H-ills & Co., two saw mills; S. C. Hall LumbeiT Co., Stimson, Fay & Co., saw mill; Storrs Lumber Co., saw mill; T. D. Stimson, saw and planing mill; Swan, White & Smith, saw mill; Temple Manufacturing Co.. curt.in roller manufacturers; Hunter, Tillotson & Co., planing mill; J. Zerwes, cigar manufacturer; Muskegon Glue Worm"s: making a grand total of seventy-nine manufacturing establishments now in operation and whose combined capital aggregates millions of dollars. Twentynine of the above establishments have come into existence within a period of about five year's. POSSIBLE NEW MA NIUFACTURING ENTERPRISES. As will be seen from the preceding chapter, Muskegon already has extensive and variedel mannufacturting interests, but the list would be almost indefinitely extended were all the different manufactures which mi ight r pursued here with profit, established. The almost unlimited supply and variety of timbers accessible to the city, together with comparatively low taxation, 34 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. cheapness of good locations, abldance of conmmon and skilled labor, cheapness of fuel and almost all other accessories to suc(cessfill manufacturing, make Muskegon a very desirable location for the manuftacturer who wishes to secure the greatest profit from his investments. Dropping entirely out of sight the question of the pine lumber supply, there is within easy access to the city, thousands of acres and millions of feet of hard wood, which can be brought here with very little cost and manufactured into the various products in which the different timbers are used. The supply of red, white and black oak, white and black ash, maple, hemlock, cedar, elm, birch, basswood and beech is sufficient for generations to come, while white and Norway pine is almost every where. Almost any kind of manufactory which requires any quantity of either of these timbers can be successfully an(1 profitably operated here. Parties in search of a location for manufacturing purposes will find it to their advantage to communicate with some officer or member of the Board of Trade. INCOPORATED COMPANIES. We give below a list of the incorporate companies of Muskegon and vicinity with the capital of each. The showing is one of which the city need not be ashamed. Capital. Ieidler Manufacturing Co................................. $175,000 Bliuffton Lumber Co.......................................... 0,000o Ducey Lumrnber Co.........................................5,000 Farr Lnmber Co............................................1 0000 " Kelly Bros. Mn'f. Co..........20,000 Lketon Lumbr Co........................................35,000 Irwnis L. Arms Shingle and Lumber Co......................... 50,000 Mc( raft Lumber Co.................. 75,000 Michigan Shingle Co....................................... 100,000 I linroe Mn'f Co............................................ 40,)00 Muskegon Booming Co................................... 200,000 Mulskegon Car & Engine,Co......................... 200,000 Muskegon Electric Light Co.......... 2 5,000 Magoon Heater Co..............................10,000 MLuskegon (a:r.- Light Co...................................50,00(0 Miskegon Shingle and Lumber C '..'.'....................... 60,000 Muskegon Valley Furniture Co...............................100,000 Novelty Iron Works......................... North. Muskegon Lunber C.......................... 0,000 Pemnlbrok Knitting Co..t...........................40,000 P'etrie L um ber Co.......................................... Ro,,gers Iron Mn'f. Co.....................................90,000 S. C. Hall Lumber Co.......................................... 0,000 Temple Mn'f. Co...........................................0,000 Thayer Lumber Co........................................ 40,000 Torrent & Arms Lunber Co I....................125,000 U'nion Yacht Club................................125,000 West Michigan Lumber Co.................................. 375,000 WVoodard Mn'f. Co........................0.000 Wood Package and Basket Co.....0,000 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 35 A MUSKEGON SAW MILL. Persons not familiar with Michigan lumbering have very inadequate ideas concerning the capabilities and cost of a Muskegon saw mill. Men who have formed their notions of a saw mill from the old fashioned mill of the east or south, where water is the motive power, and one small Mulay saw constitutes the cutting machinery, that by a large amount of coaxing succeeds in sawing two or three thousand feet of lumber per day, can scarcely realize that a saw mill can be made to cut 200,000 feet of lumber in ten hours, yet that is the way it is done by our Muskegon mills. We give herewith a cut of.the fine mill of A. V. MANN & CO., Which may be regaaoed as a typical Muskegon mill. It was built in 1867, but was afterward destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 36 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. its present shape in 1872, at a cost of about $45,000. The mill is snpplied with two large circular saws and a gang, and has a sawing capacity of 19,000,000 feet during the sawing season of seven and a half months. Connected with it is dock room for piling 10,000,000 feet of lumber. RYERSON, IIILLS, & CO. 'S CITY MILL. 4 -This mill, though not the largest, is one of the most complete on Muskegon lake. It was built two years ago at a cost of $60.000, and has a capacity of 160,000 feet of lumber and 75,000 lath every eleven hours. It is 45 by 150 feet, two stories high, and has a boiler room attached 75 by 40 feet, and a refuse burner 113 feet high and 24 feet in diameter at the base and built at a cost of $5,000. The motive power is a 26 by 34 engine of 600 horse power. It has seven boilers 20 feet long, 42 inch shell, and a large steam pump, Knowles patent, with a 12x14 steam cylinder and a water cylinder 8 inches in diameter. The mill contains one circular saw 51 feet in diameter and one gang with forty-five saws-the weight of the gang is twenty-seven tons and it required fifty-six cords of stone for its foundation. In addition to the above there are the following secondary saws:-.-slab cutters, a bench of four saws; edging cutters, four saws; two edgers, one with eight and one with three saws; and four trimming saws, besides saws for cutting 75,000 lath per day. The logs are raised from the water into the mill by an endless chain with hooks attached, and when the mill is in operation the stream of logs passing into it is almost constant. For fire protection the mill has foum inch water pipes running the length of all its docks with hydrants every fifty feet, and is supplied with 700 feet of the best hose that can be obtained. Connected with this mill is dock room sufficient for piling 15,000,000 feet of lumber, and the docks are generally well filled. As an illustration of the speed with which lumber is manufactured we quote from the Muskegon Chronicle the following description of a trial of speed recently made by the Stewart Ives mill, at Hungerford, for the entertainment of Ohio and Pennsylvania lumber dealers. The work, as far as cutting is concerned, can be' duplicated by almost any one of Muskegon's-mills, but the logs are, of course, received here in a different manner from the woods. MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 37 "After viewing the buildings and yard, a train on the logging road, which runs four and one half miles into the woods, was taken and the party were shown the forest in all its glory Here it was proposed that a tree be cut down and its progress watched to the lumber yard. One of the large white pines was chosen. Four men went at it itith axes and saw; in two minutes it lay on the ground; in four minutes more it was cut into four logs, containing 848 feet of stuff, and loaded on the train. The run-two and a half miles-was made in four minutes. Upon arriving at the mill the logs were dumped into the lake, from there by an endless chain they were drawn to the upper floor of the mill. Watching the progress of the logs, they were seen to enter the mill and take their places upon the circular saw carriage. The bark edgings, called scantlings, were soon removed and the logs were a pile of lumber in short order-the boards as they were cut passing to a carrying table supplied with revolving rollers which carried them to the edging table. Here the edges were taken off and the boards kept on their journey until they reached another table where the ends were squared. A scaler put a number on each board denoting where it was to be taken and a gang of yardmen took them on trucks to a car standing on a siding near by. Meantime the scantlings and edgings had been made into lath and the refuse taken by.an endless chain to a burning pit. Only 7'- minutes were occupied by the four logs passing through the mill from the time they left the car till the lumber was piled on the car and the lath made. From the time the axe first touched,the tree until the last board was on the car ready for shipment only 21~- minutes / were occupied." ' I-AILROAD LOGGING. Several lumber firms own and operate extensive logging railroads at points along the Muskegon river convenient for use in carrying their logs from the timber to the banks of the river. A large quantity of logs are also delivered at the mills in the city by the C. & W. M. R. R. in addition to those delivered by the Booming Company. 38 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. SALT. After years of waiting the people of Muskegon have at length the gratification of knowing that the salt business will, hereafter, be one of the industries of the city. This is clearly demonstrated by the success attending the Mason and the Ryerson, Hills & Co. wells. Ever since the discovery of salt in the Saginaw valley there have been in Muskegon men who have been firm believers that, if properly tested, as good salt brine might be found here as at any point in the state. This belief, however, was slow in taking practical shape. About seventeen years ago the first effort was made in boring for salt at what was called the Truesdell well, but after reaching considerable depth and obtaining some brine, the drill got fast in the well and the work was abandoned, and the salt question rested quietly for several years, no one seeming to have faith enough in its ultimate success to invest the necessary cash in the enterprise. Early in 1872, however, the Mason Lumber Co. decided to again test the matter and with the aid of other capitalists, who subscribed to the enterprise, began sinking a well near their mill in May of the same year. The work progressed with various interruptions through 1872, '73 and '74 until it had reached a depth of two thousand feet, where salt bearing rock was found. The stratum was about fifty feet thick and yielded a flow of strong brine, but not being sufficient in quantity to satisfy the projectors of the enterprise, they continued the boring to the depth of two thousand four hundred feet, though without any better success. In January, 1875, the well was tested with a salt pump, but it was found that the supply of brine was deficient, and the well was pronounced a failure. The Mason Lumber Co. afterward had the well sunk two hundred and twenty-six feet deeper, but without success. The total depth of the well was then 2,627 feet and $18,000 had been expended in the work. Nothing more was done towards looking for salt till 1881, when the success of wells at Manistee and other points induced a number of Muskegon capitalists to again make an effort. A subscription was raised and a contract made with Marrs & Miller, of Chicago, to again test the Mason well. The old piping was thorouhgly cleaned and the well cleared out, and two torpedoes were ex MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 39 ploded in the well, one at a depth of two thousand and fifteen and the other two thousand and thilty-five feet. The eflhct was to cave in the well and loosen the seams of the salt rock, and after cleaning out the well again it was left blocked up below two thousand one hundred feet, the limit of the salt roek. The pump was again put in operation, and this time with satisfactory results. It wa~ worked at the rate of 25 strokes per minute and yielded from six to seven gallons of very strong brine, which was regarded very good, when the fact was considered that the pump was six hundred and fifty feet above the bottom of the salt rock. A test was made July 30 to determine the extent of the brine supply and after seventy-two hours of constant pumping the quantity and strength remained unchanged. The salinometer marked 102 to 105, the fact of its marking above 100 degrees being due to foreign matter in the brine. It was estimated that this well with the pumps six hundred and fifty feet above the bottom of the salt rock, and with the inferior pumping machinery it then had, was capable of producing enough brine to make over seventy-five barrels of salt in twenty-foau hours Experts were also of opinion that the production could be very largely increased by the use of more efficient pumping machinery and lowering the pump to the salt rock. The brine obtained from the well was very clear and produced a. very white salt. An analysis made by Prof. Delafontaine, of Chicago, gave the following result: 1 lb., 15 oz., 2 gr. salt; 9 oz., 101 gr. chloride of calcium, 1 oz., 11 gr. chloride of magnesium to one gallon of brine at 65 degrees F. and specific gravity 1,205. The geological character of the district, as indicated by the imperfect records kept of the Mason well, is as follows: Surface sand, clay, etc................................. 225 feet Gray limestone and shale............................. 4o " Blue shale with loam streaks................................ 775 ' Solid blue shale............................................. 150 " Solid red shale............................................. 15(.) " Lime rock, with streaks of shale............................. Lo0o Salt bearing rock, with streaKs of sand(, 1 to 4 feet thlck........ 5)o" Light colored limae rock and shale............................. " Dark colored lime rock.................................................. 25o Gypsum and lime in streaks 4 to ( feet thi:k................ 5o Lime.......................................... 145 1Rapid and various changes ending in dark lime rock, loose andl porous................................................. 2 " 2,627 feet 40 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. For some reason the work at the Mason well ceased with the test above mentioned, and the manufacture of salt has never been carried on, as was generally expected, after so successful a test. The favorable result reached, however, stimulated others, and in April, 1882, the firm of Ryerson, Hills & Co. began boring near their saw mill, on Western Avenue. Messrs. Marrs & Miller, of Chicago, took the contract for sinking the well and they prosecuted their work with such energy that in June, 1883, they had reached a depth of 2,100 feet at which point they struck a very strong flow of brine. Indications of salt were found at a depth of 1,600 feet, but not in sufficient quantity to make a paying well. The strongest flow of brine was found at 2,040 feet and the well will probably be closed up below that point. The geological strata passed through were similar to those of the Mason well. A sample of the brine from this well was sent to Piof. Prescott, professor of applied cehmistry in the Michigan State University, for analysis, with a view to ascertain its value for salt making. The following is his report: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, CHEMICAL LABORATORY, Sept. 8, 1883. Messrs. Ryerson, Hills & Co. Dear Sirs: Herewith I beg leave to report the results of my analysis of the brine received under your stamp and seal, in accordance with your telegram of the 4th instant: Specific gravity at 60 degrees F. 1.20342. This gravity corresponds by the Michigan salt table, to a solution of pure common salt showing 99 per cent. of full saturation, that is, 99 degrees on the salinometer; and 25:44 per cent. of chloride of sodium, or 21.8 gallons for a bushel of salt. The brine contains in 100 parts: Chloride of sodium................ 7.493330 Sulphate of lime.....................................058416 Chloride of calcium.......................................... 5.820542 Bromide of magnesium....................................0.2:4 Bromide of magnesium. 00 Alumina-a trace. Total saline matter................................... 25.310357 Wate.....................................74-689643 100 MUSKEGO-N AND ITS RESOURCES. 41 The brine ca:'ries with it, as received, a small quantity of sulphuretted hydrogen gas, and a small quantity of suspended insoluble matter, the latter amounting to 0.0033 per cent. ind consisting mainly of sulphide of iron. The brine as filtered contains hardly a trace of iron. Its secretion is strictly neutral. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT B. PRESCOTT, Prof Applied Chem. etc. The above analysis is regarded by Messrs. Ryerson, HIills & Co. as very favorable and they have fully determined to operate the well. The strength of the brine as shown by the Salinometer--99 degrees-is very good, as it only requires 21.8 gallons of brine of this strength to yield a bushel of salt. It- value a's compared with other Michigani salt wells will be seen from the following list of wells with the showing of the Salinometer: Well at Portsmouth, Bay' County, 54. Gillmore Well, Bay City, 65. Swift & Lockwood's Well, Saginaw Cit;y, 86. East Saginaw Salt Manufacturing Co.'s Well, 80. Banger Salt Manufacturing Co.'s Well, Bay CoTunty, 95. Ayers & Co.'s Well, Huron County, 88. Grant & Co.'s Well, Iosco County, 85. Sand Beach Well, Huron County, 84. Ryerson, Hills & Co.'s Well, Muskegon, 99. Messrs. Ryerson, Hills & Co. are making energetic preparations to push the salt making business in the early spring. Piles were driven last fall to serve as a foundation for a salt block that will be put up, as soon as weather will permit. Its size will be 208x125 feet, and it will contain six graneries 150 feet long, 12 feet wide and 20 inches deep each, and is expected to have a capacity of 250 barrels per day. They will also manufacture their own barrels and with that object in view have had extensive machinery put into one of their mills for the manufacture of staves and heading. Several other firms in the city are only awaiting the result of the Ryerson, Hills & Co. experiment and othier wells will be sunk at an early date. 42 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. FINANCIAL. * CITY FINANCES. The fiscal year of the city government ends March 31st. The following report of the city recorder of the receipts and cdisibursements for the year ending March 31. 1883, will be of interest: RECEIPTS. Contingent Fund................................... $71,066 66 School fund.......................................... 46,492 64 Interest fund..................................... 12,800 00 Cemetery fund......................................... 707 51 First ward fund............................................. 162 82 Second ward fund...................................... 1,008 S4 Third ward fund...................................... 1,471 65 Fourth ward fund.....................1..... 1087 52 $134,797 67 DISBURSEM1ENTS. First ward fund..................................... $ 2,488 45 Second ward fund.......................................,61. 95 Third ward fund...................................... 2,672 50 Fourth ward fund......................................... 2,566 35 Cemetery fund............................................... 1,924 58 City expense................................................ 5,920 73 Board Water Coimmnissioners............................... 7.750 004 City Haill............................................ 6,494 65 Salaries.............................................. 3,009 23 Police....................... 4,110 14. City Hall Investments................................. 1,501 93 Insurance................................................. 300 00 Supervisors...................................... 1,090 00 Poor salary...................................... 330 00 Prisoners................................................... 310 83 Interest................................................... 12,848 00 City Hall furniture........................................ 4.367 37 Printing, etc............................................... 928 85 County treasurer..................................... 3,798 95 Delinquent personal tax.:.................................. 2,648 81 School district.......................................... 43,244 00 Terrace street improvement................................. 1,448 89 Poor fund......................................... 8,271 84 Fire department......................................... 7,708 93 Balance in treasury............................. - - 5,338 6 $134,797 64 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES, 43 The bonded indebtedness of th.e city is $160,000 and is at S per cent. interest. BANKING INSTITUTIONS. The banks of Muskegon have been so conducted as to secure the good will and confidence of the community. They are under the management of the ablest financiers of the city. Until recently they were but two in number, but in December, 1883, the new Merchants' National was organized with a capital of $100,1000. The last published statements of these institutions shows their condition as follows: LUMBERMAN'S NATION AL. RIESOUTRCES. Loans and dis, ounts.. $381,115 1'9 Overdrafts............... 462 95 U. S. Bonds............ 25,000 00 Other bonds............ 1,500 00 DIue from lbanks.......... 169,786 66 Due from U. S. treasurer 3,122 00 Cash on hand.......... 71,344 68 Real estate............. 12,000 00 LIABILITIES. Capital stock.......... $100,000 0o Surplus and undiJided profits.............. 59,664 10 Dividends unpaid.... '.. 12,665 00 D)ue depositors......... 469,562 38 Circulation............. 22,440 38 Total...............($664,231 48 Total............. $664,331 48 M1USKEGON NATIONAL. i IRESOUTRCES. Loans and discounts... $479,410 12 Overdrafts............. 615 29 T. S. Bonds............ 50,000 00 Other bonds............ 10,300 00 Real estate,furniture. and fixtures............ 32,636 74 1)ue from U. S. treasurer 5,250 00 Due from banks........ 194,850 82 Cash on hand........... 113,293 85 Total................ $892,356 82 LIABILITTIES. Capital stock.......... $200,000 00 Surplus................ 60,000 00 Undivided earnings.... 13,157 31 Circulation............. 45,000 00 Deposits............... 564,174 51 Dividends unpaid....... 10,025 00 Total.............. $892,356 82 MERCHANTS' NATIONAL. The Merchants' National bank was organized and commenced business December 27, 1883. It has a capital stock of $100,000 and starts out under very favorable circumstances. It is under control of some of the best business men of the city and the stock has been largely taken by men engaged in mercantile pursuits. Its success is already assured. 44 MUSKEGON AND ITS,RESOURCES. We give below an engraving of the Muskegon National Bank building. It is built of stone and brick and is an ornament to the city. It is supplied with all modern appliances for convenience and comfort. MUSKEGON NATIONAL BANK BUILDING. MISCELLANEOUS. POSTOFFICE. The Postoffice two years ago was moved into its present location on Jefferson street, near Western avenue, the building, a fine brick structure, being erected especially for its accommodation by some of the business men of the city and leased to the Government for a term of years for a nominal rent. Some idea of the growth of the city may be gathered from the fact that the total receipts of the Postoffice have increased from $8,695.96 in 1876 to $18,930.99 in 1883. The number of international money orders paid by the office in 1876 was 84 and 673 in 1883. The number of domestic money orders in 1876 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 4 40 ws 3,616ii and ini 1883 it was 7,535, and 715 postal notes were isSued dmlrin(g 1the lIst our monthlis of the year. MUSKEGON CITY WATER WORKS. After the great fi-re of 1874 which swept away a larcge part of the city in a fewi hours, the people ot Muskegon felt fully the imperahtive necessity of an efficient system of water works, that CITY WATER WORKS. by making water everywhere accessible in sufficient quantities should nmake the recurrence of such a disaster impossible. Ac 46 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. cordingly bonds were issued and in September, 1874, preparations were made for putting in the present system of water works at an expense of about $160,000 and work was imme(diately begun and prosecuted with vigor. The $160,000 referred to as cost includes the cost of buildings, well, well-house, reservoir, water mains, hydrants and real estate at that time. The pumping machinery is the best that could be obtained and has operated very satisfactorily, never yet having failed the city in case of emergency. The pumps now in use were made by M'. rWalker, of Port Huron, Mich., and were set up in 1881. Their cost was $3,782.10. The water supply is obtained from a system of drive wells, supplemented by the water collected in a reservoir from:a small brook, and is generally of excellent quality for drinking and cooking purposes, being clear and cool. The p'unps have a capacity of 3,000,000 gallons daily. The anmount of pipe laid in 1883 was 2,535 feet of 10 inch, 9,787 teet of 6 inch, 3,018 feet of 4 inch. The total amount of water pipe now laid and in use in the city for public purposes is 3,846 feet 16 inch pipe, 5,520 feet 12 inch, 2,535 feet 10 inch, 2,403 feet 8 inch, 64,319 feet 6 inch and 14,141 feet of 4 inch, making a total of 92,764 feet or 171- miles. The pump house, which is shown on another page, is built of brick and is substantially built and well adapted to its use. TELEGRAPHIC. Muskegon has telegraphic communication with the outside world through the wires of the Western Union Telegraph Company. There are four telegraph wires running into the city, and giving it convenient communication with all parts of the country. The Muskegon office is an important relay point for all points north on the lake shore and also on the Big Rapids line of the Chicago & West Michigan R. R. Several operators are employed and an extensive local commercial business is done. TELEPHONIC. The convenience of the telephone in the transaction of business, has rendered it a necessity to almost every business co1mmunity, and hence the developement of the telephone service in MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 47 Muskegon has been rapid and extensive since its introduction in 1879. There are now ninety-five miles of wire in operation in the city and suburbs and two hundred and sixty subscribers, sixty ot which are private residences and the remaining two hundred are business offices, mills etc. Muskegon now has connection by telephone with seventy towns, and it is probable that the service will be extended north in the spring, far enough to include Manistee. The Muskegon exchange is in excellent hands and the central office is kept open day and night. TUG ASSOCIATION. The Muskegon Tug Assocition was organized in 1882 for purposes of mutual protection among tug owvners. The association owns the tug,, Alice E. Getty, North Muskegon, John Torrent, Newell Avery, Frank Geele and G. P. Kingsbury, all of which 'are en~gaged in the towing business at this port. The property owned by the association is valued at about $~5.000. The following are the officers of the association: Pres., P. Pillow; Sec'y, Alex. Cleghorn; Treas., C. C. Allen. Their office is in the Gustin block on Western Avenue. MUSI(EG(ON DRIVING PARK ASSOCIATION. The,:abive o oryLizA:tion has a capital stock of $t10.U00 an([ controls one of the finest racing tracks in western Michigan. Iti \will hold two() eetings during the season of 1884, one in June and one, in September; Thomas Merrill is president of the associ ation. COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. in the retail line the leading (lepartlments of trade are well represented in the city, the dry goods, hardware, furniture, grocery, drug, and shoe stores ranking well with those of cities of the satme size in any part of the country. There is, however, room for some specialties in the retail line. The wholesale trade has not assumed that magnitude that it should, owing, perhaps, to the fact that those engaged in commercial pursuits found sufficient occupation for their capital in the retail trade. In the last three or four years, however, more attention has been given to jobbing and now several houses do quite an 48 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. extensive wholesale business,.representing the following lines: Drugs and notions, tobacco and cigars. meats, liquors, and groceries. The extensive additions to our railroad connections recently made, and our cheap water transportation, together with the convenient location of the city to northern and central Michiganl render it certain, however, that the wholesale trade can be very largely increased here with profit, and already some ot our enterprising merchants are taking steps in that direction. There are t wo houses in the city doing a profitable commission business, and there is roonm for more. HOTELS. The leading hotels of the city aie the Occidental and the Arlington, both of which are well conducted and have established desirable reputations as as places of entertainment. The American 'House is also well managed and is doing a profitable business. There are several smaller hotels located in various parts of the city. STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Until the last few years Muskegonites considered their streets good enougah for pr1actical purposes. when thoroughly covered with a heaxtvy coating of sawdust, if not much traveled, or when planked over with heavy three inch pine boards, if thoroughfares, but these methods of paving were at last found inadequlate to stand the w. ear of the constant use to which they were sull)jected, and the city authorities fiunally adopted cedar blpck pavements as a substitute. Since the adoption of this kind, of' pLaveient, cedar blocks have been laid as follows: on Western avenue from Jefferson street to Pine, 676 feet 42 feet wide; Western avenue from Pine street to Eastern avenue, 680 feet, 24 feet wide; Pine street from Western avenue to Myrtle street, 1,8519 feet, 42 feet wide; First street a distance of 300 feet; IThirl street from i~Western avenue to South street, 1.860 feet, 24 feet wide. Contracts have been let for paving in the sa1lme manner Western avenue from Jefferson street to Eighth street, 3, 549 1eet, 42 feet wide; Western avenue from Eighth street to Barclay street, 3,211 feet, 34 feet wide; Terrace street from Western MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 49 avenue to Clay avenue, 340 feet, 42 feet wide. The contract has also been let for paving Terrace street from Clay avenue to Irwin street, 4,700 feet, 34 feet wide, with gravel. Last year very extensive improvements were made in the sidewalks and street crossings and a large amount of new work was put down. SEWERAGE. There is, as yet, no system of public sewerage in operation in the city, but last fall the City Council authorized Major George T. Clarke to make a sanitary survey of the city, with reference to the adoption of some system of public sewerage. The survey has been made and a sanitary chart of the city is now in course of publication embodying the results of the survey. The city was found to be very favorably situated for sewerage purposes and it is very probable that a system will be introduced during the coming season. CITY PROPERTY. The following is the estimated valuation of the corporate property of the city: Water works, ground, etc.................................. $225,000 00 School property........................................ 126,000 00 Evergreen cemetery.................................. 25,000 00 Oakwwood cemetery................................... 10,000 00 City Hall and ground............................. 35,000 00 Fire department................................ 73,000 00 Miscellaneous, real estate, bridges, tc.e........................ 12,000 00 Total....................................... $ 0506,000 00 NEWSPAPERS. There is no means by which one can judge better of the intelligence and progressiveness of a community than by the support extended to its newspapers. A city in which a live, energetic newspaper can be successfully published is a good place to live in, and judging Muskegon by its newspapers the verdict is favorable, as they compare well with the papers published in any city of the same population in the west. The Chronicle is published daily and weekly and is Republican 50 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. in politics. Its publishers, McKay & Dana, are scholarly gentlemen and thoroughly understand what constitutes a good newspaper. The News and Reporter is Democratic in politics and is issued daily and semi-weekly. Its publisher, Mr. F. Weller, is one of the oldest and most experienced publishers in the state. The Workingman's Journal is a comparatively new enterprise and is published by Mr. W. T Kimsey in the interests of the Workingnmen's party. It is issued daily. THE CITY HALL. The City Hail, of which the accompanying cut is a fair representation, was built in 1881-82, at a cost of $25,000, exclusive of the grounds, which were previously the property of the city. The building has a central location at the corner of Clay avenue and Jefferson street, and is a substantial and elegant structure. It is built of brick and stone and is 64 by 172 feet on the ground and three stories high, including the basement. It is surmounted by a fine bell tower 127 feet high and a hose tower 70 feet. From the bell tower an excellent view of the city is obtained. The main building contains rooms on the first floor for police court, marshal's office, city recorder, general offices, water commissioner's office, and two vaults. On the second floor are council chamber, two committee rooms, a hat room, the city surveyor's office and one vault. There are also commodious halls on each floor. The rear part of the building is occupied by the fire department and contains hose cart room, supply room, sitting room, hose tower, bath rooms, etc., with a hall 61 by 25 feet, and sleeping apartments for the firemen on the second floor. The entire building is heated by steam. STREET RAILWAY SYSTEM. The Muskegon street railway was built in 1882. The line is four and one half miles in extent, running from the upper depot of the C. & W. M. Ry. to the village of Bluffton, and passing all the principal hotels, business houses and lumber offices in the city. The gauge of the track is 3- feet. The equipment consists of eight cars and thirty horses. The capital stock is$33,000. The line is popular and is steadily increasing in the extent of its business. ........:... " ::: "._.............. ITABI I -77.................~........ ORN-l:''-' ":I: II::~;;; _ I1WLRIt ~ ~BM 11 IIIPG Ilnll~lhl ~ ~:::::= CIT HLLBULDNG 52 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. CITY LIGHTING SYSTEM. The city is well supplied with facilities for lighting streets and buildings. The mains of the Muskegon Gas Light Co. reach a large portion of the city and it furnishes gas for a large number of residences and business houses, besides for street lighting purposes. A large number of business houses use the electric light. Tie Brush system is in use and gives good satisfaction. Within the past few months over one hundred naphtha lamps have also been placed upon the streets in the less frequented pacts of the city. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The fire department was reorganized in its present form in July, 1881. The department consists of a chief and one assistant, with one truck and five hose companies. The hose companies include fo:ty-five men and seven horses, two of them using hand carts and three horse carts. During the year the department was called out by a total of 80 alarms, 68 of which proved to be for actual fires. The property placed in jeopardy carried an insurance of $409,700. The actual loss from fire and was $19,383.87, and the amount of insurance paid was $14,173.87, leaving and uninsured loss of $5,210. The above items include two heavy lumber fires. The cost of the department the past year was $9,000 and the property belonging to it is valued at $73,000. Its monthly pay roll amounts to $528.42. Mr. P. J. Connell is the present very efficient chief. MUSKEGON BASE BALL CLUB. The Muskegon base ball club is at present under able management and is regarded as a very strong club. It was admitted to the Northwestern League last winter and expects to win laurels tlhe coming season. It has ccmmodious grounds in the suburbs of the city. THE UNION YACHT CLUB. This club is composed of several of the leading young men of the city. It has a capital of $5,000 and owns a fine yacht, purchased last season, MUSKEGON COUNTY SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION. This association was organized in 1882. During the summer season it has weekly practice days on the grounds of the association, which are well fitted up for that purpose. MUSKEGON'AS A HOME. In looking out a new location one of the first questions in importance is, "What advantages does it offer for a home ' Though, on first acquaintance, Muskegon may not present as many inducements as some other sections of the State, it is likewise certain that when the merits of this locality are sufficiently understood to be properly appreciated, its desirableness as a place for residence becomes apparent. We doubt very much whether there is a locality in the State that has more natural advantages which go to make a pleasant and healthful home than the region in. the vicinity of Muskegon, Bear and Mona lakes. SOCIETY. Man is a social being, and it is but natural that one of the important considerations with him in selecting a home is the social relations with which he and his family will be brought in contact. Muskegon has to some degree the characteristics common to new cities, the absence of caste in social circles and the greater t1otency of cash than blood. Good character and good breeding are, however, essential qualifications to admission to good society here, as elsewhere, and there is in the city a very large circle of educated and refined people who compare very favorably with those in any like community. Though Muskegon has what may be called a much mixed population it may also be called a very social city. Social observances receive much attention and no one making his home here need fear that his family will suffer in respect of society. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. In the matter of public amusements Muskegon is not behind her neighbors. She has an excellent opera house with a seating capacity of about one thousand and on its stage are represented nearly all the leading plays and operas of the day by most of the leading stars before the footlights. She is decidedly an 54 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. amusement loving city and when any piece of true merit is put upon the stage here it is sure to draw a large and appreciative audience. The opera house was built in 1877 and '78 by the Temperance Reform Association ot the city, at a cost of about $25,000. The building, of which the accompanying cut is a good illustration, is of solid brick, sixty-six by one hundred and thirty-two feet. The time of erection was one year and a half. It is situated in the center of the city on Western avenue, the main business street; is but two squares from the postoffice and two squares from the Union school building. Its opera hall is its chief beauty, being one of the finest in the state ot Michigan. Its seating is in amphitheater style. The ceiling of this room is handsomely frescoed and decorated with life-size figures of historic import. The stage is furnished with excellent shifting scenery, the front curtain showing a scene from Shakspear's play of Othello. The room is brilliantly iliuminated by gas, which is Lighted by an electrical apparatus. There is a fine electric light at the main entrance. SCENERY, ETC. The scenery about the city does not partake very largely of grandeur, yet there is that in it that is very pleasing to the average mortal. There is nothing especially grand in the slow movement of thirty thousand saw logs, remnants of the sturdy giants of our mighty pine forests, as they every day find their way through the Muskegon river into the lake and are made. into millions of.feet of boards and lath before nightfall, but to their owners there is something very pleasurable in the contemplation of the shekels these boards and lath will bring to their coffers. It also makes the knights of the scales and quart measure, with their squires, light of heart as they figure up the per cents. on the yards of cloth and the gallons and pounds that the conversion into lumber of these thousands of logs will enable them to count on the side of profits. There is true grandeur in the view afforded of Lake Michigan, with its restless waves, from the high bluffs along its coast, as they splash unceasingly upon the land or are lashed into fury by the winds. OPERA HOUSE. 56 ~ MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. DRIVES. There are a few very pleasant carriage drives in the vicinity of the city, notably those to North Muskegon, and to Lakeside, along the shores of Lake MRskegon, an(l the drive from the city to Lake Harbor. These several drives afford many beautiful bits of scenery, combinations of land and water and rich foliage, along the banks of Muskegon, Bear and Black lakes, which are scarcely surpassed by those in any other locality in the northwest. FISHING AND BOATING. The summer resorter who is in search of cool breezes, fine fishing and good boating facilities, with sufficient seclusion, and yet does not wish to get out of reach of civilization, will find his heart's delight about Muskegon and the heautiful lakes referred to in her vicinity. The locality, though less advertised for these purposes, is not surpassed in th.e state. Bear lake is one of the finest rowing grounds in the state and was the scene of the last regatta of the Northwestern Amateur Rowing Association. RESIDENCE OF DAVID MIeLAUGHLIN, TERRACE STREET HEALTHFULNESS. On this topic we quote largely from a recent article by Dr. J. P. Stoddard, late president of the Western Michigan Medical Association, and president of the Muskegon Sanitary Association, and who is one of the best authorities on the subject. He says: "That which makes one place more salubrious than another MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES, 57 depends on many and diverse conditions. As a few of these, may be mentioned climate, soil, the water supply for drinking and domestic purposes, the environment, the force, direction and persistence of prevailing winds. These are only a few of the natural conditions or circumstances that might be noticed here, for space forbids much prolixity, but it is the character of these conditions which to a great measur meas makes the sanitary reputation of any city good or had. In the case of Muskegon these are favorable to good health, and we claim for the city, emphatically, such a reputation, even much a:bove the average of that of the towns and cities on the east shore of the great lake. This is accounted no small praise, when it is remembered that most of these lay claim (and justly) to the distinction of being health resorts, to which yearly hosts from interior and less favored cities come to pass the hot and sickly months of summer. A residence in Muskegon extending over a number of years leads conclusively to a similar opinion. Physicians practicing here confirm the same statement. Further, a study of the vital statistics of the city for the year 1882, as reported by the supervisors, not only sustains the same conclusion, but lends to it the certainty of palpable facts. The number cf deaths thus reported from the four wards aggregate 186. Taking the city population to be 18,000, it gives a death rate of one and one-thirtieth out of every one hundred persons, an exceedingly low per cent. If, now, we take from this number of deaths those drowned and those killed at and around our saw mills and factories, it would still farther reduce the death rate from sickness, making it less than one per cent. It is quite doubtful if any city of equal population in the state can make as good a showing. It is now proper that these favoring conditions be more specially noticed. And first of these and most important to be mentioned is OUR CLIMATE. This is very equable, situated just far enough from Lake Michigan to escape its fogs and highest winds, we are yet near enough so that our summers are never hot, but are constantly tempered by the cool lake breezes. The mercury scarcely ever ises into the nineties, and never for more than a few hours at a 58 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. time, thus saving us from that excessive and exhausting heat that kills so many of the young, of the very old, and of otherwise feeble people. On this account summer complaints are less frequent and fatal than in less favored cities. RESIDENCE OF A.. V. ANN, WEBSTER AVENUE. During winter the mercury very seldom indeed falls below 5 degrees or 6 degrees below zero, generally remaining 10 degrees to 15 degrees above. Our mild winters are due in a great measure t tthe qualifying influence of Lake Michigan, whose temperature rarely falls below 40 degrees, which is 8 degrees above the freezing point of water. Thus our summers are never very hot, and our winters, though long, are never extremely cold. It is this equable character of our climate which conduces so much to the general good health of our city." In proof of our assertions respecting the mild climate of this shore we quote the following paragraph from an able report by Prof. Alexander Winchell, a scientist of national reputation: "During the winter Lake Michigan may be regarded as a great natural stove holding and slowly radiating the heat absorbed during summer from the solar fires, eked out by an unfailing accession of heat from beneath-the lake being 1,000 feet deepyielded by the reservoir of igneous force imprisoned within the earth. The January climate of New Buffalo is as mild as that of Cincinnati. Traverse City corresponds in this respect with Omaha, Muscatine, Ottawa and Aurora. The winter isotherm of 22 degrees is deflected by the influence of Lake Michigan over a belt of four and a half degrees of latitude. This is more than 300 miles in a straight line and is equal to the distance from MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 59 Mackinac to Fort Wayne. Another fact strikingly exhibited is the difference, between the opposite sides of Lake Michigan. The winter mean of Chicago is 221 degrees, while that of New Buffalo,"directly opposite, is 30 degrees. The mean of Milwauke is 20-- degrees, while that of its vis-a-vis, Muskegon, is 25 degrees. These climatic peculiarities of the eastern shore of Lake Michigan sustain most important relations to its agricultural and pomological capabilities. Fruit trees and shrubs which escape destruction through the winters of central Illinois and Missouri are found to enjoy equal immunity all the way from New Buflalo to Northport-a distance of 225 miles in a right line. During the period of verdure the genial influence of the lake secures them from the early and late frosts, which are not unfrequently felt as far south as Missouri and Kentucky. The growing season is consequently as long and very nearly as warm as central Illinois. The eqability of the climate is considerably greater; while the persistent, chilling and destructive winds which characterize the southwest are comparatively unknown. At the same time the soil of the entire belt, from Indiana to Grand Traverse Bay, is worthy of the climate. Though decidedly sandy, and, at first, uninviting, it is proven, both by investigation and experience, to abound in those alkaline substances requisite for the highest luxuriance of ordinary vegetation." SECOND, THE SOIL. "This being of a sandy nature does not allow the accumulation of water in pools, where it becomes stagnant and breeds miasmatic or disease germs. A few hours after a severe rain storm no standing water can be seen. It rapidly sinks beneath the surface, where it is innocent to produce evil consequences to the public health. THIRD. OUR SURROUNDINGS. On the west and the southwest we have Lake Michigan, and on the north Lake Muskegon, which is a pur3 and running body of water, being fed by the Mukegon river, one of the longest streams in the State. On the east were formerly some low and damp places, but as these are at present nearly filled up their deleterious influence is not felt. On the south and southeast the 60 MUSIKEGON AND ITS RESO URCES. grounds are high and dry. The only locality then that is at all unfavorable to ptblic health is the low and partly overflowed lands at the head of Muskegon Lake, and distant to the nortbeast of the city about a mile. But this cirlcumstance has less adverse influence than it otherwise might have as we shall see when we speak of the PREVAILING WINDS, which we may consider as the fourth natural condition ftvorable to good health. These are generally from the west or southwest, thus bringing to our doors the health-giving atmosphere of the great lake, and sending far inland the mldarious influences that may arise from the less salubrious localities to the northeast of the city. And the persistence of the winds from these directions is remarkable. Probably no day passes during which we do not experience a cool lake wind, lending to each one greater vigor and procuring sound sleep at night. It is entirely safe to say, owing to this cause more than any other one thing, that malarial fevers are no more prevalent than in most localities in Michig an. -- RESIDENCE OF E. C. MISNER, NORTH DIUSKEGON. FIFTH, THE WATER SUPPLY. That furnished by the city is of goodc qjlity and in abundance, being taken in most part from numerous drive wells sunk from fifteen to twenty feet below the surface, giving:a quality of water superior to any lake or river water, and always much cooler. With ordnlaury care and fore-thought on the p.art of the city authorities, this may be kept pure, and by simply multiply iMUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 61 ing these wells may be had in sufficient quantity to supply a city of three times the present population. An(d last, but not least, we may refer to one ofther consideration, which, while it does not add beauty to the city, is of no mean importalnce in a sanitary point of view, and that is the great quantity of manufactured pine in all sha'pes, piled in every locality, especially around the margin of the little lake, and the pine sawdust found everyxvhere, and in most everything, is not to be forgotten. Arising from these is that PUNGENT RESINOUS ODOR, which favors very much the production of ozone, that agent which more than anything else destroys malarial poison and other disease germs. It acts like the constant presence of a thunder storm to purify and invigorate our summer atmosphere. In the past Muskegon has been visited by very few epidemics of such fatal and terrible diseases as smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, etc. To be sure we have riot wholly escaped, but their visitation has been mild compared to many much smaller towns, and even rural localities. EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS. in educational matters the city of Muskegon is fully abreast of the times, and her schools under the management of Supt. C. L. Houseman, will compare favorably with those of any other Michigan city. A broad and enlightened public spirit has been manifested by the people in the treatment of all educational ~-matters and the members of the Board o" Education have been selected from the most progressive citizens. A liberal policy has prevailed and neither care nor cash has been spared in promoting the efficiency of the schools The city now has nine substantial school buildings, with an aggregate seating capacity of 2,440, and yet there is an urgent demand 62 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. for more room, as will be seen from an examination of the following tables of statistics showing the development of the school system: ENROLLMENT4 ETC. - -ENROLL- AV. DAILY NO. TEACHYEAR. CENSUS. MENT ATTEND- IERE EMSANCE. PLOYED. 1_s73............................. 1,933 1,341 600 18 1874.......................... 2.....,321 1,556 693 19 1875........................... 2,375 1,565 804 20 1876............................... 2,520 1,487 835 24 1877............................ 2,781 1,537 914 24 1878................................ 2,527 1,553 991 24 1879............................. 2,629 1,639 1,038 27 1880............................. 3,123 1,786 1,017 28 1881................................ 3,807 2,015 1,288 35 1882................................ 4,007 2,360 1,489 42 1883............................... 4,902 2,656 1,705 47 In 1882 the amount expended in new school buildings and improvements was $14,723.82, and in 1883 it was $26,000. Last year the amount paid for teacher's salaries was $21,372.12, and the total cost of.instruction was $30,199.55. At present there are fifty-five teachers employed in the schools. SCHOOL BUILDINGS, COST, ETC. NAME OF BUILDING. WARD. BUILT OF. ROOMS. IT- TALUE. Central.................... Third Brick 13 641 $ 58,000.00 House No. 1.................. First Wooc 2 113 2,000.00 S No. 2............ First Wood 4 214 3,500.00 S No. 4.......... Third Wood 2 99 2,000.00. No. 5.................. Fourth Wood 3 161 2,500.00 High School.................. Second Brick 3 154 10,000.00 Pillsbury School.............. First Brick 6 291 10,000.00 Nelson School............... Fourth Brick 8 380 18,000.00 1hansom Street................ Second Brick 8 387 20,000.00 Totals.................... 49 2,440 $ 126,000 00 Each year an ungraded school is conducted in the Central building for the purpose of accommodating pupils of irregular grade who cannot attend school through the whole year. The enrollment in this department this year aggregates 113. This year a night school has been organized in the same building to accommodate persons who for any good reason cannot attend the day schools. Citizens of any age are admitted and quite a large number of persons in middle life are attending its se.sions. The total enrollment thus far is 250. A recent movement, in advance, is the organization of an in MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 63 dustrial school, the design of which is to teach needlework or some other useful employment to the children. The attendance is very large and the indications now are that it will become a pernmanent feature of the schools. PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. There are a number of flourishing private schools in the city, with an aggregate attendance of near 1,000 pupils; among them are the St. Mary's, St. Joseph,and St.John Baptist, all Catholic, and several schools under the patronage of the Holland churches. "A private kindergarten school will be opened for pupils April 1st. PUBLIC LIBRARY. The public library contains 4,000 volumes and large additions are mnade to it yearly. Last year 273 volumes were added. It is under the control of the Board of Education and is very largely patronized by the public. All inhabitants of the city may have access to it by complying with the rules of the library. CHURCH INTERESTS. The various religious societies of the city see in to be in a prosperous condition. They are aggressive in their work and are accomplishing nmuch good. We give below some statistics of the several societies, showing the value of the church prop erty, etc. NAME. Congregational............ Methodist Episcopal....... Baptist..................... Dutch Reformed........... St. Paul's Episcopal......... UI niversa list............... Norwegian Lutheran..... Swedish Evangelical...... Holland Reformed......... St. Mary's Catholic......... Swedish Elim. Baptist...... St. Johns, Evan. (German).. St..Toseph's, Catholic..... Danish Lutheran.......... * St. John Baptist (Catholic) Total................. SOCIET Y ORG ANIZE D.. ~ 1859 1856 1.870 1859 1857 1862 1864 1875 1868 1835 1881 1882 1883 1883 BUILDING ERECTED. 1883 1859 1871 1865 1875 1866 1869 1881 1882 1857 1882 1882 1883 1874 1883 VALUE OF CHURCH PTY. $ 28,000.00 20,000.00 3,500.00 12,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 2,500.00 3,500.00 10,000.00 25,000.00 2,500.00 7,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 25,000.00 $169,000.00 (34 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. St. John Baptiste Catholic church building is not yet completedi and the above valuation represents the finished structure. The dates given for the erection of the several church buildings, relate to the present edifices. Several of the societies had churches previous to the above dates, but they have been rebuilt. SECRET AND BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS. The leading secret and benevolent organizations of the country are well represented in the city and most of the local societies are n a prosperous condition. MASONIC. The Masonic order is in a flourishing condition and numbers among its members many of the best and most prominent citizens. The Masonic Hall is located in Landreth's block. It is 25x60 feet and has a 17 foot ceiling, with a fine dome, being beautifully frescoed and is finished in iblack walnut. The hall is elegantly furnished and is regarded as one of the finest in the state. The following lodges are represented in the city: Muskegon Commandery No. 22, K. T., institute(l June 3d, 1868; Muskegon Chapter, No. 47, instituted January 8th, 186, 1867, Muskegon Lodge, No. 140, chartered January 16th, 1863; Lovell Moore Lodge, No. 182, chartered.January llth, 1866. 1. O. OF O. F. Odd Fellows' hall is at present located in Baker's block on Western avenue, but the order contemplates the erection of an elegant building and hall on the corner of Clay avenue and Terrace street the coming season, The order is prosperous. The following are the names of the different lodges with time of meeting: Muskegon Lodge No. 92, meets every Friday evening; Germania Lodge No. 179, meets every Thursday evening; Davis Encampment No. 47, meets the first Monday of each month. MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 65 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. K. P. hall is located in Mason's block and has been recently refitted. It is an elegant hall, expensively furnished, and is scarcely surpassed in the state. The order is represented in the city as follows: Division No. 2, regular meetings held the first Monday of each month; Muskegon Lodge No. 32, K. of P., meets every Monday evening. Chartered 1877. ROYAL ARCANUM. The Royal Arcanum has a large membership in the city and ineludes many prominent citizens. Its ineetings are held the first and third Wendesday of each month. KNIGHTS OF LABOR. This organization is represented by four local assemblys and a district assembly. The membership is large. TEMPERANCE. The temperance cause has been very prosperous and active in the city for several years past. The following are the existing organizations: Muskegon Lodge No. 288, I. O. G. T., meets every Tuesday evening in the opera house block. It was chartered in 1880, and has the distinction of being the largest lodge in the state. Union Lodge No. 660, I. O. G. T., meets every Wednesday evening in its hall on Pine street. It was chartered in 1884. Coinell Temple No. 65, 1. 0. G. T., meets on the 2d and 4th Fridays of each month. Chartered in 1883. WOMAN S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. The W. C. T. U. meets every Tuesday afternoon at the rooms of the society in the opera house block. It is an efficient organization and has done much good work. GRAND ARMY OF THE.REPUBLIC. Phil. Kearny Post, No. 7, Department of Michigan, meets every Monday night in the Mather-Outbwaite block on Western avenue. It is in a flourishing condition. The present commander is James Cavaunugh. 66 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. MUSKEGON ARBEITER UNTERSTUETZUNGS VEREIN. The above society owns an elegant brick business block on Terrace street, erected at a cost of $15,000. It has a large dancing hall on the second floor, the finest in the city It: meetings are held on the 1st and 3d Mondays of each month. LA SOCIETIE ST. JEAN BAPTISTE. The regular meetings of this society are held bi-monthly, in their hall on Western avenue. CITY MISSIONARY SOCIETY. This organization is under the management of some of the leading ladies of the city and has for its object the relief of the poor. It is doing a noble work, and well deserves the assistance and good will of the community. CEMETERIES. Inasmuch as death comes to every one sooner or later, and as cremation societies have not yet gained any firm foothold in Western Michigan, persons looking for homes in this section will probably want to know something of our cemeteries. In this respect we are compelled to say, that a short sighted policy has prevailed. The original settlers of Muskegon, it seems, acted upon the idea that any distance at all from lake Muskegon was "a long way out." They seem never to have dreamed that the then straggling little village could grow into a city, hence, we find the first cemetery of the town, now called the "old cemetery," located only a few blocks from the main business part of the city and in the heart of the residence portion. It has, however, long been unused and is now being converted to other uses. It is now conceded by every one that a great mistake was made in selecting its location, yet with this lesson before them the founders of "Evergreen Cemetery" exercised but little better judgment, for while they selected their site some twelve blocks farther from the lake, it was but little beyond the then limits of the residence portion of the city, and now in the space of only a few years the city has grown up to it and is crowding beyond it, and some of the most extensive MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 87 manufacturing, establishments of the city ire in its immediate neighborhood. Evergreen Cemetery, however, under the management of the Ladies' Cemetery Association, is kept in good condition and during the summer season is a beautiful spot. It contains some elegant and costly monuments, is supplied with water from the city water works and compares favorably with cemeteries in other cities of the same population as Muskegon. THE JONATHAN WALKER MONUMENT. Evergreen Cemetery is the burial place of Jonathan Walker, the subject of Whittier's p~oem,, "The Branded Hfand," who achieved prominence during the anti-~davery agitation as a pub 68 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. lic lecturer on the question of slavery and also by the assistance he rendered in the colonization of escaped slaves. He was publicly branded on the right hand with the letters S. S. (Slave Stealer) in 1844 by a Florida mob. A fine monument, shown in our illustration above, was erected to his memory in 1878 by his friend and co-worker, Rev. Photius Fisk, of Boston. On the north side of the monument is the following quotation from Whittier's poem: "Then lift that manly right hand Bold plou'rhman of the wave, Its branded palm shall prophesy Salvation to the slave. Hold up its fire wrought language, That whoso reads may feel His heart swell strong within him His sinews changed to steel." Evergreen Cemetery, however, only contains ten acres of ground and two years ago it was found to be too small to answer the purposes of the city, and a new cemetery had to be determined upon or more territory added to Evergreeh. With the same short-sighted policy which prevailed in selecting sites for the other two, a piece of land containing 43 acres adjoining Evergreen Cemetery was determined upon and Oakwood Cemetery laid out at considerable expense to the city, and already a number of interments have been made. The folly of this location will be seen when it is considered that already the residence portion of the city is crowding up to and beyond it, that three very large manufacturing establishments are located upon its border and that some of the most valuable manufacturing sites of the city are in the actual teriitory of the cemetery. There are plenty of other locations just as good, some better, sufficiently near the city yet beyond her probable limits for years to come. which can be obtained on very reasonable terms and where the dead may rest in peace and quiet without encroaching upon the convenience or injuring the health of the living. The question of the removal of the new Oakwood Cemetery to some more favorable location has of late been much agitated and we think it is only a question of time when it will be done. The Catholic Cemetery is located beyond the city limits and yet is convenient of access. The site is a beautiful one and well adapted to the purpose. MERCANTILE MATTERS. DRY GOODS. The dry goods trade of the city is in a fairly prosperous condition, though the volume of business transacted has probably not increased very largely during the past year, owing to the depressed condition of business generally. All dry goods dealers have managed to hold their own and there have been no failures. The value of the sales during the past year will approximate $600,000. We call especial attention to some of the leading dealers in dry goods. NATHAN PLATT & CO. This house is one of the best known business firms in the city, and has established an enviable reputation in its special line. It has been the aim of this firm for years past to deal in the best qualities of goods, and buyers have learned that when they want a first-class article it can be found at the store of iN. Platt & Co. Their store room is one of the finest and most convenient in the city and has an excellent location in Torrent's new block, (next to the Merchants' National Bank,) a fine engraving of which is shown in another part of this work. It is 22x112 feet in the main part, with a frontage on Western avenue, and has a wing 28x40 feet, with an entrance on Second street. The building was erected last year and the store room has just been elaborately fitted up, and is a model of neatness and convenience. Mr. Nathan Platt, the senior member of the firm, is one of the most experienced dry goods dealers in the city, having been engaged in the business since 1867. The other members of the firm are among the heavy capitalists of the city. They carry a large general stock of dry goods, always selected with great care to meet the wants of the pJublic. With the opening of 70O 0MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. spring trade they will add a line of fine curtain and upholstery goods. Their annual sales aggregate about $95,000. LEAHRY & CO. The dry goods house of Leahy & Co. has long been one of the popular resorts for purchasers of fine goods. Mr. Leahy, the head of the firm, has had a lacge experience in his special department, and has acquired a reputation as as acareful and sil fll_,illl,_ _I Ire_ _ _ _ i L OW", Jill_ NI~ t F~ judicious buyer, and as a result the shelves of Leahy & Co.'s store are always filled with the most desirable goods to be found in the city. The location of their store, in Mason's block, is MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 71 central. The room has ample capacity for a very extensive business, being 120 feet deep with a wing 20x22 feet. There are two entrances, one on Western avenue and one on First St. ERNEST A. WORDEN. After a long apprenticeship, taken for the purpose of mastering all the details of a business which he expected to follow for life, Mr. E. A. Worden began business on his own account in the spring of 1880, at No. 103 Western avenue. When he began business he inaugurated a new era in the dry goods trade, in Muskegon, by adopting the cash system and endeavoring to give his customers the benefit in low prices and first-class goods. He has ever since adhered to his resolution to sell for cash and has succeeded in building up an extensive custom, and the rapid growth of his business indicates that it has been profitable His present store room has been found too small to accommodate the growing needs of his business, and sometime during the coming summer he will occupy the corner store in the new block now in course of erection by E. W. Merrill, at the corner of Western avenue and Jefferson street. He will then have one of the largest and most elegant store rooms in western Michigan, with two entrances, one on Western avenue and the other on Jefferson street. He carries an extensive stock of dry goods and fancy goods. D. C. HIGLEY & CO. The above firm is composed of D. C. Higley and J. D. Huntley and they have named their establishment the "Kalamazoo Store," a name now familiar to every purchaser of goods in the city. They carry a large and well selected stock of dry goods, boots and shoes and millinery. They also own a large store in Kalamazoo, Mich., and their store here was opened as a branch store in 1877, but the branch has now become as large as the stem from which it grew. They employ a small yrmy of clerks and do a large business. HARDWARE. The hardware trade in this city has always been large, owing to the great demand for goods in this line by the numerous 72 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. mills and other manufactories. Dealers report business good though' not as satisfactory as last year. The aggregate sales in this department will reach probably $500,000 annually. JOHN A. MILLER. Among the numerous large hardware stores in Muskegon that of John A. Miller takes a prominent position, and annually sends out its full share of goods. Mr. Miller is a thoroughlypractical man, a skilled workman, and a careful business manager, and as a result of these combined qualities he has been very successful in his business, having increased it from a small beginning, when he started out for himself in 1876, to a volume that compares favorably with any other hardware store in western Michigan. He has been a resident of the city for eighteen years, during which time he has been constantly engaged in his present business, either as foreman or journeyman workman, positions he filled previous to embarking in business for himself, or as proprietor. His store is located in Miller block, near the Arlington hotel, on Western avenue, and contains nearly 9,000 square feet of floor space. It is 125x22 feet and he occupies three floors, all of which are filled with his stock of hardware, agricultural implements, mill supplies, stoves, paints, oils, glass, tinware, etc., etc. His annual sales average about $60,000. E. B. MATHER. Perhaps the oldest, as well as one of the most extensive hardware establishments in the city is that of E. B. Mather, located in the Mather-Outhwaite block, on Western avenue. Mr. Mather began business here in 1866 and by careful attention to business early secured a large and profitable trade. His general store room is 125x22 feet and he occupies two floors and in addition has a two-story warehouse 30x50 feet and a tinshop 22x30, making over 9,000 square feet of floor room, which is filled with his large stock of heavy and shelf hardware, mill supplies, etc. MUSKEAGON AND ITS REASOURCES. 73 H-1. N-. POWELL & CO. One of the most prosperons hardware houses in the city is that of H-. N. Powell & Co. The firm was organized in June, Z-n 1~~r L V~lV 1882, and succeededl the old filrm of Powell & -Hovey., which began business in 1876. Mr. Powell, the senior member of the MERRILL & BOLZA BLOCK. firm, is a young and vigorous business man and has had a large experience in the hardware traade. He knows his business, at 74 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. tends to it and succeeds. The store is in Merrill block, western avenue, is 22x110 feet and occupies three floors. The firm carries a full stock of heavy and shelf hardware, mill supplies, builders' supplies, paints, oils, etc. Its annual sales aggregate about $65,000. MUSKEGON HARDWARE CO. The Muskegon Hardware Co. began business in their present location, No. 153. Western avenue, in 1880.. The firm is composed of John Torrent, one of the most extensive mill operators and capitalists in the state, George R. Selkirk, Jr., and A. A. Wood. The latter, who acts as manager of the business, is an experienced hardware merchant and a careful buyer. The company does both a wholesale and retail business and has enjoyed a very extensive trade from the beginning. They carry a large stock of general hardware, builders' and mill supplies, lubricating and burning oils, etc. Something of the extent of their business may be judged from the fact that their stock occupies over 11,00Q square feet of floor room, and yet they are crowded for space. An examination of their stock sho ws, that it has been selected with good judgment to meet the demands of this special locality, and that it is kept up fully to the requirements ot the trade. The whole business of the firm, in all its details, is evidently carefully looked after, and continued success and increased business are sure as long as the present management and methods prevail. JAMES H. SMITH. Mr. Smith last fall opened a store in his new block on First street, where he keeps a large and well selected stock of builders' hardware, paints, oils, etc. He is doing a good business and must in time secure a large trade, as he is rapidly growing in popularity. GROCERIES. The grocery trade of the city has always been comparatively large, owing to the fact that Muskegon has been the base of supplies for a large lumbering business along the Muskegon river and its tributaries. The volume of business for the past year MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. has been about the same as for the two previous years, aggregating about $2,000,000. The city has some very fine retail stores, most of which also do a jobbing trade, and there is one exclusively wholesale house... W. H. FLETCHER. Among the most prosperous grocery houses of the city may be mentioned that of W. H. Fletcher, styled "Fletcher, the Grocer," located at No. 51, Western avenue. Mr. Fletcher is young and energetic, and came here believing Muskegon to be a good place to live in and make money. In December, 1881, he purchased the business of H. B. Fargo and at once began coming to the front as one of the leading grocers of the city. His aim has been to treat his customers so well, and supply them with such. a class of' goods that they should find it both pleasant and profitable to deal with him, and as a result of his methods he claims to have never yet lost a good customer whose trade he has once secured. He has doubled his stock since he began business and now occupies two floors 22x80 feet each. When he commenced business three employees and one delivery wagon were ample to carry on his trade'; now it requires six employees and two large delivery wagons to attend to the demands of his customers. His success is well merited. ALBERT TQOL. Mr. Towl located in Muskegon in 1867 and at once established himself in the grocery and provision trade. From a small be ginning he has increased his business so that he is at present one of the leading grocers of the city. He has always endeavored to conduct his business on. the principle of "square dealing to all," and he has thereby gained a reputation for integrity which is of great advantage to him. His stock is extensive and always includes a choice assortment of the best goods the market affords. WILLIAM BOYER. Mr. Boyer began business in the city in 1874 in partnership with E. A. Ford, under the firm name of Ford & Boyer. In October, 1881, he purchased Mr. Ford's interest and began business on his own account, at the old stand opposite the C. & W. 76 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. M. passenger depot. He carries an extensive line of groceries and provisions and does a satisfactory business. PALMER & KENNEDY. The grocery house of "76 Bla.x 76" has long been one of the established and very popular institutions of the city. This trade name was adopted by Mr. J. C. Black, who made a fortune and retired from the business and was succeeded by his brother, T. K. Black, who in turn d(id a very large business. In June, 1883, Mr. T. K. Black sold his stock to the present proprietors, Messrs. Palmer & Kennedy, who had long been in his employ and thoroughly understood his methods of doing business. They carry a large stock and have one of the finest grocery stores, in western Michigan. Their store room is 25x140 feet and they occupy two floors, besides a room 25x65 feet on the third floor which is devoted to their coffee roasting department. Their roaster is run by steam and they prepare all their own roasted coffees, thus insuring their purity and freshness. H. B. FARGO. & CO. The above mentioned firm is located in Rife.nburg's block, at the corner of Western avenue and Thrrace street. Their store room is one of the largest in the city and their stock is always kept full with the choicest goods in the grocery line. They do both a retail and jobbing trade, and do a very extensive business. WM. B. KELLY. Mr. Kelley has been engaged in business in the city for several years past. He conducted a flour and feed business for some years but has recently gone into the grocery and provision trade. He is located at the corner of Pine and Walton streets and is doing a profitable business. He stock is always fresh and equal to the demands of trade. Mr. Kelly was born in Wayne Co., Michigan, in 1842, and worked on a tarm till 1861. He served during the Rebellion in the First Michigan Infantry and Fourth Michigan Cavalry. He came to Muskegon in 1870 where he has since resided. MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 77 LE CLERE & STRYKER. The above firm is one of the youngest amongl the lea ding grocery houses of the city. They came -here stiraugers and opened their store in the new Smith block on First street. Their stock is fresh and is kept always in neat condition. They are doing their fair share of business and are building up, gradually, a desirable trade. E. R. FORD. Mr. Ford has been well known in his special line for several years past. He is centrally located on WVestern avenue, sells strictly for cash and does an extensive grocery business. Mill, IfHUN mmi M v It ----- ----~-- I~.-~~-=- _~1~.. __;=~~~~_i_~~=~-~ LANDRETH'S BLOCK. 78 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. O. LAMBERT. Mr. Lambert's grocery store is located on Pine street, opposite Beerman's wagon manufactory, where he does an extensive retail business in staple and fancy groceries. He makes a specialty of fine teas, coffees and syrups and country produce. His store is always well stocked with the most desirable goods in his line. J. B. MCCRACKEN. The grocery store of J. B. McCracken, located at the corner of Western avenue and Sixth street, has long been a favorite resort for buyers of fine and staple groceries. He has for several years been one of the very foremost of the retail dealers in the city and has also done (iuite an extensive jobbing trade. He has always been a close and judicious buyer and has, consequently, been able to offer the lowest cash prices to his customers. His sales have always been very large and to a desirable class of customers, including some of the leading mill operators. Mr. McCracken is also extensively engaged in the lumber business himself, owning a large interest in one of the largest saw mills of the city. C. C. MOULTON. Mr. Moulton is engaged in the grocery business in the fourth ward, near C. J. Hamilton's saw mill, where he is doing a satisfactory business. His.store is a very great convenience to the residents of that portion f the city. BOELKENS & SON. The firm of Boelkens & Son is one of the prosperous grocery houses of this city. Though their business is not as extensive as some others in their line it is rapidly growingl They keep a neat store and carry a very desirable stock. Their store is at the corner of Third and South streets. COMMISSION DEALERS. CAREY & LANDER. -The leading commission house of the city is that of Carey & Lander, which occupies a commodious store room in the new MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 79 Wirengo block on Pine street. This firm began business oniy a little over one year ago, but in that time it has gained the confidence of the community by its square lealing and has a large and lucrative trade. Messrs. Carey & Lander do an exclusively wholesale general commission business. They make specialties of foreign and domestic fruits, butter, eggs and all kinds of produce. Those who do business with them can expect. good prices and quick returns. BOOTS AND SHOES. The boot and shoe trade is well represented in the city and the stores in this line compare favorably with those of any city of similar size in the west. Dealers appear to be doing a profitable trade. They do some jobbing business but are chiefly confined to a retail trade. The sales amount to about $150,000 annually. W. B. CUTTER. W. B. Cutter has a large and handsome store at No. 87 Western avenue, in Landreth's block. He began business in 1880 with R. E. Bunker, under the firm name of Cutter & Bunker, but in 1882 he purchased Mr. Bunker's interest and has since conducted the business alone. He sells strictly on the "one price" principle and carries a large stock of solid and durable boots and shoes of all grades. His trade is large and increasing. C. L. DEARBORN. The shoe store of Mr. C. L. Dearborn is the oldest in the city, having beea established in 1869. Mr. Dearborn has long had a reputation for keeping first-class goods and a first-class store in every respect. His business has grown up with the city and has always kept pace with it, and, consequently is of a yery satisfactory character. He makes a specialty of 4ne and medium grades of goods rather than cheap goods, believing that it always pays a buyer to get a good article. His store room is 22x100 feet and has the reputation among traveling men of being one of th Lumber Matched and Dressed to Order. Full Stock of Kiln Dried Mouldings, as per Universal Moulding Book, kept Constantly on hand. WE MAKE SHIPMENTS BY RAIL A SPECIALTY. FoR DELIVERED PRICES COMM3UNICATE WITH E. B. WRIGHT, supt., WOODVILLE, - - " MICHICAN. MIUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 143 RODGERS IRON MFG. CO. MANUFACTURERS OF +i + 1+ m m Marine Steam Engines, Esau Tarrant's Patent Bar Log Canter, Etc. I i zi zd 0tr This Machine is considered by 1ll mill nIen to be the best in use; Strong, a iple and Durable; only two belts used feed driven from counter-shaft to avoid short belts; gearing strong, and rmade for SPEED; has movable guides, enabling the operator to mnake Square pickets out of every suitable bolt; the change from Lath to Pickets made instantly, and vice versa. RODGERS IRON MANUFACTURINC CO. MUSE EGO Y,P = MICHIGAN.I 144 14 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. FIRE. C',L1 _~~7T; MARINE. MAX LANGE, i'7\~&E~\ ~,ONLY SOUND AND RELIABLE< Insurance Cornpanies Represented. OFFICE 35 AND 37 MASON'S BLOCK. Muskegon, Michigran LIFE. ACCIDENTI MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. '145 Crand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE FISHINC LINE. --OFFERS THE-- MOST DIRECT A BEST ROUTE --ýFROM AT1Tx<,ýý EASTERN, WESTEGRN # SOUTH ERN ---;POINNTS TO-/- I FORT WAYNE, STURCIS, KALAMAZOO, ALLECAN, GRAND RAPIDS GRAND HAVEN, BIG RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, MANISTEE, LUDINCTON, PETOSKEY, TRAVERSE CITY, ST. ICNACE, MACKINAC, AND ALL POINTS IN # WES8TERN AND NORTHERN MICHIGA/V.) And the Celebrated Miiiing Region of the Upper Peninsula. THROLUGiH TRAINS ARE RUN TO MACKINAW CITY, With Ferry Transfer ti St Ignace. connecting at the latter point wi!h the Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Railruadl fur Marquette, Negalnee, L Anse and all Lake Superior points. -WOODRUFF SLEEPING CARS ON NIGHT TRAINS. Leave C. H. & D. Depot, Cincinnati. SDAILY THROUGHI TRAINS.ree Time nCard.) ASK FOR TICKETS ViA GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILROAD W. O. HUCHART, C. L. LOCKWOOD, President and General Mkanager. General Psseiiger Agent. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 146 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. Detroit & Cleveland STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Picturesque Mackinac Islana. SThis Great Historic Summer Resort and Sanitarium is reached by the DETROIT &- CLEVELAND STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY by their pleasant route through the lakes, with a splendid line of palatial side-wheel iron steamers, the largest, swiftest and most luxurious of any on fresh water. Steamers City of Mackinac and City of Cleveland leave Detroit every Wednesday and Friday morning at 10 o'clock, and Monday and Saturday nights at 22 o'clock, standard time. A round trip to Mackinac occupies two and three quarters days from Detroit, or four and a half days from Cleveland. The steamers stop at Mackinac Island both going and returning, which gives from four to six hours to view the wonders and curiosities, or thirty-six hours may be had by waiting for the next following steamer. As round trip tickets are good to return by either steamer at any time, your stay can be prolonged as desired. Mackinac Island, as seen from the dec!s of Steamers. A summer trip is planned for a change from the excitement of business and monotony of household cares to a quiet return to Nature, for rest and recreation. A trip by water affords the relief sought, as no other medium will, with plenty of fresh air and ample time for a good view of the varied scenery, the most attractive to be found. The cost is the least possible per day, for an equal number of days' recreation. Between Cleveland and Detroit the company's steamers, City of Detroit and. Northwest,. leave every evening (except Sunday) at 20.30 o'clock from Cleveland, and 22 o'clock from Detroit, arriving at either city the following morning at 5.30 o'clock, in time for all early trains. Folders, showing the bird's eye view of Mackinac Island and the Lake Route sent free, or enclose 25 cents for illustrated book, entitled, ' A Lake Tour to Picturesque Mackinac." C. D. WHITCOMB, GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT, No. 6 Wayne Street, Detroit, Mich, MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 147 ~m~& w~kU3~~V~ M 1ERC"HANT TAILORS. A FINE LINE OF Imported SDomestic Goods TO SELECT FROM. 113 Terrace Street, Near Western Avenne, Muskegon, - Michigan. 148 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. LOOK AT THE NAME. (Fletcher, THE Gocer Follow the Crowd and You Will oon FIND TU E PLACE! MY TO(K, C'OMP1I[SING EVERYT[IN(} PERTAININ TO A F IRST-CLAS GIROCERY, WILL FROM THIS DATE 1E SOLD AT PRICES THAT WILL PLEASE EVERYBODY. I cordially INVITE you all to convince you of the f Lct Yours Respectfully, Fletcher, TFIE Grocer. MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 149 OFFERS FOR SALE RE SDENCE LOTS! SITUATE ON THE FOLLOWING NAME\D AVENUES AND STREETS: Washington, Park, Grand, Seventh, Southern, Sixth, Forest, Fifth, Dale, lIiIJefferson, Arch, Sanford, Laketon, Peck. THESE ARE THE MOST DESIRABLE LOTSHEALTHFULNESS AND NEARNESS TO THE BUSINESS CENTRE CONSIDERED, IN THE CITY, And are offered F ir sale at Low Prices and Easy Terms. 0rrjeg---rjnsT $TgESTI OPPH- Qýiv XUGONNAITIONAL BJANX 150 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. THE MUSKEGON NATIONAL BANK. Capital, $200,000. SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED EARNINGS JAN. 1, 1884, $71,000. Muskegon, - - - Michigan. OFFICERS. P RESIDENT, YICE- RESIDENT, pASHIER, p) 4f. iACKLEY, F P. MONTAGUE, DIRECTORS. -. /VASON,.. ýHAWV FRAruk VOOD6 J. J.jACKLEY J. } ASoN RANK )AOOD P T. PILLS, j PfECK, MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 151 MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN. MANUFACTURERS OF CANC-SA WED Lumber and. Lath! CUSTOM SAWING SOLICITED. Parties owning Pine, or Saw Loo-s will do well to correspond with us in relation to the Manufacture of their Stock. IN SAWING INCH LUMBER WE USE SIXTEEN GUAGE SAWS IN OUR GANG. 152 M1USKEGON AND ITS RESOURCtS. 4MCLB LUMBER COWPANY MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN PINE LUMBER, TIMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES, Muskegon, = Michigan. Lumber of all Grades Constantly on Hand. WE CROSS-PILl. ALL OUR LUMBER, AND SHIP BY RAIL OR WATER. BILLS SAWED TO ORDER. ESTABLISHED IN 1883. Capital Stock, $75,000. ---'-ýOFFICERS.- cit N, McGRAFT, President. THOS. W. PALMER, Vice-President. GEO. D. SMITH, Secretary. D I R ECTO RS.N. McGRAFT, THOS W. PALMER, L. N. KEATING, G. R. GRAY, GEO, D SMITH, MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 153 S. C. HALL LUMBER COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS Lumber and Lath OFFICE: MUSKEGON NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, Muskegon, - Michigan. WE HAVE ALSO A LARGE QUANTITY OF STUMP LANDS, FARMING LANDS, HARDWOOD LANDS AND PINE LANDS FOR SALE ORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. CHEAP. 151 1 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCE S. TE MPERANCE LIBRARY ------------------------------------------------------------------ Muskegon Michigan. - OFFICE RS.- - -. President---NEWCOMB McGRAFT, Vice-President-.-JOHN W. MOON, Secretary---FREO L. REYNOLDS, Treasurer---C, H, -;ACKLeY' -,; D I RECTORS.-1I)I"S S9IJVfl 166 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. WILLIAM JONES & SON. Champion Planing Mill. Manufacturers of - SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, FRAMES Store Fronts, Scroll Sawing TURNING, STAIR BUILDING, ETC. Special Attention Given to Planing, Flooring, Siding, Moulding and Brackets, Cedar Blocks for Street Paving, Office and Mill on Water Street, Corner of Market, MUSKECON, - - MICHICAN. DANIEL KELLEY, PRES. CHAS. A. CRANDALL, VICE PRES. WILLIAM KELLEY, SECOY & TREAS KELLEY BROS. MANUFACTURING CO,. Manufacturers of SAS, B S11OO1\:]sND8 Mouldings, WiRdow Frames, Stairs, Stair Rails, NEWEL POSTS, BALUSTERS, BRACKETS, OFFICE Furniture and Wood Carving, Interior Finish IN ALL KINDS OF HARD WOODS. -ALso D. KELLY'S PATENT WEATHER-PROOF BLINDS. Corner Terrace and Lake Streets, MUSKEGON, - - - MICHIGAN. Planing, Matching and Resawing at reasonable Rates. MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOUIRCES. CHICAGO RESTAURANT ICE CREAiVIM 1PARLORS, P. RONTKE, Proprietor. No. I02 \VTeStern AveInue. THE ONLY FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT IN '1E'E CITY, --DEALER IN<11CIGARS AND CONFECTIONERY>> BRANCH RESTAURANT Cerman Hall Block, Terrace Street. MUSKEGON TUG ASSOCIATION. ORCANIZED IN 1882M TUCS REPRESENTED: Alice E. Cetty, North Muskegon, John Torrent, Newell Avery. G. P. Kingsbur Frank Ceele. VESSEL TOWING A SPECIALTY! P. PILLOW, PRESTT4DENT. ALEX. CLEGHORN, SECRETARY. C. C. ALLEN, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. -n4OFFI CE IN CUSTIN'S BLOCK0,-ATelephone for Tug. 168 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. LECLERE & STRYKER, Dealers in all Kinds of STAPLE FANCY S?`~f" T ~~ ~ip ~E~1I~$&fT c;:@GROC 1\ý I E-4~: 7 TEAS, COFFEES, SUGARS! The Best in the Market, - Always a Full Stock. FRESH VEGETABLES IN SEASON! LOW PRICES! FIRST-CLASS GOODS! SMITH'S NEW BLOCK, FIRST STREET. Muskegon, Michigan, MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 169 Haines & Chamberlain, CENE.RAL INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENCY. Room No. 7, Muskegon National Bank Building. Muskegon, - - - Michigan. REAL ESTATE BOUCHT AND SOLD! Orders by Mail or Telephone will Receive Prompt Attention" --1-COMPANIES REPRESENTED---mAEtna Ins. Co. of Hartford. Atlantic Fire & Marine. Liverpool, London and Clobe. Rhode Island Und. Associa'n. National Fire, Hartford. North American. Howard Ins. Co. of New York. Phoenix Ins. Co Ha-tio d Shoe and Leather, Boston. Saint Paul, Minn. Hartford of Hartford. National, New York. Firemen's Fund, California. N. German, Hamburg. Sun Ins. Co., England. London & Provincial. Union of Philadelphia. Boylston Mutual. Lancashire of England. Mutual Benefit Life lns. N.J. N. H. Walworth,' CHICACO, ILL. C. REED, Muskegon. E. H. REED, Walworth, Reed & Co., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN f U 1 B R 1 LATH AN D.SH INCGLES. YARD. SAW AND PLANINC MILL AT MUSKECON, MICH. Main Office, 232 South Water St, Room, CHICACO0 ILLINOIS. 170 MUSKEGON AND ITS REISOURCES. Leahy $ Company, We invite the attention of CLOSE BUYERS of Dry Goods to our extensive stock of Choice Goods adapted to first-class trade. Ladies will find every description of Dress Goods, Silks, Shawls,White Goods, Linens, House-furnishing Goods, &c. Our department of Trimmings, Ribbons, Laces, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs and Gloves will always be found complete. Our facilities for purchasing goods from first hands are such as enable us to offer the Newest and Choicest Fabrics at as low price as any house in America. Leahy & Corpany. CENERAL REAL ESTATE ACENCY. I desire to call the attention of the public to the fact that I have for sale, through my Agency, Houses and lots in different parts of the city, many beautifiul residences, with outbuildings, etc., situated upon popular streets,nd avenues, which are offered at low rates and upon reasonable terms. And also a large quantity of level and smooth lands, pleasantly located just outside and adjacent to the city limits, which can be sold in lots or parcels of 5, 10, 15 and 20 acres, to suit those who may desire to enjoy the benefits and privileges of city advantages, and yet be relieved of corporate taxation. And to those who may have for their object, the engaging in the culture and raising of vegetables and small fruits, to which this soil and climate is peculiarly adapted, I have through my Agency, a number of small farms ranging from 20 to 40 acres, handsomely located and only a few miles from the city, that will be sold at moderate figures and easy terms. I have also large and beautiful farms, well stocked and in bearing with the various fruits of the (budded varieties) apples, peach, pear, plum, grapes, raspberries, strawberries, etc., situated upon the lovely banks of Lake Harbor, five miles from the city and almost in view of that great inland sea, Lake Michigan. It is njt possible for me to enumerate or particularize in this notice, but will simply say that having had a business experience of sixteen years in the city and county of Muskegon which has afforded me an extended knowledge in the selecting and handling of real estate in this section, and any person desiring prompt, correct and minute information respecting the city and county of Muskegon, would receive the same cheerfully by addressing, DANIEL UPTON, Real Estate Agent, Muskegon. MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 171 HENRY D. BAKER, Wall Paper by the Ton! Window Shades, Curtains, Notions, Gold Pens, Fancy Goods, &c., also Newspapers, Magazines, Periodicals, &c. Call and See me and you w ill buty Cheapest place in the city. Store, Baker's Block, Western avenue, near Jernace street, Muskegon, - Michigan. JOHN WILLIAMS, DEALER, IN PURE ENTI7K WWHIS IS IN ORIGINAL PACKAGES!R Choice Imported and Domestic WTines, Peach and Apple Brandies, &c., and best brands of Imported andl domestic CIGARS! NO. 80 OTTAWA STREET, Opp, C & W. M. R'y. Depot. MUSKEGON, - - MICHIGAN. 172 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. THOS. MUNROE, Superintendent H. PARK, Treasurer,. Thayer Lumber Company, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER! Lath and Pickets, MUSKEON, MICH ICAN. Ship DRY Lumber, Lath, Etc., by Rail to all Points East, West South. SHIPMENTS BY RAIL AND WATER. MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 173 LOUI KA ITZ, President H. D. BAKER, Treasurer N. McGRAFT, Vice-Pr.sident. GUSTAVE MEESKE, Secretary, B. N. BARNES, Manager. IMUSKEGON VALLEY FURNITURE CO., MINUSKEGON, MICHIGAN. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF ORDERS SOLICITED AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED, -D I RECTORS.-- P, D JAKER) OUIS JANITZ, pUGH fARK, P J4. JACKLEY,. PAEESKE, P. JMCpRAFT, W. ) )MooD, JoN PRATZ, y Pr UCEY 174 4 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. The J. M. Pillsbury Fruit Farm, located in the Village of Lakeside, is offered for sale on reasonable terms. It contains 17 acres, two-thirds ofr which are under cultivation in Fruits, including apples, peaches, pears, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, etc. There are on the premises a good dwelling house of nine rooms, a good barn built at a cost of $1,500, and other outbuildings. Street c.irs run withing a few rods of the house. Good reasons given for selling. For particulars address J. N4. Pillsbury, M "A MUSKEGON, - MICHIGAN. Druggist and Pharmacist, 73 Western Avenue. Choice Perfumes and Toilet Articles, Fine Stationery, Fahcy Goods, Etc. You make no mistake in buying FRAGRANT, LASTING and EREFRESHING! FINE AS SILK, = - = TRY IT, Il EGON AN ITS RESOURCES. 175 D, C. HIGLEY. Muskegon Branch. J. D. HUNTLEY. D. C. HICLEY & CO., DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, lIILLINERY. NO. 81 WESTERN AVENUE, MUSEGON, - - - MICHIIGAN. W. F. WISELOCEL, Alanufact urer cOf iand DeIaler in all kinds of PLANING, MATCHING, SIDING AND MOULDING, Planing Mill aLnd Office on Clay Ave., bet. Pine and Terrace Sts. Joseph Mitcheson & Son, PINE STREET. Fine Meats, Sausages, Poultry and Game SOLD AS LOW AS AT ANY OTHER PLACE! COME AND BE SATISFIED. - _, - I- -- - --- -,,- WE -;L~EII~ Ri. P EAST ON, SECRETARY OF BOARD OF TRADE. Oice, Rooll 1, Torrent's Block, - IMUSKEGON, Mich, 176 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. A M. GOODWIN. E. A, PARKER A. M. GOODWVIN & CO., TAIL ORS MEN'S FURNISHERS HATTERS, WILL AT ALL TIMES SHOW A FINE LINE OF SUITINGS, OVERCOATINGS AND TROUSERINGS. HAVE SECURED THE SERVICES OF A NEW YORK CUTTER, WHO TURNS OUT ONLY ELEGANT FITS AND FINE WORKMANSHIP, PRICES REASONABLE, AWELL SELECTED STOCK MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS AT LOWEST PR CES, WE ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED "KNOX" HATS. Torrent Block, No, 15i Western Avenue, Muskegon, Mich, W -. B. CUTTER, ONE-PRICE BOOT r SHOE DEALER. SOLID, DURABLE - Low PRICED GooDs A SPECIALTY. 87 Western Avenue., MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 177 ALEXANOER RODGERS SEN., -OWNER OF AND DEALER IN - CITY AND SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE. Owrs c lcerge nmtber of City Lots, inclu~ding some, ChOvcs Locatlions for Manufacturing Purposes, ALSO LARGE NUMBER OF LOTS IN NORTH MUSKEGON AND LAKESIDE. Farming Lands, In Various Parts of the County. ALL THE ABOVE ARE OFFERED FOR SALE ON REASONABLE TERMS AND ON EASY PAYMENTS. Address ALEXANDER RODCERS SEN., 1MUSKEGON, - - MICHIGAN. NI M USKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. R. C. Hitchcook, Pres, A, Harvey, Supt, Chas. E. Woodard, eno'y and Treas, IMU~EGON NOVELTY IRON WORKS, MANUFACTURERS OF Mill. arine Engines, Mill And Marine Boilers. Farr's Patent Log Turner. Smith and Walker's Patent Refuse Burners, FORCINCS AND ALL KINDS OF Mill NMachinery. FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS, BLACKSMITHS, BOILER MAKERS. REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. OFFICE AND SHOPS, 361 WESTEIRN AVE. Muskegon, - - - Michigan. SEE CUT OF WORKS, ON PACE 106. MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 179 ^PANYARD BROS., HOUSE PAINTINC! PAPER HANGING AND DECORATING! Fine Stock of Wall Paper Always on Hand. SHOP COR. F(RST ST. AND CLAY AVE.. NEAR MUSKE'N NAT'L BANK MUSKECON, - - MICHICAN. The Muskegon Tank Oil Line Co., SOLE AGENT FOR THE Stanidard Oil Company AT MUSKEGON. We sell at Prices that Cannot be Duplicated in the City. Have a Lot of Cans which we fill and leave at the houses of our Customers till empty, when we exchange for others. Orders by Telephone promptly filled. FRANK A. MASON, Manager. WESTERN AVENUE,'BELOW OCCIDENTAL, Muskegon, - Michigan. 18( MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. For Fine Jewelry, --Go to-- ADOLPH BOLZA, THE OLDEST IN THE CITY, WVIERE HIE KEEPS FOR SALE A FINE LOT OF Diamond Rings, Pins, and Studs, Silver; Tea and Table Spoons, Forks' &c. COLD AND SILVER WATCHES! CHAIN-,S at Prices as Low as Fver Offered inrt.he City He is Located in the M2ERRIILL--BOLZA BLOCK, Western Avewne, Muskegon, - - - Michigan, MUSKEGOIN ANDI ITS RESOU RCIS. 11 181 BOOK-SELLER, Stationer i Newsdealer. The Iost Complete Bookstore in the City. lTHE LARGEST STOCK OF PAPER JIANCINUSW EST OF D EFTRO IT. New Designs In Decorations and Ceilings. ----ALSO-- CITY TICKET AGENT Detroit Grand Haven & lilwaukee R' R., Muskegon - - Michim. R. H. Hitchcock, Joseph A. Hitchcock. A. J. Hitchckock R. H. HITCHCOCK & COMPANY, WATCH WT A If C I Clocks and Silverware. RIFENBURG'S BLOCK. Special attention to Repairing. MUSKEGON, - - MICHIGAN. 182 1 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. + 4) 1 ) + oil a 8saacr of She a3m rriagej s, aong,89 agi, t~ers t iWh qrespt iand rfl QIg le;itathsr iven t o gleairn ofal i nfll& a. tr ofliied, Olf Riot$ h $t"Itti l 0 1 Mwl$ ttR~,il l'!Ia P 'I EM 6 m MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 183 CANNED GOODS, GREEN AND DRIED FRUITS, FINE TEAS AND COFFEES A SPECIALTY! Our goods are of the First Quality and sold at Lowest Possibtle Prices. ALSO PROPRIETOR OF MUSKEGON BAKERY! We make aind keep consttantly on hand the Finest Bread, the Freshest Cakes and the Best Pies in the City. 79 Western Avenue, - MUSKEGON, Michigan. BRO'WN & FRIEND, Furnishing Goods, Gents Underwear, 2VWHOLESALE AND RETAIL. THE LATEST STYLES OF CLOTHINC! 67 WESTERN AVENUE, - MUSKEGON, MICH. BANK BLOCK, 76 & 78 WASHINGTON ST., NEW CASTLE, PA. WATER STREET, WARREN, PA. 380 14air Street, Buffalo New York, HEADQUARTERS AT BUFFALO, N. Y. 184 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. ROBSON'S! Mouldings, at Robson's. OPPOSITE CITY HALL. Home-Made Candy, at ROBSON'S. OPPOSITE CITY HALL. WVilliarn Keck, THE Watchmaker N Jeweler. THE NEWEST STYLES AND BEST GOODS. Holt's Block, - - - Muskegon Michigan. Fred E. Libby, GENERAL Contractor and Builder. Jobbing Attended to Promptly. -MILL WORK A SPECIALTY! Telephone Connection. MU~TSKEGONI, - - MICRIGAN. STEINER HOUSE! This House has been rebuilt and enlarged and newly furnished. The best accommodation for the traveling public is guaranteed. N. STEINER, Proprietor. Cor. Eastern Ave. and Ottawa St. Street Cars pass the door! Muskegon, - - atMichigan. MUSKEGON ANI) ITS RESOjRicEs, H. N. POWELL & CO. DEALERS IN 4HARDAR 1 Ys C) L-a-61 9 MILL SUPPLIES, DOORS & WINDOWS, WAGON lYATERIAL, Agts. for the Celebrated PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PUTTY, c, ALSO P88 Aeu, We l 8.ese k I _ ~-,-~ n-~,-2-~.--..rrr~~-n-~-rFrrl~~-r~~.---~-T-~--~~ ~?CI- ~l~iP~~~-~-=^~-----n~~~-~uu~~o~-r~~~~w*~ r -WESLEY F, OOD,0D Owner of and Dealer in ~ ~ eea B~tpBr, ail, a.,pil Houses for rent and Houses and Lots for sale in the city. Also large quantity of Farming Lands in various parts of the county for sale or rent. Will Not Handle Property for Other People. OFFICE, PINE STREET, M"'U S K E 00 N M I C H 1K O A Ni l 186 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. James Cow, John Campbell. A. C. Ma o. Gow, Majo & Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Pine Lumber, Timber, Etc. CUSTOM SAWING SOLICITED. MILL AT NORTH MUSKEGON. Ship by Rail or WVater. MUSKEGON. - - - MICHIGAN. WVILL H. COGGESHALL, FASHIONABLE HATT"ER. Fine Furnishing Goods A Specialty. White and Fancy Shirts Made To Order! Agency for Wilson Bros. Shirts and the E. # W. Short Band Collars. NO. 135 WESTERN AVENUE, MUSNEGONO MICHIGAWrN MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 187 FURNITURE! FURNITURE! & A. C.#& L. Truesdell9 `AýMANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN--- FURNITURE UPHOLSTERED GOODS, Lamps, Classware, Queensware, -P -CARPETS AND SILVERWARE.A P5 They carry one of the Largest Stocks in the above Line to be found in ýI WESTERN MICHIC'Ný-ý -ca"STORE INW-- Muskegon National Bank Block, um,..e.ron.. " Michigan. 188 MUiMSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. When You are in Need of Anything in the DRUG line Call and See %4FwT r,- n On Pine Street, - -' Muskegon. Although new to this city they have had an extensive experience in Three Riyers and Constantine, and would refer the the public to"the physicians and druggists of those places, by whom they are endorsed. They have in Stoi h a aFull Linme of -brugns, 14tedicines, 1ye $Stuffs, and Toilet vtic'les. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED. 0. E. HITCHCOCK. A. J. HITCHCOxK. A. J. HITCHCOCK & CO., Pile Driving, og Rafting, Towing, Etc. Logs stored for parties at our Store Booms at Noith Muskegon. Piles of any length furnished at reasonable prices. Office with R. H. Hitchcock & Co., Rifenburg Block, Muskegon, - - - Michigan. M.USKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 189 A Map of Muskegon Lake. Twhfl tý 1, 1884f. A Map of Muskegon Lake is now in course of preparation from ACTUAL SUTRVEYS on the ice, showing exact location of Mills, Docks and Booms, also soundings. Great care has been taken and much labor expended to show everything pertaining to the Lake, etc., as nearly correct as possible. Its size is 3x4 feet and it is drawn to a scale of 600 feet to the inch. Sailors will find it of great convenience. Address ABBOTT & GAMBLE, CIVIL ENGINEERS, OFFICE IN lICE'S BLOCK, BLODGETT & BYRNE, MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER LATH! Office, Western Avenue, MUSKEGON, - MICHIGAN. 190 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. L. O BEERMAN, MANUFACTURER OF CARRIAGES, WAGONS, SLEIGHS, LUMBER CARTS, TRUCKS, ETC, ETC, A GENERAL BLACKSMITH AND REPAIR SHOP IN CONNECTION WITH MVIANUFACTORY, GOOD WORKMEN EMPLOYED AND WORK GUARANTEED. MANUFACTORY ON PINE STREET, MUSKEGON, - - MICHIGAN, MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 191 O* l Lumb0 a 411in\ viaBFhl WM. I MARKUS, 9MANAGER. O- 'DEION GL N-,iDEALS ONLY INag RST - CLASS GOODS! No. 117 WESTERN AVENUE. Mason's Block, MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN. 192 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. Merchants' National Bank. MUSKEGON, MICH. (C) C* 8 tiCL - $10OOO,0oo. Transacts a Ceneral Banking Business. PJOHN TORRENT, President. S. A. HOFSTRA, Vice-President. WM. B. McLAUCHLIN, Cashier. *D1IRECTORS.A Mathew Wilson, F. A. N ims. Nathan Platt, John Torrent, S. A. Hofstra, Hugh Park, Louis Kanitz, Samuel Davis, F. J. Russell. MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 193 MANUFACTURERS OF, AND WHOLESALE 2DI c A. LEthS I rT Shipxments By Rail Or Water. Our Cut is 9O,000,000 Shingles 10,000,000 Feet Lumber SPER YEAR --- OFFICES AT - - - MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, ANZD 236 SOUTH W7ATER ST., CHICAGO, ILL. L.r Osca~r Ly~~on, ---? --------_ PAPER HANCINC ETO. OFFICE WESTERN AVE., OPP MANN& PIERCE. IH. B. SMI T H DEALER IN %roceries And Provisions, "AN0 D$ rO-D0, t, All kpinds fSf Provisions Flour Feed &o. Ottawa St., Above Depot, T.GEGON, - - - MICHIG-AN. 194 MUSK EGON AND ITS RESOURCES. A. RODCERS, Sr., Pres. W. F. CHRYSTAL, Sec. A. RODGERS, Jr. Treas. Rodgers Iron Manufacturing Co, SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED Wolverine Direct Acting Steam Pump, Uja LBl.. - C a CL 0(D co (). 0 rd For Use at Railroad Water Statos, Hotels L ber Yard ADDRESS RODGERS IRON MANUFAUTURIRG Cli, AMUSKEGO]I - - MICHlIGrA1N cf, Lw ~ 'Bt~d 8(D rJ~0) 10% - 1j C01NBNE UM ADBOLII CMLEE Fo s tRalodWte ttos Htl ýLubrYr' A )DES OAR IO MNFATUIrGC )TUICGO MCHGA MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 195 THOS. D. STIMSON, MANUFACTURER OF AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Lumber, Lath A& Shingles, PICKETS @ MOULDINGS. ALL KINDS OF DRESSED LUMBER CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Shipments Mostlv by Rail. Office and Yard on Water Street, be'ween Market and Lake. 196 1 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. CO cn, rlo Wu 0Qa 0) 0 C ~DA VIES IRON WORKSto MANUFACTURERS OF AtyY ENGINES! Lemieux's Patent Cang Edger! U) C pumu MUSKECON, MICI HI. ('M'stal pass the Works and 0ie(,. ) ~ I I r Marine Directory Great Lakes for 1884.-5. Pontaining columplete descriptive list of all vessels navigating these \Vators. co rrectly compiled from official sources, correct to date. Notice o(,l e\ ely Port on the Lakes and connecting rivers, giving situation, population, principal Shipments, Etc. Names of all vessel owners, shipping agents, brokers, insurance companies and agents, marine ri'porters, ship builders, and chandlers, sail, wirging and tackle makers, etc., etc., etc. Lists of (Custom H-ouses and oflicers, Light-houses and keepers, Hospitals., etc., etc. R. L, POLK & CO., Publishers, - DETROIT, Mich. ~uA. W. MILLER4i PROPRIETOR OF STEAM LAUNDRY! Third Street, opp. Occidental, MUSHEGON, - MICrIG.AN. The only First-class Laundry in MIuskegon County.. LTe Ciutains and Pillow Sham ia Specialty. MUSKEGON AND) ITS RESOURClES. 19 197 The Chicago & West Michigan Railway IS NNINIG BEWEN T RAND RAWI AND CHICAGO, For the Benefit of Through Passengers, With all the latest improvements, irncluding comIplete TI'oilet arrangoements and State-coom fl'or Smokers. These cars are in char.e c T a Porter whogoes through to Chicago. No erta ha isr e i lnde for seats in these ears. A PARLOR CAR HAS BEEN PUT ON Between Muskegon and Mian-stee, running through without (chaige, connecting at AMuskeagotn with morning train fron Chicahgo, iii.king only one change between Chicago a(ndl Manistee, gi \ring passengers plenty oft time at Muskegon in the miorning for ibrakfast, and (arriving a:it lanistee in time for dinner. This Makes the Shortest and Best All81 Ri Liu i Btwen Chicago. Manistee and uliugton. This Car leaves Manistee in the aflternoon, arriving at Muskegon in tiime to connect with night train running Pullman Sleeping ('Cars through to Chicago. A NEW LINE Between GRAND RAPIDS and INDIANAPOLIS Via LaCrosse. Coaches run through without change, making c ose connection in Union Depot at Indianapolis fo all points in the Solith and West. No long transfers across the city. The Only Line to Chicago & Indianapolis Without Change. Through tickets can be obtained at the different ticket offices of the Company, and any further information of J. H. PALMER, GEN'L PAss. AGT., 7Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich, 198 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. N. CASTENHOLZ & COMPANY, PROPRIETORS OF XMUSKEGONO$ 4STOCK YARDS.ALSO WHOLESALE AND R ETAIL DEALERS Ti FRESH, SALT AND SMOKED MEATS! GAME IN SEASON! Markets --201 Pine Street, Tubby's Block, and on Western Ave., near Walworth & Reed's Mill. TELEPHONE CONNECTION. MUSKEGON AND ITS iRESOURCES. 1 1919 MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN WE HAVE FACILITIES FOR CROSS-PILING OUR LUMBER. WE MAKE SHIPMENTS BY RAIL OR WATER. OFFICE OPPOSITE MILL, ON WESTERN AVENUE Mfuskegon, - Michigan A. A. BIGELOW. C. H. BIGELOW PETER WALKER. Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers in DRY LUMBER, ETC. MILLS AT MUSKEGON, MICH. LUMIBIER YARD, 35TH- AND ULMAIN sTREET, Offices at NIuskegon anid Chicago. 2.1 0,MUCXEUSKEGON AND IT h1b()L 'Ek John A. Miller, --DEALER IN - GENERAL HARDWARE, ---AND AGENT FORm==C== z C77=3i=f COOK AND PARLOR STOVES, - Mill Supplies. Doors And Clazed Sash.'9 AGRICULTURAL IIMPLEMENTS. PAINTS ANLD OILS, GELASS, PUTT Y, AN!) IE VE. RYTI[NG USUALLY FOUND IN A First Class Hardware Establishment. Also Agent for the Bement Plows of LANSINC, MICH. AND SOUTH BEND, IND. MIILLER'S BLOCK, MUSKECON, - MICHICAN. MUSKEGON AND irrh RFSOUmRs.:ý7A-,A ES H. SMITH-f-4 ~4AR WAREID TOOLS OF ALL KINDS! PAINTS AND OILS! FRTSTREET, - MUSKEGON, MICHICAN. RETAIL DEALER IN Fresh Salt and Smoked lMeats, Sausage, Poulltry, Etc, WESTERN AVENUE N uskegon, - -M-ichigan. sow - Merchandi-se iro e off-ice and Sample Room, Jefferson St., Opp. City H all. P. 0. Box, 200 1. MUSKEGON, -* MCICN *,tTelephone Connectioný% 90s MUSKEGON AND ITS RE1;SO U RoES. OR\~~9 -~ -C' { vIDs e ID eaint e erv nediesn ie ORes, Vaneies0 tAd edt oeope Dr- gists' ts dr 5and L u~rI Vo us es' to quantitireS enuireeo Uges and oid effpe!qr tc. - comp..WiesWadage Ie fred c,,,"eS,,Ogespell W,- s olae a1ne - oil e St a- e e epr DOrders bY rCle a Xpre on Rec-elve Order's by aal' o Fred Brundage & Co DEALELS IN Drugs, Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Patent Medicines, Wines and Liquors, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Mixed Paints, Brushes, Druggists' Sundries, Stationery, Candies, Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, &c. Corner Ruddiman Ave, & First St., Fred Brundage & Co., DEA LEIMS IN Drugs, Medicines, Dye Stutifs, Patent Medicines, Wines iandl Liquors, Paints. Oils, Varnishes, Mixed Paints, Brushes, Druggists' Sundries, Stationery, Candies, Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, &c. SOUTH SIDE MAIN STREET, North Muskegon,' Michigan, I I IOITON, MIC1IlkBN MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. 290 We,ke We0OWE*NT-+ GENE AL DEALEU IN ZI l 1 The*Largest and*Most Complete*Stock~of *Fine -o a2 ~o ~-iii! ~ ~~Sjý 4ST ~~S,- 4e $Efl$ a ~ fjG, ~669$ ~O~ EV S OWNIN THE GITY, AND MY STOC IS N --NO REVOLITIONAY GOODs-- p pRIES THAT WILL PLEASE ALL. lease all and Examin* eifTore Tfurhasing. g /sera re- = veaehukegonll, Iichigan. 204 MUSKE ON AND ITS F. H. HOLIBROOK, DEALER IN WOOD AND C4'ýOAL! MUSKEGON, MICR. Hard or Soft Wood in Large or Snrml Quantities Mlill Wood byCargo, Car load or Team Load. COAL:-Anthracite, Indiana Block, Hocking Valley Cannel, Cumberland and Blossburg. A0 1 L S All Kinds of Illuminating and Lu;)Lecating Oils at Wholesale. Mv Telephone Connection.%ý OFFICES: Third St., op-. Occidental Hotel, and Central WIaraf. AMUS3K EGON AN[) IT'S RESOURC~ ES. 205 D C, TILLOTSON. ASHFORD WOOD. II N-TS URPvA N'CE % IN;uRANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.N FIIA;AJIINE, LIFE A1~.Offi~ce cryngr Western Aveue and M/arket StreetL MUSKEGON, MYich.~ MJA.NUFA CT U hBRJ~ (OF AND DEALERS 1 AT --HARESS OF ALL KIlNDS~fr< SporialAItfi~ati iLm Gil'm tIjo 4L ia-ctunriUg 'xtio rjdp SHOP ON PINE STL OPPCOTIE'S WAGON SHOP, Al, ggin k u. 206 MUSKEGON ANDITS RESOURCES. DIRECTORY OF TORRENT'S NEW BLOCK. ILLUSTRATION ON PAGE 95. FIRST FLOOR. Merchants' National Bank. Nathan Platt & Co., Dry Goods. A. W. Freeman, "Bank Exchange." SECOND FLOOR. Marcus W. Bates & Co., Insurtnine, ic(ns 1 and 3. John W. Blodgett and C. L. Gunn, rooms 2, 4 and 6. John Torrent and Muskegon Hardware Co., offices, rooms 5&T. C. E. Wiswell, living rooms, Nos. 8, 10, 12, 13 and 14. L. W. Schimmel, sleeping room, No. 11. Will D. Hardy, sleeping room, No. 9. THIRD FLOOR -. Bigelow, living rooms, Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 15. Isaac P. Newton, living rooms, Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. A. E. Turner, living rooms, Nos. 10, 12 and 14. A. E. Turner, office, No. 22. Theo. Dean, living rooms, Nos. 16, 18 and 20. MUSKEGUN AND ITS RESOURCES. 207 # T tWjWj Q at Ino 1 k a L lot$,ter 5~ 34a t48*N~ ufll ap,070Y T o gia ~ ~ ~~0 A 10rst wo nit 208 MijSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. DR S Booth, Sweet&Co., Pr prietors of the AMlERICAN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE I 61 and 53 Western Avenue, MUSKEGON, Michl NMAKE A SPECIALTY OF diseases of the Eye and EiR, iBrain and Nerves, Stlnmacli, Liver and IlHeari, li'roat and Lungs, Catarrh, Asthma ind (oirsumption, constipation, 1{heum uiatisll, N euralgia, Cancer, Sprof ula and Skin diseases, Fits, Pals.y, )Dropsy, T nLlllors, Goiter, Piles, Feuniile Diseas.es, etc., etc. i he American Mediel and Snurgic.t Inustitute is the only offi'ce between New Nw, 11ant (ie'go where (mpo0i1d Ox.ygen rn he httained in any form and which cn give its' pttienl ioffc ni home Lie Wm t. hSenI ioir H lih Joournal Address Drs. Booth, Sweet & Co., Muskegon, Mich.. FARGO & COMPANY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS I N Stap leFancyGroceries -AND--- PROVISIONS!I A very Large and, OChoice Stock and prices as low as the lowest. RIFENBURC'S BLOCK, MUSKEGON, - MICHIGAN MUSKEGON AND ITS 1RESOURCES. so CEO. C. KIMBALL, Piesident. Muskegon 9 EDWARD HILL, Manager, Car Engine Co. AMANUFACTURERS OF RAILWAY FREIGHT PASSENGEE EQUIPMENT! Stationary Engines and Boilers! CAPACI1Y, 1 FREIGHT CARS PER DA <1MUSKEGONI - MI C HIGA N 210 MUSKEGON ND ITS RESOURCES. R R. MUELLER Je weler, Watchmaker CARRIES A FULL LINE OF FIRST-CLASS JEWELRY AND WATCHWS. IF IN NEED OF ANYTHING IN MY L NE CALL BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. Gustin's Block, Western Avenue, lMuskegon, Michigan POWE A The Photographer! OVER THE POSTOFFICE, JEFFERSON STREET, Should be Consulted by all Persons desiring Fine Photographs. MUSKECON, - MICHICAN. JOHN MURRAY. J. M. BARNETT. Estate of THOS, BYRNE, Dec`d JOHN MURRAY & OQ., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN umber, Lath and Logs. LEONARD EYKE AGENT AT MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN. OFFICE IN LANDRETH9S BLOCK. N."P. NELSON CHAS. E. HALL. NELSON & HALL' THE CASH GROCERS! DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. FRESH AND SALT MEATS OF ALL KINDS. COR. OAK & CENTER STS., NORTH MUSKEGON, MICHIGAW. MtIsRl(EaON AND itrS RLtSu1rCiis. 2i1. cD. M. STEVERc. JEVWELR CARRIES AN Elegant Stock of Jewelry, Repairing and Engraving Done Corvectly and in the BEST STYLES. STORE IN TORRENT'S NEW BLOCK, Western Avenue, Muskegon, Mich. Wil Remove to Merrill's New Block, Corner Western Avenue and Jefferson Streets, as soon as Completed. WILLIAM Mc COMB, AND D EATEI IN Fine Velvet Passepartouts. RAMES, A1LUM, ErT. CHIIILDREN'S PHll()OTOGRAPHS A SPECIALTY. OVER THLE KALAMAZOO STORE1. WESTERN AVENUE, - MU KIiEGON. ALICu 1'2 8MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. JOHN F. BREDIN, ST AIR -UBUILDER! ALL KINDS OF BALU STERS, RAILS, NEWELL POSTS! BLACK WALNUT LUMBER FOR S A L 7aetory, Terrace Street, near Clay Avenue, 2d Floor. P. 0. BOX 1010. f -WIS L. ARMS, RAY W. JONES, E. C. MISNERE President. Treasurer. Secretary. TORRENT & ARMS LUJMBER CO., MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 'A,\%I N N 7 \\- -77 \\\ LATH I IPICKETS! MUSKEGON, - MICHIGAN. MTSICEGON AND ITS REISOUtRCES. 1 213 1P. J. CONNOLLY-' < __() -________ PRACTICAL PLUMVBER, GAS AND STEAM FITTER. Dealer in Galvanized and Lead Pipe, And Fittings for Gas, Steamr and Water. -ALSO A FULL LINE OF BRASS GOODS Kept in Stock.-- mEA2,,C- SW. FE0T TO T E=WS OrPICEJ. Muskegon, - - - - Michigan. NORTH MUSKEGON FERRY LINE. Frabraoing the Erie L. Hackley, Centennial ': Mary E. Miner. oFFI1E Ai\N) DOCK, FO 1' 01' MA IEIT' STR. MUSKECON, - - - MICHICAN. 14 MUSKEGON ANND ITS RESOMJRtLS CITY OMNIBUSHACKPBGGAGE -LINE! Carriages Furnished for Wed~din~gs, Parties, &c,,. TELEPHONE CONNECTION WITH HOTELS AND DEPOTS. PFFICE JDORNER WVESTERN A4VENUEI ANjD fiRST STEEET,. MUSKECO - - ICHiCAN.N FLOUR AND FEED! Choice Butter 'aild'Eggs a Specialty. THIRD STREET, BETWEEN HOUSTON AND M~ONROE AVENUES. 'AYJVI S. HOPKINS, A R-CH IT'*FE CT! 17 ALDRICH BLOCK, GRANID RAPIDS, - MICIGAN.l PENCIL SKETCHES FREE TO PARTIES PROCU RINGPýLANS. DEALER rN Wood Delivered to all parts of the City. Also Teaming. FINE$" r TURNtOUTS IN, THE CITY. 633 WESTERNh AVE. i\I'USKEGON AND IT-S RE",SOURCES. 1 %. - I ýý AND DEALER IN Men's Pa~rnishiiig Goods, lits, Caps, Etc. CAN SHOW AS FULL AND FINE A LINE OF SUITINGS AND TROWSERINGS AS CAN BE FOUND IN THE CITY, AND AT PRICES THAT 61IVE SATISFACTtON. NO. 57 WESTERN AXVE., MUSKEGON, MICH. MANUFACTURER OF And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ALSO DEALE~R IN PLUG AND FINE CUT TOBACCO, PIPES, SNUFF, ETC ALSO) MANUIFACTURE S THTE CELEqBRATE-D ~nc~o. - - MICHIcGAN. 216 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES' THE CHICAGO & ST ICHIGAIN SRAILWAY V P THE VERY BEST LINE BETWEEN Northwestern Michigan and all Points in the South West, Making lose Connoetions at Eveoy J ction with all East and West Lines RUNNING ELEGANT NEW PARLOR CARS On Day Trains, with no extra charge for seats, and the * Pullman Sleeping Cars --eON ALL NICHT TRAINS&No Chance Between Crand Rapids or Muskegon and Chicago, or Between Grand Rapids and Indianapolis. GEO, C, KIMBALL, A. M. NICHOLS, Gen'I Mang'r. Gen'I Supt. I MUSKEGON ANID ITS RESOURCES. 217 DENNIS SMITH & COMTPANY, DEALERS IN They have the most elegant Store Rooms in the City, and carry a very large stock of DRY GOODS of all kinds, and the finest assortment of CARPETS to be found in the City. Buyers are invited to call and examine stock and getprices. Dennis Smith & Co., DEALERS IN Hardware! STOVES. IRON, STEEL, NAILS, PAINTS., GLASS! OW, ~PUTTYI ETC. Dennis Smith & Co., DEALERS IN FURNITURE! QUEENSWARIE! ETC,, ETC. GOODS SOLD ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS! DENNIS SMITH Z" CO.'S Three Large Stores, corner Clay Avenue,&Terrace St, 218 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. GENERAL IND Railroad Logging..................7 Agricultural...................... 14 Real Estate.1.9 Apples ad Pears............13 yerson, Hills & Co, City Mill........ 36 Amusements,!Public. t Sa 88 B.akingntittioii......... 43 S nery54 jB~e'_ 1School. -ardiZle. - *'- 622 Base'Ball: Club..~Sho nda' s t6 Board of Trade-" Directors of'K' j 1 chools PIvato'd Pa 11hial 6 Board of Trade, Officers of.............. Sewerage......... 49 Board of Trade, By-Laws, of. Shinles Cutof..;........ 188 Books and Notions. ~. Soit y Booming Company, tlb 28'- Sol te 59 Boots nd Shoes... Seret a end Beefole Associations 64 Building Statistics.... 18 Strawberry, the 12 Cemeteries..-t......ar.v eme............---6 treI po m n 48 Church Interests 6 Street Railway System......... 50 City Hall, the 50 Jelegrapi co - - - - C~ity of Msegon;;r'-: ~I5...:: 17 Tel::ephnc,.,. ---4 Ciurchpmeres tsi...b...er Suppl.y............... -. 6 City ighpetigSytm -.Tasprato opnes-----2 Climate-------------- Tn Asciton4 fWaerapWorks......................... 46 Commission DealersYacht...C.uh.. 50... Ycht C.ub...52 Driving Park Association 4- ILLUSTRATIONS. Drives...........................56 CtDrugs 80 Bank Mu kegon Natiopal......... 44 Dry Goodi. 4. 69,ooitiing Compal's S2orthing Groinds.. 31 Educational Intersts... 61 City Hall,.............. 51 Employees Sod Waes 102' - City"ater Ifoiks 45 Ferry Lntes 2 Court Hous th Finaliat42l 57 Hamilton, C J Reeace of 10.1 ita Depri~ment.2HamnlitoC. J till of 16 Fishing Sod Boating 5 Harford,.. W1. Reside ne of.. 1 Grapes 11 Hills, ';. T., Residence of...9..... 1 3 Groceries.. 41 Kanitz, Louis Residence of........ 124 j- ater S upp ly...,.,, 6 Harbor and Sbippip9 Statistics...... 21 Landreth's Block 77 Hardware..71 Mann, A. V. & Co., Saw Mill......... 3. Hats, Caps. Furnishin Good......... 94 Mann, A. V., Residence of......... 58 Healthfulness Mason's Block 0 Hotels 48 McLaughlin, David Residence oaf.... 56 Drives 5 Inscorpcaiate Cop n e s. 4 lcuGraft. Nwcscmh, Residence of 98 9 Introduthiont Mciri~ll-bola Block. 73 Invesiencs tha ill Py.....101 Misncr, I C, Residence of...... 0.Jswelrv -. 87 S Muskcon Laeke arid Vicinity, Map of.. 17 Library, Publi... Novelty Iron Works.... 106 LogsoRoafted,18:1 98 Opeir HoniYe the... 55 Loes -ftled since 186 Ow.e......l..oc.al:k 86 Lumber i 2 Itiord-n. Jhn, Residence o5f..,- 6 H.....89 Lumber Cut in 10 pYears.. 9h...'5 SmitrbVs Bloc- -".:.112 11 108 aLumber Queen of the World. 2 S9-ti ri T. - D., Sas l-ad Pa s88 Maaufactur' gEnterprises, Eossihle New 33 uperipsisoutiatiicts dial i 2 Manufactories Esta'ilished.........32-104 Torireats New Block. 95 iF anufacturin Indilstries 199 Votin6 Precincts Shi..p ')f Meicrintilc Matters............' Walk.............. 9 Walker, Joniiatysau, gilo taume t. 7 Miscella.neous 4496-11 Muskegon as a hlome 7 7 ADVERTISEMENTS. M muskeg on Countit5. H Abbott & Gamble.l.... 189 Mukelgon County Sport'.men's Associ'n 52 American Medical gad Surgtcafl r stiMuskegon's Manufacturing as compar- tute the..............;.......134-208 ed sith Other Cities.100 Amiotte, B----............214 Iuske sMa..cu.i.... c.r Aimiotte.............214 ed \vitbn Ctesot efOther StatheS.100 Bergeron Dr. V. A.. t pag e Covei Muskcgon Saw Mill, A......... Baker, H D- 85-171 Musk~egen a ills Predut o 18 2 Brus Bio..........107-1.62 Peaceies 12 Bigelow A. A. &. Co........L....121-199 Planing Mills........:; ~.. 26l. iBledgett&Byrne..............189 HPlums and Ghiepres.n.J...s....... Bken &..n. 2 L.....78-21 Pl~~Mann, A. V.-& Co., Saw ",5' Pomologicalaind Hortidultural.1......... 0Bole, Adolph......... 87-180 Populatioii Statistics............. 18 Boyer, William.............. 5 HPsteffice. Frnshng.od..-.. nA, 44 BrRsted Mrsi. 51 lailt Lumbci 'tiCsM so' Bok 7 02.9.................... Bo.. rd.5 Incorpora 1 Co R 6,'s 1 d, e it~~::tt-~~ Introd 'etion 61 MUSKEGON. ANI) ITS RE~jUTRCES. 21 Brundagý, Fred & Co._81-202 isner, P. * P.....,.........1.........0.. t Carey & Lander._.,.-----------------8 Mit~lheson, Joseph & Son..o.................... q1.75 CasPwntiolz, N,& Co............2-18 notoris, S. S.,& ~o:........,.............. 96;,137 C-.,kIS.H Npge ýcoyer Morse, L. B....i............................ 18,--214 (ihidago Boot'and She Sore...........0..M.....on...C....78-1401 Clhicago l~ est Michigan R'y...20-197-216 Moulton Fruit'Farm1........................... 130 Chicago& West Mich. Railroad Shops.. 128 Munroe Manufacturing. Co................ 122-139 Coggesh-all, Wilill,.. 947186 Mueiller,, Ruidolph...........................87-210 Conner,,. DP..&....80.......r.a.,.S.............................201 Connolly, P1. j.............1... Murra,Jdlin & Co.....................'121--210 Cook & Beorman............1205 Muiry, John L..............................140 Cook, DeLongr, Fellowrs & Fellows, 4 pg. ccv Muskegonl Bottling Works................ 127-.158 Cook, Dr J. M................ 3d pagc cover Muskeg'on Car and Engine Co.........117.-209 Cutter, W. 1i........ 9-176 Muskgon Gas Light Co., the...................ill Ea~,,Sainu'el..., --...125 Muskeg~on Uardwsri, Co................... 174-4156 P(iesljr6n Wok..1i iseo Natioilal Bank....... *............43-150 lsearborn, C.i................I....... 7J') Mfisl on No~velty Iron Wor'ks.. l.... 10616-17s8 'DeHaass, John....................'3-01 Muskegon Stuck Yards, the........... -..128-198 Delaino & Bunke.r.. 4....ý.---th page coves. Muskegon Valley Furniture Clo., ths....108--173 Detroit CA.&% Cl "vel: nd Steam NSavigation Co....118 Muskegon IWood Pk'g and Basket Co.......124 Donelson, Dr. C. P3 page cover Muskegon Tug Association................. 47-167 Easton, It:":...................1?.....175 Muskegon Tank Oil Line, Co........~.......179 EAkerpni,! A.......................... 12 -Nelson & Hall,..................................11...210 -Engle, Fred................................... 123., Xrthl Muskegon Ferry line....V...........:1 Fargo, H. B.& Co 78-208 ortluwost~rr P~ouiry Yards,th. 3 Fletchter,............,...H.........7-148 Origins)I Lumberman's Clothing Hall.t.9 Ford,It. R.........................77-183 Ow-enl, V.W _..............W.......8 -2. Foster, Miss Josephine..................t7 Palmer & Kenn~edy........................7.. 7-160 Friedman, N..........................1611 Pensbroke Knitting W~orks....................128 Goodwin, AA1....... S..i.......... 3-176 Panyard Bros................................... 179 Gow; Majo &ý Co...................186 Pillsbury Fruit Farm.......................1,34--474 Grand Rapids -&LRA.....I......H t......14.5 Platf, N.1than &- Co......................... 69--220 Haas, I-I........................ 94-21,5 Vlatt, H. S....................................... 1115 Haines & Chamberlain.................169 Polkc, H.. L. &t Co........I........................ 196 Hall, S. C. Lumber Co..................153 Powell,7 H. N. & Co.......................... 73--18.5 Hamilton, C. J........t......!....115-159 Posse............................................... 210 Hamblin & Broe'i.................13 Post, Dr J. E.............3d page cover Higley, D. C. & Co..........................11-175 "Reynolds, Frd L -.................... 5-8 Hitchscock, It. H. & Cu..................... 88-181 Rtipley's Bazaar.................................. 97 Hitchcock,. A. J. & Co........................... 188. Robson's.......................................... 184 Hirshfiell, D........................................ 90 Rodgers, Aleotaider Sr.................... 129--177 Holbrook F. H................................. 204 Rodgers Iron Mnufg. Co................110-143-194 Hol~t;.H,44.................;.....Ath pagcovr RogrsWT Hopklins*, D. 8... 3-1 oSte............................131-214..ut.. 133-167 Howard & Stovenson......................84-8 Ryesron, Hills & Co........................3..3-155 Howden, J. J............................... 11,1-164 Smith & Co Denniss..............................118 Hntchsinsons, James........................127--182 South.11B....................................... 193 Jepson, A.,G.................................... 84 Smithi Janses H1-..V.............74r-201 Jeison, Jacob A Co.:........................ 81 -- 157 Smi 'th, Nims flnyt rwin.....4th-page cover Jiro..h....ranci5-215 6moss James....?...................4th page cover Jones, IWilliam & Co...................188 'qin 0115 I. 8.......................86--165 Kanstz, Louis.......................121 Steitter House, the.................131l--184 Ittating &. Diclcernian....;..... 4th page, cover Stinuison, Th~omas D................. 19--19.5 Keck,'sW jfhiani.................... 88-184 Stayer, TD. M..................... 58--211 Kelley & Parker............ 4th paer cover Stoddard, Dr. J. P............ 3d page cover.......Will.a.'..B 76' StroncyJ. -%V.. Kelley Bros. -Mttfg. Co...............19-165 Swan, White & Smith.............. 120-199 K......James..S..A..Co..168 -Temperance Library Association.............154 Lane & Wunch...................91-147 Temple SMautufacturiug Co.............. 121 Lange, Max...................- 13-14.4 Thayet Lumber Co................. 121--172 Lahr..78 TUiOteop &.oo,-.....205 71,y j.?Co..........t.:.170....... Wood"o...... Torrenits &Ne',6Blk, iriectou 206 leionard A tryk................. 85 Torrent & ArlnseLumber Co:........... 212 Libby, Fred HE.....Tru..de.,.A.C.&.L...... Lyon, L Oscar.........*.........193' tlpton, Dikiiiiel.......................170 Mann & Pierce................ ***.**... *...... 91 Vanderwerp, F........................9.... d page cpv~er Yaitsalipgaqn, Hetiry,&, W..,-.......140 Mar.n.&.....ott129__207 Vtstdy; Dbr:'. H...~...p.ecover 1&0,L )... 72 Walworth, Reed & Co...............115.-169 M ather, Et. B..........-*"-*''**"''"''* _ 14ý0. atspp.N,W Q. & Co............... 104--138 Merrill, Thionmas.........,-,.... erhnsNaIoa Bank............ 43=192, West Michigan Litnber Co...........122-.142 Merhans'Nttiua..............111, W illiamisJohn....................98--171 Oombacke1.....................7,...l;t Wilsonu;; W.'B......,"'J..............4~1,51 WilsnMitthe~'.r, C en H liS oveyAGo. SicGraft Lu1miusinCO'le 8 ~ loe,.1.~ MichfranShigle Luber o......... 12--19 WodardMaufac~urin Co............ 4--114-16 MciaShnl&LubrC 12-il WoodardNManFacturing................. 29-8 Miller's Steam Lanutdry.116 Wod V.................13 Mi.er.r.... 3d, page cover Worden, Ernest A........71 and "d page-cove Mi~ler,,D. H 1.......... I.2.;4-100- ewe.Jacob..page.........cover....16-6 Miller., J,Jhh A-!......rwe................. 220 MUSKEGON AND ITS RESOURCES. Nathan Platt & Co., Torrent's New Block, Western Avene and 2nd Street, LARCEST,LICHTEST, AND MOST COMPLETt+ + FINE SILKS, VELVETS, DRESS GOODS, ANI) TRINMiNGS A )PECIALTY. Cloaks,; Shawls, and Wraps, Infants and Misseis resseso Ladies' and Chlldrens Muslin Headwear. tFANCY GOODSS IN ENDLESS VARIITYTo Hotel and Boarding House Keepers, Special Reductions in Table Linens, Toweils, Napkins, and HOUSE FURNISHING CGOODS. Celebrated Happy HitlReinfoybed Linen Bosom White Shirt 50 Cents. Best White Shirt In America $ 1.00. Nathan Platt & Co. a DR. T. H. YUSTEY, DR. JOHN P.h / HOMEOPATHIC Physician and Sur Physician and Surgeon. Onice. 7;i Western Avenue. Office, roors 29 (and.10, Mason's Block. Reideice, 3rd ioume west of Neo ('oui -Residence- gational Church, Clay Ave., ('lay Avenue, betwc n 4th & 5th hts. (O der by Telephone. L. It. laris. C. I. ThIIomI)so n. Drs. Marvin & Thompson, Dr. Charles P. Donelson, Physicians and Surgeons. Physician and Surgeon, Offices ii M11ason s Block MBuskegon, - - Michigan. Muskegon, - - Michigan. DR. Y. A. BERGERON, French Physician and Surgeon. DR. J. M. COOK, Office over Jes Jem& Co.'s Drug Storc. Physician and Surgeon, Office, afternoon 2 to 3 ilt Office in Bolza block, Lconuard'q Drug etoCe Loxvertom i. Resielice att Mrs. Belniger's 1Muskegon, Michigan. DR. JNfr. BE OSTe DR. J. E. POST, DR. W H. MILLER, ---DENTAL ROOMS-,-T No 20, Masons block,-DENTAL ROOMS,No. 17, Torrent's Block, WESTERN AVENUE, MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.;trou OzidsAdmitered. WESTERN AVENUE, MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN..1trous O.i E.G/s Adnipistered. If' j$ ___ ____ HOYT & ERWIN, TiI, TTORNYS, HORACE. IoeO IIJJiUH. DELANO 4 BUNKEFRI Attortoys, Roonigs, 10, L5aid2 1', Torýnt Muskegon,,ý Michigan..ERINIIIN. HOWT. Mutskegon, M\'ichigan. it. C. kELIJFY. IIjinljmA1It) PAR~KENM. Abtiancls of Title for hil 1rtn i, KELLEY & PARKER, D & J. C. IMcLAIUfHLIN, Attorneys, Attorneys,, 'Imi nt B. Muskegon, R001118.,11,012)11",An M, Munkegoul, ToI'rent Block, Marine4 1710 1a Specialty. Michigan. -- khgn A. t~llI1110.HENRY H. HOLT, KEATING & DICKERMAN, Attorney at Law, Attorneyg at Law, Mulskegoll. Rut1),Upi~l U, 11!12 a1111 s4 M isk e(gon, If 0 11' )4)jk.I Mihga.IOLT'i AIHIL. iMlichigan. li STEPHEN H Attorneya SJ14cl1141 14041r104G1hem lN o 11tIcoted Casoes. \?110 12 and1 1, Lanietd Mn~hIok. CLINKS and Solicitor Mluskegon. ATTORNEI siow, Y~ AT LAW; Mfichigant. 1ANI)HTI4'Ll BL~OCKL. Mlichigan. E' gene Fellowt,N.eLo. 'FW Co.W W. Fellows, lin Cook, DeLong, Fellows & Fellows, 1,, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AO1'1, 2,, 4 8 nd13), Rifenburg'A Block, MtUSKEGION, INl A.CH. 4LET BINDER /factured by I RD BROS. I.' cuae N. Y. Iton, Calif. mmllme wf 411 JrV.i'"C,. V. tvt X fit, NV W1 t I A,.tv. A. fn: A - 4.1" X1I~,