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Scan 6
Saginaw City Directory 1889, 1889
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1SAGINAW.
3The oldest and perhaps most beautifully located city in the Saginaw Valley, and the county seat of Saginaw County, is located on the west bank of Saginaw River, 18 miles from Saginaw Bay. It embraces within its corporate limits an area of about eight square miles, and is the oldest town on the river, having been established as a government post in 1819. The city is substantially built and has paved streets, handsome and substantial business blocks, elegant private residences, large lumber and salt manufacturing industries and numerous small manufactories, excellent church and educational facilities and a population of 20,000. It has the same benefits of water communication as the other river cities, being at the head of navigation. In 1850 it contained but six wholesale and retail stores, one saw mill, three hotels, three blacksmith shops, five carpenter shops, three boot and shoe shops, and two or three other retail establishments and 536 population. Since that date it has steadily advanced. The capital of the city increased during the three years succeeding 1860 one hundred fold, its population doubled, brick blocks, large manufacturing establishments and elegant buildings were erected. In 1867 the population had increased to 5,426, and in 1885 exceeded 14,000. It is connected with East Saginaw by four railroad and three other bridges, and the Saginaw street railway line, also the new Union Street Railway Company, having 16 miles of main line and branches. The Michigan Central, Saginaw Valley & St. Louis, Flint & Pere Marquette and Toledo, Saginaw & Mackinaw Railroads afford ample rail facilities, while its shipping facilities connect it with all ports on the great chain of lakes. The city has a court house, erected in 1885 at a cost of $100,000, a good opera house—the Teutonia, Armory hall, Arbeiter hall, and other public halls. It is supplied with the Holly System of water works, and has an efficient fire department. The Western Union and United Lines telegraph companies connect the city with all parts of the country by wire, and it has a telephone exchange, operated by the Bell Telephone Company, connected with all the
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