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Saginaw City Directory 1923, 1923
15 lines. Read by computer on 17 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
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1SAGINAW
2THE METROPOLIS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN
4Its Commerce, Finance and Industry
6The judicial seat of Saginaw County and the metropolis of northeastern Michigan is located on the Saginaw River, approximately 85 miles northwest of Detroit. Saginaw is an industrial center, producing a diversified line of manufactured articles, in addition to being the commercial center of the rich agricultural country surrounding. The present City of Saginaw was founded in 1890 by the consolidation of Saginaw City and East Saginaw on opposite sides of the Saginaw River. Saginaw City was settled in 1822, and East Saginaw was laid out by New York capitalists in 1849. The River is spanned by several bridges, one a lift bridge costing $250,000.00. The population of Saginaw, as determined by the 1920 census, is 65,648, a large portion of which consists of skilled industrial workers, less than twenty per cent of whom are of foreign origin. The city is served by three steam railways—namely, the Pere Marquette (5 divisions), Michigan Central and Grand Trunk Railroads. Electric interurban service to Bay City, Flint and Detroit.
8INDUSTRIAL ADVANTAGES
10A large percentage of home owners tend to make labor conditions nearly ideal. Another great asset in the location of new industries is the accessibility of bituminous coal fields, hydro-electric power and the nearness of the market to which the products manufactured in Saginaw are shipped. Still another is the large resources of the numerous banking institutions in Saginaw and their progressive policy in regard to industry.
12SAGINAW. MANUFACTURING
14In this city are located five plants of the General Motor Corporation; the Lufkin Rule Company, world's greatest maker of steel tapes; the United States Graphite Company, world's makers of graphite products such as lead pencils, etc. (mines in Sonora, Mex., and the raw material being shipped here for ing up); the Sugar Factory; the Saginaw Milling Company elevator with a 250,000 bushel capacity and an annual volume of 18,000,000 pounds; the Pere Marquette Car Shops and new $1,000 round house; Ruggles and Nelson Motor Truck Companies; Wickes Institutions; Schust Company, makers of biscuits and candies; American Cash Register Company; National Plate Company; Sonora Phonograph Corporation; Erdman-Guise Company, makers of special auto bodies; Lund Furniture Co.
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