Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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itself with as inconsequential a little notice as a birth item. Indeed it was a birth item-the belated birth of the nineteenth century in Lansing.-State Journal.
LANSING SEEN AS TRADE CENTER BY INDUSTRIAL
WRITER IN '73.
Following the same lines as in a former story regarding the
booster book published in this city in 1873, this second article tells
more of the early advantages of the city and of the predictions of
the early settlers.
The previous account dwelt at length on the natural advantages of Lansing while the following tells more of the acquired
advantages. Previously it was told how in Lansing in 1873 coal
was plentiful at $5 a ton, while the article to follow explains how
$15,000 worth of business in 1873 was considered to be an enormous volume for one firm.
The book explained that manufacturing was beginning to spring
into its own in the early part of the seventies.
Several pages were devoted to the topic, "Lansing as a Trade
Center," in which the book elaborated on the advantages of the
city for trading and the means by which Lansing might become a
great trade center. The author or authors of the book must have
been sages for the contents went to show that every prediction
made by them has come true to a certain degree or promises to
come true in the coming few years. Growth of the city along
industrial lines was predicted in the same manner in which it has
taken place, so that the city now ranks as a great center of trade
and industry.
The jobbing business was pronounced in the book as a promising field for future activity. Special attention was given the
wooden manufacturing industry and the following was said of this
branch of industry: "All establishments that have started here,
using wood, have been more than successful, owing to the abundance of all kinds of timber and its cheapness. There are several
establishments in this line, among them being three manufacturing
sash, doors and blinds. They have on the average of 100 men con