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Corn, 21 2,784 bush 



Flour, 406,659 bbls 



Feed, 1,100,890 lbs 



Higbwincs, 2,072 bbla 



Hides, 146,825 



Hogs, live, 7,769 



" dead, 6,305 



Lumber, 1,082,472 feet 



Pork, 6,628 bbls 



Bye, - 600 bush 



Oats, 341,082 bush 



Seeds, 1,742 bbls 



Sheep, 1,021 



Wheat, 1,147,250 bush 



Wool, 900,000 lbs 



This account of course is not full, as it embraces only the principal 

 items as reported from day to day. There is sufficient, however, to 

 show a gratifying increase in the business of the road, which has now 

 completed an eastern connection that will be of very great importance 

 and benefit. The company is still further exhibiting its enterprise and 

 intention to excel, by the construction of two steamers, the "largest on 

 fresh water, at a cost of $500,000. We doubt not they will soon be am- 

 ply repaid for their very large but judicious expenditures. They have 

 added much to the permanent business of this city, besides collecting a 

 multitude of superior mechanics, a credit to any place. 



Little if any less important to our interest, is the construction of the 

 second line of road, which is 



THE OAKLAND AND OTTAWA RAILROAD. 



This line, designed to connect us with Lake Michigan in a Northwest 

 direction, and with Milwaukee, is being urged forward with all possible 

 speed. It is already in operation to Pontiac, twenty-five miles, from 

 which it will be about two hundred miles through the richest section of our 

 State, to the mouth of the Grand River. Lumber, Plaster, Lime, Salt, 

 and Coal, are upon the route, which, with the agi-icultural productions, 

 will give it an envinble business. 



Most eligible and extensive grounds, having a River front, are secured 

 in this city, and we expect soon to see its burdens of wealth pouring in 



