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upon us. If conducted with energy and care, it cannot fail to be on& 

 of the best paying investments. r 



GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD. 



This most valuable auxiliary to all the interests of Detroit, extending 

 to Niagara Falls, two hundred and twenty-seven miles, is but just com- 

 pleted, and is in successful operation. At the latter place it connects 

 with all the Eastern routes and gives us what we have lonsr needed — 

 access to the great markets, uninterrupted by any change of the sea- 

 sons. Its advantages are obvious. The management is creditable, and 

 so soon as suflBcient facilities to accommodate business, offering, are pre- 

 pared, it will equal any road in the country. 



• We have thus named the roads that exist, or have a name to do so, 

 but we need several more leadinjj towards the Northern and North- 

 western portions of the State. One to Port Huron, to Saginaw, or 

 rather to Mackinaw via Saginaw, <fec., <fec. Let us open the doors freely 

 to foreign capital, if we have not enough thus to dispose of, satisfied 

 that every great work of improvement will inure to the benefit of the 

 place where located, whoever may hold the stock. 



We have named only Railroads, but we should mention also the Plank 

 Roads, of which about three hundred miles diverge from this point, 

 and which are perhaps of more value to the city for local purposes than 

 the Railroads. Indeed eveiy road leading into the country is planked. 



We need also an increase of Banking Capital, and facilities for the 

 convenience of the business community. But we will leave this subject 

 for some future occasion. 



HEALTH OF MICHIGAN. 



Office of the Michigan State Agricultural Societt, ) 

 Detroit, June 2\st, 1854. j 



Wm. Brodie, M. D. — Sir: — You are aware that many families in 

 the New England and other States, as well as foreign countries, are 

 seeking a home in the West. Those who intend emigrating have many 

 questions to ask ; one of the first of these, and very properly too, is, is 

 it a healthy country ? This question is often asked of me, with regard to 

 Michigan, and as often answered in the aflSrmative. When gentlemen call 



