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GENERAL OFKICES COBBS & MITCHELL. INC 

 CO., CADILLAC CHEMICAL CO. AND M 

 GINS IRON CO. 



ogg and vegetable crates aucl ladders; Catlil- 

 lac Manufacturing Company, makers nf head- 

 ing; the great maple flooring plants of C'obbs 

 & Mitchell, Inc., of the Cummer-Diggins Com- 

 pany, and of Mitchell Brothers Company at 

 Jennings; the Cadillac Clicmical Company. 

 with two mammoth plants; the Mitchell-Dig- 

 gins Iron Company, ivhose charcoal supply 

 comes from the chemical plants; Hayues 

 Brothers, who conduct a planing mill and 

 manufacture interior finish; the Cadillac Lum- 

 ber Company, which operates a planing mill 

 and conducts a retail lumlier business; ami 

 the St. Johns Table Company, which mannfai- 

 tures tables. 



In addition to this array of lumber manu- 

 facturing enterprises properly belonging to 

 Cadillac, are the insUtntions largely control led 

 by A. F. Anderson — one manufacturing lum- 

 ber at South Boardman, in the vicinity, .nid 

 the other the Wexford Lumber Company of 

 Buckley; the Cadillac Machine Compauy. 

 manufacturer of special tools for sawmills, 

 flooring factories and chemical plants, is also 

 closely allied with the lumljor industry. 



THE CADILLAC OF TODAY. 



Cadillac, from a sawmill village of crude 

 shacks set upon cedar posts for foundations, 

 straggling along the shore of a little lake, 

 has become one of the most beautiful, well 

 cared for and progressive cities of the coun- 

 try. It is not exaggeration to state tli;it it is 



. MITCHELL BROS. 

 TCIIELL-DIG- 



MERCY IIOSriTAL UNDER COXSTRFCTION, GIFT OF LATE DELOS 



F. DIGGINS. 



not only one of the beauty sp(jts of Mich- 

 igan, but the biggest little city in the United 

 States, as the pictures with which this ar- 

 ticle is illustrated bear testimony. 



.\ well known local writer has said: "Com- 

 munities are but the material and visible re- 

 flection of their citizenshij), be it strong or 

 weak, and the growth and advancement of 

 any city is depeinlent entirely upon its men 

 and iTomeii and their mental and ]ihysical 

 ('ijuipnu'ut ; location wiiilc licl|itul ir- not the 

 essential thing. In the jiossession of a strong 

 and forceful citizenship from its inception in 

 the prinu'\al forest, Cadillac has been for- 

 tunate.' ' 



It is indeed a fortunate community in many 

 respects. It is well situated from a climatic 

 viewpoint. Then' is no excessive heat in 

 summer and the winters are far from rigor- 

 ous, it is still the center of a large area of 

 uncut timber in the hands of comparatively 

 fevr owners, which fact insures the contin- 

 uance of its present status i)i lumber manu- 

 facturi' for well toward a qnar.'er of a ecu 

 lurv to conu'. 



Cadillac is progressive and its inhabitants 

 are united in the spirit and work of advance- 

 uu!nt. Anything that tends toward the good 

 of Catlillac is the immediate and ]jersonal 

 business of every citizen. i 'adilluc takes 

 pride in its homes, its ]uiblic buildings, its 

 streets, its religious and educational institu- 



tions, its morals. Cadillac is hospitable. It 

 welcomes the stranger, be he workingman 

 seeking employment or capitalist desiring to 

 establish a new industry. 



The pictures with which this article is il- 

 lustrated show conclusively the splendid char- 

 acter of the industrial plants with which the 

 city abounds; the beautiful and park-like ap- 



.pearance of its streets; the picturesque fea- 

 tures of its surroundings; the charm of its 

 homes ; the excellence of its school and church 

 buildings, and the general attractiveness of 

 the entire community. They cannot, however, 

 exhibit the sterling, forceful, enterprising and 



. nnselfisli character of its citizens. Here is a 

 town alisolutely without "knockers"! Every 

 man is for Cadillac first, last, and all the 

 time, seeming to realize that what is good for 

 ( adillac is for his own best interests. There 

 arc no petty jealousies in Cadillac. Everyone 

 is willing and anxious that everyone else shall 

 prosper. A connnercial failure is almost un- 

 known. The spirit of the town is truly altru- 

 istic and as such it has forged to the front 

 in growth as well as in general ailvancement 

 and commercial importance. 



Cadillac is ninety-eight miles north of 

 Grand Rapids, at the junction of the main 

 lines of the Grand Eapids and Indiana and 

 Ann Arbor railways, and frmn it extend 

 branch lines of the former road to Jennings 

 and Lake City. From .fennings sixty miles of 





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NEW Y. M. C. A. BUILDING AT CADILLAC. 



MAMMOTH FACTORY OF ST. JOHN'S TABLE COMPANY 



