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The uroduct of lumber in the vegiou of whicli Flint was the center, 

 in 1867, Avas something like 08,000,000 feet and 40,000,000 shingles. 

 The produrtidn in that region reached the highest point in 1874. The 

 total is srt at 1,500,000,000 feoL 



In the Saginaw vallpy statistic-; were kept which give the cut of lum- 

 ber from 1851 as aggregating 2:_5,110,(!00,<iOO. Besides the product in 

 shingles, lath, pickets and other unreported uses, together with the esti- 

 mate of the amount of timber cut and used locally, prior to 1851, gives a 

 total of :'.0,000 million feet. 



A cousiderable factor in the timbn- product of the SaginaAV valley 

 was the square oak timber and stave trade, which in the ten j'ears from 

 1869 to 1879, was over 17,000,0ii0 cubic feet, equal to 210,000,000 feet, 

 board measure. This product alone was sold for about |3,500,000 on 

 board the vessel at Saginaw; and the stave trade, estimtaed from 1860 

 to 1879, at an average of the prices then obtained, was nearly |3,000,000; 

 so that from these two sources alone, the product of that region brought 

 in money, nearly six million and a half of dollars. 



This business was ended by 1880. 



The lumber production of the Huron shore, from Saginaw bay to Al- 

 pena, is e.stimated at 12,000 million feet; the Cheboygan district about 

 3,500 million feet; Grand Rapids and its neighborhood about 3,500 mil- 

 lion feet; Grand Haven and the Lake Michigan shore have sent to the 

 Chicago market about 50,000 million feet; the total reported output of 

 the Muskegon valley, from 1873 to 1896, was 518 miilion feat, log meas- 

 ure. Allowing for the cut previous to 1873, the unreported cut of small 

 Tip country mills, and the reported lumber freight of the principal rail- 

 roads, Mr. Hotclikiss makes a total estimate of 25,000 million of feet. 



The White river (^^'hitehall and Montague) are credited with 2,000 

 million; Ludington with a production of 3,125 million; the Manistee 

 river and region product is estimated at 8,201 million feet. 



In 1892 a committee of leading men of Manistee, in a memorial to 

 •Congress asking for improvement of their harbor, estimated that there 

 was then 4,200 million feet of standing timber tributary to the Manistee 

 river. The timber tracts referred to were about the only extensive body 

 •of timber supply then remaining on the Lower Peninsula. 



The Green Bay, or Menominee, region production is put at 20,000 mil- 

 lion, which is divided between the AYisconsin lands, 3-7, and the Michi- 

 gan forests, 4-7, the Michigan portion being 11,428 millions. 



The Manistique river on the Upper Peninsula has made a gross pro- 

 duction of 4,000 million feet; Marquette as a center has manufactured 

 and shijiped 1.000 million; Ontonagon county 4,000 million; Houghton 

 county 3,000 million; Baraga county 6,000 million. 



The railroads have hauled logs from the headwaters of the several 

 river systems, where floating was impracticable, and their tonnage of 

 logs must be taken into the account. 



The F. & P. M. reports to 1890 4,920 millions. 



The Jackson, L. & Saginaw (M. C.) 4,500 millions. 



Det. Bav Citv (M. C.) about 1,000 millions. 



The D., 'l. & N. (now P. M.) 2,818 millions. 



The G. R. & I. (Pa.) 6,000 millions. 



