. Rand McNally pocket atlas of the world : historical, political, commercial . 106 UNITED STATES. Railways, Etc.—First railroad chartered 1832. Michigan Centralcompleted, Detroit to Ypsllanti, 1838 Miles in operation. 1840. 59; i860,779; 1870, 1,638; 1880, 8,988; 1890. 7,108; July, 1900, 8, Sault Canal, over 1 mile long, 100 feet wide, 21 feet deep, begun 1853;first used 1855; extensions were opened in lsk^i and In 18 o. Education, Etc.—Public school enrollment, 1899, 198,665; private,15,568; expenditure, ,146; school age. 5-30; compulsory, 7-15; text-books furnished. Ed
. Rand McNally pocket atlas of the world : historical, political, commercial . 106 UNITED STATES. Railways, Etc.—First railroad chartered 1832. Michigan Centralcompleted, Detroit to Ypsllanti, 1838 Miles in operation. 1840. 59; i860,779; 1870, 1,638; 1880, 8,988; 1890. 7,108; July, 1900, 8, Sault Canal, over 1 mile long, 100 feet wide, 21 feet deep, begun 1853;first used 1855; extensions were opened in lsk^i and In 18 o. Education, Etc.—Public school enrollment, 1899, 198,665; private,15,568; expenditure, ,146; school age. 5-30; compulsory, 7-15; text-books furnished. Educational Institutions include University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor; Detroit College, at Detroit; Normal schoolsat Ypsllanti. Marquette, and Mt. Pleasant; Agricultural College nearLansing; Michigan Mining School, Houghton. Political.—State elections, biennial. State, congressional, andpresidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday in November. Num-ber of Senators, 32; Representatives, 100: term, 2 years; sessions biennial,first Wednesday in January; limit of session,
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