Bay County past and present . PERIOD OF TRANSITION, 147. T. F. Marstons Jersey Cattle. with cities and towns in all directions, and the other means of trans-portation and communication, the beginnings of which we have seenin chapter XX, have continued to develop. Belt lines—^the Pere Mar-quette and Michigan Central railroads—extend from the south end ofthe city to Essexville, furnishing excellent sites for factories; andthere is now an electric line through to Detroit. 2. Labor.—The workmen skilled in handling wood materialshave remained to use their skill in work somewhat similar to whatthey
Bay County past and present . PERIOD OF TRANSITION, 147. T. F. Marstons Jersey Cattle. with cities and towns in all directions, and the other means of trans-portation and communication, the beginnings of which we have seenin chapter XX, have continued to develop. Belt lines—^the Pere Mar-quette and Michigan Central railroads—extend from the south end ofthe city to Essexville, furnishing excellent sites for factories; andthere is now an electric line through to Detroit. 2. Labor.—The workmen skilled in handling wood materialshave remained to use their skill in work somewhat similar to whatthey used to do. The stock of early settlers from the beet regions ofEurope—Germany and Holland—have helped make beet raising a suc-cess. 3. Capital.—Although perhaps a large proportion of the for-tunes made here from the lumber industry were taken from this re-gion with the moving of the saw mills, still much has been retainedand invested in the newer enterprises. There is great liberality amongthe business men and manufacturers of today in hel
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