Bay County past and present . s trade with theThumb district, while the Detroit & Mackinac and the MichiganCentral connect with the many towns to the north of us, both alongthe lake shore and in the interior. They deliver the goods to the mer-chants, who in turn retail them out to the people of the towns and thesurrounding country. In return, the farmers market their farmproducts—fruit, vegetables, grain, butter, eggs, cattle, and sheep—inBay City wholesale stores, canning factories, grist mills and the meatpacking company. Bay City is also the port of entry and distributingpoint of all centra
Bay County past and present . s trade with theThumb district, while the Detroit & Mackinac and the MichiganCentral connect with the many towns to the north of us, both alongthe lake shore and in the interior. They deliver the goods to the mer-chants, who in turn retail them out to the people of the towns and thesurrounding country. In return, the farmers market their farmproducts—fruit, vegetables, grain, butter, eggs, cattle, and sheep—inBay City wholesale stores, canning factories, grist mills and the meatpacking company. Bay City is also the port of entry and distributingpoint of all central and northeastern Michigan for the Canadian lum-ber. Millions of feet of lumber are brought by boat every year, notonly for our big mills, but for use in the inland cities. Some cities gain their importance almost entirely from the busi-ness they get as a commercial distributing center for the surroundingterritory. Bay City is fortunate in having advantages, both as amanufacturing center and as a distributing BAY CITY AS A COMMERCIAL CENTER. 159
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