Saginaw
a city of Michigan, the county-seat of Saginaw co. It is on the Saginaw river, and on the Grand Trunk, the Michigan Central, and Père Marquette railroads. The river here is spanned by 11 bridges, 4 of which are railroad and 7 public bridges. The city has an excellent street system and most of the important roadways are paved with asphalt and brick. There is an extensive park system including Hoyt, Linton, Ezra Rust, and Bliss parks. The city also contains two excellent libraries, the Hoyt Library and the Public Library. It is the seat of the Michigan Institute for the Blind, the Old Folks' Home, and the Germania Institute. Its educational institutions include a free manual training school given to the city by Hon. W. R.
Burt. There is also a trade school, the gift of Hon. Arthur Hill. Other notable buildings include three Masonic temples, a court house, city hall, and two hospitals.
Also an Elks temple, temple, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. buildings, and a post-office.
During the lumber era of Michigan, Saginaw was one of the chief scenes of the lumber trade. The lumbering industry is still important. Within recent years extensive beds of bituminous coal have been discovered in the neighborhood of the city, and over 2,000,000 tons are mined annually. The beet sugar industry is an important one in the surrounding country. Among the other leading industries are the manufacture of glass, lumber, salt, and many other products.
The city has an important wholesale trade with the surrounding country. Pop. (1910) 50,510; (1920) 61,903.