LANSING, Mich., city, capital of the State and county-seat of Ingham County, at the junc tion of the Grand and Cedar rivers, and on the Chicago and Grand Trunk, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and several other railroads, 85 miles northwest of Detroit. It occupies an elevated site on a plateau rising from the water level and is well laid out. Its streets are well shaded. There is an abundance of water power derived from both rivers, the Grand River hav ing here a fall of 18 feet. It is a trade centre and is engaged in the manufacture of agri cultural implements, flour, stoves, machinery, beet sugar, canned goods, automobiles, gaso line engines, carriages, wagons, trunks, wheel barrows, building materials, malleable castings, furniture, fixtures, electric supplies, cut glass, candy, ice cream, cigars, automobile accessories, artificial stone' and knit goods. There are over 200 manufacturing concerns, employing about 11,000 persons, and an annual product valued at about$.30,000,000. It contains the State Capitol,
built at a cost of $1,500,000; State Hospital; State Library, containing 105,000 volumes; United States government buildings; State School for the Blind; and the State Industrial School; State Agricultural College, with a farm of 675 acres; and has electric-light and street railroad plants; water power f torn the river, which is spanned by several bridges; national and State banks; about 20 churches; daily, weekly and monthly periodicals; and an as sessed property valuation of over $6,000,000. Under a charter of 1897 the city is governed by a mayor and council elected every two years. The waterworks and electric-light plants are owned and operated by the municipality. The city was settled in 1837, laid out for the State capital in 1847, when a single family occupied the site, and incorporated in 1869. Pop. 37,512.