LAN'SING. The capital of the State of Michigan, in Ingham County, at the confluence of the Grand and Cedar rivers. 90 miles north west of Detroit and 64 miles east by south of Grand Rapids; on the Chicago and Grand Trunk, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the Michigan Central, and the Pere Marquette rail roads (Map: _Michigan. (1). The rivers are here spanned by several bridges. Lansing occu pies an elevated site on a plateau rising from the •ater-level. and is ,laid out with broad and well-shaded streets. The State Capitol, built in ]S72-79, at a cost of over $1.500,000. stands on an eminence in a park of twelve acres near the centre of the city. The State Library contains about 105.000 volmnes. Other important build ings are the city hall, which cost $125,000 and was completed in 1397; the city hospital, high school. public lihrary, Ivnited States Government building ($125,000), the State School for the Blind. State Industrial School for Boys. and, in the suburbs. the State Agricultural College, with
a farm of about 675 acres. The city has abundant water-powe• from the two rivers, the Grand River having a fall of 1S feet. There are mann factores of agricultural implements. flour, stoves, machinery. gasoline engines. carriages, wagons, automobiles, trucks. wheelbarrows. artificial stone. condensed milk. beet-sugar. and knit goods. The government, under a charter of 1397. is vested in a mayor, elected for two years, a uni cameral council, and administrative officials, the majority of whom are appointed by the exec utive, subject to the eonsent of the council. The clerk, treasurer, and assessors are chosen by popular election. The city owns and operates the and electric-light plant. Settled in 1337, Lansing was laid out for the State capi tal in 1847, when a single family occupied the site. It was chartered as a city in 1359. Pop ulation. in 1390, 13,102; in 1900, 16,485.