The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-03-04
Items from the Menasha Times


Nv STKp-A good wagon road from
Npenah and -na>ha into Calumet c"un-
IL Our ci'izens do no; know or do rot
appreciate how advantageous to them
selves good wagon road in,o Calumet
county would prove We met farmer
from Charles,own 10 Calumet county on
Monday night last, who had come to the
Island CRY with q load cf wheat for which
he realized eisoen cents per busheI more
than ne could get for the same wheat IN
rond du Lac. and still nine-,en'hs Of the
grain uf that A 'uri.' ing locality 6nis
marke, in Fond du Lac And 'chyS 3
simply because the only good road To a
ciry is in that direction. and in snn,ner.
lust when our milers need y heat. the tar
,nprs Of 'aIume, cAnnor get u 20 'hem.
OWING 10 rhe impossible co ,li,inn "t
.bnu, fire miles OF road between Us and
th-m
"The,e is only ,hou' FIVE miles Of poor
road before W. reach the ol'! Terri "ral
r".i n-ar Clifton. aud An nutla, Of 81 800
o. 50 NOO w"u.i make hat far >u'nm-'
r"ai. ann give our villages ample r-rnn
n.ra.iuu il. III. fn,ure Do not our mer
chan,> know ,haf every LOAF Of gram
i.rnuph, 10 N-enaI and Mena>ha adds to
their trah- jr-t :" much There never
was An instance wherein farmer visited
town anI ,Ii~ posed of his proiuce hu, that
he lpf portion of his cash with lhe mrr
chants We krow Of no improvement
iha, would he OF greater nenefi 1" us IA \
community than the one we speak Of. and
the balance against i. Let ms have
meet; no Of the citizens of our villages. and
vote a tax to build road to Calumet. |,
will be the hes, lnvestmen, the towns ever
made.'
We would call the especial attention Of
our cllizense to the above and urge upon
| them 10 take some efficen: measures 10
| open a good wagon road 10 Menasha -
| The winter Tonte,e now tra>e led toy a
| ,r weekly line Of stages il the most feast
ble one, AMI with small outlay. tcompa,-
| -.i with il. henef' this could he made a
!
p-c,fulv reronmenh that our citizens ap-
! point a committee 20 confer with the ,eo-
pie along The Inc Of this .oad. and Of
Mena-ha So TO secure efficient co op"r-
alton If We are TO have no rail,road 1t
is no good reason why we should no, have
one good wagon road ives, from Manito-
voc
EF-'New Machine Works are to be
erected III Oh> kosh according to the pa
ners Of tha, city Thi- rr,lnds rs that y
! change has been ',xde in the f,renansh,p
| Of the ,onndhou~e> Of the &. & n w Il
| IN Oshkosh. b, which Mr. Ju>eIh y Per
rv formerly Of Mani'"wnc. j. placed AZ
tho fore The southwestern r. Al has So
! cured the services If a valuable mechanic
bv this change We have lon, known
Mr. Perry and consider him one Of the
,uns cfi,'len' and thorough practical En-
..ue-r, well As Machinist, in The West.
! lie j. jnsl the man 10 look out for The TO-
ro,no,,v. department., and will 3e All IN
dl>prn>ihIe .'ju"c' 10 the road
We cop, the above with pleasure. aS W
can fulll en,,nrS- lie Cnuuueri,iaiirn. II
oar former iownsIpan, PrEkY. nf:d
with that surc-s> which h;S merlts dr
s-rve
Er- The pew !!nrei in Meua.ha show,
~lgns ot progress. inasmuch as the sIonr
for its foundation has been hauled TO the
ground whereon it is 10 be erected
Eight thousand dollars stock has been Ia
ken in this new enterpri-e. ana the pro-
puietors feel ccnfAen, as to its success.
and mean 10 push 1t forward to an early
comnle.oL. The righ. men have i. in
hand
We are glad tha, Menasha j, to have a
good Ho,el. an,. one worthy Of is present
fl ur>h;rg conilrion and future prospects
We hope for the pleasure Of taking rooms
aud a wee drop" IN 'ha, Ilore! When
=. mpleted sem professionally --or one roam
and "any drops.