The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-04-05

IlANlIOM OC AS CEEN 81 y IaAtiCAL.
A correspondent signing himself "E, }"
writing to the Madison Journal under date
of the 2lst ult., gives the following notes. -
As is usual with correspondents of radical
papers, whether writing from the North or
the South, his correspondence is tinged
with insinuations in regard to private af-
fairs in which neither himself or the gener
al public have no business to meddle:
II have arrived in the lumber regions
at least | am led to think so from the noise
of saw mills that greetS my ears and the
sight of pine stumps which adorn the river
banks of this fourishing town. The vii
lage of Manitowoc is. situated at the mouth
of the Manitowoc river seventy five miles
north of Milwaukee, 1t has some five
thousand inhabitants, and Is backed BY a
population in the county of some 5000
As this will surely be, In time, a Hourlshlng
part of our state, | will give you some
what extended account of what | see here
The town itself is divided by the river,
which is spanned by Eighth street bridge
an excellent structure turning on pivot.
The large and commodiOus court house Is
situated on the south side, but the princi-
pal business streets are on the north side
Lumber being cheap, the greater part of
the buildings are Of wood, but there are
some of brick which would be a credit to
Madison, and there are more OF the same
description In process OF erection. The
Turner'S Society has just completed hall
capable OF seating nearly thousand peo-
pie. Other public buildings are hardly as
good as might be expected; the churches
and schools especially being inferior to
those of much smaller towns IN the south
ern portion of the state, but this must be
accounted for from the fact that the peo-
pie have, in the past, given their whole at
| tention to their railroad and harbor lm-
provements, but | am happy to state that
now, with their harbor fully provided for
and the railroad in a progressive state, re-
! lgious ard educational interests are recelv-
| ing the attention their merits demand.
| There will soon be one OF the best OF har-
bors here, $4,000 having been approprl-
ated, $97, 600 by the Government and $50,
600 by the town.,
ITO an outsider it would seem that Mil,
waukee could not do better than to extend
| the Lake Shore Railroad to this place. by
so doing she would place herself ID lmmedl-
ate communication with over sixty thou
! sand people residents Of Ozaukee, Sheboy-
can, NEanitowoc, Calumet and hewaunee
counties, people who now trade wherever
| they can catch it. | had nearly forgotten
! to mention the newspapers published III
Manitowoc. They are three IN number,
viz: the Tribune, republican in politics,
published by two soldiers of the late war
! the Plot, democratic, claims the largest CIR
culation, and the Nord- IFcsten, German,
democratic In the past the principal ex-
ports have been lumber, shingles. posts,
| fish, &C., but now the county is settled by
race of hardy farmers WHO raise A, No.
winter wheat and all other farm products. -
In the extreme western part OF the county
there is considerable pine, but with the
mills now in operation it will soon be used
Iup. The numerous water powers IN the
county will then have to be used for other
purposes mills, &C. | have been
able to gather some statistics which may
prove Of interest. The largest tannery in
| the State is located in this county. In fact,
there is but one larger in the United States.
| There is chair factory at Two Rivers, one
Of the largest in the State; pail and tub
| factory, ditto Some Of the finest, fastest
steamers and sailing vessels that float on
our inland seas were bnilt here, of tim Der
that grew in the county. Although there
are some drawbacks, it is quite evident that
this will be one of the wealthlest counties
! in the State.