Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-15
TIE lIERAF.
(cominunicated.)
From the Pineries-Saloons and Saw
Mills-How The People Live.

ariiies of this region would be az
novel To your readers AS To me, they
might TO Interested by reading
lew notes upon il.
We oi Grant County have talked
much of the advantages TO be de-
rived from u railroad from Green
Bay 10 Dubuque, 70 carry our freight
ana lumDor After attentiv Iy OF.
serving the vastness OF the trade
around these waters, and the seal,
upon which operations are conduct
ed, | feel .ore than ever our need OF
9 lcii route. The almost endless
pine forests that cover the whole re
sion must furnish our iences and
buildings tor m4ny. many years
Aud tue thousands who are To GU
aud IN nuiacturo this lumner need
Increased facilities for obtaining sup
plles, for farming will never flourish
here in our generation.
Let capitalists figure out the rail.
road and we will take u look al our
uri ouuuing~. There are three vi.
lagos gathered about the mouth ol
th., Mcnunlneo river, Containing
perhaps 3OOO people il. all, who gc,
their whole support rom The Ium
Der interest. There arc ten saw
mills, of various Capacity. The Iar
seSt OF these each employ ab put $50
men through the saving season, aua
80 through the logging season.
Their camps are rapidly filing III
with men and are located at vari
nus points up this river, somo being
100 II lies distant. In The seaSnn
Just closed one o.. these mills has On
twenty millions of feet OF pine lam
Der another eighteen millions; w
Others, ownea ny ono company
twenty -eignt m lions others ten
i've, four, &c. All these mills togo II
r have esp rled from hi, narbpr ii
Mennonite. hlS season about los
millions of feet, more than amy OH
er port upon Lake Michigan, oran}
where cl-e, thai | know ol.
All the rivers opening into III.
lake in III county have sim lar o.
adjustments. The OconLo send.
,.ut ne.. loo millions H. Pcshtirn
% millions and ia all am tot.
tnat the saw mills vi this Green BAY
coast turn ont some 375 millions irtl
annually.
Nearly all the land along the riv
er and shore here is owned by hes,
wealthy companies who have Sc
cured II To prevent the bulIdlug 81
other mills. There wopi be va,l
sums invested here ST. n, if he mill
sites could be secured. The iaod a
VI, wcn from I'll /, Ike. il 4 low lcv,
line of timber, without tn smalles
uill To lie seen between Green Ba,
and this luce--slxly mites As ".
enter this n, or, We look w'rh won
der at The trn great mills, win the
smoko~blpes thclr nteam-pIpcs IN,
their astounding chorus OF steam
whistles. We see loot OF newnes~
enterprise aud prosperity in tn,
buildings which ali seem 70 say tia
lumber is plenty and heap and tia
hotels aud boarding houses Will grow
IA 81 single summer tp any require
heigh,h or siz. The sight thai vii
look most sorroWful 10 u dwelIef II
our prairie country, il the utter revk
lc~ssuesS OF waste, ia thr matter .
slabs aud strips. Steaming iuto lht
river, you observe thai th1 piers, ill.,
break water and the docks ann : M
are ali bulb Of slabs, laII wi thei
ends TO the water and ill 4 in H.
hind with saw dust. The amount O
such qua, uld be reci< ned b,
, mi.en. You WISH you nad IL mile D
- OF such pile OF slabs, down o.
Bolce Prairie, and ;ieu inquire 0i tn
captain il eume hulIding- have NJ
just b, en burning, where you see ha
dense smoke r@ing ~ several place,
from the ground. He smiles ut on
verdancy and says those are the Fl re
'hat arr kept going ali the time, DAY
and night bchlnd each mil to burr
mp aud gel ria ~ tn waste iumher
rdglug~. slabs. &c. Yon heave ,
deep sigh, and look again Sur,
enough, there the men are. runni,l
car loads Of waste pune along ira, /
and dumulng il into the fire. BIZ
why don't they burn it under Then
boilers "Oh, saw dust is better
Oh, they do burn th,i, raw dus
then F" No, only little ct i
They use saw dust enough TO suppl,
all their engines, and cast ava, To,
rest with that string Of horse carts
and on looking you see train ol
them. hauling it away
On landing. the chief question THAI
Al rikts ha- .,iIA44l-;---- .'-t''v'' - rnp
princi pal ingredient Of the land sand
or saw dust? You <, into ia
loon, store or school house, and 10
serve the floor, you will think thar
i. sand IS the dominant ilemenl but
when you have travelled the town
over, and fluid nearly every road and
street covered with disntrgrated
4 pine timber IL fine state OF division
when you ride over turnpikes ballt
! through tamarac swamps by filing
~ with saw dust To "a depth Ut hre,,
feet, when J on arrive at the Old NV
| York mil, where acres of SWAMP.
aud said, and lake shore. have q q
buried beneath ti"m five t. titlcen
feet of saw dust in The last - years.
turning an acre or TWO of the lake
into good high saw duSl land each
/ year, then sou wiIlprobablv cnnclnd~
hat sand j, nov here, compared O
The ptne imIialion Of il.
The mill companies work "a. their
road taxes by turning their hor,
cart trains 70 covering up the Old
sandy roads under some two feet Of
saw du T. aud il makes an excelleu,
road II is always litlle solt. i
the surface, save when frozen. l,u
when once made, they never get out
81 order no amount Of leaning cat,
cut them up or charge them to mu.,.
Besides they will not rot away: A.
least fpD ears d.,az t,,,t .s..-,. L.