The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-08-31

line would say come for you are wanted in these
ards at good wages. Ifyou go the river at |
this point you will see
OUR DRY DOCK,
almost completed and representing capital of $780,
O00 and it too Will have to be stocked with first class
for those under whose control this enterprise is
being conducted will employ none but A No L work
men. Ii is intended to open this Dry Dock for |
fall work but the time has not yet been stated prob
ably about the 18th or last of September: good |
number of workmen low at work, and the sides
every day grow completion. Passing from the
Dry Dock you come to the Depot grounds of the
APPLETON LONDON RAIL ROAD.
For fifteen years had hopes of the Land Grant
Road but it took time to tend the land CT the
grant fan it did the road that bright hopes
blasted played ont, in that commander all along
the proposed line of the said road well in
city, but to-day with President and Financer
Hon. Jos. Villas, and known and all to be
true to interests tried gold. 1 say with such
| leader sure TO win. Here find the fruits
his diligence and unrelenting labor in the Loco
motive Benz. Jones' with platform cars engine
house. track laid now miles, and extra gang of
men laying q mile per day, also the Rail Road
Dock fink the most of $500 of the best En-
glish st." rail, with spike Fish Plates and Ties
enough to lay the Al miles of road to New London
we expect soon to extend TO Appleton the iron hand
of friendship and allow her to enjoy the benefit of
excellent harbor and surplus shipping There is now
| some 400 men employed this road and more are
wanted, wages the other roads, with ex-
cellen chance of promo tion besides business must
| follow the line of any Rail Road west and here is
plenty of room for capital and energy. AS
our western Road is done we must have
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
connecting us Immediately with Milwaukee and Chi
by rail- and suiting the emergency of the times
this Company also has chosen Hon. Jos Villas
| President who is in New York with every sign
of success, negotiating for loan on the Southern
Rail Road for the building and equiping of the road
from Milwaukee via Mantowoc to Green Bay. This
enterprise will also call fer young men and mechan-
| les to come and lend US helping hand
| PAPERS
each extending the call you, they have the
interests of city at stake, build up for them
selves good list. Politics is here evenly represent
ed in the Press. Having the Pilot English and
Nord Western German, to advocate the Democratic
issues while the 71-i6uue, English, and Zeing Ger
man. content with their cotemporaires in dispelling
their cobweb views of right; still laying aside the
Political part you will find all times true men in
each and every of the editors of these prpers
To the young mechanic starting west,
! OUR MARKETS,
will appear source of health and happiness not
being like those of the east scant and at enormous
prices, but full to o7erlowing with all that man
could wish, SO that 81 here would answer the
purpose S. will east we find from our market re-
ports that the main every articles of living from
SO so per cent cheaper than those of Massachusetts
Connecticut while fresh meats from.1 200
per cent less Not reported but range beef and pork
from to Is cents per pound, mutton, to II cents,
fish, to cents, salt meats at retail from 10 to Is
cents. Living and good wages not all that per-
observes in prospecting for location, schools,
churches, influencing many, but come we could stand
| the test for
SCHOOLS,
think good and money make
ther, building may not be good many cities
for they those built in years longpast but the
foundation is now laid for 81 900 building
the south side and to be followed with SIS 600
| building the north side, which with our public
schools and private schools will afford every oppor
| tunity for all who may come.
OUR CHURCHES
like our schools need improvements in the building
line, most of the congregations we're small so the
buildings built. Still have one or two good
substantial buildings which principle one is the
Presbyterian house of Worship but partly finished
and is cost SIS 900, besides this we find Meiho
dist, Episcopal, Catholic, Baptist, 3 Lutheran
schools, secret and benevolent societies make our
civ what it is n at for d,I1
for all peaceable and law abiding citizens who may
make our city their home.
PROSPECTS
situated as prospects cannot fail to be on
the bright side, with western road soon to bring
to our shipping the products of Manitowoc, Brown
and other western counties, now teeming with rich
crops and wealth untold, with manufacturing in
terests complete, and such abundance of excellent
water power certain connections with the North
| ern Pacific Rail Road the northwest, while the
Rail Road building on the east shore of the Lake
daily line of steamers to the two making
a direct route to New York, saying 200 miles of
travel and hours less to be diversif-
ed by splendid lake ride miles, across at this
point. With all these prospects in view can we fail
in time of being only End Milwaukee in the state
| of Wisconsin. Manitowoc only 20 years ago was
| almost bleak pine forest, roads but the lone
Indian trail, not sefsustaining, relying on the
extra substance of others for living see instead
of importing grain of wheat we exported in the
year 1859 (and that which could only be brought by
the sturdy farmer and his team 243 bushels of
wheat. $500 bushels of Rye, and 1925 barrels of
Flour besides our home consnmption have You any
doubts of our having to spare. Energetic pioneers
seeking homo in the west, come all this has gone
to you, and you had to pay your commissions the
same, but now we have shown you that here with us
i'll Mantowoc you can live 81 and save as much as
you do now on So. And you ask can a young me-
chanic home if he should come west? We
would say yes, come. We can secure for you q home
on easy payment that you would not know you
had lost cent. while all around is comfort. Come
one and all it is to such you, young mechanics of
the east, that we extend helping hand not to those
who come but 10 return without eXerton, or out
lay of one cent of capital. Money makes money the
wide world over and in the west, more then else
where Emery and determination often taking the
place of capital. WILL A. PLACE,
Real Estate Agent.
DURING the severe storm which pre-
vailed during last tuesday,, considerable
amount of vessels were obliged to seek