The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-22
A WISCONSIN FACTORY.

relation to one of Kenosha's heaviest mart
factories. 1t is well-deserved compiimen
to the 60. aheadativeness of one of our hes
citizens:
! Kenosha is one of those pretty and spirite
| little towns which are all vitality and com
mercial activity for which Wisconsin and tn
lake shores are SO justly celebrated, and 9
which the Northwest may well be proud. l
| is the capital of a county bearing the sam
name, lying along Lake Michigan, and boz
dered on the south by the state of Illinois
This city, seated as it Is on the banks OF tn
lake, by which it has unrivaled water faclll
ties for transportation, and being also In IN
immediate vicinity of the Chicago q MilWau
kee and Rockford & Rock Island Railroads
is admirably situated for manufacturing pur
poses, and must increase in the future, still
more rapidly than it has done in the past
| Being contiguous also to the finest LUMBER re
| gioD in the United States, and having dlrec
water communication with 1t, this city ha
superior advantages for the. establlshmen
and carrying on of those branches OF manufac
ture, whose raw material is growing in IN
limited quantities in the Northern forests
and which is floated down in immense RATS
to the very doors of the mills and workshops
A prominent feature in the wholesale trade
and manufacturing industry of the city Of
Kenosha, has with little exertion abroad, be-
West, and has become leading branch Of
the withdrawing business of this locality
We allude to the Edward Balm Farm Wagon
Factory, concern Of such magnitude as to
deserve special notice from any one review
ing the prominent industries Of the great
Northwest. The founder of this fourishing
factory is one of the pioneer settlers in that
locality, having formed a member of that
early band, which, nearly forty years ago,
pushed Westward into the then unimproved
and uninhabited territory which now forms
the great agricultural State of the North. Mr..
Balm is one of the leading manufacturers OF
Wisconsin, and a prominent citizen of Keno
sha. He established the Farm Wagon Facto-
ry as far back as 1859, when civilization in
that locality was in its infancy, and although
the concern was then but small in compari-
son to the place it takes in the manufactur-
ing list of the State at the present time, he
the first year two hundred
wagons and thus laid a permanent foundation
to the trade which has increased, until in the
year 1871, he reckons his annual average of
sales at five thousand. Ofcourse contiguity
to the best lumber regions of the continent,
and the facilities of lake transportation have
been in his favor, but the intrinsic merits of
the article produced have been the main
cause of success which has led to extensive
sales in the Southern and Western States, the
regions of Salt Lake, the Territories, Oregon,
the far away lands of Mexico, and the grand
agricultural districts of California. This
Wagon Factory, on the banks of Lake Michl-
gan, has become recognized power, gives
constant employment to about two hundred
hands, whose weekly pay roll makes no in
significant item in the circulating capital of
this smart Wisconsin city.
All this progress has been the legitimate
of the value OF wagons in the
market, as he has never employed any travel
ing agents, but allowed his goods to work
their own way simply upon their merit, and
so signal has this success been that the old
proverb Of Manners make the man. might
have companion phrase merit makes the
Market" for nothing but the acceptable
qualities of the Balm Farm Wagon could have
so universal an appreciation as
it's sales unequivocally declare it to possess.
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Coz. JAMES H. HOWE PROMOTED. We find
the following in the Chicago Journal Of the
10Th inst
George L. Dunlap. Esq, formerly Superin-
tendent of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway, and subsequently the General Man.
ager Of that road, has resigned the latter po-
sition, in order to devote all his time to the
superintendent of the work of constructing
new lines of that road. Mr.. Dunlap has es-
has established reputation as one of the
very ablest and most successful railway man.
ayers in the world. He is succeeded as Gen
eral Manager by Col. James FL. Howe, form
erly the Attorney of the Company, and who
is also a first class railroad man. John c..
Gault Esq, continues to fill the position of
General Superintendent.
Col. Howe is a resident of this city, is we'll
known throughout the State, and has long held
a leading position at the bar. lie has been the
general solicitor of the Chicago and North
western Railroad Company for the past seven
years, and during that time has gained a
knowledge of the affairs of the road that
will make him most efficient officer.
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SCHOOL ExAMINATIoNs.--Thee examination
of the classes in the High School will COM
mence on Tuesday of next week and continue
until Friday, as follows:
Tuesday, a. M, classes In German and
English Grammar.
Tuesday, p. M, classes in Physical Geog.
raphy and English Grammar.
Wednesday, a. M Geometry. Trigonometry
and Arithmetic.
Wednesday, P. M, Algebra, Caesar and
Arithmetic.
Thursday, a. M. U. s. History and Rheto
ric.
Thursday, p. M, Civil Government and U
s. History.
Friday, a. M, Chemistry Latin Lessons and
English Grammar.
Friday, p. M, Rhetorical exercises.
The Graduating Class will receive then
Diplomas at the close of the Rhetorical exer
cises.
The several committees requested to exam
inc the classes are as follows: A ,
Glasses in Latin-Gentlemen England
Frank Lee and Alex. Edwards.
Glasses in German-Gentlemen Charlie
Frantz and Rev. Mr.. Bramer: A'Ha.@va-a s-as e
Glasses in Geometry, Algebra and JArith