The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-05-30


National, Of which Dir c. Luling is chief
manager. Mr.. Shove is the Oldest bank
CT in Manitowoc county and one of the
Oldest in tie State, having now been in
the banking business in this city since
1853. Mr. S. is doing a more prosper
Gus and larger business than ever. His
has a!wavs been most substantial inSti
tuition living and prospecting under shrewd
management through the trying times OF
be var and the protracted crisis since
lie rendered US valuable assistance in
is based upon.
This city is we'll represented by four
newspapers, two printed in the German
language and two in English. The Iri-
5unc, by T. Borcherdt, is Republican
paper, eight columns, and all printed at
home. 1t is wide awake to the interests
of the lake shore, and ever advocating
Republican principles. The Plot, I. G.
Olmsted. is a ''red hot" Democratic
sheet. The editor thereof, personally as
we'll as in editorials, oongratulates the
Cincinnati Convention on their nonlina-
ton fer the Presidency Mr.. Olmsted
is one OF these genial, good fellows that
will make friends everywhere, and as we
are sincere friend Of his, we shall en-
deavor to administer words of consolation
to him in his sore affection next Noyem-
Der, when he will have discovered the
rottenness Of the Cincinnati Liberals.
From Manltowoc we took the boat for
TWO RIVERS,
situated in the same county, about six
miles north of the city. This place a
few years ago, was but little known out
side Of its own neighborhood, but the
time has now come when she demands
attention from the outside world as she
now has two of the largest manufacturing
establishments in the State, consisting of
a chair and wooden-Ware factory and a
large tannery.
The chartered capital of the chair and
wooden-Ware factories is $150.OO0. That
however, only embrace personal property
and factories, having a large amount Of
real estate outside of this. The wooden
ware factory is 500 feet long. three stories
high, In which nearly every conceivable
article OF wooden ware is manufactured,
including pals, tubs, kanakins, clothes
efo:,, AL H.I L.
and thousand and one other articles
too numerous to mention. The chair
| factory, which is situated but a short dis
lance from the other, is 225 feet long and
three stories, in which every variety of
chairs are manufactured, from the plain
est up to the finest. They are also turn
ing out large amount of bedsteads and
other furniture. They also have three
saw mills and large supply store. This
establishment gives employment to two
hundred and fifty men, the most Of whom
are foreigners. The officers are men of
large experience, and thoroughly versed
In the business. This being the case,
how can concern Of this magnitude
help being a success financially, as well as
great help to the town. One member
Of tie firm spends most Of his time in
Chicago, where they have branch Office.
The Two Rivers Manufacturing Company
is probably the largest Of the kind in the
West.
The Wisconsin Hide and Leather Co.,
have very large tannery about two
miles from the village, which gives ON
ployment to one hundred men. Through
the Kindness of G. B. Whitcomb, the
Superintendent son, we were enabled
to go through this mammoth concern,
and was much pleased and amused by
the working of the machinery, which
moves like clock work under the super
vision Of Superintendent Whitcomb.-
The consumers Of leather little realize the
amount Of labor there is in curing it, and
the humber Of hands it passes through
before it is ready to put on the feet
This is The largest taunery In the State
excepting the one in Milwaukee, owned
by the same company. 1t would afford
US much pleasure to give the reader
much fuller and accurate desert ption of
the above named institutions, but owing
to the briefness Of our visit we are IN
able to Go SO.
The village of Two Rivers derives its
name from the two rivers tina; unite in
the village, emptying into the lake as one
stream. THIS stream, with the improve
meut HAT is DOW in progress. will be the
means Of securing to The village as good
a harbor as there is on the lakes The
harbor piers were commenced last year.
now being 4l6 feet each, and without
dredging the water shows an average
deDth Of seven feet in tho channel of the
river. They received an appropriation
OF $25, 000 for the improvement Of this
harbor last year, and there is an appro
priation Of $4,000 pending before Con-
gress now, under the general appropria
ton bill, which has passed the House
and has been reported favorably by the
Committee on Commerce in the Senate
OF the $4,000 received last year Only
$50. 600 were expended, leaying $50, 600
to be expended this year. The ship
meuts and receipts Of this place viii ez-
coed So, coo, 900 annually; the shipments
consisting principally CT lumber, leather,
furniture, wooden ware. fish AID agrioul
tural products. The two rivers that unite
here are navigable fer 8 miles, one hav-
inc eight and the other five miles of |