The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-04-04

Mr.. BEACH, of the Appleton Times,
gives US quite an interesting description
of his late trip to Kaukauna and our own
city, from which we take the liberty of
copying the following:
''When we reached Manitowoc, we, of
course went direct to- the Windiate
House, and, like every one else, received
he very best of attention from Sir Tom,
the gentiemanly host During The day
we met MIR. Il. G.. Olmstead, oftha Pilot
and I. Borcherdt of the Irit,t,.e. and
FROM them of course learned all that was
going on>in and about the city. The
contract has been let tor an Iron swing
bridge across the river, for, so, 900; the
bridge is 10 be finished this summer Mr.
Windiate has the contract for u new $50, :
600 school house which will aceonmo-
date all the children on the north side
for some time to come. Ship building is
carried on to more considerable extent.
than we were aware of. Several ships
are now ready for launching. and we un-
derstand that new ones will take their
place ia soon as launched, till the fifteen
hat are now under contract are finished.
The A n. l.. & M.Rlt. has used about
all the ties gotten ont this winter. but
something over 20 90 cords Of wood
are pill, d up in the wool yards, a great
l,art Of which will be used by the boats
this summer We did not find it hard
to be convinced that the city had already
received new life from her western CON
nectinn and was making rapid strides to-
wards future greatness. She has natural
ADVANTAGES and surroundings of which
she may well be proud. a harbor that
will admit boats at all seasons of the year.
IN this climate, is something to brag of.
She has every facility for building more
ships than every other port on the lake
| combined. Her timber resources, now
THAI SHE has access TO them, are almost
uDllmit q, and unless we are greatly in
| = or, few years will see her business. if
| not Ter population, more than doubled.
| The next morning az we started home
ward, we were in luck, as Messrs Win
iiate, Walker, Guyes, Richards, Will
| lia,ns and Fellows, were aboard the train.
Il is somewhat astonishing even to one
born and bred in this country, to see
he immense amount of timber Of all
kinGs, that is piled high o.. each side OF
he track, wherever Il chance offers. 1t
will be about all the road can do, to move
what is row on hand before next winter.
even should they have no other freight.
At every little town along the route new
factories are springing up, and now IN
| many Ilaces the hum Of machinery Ia
heard, where one year go was All almost
| unhroken wilderness. AT ;BrilIion We.
ound Ncssrs Bishop & Blanchard busy
| as bees putting ny their Tight barrel
S'ave 'factory. They have on hand |.
0O0,O00 feet white oak logs and nearly
800 Ot,D feet of pine, white ash, &c. 1t
is we'll " orth the time spent, to see the
fine qua ity ot oak that grows in Manito-
voc an! u net r0nntl:.S.
The RR is in excellent condition CON
>idering tha no hallnSting has been dome
and manv miles OF the grading and track
laying since the opcninaiof winter Tier
are very few bad curves or grades. The
;,ar: ,etwecp Rrillinn and the Military
road is as straight as could be surveyed
not curve IN over nine miles. 1888. g..
NAVIGATION Is DOW fully open again
the many vessels thar We're icrbou3d az,
the river during last vim: or are now free
and many OF them have already left o,u
harbor with full cargoes. Besides these.
me ny large vessels have came here from
Chicago aud are either already returning
loaded or are still taking on their car
goes. II ftf
The Goodrich propeltars which have
so molly fought cold. ice and snow. dur
ing all last winter, to keep up the com
munication between the southern ports
and our own. are to extend Il cir joul neys
as fer as Depere as soon as the ice in Tie
Green Bay will reruit. while the side
wheelers, splcndilly reitted and inlprov
ed will in a few weeks resume their regu-
lar daily trips between Chicago, Mantle
woe and Two Rivers. May the fn est
success ever crown the unceasing effars
of Capt Goodrich and the faithful CO.
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