Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-27
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

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Another Step in Advance for Eaton
The want of a Merchant FIeuring
Mill has been felt by the people o
Eaton and the surrounding country
to such an extent that OF last Friday
evening iniatory steps were taken te
supply the demand On that evening
an impromptu meeting was held a
the store ofG.H. Edison, ESQ, which
was attended by many of our promi.
nent citizens, to take into eonsidera.
ton the propriety of affording aid and
assistance to any person or persons
who would erect and, operate a Steam
FIGURING Mill at the county seat.
Judge HAINEs being in the Chair
stated the object of the meeting, and
after an interchange of opinions by
the citizens, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That we Will raise 100000
in trust to be loaned to any person or
persons, association or joint stock COM
pany for the periodaof five years, With
out interest, to be expended under the
direction of three trustees appointed for
that purpose, and the payment. to be Sc
cured by a mortgage lien on the Mill
site, machineryeand sappurtenanees, in
the name of said Trustees for the use of
said subscr1berg.o Tgz a s.ss
Thereapon G.H. Edison, John P.
Acton and Abner Dunlap were APP
pointed said Trustees, after whichathe
meeting adjourned to e. at the
same place on Tuesday evening, to
consider and further the matter Of
erecting said Mill. ,T
1t is. understood that several praeti-
cal Millers and Machinists are making
o~vertures to build said Mil, uponsthe
terms above stated, and it is hoped
hat said Trustees, will be able to raise,
the proposed amount ofsubscriptions
within a few days, andithereby be en-
abled to close out a proposition with
some responsible parties to erect and
operate said MilL.w The structure is a
public necessity and has already been
delayed too long.
In this connection we desire to say
that Eaton presents one of the finest
sites for a Steam FIGURING Mill, of
any locality within our knowledge
1t is situated in one of the finest wheat
growing regions in the west, the To-
cality a very healthy one, and the sur
rounding country well developed and
abounding withasail the comforts of
life. Thetown occupies a central POI
sition in the. county and is rapidly in-
proving mall substantial directions.
1t is oneiof the prettiest town sites IN
the State with broad streets and the
location afording quick and natural
drainage The4opulation is between
1000 and 5000 and rapidly on the in
crease. There are within the Corpo-
ration some six Churches, well attend
ded by the population. Among these
is the NJ. E. Church, one of the finest
and most commodious structures of
the kind in western Ohio. Two
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are published
with largesacircnlaions throughout
the county There five first-class
Dry Goods scores, some fourteen Gro
Gerry establishments, two Iron stores,
where Agricultural implements are
sold, and leather and finding general
ly at wholesale or retail; three good
Drug stores; Blacksmith and Shoe
shops by the score; one Brewery es-
tablishment and two Planning mills
Door and Sash Factories, ~wherellum-
Der is boughtsand sold atsreasenable
rates. Then thre are three Hotels
and a magnificent city Hail. recently
erected and completed. This is a
large and conmodious building and
in neatness of structure is second only
to them e. rChufch, which is the
pride andsornament of the city Last
but not least, is the far famed Excel
sior School seat Manufacturing Com
pany. This establishment is carried
on by a joint stock company, which
gives employment to more thanone
hundred operators and tuans0ut the
neatest Schoel-and Church furniture
in the world. On the Cincinnati and
Chicago Railway, whiehpasses by
the city, there are three Grain depots;
where all kind ofgrain is bought and
sold, at one of whichisa splendid Ell
evator. Plenty of stone and choice
building materials are near at hand
and cheap for construction. Ant
with all, fine limestone water abound'
and easily attained, at some points il
even crops out in splendid flowing
wells.
Such is the position for the site o
the proposed Steam FIGURING Mill. I
will have a large territory in which t.
operate, as the water streams Of tn
county, as the country becomes i'm
proved and underdrained, are failing
more and more every year. AS a fur
Their inducement for the erection Q
said mill, we now have affair prospec
for the construction of the Lake Erit
Evansville and Southwestern Raj
way, in the short future. This Roa
woufd-open up at this point, the fine;
flour market in the west, and great
develope the city and surroundin