Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-06
WlLBER.
A Prosperous and Progressive
Town.
Correspondents OF the BEEF
WILDER, June 4th, IA.

WILDER, June 4th, "a.
EDITOR BEE:
Among the most enterprising
towns in Nebraska, which is par
ticularly noted for its rapid growth,
is WILDER, Saline county, on the B.
& NJ. line of railroad in Nebraska.
The town is located in that su-
perb valley of Blue river, 80 miles
southwest Of the capital. Its citi-
zens are alive to their interest, and
welcome all who are in search for a
good business moiety, and are will
ing to lend a helping hand to those
who are willing to help themselves.
The town is now about one year
old; the depot was built, 24x5O dur
ing the summer, after which the
town made its commencement, ana
grew rapidly until the close OF the
year.
As soon as spring opened the
town started out with renewed
vigor, and has during the pastthirty
days made that progress that would
surprise the most romantic mind.
The town was named after G. d.
WILDER, of Aurora, Illinois, and tie
owner of the town site, he is the
jolliest of the age, who has steered
his barge through the valley Ct
adversely, and has made a hand
some fortune by his indomitable
energy and good management.
The town is one of the most sitely
i'm the west, being located OH the
west side of Blue river, on a high
bottom with a gradual inclined
plain rising to the northwest, and
opening out i'm the valley southeast
one of the most beautiful lawns on
the globe, which will attract the at
tention of lovers of scenery and
grandeur.
The town occupies about three
hundred acres, which has a good
class of dwellings and business
houses, and a good hotel. Rev.
Fred Alley, pastor of the CongregA
tional church has been actively
engaged in the the erection of their
church, which is about completed,
the building is 2iX40 feet, Is feet
story, plain gothic style with steeple,
and represents a mechanical skill
highly credible to its builder.
They have two good dry goods
and general merchandise stores, one
hardware and stove store, one hard
ware store, one book and drug store,
one confectionery and one furniture
store, one blacksmith and wagon
shop. A harness shop is to be OPEN
ed in a few days, with u good pain
ter, carpenter, and one representa-
tive of the pill fraternity. As the
citizens are all peaceable and quiet,
they are not yet represented by the
legal fraternity. A company has
been organized by w. H. Mann,
formerly from Sterling, Illinois,
and Messrs. WILDER, Benson, and
Bennett, of Chicago, are to erect a
1ourering mill adjacent to the town
site, near the river, where they
have one of the best water power
i'm the State, and on a stream which
will never want for power. The
mill will be 40X50 feet, three and q
half story high, calculated for five
run of burs, and a capacity for grind
ing n thousand bushels per day.
They have secured the service of +.
]. Weaber, Of Sterling, Illinois, as
architect, and mill-wright, one If
the most competent of his profess
sion. The location is good, being
on a high bottom, about twenty-five
feet above low water mark.
Work was commenced last week,
and will he pushed forward a
rapidly rs possible. The mill will
be built of the best material, with
all the late improvements, and will
be first-class in every department,
and will be i'm operation in October.
The building, when completed, will
cost about S20, 000.
There has been company organ
lied who will build an elevator on
the west side of the railroad track,
which will be 32X42 feet, with a
capacity of Is, 1000 bushels of grain,
which will be completed in time
for this years grain, and will be
managed by H. T. Elliott & Co., of
Chicago, who are well known
throughout the Northwest.
The b. & NJ. r.. r. will put in six
hundred feet of sidetrack for the ac-
commodation of their road at an
early day.
TIoro hoe haan rrcncamantS
made to build a Methodist Episco-
pal church, which will be 30x50 feet,
and will cost about So, 1000. The en-
terprise was gotten up by the NJ. E.
church East, who will aid in its
erection.
Mr.. WILDER will put up six build
ings without delay, which r in
tended for residences. There has
been over twenty buildings put up
in the past thirty days, and new
ones started almost daily, all of
which are a good class.
Mr.. WILDER will plant about $4,000
NAPLES this summer, with many
other improvements of interest to
the town and county, as he has
much land i'm that vicinity.
Mr.. Tobias Castor is busily en-
gagged in the interest of the town,
and sellingtown lots, railroad lands,
putting up building, etc. Rev. Fall
ley is likewise engaged i'm the town
interest, and has a share in the town
lots which he is selling, Mr.. Castor
will erect the finest brick block in
the town this season. The town
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