The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-09-25
BRILLION.
ITEMS GATHERED RELATING 10 LIVE
TOWN IN CALUMET COUNTY.


TOWN IN CALUMET COUNTY.
Briilion, "the Invest town in Calumet
county," is taking firm position as one
of the principal manufacturing and ship
ping points on the NJ. L. s. i w. Ry.,
and we we're agreeably surprised while
there on short business visit on Friday
last to see the many and marked improve
ments inaugurated the present season.
Brillion owes its prosperity to great
degree to the firm of Beach & Bishop.
Being both live, energetic men, full of
enterprise themselves and showing a
disposition in all their dealings to ''live
and let live," they have seen grow up
around them a village which for business
stir and activity rivals many in this vi
cinity which boast of double and four
times the number of inhabitants. They
have large saw mill and besides the
manufacture of hard and soft lumber,
annually turn out many thousand dollars
worth of chair stock and tight barrel
slaves. The slaves, which are as near
perfection as possible, are sawed out
with machine invented by MIR. Bishop
who, by the way, is SO much of me-
chanical genius that he does a great
proportion of the repairing on the large
amount of machinery himself. Last
winter they built large Touring mill
some 200 feet from the saw mill which is
run by a 40horse power engine, the
steam for which is carried from one of
the boilers in the saw mill through Q.
inch pipe-something decidedly novel.
The mill contains four run of stone and
everything about it is of the best and
most approved kind. They do not ship a
pound of -four although the mill is kept
in constant operation. Such run of
custom work speaks we'll for the quality
of the -four manufactured. They now
have half million feet of lumber in
the yard. They employ on an average
about forty hands.
Another gentleman there who does q
large business is Mr.. N. Knauf He
has commodious store and carries an
unusually large stock of general merchan-
disc. He does the grain buying there
and to accommodate his extensive bust
ness has recently put a large steam en-
CINE and boiler, with approved machin-
cry, into his warehouse. We did not
learn the amount of grain he handles
annually, but the figures, if We had them,
would be large.
Messrs. Schroeder & Thompson, two
young gentlemen who don't know such
word as 'fail," have recently opened
general merchandise store and are
doing a good business. They have a
tin shop and large stock of stoves and
hardware. 1t looked to us as if they
were getting a fair share of the trade of
that village,-and they deserve it.
Peter Reuter-, until recently in bust
ness at Centerville, aud we'll known to
our readers all over the county, has pur-
chased the Brillion House and is enlarg-
ing it to double its former capacity.
When completed it will be one of the
best rural hotels in this part of the
country,-and Peter knows how to run
it successfully.
John Trier has purchased the Reupen-
thai building, enlarged and improved it,
and now keeps it open as the North
western House." He makes first class
landlord and deserves to succeed. Au-
gust Latzig has just completed an addi-
ton to his place, to be used as a dance
hall and for the accommodation of the
Turn Verein recently organized there.
The building is 36x60 feet and has been
finished in the best manner. August
sells Rahr's beer and keeps one of the
best public places in the village.
Some half dozen residence buildings
are now in course of construction. The
finest is the one being put up for Mr..
Beach. 1t is 26x40, with wing, and
will be quite handsome when completed.
Plans have been adopted for a Catholic
church building which will be 36x6O
feet, to be finished as soon as possible.
+ Brillion has brass baud made up Of
young gntlemen resident there. They
have been practicing but few months,
yet the music they make is highly credit
able. A Turn Verein comprising 30
members was recently organized. Fol-
lowing are the names of the officers: j.
Luecker, president; w. J. Mailman,
vice president; Jacob Steffen, secretary;
Jos. Mutzbauer, treasurer.
On our short visit to Brilion we did
not have time to see half the town nor
converse with half the business men /;
but one cannot remain in the village an
hour without being impressed with the
fact that the place is hourisbing and will
steadily increase in population and COM
mercial importance. 1t is blessed with
live business men and has fine country
surrounding it.
We are under obligations to ". J.
Mailman, Esq, book keeper for Beach
& Bishop, for many coursesies extended
to US, and TO Mr.. August Latzig for his
kind hospitality.