The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-13
SALEM STATION.

ITS PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE I'M
PORTANCE-PLEAsANT HOMEs--sO
CIAL ADVANTAGES ~ TEMPERANCE
AND MORALITY. W
Most readers of the TELEGRAPH
doubtless are aware that a fiourishing
village has sprung up within the past
few years on the Kenosha division Of
the Northwestern Railroad, sixteen
miles west oe Kenosha. Unquestion-
ably the place has been repeatedly no
ticed in the newspapers of the county,
but a brief description of the village 6y
one who owns no taxable property in
the state, and no personal interest to.
subserve, may be taken as an impartial
statement. Hundreds of villages IN
the west have had far more rapid
growth than Salem Station; but when
it is considered that it is located in one
of the old settled counties, its recent
progress is the more noticeable. Five
years ago it had not aspired to the des-
ignation of village, having advanced
to its present Importance within the
past two or three years. m
1t it be asked what natural adyan-
tages has Salem Station to give it
special prominence. it may be answer
ed. it has none over many other rail-
road stations where no villages now
exist, except it is surrounded by rich
and highly productive agricultural
country, and an enterprising popula-
ton. The dwelling houses in the vii
lage are nearly all new, having regard
to architectural taste. Among the
citizens occupying handsome residences
are L. z. Barns, G. Clark, A. Bailey, N.
Crowley, A. D. Cornwell, E. M. Bailey,
r. Smith, j. Kennicutt, Mr.. Tate and
others, whose names are not recollect-
ed. There are in the village two stores,
cheese factory, doing a large business,
feed mill, and such other shops and
trades usually found in country vii
lagos.
Alexander Bailey, Esq, was the
original and principal owner of the
land, and gave the first movement to
thelvillage. There are two handsome
churches, of moderate size Congrega.
tiOnal and Methodist. To an outsider
| it seems that either one Of these church
edifices is of sufficient capacity to ac-
cOmmodate the wants of the pOpula-
ton, but the time has not yet come, in
the religious progress of the age, when
mere UNCONVENTIONAL names cease to
divide those who are essentially of one
christian faith. A considerable mum
Der OF the hOusehOlders of the village
are retired farmers, who, by industry.
have acquired competency, and have
either sold or rented their farms, and
built houses in the village. No better
evidence is needed to prove these tobe
sensible men. In far too MANY cases
farmers, after having secured enough
for their comfortable support in old
age, continue to labor and toll on until
they become disabled, crippled, broken
down, pitiable specimens of humanity.
They work until compelled to deslst by
stitfened limbs and complicated pains,
and they, perchance, drag out a few
months or years of painful existence.
A commodious school building, with
a high school department, where schol-
ars from the surrounding district who
desire to pursue the highest branches
|Of study can be accommodated. is
needed, and the citizens are intent on
securing this improvement at an early
day. The common schools of the town
of Salem, as well as those of the adj
joining towns, rank among the best in
the state. An Improvement yet to be
supplied is a suitable hotel. The right
man for the place would no doubt meet
with liberal encouragement; no liquor
establishment will be tolerated. The
people of the place are decidedly OBJ
posed to the introduction Of whiskey
shops. The order of the Sons of Tenn
perance has a membership of over
hundred, including many of the influ-
entail citizens of the village and neigh
borhOod, which aids in forming al
strong public sentiment against the
traffic in intoxicating liquors. There
is also in the village well trained
band of music, which has the reputa-
ton of furnishing good music for pub
lie occasions.
There is a lake of clear water, bor-
dering on the village, of sufficient size
for boating, but at present little used
for that purpose, but which, at some
future day, is destined to be a popular
resort for pleasure boating.
For large business enterprises the
town at present offers only limited in
ducementS. But for such as desire
quiet and pleasant homes, where the
expenses of living are moderate, where
moral influences predominant, and for |
those who have no passion for the |
noise and hustle of cities, Salem Sta
ton is a desirable place of residence.
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