Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-11-25
Milwaukee ana It's Progress.

Tho new temple for the Milwaukee
Casmbar Of Commerce was dod icat.
"a lsat Thurslay. The ceremonies
OF the occasion were Impressive and
grand. Milwaukee IL the great city
of Wisconsin and it is proper that
every citizen Of the state take pride
IN her enterprises. The present as
ISOLATION Of gentlemen nodsr the
nama ct the Milwaukee Chamber of
Commerce was organized "a 1858. a
little while before that the produce
trade u the city was carried on as it
IL IN L4ncastar Buyers jumped the
hubs Of tbs wagons Is they came to
town with wheat, Whom enough
could b omptied into tho Gttlo ware
houses to freight . scbooser The ves-
III would take IL off TO Baffalo, thence
TO 30 taken to New York by the Erie
canal, The fret vessel laden with
wheat az Milwaukee was shipped in
le4l. II took four days to load il.
No" the same quantity wauld be
transferred from an elevator to tie
vessel in fifteen minutes This
Chamber was a small affair compared
with tho present yet It was great
enough a. the beginning Of the rebel
wNr, whea the news of the assault
upon our soldiers on the streets Of
Baltimore was received, to subscribe
$ll,l75 for the benefit Of soldiers
families. Commerce grew rapidly
at Milwaukee AMI in sos new and
more e'mmodious exchange was
built. II cost $4,000, and was a
large, well-built brick structure. Good
AZ it was it was razal 10 the GROUND
TO make room FOR the new one, Quilt
by the munjfcenee Of Alexander
Mitchell st cost OF 100000.
The new hall is of Minnesota granite
and is q massive and verv handsome
building. The formal delivery Of
the Exchange building by Mr. Mitch.
ell 20 the association was made in q
choice address by his nephew, Mr.
John Johnson. The speech is vau-
able for its condensed statements Of
historical facts He began with the
time when the cabin Of Solomon IN
neau was the only exchange room f
Milwaukee and its only trade barter.
ing by that cid pioneer, of calico and
wampum for the furs of the red man
Later, wheat was hauled from Racine
county INTO Milwaukee and sold for
thirty five cents o bushel. The first
load Of wheat ever bought in Mil,
wankee was psrchssed by the now
sx Governor Luijngton at fifty cents
bushel In 1873 forty million bush.
els of whest were shipped from MIL
wakes. The city ia the central
point Of Ave thousand miles OF rail.
way. After the presentation an an.
propriate response was made bv Mr..
Bodea, President of the Chamber
Letters of those who could not at.
tend were read and an eloQuen,
speech was delivered by Hon. c. G..
Williams. In the evening the guests
enjoyed a grand banquet AZ the
Newball House Milwaukee j. not
as large city as Chicago but in
some respects it is better city. Il
IS beautiful city. more healthy, and
most men would rather 1--we there
than 10 Chicago. Ii has brillisn,
psst ami no doubt has before Il
grand destiny The Chamber III
Commerce, through its Secretary
Mr.. W, J. Langson snd other officers
are contributing their share Of lsbor
10 its fdture greatness One side Of
Grant county has long been directly
tributary TO that metropolis, Very
soon, Lancaster, our center, will
have improved connection with the
great city ana we shall be pl a.ed if
we can every day look upon its great
institutions aud shake hands with its |
great men.