The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-10-20
COMPLETION OF THE NEW CAN
AL AT KAUKAUNA,

hAUKAUNA, Oct. 5.-This young vii
lage is now in its glory. The canal COM
menced just one year ago by the Kau-
kauna Water Power Company is entirely
completed and ready for receiving the
water. The canal is 1900 feet long, the
walls on each side being of masonry and
earth work, averaging IA feet high, and
36 feet in width at bast, 90 feet on top.
The headgates or bulkhead of this man.
moth water power are sixteen in number
| and the masonry composing them is un-
| doubtediy the finest piece of work in
stone that ever was put into any canal
for water power. At the lower end of
the canal are two fumes of 1900 horse
power each and with 20 feet head of wa
| ter. These are intended for the cotton
mills. The workmen employed in con-
structing the fumes and bulk head were
the best to be had, and the pay roll of
the men employed on this canal has av-
eraged $40, 900 per month, and its entire
cost is upwards of 5000, 900, so it can be
seen that it is no small affair. Every
thing is substantially built, and intended
to last. The engineers in charge are
Jas. M. Barker of Appleton, and Capt.
B. Doherty, of this village. Kaukauna
also has two other first-class water powers
the canal of Messrs. Meade & Edwards,
and the government canal. The former
was completed last July, and is first
class power, on which pulp mill is al
ready in operation. The estimated horse
power of this canal is $500. Kaukauna
may be truly called the 'Lion of the
Lower Fox" with her IA, 500 horse power
canals, and when capitalists once COM
mence to utilize the same, large manu-
featuring city will surely be here.
The Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western
railway are erecting and have the walls
about half up, round house, containing
stalls for thirteen engines. 1t is built
of solid stone and is expected to be in
readiness for engines about November 1.
The company are also erecting and filling
with coal mammoth sheds, and with the
erection of machine shops, the company
will undoubtedly make this their starting
point for all trains. The government is
making preparations for constructing a
new lock ct this place, and to that effect
navigation has been ordered closed on
October /. The new lock is to be of
stone and will take all winter for its COM
pletion. New residents are arriving
daily, and the future outlook for Kau-
kauna is bright.
STORY OF A HUNDRED DOLLAR
BILL.
A distinguished statesman forty years
agoswas on visit to Baltimore, and he
gave oolored girl while there what he
supposed to be at the time a 81 bill. The
next morning the girl went to grocery
store, and after making o few trifing
purchases gave the bill in payment under
the supposition that it was dollar. The
proprietor of the store, highly esteem
ed citizen of Baltimore, noticed that it
was for 800, and he supposed at once
that the woman had stolen it. Ascer-
tanning the delusion she was under, he
informed her of the true character of the
note, and told her he would detain it un-
til the owner was found. The girl told
how she had received it, persisted that
it had not been stolen, and assented to
the gentleman retaining it until the own
er was found. He advertised the bill,
and the statesman, in answer, called to
say that the girls story was true, and
that as her honesty had been suspected
she should keep the bill. He then de
parted to the scene Of his daily triumphs
and in the acquisition of great fame
perhaps forgot the incident. The gro
Gerry merchant retained the note in ex-
pectation of the girl returning, but she
never called for it, it is supposed being
frightened and fearing being charged
with its theft. He deposited it at inter-
est. Years rolled On and she married,
bore children. and died, and few years
ago son applied to the merchant for the
note and the interest, which now
amounted to a large sum of money.
This amount the custodians of the fund
paid into one of our city courts, in order
that the courts should decide whether or
not the claimant was entitled to it. The
court sustained the claim, and the money
was paid to the heir, and thus ended the
true story of hundred dollar bill.
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