Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-18
ASHLAND, WISCONSIN,.
A Memphlan on His Travels,
The Town and Hotel Where He
Rested.
Asu1Ann. WIS. July Is. 1850.

land, Wisconsin, which is said to be
the finest house Of the kind in the
Northwest. TWAS built ana is owned
by the Wisconsin Central Railroad
Company, who have spared neither
pains nor expense in making it the
equal of any Of the Eastern summer
resorts. Its location is indeed beauti-
full. Overlooking a grand sheet of
water known as Chequamegon Bay, its
high towers are seen from a great
distance, aud its lights by night serve
as a beacon to aid the pilot in bringing
his craft safely into harbor. This
magnificent building is three stories
high with go feet front, east and west
wings running back respectively 100
and $50 feet forming right angles of a
square the inside of which is occupied
by a center L containing kitchen,
storerooms, laundry, etc. Between
the middle and west wings is a shady
court in which is a Pretty fountain,
oroquet ground and beautiful walks to
the billiard room and bowling alley.
A broad verandah $50 feet in length
surrounds the whole building and is
one of the finest features of the hotel,
affording a splendid promenade as well
as a cool and refreshing shade from
the summer sun. Directly in front of
the hotel is roomy dock and boat
house reached By broad stairs that
run down the high bank to the bay.
The boathouse, which is connected
with the hotel, is in charge of Mr..
Charles Happ, who has a large feet
of row and sail boats, hunting and
fishing boats and canoes. He keeps
also a large supply Of fishing tackle
outita for camping parties, etc. He
has none but faithful boatmen and
guides in his employ, and is a pains
taking and accommodating gentleman,
who does all in his power to please his
patrons. Also connected with the
hotel is q new and fast sailing little
steamer, the Cora Fuller, which makes
daily trips between Ashland and Bay
held, a pretty town located eighteen
miles down the bay and just at the
opening of Lake Superior. The hotel
is furnished with all che modern i'm
provements, and is splendidly managed
by Colonel Sam H. Brown, who is the
head center, and to whom its success
is due. AT present there is less than
a hundred guests in the house, but in a
week or two they will be pouring in
quite lively, so that after the first of
August there will be over 500, and
every room in the house occupied. A
great many Of the patrons of this
summer resort come from the South,
including the CarOlinas, Georgia and
Florida.
Ashland is a new and thriving town
of the great Northwest, and is destined
in the Hear future to be a rich manu-
featuring town, with a large and
thrifty population. 1t is located at
the head and on the east shore of
Chequamegon bay, which extends
inland from Lake Superior, and affords
one of the best harbOrs on the great
chain Of lakes. The town contains a
population Of very near 1000 souls, who
are supported mainly by manufacturing
industries. 1t is the Lake Superior
terminus of the Wisconsin Central
railroad, a grand trunk line running
through the center Of the State north
and south to its metropolis, the city of
Milwaukee. For almost 200 miles
before reaching Ashland, this road
runs through a great forest, which is
fast being settled up with a thrifty
and energetic set of people,
who are making new homes, build.
ing beautiful and thrifty cities and
villages, erecting mills and factories,
clearing up farms and pushing for.
ward all kinds of business. Ashland
is also an important point on the Bay.
field branch of the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, now
rapidly nearing the shores Of Chequa
megon Bay, the road now being COM
pleted within fourteen miles Of this
town, and by the first of September
trains will be running direct between
this point and st. Paul. Ashland has
every natural advantage that nature
can well give it and aspires to become
the leading trade and manufacturing
center Of this great Northern belt
bordering the lake aud designated
1.-The New Wisconsin" The country
tributary is rich but as yet unde-
veloped and is sufficient to support
aud maintsin a large city. The pres
ent business of Ashland comprises
four large saw mills with a capacity of
10000, 900 feet of lumber per season,
one planning mill for home work and
the largest and finest summer resort
hotel in the West. There are about
twenty FIVE stores including nearly
every branch Of trade. During the
present summer there will also be
erected another planning mill, a sash,
door and blind factory and a foundry
and machine shop. Ashland, the great
summer resort of the Northwest, is
nearly seven hundred feet above the
level Of the sea, with the atmosphere
80 pure and bracing that it is already
extensively known and thousands an
nually come here to seek quiet and rest
from the heat and business of crowded
cities.
Before leaving Chicago forthis point
we visited the town ofPullman the pref
tiest it has ever been our good fortune
10 see. tits located on the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, twenty miles south of
Chicago. The city is owned in part
by the Pullman Palace Car Company
and partly by the Pullman Land
Association. Two years ago the first
work was begun, and one year ago
last January the first house was rent
ed, and in March LIST following two
more were rented. A year ago there
we're 250 inhabitantsi nOw there are
1900. Within half q mile of Pullman
there are 1000 people, and within three
miles there are $4,000. The manufac-
turing inferesfa of the town arc the.