Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-03-16
and PTTTSVHLE
Two Thriving Young Villages in
Wood County.

departure ria. the G. B. w & St..
Paul railroad, for two days visit
among friends in the above named
Villages. Registered at the Jarvis
House, in Dexterville, about noon and
found Mr.. Jarvis. the proprietor in
excellent spirits with a house full OF
boarders. We ate dinner and i'm
mediately thereafter started out to
visit the different places of business.
Our first call was on G. II. Tuttle
postmaster and the keeper Of first
class restaurant. Mr.. futile has a
full line of fresh candies, canned fruits.
crakers, pies and cakes; also keeps
boarders. He has large house and
can Accommodate some Of the travelling
public if necessary. We next called
on W. II. johnson book-keeper and
head clerk in Geo. Hiles large furnish
ing store. Mr.. johnson is an A. No.
l book keeper and has great deal of
perseverance and push. which makes
him valuable man for Geo. Hile's
interests. While in the store we made
the acquaintance of Mr. Geo. Hebard,
brother of route agent Hebard on the
Green Bay railroad, and book-keeper
and general assistant in the new tub
and pail factory of that Village. Our
visit of half an hour with these gen.
tlemen was very pleasant after which
we proceeded to the large fsh-kit and
butter-frkin factory owned and oper-
ated by Geo. Hiles & Son. In this
factory we found Samuel Tompson as
foreman who gave US the following in
formation: They manufacture 1900
cords of slaves and 1900 bottoms per
month. The factory has been running
but short time and they expect to do
much better. They run night and
day with the following men in their
respective positions: William Doring
has charge of the large rotary saw
that plies through the log in its rough
state. Levi Carver and James Dean
act as day and night engineers. Tom
Segerson, Henry Bronson, Thomas
Casey and Mathew Donovan do the
stave cutting. Chas Myers and
Andrew James saw the bottoms All
of these men, we learned from the
foreman, are old hands in the business
and give excellent satisfaction to their
employer.
The tub and pail factory is a large
building 6Ox105 feet and two stories
high. 1t is completed though the
machinery has not yet arrived, there
fore the delay in starting. Mr.. Geo.
Hiles informed us that by the first
of May, he hoped to have everything
in working order
After spending the afternoon in
Dexterville we took our departure
from this Village to that of Pittsville,
in company with A. j. Webster arriv-
ing just in time for supper.
Pittsville is beautiful little Village
situated on the east bank of Yellow
river, on quite rise of ground, giving
it a commanding and cheerful appear
ance. It has two factories, one saw
mill, three stores, one hotel and about
60 places of residence. On the east
side of the village there are several
nice farms. It boasts of q rich clay
soil on the east, while On the west and
north, it is heavily timbered.
The first factory we visited was that
of A. j. Webster & Co. They en-
ploy thirty-ive men all the time in
connection with this enterprise. JOS
eph Krauns is foreman, and we were
informed by him that they manutact-
ure rs set of hubs and 5000 spokes
per day. They ship from 10 to Is
cars of hubs and spokes per month.
Have on hand 100000 feet of white
oak logs ready for saving. While
going through the factory we noticed
Ralph Boyington at the morticing
machine, Christ Larson at the hub
turner, j. III. Sanford at the spoke
cutter, Albert Greenlow and Herman
Venzkie saving the rough timber
into hub and spoke lengths,
James Dawes sorting spokss and John
Gechning il the engine room as engin-
eer. They were all busy and with the
help Of this crew turn out the above
amount of work daily. This company
also carry a large stock of furnishing
goods in their store for the benefit of
their hired help. Mr.. Grin Gray
oversees this part of the business and
also assists Mr.. Webster in keeping
the books and the time of the men.
The second factory we visited is
owned by S. G. Harmon & Son, of
Berlin, Wis, was lately built, and is