National Republican., 1882-07-24
THE CREAM CITY.
somethinE About Its Great Brewerica-
Its soldiers Home other Attractions.

SOhnttNtuE AuOuh htA SFfNN UEtNfThch-
Its soldiers ETome-Othcr Attractions.
Special Correspondence OF THE REPUBLICAN;
MILWAUKEE,, July 2O-Mwaukee, the " Cream
City Of the West" Is rightly named another title
1t has justly oarnod-thc land that flows with
lager beer aud the happy home of the German
The appellation "Cream City" comes from the
fact that the brick manufactured from peculiar
clay found here In great quantity is bright, rlch
cream color Most OF the buildings are built Of
this material, giving sort of taiIy color to the
whole city even the sidewalks arc composed of
the same yellow bricks. red brick is a novelty
in Milwaukee; and as for beer, don't mention it I;
every other house is q beer saloon, and three out
ofevery four persons you meet are German, or at
least, they talk German. l thought had been
suddenly transferred to tho land of Bismarck as
walked up the street aud heard the conversation
man was interspersed with whitehall Swede
or Norwc yinn, and sometimes Dane In fact, you
meet with every nation on the globe In Milwau-
kee except Americans. Speaking about beer, 1
took little pains to get some statistics OH the SUBJ
ject, aud will give you the names of
FEW OF THE LARGEST BREWERS.
Philip Best, annual production, 100000 barrels;
Joseph Schltz, annual production. 100000 barrels;
Valentine Blatz, annual production, 10000 bar
T. Muller, annual production. 75O 600 barrels. Total
100000 barrels. a million barrels of beer pro-
puced annually by FIVE brewing companies, with
brewerics, and yet they tell me n drunken man is
rarely ever seen OH the streets of this city. But
Milwaukee beer is famous the world over and
thousands of barrels are exported annually. Mill
waukee is city brimful of business, her citizens
have got the snap and go.a-head about them.
Largo lake steamers steam right up into the heart
of the city crossing the principal streets by means
of draw bridges. street cars drays passengers and
all traffic must stop while these bridges arc opened
and the huge steamer or sailing vessel passes by.
This is the outlet for wheat from the great West
and Northwest the gransry. of the world. Vessels
load here for Europe, aud great quantities are
shipped TO Buffalo and the lower lake regions.
The Northwestern Branch, National Home
FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS
is located here about three miles from the city, in
beautiful spot not far from the lake shore. The
| city is in plain sight from the tower. Tho main
| building is four stories high, with mansard roo (,
built in the modern style Of architecture, and OF
the regulation cream -colorcd brick The same
may be said of the hospital and numerous out
buildings. The Homo bears upon its rolls at
| present, as many are away on furlough visiting
| friends, or working during the busy season OF
harvest, earning !, little spending money. The
| grounds and buildings are supplied with water
from an artesian we'll 1900 feet deep. This we'll
| forces up the water with pressure of forty five
pounds TO the square inch. There Is q, park of
420 acres attached to the Home, beautifully orna-
mented with artfciallakes, fountains, aud drives,
and is great resort for the citizens OF Milwaukee
for suro-drlvng. There is also dancing pa
viiOn OH the ground, where the young people
from the city como to amuse themselves PFC
Tnicking.
MEMORIAL HALL
Is q large building, capable of seating five hum
dred people 1t has an ample stage well set with
scenery. Here, during the winter and great
part of the summer, dramatic entertainments are
held to please the old soldiers. There is good
brass band attached to the Home composed mostly
| OF inmates, that dispenses music daily. The
| asylum library contains three thousand volumes,
and all the leading newspapers and periodicals of
| the day upon the reading. room tables. Tho
fact is the old heroes of the late well fed,
well clothed, aud entertained. Tho present Off
GERS of the Home are: General Jacob Sharpe, gov
| ernor; General T. g. Moore, secretary and DR.. s.
| j. Il, Miller, surgeon. General Sharpe is badly
| wounded and paralyz aud most of the duties
fall upon General Moore, who is very popular with
| the men, am greatly indebted 10 General Moore
| that the expenses of running the Home last year
were SlG3,6I4.29 and was within Sl7 of his esti-
mate. Expenses for 1888, estimated at sl07 10l. "a
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