Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-01-03


Chisholm street; c. Kramer, fran,
store and dwelling on Chisholm street
Folkerts q McPhec, frame store anC
warehouse on Oldfeld street; Alex
McDougall, plumbing shop on River
street; c. c. Gibson, photograph gal
lery on Second street; the Golling
House, the Alpena House, the Collins
House, the Eagle Hotel and the I'm.
ion House have also been largely i'm
proved The Mason Lumber Co. re-
built their mill the M. +. society
has nearly completed a fine brick We
neered church on Chisholm street,
and the Catholic society has made
great progress with their costly and
durable stone church on the same
street. The Agricultural Society has
had an art gallery erected on the fair
grounds.
Between one hundred and two hun
dred private residences have been con-
structed during the year, which will
range in cost from 5000 to SIC, 1000.
The most notable is Mayor w. L.
Churchill's residence, completed last
summer; and the residence, of w. Fl.
Potter, not yet completed.
The total value of the buildings
erected during 1882, will exceed
100000. A very healthy sign of the
prosperity of Alpena consists in the
large number of small buildings that
have been erected by citizens, princi-
pally laboring men, in various parts
of the city, in order that they might
have the most priced possession in the
world--a home of their own.
The work OH the Court House was
completed last season. A large
amount of money has also been cx-
pended in improving buildings that
had been built in former years, and
to conclude, we almost forgot to make
mention of Partrldge's addition to the
business buildings.
During the year National Bank
was organized, with capital of $780,
600, known as the National Bank of
Alpena. A Knights Templar lodge
was also organized.
The foundries and planning mills
have done good business, and some of
them have been obliged to put in adj
ditional machinery and make extern
tons to their factories.
About every year some new use is
found for the refuse timber, slabs, etc.
Last year M. P. Godfrey commenced
the manufacture of bed Stats, and
shipped 100000 stats, which were man.
ufactured from timber that would
otherwise have been burned /; and this
year he has contract to furnish
/ 100000.
Uncle Sam has also had a hand in
the improvements made, and has erect
ed fish hatchery, near the Fletcher
House, where some 100000 spawn
are now being Matched for the pur-
pose of replenishing the supply of
fish in the lakes.
The business done at this port du-
ring the year 1882, according to the
reports in the collectors Office, is as
follows:
Number Of clearances
The number of clearances, as shown
by the custom house reports, does not
show the number of vessels, steamers,
ETC., that have cleared from this port,
as many vessels and nearly all the
steamboats, did not report here, they
having taken their clearances from
other ports. If all the vessels and
steamboats, that have done business ut
this port in 1882, had reported here,
the number would have been consid-
erably over 1000.
The steamboats, running to this
place have done good business du-
ring the season of 1882, and succeed
ed in carrying an immense amount
of freight and many thousands of
passengers, without loss of life or
destruction to freight. The number
of round trips made by the various
passenger steamboats, calling at this
port, is as follows:
City of Cleveland. ..".."..."............66
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