Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-07-26
WISCONSIN EDITORIAL
ASSOCIATION,

Junior editor of this paper in company
with his wife started for weeks visit
at Geneva Lake, Wis, also to attend
the Wisconsin Editorial Convention
which met there the 18th inst. We
took our departure on the G. NJ. & ST.
Paul road ga Junction City, over the
Wisconsin Central to Milwaukee,
thence to Chicago and Geneva Lake
on the Chicago & Northwestern rail
road arriving at Geneva Tuesday even
ing at six o'clock p. m. Our journey
there was made pleasant by short
visit at Junction City with Mr.. & Mrs.
Frank Russell, Mr. & Mrs. Oswald
Voyer, Mr.. & Mrs. Clock, and stop
over night in Milwaukee at the Metro
politan Hotel, the proprietor of which
is Mr.. w. S. Scofeld, former resi-
dent and business man In Centralia.
The above parties spared no pains in
making our short stay with them as
pleasant as possible. In Milwaukee
we found Mr.. Scofeld nicely located
in one of the first class hstels in the
city, corner of Florida and Hanover
streets, three blocks from the Union
depot. The house has been newly
furnished and is quite handy to all the
business houses in that city. We
would recommend it to those of our
readers who visit Milwaukee as first
class stopping place.
GENEVA LAKE
is nine miles long by from one to three
in width and it's beauty indescribable.
1t lies about thirty miles directly west
Of Lake Michigan, is forty-four miles
west of Milwaukee and sixty-two
miles northwest of Chicago. By rail
it is seventy-two miles from Chicago
and can be reached only by the Chica-
90 & Northwestern railway" The G.
M. & st. Paul railroad reaches Spring
field four miles distant, from which
point you must stage it. The lake
has no inlet, but is supplied entirely
by pure spring water, gushing from the
hillsides along its twenty-five miles OF
picturesque shore. It's water is SO
clear and transparent that fish and
other objects can be seen several feet
below the surface. Its banks along
either side of the lake are beautited
by mansions belonging to some Of
Chicago's most wealthy and prominent
business men. Among those of special
mention are the residences of l.. u.
Letter, N. K. Fairbanks, Shelton
Sturges, Geo. Sturges, and many
others we might mention who are quite
we'll known throughout the northwest.
The lake is bedecked with nineteen
fine and expensive steamboats, anc
steam yachts, five of which are fol
public use. The latter are the Luciu'
Newbery, (the largest Lady of the
Lake, the Commodore, the Admira
and the Lady Annah. The former
are owned by private individuals.
THE VILLAGE
of Lake Geneva, is pleasantly situated
on the northeast end of the lake anc
enjoys population of about 5000
The Cisco, newspaper published ii
the interests Of Geneva, has the follow
ing to say about it: 'The village i
so near Chicago-only seventy mile
away that many business men of tina
city are purchasing residences here
and as the fare is very low, they leav
their families here and come up ever,
few days themselves. Thus they hav
their children where the air is pur
and free from sewer gas; where mil
and butter are fresh and wholesome
and where they can live at less expens
than in the city. The schools her
are excellent and equal to the best i
the city; the churches are ministere
TO by men of ability and heart; Will
society is composed almost wholly c
people originally from New York Stat
and New England, except the embe
ishments which our generous Wester
life gives to Eastern culture. Littl
poverty, some wealth, but the averag
man is ''well to do and doing wei
The kind of homes being built here
little better than those usually foun