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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-15
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the under
~ signed have organized themselves into an
association for the purpose of forming corpora
tion under the laws of the State OF Florida to be
called
THE DELAND WATERWORKS COMPANY,
and whose principal place of bsness shall be in
the city of DeIand, VoOunty, Fla.
The general nature of the business to be trans
acted is the construction of O. system of water
works for the purpose OF supplying the city of
DeLand, and the surrounding country. and the
inhabitants thereof, with water for public and do
nestle purposes.
The amount of capital stock authorized is
Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,O0O), paid in
full.
The date OF the commencement OF the corpora
tion was the 18th day of August, A. D. 1900. and
it's existence shall terminate in ninety years
from said date, unless the same shall be legally
extended.
The business of the corporation will be conduct
ed by q board of three directors who will be
elected ON the third Tuesday OF August OF each
and every year.
The highest amount OF indebtedness to which
this company can subject itself at any one time is
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($5O,O0O.)
GEORGE w. FISHER,
SILAS B. WRIGHT,
ISAAC A STEWART.
DeLand, Flo, August IS, 1890
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Discharge Notice.

Notice is hereby given that six months ate
date hereof. to wit, on the27th day ofSeptember
A. D. 1890, being the fourth Saturday Of said
month, the undersigned. administrator OF the
estate of Afaretta B. Heilman, deceased, late OF
Emporium, Pennsylvania, will present his final
account and vouchers to Hon. Issac Stone.
County Judge of Volusia county, Florida, and
ask for final discharge from such administration.
SILAS B. WRIGHT.
Administrator.
DeILand Fla, March &c, 1890
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-15
FLORIDIANA.

Jacksonville erected 5000, 900 worth of
buildings last month.
Orlando has seven licensed saloons-six
white and one colored.
1t is said that Sam Jones will lecture at
Tampa the coming winter.
The Lake Weir News is the name Of a
new paper published at Foster Park.
The South Florida Home is to be re-
moved from Charlotte Harbor to St:
Petersburg.
Firth Bros. have put $15, 900 irriga-
ting plant on their grove on Lake Har-
ris. They will plant 100 acres in vege-
tables.
The peoples Journal ofJacksOnville is-
sued a fine "trade edition" last week. 1t
is q credit to the publisher, who, by the
way, is negro.
The j., T. 4 K. WIS prize poem, "On
the Indian River" by Miss Sheldon, has
been handsomely illustrated and pub
lished by the passenger department ofthe
road.
It is reported that the Phillips Tobacco
Company of New York will soon COM
mence to clear the ground and plant
5000 acres of HAVANA tobacco at Fitz-
hugh's mill, about six miles east flake
land.
A car load OF oranges were shipped from
Manatee this week to northern markets
via South Florida railway. Welearn that
they were both green and sour. Why
are our people so suicidal in rushing their
green fruit into market before it is fit to
eat?-Tampa Tribune.
Since the successive rains the cotton
crop at st. Francis has turned out much
better than was expected 1t is opening
well, and the formation of new bolls is
very perceptible. 1t is blooming yet, and
& in spite of adverse circumstances the yield
will be very respectable One.-St. Fran
CHS Facts.
We regret to acknowledge that our
cabbage crop atSt. Francis is not as sue
C0SSIul us COuIu Ue u0SlTeu DuI 61lG ouF>-
tanned by hope that in future we shall
reap more abundant success, as induce
ments have been given, thought to be
sufficiently generous, to secure the SER
vices off gardener from the North, whose
success has been 80 signal that we are
credibly informed he even raises ''Sauer
Krnut" ready to hand.-St. Francis
Facts.
We have been asked several times of
late, how we stood on the Call and Anti
Call ISSUE We can answer this in very
few words: We are thoroughly and most
Supremacy Disguised with this Call and
Anti Call racket. Cheap rates to Florida
are forgotten; the orange crop of the
State is ignored; the phosphate industry
is treated in silent contempt; all other
interests are submerged to this one sick
ening thing Of Call or Anti-Call. OH
give us O rest !-BartoW Informant.
The guava industry is now q very
promising one for the Indian River. They
grow readily and bear plenti'ully, but
owing to their lack of frmness to stand
Transportation, little attention has been
0ivon tn their eultnre. There is now a.
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Paper Bags.

We are now prepared to furnish all sizes OF
Paper Bags. from u to Is pounds, for merchants.
Any merchant in the need Of bags will do well to
get our prices before placing their orders else
where Prices as low as the lowest
Il. O. PAINTER, DeLand, Fla.
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For genera
Jacksc
r.. .Agento otCen Fernandina,
G. III. R NJ
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give us O rest !-BartOW Informant.
The guava industry is now very
promising one for the Indian River. They
grow readily and bear plenti'ully, but
owing to their lack of firmness to stand
transportation, little attention has been
given to their culture. There is now
ready demand for them throughout the
State, and only a limited supply. One
party reports that few years ago he al
lowe quantities OF them to rot on the
ground. A dem md was established and
increased, until last year he was pleased
to get so cents bushel, and this year he
finds ready sale for his crop, which is
quite extensive, at 40 cents q peck.
The following clipping from the Flo
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
n. r. Allen $ Sons Tannery.

gether about So, 600. The capacity
0: the business then was about 5, 000
sides year The business in
creased until in 1866 the capacity
had reached 20, 600 sides a year.
The building burned down in that
year but was rebuilt In 1869 Mr.
Allen son, G.. W. Allen. was adj
mitted to partnership in the bust
ness, and in 1879 the other son,
Nathan Allen, became a mem
Der of the firm which then
took the name N. r. Allen &
Sons The business of the firm
has increased very rapidly until the
present time, the product amount
ing to 200, 600 sides annually. Feb
ruary I'd, of this year two of the lar
gest buildings, as shown in the ac-
companying cut, were burned down
with their contents, at a loss of nearly
800, 600. The loss was nearly
covered by insurance. The fire
which destroyed the tannery also
burned down the Water Cure, and
the German Methodist church and
parsonage The land upon which
these buildings stood was purchased
and now new and much larger
buildings are going up. These
buildings with their equipments
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will enable the firm to increase
it's output to 300, 600 sides of
leather annually. The firm ship
their goods all over the United
States, and sell them easily in com
petition with firms in New York,
Chicago, st. Louis and other cities
that are supposed to have I'M
equaled shipping facilities. Thesuc-
cess Of this firm has been remarkable
to say the least, and demonstrates
the fact that Kenosha is a good
place for manufacturers to come to.
The firm as at present constituted,
consists of Mr. G. W. Allen and Mr..
Nathan Allen under the firm name of
N. r. Allen Sons. They employ
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factor in the work of turning out t: e
vast product Of this factory. He is
a practical man, is ever alert in his
attention to the details of his de-
partment Many valuable sugges-
tions and improvements in the me
chanical work have come from him
N. R. ALLEN S SON S. -MANUFACTU-
RERS OF LEATHER.
This is one not only of the largest
manufacturing industries in Keno
sha, but one of the largest of it's
kind in the west. The business
was first established by the late N.
R. Allen, in 1856 The plant at
that time consisted of a frame build
ing and equipments costing alto
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the Superintendent: of the Chicago
Brass Works, was elected President
in Misplace. The other officers are,
Vice President, Fred. Robinson;
Secretary and Treasurer, W. W.
Strong. The capital stock of the
company was increased from $40, 600
to $75, 600, and about twomonths AGO
increased again to 800, 600. The
busin ess OF the company is increas-
ing rapidly and its capacity is taxed
to meet the demand Fred. Keevan
is sup erintendent of the works, and
S. B. Allen has charge of the office
All t hese gentlemen are successful
busin ess men, and their e4orts are
a guarantee of the future success
and P prosperity of this most remark
able Institution An engraving on
this page shows the front of this
factory, but gives no idea of the
imme nse buildi: gs in the rear of the
main building
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29

now north ward of this place, was
cut down, and the top of the stump
carefully smoothed to an exact level.
For the process of the work we take
Mr. Lathrop's own desert ption, as
found in the volume of the HistOri-
cal Society before mentioned;
"A wooden box was placed on
the stump, made about twelve by
twenty-four inches in size, with
sides risin~ above the base in which
the types were made to stand, of
the height of the type. made my
own ink, and used the OLD fashioned
! ball with which to distribute the ink
on tt be type and then a roller passed
over the paper on the form, resting
on the sides of the box, that did the
press work. The whole expense OF
my printing materials, including
type. could not have been SO. BY
these simple materials [ printed
me things, where no other print
iny could be had, and at one time
printed a volume OF about 2o0 pages
Wine out Of sorts of type, [ cast
some of certain letters, and thus |
man qfactured books, bound them
myself and read them.
S. ecimens of Mr.. Lathrop's first
,5lio1 is at printing by his simple
nacl in were deposited in the State
Hist p4ical Society's collections at
Tldison, Wis, where they probably
r,.na in to be seen. He was cler-
gym3 in Of the Baptist denomination,
and the author of some theological
works. He left large amount of
unpu blished manuscript intended
for publication, which never went
into print,
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FL RST PRINTING IN WISCONSIN.
main building

1t is stated on the authority OF
Hon. Lyman c. Draper, Secretary
WISCONSIN Historical Society, vol. ?,
that ! he first printing in Wisconsin
was at Green Bay, December, 1888.
The Green Bay Hte1Hgencer was es-
tablis he'd at that time, which was
the fl rst printing done in Wisconsin,
and first west of Wisconsin to the
Pacific Ocean. At that time Green
Bay was a military post and head
quarters for Indian traders. In
Febru ary or March, 1886, Mr..
Drap err says, the second printing
done in Wisconsin was in Kenosha
fhen called Pike Creek by Rev.
Jason Lathrop. The printing was
not q newspaper, but of miscel-
lance us kind. Rev Mr. Lathrop
brought with him a lot of printing
type, but no press or fixtures for
an office when he came here from
Ham ibal, N. Y. The first printing
done by Mr. Lathrop was the by
laws OF the Milwaukee Claims
Unioh p. This was an organization
of Ia ind claimants comprising the
pr ,sa mt counties Of milwaukee,, Ra-
cine and Kenosha; its object was
mutu al protection. as the lands
were not yet put Il 5on the market
for S ole by the government. Among
the fl EST things to be done to get the
imprp vised printing office to run
ming was to secure a good founda-
ton for the press to rest upon; for
the purpose q large oak tree in the
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over 300 men, and their pay roll
amounts to So, 600 a week
In the hands of these energetic
and aggressive young men it is diff
cult to forecast the growth and mag
nitude Of this already immense bust
ness in the near future
They have branch house in ST.
Louis, Mo-, from which large part
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
The Lane Manufacturing Company.

and another 100 feet long have been
built and filled with machinery.
The number of employees have been
increased from forty to 100, and the
payroll from $24O to 81. 200 a week
The entire plant is lighted by cleo
tricity. Tie company lost its Presi-
dent a few months ago in tie death
OF G.. M. Simmons, and E. D. futile,
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Nortl1-W ester1l Wire Mattress Factory.

i w
creased by the invention and patent
ing Of new and special machinery,
and besides that, the quality Of the
product was such that the demand
for It grew rapidly and constantly.
The present company was incorFo-
rated in 1886 and large addition
made TO the plant, but that was not
sufficient, and in 1889 alotler i'm
mense addition was built and the ca
pacity of the plant increased az ain.
To day the business occupies an in
mense brick building 1O0x400 feet,
located right on the bank of the lake,
besides several smaller buildings
near by. The company has on hand
constantly immense quantities Of
hard maple lumber, the supply reach
ING as high as 10, 600, 600, and rarely
falling below 5000, 600 feet. The
buildings am piles Of lumber cover
nearly ten acres of land. The ship
ping facilities of the company are
excellent. The lumber is brought
right to the doors Of the factory by
vessels and the manufactured pro
duct is carried away on a @pur of
tie c. & NV. railway, which russ
rig 1t into the shipping room. The
car aoity of the business has reached
the enormous figure OF l SEQ wire
mattresses u day. The factory is
equipped with the very best ma
chinery in the world fer this work.
Most of the special machinery in use
n this factory has been invented by
Mr.. Simmons himself or his I'M
ployes, and the patents are owned
by the company.
The Northwestern Wire MATTRESS
Co. not only makes more wire mat
trasses than any other factory of it's
kind in the world, but il makes bet
ter ones. The very best material
in 10th the wire and lumber is used
| in these mattresses an the work
maAship is the best that ca' be at
tanned The machinery in this fac
tory has been specialized and
adapted to particular purposes to
such a degree that but little is left
for the hand Only 200 operatives
are employed in this factory t., pro-
duce this enormous output. The
products of this company are dis
tributed all over the United States
and Canada Again the subject Of
shipping comes up, and Kenosha' s
facilities as shipping point are
demonstrated in a most emphatic
manner
The company is capitalized at
800, O1O, bat over $3.50, 600 are in
vested in the business. Nearly 200
operatives are given constant en-
ployment, aid the company S pay
roll amounts to nearly 81, 300 a
week. The officers of the company
are, President, T. G. Simmons !;
Vice President, Col. J. HI. Howe ;
Secretary and Manager, r. F.
Howe These gentlemen are all
we'll known in the financial circles
of the county Mr. Simmons AMI
Col Howe has been and are now,
prominently identified with the rail
road and telegraph interests of the
northwest. Er. r. f. Howe, the
Secretary nd Manager, is a young
man of energy and enterprise, and
in his position has demonst ated the
possession of business ability of the
highest order. 1t is such men as
these that make Keno las manu-
featuring interests the magnificent
successes they are.
Mr.. J A. Williams, tie Supelin
tendent of the factory, has held his
position for about seven years and
has proven himself a most valuable
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First-CIass Place for New Factories

Many growing towns have been
written up in glowing terms and
illustrated, and their advantages as
locations for factories, residences
and schools published to the world,
that have not nearly as much to
show as Kenosha. This city has
been very conservative place all
it's life and has never INDUCED in
much blowing or advertising. There
have been various reasons for this.
In the first place, for long time
the place was not in a condition to
justify much advertising, and sec
ond, it was to the interest, appar-
entity, of some of it's citizens not to
omuch talking, and there are some
prominent citizens in Kenosha now
who do not seem to think it desir-
able for KenOsha to grow very much
more. But the place is going ahead
it's own momentum KenOsha is
bound to grow and attract business
men by it's own merits. This is not
an advertising or ''bOOm edition, =
and the statements In it are not to
be treated as highly colored, for
they are kept very close to the cold
truth The figures given represent
facts The city has harbor which
could be easily made large enough
to contain 80 vessels of the heaviest
draught used on the lakes. 1t has
thousands of feet of unused water
frontage within the present limits
of the basin. and the time is certain
to come in the near future when this
frontage will be occupied by flour
ishing factories. Already So, 800
600 are invested in manufactures
in this city, which turn out goods
to the value of 81, 600, 600 annually.
The factories employ over 1900
men, and pay out to them nearly
5000, 600 annually. Shippers get
the same rates that Chicago ship
pers do, and lay down their goods
in any part of the United States in
successful competition with them.
Kenosha offers many very excel
lent sites for factories, and living
for all classes is cheap. Freedom
from strikes and labor troubles is
one of the most important things to
a manufacturer, and this is found
in KenOsha LabOring men can live
here much cheaper than in large
cities and labor costs less. Efficient
protection against fire is given by a
first-clas fire department. This
paper does not show all of Kenosha S
prominent buildings, elegant resi-
dences, or large stores, in fact but
few of them; but the principal fac
tories are shown anddes cribed
briefly. The pictures are mostly
half tones taken from photographs
by Mr. ]. W Allerige, another
eastern gentleman who has moved
to Kenosha within the past year
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
THE NORTHWESTERN WIRE MATTRESS
FACTORY
THE LARGEST FACTORY OF ITS KIND IN
THE WORLD.

Such is a fact This factory, To-
Gated on the BANKS of Lake Michi-
gan, has developed from an expert
ment until it stands at the mead of
all such factories in the world. A
single fact like that speaks volumes,
both for the energy and ability of
Mr.. Simmons as we'll as for the suit
ableness of Kenosha as a shipping
point.
This business was started in 1870
by T. G. Simmons & Co., and
was colduc5e on very moderate
scale for some time. But the facili-
ties of the company for producing
the &c IS more cheaply were in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
THE LANE MANUFACTURING co.

OF KenOSha' manufacturing
companies, with their astonishing
growth and develo oment, the Lane
Manufacturing Co. discounts them
all. 1t is a young giant that has
grown up to manhood in the time
most babies are getting their teeth.
This company was organized about
a year and half ago with capital
Of $40, 600, by Kenosha gentlemen.
They erected a building 23x154 feet,
two stories in height with wing
30x80 feet, and proceeded to do bust
ness. The organization of the com
pany was due largely to the remark
able success Of the Chicago Brass
Works, located here, which is able
to furnish the brass used by the
Lane Go. at the most favorable rates.
In a very short time it ;7as seen shat
the buildings we're too small and their
facilities too limited to do the bust
ness they might, and a career OF dc
velopment was Begin which has
been simply astonishing. The main
building was extended 200 feet
south, making the main building
354x28, a front wing Of 2Ox52 feet
was built on, one wing 200 feet long
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-29
THE CHICAGO BRASS co.

This is the first and only Brass
Works west of Detroit and is one of
the most remarkably prosperous eff
all Kenosha' factories. 1t was es-
tablished in 1887 and from the first
has had a marvellous growth. From
two buildings it has grown until
now it occupies six large brick
buildings, and from 80 men it has
grown until they employ 175 men
with a pay roll of over 81, 500 a
week. 1t is capitalized at 1925, 600,
but over $3.50, 600 is now invested
in the business. Mr.. T. M. Avery
of Chicago, is President; F. NJ
Avery, Vice President and Treasur-
er, and Mr. E. D. Tuttle, Superin-
tendent The company owes it's al
most phenomenal prosperity to the
sagacity, energy and enterprise OF
its Superintendent, Mr.. E. d. Tut
tie. An engraving of the Works
appears on this page.
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KENOSHA.

A City of Vast and Rapidly Grow
ing Manufacturing Interests.
Prosperous Manufacturers and
Contented Employees =
$4,000 a Week Paid Out by One
Bank Alone to Factories for
Their Employees.
Every Factory in the City Prosper
Gus and Growing.
Excellent Shipping Facilities and
Plenty of Eligible Sites for
New Factories.
A HarbOr Equal to any on Lake
Michigan.
A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL.
A City of Remarkable Growth and
Solid Development.
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of their western bushes is trans
acted. This house is under the
charge of Mr.. George Nicol, young
man who received his education in
this business at the home office, and
has proven his ability and integrity
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A City of Remarkable Growth and
Solid Development.