River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-10-22

With favorable weather the Free.
man Inill building will be ready to
receive the machinery by the middle
of December in which case it is eX-
pected that the mill will begin the
manufacture of -four by March 10.
The new WOODEN mill consumes one
thousand pounds of wool every ten
hours and is now running fifteen
hours per day. The entire product of
the mill is shipped to Chicago.
The eleventh bank to be established
here will be known as the West Super
Tor National Bank with paid up cap.
ital of S500,000, which opens up for
business about the middle of next
mouth. One of its projectors has
been looking for "A suitable point at
" hi IN to found large and permanent
banking institution, ever since last
May, and after visiting the Puget
Sound and other coast cities selected
West Superior as the point possessing
the most favorable conditions for
permanency beyond boom periods.
Charley Schnemaker, well and ia
vorably known TO Ellsworth people,
has during the past three years been a
trusted employee of the Eastern Min
nesota Railway Company and now
occupies the position of engine dis
patcher from which he will soon be
promoted to that of locomotive engi-
neer. Charley is steady lad and well
deserves the confidence reposed in
him.
If you wish to catch onto a little
Superior dirt before the coming adj
vance in real estate send a few nun
bred dollars to NJ. b. kimball who
will invest it where you can make
twenty per cent. on your money before
the first of May.
1t is fact worthy of note that in
the matter of purchasing groceries
here buyers pay from ten TO twenty
per cent. more for goods purchased on
Tower avenue than upon cross-streets
or parallel avenues. While the name
of trading upon Tower may be worth
TO some people the extra cost, there
are few of us who have not yet be-
come mlllionaires willing TO foregO
that proud distinction and buy our
crackers and cheese on another street
al EE6dlAg ACuNCIA PAA1Eo-
Now Il is the Illinois Central Rail
way Company which wants to set in
here on the ground floor, and party
Of Illinois Central d -eetoTs we're in
the city last week looking over the
situation with view 10 securing
direct connection with the head of
/ the lake. One of the officials admit
ted the stIoDg probability that his Com
/ pany would construct branch OF Its
great railway system TO Superior.
The new passenger depot which
will soon ee ready for occupancy being
built by the Omaha Company here is
said TO be the fiuest one on their line
outside the Twin Cities" Among
other Improvements cOulempiated by
the Omaha IS a double rack between
the East aud West Ends.
One of the most desirable institu.
tions of our city is the Superior Pub
lie Library situated in the Trade and
/ Commerce building at the corner OF
| Hammond Avenue and Broadway
| This is the finest building in the city
and half the first floor is devoted 70
the use OF the Library in connection
with which is a spacious and vel
| lighted reading room. The Library
/ contains over three thousand volumes
to which frequent additions are be
| ing made. The Library is free TO al
and the number of books daily drawn
therefrom evinces the appreciation by
our people of the liberal policy of oui
municipal government in providing s.
valuable means of entertainment and