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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-11
Dsnaher g hfelendy Co.

One of the largest numbering inststu-
tions IN LudingtoD. II not IN Michigan,
10 that of the Dsuaher A Melendv com.
pany. IL bad tie origin IN q copsrtDsr-
ship known ss Dsnsher A Melendy.
which vac formed m 1870. In 1876 the
firm was Incorporated &c . stock com
psny under the present title. Since
then u has ever occupied = conspicuous
position IN the lumber Interests Of the
state. and its splendid growth and pros-
perliy has been part 81 the develop
ment OF the great numbering Industry
which has made Michigan famous the
world over. At present the Official lat
OF the firm 20 az follows. President,
&. ID. Dsnsher; secretary. ]. r. Dana
her. The firm has capital OF $500. 900.
with q surplus OF s5ll 900. IL does On
annual business OF S250. 900. Its daily
product % equivalent 20 lo0. 900 feet on
lumber, and consists OF lumber and
lath. The corporation owns slrt~en
mice of steam logging railway. equip
ped with four locomotives and seventy
five cara. II has about az years Of
cut left and total pine acreage OF
5000 acres. Its present cut 10 pine.
hemiock and hard wook, and its pres
ent market 10 Chicago. The resident
management Of the institution 10 In the
hands Of Mr. J. 4. Dsnsher, while the
work of getting the timber 10 the mill
q ia the bands OF Mr.. &. ID. Dspahsr.
The institution. N eli is completeness.
10 one OF the largest IN the state and 70
. model mill IN all that constitutes
modern equipment and facility. The
members 90 the firm are conspicuous
among Mich esns leading Hlsnnfsctur-
ers They have been lumber osslers
for many yesrs and enjoy snvlsble
regulations u ali tps lumber markets
Of Arnsrtra
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BANKS AND BANKING.
Two Solid Institutions, Each Doing q
Good Business.

Two Solid Institutions. Each Doing q
Good Business.
One of the most conspicuous business
fronts in Ludlngton, and one which,
from lie commercial importance, en-
titles IL 10 foremost mention. Is the
Commercial and Savings bank. This
splendid institution, which would be =
credit to . city Of $1,000 people, occu-
pies an Office of its own At the corner
Of Ludirgton avenue snd James street.
1t Is the finest Office site IN the city,
and in point OF equipment and interior
finish Will compare favorably with the
best banking offices in the state. The
furniture 10 all made of quarter sawed
oak and the counters aud partitions
ornamented in baud carved work and
beveled glass panels. In addition to s
spacious front office there are private
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Fns, Narian.l p.nk-

Conspiciously idenused with the In
dustrsl and financial progress of
Northern Michigan and occupying q
prominent posItion in banking circles
Of the state 10 the First National bank
Of Ludington. For many years, while
the great iumbsriBs interests Of Macon
county we're in toe foil vigor Of growth
and activity, this bsnx vss the center
Of its financial trsnsscifona The gres,
bulk Of exchanges which represented
the volume of trade connected v1th this
psTsmouns industry flowed through
the medium Of th5s institution between
producers and cznsu r1eFs In the
years Of taIs great sctviy The bank en-
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Transportation c0Dpsny's lake service
n&s rs general ot1ees st tbs port
NJ Drtslepaeat Com pzniss.

TRANSPORTATION coDpsny's lake service
n<s rs general ottlces at tbs port
ss~ Devsispmsst Companies.
A Conspicuous force IN the develop
nlens OF Ladington has been and is the
organized efforts of her eitlzens N de-
yel0pmspt companies. Two organIZa-
lions OF tbis Kind have sprung INTO ez-
lstenee IA response u the demands Of
tie situation. ard each has exerted a
powerful energy for the bettertDent OF
the city. Through the efforts OF these
companies the name of Ludlngton has
been nsralded IN every state, and her
advantages and industries have been
made kBown. The Citizens Develop
ment company OF Ludlngton was
founded IN April OF the present wear
81 IN cap raj of $50. 900. It's othciai
1T . as follows: President. A. h. Car
tier; seeretsry and general manager,
ID. w. GOodnoush.
Municipal institation~
Ludlngton has innumerable broad
avenues and beautiful drives. Her
commercial thoroughfares are exceed
lngiy broad and lined, Tor miles, with
substantial hTlcs, stone and wood mar
kets, stores and Offices. She has fifteen
miles OF paved streets. two banks. in
Vulnerable wholesale and retail institu-
lions, and three fine hotels. She has .
city hail, built in 1882, AT q cost of $20,-
600; the Pere Marquette club house.
built IN 1881, at & cost of SD 900; a Ma
sonic temple, built IN 1883, at cost OF
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hsE acquired wealth. her fame and
good name and the agility OF hsr eItl-
Lens The future Of Ludington - as
sured Already she occupies 3 eoa-
sDieu0us posislcn IN the metropolitan
affairs of Michigan, and tcmoTrow
advancing on the line of past victories
and present success, ate shall awak.
10 new ana gTander achievements and
advance TO the pre-eminsnt position IL
which der manifest destiny points.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-11

spIcuous building in any western city.
II is Of liberal proportions, built of
Portage Entry sand stone and pressed
hrics, with copper sheeting upon its
hsys. IL is unique and artistic in lt.
architectural features, and reflects, IN
an imposing manner the solidity and
symetrv OF the frsfernal brotherhood
to which Il was erected.
Resume of Manufacture.
Among establishments devoted 10 the
manufacture of lumber are that OF
TBomss X. Lyon, sgent. employing $50
men: the Buffers Lumber com
pany, employing 400 men: the Pere Mar
guetfe Lumber company. employing
las men, A. f.. Cartier, employing
rs men: Dausher & Co, where 100
men are employed and Taylor Bros,
who employ IS men. The salt inter
ests are represented by three sslt blocks
with a daily outpG, Of about 2, 500 bar
rsis; Tbomss Percy q daily output OF
coo barrels, the Buffers Lumber COM
psny ! 900 barrels, and the Psre Mar
quette Lumber company 500 barrels.
In addition 80 these are "a following
industries; -Four single mills, four
10Th mills. one voodenvsrs factory en-
ploying fifty hands. on@ broom factory,
one steam roller mill, two brick yards.
one pari0r furniture factory, ore steam
laundry, three cigar factories, two
planning mills, one steer factory, two
foundry and machine shops. one boiler
saop and one betting works
Enafsxtor'. Futsr-
With al Of her splendid prosperity nov
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One of the Oldest numbering plants
OF Michigan and one which has held .
leading place IN the industry during all
the days of its activity, Ia the Pere
Marquette Lumber company. Its or
ganization dates back 10 July, 1868.
The capital stock 10 $500, 900. all OF
which lie paid in and has been for many
years. The present officers Of the
company are: President and financial
agent, John Mason LOOMS; secretary
and treasurer. r. j. Dowland.
The plant 10 one of the most COM
plete institutions of the kind. IL con-
sists Of ealt and numbering works. and
ers" salt, and lath and lumber. The
The lumber output 10 l2 600 600 feet.
The salt block Of this company was
built between the years 1883 and 1855,
and wss the frat salt block 20 be put IN
operation In that region. The well 10
tains q constant strength of 90 20 100
per cent. Pour hundred and Fifty feet
below the surface q flow OF magnetic
water was met IN boring. which cup
plies "fush" for the cavity and rises 10
the surface when the pump IL not IN
operation.
The lumber output OF the miIls finds
. ready market IN Chicago, where
nearly all of IL 10 disposed OF. The
company has about five years cut re-
naming, most Of which 10 in Lake,
Mason and Nswaygo counties.
The resident member of the firm is
Secretary +. j. Dowlsnd, who has gen.
eral supervision of the plant and who
directs the policy of the firm ut Lud-
ington. He 10 o man of broad and lib
eral mental calibre, progressive in
spirit and sympathy and foremost in
MS devotion TO the welfare Of the city
OF his adoption.
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Among the iron working institutions
of Luo ingto1 the Patterson institution
has bsla con-pcuOus plscs for many
yssrs Though founded sno equipped
assn engine arc machine shop, n hss
from the frst done ST s1teDsivs rspsir-
ing business, mainly Of milling ms
cbinsry. II has at equipment sur
passed BY fev machine shops IN the
state. IN connection win the machine
department Of ths blsut 10 q moulding
Department for tie f,rodU potion ~ cssf
psrts. The enisxs plant constitutes .
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-11
hundred band. and II. paw roll never

hundred bands and its paw roll never
falls under s., 900 per month.
Mr.. Filler, Of the firm, IL proprietor
of the Ludington Electric Light
and Power Company. The plant
was purchased by hIm In 1887 and in,-
medately reftted aud improved. In
iis present perfection the plant is one
of the finest 10 Michigan. 1t 10 oper-
ated by 200 horse power engine and
contains dynamos OF the Brush arc
and Herisler incandescent systems- II
supplies ninety arc lights on the COM
msrcial circuit of ten miles, and 600
incandesceBt lights carrying eighteen
miles of street circuit. The town 10
one Of the beet lighted IN tie state,
both in the commercial and Tesidence
parts. But one accident has occurred
IN ali that time which nss left the city
II darkness, and that lasted for por-
ton of one evening only
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-11

No one feature Of Dudington coDdh
tionss more noticeable than the beauty
and stability of the pubic and prlvsts
buildings. without approaching .
moBctoBoBs ssmsness OF design her
residence structures eli conform 10 IN.
istsst lines Of architectural taste And
progress, While her CONNIE rclai and
uroitC structures are worthy types Of
the csst modern architecture Of the
class
The leading architect and builder Of
the city - Mr.. A. TisdsDsnn. To him
the city = indebted for many If 10
perfect ard beautiful specimens 81 the
trade. Mr.. Ttedensnn - one Of the
most extensive builders and designers
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-11
MICHIGARS NORTHERN METROPOLIS
Ludington Queen City of the West Shore and Future
Manufacturing Center.
ON 4 LINE BETWEEN THE TWIN CITIES AND THE SEiB0ARD

Winter Harbor This Side of Michigan
Only City Having Horticulture Agriculture. Lumber
ing Salt, General Manufacturing Industries
Combined to Sustain and Enhance Its Prosperity
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With al Of her splendid prosperity nov
at Iss zenith, her astarss advantages,
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u~r He.ernstsenai Is~>sss,

TAKE cord ard pisce one end Of IL
upon tue pofnt % map indicating
New York, and project the other
through toe point indicating II. Pau
ard Minneapolis ami q yall b fourd
O. pass over the pcin, indicating Iad
inztor. IN other words. Ludinzton =
m the direct line u Communication
between Tn seahosrd ard TIE outlet 81
tie grest ncrth ~sst The advantage.
OF thls geegrspaiesl position ars oevi-
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The frst impressions Of the stranger
In shgnting within .hs congenisi ma-
nicipality of LudIngton are OF her IN
vlgorating atmosphere, her intense AZ
tvlty ana the beauty OK ner lakeside
snvirenmsnt. Her atmosphere 10 fresh
and pure. a inspiration for the strong
and a panacea for the weak. Hsr peo-
pie are alert and active. each bent up
on hIs separate purpose. yet united for
the common good:
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-21

silk or satin, with bright Pompadour
figures scattered in artistic groups down
these stripes. The floral patterns in some
OF these beautiful novelties are exquisite
Iy colored and blended. Shot silk sashes
are shown In which violet changes into
gold, white into silvery blue, gray into
Roman red, olive into rose and gold.
black into gold. and ecru into gold and
palest watergreen.
SLEEVES n JACKETS.
lean recall no time when one had so many
pretty designs in sleeves to choose from.
Snort, long. full, high, surely every one
can get a becoming one easily. The sum.
mer ones of light ~diaphonous material
will be made high and full, of course,
many being lined only half way down
from the shoulders. Designs for walking
W show thelbishop sleeve, but these
are very uncomfortable when u jacket
has to be worn with them. A handsome
walking dress of dark heavy silk has two
graceful puffs above the elbow of the
sleeve.
Of course the jackets for spring will
have to be long, reaching to the knees.
else they would show the skirts of the
bodices below them, which looks very
ugly. The English jackets are cut very
long with tailor finish, and buttons rs the
only trimming. except small hip pockets.
These jackets are always a safe invest
ment as they are well made and finished,
Ii always look stylish.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-21
MONDAY. MARCH 81.
Allan McDermott's Ciaims-MajOri-
ties Past and Future.

In a brief interview, published in
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS on Satur-
day, Allan L. McDermott said
The Republicans will not know they have a
party when nay friends finish plling up a MAORI
ity for me. / will receive a majority in every
district in the city but one, and don't concede
that yet. -
AS to five of the six districts there
cannot be a shade of doubt. AS to
the sixth one is apt to think at first
that Mr.. McDermott is too sanguine.
Closer examination shows that it is
highly probable he will carry every
district, as he says. Let us take a
look at the facts.
There is only one municipal election
on record under the present distribu-
ton of the city. 1t is that of last
spring when Mr.. Allen defeated the
late Mr.. Wegman by 2,147 votes in a
phenomenally small total of Is, 667. Ia
this contest Mr.. Allen carried every
district in this city except the Sixth,
the figures being as follows:--
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-21
AM ENTS.

"Dr. Bill" whose reputation as q sue
cessful physician is widespread, has
opened an Office for one week only, in
this city. His office hours begin at eli hit
o'cltek every evening, with two alter
Moons, at two. Wednesday and Saturday.
at the New Opera House. He is said to
prescribe wonderfully well against gloom
and depression. driving them away by
allopatnic doses of fun and mirth. You
laugh until you can no more, and the
cnre is complete. A most delightful
prescription, surely.
1.-The "Old Homestead" which was
made famous by Mr Denman Thompson
AT the Academy of Music in New York,
and which is row being produced with
great success By Mr.. Thompson iu Phila-
delphia, will be produced at the Academy
of Music here. by a travelling company,
this week. The usual matinees will be
given.
BARLEY Campbell's "The White Slave"
will be given at the Hoboken Theatre
tonight. tomorrow and Wednesday
matinee and evening.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-21

MORRIS PLAINS ROMANCE.
A Once Betrothed Couple Confined In
the Insane Asylum.

the Insane Asylum.
Special to the JERSEY city NeiUs.
MoRRIsTowN. March 81. 1S92.-Of the
many sad cases tina have been under
treatment at the Norris Plains Asylum
in recent years, none have been of a more
pathetic nature than that of George
Fielding. Romance and sorrowfuI reali-
ties are blended together in the young
mans life and read like II tale of fiction.
About ten years ago Mr.. Fielding, then
a Young man of twenty-five years, was a
popular newspaper man in Hudson
county. He was employed on the repor-
torial staff of the Jersey City EUen1ng
Journal. and was assigned to cover
the district known as North Hudson,
hich includes the towns of West Hobo
ken, Union Hill, Weehawken. North Ber-
gen, West New York and Gutter berg.
His life was without a blemisn and he
moved In the best society. 1t was while
engaged in calling that he frequently met
a wealthy young girl, to whom he became
engaged. The old adage OF there's many.
q slip twixt the cup and the lip" how
ever. soon dashed The hopes of Fielding to
pieces. He and his sweetheart quarrelIed
and before they could make up the young
girl in pique married some one else. Field
ing's disappointment SO proved upon him
that mis- friends soon perceived that a rad
ical change WAS coming over him. His
conduct was such that relatives II
friends finally concluded that to prevent
him from doing harm and If possible to
effect a cure it would be best to have the
young man committed to the State In-
sane Asylum at Morris Plains. For ten
long years the once bright and promising
reporter has been an inmate of the insti-
tuition. The past few months his mental
condition has been gradually improving.
and friends who have visited Fielding
say that the asylum physicians express
hopes Of the young mans ultimate re-
covery. II he does regain his reason
another shock awaits him. His old
sweetheart is an inmate of the same in
stitution as himself. The young woma II
sho wed signs of insanity soon after her
ma lriage N her case is considered hope
less.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-21
Tho Actors Fund BENEFIT.

Rehearsals for the Actors Fund benefit
are being held in the Berkeley Lyceum.
New York City, IL being thought too
fatiguing to bring the children back and
fourth TO Jersey City. There are already
tw enty-four picked little artists on the
programme, ranging from three and one
half years to twelve years OF age. The
three Webbing sisters will appear In a
comedierta of dainty structure in the
quaint costume of the period of 1851. A
petty baIterfiy dance will be executed by
Louise Losson, five u q half years old,
and a daidty Spanish dapce by little
Nanon. The full programme will be
published in a few days.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-21

EVIDENTLY the Journal has not
quite made up its mind whether it
will support Colonel Wanser OF not.
1t has not yet put up his name at the
head of its editorial columns. Per-
haps the Mayor is waiting to see how
those subscription books will pan
out, which the Republican County
Committee is circulating SO industri-
nnSlv
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-21
DR.. Green's Grand Free Il,ust rated Lee
lures.

DR.. Green. the eminent specialist in
G urin 6 nervous aud chronic Diseases of,
35 w. 14th street, New York City, will
give a free courses of mis- grand
lectures, magnificenily illustrated
By dissolving views, in Woods Hall,
Jersey City, beginning Monday evening,
March 21st, at s O'Clock, aud continuing
every evening of the week Except Friday
and Saturday. On Thursday evening the
Doctor will give II free private Illustrated
Lecture to men only. and on Thursday
afternoon at 8 o'clock a free private illus
rated lecture TO ladies only. DR.. Greene
will remain here all the week, and can
be consulted free in the anteroom II
Woods Hall.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-21
Died Poor and Frisndiess.

Oscar Wabnschaff, thirty years old, a
draughtsman. was found dead in n fur
pished room at No. 1866 Hudson street,
Hoboken. yesterday afternoo II Death
was due to a hemorrhage. w ahnschaff
had occupied the room for four weeks.
He told Mr.. Lerbs, the landlord. that he
ca ME from California. He had inherite d
a small fortune from Germany, spent it
20 olishly and ruined his health. The
BIO dy was taken to Parslow's morgue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-21


November. the total vote of the city
was 80, 112. 1t would be of no interest
to record it by districts, for the lines
bear no relation whatever to those OF
the Aldermanic Partition; but it is
safe to assume that in the coming
Mayoralty contest the vote will be at
least as large as that polled in the
Hudspeth-Ca practical walkover
Indeed, from the way the parties are
hustling now, from the general inter
est in the struggle, from. the .eagerness
to make a record in view of the i'm
pending Presidential election. we
would not be surprised if from "a, DOC
to 25, 900 votes were cast. However,
to be on the safe side, we will assume
that the total vote of the city will be
about 23, 600, as it was in November.
This increase over the Allen
Wegman figures will be distributed to
a large extent over the whole city;
but it may as well be granted hat it
will be largest in the Fifth and Sixth
Aldermanic districts. A principal
element in this present discussion is
therefore the question whether the
increase in these districts will favor
Mr.. McDermott or Colonel Wanser.
Our own idea is that it will be pretty
evenly divided, while, in the city at
large, the increase in the vote will
rather favor Mr.. McDernott, an out
look sufficiently guaranteed by the
majority secured by Mr.. Hudspeth
over Mr.. Carr within the city limits.
The Sixth district was Mr.. Veg
mans home, and he enjoyed very
great personal regard and consider
cradle political influence in it. He
had the backing OF the Greenville
breweries and beer gardens to a pow
erful extent. Thus the Seventh to
the Fourteenth precincts of the Sixth
Aldermanic district, being the Green
vile end, gave Mr.. Wegnan 1853 ma
jority, while almost identically the
same territory embraced in the five
city precincts OF the First Assembly
district, gave Mr.. Hudspeth majority
of 81. These seven precincts, we
believe, will give Mr.. McDermott
from 100 to $50 majority. The Lafay-
cite and Bergen precincts, We believe,
will go about as they did in the case
of Mr.. Wegman, that is, about 100 to
200 in favor OF the Republican.
and so, though the district as a
whole will. we expect, be lost, the
margin will be exceedingly small in
deed.
or course we will be told that the
Republican vote was not brought out
in the Allen Wegman contest. I'm
prejudiced observers will see that the
Democratic voters were equally
apathetic. The result of the Huds-
peth contest shows that for every
Republican who stayed away from
the polls last April, at least one Dem
ocrat stayed at home, too.
We venture, as q mere matter of
speculation, to offer to our students
of local politics two conjectures as to
the result ON the 18th of April. They
represent the two extremes of Demo-
cratic expectation. If our Republican
friends have any hopes, they must
furnish their W figures; we cal dis
cover none which give them the ghost
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-21
McDermott's Wunsei
McDermot It's net majority 800.

Plainly this is a dead sure thing.
The result is Just as certain as it will
be when the votes are counted. There
is no possible way for the Democracy
to lose. All talk to the contrary is
mere idle vaporing, the offspring OF
the profound ignorance of the politi-
cal com plexion OF the city in which
many otherwise we'll informed persons
live. 1t is merely a question of ma
jority. For the credit of the party
and it's advantage in November, let
us roll up a good one.