Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-27
Our Summer Prospects.
WHAT IS DOING AND WILL BE
DONE. SOME TIMELY
SUGGESTIONS.

Inc indications all point to very
prosper Gus summer for this city, II
fact we may expect boom OF no NEAR
proportions.
In the first place the saw mills will
employ more men than they have il
any previous year. The Gerry Lumber
Co. and 0. w. Avery's mill each en-
plOy nearly a third more men than
common and the Sheridan Lumber Co.
about the usual number.
Besides this the building operations
which will be carried on here promises
work for quite number of laborers.
! Among the buildings sure to be put up
this season are Il ten thousand dollar
school house the contract for which
is to be let next Tuesday: A new court
house which will probably cost about
! fifteen thousand dollars; O. w. Avery
& Co.'S. saw mill which will be built
/ to run in connection with their pres
ent single MILL The NJ. L. S. & W.
RW'y Co.'S. new depot besides number
of business blocks and store buildings
! some of which are in course of con-
| struction, notably Ben. Jones store
building which is up and enclosed,
Alex. Higgins for which the ground
is being broke and S. w. Smiths ad-
dition to the Denton House the frame
of which is up.
The opening up Of brick yard this
spring ard the manufacturing of brick
here will also aid in giving an impetu-
GUS to building this summer. At least
two prominent business men have sig
niIied their intentions to erect brick
blocks here the present season and 9th
ers will without doubt follow their ex-
ample. At present there is not q sign
of store building vacant in town and
the high prices offered for rent is slim
ulating men who have little money to
put them into buildings.
For the same reason there will be a
number of dwellings, erected this seas
on. There is not vacant room that a
family could live in in the city. AS
soon as the season fairly opens up there
will be still greater demand and the
consequent high rents will induce many
to build homes for themselves all CT
which will add to the growth and pros
party Of the city.
The attention Of the outside world
has already been attracted to us and
will be still more so.
Among the new firms thau have lc-
Gated here within the past few weeks
are: S A. Bangert, boots and shoes;
+. Cohen clothing aud gents Furnish
ing goods, Wilson, Lieber q Co. mill
merry and dressmaking; Eagle River
Democrat, newspaper and job printing:
John Smith blacksmith; and Thos.
Barnes, restaurant and bakery which
will be startedwhen the building which
is now in process of cons trnction can be
got ready for him.
In addition to tn is Mcconnell Bros.
have recently added dry goods, cloth
ing and gents furnishing goods to their
previous line and William Persohn has
added boots and shoes to his. T. G.
rambling has made all arrangements
and will in the near future be manu-
featuring brick.
The prospects are good for securing
another railroad, If the business men
of this place and Minocqua will unite
and pull together as closely and work
as persistantly as they did to get
the new county set off they
will succeed in getting the ST. Paul
people to extend their road from Min
ocqua here the present summer.
A persistant effort wonld also secure
for us another saw mill and q furniture
factory. This would also be good To-
tation for a pulp mill, the supply of
pulp timber being almost inexhaust-
able.
All of these things and more can be
secured if the citizens generally will
only take hold of the matter in earnest
as the county matter was taken hold of.
We have got the ball started now and
it is an easy matter to keep it rolling if
we will all pull ;ogetaer. The first
thing that should be done is to organ
ize an advancement association. Every
live. wide awake town has such an or
ganization and they are of great bene-
fl in inducing new Enterprises to come
in. Why not call a meeting OF the
business men in the near future, say
next week, to organize such an associa-
ton? Business men, what say you?
You are interested in the growth of the
town, are you all willing to take no Id
and make it hum? A strong pull, a
steadypull and pull altogether will do
it.