The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-05-07

{ ERNST WAGNER is about TO close on
] his business in this city and go into
2 different line of business elsewhere. IL
has not yet decided upon location bu
: has a few places ID view. He will golnt'
the business of department store II
company with his brother.in-law, Moses
. Refs.
1t is probable the other hardware
stores will purchase Mr.. Wagners stock
Otherwise he will proceed to sell ont bis
stock at closing sale. He has quite
large stock OF hand and this latter
method will take some time.
Mr.. Wagner's determination to go ont
of business here is to get away from the
lake which is proving to be trying to the
health Of this children owing to catarrhal
troubles Mr. Wagner will be missed in
| ManltOwOc. He is man of good busl-
ness ability, public spirited and SO indie
pendent that he would not yield a point
| If to do so would sacrifice a principle.
| While he will be missed in business
| circles he will be missed more socially by
those who enjoyed bis confidence.
The city council disposed of the matter
| OF granting a franchise to the {. Il \. w.
Ry. Go. over Quay and Franklin streets
on Monday night. The ordinance Is
rather volumlnous, but if 1t is accepted
by the railway company, the city council
has certainly made good terms. 1t is
understood that on the main points the
city council and railway company are in
practical agreement There are some
matters of detail which the company may
be dlsinclined to accept, but there Will
not be much difficulty in securing a
modification should the council think it
advisable.
The company receives franchise on
Quay and Franklin streets until January
l, 1900, conditioned upon its putting In a
slip and constructing a belt line within
that time. After the completion OF the
belt line at least % per cent. of the
freight designed for transfer here must
pass over the belt line. The switch to
Schuettes mill is to be put 10 50 that |
switching Will be done from the west, |
thus relieving Eighth street. The switch |
ing on this street has been really more
annoying than the through traffic.
As said before there is every reason |
TO believe the Northwestern will accept
the ordinance substantially as it is. 1t |
is not probable there will be any delay in |
beginning work upon the slip, though no
one knows as to this as large corpora
tlOns keep their own counsel we'll The |
Importance to the city of the Northwest |
ern's establishing slip here cannot be
Overestimated. 1t insures daily line
of boats throughout the entire year and
of course the usual amount of flour dur |
ing the winter, One road could hardly
furnished sufficient freight during the
summer for boat making two trips per
day. Thus, the fact of the Northwestern's |
having slip here will essentially aid the |
Wisconsin Central.
The bulk of the flour for transhipment |
at this point will 90 on the regular boats |
There can be no doubt that the Ann Ar |
Dor ferries will run here so that in point |
of fact we will have two eastern connec- |
tons. This will prove of incalculable |
value - our factories and all shippers
and receivers OF freight, and will prove an
for other factories TO locate |
here.
With daily line of boats large pas
5enger travel will be secured for this
route. With uncertain arrival of boats,
passenger travel could not be secured
and the line would fail of being adyer-
Used as a passenger route. The new
boat being built is TO be fitted mp for pas
senger travel.
Sheboygan is to be commiserated on
It's failure to secure the line. The peo-
pie of that city promptly sprapg to the
front when an advantage was perceived,
as all public spirited citizens should.
ManltOwoc moves slowly but it is becom-
ing sure in its movements.