The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-03-25
READ AND PRESERVE

We take pleasure in presenting to
the readers Of The Pilot a carefully
classified iLdex of the principal man
ufacturers, merchants, financial in
stitutions, contractors, real estate,
insurance AMI professional firms of
this city making an array of lead
ers in the different departments of
trade and the professions, and one
that it will be we'll to study. 1t is
handsome page and contains the names
of enterprisirg and active citizens of
the various progressive firms, men of
the highest standing in the dental
and legal fraternities-those who have
earned and are in the full erj'yment
of good and honorable regulations in
the sphere of CONNER &c and the pro-
fessions
We claim FOR them, one and all, that
they are distinguished for enterprise,
ability and success Taken together
they may be regarded as leaders in tie
different departments represented.
Manitowoc with a population Of
1000 is located in rich farming sec
ton on the shore of Lake Michigan.
1t has one Of the finest harbors on the
lake, one mile in length improved and
heightened by two parallel piers $50
feet apart and nearly half mile i'll
length, built by the United States
government at cost of S375,00O
With such a harbor, open through the
year. vessel trade with the ports to the
south is never interrupted, and dur
ing the winter season Manitowoc is
recognized as one of the best ship
yard cities on Lake Michigan. The
industries of the city are varied and
extensive, but the possibilities far
from being reached.
The Business Mems Association
composed.of leading citizens, is pre-
pared to offer every inducement cen
sistent with business principles to en-
courage manufacturers to locate in
Manitowoc
The transportation facilities of
Manitowoc are among the best, rates
IN all directions being as low as
from any point in the Northwest.
The city has the advantage of
several lines of car ferries, and water
freight routes, while the Chicago &
Northwestern and the Wisconsin Cen
trail railways give the city transporta
ton facilities enjoyed by few cities of
lis size. The city contains ship yard
an industry of great Importance to the
city employing from 100 to 800 men.
The dock is $40 feet long, Al feet wide
at gate and will admit vessels of 1000
tons. With the exception of two boats
the entire fleet of the Goodrich Trans
portation Go. were built here
The Seating Co. is large estab- |
lshmen' manufacturing school, church |
and office furniture and employing
about 300 men. The Canning Cos.
business is the largest of the kind in
the United States, employing during
the season 1000 persons
There are also extensive iron works. |
several wagon factories an edge tool |
manufactory. boiler works, a coal dock |
with a capacity of 100000 tons, 3 brew
cries, tauneries, Touring mil, a large |
elevator recently completed. glue fac
tory, vinegar works, pearl button fac.
tory planning mills, mandatory of !
feed cutters, horse powers, etc. and a |
large number of minor industries Civ |
ing employment to mabymen and great |
encouragement to trade and com |
merce. The retail trade is active and |
in good condition, "a evidenced by |
many fine and spacious stores. that |
carry stocks unsurpassed with the
various commodities There is no |
necessity for going away from Mani. |
towoc for anything, as,,t the list present |
ed exhibits almost every principal in
dustry The business men Of Mantle, !
woo are enterpring, energetic and |
prudent, and it has been proven that
at no place in this section does a Gus |
toner receive better bargains or bet
ter treatment than in the institutions |
of Manitowoc. Patronize them. en-
courage them in their efforts to build |
up the city, and you Will be doing the |
community a justice.
The success achieved by the mann
facturers, the merchants, the profes |
sional men and others engaged in bust
ness here has been accomplished by |
dint of tireless energy and persistent |
labor. Manitowoc is what she is bv
the interchangeable exertions of her c;ti
zens. Her commercial prosperity. her
industrial development, her subst an.
tial wealth and municipal beauty and |
picturesqueness as embodied in |
schools and churches, her princelv
mansions, her fine mercantile build
lngss, her splendid system of water
works, fine telephone service, electric
hghting plant that is modern, a pro
gresslve city government, all Indicate
her status as aprosperous community
taking no step backward but steadily
forging to the front.
This index is not only printed in
The Pilot but also reprinted on oil |