Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-23

the j. Z. jacobson residence IN the
same block, just completed. these i'm.
provements make a pretty change to
that portion of our residence quarters
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The new macadam road from CITY hall
Grand Ra apids, north toward the Green
Bay depot has been completed as far as
the John Arpin residence, two long
blocks. And the good work continues.
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Nicholas White, the Centralia archi-
tect, has this week finished a fancy
veranda around the full front Of Mr..
and Mrs. Will H. Reeves residence on
Water street near the Green Bay depot.
The veranda is y feet long and adds
much to the general appearance of that
home. Carpenter White did fine
piece of work and in a very short space
of time at that, only fifteen days. Mr.
Reeves is we'll pleased with the Job.
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Louis Barrett of the Second ward,
Centralia, has replaced the small, eight
light windows in his house with fancy,
large two plate glass. A nice bay win
dow has also been added. The whole
building has been repainted, and sew
eral rooms are being remodeled and
modernized.
A new wing has been added to Mr..
T. MacKinnon's tenant house across
the street from his own residence. The
wing rests on a stone foundation and
has a steel roof as specially substan-
tial feature.
The foundation for the Lemai brick
block in Centralia is finished and the
floor joists are in place. Brick laying is
now going on i'll earnest.
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Main street, Centralia, is in a state of
chaos and scarcely admits of travel this
week from the Johnson, Hill & Co.
corner to the Corriveau & Garrison
corner. Mayor Kellner has crew of
twenty men at work digging for the new
20-inch, double strength sewer pipe
recently ordered laid by the city fathers.
When the big sewer is in place, Main
street will be leveled to the established
grade and then next summer macadam-
izing will undoubtedly begin. A steam
drill was put to work this noon and
some blasting has been required.
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Work on the Dixon Hotel block in
Centralia has been practically at a
standstill the last few days on account
of shortage in supply of rock for the
foundation walls. The rock is expected
at any moment. Partial crews have
been employed this week, however,
but today only two masons are working
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Out in the town of Seneca, about
three miles from Centralla, a one-mile
stretch of road improvement was fin
ished Wednesday noon which will be
greatly appreciated by all who have to
travel that way. The Seneca road is the
leading inlet to the twin cities for all
farmers in Seneca, a good many in
Sigel and for the people from Pittsville.
The piece in question begins at Dalv's
mill and runs uorthward to the school
house near William Hills place. 1t
has always been the worst part of the
whole road, section of heavy sand
through which it was almost impossible
to haul heavy load. For forty years
teams have plodded oyer it without an
attempt at bettering it. Recently the
town contributed $50 for this cause and
now solid clay roadbed covers the
sand. Pathmaster VIM. Hill, assisted
by Albert Schroeder, Charles Hill and
Wilhelm Demitz furnished most of the
labor on the new road and they are to
be congratulated for the excellency of
the job. Alderman George Hill, Mrs.
Hill, and another alderman took a
bicycle ride ont in that direction We'd
nesday morning and they report it a
very nice path for wheelmen as we'll as
wagon travel. Pittsvillites, Senecaites
and Sigelites need not be afraid of the
sand pit on the Seneca road hereafter.
WAR SONG CONCERT.