Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-07-20


Mr. Payne naturally takes pride in the
perfection of the plan At the time OF
the purchase there we're ninety miles
or track, now, there, are siTe miles. con-
meeting with adj suburbs and recently
: opened to- sWaukesha. and Pewaukee
Inc company employees 100 men, and
owns $50 cars. There are forty-tvo
transfer points and one can. ride nine
or ten miles for q niclie The plarte
plus interest, has cost $4,000, 900 to the
present owners. Mr.. Payne reports. and
II Is capitaizedfto the amount Of SIS
100000 In bonds; s3,5o0,oO0 preferred and
/ sa5o0,p0e common ST ools!u This rs owned
! largely II In New York; Germafly4tarid'
England The lDrexels and .Pierpont
Morgan are int crested !, Inc rmavemeat
10 reduce the fare, to 4 cents is. recent
and familiar, This is no place to CAM
vass thar, tut no, .inteiiigent" man ana
tust WIN fail to cbncede the BENEFITS
toi1the home life of IA community of
such rapid transit1as Milwaukee en- ma
joys th7ad tlrW nsdi bra shuaa r.
ratln, 1882 mfr Payne was appointed, one
/, Of the three receivers, Of the Northern
sPacific. railread,. a position he. held for
three years. The, system embraced
Some fifty railways. express. terminal,
companies. Such an Happofntmefit was
% Compliment tt5 the mans executive
ability but the mofk broke fifs health
/, and he went, ABROAD for Six months
Mr.. Payne Is one of the esevea directors
Of the First National bank with 81 u
0Q0. OQQ capital and SIS, QQQ, zoe, gross asa
sets, the. largest bank outside Of CHI
cago in the northwest. He Is also d
director IN the Milwaukee Trust com,
pany Among his other business posts
is a directnrshp in the Mn@aukee Gas
Light Company and the presidebc;o 81
the ~ North 81 Miiwa ukee IuHestme 1T
Land) company. tJ ,-stsd - ba2iiss4 p
rodt $4,000 900 Telephone "HeIIos." l,.t ,.
= He ajustlyqproudt of the Wisconsin,
TelephQne4com with its 1900 tele-
/ phones and $500 miles of toll lines.
over which nearly, 10000 900 eommuni-t
cations pass annually, a convenienee
les and towns ~ 5jld a'''t TIC 78''
Mountaineering the q charges q Of
those opp6sedato Mr. Payne politically.
Hlhe Is Credited with the police and IRE
b civil eseryice5o commission y which has
|. worked so. admirably in Milwaukee, It,
|, was he, who as party chairman ma aged,
4 the campaign for, Mayor ,Ludingtor.
ana the petitioners for PAGES In those
departments made fife Sd ffitolerab.ei
for the chairman that he drew the Bill
. and successfully urged 9it at Madison. i
As postmaster too; Mra Payne's ,effoFts'
Secured the .extensjongof theativit fserv-
siee TO ppstoffioes OF Milwankees class ,
which the original law failed to- reach.
OF bis services In the last, ca mpaigIi,
and more latterly as a member of the
Executive committee or the 'mnonetary'
commission II IS unnecessary t6 SPEAK.
1T was his hand Which drew the orr Val.
draft OF the many plhnks' that rhe
country $50 heartily approved at The
polls. ~ A89ce6 tas1U 81 Ell l'iw iedt
nrg Never Smokes but Enjoys Whist: h
~ Mr.. Payne has never used tobacco
He enjoys a, round Of whist as a di-
Version as much as anything. lie be-
longs to the Milwaukee and Deuteher
clubs, and always lunches at the for
iner. HIS home. HIT palatial one, is
on the 'lakss Shores and the family group
is Composed of the wife, her mother ana
d niece OF Mrs. Payne The latter was
a Miss Van Dyke of New York city.
VI Vlu IuLSii ofpSM siHe OfiE fSilild {pDFD
to them died in, infancy For fifteen
years Mrs, Payne was an INVALID and
the tender care bestowed upon her by
the husband in the many years when it
was necessary for her 20 use a wheel
chair certified to the heart qualities Of
the, man on whose head politics has
dealt many harsh lewssd Mr. lPaytie
has as fnei a privdtel library as gthera
Is, in the, City and although i work. has
left him no time to be a student, he
has his literary fondness The Paynes
go to the Episcopal church arid Mr.!
Payne is commandment He 'disclaims
1.-THE power ofypubhc speech though ad7
mits he yean make himself understood
before Legislative, or common council
committee. Il try not to.say anything
except qn subjects on which ana posi-
ed.'" ..t.I
! asked Mr.. Payne, who had most
Impressed him Of wisconsin men he
had known, living and dead He indf-
Gated Senator Howe and derry RuslS
of.,those WHIP are no more; paid tr;b !
ute to the memory of Farchild; spoke
of Senator Sawyer's great services to.
state and party; referred to Senator
ospo6ner as present power and called
Villas and Bragg of the opposftion
strong, brave, Conscientious vigor-
ovs.' 'Ta1 .r1t a'y'i"2. !
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