Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-01
President DT11IeV I9.IS o. Prospects
d Wisconsin Wiley Association.
From The Milwaukee journal,

ger service through the Wiscon-
sin valley, up the Wisconsin river
from Port Edward to Eagle i,iv-
CT, such is the gigantic scheme
proposed by the Wisconsin Val
ley Advancement A ssoclation,
and the commercial character OF
the organization demands for
the proposition more than pass
ing notice. At aconservatlve es-
innate there is $75, 100000 rep
resented III the corporation. TO
the visitor, or traveller through
the valley along the proposed
route Of the new railway, the
project seems beset with obsta-
cles. But the more you probe it
the more meat there is found IL
it. Those scraggy pines, and
miles Of dead and down timber
that skirt the lines of railroad
that traverse and cross the river
valley, are but curtains OF wells
behind which are hidden the
wealth of a section that has al
ready made a score of million
aires and several mu1limillion-
aires from the one product-plne
timber. This is about the only
resource that has been consider
ed until the railroa is and a few
land associations began develop
ing the agricultural advantages
which have proven such surprl-
SEES to the commercial world.
THE HARD WOOD INDUSTRY.
This road when built will tray
erse the very heart OF Wisconsin S
hardwood section in which there
are billions OF feet Of woods that
five years ago were considered
worthless, but are now Of equal
commercial value and some that
are Of much greater value than
pine.
eve want an electric passen-
ger and freight railway from Ea-
gle River to Port Edwards, and
there is food for it to subsist up
on for Years on every foot Of the
line. The country IS in the in
fancy Of the development OF its
most prolific resources. Wiscon-
sin has lived on a pine diet for
the last half century while un-
der the feet Of the very lumber
folks that have sWarned her
woods every year was more
wealth than there was over their
heads. Take your map, look at
Rhinelander, way up there ia the
lake region, in q county OF less
than 10000 population, the far
mers went to the state fair last
fall and took first premium on
potatoes. The quality of the
root crop was such that within
week after the award every
potato that was for sale in One1-
da county was gobhled up by q
milwaukee, purchaser who took
out one full trainload at one
SHIPMENT
Our little railroads up here are
hunting for business all the time.
The 500 With it's spurs is one Of
the greatest Of commercial feed
ers. We send out train-loads Of
cars from Tomahawk that are
about equally distributed among
the three trunk lines, the Mort h
western, the 500 and the St.
Paul. The expense of building
and equipping an electric line
such as is talked of is an item
that cannot be overlooked. Over
at the 500 they have spent be-
tween S2,0OO,OOO and 3,OCO,-
600 in developing a 10000 horse
water power.
At Niagara falls millions Of dol
lars have been expended in devel-
oping $4,000 horse power The
Wisconsin river has more than
100000 idle horse power that
can be developed for 100000.
The interest on $2,O00,O0O at 5
per cent. would be 100000 a
year. To start with we would
nave treble the power the 500 OF
Niagara is using and 81, 100000
year surplus. In other words,
the money spent at the 500 to
develop a 10000 horse power
will develop 100000 horse
power in the Wisconsin valley
and build and equip 100 miles Of