The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11

TREASURER KAUFMAN is silently
happy these days. Peter never makes q
fuss when he's pleased. Town, city
and village treasurers are pouring money
! into him and he can meet all obligations
now without having recourse to the
banks.
ATTORNEY TIM BURKE was so lame
on opening of court from participation
n game of indoor base ball that it at
fected even his powers OF speech. When
| Tim can't talk it is safe to assume he Is
in bad way, because he likes it, and
would exercise the constitutional right
Of free speech and to assemble if no such
rights were guaranteed. There is moth
| ing of the SLOUGH in Tim but his hat.
THE old Muskegon will soon be n
thing of the past The Goodrich com
pany gave notice through the papers
that her upper works might be carried
away for fuel and on Thursday the deck
swarmed with boys and men, slashing,
hacking and carrying the spoil away.
1t was wonderful sight A few hours
sufficed for the removal Of all the upper
part of the boat. The hull will be tow
ed GU and beached.
Trft, ,bn to- ,f tI,ig iu hny-
ing its industrial effect as well as its
pleasant feature 1t is solving the coal
question on the unerring law of unne-
cessary expenditure. But the most sur
prising thing is the building operations
going on.
The work of laying brick on the addi-
ton to the Manitowoc Boiler Works
building was begun on Friday of last
week. Mr.. Scow who has the work says
it is the earliest brick laying he ever did
and the earliest so far as his experience
goes that was ever done
THE heavy machinery for the Mantle
woo Boiler Works is now being put in
place. Its removal from the cars has
completely blocked mp Quay street The
electric crane is an immense thing and
required considerable pains and labor to
get it placed The trouble now is that
with the capacity of the Works almost
trebled, Mr. Hess discovers that he will
H. ,,.,,1n1 f,,.r II, fha nf a
few years, as business comes in greater
proportion than he expands. The place
is swarming with men in the blouses.
SPEEDING horses on Eighth street
south of Washington is attended with
danger because of the number of chill
dren ON the street there at certain hours.
There are two schools and the children
are often on the street. No driver can
tell what small child will do when
threatened by danger She is just as apt
to run into ii as toavoid it and accidents
happen frequently through no careless
ness Of the driver. The streets mention
el are tempting but horsemen should
yield not to temptation,
+. J. LEHMAN, proprietor of The Fair,
Chicago, and the founder of the system
of department stores, died in Il private
tnitarium at White Plains, N. Y, on
Friday last. He was relative of Hen
ry Greve Of this city and Charles Greve
has for some years managed his private
business He became a millionaire al
though he started with but little capital.
Several years ago it became necessary to
place him in n sanitarium and he re-
manned there until the time of his death.
His wealth is estimated at $40, 900 900.
THE committee having in cherge the
application of residents of Rockland and
Eaton for laying out "a new road through
these towns met at VIM. Echmidt's at
Collins on Thursday last and gave con-
sideration to the petition and gave o