The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-20

The city OF IOmahaWk has pop
ulatiOn of between two and three
thousand people, and the one man
who was the most Instrumental in
building it up, and making it what
it is, is Mr.. VIM H. Bradley. the
millionaire lumberman, OF MiIwau
kee. Mr. Bradley owns fine home
in To,nahawk, and lives there a
goodly portion of the time. Lincoln
county is his hobby, and he has un-
bounded confidence in it's reSour-
ces, and is turning his wealth loose
to develop them. He has a large
mill, d newspaper. and a hotel, the
last two of which will compare with
anything of the kind in northern
Wisconsin. The Mitchell. his hotel,
is as fine as any of Milwaukee,
best hotels, and his newspape is a
model, in appearance. He also owns
a train of boats, which makes trips
on the Wisconsin river, and shows off
the beauties of the great waterway
he has d bank, and mostly any hing
else you could wish for. In going
from Tomahawk Junction to
Tomaha vk, over Mr.. Bradley's line.
you can AXE sleeping car, and rest
all night for fifty cents, and the
distance is only TX miles. It is the
shortest line over which sleeping
car is run anywhere in the country,
but it saves people staying up dur
ing the trip. and they get a good
nights rest in d good bed, and at q
reasonable price, and awake in the
morning in the city, refreshed and
ready to transact their business.
Mr.. Bradley has very good rail
road system, covering a good por-
tion of Lincoln county. When a
piece of land is finished by the lum-
berman's axe, it is not deserted as
in many places, but is put under
cultivation, and made into a farm,
and the settler is given every posi-
ble advantage. FIGURING mills have
been put in by Mr.. Bradley, and the
farmers wheat is handled to the
best of advan tage Some one in
looking over Mr.. Bradley's enter
prises, singled out the hotel, and
asked him: " Well does this pay?"
The genial millionaire was some
what annoyed by the impertinence
and replied: "My friend have you a
bill against this hotel? If you have,
present it and see whether it is
paid. " Mr.. Bradley has thirty cor
porations operating in Lincoln
county, and while some of them may
not be profitable, still taken to-
gether they are no doubt netting
him handsome revenue, and he has
the inward satisfaction of feeling
that instead of dispoiling a rich
country o. its advantages and re-
sources, that he is building it up,
and making il a place to be sought
by those who are looking for homes.
His latest enterprise, to be con-
structed this season, is d tannery,
with a capacity of 500 hides daily,
and giving employment to 200 men.
A hardwood factory will also likely
be erected. Every thing is on
large scale, and every advantage
that accrues from any of these en-
terprises goes towards the estab-
lishment of new enterprises. Mr..
Bradley is securing the cooperation
of other capitalists, and he is deter
mined to utilize every advantage, in
making Tomahawk and the Wiscon-
sin River valley the mecca of great
variety of manufacturing and agri-
cultural interests. An electric rail
road through the valley is also one
of the projects that is being consid-
cred for the summer. Of Mr.. Brad
ley, personally it may be said that
he is one of the most congenial hosts
in the whole country. He is parti-
cularly fond of editors, we were
lead TO believe, and though he is
getting pretty well along in years
his appearance would indicate that |
he is still Just as young" as some |
of the ooys. Whv he was with us
until four in the morning, and then
chided US at retiring so early. La
fine he may he described in popular
phraseology as "Strictly all right"
Many numbering counties are worth
less when the lumberman gets
through, but there will be nOtbinU