Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-09-06
IT IS A QUAINT SUBURB.
Settlement Beneath Two Viaduots
Near City Of Milwaukee.
SCENES IN "PIGSVILLE.'
a Working Community Which Rears Do
nestle Aninals-HOw it Ac-
quirad It's Odd Name.

Dat in the Meuomcnec valley, nj the
fsst OF jnder.akers' HILL on the outskirts
Of the city OF Milwaukee. with Is house
tops barely extending above the level of
thn Grand avenue viaduct, lies one of the
most interesting Of the many suburbs Of
Ailwaukee. While much has been said
and written Of Milwaukee and It's beau
tiful suburbs. for some reason, pissyjlie
has escaped general attention.
Few Pause to Contemplate.
While there are hundreds VINO daily
drive over Grand avenue viaduct and
thousands Who pass by on the railroad
trans. but few ever pause q contemplate"
this peaceful lttle settlement aud still
issS il tie aulnDer who moved by curlUs.
tty q" the desire for knowledge, are leu
10 make thcIr way into the community by
way Di the rutd o. alleys tbat runs OF
from Grand avenue. seemingly down be
Meath the YiadHct itself IIOse who do
had much 10 reward them Tor their painS
fnr there is much of interest t. repay
Onc, although III many instances, few may
care 10 repeat the journey.
No one knows just exactly now Pigs
Eiila came 10 be established or who the
tiGsl settler WIS, the mystery here being
~ great as it is concerning the pioneer
81 that somewhat similar although ex-
eHediugly larger community on Jones ISL
sni Tie 5"crage resident will shake his
head whrn you ask him who first located
III figsyilln and in the same way most
gf them VIII snake their heads and smile
when the peculiar name Of the place is
Impaired into.
Might Have Been Rose Valley
I'hrrc was time when the residents,
o. AZ least the more aesthetic resented
ihe a3mc II Pigsyille and endcaYored to
have It 'eucminated Rose Valley (ths
WIa long before David Stuart Rose be-
zane may1r,0f milwaukee,, but the effort
guied and 10 the community remains as
a1Rsyi!e aud Is likely to DO 50 for all
Gtuir
pig,yille received its name from the
fact HAS one OF It's most prosperous land
aYurr,, John FROST once engaged in the
pork business He conducted large pig
g',ry. At time, having rs many rs 200
pigs Zig raising was then the PRINCIPAL
industry Of Pissyillc but times have
changed aud now the principal industry
seems 10 lac not only the raising OF pigs
bat goats, chickens. ducks and geese. not
10 mention children, aud all appear to
thrive and wax fat Mr.. frost has long
siace given up the piggcry. mas retired
and ~ now the proprietor and host at
one of th" mnuy saloons in the ueighbor-
~
glsducl
Suggestive Of Jones Island.
There are perhaps fifty cottages in Pigs
vile There is much about PigsYillc sug-
@tstiTr Uf .juHcs islands. but there are no
fishermen The male population finds
employment IN The breweIics, the Gettle-
utan ana Miller establishment near by,
sad al the West Milwaukee shops of the
milwaukee, road. The cottages present
che appearance Of thrift. Unlike Jones
lhiSnd, there are side walks on some Of
the streets.
The Grand avenue yiaduct bounds
pigsYle on the south while the Me-
a0mouee river bottom hedges il in on the
uOrtA ani east for the river describes a
curve AZ this point, There are some very
pretty scenes, under the trees. along the
river edge and the surroundings of the
pgsgi,'e back yards, with their rows OF
pir pens. cattle sheds and chicken co0ps
aids a touch of the picturesque
There are some Things in and about
tissYillr lhHt DEFY the cameras Tense or
the artist pen, either to catch or repro
iuce. bHt ID is there inst the same. That
IL the puH&pnt odor that arises from the
ctYcr bottoms, enlarged and emphasized
by tbc Smells that come from the pig
scries, These things. when the wind /,
81 he right ol the wrong, direction. l.
distant chimes and the wish that he was
far away.
Ducks Fish for Suckers
a. is along the back yard fronts, and
tac river bottoms that the stranger finds
much 10 interest, despite the smells. in
watching the antics of the goats, gamhoI-
ing beneath the big viaduct of the street
fatlway company aud the iloCk@ of ducks
chat paddle laziiy about in the water, I'M.
Gil one Of them sci2cS a sucker in its bin
aud then there il genera! scramble to
participate in the division of the fish
II is always cool, even on the hottest
day. beneath the great willow trees. hut
the MOSQUITOES and smells, are never end
lag disturbing factors.
From the big yjaduct of the street rail,
way company, Pigsvlle appears a mass
~ dark green collage. With here and there
roof top peepinE cut, suggesting a
much greater community thau actually
exists. The playground question is most
happily settled in Pigsvillc for whether
pr it is hot or cold. the children have nm
excellent playground beneath the Grand
Iyeuur yiaduCt.
To the south Of Grand avenue yiaduct.
sOutc hundred yards, another settlement
has como into existence Il forms no
part of Pjg~vlllr however US the resi-
dents resent with considerable emphasis
The euphuuioUs 0pnellatiou of the sister.
community. Ii lies on the east side of
the MeuoWoUe@ also, so there is Gttlr
danger OF jt> being reckuurd y part of
pjgSyile. although there is much i'll COM
mos between tte two settlements aud Ill
tic TO distinguish the oue from the other.
Nyrmu- Wisconsin,