The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-02

voyageur learned of this natural water
way soon after his arrival in this re-
gion, and ne made 4 record of the water
power in the Fox by giving the name OF
Grand Chute to the rapids between the
BLUFFS now Occupied by the beautiful city
OF Appleton.
Tho wiudfall which IS now Of such
great value was only an evil in the
early days OF the country. for it COM
PEELED travellers to make a weary por-
tase with their canoes. Later, wher the
government made provision for maintain
ing this ancient water way il was nee
essary TO construct a canal around the
Grando Chute. which again proved a vex-
atious obstruction Railroads have al
most killed this navigation. and 1t is a
very small boat that can wiggle its way
up from Lake Michigan through Green
bay and the Fox river to Lake Winnie
bago. which, by the way, is said to be
the largest lake within any single state
in the union 1t is thirty-two miles long
and n places is half as many miles
wide.
The great Northen did not have a
paper OF pulp mill until 1874. John .. Cali
came from Watcrtown. y. Y. IN the
summer OF 1888. and he brought a sup
ply of paper as well as printing material
with him. He began the publication OF
the Democrat, but his stock of paper ran
out in the spring before navigation was
open on the lakes, and he had TO suspend
publication All paper had 10 be brought
from the East until mill was built
at St. Charles. H.. in 1874 Eight or ten
years later tha first mill in Wisconsin
was established At Milwaukee fo- the
manufacture OF straw paper.
Appleton got its first paper mill n 1858
and the development Of the water power
Of the Fox River continued steadily there
after. There are now three big dams
at that point and there IS a fall Of twenty
eight feet. About lS0oo horse power has
been developed and 700 TO s.O00 utilized
for the mills. At Appleton. alone there
are two mills for making sulphits fibre.
this being the larEes. group Of nils in
the state. though many other are scat
tered UP and down the Fov river. The
paper-maldng industry along the v iscon-
sin river has grown up during the last
fifteen years.
The pioner mill or the Fox( owned by
the Richmond brothers. has been succeed
ed by the mammoth plant Ct the Inter
lake Company. which Is making sulnhite
fb~e and has q capacity OF Slo0o pounds
a day This mill was built by Admiral
Robley D. Evans. then a commander.
and st was not completed without
Characteristic display Of the famous pug
nacity Fighting Bob" set q leave OF
absence in 1So1. presumably thrCush SIR
Cleveland William c. Whitney ana Dan
lei Lamont for they we're said 70 b.
leading stockholders in the In5e,Iake
Company.
Commander Evans concluded n build
bridge from the neishborins blum IN
the Rdl 70 facilitate its operations but
10 do so he had TO span The right Of vav
of the Milwaukee. Lake Shore and vEes-
tern Railroad. now a part Ct TIE Chicago
ana Northwestern. The bridge was some
seventy OF eighty feet above the track
but the railroad officials Objected. and
they proceeded 70 spring Up 4 coup on. thu
naval engineer. They planned II have
I large force OF section hands take pcs
session OF the disputed ground early in
the morning and keep the bridSe-b1nders
at q distance. When Fighting Bob
learned OF the scheme he made q few
remarks. History has made no exact
record OF his language. hut according
20 the expurrated tradition. Evans denied
that the railroads right OF way extend.
ed 10 heaven and declared that he would