Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-29
M0SINEE AND BEVENT HIGH
WAY.

A writer to the Polish paper, The
Rolinik, of Stevens Point, in speaking
of the new road which is being opened
up between Mosinee and Bevent by the
Holway Land company, gives the fol
lowing very good description CT the de.
velopment of thai part of Marathon
county, which the PILoT reproduces for
the benefit of its readers, viz
A correspondent OF your paper finds
much interest taken in Bevent in the
new highway being opened to Mosinee.
Ever since Polish settlers have come in.
to Marathon county they have followed
the valley of the Plover river north 70
the village of Hatley, their markets be
ing Hatley and Stevens Point. The
Dessert Lumber company of Mosinee
have been acquiring more or less land
since the settlement of Marathon
county, in the region between Bevent
and the village of Mosinee. They have
always declined to sell any land to set
tiers because they did not want to have
settlers building fires and clearing
among their timber In 1904 they
sawed the last timber to be cut from
these lands, and this spring the com
pany sold these lands to the HOlway
Land company of Wausau, Wis. The
company owns other lands with the
Dessert lands and controls altogether
upwards of %, 900 acres.
They commenced on June l to build
highway from the settlement near
Mosinee directly east to the Waupaca
road leading from Wausau to Bevent.
This road is nearly completed and will
open a section of rich lands for settlers.
There still remains on the lands large
amounts of all kinds of timber. In
many cases sufficient with the settler
labor, to pay for the land and improve
ments. The opening of this road will
give to the people of Bevent and vicini-
ty the benefit of the markets on the St.
Paul road and to large portion of the
settlement it will be the nearest rail-
way town. There is said to be not five
per cent. of the lands sandy soil. The
land is just rolling enough to drain
we'll and is traversed by numerous
small creeks. The land is equal to the
best land in Marathon county and is an
ideal dairy country The land COM
pany will offer the same to settlers on
and after September lst at prices rang
ing from $40 per acre up. We look for
a large number of settlers to take these
anu VIC BICulCb bildU ILLS WluUCI
will see the commencement of large
trade at Mosinee. The settlers will
find a market for all the cord wood
pulp wood, bolts and logs which they
may desire to SELL The creamery at
Mosinee which was recently destroyed
by fire is to be rebuilt, giving the farm
er chance to dispose of his dairy pro-
ducts
MAcSnao SC Of he l..
est water powers on the Wisconsin
the near future. In fact, large part
of the value of the lands of the
Holway Land company lies in the de-
velopments along the Wisconsin river.
Every farmer who can secure a good
piece of land near the Wisconsin river
is bound to receive a share of the in
creased valuation that is rapidly com
ing to property within 10 miles of the
river on each side
There is talk of starting settlement
about half way between Bevent and
Mosinee. Already proposed settlers
are looking over the country with view
to locating Among the things prom
Used Bevent is direct stage route to
Mosinee.
The lands are principally located in
Town 81 Range East, although there
is quite large tract in Town &c Range
s East. These lands in the main, are
only seven or eight miles from the rail
way. Some of the very best lands are
only two and half miles from the
Northwestern road running from
Wausau to Eland. A saw mill in the
town of Knowton is being built this
summer, northeast from the village of
Knowlton and the st. Paul road is build
ing a track to the mill. New high
ways are being built in the town OF
Knowlton and there is a good prospect
for boom in the vicinity of these
lands within the next year or two.
Plans are already under way at Most
nee for a potato ware house and the
Business Mems association of that village
is trying to interest parties in the cree.
ton of grist mill Last winter quite
a large amount of pine and hemlock
logs were bought at Mosinee to be cut
into lumber at Stevens Point The
opening of these lands to settlers ought
to furnish quite large addition to this
product.