Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-07
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

A meeting of station agents of the
Ashland division of the Non thwestern
Ry., held at the Bells House in this
city last Tuesday evening, was called
for the purpose of formal organization.
The temporary organization effected at
meeting held in Kaukauna a few
weeks ago was made permanent, with
the officers as named in our last issue
duly authorized to carry on the work.
The organization was given the name
of the Station Agents association of
the Ashland division of the e. & NV.
R'y Co. Representatives were present
from Ashland, Ironwood, Hurley, Rhine
lander, Amigo, New London, Kau-
kauna, Manitowoc, Sheboygan and
Port Washington. G. H. Hartley, of
kaukauna, division superintendent; S.
+. Miller, Chicago, assistant general
freight agent. and W. e. Bennett. An
tigo, division train master, were present
upon invitation, and lent their assist
ance by offering suggestions for i'm
proved service. 1t was decided to hold
one meeting each month, the next to
be held at Amigo, March 2Sth.
The Barker Il Stewart Lumber Co.
has had crow of men at work the past
several weeks in giving the mill gen.
eral overhauling. A re-saw, steam
crane, ETC., is being installed, old ma
chinery is being changed around and it
is figured that when the changes have
been completed the saving capacity of
the mill will have been greatly increased.
About two years ago it was rumored
at one time that this mills saving days
were over, so far as Wausau was con-
cerned, and that it was to be torn down
and the machinery moved elsewhere.
The rUmors proved groundless and the
alterations being made at present,
which represents an outlay of several
thousand dollars, indicates that the
Barker & Stewart people intend to do
business here for several years to come.
The company is buying large stocks of
hemlock logs in recent years and has
timber enough in sight to keep the mill
in operation for number of years to
come. If conditions warrant, band
mill machinery will be added next sea-
son.
On or about April 22d Mr.. and Mrs.
F. w. Kick busch, Sr, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. +. Delaney will leave Wausau for
New York City, where on April 9th
they will take passage on the steamer
Deutschland for a trip across the pond.
They will spend the summer at Carls-
bad, Austria, where Messrs. Kickbusch
and Delaney will take two courses OF
health treatments at the famous springs,
allowing some time to elapse between
the two courses. Mr.. Kickbusch is not
a stranger in Carlsbad, for he spent
some months there five years ago and
received much benefit from course
of treatments. 1t was partly with
view of taking this trip that he retired
from business few months ago. After
leaving Carlsbad in the fall he may
visit some of the cities of continen-
tai Europe before returning.
A travelling man who arrived here
from Marshfield last week says that a
| large soft coal clinker was found one
day recently in a yard in that city,
probably carried there by some street
urchin, and now the residents of that
portion of town are claiming that it is
the fragment of a meteorite which had
fallen. 1t also appears that the finding
of these heavenly missiles is quite COM
mon around Marshfield. They are
also common in Wausau. Plenty of
them can be found on the dumping
grounds of TIE Northwestern and St.
Paul Ry. Co.'s yards, but they were
brought in on cars from Pennsylvania.
! No of the Fest Blatter, advertising
the tenth annual saengerfest, which is
to be held in Wausau, June 23-24-25, of
this year, has been issued. 1t contains
! IS pages and is printed in English and
German Several columns are devoted
to history of the city and its CONNER
cial resources which will be a feature
in drawing many visitors here on the
above dates. The paper will continue
to be published up to the time of the
saengerfest, each issue celebrating on
the advantages enjoyed by Wausau and
her people.
1t is reported that it has been given
out by the officials of the st. Paul road
that the Wisconsin valley branch will
be extended from Star Lake into Crystal
Falls, Mich, a distance of about so
miles. This will give the company an
east and west line through section of
the two states that is densely wooded
and will open market for many wood
and mineral products. Wausau, in all
probability, will continue to be the
division headquarters.