The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-01-12
Busy Season Ahead.

| Busy Season Ahead.
The deliveries of the tobacco crop
have been so plentiful during the week
that nearly every warehouse in this mar
ket has been opened with prospect of
a long seasons work in view. So far
there has not been sufficient help re-
ported to fill the benches. Several hun
| dred men and women could find employ
ment. 1t is expected that as soon as
stripping is finished a good many hands
will come in from the country, but still
then some out of town help will be
needed. The only question about get
ting help from out of town will be the
securing of boarding places. Plenty of
help will come in if they are assured
they will be comfortably taken care of
in accommodations. At meeting of
the directors of the Edgerton Advance
ment association Tuesday evening this
matter was taken up and arrangements
perfected for having systematic can
vass of the town made for the rooming
and boarding of the tobacco help. A
list will be made up of the private homes
where board can be secured and bu-
reau of information opened in the city
clerks office so that anyone who comes
! to the city for employment can be di-
rected to living quarters without much
delay The business men of Edgerton
owe it to themselves to see that the help
needed in packing tobacco have comfor-
table quarters and we Go not doubt they
will exert themselves to that end. The
tobacco handling season promises to be
a long one and the amount of money to
be paid out for warehouse work cannot
but be great help to the business in
terests of our city, as the pay rolls reach
up towards $4,000 per week.
/ Heavy Fire Loss at Fort Atkinson.
A fire which nearly destroyed the
Northwestern Mfg. Co.'s plant at Fort
Atkinson started Thursday evening, in
volving loss of more than $4,000. The
fire departments of GAINESVILLE and JEFF
ferson were called upon for help and
! special trains were run to carry the ap-
paratus.
The Northwestern Mfg. Co.'s plant
was burned out completely on the east
side of the railroad tracks and about
| two-t thirds of the whole institution was
| destroyed. The three-story repository,
the carriage works-a three story frame
building 24Ox85 feet-and the trimming
house, 60x120 feet, were all destroyed
and the plant of the Cornish, Curtis &
Green Mfg. Co. had a narrow escape.
The brick walls of the repository served
a good purpose in furnishing sufficient
resistance to the flames to enable the
! firemen to prevent a further spread.
Neighboring buildings we're only slightly
damaged The electric plant, being OF
brick and provided with iron shutters,
escaped with only scorching. Owing
to the fact that number of the electric
| light wires had melted and broken and
were lying on the ground it was neces-
sary to turn off the power and the town
was in darkness most of the night
The Northwestern Go. was engaged in
| the manufacture of cutters, buggies,
farm wagons, bobsleds, and chairs. The
plant was partly insured.
Tobacco Notes
Mr.. Ben Meyer returned to New York
Monday.
E. Haskins, M. F. Greene and T. E.
| Welsh of GAINESVILLE were callers in this
market Tuesday.
w. T. Jefferson, manager of the Sparta
branch of the American Cigar Co., was
visitor in this market Wednesday.
Mr.. August Eisenlohr arrived from
Philadelphia Monday to look after pack
ing interests of his firm in this market
Dick We'll of New York, accompanied
by his younger brother, Arthur, arrived
during the week to look after packing
interests Id this market.
Mr.. FL. p Buell., connected with the
American Tobacco Co. at Middleton,
Ohio. passed few days of the week with
his cousin, George e. Gary.
Attention is called to Pomeroy & Co.'s
advertisement of their Genuine Com
stock Tobacco Seed in this issue. Orders
of upwards of 25 pounds of this seed
were filled the past week.
The annual meeting of the Tobacco
Growers and Dealers association will be
held at Madison the second week in Feb
ruary. Growers should arrange to bring
in samples of their tobacco and compete
for prizes for the best display. Full pro-
gram follows next week.
0. R Pomeroy has recently sold his
crop of tobacco to his firm and same
brings him in the neat sum of $1619O5.
He put number of hands to work at
sizing on his own crop, hence got it out
of the way before the farmers from out
side began to deliver.-Crawford County
Independent.
WAREHOUSE TO RENT.