Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
RETURNED HOME.

Mr. and Mrs S. NJ Quaw returned
home from their Southern and Western
trip on tuesday evening last, having
departed from here on February 4th.
They went directly to Galveston, Texas,
where they made quite a stay. They
met DR. and Mrs Wadsworth, of Collins
vile, H.. in that city The latter is the
Oldest daughter of Lev. Halsey, who
was the first Presbyterian minister that
came to Wausau. itrs. Halsey is still
living at their home in Illinois and is
80 years of age. Mr. Quaw says that
Galveston is one of the most interesting
places which they visited. 1t is city
OF 10000, and has the largest export
trade of any place in the United States
excepting New York City. To prevent
a repetition of the terrible catastrophe
which happened there several years
ago when the hurricanes blast flooded
it with water from the gulf, wall
seventeen feet high, seventeen feet wide
at the bottom and five miles long, is be-
ing built along the gulf shore, and a
large area of the space inside the wall
is being filled in, raising the level eight
feet higher. A canal is built on the in
side of the wall paralleling the wall
which floats boats drawing twenty feet;
these boats 90 out into the harbor and
are filled with sand and a certain
amount of water, by suction pipes, and
taken inside and thrown out through
pipes. 1t is arranged so the water
easily drains off and the work is going
on very rapidly; When the work is
finished the canal will be filled up. 1t is
estimated that it will take fifteen years
to complete the undertaking, during
which time the city is absolyed from
paying any state tax.
From Galveston they went to Hous-
ton, Texas, where they saw good deal
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lamareux, the
latter is a brother of Mrs. b. Single, of
this city, and who was formerly citi-
zen of Wausau They then went to
San Antonio, and there joined the
Gates touring company, and went
down into Mexico, spending sixteen
days in that country. A few days were
spent in the city of Mexico Spanish is
spoken entirely in that country and it
is very hard to get along without a
guide. MIR. Quaw says he would not
care to be compelled to subsist on the
food furnished at the average Mexican
hotel, for any length of time. Happily
the Gates company has its own dining
and sleeping cars, which made every
thing in this respect very pleasant
From Mexico they went up into Cali
fornia. At Los Angeles they met quite
a number of former Wausauites, viz
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gray, b E. Jones,
Capt j. ID. Womer, Ed Mathie and
others. Mr.. Mathie is at the head of an
extensive brewery, and MIR. QuaW,
when going through the. institution was
accosted, here and there, by men who
aana from Wausau The nlant ic l.l1 N
by electricity and each machine has an
individual motor.
At San Jose they met Mr. and Mrs.
Phelps and Mr. and Mrs. Billings, form
erly of Wausau, and close by that city
they spent few hours with Mr. and
Mrs. Chill Averill and family and Mrs.
Geo. w. Casterline, also former Wau-
sauites. The latter is now about eighty
years old, and on account of tuber
culosis trouble in her right ankle she
recently had to have her foot amputat-
ed; Notwithstanding, she is in very
good health. At Oakley, they met Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Mosher. All of those
mentioned they found in good circum-
stances and in good health.
From San Fransisco, ,4rMr. and Mrs.
Quaw came directly hGAe, only STOP
ping ore day in Salt LaE6 City, and one
day in Colorado Springs They were
fortunate to be in the former city on
the day when the Mormons were hold
ing their annual conference and had
the pleasure of hearing Jos. Smith, who
is at the head of the Mormon church
and others in high authority, speak at
the tabernacle Mr.. and Mrs Quaw
enjoyed excellent health during the en-
tire trip.