Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-18
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
Among the subjects for discussion
at the National Civic federation at the
New York meeting December 14-15,
will be The Salary-Loan Evil.
Reports that the Wisconsin North
ern railroad expects to build to Clin-
| tOnville are current. 1t is said that
the extension will be made by way OF
! Shawano
The case of Olive Gaskell agains,
| the Milwaukee road and the La
Crosse City railway company for the
death of James Gaskill, her husband,
! has been settled,
! The buildings to be occupied by the
Amberg Granite company in Mari
nette are now under roof, 1t is ex-
pected that operations will be started
soon after December 1.
Howard Evarts Weed, a Chicago
Landscape artist and gardener. will
be brought to Manitowoc by the City
club in movement to interest the
public for Manitowoc beautiful.
Farmers between Hartford and
Hullsburg have subscribed to a CO.
operative telephone company which
is to connect with the exchange OF
the Wisconsin Telephone company.
Herbert Bliss of Sheboygan, has
purchased property near the North
western tracks and will erect large
building for the manufacture of ce
ment shingles and building materials.
The big tunnel built under the Root
river b the j. /. Case Threshing Ma
chine company. and the first ever
constructed at Racine, has been com
pleted and turned over to the corpor
alton.
The work of installing the four new
steel sluice gates at the Menasha dam
has been completed. The new gates
are a great Improvement over those
which have done service for the last
twenty years
The Wood block at Manitowoc de-
strcyed by fire several years ago. will
be rebuilt by the heirs of the late S.
A. Wood, who hesitated to improve
the property owing to his age He
was sc wears old.
Headed by John Eagan of Mantle
voc the united commercial travellers
OF Wisconsin have started a move
ment to have the next state 1egisla-
ture pass a bill creating the office O.
state hotel inspector. with a view to
licensing hotels
The Lampert Ryder Shoe company
of Oshkosh, has filed articles of in
corporation 1t has for it's objects
the sale and manufacture of shoes.
leather and rubber goods 1t is in
corporated at $25, 900 and the signars
are Florian Lampert. Charles F.
Mcclure and Alexander w. Ryder
Payment of $4,000 of the s95 eco
outstanding railway bonds voted by
the city of Manitowoc a quarter of
century ago to induce the construc
ton of the Lake Shore railway to the
city, will be provided for in the an
nual tax levy to be reported to the
city council by the finance committee
Considerable indignation has been
aroused among the taxpayers of Stan
ley by the report that County Super
visor of assessments Magnus Firth
would raise the assessment valuation
nearly $250,0O0 in addition to the al
ready high assessment of approx
mately $1,100,000
James Goodwin of Eau Claire, con-
nected with the Mississippi River Log
ging company. is authority for the
statement that the remaining $500 900
feet of logs near the Cameron dam
will be logged this winter. He de-
clares that John Dietz will not make
any trouble so long as the dead line
is not crossed.
Because under its charter the East
ern Wisconsin Railway and Light
company need not contribute toward
street improvements, movement is
being aroused to have the charter
tested as to its validity. 1t is claimed
that Fond du Lac is the only city not
receiving money from street car com
panies for such improvements
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