Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-11-12

LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
The charter to do business has been
received by the incorporators of the
Bay Shore street railway at Green
Bay.
The Western Maryland railroad has
arranged to spend within the next
few months $1,25OOO0 on new equip
ment.
Judge GoodIand dismissed the or
der restraining the village of Crandon
in Forest county from voting on the
question of incorporation.
The Kissel Motor Car company at
Hartford, Wis, will begin night op
erations employing a force Of about
fifty men to begin with.
The fireboat Joseph Medill, built at
Manitowoc for the Chicago depart
ment, has been accepted, 1t pumps
1872 600 gallons in eight hours.
For the first time in the history of
the wireless, a steamer between San
Francisco and Honolulu has been in
communication with both stations at
| the same time.
The Grand Trunk Pacific railway
company let a contract for 100000
| bushel elevator at Fort William, Man,
itoba This is the first unit of what
will be a 100000 bushel capacity
storage plant.
Thtrty-nine cooks, laundresses
nursery and chambermaids were the
recipients of the prizes given annu
ally by the German Housewives So
ciety of New York for faithfulness
and length of service.
The New York Central railroad, it
/ is announced, will test the law in
the Empire state requiring railroads
to pay their employees at least twice
month and prohibiting holding back
la portion Of the pay.
Kenosha residens have started in
junction proceedings to prevent the
use of Jerome Creek as an open sewer.
The movement is taken to force the
building of a trunk sewer through the
southern part Of the city, costing
about 100000.
After being out forty-eight hours at
La Crosse the jury in the personal
damage suit of Nels Wick against the
Omaha road brought in a verdict for
$4,000 Total damages of $4,000 were
asked. While employed as a fireman
he fell, striking on a coal bucket,
The contract of 5000 feet of 15-inch
sewer from the Borden Condensed
Milk company's plant to a point join
ing the main sewer line west of the
city was let by the city of Monroe to
the O'FarreI Construction company
of Dubuque, Ia, at GO cents a foot. The
total cost will be $3,528.
Thomas Emmerton, president of the
American society of Equity of Wis
consin; c. N. Luce, vice president; ],
H. Carnahan, assistant state orgagntz,
en- and ReinhOId Liebau, secretary !;
have issued a statement calling at,
tention of the farmers and consumers
10 alleged frauds being perpetrated
by the trusts.
The state railroad commission is
sued an order requiring the MiIwau-
kee railroad company TO pay the
Merrill WoodenWare company of 1Ier-
rin SLOT as a refund for overcharges
on shipments of logs. 1t also or
dered the Omaha road to switch cars
consigned to the Farmers Store com
pany at Boomer for a reasonable
charge.
Work on the Interstate Transfer
railway, the belt line OF the United
| States Steel corporation at Superior
Will be continued through the fall
and winter. Details for the improve
ment of the terminals on Allouez bay
are being worked out. A contract
has been let for the construction OF
abutments for the underground cross,
ing OF the new line of the 500 road.
With a capitalization of $2,50O,O00
the San Antonio Copper company has
been organized at Iron Mountain,
Michigan. 1t is a close corporation, in
which the United States Steel corpor-
alton and Lake Superior men are
largely interested, and none Of the
stock is on the market. The company
owns 1000 acres adjacent to the
YaQui river and near the village of
San Antonio de la Huerta, district of
Ures, Sonora, Mexico. There are nine
mining claims.